Selling time: Sequoia Capital India managing director Sumir Chadha.
One of the oldest Indian venture capital firms with 37 investments, Sequoia Capital India, recently raised a new early stage venture capital fund of $300 million (Rs1,179 crore) of which $25 million has been committed across three investments.
How are valuations across growth and venture?
On the private equity side, I think almost everything is overpriced in today's market. We know we are going to pay a high valuation, we might get a slight discount because we are Sequoia Capital or we know the entrepreneur or the space, but there is a market price and it is pretty well set no matter what anyone says.
Where do you see returns going?
I think people will lose money in venture in India and private equity will probably be similar. On average it is a great time to be selling rather than buying.
We have a whole bunch of exits planned for next year. We see a lot of irrationality in the marketplace today. It certainly will go on for a year, could it go on for two, three, four years? Very possible. It is like the US venture industry—completely over-funded.
Are buyout opportunities coming up?
We are not looking for buyouts, but some are coming our way. There are two problems. First, nobody wants to sell because there is so much optimism about the economy.
The second issue is that the debt markets here are still underdeveloped. The Flextronics deal (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. bought Flextronics Software Systems' Indian IT business in 2006) was able to get a lot of leverage because it was an offshore entity. In the US, most of the returns have been made on leverage.
Do you look at PIPE (private investment in public equity) deals?
We have not done PIPE deals, but we are not adverse to them. What we don't understand about PIPE deals is why would someone go out and pay a 15% premium to a public stock price when the average person could buy the stock cheaper.
And then they are going to charge investors for that 20% of the profits. People have made money on PIPEs, but here's the thing, a lot of people made money on PIPEs that were invested in two or three years ago when the markets were at rock bottom levels. The problem is doing PIPEs at today's levels—that is frightening. Generally speaking, PIPEs are not as attractive, but we are looking at a PIPE right now.


Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is one of fourteen signatories to a letter in The Living Church magazine entitled Defending Bishop Tengatenga.
The letter, shared with the magazine by Connecticut Bishop Ian Douglas, highlighted what the fourteen said was a "gross injustice" to Bishop of Southern Malawi James Tengatenga whose job offer was withdrawn by New Hampshire's Dartmouth College following complaints made by some students and staff.
The complainants' main issue was with the Bishop's statements on sexuality which he recently clarified in an article for the College newspaper. Nevertheless, a month after he was offered the position of Dean of the William Jewett Tucker Foundation at Dartmouth College, it was rescinded by college president Philip J. Hanlon.
"The President's decision brought applause from some in the Dartmouth community," it said. "Others were appalled, as are we. The action represents a gross injustice to an individual who would have made an ideal person to provide moral and ethical leadership at the College.
"It casts serious doubts on what is being learned in American universities when members of those communities fail to distinguish between public positions of institutions and the views of individuals who participate in those institutions.
"It reflects badly on western human rights advocates who consciously or unconsciously engage in forms of cultural imperialism that undermine their own success and credibility by demanding proofs identical to their own kind and, in this instance, by also ignoring the voices of Africans and church leaders who have known and worked with Tengatenga in some cases for decades."
The article went on to question why opponents of Bp Tengatenga's appointment had relied on just two statements issued by the Bishop "in the complicated institutional and historical contexts of the Anglican Communion's evolving position on homosexuality". It also asked why they had failed to acknowledge any of his other work to promote equal rights for all.
The article continued, "Tengatenga has not only lost the opportunity to lead the Tucker Foundation, he now finds himself facing unemployment [after resigning as Bishop of Southern Malawi] and has become a convenient political target in a setting where open support for LGBTQ rights — which he has articulated — can be dangerous.
"Why do Africans continue to need to learn the language of North Americans, but North Americans don't need to make any effort to understand Africans and how rights activists operate there? Some of us signatory to this letter have had our houses set on fire or been forced into exile because of what we believe in and try to fight for.
"Tengatenga himself received death threats for exposing government corruption. Are these lives that Dartmouth students, LGBTQ or otherwise, need to be protected from? Or are they examples that can indeed inspire individuals to 'lives of purpose and ethical leadership, rooted in service, spirituality, and social justice'?"


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Self portrait of the artist
There is probably no photographer as passionately committed to working with the Leica camera as Ilse Bing was. Starting in 1929, this miniature camera was her constant companion and remained such for over two decades: "I felt that the camera grew into an extension of my eyes and moved with me". With the help of close-ups, the extensive use of daring perspectives, unconventional cropping, and geometric and detailed perspectives; the motifs are isolated and almost alienated from their original context. She also discovered a type of solarisation for negatives independently of a similar process developed by the artist Man Ray. Ilse Bing was born in 1899 in Frankfurt / Main, Germany. In 1930, she moved to Paris where she lived until 1941, but in the shadow of World War II, she and her husband immigrated to New York City.
Bing's extraordinary technique and the quality of her photographs caught the art world's attention in the beginning of the 1930s. Especially in Europe, in the USA, and in Japan she earned an excellent reputation as a photojournalist and fashion photographer. In 1936, her work was included in the first modern photography exhibition held at the Louvre and in 1937, she travelled to New York where her images were included in the landmark exhibition "Photography 1839 - 1937" at the Museum of Modern Art. In the 1970s, her work was rediscovered and since then has been exhibited several times. Today, her pieces are presented in the collections of many important museums, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Fine Art and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Photographs 1928–1935
Ilse Bing is born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, into a wealthy Jewish family.
Begin of studies in mathematics and physics at University of Frankfurt, followed by a shift to the studies of art history.
Begin of a doctorate on the classicist German architect Friedrich Gilly (1772 - 1808).
Bing's introduction to photography was prompted by a practical need to illustrate her dissertation. She bought a Voigtlander camera in 1928 and began teaching herself photography. The following year, she bought a Leica, the new and revolutionary 35-mm handheld camera that allowed Photographers to capture fast-moving events. Not only was Bing able to photograph buildings for her dissertation, but she also used her newly acquired skills to earn extra money as a photojournalist for the German illustrated supplement Das Illustriete Blatt.
After her first commercial successes with photography, Bing abandoned her dissertation in the summer of 1929 and decided to move to Paris in 1930 to focus on photography from then on.
First exhibition in Paris with a series of photographs of dancers at the Moulin Rouge. Bing meets the New York-based writer Hendrik Willem van Loon, who becomes her most important patron.
