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West and Central Africa
Changing the paradigm to end tuberculosis
Fiscal agents reduce financial risks within Global Fund grants but do not build implementer capacity
Fiscal agents have been part of the Global Fund Financial management system in countries with high or moderate fiduciary risks since 2012. According to the Global Fund Guidelines on Financial Risk Management, fiscal agents reduce financial risks originating from weak financial management of principal or sub-recipients of Global Fund grants.
Three multi-country initiatives were among grants approved by the Global Fund Board
Among the grants approved by the Global Fund Board on 21 December 2018 (see GFO article) were three multi-country grants. Two of the grants were for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA); the third was for West and Central Africa. (See table.)
Abidjan consultation focuses on challenges facing Global Fund CCMs
The consultation in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire on the evolution of the country coordination mechanism (CCM) model provided a valuable opportunity for CCM members to share a dialogue among peers and with the Global Fund Secretariat. Participants took advantage of the opportunity to voice their concerns about the challenges they face in ensuring their CCMs function effectively.
Identifying and solving country-level impediments to full absorption of Global Fund money
In raising concerns about the ability of countries to achieve full absorption of Global Fund grants, delegations from the African constituencies on the Global Fund Board pointed to a range of challenges they said need to be addressed, including several that consistently appear at the country level.
The ITP initiative expects to improve the performance of Global Fund grants in Niger
As a result of Niger's participation in the ITP, the country is now seeing increased absorption rates of some grants. The country is one of those participating in the Global Fund's Implementation Through Partnership (ITP) initiative on which a separate article in this issue here, provides a further description.
Donors and the Government of DRC have struggled to resolve the issue of salary incentives
The Global Fund has been aware for at least the past six years that salary incentives paid to workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were problematic, but has struggled to find a way to move forward without them.
Les pays d'Afrique occidentale et centrale fixent de nouveaux objectifs ambitieux pour décembre 2017
⇒ Doubler la couverture de ART en 2017.
Countries in West and Central Africa set new and ambitious targets for December 2017
- Double the coverage of ART in 2017.


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Digitalisation is everywhere: new challenges for your company
Digitalisation is everywhere: New challenges for your company
One Inspiring concrete example: The disintermediation
ViCre will attend this new Top Management event about business transformation. If you're also interested, you can register on the Top Management website.
Registration, networking
Official opening by Rik Vandenberghe , President of the Top Management Event 2016
Keynote speakers:
– Pr. Dr. Bruno Colmant, Member of the Belgian Royal Academy, Head of Economic Research Banque Degroof Petercam
– Joan Van Loon, Enterprise Business Leader Public & Healthcare IBM Belgium & Luxembourg
Lunch – with panel debates – Moderator Jean-Claude Vandenbosch
– Philippe Coulon – DG – Airbnb Belgique
– Ada Sekirin – CEO Business & Decision Benelux
– Phillip Vandevoort – Chief Consumer Market Officer – Proximus
– Lieven Haesaert – General Manager Direct Channels – ING
– Marc Grosman – CEO – Celio
Message to the Youth: Denis Gorteman
Conclusions by Rik Vandenberghe
End of official part – Networking
Digitalisation is everywhere: new challenges for your company
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November 9, 2016 – from 11:30 till 15:40
Diamant Center – Brussels

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In the main event, Malaysian standout Gianni Subba is scheduled to take on with Filipino-Australian spitfire Reece "Lightning" Mclaren in a flyweight world title eliminator. #MMA #ONE #VisionsOfVictory


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When Heidi gets in some Christmastime trouble, it will take more than magic to restore the holiday spirit!Christmas is around the corner, and Heidi is very excited. She loves Christmas decorations, Christmas cookies, and, best of all, Christmas presents! But when she takes her mom's special charm bracelet without asking—and then loses it—Heidi fears that her mom will be angry with her. And when she finally finds the bracelet, it has been totally crushed by a snowplow. Heidi tries to fix the broken bracelet with a spell, but that only makes things worse! Will Heidi have the courage to come clean and tell her mom the truth—and will there still be room for Christmas cheer? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Heidi Heckelbeck chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.
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I am from Bangladesh.Have some stupid mistakes in my life and I Am paying heavily for this Episode. #1 October 29,2014 I had protected vaginal sex With a female csw.I also french kissed Her.Later found the girl HIV +.After 5 weeks I Experienced severe flue type illness.Swollen Lymph nodes under jaw and neck, loose Stool, hedeach,severe muscle and joint Pain,rash on both arm. I have tested after 3 Months with 3rd generation rapid test,after 5 Months with 3rd generation elisa, after 6.5 Months with 3rd generation rapid test.All areNegative. Episode #2 November 17 2015 I Was with a female csw.. We were fully Naked.The girl offered me to have Unprotected sex with her.As far as I can Recall I didn't penetrate the girl but my penis Came close to her vagina.Now my mind says If I penetrated the girl without my knowing Though I didn't feel anything. Episode #3 July 16 2017 I had protected oral and protected Vaginal sex with a female csw.Dont know Why? Vaginal part only lasted 10-15 Seconds.The girl seemed a consistent Condom user.No real symptom aftee 1-4 Weeks. Episode 4 # October 17 2017 I had Protected vaginal sex with a csw.She offered Me to have sex without a condom for extra Charge.But she assured me she gets tested Every month. Now you are thinking what's the Real problemActually Im experiencing the Symptom of overt aids.Lose of appetite,Losing Weight,fatigue, dizziness ,swollen lymph Nodes,loose stool,stomach upset,nailFungus,clubbing nail and slight dementia are Making my life hell. I Don't know what to do? Everybody says I didn't learn from my first mistake.So,I have to face the consequence.I am feeling hopeless.I have nobody whom I can share with the situation. I haven't tested for second third and fourth exposure.
