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Proposed spending by the federal government to support wind energy, hydropower and other renewable energies has received positive support from the domestic industry.
OTTAWA, Ontario, CA, 2001-12-21 [SolarAccess.com] The Canadian Wind Energy Association welcomes the production incentive proposed in the federal budget. The budget proposes to pay an incentive of C1.2 cents per kilowatt-hour of production, gradually declining to 0.8¢/kWh over a ten-year period, for wind projects installed in the next five years. The cost of the 15-year program will be $260 million. "This is a major kick start for the industry, and shows the federal government is committed to solving emissions and climate change issues in Canada," CanWEA president Guy Painchaud. "Wind-generated energy is more secure than other sources of supply, such as nuclear or fossil plants, because it is indigenous and distributed widely, providing regional economic benefits while being less vulnerable to disruption. Wind energy also has stable cost, and is not subject to unexpected price changes resulting from changes in fuel cost." CanWEA says wind energy can deliver 5 percent of domestic electricity by 2010, if supportive government policies are implemented. Globally, wind energy is growing by 32 percent per year and "Canada can now share in this economic boom with other nations," he says. "The Government has come a long way toward recognizing the key role that rural and urban municipalities play in helping communities contribute to achieving Canada's economic, social and environmental goals," says Jack Layton, president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The budget increases spending to the Green Municipal Funds to $250 million, for projects that include renewable energy technologies. "The doubling of the resources available to the Green Municipal Funds is clearly welcome and FCM intends to put this money to work in communities across Canada to achieve sustainable community development," says Layton. One of the larger renewable energy companies, Canadian Hydro, commends the "significant initiatives" towards a cleaner environment in the new production incentive for wind energy projects and an expanded definition of small hydroelectric project to allow accelerated depreciation on waterpower projects for tax purposes. The new mechanisms will result in the construction of a significant amount of new green power projects, predicts CEO John Keating. The wind production incentive will increase revenue for the Alberta company by $1 million during the first year on a 30 MW windfarm. The federal government is encouraging provincial and territorial governments to provide additional support for wind energy investments. The change in tax treatment for hydroelectric facilities up to 50 MW in capacity will improve the economics by deferring the payment of income taxes for initial years following construction, to recognize the significant capital investment required. A company that constructs a project for$150 million could accelerate the deduction of capital cost allowance over the first five years of production, resulting in a deferral of income taxes on $70 million of income. "The federal government's new green initiatives will contribute significantly towards encouraging renewable energy and reducing Canada's greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in a net economic benefit for Canada," says Keating. "We continue to encourage all levels of government to provide a green power consumer rebate or credit and implement a low-impact renewable portfolio standard, which will support consumption of green power." Canada's ability to generate green power received "a shot in the arm" by the budget measures, according to the Clean Air Renewable Energy Coalition. "These new federal government mechanisms will support investments in innovation, economic growth, and new energy infrastructure in the Canadian economy," says Rick George of Suncor Energy, one of the founders of the group. "It puts Canada on the radar screen for global investors in renewable energy." The new mechanisms are expected to result in 360 MW of new renewable energy generation, and will indirectly contribute toward a significant expansion beyond those levels resulting from increased competitiveness of renewable energy. New investment as a direct result of the mechanisms will be $700 million, while the indirect spin-off investments could double or triple that outcome, he explains. "Low-impact renewable energy can provide a significant part of Canada's energy needs without exhausting energy resources or impacting on the environment," adds Robert Hornung of the Pembina Institute. "Renewable energy supports Canada's effort to implement the Kyoto Protocol, as it is a zero emission resource." "With these fiscal mechanisms, Canada is able to jump on the renewable train that has pulled out of the station elsewhere in the world," says the coalition. The global market for wind power is $4 billion and expected to grow to $43.5 billion by 2010. The solar electricity industry is expected to grow from current levels of $2.5 billion to $23.5 billion by 2010. The coalition wants governments stimulation on demand, and is calling on provincial and territorial governments to develop green power demand stimuli. The coalition was co-founded by Suncor Energy and the Pembina Institute, and members include 12 corporations, five environmental organizations and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. 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cantona: the people's champion?
Eric Cantona's recent announcement that he would be running in next year's French presidential elections didn't even cause me to raise an eyebrow in Ancelotti-esque fashion. When it was stated just a day later that his announcement was nothing more than a ruse to get actual candidates to pay attention to his push for better housing for the poor, I was even less surprised.
would you elect this man to lead your country?
The moves were textbook Cantona: unpredictably predictable.
Whether it be from decades of grilling by the media, or from years of shelling product for Nike / Umbro / the Cosmos, the often polarizing Frenchman has picked up a good deal of media savy. And he knows how to use it for his unpredictable bidding. His announcement was a perfectly timed way to get the political punditry, candidates and general populace all at least discussing his pet cause. Shrewd work, however you look at the announcements.