Collector and gallerist Julien Lévy shows Bing's work in his New York exhibition Modern European Photography: Twenty Photographers.
Return to Paris. Marriage with German pianist Konrad Wolff.
The Jewish couple is forced to leave Paris. Internment in various camps in Southern France. Escape to the USA in 1941.
Bing repeatedly exhibits in New York until the late 1950s, but worked less and less as a photojournalist before quitting photography altogether.
Died in New York, USA.
Gold Lame Evening Shoes
Pont Alexandre III - Rosette
Salut De Schiaparelli
Fountain. Place De La Concorde
Kneeling Dancers. Ballet Errante
Merry Go Round. Street Fair, Paris
Dancer. Ballet Errante
French Can Can Dancers. Moulin Rouge
Budgeheim
Dead Leaf and Tramway ticket on Sidewalk
Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA
Ilse Bing - Paris and Beyond
F11 Foto Museum, Hong Kong
Ilse Bing: Life and Work
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, USA
Lee Gallery, Winchester, VA, USA
Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France
Photographies. Ilse Bing
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
Queen of Leica
Early Work. Ilse Bing
Lee Gallery, Winchester, VA; Boston, MA, USA
Visions of a Century
Fotografien 1929 - 1956
Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen, Germany
Vintage Photographs
Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Zurich, Switzerland
Moulin Rouge, Paris 1931
Houk Friedman, New York, USA
Frankfurt, Paris, New York
Pol Piérat, Barbara Jaffe
Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium
Germany, Paris, New York
Edwynn Houk Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Fotografien der dreißiger Jahre
Olympus Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
Photographien
Galerie Friedrich, Cologne, Germany
Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France; Alliance Française, New York, USA; Lichtbild - Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie Rena Bransten, San Francisco, CA, USA
Fashion Photographs from Harper´s Bazaar
Zabriskie Gallery, New York, USA
Mains photographies par Ilse Bing
La Galerie des Femmes, Paris, France
Three Decades of Photography
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, USA; International Center of Photography, New York, USA; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, USA
Work from Three Decades
The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC, USA
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, USA
Photographies 1929 - 1955. Femmes de l'enfance à la vieillesse
Fashion Photographs from the 1930's
Simon Lowinsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Ilse Bing and Ella Bergmann-Michel
Galerie Zabriskie, Paris, France
Vintage Photographs from the 1920s and 1930s
Heusenstamm Stiftung, Frankfurt, Germany
Vintage Photographs from the 1930s
Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chigago, IL, USA
Council of Art, Las Vegas, NV, USA
The Witkin Gallery, Inc., New York, USA
An Exhibition of Colour Photography
Designer's Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Bennet College, Milbrook, New York, USA
New York Public Library, New York, USA
Junior League Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA
Photographic Compositions by Ilse Bing
The American Institute of Architects, Washington, DC, USA
Photographs 1931 - 1951
Etudes photographiques New York, 1947 - 1950
Galerie-Libraire Palmes, Paris, France
Carroll-Knight Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA
The Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Exposition de photographie. Visages et enfants des Etats-Unis
Galerie de l'Arc-en Ciel, Paris, France
June Rhodes Gallery, New York, USA
American Library, Paris, France
Galerie Trittler, Frankfurt, Germany
The New Woman Behind The Camera
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA
Photography's last century at the Met Fifth Avenue
Metropolitan Museum, New York, NY, USA
Picturing America: Ilse Bing, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange & Edward Weston in MoMa
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
Unseen: 35 years of collecting photographs at the Getty Museum
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Der Zweite Blick
Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne
Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography
MoMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris
Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee; International Centre of Photography, New York; Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, USA
Street Photography: Selected Works from Six Decades
Kunsthandel Jörg Maaß, Berlin, Germany
Paris capitale photographique 1920 – 1940
Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
On the Refrain
Robert Mann Gallery, New York, USA
Paris in Transition: Photographs from the National Gallery
National Gallery, Washington, DC, USA
Die Kunst zu fliegen - In Film und Fotografie
NRW Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany
La Collection Ordóñez Falcón - Une passion partagée
La Botanique, Centre culturel de la Communauté Wallonie-Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Große Lichtbildner des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ilse Bing und Willy Ronis
Kamera- und Fotomuseum, Leipzig, Germany
History of Women Photographers
Ilse Bing – Marta Hoepffner – Abisag Tüllmann. Drei Fotografinnen in Frankfurt
Historisches Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
The camera in Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Fotografieren hieß teilnehmen. Fotografinnen der Weimarer Republik
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Jewish Museum, New York, USA; Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
La course au modern.Genormte Verführer
Werkbund-Achiv, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany; Regionalgeschichtliches Museum, Saarbrücken, Germany
Faces of the Fifties
Simon Lowinsky Gallery, New York, USA
The New Vision. Photography Between the World Wars, Ford Motor Company Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Deutsche Lichtbildner: Wegbereiter der zeitgenössischen Fotografie
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany; Fotografiska Museum, Helsinki, Norway
Self-Portrait in the Age of Photography
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA
La nouvelle photographie en France 1919 - 1939
Muée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, France; Musée Reattu, Arles, France; Musée de Carcassonne, France
Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, France; Musée Reattu, Arles, France; Musée de Carcassonne, France
50 Jahre Moderne Farbfotografie 1936 - 1986
Fotokina, Cologne, Germany
Ami Alber, prints; Ella Bergmann, drawings; Ilse Bing, photographs
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Self Portrait. Photographer´s person 1840 - 1985
L'autoportrait á l´âge de la photographie
Musée cantonnal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
Das Aktfoto
Stadtmuseum München, Munich, Germany
Portraits of Artists. Faces Photographed
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Dog Observed
The Dog Museum of America, New York, USA
Figure de la danza
Teatro Municipale, Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy
Cinq années de la photographie
Facets of the Collection. Urban America
Autoportraits photographiques 1898 - 1981
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
German photographs of the 1920´s and 1930´s
Sander Gallery, Washington, DC, USA
Facets of the Collection. Portraits of Artists
Facets of the Collection. Photography in France and England 1920 - 1950
Eleventh Anniversary Show
The Witkin Gallery, New York, USA
Photography / Venezia ´79
(Joint exhibition of the city of Venice and UNESCO), Venice, Italy
Photographs from the Israel Museum
France Between the Wars. Photography and Sculpture
French Fashion Photography
Galerie Zabriskie, Paris, USA
Tenth Anniversary Show
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Fleeting Gestures: Treasures of Dance Photography
The International Center for Photography, New York, USA
French Photography: The New Spirit 1935 - 1940
Galerie Zabeiskie, Paris, France
Diverse Images: The Photography Collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art
The New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, USA
Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection
The Witkin Galery, Inc., New York, USA
Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection Starting with Atget
The Art Institute of Chicago, IL; Center for Photography, New York; Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH; The Lakeview Academy of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
Fifteenth Annual Conference
Bennett College, Millbrook, New York, USA
Art in Exile
Wildenstein Gallery, New York, USA
Kunstindustri Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
La Pléiade, Paris, France
Exposition internationale de la photographie contemporaine
Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, France
Photography 1839 - 1937
XXIXe Salon international d'art photographique
La Société française de photographie et de cinématographie, Paris, France
Fotografien aus dem Studio Schall. Ilse Bing und M. Jacques Azéma
Maison Tiranty, Paris, France
Second Philadelphia International Salon of Photography
Pennsylvania Museum of Modern Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA
XXVIIIe Salon international d'art photographique
La Société française de photographie et de cinématographie
Photographie moderne (Modern Photography)
Galerie d'Art contemporain, Paris, France
Modern European Photography. Twenty Photographers
The Julien Levy Gallery, Inc., New York, USA
Das Lichtbild (The Photograph)
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Allemagne
XXVIe Salon international d'art photographique
La Société française de photographie et de cinématographie et le Photo Club
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Thanks But No Thanks: Used Clothes Dilemma
by MELISSA BANIGAN
Importing on average over $150 million worth of used clothes and shoes from primarily the United States and Europe, several East African nations are starting to push back. With at least 70% of donated garments finding their way to Africa, now Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and other nations are considering curtailing or even outright banning such imports, in a bid to promote the growth local textile industries.