Thank you for your inquiry. From what we gather from the question, you were asking about your risk of HIV acquisition with each of your four exposures.
From our understanding, you took responsible safety measures in protecting yourself and each of your partners. By practicing safe and protected sex (both oral and vaginal) you have significantly lowered your risk of HIV transmission. For this reason, each of these scenarios are considered to be low risk (evidence of transmission occurs through these activities when certain conditions are met). With each of these scenario's being assessed at low risk, we would have recommended you refer to a physician for an HIV test. However, because you were again responsible in seeking a 3rd Generation test with multiple follow ups which returned negative, you could consider the testing results from your first exposure to be conclusive. The sensitivity and specificity of these tests approaches 100 percent for diagnosing chronic infection as early as three weeks after exposure to the virus (1).
It can be difficult to attribute each or all of the symptoms you have been experiencing to the early stages of HIV acquisition without adequate HIV testing. With this in mind, we recommend further testing for your second, third, and fourth exposures just as you responsibly did following your first exposure. Please refer to your physician for this additional testing.
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Welcome readers!
Today, I'll be discussing Shari Lapena's second thriller, A Stranger in the House.
A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena
(3.5 stars)
Karen and Tom Krupp are happy...
Until one day, Tom returns home to find Karen has vanished—her car's gone and it seems she left in a rush. Her purse, phone, and ID are still in their place.
Suddenly, there's a knock on the door—it's an officer. Karen's at the hospital; she's been in an accident. She seems okay, but she can't seem to remember what she was doing or where she was when she crashed. The cops think her memory loss is highly convenient, and they suspect she was up to no good.
When the Krupps arrive home after the accident, Karen can tell something's not quite right. Someone's been in the house...
Unlike Lapena's heart-stopping thriller, The Couple Next Door, A Stranger in the House is simply an okay read. Despite the intriguing storyline and concise diction, Lapena's second novel is ordinary.
Although the characters featured in this book exhibit potential, they lack depth. Lapena fails to develop a multi-dimensional cast, which in doing so, makes it difficult for the audience to feel enthralled or captivated by the story.
A Stranger in the House also lacks thrill and suspense. In spite of the unusual crime and peculiar suspects featured in the story, the chain of events that make up the plot fail to evoke anticipation and excitement.
Because of this, by the time Lapena introduces plot twists, it's already too late for readers to feel engrossed by the story.
If you're in the mood for a mystery or thriller, consider picking up Lapena's other two novels. The Couple Next Door and An Unwanted Guest are stand out picks for fans of crime.
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Many people think an online business is a digital or virtual extension of an existing traditional business. It is not. An online business is a digital enterprise where the primary existence of the company is in the virtual world. However, for our purposes here, we shall include the extensions of existing traditional businesses as online businesses. Here are five benefits to starting an online business.
Reasonable Investment
Most online businesses cost a fraction of what a traditional or conventional business demands. Compare the cost of launching an online store to a "brick and mortar" retail store. The difference will be a small fortune. It is true that starting an online marketplace like Amazon or eBay will require much more money than starting a small boutique store in a neighborhood, but not every online store needs to be an Amazon or eBay.
Easy Startup
An online business can be launched in weeks, if not days. Once the business plan is in place and all the products or services are ready to be rolled out, it takes days to setup the online store. For those who do the work themselves, the ball can be set rolling in less than a week.
High Returns on Investments
As already discussed, the initial investment is low to begin with. This makes it much easier to get a high ROI in the beginning. However, given the scope of expansion and exponential growth that one can encounter, the returns on investments are exponentially higher than conventional or traditional businesses. A traditional business can only reach out to an immediate audience. Online businesses can transcend geographical boundaries, cultural and social barriers to emerge as a global phenomenon.
Online businesses can be automated, almost entirely. This is one of the big selling points most people have heard about online businesses – "Make money while you sleep." You still need to conduct the reviews, assess the performance and make changes as and when needed but you don't need to personally or physically intervene at every stage. Everything from compliance to sales, customer service to upgrades can be automated. Digital entrepreneurs will have more time at their discretion which can be used to diversify, to expand the business, to venture into new endeavors, and to just enjoy the free time.
A Myriad of Freedoms
Many online business owners take advantage of the ability to work from anywhere, at any time, for as long as they want. This is the real financial freedom. Online businesses are truly empowering. Online businesses also help entrepreneurs to find that quintessential balance between work and life.


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2017 ended with a bang. December was probably the best month of the entire year, so many amazing moments and memories. We started the month in Iceland, spent the middle in India before having an incredible Christmas at home with my family. December, you were amazing!
Three. I started the month in Iceland before returning to England and had a lovely 10 day holiday in India.
Three. Inbound flight from Iceland plus return flights to India.
Going to Christmas at Beamish with my parents. My mum has wanted to take me so badly so it was so nice to see how happy it made her.
A cute little Christmassy afternoon tea with my parents.
An amazingly relaxing holiday in Goa. We chilled, we slept, we sunbathed, we had long walks on the beach, we explored, we dipped in the pool, we watched The Bachelorette… it was exactly what we needed.
Feeding elephants and monkeys was incredible.
Walking along the beach setting the world to rights with my love.
The most perfect Christmas I could ask for at home with all the people I love the most. We ate all the food, played all the games and laughed all the laughs. It was incredible.
