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Cricket team-mates - Lydia Greenway: Sarah Taylor made things look so easy
Isa Guha's FOMO and why it can be tough rooming with Katherine Brunt - and listening to her music!
Last Updated: 23/06/20 12:09pm
In the latest of our series asking the Sky Cricket experts to lift the lid on their former team-mates, LYDIA GREENWAY discusses Sarah Taylor's talent, Isa Guha's FOMO, why it's tough rooming with Katherine Brunt and Charlotte Edwards' views on a big night out...
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Most talented?
Sarah Taylor. I remember seeing Sarah bat for the first time during a county game for Kent playing against Sussex. She was still a teenager and made it look so easy. It turned out she was also pretty handy behind the stumps! Sarah did some ridiculous things and she was the one wicketkeeper where at times you felt more threatened by her than the bowler at the other end.
Sarah Taylor retired from international cricket in September 2019
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Most superstitious?
Charlotte Edwards. During the 2009 World Cup we got on a bit of a winning streak and there were certain things she apparently had to do every day to keep us winning. One was having the same breakfast every single day, it was something like Weetabix and this muesli that you get in Australia. Not the most inspiring of breakfasts but I'm sure she still thinks it was instrumental in us winning the World Cup!
Hardest worker?
Without a doubt Beth Morgan. There's people who are first to arrive and last to leave training - and then there's Beth. First and last with a gym session either side. She epitomised the phrase 'leave no stone unturned', but she was also the first to help her team-mates. Whether it was extra throw-downs if you'd just had a poor net or taking the mitt for a bowler who was trying to find some rhythm. Beth is someone you can always rely on and that transfers to off the pitch as well - she is a great friend.
Beth Morgan was a valued member of the England side
Most under-rated?
Again, I would say Beth Morgan. Her retirement was a quiet affair which was a shame, she struggled with some really bad shoulder injuries which meant she was forced to retire sooner than she or the team wanted. At her peak, she was so consistent and reliable in the middle order. She has given the game so much on so many different levels, especially at her county Middlesex where she has played such a huge role in supporting the development of a lot of the younger players coming through.
Best fielder?
Former New Zealand player Sara McGlashan. We played a lot against each other over the years but also had a season playing together for the Southern Vipers in the Kia Super League. She was a natural athlete which made her a brilliant diver and catcher of the ball, but what caught most batters out was her speed. It was ridiculous - her quickness across the ground in the inner ring to create run outs was something I always enjoyed watching, and what made her even quicker was her ability to anticipate and be on the move even before the batter had made contact with the ball. I think that's a skill we can sometimes forget to teach younger players.
Best at other sports?
We've always had quite a sporty bunch over the years. Jenny Gunn, Beth Morgan and Fran Wilson were the best football players, but in terms of level, Susie Rowe was a brilliant hockey player - she played in some of the England age groups and has consistently played National League hockey. I was fortunate to play a bit of social hockey with her and saw first-hand just how good she was. I also shouldn't forget to mention Laura Marsh who likes to remind us that she was U13 National Champion in the javelin!
Susie Rowe's sporting skills are not limited to the cricket field
Best dancer?
Nat Sciver and Isa Guha are the best, two people you don't want to be next to on the dance floor - especially if you're a terrible dancer like me.
Worst dancer?
It would have to be Charlotte Edwards. For someone who timed the ball as well as anyone with the bat, it's hard to understand how she can have such a lack of rhythm!
Best taste in music?
Isa has introduced me to a lot of music over the years, and I remember thinking some of it was awful but in actual fact she was ahead of the times with a lot of it. I remember her introducing me to a lot of indie-rock music, including Kings of Leon, who are now one of my favourite bands.
Isa Guha likes some decent music, says Lydia
Worst taste in music?
Katherine Brunt or Jenny Gunn. They both seem to like some really hardcore stuff which as much as I tried I just couldn't really appreciate. If you want to see what I mean have a listen to a song called Du Hast by Rammstein. There was one particular tour when Katherine was playing it through the team speaker constantly - most of us ended up with whiplash after all the head banging to it.
Best to room with?
I've enjoyed sharing with a lot of team-mates over the years, regulars were Isa Guha, Jenny Gunn and Beth Morgan. We all lived together in the early years whilst playing a couple of seasons over in Sydney. We had a brilliant time although there were probably one too many house parties for a group of 'athletes' who were out there to be playing sport! More recently Laura Marsh and I have lived together for a number of years. We know each other pretty well so she would have to be up there with the best as well.
Worst to room with?
Katherine Brunt. We are actually very good friends but our sleeping patterns were polar opposite! I'm a bit of a granny and like to hit the sack early whereas Katherine will quite happily stay up until the early hours.
Katherine Brunt does not go to bed early
Life of the party?
Isa is one of those people who gets a massive sense of 'FOMO' (Fear of missing out). If a group of us were watching paint dry and she wasn't there she would still be annoyed that she was missing out. She's always up for a night out and loves catching up with people, as does Heather Knight. They are both great fun to be around - especially on hen nights in Vegas. Charlotte Edwards has got to be up there, too. She's not the sort of person to just go out, if she's going out, then she's going 'out, out' which isn't often but it's always memorable!
Coaching material?
Beth and Charlotte. Coaching is a job where you have to go above and beyond what is expected of you, aside from knowing the game inside out. Both Lottie and Beth would be brilliant.
Charlotte Edwards would be an excellent coach, says Lydia
Most intelligent?
Heather Knight and Anya Shrubsole. Anya's got a very logical brain and also a crazy capacity to retain information to the extent that she could probably reel off all the football results. Heather turned down a place at Oxbridge, which says it all really. In the early days, our former batter Claire Taylor was certainly the most intelligent. She was the sort of person where you would learn something new every time you had a conversation with her.
Who would you pick to be stuck with on a desert island?
Laura Marsh. We lived together for a number of years, first in London in a tiny flat for about four years and then we moved up to Loughborough. We've always got on so well. She's also very practical and likes to watch a lot of Grand Designs so I'd feel pretty confident she'd be able to build us a decent type of shelter.
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A cobalt mine between Lubumbashi and Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... employed by mining companies and forced to pay ... by the Guardian.
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§ 105-113.35. Tax on tobacco products other than cigarettes.
(a) Tax on Tobacco Products. - An excise tax is levied on tobacco products at the rate of twelve and eight-tenths percent (12.8%) of the cost price of the products. The tax rate does not apply to the following:
(1) Cigarettes subject to the tax in G.S. 105-113.5.
(2) Vapor products subject to the tax in subsection (a1) of this section.
(a1) Tax on Vapor Products. - An excise tax is levied on vapor products at the rate of five cents (5¢) per fluid milliliter of consumable product. All invoices for vapor products issued by manufacturers must state the amount of consumable product in milliliters.
(a2) Limitation. - The taxes imposed under this section do not apply to the following:
(1) A tobacco product sold outside the State.
(2) A tobacco product sold to the federal government.
(3) A sample tobacco product distributed without charge.
(b) Primary Liability. - The wholesale dealer or retail dealer who first acquires or otherwise handles tobacco products subject to the tax imposed by this section is liable for the tax imposed by this section. A wholesale dealer or retail dealer who brings into this State a tobacco product made outside the State is the first person to handle the tobacco product in this State. A wholesale dealer or retail dealer who is the original consignee of a tobacco product that is made outside the State and is shipped into the State is the first person to handle the tobacco product in this State.
(c) Secondary Liability. - A retail dealer who acquires non-tax-paid tobacco products subject to the tax imposed by this section from a wholesale dealer is liable for any tax due on the tobacco products. A retail dealer who is liable for tax under this subsection may not deduct a discount from the amount of tax due when reporting the tax.
(d) Manufacturer's Option. - A manufacturer who is not a retail dealer and who ships tobacco products other than cigarettes to either a wholesale dealer or retail dealer licensed under this Part may apply to the Secretary to be relieved of paying the tax imposed by this section on the tobacco products. A manufacturer who ships vapor products to either a wholesale dealer or retail dealer licensed under this Part may apply to the Secretary to be relieved of paying the tax imposed by this section on the vapor products shipped to either a wholesale dealer or retail dealer. Once granted permission, a manufacturer may choose not to pay the tax until otherwise notified by the Secretary. To be relieved of payment of the tax imposed by this section, a manufacturer must comply with the requirements set by the Secretary.
Permission granted under this subsection to a manufacturer to be relieved of paying the tax imposed by this section applies to an integrated wholesale dealer with whom the manufacturer is an affiliate. A manufacturer must notify the Secretary of any integrated wholesale dealer with whom it is an affiliate when the manufacturer applies to the Secretary for permission to be relieved of paying the tax and when an integrated wholesale dealer becomes an affiliate of the manufacturer after the Secretary has given the manufacturer permission to be relieved of paying the tax.
If a person is both a manufacturer of cigarettes and a wholesale dealer of tobacco products other than cigarettes and the person is granted permission under G.S. 105-113.10 to be relieved of paying the cigarette excise tax, the permission applies to the tax imposed by this section on tobacco products other than cigarettes. A cigarette manufacturer who becomes a wholesale dealer after receiving permission to be relieved of the cigarette excise tax must notify the Secretary of the permission received under G.S. 105-113.10 when applying for a license as a wholesale dealer.
(d1) Limitation. - Except as otherwise provided in this Article, integrated wholesale dealers may not sell, borrow, loan, or exchange non-tax-paid tobacco products other than cigarettes to, from, or with other integrated wholesale dealers.
(e) Repealed by Session Laws 2009-451, s. 27A.5(c), effective September 1, 2009. (1969, c. 1075, s. 2; 1977, c. 1114, s. 4; 1991, c. 689, s. 269; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 955, s. 10; 2003-284, s. 45A.1(b); 2004-84, s. 2(b); 2005-276, s. 34.1(c); 2007-323, s. 6.23(a); 2007-435, s. 3; 2009-451, s. 27A.5(c); 2009-559, s. 2; 2014-3, s. 15.1(b); 2015-6, s. 2.5(a); 2016-5, s. 4.2.)