But the more I think about it, the more I think that the former football bad boy could present an intriguing option in today's tumultuous European political climate. Assuming, of course, that he really was to making a run at the French presidency.
Now let's get one thing straight before we get too far into this: I am by no means any sort of political analyst. While I have a passing interest in politics, I'm hardly familiar enough with the Europe's political happenings to comment on who is or isn't most prepared and well-suited for running one of the world's most influential countries. And if you've spent any time reading this blog, you know that I rarely know what I'm talking about regarding football… so take everything below with a Napoleon-sized grain of salt.
But don't discount Cantona as a viable "hypothetical" candidate just because of my political naivety.
The most common complaint that sprang up in the aftermath of the announcement was that King Eric's celebrity status was the only reason he could even enter the discussion in the first place. "Everyone knows celebrities don't make politicians." Unfortunately, that's a pretty weak argument. Plenty of celebrity figures with little experience in public office have been able to find their ways to seats of power. I mean if Arnold Schwarzenegger — a body-building, Austrian immigrant turned movie star who's lines were often limited in complexity to make them easier for him to say — was able to run the world's eighth largest economy decently enough, there's no reason to believe that a footballer couldn't do the same. Hell, there's plenty of precedent to make that claim as well.
The man best known for netting 64 goals for Manchester United, popped collars, and kung-fu kicking a fan during a match is — as mentioned earlier — also rather well known for his spontaneity. While many star players from yesteryear tend to take a career in football management, move into the punditry, or just fade into obscurity, Cantona chose a path slightly different… acting.
Though none of his performances have garnered any sort of critical acclaim, the career move has gone a long way to endearing him to a wider audience. Which is obviously crucial for anyone attempting a run at the presidency, as football fans alone cannot a president make.
So aside from a growing fan base, what is it about Cantona that has convinced me that he could be a candidate at least worthy of consideration? The issues, of course.
cartoonist pete mckee hit the nail on the head with his assessment of cantona's strength in france's upcomming elections.
One of the biggest issues plaguing France at the moment is the backlash against the supposed erosion of French culture by means of immigration. The country has spent the better part of the last decade attempting to figure out assimilate the masses of immigrants into French culture, instead of having the varying cultures slowly erode the country's proud national identity. The issue is pervasive across French society. You might recall the French national team's controversial "policy" that aimed at limiting the number of dual-nationality African players being drafted into France squads in favor of increasing "traditional French" players.
Who better to lead a country caught in this battle than a mad who embodies both characteristics? Cantona's heritage — his mother's family is from Catalonia, while his father's from Sardinia — makes him the ideal spokesman for dealing with the integration issue.
His family's immigrant background would not only gain him the support of France's growing immigrant population, but also to better understand their needs better than someone stemming from the bourgeoisie. Perhaps Eric's efforts to bring better housing to the poor are rooted in his family's meager roots: his stonemason grandfather and father carved their home into a Marseille hillside around the freaking cave in which they had been living.
Likewise, Cantona being a second-generation Frenchman means he seems like a "normal" Frenchman… or at least one traditional enough to appeal to the "normal" French people. He looks French, if nothing else.
Next year's French presidential elections won't just focus on the country's racial tensions, though. While that will surely play it's part during the course of the campaign, the biggest issue will undoubtedly be the economic crisis that's currently plaguing the European Union. And surprisingly, Eric seems like the perfect candidate to tie France's socio-economic classes together on this front, too.
I mentioned earlier that he's already championing efforts for the poor, and that his family's former days in the cave-dwelling lower class, so he's got the plebian vote accounted for. And because of his middle-class upbringing in and around the 1981 global recession, he'll understand how Europe's economic downturn is affecting today's stagnant and struggling middle class. He's also rich: works-on-three-continents rich. And there's nobody that rich people trust more than other rich people. Generalizations? Sure, but Cantona's economic bridging at least smells like a classic Michael Scott "Win-Win-Win" scenario.
Issues aside, there are a number of other reasons that would make Eric Cantona a quality French presidential candidate. His self-professed love of philosophy and poetry mean that he's — if nothing else attempting to be — some sort of an intellectual, a growing rarity in today's political sphere. He's also not afraid to say whatever he wants, as is evident by his one sentence, historically cryptic response to the press after he kicked the Crystal Palace fan:
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea."
if king eric were to run for president, any political opponents might want to watch what they say about him.
Anyone ballsy enough to deliver that kind of gibberish to a room full of journalists has more than enough personality and mental toughness to handle running a country. Not to mention that he'd be just as likely to harpoon one of his political foes as he did to Palace fan Matthew Simmons in 1995.