In 2015, shareholders of manufacturing corporations from across the East African Community (EAC) — including Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, and Tanzania — met for a summit in Uganda to discuss "a new dawn in the history of manufacturing in [the] East Africa region." During the summit, resolutions were made, including one stipulating that the EAC would develop a policy to support the development of sectors such as textiles and apparels, "which are crucial for employment creation, poverty reduction, and advancement in technological capability."
A year later, a handful of countries in the EAC proposed banning imported used clothing in an effort to boost the development of local textile and clothing manufacturing. In Rwanda, the Ministry of Trade and Industry developed a new strategy for "Made in Rwanda," a campaign it had started in 2014 to boost local economy by celebrating Rwandan designers and products.
Linda Mukangoga, co-founder of Haute Baso, a clothing and design shop in Kigali, Rwanda, is excited about what the future holds for Rwandan designers. "Made in Rwanda," she says, "means being able to create clothing and services in collaboration with Rwandans for both local and international consumers."
Although efforts to stimulate East African domestic markets might appear to some to be a promising sign of the EAC's dedication to growth, the United States and international trade communities are calling for a stop to the used clothing ban, firmly placing themselves in a battle with East African countries for domination over trade and manufacturing rights.
To understand the complexities of the situation, one must have at least a cursory knowledge of the modern history of the clothing industry and the used clothing trade in both colonial and post-colonial Africa.
Before the 19th century, most Europeans and Americans owned just a few well-made articles of clothing.
The Industrial Revolution, however, led to the production of ready-towear garments and mass production of textiles, driving down both the prices and the quality of clothing. Cheap, disposable clothing forever changed fashion, and like most other budding global industries, textile sectors had their winners and losers.
The wealthiest nations were responsible for not only the meteoric rise of their own local manufacturing, but the phenomenal fall of local manufacturing in the colonies they controlled. During precolonial and colonial times, colonist regimes exploited the sub-Saharan people by stripping them of their natural resources and exporting raw materials back to Europe and the New World. At the same time, sub-Saharan Africa's markets were flooded with cheap European-made products that cost less than African products, prompting Africans to form a dependency on imports, and eventually causing local economies to collapse as European and North American markets flourished.
African independence in the 1960s ushered in a time of economic revitalization. Thousands of people in East Africa were employed in the clothing and shoe industrial sectors, contributing to the growth of their economies, social services, and infrastructure.
In 1982, this all changed when the international debt crisis started in Latin America. African governments, responding to a collapse in prices of commodities such as textiles, were severely affected. Since the crisis exploded, global banks have declined lending to many African nations. These same countries have seen their multilateral debt increase, and it's this trade deficit that countries such as Rwanda want to resolve by stimulating and growing local markets.
It might seem like a no-brainer for sub-Saharan Africa to grow their economies, but the US and other wealthy countries stand to lose billions of dollars over the next decade if the used clothing ban goes through (East Africa imported $151 million worth of clothing just in 2015, mostly from the US and Europe).
Due to the Internet and social media, international fashion cycles begin and end at an increasingly dizzying pace. "Fast fashion" is designed to go out of style after the first wear, and Americans, in a quest to be trendy, throw away 16.22 million tons of textiles per year — or roughly 70 pounds per person.
Most castoff textiles end up in landfills, some are combusted to produce energy, and about 2.6 million tons are recycled or donated to charity. Giving to other people and charities makes most people feel happy and healthy, so donors might be horrified to learn that only 10 to 20 percent of their total clothing donations are sold by charities in thrift shops.
The rest is sorted by product — clothing, rags, fibers—and then packed into large bales and exported for profit to countries such as Russia, Pakistan, India, and many nations on the African continent. In other words, most of our clothing donations won't ever go to people in need, and in fact, they stymie local clothing manufacturing and negatively impact economic growth in low-income countries.
To make matters worse, in 2005, a massive removal of international trade restrictions led to a near-collapse of local textile manufacturing in sub-Saharan Africa, and a whopping 70 percent of textiles exported internationally by wealthy nations end up in the EAC. The proposed used clothing ban is the EAC's way of saying "Enough is enough."
What would the ban mean for countries such as the United States? Jackie King, executive director of the Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association (SMART), a trade association made up of members from around the world, says that industrywide, "there are at least 40,000 US jobs within the private sector and another 150,000 jobs in the not-for-profit sector that stand to be negatively impacted by the import ban."
It's difficult, however, to believe the issues surrounding the outcry against the ban are just about jobs. Used clothing is big business for wealthy nations. In 2016, the US was the leading exporter of used clothing worldwide, with a value of over $575 million in exports. If the ban were to go through, King believes that "hundreds of companies in the United States and thousands of companies abroad would be affected."
