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Will the AfCFTA resolve Africa's economic problems
As Africa celebrated AU Day last week, it is time to ask if the recently signed African Continental Free Trade Area agreement stands a chance of solving the continent's problems asks Kafui Gale-Zoyiku
On March 21, 2018, 44 African countries gathered in Kigali, Rwanda and signed a historic agreement, which established a free trade area – the world's largest in terms of participating countries – and seen as vital to the continent's economic development.
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This agreement which is a culmination of two years of negotiations and meant to be one of the AU's flagship projects for greater African integration has also seen 27 countries agree to the free movement of people across their borders, allowing nationals from other signatory nations to stay in their countries for up to 90 days.
"We have come here to fulfil the aspiration of our peoples for integration and unity," said Moussa Faki Mahamat, chairman of the AU commission.
Though the pact will eliminate tariffs on 90% of products, liberalise services and reduce non-tariff barriers, a second phase of negotiations will focus on investment, competition and intellectual property rights. But 11 African countries including Nigeria and South Africa opted out.
According to experts, Nigeria and South Africa, two of the largest economies and population groups on the continent are pussy-footing with Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari being the most hesitant and was therefore not in Kigali.
They reported that a strong lobby from both the Manufacturing Association of Nigeria (MAN) and the umbrella body for local unions, Nigerian Labour Council (NLC) raised concerns over their fears that certain measures within the AfCFTA agreement would collapse local industries and create job losses while the reduction of trade tariffs by 90 percent would encourage importation of consumer goods, which will ultimately undermine local manufacturers and the markets.
The West African economic giant also believed that joining AfCFTA must involve the whole value chain including agricultural producers in the rice and poultry sectors along with the Governors' Forum. Other key elements to be involved in further consultations are the National Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture; Federal Inland Revenue Service; Nigeria Ports Authority; Nigeria Customs Service and Nigeria Immigration Service, according to reports.
South Africa has indicated as well that, there needs to be more negotiations and evaluations by national interests. President Cyril Ramaphosa did attend the conference and pledged support in principle for the idea of a free trade zone in Africa.
Nevertheless, he emphasised in Kigali "all that holds us back from signing the actual agreement is our own consultation process. We still need to consult at home, to consult in Cabinet, to consult our various partners at Nedlac (the body comprising government, business, labour and community organisations), but also to finally consult our parliamentarians, so we are really just going through what you would call the 'clean-up process," he was quoted as saying.
Nigeria most especially must be worried. It has experienced imported rice, repackaged as Thai rice, smuggled into the country through the Republic of Benin.
Nevertheless, what does the signatories stand to gain? The 55 AU members have created a trade bloc worth 2 trillion Euros with a population of 1.2 billion people, doing only about 16 percent of their business with each other and with average tariffs of 6.1 per cent, businesses currently pay higher tariffs when they export within Africa than when they export outside it, according to the AU.
"If we remove customs and duties by 2022, the level of intra-African trade will increase by 60 percent, which is very, very significant," Muchanga told AFP in an interview before the summit.
But the biggest impediments to the success of AfCFTA are more related to the inability of Africa to have created her own trading currency. As it is now, the international finance capital will continue to hold sway as it will determine the value of goods and services and exchange rates. This will make the so-called phenomenal growth in the fortunes of the continent in the past two decades will pale into insignificance and irrelevancy.
Africa being an exporter of primary products will not benefit from this arrangement no matter how beautiful it sounds especially when viewed against the backdrop of creating a prosperous Africa. The decline in commodity prices and sometimes their fluctuating prices all have culminated in the erosion of the little gains made under foreign direct investment (FDI) in recent years.
Oil and gas exportation which has boosted the economies of the likes Algeria, Angola, Nigeria, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea is no more lucrative as there is a glut on the international market due to the exploration of shale gas and oil by the United States. It is only during crises times that the prices of some of these commodities rise, giving the producing economies some respite.
South Africa and Nigeria are just emerging from recession while others like Mozambique are going through a period they are being compelled to renegotiate their loans and bonds.
Despite new oil and gas finds, all over the continent along with other minerals, the prognosis does not look like the AfCFTA will perform any magic in the immediate terms.
Basic questions relating to the existing structural barriers are not being addressed while no-one has given a clue as to how the treaty will inure to the long-term benefit of the farmers, the youth and workers by improving their living standards.
It is an answer to these crucial questions that will determine the long-term relevance of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement.
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32| Lael Wilcox, pro ultra-endurance cyclist, non-profit founder, and women's cycling trailblazer: "Women can win."
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you were face to face with a mountain lion in the middle of the night during an ultra-endurance bike race where you were poised to beat the entire field (including the men)? In this interview, professional ultra-endurance cyclist Lael Wilcox discusses this and sooo much more.