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Meet Vinicius, a Free Athlete from Brazil. His life went from TV and video games, to partying and drinking. He never really focused on his health and wellbeing until he started training with Freeletics. It was then that he realized his passion in life. In just 7 months, not only did he lose excess weight, he became a true athlete in every sense. Read more to find out how.
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Hopps Group est une entreprise française, organisée en holding, et gérant un certain nombre de filiales dans le domaine de la logistique, du colis postal et du démarchage postal.

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En , Adrexo cède sa filiale Adrexo Colis au directeur général d'Adrexo Frédéric Pons et au directeur de sa filiale Éric Paumier, avec l'appui du fondateur de Voyage privé, Denis Philippon. Cette filiale, devenue indépendante, est rebaptisée Colis privé.

Hopps Group est créé par un trio d'entrepreneurs composé d'Éric Paumier, Frédéric Pons et Guillaume Salabert, en janvier 2017, à la suite de l'acquisition par ces derniers d'Adrexo.

Frédéric Pons est président de Continental Foods (Carpentras).

Guillaume Salabert dirige : Eaglecom (Paris), Cibleo (Paris), Media Golf (Neuilly), Editeo (Neuilly), Cap Horn Éditions (Neuilly), Dreamline Editions (Neuilly).

À la suite des problèmes rencontrés par Vivarte, Pataugas est vendu en mars 2017 à Hopps Group.

En février 2018, Hopps Group acquiert Dispeo, l'ancienne filiale logistique des 3 Suisses, qui possède 4 entrepôts autour de Lille et près de 600 salariés.

En avril 2018, Hopps Group acquiert Alpha Direct Services (ADS), une entreprise de logistique, filiale de Rakuten, basée principalement autour de Paris.

En 2019 et 2020, Hopps Group est en difficulté financière, à la suite de pertes récurrentes.

Le 19 février 2020 Hopps Group annonce avoir obtenu un second tour de table de 30 millions d'euros. La Caisse d'épargne avance 6 millions comme le Crédit agricole Alpes Provence et Themis Banque, CGP Vendôme 10 millions, la Métropole Aix Marseille intervient à hauteur de 1,5 million d'euros comme la région. Il s'ajoute à la première tranche de 30 millions obtenue en septembre 2019.

Cette première tranche concernait GDP Vendôme à hauteur de 21 millions en contrepartie de 5% du capital et d'obligations non convertibles. Le solde a fait l'objet d'un crédit consenti par le Crédit agricole et la Caisse d'épargne.

En janvier 2022, CMA CGM annonce vouloir acquérir d'une participation de 51 % dans Colis privé, une filiale de distribution de colis de Hopps Group, pour un montant non dévoilé. Hopps détendra après l'opération 39 % de Colis privé et Amazon les 10 % restant.