To complicate matters, Rwanda and other countries in the EAC are members of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a US trade act that offers incentives for African countries in exchange for building free markets and elimination of barriers to US trade and investment.
The proposed used clothing ban is seen by many people in the US and wealthy nations to be a move out of a protectionist playbook that would serve only their own interests, and in 2017, the Office of the US Trade Representative threatened to withdraw Rwanda's, Tanzania's, and Uganda's memberships from AGOA (Burundi and South Sudan had already been withdrawn because their governments were accused of state-sanctioned violence).
In June of last year, Kenya, bowing to pressure from the US, ducked out of the proposed used clothing ban.
The rest of the EAC, however, is holding strong, with Rwanda's President Paul Kagame particularly bullish in his response to the threat: "As far as I am concerned, making the choice is simple, we might suffer consequences…Rwanda and other countries in the region that are part of AGOA have to do other things, we have to grow and establish our industries."
King believes that "only a small proportion of [East African] countries' populations can afford to buy new clothing. For so many in these countries who are existing on the equivalent of $1 to $2 or less per day, secondhand clothing and shoes provide their only meaningful access to quality apparel. By banning the import of used clothing, they are forcing their poor population to buy expensive new clothing which they cannot afford."
Mukangoga disagrees: "There is a mindset that new clothes are unaffordable, but that is changing as more companies are producing [clothes] to address different audiences.
We as Made in Rwanda are putting [forth an] effort to show how accessible it is to buy local from designers who are a part of CollectiveRw or at events such as the Made in Rwanda Expo, which is organized by a private sector federation in collaboration with the government to showcase [local] innovations and products to the public."
Moreover, Mukangoga adds that "there is deliberate effort by the Ministry of Trade to change the mindset of consumers toward locally made products" and make new clothing not only more affordable, but the chain of local production more sustainable.
Further complicating things is China's influence influence in Africa. "A US clothing ban," suggests King, "favors imports of cheap Chinese clothing, which will annihilate African textile manufacturing, causing generational repercussions and depression."
This isn't exactly the whole story, but it is perhaps the one that bothers the US the most. In an effort to decrease its reliance on the West, and also because China's involvement in Africa — despite being controversial — has led to poverty reduction and growth, many sub-Saharan countries are welcoming Chinese manufacturers with open arms. Numerous clothing companies that previously had their operations in China are now moving to Africa.
Even the Huajian Group, a Chinese shoe manufacturer that produces Ivanka Trump's shoe line, has been considering moving its operations to Ethiopia.
As Chinese manufacturers set up shop in Rwanda, some of them are holding management courses for Rwandans and teaching locals how to sew, cut material, and inspect production lines.
When asked for her thoughts about Chinese manufacturing, Mukangoga had not responded by press time. President Kagame, however, who was re-elected for a controversial third term in 2017 with 99 percent of the vote, has a close bilateral relationship with President Xi, and he is welcoming Chinese involvement with Rwanda.
Currently, China isn't even on the list of the top 10 worldwide exporters of used clothing, but in 2009, the country surpassed the US and became Africa's largest trading partner.
In 2012, China's trade with Africa hit $198.5 billion, almost double the United States's $99.8 billion. Donald Trump, in efforts to be more protectionist, has threatened China with penalties and tariffs, and his administration is in the midst of determining whether to adopt these actions.
"We are now awaiting a final determination from the US government [about AGOA eligibility standards]," says King, "and it is our hope that a resolution can be reached with all the EAC member countries to benefit our industry as well as the people of the EAC."
Meanwhile, back in Rwanda, Mukangoga believes that it's only natural for any economy to want to invest in and promote local industry. "It enables us to be a part of a global value chain while satisfying our own needs," she says.
"The rationale is to increase exports and reduce import surplus. The more Rwanda and East Africa retails locally produced clothing [both] internally and [also] externally, the more of a balance in trade we're likely to achieve."
Perhaps this is what this this is really about — not just a matter of free trade or who gets to control local and international manufacturing, but also a question of balance, fairness, and equity. It's hard to dispute that colonialism retarded development of the African continent.
Centuries after colonial regimes stripped their natural resources and destroyed their local economies by floodng markets with cheap international products, countries like Rwanda are trying to get equal footing in the market by gaining autonomy over their own manufacturing.
"Made in Rwanda," says Mukangoga, means "a lot more than just producing fashionable clothing. It is the opportunity to create employment within our communities and continuously add value and upgrade existing skills."
At the end of the day, isn't this the same thing that supporters of the Made in America label want? A chance to succeed and to stand on one's own feet? This is much bigger than a used clothing ban, and it's greater than just a matter of money.
It's a matter of the US being in the middle of an imperialist competition with China, a matter of this same superpower trying to issue diktats against certain countries within the EAC, and, most importantly, a matter of dignity and success for proud African countries forced to grapple with postcolonial legacies.
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As sports bettors around the country prepare for March Madness, PointsBet are offering an exciting new promo offer that's unlike many of the others we commonly see. If you sign up to an account using this link, you' ll receive not one, but TWO bonuses. A free bet refund up to $500, and a free PointsBetting refund up to $1,500.
What is PointsBetting
It's important to differentiate the two, and that's where the fun begins.
PointsBet isn't like your run-of-the-mill sportsbook. The company clearly understands that the market is very quickly becoming saturated with competition thanks to the emerging legality and popularity of Sports Betting in America. Their approach takes this into account and offers users a very different way to bet.
PointsBetting, the staple of PointsBet, is an entirely new way to bet prop markets. For instance, instead of betting $50 on a player to score more than 20 points and doubling your money, PointsBetting gives users a more volatile and exciting idea. If you were to place $10 on a player to score over 20 points, you'd receive $10 for every point OVER 20 that he scores. If he ends on 25, that's $50. BUT if the player scored 15 points, you'd LOSE $50. The nature of this makes for high-risk, high-reward plays that can see users make up to 500x their bet.
Imagine betting on a random bench player to have a breakout game and an injury to a starter forces him into the spotlight. You took a total of 6 points and he drops 28. That would be a win of $220 off of a $10 stake.
As part of this promotion, PointsBet is giving users a free bet refund up to $1,500, meaning that you can get really aggressive with the stake on the first bet if you choose to, knowing the stake will be refunded if the bet loses.
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The Sportsbook was founded in 2017 and is most commonly known for its endorsement from Sixers legend Allen Iverson. He's not the only former star athlete to get behind the product, as Drew Brees, Shaq, and even Darrelle Revis have also promoted PointsBet.