Lael might be the toughest woman I've interviewed yet — and that's saying a lot. The Alaska (and Tucson) based athlete's many accolades include setting a women's record in the 2015 Tour Divide, setting the fastest women's time on the Baja Divide route in 2015, breaking the men's record on that same course in 2017, winning the 4400 mile TransAm bike race, which has you cycling across the United States, beating everyone including the men, and becoming the 2nd woman to every complete Switzerland's Navad 1000 bikepacking race- where she took second place.
Lael doesn't just compete in bikepacking events – she also helps other people enjoy them. In addition to organizing women's bikepacking challenges, she is the founder of Anchorage GRIT, a middle school bicycle mentorship program for 7th grade girls in Anchorage, AK, and she also founded Lael Rides Alaska Scholarship.
Plus, she's a total ray of sunshine. If you need a dose of optimism you are going to find it in this interview.
Connect with Lael
Website: www.laelwilcox.com
IG: https://www.instagram.com/laelwilcox/
In this episode, we talk about…
How Lael finds the motivation for things she doesn't necessarily enjoy (ie public speaking, mapping routes and social media)
Why Lael has never had VO2 max testing, lactate threshold testing, or trained under the guidance of a coach
How she won the TransAm bikepacking race in 2017
Strategies for eating and sleeping during an ultraendurance race
What beginners need to know about bikepacking
How she handled a chance encounter with a mountain lion during a race
The joy she takes in riding her bike and experiencing nature
I'm just so grateful for all I get to do. And then, you know, I think of these dreams and then try to make 'em reality and get help along the way from friends and sponsors. I feel like I get to see the positive side of life, you know, it's like, I, I want these things to happen. And then people are like, let me help you.
What if I had done it when I was 12, what if I had gone bike camping or, you know, realized that this was something I could actually do my life would've been so different and I don't regret any of it, but I'm just like, that'd be so, so cool.
Yeah, it gives you a lot of motivation because you see the positivity that can come and then you're like, it's not all about me. It's like this 12 year old just rode 60 miles. And the first day she couldn't ride too. She was like crying and taking her inhaler and then she did it and then she comes back from the adventure and her and her mom are both crying with joy. You're like, oh my God, like she's 12. Imagine if she hadn't done that, she would've always thought she couldn't, you know? That's cool. That like gives me such a boost that I'm like, it's worth it.
There was like a certain point, I think, you know, you're like 11, 12 years old when you learn that you're never gonna be as fast as the boys and that you have to be on a different team and that you're not gonna compete in. That was so crushing….I keep running, I start cycling to get to work and then to travel the world and then end up entering races. And then I'm winning these races, beating the men. And I was just so full of joy because I was like, it's not true. Women can win.
I was like, I'm gonna go do this race. I'm gonna win the whole race. I'm gonna break the record. But you know, I can't believe I had this level of confidence because I had basically never ridden a road bike.
I was like, what is this? I took a bite and I was like, whoa, that's crazy. And then I ate the whole thing.
You can't win this stuff by accident.I mean, you can't win anything by accident, but something that takes, it took me 18 days. And like every single minute of the day, you're like trying to do your best for that long. And then to actually win it…I was just so happy.
I love like racing head on. It's so exciting. Cause you don't know what's gonna happen, you know? And then it's like, you give it your all. And, and then even if I don't win, that's fine. I tried my hardest and I'd much rather race a strong competitor than just win by hours.
You can be so strong with others, you know, working together, but it's also racing should be a place where you can just be an individual,
You can have these dreams and go after them. And you shouldn't feel bad about that. But people have told me I'm arrogant or something; I'm arrogant for just racing. You'd never tell a dude he was arrogant for racing. I'm not saying I'm the best. I'm saying I'm gonna try my hardest.
AI wanna actually go for it. And then if I don't win, I fail. That's fine. That's part of it. And I'm willing to own that too. You know, I'm not gonna be happy with it, but it's fine.
Quitting is the thing I hate the most.
With this style of racing, it's all about creativity or dealing with what comes up, finding solutions.
The essence of bike packing is that you just carry what you need, eat, sleep outside, figure it out along the way.
I definitely go by kind my gut feelings. If I feel something weird, then I won't stay there.
I was like, oh, there's an animal there. And I was like, oh shit, it's a mountain lion.
Food should be a joyful part of life. A good thing, delicious and healthy and something you share with others.
Anchorage Grit (Lael's non-profit)
Grit by Angela Duckworth
Torino-Nice Women's Bike Rally
Rue, Lael's wife
My interview with the ladies of the Omnia Fit podcast "An Ironman's Journey Toward Food Freedom"
If you want evidence-based insights on all things women's health and fitness, check out my friends at the Omnia Fit podcast
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Real Fit Podcast: Ep 32: 32| Lael Wilcox, pro ultra-endurance cyclist, non-profit founder, and women's cycling trailblazer: "Women can win."

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Taking the road up the hill, towards the Château, from the central square in Santenay, you will see on your right the signs for the producer 'Jean Moreau'. The business has changed hands, even if the location and signs have not.
