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I have been investing since 1974. I can understand your emotion even though I don't share it. In the 80's a co-worker (who had more invested than I did) and I would frequently talk about investing. In the mid-80's when the market was rising, he would nod his head approvingly but never failed to say "It's great now, but one day it will all come crashing down." In '87 neither he nor I sold anything but continued to add to our holdings regularly. He then replaced his certain doom & gloom prediction with "I hope it goes back up." He had been sure the market would crash but not nearly as confident that it would rise again.TheTimeLord wrote: ↑Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:56 pmI think my emotion is far more easily understood by those who were actively investing in 1987 and 2000 than those without that experience. Having those experiences doesn't necessarily make me a better investor it just adds to the the experiences that try to influence my behavior. Add to that I have always been a "Wall of Worry" investor and you can start to see where I am coming from even if you totally disagree. I have a very detailed plan that lays out my asset allocations every X dollar increment from where I am to levels I never expect to reach. So as long as I allow my plan discipline to overrule my emotions I should be fine no matter what that market does, but that still doesn't ease the feelings, it just prevents the feelings from becoming mistakes.
I lost touch with him shortly after that, but I am certain that if he is still alive he is still saying that "One day it will all come crashing down" while continuing to invest. I have wondered if he might even be on this forum. The thing I never could quite reconcile was that his investing behavior was practically set in stone, but he seemed to be making himself miserable by worrying continuously about things beyond his control even though he knew rises and falls are the nature of the beast.


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Wandsworth Council has responded to the borough's housing crisis by promising 1,600 new affordable homes.
It comes after the local authority was accused of providing a lack of affordable housing in Nine Elms and other regeneration projects.
A new Wandsworth Affordable Housing Grant Programme (WAHGP) has been set up, with plans to build an extra 130 low cost homes.
The council is investing £4m to help fund the construction.
Opposition councillors claim the council is in the midst of a housing crisis, with thousands waiting for council flats and homeless people living in B&Bs.
There are 3,680 people on the waiting list for a council home, while the average waiting time for a council home was 13 months in 2012/13.
This is a rise since 2011/12 when the average waiting time was 11 months.
Meanwhile high-rise riverfront apartments are being created, flats are selling for millions in Battersea Power Station and only 17 per cent of Nine Elms will include affordable homes.
House prices in the borough have surged by 16.4 per cent, while private rents have risen 14 per cent in the past 12 months adding pressure to the housing situation
It is hoped the WAHGP will help ease the crisis, with money raised from Right to Buy sales and funds provided by developers paying for the homes.
The council has also created 250 hidden homes as part of a scheme which creates affordable homes in underused spaces.
Hidden homes have been built in unwanted laundry rooms, storage areas and boiler rooms.
Councillor Paul Ellis said: "This is an ambitious but achievable target to increase the borough's supply of affordable housing over the next three to five years.
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text: In a dazzling explosion of colorful tones and mammoth, glowing melodies that seem to melt through the stereo speakers like some sort of magical elixir, Fitzsimon and Brogan's new album Big Blue World is making some gigantic waves even before it hits stores this June, and it shouldn't come as a shock to anyone who has been following the European indie underground lately. There's been a lot of energy gathering in the new surrealist's movement of 2018/2019, but never has it been as obvious that music will play an integral part of the revolution until now. Big Blue World, along with a couple of other albums that came out earlier in the year that at this point go without mentioning, isn't just a hot new record; it's a book in the gospel of a style that some of my fellow music journalists and I have been affectionately calling "post-pop" in reference to the indie pop music being produced by modern artists who have little to no interest in reinterpreting rhythm and blues yet another time. They're far too busy expanding and evolving the depth and capabilities of the sound board and all of the new, digitalized resources that are practically endless in volume and plentifully available and at their disposal. This is pop music for the future, and if you don't understand it, you might not be ready to experience just how wild and categorically transcendent it really is. Continue reading "Fitzsimon and Brogan – Big Blue World"


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Three hours ago, there were four of them. Their business had been done, dusted and the suppliers had departed. The exchange of fifty-grand cash for the hundred-grand worth of Belushi was complete and they knew things were looking good.
The beam from the watchman's torch stroked the area, sending the four of them scattering for a place to hide.
Bill gave it a couple of minutes before crawling out from beneath a boat trailer. He hissed into the night. "He's gone, where the fuck are you lot?"
After a few moments' silence, there came an "Over here." It was Sammy's voice worming its way from around the port side of a catamaran.
Jack came out of the shadows next wiping the shit of wherever he'd been hiding from his pants and elbows. "That was too fuckin' close. Since when did they hire a night watchman?"
Bill looked around as he said, "Since people started doing drug deals around here? Where's Donnie?"
"Donnie!" Jack called out, as quietly as he could whilst still being audible.
The only noise was the slapping of the waves behind them as they rubbed shoulders with the dock.
Bill shook his head. "Let's spread out and look for him, he won't have done a runner." Bill patted the bag with the goods; Donnie hadn't screwed them over and that was something.
Jack won the game of 'Find the Donnie.' The problem was Donnie was dead, sprawled out and very much camping out at the Pearlies.
The others joined him. The trio swapped glances between each other and the dead body on the floor. There was blood on Donnie's lips and plenty around his nose like he'd been beaten to death; there was also a black puddle about the back of his head.
Bill took a few deep breaths. The wheels had been coming off for the last few deals. Now it looked like one of them was trying to up their personal profit margin.
Bill sniffed. His free hand moved to dip into his coat. "One of you gonna own up to it?"
Jack made the same motion to his own piece. "Fuck you, Bill, how the fuck do I know you didn't batter the fuck outta him?"
Sammy wasn't gonna be the only one standing there like he just had his piss-pump in his hand for protection and made for his own gun. "It certainly wasn't me." His eyes narrowed at Bill. "Come to think of it, Bill, you've been talking about disbanding the crew for a while, what better way?"
"Don't even fucking think of going there." Bill's hand inched ever closer. None of them got a chance to grab their guns as the night air blistered with the wailing of sirens and the harbinger of flashing lights.