Not that any of these quality reasons are of any importance anyway, since Cantona's team has already announced he's not actually running. I hesitate to even venture a guess at what kind of cockamamie initiatives he would have dreamed up on which he would have run his campaign platform. Whether he could have gotten enough people to take those ideas seriously is another matter all together.
Would I vote for Cantona? It's kind of a moot question, seeing as how I lack any sort of French citizenship. But if only we could find a way for him to get on the US presidential ballot — I'm just playing a red devil's advocate here — that might just get my vote.
I mean, Cantona 2012 can't be any worse than any of our other options anyway, right?
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Fosun Receives RMB12 Billion Syndicated Loan to Consolidate Capital for Business Development
Published on January 17, 2023 by fleet
HONG KONG, Jan 17, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – On 16 January 2023, Fosun High Technology, the domestic operating entity of Fosun International Limited ("Fosun International", HKEX: 00656), and eight domestic banks held a syndicated loan signing ceremony at the Bund Finance Center, Shanghai. According to the agreement, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, and Bank of Communications as joint lead banks, and China Minsheng Bank, the Export-Import Bank of China, and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, and as participating banks will jointly form a syndicate to provide Fosun High Technology a loan totaling RMB12 billion.
It is reported that this is the largest private enterprise loan led by five major state-owned banks in cooperation with policy banks and joint-stock banks since the Central Economic Work Conference explicitly proposed in mid-December last year to encourage and support the development of the private economy and private enterprises.
The market is generally in the view that the syndicated loan is not only of great significance to Fosun, but it also plays a positive role in improving public expectations and boosting confidence for development for private enterprises in Shanghai and even the entire country.
According to the Company's official release, Guo Guangchang, Chairman of Fosun International said that this signing has further deepened the cooperation between Fosun and banks, broadened financing channels, and consolidated liquidity support for business development.
Before the RMB12 billion syndicated loan was officially completed, on 13 January, Fosun High Technology successfully completed bookbuilding for the RMB1 billion super & short-term commercial paper "23 Fosun High Technology SCP001" with a term of 180 days and a coupon rate of 6.99% per annum. The super & short-term commercial paper is Fosun High Technology's first issuance since its return to the public market at the end of April 2022.
Market analyst pointed out that the successful issuance of the super & short-term commercial paper and the smooth completion of more than RMB10 billion syndicates loan reflect financial institutions and investors' confidence in the stabilization of Fosun's capital and their endorsement of Fosun's strategy of streamlining the organization and focusing on its core businesses.
Over the past six months or so, Fosun's series of divestment actions in the capital market have gained widespread attention. During the period, companies under Fosun significantly reduced their shareholdings in Nanjing Iron and Steel United, Jianlong, Zhaojin Mining, Tsingtao Brewery, Jinhui Liquor, Zhongshan Public Utilities, Sanyuan, and COFCO Engineering & Technology. According to incomplete statistics, Fosun's accumulative return of capital has reached tens of billions of yuan. In addition to this syndicated loan and the super & short-term commercial paper, Fosun's capital has been further consolidated.
In recent years, Fosun proposed to position itself as a global innovation-driven consumer group. In the past six months or so, Fosun has significantly accelerated its pace of focusing on its core businesses in the family-oriented consumer sector. Based on recent positive news, it can be seen that this strategic adjustment has already achieved results, and Fosun's Health, Happiness, Wealth and other family-oriented consumer sectors have shown a strong recovery momentum.
Taking Fosun Tourism Group in the Happiness segment as an example, on the New Year's Day this year, Atlantis Sanya, FOLIDAY Town Lijiang and other businesses have all performed better than the same period in 2022, and many Club Med resorts in China recorded close to 100% occupancy. In the global market, Club Med's bookings in the first half of 2023 have greatly exceeded the same period in 2019 before the COVID-19 epidemic.
Regarding Fosun Pharma in the Health segment, its anti-epidemic vaccine and drug continue to attract great attention. COMIRNATY, including the monovalent COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (BNT162b2) and the bivalent vaccine which can protect against the Omicron variant, was officially registered as a drug/product (biological product) in Hong Kong SAR on 20 December 2022. Fosun Pharma has also opened up vaccinations to people including Mainland Chinese residents. As regards Azvudine, the oral medication for COVID-19, it is now included in the medical insurance scheme in 31 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions across the country, and is available in grassroots medical institutions in many provinces. The accessibility of Azvudine has been greatly enhanced.
Based on its solid financial performance and strong potential for rebound, domestic and overseas securities firms have recently issued research reports, assigning Fosun International an "overweight" rating. On 12 January, Nomura Orient International Securities published a research report and mentioned that Fosun International currently has sufficient cash flow, the short-term liquidity problem has been resolved, the future leverage ratio is expected to be reduced, and the capital structure will continue to be optimized; at the operational level, Fosun will firmly focus on its core businesses in the family-oriented consumer sector. With the continuous optimization of China's epidemic prevention policy, the firm expects Fosun to achieve better performance.