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Entreprise fondée en 2017
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The difficulty of intellectually engaging the Left
One of the more appealing aspects about being on the Left is that you do not necessarily have to engage your opponents in debates over the truth or falsehood of their positions. You can simply dismiss your opponent as "anti."
Anti-worker: It all began with Marxism. If you opposed communism or socialism, you were not merely anti-communist or anti-socialist, you were anti-worker. This way of dismissing opponents of leftist ideas is now the norm. Anyone, including a Democrat, who raises objections to union control of state and local politics is labeled anti-worker: "anti-teacher," "anti-firefighter," "anti-nurse," etc. This is how the unions are fighting California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's attempts to rein in unauthorized union spending of members' dues to advance leftist political goals. He is depicted as an enemy of all these groups.
Anti-education: Those who object to the monopoly that teachers' unions have on public education and to their politicization of the school curricula are labeled "anti-education." Of course, the irony is that if you love education, you must oppose the teachers' unions.
Anti-intellectual: If you object to the dwindling academic standards at universities, or to the lack of diversity in ideas there, you are dismissed as "anti-intellectual." Given the universities' speech codes, the intellectually stifling Political Correctness that pervades academia, and the emotionalism that characterizes most leftist views on campus (American "imperialism," Israeli "apartheid," "war for oil" are emotional outbursts, not serious positions), if any side seems to express anti-intellectualism, it would be the Left.
Anti-Semite: Leftists who attack Israel frequently claim that they are shut down by irresponsible charges of anti-Semitism. The claim is that people who criticize Israeli government policies are labeled anti-Semites. I have never come across a normative conservative or any other pro-Israel source that has labeled mere criticism of Israel as anti-Semitic. It is those who single out Israel of all the nations of the world for intense criticism, those who argue that Israel has no right to exist as a Jewish state (that it is, by definition, a "racist" state) who are sometimes charged -- and sometimes validly so -- with anti-Semitism.
What is rarely noted is how often the Left will label anti-liberal comments as "veiled anti-Semitism." A left-wing Jew at a Jewish seminary sent out an e-mail charging Ann Coulter with anti-Semitism. His grounds? All of her attacks on liberals were really attacks on Jews. That she herself never made such a connection and that the vast majority of liberals are not Jews mean nothing to those who believe that "anti-liberal" often means anti-Jew.
Anti-black ("racist"): Perhaps the most common of the Left's "anti" epithets is "anti-black," i.e., "racist." If a person opposes race-based affirmative action, for example, he is likely to be called a racist. And, of course, the recent libeling of Bill Bennett as a racist was a classic example. Though he and his wife have done more for blacks than most people in public life, black or white, Bennett implied while making another point (about abortion) that blacks were disproportionately involved in violent crime. This is a statistical fact and a sociological tragedy. But because a conservative made the point, the charge of racism permeated the (liberal) media.
Anti-woman: If you oppose any aspect of feminism, you are likely to be called anti-woman or "misogynist." If you oppose "equal pay for equal work" because you believe it undermines economic freedom, you're anti-woman. If you oppose abortion on demand because you believe that the human fetus has a right to live, you are against women's rights.
Anti-peace: The very fact that anti-war and "peace" activists have labeled themselves "pro-peace" and "anti-war" renders their opponents vulnerable to charges of opposing peace and even loving war. Again, no intellectual argument is needed. According to much left-wing rhetoric, those who support the war in Iraq do not love peace. Of course, there was no peace in Iraq prior to the American deposing of Saddam Hussein, and there would be far more bloodshed if America now left Iraq. But it is far harder to engage those arguments than to label those who make them "anti-peace."
Anti-gay (homophobe): It is the rare proponent of same-sex marriage who acknowledges that it is possible to oppose this redefining of marriage yet affirm the equal humanity of gays. Overwhelmingly, the response to those who wish to maintain the normative way of forming a family -- basing it on a married man and woman -- is to simply declare them "homophobic."
The same is true for conservative policies on the economy -- "anti-poor" -- and for opposition to any leftist policy on the environment -- "anti-environment."
The "anti" arguments are effective. Conservatives have to spend half their time explaining that they are not bad people before they can be heard. But the Left has paid a great price. Because they have come to rely so heavily on one-word dismissals of their opponents, they have few arguments.