Domaine Jean Moreau started life in Santenay-le-Haut but moved to this location in the 1960s. David Moreau took on managing the domaine from his grandparents, making his first vintage in 2009 – it was David's great-grandparents who 'started with a few vines'. David also has experience working in Chateauneuf-du-Pape and in New-Zealand, whilst closer to home he has also worked with Olivier Lamy and the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti.
I aim for as little intervention as possible in the cellar, I leave that for the vines.
David says he doesn't have any certification for how he works in the vines he just says 'vraiment raisonée' – sustainable viticulture is his description. Grapes are hand-picked and then sorted at the domaine – perhaps as much as 15% whole clusters may be retained, but this is vintage dependant. Aging in barrel lasts about 12 months before assembling into tank.
The wines of the domaine have a very impressive silkiness, yet David practices plenty of pigeage – but he notes that this pigeage is normally quite early in the fermentation – afterwards he prefers remontage. The whites are aged in 300 litre barrels.
Tasted with David Moreau in Santenay, 14th Dec.
The 2011 reds were all assembled in tank for bottling sometime in January; the 2010s had been bottled in February this year. I have (obviously) many caveats about 2011 reds, but this is a range that I might even take a chance on(!) – proportionally I think the 2011s brilliant, the 2010s merely very good! More modestly David says that '2011 was a small harvest, but brought very nice grapes.' As for his 2012 harvest, David says he's thankful; despite the various bouts of hail he still managed 28 hl/ha for the domaine versus 30 hl/ha in 2011.
Already one of the best addresses in Santenay!
Three parcels make up this blend, one with clay, one with sand, and a limestone one from the Clos Roussot.
The nose is dark, a little spicy and a little powdery too – but there is some aromatic concentration here. The fruit seems a little powder in flavour too but it's also mineral and a little salty – bravo – excellent villages!
There's more weight of aroma here, a little mustiness needs to lift – but lift it does. Very silky wine indeed, mineral too. Dark crystaline, jellied fruit. The last drops in the glass smell gorgeous.
Planted in 1962. This plot was the first 1er Cru owned by the family.
Lovely depth to the nose – again rather dark red fruit. Once more, we have a wine that is very, very silky – as good as any Volnay could offer. The concentration grows in your mouth, slightly spicy too. 'Impressive' – hmm – too small a word.
This is from the Chassagne side of the appellation; there's very little soil here (20-60cm) but waht soil you find has plenty of red colour. Thise was only replanted in 1964 after pxhylloxera. The bees from this place are the emblem (on the label) of the domaine.
There are hints of reduction here – though the nose is anyway rather shy. This is clearly from the same family as the previous wines; very fine tannin provides the silk – the polished dark fruit is possibly emphasised by that faint reduction, but it's fading all the time. Excellent.
The nose is wide and just a hint padded. Round and understated but with acidity in reserve. Good density and and some minerality. There's a little extra complexity in the finish, which offers a nice minerality. Good.
Pretty, high-toned red fruits. More mineral and energetic than the 2011 – but less obviously plush/concentrated. Love the growth of acid-led flavour as it peaks in the mid-palate.
Beautiful aromas, less dark-red than the 2011 and like the Maranges, more direct than it's 2011 equivalent – but the concentration slowly grows before slowly fading. Very good.
Pretty red fruits with an engaging complexity. The flavours are wide and mineral, supported by lovely acidity and a growing intensity of flavour. Seems to get wider and wider. Also godd stuff.
From old vines at the foot of the slope towards Chassagne – Les Prarons. Elevage was 1/3 in barrel and 2/3rds in tank.
Seems a little tight, but the aromas build concentration; there's a nice floral note developing. Nice, actually very nice mineral notes, good concentration and a beautifully balanced flavour profile. Very good indeed.
Great report as always. Last night your good friend David B put on a tasting of these wines – all three vintages of each in most cases. I completely agree that the producer is doing remarkable things: bright, pretty colours; saturation then succulence; high and fine acidity.
This was an in-bottle tasting of course, which might be why it was now possible to see a little pyrazine influence on the '11s I'm afraid. At least, that's what I took it to be. I haven't tasted tonnes of '11s, but in the great majority I've got a little vintage signature within the aroma, which I've consistently noted as incongruous pink fruit and pink ham. Thinking that through now, pink ham might mean cured meat, which might mean the chemicals in that process, which might mean the metallic aspect I've heard cited as a pyrazine marker.
Anyway, I'll still now be looking out for David Moreau wines in general, so thanks again.
Bill, it was a pleasure to show David's wines . The 10s were standout wines. The cuvee s in particular for me has all the character of Santenay with clear great winemaking and a sense of true terroir. The 1er crus were stunning in all vintages with Mouches showing better than Rousseau at this stage. A day late, and retasting them, the 11 cuvée s, was deeeeelish and "better" than the 10. Oh, my, how wines confuse and confound.


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Why Brand.eth is the new brand.com
Public Ethereum wallet names are similar to email addresses and Instagram handles. As brands approach Web 3.0, they should be thinking about owning their presence in the metaverse.
