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Published 26th January, 2017 17:00 HKT (09:00 GMT)
Jilin Jiutai Rural and Commercial Bank (stock code 6122) raised a HK$2.55 billion in an IPO, with shares debuting on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 12th January 2017. However what Jilin Bank's IPO prospectus did not fully disclose, and what mainstream media did not investigate, is that two of the bank's major ultimate beneficiary owners are Jilin province politicians.
According to the prospectus, the substantial shareholders immediately following the offering are as follows:
- Jilin Province Trust Co., Ltd. 10.01%
- Changchun Huaxing Construction Co., Ltd. 8.42%
- Changchun Huamei Tourism and Culture Media Co., Ltd. 4.55%
- Cornerstone investor – China Create Capital Limited 2.82%
- Cornerstone investor – Suhang Investment Holdings Limited 2.57%
Researching these corporate names reveals the following government interests:
1. Jilin Trust is 97.5% owned by the Jilin province Department of Finance, a shareholding relationship which was disclosed in the IPO prospectus.
2. Huaxing Construction is 60% owned by Zhang Yusheng, a non-executive director of the bank, also disclosed in the prospectus. However searches in Chinese media and local government websites show that Zhang is also a member of the Changchun Municipality People's Congress, and according to one report, "repeatedly rated as an outstanding party member". To note, Changchun is the capital of Jilin province, and home to Jilin Bank's headquarters. People's congresses established in the provinces operate directly under the central government, and have power over local economic development and budgets for their respective administrative areas.
3. Huamei Tourism is 92.2% owned by Jilin Jiuying Investment Management Group Co., Ltd., and that according to the prospectus, a "trust scheme managed by Bohai International Trust Co., Ltd.", owns 66.7% of Jiuying Investment. It is unclear who is the ultimate beneficiary here, but Jiuying Investment's 2015 corporate filings (the latest available in the companies registry) show its 66.7% stake was subscribed to by Jilin Province Trust on 2 November 2015. According to the same filings, 22.3% of Jiuying Investment is held by Jilin Province Jiapeng Group (formerly known as Jilin Province Jiapeng Road Construction Co., Ltd.). Company filings show Jiapeng Group has many small shareholders, but only one substantial shareholder named Wang Zhishan, who owns 50.03%. Searches in Chinese media and local government websites reveal that Wang is also a member of the Twelfth Jilin Provincial People's Congress. According to Jilin Bank's prospectus, Jiapeng Group had a 6.48% shareholding in 2013, but this was reduced to 2.53% by end of June 2016, presumably to avoid appearing on the substantial shareholders list. The prospectus mentions Wang only once, as a non-executive director who resigned on 2 April 2015. Wang no longer appears on company records.
4. Cornerstone investor China Create Capital is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and wholly owned by Zhang Wei. Only limited information on the investor can be found in searches of English and Chinese media. According to the prospectus, Create Capital 'may' enter into a loan agreement with an entity ultimately owned by state controlled China Construction Bank, using the Jilin Bank shares as collateral. The prospectus specifically mentions that in the event of loan default, CCB could take charge over these Jilin shares. To note, CCB is also one of the book runners for the transaction, in what appears to be a reciprocal business arrangement. In the absence of information on Create Capital in the public domain, it might be construed that this entity is an investment vehicle dependent on, or used by CCB, to prop up the share offering.
5. Suhang is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and is ultimately owned by China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd., whose principal business is in distressed asset management, and whose controlling shareholder is the Ministry of Finance.
Here is a recap, and the main shareholders list based on ultimate beneficiary owner:
- Jilin province Department of Finance 12.56%
- Jilin province politicians 6.83%
- Cornerstone investor 1 – Mystery investor supported by Chinese state bank 2.82%
- Cornerstone investor 2 – Distressed asset manager controlled by China's Ministry of Finance 2.57%
After 'translating' the list into ultimate beneficial owners, the financial institution looks a lot less market oriented.
The trust companies need the rural bank's branch network to sell wealth managements products, and the local governments need trust companies to help fund local construction, or in this example, Jilin Trust – Jilin Bank – Huaxing Construction & Jiapeng Group.
Hidden Risks
The lack of full disclosure in Jilin Bank's IPO prospectus on its ultimate beneficiaries, and the uncertainty surrounding the role of Jiapeng Group and its owner Wang, should be concerns for any Jilin Bank investors. And with such a tightly connected group of politicians, bankers, and entrepreneurs, the opportunities for collusive corruption can exist.
The arrangement contains too many risks to list in one article, the purpose of which is to highlight why performing due diligence should be on any investors checklist when investing in Chinese stocks.
(Article not to be copied without permission, please kindly cite the site, thanks).
N.B. The author has no long/short position in the stock.
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BJP today said it would oppose the TRS Government's attempt to give reservations in jobs and education on religious lines in Telangana. Noting that there is no provision in the Constitution drafted by B R Ambedkar for quota on religious lines, State BJP President K Laxman alleged it is not proper for the ruling TRS to give reservation to Muslims for vote bank politics.
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He was referring to the TRS Government's attempt to get the Centre to facilitate 12 per cent reservation to Muslims, a key election promise of the ruling party.
The BJP leader was speaking at an event organised by the party to collect mass signatures against the TRS Government's decision.
