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Welcome to the new world of Mid-Evil beginning here on phocas.net with the arrival of Aldrin The Great's New original Progressive Drum & Bass ALbum entitled Imagination. In this his 3rd Album He pulls upon his life long experiance as a musician and his years of DJ skills to combine them with his love for electronic music and drum & bass creating a new sound all his own. When asked why he changed his stage name he replied "I found out there was annother DJ out there with the name DJ Aldrin.
I thought I had come up with an original name when I took it on back in 2000 but I guess not. So now since I perform Live PA I wanted to have a new name for that anyway. So, I asked a few friends what I should change my name to and ended up going with Aldrin the Great. I still get the name recognition I worked so hard to achieve and dont have to worry about using some other DJs name." To co-enicde with the launch of his new album here his website, MidEvilRecords.com has also recieved a makeover. You can go there to hear more of Aldrin's tracks, see pictures and videos, or book his Live PA or DJ act for your next event.
This title's definition is intended to inspire deep listening. Plug in your headphones and go for a ride inside your own imagination. This is the Fuel for that journey. Now you can go to the party of your minds eye and Let Aldrin provide the smooth sounds of his D&B.
Intro - the lights are all off inside the arena as aldrin takes the stage. You suddenly see the lights slowly fade up revealing a stage of your imagination.
Track 2 - I Don't Mind - Annother Groove gets underway this one has a slower section where I bring the beat down to half time for a bit. It's like a resting place before the real mind bending Destinations ahead.
Track 3 - It Can Be Done - A simple reminder that whatever you face in life all you have to tell yourself is Yes it can be done. then you can do it. the seering deep Bassline on this track drives you flying at the spped of light across the world below.
Track 4 - The Power - Im sure you all remember that tune from the 80's I've got the power. Well with this track you can have the power to be motivated in any direction. It's gettin kinda hectic.
Track 5 - Goodnight - A deep trancy D&B production Simply putting it all in perspective. Good night indeed. you find yourself becoming lost in the music and the words all melt away. Now WAKE UP!
Track 6 - Sexual Healin - Ahh You know whats up. After Goodnight When we get that feelin we need... well you know the rest. Smooth sounds propell this track through the night. Just hit Repeat.
Track 7 - Sent To Me - I wanted to do a track featuring bjork's vocalsso I snipped a couple riffs from the song hidden place. Here is my new track . I have allways liked Bjorks voice and her productions. Hope you do too.
Track 9 - Whos Bad - By this time you know whos Bad. Aldrins got the beats to keep you goin all night long but we have reached the end of annother journey.
Track10 - Want my love - The final track is bringing down the intensity of the music and preparing us for the ending. The journey is over now but we will allways have the imagination of our minds eye.
Brent Crampton ~ Omaha, Ne – Notorious for being one of the best events of the summer, catch the Labor Day-Eve annual boat party: SoundWaves 7. Happening on September 3, the pre-dock party begins at 8 p.m., and the boat sails from 10 p.m. – 2 a.m. on the River City Star boat, at 151 Freedom Park Road. Tickets for sale online at www.ultramusique.com. Buy now because this will be a sold-out event!
This year features three levels of music with three distinct atmospheres. The top deck features deep house, organic vibes, star-lit skyscapes and breeze-blowing from the troposphere. The line-up includes the Summer Drum duo in their last summer performance – Brent Crampton and Shif-D the percussionist, a rare CD release performance by LJ with free mix CD give-aways, and guest appearance by New Mexico’s top DJ – Chrystalline.
The Main floor features big-room vibes and big-booming sounds with Lincoln’s top break beat DJ – Chief, a Progressive House set by KC promoter – Nology – a tricked-out set by Bricktop’s DJ Contest winner – Mix Masta Meza, and the classic close-out set of dirty beats by Nico resident – Myth.
The bottom deck features the region’s top Drum and Bass act – Plan 9 and +One of internationally recognized Cymbalism Recordings plus a performance by the Psy Trance Latin-duo, Cesa La Die.
Just imagine your Sunday night - you could be sitting in the same dive bar with the same boring music, or you could be cruising down the Missouri river with 350 other people having the swift breeze blowing through your hair while the music and drinks are pumpin’. I think the choice is obvious. See you on the boat!
For additional information visit UltraMusique.com.
Nathan McWaters ~ photos by joe & todd ~ Let me see your booty bounce! If any single sentence sums up the evening of the 11th of August at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri, I think that one covers it.
This was the first club, first set, and first event I’ve ever attended in the Midwest. Up on leave from Fort Hood and visiting “yon olde pal” David McGlothlin before my next tour in Iraq, it seemed the thing to do to not blow off phocas bringing in DJ Monk as the headliner for what was promised to be an evening of eclecticism the likes of which are seen by few yet spoken of often. I had very few expectations for this, since I knew little to nothing about Monk except for the work he’d done with Rabbit In The Moon, so I decided on the outset to throw out any kind of preconceived notion of how this might go down and just roll with it as it came. That was probably wishful thinking on my part, because while I may not have had expectations, I most certainly had desires.
I went ahead and read up a little on Monk just because I’m a curious kind of cat about things like this, and in spite of the bio, there was still no way to judge just what the man was going to unleash on Grand Emporium. With the local duo Cold Front opening, it was a given that the lead-in was going to involve breaks, lasers, more breaks, more lasers, and did I mention breaks? Judging from prior knowledge with RITM, it was a toss-up as to what Monk would do, even with a breakbeat opener. We arrived on scene at about 2230, reasonably early yet with an air of just not being rushed for things.
Cold Front was up and spinning, and it was definitely breaks. There were also definitely lasers, many many lasers. Phocas had said there was going to be quite the laser rig for this event, and they weren’t kidding. I hadn’t seen that many lasers in one place since The Crystal Method at Antro in San Antonio, where I was certain that I was going to catch one in the eyeball before that night was out, and Grand Emporium is a much smaller venue than Antro. The place looked like the Death Star trench run was going on, and we had been booked seats strapped to the front of Lord Vader’s TIE fighter for the floor show. It was pretty to see, and made my camera have so many fits that I gave up trying to take pictures. I left those to the heavy hitters present.
In the midst of the light-amplified-stimulated-emitted-radiation, Cold Front was dropping a breaks set that was pretty solid. Aside from some technical issues with the equipment at some really bad times that put a dint on the performance’s polish, Cold Front weathered their storm well, and the crowd built up during their set as the evening progressed. The only thing was, what Cold Front was dropping wasn’t doing a whole lot for me. It was almost-fluffy party music, and while the crowd was clearly enjoying it, I personally got little to no emotional satisfaction from it. Admittedly, I lean more towards the grittier side of EDM, deep and dark.
As their set progressed and the technicals were ironed out, RJ Bass and DJ Prato started trading off deck time, which would have livened things up pretty well had they been doing it as a “vs.” faceoff as opposed to continuing the light and airy stuff they were dropping. So while the crowd was amping to it, and the set was well-mixed and well-blended, from a personal standpoint it was like expecting a double-espresso mocha and getting Kool-Aid instead. By the time Monk showed up, I think I had gone through three bottles of water and gone to find an ATM just to catch a break from the PLUR. When I got back, I was ready for some Monk to throw down serious tech-trance, DnB, and house to drag this party into a much dimmer light.
As it turns out, Cold Front’s set was the perfect opener for Monk. His transition right off of Cold Front’s last track was a beautiful piece of break-work. The Dreadlocked One built that sucker up like Rome, and then promptly pillaged it.
For the first ten minutes of Monk’s set, it was Booty House. I was astounded. The crowd was going wild for it, and I was dumbfounded. I understood that Monk came pre-warned that there was a significant hip-hop influence to a lot of his work, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing when crafted into EDM, provided the mixing is tight, the beat is thumping, and it doesn’t fall victim to redundancy. Booty House for ten solid minutes, followed by a continuation of basically what Cold Front had dropped, and I started wondering where RITM was. The crowd was filling the floor, though, pausing only to hit the bar and then return to the floor. Lasers were flying everywhere, and Monk was dropping what had to have been personal mixes of his own crafting, including a mix of Bubba Sparxxx w/ Yin-Yang Twins “Ms. New Booty” blended with Salt ‘n Pepa’s “Push It” that even I found fascinatingly well-blended. Fun was being had by all. . .but it wasn’t doing a darn thing for me.
was proving it most adequately. He gave them exactly what they wanted. He is a consummate showman, the lasers bothered him not a bit, and he was clearly having a good time absorbing the love the crowd was giving back to him. For me, the inner-EDMer in me who demands satisfaction was left holding the begging bowl and plaintively crying out for more, while the crowd around me feasted on cotton candy.
Nevertheless, the crowd was extremely well-pleased, Grand Emporium wasn’t exactly gutted and emptied by my disappointments, and I don’t think Monk or Cold Front had many or any complaints to voice about the venue or the participation level of those present. If club sets like what I’ve described are definitely your thing, you would have had a thrill and a half with the kind of stuff Cold Front and Monk were bringing to the floor. This jaded Texan may not have gotten the transcendent experience he wanted from an RITM founder, but that shouldn’t sway a soul if you’re looking for something else from a set.
Mike Zelezak ~ The split-level Club Hide warehouse at Seventh and Folsom on Saturday venue is usually a no-frills, rock and punk venue, but the booking agents embrace variety a few nights per month. On July 29, drum and bass artists bucked their typical back/side-room status to take over the club’s cavernous main room.
The freeform interpreters of the woofer-dependent genre were fenced off from the audience by equipment in a restricted petting-zoo of lyricists. MC Child visibly struggled with the stage layout and was meek compared to his more experienced peers who sung later in the evening. This initial disconnect with the audience was unusual for such a small venue, but chivalrous DJs assisted ladies to mount the amps post-medianoche. Not unnoticed, a mostly female contingent dominated the club thus kicking the stereotype of a male-dominated jungle night.
One of the night’s attendees, Debbie, appreciated the steady build of MC-vigor throughout the night as the venue reached fire-code capacity. She said earplugs became a must as Femme Fatale’s forearm tatts flexed while operating his heavy machinery. Last up on the decks were Mathematics who did not struggle to make everyone (including the bartenders) move. They passed the NYC-UK jungle torch to the headlining duo of John and Matt, Cyantific, who kept the connection with the Left Coast audience.
Despite the quality beats, intermittent retreats to the upstairs house room or Hide’s open-air terrace menagerie with Asian statuary allowed for some D&B relief and hearing preservation. Another SoMA regular, Beth, admitted she was not impressed with the night’s noise—alluding to the difficulty the style has standing on its own with the signature syncopation becoming tedious. She noted her preference for the sound coming from the curiously near-empty House room, and that she’ll be attending the Summer Music Conference (formerly known as the San Francisco Love Parade) in a few weeks to hear a buffet of all styles with a small helping of D&B instead.
Much of the jungle talent from this night has been graciously invited to that massive to perform to city crowds electronic driven crowds the city has not seen since September 2005!
For more information on the chill Club Hide, check out SFClubHide.com and you can find more information about Cyantific atHospitalRecords.com and Mathematics at SocialStudiesMusic.com.
Kansas City - Friday, September 8, 2006 - ~phocas~ and Disco Productions proudly present the third installment in their concert series featuring some of best acts in the Dance Music Industry!
Following the huge success of Nigel Richards and Monk of Rabbit in the Moon, this third event will be a very special engagement with internationally acclaimed West Coast Breaks pioneer, John Kelley!
Last appearing at the first Chaos Theory party, the dance floor swelled with thousands of dancers, all grooovin to his signature "Desert Breaks".
Breaking out of the Desert, he will be coming immediately following his performance at this year's Burning Man Festival in Nevada. In the more intimate setting of the Kansas City's First House of Music, the Grand Emporium this will be a rare opportunity for Kansas City to witness a true legend up close and personal.
For those that love to dance, this will be a night of musical beauty and genius that will be remembered for a very long time to come! Don't miss this chance!
John Kelley was originally known for his sets at Full Moon Gatherings. The influential series of raves held in the deserts outside Los Angeles during the mid-'90s created an emergent sound, led by breakout producers like Crystal Method, Überzone, Bassbin Twins, and Electric Skychurch. Fused with the breakbeat genius of UK acts such as Leftfield and Underworld, Kelley pushed the intensely funky, hard sound of breakbeat techno from the underground into the masses.
For the past decade, Los Angeles native John Kelley has been considered one of North America’s foremost breaks DJs - a true pioneer of the West Coast sound. Over the past few years, he has been busy perfecting a selection of edgy, well-crafted tracks that combine his signature desert breaks with a new flavor of hard tech-hop and broken beats. The release of his debut artist album, “A Night in the Park”, marks a new chapter in Kelley’s long-standing career and, most notably, his transformation from DJ to world-class producer.
In 1996, Kelley released, Funkydesertbreaks, his first mix album with Moonshine Music patterned after his desert sets. The compilation became an instant hit, sparked a US tour and spawned a sequel one year later. With 1998’s “Knee Deep”, he exhibited a transition into a more club-friendly mix of house, techno, trance and breakbeats. The release of “High Desert Soundsystem” and “High Desert Soundsystem 2”, released in 1999 and 2000 launched a number of tours with The Crystal Method, Orbital, Carl Cox, Frankie Bones, Darude, and Christopher Lawrence. The well received mix, “United DJs of America 19”, followed in 2001 and went on to become nominated at the 2002 Winter Music Conference as one of the best DJ mix albums of 2001.
After five grueling years on tour, Kelley began to focus on writing his own music. Along with friend David deLaski (aka Lord Runningclam), Kelley launched the label and production company Ball of Waxx in 2002.
Teaming up with the studio talents of deLaski, Simply Jeff, Moontribe’s Brian Seed, and Brian Saitzyk (aka Eastern Sun), Kelley created a multitude of productions, including two songs on the Ball of Waxx downtempo compilation “Groove Closet”. With the success of the collaboration, Eastern Sun and Kelley followed up in early 2005 with a full-length downtempo CD, “In Emptiness”. Meanwhile, the team of Kelley, Saitzyk and Brian Seed embarked on creating techno breakbeat tracks for John’s debut artist release.
His latest work of art, A Night in the Park, has been praised by beatmasters The Crystal Method as a stellar artist debut from the west coast breaks pioneer. Clearly, this new chapter of Kelleys career has transformed him from renowned DJ to producer on the forefront of the electronic music scene.
Don’t let the title fool you. It’s not the type of music you would listen to while taking a romantic stroll through the park at night with your beloved, holding hands, watching the stars glittering above. This is an intense, gritty, uncompromising hybrid of breakbeat and techno that seems more suited for the soundtrack of a high-speed police chase through the shadowy backstreets of Los Angeles. John Kelley, the legendary pioneer of West Coast breakbeat, has returned to the scene with his debut artist album “A Night in the Park”.
The first track on the album, conveniently titled A Night in the Park, quickly explodes into a spinning cocktail of electro-tinged techno funk. As the album progresses along, the sounds range from the chunky house rhythms of Fat Stacks to the hip-hop inspired turntablism of Funkasaurus.
Breaking things down on the final track, the hypnotic groove of Chopstix almost seems to emerge from the speakers, pulsating and rotating through the listeners ear canals until it retreats back into the dark, edgy depths of the Park.
Armed with a sound that has been described as everything from tribal to techno funk, John Kelley has proven himself to be the leader of American breakbeat techno. Kelley and co-producers, Moontribe DJ Brian Seed, Brian Saitzyk and Simply Jeff, have put together a journey of an album a range of sounds and speeds that come together in a whirlwind of flawless electronic music. The only question is, are you up for the ride?
John Kelley's "Chopstix" and "A Night in the Park" were both featured on Showtime's Huff. The series, starring Hank Azaria and Sharon Stone has tapped four tracks from "A Night in the Park" for the new 2006 season.
John's track Desert Days will make it's network broadcast premiere on Wednesday October 5th, featured in an Episode of CSI: NY airing on CBS at 10pm ET/PT.
To learn more about John Kelley and get some free downloads and stuff, check out his web site at djJohnKelley.com,BallofWaxx.com, MoonTribe.org. As well, there's always ... MySpace.com/djJohnKelley.
Be sure to catch John Kelley at the Grand Emporium on Friday, September 8, 2006. Advance tickets for this event can be purchased online at GrooveTickets.com for only $5.
In the meantime, the popular internet radio program, Frosted Breaks provided us with a copy of a mix he did for them just this past February... click HERE to get it now!
Also appearing will be Aldrin the Great, performing a mix of Progressive Drum & Bass and opening the night will be a newly discovered gem in the Dance Music Industry of Kansas City, Phazorslut, doing a bit of ElectroBreaks! You can find out more about these two by either checking the "on decks" column this month, or just check my "Top 8 Friends" on MySpace.com/phocas!
For the cover this month, I dipped back into the archives for a shot that I got of John Kelley over three years ago at Chaos Theory. Of course, I had to play with it a little in Photoshop because it really wasn't all that fabulous. It really wasn't all that clear either, but it was the best I had and it actually turned out interesting enough.
I really am looking forward to his return next week as I know many others are too! An event that also heralds another birthday for me, it has been entirely too long since he was in Kansas City. As well, it had been for Monk, pictured here with me. Aaron grabbed this shot at the end of the night last month, while we stopped to talk for a minute and caught our breath after his fantastic performance which kept people dancing for hours!
Elsewhere in Kansas City this month, Kyle Pound made a special appearance to a disappointingly thin crowd, much the same as it was for big-name DJ Steve Porter just last week at the Voodoo Lounge. Even in San Francisco, Mike noted extremely sparse attendance in the House music room of Club Hide. It does appear that with diminished attendance at many other House music events around the country, the time is definitely ripe for, and dancers are making a statement that they want something a little more unique than the same old 4/4.
Ready, waiting and gaining attendance at every event that happens for them, Breakbeats and Drum & Bass are standing up to the challenge. With striking similarities to much of the mainstream music available now, it's no surprise either. Modeled on these mostly underground genres are some of the most popular hits in the world. From HipHop to Rock, their roots almost always find their way back to the broken beat.
I suppose you could say this is much of the reason we decided to go in the direction we did with our series of concert events at the Grand Emporium. We thought we should offer an alternative, a different beat to dance to that at the same time is more familiar, more comfortable and ultimately... more fun.
Overall, I cannot think of anyone better than John Kelley to bring you that sound! He is just the man to get you moving! Check out the story on him in this month's issue, especially the links and his MySpace page. Personally, I am totally hooked on the Funkasaurus track. I can't wait to see him throw that out there live next Friday!