Previously, China International Capital Corporation (CICC) and China Industrial Securities have published research reports successively and expressed optimism about Fosun's strategy of streamlining the organization and focusing on its core businesses.
"In the medium and long term, we believe that the valuation method of Fosun International is expected to gradually shift from using the NAV of the group to using the PE of the large consumer company. As a result, Fosun is expected to usher in a rise in the central level of long-term valuation," CICC mentioned in the research report.
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Statement by Konstantine Gamsakhurdia that the Majority of the Buildings Under Construction belong to Iranians and Arabs, is Groundless
In a July 9-15 edition of Alia newspaper, the Leader of Freedom Party, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia stated that the majority of the residential buildings under construction belong to Iranians, as well as the individuals from Arab countries and that any individual who makes a USD 35,000 investment, is granted a residence permit in Georgia.
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia: "Residential buildings are being constructed and most of the apartments there belong to the individuals from Iran, as well as people from Arab countries who arrived in Georgia for a relatively longer term. All of them have either the residence permit or the citizenship of Georgia. What is the matter? The truth is that the rule allows anyone who makes a USD 35,000 investment in Georgia to be granted the residence permit in Georgia. Citizens of the aforementioned countries keep such amounts of money in their pockets. For instance, what kind of regulation does Germany have regarding foreigners? They require from you to make a USD 35,000 investment, in order to be granted the residence permit. In addition, as a foreign investor, you have to employ at least ten German citizens. In Georgia, such foreigners mostly invest in night club, hotel and exotic restaurant businesses (USD 35,000 and more) and do not even employ Georgians – they bring their own staff instead."
1. The statement that the majority of the apartments in the residential buildings that are under construction belong to Iranians and people from Arab countries, is misleading, as according to the public register data, in 2012-2016, the largest share of apartments were sold to the citizens of Russia (51%), with the share of the citizens of Iran being equal to 2.6%, and 1.5% for Iraqi citizens.
The Migration Profile 2017, formulated by the Georgian Governmental Commission on Migration Issues, provides the information about the foreigners buying real estate in Georgia. The Profile is based on 2012-2016 data of the Public Register of Georgia.
According to the given data, in 2012-2016, foreign nationals registered 15,317 apartments/houses in Georgia. In total, 2,691,313pieces of real estate were registered in the given period. The number of the real estate (flats/houses, agricultural and non-agricultural lands) bought by the foreign nationals in the given period is 34,024, which does not exceed 1.3% of the total amount of the real estate sold in Georgia.
In 2012-2016, among all foreigners, Russian citizens bought the most apartments/houses in Georgia (51%). In the given period, Iranian (2.6%) and Iraqi (1.5%) citizens bought 399 and 236 pieces of real estate, respectively and hold 9th and 10th positions among the foreigners that registered real estate in Georgia. The amount of apartments/houses bought by the citizens of other Arab countries is so low that they did not even appear in the top 10.
In 2012-2016, the citizens of foreign countries bought 15,317 apartments/houses in Georgia.
2. The statement that the USD 35,000 gives the Georgian residence permit to anyone is also manipulative. According to a resolution by the Government of Georgia, a foreign national can receive an investment residence permit if the investment equals at least GEL 300,000. Purchasing real estate worth USD 35,000 (except for the agricultural land) only grants a temporary, one-year residence permit.
According to the Article 11 of the Resolution №520 of the Government of Georgia, a foreigner is allowed to live in Georgia on the basis of the investment residence permit, however, the given Resolution holds that it is necessary to invest at least GEL 300,000 to this end, not USD 35,000.
According to the 2014 Resolution №520 by the Government of Georgia, there are various grounds for assigning the Georgian residence permit to the foreign nationals: residence permit for employment purposes; student residence permit; family reunion residence permit; residence permit of the former citizens of Georgia; residence permit of non-citizens; special residence permit; permanent residence permit; investment residence permit; temporary residence permit; short-term residence permit.
It is noteworthy that apart from the investment residence permit, financial criterium is also required in the process of granting the short-term residence permit. Since 2015, the short-term residence permit has been issued only to those foreign citizens that have property rights (except for the agricultural land) on the real estate, the market value of which is higher than USD 35,000, equivalent in GEL. The given residence permit is issued only for a year.
There is a big difference between the investment residence permit and the short-term residence permit. Apart from the fact that the first one involves an investment, while the second – property ownership, the short-term residence permit is issued with a validity of 6-12 months, whereas the investment residence permit has an indefinite term and allows its owner to live in Georgia indefinitely.