The State Government had said it would urge the Centre to allow it to provide 12 per cent quota to the backward sections among Muslims.
Laxman said the BJP would intensify its agitation on the issue and take it to the Governor's notice first.
Laxman also condemned the criticism made against his party by TRS leaders over postponement of an appointment of an all-party delegation from the State with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on SC categorisation issue.
The Telangana Government proposed to lead an all-party delegation, headed by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, to Delhi to meet the Prime Minister to urge the Centre to take steps for categorisation of SCs.
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|UAC:Warfare strikes again | 09.Mar.2006
After a period of redesign we are now back in action with new ideas, new members and new content to make UAC:Warfare a stunning game experience based on the award winning Quake 4 by Raven Software.
Concerning new content the Domination Mode has been finished by our Coder NightWulf including the User Interface. Our new Concept Artist Backslapper drawed some awesome concepts for our Buggy and also some anti-vehicle guns.
Freakman, michi.be and the new mapper Toireht who came from the chanceled DooM³ Mod "Hell on Earth" are mapping the redesigned "Mars Assault" Level to get our first UACW_Test release rolling out to the community as soon as possible.
Concerning the releasedate it's done when it's fun!
We are looking for a Weapon and Vehicle Modeller to support us getting the concepts in the game. You must be familiar with high-poly modelling so we can render the normalmaps out of your models. You can join as a freelancer if ou are interested to help us out with a certain model you spotted on our website. Please sent in some work samples to michibe-at-gmx.net if you like to apply at our international team.
|Status report | 08.Nov.2005
We are close to finish the re-texturing and some assets. Porting over stuff is the main thing we are doing in our spare time. Time is rare in the team because michi.be and Freakman are busy with their degree at school. Major Fleischer helped us a lot by modelling the Sniper gun as a Freelancer. He will maybe finish the Assault gun too. NightWulf works on the class-system UI and Central Intelligence reports that he already killed some Stroggs with the Aegis tank in Singpleplayer mode.
So we can do some playtestings with vanilla Quake 4 on our new Gameserver soon.
|First look on UAC:Warfare with Quake4 Textures | 21.Oct.2005
The retexturing have just begun! After our switch from Doom³ to Quake4 we started to rework our Mod with the new assets. After having a look at the new features we can say that it was worth the switch. We will use slightly modified Marine models for our player classes. For airstrikes and supplies the Q4 Dropship and Fighter is perfect for our needs and will do its job in UAC:Warfare. The overall look will change a little bit because the Quake4 textures are dirty and grundged.
So here's the first shot of our retextured Mars Assault Level which will be released in our UAC:W_Test soon after the Quake4 SDK arrives. We also have two new Weapons modelled and ready for skinning plus the Icecrater terrain is done and in the pipeline for our Mappers. Exspect new shots in our next news update.
|UAC:Warfare - New game new Content | 07.Oct.2005
Today we feel ready to announce that our DooM³ Multiplayer Modification UAC:warfare will be released for the upcoming Quake 4. It was a hard decision to move to Quake 4 and leave DooM³ behind us which we had a lot of fun developing content for.
But our mod would suffer from the lack of Players in DooM3. We never thought that the MP community would vanish so fast. Althought we will loose some features that are "unique" in DooM³ like huge terrain maps and our vehicle support which was up and running and we have to replace original DooM³ assets we think that UAC:W all in all will be greatly improved by the Quake 4 features. We wished to release an UAC:W-Test for DooM³ but like most mod teams we had some delays. So we will develop for Quake 4 and port over the codebase as soon as the SDK will be released by Raven/id. You can expect the UAC:W-Test for Quake 4 soon after the release of the SDK.
To indruduce UAC:W to the Quake community we put together a teaser movie and a bunch of new shots. You can see our APC Troop Transporter which is suiteable to carry up to 4 players or the heavily armed Aegis Antigrav tank. An preview of the HUD, the Detonator Item and our Field Laptop for calling in Air support can also be seen on the shots. Last but not least there is our Transnode effect to carry players quickly from one place to another. All shots are taken on Mars Assault the Beta staged map by michi.be and Freakman. Exspect new environmental shots like the Terraforming or the Snowmap in the next update.
We also proud to welcome Zombie (A Place of Malice, Deep Sea Research) in our team.
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|Still kickin' | 07.May.2005
Just another quick news update: m!chi.be is working again on his APC vehicle, the pics below are still work in progress. The final version will have a much more detailed front and back. Our bots now know how to play the Domination gametype (basically) but there is still a lot of work to do.
We are still looking for talented model and concept artists! If you interested please head over to our jobs page and drop us a note on our forums or send us an email.
Phobos has joined our team an he is going to create some bombastic music themes for our new multiplayer experience.
Update (13-05-05): Added new stuff to press section! Updated APC Screenshots. Get a small XVid video about the APC here!
|Turrets, Domination, Weapons, Bots and Magazines | 04.Apr.2005
Althought the lack of updates to uac:w we work steady on our mod.
Our Combat Knife is ingame. Senkusha did some fine animations and is polishing them up at the moment in his spare time.
NightWulf finished the code for our Domination Gamemod and added some visual bonus stuff. Our Turret code is ready for action too. We have a basic "Warfare Bot" based on this code which needs to be improved.