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of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson.
reading from his old worn-out Bible.
His grandson who wanted to be just like him tried to imitate him in any way he could.
and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book.
What good does reading the Bible do?"
"Take this coal basket down to the river and bring back a basket of water."
before he could get back to the house.
The grandfather laughed and said, "You will have to move a little faster next time,"
This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned home.
Out of breath, he told his grandfather that it was "impossible to carry water in a basket,"
and he went to get a bucket instead. The old man said, "I don't want a bucket of water.
I want a basket of water. You can do this. You're just not trying hard enough,"
the water would leak out before he got far at all.
but when he reached his grandfather the basket was again empty.
The old man said, "So you think it is useless?
and for the first time he realized that the basket looked different.
Instead of a dirty old coal basket, it was clean.
"Son, that's what happens when you read the Bible.
but when you read it, it will change you from the inside out."
That is the work of God in our lives . . .
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List names of people or public sector organisations that we know have landscape architects that I can contact to invite – Can we add charities? Broads Authority? Wildlife Trust? Internal Drainage Boards?
Is it organized/fund by LIEE?
Awards ceremony to take place in September. Certificates and cheques to be organised. CG to liaise with DP / RB and confirm attendance. Martine Howlett (Administrator, Writtle College) is in contact with DP.
Discuss further what is Cranfield Uni involvement besides giving speakers?