Hiring a manual car and receiving an automatic with no clue how to drive it. We spent half an hour jumping down the motorway like a kangaroo with the engine sounding like it was about to take off, the dashboard telling me to change gear with me shouting at it that it is automatic and Ash refusing to read the manual because he gets car sick…. turns out I'd put it in sports mode!!
The hotel room in Liverpool we got for £20 for 2 people for 2 nights with barely any room to swing a cat and a TV that turned itself on in the middle of the night. You get what you pay for I guess and we had a lot of laughs.
Accidental nip slip at the pool in Goa. Not the biggest deal when people go topless but super awkward when it's not intentional and sticking out of the edge of your bikini.
Getting a henna tattoo on the beach in Goa to realise when I washed it off that it was black henna. Making myself paranoid by Googling black henna and spending the following two weeks looking like someone had attacked me with a Sharpie.
Return flight delayed from Goa and me stressing that we would miss Christmas, really bad turbulence plus Ash being ill on the plane.
First time driving an automatic car. I got the hang of it in the end once I took it out of sports mode!
First time in India, first time in Asia. A new continent, new country and amazing holiday.
First time feeding elephants and monkeys. So cool!
First football match. I have zero interest in football but always wanted to see a live match for the atmosphere and we went to a Boro game on Boxing day as a Christmas present for Ash.
In December, I really loved reading Dorkface. I love her creativity and her honesty about life.
#GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso. The book which every blogger has read and I'm a bit behind the times on. I actually watched the tv show first and loved it. Whilst the book is nothing like the tv show, I really loved it for Sophia's honest, no bullshit attitude towards business and life.
Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella. I actually reserved this book at the library in November to take part in Abbie and Tabitha's Blogger Book Nook but got so busy I didn't get chance to pick it up and take part. I took it to India with me and read it in about 3 hours. So easy to read which is what I love in a book and I forgot how much I love young adult fiction. It's about the challenges Audrey faces as a teenager with anxiety and I whilst I don't have anxiety myself, I found her story incredibly relatable. Yet another great read from Sophie Kinsella.
The Future of Us by Carolyn Mackler and Jay Asher. Another option I reserved originally to take part in Blogger Book Nook. Set in 1996, Emma and Josh are two teenagers who stumble across their Facebook pages 15 years in the future and explore how things they do in their life in present day affects their future. It was a really interesting concept and really explored the fact that you have no idea how your choices and decisions today will affect your future and send your life in another direction.
The Bachelorette. It was on TV all the time in India and we fell in love with it. Reality TV is my guilty pleasure and I have really enjoyed watching it. When we got home, we started watching the previous season of The Bachelor.
Shark Tank. Ash has become obsessed and I really like watching it too.
Vlogmas. Mainly just Zoella's vlogmas. I love vlogmas.
New eats
Cafe Maison – Norton, England. Norton has been a very hip place for years with people raving about its bars, restaurants and cafes but this was the first time I ever headed there myself. I met a friend for a catch up in this cute little coffee shop with a banging hot chocolate and delicious soup. It was also snowing outside which made it even more picturesque.
All the Christmas food!! Cheese, chocolate, nibbles, Christmas dinner… I love December.
My new toothbrush. I got the Oral-B Genius 9000 for Christmas which I have wanted for years. It's a gorgeous rose gold toothbrush and I'm having so much fun using it. My teeth feel so much cleaner!
Things to look forward to in January
Rep life season 4… going back to work and moving to Gran Canaria.
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All Vitamins stopped having effect in my Dragonite (White 2). Does that mean he can´t receive more EVs? And when I try to train them in join avenue´s fitness they say he´s too strong already. WHAT'S GOING ON!?
His EVs are maxed out. Simple as that.
Yep, if you want to confirm this call bianca and she will say your Pokemon has worked really hard. She also says when a stat has reached 252 evs.


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fDi African Countries of the Future 2011/12
South Africa has been knocked off the top spot this year with Morocco awarded the African Country of the Future 2011/12
Morocco has climbed from third position in the 2009/2010 ranking to become the top African Country of the Future 2011/12. South Africa was placed second, followed closely by Mauritius in third.
Morocco's success in claiming the top position in the 2011/12 ranking is partly down to its success in attracting FDI projects. According to the specialist FDI database, fDi Markets, the number of FDI projects into both South Africa and Egypt (positioned first and second in the 2009/2010 ranking) declined, whereas the number of FDI projects into Morocco was up 8% in 2010 – one of few countries in the region to experience an increase in the number of FDI projects in 2010.
South Africa dropped to second position in this year's ranking, but despite witnessing a 13% decline in the number of FDI projects into the country in 2010, the latest figures released by fDi Markets confirm that South Africa remains the number one destination country for FDI into the region between January and May 2011.
Mauritius moved up the ranking, climbing from fourth position to third overall in the 2011/12 ranking.
Highlights include:-
- Morocco was also awarded the top position in the Infrastructure and FDI Strategy categories.
- South Africa ranked in the top three of various categories including: Economic Potential, Infrastructure, Human Resources, Business Friendliness and FDI Strategy.
- Egypt fell from second position to fourth overall in the 2011/12 ranking. According to fDi Markets the country experienced a 30% decline in FDI projects in 2010 and is struggling to recover, attracting only 16 FDI projects between January and May 2011. Despite this decline, Egypt ranked top in the Economic Potential category, primarily due to the number of mega FDI projects locating in Egypt in comparison with other African countries since 2003.
- Mauritius was awarded the top position in the Quality of Life category, climbing from fourth in this category in 2009/10.