Note: Bot support is not on the top of our todo list. Michi.be is still working on "Mars Assault". Our CTF/Domination map which goes on fine.
Another good news is that we will be featured in German "Gamestar" magazine. There will be some exclusive pics and infos in one of their upcoming issues.
|New site and teammember | 07.Feb.2005
As you may have heared, the DooM3Genetic Modification have canceled their work. Sad news, but Freakman the Leader from D3Genetic has joined our team. You may noticed the new site design which comes also from D3Gentic and has been overworked by m!chi.be
We`re looking for a few more talented developers, especially 3D Modelers and Concept Artists. See Jobs page for more informations.
In our media section you can find a turret model screenshot which was done by m!chi.be:
|Christmas Update | 24.Dec.2004
First of all a small status update: We finished the Capture the Flag game mode and michi.be is working hard on a eight players CTF mars map after his sport injury ( see plan file).
|IRC Channel @ Quakenet | 29.11.2004
From now on you can reach us at our new Quakenet IRC Channel: #uac:w
|Now in Mod Database | 18.11.2004
We decided to join the Mod Database. It's a "must" registration because there are not that many D³ MP mods registered. You can give comments over there or vote for us in the "Mod of the Month" votings.
|Sniper Scope, Classes and Maps | 13.11.2004
Here we go. Our first news update since we launched UAC:W.
|Welcome to UAC:Warfare | 27.10.2004
Welcome to UAC: Warfare. We are developing a Doom³ Multiplayer Modification.


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Me and the hubs went out for a lovely meal to break our fast (Ramadan Kareem), I must say I did feel slightly OTT with the bright colour, but the restaurant was so posh & lovely that I fit in very well! :) The dress actually looks more striking in person, the silk chiffon just flows beautifully with every movement. I have to say A LOT of women were staring at me.. (do you think that was a good thing or bad? lol)
Sevilla Dress: Isabella Oliver
I tried to tone down the colour by wearing black dinky heels & black earrings, here's how I styled it...
With regards to makeup, omg I had literally 30 mins to get myself ready, in that time I had to iron, do my makeup & my hair. I did manage it, but I'm not so sure how.
Face: Revlon colorstay applied lightly with 187, Bourjous gold bronzing powder
For my hair... I just started backcombing in a hurry, big hair always looks good. I clipped the front bit back with some clips and voila.
I would like to have spent a little more time on my eyes... but oh well, sometimes less is more! :)


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E-Commerce Sites Crash at Peak Demand in UK
Without a reliable technology infrastructure it is not going to be easy to achieve Web success, which is why the strength and viability of your hosting, connectivity and managed services is of such immense importance to today's enterprises.That's the case for Internet retailers in particular but it appears today's digital merchants feel woefully unfit about the challenge
A recent study from Cogeco Peer 1 of over 100 UK eCommerce decision makers found that 48% did not feel completely ready for seasonal peaks in website traffic.
58% of UK retailers admitted they faced page speed issues during 2016 - 2017 seasonal peaks.
"Retailers and brands are facing considerable challenges when selling online: from how to compete with the likes of Amazon and how social media is transforming shopping; to harnessing the power of automation and maintaining a uniform, effective online presence 24/7," commented Susan Bowen, Vice President and General Manager, EMEA at Cogeco Peer 1. "The figures in the study highlight the need for UK retailers to act if they are to take full advantage of the revenue opportunities available during seasonal peak spending periods."
Peak holiday times such as Easter, Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the Boxing Day sales represented over a £7 billion boom for the British economy in 2016. Periods like this represent a considerable percentage of the overall annual revenue for retailers, so maximising on these seasonal peaks is often the difference between making the black and sinking into the red.


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Hannah Stocking Wiki, Bio, Boyfriend, Dating, Affair, Net Worth
Published On: 17 Jan, 2017
The Internet sensational, especially Instagram star and also known as the model, Hannah Stocking, and who also has over millions of followers on her Instagram on the platform. This lady first earned recognition on Vine, where she also has over millions of fans. Hannah was born to her parents Holly and Jon on February 4, 1993, in Ashland, Oregon and grew up with her sister Ruby.
Know her Career:
She began posting videos in Vine and became very popular. She posted her first Vine named as "How girls react to guys Vs. How men response to the girls" on August 1, 2013, which received her many fans. This young lady also featured 'DeStorm Power' as well as Klarity.
She also did celebrations with much more other favorite Vine star, and some of them are King Bach and other stars, and she has also used to play volleyball in her college days.
How she makes her Net Worth?
She has over $1 million dollars of net worth, and this lady earned these six digits figures of net worth in short time because of her hardworking and prosperous work. But she also received massive amounts of salary and bonuses and also money from her other works such as ads and endorsements, from Instagram and other social media.
However, wiki covered that she is also trying grew money for a California family who has struck by horrifying bad luck. And she is also involved in several social campaigns, and recently she helped California's cancer victim girls.
Why did She dump her Boyfriend Klay?
After finishing her affairs with her boyfriend in the last of 2015, she has spotted with various guys partying and enjoying her. Having never been married and divorced, this young and gorgeous lady seems to be in no mood lament over her break up with GSW former boyfriend Klay Thompson, who allegedly cheated on her.