In addition, the number of foreign citizens that own short-term or investment residence permits is quite small.
According to the Public Service Development Agency, in 2012-2016, the short-term residence permit was issued to 690 individuals, whereas the investment residence permit – to 363 people. The short-term and the investment residence permits constitute only 1.5% of all the residence permits issued in Georgia.
3. It is also noteworthy that in the last six years, the citizenship of Georgia has been given to such as small number of Iranians or Arab country representative (265 in total) that even if each of them had bought a flat/house, the real estate purchased by them would not have been important for the Georgian market anyway.
According to the 2012-2017 data, the most of the granted citizenships fell on former Russian citizens. The statistics of Iranian and Arab foreigners' successful applications in 2012-2017 are much smaller and constitutes 265 cases in total: Iran – 192; Egypt – 18; Iraq – 3; Yemen – 4; Jordan – 21; Lebanon – 8; Morocco – 3; Syria – 14; Tunisia – 2.
As we have seen, the share of the apartments/houses purchased in Georgia by Iranians and the representatives of Arab countries is much lower than 1%, which is reflected in the statistics of the real estate purchase by foreigners. It should be noted that the cases of granting Georgian citizenship to the citizens of Iran and Arab countries are very scarce as well, which exclude the possibility of them purchasing a significant part of the real estate as Georgian citizens. Therefore, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia's claim that the majority of apartments in the residential buildings under construction belong to the individuals from Iran and Arab countries, is groundless.
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In a new city, at a new school, twelve-year-old Emmy has never felt more out of tune. Things start to look up when she takes her first coding class, unexpectedly connecting with the material--and Abigail, a new friend--through a shared language: music. But when Emmy gets bad news about their computer teacher, and finds out Abigail isn't being entirely honest about their friendship, she feels like her new life is screeching to a halt. Despite these obstacles, Emmy is determined to prove one thing: that, for the first time ever, she isn't a wrong note, but a musician in the world's most beautiful symphony.
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When Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland, where spiders, rats, cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans. This world is on the brink of war, and Gregor's arrival is no accident. A prophecy foretells that Gregor has a role to play in the Underland's uncertain future. Gregor wants no part of it -- until he realizes it's the only way to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance. Reluctantly, Gregor embarks on a dangerous adventure that will change both him and the Underland forever.
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Hold onto your hats and lace up your boots; we're off on a fashion adventure! Travel through 25 scenes in fashion history, circling the globe with your two young stylish travel companions--one boy and one girl, dressed the part in every picture. Each lavishly illustrated scene captures the mood and style of a unique time and place, accompanied by a trove of fashion history facts.
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Artist, Debra Halprin, projects her view of the world through her artwork. She works in water media and finds visual excitement through contrast and color. Although primarily a portrait artist, Ms. Halprin enjoys painting still lifes, interiors and landscapes. Her work is representational with an impressionistic flavor.
Ms. Halprin is an award winning Artist whose works have been accepted into the prestigious Baltimore Watercolor Society's Mid Atlantic as well as the Philadelphia Watercolor Society's International Exhibits. Her portrait "Little Miss Molly" was juried into Touchstone Gallery's exhibit "The Human Form" where Juror, Dr. Anne Goodyear, Assistant Curator of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, awarded Debra Second Place.
Debra works with many local Realtors depicting the homes they have helped purchase or have sold. The image of the property is then used in mailings and advertisements throughout Montgomery County.
Ms. Halprin's works have been featured in articles in Washington Home & Design Magazine, The Washington Post, Palette Magazine, The Gazette Newspaper and Montgomery County Insight Magazine.
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Soufrière (Guadeloupe), 2012/13
Eitempera auf ungrundierter Baumwolle
Besitz des Künstlers
© Franz Gertsch
Bromelia (Guadeloupe), 2012
Tempera on unprimed cotton
Maria (Guadeloupe), 2011/12
Frühling [spring], 2011
Acrylic on unprimed cotton
Winter [winter], 2009
Sommer [summer], 2008/09
Herbst [autumn], 2007/08
Works by Franz Gertsch
Tireless in his creative urge, Franz Gertsch (born 1930) turned his attention to a new group of works after completing his Four Seasons series with "Frühling" [Spring] (2010/11). The subject of "Maria" is already familiar from a woodcut completed exactly ten years earlier that was not intended as a part of a triptych, but rather as an homage to the artist's wife in which the two major themes of Franz Gertsch's artistic work – landscape and portraiture – merge. In "Maria (Guadeloupe)" (2011/12), it now concerns the middle painting of a triptych dealing with the cycle of life under the heading "Becoming – Being – Decaying." With its larger than life-sized sensuality, the monumental nude portrait "Maria", which was executed after a photograph taken on Guadeloupe, takes centre stage. On time for the tenth anniversary in November 2012, the museum also unveiled the second completed painting. "Bromelia (Guadeloupe)" (2012) fascinates with its depiction of an opulent Caribbean landscape featuring the brilliant red flower of a blossoming bromelia plant. The third work completing the triptych is presented in the Museum Franz Gertsch from July 2013. "Soufrière (Guadeloupe)" (2012/13) abducts the viewer to the marshier depths of Caribbean vegetation with its large-leaved plants and ferns. Framed by a delicate blue sky and moist earth, the cycles of nature and life are made sensually tangible here as well.