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Twenty years ago, brands clamoured to claim their website domain names. Ten years ago, the social media handle was the hot pursuit. Now, with the arrival of Web 3.0, "brand.eth" is the latest must-have property.
A dot eth address designates ownership of a crypto wallet, which stores cryptocurrency and NFTs. Similar to domain names or social handles, something short, specific and accurate best establishes a person or brand's account. While fashion use cases are still relatively nascent compared to websites and social media accounts, experts anticipate that claiming personal or branded wallets will be important to owning and controlling how one shows up and operates in digital spaces. Just as transacting with a brand's website or social profile is legitimised by the name of the account, a branded wallet name could soon be more relevant and visible as brands introduce more Web 3.0 projects.
Navigating the metaverse? The new agencies talk what to watch
We speak to the biggest agencies and new metaverse consultancies on best-practice ushering fashion and luxury brands into the new era.
"The way that a brand should look at a dot eth is similar to how social media and the internet was perceived," says Alisha.eth (who uses her dot eth name for security reasons), community manager of the ENS foundation, which provides the dot eth naming protocols. While early in development, experts warn that a wait-and-see mindset around dot eth names could put brands at a disadvantage.
"I am working with a few fashion brands now, and this is one of the main topics that I am discussing with them," says Teddy Pahagbia, founder of Blvck Pixel, a consultancy that helps businesses and brands adopt metaverse technologies. "Your brand.com becomes your brand.eth. This is your new identity as a brand in the Web 3.0 space. You have to acquire and buy it right now, because otherwise you will have to buy it back. It's about claiming your land in this new world — planting the flag."
"Your brand.com becomes your brand.eth. This is your new identity as a brand in the Web 3.0 space."
Similar to website URLs and Instagram handles, some dot eth names are harder to claim than others, and some are already taken. But, unlike social handles, these wallet addresses are solely owned by whoever owns them, and often these identities are anonymous; in the case of Instagram, for example, historically, brands could make an appeal to the company to relinquish control of a branded account from someone not associated with the brand.
For example, Balmain.eth is available for 888 ETH, or more than $2.5 million on Opensea. Balenciaga.eth is also offered by the same person for the same amount. (Balenciaga declined to comment.) Gucci.eth, meanwhile, is not for sale, but that hasn't stopped someone from offering .3 ETH, or less than $1,000. Gucci tells Vogue Business that while it doesn't own Gucci.eth, it uses Vaultgucci.eth, reflecting the Gucci Vault umbrella for its recent experiments in the metaverse.
There are other suffixes, such as ".sol", for the Solana blockchain, but ".eth" is by far the most popular, says Jenny Wang, CTO at celebrity gym Dogpound, who recently worked closely with Balmain on an NFT project. "The whales are all on eth," she says, referring to those who hold large amounts of cryptocurrency, and who are often prominent NFT collectors.
Valdé, an emerging cosmetics brand that recently held a launch event in Decentraland on 27 January, recently claimed Valde.eth and launched a Discord server, immediately before the event. "It just seemed like the thing to do," says founder Margarita Arriagada, a former chief merchant at Sephora who worked with a consultant on the brand's metaverse strategy, which also includes NFTs. "It's no different from those web names — there seems to be a rush to claim these so people can monetise and sell the names, and we were nervous that the names would get taken up. That is what happened way back then as well."
Dot eth, explained
Dot eth names use an Ethereum name service (ENS) which is an identity and naming protocol that runs on the Ethereum blockchain. Similar to a Venmo name or URL in place of an IP, it is shorthand for a crypto wallet, whose address originates as a long series of letters and numbers. There are a few primary uses in the immediate term. An ENS can be used to log in to a range of accounts and platforms, such as Decentraland, and it can also be used to receive cryptocurrency payments and NFTs. For many, it has become a calling card or badge of honour among the Web 3.0 community, who often change their usernames on Twitter and Discord to their public eth addresses. Similar to email addresses, websites and social media handles, being on a first-name basis with one's ENS illustrates that the person or brand is hip to the scene. Celebrities are already embracing them, with Parishilton.eth and Shaq.eth the top two most followed eth accounts.
"If you own your wallet, people will think you are legitimate," Wang says. "Brands want to be accepted by the crypto community and be perceived as Web 3.0 leaders."
In addition to claiming its ENS name, beauty startup Valdé Beauty has embraced a number of metaverse-centric elements, including an NFT series coupled with physical products, a Discord server and a virtual Decentraland launch party.
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That's led to some squatters, who potentially see an opportunity to make money off of brands or people eager to name their wallets. Some ENS names are explicitly for sale, such as Balmain.eth; others are open to offers but not for sale, such as Gucci.eth, whose owner has been sitting on it for two years and also owns Prada.eth. Macys.eth was put up for sale for about 100 ETH or $290,000; the owner included an email address for "serious offer only".
To claim an ENS name that is already owned, a brand can buy it, make a bid or make an appeal to the owner, who might not be looking to get rich quick. Wang, for example, is sitting on Tiffanyandco.eth, Christianodior.eth and Voguemagazine.eth, but says she's not interested in flipping them for seven figures. Instead, she is hoping her ownership might parlay into an advisory role, and is serving as a custodian in the interim.