- fDi's independent judging panel were impressed by the FDI Strategy submitted by Morocco and so awarded the country the top position in this category. It was followed closely by Mauritius in second, with South Africa, Ghana and Ethiopia completing the top five.
- Rwanda was awarded the top position in regard to Cost Effectiveness, followed by Namibia and Zambia in second and third positions, respectively.
The full results and rankings are available on www.fDiIntelligence.com/Rankings – please register to download the full results for free. For further information please contact Tamsin Purchase, email@example.com or +44(0)20 7775 6342.
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About African Countries of the Future 2011/12
- fDi Intelligence compiled most of the data for the African Countries of the Future ranking, with the exception of the FDI Strategy. For this category information was submitted by individual countries and scored by fDi's independent judging panel.
- Methodology: fDi's Countries of the Future shortlists are created by an independent collection of data by the fDi Intelligence division across 59 African countries. This information was set under six categories: Economic Potential, Human Resources, Cost Effectiveness, Quality of Life, Infrastructure, and Business Friendliness. A seventh category was added to the scoring – FDI Strategy. In this category, 13 countries submitted details about their promotion strategy and this was judged and scored by the independent judging panel. Countries scored up to a maximum of 10 points under each individual criterion, which was weighted by importance to give the overall scores.
- Full results available on www.fDiIntelligence.com/Rankings and in fDi Magazine – August/September 2011 issue.
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First the good news. The Annual London Survey shows the Mayor of London Boris Johnson has a strongly positive approval rating. 26% of Londoners pronounced themselves very or fairly satisfied with "the way Boris Johnson is doing his job as Mayor of London" against just 11% who were fairly of very dissatisfied. That left most neutral or with no opinion. Given that half the people don't turn out to vote that is unremarkable. But it also shows fair minded people are waiting a bit longer to see how things work out.
Furthermore of those dissatisfied 3% said it was he "broke his promise on Congestion Charge." This is probably a complaint at the delay getting rid of the CC Extension – not Boris's fault but in any event due to go by Christmas. Among the positives is scrapping the bendy buses – this should be a stronger factor as the last bendy buses leave the streets.
The cautionary note is that Ken Livingstone also had favourable ratings (with fewer undecideds) – in 2007 it was 42% satisfied against 22% dissatisfied. We all know what happen to him. In April 2007, I guess just after this survey was carried out, I was among a group of Conservative Borough Council reps who went to see him in City Hall. He was full of confidence about his election prospects. Teasing us about there apparently being nobody even will to stand as the Tory candidate so hopeless were the prospects of defeating him, etc.
All sorts of things could happen. Oona King currently has more endorsements from London Labour MPs for her candidature than Livingstone does. She was be a harder candidate to beat than Livingstone.
Also while Boris has a capable and imaginative team at City Hall they have yet to put their backs into the boring task of budget cutting on anything like the scale required. A big cut in the Council Tax precept would do wonders for Boris's reelection prospects.


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Of all red wine grapes, Merlot seems to have become the most controversial.
A number of years ago, it became the "fashionable" red wine to drink…leading to many people campaigning against it (similar to what happened to Chardonnay). Then there came the movie Sideways, and lead character Myles' absolute reversion to the grape (and the wine). After that film, Merlot consumption dropped significantly in the United States! And then, in our local paper last week here in Vancouver, there was a wine critic extolling Merlot's virtues!
But, like any other kind of wine, it isn't really about "good or bad"…it is all about style and, in particular, knowing – or finding out – the style that you like. So here is a bit of a "Merlot primer"!
Until Merlot started to be made as a stand-alone wine in California, it was primarily a blending grape in Bordeaux. There, it could be a relatively small component of Cabernet-based wines or – in regions like Pomerol – the main attraction, including in Chateau Petrus, which is almost 100% Merlot, and considered by many one of the greatest wines in the world (as well as one of the most expensive).
Now, I have never been rich enough to taste Petrus or even some of the other Merlot-based Pomerols. So I can't comment personally on their style profile.
But I have tried many Bordeaux that have Merlot as a smaller component – which is probably what most people will get a chance to experience – and those flavours are usually a mix of wood (cedar/oak), herbs and (if you are lucky) cherry/plum fruits. The overall impression is not "fruit forward". That flavour profile is consistent with Bordeaux-style Merlots in other countries, including in my home province of BC, as well as Chile and Italy.
The opposite end of the style spectrum comes from California. There, possibly because of the ripeness (and no doubt the winemaking style), fruit is more important. Cherries and plums, laced with vanilla (from oak aging) are what you get in the best wines, with wood, herbs and tannins in the background. Shafer Vineyards makes a couple of great (but now very expensive) Merlots that are – for my taste – pure heaven! And I am proud to say that La Frenz in my home province makes a wonderfully fruity, but complex Merlot, with bits of mint and licorice mixed in.
An in between flavour in some Merlots is mocha or coffee. For me, this doesn't work very well – takes away from the fruit, adding to the herbalness. You see that in many wines from Italy, Chile, Washington State and BC. But some people love it.
So next time you see – or want to taste – Merlot, just remember the different styles of that wine. Go with what you like, or at least go in knowing what you are probably going to experience!


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The world's media have again confirmed that Nelson Mandela is still dead, and shows little to no sign of improvement.
After the news broke three minutes ago that Mandela remained a corpse, mourners continued to file past the open casket in their thousands, to pay their final respects, say goodbye to a beloved leader, and continuously check his pulse.
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The idea of your pet being infested with parasites is a disturbing thought, but it's also a medical issue that can have serious consequences if not properly dealt with or prevented. Parasites pose a variety of health issues for our pets, who can be very susceptible to certain parasites depending on age, region, and other factors.