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Master students, PhD students and academic staff members working at a university can register for free, but registration is obligatory. You can register for the full programme (theoretical classes, hands-on sessions and PC analysis) or only for the theoretical classes.
Non-academic participants can register for only theoretical classes (100 euro) or for the full programme (theoretical classes, hands-on sessions and PC analysis, 300 euro).
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In Zambia, gaps in governance are allowing commercial farmers to contravene the law. This has resulted in the physical displacement and dispossession of native rural communities as well as the decline in subsistence farming relied on by poor households for survival.
Recently, the Food First International and Action Network raised concerns over the financing of the largest agricultural investors in Zambia. This is because of the harmful human rights implications of these enterprises, including land disputes with locals in Zambia’s rural communities. Agriculture is the means of subsistence for 58% of Zambia’s population, covering a large area of land in rural Zambia and yet, the poorest households own an average of 0.6 hectares of land each, leaving few households with enough farmland to support themselves financially. The laws designed to protect rural communities from forced displacement are infrequently enforced, as it is rare for Zambian government inspectors to check if commercial farmers have complied with the law in acquiring land for agricultural businesses.
While international and domestic human rights laws do not bar Zambia’s government from displacing people in order to make way for commercial farms or other projects such as mining, most evictions are carried out with little regard for the protections offered by Zambian and international law. These laws require due process, resettlement, or compensation in cases of land dispossession for commercial purposes. This is evidenced by the 2017 Human Rights Watch Report which discusses a number of commercial farms which were established with little regard for resident’s rights and with little real opportunity for local communities to contest their legality; resulting in displacement tantamount to forced eviction.
A number of key human rights are affected by the allocation of land to commercial farmers without the consideration of local communities. For example, the right to housing is affected because locals in rural communities are having their houses bulldozed in order to make way for large scale commercial farms. This is a big problem for the poor farmers in rural communities because they do not have the financial means to rebuild their homes. Other key rights affected include the right to food, the right to dignity, and the right to consult independent counsel in cases where there have been forced evictions.
Zambian law prohibits forced evictions, and international law requires the government to prevent them. However, the laws designed to protect rural communities from forced evictions are rarely enforced. This issue is evidenced by the failure of the Zambia Environmental Management Agency to provide adequate oversight of the commercial farming operations within the Serenje District farming block which has seen some commercial farmers acquire thousands of hectares of land without going through the correct channels for land acquisition in Zambia.
What this means for the affected communities is that they are driven into poverty and uncertainty. For example, if a family in a rural community is displaced, they have no mechanism by which to stabilise themselves financially or provide food for their families, having lost the land used for subsistence farming. This creates a vicious cycle in which families move to new locations only to later be out-competed by commercial farms and displaced again while in the process of building up a new local farming livelihood. Ultimately, many local subsistence farmers are left with little choice but to work on the commercial farms which dominate the countryside, all the while receiving minimal wages as the profits made by managing Multi-National Corporations fail to trickle down.
Moving forward, both foreign investors and the government need to adopt a greater focus on ethical approaches towards dealing with land acquisition and other such activities that have a significant impact on local communities. This is important because it will set a moral precedent to foreign businesses rooted in the belief that is important to value the workforce and livelihoods of the local people in rural communities. In addition to this, it is vital that Zambia’s laws and regulations are followed and enforced equally and reliably in order to promote equality across both the financial and social sectors of the country.
Mwai Daka, ‘Governance Gaps Lead to the Displacement of People Living in Rural Communities in Zambia’ (OxHRH Blog, 4 July 2018) <http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/governance-gaps-lead-to-the-displacement-of-people-living-in-rural-communities-in-zambia> [date of access].


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I applaud Frank Callahan’s article on a project labor agreement regarding the construction of the stadium for the Worcester Red Sox (Your Turn, “Project labor agreement needed in Worcester Red Sox deal,” March 14, Worcester Magazine). The study that was done was inconclusive, inaccurate, skewed and bias toward a non-PLA agreement of which neither the mayor nor City Council questioned. But how soon do we forget our city’s rich history and all the efforts of the working class that made it this way?
If there is ever a vote on this vital agreement and those who vote against or abstain from it, my message is clear … Et tu, Brute?


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by popular request we invite you to our "Aiea Loop Hike 2014" to be held on Saturday, May 17th 2014 commencing at 09:30 AM from the trailhead provided there are at least 8 adults besides the hike leader participating.
We will meet at 09:30 AM at the trailhead in the upper parking lot (see directions below). My cell phone is: (808) 282-7115.
This is a moderate hike of some 5 miles, mostly shaded with little elevation gain (900 ft). Please wear good walking shoes and bring ample water! For more information see the pdf below or http://oahuhiking.com/aiea.htm.
Please e-Mail or call me at (808) 734-3163 by Friday, May 16th 2014 to inform us of your participation!


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Susan Tufts has managed the Wellness Program at L.L.Bean for over 25 years. L.L.Bean’s Wellness program has been successful because it reflects the values of our company. Health and Safety are an integral part of how we work and who we are.
Significant accomplishments include a reduction in employee smoking rates from 24% in 1985 to less than 7% today; tobacco-free grounds, subsidized healthy offerings in our cafeterias and vending machines and a comprehensive health risk assessment program that is integrated with our Benefits plan. We have experienced a significant reduction in health risk factors, and impressive cost savings including a 5.3:1 ROI from our Healthy Lifestyles program – evaluated through multiple claims analyses.
Susan has degrees in Nursing, Athletic Training and Exercise Physiology/Cardiac Rehabilitation.

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Ms. DiOttavio has served as President, COO and Director of CoreCare Systems, Inc. since January 31, 1995 and has served in comparable positions with present subsidiaries of the Company since 1991. In November 2008 she assumed the role of President and CEO of CoreCare Systems, Inc. She has served in a variety of management positions in the health care industry, including needs assessment, regulatory compliance, financial feasibility, project development, financial consulting, operations and fiscal management, expert witness and acquisition due diligence.
She has been noted for distinction in Outstanding Young Women of America and Who’s Who of American Women. Currently, she also serves as a Director of Horizon House, a non-profit organization serving the mentally ill, homeless and disadvantaged.
Dr. Novitsky joined Kirkbride Center in August 1998 as Director of Clinical Improvement and senior psychiatrist and has since been named Psychiatrist in Chief at Kirkbride Center and Executive Vice President and Corporate Medical Director of CoreCare Systems, Inc. He was Chief of Psychiatry at Presbyterian Medical Center and is recognized for his work in geriatric psychiatry. During his ten years at Presbyterian as Chief, Dr. Novitsky was instrumental in the successful growth and expansion of the psychiatric department. During that time, he assisted in the development of a 24-bed acute inpatient psychiatric unit, an 18-bed LTSR, and a 20-bed managed care sub-acute unit. Dr. Novitsky headed the consultation liaison services and led to the formation of an emergency psychiatric assessment service in their emergency room. He was also active in the evolution of day programs and psychiatric care provided at ten local nursing homes.
Dr. Novitsky earned his M.D. from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. He completed his Psychiatric Residency at Temple University in Philadelphia and is Board Certified in Psychiatry. Dr. Novitsky has gained a reputation of developing excellent relationships with area community leaders, the Philadelphia Office of Mental Health and payor representatives such as Community Behavioral Health (CBH).
Dr. Baurer joined the Kirkbride Center as Medical Director of Substance Abuse Services in February 1997, was appointed Assistant Medical Director in September 1997 and Medical Director in October 1998. He is Board Certified in Psychiatry with added qualifications in Addiction Psychiatry. Prior to joining Kirkbride, Dr. Baurer served as Director of the Strecker Partial Hospital Program from its inception in 1989 until 1997 and a Co-director of Strecker Hall in 1996-1997. Dr. Baurer is the Regional Chairperson of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry. He also serves as Chairman of the Addiction Psychiatry Committee of the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society. Dr. Baurer has been recognized by Philadelphia Magazine as one of the “top docs” in the region in the field of Addiction Psychiatry. Dr. Baurer graduated from Wesleyan University and Temple University School of Medicine. He completed Residency Training at the Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital and Psychoanalytic Training at the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute. He is on the faculty of the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute and the Philadelphia Psychotherapy Training Program.
Ms. Douglas-Walsh joined Kirkbride Center in 2015 as Executive Director. Marlene has had substantial experience in the administration of medical-surgical hospital services, psychiatric hospital services, residential substance abuse services at both the inpatient and outpatient levels of care. She has served in various senior leadership positions such as Hospital Administrator, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Assistant Vice President of Professional Services as well as functioned as a Regulatory Consultant. She has over 30 years of ecperience in the health care arena. She is a Registered Health Information Administrator(RHIA) and has a Masters in Healthcare Administration from Walden University. She Holds a Bachelor of Science in Health Information Managemtent from Temple University.