Bill looked towards the entrance. "Fuck this. I'm gettin' out of here."
"Not with our share of the coke you're not," Jack replied.
Sammy nodded. "I ain't letting it outta my sight neither."
Bill turned and started running towards the water's edge. They climbed down onto the nearest boat. It didn't matter that it was small. Bill thought it was probably for the best, less chance to get seen. Besides, they only needed to go a little way down the coast, and then they could abandon it.
Jack stared at the little engine.
Bill asked. "You know how to sail?"
"Fuck, no, but seen them driven on films. It's just like starting a lawnmower." He yanked the cord a couple of times but it did fuck all.
"Have you turned the petrol on?" Bill asked.
Jack fiddled with something on the side and then yanked the cord again. The engine chuckled to life. The whole time Jack was getting the engine going he kept an eye on the bag.
They'd gone maybe a nautical mile before the engine made a guttural noise and ground to a halt.
Jack tugged on the cord. "Must be out of petrol."
There were utterances of cusswords from each of them.
"Now what?" Sammy asked.
Bill shrugged. "Let's hope we drift to shore, you've seen the state of the beaches. There's a pretty good chance we can make it if a turd can."
"What about the Coast Guard?" Jack threw in, still keeping his hand near his gun.
There was only enough moonlight to make the three of them grey shapes.
Bill answered. "This isn't America, there are no gun-boats. Besides, their radar ain't gonna pick up this tiny bathtub."
Sammy hoped Bill was right. "What we gonna do in the mean time?"
Bill glanced down at the bag, then to each of them. "Gives us plenty of time to find out which one of you killed Donnie."
"There we go again, trying to bounce the blame away from your own doorstep," Jack said, though he looked straight at Sammy hoping to see some kind of reaction on the few features that the simple moonlight offered.
Sammy had a thought and they were usually very few and far between. "Whoever killed Donnie gave him a beating. Someone's knuckles must be a bit fucked up."
"We're not gonna be able to see shit in this light and I'm not gonna let either one of you get close enough to pitch me over the side," Jack said.
Bill nodded his agreement in the darkness. One of those pair in the boat was a crooked cunt and, until he knew which one it was, he was going to stay at more than arms-length. It was bad enough they had guns.
The silence was broken by Jack, who'd been racking his brains. He came up with, "Hey, Sammy."
"What?" he asked.
"It was only the other month you and Donnie were having a wrestle in the car park outside of Byrne's pub."
"We were drunk and he'd cheated at pool. Not something I'd fuckin' kill him for!"
"So you say," Jack said, then looked to Bill. "And you. You've been acting funny for months."
"I've been acting funny because you lot have been becoming greedy little fuckers."
"Hey," Sammy cut in.
Bill ignored him and continued. "Shut up, you know you have. Jacking up the prices, cutting the shit even more, fighting amongst each other out the back of pubs. Is it any wonder I wanna wash my hands of you all?"
Jack took that as a confession. "So you're admitting it now?" He had his gun out faster than Bill would have thought.
"Jack, don't be a dumbfuck. If I wanted to disband the gang I'd just up and fuck off, not one of you is worth killing."
"Hey!" Sammy cut in again, this time a little louder.
"Sammy, I'm sorry, but it's the truth. And the truth is what I'm telling, which is in fact more than you pair of pricks are managing."
"Fuck this shit," Jack said, keeping the gun on Bill. "When I was a kid, if either my brother or me done something wrong and my mother couldn't work out who should be punished, you know what she did? She took her slipper to us both."
Jack pulled the trigger. Putting two in Bill's chest and then swinging it around and popping one into what he hoped was Sammy's face.
There wasn't even a grunt as Sammy toppled backwards. A splash followed so Jack reckoned it was job a well done. He didn't feel too bad; one of them had killed Donnie and would no doubt have tried to shallow grave him at some point down the line.
Bill couldn't lift his arm. He'd managed to get his shooter out. It was still in his grip, there just wasn't any strength there to hoist it up and put Jack out of the world's misery.
He tried to talk instead. "Jack."
"Fuck. You not dead?" Jack lifted his gun and took aim again.
"I remember you telling me a while back you can't swim," Bill managed to say around mouthfuls of blood and bubbles.
"So? I'm in a fucking boat."
Bill squeezed the trigger and shot a hole in the bottom of the cheap boat. He managed a second hole before Jack let off another three rounds that all buried themselves deep in a mixture of chest and face.
Bill didn't say anything else.
Jack could feel water taking refuge in his shoes. His heart took up a sprinter's pace. He started swearing as loud as he could. His anger was not aimed at the fact he'd passed up every opportunity to learn how to even doggie-paddle as a kid. It was aimed at Bill for putting him in this situation. He emptied the gun in Bill's slumped and lifeless body. He dry-fired it a couple of times as his ankles grew damp.
He fell to his knees and started bailing the water out with his hands. It was futile. He'd scooped out a hundred handfuls and there was still more in than when he started.
"You're a fucking cunt, Bill, a proper fucking cunt." He stopped bailing. Bill's weight wouldn't be helping anything; it was more than likely speeding up the whole miniature re-enactment of the Titanic's final moments.
He crawled through the water on his knees, grabbed Bill by his submerged ankles and tipped him out, then went back to bailing.
"What do you think killed him?" the copper asked.
Detective Inspector Sanders looked up from the body to the wooden-top, who had no business asking such things.
"What do you think?" Sanders asked.
The uniform shrugged and said nothing.
"That's why I get to wear my own clothes." Sanders went back to scrutinizing the body.
The nose had bled quite heavily before actual death had occurred. There were no sign of trauma to show he'd been punched. There was blood on the lips, yet no signs of lacerations. The only evident wound was the back of the head that was caked in gummy blood and was obviously cracked open.
Sanders started going through the corpse's pockets until he found what he was looking for. A nice sized baggy of white powder.
There'd been fuck-tons of the stuff on the streets lately.
Sanders could see it in his head.