Next to the Guadeloupe triptych, "Herbst" [Autumn] (2007/08), "Sommer" [Summer] (2008/09) and "Frühling" [Spring] (2009-11) are on display. The painting "Winter" (2009) is currently not exhibited.
29.06.2013 : Workshop Franz Gertsch. Malerei und Holzschnitt
Works by Franz Gertsch Sat. 23.03.2013 – Sun. 01.09.2013
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Public Relations Average Salaries in Djibouti 2022
How much money does a person working in Public Relations make in Djibouti?
277,000 DJF
( 3,320,000 DJF yearly)
DJF AVERAGE
DJF HIGH
A person working in Public Relations in Djibouti typically earns around 277,000 DJF per month. Salaries range from 123,000 DJF (lowest average) to 461,000 DJF (highest average, actual maximum salary is higher).
This is the average monthly salary including housing, transport, and other benefits. Salaries vary drastically between different Public Relations careers. If you are interested in the salary of a particular job, see below for salaries for specific job titles.
Communications Associate 136,000 DJF
Communications Specialist 169,000 DJF
Director of Communications 382,000 DJF
Government Relations Officer 244,000 DJF
Head of Public Relations 479,000 DJF
Investor Relations Officer 273,000 DJF
Media Relations Specialist 328,000 DJF
Meetings Coordinator 126,000 DJF
Public Relations Manager 402,000 DJF
Public Relations Officer 162,000 DJF
Public Relations Practitioner 204,000 DJF
Public Relations Specialist 174,000 DJF
Relationship Management Officer 135,000 DJF
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Public Relations Jobs Salary Distribution in Djibouti
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Public Relations salaries in Djibouti range from 123,000 DJF per month (minimum average salary) to 461,000 DJF per month (maximum average salary, actual maximum is higher).
The median salary is 266,000 DJF per month, which means that half (50%) of people working in Public Relations are earning less than 266,000 DJF while the other half are earning more than 266,000 DJF. The median represents the middle salary value. Generally speaking, you would want to be on the right side of the graph with the group earning more than the median salary.
Closely related to the median are two values: the 25th and the 75th percentiles. Reading from the salary distribution diagram, 25% of people working in Public Relations are earning less than 175,000 DJF while 75% of them are earning more than 175,000 DJF. Also from the diagram, 75% of people working in Public Relations are earning less than 349,000 DJF while 25% are earning more than 349,000 DJF.
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Salary Comparison By Education
How does the education level affect your salary?
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It is well known that higher education equals a bigger salary, but how much more money can a degree add to your income? We compared the salaries of professionals at the same level but with different college degrees levels across many jobs, below are our findings.
Change in salary based on education varies drastically from one location to another and depends hugely on the career field as well. The data displayed here is the combined average of multiple jobs. To view accurate figures, choose a specific job title.
Workers with a certificate or diploma earn on average 17% more than their peers who only reached the high school level.
Employees who earned a Bachelor's Degree earn 24% more than those who only managed to attain a cerificate or diploma.
Professionals who attained a Master's Degree are awarded salaries that are 29% more than those with a Bachelor's Degree.
Finally, PhD holders earn 23% more than Master's Degree holders on average while doing the same job.
Is a Master's degree or an MBA worth it? Should you pursue higher education?
A Master's degree program or any post-graduate program in Djibouti costs anywhere from 1,380,000 Djibouti Franc(s) to 4,130,000 Djibouti Franc(s) and lasts approximately two years. That is quite an investment.
You can't really expect any salary increases during the study period, assuming you already have a job. In most cases, a salary review is conducted once education is completed and the degree has been attained.
Many people pursue higher education as a tactic to switch into a higher paying job. The numbers seem to support this tactic. The average increase in compensation while changing jobs is approximately 10% more than the customary salary increment.
The decision really depends on your situation and experience among many other factors. Putting all variables aside, if you can afford the costs of higher education then the return on investment is definitely worth it. You should be able to recover the costs in roughly a year or so.
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Public Relations Salary Comparison By Gender
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Though gender should not have an effect on pay, in reality, it does. So who gets paid more: men or women? Male employees in Djibouti who work in Public Relations earn 12% more than their female counterparts on average.