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PESHAWAR: Shias in Kurram Agency, suffered a second attack in three days after unidentified suspected militants targeted a group of students with guns and acid on Friday.
A vehicle carrying students from Kohat to Parachinar was targeted by militants. The attack injured three students including a girl Nabila, a student of Masters.
Nabila told a doctor at Agency Headquarters Hospital (AHQ) in Parachinar that they were returning from Kohat University to their native areas after appearing in viva exams for their Masters class. As they neared Durrani area in Lower Kurram, militants intercepted their vehicle and opened fire at them. They then threw acid on the students.
As a result, at least three of the students were injured.
Talking to The Express Tribune, Dr Mashad Ali at AHQ said that a total of three students were injured and two of them, Nabila and Shahid Hussain, suffered acid burns. He said that one of the injured students, Muhammad Ali, had suffered a bullet wound and has been admitted into the hospital and is in a precarious condition.
None of the political administration officials from Lower Kurram Agency were available for comment.
On October 9, three Shias were injured, when militants opened fire at a passenger vehicle in Lower Kurram Agency.


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Coming from a place of supreme organisation and structure – as a trained accountant – Bev Butkow examines structures and how to unravel them. Butkow's organic working process harnesses a feminine sensibility and a search for a women's way of making meaning. Viewing materials as the site of meaning, her choice of materials is conscious: currently a combination of traditional art materials, nail polish, glitter, plastic and embroidery thread, and the discards of her creative process.
Butkow started making art in her mid-40s and is now a full-time artist. She is working towards a Masters in Fine Art at Wits University. Recognition includes inclusion in 2018 Joburg Art Fair's list of "Africa's top 20 new and exciting talent" and winning a Merit Award in the 2015 SA Taxi Foundation Art Award. Since her solo exhibition in 2015, she has exhibited at Cape Town, Joburg and Turbine Art Fairs and the National Arts Festival. Deeply committed to social engagement and education, she co-founded a library in Limpopo and sit on the board of 11 schools. She was born and lives in Johannesburg with her husband and four children.
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The height of the breeding connemara pony is normally 128cms to 148cms
Grey, black, bay, brown, dun with occasional roan and chestnut, palamino and dark eyed creams.
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History of Inria
Alain Bensoussan: international development of the Institute
A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the ENSAE (École nationale de statistique et de l'administration économique), Alain Bensoussan was the first researcher recruited by IRIA in 1967, and simultaneously pursued a career in teaching.
A mathematician by training, his work focussed on control and applied mathematics. A close friend of Jacques-Louis Lions, he succeeded him at the head of Inria between 1984 and 1996. Recognised in the USA for his work at the University of Texas, he was able to use his international network of contacts to develop the scientific influence of the institute.
A few months after he was appointed, the Decree of 2 August 1985 transformed the institute into a public science and technology institution. It would now fall under the joint supervision of the Ministries of Industry and Research. Alain Bensoussan had to help the institute to achieve new aims: utilising its research, developing collaborations, conducting expert scientific appraisals, and contributing to standardisation. His time as director of the institute was also marked by a commitment to its regionalisation and the promotion of its European dimension (cooperation agreements with the CWI, in particular). Alain Bensoussan was the man behind the creation of the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM).
In 1995, he made Inria the European host of the activities of the W3C (World Wide Web consortium), created a year earlier in the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science. In so doing, he reaffirmed the important role of Europe in the development of the Internet. The winner of many honours, including the Alexander Humboldt Prize in 1984, Alain Bensoussan was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences in November 2003.
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Published at Monday, May 06th, 2019 - 19:58:22 PM. Coffee Table. By Renaud Barre.
However, you can also go vice versa, especially if you have already arranged a room. Changing an old coffee table, can give your room a whole new lease of life. Add a splash of color, an ingenious modern table and you get a whole new look. You have a marine or Hawaiian-style room, dominated by blue and green water? There are even tables in the form of fish aquariums so you can make it even more real.
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Behind such works as Bridesmaids and Freaks and Geeks, director Paul Feig fittingly states "funny is funny." Influenced by slapstick greats like The Three Stooges and Charlie Chaplin, Feig stayed the comedy course in his Ghostbusters reboot -- maintaining the reverence of the 1984 scare-comedy classic but crafting a new experience in the Ghostbusters universe, this time with a female cast. After growing tired of women's movies demoralizing women, Paul Feig was committed to properly representing women in media through dynamic roles. Today he joins Elvis Mitchell to share his shock over the misogynistic and racist responses the film has received as well as why his characters are often rooted as much in the past as they are in the present.
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Apple Nears $1 Trillion Valuation; Here's The Story Of The Company First To Break The $1 Billion Mark
Iconic Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is approaching yet another milestone event. Apple's shares, which had a lackluster run in 2015, turned the corner in mid-2016 and began to trend broadly higher subsequently.
The company's fiscal second-quarter earnings release gave further momentum to the rally and the stock's market capitalization shot above $800 billion for the first time ever. It took the stock a little over two years to add $100 billion to its market capitalization and scale the $800 billion mark.
No mean feat, indeed.
To put things in perspective:
- The valuation of Apple is now more than 45 of the 50 U.S. states, with only Illinois, Florida, New York, Texas and California boasting of economies of size bigger than Apple's valuation.
- Based on IMF's nominal GDP estimate for 2016, if Apple were a country and its market cap, GDP, it would have ranked 18 among the 191 nations the agency surveyed.
