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After COVID-19 Comes Innovation Year 20-21
Covid-19 has changed how people think about investing, at least for now. Funds were quick to offer advice that more or less said: spend less money while making the same money or more money. Which raises the question, what were companies doing beforehand? Of course the first response is that growth costs money and startups should be growing exponentially. But there's a wider observation here which the market is closer to accepting: supporting growth at any cost and really nasty unit economics, probably isn't always the smartest investment you can make.
What happens next? This is the question on everyone's mind. Do we see a L-U-V? For the uninitiated, these letters indicate the possible shapes of economic recession and recovery and - spoiler alert - no one knows which it'll be. "V" sees the economy bouncing back, "U" a slower recovery and "L" a very long / slow one. The most common sense analysis that your writer has come across suggests that the recovery will be sector-specific; regardless of the overall shape, the shape for different sectors will differ. As investors, that means finding the sectors that are going to look more like "V" than "L". Right about now readers of this post are probably thinking of delivery businesses as hot new sectors, but we'd caution that such business has seen an increase in demand (not a decrease as many sectors) and this demand may lull as restaurants and shops open again. And so we have to think a bit harder.
Unfortunately, we're not about to reveal all the sectors that will bounce back with a vengeance, because we don't know. We do believe that more people in Myanmar will continue shopping online as they've been forced to experience its convenience, and we expect that this increase of demand will help buoy eCommerce in general. Other services going online may also fare better than before Covid-19, though not all. Will people buy more cars to avoid public transport? Probably those who can afford to will, but private vs public transport is a very income-driven choice in emerging markets. People are not suddenly better off. In fact, the economic impacts are going to hit the broad majority of people, just think about key affected sectors: tourism, apparel, agriculture, fisheries, F&B. That's not part of the economy, that's the economy.
Meanwhile, investors have dry powder (i.e. money to invest) and will be supporting their existing portfolios, but also continuing to make new investments. With that acknowledged, let's say for the sake of argument that whatever happens next there'll be some new investments being made. Here enters the role of the Schumpeterian entrepreneur: the trail blazer who spots opportunities, takes risks and creates value which disrupts the market. Heed this: consumers and businesses are going to be looking for innovations that help them through the more challenging times ahead.
Innovations are not inventions. Invention is making a light bulb, innovation is everyone using light bulbs in their homes; innovation is the commercialisation of invention. Some countries are great at invention and innovation, others less so. But, innovation can be imported from abroad (just look at China's growth since the 90s). We've seen successful and unsuccessful attempts at startups using business models already popular abroad to launch products and services in Myanmar. Obviously, not all ideas that work elsewhere will work here. But many will.
We're not suggesting for a moment that starting a business from scratch and making it a success is easy just because the idea works somewhere else. We know that it isn't. What we are saying is that there are tough times ahead and entrepreneurship is going to be a key component in prospering through them. And so, to anyone reading this who has recently started a new venture, we commend you. Entrepreneurs break boundaries because they take risks, and that takes guts.
Got an idea? Innovation requires executing on ideas; "Vision without execution is hallucination", meaning that it's putting the idea into action that's the hardest part. We can all dream of flying cars, after all. To help guide your idea, we've developed a pitch deck template for you which asks you to answer certain questions. Feel free to use this next time you're pitching. And, if you'd like our feedback, send it over and we'll let you know what we think! pitchperfect@eme.asia.
The inside view of DealStreetAsia's 2019 Singapore PE-VC Summit
Above: John Lim, ARA Asset Management (photo credit: DealStreetAsia)
We packed our bags and headed to clean and pristine Singapore to meet with and hear from leading regional investors and founders at the DealstreetAsia™ PE-VC Summit 2019. Arriving at the conference, we quickly noticed that we were in a very select minority of investors from Myanmar – an indication of the country's early frontier status. People were curious about Myanmar and excited to hear about our work and our incredible portfolio companies. Over copious coffees and one or two beers, we shared, listened and learnt. This short post summarises some of the key insights from the presentations, conversations and gentle persuasions of the event. Underlying each of the following points are three core values we observed from the summit: know your customers and put them first, work hard and smart, and lastly, find an investor you can build a relationship with.
Lesson 1: Don't Try to Make Money
One thing we weren't necessarily expecting to hear at an event where the total assets under management of all parties was over $100bn was "don't try to make money". However, founder and CEO of Deskera, Shashank Dixit told a roomful of investors and founders to focus on building great companies that serve customers and let the money follow. We see value in this sentiment: startups need to deliver outstanding value to their customers - with scaleable unit economics - and if they succeed then exponential growth will happen. Once your product or service is too good to be without, you're set on a course for scale; so long as you scale with the right unit economics, the riches will come. Focussing on making money, on the other hand, isn't putting your customer first and introduces short-termism that could prevent you from building something great. Indeed, EME's permanent capital approach (rather than a fund with an exit deadline), means that we can work with entrepreneurs to build great companies and take a long-term view with founders.
Lesson 2: The Importance of Trust
One of our favourite one-on-one on-stage discussions was the interview with John Lim. Son of a schoolteacher, John Lim is the cofounder of ARA Asset Management which has $58 billion in assets under management. Lim spoke about how crucial trust was in long-term business relationships, citing that he had a long-term multi-billion-dollar arrangement based purely on a handshake. This introduces an interesting thought experiment: would you trust your partner to honour the agreement purely on a handshake? Often the answer is "no", which is why we have contracts and may be fine for short-term transactions. When it comes to investing, though, we want to be able to treat contracts as a formality, understanding that there is an enduring trust between us and those we invest in. This approach forces transparency, accountability and integrity on all parties, which can only be a good thing. Keep this in mind next time you review a term sheet.
Lesson 3: 007, not James Bond
China's growth has been built in part upon the 996 model: people working diligently from 9am until 9pm, six days a week. This might feel quite gruelling for the employed, but for founders John Lim says they should be following the 007 model. 007, in case you haven't worked it out yet, is 12am-12am, seven days a week (i.e. 24/7). Of course, even Elon Musk sleeps (a little), but the sentiment is that to build something great, founders must commit and put in the work. In fact, when asked about the secret sauce for founders, Lim offered: there's no secret sauce for startups or CEOs. They must be passionate, know their stuff, be patient and work hard. He added: "Don't open a restaurant because you love food. If you want to start a restaurant, work in one, understand the customers, the supply chain and the problems; after a couple of years, only then might you be ready."
Lesson 4: Vision Without Execution is Hallucination
Southeast Asia is creating more and more unicorns (startups valued >$1bn), but these companies are coming from great execution more than they are fresh innovation. Given that SEA is quickly developing, there is significant scope to take models born in Silicon Valley or elsewhere and transplant them into these markets. Investors and founders at the event agreed: SEA is an execution game. This is as true in Myanmar as anywhere else and perhaps even more so given the country's only very recent emergence from military rule. In Myanmar, there are plenty of opportunities to disrupt traditional business with nimble ideas from other markets. How to execute? This requires excellent founders who can deliver on their strategies, who can roll up their sleeves and make things happen, who have a drive and determination to ensure dreams become reality. Decisions might happen in the boardroom, but the real work takes place on the ground.
Lesson 5: The days of investing and taking a backseat are over
Investing in startups is becoming increasingly competitive. With a challenging global economy and more funds available for a greater array of startups, investors are reflecting on the role they play. Across many conversations and panels, a theme emerged that simply betting on a founder and walking away, hoping they succeed, is a dying strategy. Founders expect their investors to become partners, not just cheque books. In Myanmar, there is less capital than most markets in SEA but this doesn't mean founders need to be happy just accepting cash. In fact, EME's model is based on investing capital and significant time into our portfolio companies – helping them to overcome their challenges and find a pathway to scale.
Agree, disagree or have additional lessons to share? Drop us a line at hello@eme.asia!
What Every Startup Can Learn From "Escape Room"
Above: the EME team (after we escaped)
Last Friday the EME team headed out to Xcape Squad, one of Yangon's escape room venues (they're not sponsoring this blog). After we escaped, we reflected on some lessons that also apply to founders and startup teams. For those that aren't familiar with the escape room format: a small group of people is locked inside a room and must solve several clues to unlock the door all within an hour. The time pressure and limited information forces a need for communication and collaboration, something that startups will appreciate as they face pressure to grow / raise before the money runs out.
Here's what we learnt:
#1: Map Your Surroundings
Before starting off in the wrong direction, it's important to understand your surroundings – your market, competition, customers. You might have what feels like a great idea, but until you've spent time checking your assumptions, your great idea is unqualified. When we got into the room, we found several long sticks and immediately started seeing where they would fit – but there was a very big clue that we missed for a while because we hadn't properly assessed our surroundings. Startups sometimes make this same mistake by missing crucial elements that affect the viability of their model. To avoid this, ensure you're consciously aware of who your company is serving, why it's serving them and why they would use your service over any other.
#2 Don't Forget Fundamentals
Escape rooms force you to solve clues in order, but before we learnt this, we were flailing around trying to solve several clues at once. Startups should be fast and nimble, able to race ahead. But, even the fastest startup needs some key fundamentals in place and missing these is going to cause severe growing pains later down the line. Yes, we're talking about clear financial reporting, sales tracking, customer management, staff management, etc. It's important that there are at least basic and functional systems in place as a foundation to grow upon. Whether its simple spreadsheets or free / freemium software, it's also important to keep track of what you're doing. How else are you going to show your achievements? How can you ensure you're making the right pivot without a clear record of what's happened so far?
#3 Have a Plan and Embrace Horizontal Structures
When there's just three of you, it's a good idea to ensure that anyone with a smart idea can bring it to the fore. This is as true for the escape room as it is for business, and it's not just limited to three people. In a startup you'll have a small number of people (at least to begin with) with different skillsets and in different positions. Firstly, everyone should understand what the company is working towards and how to get there. Second, this plan should be changeable if new information is presented – by staff at any level. Sales people know why customers are or aren't buying, the customer service team knows what customers like or dislike about your products / services, the marketing team knows how to advertise key messages, and so on. While the CEO should be plugged into these things, it's also the CEO's role to ensure that all staff have a voice and can contribute to achieving or altering company goals.
#4 Get Advice
To quote one famous sports coach, "In life, you need many more things than talent. Things like good advice and common sense". We had three opportunities to get help with clues and we used every one. Getting hints to solve clues helped us move faster when we hit a roadblock. This is the role that mentors, advisors and board members (we'll call them all mentors for now) should play for startups. It's the founder(s)' role to find good mentors and "good" is going to be different depending on the startup need or company stage: it could be someone from the industry that brings connections and technical knowhow, or a venture capitalist with ability to help raise additional funding, or simply someone with experience to help bounce ideas off of.
#5 Celebrate Wins, But Keep Going
When we solved a clue, we high-fived and patted ourselves on the back but as we were against the clock, we soon moved on. Startups should do the same. It's going to be hard to scale your business and all the odds are against you, so celebrate wins even when they're small. Celebrate big wins too but – and this especially relates to what you might see as big wins – celebrate then keep going. It is not the role of the startup to get comfortable. Comfort is for the slow-moving corporates. If you've raised money, it's time to work double as hard to ensure you deliver to investors and have them re-invest or help you find investment to scale further. There might not be a clock ticking down to zero in your office, but be sure: you are against the clock, if you don't move fast enough then someone else will.
The Metrics That Matter
We've met more than 150 startups in Yangon and Mandalay and we continue to meet more every week as we seek the most promising early-stage companies in Myanmar. Over the course of these meetings, we've seen and heard some excellent pitches as well as some more confusing ones. We've noticed on a few occasions some confusion over certain terms when it comes to startup company metrics. Therefore, we thought it would be useful to clear up some terminology on business and finance metrics for startups.
This isn't a list of the only metrics you should be measuring. It is a list of things we know people get wrong sometimes. It's also a list of the metrics that we like to see at first glance. These metrics tell us about the company and market potential and provide enough information to get us interested to learn more (assuming the numbers are good!).
If anything remains unclear after reading, or prompts a question, contact us at hello@eme.asia.
Revenue or Bookings?
Revenue is recognised once a service or product has been provided. Bookings is the value of the contract between the company and the customer. Let's say you subscribe to receive a monthly milkshake for $5/month, you sign a twelve-month subscription for $60. The $60 represents the bookings for the milkshake seller. The milkshake sellers will then recognise revenues of $5 each month until the end of the contract. Now, if you bought twelve milkshakes at once and took them home, then the seller would have provided the goods and therefore would recognise the $60 revenue. Getting these things mixed up can appear misleading so ensure you're clear with investors. Bookings = contract value. Revenue = money for the service or product that has been provided.
Gross Merchandise Value or Revenue?
Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) is the total value of the transactions going across a marketplace. Revenue in this case is the amount that the company takes from a transaction - the commission, either flat-rate or percentage. If I have a marketplace for bringing together buyers and sellers of shoes, and 100 pairs of shoes are sold at $25 each then the GMV is $2,500 (sales price x number of sales). If in the next month the 200 pairs of shoes are sold at $25, clearly the GMV is $5,000. GMV therefore shows the activity of the marketplace and helps investors understand the market size. If the company charges 10% on transactions, then revenue would be $250 and then $500 on the above examples. GMV is not revenue, it's about the market not the money your company is making. Revenue is the amount your company makes by providing a service - in this example the service is bringing together a buyer and seller and facilitating a transaction.
Monthly Figures or Cumulative Figures?
If you sell three items in month one, two in month two and one item in month three, your sales are clearly declining, but if you show a cumulative chart - it'll still show an increase, from 3 to 5 and then 6. Investors do not like cumulative charts because they are misleading. We want to see your monthly users / sales increasing and at what rate. Therefore, while it may be tempting to use cumulative charts, don't. Show your monthly activity and your month on month (MoM) growth. If your product is right and you're reaching your customers, your users / sales should be increasing every month. If they aren't you need to question why; and then make changes that drive growth. Once you have some solid month on month growth, then you have an interesting chart to show investors.
Downloads or Active Users?
Downloads is the number of people who have downloaded your app, while active users is those users that are still using it. Active users would tend to be quarterly, monthly, weekly or daily - it depends on what your app / service is. Pick one that works and use it. You might have 500,000 downloads, but active users is where the value lies as these are the people actually engaging with your product. We would recommend breaking your active users into groups (i.e. paying, not paying) to help show if your business is managing to increase users who are paying for your services. Also consider if your active users are carrying out behaviours which you want to tell potential investors - such as recommending new users, providing positive feedback or enquiring for additional services.
Operating Expense or Costs of Goods Sold?
Costs of Goods Sold (COGS) relates to the costs required to produce a product. Operating Expenses are expenses that are not directly related to producing a product. Let's say I sell a banana milkshake for $5; I paid a total of $2 for the milk, ice cream and bananas so my COGS were $2 (or 40%). The milkshake was made by my staff member who receives a salary, in my cafe where I pay rent using electricity which I pay a utility bill for; each of these items is an operating expense. With a software-as-a-service (SaaS) business, COGS tend to refer to the costs involved with providing the software: hosting fees, third-party products involved in delivery, and employee costs for keeping things running. It's worth being clear what you're including in SaaS COGS as some investors may have slightly different interpretations. Why is it important to define COGS properly? Because revenue minus COGS is equal to gross margin; and dividing gross margin by sales revenue gives you gross margin percent which tells you (and investors) how much the company retains from every dollar (or Kyat) sold.