When the two met, she was in the starting of her modeling career and on the other hand, her ex-boyfriend Klay had just signed a four-year max contract expansion worth $70 million with the Golden State Warriors.
However, prior this GSW star, she has romantically linked to Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers, they were dating since 2014. In 2014's August, images of Kyrie and Hannah hanging out together surfaced online.
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This 23-years-old age American young and hot social network star and actress holds the American nationality, but is of the White-Scottish ethnicity, because of her grandparents from Scotland. She also has slim and attractive body figure with her5 feet 10 inches of tall height and also an average of body weight. Her seductive body measurements are 35-24-34 inches, and also you found her others images on her social media accounts.


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As you know, we can't invite everyone. However, I'm happy to say that it seems 2ndwavers is doing great things in an exciting space and you've been selected for ALPHA, the early stage startup track at The Summit.
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C1 Literature: Graeme Simsion, The Rosie ProjectReading Group
Professor of genetics Don Tillman's very orderly life is turned upside down when his search for a mate ("The Wife Project") gets out of control. Psychology student and part-time bartender Rosie, who needs Don's help in the search for her biological father, seems far from being an ideal candidate. Surprisingly, Don finds himself enjoying her company and starts breaking his own rules. Australian author Graeme Simsion's hilariously funny and poignant novel is a classic romantic comedy. Participants are requested to read parts of the text at home as preparation for the discussion in class. The Rosie Project ISBN 978-1-405-91279-2


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|Trying out some summer wear while its 40F outside, brrr!
|Thomas drew of our cat Nehala (Na-hayla), we call her NeyNey for short. Love how Thomas spelled it "nana" and how he spelled meow in Spanish phonetics!
|That face you make when you look good and you know it!
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They play a mean game even though most kids tower over them : )
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I brush my thumb across his lowered eyelids - just the slightest, barely noticeable touch - and I know he feels it too: the comfort. The intimacy. I swear, sometimes it seems like there's absolutely no space, no distance whatsoever between us, not even for a breath of air to slide across our bodies. It feels almost like we're one. Fucking unreal; so, so unlike anything. He whispers inside my mouth, feeding on me. Letting me feed on him. It's the most perfect symbiosis.
He pushes me against the wall, I know he wants to. He needs to. And I let him. We LET each other - I guess it's the best way to describe this thing we have; nobody's forcing anybody here. We both want this, we're both trapped, tangled. But...honestly, what else is new? We're both addicts, we gotta hang on to something, right? It's in our nature. Except...this is different. I feel it constantly, I felt it from the beginning, really. So weirdly true, so right, so *there*. In my bones, ignition from the inside out - burning flames licking my throat, my belly; his taste on my tongue - nauseatingly sweet...like blood. Nothing and nobody's made me feel like this. Nobody's *made* me like he did. Does. It's fucking terrifying, and I can't help but ask for more, *crave* for more. The only response that my body, my mind, my whole goddamn being is capable of in front of this. In front of him.
Tongue flashing just for a second across those sharp teeth of his, that fucked up snort, a low, soft, genuinely amused chuckle - and I swear to Christ, electric sparks flow around us, glowing in the darkest darkness. Tenderness, underneath all the hurt, all the scars and unhealed wounds. Hidden beneath regrets and mistakes - an untouched, untarnished, soft core vibrating with such passion, so much not-in-a-million-years-to-be-guessed intensity, it's almost painful.
Palm to palm, fingers locked for dominance - each of us trying to overpower the other. A stupid, mindless game, considering...we're both giving up here. Surrendering, no matter who ends up being on top. Don't really matter, at the end of the day. Sure, it's part of the game, part of the endless struggle, but...what both of us want, what we both know we need, is that way out of Oz. Out of ourselves. And dominance, that sense of control over the part of you that you're still allowed to claim self-fucking-determination in this place - that don't mean shit without release. A sense of...safety. Abandonment through closeness. We both need it...we're addicts, after all, aren't we? And an addict - though he searches for the tiniest shred of self-control through his addiction - eventually ends up admitting his own defeat. Addiction becomes control; control turns into surrender. Yeah, very fucking philosophical...coming from a high school dropout.
Still...his breath on my skin, that small, aborted, raspy noise in the back of his throat - like he's about to choke or something...that's what makes sense. Unbearable fucking sweetness. Blood - red, hot, fucking boiling, burning my insides - flowing through my wrists, his wrists, clutching onto mine. Peeling me - layer of aching skin by layer of broken skin - until he's there, inside me, sharp as a knife's edge. Twisting into my flesh, every need-soaked nerve. Hitting something, something I've always known was mine, but never had someone - anyone - to actually prove me right. And sweet Jesus!... It feels so good, so nice to have this man's promise, his unspoken belief - his TRUTH. "You are worthy..." It's so beautiful, so surreal. Yet...so palpable. So intense. So NEAR. I've never had this. And nobody - man, woman, fucking whatever - has ever made me feel like this. So completely disarmed. Naked. Powerless. (Powerful.)
I brush my thumb across his lowered eyelids - just the slightest, barely noticeable touch - and I know he feels it too: salvation, motherfucking grace... Forgiveness, trust. Love. Flowing through our bodies like a vital stream. Intoxicating.
Highest high and...the lowest low, right? 'Cause, after all...we're both addicts...