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Angola – the times they are a changing: João Lourenço, infrastructure investment and moving forwards
President João Lourenço
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 7, 2018/ — Angola has seen changes in the last 2 years. This began with President Jose Eduardo dos Santos stepping down after 38 years. President João Lourenço (aka "JLo") who took power in September 2017 succeeded him when JLo's People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) party won 61.7% of the vote and an absolute majority of the legislature.
However, to many Angolans and Angolan watchers, this change has been a long time in coming and Angola urgently needs not only new leadership but also new investment particularly in infrastructure to support diversification away from its long reliance on revenues from the oil industry. Low oil prices have had a severe impact on the Government's coffers. As with many other oil producing nations, there is an increasing recognition of the need to diversify the economy, develop the country, reduce the reliance on oil and attract foreign investment.
A good summary of where Angola is today is the following excerpt from a recent World Bank report:
Angola has made substantial economic and political progress since the end of the war in 2002. However, the country continues to face massive development challenges, which include reducing its dependency on oil and diversifying the economy; rebuilding its infrastructure; and improving institutional capacity, governance, public financial management systems, human development indicators, and the living conditions of the population. Large pockets of the population live in poverty without adequate access to basic services, and the country could benefit from more inclusive development policies.
The key point here is that, the major obstacle for investment into industries other than oil is the poor quality of Angola's infrastructure – from its transport network to its power system.
The good (bad) old days
In the days of high oil prices and overflowing government coffers, the Government procured a massive building programme. According to the Center for Studies and Scientific Research, Angola has spent $120 billion on reconstruction. At its peak, spending reached $15.8 billion in 2014. Whilst on one level the state of infrastructure in Angola today is a huge improvement on what was left behind after the end of the civil war, this rebuilding programme has had its own issues.
Much of the rebuilding programme was financed by oil-backed loans to China with a significant number of contracts awarded to state owned Chinese companies and their sub-contactors. Many of these contracts were awarded with limited or no transparency and with rumours of corruption and pay-offs. This, together with lax oversight/project management on behalf of the Government resulted in poor quality construction/delivery in some projects.
So what do international investors think of Angola? Perhaps a good test of investors' pulse was the ability of Angola to issue $500 million of its 30-year Eurobond programme earlier this year. Whilst perhaps the rather attractive return of 9.1 per cent may have had some influence on the success of the Eurobond, it does nevertheless show that there is appetite for investment in Angola.
China, china, china and others
Angola's love affair with China keeps growing. According to a recent study by Boston University, Angola is the African country that has received most Chinese funding for the construction of energy infrastructure since the year 2000. For example the USD4.5 billion 2170 MW Caculo Cabaça dam (which will be the largest power plant in Angola when completed) is being built by the China Gezhouba Group Co. Ltd and financed by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
The recent Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report on Angola says that relations with China would be given "high priority" by the Angolan authorities. Examples of how this has manifested itself include the:
recent agreement on entry visas between Angola and China; and
opening of a branch of the Bank of China in mid-2017 in Angola.
The EIU also states that:
"The government will also continue to seek loans from China to enable it to continue capital spending programmes to build highways and power plants," despite greater attention from Chinese entities on the "risk of projects with dubious repayment capacity,"
For example, Angolan authorities hope to secure around $2.5bn from Exim Bank China for infrastructure and energy projects. Of which, $690m will be for the Corimba coast road, while $760.4m will be for an electricity transmission system at Lauchimo dam. In addition, $1.1b will be used to build a naval academy in Kalunga.
Angola also has plans to negotiate a loan of nearly $13bn from the International and Commercial Bank of China, out of which $1.28 billion will be used to construct a new airport in Luanda and $11.7 billion as a credit line to fund various other projects across the country. China is here to stay in Angola but hopefully the lessons of the past are that there needs to be more oversight on the quality of works plus greater transparency on how contracts are priced and awarded.
This not to say that there have not been investors from other countries including such as a number of European countries and Brazil. However China still dominates the landscape.
Notwithstanding the love affair with China, the Angolan government is also making efforts to woo foreign investors more generally and open up its economy.
Private Investment Law
Most Angola watchers/investors were delighted when the new Private Investment Law (the "PIL") established a new Private Investment Agency for Angola (AIPEX) and removed two requirements that had previously stifled foreign investment:
the requirement for a foreign investor to have a local partner who had at least 35% of the business; and
the requirement for a minimum investment of USD1 million.
The PIL also contains provisions relating to:
government financing programs (micro funding, privileged interest rates, public collaterals and risk capital);
administrative support (simplified and privileged access to business and operational licenses or assets of private domain of public entities);
benefits for reinvestment into projects.
The details of some of these are yet to be finalised but the intent of the Government to provide these benefits/incentives is clear.
In addition, foreign investments above USD 1 million can now get certain tax benefits and incentives depending on fulfilling certain criteria. Whilst investments above USD50 million are able to get further special tax benefits and incentives provided that they are able to generate a certain minimum number of jobs (although the details of how this will operate is subject to further regulation).
Creating a level playing field
The Competition Act was passed to create a more level playing field in Angolan business by prohibiting anti-competitive practices such as restrictive agreements and abuse of dominant position. In addition, the new cabinet has implemented a number of measures to tackle certain long established monopolies controlled by the previous political elite and the "Dos Santos entourage".
Angola's plan to develop infrastructure
So coming back to infrastructure, what next for this critical sector in Angola. The good news is that the Angolan government has made infrastructure for development a key element of Angola's 2018/2022 National Development Plan (NDP). Highlighted statement from the NDP on infrastructure include:
public interest projects (including in infrastructure) may be financed "through public investment or promoted by the private sector" and "public-private partnerships';
a strategy to develop an integrated transportation and logistics network (with connectivity to neighbouring countries) built around an improved railway sector with priority in urban areas and the "installation of logistics platforms along rail lines";
investment in air and water transport infrastructure relating to completing the construction of existing airports (especially the New International Luanda Airport) and ports, as well as improved logistics (air) and rehabilitation of existing infrastructure (maritime);
investment in logistics infrastructure is to undertaken exclusively through concession agreements with private operators;
increase the electrification of the country with an emphasis on the less electrified provinces (e.g. Bié);
General Law of Electricity revised to facilitate private sector involvement in the production and distribution of electricity;
recognition of the importance of the private sector's investment, financing and management of the development and maintenance of electrical sector infrastructure.
However the question remains as to how the Government is going to attract private investment into this sector since budgetary constraints will limit Government spending. There is clearly a need to focus on "productive" infrastructure such as agriculture value chain, transport and any other industry that would allow imports substitution since Angola imports almost everything. The criteria and process by which Government will identify priority projects that will bring real value add to the economy, will be a key signal to foreign investors, that Angola is now serious about attracting FDI from reputable and long term investors.
Whilst a PPP law has been on the statute books for some time, the legal framework for PPPs has gaps. Getting a PPP programme going in Angola to attract private investment will require a lot more work and investment in governmental/institutional capacity and skills. One idea would be to partner with an organisation like the IFC to structure programmes for power, transport, waste management etc. This model has been undertaken in other African countries with some measure of success.
It is also hoped that traditional DFIs will look to invest in the private sector in Angola that in turn will pave the way for more commercial financings.
What next? The challenges ahead…
So whilst it's early days for JLo, the general consensus seems to be that he is moving Angola in the right direction. This ranges from purging key members of the previous regime from positions of power, pursuing legal action against Dos Santos's son (previous head of the Sovereign Wealth Fund) to changes to laws and regulations to promote FDI.
However JLo has a long way to go to improve Angola's business climate. Although it gained 7 places in the World Bank report on business climate 2018 Doing Business, its ranking is still at the bottom end of the table – 175 out of out of 190 countries.
On corruption, although JLo has taken a number of anti-corruption steps and made various anti corruption statements, Angola still stands at 167th place out of 180 in the Index of Perception of Corruption.
A further challenge for Angola is that it has few "real independent" business people with experience. Previous so called "business people" were mostly linked to politicians and the previous regime where more often than not, had no real "skin in the game" with skewed risk/reward profiles.
A key issue that will need to be addressed to attract private investment is the Government's ability to give long-term assurances that foreign exchange will be available for dividend repatriation. Dividend repatriation and currency control issues remain a key impediment to private sector investment in Angola. There have been talks of leveraging the balance sheet of the Angolan sovereign wealth fund but this has not been borne out yet.
Angolans are optimistic people and the country has abundant resources (e.g. -hydro, agriculture and minerals other than crude oil). On the surface it would seem that that JLo is taking the right steps to move the country forwards and open up the economy. For example:
some inroads have recently been made by private sector investors in power generation, particularly into renewable energy projects, although investors continue to battle to obtain "bankable" documents from Government agencies/bodies;
the opening up of the downstream Oil & Gas retail sector, where the French giant, TOTAL, will now join Sonangol and Puma;
removal of the new Luanda Port concession from Isabel dos Santos to issue a new international tender;
taking steps to increase investment in agriculture (estimating a growth of 5.9% in this sector for 2018) through projects such as the Quiminha Agricultural Development Project which aims to start exports to Europe in October; and
the Government has signed a US$101 million loan agreement with the African Development Bank (AfDB) that will be invested in the development of agricultural value chains in Cabinda Province.