Update 9th July 2019:
Comment from Sam Glatman, Founder of "Zingo" a startup in Myanmar providing oral care products for betel nut chewers:
The metrics that matter article is great and raises an issue that we have been working on internally recently. In our case, we have been differentiating between "sell in" and "sell out". "Sell in" is a sale on credit to a distributor. "Sell out" is a sale either by us directly or by a distributor to a betel vendor who pays hard cash. We realised that while "sell in" is where our top line revenues come from, the only relevant metric for us is "sell out" because it's leads to hard cash, and demonstrates real consumer demand. For us (and many start ups), cashflow is a far more relevant success (& survival) metric than P&L, and top line revenues are not as indicative of cashflow as might be expected.
Our Top Startup Ideas (Part 2)
Following on from our previous post on startup ideas in Myanmar, we're releasing a second list. This list focuses on more technology-intensive, speculative ideas, particularly for the B2B sector. B2B startups typically face higher barriers to entry than B2C ones, but can be rewarded with stickier customers. Businesses aren't easy to win and it can take months to get one client, but once onboard they tend to need a reason to switch provider, rather than to stay. Consumers, on the other hand find it much easier to try new solutions and are therefore often harder to keep hold of.
In neighbouring India, there has been a huge rise in B2B startups, a lot of which have focussed on enterprise software, such as Freshworks which last year made unicorn status when it raised $100m at a $1.5bn valuation. Myanmar is still a way from seeing its first unicorn, as we discussed in an earlier blog, but we're definitely seeing innovation in the B2B space - such as Mote Poh, which is redefining ways in which companies recognise and reward their staff.
So without further ado, here are our top five speculative B2B tech startup ideas. Same caveat as last time we wrote one of these posts: we haven't tested or researched these ideas beyond lunch chats and a cursory Google, so try them at your own risk (but if you do try any of them, tell us!).
Rental platform for B2B equipment: The success of WeWork has proven that the sharing economy can be extended to businesses. Capital spending and asset utilisation in Myanmar is low, and we think there's room for a general-purpose B2B asset sharing platform. We're thinking office space, construction machinery, drones and other capital-intensive items. As with all businesses in Myanmar, a key challenge will be establishing trust. Shoutout to Tun Yat for pioneering this kind of model in the farm machinery sector.
Cheap cloud-based home camera systems: Security is big business in Myanmar, but is currently mostly offline and inefficient. Imagine a startup selling super cheap (<$100) home camera systems that are robust to power and internet cuts, support remote locking and detect suspicious behaviour. While this might start out as simply reselling systems from China, there is considerable scope to overlay intelligent software services on top. You could even tie in relationships with e-commerce platforms, who would love to improve the efficiency of their delivery services.
Team Building in a big (data) Box: Organising team building is hard work for the uninitiated and large companies often pay big bucks for consultants to take on the burden. We think there could be scope for team building in a box - a literal box of activities and games geared around team building for your company. By collecting data from managers and team members alike, AI could be fed to predict the right box combo for different company-types or even particular issues at work. Such a product could also open up new avenues to support corporates with larger HR strategies in the future.
Tactile Pipeline and Cloud CRM: This is one for the garage enthusiasts. Lots of teams use sales pipeline software, but even the most diligent salespeople can fall down when it comes to data entry. Imagine if there was an interactive board that featured small units which represented deals. Moving it on the board would move it on the cloud-based software and voice to text could enable easily adding notes to the deal during sales meetings. We think this might make sales meetings more interactive and prompt questions about stuck deals, helping companies sell more. The technology itself wouldn't need to be complex, but a smart approach would be needed to balance size, function and of course cost.
Gamified Employee Onboarding Platform: Gamification is an undeniably powerful tool. Whether it's making you put more coins in the slot machine in Vegas, or getting you to learn a new language, leveraging the psychology of gaming and rewards has its payoffs. Added to that, employee turnover is a large expense (in Myanmar and elsewhere) and often occurs in the first few months of staff onboarding. We think there could be an exciting role for gamifying the onboarding process inside a digital platform. On-boarding is more specific than say, "Sales Training 101", but modular packages could help serve multiple businesses needs. If successful, the startup could then use the gamification strategies for other staff training - like sales training 101! The key here would be starting small with a few key clients and building a great product.
Think we missed something, or our ideas are genius, or completely mad? Write us at hello@eme.asia and tell us why.
Book Review: The Innovation Blind Spot – By Ross Baird
The Innovation Blind Spot – Why we back the wrong ideas and what to do about it
By Ross Baird
In recent years, Ross Baird has built quite the reputation for himself. Entrepreneur, investor and now author. In 2009 Baird founded Village Capital, a VC with a unique peer-selection approach, and has since worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors in more than fifty countries, including EME in Myanmar.
The hypothesis of his book is that innovation today suffers from three major blind spots – blind spots that negatively affect how we do business, innovate and invest. The first blind spots has to do with how we, as investors, choose new ideas; the second with where we find new ideas; and the third with why – why we invest in new ideas to begin with. These blind spots result in investors overlooking untapped companies, untapped markets and untapped industries.
How we invest: One size does not fit all.
Innovation breaks moulds, it doesn't fit them. Baird urges investors to look beyond traditional ways of identifying and selecting startups. Investors rarely make decisions about their next investment at a pitch event. Let's face it, people who are looking for money are going to tell the people with money what they want to hear, and most investors know that. And not all great founders are pitch wizards. This is one reason EME uses an adaptation of Village Capital's VIRAL scorecard (see our recent blog) to give founder and investor the chance to have an in-depth discussion. Also, while many VCs prefer to hear about companies through their networks and are closed off to enquiry, our door is open and we're very happy to meet and discuss with founders who reach out to us.
Baird pushes investors to consider their ecosystem. Myanmar isn't Silicon Valley. Spray and pray (making lots of investments, hoping one or two make it big) doesn't fit the same metrics here as there and expecting entrepreneurs to model themselves on Brian Chesky (Airbnb CEO) is pretty pointless. The innate diversity of Myanmar forces us to think outside the box, playing to the strengths and uniqueness of individuals, companies and new ideas. True innovation, not copy-paste from outside, takes time and committed investors.
Where we invest: looking beyond (a) location.
Fun fact: in US, more than 75% of startup investments flows to only three States – California, New York and Massachusetts – the Big Three. Baird points out that, similar to patterns known from real estate, market frenzies over specific locations can cause prices to rise rapidly, and force investors to pay a premium, for no other apparent reason than location. Does this lead to a location price premium for startups? The Myanmar Times recently wrote that Myanmar had a burgeoning entrepreneurial ecosystem. But, while the ecosystem is certainly developing, it's a Yangon phenomenon, not Myanmar-wide. Is Myanmar on the path of building a Big One like the US has a Big Three? The laws of supply and demand show us that if demand outgrows supply, prices increase, allowing startups to demand a higher price for equity. On the other hand, if there are a lot of startups looking for funding and the demand is limited, prices decrease.
As rational investors, one of the things we fear the most is something called, "irrational exuberance." Irrational exuberance is, simply put, a state of mania. In the (stock) market, it's when investors are so confident that the price of an asset will keep going up, that they lose sight of its underlying value. Investors egg each other on and greedy for profits overlook deteriorating economic fundamentals. Baird urges us to search out opportunities where others are not looking, targeting industries ripe for disruption, and where irrational behaviour is nowhere to be seen. Mark Twain summed this up nicely by saying, "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect".
Why we invest: between money and meaning.
Baird's investment philosophy is thoroughly rooted in the impact investment tradition, and he is very much a one-pocket thinker. One-pocket thinking recognises that what's good for society and what's good for business does not have to be mutually exclusive. The book offers valuable insights into the rise of impact investing, mapping out its development from the start of the micro finance movement to legendary Ben & Jerry's, and the growing field of large international venture funds devoted to one-pocket thinking. EME is not an impact investor per se, but we do seek out investments that have positive impact. We are positioned in the intersection between money and meaning, strongly committed to Myanmar's sustainable development.
The book is riddled with interesting statistics, and thought-provoking narratives. Did you know that 50 percent of the Fortune 500 in 2000 were no longer on the list 15 years later? And that female founders are more likely to succeed than male founders? Baird is articulate and knowledgeable which makes a strong foundation for a stimulating read. This is a book well worth reading and will perhaps illuminate your very own blind spots.
Our Top Five Startup Ideas
One of EME's favourite taxi conversations is discussing what startup ideas could work in Myanmar. As investors, we meet with many startups and ecosystem players and have a birds-eye view of what is happening (and not happening) in the startup world. In this post, we'll be sharing some of the business opportunities we see in the market that we'd love somebody to take a crack at.
In our previous post on the Startup Idea Matrix, we talked about how startups succeed by trying out new strategies in new industries. In Myanmar, there are many tried-and-tested startup strategies from abroad which haven't been implemented here yet. In particular, we see a lot of opportunity in subscription-based models, which are inherently more sustainable than transaction-based models. Mobile payments players like Wave and OKDollar are beginning to find traction, and startups should capitalize on the emerging opportunity for frictionless digital payments.
As a disclaimer, each of our proposed ideas would require a lot of additional market research, brainstorming, product testing etc, and success is definitely not guaranteed. Yet that's what makes them worth trying! Without further ado, our top startup ideas are:
B2B English e-learning platform: General e-learning platforms will take a while to get off the ground, because of low digital literacy and high customer acquisition costs. However, there is a need for English-speaking staff, especially in the retail, hospitality and tourism sectors. A focused B2B platform could offer employers online English classes for their staff (potentially with one-on-one tutoring added in) at a price point much cheaper than Wall Street English. 17zuoye and VIPKid have successfully pioneered this model in China.
Mentor network: Think of an online professional-development startup to help young graduates get ahead. The platform could offer mentor matchmaking, candidate prepping, and even paid referrals for job interviews / client leads. Wirepitch is trialling something similar in Singapore.
Online dating site: There's no Myanmar-language dating site, and most online dating attempts happen through Facebook, which isn't really designed for that purpose. In a country with relatively conservative social norms, there exists an opportunity for a platform that emphasizes safety, trust and fun. This could be a freemium model, like successful overseas examples Tinder and OkCupid.
Meal prep subscription: For those busy urbanites who don't want to cook, a startup could delivery weekly meal kits with fresh, local ingredients and recipes (think Blue Apron). The market would probably initially be expats and middle-class locals, but could also expand to a monthly basic staples subscription (oil, rice, beans etc) for more thrifty shoppers.
Clothing subscription service: People want to wear new clothes without the hassle and expense of buying them. White-collar office worker could subscribe to a service that sends them a selection of new outfits every month, which they can choose to buy outright after the month. Logistics and price point would be key, but it could be an interesting spin on the traditional ecommerce model. For Her Myanmar is already doing a version of this for beauty products, and overseas examples include Stitch Fix and Frank and Oak.
The Startup Idea Matrix
Why do startups exist? Aside from satisfying the financial or social aspirations of the founders, they play a crucial role in the wider economy. Startups innovate, by running semi-scientific experiments to test the effect of new strategies and technologies on problems in the real world. They figure out the right combination of incentives, rules and actors to generate economically valuable activity, and there's an incredible illustration of this by Eric Stromberg on Medium called the Startup Idea Matrix.
In this chart, rows are markets and columns are strategies. Cells contain examples of leading companies that have successfully applied the strategy to the market. For example in the 'User Generated Content' column, we have the following market examples:
Gaming: Twitch
Travel: Tripadvisor
Media: Youtube
Careers & Hiring: Glassdoor
In the 'Shopping' row, we have the following strategy examples:
Make it a subscription: Amazon Prime
Create a marketplace: eBay
Build a discovery-driven experience (push model): Pinterest
Target an emerging market: Flipkart
What's fascinating about the chart is just how much of it is empty. Cells could be empty because that strategy/market combination hasn't been tried before, or more likely, it hasn't worked (yet). Note that over 90% of startups fail within 5 years, an incredibly high failure rate which is justified by the huge potential reward for figuring out the right strategy-market combination. Also note that this matrix can and will change over time, as new technologies are invented. For example, the smartphone brought about a wave of new companies and apps that all sought to exploit the new opportunities created by mobile internet-connected devices. Only a small number actually figured out a winning strategy on a global scale - Uber for transportation (in some places), Whatsapp for messaging, Strava for social fitness etc.
Even with such terrible odds, systematic experimentation with new strategies and technologies should be the goal of every startup ecosystem, because this produces the economy of tomorrow. We often talk about obliquely about this idea as a venture capital firm, saying "Someone should create a startup to solve X problem in that industry. It's going to happen sooner or later." Startups often refer to it when they say they are the "Uber for X", meaning they are testing the strategy of Uber (on-demand, location-based) on a different market or industry, thereby solving a new problem.
Due to barriers of infrastructure and language, a miniature version of this idea matrix could be made for almost every country. There is plenty of low-hanging fruit in Myanmar in terms of proven business models that have worked overseas, and in a future post, we'll be sharing our top startup ideas that we think could work in Myanmar. We don't guarantee the success of any of these ideas, but we'd love to chat to anyone attempting them. Who knows, they might just become Myanmar's first unicorn.
Who will be Myanmar's first unicorn?
We have an office bet going on here at EME. Over lunches at MICT Park and long cab rides to downtown, we discuss the following proposition: Myanmar will create a unicorn (a company with a valuation over $1 billion USD) within the next 5 years. The stakes are a round of beers for us and possibly much higher for the market at large.
Disclaimer: we're not talking about existing companies or prospective investments (that's a separate bet), so much as the overall trends and market conditions that would allow a unicorn to emerge.
As anyone who has stood in line at a Myanmar government office can tell you, there are significant structural challenges for startups to solve. Nevertheless, the population is large, young and increasingly digitally-connected, and as McKinsey suggests, the economy could enjoy years of strong catch-up growth over the next decade in line with other countries in the region like Indonesia and Vietnam. This creates a long-term opportunity for a local tech company to grow into a unicorn.
Sector-wise, the startup would probably be in transportation, ecommerce or fintech. All of these sectors have large market sizes, viable business models and can use technology to scale. While other sectors (healthcare, education, logistics etc) also have large potential markets, they are often more challenging to digitize and/or monetize.
For funding, this prospective unicorn would probably get seed investment from angels and local funds like EME, then tap regional VC funds and family offices for Series A / Series B. Corporates and later-stage PE/VC investors e.g. Alibaba, Softbank, Sequoia, would fill out the later rounds. Investors are increasingly interested in Southeast Asia and have a lot of unspent capital. As long as this prospective unicorn could demonstrate strong user growth and potentially expansions to other countries in the region, access to finance wouldn't be an issue.
Of course for the purposes of the bet, the potential unicorn would have to avoid getting acquired before reaching that magic $1b valuation. Even after reaching unicorn status, a company may stay private for many years (now often referred to as the Softbank Effect after SoftBank's $100 billion Vision Fund). Acquisitions by major global platforms seem to be preferred to IPOs at present. Nevertheless, the recent listings of Sea, Razer and Kioson prove that IPOs can be viable for Southeast Asian technology companies.
Overall, we're very optimistic about Myanmar's prospects for a unicorn in 5 years. As long as startups continue to work hard, engage users and build products that generate real value, the chances are good that a local player can grow sufficiently fast to achieve unicorn status. It may come as no surprise then, that EME is investing in and supporting early stage tech companies.
If you want to join the bet, take our poll on Facebook. See you for beer in 5 years.