Some Contributing Factors
Apart from the strong market position, product appeal, solid fundamentals, the company's shares have also been beneficiaries of massive stock repurchases. From 6.61 billion in early 2013, the number of outstanding shares has fallen to 5.21 billion currently, a 21 percent drop over a timeframe of a little over four years.
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, for his part, has added fuel to Apple's recent rally by increasing his stake in the company in a big way. The 13D filing done by Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) following the end of the fourth quarter of 2016 showed that it had nearly quadrupled its position in Apple.
$1 Trillion Valuation In The Offing
Given its product momentum, it wouldn't be a surprise if the stock quickly gallops toward the $1 trillion market cap mark in the near to medium term.
Apple's much-hyped iPhone 8, its tenth-anniversary product, which is expected to be launched later this year, and its plunge into Augmented Reality, are considered to be catalysts that can expedite the stock's march towards the $1 trillion mark.
Meanwhile, a Fortune article, quoting Barclays, said Apple might have serious competition in its race towards the $1 trillion mark, with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) being considered as a contender.
Amazon is currently valued at only $455.16 million.
Among the others in the fray are Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), with a market cap of $650.77 billion, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) ($536.62 million) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) ($433.95 million).
The Original $1 Billion Company
Even as there is a scramble toward achieving $1 trillion market cap, Benzinga looked at United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X), which was the first company ever to be capitalized at over $1 billion. The history of the steel maker is a checkered one, and over the years, it has lost its shine and appeal and is currently looking a pale shadow of its old self.
U.S. Steel now commands a valuation of $3.5 billion.
A Brief History
U.S. Steel was founded in 1901, when John Piermont Morgan and Elbert Gary combined Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company, Gary's Federal Steel Company and William Henry Judge Moore's National Steel Company.
Morgan visualized establishing a steel behemoth and convinced Carnegie, whose steel company was then the biggest and most efficient producer of steel, to sell his company for $492 million in stocks and bonds of the new company.
Though the company was valued at over $1 brillion, its tangible assets were valued at only $682 million, with goodwill accounting for the remaining amount.
In 1907, U.S. Steel bought Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, its biggest rival, with the purchase eliciting anti-trust scrutiny. At that time, it produced 67 percent of all the steel produced in the U.S.
The bulking up strategy did not work well for the company over the years, as it saw its market share dwindle and profitability erode. In 1982, in a diversification bid, the company picked up Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) and renamed itself as USX.
A six-month lock-up of most of the plants following a strike by United Steelworkers of America in 1986 hurt the company further. During this time, corporate raider and activists investor Carl Icahn had launched a hostile bid for the company, which was later withdrawn.
To unlock value and to focus on its core business, U.S. Steel spun off Marathon Oil in 2001 and forayed into international markets by making some overseas acquisitions. With fundamentals deteriorating, the company announced layoffs in 2014.
The company, which was one of the original members of the S&P 500 when it was formed in 1957, was removed from the index in July 2014, as its market cap contracted.
Risky Proposition
The company is now considered a risky proposition, given the fundamentals woes of the industry and company-specific issues. The industry is facing competition from cheap imports from China, which is glutting the market and bringing down prices.
Additionally, the demand side of the equation is also suffering amid uncertain global macroeconomic conditions.
Recently Cowen downgraded the shares of the company to Market Perform, citing a lack of earnings visibility following its first quarter results. The company is facing issues at its flat-rolled segment, with the management responding with a dramatic revitalization.
With all the negativity, it looks like U.S. Steel's valuation could only head southward, even as some of newbie tech stalwarts are battling it out for achieving market cap supremacy.
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Our Old, White Congress, Should Follow Our Youth
Wheaton College is an Evangelical school in the suburbs of Chicago. It's 2400 undergrads make a pledge to abstain from sexual intercourse outside of marriage, including "the use of pornography … premarital sex, adultery, homosexual behavior and all other sexual relations outside the bounds of marriage."
In 2010, a junior by the name of Benjamin Matthews took a courageous undertaking. He posted a letter on a bulletin board next to the student post office boxes. In the letter he came out as "openly gay", and invited others who were afraid to "come out", some of whom had revealed plans for suicide in a pile of prayer requests, to contact him.
The result was 15 male students reaching out to him. Matthews said other students seemed entirely ambivalent. He said the most serious feelings expressed were no more than discomfort about someone declaring their homosexuality and remaining a Christian.
"I don't think most Wheaton students knew what to do because they've been given 'love the sinner, hate the sin' rhetoric, but they don't know how that plays out in real life," said Matthews, who graduated in 2011. "They would mostly just listen, nod and say, 'Yeah man, that's hard.'"
In February a group was formed to discuss students' feelings regarding the LGBT community.
Old men such as Mike Huckabee won't understand this.
Have scientists found a cure for homophobia? Possibly so, and it is a perfect serum with no side effects. It's called "age".
In the most recent survey about attitudes towards the LGBT community, just over 70% of those polled under the age of 30 approved of same-sex marriage.
I just came up with a solution for a government that persists in upholding antiquated policies and ideals. To serve in the House or Senate an individual only has to be 25 years old, and a citizen for 7. Let's kick the old white boys out.
Unlike the President, one need not be a "natural born citizen". And the requirement for our nation's highest office is 35 years of age.
We need to encourage 25 year old African-Americans, Hispanics, and Asian-Americans to get interested in what happens in the country and run for office. Our youngest and brightest coming out of college need to think about a career in government that does not involve mundane work. Compared to what we are dealing with in 2013, just imagine the energy of a congress that averages age 30 instead of 60.