How brands can use it
Proponents say it's worth it to claim dot eth names now, develop later.
"My belief is that it is highly likely that digital wallets become the social profile of the future," says Lindsey McInerney, who ushered beer brand Stella Artois into the metaverse as global head of technology and innovation at Anheuser-Busch Inbev, which later purchased beer.eth for 30 ETH (about $95,000). "If a brand thinks it's important to have a good-looking Instagram or Facebook brand page or TikTok or Snapchat, your wallet will be your opportunity to show off who you are, what you collect and who you associate and affiliate with. Your transactions will be there, the assets you hold, the art you hold."
A utilitarian use could be to mint an NFT, Pahagbia says. "Brands have to have an address on the blockchain in order to mint an NFT. If they are using a third party that mints it for them,they have to write in the smart contract that it is owned by [the brand]. You can go on Opensea to view how transactions happen from wallet to wallet. The address could be attached to a dot eth; and if it's not attached, it's just like on websites when you have the URL and if not you have the IP address. The dot eth is the new url."
It would be like buying assets from an official Pepsi.eth verses from an anonymous wallet, McInerney says. "You can launch and host and structure your assets from there."
Already, Wang points out, fast food chain White Castle, which claimed its ENS address, could use it to accept cryptocurrency payments. A fashion brand could start using its public wallet to tease upcoming NFT collections. "If Gucci owns Gucci.eth, people will start tracking it," she says. "If an NFT appears or Gucci buys a collection, people will wonder what is going and what is coming. They will start sniffing around for clues."
Uses are still hypothetical, for now. "The industry hype around the future of the web is outpacing consumer sentiment," says Mike Proulx, VP and CMO practice research director at Forrester. In a December 2021 Forrester survey, 28 per cent of UK adults indicated having excitement for the "metaverse" and just 25 per cent think it'll be good for society, he points out.
"If a brand chooses to grab a dot eth domain, it's important they ask themselves, 'Why?' If the answer is that they think it'll make their brand look cool and modern, then they might want to think again," Proulx says.
Pahagbia says that some brand clients appreciate the urgency and risk of claiming ENS addresses, while others do not. "We have a proverb in France: Nature hates voids, meaning, if you don't jump on the opportunity, other people will do it."
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Q: Is there any drag and drop CSS based layout generation tool? I have seen 'headways' which is a wordpress framework use this technique to easily create css layout based on 960gs. Is there any such software/tool for generating normal css layout?

A: http://www.pagecolumn.com/
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/grids/builder/
http://csscreator.com/version2/pagelayout.php
http://www.cssportal.com/layout-generator/
http://grids.heroku.com/
http://www.gridsystemgenerator.com/
and there are many grid systems to choose from (many are respnsive) 960, 1140, blueprint, gold en grid, bootstrap, etc. etc. etc

A: Yes did one, for generating normal css and html layout using DnD:
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Mr. Grow was the Chairman of Verdesian Life Sciences from 2016 – 2021, after co-founding and leading the company as their Chief Executive Officer for 5 years. Prior to being named the CEO of Verdesian, Mr. Grow was Executive Vice President in charge of sales for Nufarm Americas. He is an entrepreneur with a proven track record, and an extensive network in the crop-protection industry. In 2003, Mr. Grow started Gro-Pro LLC/Etigra, a turf, ornamental, aquatic, forestry and crop- protection business, which was acquired Nufarm Limited in 2008. Throughout his career, Mr. Grow has also held key leadership positions with other agricultural companies including Purfresh, United Agri-Products, Novartis Crop Protection, American Cyanamid and Merck Agvet.
Mr. Grow serves on the boards of The University of Florida Foundation and The National Wild Turkey Federation Foundation.


Antarctica. Proffessor Campion takes Boilerplate on an expedition to the South Pole.
Robert Stewart (Schubert Press, 1954). A pictoral overview.
Edward Barnes (Foundation Publishing, 1925). A biography of Campion.
Eva Polston (Boston Books, 1977). A biography of Campion's sister Lily.
Samuel Nicholas (Fort Sheridan, 1959). A chapter devoted to Boilerplate.
Rev. Alvin Ray (Pilgrims Press, 1928). A chapter on Campion's assistant, DuSable.
Jean Minot (Montparnasse Books, 1987). Boilerplate is number 8.
Harold Marsden (Tudor House, 1983). A history of mechanization.
Four paragraphs on Boilerplate, with a photograph that can also be found in Lost to Time.
First car race in U.S.
BP invited to demo for Italian govt. in Ethiopia. Campion & BP arrive too late, after Battle of Adua/Adowa (March 1, 1896), in which Italian forces were decisively defeated.
Campion & BP join the Geological Survey – archaeological dig of Pharaoh Pioupi I.
BP helps build railroads for Kitchener but doesn't see combat.