text: This is the complete series of Keeping Up Appearances, where you can witness Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet, don’t you know), and her long suffering Richard, impressing and distressing their family and neighbours. Laugh along when “Daddy” chases after milk ladies naked on his bike, Richard fights daily against early retirement, and sister Daisy and brother-in-law Onslow cause our house proud Mrs Bucket much embarrassment and humiliation. Featuring every episode of the entire series in an 8 disc box set, this is the first time this hilarious BBC comedy is available in one fantastic package, including the Christmas Specials! So come in for a Darjeeling tea, and visit our heroine Hyacinth Bucket as she fights the ever declining moral fabric of Britain… just whatever you do… don’t brush against her walls.

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You may have heard that the pioneering jazz musician Ornette Coleman died last week at the age of eighty-five. As a composer, he was known for his odd melodies, which reliably tested the boundaries of what jazz could accomplish. At The Paris Review Daily, two musicians and writers look back on his legacy.
N+1 – we repeat – is not putting its archives online, as we surmised from a too-quick perusal of its new website. (We regret the error. Post in haste, repent at leisure.) But it might, for $75,000.
I wonder if this historical look at the crafting of espresso machines in The Smithsonian will make you think, as I did, about how incredibly Steam Punk a good cappuccino can be.
Here are some things about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle you can learn from this questionnaire: he used the word “ditto;” he reserved his greatest admiration for “men who do their duty without fuss;” and he seems to have been quite happy with being Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Washington, D.C., Aug. 25, 2009 –The Washington International Horse Show (WIHS), a leading national equestrian event based in Washington, D.C., since 1958, is proud to announce the appointment of Eric L. Straus as the Chief Executive Officer. Straus joins the executive leadership of WIHS--Juliet W. Reid, President, and Anthony F. Hitchcock, Chief Operating Officer--as the show prepares for its 51st edition in October.
“I'm excited about joining the Washington International Horse Show, a championship event rich in equestrian tradition with an economic impact in Washington, D.C., exceeding seven million dollars. I look forward to becoming part of the team building for the future,” said Straus.
Straus comes to WIHS with proven expertise in both for-profit and not-for-profit environments. Straus also brings unique experience in the sports entertainment industry including equestrian competitions, Olympic events, marketing, operations, sponsorship development and financial operations.
“His diverse professional experience is an important asset to us as is his knowledge of the equestrian world. I feel he is the perfect person to help lead us in into the next 50 years,” said Reid.
Most recently Straus served as Senior Vice President for The Clark Estates, Inc., New York, NY, a family office whose clients include the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Fenimore Art Museum, The Farmers’ Museum, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital and The Otesaga Hotel and Resort among other properties.
On the equestrian side, Straus has extensive experience as a organizer of hunter, jumper, dressage and combined training competitions. He is an active licensed official serving as a USEF judge, steward and FEI show jumping steward. Straus is the FEI Honorary Chief Steward General for Reining and has officiated at the World Equestrian Games (WEG) in 2002 and 2006, and will serve in the same position at the upcoming WEG in Lexington, KY, in 2010. He was Chief Judge for Modern Pentathlon at the 1996 Olympic Games and the 1987 Pan American Games.
Straus is a Trustee and Executive Committee member of the American Horse Council in Washington, D.C., and is Secretary and Executive Committee member of the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation. He also served as Executive Director of the American Horse Shows Association (now USEF) in 1996-1997.
Having served as Chief Executive Officer in turnaround situations and created marketing strategies leading to improved financial performance, Straus will look to increase awareness, audience and sponsorship for the show. “Eric brings a wealth of knowledge both in business and equestrian events and we look forward to his new perspective and leadership,” said Hitchcock.
Washington International Horse Show Association, Ltd. is a 501(c) (3) non-profit charitable organization. The 51st WIHS will be held Oct. 20-25, 2009, at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.

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Turkana Governor Josphat Nanok has drummed support for Turkana based innovation hub ‘Startup Lions‘ to bag the KSh25 million Google Impact Challenge.
Through his social media accounts, Governor Nanok has urged online users to vote for Startup Lions.
Startup Lions is among 12 finalists who were selected for the challenge based on community impact and reach, innovation and technology, scalability and feasibility.
Startup Lions has been training talented and motivated young adults from Turkana county with high value skills in the areas of programming, graphic design and media production.
After gathering hands-on business experience the incubation hub provides them with the necessary funds and tools so that they can launch their own start-up and become economically independent.
After the online voting a panel of judges will select three more winners after hearing in-person pitches from a set of finalists. Each winner will receive KSh25 million.
Another eight finalists will be awarded KSh12.5 million each.
The judges include Manu Chandaria, Caroline Mutoko, Ambassodar Tegla Loroupe, Tabitha Karanja, Janet Mawiyoo, Salim Mohammed and Charles Murito.
Rachel Ruto, the spouse of Deputy President William Ruto, is the patron of Google Impact Challenge Kenya.


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Oh this is so typical – why am I not surprised??
Dr. Joseph Biederman, a psychiatrist who seems to have secretly taken $1.6 million dollars in funding from drug companies whilst conducting experiments with psychotropic drugs on children, has been involved in a study to discredit the herb St. John’s Wort.
St. John’s is a beautiful herb that has some truly wonderful benefits in elevating mood and alleviating depression, yet the herb used in the study on ADHD was an inactive form! Of course it’s not going to show any more benefit that a placebo when the incorrect form of the herb is used.
It is like performing a study on herbs for fertility, on women that have had hysterectomies! Don’t laugh, some of studies that have been done are this ludicrous, and unfortunately the media does not have the discernment to evaluate whether a study is valid or not – and the negative results get reported as truth.
Mike Adams published a great article about this particular study, and the problems with conducting a trial with an inactive herb on a fictitious disorder – ADHD. It is great reading and you will get a good insight into the machinations of Big Pharma, Big Psychiatry versus natural medicine.
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Why water tube boiler cannot be made out of stainless steel?
Best Answer: Stainless steel expands a lot more than that of a mild steel tube sheet. Their unequal expansion ratio may result in water tube leaks.
Water tube Boiler is a type of boiler in which water circulates in tubes heated externally by the fire. Fuel is burned inside the furnace, creating hot gas which heats water in the steam-generating tubes. The pressure vessel of a boiler is usually made of steel and it is not used in witted parts of boilers due to corrosion and stress corrosion cracking. Stainless steels, specifically authenticate stainless steels, have a much greater thermal expansion rate than carbon steels. Secondly, nearly all domestic water supplies contain chloride ions.Thirdly stainless steels have a much lower thermal conductivity than carbon steels, which aggravates the problem of thermal stresses due to expansion. Stainless is less efficient at transferring heat. In this respect I can recommend you Tru-Steam Boilers & Services Pty Ltd. They provide various kinds of boiler services. As their technicians are highly qualified and more experienced, so their services are very high quality. Few years ago I had taken fire tube boiler from this company. The Fire Tube Boiler of this company is a package steam generating system, factory assembled and tested. As the various unit components complement one another, the Tru-Steam assemblies are quite compact and can be shipped complete with several auxiliary components. I am very satisfied taking the boiler from this company.
high initial cost, especially when alternative metals are considered.
difficulty in fabricating. When attempting to fabricate stainless steel without using the highest technology machines and proper techniques, it can be a difficult metal to handle. This can often result in costly waste and re-work.
difficulty in welding due to its fast dissipation of heat which can also produce ruined pieces or high wastage costs.
high cost of final polishing and finishing.
stainless is less efficient at transfering heat.
Stainless steels, specifically austentitic stainless steels, have a much greater thermal expansion rate than carbon steels. Secondly, nearly all domestic water supplies contain chloride ions.Thirdly stainless steels have a much lower thermal conductivity than carbon steels, which aggravates the problem of thermal stresses due to expansion. Fourthly Austenitic SS's have a lower yield strength than carbon steels, so tubes must have thicker walls.............which needless to say results in greater thermal stresses.
The combination of elevated temperatures, high thermal gradients in the tube walls resulting in extreme thermal stresses, and chloride ions, almost invariably leads to stress-corrosion cracking (SCC) in SS. This leads to poor, unpredictable service life compared to less expensive carbon steels.
As I'm aware, certain duplex stainless steels may be used for this purpose, since duplex SS has a lower expansion rate, better strength at elevated temps. better heat conductivity, and lower susceptibility to SCC. For example SAE type 2507. I believe in some instances nickel super-alloys have been used for this purpose, though I'm not aware if they are cost effective in terms of service life versus their extremely high cost of materials and fabrication. I'm not an expert in this regard. I may be confusing materials for boiler tubes compared to materials appropriate for dry steam superheater tubes. Nickel superalloys would probably be a good choice for superheaters.
How to control corrosion at joint seam in stainless steel boiler water tanks?
How do I tell if this water bottle is made from aluminum or stainless steel?
How to remove water spots/stains from stainless steel kitchen sink?
How do you scrape burned rice out of a stainless steel pan?
Why are water storage tanks made out of stainless steel yet the plumbing in the home is copper?