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Sure they have a voice, but that's not really what I want to use on my records. Farian won't say who was used, and Pilatus says he and Morvan will put out their own album with their own voices. The record company (which said it wasn't aware it was being hip-faked) has a different spin on the situation. Embarrassing?" says Roy Lott of Arista. l don't mean the end justifies the means. But we sold 7 million albums.
Many wrong notes or a big memory lapse can be compared to a fall on the ice for the skater. The evening began with Mozart's Linz Symphony, marmoreally lifeless, with a chilling smoothness to which one would have preferred any amount of wrong notes. Examples from Classical Literature. He strongly reprimands a choirboy whose wrong notes grate on his delicate ear. No matter how many wrong notes he struck, he never lost the intention of a passage, he brought the substance of it across by irregular and astonishing means.
What's Wrong with This Picture? is the second album by singer-songwriter Andrew Gold. It was released in 1976 on Asylum Records. It includes the hit single "Lonely Boy" which peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard singles chart featuring Linda Ronstadt on backing vocals. The album's artwork reflects its title, mimicking a style of visual puzzle that consists of various logical inconsistencies or paradoxes for the viewer to try to identify.
It was during this time that he began to engage with French poetry and started on his translations of Tristan Tzara. Books by Lee Harwood. Mor. rivia About All The Wrong Notes.
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Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye piano sheet music
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye Free Piano Sheet Music
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"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is an R&B/soul song written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson in 1966 for the Tamla Motown label. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, becoming a hit again in 1970 when recorded by former Supremes frontwoman Diana Ross. The song became Ross' first solo number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award. Show Ain't No Mountain High Enough piano sheet
Marvin Gaye description
Marvin Gaye was an American singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned more than three decades. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he was the son of a storefront minister of a local Pentecostal church sect and grew up singing gospel in church revivals as a young child. Gaye branched out into secular music as a teenager, joining the doo-wop group The Marquees, after returning from an honorable discharge from the United States Air Force, before the group was hired by Harvey Fuqua to be Harvey & The Moonglows. Following the band's separation in 1960, Gaye began working as a session drummer for the Detroit music label, Anna, before signing with Motown Records in 1961, adding an "e" to his surname.
Gaye was one of many who shaped the sound and success of Motown Records in the 1960s, becoming that label's top-selling solo arti... More piano sheets by Marvin Gaye
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So you decided to learn to play piano for your own pleasure. If you really want to make playing the piano a truly rewarding experience, you have to get past the recreational pursuit and gain true piano mastery and artistry. Do not treat your piano learning experience casually even if you have a lot of fun learning how to play piano. You should treat...Continue reading Learning How to Play Piano. 5 Tips for Beginners