The numpty had decided to get high on his own tainted supply and had gone into the embrace of an overdose which brought on both nasal and oral bleeding. Then he'd collapsed and twatted his head.
Sanders had no pity to offer. He stood up, looked around. It was barely mid-morning and bodies were filling up the morgue. Two had been found a little ways up the coast, gunshot wounds. A little further up another body had been found. Cause of death? He'd tried to drink the sea by the sounds of it.
It had all happened last night. A patrol car had even been around after the night watchman had thought there'd been trespassers. The officers said they'd turned on the sirens and the lights in the hopes of scaring the trespassers out but hadn't found anything amiss so had fucked off back to the station for a cup of tea.
Sanders twisted his lower lip and bit it in thought. He reckoned it all had to be connected. But who really cares if a few scumbags end up six-foot under. Besides, tomorrow was his day off and he had a little fourteen-footer that he liked to take out and do a little bit of fishing from to relax and get away from the stains of so-called civilization.
BIO: Lee Hughes's short fiction has appeared on Thrillers, Killers 'n' Chillers, Powder Burn Flash, Blink-Ink, MicroHorror, The Daily Tourniquet, FlashShot, Everyday Fiction, The New Flesh Magazine and, of course, A Twist of Noir. And in print in Cern Zoo: Nemonymous 9. Find out more at http://www.leehughes.net/.
7 comments:
- Michael Solender said...
Lee you are masterful at building up to a fine payoff and again no disappointment here, greater characters and dialogue. Well done.
- May 14, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- David Barber said...
A top, top piece of work, Lee. Can't say much more.
- May 14, 2010 at 5:18 PM
- Matt Hilton said...
Can't write straight for chuckling. "you've seen the state of the beaches. There's a pretty good chance we can make it if a turd can."
What more can I say, but another joy to read, Lee.
- May 15, 2010 at 6:22 AM
- Lily Childs said...
Lee Hughes, you wash yaw mouth owt!
Great pace, very satisfying ending.
I misread 'sprinter' as 'sphincter' which added another dimension.
- May 15, 2010 at 12:45 PM
- David Cranmer said...
Solid characters and crisp dialogue.
- May 15, 2010 at 9:54 PM
- Joyce said...
This is really terrific. There was such great tension building up and the ending was just too crazy. I really enjoyed reading this. Tragic as it may have been, you have to laugh. What a bunch of schmucks!
- May 17, 2010 at 3:17 PM
- Paul D. Brazill said...
Splendid. Tense AND funny.
- May 21, 2010 at 4:15 PM


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Interesting article: # homeless vs # vacant homes
Simply put: this is a result of the banking system. Humans would be better off without them. The article suggests that the US government should "do something". That is not the case. The US government caused this problem by legalizing counterfeiting (ie chartering banks to practice fractional reserve banking). Quit "doing" things.
All your bases are belong to us
Take a look at these two articles.
You could probably hit a US base with a thrown rock.
How big is Iran anyay?
I did some reading and found out that Iran is about triple the size of Texas. They have a fourth the population of the US.
How far away is Israel from Iran? I find that I need more information. A lot more information.
Interesting article: # homeless vs # vacant homes
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Details on Wholesale Account for BTP
You get half off listed price (ie the spreadsheets) for assembly and painting services.
Minimum order is $3000 per month (actual wholesale payment).
You can still order your models through BTP if you want.
This is for a one month trial. We will revisit terms at the end.
The specifications for your projects need to be relatively generous, they need to be simple.
Level 2-4 work only. Some L5 OK, but has to be a relatively small proportion.
Needs to be someone who is not a current client.
I am using this program to pick up slack in the labor pool.
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Awesome Article by Ron Paul
Ron Paul's full comments on the Occupy Movement:
That in a way is a challenging question, because along with that question, I get a lot of times asked about the Tea Party movement. The Tea Party movement started here, gets big, a lot of different people come in. I think the same thing has happened with Occupy. I put them together—I put both groups together. Because I think both groups are unhappy about what's happening in Washington, and around the country, and the economic conditions. But their complaints are somewhat different.
The Tea Party people basically say the debt is too big and we should shrink the size of government. Occupation seems to be more addressing the subject of the very rich, and I think that can be a mixed blessing in the sense that in my talk already I've criticized many people on Wall Street and the people who get rich because they get special benefits from the government, whether they get contracts or whether they benefit from the devaluation of the currencies, or whether they get their bailouts, yes, we should address that. I think the Occupy people are.
But people who are wealthy in a free market who give an honest service or an honest product and they are rewarded by the consumer, they're quite different. They have to be protected. We shouldn't be jealous or envious of those people. So you can't put them all together. So in many ways, I identify with both groups. There are some things the groups have changed a little bit. The first time the tea party movement was noted was December 16th four years ago when there was a spontaneous fundraising rally for our campaign. But it's changed a lot. A lot of people come in. But I think it's healthy.
I think if some people like to paint Occupy left and the Tea Party people right, but I think it makes my point. There's a lot of people unhappy, and they're not so happy with the two party system because we have had people go in and out of office, congress changes, the presidency changes, they run on one thing, they do something else. Nothing ever changes. And I sort of like it because I make the point that if you're a Republican or Democrat the foreign policy doesn't really change, even though there's a strong Republican tradition of the foreign policy I've been talking about where we don't get involved in policing the world. Does the monetary policy change? Do they really care about reining in the Fed? Would the Fed bail out all these countries around the world? More and more people know that now. But monetary policy doesn't change
Do we ever cut back? No. There's no pretense to cutting back. They're not even talking about cutting back. They're talking about a token cut to proposed increases. All that talk about cutting a trillion dollars over the next 10 years, they don't even want to start until 2013, and then they want to string it out. And it's just cutting what's automatically built into the budget.
But the Tea Party and Occupy people are just tired of it all. And they would like to see changes. And if the conditions get much worse, the demonstrations on the streets could get much worse, too. And that's what we have to be aware of. But fortunately we still live in a free enough society where they can speak out. If they violate property rights, if anybody violates property rights, they do it at risk. Because that means they're practicing civil disobedience and they might have to suffer the consequences. But there are sometimes people believe civil disobedience in order to make a point on what's wrong with our laws that's, they have to understand, that's the risk they take. But basically I think it's healthy on both sides, both the Tea Party movement and the Occupy movement.