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Join us at our inspiration evening session on Thursday 11th August at 6:30pm at No.1 London Bridge where we'll be discussing the Customer Experience Masterplan.
Customer experience (CX) marketing is complex, crossing organizational and communication channels throughout the entire company. That’s why many companies rate their efforts low. This event will help you understand how a holistic approach to your marketing can help you succeed and grow.


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For better or worse, its a bit like PHP (or if you prefer, JS): there may be some genius solutions out there built with it, but everyone remembers the kid in the corner with the half-eaten box of crayons.
I’m slowly coming around to the idea that an IDE might be useful for PHP/Symfony projects (still not convinced about other languages and frameworks) and I’m currently trying out ActiveState’s Komodo IDE 10 on Linux.
It looks great but it’s… buggy. One day in and I’m already getting frustrated with it.
At least some preferences don’t take effect until the application is closed. Not the ones that you’re warned about like checking remote files for changes, but other ones like ‘Allow file contents to override Tab and Indentation settings’ (which itself is unreliable since at least 2011).
When changing preferences, there is more than one place to change: Edit / Preferences, Edit / Current File Preferences, and Project / Project Preferences (the last is not under the Edit menu).
The toolbar icons are heavily styled, making their use opaque and the tooltips mandatory reading.
It has already crashed while closing — which, per the above, I’m doing a lot.
Vi keybindings, so things like ‘A’ to start appending to the current line, or ‘/’ to search the current file, are really nice to someone who uses vim every day.
The syntax highlighting and coloring seems more reliable (i.e. harder to confuse) than average.
The installation to a local directory was painless, and an icon properly shows up in the applications menu (I use Mate). The default installation dir is to your home directory instead of /usr/local (which is the right thing to do for trial software, imho).
I want to like this editor, I really do, but it’s just going downhill as I work with it more. At $250 per license it’s hard to justify the expense to my boss unless I really like it.


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Sarajevo, 17 April - Bosnia and Herzegovina genuinely wants its future to be safe and prosperous, and this is closely linked with its EU accession, Slovenian President Borut Pahor stressed in his address to the Sarajevo Business Forum on the second day of his visit to the country.
President Borut Pahor addresses the Sarajevo Business Forum.
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Reflection on Education as a social institution Learning about education’s functions as a social institution was very interesting to me. I learned a useful amount of information on the importance of education as I studied this chapter. Eve always thought of education as an Important aspect to society, but never realized its true significance. If you think about it, we would not get very far In life If we didn’t have education social Institutions. It’s understandable that obviously earlier societies did It before education became a social Institution.
Although today we learn basic but Important things we need to know in order to be accepted In society. Through education social Institutions we learn to read, write, and speak; these seemingly simple tasks are tasks we need for Just about any occupation today. Education as a social Institution affects me every school day. On my academic days I take part In education as the student, while on tech days I take part In education as the teacher. I really like the teaching style in the united States: also I enjoyed learning about the different teaching styles used in other parts of the world.
Japan’s teaching style was very intriguing to me. I believe the U. S. Would benefit immensely from taking principles from Japan into our educational social institutions. I was fascinated with the solidarity with the group that is stressed in Japan’s education system. I’m impressed with how much responsibility the Japanese children have, and would really like to see our younger generations grow up to be like that too. As a teacher, the rising problems in U. S. Education worry me as I think about future generations. I feel that mediocrity is mediocre.
I strongly believe that students would work hard for their grades, and not get them handed to them by lowering the passing grade. If we continue to lower the grades our population will become less educated. I am also concerned about the violence in our schools today. Safety wasn’t always an issue in schools, so why have we allowed so much violence in that it is an issue? Seeing a cop pace through halls with a mission is intimidating to students, and wouldn’t be happening if there was no violence at all in schools. I believe schools should do more to prevent violence from even coming close to schools.
On the other hand, as a student, I’m guilty of being accepting to grades I get when a teacher uses a curve. As a student I take advantage of education as a social Institution. Although education Is a very critical part of a student’s life, I feel all of us don’t give It the credit it deserves. Education as a social Institution teaches us more than English, Math, and Science; our schools teach us norms, taboos, and how to behave In our culture. I believe education Is the most Important social Institution In our society. Education as a social institution By allowing tidied this chapter.
Eve always thought of education as an important aspect to If you think about it, we would not get very far in life if we didn’t have education social institutions. It’s understandable that obviously earlier societies did it before education became a social institution. Although today we learn basic but important things we need to know in order to be accepted in society. Through education social institutions we learn to read, write, and speak; these seemingly simple tasks are tasks Education as a social institution affects me every school day.


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We serve our menus to your whole dining party.Would you prefer cheese instead of dessert, please let us know in advance (suppl. €15,-).
We are keen that you should have plenty of time to enjoy dining, so we stop taking orders for the 7-course menu at 1 pm for lunch sittings and at 8 pm for dinner. On Friday evenings and Saturday evenings, we serve only the 5-course or the 7-course menu.
Bookings only as from 2 persons.
These prices apply until end 2019.
Lunch open 12:00 – 13:00 / closed 17:00.
Dinner open 19:30 – 20:30 / closed 00:30.
Weekly closing: Sunday (all day), Monday (all day) and Tuesday for lunch.

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Popular recording artist Becky G is scheduled to perform at the 2015 Radio Disney Music Awards (RDMAs) for the second consecutive year. A native Angeleno, Becky G has held a 59 consecutive week run on Radio Disney’s Top 30 chart with her last three singles. Her smash hit “Shower” sold over 900,000 units and its music video amassed over 45 million views. Her newest single, “Can’t Stop Dancin’,” already has over 25 million views on YouTube.
In addition to performing at the 2015 RDMAs, Becky G, a 2014 Radio Disney “N.B.T.” (Next Big Thing), is a two-time nominee this year. She’s nominated for Stuck In Our Heads – Catchiest New Song (Presented By BAND-AID Brand) for her single “Shower” and You’re So Fancy! – Artist With The Best Style.
Becky G performed Saturday in New York City as Radio Disney kicked off “On The Road to the RDMAs,” a live event tour for families that features performances by top Radio Disney artists. The concert, at YouTube Space New York, included an audience of excited fans from the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club of New York. More information about upcoming events is available atwww.Disney.com/RDMA.
Becky G is an 18-year-old singer, songwriter, and rapper who is signed with Kemosabe/RCA Records. Kemosabe is the Sony Music Entertainment record label founded by hitmaker Dr. Luke. Becky is COVERGIRL’s youngest ambassador who won “The Best New Artist” award at the 2014 Radio Disney Music Awards and was named one of TIME Magazine’s “Most Influential Teens of 2014″as well as one of Billboard Magazine’s 21 Under 21 (2014) Music’s Hottest Young Stars. Becky’s smash hit single “Shower” has over 109 million views on YouTube and was one of People Magazine’s 2014 Top 10 Songs of the Summer. She has also scored her first #1 single “Can’t Get Enough” feat. Pitbull on Latin Billboard Charts. Becky recently performed her latest single “Can’t Stop Dancin”on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” In addition, she has toured with Demi Lovato, Katy Perry, and Jason Derulo. Becky is currently in the studio finishing her debut album due out later this year.
The 2015 Radio Disney Music Awards, music’s biggest event for families, is set for SATURDAY, APRIL 25 at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. The show will feature performances by some of the biggest artists in music and the presentation of the uniquely Radio Disney “ARDY” statuette winners, as voted on by fans globally. Walt Disney Records will release a compilation album of 15 tracks featuring nominees and nominated songs on Tuesday, April 21. A 90-minute televised special “Disney Channel Presents the Radio Disney Music Awards” and 30-minute pre-show including red-carpet arrivals, will be presented SUNDAY, APRIL 26 on Disney Channel. Highlights will also be available on Radio Disney, the Radio Disney App, the WATCH Disney Channel app andRadioDisney.com.


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Photographs taken during First Baptist Church of Dowling Park events are routinely used to share the story of our ministries in print, online and through other means. Children and youth, ages 18 and under, are identified by first name only. Photos posted to the Camp’s Facebook account will not be tagged or labeled with children’s names. Parents who DO NOT want photographs of their child/children used should indicate this on the camp registration form.
By digitally submitting this form, I grant my permission for the Camp Director, Assistant Director, or other Staff person in charge to obtain necessary medical treatment in case of sickness or injury to the participant. I do hereby release and forever discharge all sponsors, Middle Florida Baptist Assembly; Inc., and First Baptist Church of Dowling Park from any and all claims, demands, actions or cause of action, past, present or future arising out of any damage or injury while employed or participating in the camp between the following dates: July 2, 2018 to July 6, 2018. I hereby also agree to assume obligation for any necessary expense not covered by Middle Florida Baptist Assembly; Inc.'s insurance policy on the participant.