On the other hand whilst there have been headline reports of purges of key members of the Dos Santos regime, the reality is that many others are still in place operating in the same manner as they did under the old regime. Furthermore, JLo's image of fighting corruption and a new approach to government in Angola was dented by reports earlier this year that his daughter (Ms Jéssica Lorena Dias Lourenço) had chartered a $200,000 private plane to deliver her child in Washington USA. In the meantime, calls for the wholesale clean up and privatisation of state owned companies such as Sonangol, Taag (the cargo/transport company) and others persist with little sign that this is happening or will happen.
Only time will tell whether we are moving quickly to a a new, diversified and prosperous Angola. Whilst there are some green shoots of change and progress in the air there is much more to be done. Whilst Angolans and the world waits for this, there is always Angolan music and dance, from merengue to kizomba, to enjoy in the meantime.
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Re: Looney Tunes Golden/Platinum Collections
Post by EricJ » August 5th, 2012, 3:42 pm
Uncle Scooby wrote: Cecil is a surprise inclusion (for me at least) on the cover.
A surprise that he got on the cover, but looks like Vol. 2-Disk 2 is continuing the "Complete" arcs for non-Chuck "old" characters:
The three Cecil Turtles, the four Beaky Buzzards, the four Happy Rabbits, the two Flea cartoons, the three Nasty Canastas (including the "unofficial" Jerry Lewis version from Barbary Coast Bunny), and of course, the complete Rabbit Season/Duck Season Trilogy.
(Sadly, we get "Dough Ray Me-Ow", but we don't get the Complete Economic Educational Film trilogy.)
Think Warner's found their goldmine, for selling the toons to anal-retentive collector fans who don't want anything left out, and selling characters to casual showoff fans who remember one character or catchphrase line without remembering the original toon.
Post by Randall » August 6th, 2012, 12:03 am
I'm one collector welcoming this set. I have to admit it's nice having all related toons in one place. This set looks like a winner...
...except that Tex's MGM cartoons get a small showing here. Naturally, I would have preferred that we get a complete Blu-ray collection of those. (That may come; but this feels more like a small sample trying to make fans happy, rather than a "whetting the appetite" offering; but we'll see.) But, I do like having Fritz's Captain and the Kids cartoons on here. In fact, I like that very much. I think I have only one of those on a VHS tape.
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Post by Uncle Scooby » August 6th, 2012, 2:39 am
EricJ wrote: Think Warner's found their goldmine, for selling the toons to anal-retentive collector fans who don't want anything left out
Well I slot perfectly into that bracket!
On a more serious note, that's what we all complain about/ask for... It's great to see WB are continuing the great work they have provided so far on DVD (Popeye, Superman, Peanuts etc.) into the Hi-Def era & supporting the niche well with the 3rd disc being Blu-ray exclusive. They are to be applauded - long may it continue!
We'll be seeing a remastered "Censored Eleven" included sometime at this rate....
Post by EricJ » August 6th, 2012, 3:46 am
Randall wrote: ...except that Tex's MGM cartoons get a small showing here. Naturally, I would have preferred that we get a complete Blu-ray collection of those. (That may come; but this feels more like a small sample trying to make fans happy, rather than a "whetting the appetite" offering; but we'll see.).
...Do we know that??
It's true that MGM can't see marketing Tex past the Droopy/Wolf/Red cartoons--and so, like the wartimes and Private Snafu's, might pawn a few of the one-offs here for Warner to get out of having to do that collectors' set T&J fans keep asking for--but "the Rest" could refer to the 40's one-off Warner travelogues that now don't fit into Warner's idea of "classic characters".
Frankly, thought the anvil-and-tongue MGM Tex got a bit overexposed during the Roger Rabbit 80's (back when baby boomers thought that was what all cartoons looked like), but the minimalistic Warner spot-gag Tex has long been overdue for disk.
I'm sure a lot of wishful fans will be throwing a fit if "the Rest" of Tex turns out to consist of Hamateur Night, Holiday Highlights, Believe It or Else and Cinderella Meets a Fella, but I'll be a happy fan.
Randall wrote: I do like having Fritz's Captain and the Kids cartoons on here. In fact, I like that very much. I think I have only one of those on a VHS tape.
If you still have your Tom & Jerry Volume Two laser set, I think you have a few more than one.
Post by Randall » August 10th, 2012, 12:49 pm
Huh. I'd forgotten about that. There were some nice bonus cartoons on there.
Post by EricJ » August 21st, 2012, 12:37 am
On the subject of bonus cartoons, turns out next week's "Chuck Jones: Mouse Chronicles" had room for a few unmarked Mouse cartoons on the Bonus Disk 2, that were "hidden" for not being Chuck-directed:
* Country Mouse (7:04, SD): A muscular mouse from the country tries his hand at being a prize fighter.
* The Lyin' Mouse (6:59, SD): A mouse caught in a trap pleads for his life with the cat about to eat him.
* The Mice Will Play (6:55, SD): Hijinks in a science lab lead to an unexpected mouse romance.
* Little Blabbermouse (8:16, SD): The fast talking mouse goes on an aerial ride through a department store and encounters various oddities and dangers.
* Shop Look & Listen (7:58, SD): Blabbermouse returns for another tour through a department store.
* Mouse Mazurka (8:05, SD): Sylvester the Cat tries to nab a mouse in a Eastern European village.
* Mouse-Warming (6:59, SD): Claude the Cat tries to get between two young mice in love.
* Mouse-Taken Identity (6:40, SD): Sylvester the Cat mistakes a baby kangaroo for a mouse while on duty in the County Museum.
* Mice Follies (6:20, SD): Ralph and Morton accidentally lead a cat back to their homes after a late night out on the town.
* It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House (6:44, SD): Granny calls in Daffy Duck to exterminate Speedy Gonzales after he proves too much for Sylvester the Cat.
* Merlin the Magic Mouse (6:22, SD): The mouse magician has to figure out how to perform in front of a cat without getting eaten.
Post by Randall » August 21st, 2012, 1:39 am
Too bad they're SD, but bonus cartoons are always welcome.
Post by GeorgeC » August 22nd, 2012, 1:15 am
A lot of films will NEVER be converted to HD for home video release because the studios don't think there's money it or that it's worth it. Many master elements just aren't in a shape that's worth trying to create HD masters from. The science/art of upscaling from SD elements is also still in a relative infancy. There are GOOD UPSCALES but for the most part this is with newer animation (they do this a lot with anime TV Blu ray releases in Japan) -- upscale from live-action isn't that great.
The bulk of MGM cartoons don't have any master elements in existence since a fire destroyed a bunch of them in the early 1970s.
The Tex Avery MGM shorts are supposedly in sad shape and would require a massive restoration effort on the scale of what was done for the original King Kong to make them presentable for HD home video release. WB just doesn't see that being worthwhile for most animation. WB's upper home video management doesn't seem understand that an audience still exists for these shorts... How many times have people logged onto Home Video chats with WB video reps or gone to cons and TOLD them over and over for at least the past 15 years that they want a re-release of the Tex Avery shorts??? The WB video guys are focused mostly on here and now, not the "old stuff" that isn't Looney Tunes or Tom & Jerry or some Hanna-Barbera. The last major Tex Avery collection release was 20 years ago now on laserdisc and since then the shorts have been shown progressively less and less on TV to the point that you have to own the old VHS/LD releases or find them on the Internet to see them now. This is as much due to political correctness -- and Avery sure isn't PC -- as much as to the fact that half the people in charge of these films are barely aware of their existence.
(This goes back to what I've said about a lot of classic animated shorts -- Disney, MGM, WB, Fox/Terrytoons, etc. IF these films do not get shown on basic cable TV at all, the audience will grey out and eventually disappear altogether. There's a total of at least 3-5 generations of kids who have never seen any of these shorts IN THE US -- they still get aired in international markets that don't share the US obsession with PC and skin color. In the meantime, there are adult fans who only vaguely remember some of this stuff and half of us get convinced by the time we hit our 30's and 40's that we just imagined these films!)
Look at the Fleischer/Famous Studios Superman shorts for instance. They're in sad shape and in that case WB DOES own master elements for all of them except for the one or two shorts where things have degraded so much that the master elements just aren't there anymore.
I doubt we'll see THOSE shorts in HD release on home video any time soon. I was re-watching the Superman shorts not long on the 2-disc release WB did a few years back and while they're still pleasant to view in SD you can see all the scratches/dirts on the film and occasionally hear audio drop-outs. It's all very visible/audible on SD. What people don't understand is that HD magnifies all those problems and makes them even more obvious! This is a huge part of why the HD masters are so much more expensive than SD. People don't understand that the cost of the physical Blu ray disc isn't what's expensive -- BD's cost about the same to manufacture as DVD as this point in time; it's paying to make an HD master that doesn't highlight all the physical defects inherent in the final movie product that's expensive!
There's no way WB is going to spend the money to fix all those problems. WB doesn't even manage its old Looney Tunes assets that well most of the time let alone know half of what it owns!
Post by Randall » August 22nd, 2012, 1:41 am
Actually, the Superman shorts ARE coming to Blu-ray soon... just not from Warner. It'll be a public domain release. Heaven only knows how they'll look, or if they'll even get cropped like on the Gulliver's Travels BD.
Post by GeorgeC » August 22nd, 2012, 4:53 pm
Ah man... Those are NOT going to look good unless the prints are exceptional to begin with.
I wouldn't hold my breath on the quality of THAT Blu ray release...!
WB supposedly has the best film materials in existence for the series and look at the condition of what's there now.
On the other hand, with the exception of "Terror on the Midway," I have seen other Superman prints in other DVD collections (including "public domain") that had somewhat better quality prints than a few of the WB Fleischer releases...
Post by Ben » April 22nd, 2014, 12:27 pm
While we still wait for Tom & Jerry to return to the BD format, at least Bugs and co are going to get a third volume!
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ITV5SRC
Cool...was kinda worried there for a while that this wouldn't ever come along. Not a great deal of anything "new" to HD, and even the extras pick from previous volumes and the Oscars collection from a few years back...but nice to see WB still catering for a specific crowd, even if the cover images depicts several off-model characters (just what does Porky look like!).
Post by Randall » April 23rd, 2014, 12:36 am
Nice to see this coming out, as I continue to move towards replacing my collection with HD versions of whatever I can find. But Porky looks just bizarre here!
Post by Ben » December 12th, 2014, 9:56 pm
Just to let you know in case it whizzed you by as it did me, but the last feature-length WB compilation movie, Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island, has been released on DVD.
Coming to disc in late November without any fanfare, this completes the cycle of films that picked up the TV concept of repurposing the old Looney Tunes cartoons with newly animated links by original directors like Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng for the big screen (The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, The Great American Chase: The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie, Bugs Bunny's Third Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales, Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantatsic Island and Daffy Duck's Quackbusters).
The more recent Space Jam has been on Blu-ray for a while now, although Looney Tunes: Back In Action just came to Blu too, on the same date as Fantastic Island's release. At just $9.99 each I just picked up both
Post by Randall » December 13th, 2014, 12:13 am
I wasn't sure that LT:BiA was must-upgrade, but for that price I had to get it too.