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We need to do more Batreps. I'm working on the following:
Orboros vs Khador
High Elves vs Ogres (Maybe Dwarfs instead of High Elves)
Necrons vs ???
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Gatelynomics 101
New vid up:
Hi Shawn,
I've always enjoyed your blogs, in the past I've occasionally been put off by the economics stuff but I have to say the Gatelynomics series is really interesting.
In the past I've had the same issue as your Wife, Kidney Stones. About 8 years ago I had my first that was around 1.5cm across as well, interestingly enough in the uk they seem to favour Lithotripsy to deal with all but emergency cases. Basically a large machine pressed against your side with ultrasound gel between you and it, "pounds" you with ultra sonic waves that cause the stone to break up. You actually get to see it happening on the little monitor which is basically like a video game of asteroids with the operator targeting the stones.
It works well for some stones, not for others, luckily for me it was very successfully, although it took 7 treatments that time to fully remove the stone.
More recently I've had a few cases but the newer machines tend to deal with it in a few visits.
To parallel the Private/Public medical costs debate, in the uk as you are probably aware we have a totally free and good quality health service, however via Work I have a medical insurance (free as part of my work package but I do get taxed on it (which is interesting because effectively I'm being taxed on a benefit that actually removes cost from the public health service)).
So, in effect I can go "private" for a max fee of £100 per year regardless of number of "issues" (a sort of insurance excess) or I can go public.
Ironically the Lithotripsy machines are so specialist the private hospitals don't have them, so you actually get treated at the NHS hospital, by the same staff, on the same machine, the difference, 0 wait time, although the wait times on the NHS are low (<3 months for non-urgent stones, and instant for emergencies)
In general I tend to go Private as it costs me very little, and I think the money the NHS are able to charge the insurance company helps them fund the machines for other users.
Anyway thanks for the Gatelynomics series and other videos, finding them very interesting, I've just started my own company (part-time) providing wargaming basing materials (basecrafts.com , on Youtube as well ) and any tips you have would be appreciated.
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Inspiring Ron Paul Fix
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So Far, So Good
So, what's going on in the world of Gately?
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Forge World Order
I need to make a proxy Forge World order. Current rate is +30%. That means if the cost to make the order (ie you order it from FW and send to BTP) is $100 USD then you would get a $130 credit.
The order is substantial, around $2200 USD.
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Five Armies- on the block
$9 flat in US (for any number of lots)
$15 to Canada
$35 to Australia/NZ/Japan
$25 most other places (eg Europe)
Black Templars Apocalypse army = $1815 SOLD!
Black Skulls force (terminators, dread, LR) = $310 SOLD!
Dark Angels army = $1215 on HOLD again
Warriors of Chaos army = $1525
Khorne Daemons army = $1315 SOLD!
Flesh Hounds + Karanak (11 models) = $75 SOLD!
Greater Daemon of Tzeentch A = $85
Greater Daemon of Tzeentch B = $85
Ultraforge Vulture Daemon = $175
Khorne Daemons x25 = $155 SOLD!
Dwarfs army = $1150
Bin of Death Korps heavy weapons x24 (sight unseen, as-is) $420 SOLD!
(I have done a cursory examination of these, they appear to be complete and in good order)
Bin of Skorne titans (including Molik Karn, sight unseen, as-is) $180
The rest should have more details forthcoming and/or be put up on our website
Contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com for availability. Generally, I will not hold armies except for a very short period of time while payment is conducted. I will be completely incommunicado this Sunday (Christmas). The Post is likely closed Monday so armies purchased over the weekend will likely be shipped Tuesday.
Armies are sold as-is. There might be some defects even after we go over them for touchups.
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New Website for BTP (in progress)
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Treasure Trove 2011
Thank you for visiting the Treasure Trove sale page for 2011.
UPDATE: More lots going up Thursday afternoon.
Contact Shawn at email@example.com if you are interested in anything. Or call 801 372 8545. We need money via CC (by phone or email) or Paypal. Paypal address is firstname.lastname@example.com Check availability before buying.
$9 flat in US (for any number of lots)
$15 to Canada
$35 to Australia/NZ/Japan
$25 most other places (eg Europe)
Holiday hours: regular business hours throughout the week and 10am to 3pm on Christmas Eve. Closed Christmas Day. Open Monday December 26th.
We are considering offers on these lots so don't be shy. No offense taken. Bulk deals also welcome (and given!). All lots are limited time, limited quantity.
Be sure to refer to full lot title and #. This is first come, first served. Whoever gives get the go ahead and gives me money gets the lot.
#1 Fungus Nids $6400
#2 Valkyrie/Vendetta with loads of Forge World extras $235
#3 Baneblade (new) $40 SOLD
#4 Bin o Necrons as-is $45 SOLD!
#5 Imperial Guard in blue and grey $240 SOLD
#6 Imperial Fists Vehicles $320 PULLED
#7 Reaper Dwarfs and Fantasy Figures $290 SOLD!
#8 Catachans $180
#9 Daemons boxes $90 SOLD
#10 Wood Elves boxes $90 SOLD
#11 Dark Elves boxes $90 SOLD
#12 Wood Elves painted $150 SOLD
#13 Dark Eldar boxes $270 ($260 if you drop the blisters) SOLD
#14 Grey Knights $75 SOLD!
#15 Starship Troopers $20 SOLD aj
#16 Vintage Warhammer/40K boxes $90 for the lot or $10 each SOLD
#17 Rainforest Elves $550 SOLD
#18 Ultramarines Tank $75
#19 Bad Moonz Ork army $2450
#20 Ice-themed Jetbikes $325 SOLD
#21 Hordes starter forces $120 SOLD
#22 Vampire Counts boxes $95 SOLD!