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Has the lack of economic and political will delayed the growth of black-owned companies on the JSE?
There are several factors, says politician and development economist, Professor Rabelani Dagada in a recent opinion piece; among them being post-independence governments preferring a socialist ideology that was against capitalist organisations and where growing financial markets were not significant. He adds that amongst some economic theorists, the slow growth in bourses on the continent is mainly due to a lack of economic and political will that has been destabilised by pessimism.
South Africa currently has an unstable economy, partly due to the global economic recession, exacerbated by political scandals and division and uncertainty in the ANC as the party is on the verge of electing a new president.
These factors have adversely affected economic growth in the country and this, in turn, has a negative effect on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), not only for well-established companies but also for new listings, among them, black-owned and -managed companies.
How much do black investors own on the JSE?
Black ownership on the JSE has been a hotly debated topic for years. Way back in 2010, the JSE released its first report on the composition of companies owned on the JSE. At the time, the report stated that black South African investors owned 18% of the available share capital listed in the Top 100 companies.
The JSE calculations were done according to the Department of Trade and Industry’s (dti) code of good practice requirements on determining companies’ BEE ownership levels. It was a complicated calculation including all share capital, but excluding mandated investments including treasury shares and company operations outside South Africa. Cross-checks were done to eliminate duplicated capital on the JSE.
However, calculations done without using the dti regulatory codes showed that total black ownership in the Top 100 companies was at 8%. The JSE report also did not reflect black retailers or private black investors as race clarification is not necessary when opening a brokerage account.
The topic erupted again in 2013, after the JSE released a study by Alternative Prosperity that found that only 10% of black companies listed on the Top 100 companies are fully owned, while 13% is indirect black ownership through shareholdings and institutional funds.
But, according to the study, even these figures are debatable when it comes to full black ownership, as in some cases black ownership has occurred through the transference of shares in holdings through various BEE schemes.
When President Jacob Zuma stated in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) in 2017 that black-owned shareholdings on the JSE had jumped from 3% to 10%, the accuracy of the figures was hotly debated again in the media.
These (new) figures came after Zuma called for radical economic transformation when he claimed in his 2015 State of the Nation address that there was only 3% of black ownership on the JSE.
According to Africa Check (a fact-checking NGO) who fact-checked the authenticity of these figures, neither the 3% nor the 10% is accurate. Zuma attributed the dramatic rise in figures between 2015 and 2017 to the National Empowerment Fund (NEF), which was tasked by the government to facilitate economic equality and transformation in the country.
The NEF though, qualified their results by stating that the figures were that of black-owned companies when in fact, technically, the term used should have been “black-controlled and -managed.” A misuse of terminology that added to the conflicting statistics.
In 2015, after Zuma stated that black ownership in the Top 100 was 3%, the JSE released a contradictory report stating that “black South Africans hold at least 23% of the Top 100 companies on the JSE”. But Zuma’s figures were defended as being accurate because the NEF relied on the research from Who Owns Whom, as the organisation produces ‘original’ research on African business and economics.
The JSE then backtracked and released a statement agreeing with Zuma’s statistics, saying that it generally concurred that direct black South African investments listed on the JSE is 3%, but when the values of direct and indirect holdings were included in the Top 100 companies on the JSE, the figure is 23%.
This figure was the result of an analysis produced by Alternative Prosperity in 2013, however, at the time when the figures were released by the JSE, there was still 16% of the Top 100 companies to be analysed due to a “time-consuming process” that included going through thousands of records and cross-tabulating documents to obtain accurate figures about the racial profiles of investors. The JSE has since stopped publishing information on the breakdown of ownership on the Top 100 companies listed.
So where did Zuma get the figure of 10% black ownership of the Top 100 companies on the JSE in his 2017 State of the Nation address? According to Africa Check, when they asked for proof of research from the NEF, they were sent the NEF’s submission to parliament’s standing committee on finance.
Trevor Chandler, from Trevor Chandler and Associates that oversaw the research conducted by Alternative Prosperity, says that BEE share deals are usually done through a South African asset at a subsidiary level and not at a group level, which makes it a lengthy process to work out what percentage in a company are BEE deals.
“The easiest way to determine BEE ownership levels is to look at the big BEE deals on the JSE listed share register and assume the shares are held by black (includes coloured and Indian) people. Then you have to put the percentage of a company that are BEE deals and the number of shares assumed to be black-owned in BEE deals to clearly determine black participation on the JSE,” he says.
In September 2017, the National Treasury released a research report on the ownership of JSE-listed companies stating in its introduction that, “The structure of ownership of South African companies reflects several important aspects of the South African economy, linking to policy priorities on transformation and inclusive growth, macroeconomic and financial stability, and competition, adding that listed companies are typically expected to have diverse ownership—characterised by a large number of relatively small shareholdings—although many will also have one or more strategic shareholders with a significant influence in the company.
The report looks at four areas of ownership including BEE ownership, stating that one of the main objectives of BEE is to increase black ownership of South African companies in line with the transformation agenda to substantially expand participation in the economy by previously disadvantaged communities. Ownership is one of five elements of the generic B-BBEE scorecard for companies doing business in South Africa and is an important feature of the sector-specific codes.
According to the Intellidex report, the value of BEE deals includes schemes introducing new strategic investors in the company, schemes for company employees and schemes targeted at community groups. In the case of community groups, some ownership schemes have transferred shares in the listed company itself, while other companies have established ownership schemes in their subsidiaries or at the level of specific operations.
Eventually, these schemes should, with the help of sustainable financing, contribute to the creation of new wealth held by previously disadvantaged South Africans.
Measuring black ownership this way, reports Intellidex, is consistent with the B-BBEE Codes, which allow ownership points on the scorecard to be achieved through sale-of-asset transactions, as well as ownership stakes in the listed entity itself.
According to the report, to focus narrowly on the ownership of shares of listed entities would, therefore, disregard the extent to which black ownership has been facilitated through various forms of BEE schemes. For this reason, BEE transactions at the subsidiary level can be counted towards ownership under the B-BBEE Codes—and are also included by Alternative Prosperity in their estimates of black ownership.” Current B-BBEE Codes have allowed for the recognition of black ownership after the sale or loss of shares by black participants. The use of the principle of “once empowered, always empowered” has been the subject of debate in the development of amendments to the Codes.
Although many of South Africa’s main financial institutions have made progress towards achieving black ownership, they have not yet fully reached the targets set out in the Financial Sector Code (2012). On a weighted average basis, the 15 major companies covered in this analysis have realised a score of 15.3 out of the 17 points (including bonus points) available for ownership on the B-BBEE scorecard.
Where transformation is seriously lagging is in management control and employment equity areas where major financial companies are visibly struggling to reach transformation goals.
The largest single shareholder on the JSE listing is the Government Employees Pension Fund, which has 11% of the top 25 listed companies, but black shareholders with more than 5% listed stakes still only account for 1% of listed ownership.
While stock exchanges in Africa have been slow to rise, the JSE is the exception but the concern, says Prof. Dagada, is that there are still too few black investors trading in stocks.
“The mindset of many black investors is still locked in traditional savings practices as they are suspicious of capitalist institutions. As a result, it is the new elite who replaced the colonialist rulers who are the major retail investors in domestic stock exchanges, through a post-colonial wealth redistribution strategy,” explains Dagada.
The outcry and subsequent investigations into the low percentage of black investors on the JSE illuminate the fact that formal investments are largely confined to an exclusive market that has marginalised the mainly rural population from partaking in modern investment practices, especially the stock market.

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These racing tee shirts are a long sleeve polo type shirt suitable for sailing in. The front will feature the NZBAI Fern along with “Blokart Logo”, the Back featuring the NZBAI fern with “NEW ZEALAND BLOKART TEAM”. 100% polyester. Made in China.
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We had worked with different business owners in Vacaville area, and 99% have been satisfied with our service for 10 or even 20 years.
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text: Our team has researched compatible products with natural ingredients, which have a demonstrative effect. The desire for a self-designed production series has manifested itself, fulfilling our high expectations. To successfully implement this project, we have worked closely with professional dermatologists, phytologists, athletes, trainers and doctors. We have also consulted with well-known natural cosmetic manufacturers and food supplements manufacturers. Each have aided with their knowledge and input. As a result of our efforts, and satisfaction of producing a high quality product, we are proud to introduce our new line of products to you, the consumer.


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Although each day is an R U OK? day for me, this annual event focusses my thoughts.
I think about my brother, John. I think about Gavin Larkin, the founder of R U OK? Day.
I think too about my involvement in high performance sport and what we can do to reduce the psychological and social burdens we place on young people.
R U OK? Day coincides this year with World Suicide Prevention Day. In its observation of the day, Suicide Prevention Australia remembers “those we have lost to suicide and acknowledges the suffering suicide brings when it touches our lives”.
My brother, John, took his own life thirty-three years ago. Whenever I see a game of football, I think of him.
Because of him, I think of all other footballers too. He is forever young in my thoughts … and I realise that this is the tragedy of suicide.


text: We had the most beautiful weather on Sunday. The family and I took a trip down to the water front for an awesome photo session and then rounded off the evening with the in-laws for a stake and potato dinner. Now back to the grind as we get ready for Christmas.