They've also been partly acquired by NBC Sports, which is absolutely huge from a user-engagement perspective as they can include exclusive in-app live streams of certain events as they hold the broadcasting rights. This also means that PointsBet is the exclusive provider for betting odds and data across all NBC sports networks
As mentioned above, the big draw here is 'PointsBetting' which is an entirely unique way to bet. Sure, some sportsbooks offers same-game parlays, but this offers a totally different level of immersion to the event, because every single point matters.
With immersion in mind, PointsBet also offers a 'name your bet' parlay, where you can essentially build your own same-game parlay like you can with other sportsbooks. The nice thing here is that this can be as cautious or aggressive as you want and there aren't really any limits as to what can and can't be included, whereas this feature elsewhere can often be seen as ' on rails'.
The app and site itself carry a very appealing red and black color scheme that has clearly been built with simplicity in mind. There is a handy dropdown menu containing all the information you could need to know about which sports and games are on offer. The app has official partnerships with a lot of Rugby leagues, and even the AFL thanks to its heavy Australia presence.
Its simplicity can also be seen as a slight drawback though. While there are links to a casino page, the homepage itself is pretty barebones. Other sportsbooks are simple and easy to navigate, whereas this at times can feel almost a little too stripped back. Once you get the hang of it, it's a walk in the park. It's very much the Apple to Windows, if you will.
Like all good sportsbooks, PointsBet does offer a wide variety of deposit methods:
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Credit/Debit Card.
Online Banking.
PayNearMe.
PointsBet MasterCard
PayPal was previously not supported and while Venmo isn't yet an option, it is nice to see the use of online wallets as they allow for less hassle, getting you into the action quicker, and often your winnings faster.
Withdrawals take between 1-3 business days from the time the transaction has been processed.
Unlike FanDuel and DraftKings, PointsBet doesn't have any physical casinos to coincide with the online sportsbook. However, if you go to any TopGolf in New Jersey, there are PointsBet branded bars which promotes interactions and encourage a more digital form of entertainment. It's probably the perfect combination. Golf mini-games at a driving range, a few drinks, and bets with friends. It's easy to see the correlation.
PointsBet claim to be the fastest-growing sportsbook in America and it's hard to dispute that claim. With a focus on bringing a different way of betting to the table, they continue to build out in that direction by partnering with familiar faces, familiar brands, and appealing to a younger demographic.
At the very least, it's worth exploring the app thanks to a really exciting risk-free sign-up offer. At best, you'll never look at sports betting the same way again.
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On the Rise: Osage Hurler Austin Kirk Is Pitching His Way to the Major Leagues
Lanky lefty Austin Kirk, Osage, 22, has made his pitch, and he's earned a promotion. The Chicago Cubs recently moved Kirk up from their Class A-Advanced Daytona Cubs minor league affiliate to their Double-A Tennessee Smokies. With a strong second half in the Volunteer State, it's expected he'll continue his assent to the majors by starting next season with the Triple-A Iowa Cubs, big league Chicago's top farm team.
Before the promotion Kirk was an All-Star with Daytona, posting a 7-3 record with a 3.13 earned run average this season. Drafted in the third round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft (109th overall) by the Cubs, the Owassa, Oklahoma native has steadily advanced through the minors. Last season, Kirk threw for the Class A Peoria Chiefs, where he pitched a no-hitter on July 4, 2011 and was an All-Star.
Regarded by many scouts as the top left handed starting pitcher in the Cubs system, it's no stretch to see Kirk becoming only the fourth active American Indian player in the Major Leagues soon. Currently, Jacoby Ellsbury, Boston Red Sox, Joba Chamberlain, New York Yankees, and Kyle Lohse, St. Louis Cardinals, are the only American Indian players in the big leagues. Given the recent housecleaning in Chicago at the trade deadline, there's a youth movement afoot in the Windy City, and the sturdy southpaw definitely fits into plans of young Cubs General Manager Theo Esptein, who achieved huge success leading the Boston Red Sox.
Kirk aced his first appearance with the Smokies, filling in in relief and tossing a perfect inning on August 14 versus the Birmingham Barons. He should move into the rotation soon.
And from there, the sky's the limit. Cubs fans—and Indian country—eagerly await.


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Q: What is the profit in resolving the issues with Ulysses peacefully? What is the profit in resolving the issues with Ulysses peacefully at the end of Lonesome Road? Other than not having to fight him, that is?
(the loss is I won't get his unique gear)

A: Fallout wiki suggests the following:

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*If the player chooses to spare him, after the quest The End Ulysses will hang around near the entrance to the Canyon wreckage, where Ulysses will help the Courier make camp fire recipes. Ulysses will also present new dialogue options, such as giving hints at how to deal with Legate Lanius and commenting on possible previous player actions in the Mojave (e.g. killing House).

*Ulysses will also supply the Courier with miscellaneous items he found in Hopeville   (The Courier's Mile), including rockets, Rad-X, RadAway, MRE, and pre-War books.

*If he is alive at the conclusion of Lonesome Road, he will offer both the history and recipes of bitter drink.

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The British monarchy is stalking Twitter for allegedly being late on rent
More landlords are piling on Elon Musk's Twitter feed for allegedly not paying rent — including, funnily enough, the British monarchy.
According to the Supreme Court lists I have seen The telegraphCrown Properties, which manages the monarchy's property portfolio, one of Britain's most expensive digs, has sued Twitter and its UK subsidiary.
The dispute revolves around the lease of Twitter's London headquarters on Air Street, Piccadilly Circus, where all trademarks have been removed although the company continues to maintain a presence on the site, according to building staff.
To give you an idea of the costs involved in renting such prime properties, Twitter signed a lease for the third floor in 2021 at £2.6m ($3.2m) per annum, however it is understood that the Crown Estate's claim addresses alleged arrears on the first floor of the property. same building.
Crown Estate said log It has issued legal proceedings to Twitter over rent arrears at its office at 20 Air Street, London, after earlier communication about the situation and is currently in discussions with the company.
The UK and Commonwealth monarch is far from the only entity accusing Twitter of strangling them for the sake of millions. Over the pond, SRI Nine Market Square LLC sued the company claiming $3.16 million in unpaid rent for its San Francisco headquarters plus damages.