#23A Dwarfs boxes $140
#23B Lizardmen boxes $65 SOLD
#24 Tau/Kroot boxes $80 SOLD
#25 Ork Boxes $165 SOLD!
#26 Space Wolves second wave army $1575 SOLD
#27A High Elf coastal watch army $1550
#27B (apparently I can't count) Creeping Death Dark Eldar army $650 SOLD
#28 Space Hulk $425 SOLD
#29 Deathwing Army $330 SOLD
#30 Ultramarines Terminators and heroes $250
#31 Eldar boxes $35 SOLD
#32 Tyranids boxes $35 SOLD
#33 Shrine of the Aquila $17 SOLD
#34 Fantasy Buildings $30 SOLD
#35 Grey Knights terminator army $775 (current high offer $600) SOLD!
#36 pair of Valkyries $50 SOLD
#40 Grey Knights mixed army $270 SOLD
#41 Bretonnian Sprues $15 SOLD
#42 Blood Bowl Teams $40
#43 Space Ork Sprues $10 SOLD
#44 High Elf Vintage Infantry $15 SOLD
#45 Dark Eldar Warriors $5 SOLD
#46 Orcs and Goblins Vintage blisters $15 SOLD
#48 Vampire Counts Metals $5 SOLD
#49 Empire Metals $90 SOLD
#50 Oddball Storm Raven $20 temp hold 10 hrs for JP = SOLD
#51 High Elf Vintage Models $40 SOLD
#52 Realm of Chaos Champions $140 SOLD
#54 Imperial Guard bin of blisters and bags $220 SOLD
#55 Hero on Pegasus and Handgunners $25
#57 Empire Boxes $220 SOLD!
#58 Tyranid Genestealers etc $70 SOLD!
#59 Tomb Kings bin $90 SOLD!
#60 Tau bin $55 SOLD
Lastly, I am likely to do another round of this on Friday, so keep your eyes peeled if you miss out. Not for sure, but likely.
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Expedited Necrons Testimonial
Got my Necrons today and was 100% satisfied with them and how impressed I am with the expedited service you offer. This has been my third full army I have had done through BTP, it was also the largest of the three. Even though the army was done in just two weeks there was no drop in quality, in fact I think this is the best looking army I have received through BTP.
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Nurgle Special
Painting L3 for Nurgle (40K or Fantasy).
Infantry $4.50
Large Infantry $6.00
Daemon Prince $12.00
Vehicles $20.00
Prices may vary according to circumstance and details. We need broad (but not complete) artistic license.
Minimum Order = $400
Limited quantity = 3 orders
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Ron Paul Money BOMB today December 16th
I'll be donating until it hurts. If I want freedom I'm going to have to do something about it. It must be earned and maintained. I would consider money to be a small price.
Here's the link to info.
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Gatelynomics 101- Payroll Effects
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At least try
"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little." — Edmund Burke
Also, getting in a Menoth trade soon:
High Allegient Amon Ad-Raza
2x Crusader Heavy Warjacks (one fully painted and professionally painted and one plastic)
A Vanquisher Heavy Warjack (unpainted)
A Revenger Light Warjack (partially painted)
A Devout Light Warjack (partially painted)
A Repenter Light Warjack (partially painted)
A full 6 model unit of the new Choir of Menoth (unpainted and rand new product)
A full 6 model unit of Daughters of the Flame (unpainted)
A Vassel Mechanik (unpainted and new)
A FULL Protectorate of Menoth Faction Deck including multiple cards for every model above
A full set of Amon Ad-Raza counter tokens
A Kreoss model (missing weapon, will include if found and partially painted)
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Wasn't feeling well over the weekend so I took a Nyquil and it got lodged halfway down the pipe. I mean really lodged. I ran to the bathroom sink and retched, in the end, so hard that it pulled nearly every muscle in my torso. I could feel them popping in rapid succession. Monday I could barely move. But that didn't stop me! I can't let a perfectly good Monday morning go to waste.
I am currently caught up. Just waiting around to set up new projects. Studio Necrons are out of assembly. Color? Why teal of course. And due to be painted, mostly completed, this week.
We are looking at picking up a couch for the studio. Second hand it was like a tenth of the normal cost. Yay! Going to look at it this morning (Tuesday). I'm pretty stoked. This is the Christmas present for studio and staff. A nicety.
Here's what's making me smile today: Cats of War.
As many know I have reactivated a secondary Youtube channel: gatelymusings I plan on continuing the Gatelynomics series there as well as personal stuff.
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Week in Review
So, what is going on?
At BTP we're doing a notable round of hiring. It's different this time because I am not only trying to fill a position right now, but set up for the coming year. We've got about twenty on the roster and I think it will be more like thirty by the end of 2012. And fifty by the end of 2013. That will put us at the max capacity for the current building.
It's a pretty good round. I have to narrow forty applicants down to one hire and a few potentials. It's like American Idol. During the first rounds it's all about weeding out the train wrecks (who invariably cannot self examine). But then it's the good stuff. While it is time consuming, it's well worth it. I really like humans.
I figure it takes $500-1000 worth of man-hours-labor to get a good hire. We are very, very picky about who we let paint your miniatures. Layers upon layers of tests and trials. But it is draining.
At this moment I'm eating fruits, vegetables and water. I am thick with the heavy food I've been eating the last week: pumpkin pie and steak. Just wolfing it all down. Thank you God for this great life. I don't deserve it.
We wanted to do more Batreps this week and indeed I had Jon (tall skinny guy who used to do assembly for us) come in for a Fantasy rep with his Goblins. Classic matchup: gobbos v high elves. BUT guess what? I had an interview go overly long and there was no way to do it.
More to come.
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Christmas Deadline
If you have a project needed by Christmas you should check in with me TODAY!
Yup. Just sitting here watching my Inbox. Just waiting for you to email with an inquiry. Ready to set up new projects. Ayup.
Just hanging out.
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Why Mormons Should Vote for Ron Paul (?!)
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Salamanders Incoming
I got a sweet, sweet Salamanders army coming in.