What are you even doing with you're life if you're not taking advantage of Uniqlo's cashmere sale and dyking out with comedian Robby Hoffman (The Chris Gethard Show, Just For Laughs)? We invited Robby to talk about how to make a move on someone you're interested in, a topic that several listeners have asked about. We explore the dynamic between masc and femme women, and how different the dynamics are for femmes seeking femmes. What's the best way to know if that chick you're digging is into you? What went down in Carolyn's sister's room? Robby explains why Carolyn is no longer allowed to be friends with women, but not before she makes a pitch to Wild Fang about the perfect bathing suit. Also, Carolyn shares a DYKONIC moment that she never knew was in store for her. Plus, we (really Sarah and Robby) give a listener some excellent advice on how to handle her flirty but straight (?????) roommate.


This is a summary of books and videos used to study Ancient Egypt. Be sure to browse the list as only some were mentioned in earlier posts.
My 13 year old loves the Royal Diary series of books. Both my 8 year old and I enjoyed reading Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C. (8.2.1999) together. The story begins just before Cleopatra and her father were exiled to Rome. Told in narrative, we learned much about Cleopatra and life during her time by reading this historical fiction book.
The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt jumps between how certain artifacts were discovered in Egypt and their significance to Ancient Egyptian history. All the while focusing on the lives of several great pharaohs. Hatshepsut, the first great woman known to history, her successor, Thutmose III, the great conqueror, and his son Ahmenhotep IV, the sun pharaoh, are described in great detail.
Tales of Ancient Egypt (Puffin Classics) is a chapter book for upper elementary children and older, which focus on the Gods and pharaohs of Ancient Egypt.
The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt is a historical fiction book for junior high aged children and older, set in the time of Thutmose III.
Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs is a picture book perfect for small learners. It describes how the determination of a small boy led to his being the one to crack the code of hieroglyphs as an adult.
Weighing the heart against the feather of truth is the method used to determine who was telling the truth in The Winged Cat by Deborah Nourse Latimore. The illustrations in this book contain hieroglyphs and art in the traditional Egyptian style.
Punt (modern day Somalia) was a distant land the Ancient Egyptians traveled to for trade, much like Ancient China was a mystery to the Europeans. The Shipwrecked Sailor: An Egyptian Tale with Hieroglyphs based on 1800 BC hieroglyphs, describes a journey to Punt that involves shipwreck, princes and interesting foods.
Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Ancient Egypt gives kids a good introduction to the customs of Ancient Egypt.
The Egyptian Cinderella - Rodophis was a slave girl stolen from Greece and brought to Egypt. Being a slave, her life was actually better than the lives of the servants. Very loosely based on a true story, Rodophis grew up to marry one of the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt.
Great Pharaohs of Egypt - is a four part series of videos which tells the stories of many significant pharaohs.
This video describes many of the Egyptian Gods and Goddesses as well as their significance.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead has a lot in common with the Bible. They are both religious texts which guide the reader to a happy afterlife. In addition to explaining the significance of the Book of the Dead, this video tells how one copy was found and preserved in the British Museum during the 1800's.
For projects associated with our unit study please visit our History Page.