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We were spoiled by Star Trek: From series to movies was two decades of improvements in production and FX quality, and an equally large delta in budget.
Whereas, one of this movies many favorable attributes is the homeliness: they aren’t wearing sleek new $250,000 uniforms, there are no new team members, the friends/aliens/enemy are cast recalls, the SGC hasn’t been redesigned and renovated. Several of the cooler ‘effects’ sequences are actually filmed using real US Mil. hardware.
This is classic Stargate: Aliens have snakes in their heads or bellies, humans fly aircraft, nobody gets beamed and there are explosions.


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The Taste of Home Cookbook, 4th Edition: 1,380 Busy Family Recipes for Weeknights, Holidays and Everyday Between, All New Edition!
This 4th edition of the best-selling cookbook, is packed with more than 1,300 recipes, 1200 color photos, kitchen tips, storage guidelines, how-to photos and more, from the world's #1 cooking magazine.Don't have time to cook up a family dinner? Let Taste of Home help! Featuring 1,380 recipes, a bonus chapter of 30-minute entrees, and icons that highlight 5-ingredient dishes, slow cooker favorites and more, Taste of Home Cookbook: Busy Family Edition is a BRAND NEW must-have for today's home cooks! This latest cookbook from Taste of Home makes setting comforting meals on the table easy as can be ... no matter how full your calendar is. Moms on the go can serve tasty dinners in a snap, as well as easy snacks and appetizers, no-fuss lunches, make-ahead breakfasts and sweet sensations that come together in moments.
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For the better part of two decades, The Pumping Station has been a welcoming place for many who live and visit Memphis. The bar has always made a point to give back to its community by hosting events, donating money, fundraising, working with local non-profits, and even making the holidays better for others who are less fortunate.
In this time in existence, The Pumping Station has seen some changes and proven to evolve with time and its patrons. The full-service 21 and up bar has become a staple in Midtown Memphis and has the best treehouse around.
Providing a place that has given so much to the community and served its customers is what makes The Pumping Station shine.
The Publisher’s Award is a distinguished award given to someone who excels in participation with Focus Magazine, supports LGBT+ causes, and inspires others to be engaged. This award is designated by our Publisher and awarded to an individual or group that he sees has tremendously progressed Memphis, our community, our partners, and our readers.


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Analogs of galiellalactone with improved drug- like properties that directly target STAT3. The compounds display effect against CRPC DU145 cells both in vitro and in vivo. The compounds show good pharmacokinetic properties following oral dosing. A candidate drug has been selected and has entered preclinical development. The project is in preclinical development.
Synthetic analogs of galiellalactone with improved potency and selectivity. The project is in lead optimization phase. In vivo studies are ongoing: combinations with checkpoint blockade immunotherapy in enzalutamide resistant prostate cancer.
Novel chemical series of highly potent STAT3 inhibitors. The project is in late lead identification phase and in vitro characterization is ongoing.


text: This resin football-shaped object is part of an installation by British artist PREM SAHIB. It can be found in the kitchen area of Marian Cramer Projects, the gallery inside Mrs. CRAMER’s fabulous home in the southern part of Amsterdam. Understandably, an appointment is required before paying a visit. Mr. SAHIB’s show is on view until 4 January 2014.


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We are investigating how variability in regional climate, freshwater inputs, disturbance, and perturbations affect the coastal Everglades ecosystem. Our long term research program will focus on testing the following central idea and hypotheses: Regional processes mediated by water flow control population and ecosystem level dynamics at any location within the coastal Everglades landscape. This phenomenon is best exemplified in the dynamics of an estuarine oligohaline zone where fresh water draining phosphorus-limited Everglades marshes mixes with water from the more nitrogen-limited coastal ocean.
Hypothesis 1: In nutrient-poor coastal systems, long-term changes in the quantity or quality of organic matter inputs will exert strong and direct controls on estuarine productivity, because inorganic nutrients are at such low levels.
Hypothesis 2: Interannual and long-term changes in freshwater flow controls the magnitude of nutrients and organic matter inputs to the estuarine zone, while ecological processes in the freshwater marsh and coastal ocean control the quality and characteristics of those inputs.
Hypothesis 3: Long-term changes in freshwater flow (primarily manifest through management and Everglades restoration) will interact with long-term changes in the climatic and disturbance (sea level rise, hurricanes, fires) regimes to modify ecological pattern and process across coastal landscapes.
We will be testing our hypotheses along freshwater to marine gradients in two Everglades drainage basins (Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough). We have observed a clear productivity peak in the low salinity zone of Shark River Slough (SRS) but not Taylor Slough (TS). This peak appears to be the result of low P, high N freshwater meeting higher P, lower N marine water. We will quantify nutrient regeneration from dissolved organic matter (DOM), and expect this to be a major contribution to this oligohaline productivity peak. We will also examine how this stimulus of the microbial loop affects consumer dynamics. This LTER will thus focus on how changes in freshwater flow and climatic variability control the relative roles that nutrients and organic matter play in regulating estuarine and coastal productivity.
The majority of Florida Coastal Everglades LTER sites are located in freshwater marsh, estuarine mangroves, seagrass estuary ecosystems in Everglades National Park. Everglades National Park covers approximately 4300 km² of south Florida and is part of the greater Everglades ecosystem which extends north to Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River. Our research focuses on understanding ecosystem processes along the two major drainage basins in Everglades National Park: Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough. We are particularly interested in the dynamics at the estuarine ecotone, where freshwater and estuarine wetlands meet. This ecotone is dynamic in the landscape in response to changing freshwater inflow (with Everglades restoration), sea level rise (climate change responses), and disturbance (particularly hurricanes and fire).
The Everglades itself is also quite young, having been formed in the last 5000 years during the Holocene climate stabilization, as the southern Florida peninsula became steadily wetter. Human influence on the Everglades became significant only about 100 years ago. At that time, there were fewer than 2000 non-native people living in south Florida, while today there are over 6 million. In the intervening century, humans have dramatically altered the south Florida landscape. The remaining Everglades is only about half the size that it was in 1900. Over 2500 km of canals and levees, and hundreds of water control structures have been built to compartmentalize, drain, and manage the remaining natural system. At the same time, 95% of the 6 million people living in south Florida get their drinking water from the shallow Biscayne aquifer, which is recharged in near real time by the Everglades. That the Everglades provides this critical ecosystem service is, surprisingly, not well known in south Florida. A primary focus of Everglades Restoration (a 20 year, $8 billion rehabilitation based on a state and federal partnership) is to return the remaining Everglades to a healthy and stable state so that it can continue to provide this, and many other, ecosystem services. The FCE LTER Program is very much involved in this environmental rehabilitation effort, and will play an increasingly important role in Everglades’ science in the future.

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The USAID funded Fostering Accountability and Transparency in Zambia (FACT Zambia) programme has launched a project aimed at increasing citizen awareness and engagement on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) mechanism in Zambia. The FACT-EITI project which was officially launched by North-Western permanent secretary Ephraim Mateyo last week would work with local civil society organisations (CSOs) in collaboration with the Zambia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (ZEITI) for enhanced public awareness and improved partnerships in the districts of Kasempa, Solwezi and Kalumbila, and Kitwe, Chingola and Mufulira districts on the Copperbelt.
To ensure effective stakeholder engagement in delivering the planned objectives, the FACT Programme’s EITI interventions would be implemented in partnership with the ZEITI secretariat in the Ministry of Mines; Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR), Zambia Extractive Industry Transparency Alliance (EITA), and the Panos Institute Southern Africa. Africa regional director for Counterpart International, Mutale Chilangwa, emphasised the importance of the initiative in complementing government efforts and civil society to ensure that the mining sector contributes to national development.
Mateyo said the FACT EITI project was in line with government efforts to ensure that the prudent use of natural resources contributes to sustainable development and poverty reduction.
“I am glad to note that Counterpart International and their partners are building upon already existing efforts to empower residents in mining host communities, to strengthen transparency and accountability in the mining sector, to ensure local communities participate and benefit from mining activities,” Mateyo said.
The project is aimed at supporting civil society oversight in public service delivery and enhanced citizen awareness and engagement on the EITI mechanism in Zambia. The initiative is responding to the following three main objectives: Increase capacity of CSOs to use the ZEITI for improved fiscal transparency and service delivery at national and community level; expand citizen awareness of ZEITI, the mineral value chain and revenue sharing for district-level services; deepen government engagement with civil society around ZEITI monitoring and implementation.
To achieve the above objectives, the FACT project partners will employ a vast array of interactive and participatory community driven approaches to expand citizens awareness of the Zambia EITI mechanism, and to contribute to increased access to simplified, easily and usable EITI information. The launch was essentially to introduce the project to key stakeholders from the provincial government, the district authorities, the mining companies operating in these locations and the affected communities.