Still...nobody's ever touched me...(--like *he* does.)
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DGAP-News: SolarWorld AG / Key word(s): Half Year Results/Miscellaneous SolarWorld AG increases shipments in 2014 more strongly than expected 14.08.2014 / 09:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------- SolarWorld AG released its report on the first half of 2014 today. In the first six months of the year, SolarWorld AG significantly increased shipments, compared with the same period of the previous year. Overall, groupwide shipments of solar wafers, cells, modules and kits rose by 53 percent to 357 (H1 2013: 233) megawatts (MW). Shipments of modules and kits increased to 333 (H1 2013: 211) MW. In this segment, SolarWorld started the year's second half with an order book of more than 400 MW. Today already, shipments of modules and kits (including shipments in July of more than 90 MW) plus the order book exceed the target for the whole year 2014. Management expected shipments of modules and kits to increase by more than 40 percent, compared with 2013, to more than 767 (2013: 548) MW. "Products from SolarWorld are highly in demand worldwide. In July alone, we sold more than 90 MW, a new record for our company. At all production sites in Germany and the United States, we soon will partly re-activate capacities that are not being utilized and further invest to grow organically groupwide in line with demand," explains Dr.-Ing. E. h. Frank Asbeck, CEO of SolarWorld AG. As an internationally oriented company, SolarWorld was able to grow primarily in markets such as the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan. About 81 percent of sales came from outside of Germany. SolarWorld customers primarily demanded high-performance modules, while, contrary to expectations, shipments of complete systems declined significantly. SolarWorld generally sells the largest share of its kits in Germany. Due to the strong decrease of the German market, the group did not succeed in reaching its shipment target for kits here. This shift in the product mix and price reductions in the solar markets considerably affected consolidated revenue, which rose by 13 percent to EUR 228 (H1 2013: 201) million and remained below the group's expectations. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) improved in the first half of 2014 to EUR 101 million. This result included a one-time, non-cash impairment of EUR 36 million, which resulted from the agreement with a raw-material supplier, as well as one-offs from financial restructuring and initial consolidation of assets taken over from Bosch Solar Energy AG. Adjusted for these one-offs mentioned above, EBITDA rose to EUR 1 (H1 2013: -37) million. Consolidated earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) increased in the first half of 2014 to EUR 81 (H1 2013: -59) million. Also adjusted for the one-offs mentioned above, EBIT amounted to EUR -19 million. After the company had made redemptions and payments of interest on debt totaling EUR 34 million at the end of the second quarter as planned, the company had liquid funds of EUR 159 million, a reduction of EUR 24 million, compared with the end of the first quarter (March 31, 2014: EUR 183 million). Outlook: Expectations for 2014 and 2015 While SolarWorld AG will exceed its shipment target for 2014, the company probably will not reach its revenue target of more than EUR 680 million in light of the shift in product mix and price reductions in the solar market. For 2014, SolarWorld AG expects a positive EBITDA adjusted for the one-offs mentioned above and the recognized impairment losses. Including all one-offs, SolarWorld expects a positive consolidated result for the year in a three digit million euro amount. For 2015, SolarWorld AG confirms its forecast that it will be able to achieve a positive operating result. Consolidated Interim Report - first half of 2014: http://www.solarworld.de/financial-reports SolarWorld REAL VALUE: SolarWorld manufactures and sells solar power solutions and in doing so contributes to a cleaner energy supply worldwide. The group, headquartered in Bonn, Germany, employs approximately 3,200 people and carries out production in Freiberg, Germany; Arnstadt, Germany; and Hillsboro, USA. From raw material silicon to solar wafers, cells and modules, SolarWorld manages all stages of production â including its own research and development. Through an international distribution network with locations in Europe, USA, Singapore and South Africa, SolarWorld supplies customers all over the world. The company maintains high social standards at all locations across the globe, and has committed itself to resource- and energy-efficient production. SolarWorld was founded in 1998 and has been publically traded on the stock market since 1999. More information at www.solarworld.de/en Contact: SolarWorld AG Investor Relations Phone: +49 228 55920-470; Fax: +49 228 55920-9470, Email: firstname.lastname@example.com; Internet: www.solarworld.de/en/investor-relations --------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.08.2014 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. 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So, for some reason yesterday Facebook decided that my blog was spam and would no longer allow me to cross post it. Some people have teased me repeatedly about my loyalty to Livejournal; but the truth is my blog has been there for almost twelve years (it originally started just after Christmas in 2004) and so I was not only used to it, everything was archived there….and almost twelve years is a lot of writing.
A lot of writing.
But if my blog is no longer going to cross-post, what was I to do? So I opened this account on WordPress, and yes, it's weird. I am going to have to take the time to learn how to use this properly–because I just have so much free time–and hopefully, I will be able to keep it all here from now on. I am in the process of downloading all of my posts from livejournal, so that I have them, safe and sound and archived, in my own personal files…hey, who knows? Maybe out of all those blog posts, I can pull together a book about writing or something, you never know. But it's still an incredible pain in the ass, and I don't like the font choices here, either. This one is the closest I can get to Times New Roman, and I also have to figure out how to configure the page itself into something I like.
What a pain in my ass.
But change can be good, and people keep telling me how much I am going to love WordPress, so there it is. And here I am.