Gather family and friends and join the Heritage Writers Community at the Haggin Museum for an afternoon of songs and stories. Sing along with Joan Garcia; listen to Leslie Liberty and James Fox weave fantastic tales. But most of all, come have fun!


SEFtec NMCI Offshore, in conjunction with the Cork Education Training Board, will be running a 9 week Seafaring Safety skills course at the National Maritime College of Ireland. The course will commence on October 19th and is suitable for those wishing to change careers paths, get back to work or to up skill. A maritime career is one where adventure and different daily experiences are a given. This course will give you the skill set needed to enter into a maritime career.


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The pen is mightier : Rajendra Kumar 'Ajeya'
in Social Issues Uncategorized on May 1, 2016 July 13, 2020 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email 0
Published : Harmony Celebrate age August 2015
http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPageView.jsp?page_id=24984&index1=2
In the pic: Ajeya (extreme right) at a procession with
former Rajasthan chief minister Mohan Lal Sukhadia
Rajendra Kumar's most indomitable weapon during the freedom struggle was the pen. A journalist who worked with many newspapers across the country, Kumar, aka 'Ajeya', stirred the people of India to stand up against colonial rule.
Born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, on 14 February 1916, Kumar was the son of a schoolteacher. He studied in Mungawali, now in Madhya Pradesh, and graduated from Hurbert College in Kota, Rajasthan. His son, Dr Atul Kumar, says, "My father's colleagues and teachers were amazed at how he articulated his thoughts, and they encouraged him to start writing articles."
Ajeya landed a job with Rajasthan Weekly, which published his interview with poet and revolutionary Kesari Singh Bareth. "The interview was headlined 'Yeh jaroori nahi ki bhigi baarood kabhi dhamaka hi naa kare [It is not necessary that wet explosives will never explode]," shares Atul. "It brought pressure on my father to quit his job, and the British ordered an inquiry into the article."
When Jawaharlal Nehru was travelling from Beawar in Rajasthan to Ahmedabad in 1934, Ajeya lined his route with the Congress flag and, with the help of 500-odd farmers, blocked Nehru's way. Forced to stop, Nehru delivered an inspiring speech. Through his writing, Ajeya also raised awareness against the jaagirdari law in Masoda, Ajmer, and police torture in Jalia, Vijay Nagar. He was accused on six different counts and jailed for 42 months in Ajmer Central Jail.
Atul pulls out another memory. "Papa went to Mumbai in 1941 and, the following year, when Gandhi flagged off the Quit India Movement at Gowalia Tank, he was the only freedom fighter from Rajasthan who attended this defining event."
Back in Kota in 1943, Ajeya co-founded Dinabandhu Weekly, which ignited a spark among the youth in the Indore-Kota-Bikaner belt, which would later become the backbone of people's participation in the freedom movement. In 1965, he founded his own weekly newspaper called Hamaara Vatan, which is published to this day.
On 28 April 2015, Rajendra Kumar breathed his last, at the age of 99.—Anubha Agarwal
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Every boat needs a helmsman and a main trimmer like Oracle. You can see Artemis crossing and coming off the foils, and Oracle slamming on the brakes while coming up as the boom comes across.
Closing at more than 40 knots, and no time to trim, duck or do anything except the right thing obviously gets interesting fast. We think this is scary at eight knots. Who was that said "…watching a sailboat race is like watching paint dry."?
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Israeli actors died at age 52
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Juliano Mer-Khamis
Juliano Mer-Khamis (May 29, 1958 Nazareth-April 4, 2011 Jenin) otherwise known as Juliano Mer, Juliano Merr Khamis, Juliano Mer Khamis or Juliano Merr was an Israeli actor, film director and filmmaker. His child is Jay Khamis.
He died as a result of assassination.
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Later this year (August) Jannali Anglican will be visited by our latest CMS link missionary, Miriam Bradshaw. Miriam was a member of our church for many years and worked as a JMAP apprentice (Jannali Ministry Apprenticeship Program) for 2 years before she studied at Moore Theological College. Whilst there, Miriam became more convinced of her desire to head overseas to serve God in a country other than our own.
With this in mind she applied to CMS, was accepted, and is presently studying at the CMS missionary training college, St Andrews Hall, situated in Melbourne. If all goes well, she will head to Spain in the new year. I recently caught up with her and asked her a few questions.
Q: What have you been thinking about and studying recently?
I've been thinking about the recent history of Spain and how quickly Spain has embraced secular thinking. There is such a small number of evangelical Christians, 1% of the population – how can we reach the other 99%?
Q: What does a normal day at St Andrews Hall look like for you?
1. Maybe start with a walk or cycle around the parks just next door.
2. Class is from 9-1. We then eat lunch together. Things we think about in class are: analysing culture, conflict resolution, missiological issues (eg. poverty, teaching people with low or no literacy, learning how to equip locals), growing in self-awareness and major world religions.
3. Post lunch is usually reading and working on assignments. Once a week I meet up with my mentor who used to live and do ministry in Europe. I also meet weekly with a friend to read the bible and another day we have chores around the place.
4. On the weekend I attend church at Tottenham Baptist, a bilingual service in Spanish and English.
Q: What will the rest of your year look like?
Holiday week before Easter then more study. Back to Sydney in June to visit my link churches. 3 weeks in Jannali (in August) – and a week each at my other churches. January 2020 – CMS Summer School and then, God willing, I will fly out to Valencia Spain.
The mission team and ministry staff will keep you posted re Miriam's visit amongst us. Please pray for her as she prepares to serve God in Spain.