As we're all back at work after the holiday period, Columbia Property Trust claims in a lawsuit that Twitter owes nearly $140,000 for the 30th floor of another SF office, 650 California Street, where reg He also mind.
In Singapore, employees were reportedly told to leave Twitter's Asia Pacific headquarters and work from home over unpaid rent, although the building's landlord insists Twitter remains a tenant.
And it's not just landlords who raise grievances. yesterday log It reported that consulting firm Charles River Associates had sued the company over an alleged unpaid bill of more than $2 million.
Charles River Associates was hired by Twitter's former management to help get Musk to take over the company for the $44 billion he offered, a deal he then tried to fudge that was forced through a court.
There's also a private jets company chasing an alleged $197,725 bill for charter flights made the week of Musk's acquisition in October.
When the SpaceX and Tesla mogul took over Twitter, he claimed the social media platform was losing $4 million a day. He took action by laying off a large number of the 7,400 employees in October, and his "extremely hard-line" management style triggered an exodus of chief cleaners and coal workers alike. There are now just over 2,000 on the books.
If more evidence was needed about how desperate the situation was, last week Twitter arranged an auction of 631 "surplus company assets" including the Neon Bird logo, 107 boxes of N95 masks, a Yamaha digital mixing console and 68 of Belkin Power with eight outlets. The strips are still in the box, the Kegerator beer dispenser, 102 chairs, 97 tables, and 42 stools are among the other ephemera.
However, the site continues to operate. Twitter was asked to comment but we doubt anyone even has a press email login these days. ®
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Abstract: In our previous work we have demonstrated that genetic factors controlling the production of bradykinin (BK) and nitric oxide (NO) influence greatly the development of renal complications in mice made diabetic with streptozotocin (STZ) or by the Akita diabetogenic C86Y mutation in Ins 2. We also showed that diabetic nephropathy and several indicators of senescence increase progressively in the order wildtype < bradykinin receptor B2 null < Akita diabetic < B2 receptor null Akita diabetic. 8-OHdG content, point mutations and deletions in mitochondrial (mt) DNA increased in the same progression, as did indicators of oxidative stress. We now propose three specific aims and the generation of two new mouse models to determine the interplay between genetic factors that influence BK action, the production of NO, and diabetes-related increases in mutations in mtDNA. Specific aim 1 will determine the effect on diabetic complications of eliminating both BK receptors throughout the body, or in a tissue or cell specific manner; the effects of reducing oxidative stress in these mice will also be determined. Specific aim 2 will investigate the relationship between glomerular damage and mtDNA mutations in eNOS -/- diabetic mice in which we have found that oxidative stress is paradoxically less than in eNOS +/+ diabetic mice. Specific aim 3 will test the hypothesis that increasing the frequency of mtDNA mutations by introducing a proof reading defect into mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma will exacerbate the complications in Akita diabetic mice even though oxidative stress is not further increased over that due to the diabetes alone.
Abstract The occurrence of microalbuminuria in diabetic individuals is a well established risk factor for subsequent progression to nephropathy. Interrupting or reversing this progression is the aim of clinicians who care for diabetic patients. Yet, at the subcellular and molecular levels, there is a clear gap in our understanding of this progression. I have two tools that put me in a unique position to fill this gap. The first tool is the superb and diverse collection of well-characterized diabetic mice developed by the AMDCC, some of which undergo the progression from microalbuminuria to diabetic nephropathy (DN). The second tool, developed by my group under an R21 grant, is a diverse collection of gold nanoparticles and fluorescent proteins, with molecular sizes covering the range of plasma proteins, which are directly visible by electron and confocal microscopy as they enter and traverse the kidney. Specific Aim 1 will take advantage of these tools to determine the degree to which the progression from microalbuminuria to overt albuminuria is the consequence of deterioration in the glomerular filtration barrier, as judged by changes in the ability of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) to exclude molecules in a graded manner inversely related to their size. Specific Aim 2 will likewise determine the degree to which the progression is consequence of deterioration in tubular function, as judged by changes in the removal of macromolecules from the tubular fluid. We expect to obtain sufficient knowledge from our proposed pilot study to be able to assess the feasibility of applying the same procedures to evaluate the efficacy of new pharmaceutical interventions aimed at preventing or reversing the devastating progression of nephropathy that so frequently occurs in diabetics who develop microalbuminuria.
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Iran can call on powerful friends if conflict engulfs region
FILE – In this Nov. 27, 2019, file photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to members of the Revolutionary Guard's all-volunteer Basij force in a meeting in Tehran, Iran. Khamenei on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, reportedly called on judicial officials to treat those detained in recent nationwide protests with "Islamic mercy" after authorities acknowledged security forces shot and killed demonstrators nationwide. A portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini hangs in background. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)
PUBLISHED: January 3, 2020 at 6:45 am | UPDATED: January 3, 2020 at 6:46 am
By JOSEPH KRAUSS
JERUSALEM (AP) — If Iran decides to follow through on its vow of harsh retaliation for the killing of its top general, it can call upon heavily armed allies across the Middle East that are within easy striking distance of U.S. forces and American allies.
It's a network that was developed over nearly two decades by Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed along with senior Iraqi militants in a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's international airport overnight. He enjoyed the fierce loyalty of tens of thousands of fighters in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and the Gaza Strip who received aid, arms and training from Tehran.
Iran has used such groups in the past to strike its regional foes, including Israel, and could mobilize them if the killing of Soleimani ignited an armed conflict — dramatically expanding the battlefield.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that a "harsh retaliation is waiting" for the U.S. after the airstrike, calling Soleimani the "international face of resistance."
Here's a look at Tehran's allies in the Mideast:
IRAQ MILITIAS
Iran has trained, financed, and equipped Shiite militias in Iraq that battled U.S. forces in the years after the 2003 invasion and remobilized to battle the Islamic State group a decade later.
The groups include Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Kataeb Hezbollah and the Badr Organization, all three led by men with close ties to Soleimani, the leader of Iran's elite Quds Force.
The leader of Kataeb Hezbollah, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, was killed in the strike that felled Soleimani. The U.S. blamed his group for a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base last week that killed a U.S. contractor. It responded with airstrikes over the weekend that killed 25 of his fighters.
The militias fall under the umbrella of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces, a collection of mostly Shiite militias that were incorporated into the country's armed forces in 2016. Together they number more than 140,000 fighters, and while they fall under the authority of Iraq's prime minister, the PMF's top brass are politically aligned with Iran.