And what annoys me is knowing that probably, within a day or two, I'll find out it's a glitch and I didn't need to come over here after all.
But…you know what? All things must come to an end at some point, right? Change is good, right?
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Road safety is an aspect of the children's education, which is a shared responsibility between the school and the parents. It should ensure the safe arrival of the children to/from School
- To ensure the safety of our children as they travel to and from the school.
- To encourage children to take responsibility for their own personal safety while on or near the road.
- To ensure there are rules and guidelines for all methods of transport children may be using while in our care at school.
- To encourage Police visits to reinforce safety procedures.
- Children are encouraged to follow the safest route to and from school.
- Children will be encouraged to use the Walking Bus, if available and expected to follow the guidelines and procedures set out by the Walking Bus programme.
- Children must walk on the footpath where one is available
- Children must use pedestrian crossings and school road patrol where available in the morning and in the afternoon children must use the teacher-supervised crossings.
- Children in junior classes are given training on the correct way to walk on and cross the road, using such programmes as Stepping Out.
- No child to ride a bike to school below year 5 unless accompanied by an adult and will have had written permission from their parents/caregivers that the principal will have approved.
- All children are to wear a cycle helmet correctly fitted and fastened as legally required.
- Children in senior classes are given instruction / training on safe cycling using programmes such as 'Riding By'.
Bus Safety
- Buses hired for school trips must have adequate seating for the number of children being carried on the bus (Y0-3 = 3 children per seat Y4-8 = 2children per seat)
- On school trips at least one teacher must accompany each bus and must ensure all children are accounted for
- Children are given instruction as required on general bus rules, emergency procedures and conduct expected when boarding or leaving the school bus.
Car Safety
- Children will be instructed in correct procedures for travelling in a car.
- Where private vehicles are used for a school trip the school is to have procedures to ensure that seatbelts, licences and warrants comply with the law.
Picking up/Dropping off of children
When parents are picking children up from school they should ensure that:
- Children alight and enter the car from a footpath side door
- Parents may not park and wait for their children for any longer than the specified time in the 5 minute drop off parking zone.
- Parent not to obstruct private/school driveways when parking and waiting for their children.
Road safety procedures are a lifetime necessity, which we as a school can help to establish firmly, at an early age for the present and future benefit of our pupils. The priorities given to road safety for school children reflect the needs of the local community and legal requirements.
Chaos at the School Gate
St. Francis School participates in Auckland City's Chaos at the School Gate programme. This involves parking officers being placed outside the school to observe non-compliant behaviours and issue tickets to those illegally parked.
The Chaos at the School Gate programme has been very successful and is helping to reduce the danger to our children and improve the traffic flow around our school.
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Sometimes, the weekend needs to start a little early. In our case, it needed to start yesterday. So, we planned a rockin' party to celebrate our Shops collaboration with Surface To Air. We headed down to Lil Charlies, rounded up some pals, got Ms. Bronfman to man the ones and twos, and the rest, as they say, is history. Except in this case, we can relive it through our raucous snaps. Click on to get your weekend buzz on. As for us? Well, let's just say we're taking it easy tonight.
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His family says Linus Scott died Wednesday in Gary.
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Rediscover the joy of following the yellow brick road with Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, and the Cowardly Lion as they travel through the eclectic world of Oz. This one-hour, family-friendly adaptation of the classic tale by L. Frank Baum will have you singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," dancing with the munchkin puppets and clicking your heels all the way home. video
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Blog: How can Europe's FMCG industry tough out the downturn?
Dean Best | 17 October 2012
Executives from General Mills, Tate & Lyle, French retailer Auchan, plus drinks giants Diageo and Heineken, head to Brussels today (17 October) for an industry conference to discuss ways Europe's food and drink sectors can ride out the very challenging economic conditions on the Continent. And just-food will bring you the latest news and views from the event.
The two-day summit, organised by industry association FoodDrinkEurope, is entitled "Feeding the recovery", an optimistic-sounding moniker for a conference held against a gloomy economic backdrop in the region.
Nevertheless, the event promises to discuss how Europe can move to a "sustainable economic recovery", even if some may see that as a faint prospect right now.
Speakers will look at how access to finance can be made easier, with a focus on the needs of the small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe's food and drink sectors.
Regulation will also be a key theme. The EU's new rules on food information will soon be in force, which will have a wide impact, particularly on how food is labelled.
The conference will look at how dietary habits in Europe have changed and how the industry has reacted to this.
As well as representatives from industry, the event will also feature a keynote speech from EU Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos, a man in one of the more scrutinised post in the region.
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Pastor Ted Kaira of New Apostolic Church from Chikowoka village T.A. Katumbi in Rumphi District is married to Susan Chiumia from Chikukalala village in Mzimba District. The family is blessed with 5 children.
Susan was found HIV positive in 2011 when she was expecting her fifth child. Knowing that Susan is HIV positive Bently Kuwali, PMTCT counsellor, started advising her that the Health Centres are providing PMTCT services which is an attempt to protect the unborn child from HIV.
Bentry encouraged Susan to go for VCT with her husband where her husband also tested HIV positive. According to Susan and her husband (the pastor) Bentry Kuwali told them alot of issues about PMTCT and the disadvantages of giving birth at Tradition Birth Attendants (TBAs). On 7th August 2011 their daughter Vitima was born through PMTCT at Katowo Health Clinic.