March 17: showing of 71 van Gogh paintings, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
June 24: 19-year-old Picasso has his first exhibit in Paris.
T.R. becomes prez after McKinley is assassinated. Invites BP and Campion to White House.
The New York Central railroad inaugurates the 20th Century Limited passenger train between Chicago and New York City. BP makes appearance at launch party. Rides train from NYC to Chicago.
The cableship Silverton linked the cable from Sans Souci beach at Waikiki to San Francisco.
Treaty of Portsmouth signed, officially ending Russo-Japanese War. Mediated by T.R.
Alice Roosevelt marries Ohio Congressman Nicholas Longworth in a magnificent White House ceremony.
Theodore Roosevelt leaves for a post-presidency safari in Africa, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society. Campion and BP see him off.
Visit Mark Twain just before he dies. Halley's comet returns.
First commercial flight of Zeppelin passenger airship.
Campion learns about Balkan Wars and fragile political situation, foresees WWI.
International Women's Day is celebrated for the first time.
Dedication ceremony for the New York Public Library.
First Solvay Congress - meeting of physicists.
April 17 - Solar eclipse in Europe.
The 1912 Summer Olympics open in Stockholm, Sweden.
A meteorite with an estimated mass of 190 kg explodes over the town of Holbrook in Navajo County, Arizona, causing thousands of pieces of debris to rain down on the town.
Campion goes to investigate/collect pieces. BP helps clean up.
Dissident Republicans form the Progressive or Bull Moose Party, and nominate former President Theodore Roosevelt as their presidential candidate after the Republican Party snubs him.
While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot by saloonkeeper John Schrank. BP tries to intervene and protect TR, but doesn't make it in time. With a fresh flesh wound and the bullet still in him, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
November 5 - U.S. presidential election. Democratic challenger Woodrow Wilson wins a landslide victory over Republican incumbent William Howard Taft. T.R. finishes second, ahead of Taft. Eugene Debs gets a million votes.
- Grand Central Terminal opens as the world's largest train station.
- The Armory Show opens. It displays works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century. There's a small section of BP-related works.
March 25: Two days of rain in the Miami Valley flood the region and mark the worst natural disaster in Ohio's recorded history. BP helps with rescue and cleanup.
- May 30: First Balkan War officially ends. Second Balkan War begins in June. Campion despairs. Pitches BP to Kitchener, now U.K. Minister of War.
- June 4: Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of the king's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled and dies a few days later, never having regained consciousness.
Travel on the Imperator from Hamburg to NYC, with T.R. Houdinis' wedding anniversary.
- June 28: Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated.
- July 28: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia and bombards Belgrade with artillery on July 29. On July 30, both Austria-Hungary and Russia order general mobilizations of their armies.
• May 9: National suffrage demonstration.
• May 7: WWI - The RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat, killing 1,198.
• June 9: U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns.
BP helps raise the sunken F-4 submarine, the U.S. Navy's first sub disaster (sank on March 25).
Birth of the tank. The 30-ton "Big Willie" tank, together with the prototype "Little Willie," undergoes trials on 29 January and 2 February. Attendees at the second trial include Lord Kitchener and Campion.
Archie tries to sell Kitchener, now U.K. Minister of War, on mechanical soldiers.
Boilerplate joins Pershing on punitive expedition against Pancho Villa.
Archie and BP help British cryptographers decipher a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause.
The British wait until February 24 to present the telegram to U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom Walter H. Page. The American press publishes news of the telegram on March 1. It has such an impact on American opinion that it helps draw the United States into the war.
Campion tries in vain to sell Wilson and the War Department on mechanical soldiers.
• April 6: The United States Congress formally declares war on Germany.
• June: The first American troops arrive in Europe.
July 6: BP and Arabian troops led by T.E. Lawrence capture Aqaba from the Turks.
• October 31-November 7: Third Battle of Gaza - Brit forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
• November 16: British troops occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa in Palestine.
• December 11: BP and British troops take Jerusalem from the troops of the Ottoman Empire.
• March 23: The giant German cannon, the Paris Gun, begins to shell Paris from 114 km (75 miles) away. Boilerplate is called in to spike the guns.
• June 1-26: BP fights in the Battle for Belleau Wood, with the 2nd and 3rd Divisions of the U.S. Army.
• July: Second Battle of the Marne. The disastrous German defeat led to the cancellation of General Erich Ludendorff's planned invasion of Flanders and was the first step in a series of Allied victories that ended the war.
• September: BP fights in St. Mihiel campaign (starts 9/12). Pershing commands the American First Army, seven divisions and 500,000+ men, in the largest offensive operation ever undertaken by U.S. armed forces.
• October: BP fights in Meuse-Argonne campaign (9/26-11/11); Pershing commands more than a million American and French soldiers.
The Explorers Henry Gruppe (Time-Life Books, 1979).
The Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt (Scribners, 1899).
Dispatches from Cuba Stephen Crane (Hearst Publishing, 1899).