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Here's the next installment of daily photo's. We had snow, lots of it, it started on Friday and came to an end on Sunday. Although each day since then there has been a small 'flurry' (some snow terminology for you). It has been fun, up until the point of me bashing away at the ice on our driveway so my husband could get his van parked. I had a 3kg bag of dishwasher salt and the door mat, the method was something like this:
*sprinkle salt
*bash away at ice with corner of broom
*watch husband attempt to reverse
*watch husband's back wheels spinning and going nowhere (maybe a little sideways sliding, which was not the desired result)
*grab doormat and in one swift move throw it under back wheels
*jump out of way as husband's wheels find grip and large van starts to reverse in my general direction
*do happy dance when van is safely parked
*hope neighbour's weren't watching
So after that fantastic explanation, here are the daily images:
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Happy ice days everyone, hopefully it's finished now, but somehow I doubt it. I really need to move to a warmer climate. Really.
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In this brilliant monograph Rothbard deftly turns the tables on the supporters of big government and their mandate for control of research and development in all areas of the hard sciences.
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Light and flaky – and oh so very yummy with gravy on Thanksgiving! I am so happy to have wonderful biscuits again – and they are simple to make, just be sure to place the palm shortening and butter or butter substitute into the freezer prior to dicing and adding to the dry ingredients. Also you must invest in a pastry cutter as this the best and easiest way to achieve light, airy biscuits each and every time!
1/2 cup palm shortening
6 tablespoons soy-free vegan buttery spread (Earth Balance®), or butter substitute of choice
1 cup brown rice flour, or white rice flour, or Montina® flour, or quinoa flour, or amaranth flour
1 cup millet flour, or buckwheat flour, or garfava flour, or sorghum flour, or white rice flour
3/4 cup tapioca starch, or cornstarch, or arrowroot starch
3/4 cup potato starch, or cornstarch, or arrowroot starch
3/4 cup DariFree® powder, or dry milk powder of choice
1/2 cup GF oat flour, or pure rice bran, or brown rice flour, or teff flour, or Nuchia® flour
4 teaspoons xanthan gum
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cane sugar, or light brown sugar, or agave nectar, or honey of choice
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon agar powder, or unflavored gelatin of choice
1 teaspoon of sea salt
1-3/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons fresh water
2 tablespoons lemon juice
- Using a tablespoon measure palm shortening and Earth Balance® into freezer-safe container; place in freezer for 15 minutes.
- Place oven baking rack into second position; preheat oven to 375°F; line rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
- In airtight container combine brown rice flour, millet flour, tapioca starch, potato starch, DariFree® powder, GF oat flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, cane sugar, baking soda, and agar-agar powder; place on lid; shake vigorously to combine and to introduce air; set aside.
- Remove shortening and Earth Balance® from freezer; carefully and quickly dice into small pieces; add to flour mixture.
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- Using biscuit cutter of choice, punch out biscuits; gather scraps, press together gently to form 1/2"- thick dough round; punch out biscuits; repeat until dough is used.
- Place biscuits onto prepared baking sheet; place into preheated 375°F oven; bake 18 minutes.
- Remove biscuits to wire cooling rack (or eat warm!), cool completely; store in airtight container up to 3 days.
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I've written before about Chelsea Manning, and more recently I wrote about how the US military is now the a vehicle for progressives to enact their deranged fantasies.
Via Twitter I came across this article written by someone who went through basic training with Bradley Manning, as she was then called. It's worth reading in full, but the following excerpts give a flavour of what sort of character she was:
Every recruit had the same packing list with the same items in that green duffel bag. They all weighed the same amount. Whether you were 6'4" or 5'4", male or female, all recruits had to carry their own weight. Understand, that no one breezes through this exercise – everybody hurts, everyone drops their bag at least once, and everyone pays the price for it, including myself. During this exercise, Manning's problem wasn't that she was too small or not strong enough. The problem was, she quit. As the rest of the platoon faced one way, gritting their teeth and baring it, whispering words of encouragement to each other, she stood at an about-face the opposite direction, and said she simply could not pick up her own bag.
For the trainees of Charlie 82d, the sound of Chelsea Manning's voice may forever elicit the two words so commonly overheard from her during her six weeks: "I can't." In our comparison of memories over the years, fellow recruits in C Co. have confirmed for me: when the going got tough, Chelsea said, "I can't."
At the end of the field exercise, that holdover was walking up to groups of us, offering to sell us candy for $20 a package. We all knew to keep our distance from him – he was untrustworthy, he was in trouble, and he was only going to get you in trouble too if you associated with him. And yet, Chelsea Manning bought a package of M&Ms from him for $20. I remember that scene, because Manning was not quiet about it. She was practically bragging out loud that she had contraband candy. At six weeks into basic training, it just wasn't worth it, and yet that scene has stayed with me all these years, because for Manning, it somehow was worth it. Maybe by then, she thought she had nothing else to lose.
So why wasn't she weeded out? The article explains:
In 2007, the U.S. Army was habitually failing to meet its monthly recruiting goals; the application standards relaxed and a great cross-section of humanity ended up reporting for duty that warm October at Fort Leonard Wood. In the company, there was a 17-year-old who had enlisted with a waiver, and there was: a 42-year-old mother of three who was terrified of needles; a new grandmother to a brand-new infant granddaughter; and a former coffee distributor in South America in his mid-thirties who everyone still called "Grandpa." One recruit ironically named "Goesforth" went AWOL within 48 hours of arrival, deserted the military, and was never seen again. One recruit in fourth platoon had been homeless before he joined, and another had blown his entire first university semester's tuition on OxyContin before he dropped out and enlisted. One recruit was a Mexican citizen who was willing to go to Iraq and fight for the United States in exchange for expedited citizenship. Another was a female with dual German/American citizenship who was so short, the German Army wouldn't take her, so she joined up with the Americans instead. Charlie 82d had dads in their mid-thirties, and it had dads not yet old enough to buy beer. My platoon had a single mom who had been working as a an exotic dancer before she raised her right hand and took the oath; another had married young, got divorced and wanted to get as far away from her Ex as possible.