U.S. forces and the PMF fought side-by-side against Islamic State militants after Iraq's parliament invited the U.S. back into the country in 2014. But in recent months militia leaders have called on U.S. troops to leave again, threatening to expel them by force if necessary.
The militia, whose Arabic name translates into "Party of God," was established by Iran's Revolutionary Guard during Lebanon's civil war in the 1980s. Today it is among the most effective armed groups in the region, extending Iran's influence to Israel's doorstep.
Hezbollah was formed to combat Israel following its invasion of Lebanon in 1982. It waged an 18-year guerrilla war against Israeli forces, eventually forcing them to withdraw from Lebanon in 2000. Six years later, it battled Israel to a bloody stalemate in a month-long war.
Today, the group has an arsenal of tens of thousands of rockets and missiles that can reach deep into Israel, as well as thousands of highly disciplined and battle-hardened fighters. Hezbollah has fought alongside government forces in Syria for more than six years, gaining even more battlefield experience and expanding its reach.
At home, the group's power exceeds that of the Lebanese armed forces, and it is part of a political alliance that now leads the government and parliament.
Hezbollah has said it is not seeking another war with Israel, and it is not likely to join in any regional confrontation — at least not in the early stages — unless provoked. Hezbollah has lost hundreds of fighters in Syria, exacting a heavy toll on the Shiite community from which it draws most of its support.
YEMEN'S HOUTHIS
Yemen's Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, swept down from the north and captured the capital, Sanaa, in 2014. A Saudi-led coalition entered the conflict on the side of the government the following year. The war has since killed tens of thousands of people and generated the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
Saudi Arabia views the Houthis as an Iranian proxy, and along with Western nations and U.N. experts has accused Tehran of providing arms to the rebels, including the long-range missiles they have fired into Saudi Arabia. Iran supports the rebels but denies arming them.
The Houthis have given up little ground since the coalition entered the war, and have targeted the Saudi capital, Riyadh, with long-range missiles. Last year they claimed a drone attack that shut down a major oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia, which responded with airstrikes on Yemen's rebel-held capital that killed civilians.
GAZA MILITANTS
Iran has long supported Palestinian militant groups, including Gaza's Hamas rulers and particularly the smaller Islamic Jihad group.
Hamas fell out with Iran after the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings, losing millions of dollars in monthly assistance, but Tehran is said to have continued its military support to Hamas' armed wing.
Tensions have run high in Gaza since Israel's targeted killing of an Islamic Jihad commander last month, which set off a brief two-day bout of fighting. Hamas, which has been negotiating a period of calm with Israel through Egyptian mediators, stayed on the sidelines.
Hamas is in a severe financial crisis and appears to get most of its aid from Qatar, making it less likely that it would rally to Tehran's side in a regional conflict. But Islamic Jihad, still smarting from the recent fighting, could be keen to join in any regional conflict by firing rockets.
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Recently, Datacate & Technicate Founder Damon Brown sat down with Mark Haney for a vidcast / podcast session of The Mark Haney Show. They talked about the journey and the spirit of entrepreneurship, and shared ideas and experiences from the road. We've linked to the Youtube archive of the vidcast above – if you are running a technology startup, or are thinking of launching the next big thing, watching the interview is well worth your time.
During their fast-moving discussion, Damon touches on how Technicate, and later Datacate and BlueDAG came to be. He explores how Technicate's mission and goals have evolved over time to respond to market forces. Damon also discusses how Technicate's ongoing shift from a products development company to the business development space, helping people assess their ideas, evaluate market potential, and guide them through the steps to get to MVP.


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Is EverDock the world's best charging dock? [REVIEW]
Posted on February 10, 2014 by Charles T. White
I've been searching for the world's best smartphone and tablet charging dock. Could it be the sticky-based EverDock from FŪZ Designs? Let's see what happens when I test it with a couple of smartphones and a tablet.
EverDock is made of a hefty piece of extruded aluminum. It's available in four colors: black, silver and gold and the color of my review sample, "space gray." Its minimalist design will be unobtrusive in any decor, and its solid construction and unique features had my interest piqued. This is one high-quality accessory — it had better be for its steep $49 price.
It includes a micro USB cable, three silicone bumpers that accommodate various sized phones (with or without cases), and a small adapter that holds a micro USB or Lightning cable in place. An added thoughtful touch is an extra adapter in case you lose the first one.
As you can see in this animation from FŪZ Designs, EverDock can accommodate almost any smartphone, whether it's in a case or not:
Animation courtesy FŪZ Designs
It was easy to install a cable in the dock. The most challenging part is removing that small plastic adapter, which is quite easy to do. It fits firmly inside the extruded aluminum, but it's easier to remove than the adaptors in other docks I've tested. The adapter is necessary for a micro USB or Lightning cable, but for a 30-pin iPhone or iPad cable, it's not necessary.
EverDock
I first wrote about EverDock when it was in its Kickstarter stage in September, 2013. Then, I thought its most intriguing feature was its sticky base, making it a lot easier to remove a docked device. That sounded like a great idea — in theory — but I was eager to test it for myself. Was it sticky enough?
Yes. I think the way this dock sticks to almost any surface is a breakthrough feature. It employs what the company calls "micro-suction technology," and that alone keeps it firmly attached to any smooth table. If that's not enough, you can remove a strip to reveal an even stickier substance that will keep it attached to rougher surfaces.
It works perfectly.
After using the dock for several days, I quickly got used to its adhesive base. Now, removing my iPhone from any other dock seems tedious by comparison. It might not be immediately obvious unless you've tried it, but the ability to quickly mount or remove the device from a charging dock with two fingers is a delight.
As you've seen in the gallery above, my Nokia 910 Windows phone and iPhone 5 worked well, as did my third-generation iPad with its 30-pin connector. However, the iPad was not quite as steady as the smaller smartphones were, nor was it as easy to mount to the EverDock.
That brings up a slight weakness I noticed. When mounted on this dock, a device remains stable from front to back. But the smartphones and tablet I tested had a bit too much play from side to side when perched atop the EverDock. While that's not a showstopper, it made each device feel like it was less stably mounted than when it's mated with, say, my previous favorite smartphone dock, the HiRise from Twelve South.
Why would I choose the HiRise over the EverDock? If I cared about keeping my iPhone or iPad completely stable from side-to-side, and if I didn't care about effortlessly removing a device with two fingers. Because of that crucial and unique feature, I think the extra $14 for the EverDock ($49 vs. $35 for the HiRise) is money well-spent.