Pics here
And here
You can nail it for $850 (money) (normally right around $1900) if you just want to pick it up in the next day or so.
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This Makes me Drool
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Infinity Update
I've been corresponding with Corvus Belli recently. It's a company from Spain that makes Infinity. There are remarkable parallels between our two companies. Anyway, they are sending me some models with which to do demo games. Here's a letter I got from Carlos which I thought might be of general interest.
Hello, Shawn.
I'm Carlos, from CB. Nice to receive a message from you.
Fernando told me to help you with Demo army lists and rules.
I'm sending here two army lists for demo games, as you requested.
Let me put here a few photos of the miniatures that will feature in that demo game.
This will be a 7 miniature army, made by just 2 products.
ALEPH starter Pack (Six miniatures)
MARUT (Big powerful robot)
Japanese Sectorial Army
This will be a 10 miniature army, made with this products:
JSA Starter Pack (6 miniatures)
Aragoto Senkenbutai (2 bike riders)
O-Yoroi Kidobutai (Big tripulated armor)
Ninja (Yes, a ninja)
We will send you these miniatures ASAP.
By the way, using our website, you would be able to download everything necessary for playing. Let me put here some links and introduce you to everything:
Quickstart Rules by Beasts of War. These could be also useful for understanding the basic game mechanics:
Basic full Rules from the first book: http://www.infinitythegame.
Weapon and Army lists form the first Book: http://www.
Rules from the expansion Book (Infinity: Human Sphere): http://www.
Weapon and Army lists from the Expansion Book (Infinity: Human Sphere): http://www.
Ok, looks a bit dense. I know. That is why I did these Youtube videos. Making everything more visually understandable. I recommend you to watch these videos before trying to get into the game.
Ok, those were the BASIC ones. Enough to get into the rules. BUT, people find them very useful as a support tool. So we decided to make more with the most complicated rules:
Cammo Rules Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/
Cammo Rules Video 2: http://www.youtube.com/
Cammo Rules Video 3: http://www.youtube.com/
We are actually remaking this last videos with new versions with new voice over by Warren from Beasts of War. They be probably published by the end of the week.
I'm sending to you with this message two Army lists made with this program: Devil team´s Infinity Army 3.0: http://infinitythegame.
In this program you will also find link to the: Infinity Wiki: http://infinitythegame.
And I guess that is all.Have a nice day.
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Industrial Terrain Review
I received the industrial terrain on Saturday, and it looks great! We spent some time setting it up and we played a short game with it, which was a lot of fun. My son really was into setting up the different pieces and seeing how it all fits together. I really like the 3D feel it gives the game as the troops move up and around the different levels. The terrain gets a big thumbs up from me!
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A Mind of Sufficient Power
When I sleep I have dreams. The dreams are not what I would choose. It's a surprise. I know that I have dreams, just as much as I know that I have waking experience.
Who is making my dreams?
If it's someone inside of me then it's a part of me I don't control. In my dreams I sometimes see writing. It's unclear, like an image being held in my mind, but the letters are there, and in deep dreams I get names of people and places.
If a more powerful mind were to sleep, could it create a photorealistic world? Could it create an entire lifetime? Could it create dreams within dreams?
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Weaponize a Pumpkin
At this moment I am at the studio, enjoying the peace of an empty upstairs. I can hear the clock ticking.
I'm eager to set up new projects. Yup, ready whenever you are.
The plan: finish up my inbox and hopefully get in a game. I got in my cards from Privateer Press (only $0.50 per card yay, but $8 for ship, groan) for Warpwolf Stalkers and Warpborn Skinwalkers. Nice. Naturally I didn't have the cards because I used Confrontation models. In fact, I'm on the hunt for some Fiannas to be my Druids. Anyone?
My wife is now up and about, feeling good and back to her super-cheerful self. She's still a little sore. The last few days have been a carousel of Sisters from the neighborhood bringing food and helping out with the kids and home. What a delight. I am a firm believer in the ability of local community.
I'm re-watching the two only seasons of Better Off Ted. Well, it's going in the background while I do my work!
Last night I got an almighty muscle cramp just below my right clavicle. I couldn't figure out why. Flashback! On Thursday my fellow scoutmaster and I took the boys bowling. Josh and I got our own lane and got in a contest to see how fast we could throw the ball. I want to take the staff bowling. What a blast.
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A 4,254-square-foot corner duplex at the Seville, a 2001 building designed by Robert A.M. Stern, has lopped about 40% off of its original asking price of $11.25 million. The six-bedroom, four-and-a-half bathroom Upper East Side apartment is now listed at $6.75 million
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More: Read More News from the New York City Market on Mansion Global
Mr. Di Domenico also says the property, which hit the market again on Thursday, wasn't marketed correctly when it was first listed at the much higher price in 2014. He and his team have completely restaged the space for buyers who increasingly shop online for real estate. "The visuals have to be strong," he said. "And the property has to match up."
This high-gloss apartment has a "very dramatic entrance," Mr. Di Domenico said, with an open foyer featuring a Carrara marble staircase as the room's centerpiece. "And the backdrop to that is an unobstructed view of the city...the drama of the space—the 'woo' factor—is what makes it truly unique."
More: Penthouse at The Plaza Hotel Returns to Market at Major Discount, Now Asking $39.75M
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The apartment also boasts a fully automated Smart Home system, as well as a full laundry room. The 31-story building's amenities include a fitness center, swimming pool, 24-hour doorman and concierge, roof deck and garage, plus storage, a bike room and a play room.
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Buy or Sell is, hopefully, a weekly feature on Trolls.gg where I will play "Mad Money" with the current goings-on of HGC. These will be fun articles where I tell you whether or not I think a team is on the rise, a team is falling, or something else in HGC is going well or needs a little work. Please remember, these are tongue-in-cheek articles, no one is really buying or selling anything, and this is just to start discussion about how the pro scene is going for NA and EU.
Much like my EU article this week, I don't have any tweets or clips. Read the EU article, I'm not going to copy and paste it. I'm not that lazy.