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What Are the 2016 US Presidential Candidates Reading?
They should be reading the Constitution of the United States as well as the Bill of Rights, over and over and over again…but we don't talk about politics here! We talk about literature.
So what fills up the Republication candidates' bookshelves? Read on to find out.
*Note: Not all candidate possibles are listed below, either due to lack of information.
Devil in the White City, Erik Larson – I have this book sitting on my "to-read" bookshelf. In fact, I just looked over and spotted it immediately. Definitely have to read that one, pronto!
A special note of thanks to Bush, whose Q&A session in Michigan was the inspiration for this post.
Rand Paul, if he were pop art.
Hillary, if someone went a little heavy on the airbrushing.
The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt – One of my favorite authors, although I can't bring myself to read this one just yet.
After doing the research for this article, I realized one large thing: I have something in common with a Bush and a Clinton. We like some of the same kinds of books. Who would've thunk it?
Which potential presidential candidate has literary tastes similar to your own?
Please add Bernie Sanders to the donkeys. He's announced and he's closing in on Hillary in the straw poll in Wisconsin. She got 48% in a recent poll and he got 41%. He's the real deal!
I couldn't find any of Sanders's favorite books 😦 But if you find some, please do let me know, and I'll add him to the post!


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Q: Visual Studio profiler refuses to load debugging symbols from a dynamically generated assembly I am generating an assembly dynamically at runtime, like this:
AssemblyBuilder = AssemblyBuilder.DefineDynamicAssembly(new AssemblyName(fname), AssemblyBuilderAccess.RunAndSave);
moduleBuilder = AssemblyBuilder.DefineDynamicModule(fname, $"{fname}.dll", true);
var typeBuilder = moduleBuilder.DefineType("InternalType", TypeAttributes.Public | TypeAttributes.Class, typeof(BaseClass))
var methodBuilder = typeBuilder.DefineMethod($"MyMethod", MethodAttributes.Private, typeof(int), new [] { typeof(int) })

I also emit debugging symbols:
var documentBuilder = moduleBuilder.DefineDocument(Path.GetFullPath(fileName), SymDocumentType.Text, Guid.Empty, Guid.Empty);
File.WriteAllLines(fileName, method.SourceCodeLines);

// While emitting IL
gen.MarkSequencePoint(document, lineIndex + 1, 0, lineIndex + 1, method.SourceCodeLines[lineIndex].Length + 1);

Now, whenever I profile the application (Alt+F2) and I navigate to one of the dynamically generated methods, I get a report that just says:

Symbol file does not contain source information or cannot be found.
  You may choose the 'Symbol Settings…' link to add the symbol file
  location and then reload the report.

I've tried adding the Debug/ and Release/ directories to my symbol paths, but it seems like Visual Studio is just ignoring the *.pdb files in there. (I've checked, the pdb files are actuall generated & saved)
Is there any way around this?

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Q: Why can't you store an extremely large single value in a dynamically allocated block of memory? Why can't I store a large integer in this allocated block of memory?
int *dyn = malloc(16);
*dyn = 9999999999;

printf("%lli\n", *dyn);

free(dyn);

At compile-time, GCC warns me that an integer overflow will occur. And sure enough, when printed out, it has overflowed.
Why can't I use the entire block of memory to store a single value?

A: *dyn = 9999999999; does not instruct the computer to use all the memory that was allocated for dyn to store the value 9999999999.
In C, dyn has a type. The type is "pointer to int". Then *dyn has type int, which has a specific, fixed number of bits. It does not have a type meaning "all the memory that was allocated for dyn".
Since *dyn is an int, *dyn = 9999999999; tells the computer to put 9999999999 into an int. Since 9999999999 is too big for an int in your C implementation, an overflow occurs.
We can program computers and design programming languages to manage integers of arbitrary sizes. Some languages, such as Python, do this. However that requires extra software, particularly software that has to do some variable amount of work when the program is running in order to handle whatever sizes of numbers come along. C is designed to be an elementary language. It works with objects of specific sizes and generally translates C code to fixed amounts of work in processor instructions. These provide building blocks for programmers to build bigger software. So, in C, int objects have fixed sizes. Allocating 16 bytes of memory provides space for several int objects, but it does not provide a big integer object.

A: The size of int is usually 4 bytes (32 bits). And, it can take 2^32 distinct states from -2147483648 to 2147483647.
So when you try to store this *dyn = 9999999999; , integer overflow occurs.
It is not pointing to the memory location, it is pointing to the value of that variable.

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Why can't I use the entire block of memory to store a single value?

Because the size of int is almost certainly not 16 bytes, and when you de-reference a int pointer in the *dyn = 9999999999; expression, that access is limited to the size of int, which is likely 2^31 - 1.
Please note that the integer constant 9999999999 has a type too, which is dynamically determined by the compiler depending on the number's size. In this case, very likely long long. So the actual bug here is your attempt to do int x = 9999999999; which isn't the slightest related to malloc or pointers. It's a simple overflow.
To use numbers larger than 2.14 billion, you must use a 64 bit type instead. Use int64_t/uint64_t from stdint.h.
You cannot allocate 16 bytes, memcpy som value in there and then access the data through pointers to some arbitrary integer type. This is because of the somewhat dysfunctional C type system. Simplified explanation: the chunk of data returned from malloc has no type internally, until you store something there. Then it gets the type you used when storing, and all subsequent access have to use that same type too, everything else invokes undefined behavior according to "the strict aliasing rule".

A: dyn is an integer pointer (actually, pointing to a reserved memory of int array of 16 bytes). *dyn is an integer (first element from this int array). As similar to arrays:
int dyn[4];
dyn[0]=9999999999;

Assigning 9999999999 to int leads to a variable overflow, since int allows on modern platforms only [−2 147 483 648, +2 147 483 647] range (and at least [−32767, +32767]).

A: 9999999999 or better illustrated as 9,999,999,999 is not in the range of an int, to which dyn is pointing to, don´t matter how much memory malloc has allocated:
int *dyn = malloc(16);   // `dyn` points to an `int` object, don´t matter
                         // if malloc allocates 16 bytes.
*dyn = 9999999999;       // Attempt to assign an out-of-range value to an `int` object.

An object of type int shall be allocated by 4 Bytes in memory by the most modern systems.
4 Bytes can hold a maximum of 2^(8*4) = 2^32 = 4,294,967,296 values.
Now you have the type of int which is equivalent to the type of signed int.
signed int can store positive and negative numbers, but since it can store positive and negative numbers it has quite a different range.
signed int has the range of -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647 and so is the range of int.
So you can not hold 9,999,999,999 in an int object because the maximum value an int object can store is the value of 2,147,483,647.
If you want to store the value of 9,999,999,999 or 9999999999 in an object, use f.e. long long int, but not long int since long int can hold the same range of an int and an unsigned int:
long long int *dyn = malloc(16);   // `dyn` points to an `long long int` object.
*dyn = 9999999999;  // Fine, because 9999999999 is in the range of an `long long int` object.