I don't think side-to-side stability is crucial (and the company says it's working on that, anyway). And while I think the HiRise is more elegantly designed, I like the EverDock's clean, less-is-more appearance almost as much.
We have a winner. The EverDock is my new favorite dock for tablets and smartphones, thanks to its unique ability to stay put that I keep raving about. That makes it easier to use. In a small way, it has positively affected my quality of life.
Photos: Charlie White, GIF animation by FŪZ Designs
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Food company mentions in financial report it decided to "listen to public mood" following social protest; operating profit up 9-fold in 14 years.
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The capital gains tax hike to 25 percent, as recommended by the Trajtenberg Committee, resulted in Osem Investments Ltd. reporting a one-time NIS 19 million tax expense, which lowered its fourth quarter net profit, falling 9% to NIS 67.4 million from NIS 74.1 million for the corresponding quarter of 2010.
Nevertheless, the food company's full-year net profit attributable to majority shareholders rose 7.7% to NIS 341 million (NIS 3.08 per share) in 2011 from NIS 316.3 million in 2010. Revenue rose 4.2% to NIS 3.96 billion in 2011 from NIS 3.81 billion in 2010.
Osem mentions the social protest more than once in its financial report. It says that, due to the protest it decided to "listen to the public mood" and absorb higher costs for raw materials and inputs (energy, water, and arnona (local property tax)), and freeze executive salaries.
"Since the outbreak of the social protest, Osem has discussed how to respond to the public mood, and initiated measures to help lower prices for basic food items in the Israeli consumer basket," it states. In the first step in July, Osem cancelled planned price hikes to keep pace of increased prices of inputs. In the second step, Osem cut prices by up to 10% for basic food items used by most households and related to the broadest common denominator of all consumers.
"These measures are part of Osem's social program, which includes changing the salary structure of the company, which has 4,900 employees, under which executive salaries will be frozen in 2012 and the resulting surplus will be used to benefit company employees who earn less than the average national salary."
Commenting on the Kedmi report on food prices, Osem said, "The Food Committee has only published its interim report. At this preliminary stage, it is not possible to assess the changes that will result from the Food Committee's recommendations."
Osem's financial report clearly shows that the price cuts and freezes announced did not affect the company's financial results - on the contrary. Gross profit rose 0.5% to NIS 1.65 billion in 2011, and the gross profit margin rose to 43.1% in 2011 from 41.7% in 2010. Operating profit rose 3.5% to NIS 502 million, the 14th continuous year of growth. Operating profit has risen nine-fold over these 14 years.
Osem will distribute a dividend of NIS 300 million, 88% of its profit for 2011, after distributing 47% of its profit in 2010 and 34% in 2009.
Osem CEO Gazi Kaplan will leave the company on April 2, for health reasons. He earned NIS 3.6 million in 2011, and Osem chairman Dan Propper earned NIS 3 million. The company's six highest-paid executives earned nearly NIS 15 million in 2011. Kaplan's successor, Itzik Tzaig, will earn NIS 124,000, plus bonuses, benefits, and phantom options to be decided by the board of directors.
Nestlé SA owns 58.8% of Osem. Osem's share price rose 0.3% in early trading Sunday to NIS 56.24, giving a market cap of NIS 6.2 billion.


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Contrasting HIV prevalence trends among young women and men in Zambia in the past 12?years: data from demographic and health surveys 2002–2014
Authors: Chola Nakazwe, Charles Michelo, Ingvild F. Sandøy, and Knut Fylkesnes
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases , 19: 432; DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4059-3
Abstract: Background The HIV epidemic remains a concern on the global health agenda, despite progress made in reducing incidence. Investigation of trends among young people is important for monitoring HIV incidence and informing programming. The study examined geographical and sub-population differences in HIV prevalence trends among young people aged 15–24?years in Zambia. Methods This study analysed data from Zambia Demographic and Health Surveys (ZDHSs) that were conducted in 2001–2, 2007, and 2013–14. A two-stage cluster stratified sampling procedure was used to select samples of 8050, 7969, and 18,052 for the three surveys, respectively. Young people (15–24?years) with known HIV status were selected for analysis. The outcome variable was HIV status. Log binomial regression analysis of generalised linear models was used to test for trends. Results Overall HIV prevalence declined over the period 2001–2 to 2013–14 among women and men aged 15–49?years (17.8 and 12.9% to 15.1 and 11.3%, respectively). There was, however, an increase in HIV prevalence among urban young men over this period, from 3.7% in 2001–2 to 7.3% in 2013–14 (aRR 2.17, 95% CI 0.99?4.75), and, in rural areas, from 2.6 to 3.6% (aRR 1.46, 95% CI 0.78?2.75). In contrast, HIV prevalence among women declined over the same period of time. In urban areas, HIV prevalence among women declined from 15.2 to 10.7% (aRR 0.66, 95% CI 0.53?0.93), while in rural areas it declined from 8.2 to 4.8% (aRR 0.41, 95% CI 0.59?0.85). In addition, there was a narrowing gender gap in terms of HIV infection, as the prevalence ratio of females to males declined from 4.2 and 3.1 to 1.5 and 1.3, in urban and rural areas, respectively. Conclusions The increase in HIV prevalence among urban young men over the past 12?years, contrasting declining trends among young women in both urban and rural populations, suggests differential effects of prevention efforts. Furthermore, findings that Zambia's overall national HIV prevalence decline masks some striking sex and rural/urban differentials, indicate the need for reconsidering the prevention efforts for young urban men.
Web: https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-019-4059-3


Congratulations to Andy Betts for collecting his ELITE Racing Licence !
Well Done to the Twickenham 'A' squad comprising of John Warnock, David Jack, Stuart Stow, & Gavin Mitchell for picking up Bronze Medals in this years Central Region Team Pursuit.
On another note, last week at reading Kevin Butchart came home in 3rd place in his derny heat after being in last place with two laps to go, he over took half the field and was gaining on the two leaders as he crossed the line. Unlucky to just miss out on the final but undoubtedly his best performance of the season and a brilliant race to watch.
Sandy King took the honours with a 23:38.
Sandy King - National Junior RR Series at Leighton Buzzard, (currently lying in 2nd place overall).
Ladies Squad - round 6 of National Team Series - Naesby, (currently lie in 4th position in the series).