Does this sound like an army which intends to win battles any time soon? Alas, it seems we're no better in the UK:
The Army is launching a £1.6m advertising campaign to demonstrate it can "emotionally and physically" support recruits from all backgrounds.
The radio, TV and online adverts seek to address concerns potential soldiers might have about issues, including religion or sexuality.
They ask: "What if I get emotional?", "Can I be gay in the Army?" and "Do I have to be a superhero?"
This sounds less like an army than a social welfare programme to accommodate the most fragile of Britain's population.
In one, a Muslim soldier explains how the army has allowed him to practice his faith.
Was there ever a time when it didn't?
These are not the kind of recruitment adverts most people would probably expect from the Army.
The emphasis is on the emotional rather than the physical, a sense of excitement, and the usual images of military hardware.
Some will see them as a sign the Army has gone soft by focussing on people's worries. They will question whether it's another sign of pandering to political correctness.
Well, yes. They will also, like me, ask how this army intends to fight anyone in future.
But like most large organisations, the Army wants to be seen as modern and a reflection of the society it represents.
What was I saying about the purpose of modern militaries? It's nice to see my views confirmed by a national broadcaster.
That means an emphasis on being open to all – regardless of gender, race, religion or class.
And ability, I'll wager.
It fits in with the head of the Army General Sir Nick Carter's mantra of "maximising people's talent" regardless of background.
But he also insists that combat ethos and fighting power remain the Army's priority. These adverts just might not give that impression.
Who to believe, eh? Then there's this:
Last month, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson blocked an attempt to drop its longstanding "be the best" recruitment logo and its crest logo.
According to the Mail on Sunday, the the Army was considering changing the phrase after criticism it was "dated, elitist and non-inclusive".
The British military is a bit like the Church of England: in order to arrest collapsing numbers in recruitment and attendance respectively, they have abandoned all pretence to discipline, standards, and seriousness – the very things which attracted people in the first place – in favour of progressive identity politics. It's good to see the new Defence Secretary, himself a former soldier, is pushing back a little and so are others:
Colonel Richard Kemp – the former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, who served in the in the Army until 2006 – said while the adverts were aimed at a number of minority groups, they missed out the Army's core recruitment pool.
"I think what the army needs to do in order to deal with its recruiting problem is not to specifically appeal to minorities – of course, the more people from all parts of society who join the better.
"But it's even more important than that to fill the army up with people who want to fight and want to be soldiers. And this, I don't think, will do that."
Instead, he called for the Army to focus on retention problems and deal with its "impenetrable" application process and the "horrific bureaucracy" surrounding it.
Major General Timothy Cross, who retired in 2007, said the Army was "really struggling" with recruitment and should not be trying to be "jolly nice to people".
I suspect it's too late, though. Like every other western institution, the British military has been captured by a cabal of its worst enemies who are well on the way to destroying it from within.
Army research also found its crest – depicting crossed swords, a crown and a lion – to be "non-inclusive" and recommended replacing both with a union jack with the word "army" in bold underneath.
Why people spend time worrying about Vladimir Putin and the Russian army is beyond me. They'll win without even getting out of bed.


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California Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed the bill A.B.1327, a measure that would restrict how unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be used by police and other public agencies.
The bill – which was authored by Assemblyman Jeff Gorell, R-Camarillo – garnered a 25-8 vote when it passed in the state Senate in August. It mandates that law enforcement must have a warrant in order to operate UAVs, unless it is for an emergency situation (e.g., fires).
Gorell recently said that the bill "protects civil liberties and privacy rights, while also providing a path for public agencies to take advantage of the numerous beneficial applications of drones, such as firefighting, emergency management and environmental monitoring."
Several months ago, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was gifted two Draganflyer UAVs from the Seattle Police Department. However, the vehicles are now sitting idle with the Office of the Inspector General, where they will remain until more policies concerning their usage take shape.
Gov. Brown's message to the members of the California State Assembly is the following:
"I am returning Assembly Bill 1327 without my signature.
This bill prohibits law enforcement from using a drone without obtaining a search warrant, except in limited circumstances.
There are undoubtedly circumstances where a warrant is appropriate. The bill's exceptions, however, appear to be too narrow and could impose requirements beyond what is required by either the 4th Amendment or the privacy provisions in the California Constitution."


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Damaged Hands nerves can lead to muscles not working correctly, leading to loss of control of hands, feet, and other parts of the body. Specifically, people with high median ulnar palsy lose the ability to use their hands, but a procedure that reattaches finger tendons to a properly functional muscle can help return some of the lost ability. Nevertheless, the results are still limited and patients have to exert a lot of force, the fingers end up moving together, and tendons are often stretched to the limit. A new device developed at Oregon State University may help resolve some of these issues, giving patients more power to their hands and resulting in a more natural grasping motion.
The unpowered pulley implant has been tested on cadavers and compared to traditional median-ulnar palsy surgery. The new technique showed a 45 percent reduction in the force needed to make a fist and a 52 percent reduction in slippage when holding onto different objects.
The researchers behind the pulley system believe the same approach can be used to assist other limbs and joints, but first the technique needs to be tested in clinical trials to see how it works in living patients.


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