Neilson's men battled back and drew level through Ed Upson after an early opener but they were ultimtaley beaten 4-1 at Ewood Park.
"I thought we were poor today," he said. "We came here with a game plan, but after 90 seconds we were a goal down and we were battling against it after that.
"Initially, we needed to deal with it better - if you need to clear it away, clear it away. It's the start of the game.
The Dons enjoyed their best spell in the second half but they were unable to capitalise and equalise for a second time.
He continued: "For a period in the second half we were where we should be, getting after the game and being more aggressive, but all in all it wasn't good enough.
"We came up here and were positive about what we wanted to do and were confident we could get something from the game.
The 37-year-old concluded: "There are good players in that dressing room but we have to add to it and get our lads back from injury. I still believe we have a very good team here, we just need to get ourselves together.


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(Los Angeles, Calif. – January 24, 2018) – Fandemic Tour, a new type of comic con, will bring their new tour to Sacramento this June. Brought to you by the same people who originally created Wizard World Comic Con, Sacramento will be their very first official city stop, followed up by Houston, Sept. 14-16, 2018 as a make-up due to Hurricane Harvey. Fandemic Tour will feature celebrities including: Norman Reedus ("The Walking Dead", "The Boondock Saints"), Jeffrey Dean Morgan ("The Walking Dead", "Magic City"), Michael Rooker ("Guardians of the Galaxy", "The Walking Dead", "Tombstone", "Cliffhanger", "Days of Thunder"), Sean Gunn ("Guardians of the Galaxy", "Gilmore Girls"), Milo Ventimiglia ("This is Us", "Heroes", "Gilmore Girls"), Dave Bautista ("Guardians of the Galaxy", "WWE Raw", Sean Patrick Flanery ("The Boondock Saints", "Powder") and Jason David Frank ("Mighty Morphin Power Rangers"). Fandemic Tour is a brand new experiential convention weekend that will bring together celebrities, well-known and emerging comic artists, cosplayers of all shapes and sizes, and exhibitors with merchandise designed to offer something for every type of pop culture fan. All confirmed talent will make appearances on at least two days of the weekend, and many will appear on all three days. All guest appearance dates are listed at www.FandemicTour.com.
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In addition to celebrity acting talent, Fandemic Tour will boast a host of exciting guest artists such as Neal Adams (Batman, X-Men), Phil Ortiz, animator from The Simpsons and Muppet Babies, Michael Golden of Marvel and DC Studios fame, Rob Prior, amazingly talented two-handed live pop artist with notable credits (Game of Thrones, Star Wars: The Force Awakens), and Arthur Suydam (Deadpool, The Walking Dead). Other notable artists including: Renee Witterstaetter, Mike DeCarlo, John Beatty, Rodney Ramos, Ric Meyers, Clinton Hobart, Rags Morales and Jim Salicrup.
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"Fandemic Tour is something I've been thinking about for some time now, and it represents everything I think fans will want from a comic con event," said Fandemic Tour CEO John Macaluso. Macaluso added, "We pledge to present an event that brings the highest tier celebrities, artists, and exhibitors and to create immersive programming that is both fun and educational. Our mission is simple: take care of the fans."
Fandemic Tour is Macaluso's first foray into the comic con space as an entrepreneur. Formerly the CEO of Wizard World, Macaluso is anxious to bring his unique brand of fan experience to Sacramento for the first time through Fandemic Tour. Macaluso noted, "Sacramento has a great comic con fan base and we are excited to share this new experiential event with them. Fandemic Tour is poised to bring the utmost in fan engagement to the Sacramento Convention Center for an interactive, fun-filled weekend."
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the upgrading of Voi-Taveta Road falls within Pillar I of
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NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- The African Development Bank has approved two loans totalling 232.5 million U.S. dollars for the 157.5-km road project from Arusha to Holili in Tanzania, and Taveta to Voi in Kenya.
A statement from the regional bank issued in Nairobi on Wednesday said the funds will help reduce the cost of transport and enhance access to agricultural inputs, larger markets and social services within the East Africa Community.
AfDB's Regional Director for the East Africa Resource Center, Gabriel Negatu said road has been identified in the East African Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP 2011-2015) and the East African Transport Strategy and Regional Road Sector Development Program of November 2011 as a priority for intervention.
"The East African Community seeks to improve regional transport infrastructure to support economic and social development programs in the region, promote tourism and foster regional integration and at the same time reduce the cost of doing business by supporting cross-border and international trade," Negatu said.
The Arusha-Holili/Taveta-Voi Road is one of the transport corridors of the EAC region meant to reduce the cost of doing business, increase competitiveness of the region on the global market and at the same time promote regional integration.
Kenya will receive 113.12 million dollars of the two loans approved by the AfDB board, while Tanzania will be awarded 120 million dollars. The Bank facility constitutes 89.1 percent of the total project cost.
The project, which is expected to be completed by December 2018, is also jointly financed by the Kenyan and Tanzanian governments, contributing 15.6 million dollars and 12.3 million dollars, respectively.
The Africa Trade Fund has extended a 0.74-million-dollar-grant for a small component for trade facilitation at the Namanga border, bringing to 262.2 million dollars the total cost of the project.
Experts say as a result of rapid urbanization coupled with the explosive growth in motorization, the transportation system has become inadequate and is constraining economic growth and limiting access to job opportunities, education, and recreation.
The statement said Arusha-Holili/Taveta-Voi Road is a transport corridor of the East African Region that links the Northern Corridor at Voi to the Central Corridor across the common border at Holili/Taveta through Arusha, Babati to Dodoma and Singida.
The project will comprise civil works for the construction of the Arusha Bypass (42.4 km) and dualling the Sakina-Tengeru section (14.1 km) as well as the construction of two roadside amenities at Tengeru, one on either side of the dual carriageway in Tanzania.
It will also involve the upgrading of the Taveta-Mwatate portion (89 km) and construction of the Taveta Bypass (12 km) and two roadside amenities, one each at Bura and Maktau along the Mwatate-Taveta Road in Kenya.
"For Tanzania, the Second National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty or MKUKUTA II sets as a target raising the growth of the transport sector to 9.0 percent by 2015," the statement said.
For Kenya, it said, the upgrading of the Voi-Taveta Road falls within Pillar I of Vision 2030, the basis for socio-economic transformation.
The project road links the Northern Corridor to the Central Corridor across the common border of Tanzania and Kenya (Holili/ Taveta) through Arusha, Minjingu and Babati to Singida and Dodoma.
The corridor at completion will link the port of Mombasa to northern and northwestern Tanzania and the landlocked countries of Rwanda, Burundi, DRC and Uganda, providing an alternative route to the sea.
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Over the weekend, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children hosted 40 young women from high schools in the area, for The Perry Initiative's exciting, one-day program. The Perry Outreach Program, sponsored by Scottish Rite Hospital and UT Southwestern, encourages young women to pursue careers in orthopedic surgery and engineering.
Women currently comprise only 7% of the surgical and engineer workforce in orthopedics. Early exposure to these hands-on careers is key to boosting diversity and introducing fresh eyes and new perspectives for these life-changing fields. Participants performed mock surgical simulations, including procedures to correct a scoliosis deformity, fix a broken leg and repair a rotator cuff.
The program was led by prominent female surgeons, engineers and business women in the field of orthopedics. Scottish Rite Hospital's Amy L. McIntosh, M.D. and Kirsten Tulchin-Francis, Ph.D., provided insight on their backgrounds, decisions to work in the medical field and the work-life balance they maintain.
"Before The Perry Initiative, I had never considered a career as an orthopedic surgeon," Rudo Duri, a previous Perry Initiative participant, said. "I had no exposure to the field and assumed it was a male-dominated field. The summer after I participated in the program, I completed a Research Internship with Dr. McIntosh, and I now have female mentors who have increased my exposure to orthopedics and have helped me achieve my goals in the field."
"Growing up, all of my physicians were male and looked nothing like me, making my career decision to go into medicine very daunting," Megan Badejo, previous Perry Initiative participant, believed. "I had an opportunity to attend the Perry Initiative in undergrad, where I not only received exposure to the field of orthopedics, but for the first time, I was amongst a group of women who all had similar goals as myself. I left the Perry program feeling like I could take on the world."
Thank you to The Perry Initiative for working with us to provide this hands-on outreach program for female students.
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I have been listening to the Savvy Painter podcast on my 4 hour drives to see the littles. Have you heard of it? It is well worth your time. Host Antrese Wood skillfully interviews accomplished painters about how they got started painting, their views on painting and the artist's life, and other really interesting topics.
One of the things that has stuck with me in listening to several of the podcasts is how many painters talk about the percentage of pieces that are good vs. the ones that just don't work – the duds. I always thought once you achieved mastery level or had been painting for a certain amount of years that most of your paintings would work. Turns out, this is wrong and master painters have the same struggle that I have every day when I go into the studio, hoping and praying for a miracle on that canvas. In fact the percentage is as high as 30%-50% in the ones that don't turn out.
This made me realize that my expectations for the work I am creating were too high and I have put a lot of pressure on myself to make every painting count, especially when I am getting ready for a show.
It has also helped me to see that I don't have to show every painting. If I don't love it, chances are others probably won't either, and it is best kept for future evaluation or chalked up as a rung on the ladder of learning.
This makes me feel so much better, free-er (is that a word) and happy!