Female -11%
Salary Comparison By Gender in Djibouti for all Careers
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Public Relations Average Annual Salary Increment Percentage in Djibouti
How much are annual salary increments in Djibouti for Public Relations professionals? How often do employees get salary raises?
Public Relations professionals in Djibouti are likely to observe a salary increase of approximately 5% every 28 months. The national average annual increment for all professions combined is 4% granted to employees every 29 months.
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Djibouti / All Professions
"The average salary increase in one year (12 months) in Djibouti is 2%."
Listed above are the average annual increase rates for each industry in Djibouti for the year 2021. Companies within thriving industries tend to provide higher and more frequent raises. Exceptions do exist, but generally speaking, the situation of any company is closely related to the economic situation in the country or region. These figures tend to change frequently.
Public Relations Bonus and Incentive Rates in Djibouti
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Public Relations is considered to be a moderate bonus-based field due to the generally limited involvement in direct revenue generation, with exceptions of course. The people who get the highest bonuses are usually somehow involved in the revenue generation cycle.
67% of surveyed staff in Public Relations reported that they haven't received any bonuses or incentives in the previous year while 33% said that they received at least one form of monetary bonus.
Public Relations Hourly Average Wage in Djibouti
1,600 DJF per hour
The average hourly wage (pay per hour) in Djibouti is 1,600 DJF. This means that the average person in Djibouti earns approximately 1,600 DJF for every worked hour.
Public Relations VS Other Jobs
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The average salary for Public Relations is 1% more than that of All Jobs.
Where can you get paid more, working for a private company or for the government? Public sector employees in Djibouti earn 7% more than their private sector counterparts on average across all sectors.
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Music Minister Rev. "Fr. Johnbosco Obika" Releases A Brand New Single Which features Minister "Rich Praiz" in a Song titled: "So Blessed". We are alive, we can eat, some can sleep, Some have shelter, some have peace and hope, these and many more are the blessing of the Lord… We have "A thousand reasons to say – We are "So blessed".
The song speaks about the countless blessings of the Lord and why we should give praise to him for his mercy and unconditional love over us. Friends, As you listen to this song, I urge you to Sing out so as to proclaim and command more blessings to come and at the end you shall testify Amen.


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Will suffice as practice balls with a ball machine. It does not feel like the real thing. If you hit with this ball often, you will have to adjust your grip and swing during match play. With this ball, you need a tight grip which is the exact opposite when playing with the regular ball.
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Unless you live in high altitude, pressureless tennis balls are not ideal for match play. They are ideal, however, for tennis hoppers and ball machines. Regular tennis balls go "dead" in a matter of weeks, and constantly having to replace them is a chore. I have had the same balls for well over a year, and 50% are still "good"; while the other 50% finally had to be tossed. So, for practice or teaching, these balls are very economical in the long run.
We have a har try court and since these balls do not have a great bounce its a bit difficult. I would say good for small children as they are accustomed to much less bounce.


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TMP font creation and character sets
2 weeks 6 days ago	- 2 weeks 5 days ago	#4024 by exerion
TMP font creation and character sets was created by exerion
Hi I'm creating my TMP font assets and I'm not sure how to structure it all and what characters to include.
Some background - We're trying to support 14 languages, players can enter their name and chat with each other. Since at any time a player could be playing with someone else whos name and chat messages are in another language it's going to get complicated. The languages we're localizing in include English, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai and Turkish.
1) Since English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish share a lot of characters I was going to put them in one static TMP font with dynamic fallbacks TMP fonts for Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Thai. For the other languages like Arabic, I was thinking about having a static TMP font for the most commonly used characters and then dynamic fallbacks for the less frequently used characters, then additional dynamic fallbacks for the other languages. Is this the correct approach?
2) If I have a primary static TMP font for each language which characters should I include? It's simple for languages with a small character set like English but what about Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Thai?
3) Has anyone used a dynamically populated TMP font using the render mode SDFAA on mobile? What is the performance like?
Last edit: 2 weeks 5 days ago by exerion.
2 weeks 5 days ago	#4025 by Frank
Replied by Frank on topic TMP font creation and character sets
There is a tool to find exactly what characters should be included in the fonts.
inter-illusion.com/assets/I2Localization...usedinLanguages.html
It not only list the needed characters, but also for some languages (e.g. Arabic) depending on the words, the text need to be "fixed" to render correctly, this tool also adds those characters to the list of needed characters.
Said that, I have been using TMPro dynamic fonts in mobile and there is no much performance impact (at least on my use cases). So a combination of both should work fine, and even fully use dynamic fonts for Chinese and similar languages with huge character sets.