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Community notices 1st Dec 2021
WEDDING BELLS: Congratulations to Julette O'Sullivan, daughter of Bridie and Gerry, Killarney Rd. and Niall Barrett who celebrated the sacrament of Marriage here in Abbeyfeale on Saturday last. We wish them every happiness in their married life
PARTY: The Senior Citizens Christmas Party will take place on Sunday 5th Dec. at 1.00pm in the Listowel Arms Hotel. Please contact Noreen 068-49238 or Eileen 087-9313912.
ROSARY: A 9 Day Rosary Novena beginning Tuesday, November 30 and ending on Wednesday, December 8. People all over Ireland will pray the Rosary together each evening at 9pm. On the final evening at 9pm on Radio Maria the Primate of All Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin will lead the final Rosary live. If you are gathering to pray in groups, we encourage you to gather safely adhering to local Covid 19 regulations.
PADRE PIO DEVOTIONS: Castleisland on Tuesday, December 21 at 7.30pm. Witness by:
Joan Hussey, Tralee, "She will share her story about the heartbreak felt by the loss of her little boy". Church services.ie/castleisland.
CONGRATULATIONS to Norma McMahon from Coolaneelig, Duagh, who has been named Kerry Carer of the Year by Family Carers Ireland.
GREENWAY section from Abbeyfeale to Kerry Border was recently reopened.
CHU4CH NEWS: Mass Intentions: Thursday 10am Michael Collins Purt Harry O'Shea, Convent Road Month Mind Special Intention Acknowledgement for those who supported Bridie at this difficult time . No Saturday Morning Mass. 6.30pmWilliam & Nora Flynn and deceased relatives Jackie & Ann Lyons & Noreen Lyons and members of Lyons and O'Donoghue families. Sunday 10am James Mc Enery, Kilconlea Upper Month Mind 12noon Mary & Maurice O'Connell and deceased members of the O'Connell and O'Riordan families.
SICAP FAMILY SUPPORTS: For free support and guidance for parents and caregivers contact Mary O'Connor 087 938 2883 or email [email protected] (Abbeyfeale) and Stefanie Jaeger Liston (NCW/ Askeaton/ Rathkeale) 087 3982925 or email [email protected]
CHANGES TO THE MARKET AT THE BARNAGH HUB: It will now be a morning/afternoon market from 10-2pm and will take place on Saturday, December 4,11,and 18 and Sunday, December 5,12 and 19.To book a free pitch contact Eileen from 9-2pm on 085 2552890.
OBERAMMERGAU PASSION PLAY 2022 -Fr. Dan O'Riordan will be the spiritual director for this pilgrimage. It takes place from August 7-13 and will include category 1 Passion Play tickets. Flights from Dublin direct to Munich. For details contact Premier Travel on 021 4277700 or email [email protected] .
LAST DATES FOR POSTING LETTERS AND CARDS FOR CHRISTMAS: Rest of the World December 4, USA December 9 and Ireland December 21.
FIVE THINGS WE CAN ALL DO: Five things to help "drive down" COVID-19 Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, has asked anyone who has plans to socialise in the next four weeks to do five specific things to help "drive down" Covid. Speaking on Thursday evening, he said: "Incidence of COVID-19 remains concerningly high, with 62,401 cases reported in the last 14 days. We need to continue to make every effort we can to drive down incidence of disease and break the chains of transmission. The best way we can stop COVID spreading to the people we meet is by meeting fewer people and avoiding crowds. Dr Holohan said, that "If you are socialising, think about the risk associated with the activities you have planned. Remember the simple steps you can take to keep both you and the people you meet with safe: 1. Wear a mask correctly, 2. Meet outside if possible, 3. Avoid poorly ventilated indoor spaces, 4.Practice good hand and respiratory hygiene, 5. Be mindful of your contacts in the days after socialising, and especially consider anyone you meet who may be immunocompromised or vulnerable to COVID 19.
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION: In the coming week parents of children in 6th class will be invited to register their son or daughter in the parish Confirmation preparation programme. These registration forms will be distributed through the parish schools. While no dates for Confirmation have been decided yet, the parish will shortly begin its preparation for the sacrament. It is planned to have a number of preparation meetings with the children and their parents. These meetings will be held online. We also intend to organise a number of Masses with the children and their families with a special focus on Confirmation and preparing for celebrating the Sacrament. GLORACH BINGO: Sunday at the GAA grounds Abbeyfeale, starting time of 1.30 pm.
RETIREMENT: There will be a presentation to Doctor Kieran Murphy, Athea to mark his retirement in the Community Centre Carrigkerry on Sunday, December 5 at 3pm. He has provided his services since 1984. Dr. Murphy has patients too in the greater Abbeyfeale area who may wish to be associated with the above.
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS: The committee members say that they are deeply grateful to everyone who helped us out over the last month. Don't forget our bag pack courtesy of Twohigs Supervalu on the 3/4 December 3/4. Regrettably, due to Covid restrictions we have had to cancel our pub quiz at O'Rourkes bar on December 10.
CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEA: Timmy Woulfe, writer, historian, dance master, footballer extraordinaire has launched his book "As Tough as Tathfhéithleann", a list of Irish words and phrases which were commonly used in the parish of Athea in the last century . This would make a great Christmas surprise for our ex pats and if Mary Flynn is not stocking it you have only to ask her and no more than the late Ann Lyons RIP she'll have it on the shelves in jig time. By the way congratulations to all at An Siopa Milsean on winning Today FM's Cadbury's Sound Town 2021.
MORE PHRASES BUT THIS TIME FROM UP NORTH: The following was sent to me by Jer Keneally, Knockanure: The Richness and humour of Ulster Norn (Northern) Ireland speech
Compiled by Sr Dympna O'Daly, as heard regularly in her neighbourhood.
"Here's me" – This is what I said.
"Keep it lit" – A word of encouragement.
"Howl yer whist" – Be quiet!
"He's a real melter!" – He does my head in.
"Call around for a yarn" – yarn = a chat.
"Bout ye?" – How are you?
"Wind yer neck in" – Stop talking.
"Gurning" – Complaining.
"Do you think I came down the Lagan in a bubble?" – Do you think I'm stupid?
"It's a wee bun" – It's very simple.
"I'm foundered" – I'm cold /freezing.
"I'm dying for a poke" – for an ice-cream.
"I'm sundered" – I'm embarrassed.
"Going for a dander"- Going for a stroll.
"Boggin" – Dirty, very unkempt.
"There's more meat on a butcher's apron" – A very skinny person.
"As thick as champ" – Not very intelligent.
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COMMUNITY ALERT NEWS: Human traffickers grounded in 29-country sweep of European airports and roads
Action days yield further arrests for money laundering, modern slavery, and other crimes
Between 8 and 12 November, Europol supported large-scale international action against trafficking in human beings. 29 countries*, led by Austria and Romania, took part in the action days, which were coordinated by Europol and Frontex. The activities saw more than 14 000 law enforcement officers target trafficking routes on roads and at airports. This resulted in 212 arrests and the identification of a further 89 trafficking suspects.
The action days aimed to combat human trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation, forced criminality and forced begging. Europol coordinated the five action days from its 24-hour Operational Centre, which provided the participant countries with informational crosschecking, secure communication channels, and a range of analytical capabilities throughout the operation. The action days took place under the umbrella of the EMPACT security mechanism/framework.
Results from 8-12 November**
212 arrests, for offences including trafficking in human beings, money laundering, pimping and fraud
147 668 persons and 91 856 vehicles checked
327 additional investigations initiated
Casting the net wide in pursuit of traffickers
The action days sought to identify and arrest human trafficking suspects as they transited across Europe, as well as to identify and protect trafficking victims and prevent associated document fraud. Europol coordinated national police, passenger information units, border guards and national agencies that counter human trafficking. Together they created a tight net around trafficking routes, with national police and border agents performing roadside checks, while the passenger information units checked airline passengers.
This led to law enforcement identifying 593 adults and 57 minors as potential human trafficking victims, which included nationals from countries in four continents. Officers stations at EU airports were able to identify a large number of victims as vulnerable to trafficking and exploitation. Those identified were either successfully referred to the UK's National Referral Mechanism, or returned them to their home countries with welfare checks or police assistance put in place upon their return.
There were also seizures of goods such as false driver's licenses, weapons, and hard drugs. The information gleaned from these action days has led to the opening of 327 new cases, along with the possible identification of further suspects and of human trafficking. This enhancement of cooperation between EU agencies, national law enforcement, and actors such as passenger information units, will inform similar future investigations into these serious criminal activities.
Law enforcement also targeted a wide range of possible locations for human traffickers, such as bars, brothels, nightclubs, nail bars, massage studios, and strip clubs. This diverse range of target areas was the result of intelligence showing that traffickers were deploying multiple methods for recruiting their victims, such as the 'lover boy' method and threats of violence against victims' relatives.
*Countries involved: Austria (Action Leader), Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania (Action Co-Leader), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, North Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo***, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina
**Results are still to be collated from activities in Luxembourg and Malta.