I have a 1994 Seafarer 226, and I am going to repower with a new motor. Had a 225 Otibomb, that pushed the boat real good when it worked. I am thinking about putting a Suzuki 250, but I'm worried about the extra weight? Thought, suggestions?
I put a 2018 Mercury Verado 300 on mine. I redid the transom and added a flotation bracket. I think you'll find some great 4 strokes out there that are a bit lighter. My boat sits perfectly with this motor on it. I love it.
I have a 1999 - 226 seafarer and did the suzuki 250. The weight of the 225 and the 250 is the same. Runs great weight wasn't an issue.


Data Governance: When is the Right Time to Start?
Data is widely accepted as one of the most valuable assets in an organization. Understanding how data is used, preserving data integrity, and maintaining consistency in usage are crucial to the business. Data governance serves as a vital function within an organization by defining guidelines for metadata management, driving processes for data issue resolution, and actively measuring data quality improvement over time. An effective data governance program enables business users to make decisions based on transparent and trustworthy data.
Starting a data governance program in a single line of business isn't easy, let alone across an enterprise. Organizations often struggle to initiate a program due to lack of time, lack of sponsorship, or competing budget priorities. One particularly difficult challenge can be the creation of a business case with quantifiable, "hard dollar" benefits. Unless faced with regulatory compliance requirements, the major benefits are often confidence in the data because of common definitions, the ability to track data usage, and the ability to trust the quality.
If your organization is trying to centralize all their data by building an enterprise data warehouse, a data lake, data hub, enterprise service bus, data transformation layer, or a data mart, then you should start a data governance program in parallel. During an enterprise data warehouse initiative or the like, the organization spends an exorbitant amount of time defining what the data means, where it comes from, and what kind of transformation it needs to go through before mapping it to the warehouse. Typically, the initiative concludes with a rich array of metadata and governance requirements that quickly grow stale because they are not tracked and governed simultaneously. As a result, a query from a business user about the source of a field in the enterprise data warehouse requires IT to manually trace the element through layers of logic. This same information, the metadata, can be captured and curated while the enterprise data warehouse is under construction.
Many organizations are just beginning to come to grips with personal data capture and use. New legislation, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), requires a sophisticated level of monitoring and policing for data. With the GDPR deadline fast approaching, organizations need to identify Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and track where it resides, who has access, where it is sent, and so much more. Similarly, the deadline for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID) II's transaction reporting obligations is less than a month away. Organizations need to understand what they must report, who owns the responsibility for the reports, and where they can find the information. Satisfying regulatory mandates is an opportune time to leverage data governance and the business case is clear.
If your organization's data management team spends more time fixing data issues than extracting analytics to improve data quality over time, a data governance program is needed. The goal of an effective data management team should be to identify trends in data issues and implement permanent solutions. If constantly researching questions like "Where does this field come from?", "Why is my data wrong?", "Who should I contact for this issue?", or "Does this field exist?", then the data management team has little time to achieve their goal. A data governance program can create the policies, common definitions, data lineage, and a shared glossary to provide answers for the users while reducing the number of data issues getting introduced into the environment. The data governance program is how the data management team gets ahead of the data issue volume and systematically injects organization, consistency, and accountability into the organization.
When valuable time and resources are wasted because your IT team must constantly explain what they mean to the business team, or vice versa, it's time to initiate a data governance program. Building a business glossary allows an organization to be more productive during cross-team discussions. By defining common terms across the organization, varying teams can communicate easier and analysis from differing organizations is based on the same understanding of the data.
When your project or business processes slow down significantly because certain members of the team are out of the office, or worse, quit, then it's a good time to explore how data governance can respond to this challenge. If you panic at the thought of losing a team member because of the institutional knowledge that s/he possesses then that person is the single point of failure. Getting that critical knowledge into a data governance tool can help ensure that others have access to information about where data originates, where it resides, and who has access. Data governance can prevent valuable intellectual property from walking out the door.
So, when is the right time to initiate a data governance program? It's always a good time to get control of the data, get the enterprise using common definitions, and get data quality measurement underway.
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Published by Evgeniya Koptyug, Nov 27, 2019
In 2018, there were roughly 3.3 million German households with a household net income of under 900 euros per month. In total, there were approximately 40.4 million private households in Germany that year.
Disposable net income
Based on most recent figures, the largest number of households had a monthly net income of 3,200 to 4,500 euros. While at first glance this amount may seem substantial, based on general German standards of living, it's worth noting that flexibility and expenditure depends on the number of people living in a household, or rather the number of earners in relation to that number. In the case of employed population members, what remains as disposable net income is influenced by various regular payments made by households after the already taxed salary arrives. These payments include, but are not limited to, rent, different types of insurance, repaying loans, fees for internet and mobile phone services.
Food and housing
When looking at private household spending in Germany, consistent patterns emerge. Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuel made up the largest share, followed by food, beverages and tobacco. Spending for the latter has only been going up in recent years.
Distribution of private households based on monthly household net income in Germany in 2018 (in 1,000)
Household net income per month
Number of private households in thousands
Under 900 € 3,325
900 to under 1,300 € 4,527
1,300 to under 1,500 € 2,549
6,000 € and over 2,521
According to the source, the data is based on microcensus results and looks at the population in private households in both main and secondary residences.
Not included in the statistic are households where at least one person is a self-employed farmer as their main occupation or households which do not specify. The number of these households in 2017 was approximately 1.1 million.
This statistic can be accessed at the Genesis-Online database of the Federal Statistical Office using the link given under "Source Link" and by entering the code "12211-0105" into the search bar.
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A couple of notes here, I saw that under your second duel results, your first duel replay link is the same as the second duel replay link, please fix this. Also I noticed you don't have the "Rematch needed:" subject under the first duel results, in the future please do not delete any of the subjects on the Rubric.
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