This is going to be a busy weekend for NA. Week 7 showed us some very important things, and the first is that Gale Force Esports is not going "gentle into that good night" a la Dylan Thomas. GFE pulled off the reverse sweep on Team Twelve after having taken out No Tomorrow 3-1. They currently find themselves in 5th, behind a suddenly struggling Team Freedom and Team Twelve, and a HeroesHearth Esports team that is poised to take the #2 spot.
NA only gets one automatic bid to the MSB, so positioning for the playoffs is super important. It looks certainly like Simplicity will be in that unfortunate 6th spot, but right now 2nd through 5th are in a state of chaos, and nothing makes a lot of sense.
There's only one thing that we really know for certain...
BUY – Tempo Storm winning every match until MSB
Look, if you don't believe in the super team of Tempo Storm by now, I don't know how to convince you. Tempo destroyed Simplicity and No Tomorrow, yes they are bottom teams, yes they are supposed to destroy them, but they didn't drop a customary map as they have done in other series. This team is clicking, and they have the three most impactful players in NA: Fan, Glaurung, and Psalm. They will hit the MSB, 13-1, and expect them to go deep in the tournament.
At the Western Clash, Tempo showed they can hang with the best. They aren't good enough to beat your Dignitas or KSVs yet, but this team is scary and dangerous. They are the top of NA, and no one else is close.
Other teams are not so lucky...
SELL – Team Freedom making MSB
Remember a couple of weeks ago when Freedom was undefeated and in first place?
Well, that might as well have been forever ago. Yes, they have won two of their three matches since the Western Clash, but they haven't played anyone noteworthy - except for Team Twelve, and Team Freedom got swept. This week, Freedom has HeroesHearth, and the way HHE is playing, expect Freedom to give up the top spot to the up-and-comers from the Open Division. They also have to play Tempo Storm this weekend. By the end, they will have dropped from 2nd to 4th or 5th, and that means that they will be near the bottom of the playoff bracket.
Which means...
BUY – HeroesHearth making MSB
Here's how this goes: HHE beats Freedom. They beat No Tomorrow. HHE ends Week 8 in second place and they don't lose that spot for the rest of Phase 1. This team is clicking and each week finding ways to win. I don't think that they are the best team to go to Mid-Season Brawl, but they will have earned their spot if they get this done this weekend. Having that second place spot means that HHE only has to play one match, and it means that they can better prepare for whomever they will face.
SELL – No Tomorrow
No Tomorrow is in all the trouble in the world. They have a roster that is better than the position that they are in, but they cannot seem to figure it out. They need to upset HHE this weekend, or they are almost a lock for the crucible. With LFM and Simplicity in Week 9, the table is set for No Tomorrow to escape their fate, but I don't think that they can do it.
I hope I'm wrong. This is my NA team. I do have a slight glimmer of hope, though. We'll get to that, but first...
BUY – Team Twelve Figuring it out in Phase 2, but not before the Playoffs for Phase 1
Other than Tempo Storm, Team Twelve is NA's best hope at internationals. If Fan, Glau, and Psalm are the most impactful trio of damage in NA, Goku, Kure and Danski are not far behind. However, after dropping a won match against GFE in a reverse sweep, and HHE taking them out, Team Twelve needs to figure out their identity, and I don't think it's happening right now.
When we get to Phase 2, after the MSB, look for Team Twelve to 1) pick up a sponsor and 2) challenge Tempo Storm for the top spot in NA. But right now, this team is falling out of contention.
BUY – Prismaticism and Jin
So, the new guys, Prismaticism for Simplicity and Jin for No Tomorrow, became official this week and I think this is the best thing for both teams. Prismat will grow into the off-lane role, even though it would be better to put him on the range carry and move Zuna over there, and Simplicity will avoid the crucible.
Jin for No Tomorrow frees Equinox from being a tank, which he should never be, and sets that team up better to survive the crucible that they are almost certainly heading towards.
There are some growing pains for both of these teams and players as they will have to get used to each other, but in the long run I think that we will see a better Simplicity and a better No Tomorrow heading into Phase 2.
Predictions for Week 8
These predictions were made on Trollin HGC, episode 40, go check it out, and unlike my EU prediction, I do remember these, because I called them all sweeps. Prepare for me to be very, very wrong.
- Tempo Storm over Team Twelve 3-0
- HeroesHearth over Team Freedom 3-0
- GFE over LFM 3-0
- HeroesHearth over No Tomorrow 3-0
- Team Twelve over Simplicity 3-0
- Tempo Storm over Team Freedom 3-0
Match of the Week
Just watch Friday's games. The top four in NA all face off: 1 vs 4, 2 vs. 3. Yes, I think that these will be sweeps because right now, Tempo Storm and HeroesHearth just look that good. However, I am probably burying Team Twelve and Team Freedom a little faster than I should. If they are reading this, then this article just became classic "bulletin board material."
Does that make me want to change my picks? Nope. If I'm right, then the playoff picture becomes very clear after this weekend. If I'm wrong, then Week's 9 and 10 will be very interesting. Either way I win. I win by being right in one case, and in the other, I win by having a much better viewing experience because the stakes will really matter heading into the final weeks of Phase 1.


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Updated on September 18, 2014
Situated on The Bund, The Peninsula Shanghai pays homage to the Twenties and Thirties with a glamorous Art Deco look; the spacious, blue-and-white rooms boast the latest gadgets—book one facing the Huangpu River for a drop-dead view of Pudong's futuristic skyline. Epicureans will be impressed by the excellent dining options available, from Cantonese classics at Yi Long Court to modern European cuisine at Sir Elly's Restaurant to posh cocktails at the Compass Bar.
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Compound is applied to the base and mounting studs of transistors, diodes and silicon-controlled rectifiers. It can also serve as an effective thermal coupler for many heat sink devices where efficient cooling is required. It is also suitable for aircraft engines where heat sink properties are required.