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Virus-caused disruptions get blame for special teams follies
Sep. 16, 2020 at 11:56 pm Updated Sep. 17, 2020 at 12:03 am
ERIC OLSON
Blocked kicks, missed kicks, snaps sailing through punters' hands, confusion in simply getting lined up.
The first 29 games of the college football season exposed the toll coronavirus restrictions have taken on special teams' play.
The so-called third phase of the game got short shrift at a lot of schools before the season. Few teams made it through spring practices, and there were starts and stops with summer activities and preseason camps because of COVID-19 outbreaks. Throw in last-minute depth chart shuffling because of positive tests and special teams chaos has ensued.
Georgia Tech survived three foibles in the kicking game to beat Florida State 16-13, with Jude Kelley having two field goals and an extra point blocked. Kelley recovered to win it with a 32-yard field goal in the middle of the fourth quarter.
Yellow Jackets coach Geoff Collins said his field goal unit normally runs eight live repetitions twice a week at practice. He shortened those drills because of social distancing.
"That was the period we had 11 guys within 6 feet of each other for too long," Collins said. "So we decided during a global pandemic not to do that period in elongated times like we've always done."
Georgia Tech wasn't alone. Wake Forest's Nick Sciba, a Lou Groza Award semifinalist who was 24 for 25 on field goals in 2019, had a 44-yard attempt blocked and he hit the upright with a 31-yarder.
There have been 25 missed or blocked field goals in the Bowl Subdivision so far. The national accuracy rate is 65.8% compared with 74.9% for the 2019 season.
Arkansas State's biggest problem has been punting. Ryan Hanson had his first punt of the season blocked by Memphis. In last week's win at Kansas State, Arkansas State overloaded the right side of the line on its first punt, allowing Will Jones II to fly in untouched from the opposite side for the block.
Red Wolves defensive coordinator David Duggan said his team had fill-ins on special teams because several players weren't able to make the trip. Nine starters were out after testing positive for COVID-19.
"You're coaching some guys on the fly and they're trying to execute as best they can," Duggan said. "Usually when you're down a couple players, the first area that takes the hit is the special teams because your back-line guys are being pulled up to be starters, and those are your major contributors to special teams."
Louisiana-Monroe's special teams struggled in a loss at Army, which blocked a field goal and a punt while ULM return man Isaiah Phillips let two kickoffs slip through his hands. ULM's punt return unit was victimized by a fake that went for 47 yards.
Louisville's Logan Lupo had difficulty punting in the rain in a win over Western Kentucky. He dropped a perfect snap on his first attempt and later had a punt blocked, with both plays setting up WKU touchdowns.
The punting circus continued for Austin Peay in its loss at Pittsburgh. The Governors were down to their fourth long snapper in their Aug. 29 opener against Central Arkansas, and getting the ball to the punter was hit or miss. Against Pitt, the Governors gave up a blocked punt for a touchdown, and on another attempt Cole Deeds dropped the snap, picked up the ball and ran and then slipped as he tried a desperation punt. The ball hit a Pitt player in the chest.
In North Carolina's win over Syracuse, the Tar Heels had a muffed punt set up a Syracuse field goal, and there were two illegal blocks and a roughing penalty on kicks and punts. Syracuse missed a short field goal and on another attempt had to call timeout to get lined up.
Special teams played a huge role in Louisiana-Lafayette's 31-14 upset at Iowa State. Chris Smith ran back a kickoff 95 yards and Eric Garror returned a punt 83 yards.
Iowa State coach Matt Campbell said part of the problem was that his team had new personnel on special teams.
"Replicating the return at full speed is really a challenge and, especially when you play a team that does have great punt returner and has success in kick returns, that's hard," Campbell said.
The UTSA-Texas State game was decided by special teams. Texas State's Jeremiah Haydel ran back a punt 91 yards for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter, and all Alan Orona needed to do was make the extra point to give his team a one-point lead.
Orona hooked his kick wide right and then, with the scored tied in the second overtime, did the same thing on a 20-yard field-goal attempt. The Bobcats lost 51-48.
Texas State coach Jake Spavital said nothing is easy with special teams, whether it's getting the on-field operation to run smoothly or just getting the right people on the field. With players coming and going because of COVID-19 and injuries, the makeup of the units change. Even making sure no players are wearing the same jersey numbers on the field at the same time — a violation of NCAA rules — is a challenge.
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"We had to change three kids' jersey numbers right before the game just so there wasn't any conflict of putting the same jersey number on the field," Spavital said.
"You can't be afraid to play a young kid. You have to play a fresh body sometimes," he added. "That's what we're learning through this whole process. You give them a role and they have to grow up and they have to play."


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Il Sass Maor (2.812 ) è una delle cime più celebri delle Pale di San Martino e delle intere Dolomiti e, al pari delle Tre Cime di Lavaredo, un monumento alla storia dell'alpinismo dolomitico.

Caratteristiche
È la cima principale dell'omonimo sottogruppo delle Pale, ossia il "braccio" che più si spinge verso Fiera di Primiero da cui è ben visibile, unito alla Cima della Madonna da una sottile cresta che presenta un'alta forcella, mentre sugli altri versanti è circondato da delle pareti alte fino a 1000 m.

Alpinismo
La vetta del Sass Maor fu conquistata nel 1875 da H. A. Beachcroft, C. C. Tucker, F. Devoassoud, B. Della Santa per il versante nord della forcella che lo collega alla Cima della Madonna. L'attuale via normale, per il canale sud della forcella fu trovata nel 1881 da D. Diamantidi, M. Bettega, L. Cesaletti e F. Colesel e nel 1893 venne compiuta la salita della parete nord ad opera di A. Tavernaro e L. Normann Neruda.

È però nel 1926 che il Sass Maor diviene ambito e famoso agli occhi degli alpinisti grazie all'opera della guida Emil Solleder che, col compagno Franz Kummer scala l'imponente parete est della montagna aprendo il primo itinerario di VI delle Pale di San Martino (oggi valutato di V+). Si tratta di una via veramente ardita per i tempi in cui è stata portata a termine, infatti Solleder ha aggirato alcune fasce di strapiombi con due lunghe traversate in placca che costituiscono il passaggio chiave della via. Nel 1934 viene compiuta un'altra superba ascensione da parte di Ettore Castiglioni e Bruno Detassis, che superano in giornata l'imponente spigolo sud-est, portando a termine un'altra ascensione di VI grado.

Passata la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, gli alpinisti tornano sulle pareti del Sass Maor. Gabriele Franceschini compie la prima ripetizione solitaria della via Solleder nel 1948 e nel 1955 le guide A. Bettega, G. Gilli e L. Gorza percorrono anche il tratto inferiore della parete est, evitato nel '26 tramite una rampa erbosa, e realizzando così la salita integrale della muraglia.

Nel 1964 la parete est è meta di due forti alpinisti: Giancarlo Biasin e Samuele Scalet che realizzano una direttissima a sinistra della Solleder-Kummer; il risultato è uno dei capolavori dell'alpinismo dolomitico ed una delle massime realizzazioni degli anni sessanta. La vittoria viene però funestata da un evento tragico: Giancarlo Biasin precipita dal Sentiero del Cacciatore durante la discesa. La via viene ripetuta l'anno successivo da Gigi Grana, Onorato Casiraghi e Alberto Maschio.

Nel 1974 è la volta dello spigolo sud, a sinistra della Castiglioni-Detassis, salito da Guido Pagani e Ben Laritti.
Maurizio Zanolla detto "Manolo" ripete la Biasin-Scalet nel 1979, effettuandone la prima ripetizione in libera dichiarando difficoltà di IX.
Nel 1980 lo stesso Manolo apre un itinerario destinato a diventare una pietra miliare nella storia dell'arrampicata in Dolomiti, la via Supermatita: via aperta con solo 7 chiodi per tutti i 1000 metri dell'appicco est, a sinistra della variante Bettega ed il tratto chiave, nella parte alta, su roccia friabile, è valutato VII-. Questa via fa parte di un trittico di realizzazioni innovative, compiute nei primi anni ottanta, con la via "Attraverso il pesce" e la via "Tempi moderni", entrambe in Marmolada; esse rappresentano il momento di passaggio dalla mentalità classica in auge fino alla fine degli anni settanta, alla nuova concezione di alpinismo che caratterizza il contemporaneo.

Nel 1982 Graziano Maffei e Paolo Leoni, due fortissimi alpinisti roveretani, salgono il pilastro a destra della Solleder aprendo un nuovo difficilissimo itinerario che è dedicato a Bruno Crepaz.

L'anno successivo, il 1983, è la volta di Lorenzo Massarotto che, accompagnato da Leopoldo Roman, esplora la parete nord-est del Sass Maor aprendo un itinerario con uso parsimonioso di chiodi e dedicandolo al padre Alessio.

Nel 1988, la guida Renzo Corona, con Alfredo Bertinelli, scala la parete a sinistra della Biasin-Scalet raccordandosi con la Castiglioni-Detassis, una via chiamata "Scherzi d'estate", senza utilizzare alcun chiodo e con difficoltà continue ed elevate.