Replied by exerion on topic TMP font creation and character sets
Hi Frank, thanks for your quick reply
I looked into this tool. It's a good start for knowing what to include in my static TMP fonts but I can't rely on it. Using this tool I might miss commonly used characters that players use in their names or chat messages. I would like to avoid TMP fonts being populated at runtime unnecessarily.
For example, Japanese has over 50,000 characters. I need to know which ones to include in the static TMP font on top of what is used in our game. I read that jōyō kanji are commonly used characters so maybe I'll start there.
I was hoping that someone who has done this before could help me out


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import styled from "@emotion/styled";
import * as React from "react";
import Logo from "./images/Logo";
import Text, { TextHeadingLevel } from "./Text";

interface Props extends React.Attributes {
  title: string;
  actions?: React.ReactElement | React.ReactElement[];
  className?: string;
}

function NavigationBar({ title, actions = [], ...props }: Props) {
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}

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const AppName = styled(Text)`
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`;

const Actions = styled.div`
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`;

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Yiddish stars hold gala to remember Adrienne Cooper
By	Ruth Ellen Gruber	 December 23, 2012 11:59 am
(JTA) – Stars of contemporary Yiddish culture turned out in New York for an emotional gala memorial concert honoring Yiddish diva Adrienne Cooper, an influential performer, teacher and composer.
Cooper died one year ago of cancer at the age of 65.
A powerful stage presence, Cooper worked at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in the 1970s and 1980s, and in 1985, with Henry Sapoznik, co-founded Klezkamp, an annual, multigenerational Yiddish folk arts program that takes place at the end of December.
Called a Kholem — "dream" in Yiddish — the memorial concert was held Saturday night at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College in New York and streamed live on the internet.
Its lineup included pioneers of the Klezmer and Yiddish music revival such as the Klezmatics, Zalmen Mlotek, Michael Alpert, Eleanor Reissa, Frank London and Henry Sapoznik, as well as younger performers, such as DJ Socalled, Daniel Kahn, and Michael Winograd, who have channeled traditional Jewish roots music into contemporary art forms.
Among others who appeared were Cooper's partner, the pianist Marilyn Lerner; her daughter, the singer Sarah Gordon; the poet Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, who in 2005 became the first Yiddish poet or musical figure to receive a National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellowship; and Yiddishist writer and humorist Michael Wex.
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On July 13th, we let you know about the L.A. Unified School District (LAUSD) meeting regarding their contracts with school lunch vendors. A handful of grassroots activists attended with the intent to halt the planned 5-year renewal and postpone the vote until the community could discuss alternatives. They were successful, at least somewhat. The agreements with each food vendor were renewed for just three years, with the Tyson contract still in limbo, and Superintendent Ramon C. Contines announced his intent to create a task force that would come up with viable alternatives to the current system.
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• Water: We want filtered, non-bottled water as a beverage option school-wide.
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And why the stall with Tyson? One of the main reasons was that School Board member Steve Zimmer Googled the company, which is under federal investigation for questionable practices, in the middle of the meeting and became disconcerted, suggesting then and there that LAUSD should seriously reconsider the collaboration. David Binkle, Deputy Branch Director, Menu/Compliance for LAUSD, could not be reached for comment on the status of the Tyson contract, however, Ellen Morgan of the Office of Communications and Media Relations assured us via voicemail that current school lunches in L.A. "exceed USDA qualifications for a good meal."
But Megan Hanson, current activist as well as co-founder and Executive Director of RootDownLA, an organization which aims to get children and teens back in touch with real food, calls this out as a fallacy. "Under USDA standards, [LAUSD] has made some changes that seem healthy, but when you really start to look at the food items individually, they're not that healthy. No one is cooking at LAUSD. Everything now is being processed and prepackaged. Even the produce." Hanson continues, "They're playing the game to sort of hit the standards, meanwhile not addressing that there's no nutrient density."
Another LAUSD school board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 31st at 1:00 p.m., and Food for Lunch plans to attend and speak. These meetings are open to the public.


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There's music newly written too, pieces that speak to immediacy of event and feeling and yet hold ideas and connections and ways of thinking that last beyond a specific moment.
These two songs, written in very different times and places each from the other and from what is happening in the world as I write this, yet resonate with each other, and offer hope in times of sorrow and anger as well as in times of peace. Take a listen -- take several.
Carrie Newcomer wrote I Heard an Owl as part of her response to the events of September 11. You may find it on her album The Gathering of Spirits.
Amazing Grace was written in English originally, as a reflection on conversion to faith. Karen Matheson sings it here in Scottish Gaelic. You may find it recorded on Celtic Women of Scotland: Songs of Love & Reflection.
"The only word is courage and the only answer love..."
Music has its place in healing, in connection, in understanding, in crossing borders -- and in hope.