Exciting Experiences in the Japanese-Russian War Marshall Everett (Neil Publishing, 1904).
The Lost Squadron Don Lawson (Parcel Press, 1962).
Richard Fullerton and George Monroe (Strategy Publishing, 1991).
Fire and Blood: A Modern Chronicle of Mexico T.R. Fehrenbach (Macmillan Publishing, 1973).
A Photographic History of the World's Fair James Wilson Pierce (R.H. Woodward & Co., 1893).
The Chicago World's Fair of 1893 Stanley Appelbaum (Dover Publications, 1980).
Chicago at the Turn of the Century in Photographs Larry Viskochil (Dover Publications, 1984).
American Labor M.B. Schnapper (Public Affairs Press, 1975).
Rosemary Adams (Chicago Historical Society, 1998).
Chicago 1893 - radio; motion pictures; mechanical man.


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Palestinian woman performs Chinese quilling art to get rid of negative energy
( Xinhua )
Nidaa al-Shanty, a young Palestinian woman from the Gaza Strip, likes to perform Chinese quilling art to create decorative designs to present them as gifts to her family members and friends.
"I started this unique art one year ago when I saw some Chinese artists making attractive quilled portraits by using colored papers on Facebook," the 24-year-old young woman told Xinhua while quilling papers to shape her new design.
In the beginning, al-Shanty said she resorted to this kind of art as a way to get rid of the negative energy that she was suffering from when she became unemployed soon after her graduation.
"I learned it because it teaches me to pay attention to the smallest details when making each portrait," she said.
"Later, I found myself falling in love with this rare art," said al-Shanty, who has a degree in sociology, adding that she felt proud of herself when all people, who received her gifts, praised her.
She said that her portraits could help bring positive energy into the houses. "At that moment, I decided to invest my energy and my experience into this new hobby to create a new method that would help people, especially children, to get rid of their negative energy."
"We live in the most impoverished area, which has been suffering from complicated economic and political situations," she said, adding that "the consequences of the unstable life negatively affected the psychological state of people here."
In a bid to achieve what she is looking for, the young woman has produced dozens of quilled portraits and established her first-ever exhibition in the Gaza Strip to show her work to other people.
She believes that the most essential thing needed by the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is to get rid of psychological pressure by investing in their various talents.
The Gazans have been living under a tight Israeli blockade since 2007, when Hamas seized control over the Strip.
Since then, the Israeli blockade, as well as the ongoing Palestinian internal divisions, had led to the deterioration of the humanitarian conditions and contributed to the dire economic situation of the enclave's young population.
Furthermore, the spread of the novel coronavirus in the coastal enclave and its consequences have negatively affected the psychological state of local residents.
"I think that the situation will not change soon. So, we should help ourselves to overcome those harmful circumstances by our own methods," al-Shanty said.
"I will take my first step and sell my portraits to invest the money in teaching the needy women and children how they can get rid of their negative mood by producing beautiful things and earn money," she said.
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International Journal of Digital Content Management
Employee Mental Absence Diagnosing and Analysis of Digital Mental Health Platforms (Case study: Iran Tobacco Company)
Reviewers2021
Document Type : Original Article
Ali Akbar Vakili 1
Mehdi Bagheri 2
Sirajuddin Mohebi 3
Kobra Haji Alizadeh 4
1 PhD student in Public Management, Human Resources, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Department of Management, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University , Bandar Abbas, Iran
3 Associate Professor of Management, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran.
4 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University , Bandar Abbas, Iran
https://doi.org/10.22054/dcm.2022.67768.1087
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the diagnosis of employees' mental absence and to provide a suitable model for the Iranian Tobacco Company.
Method: This research was conducted with a qualitative-inductive approach and the method of Strauss-Corbin's grounded theory. The research tool (data collection) is a semi-structured interview that analyzes the data obtained from interviews with 10 qualified elites and experts of the Iranian Tobacco Company in three stages of open, axial, and selective coding in ATLAS TI software using the grounded theory method.
Findings: 13 general categories in the form of a paradigm model in which these factors include causal conditions (individual factors; factors of group behavior; organizational factors; environmental factors), axial phenomenon (diagnosis of the mental absence of employees), contextual conditions (environmental and physical context), intervening conditions (individual factors ), and strategies (organizational strategy; job-related strategy; career development strategy), and consequences (individual outcomes; effectiveness; group outcomes) were identified.
Conclusion: In a business environment with digital disruption from competitors and customers who have more choices through the availability of digital applications and information, it is important to ensure that organizations can quickly understand and adapt to new information. The need for mindfulness and control of mental absence is a prerequisite for digital transformation.