Nel 1992 arrivano sulla montagna anche i cechi Igor Koller e Dino Kuran, il primo è l'apritore della via "Attraverso il pesce", che salgono una variante, chiamata "The change is life" con difficoltà di V+ ed un tratto di VIII, che si raccorda con la rampa della Solleder; l'anno successivo ancora una volta Manolo esplora le placche a sinistra della via Biasin-Scalet aprendo quella che è la più difficile realizzazione delle Pale di San Martino: la via Nurejev con difficoltà fino al X- (8a), via ripetuta anche da Mauro "Bubu" Bole che ne ha confermato le elevatissime difficoltà.

Nel 2001, dopo un ritorno all'alpinismo avvenuto nel 1993, Samuele Scalet torna sul Sass Maor con Davide Depaoli e Marco Canteri realizzando Masada: un itinerario di 1000 m che percorre integralmente la parete sud-est con difficoltà di VII+ e passi di A0, giudicata una delle vie più belle al Sass Maor.

Itinerari
Il gruppo del Sass Maor è ottimamente servito da due rifugi: il rifugio Pradidali ed il rifugio Velo della Madonna.

Essi sono collegati da un lungo sentiero attrezzato: dal Pradidali s'imbocca la ferrata del Portòn che ben attrezzata con scale e funi conduce all'omonima forcella da cui il sentiero prosegue fino alla ferrata del Velo, che taglia lo zoccolo della Cima della Madonna.

Un'alternativa al sentiero del Velo è la ferrata della Vecchia che poco prima di quella del Velo scende in Val di Roda superando un salto attrezzato con pioli.

Il rifugio del Velo è altresì raggiungibile dalla Val Canali mediante il sentiero del Cacciatore, attualmente interdetto dopo le frane del Sass Maor nel 2011, oppure mediante il sentiero attrezzato Dino Buzzati che dalla Val Canali raggiunge per canali e camini la Cima del Cimerlo.

Ascensioni
La cima del Sass Maor è raggiungibile tramite diversi itinerari, in buona parte frequentati ed apprezzati. I più gettonati sono:
 Via normale: è un'ascensione di media difficoltà impegnativa nei passaggi e nell'orientamento, specie in discesa; percorre il canalone sud tra il Sass e la Cima della Madonna con passi di III+ e poi raggiunge la cima per placche esposte.
 Via Solleder-Kummer: è la grande classica della montagna, che sale la parete est puntando ad una linea di diedri ben visibile sul lato destro; gli strapiombi che sbarrano l'accesso al diedro sono stati aggirati mediante due spettacolari traversate in placca con difficoltà di V+. L'accesso avviene mediante la Banca Orba, imboccata dal sentiero del Cacciatore (600 m, V e V+ sostenuto).
 Spigolo Castiglioni-Detassis: è un'altra grande classica alla cima, meno frequentata della via Solleder, ma ugualmente grandiosa. I primi salitori attaccarono direttamente lo spigolo alla base della parete tramite una fessura bagnata; oggi questo attacco viene aggirato sulla sinistra, ma rappresenta il passaggio chiave dell'ascensione (750 m, V e passi di VI-, difficoltà discontinue).
 Via Giancarlo Biasin: è la terza grande classica del Sass Maor, molto frequentata. Supera le placche e gli strapiombi a sinistra della via Solleder, al centro della parete sud-est, tramite un poco visibile sistema di diedri e fessure. In alcuni passaggi sono stati usati chiodi a pressione. La via è considerata un capolavoro dell'arrampicata, difficile sia se percorsa classicamente in artificiale, che a maggior ragione in libera (650 m, fino al VI+ e A0/A1, IX in libera).
 Via Supermatita: è la leggenda del Sass Maor, ripetuta per la prima volta da Roland Mittersteiner e ripetuta in solitaria invernale da Maurizio Giordani. La via conta alcune ripetizioni, anche parziali ed è in buona parte su bella roccia eccetto il tratto chiave in cui è friabile. L'itinerario sale direttamente dalla base della parete per placche ed aggirando i vari strapiombi per 500 fino alla Banca Orba (fino al VI-), poi devia per diedri appena a sinistra della Solleder affrontando il tiro chiave (VI e VII-, totale 1000 m).
 Spigolo Laritti-Pagani: è messo in ombra dalle altre vie, ma conta alcune ripetizioni; sale lo spigolo a sinistra della Castiglioni-Detassis, con bella dirittura (400 m, V e VI con un passo di A1 o VI+).
 Via Alessio Massarotto: è la via tracciata dal grande arrampicatore padovano e sale il lato più misterioso del versante orientale tramite diedri e lunghe traversate per collegarli. Aperta in completa arrampicata libera e con solo 16 chiodi (1000 m, fino al VI+).
 Via Masada: un altro capolavoro di Samuele Scalet e compagni sulla parete sud-est; via molto difficile attrezzata con l'uso di qualche spit, ma prettamente alpinistica. Supera il tratto di parete tra la Solleder e la Biasin per 1100 metri e difficoltà fino al VII+ e A1. Recentemente è stata ripetuta in libera da Riccardo Scarian anche nei brevi tratti di artificiale, con passi fino al X (8b).

Altri progetti

Montagne delle Dolomiti
Montagne del Trentino
Montagne di 2000 m

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29 Dead After Al-Shabab Attacks Mogadishu Restaurants
Harun Maruf
Somali men carry away the body of a civilian who was killed in a militant attack on a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia Thursday, June 15, 2017.
Officials in Somalia say at least 29 people were killed in an overnight attack by al-Shabab militants on two popular Mogadishu restaurants.
A spokesman for the Somali security forces said Thursday that the dead include 18 civilians, seven of them women, and all six attackers who stormed the Posh Treats and Pizza House restaurants in the Somali capital's Hodan district.
Earlier, a security source told VOA Somali that five members of the Somali special forces also died during a fierce gun battle with the gunmen. The source said three men were killed in an explosion from a grenade thrown by the militants.
Security forces ended the militants' siege of the second restaurant early Thursday after battling the gunmen for almost 11 hours.
Major Abdifatah Bashir Ali, commander of police in Hodan, told VOA that special forces launched a major operation just before 6 a.m. local time and were able to "overpower" the militants who were holed up inside.
The civilians killed include a Syrian national who fled his homeland and was working in Somalia as a chef.
Mogadishu ambulance services said they evacuated 26 people who were wounded in the attack.
The attack started Wednesday evening with a car bomb explosion outside the two restaurants, causing massive damage.
Witnesses said the gunmen first entered Posh Treats, then proceeded to Pizza House where they put up fierce resistance against the security forces who were trying to end the siege.
Ambulance worker Abduqlakadir Abdullahi Abdi said he refused to leave the site as the standoff continued into the night, deciding instead to wait outside the restaurant to evacuate the wounded.
One of the Aamin ambulances waits outside Pizza House as Somali security forces end an al-Shabab siege of two Mogadishu restaurants early Thursday morning.
As the sound of gunfire echoed in the background, he told VOA that he was not able to enter the building because of the intensity of the gunfire and wanted to wait outside to save lives whenever the security forces secured the building.
"I'm just 10 steps away from the building but I'm waiting to see if there are more wounded people in the building; we heard there are people with fractures inside," he said. "We can't go home because there is no other ambulance in service."
The two restaurants offer food, spa, lodging, snooker and shisha as well as refreshments, and is popular with Somalis from the diaspora. Staff at the two restaurants include foreigners from Kenya, Ethiopia and Syria.
Al-Shabab claim
The al-Shabab militant group said it carried out the attack. On its website, the group said it targeted the restaurants "because there are women who sell their body for money." There has been no independent confirmation of that accusation.
Somalis walk near destroyed vehicles at the scene of a car bomb blast and gun battle targeting a restaurant in Mogadishu, June 15, 2017.
Witnesses, including a VOA reporter who was at the scene, said they heard a hail of bullets and explosions as the special Somali forces known as Danab, or "lightning," pushed forward to end the siege. Security forces later confirmed to VOA that they had secured the building.
Pictures taken from the scene showed the bodies of several women in one of the rooms. Another picture showed relatives of the victims killed in the attack weeping outside the building.
The attack was the biggest in Mogadishu during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a time when the militants often escalate their attacks and assassinations.
The attack also came just hours after the militant group released purported audio of its elusive deputy leader, Mahad Karate, who was reported to have been the target of a U.S. drone strike on Sunday near the town of Sakow in Middle Jubba region. The group did not confirm or deny whether he was in the vicinity of the drone strike.
In the audio, the speaker urged the group's fighters to escalate their attacks during "this Ramadan." He referred to the May 31 attack by U.S. and Somali forces on the village of Dar es Salam, where a U.S. Navy SEAL was killed. The audio does not refer to the attack Sunday near Sakow.
Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulle and Abdulaziz Osman contributed to this report.
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