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MANILA, February 2, 2006, (BULLETIN) By GENALYN D. KABILING - Visiting American evangelist Franklin Graham yesterday advised President Arroyo to keep a strong faith in God to help her survive the political turmoil besetting her administration. The President sought spiritual advice from Graham in a private meeting shortly before the National Leadership Breakfast Forum at the Manila Hotel.
Graham, who is in the country for a week-long prayer festival, said he and the President discussed the domestic political situation and "how politics needs to be changed."
He said the President also expounded on her programs to eliminate poverty, terrorism, and illnesses such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome or AIDS, and other social and economic problems.
Graham said that in the United States, politics has become "so vicious" that it requires immediate reforms.
"There are so many attacks in my country. Everybody wants to tear down and tear down and tear down," he said.
To reform the country’s rowdy politics, Graham suggested to President Arroyo and other government leaders to start the change by praying to the Lord and seeking his forgiveness.
"If you invite Christ to come to your heart, He will change your heart and the only way our heart could be truly changed is through faith in God’s son the Lord Jesus Christ," he said.
"Before you leave this breakfast just say God I have sinned, I want my heart changed, I want to be forgiven. If you do that, you’ll have a lasting legacy," the evangelist said.
Graham, president of the Christian evangelical group Samaritan’s Purse, also blessed the President and the Philippines before he ended his prayer.
"Madame President, God bless you. God bless your nation, this great country of the Philippines," he said.
Bishop Fred Magbanua of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) also prayed over the President and asked the Lord to give her wisdom in addressing the problems of the country.
"You have chosen her to be our leader, the duly constituted authority at this time in the history of our nation. We pray that You will surround her with Your love, that You will protect her life," Magbanua said.
"We pray that You will give her wisdom. We are facing many changes, many problems in the country today. And we ask, Lord, that You will help her to focus her mind on You and receive wisdom from You for the task that is before her," he said.
Magbanua also sought the Lord’s protection for the nation from the "works of the enemy, the works of darkness, the works of those who seek to destroy our peace and our prosperity."
The President attended the evangelistic festival led by Graham a few days after the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) called on the government to pursue the truth behind the controversies hounding her presidency and her family.
The Arroyo government currently struggles with fresh coup rumors and renewed opposition demands for her resignation on charges of election fraud and corruption.
The President also faces anti-government rallies against the implementation of the 12 percent expanded value added tax on goods and services. President Arroyo has refused to step down and instead actively pushed for Charter change to achieve political and economic stability.
Graham will hold a prayer festival from February 2 to 5 at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park, Manila that aims to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to many Filipinos.
Graham, son of renowned evangelist Billy Graham, is also the chairman of the World Medical Mission, the medical arm of the Samaritan’s Purse. He has been ordained as a Christian minister.


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Highland Council has moved quickly to allay concern that the Isle of Skye is to be renamed.
Highland Council has moved quickly to allay concern that the Isle of Skye is to be renamed. It says that the new Gaelic name of Eilean a’ Cheò (‘misty isle’) only applies to the new Electoral Division No 11, one of the wards created as the result of the move to Proportional Representation in today’s Highland Council elections.
Eilean a’ Cheò is simply the name for the electoral ward of Skye and Raasay. The council says there is no intention to change signage or literature, and the island will continue to be referred to as Skye.


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If you don't want the change to come into effect - and you are within 24 hours of the change being initiated - you can lock your wallet. This will stop the change from completing.
If there was an attempt to change the limit and you no longer have access to your phone, you should lock your wallet and recover it on a new phone.


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Formal and intuitive introduction to the comoving spatial section of the Universe according to the Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker model, i.e. as a constant curvature 3-manifold, the various possible definitions of the "size" of the Universe according to model, and present observational estimates of these.
"Nalezy wpisac informacje o zasadach przyporzadkowania punktow ECTS. Nalezy pamietac, ze1 punkt ECTS odpowiada 25-30 godzinom pracy studenta potrzebnej do osiagniecia zakladanych efektow uczenia sie. Suma punktow ECTS wynika z kalkulacji nakladu pracy studenta obejmujacej w szczegolnosci godziny kontaktowe (wyklady) oraz przygotowanie do zajec i do zaliczenia/egzaminu."
The shape of the Universe according to general relativity applied to astronomical observations.
The exam consists of four points from html/latex/WIMS exercises which test the student using questions randomly chosen from an N-dimensional parameter space of questions where N varies from about 8 to 18, and one creative point offering the student the chance to subject his/her learning to potentially intensive peer review.
In the main part of the exam, the student needs to correctly answer open format questions which are each chosen uniquely for that individual student. Partial credit is given for partially correct answers. Students who wish to try to answer the questions again are given newly chosen, unique questions, for as long as they wish to keep trying. Numerical answers are required to be correct to a reasonable precision, depending on the particular question family. The creative point is open to peer review by the lecturer, by other students and by other members of the research institute.


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This was despite the fact that the number of deluxe hotel rooms went up by 241 or 3.15 percent to 7,890 from 7,649.
"The increase could be attributed to the increase in group bookings, conferences, seminars and visitors who participated in different sports tournaments as reported by the de luxe hotels," the TRSD said.
Data showed that international visitor arrivals surged 22.1 percent year-on-year to 268,818 in January 2006 from 220,248 a year earlier. In the whole of 2005, arrivals grew 14.5 percent to 2.623 million from 2.291 million in 2004.
Makati Shangri-La Manila reported the highest occupancy rate of 91.73 percent. The second most occupied de luxe hotel was Pan Pacific Manila with occupancy rate of 89.72 percent.
Other hotels that reported occupancy rates above 80 percent in January were New World Renaissance Hotel, Heritage Hotel, Hotel Intercontinental, Bellevue Manila, Holiday Inn Galleria, Manila Diamon, Peninsula Manila, and Westin Philippine Plaza.
The Philippines-Korea Travel Agency Association complained, however, that with the rising hotel occupancy rates, many of the deluxe hotels have dramatically increased their rates.


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The first step is easy: look around your community and ask yourself what needs fixing or what can be done better. I don’t care where you live: 10 minutes’ thought and you’ll come up with a healthy list of issues to tackle. This is how a lot of people get started: they see an issue they want to do something about. So they enter the fray, and often come to recognize they have more political power than they thought.
Next, you have to communicate — with each other, with the media, and at the local, state and national levels. You have to communicate with your representatives. You have to go to public meetings and speak up. Focus your message so it’s clear, concise and specific. Be polite but persistent.


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Hola. A couple of years ago my wife and I decided that we would retire in Europe as we both love it there.
We looked at several countries/cities and in the end decided on Malaga Spain. Cost of living, weather, location had an influence in our choice.
We took a two week holiday to Malaga to see what it would be like living there. Passed the test, very nice.
We started selling off our stuff and when we thought it financially possible we quit our jobs and sold the house. We moved to Austin, TX and set up residency.
I found this web site during our search for our new European home and think this is a very good resource for moving/living abroad.
I have downloaded the Expat Focus Guide. My next entry to this forum will be my questions on moving to Spain.
I am seeking advice, guidance, insight, pitfalls into how/what/where of getting a visa for Spain.
I am living in Austin TX so will be using the Spanish consulate in Houston so must follow their rules.
I have looked at their web site and printed their retirement document. It is over whelming.
I am retired and do not intend on working there.
How do you prove yearly income? The issue here is that my retirement kicks in next year so will be using savings intially for support.
Need state or FBI clearance. It does say 'or' so which would be the best to get?
Has anyone used a service to help with the process in Houston?
Any good service for a certified legal translator?
A good service for the Apostille of Hague document?
What kind of cover letter should be included. Is there a template out there to look at or a service to help with this as well?
The most confusing issue I see is how do you provide an airline ticket and housing when don't even know when the application will be approved and you can fly over there?
I hope someone can help me navigate the requirements of getting a visa for Spain.
I have seen postings from WGroleau and Caroline659 who seem to have gone thru the process from TX and hope for some insight from them as well.


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We – grassroots movements, non-government organizations and civil society networks from Asian countries and the rest of the world welcome the fact that we were invited to submit our proposals and concerns during the process of drafting the Energy Sector Strategy of the Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB). We note that a number of these proposals were taken on in the final version.
We would like to express, however, our strong disappointment and disagreement with the Energy Sector Strategy paper still allowing for the financing of COAL. While it qualifies the conditions under which coal projects can be financed by the AIIB, the circumstances described still leaves the door wide open for coal support.
The deeply harmful impacts of coal mining and coal power plants on communities and the environment are undeniable and well-documented. Coal power’s huge contributions to the escalation of the climate crisis is well-established and widely acknowledged. It is in direct contradiction to AIIB’s avowed commitment to sustainable development and the Paris Agreement which expresses a goal of keeping temperature rise to below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The problem of energy poverty still affects hundreds of millions of people in the region. Governments have used this as justification to expand the coal power industry – referring to coal as the quickest and cheapest solution to the problem of energy access. This is not an acceptable argument. Neither is it acceptable to present “clean coal technologies” as the alternative to old and obsolete coal technologies. There is no longer any excuse not to directly shift to renewable energy systems, which have already become more economically and financially feasible alternatives as evidenced by experiences in many countries including China and India.
Likewise, we disagree with AIIB supporting large hydro systems. For decades communities in Asia have resisted these projects for their devastating social and environmental impacts.
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