Vitima is now 2 years old and was first tested when she was 1 year old and then 3 months later she was tested again and was found HIV negative. The Pastor has started taking the ARV's in November 2011. They are a happy and healthy family and they make sure to use condoms whenever they are having sex. Bentry Kuwali also told them to stop giving birth to maintain their immune system.
Pastor Kuwali and his wife Susan are very thankful for Bentry for being there for them when they were found HIV positive, he still give them tips on how they can keep their bodies healthy and what they should do whenever they fall sick.
Pastor Kayira is very open and free about his status so much that after preaching he also teaches about HIV and tells them to take his example of knowing their status in time; he also goes with Abwenzi where ever they have a function to give testimony on his life as an HIV positive person with an HIV negative child.


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MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v7.02 Title: Kolach (Braided Bread) Categories: Russian, Christmas, Bread/yeast Servings: 3 1 ts Sugar 1 c ;Water, Lukewarm 2 pk Dry Yeast 3 tb Sugar 2 c Milk; (About 110 Degrees F.) 2 lg Eggs 1 tb Salt 2 tb Oil Or Melted Butter; You -Can Use Up To 4 Tbs 8 c Unbleached Flour; Or More -If Needed 1 lg Egg; Beaten With 1 tb Water; For Glaze 2 tb Dry Poppy Seeds Disolve 1 tsp sugar in the water and sprinkle the yeast over it. Add 1 Tbl of sugar, stir and let stand for 10 minutes. Combine the yeast with the milk, lightly beaten eggs, salt, 2 tbl sugar, oil, and 3 cups of sifted flour. Beat until smooth. Cover and let rise in a warm place until light and bubbly, about 1 hour. Mix in enough of the remaining flour to make a light, slightly sticky dough, then knead in the bowl until smooth and elastic,(Remember the heavier the dough, the heavier the bread.) and leaves the sides of the bowl easily. Or in the processor, add the yeast mixture to the flour and then add the liquids. With the machine running, add more flour until a ball forms. Allow to rest for several minutes. Process until the dough is smooth and elastic. Form into a ball and place in a lightly oiled bowl, turning once to oil the top. Cover with a linen dish towl, soaked in hot water and then wrung out until damp only, and let rise in a warm place until double in bulk. Punch down and allow to rise again, slightly. Divide the dough into 3 parts. Divide 1 part into thirds, rolling each into a rope 8 to 10 inches long and 1 1/2 inches thick. Braid together, starting at the middle and turn the ends under. Repeat with each of the remaining parts of the dough. Place the loaves on buttered baking sheets. Do not crowd, since the loaves will double in size. Cover with the damp towel and let rise until almost double. Brush with the egg glaze and sprinkle with the poppy seeds. Bake in a preheated 375 Degrees F. oven at least 1 hour, or until golden. Test by rapping the bottom, there should be a nice hollow sound. Cool on wire racks until cold before cutting. MMMMM
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- Democrats are considering dropping their call that a payroll tax cut extension to be paid for by a surtax on millionaires. [Financial Times]
- Cabinet secretaries formally alerted employees yesterday that the government may shut down at the end of the week, as negotiations over funding bog down. [Washington Post]
- Foreclosure filings fell last month, "partly the result of a holiday eviction moratorium by mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac." [Bloomberg]
- The new treaty meant to stem Europe's fiscal woes has hit some speed bumps. [New York Times]
- A new report shows that "nearly half of America's public schools didn't meet federal achievement standards this year, marking the largest failure rate since the much-criticized No Child Left Behind Law took effect." [San Francisco Examiner]
- Regulators say they have found the money lost by failed investment firm MF Global, "but must sort out which transactions were legitimate before more money can be released to customers." [Reuters]
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A few months ago I'm standing and talking with one of the other parents on my son's soccer team. He and I have known each other for quite a while now and have a mutual respect for one another. So, when the following conversation happened I was a little surprised. It went like this.
Him: "Man, your son is super-fast. I thought my kids were fast, but your son has cheetah speed. Were you fast when you were a kid?"
Me: "Yes, I was very fast at their age, faster than most."
Him: "Can I ask you a question?"
Me: "Ssssuuurrre…." (Spider senses started to tingle).
Him: "My sons are the fastest kids on their track team, but when we went over to (insert name of all black high school in an all-black neighborhood) those kids made my sons look so slow."
Me: "So your question is?"
Him: "Do black kids have an extra leg muscle back there or something?"
Welcome to no wiggle room Wednesday. Today's topic is: Are black athletes inherently faster than white athletes?
It is well documented that slave owners, Thomas Jefferson being one of them, practiced what is known as selective breeding. Because slaves were looked at as a valuable financial asset (they were the second largest cash asset in the southern states), they were treated like cattle and bred for certain desirable characteristics that could be passed onto their children.
To do the type of back breaking labor that most slaves had to do, a wispy looking runway model type with soft hands and small, lady-like ankles would not do. You wanted muscle, strength, shoulders the width of a boxcar, a back as strong as a train of oxen. In other words you didn't want a Michael Jackson, you wanted a Bo Jackson.