Employee Mental Absence
Digital Mental Health Platforms
Iranian Tobacco Company
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Vakili, A. A., Bagheri, M., Mohebi, S., & Haji Alizadeh, K. (2022). Employee Mental Absence Diagnosing and Analysis of Digital Mental Health Platforms (Case study: Iran Tobacco Company). International Journal of Digital Content Management, 3(5), 249-266. doi: 10.22054/dcm.2022.67768.1087
Ali Akbar Vakili; Mehdi Bagheri; Sirajuddin Mohebi; Kobra Haji Alizadeh. "Employee Mental Absence Diagnosing and Analysis of Digital Mental Health Platforms (Case study: Iran Tobacco Company)". International Journal of Digital Content Management, 3, 5, 2022, 249-266. doi: 10.22054/dcm.2022.67768.1087
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Our highly-qualified and experienced team works around the clock to ensure you have the most pleasing experience.
I just arrived to London after my stay in Ghana. I stayed my last 3 nights at the Urbano hotel. Despite my early arrival Michael, the receptionist, accommodated me very quickly and allowed me to occupy my room immediately. The hotel is located right in the heart of Osu, the entertainment district of Accra. It's also an easy ride to the beach, museums, etc. Lots of transportation options available at your stepdoor. The rooms are very well decorated, very clean and of a decent size. The gym and the bar terrace are extremely convenient. The breakfast is abundant and changes often. The ambience created by the helpful staff is very relaxed. Special mention deserves George, the security officer. His job is impecable. He makes you feel safe always with a smile on his face. He is always located to help at the door of the hotel. This means he's the first member of staff you encounter and puts you to an ease immediately. I can't wait to go back and stay at this lovely hotel again. Thank you.


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Home » Crossdresser Pics » Fancypants photoshoot (SFW) – Part 2!
I've worn these shoes before – they kind of hurt.
I know. Throw gang signs. Yeeeah. I'm totally cool.
Jesus, are we back to this window box again?
You know. There's a few more of these – so if you want to just skip to the end, I don't mind.
See that face? That's me being bored with the window box.
Oh wait. Now I'm coy in the window box. This is all very confusing.
Ahhh. And now it has turned me mad. Makes sense.
LOVED going through your photoshoot!!!!
FINALLY – someone else who likes to have a little fun and be a little silly while dressed up!
You look BEAUTIFUL … and you made me smile and laugh!!
I salute your use of natural light to portray yourself.
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Charlie Hebdo, who believes that secularism is "attacked," launched Wednesday a call for candidates in the presidential election.
Charlie Hebdo, which believes that secularism is "attacked," launched Wednesday a call for candidates in the Presidential Election, in which the satirical weekly asks them to formally undertake not to amend the 1905 law. "The idea is to bring secularism back to the center of the debate because it is not just a tool, it is first a political principle that is enshrined in the Constitution," he explained Tuesday to a source the editor of the newspaper, Gerard Biard.
"If nothing changes, Marine Le Pen will be the only candidate to speak openly about secularism, which poses serious problems because her party has well-known links with fundamentalist Catholics and she proposes to offer new facilities for teaching Private non-contractual, which is mostly religious," regrets Mr.
Biard. "Charlie Hebdo has always been and will remain a fervent supporter of secularism and the values attached to it, and we consider it to be one of the pillars of republican unity," he added.
Charlie asks the candidates to "make a clear commitment" on three points: "do not modify, in any way, the law of December 9, 1905 on secularism," "never introduce into legislation, in whatever form, that is to say, special arrangements with regard to a religious community", "never introduce, in any way, a crime of blasphemy into the law".
"We have a legitimacy to ask such questions because if what happened on January 7, 2015, it happened because the fundamental question has been dropped for too long of secularism as a political principle," said Gerard Biard, referring to the attack at the headquarters of the newspaper which claimed the lives of 12 people.
The appeal, published on the central double page, will be accompanied by illustrations of articles of the law of 1905. "These articles show that this law has left nothing to chance, it borders very precisely what a Religious power in public space," says Biard.


From Pomona to Ocean City to Mays Landing and everywhere in between, Ty McCarthy, clinical director of Bacharach's new Linwood satellite location, attributes his success as a clinical director to his experience working at several Bacharach locations over the past 19 years.
"My exposure to different facilities, personnel and styles of leadership helped me understand what is necessary to run a successful clinic," says Ty.
As a student athlete, Ty was exposed to the debilitating effects ofts in sports injuries. He was fascinated by the concept of rehabilitation and how it helped athletes get back on the field. "Pursuing a career in physical therapy has afforded me the opportunity to help others reach and regain their physical potential, whether or not they are an athlete," says Ty.
Ty is getting the opportunity to lead Bacharach's new location in Linwood, which is a merger of its Somers Point satellite and previous Linwood satellite location.
Bacharach's new Linwood location is located at 601 New Road and offers physical and occupational therapy services, including: treatment for orthopedic injuries, post-surgical rehab, vestibular and concussion management, pulmonary rehab, gait and balance dysfunction therapy and hand therapy. Additionally, pediatric speech therapy is available at the new location.
Nicole Notaro, PT, DPT and Amanda Duboys, OTR/L, CHT are also part of the new Linwood team.
Siobhan Grossman, SLP, provides pediatric speech therapy two evenings per week.
To make an appointment at the Linwood location, call (609) 653-4141.


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