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Scorpions unveil Toyota Field expansion proposal
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SAN ANTONIO — It wasn't so long ago that Scorpions owner Gordon Hartman, no matter how hard he might be pressed, was reluctant to say whether Major League Soccer was a concrete objective for his fledgling second-division team.
Now, with the possibility of the city support and outside investment necessary to make such a move coming into place, he's as enthusiastic as he's ever been about his team's chances of joining the top flight of U.S. pro soccer.
"If I didn't think it was viable," Hartman said, "I wouldn't be spending all this time trying to put something together."
The latest of what Hartman likes to call the "parts and pieces" of the process came Tuesday, with the release of a proposed expansion that would add 10,000 seats and a European-style façade to the Scorpions' soccer-specific stadium, Toyota Field. The facility currently seats 8,000.
With an estimated cost of $38 million to $45 million, the expansion would also include 18 suites for a total of 32; three additional club areas; a roof canopy over the new seating areas, which would occupy the north and east stands; and a high-powered beacon to be lit during matches that can be seen for miles. (The beacon's light would turn from white to red after Scorpions goals and victories.)
The new façade, combined with the existing west stand, would give the stadium an intimate enclosure similar to the European venues upon which it was modeled by Pro Sports Developments of San Antonio. Viewed from above, the roofed portion curls around the playing field to resemble a scorpion's tail.
"This will rival any top-tier soccer-specific stadium in the country," Hartman said.
The announcement followed a recent City Council consideration request, sponsored by councilman Mike Gallagher, to begin exploring funding options for a potential MLS move.
While city aid will almost certainly center around the stadium expansion, the bulk, if not all, of the estimated $70 million expansion fee will come down to a handful of investor groups Hartman said are looking to buy into his club, with a fourth recently entering the picture.
Hartman has signed confidentiality agreements with all four groups. But he did say that three of the four intend to pursue MLS membership, with two in particular described as "very, very strong."
Multiple city sources have said Spurs Sports & Entertainment is among the groups interested in purchasing at least a controlling interest in the Scorpions.
Hartman said several of the groups are waiting until the city's plan solidifies before moving forward in the process.
Whichever group does will enter a crowded field competing for the final MLS expansion slot, which would bring the league up to 24 teams by 2020. Minneapolis, Las Vegas, Sacramento and Austin have been cited as possibilities.
But with a soccer-specific stadium already built and ready to be expanded and much-needed partnerships getting closer to reality, Hartman said he likes his city's chances.
"San Antonio is definitely ... on the short list," he said. "The reason we are is because we have some elements in place, and we have others that can see now. If those elements mature and come together, we will have the right package to present to MLS, to not only be on the short list, but actually on the list."
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The University of Central Florida Student Union will be offering a variety of food trucks this Fall as construction stays underway on the new food court.
Beginning August 21, the first day of the Fall semester, two food trucks will be available on Pegasus Circle between the Student Union and Memory Mall.
Beginning Aug. 21, two food trucks will be available on Pegasus Circle btwn the Student Union & Memory Mall – food trucks will rotate daily pic.twitter.com/jr21tW9xGX
— UCF Knight News (@UCFKnightNews) August 16, 2017
The food trucks will rotate each day.
The first week of food trucks will be as follows:
Arrested Appetite
Barnwood bbq
It's all Greek to me
Cousins Maine Lobster
London Fish & Chippy
Purple Ocean
Amish Pretzel Shop
Willy T's Crab Shack
Simply Divine
Philly's Best Cheesesteaks
Students can find information about the daily offerings on the Student Union's Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages, according to UCF.


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9 June 2017
Establishing a Presence in Vietnam
There are various ways in which a Hong Kong company can establish a presence in Vietnam.
1. Set up a Hong Kong-owned Company
This is the primary way to establish a long-term corporate presence in Vietnam, and can be achieved through setting up a limited liability company, a joint stock company or a partnership.
The figure below provides an overview of the steps involved, irrespective of the type of company being considered. Further information can be found on the website of the Ministry of Planning and Investment of Vietnam: the National Business Registration portal and the Foreign Investment Agency portal.
Basic steps to establish a Hong Kong company in Vietnam
2. Open a branch or representative office
For companies first considering an entry into Vietnam, opening a representative office (RO) is more common than establishing a branch, the latter of which is only permitted in a few sectors. The key differences between an RO and a branch are as follows:
- Foreign companies only need to be in operations for more than a year to open an RO in Vietnam, whereas they must be in operations for at least five years before setting up a branch.
- Only branches can conduct commercial activities in Vietnam. Therefore, branches face more scrutiny and must follow Vietnam's accounting regime, and they should report annually to the Ministry of Trade on the operational and financial position of their business.
- ROs are required to submit annual reports to the provincial Trade Department Office.
To open either an RO or branch in Vietnam, foreign companies should apply for a Representative Office Licence to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade or the Management Board of special-purpose zones (i.e. industrial zones and high-tech parks). This usually takes seven working days. The licence is valid for five years but may be extended or re-issued upon expiry.
More guidance on the regulations on opening a branch or representative office can be found in Decree No. 07/2016/ND-CP.
3. Enter into a business co-operation contract (BCC)
This is a co-operation agreement between foreign investors and Vietnamese partners. No legal entity is created.
4. Enter into a public-private partnership (PPP)
A PPP contract is an investment agreement between the government authorities and project companies. Common PPP contracts include Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT), Build-Transfer (BT), Build-Transfer-Operate (BTO) and Operate-Manage (O&M) contracts. One major difference between the contracts is the point in time that the project is transferred to the government.
PPP contracts are typically used for infrastructure projects (e.g. transportation, electricity production and water supply projects). As Vietnam undergoes significant infrastructure development, the government will be looking to enter into more PPPs to bridge the investment gap.
In 2015, the government issued a decree on PPP Investment to provide a single legal framework for private investment in public sector projects. Further information can be found on the Ministry of Planning and Investment website.
A Practical Guide to Doing Business in Vietnam
- Regulatory Environment
- Establishing a Presence
- Intellectual Property Protection
- Staff Recruitment
- Tax Considerations
- Import/Export Procedures
- Further Information


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