Often a strong male was forced to impregnate an equally strong female. The end result was baby Hercules. And, because institutionalized slavery lasted in this country for over 200 years, and forced segregation lasted another 102 years (laws that made intermarriage between black and white illegal were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1967) the gene pool remained small and became more defined.
In other words, there was a bunch of baby Hercules.
Nobody wants to talk about this in our overly politicized society, but the fact of the matter is this: professional athletics in this country is the unintended beneficiary of the darkest moment in our American history.
Of course the white athlete has his place in history. I would argue, however, that had there not been forced segregation in all professional athletics black athletes would've been equally dominant in football before Fritz Pollard in 1919, in basketball before Church Cooper in 1950, and in baseball far earlier than Jackie Robinson. It can be argued that black boxer Jack Johnson would've won the world heavyweight championship had James Jeffries, who was white, not refused to face him in as early as 1900.
Not all black people were physical specimens of epic proportion. We can't all run like cheetahs or dunk the basketball or outrun defenders or hit the baseball a country mile. Some of us missed that portion of the genetic gravy train. Still, there are enough that would give the casual outside observer the impression that we're all physical wunderkinds, that we all have an extra leg muscle hidden away somewhere.
Sadly, that's simply not the case.
Fast forward back to my conversation:
Me: "No, last I checked there was no extra muscle back there. I think it's because we're used to being chased."
Him: (awkward silence)
Me: "Just kidding." (I couldn't resist it)
Are black athletes inherently faster than white athletes?


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' the black one – she will have the three flags' – power, honour and money. 'She will travel in plane andshe will be a leader in the family'. She will help you.'
It's still happening constantly, today, tonight. My story doesn't matter, except that it stands for the hundreds' of girls stories too, and there stories is why I don't sleep at night. They haunt me.
But I couldn't take the image of the sex-related violence out of my mind. There was nothing I could do to annihilate my past. Coming back to life, to some kind of innocence, felt impossible. I didn't know where my youth was, where to dig to look, if not for happiness, at least for some kind of peace.
It is the evil done to me, that propels me on. Is there any other way to exercise it?
The French seemed to eat vast quantities of everything, but especially meat. I could hardly believe, how much they put inside themselves everyday.I was overcome by it all; the succession of dishes, the abundance and the fact that people left food on their plates[…] We could fees whole families in Cambodia just with these left-overs.


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So I was yacking it up with a fellow composer yesterday about the musical vagueness present in the music business these days, specifically how it relates to those who write music for broadcast or sync for a living (which I don't and he does, most successfully). He encouraged me to pursue my study group (http://ellingtonstudygroup.com) because as he sees it, and I totally agree, most composers can't or don't take the time to really get into the intricacies of "old-school" jazz horn arranging, and end up writing only what they can play with one hand on a keyboard controller–or worse: tracking horns part by part by ear.
Then he said something that really resonated with me, and I paraphrase: "It's not composers' fault necessarily, but we've been forced into bad composing and arranging by a culture and music business that has misrepresented and hijacked music itself."
It's not only jazz that has been hijacked, where the sound of one's horn section sample dictates the texture of the arrangement, where there is no regard for voice doubling, section weight, inter-sectional cross doubling, mute mixing and articulation. Modern contemporary rock/pop-based and even orchestral styles are also misrepresented as weak and watered down. It seems that most of music for production starts from the loudest and most repetitive element, the "beat" or the "loop" or the "groove," or the "pad" or "the machine gun string ostinato"… followed by a sequencing/tracking/layering process and involving a decision chain based on the accumulation of sound and repetitive aural acceptance that has nothing to do with writing.
So many compromises are made before you even begin your track. Consider that every sequencer defaults to 4/4 time, 120 bpm (great for a Sousa march)–a minor annoyance, but if you're auditioning loops synced to tempo, your all-important first-notes-into-the-ear impression might be polluted.
You're not even safe onstage or in a session, where in the soundcheck twenty minutes is spent on the kick and snare sound, the "root" of the band. Gotta get that kick perfect FIRST or we can't play a note, right? It really sets the mood….(well maybe not as much in LA sessions)
We've adapted our writing style to the limitations of DAW/computer composing: find a cool groove; throw a two bar bass riff onto it; start layering some shit on top of it; add a guitar; …then some strings, then "melody instruments," and start tweaking the mix, listening the whole time through a mastering chain, until it sounds good enough, then move on to the next cue. The only orchestrational choice that's available after this aural accumulation is subtractive, semi-creative post-production (ie. "why don't you thin that out.")
I call that last technique "writing from the bottom up," and while it's perfectly legitimate and worked great for Led Zeppelin and Herbie Hancock, it's an insidious crutch if it's all you can do, and compared to the way music used to be written in the good old days when men wrote like men (on paper) and performed live in the studio with real people, it's orchestration-ally backwards, but more importantly, composition-ally corrupt. Our evolved culture tells us that music has to sound this way, and the geeks who design the software give us the tools of our musical demise.
Jazz composition and arranging is even trickier and harder to pull off digitally, maybe even a lost cause. But really, does it matter? They tell us that all jazz sounds either like "In The Mood," "Playboy After Dark,"or that Miles tune, you know, the one with the muted trumpet?
So now we have to all lie in the sonic bed we just "scored"….or do we? More later about "top down writing…"


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