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Cue the 'Jaws' soundtrack: the 27th year of 'Shark Week' is upon us and primed to take its biggest social bite yet.
Last year, 'Shark Week' was Discovery's most social event to date, generating more than 10 million Facebook interactions throughout the week. This year, the network will utilize Spredfast to incorporate Facebook Trending Topics, Hashtag Polling and live Instagram posts during broadcasts. Throughout the week, fans will also be able to see their Facebook posts featured live on air throughout the 26 hours of programming.
"We're taking 'Shark Week' to a new level this year – complementing the incredible on-air lineup with more social integrations and more live online events than ever before," said Conal Byrne, Vice President of Digital Media at Discovery Communications. "From streaming Discovery's FinFest celebration at the start of the week to Facebook fans deciding the best 'Shark Week' moments of all time at the end of the week, 'Shark Week' 2014 is a non-stop, fan-focused extravaganza."
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A top Kenyan antiterrorism police official said two German men suspected of membership in Shabaab were being held after arriving in Nairobi from Somalia on Aug. 29. Members of the Mombasa Republican Committee rejected allegations by the chief of police that the group is linked to Shabaab.
President Kenyatta urged police chiefs from 13 African countries to share intelligence on terrorism, and to crack down on the illicit trade in wildlife products that helps to fund terrorism. The Special Police unit shot and killed three "thugs" in Nairobi's Gigiri neighborhood, a short distance from the US Embassy and UN complex, after trailing the suspected robbers, who had reportedly hijacked a truck full of gas canisters shortly before being intercepted; authorities also confiscated police radios, guns, and ammunition. Suspected Shabaab gunmen attacked a police station in Garissa on Aug. 18, injuring a woman and stealing two rifles.
Security is being stepped up in Lamu county after 20 heavily armed attackers blocked a road, forced riders out of their cars, and killed at least two of them. The suspected Shabaab attackers beheaded at least one of the victims and kidnapped others, and stole two cars.
A leaked national intelligence report said that three Kenyans -- Sheikh Ahmed Iman Ali, Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir, and Abu Sandheere -- are suspected of masterminding Shabaab's September 2013 Westgate Mall attack. A think tank report warned that terrorism presents a threat to economic growth in at least eight of Kenya's counties.
Police announced the recent arrest in Nairobi's Eastleigh suburb of suspected Shabaab operative Hassan Hanafi Haji, who is accused of killing Somali journalists as well as other attacks. The suspect, who claimed he was not Haji, had come from Somalia to Kenya for medical treament. A large group of attackers threw grenades at government offices in Mandera on Aug. 4; Shabaab is suspected in the attack. Two men were charged with recruiting for Shabaab. An arrest warrant was issued last week for a police officer investigating a case involving British terror suspect Samantha Lewthwaite and a Kenyan accomplice. Since the case against Lewthwaite, who was charged in absentia, was filed on Jan. 4, 2012, it has been mentioned 28 times before different judges.
Suspected Shabaab gunmen in in the Mombasa suburb of Likoni opened fire on civilians, killing at least four people and injuring more than 10 others. Leaflets distributed by the gunmen claimed the attack was revenge "for our brothers who were killed in Mpeketoni." Security forces claimed to have destroyed three militant training camps and to be zeroing in on the Lamu killers in the Boni Forest, where the military has been conducting airstrikes and ground operations over the past week.
Suspected Shabaab militants ambushed a bus near Witu in Lamu county, killing at least five people, including a policeman, and wounding eight passengers, of whom four were policemen. The bus was traveling from a resort town.
Residents and businesses are suffering from insecurity due to Shabaab attacks in the coastal province of Lamu; leaflets are circulating warning non-Muslims to leave. Foreign Secretary Mohammed said Kenya's travel advisory warning Kenyans about the UK's Heathrow airport due to the danger of al Qaeda terror attacks was not retaliatory; the UK had recently warned its citizens to avoid travel to Mombasa. Eastleigh residents complained of extortion by police making false arrests of alleged "Shabaab" suspects. Witnesses said that the 50 Shabaab gunmen who stormed two villages in Lamu on July 12 briefly took over a mosque, where they delivered a delivered a 30-minute sermon calling on worshipers to support their jihad.
Kenyan forces, including aircraft, searched the forests of Gorji and Belasange in Lamu county, looking for suspected Shabaab fighters who have attacked and raided villages and farms in the area. During a raid in the forests of Kilifi county, seven members of the secessionist MRC were arrested, and guns and weapons were confiscated; some 1,000 youths were arrested in a separate security operation. On July 11, gunmen in Mombasa murdered prominent businessman Mohamed Shahid Butt, who was to face trial next month on charges of financing the radicalization of Muslim youth.
A group of 60 armed men raided the village of Pandanguo in Lamu, torching a school and several houses, harassing women and children, and stealing valuables, before disappearing into the forest. Residents are fleeing Lamu county and schools have been closed due to security fears following recent attacks that killed at least 80 people. National Intelligence Service director general Michael Gichangi failed to provide a governmental committee with the names of persons involved in sugar smuggling; Shabaab is said to have infiltrated Kenyan sugar-smuggling gangs, particularly in Garissa.
Security forces arrested some 70 suspects last in Lamu and Tana River in connection with last month's violence in Mpeketoni, and charged two previously arrested suspects with murder.
About 20 gunmen raided a police camp in Mpeketoni on the night of July 7, killing three people and burning down the camp. Unknown assailants attacked a crowd in Wajir on July 7 with gunfire and a grenade, killing one person and seriously wounding six others. A judge refused the bail request of suspected Shabaab terrorist Mahamud Abdi Adan, who allegedly was planning attacks on vital government installations.
Shabaab claimed yesterday's attacks in the coastal towns of Gamba and Hindi, where at least 29 people were killed by gunmen. The Shabaab militants also broke into the Gamba jail during the attack, freeing a number of inmates, including suspects in the recent attacks in nearby Mpeketoni. The attackers also burned buildings, including a church, in Hindi. A number of residents are missing. The attackers, who carried guns and machetes and spoke mainly Somali, managed to escape.
A Kenyan MP claimed that about 3,000 Kenyan and Somali youth trained under a US-funded program to provide security for a buffer zone along the Somali border have instead become terrorists for hire in Kenya. A police officer investigating "sensitive cases" was shot and killed by three gunmen in Mombasa, where Shabaab sympathizers have murdered a number of security forces and informers.
Suspected Shabaab militants killed five people in Witu near Lamu; six more were also reportedly killed in neighboring villages. A massacre in nearby Mpeketoni last week is being blamed on a major "security collapse," as authorities had been warned of an impending attack. A Nairobi judge rejected the prosecution's attempt to cancel bail for Ahmed Dugal, a suspected accomplice in a Shabaab car bombing on April 23. Authorities arrested 17 suspects, including a woman, over rumors of a Shabaab attack in Naivasha. Police are investigating leaflets that threatened Shabaab attacks on the Masii police station, the Ithanga chief camp, and Muumoni and Ithanga villages.
Police have arrested several suspects in the recent attacks in Mpeketoni and Poromoko, as well as a suspect operating social media accounts used by Shabaab to claim responsibility; the local police commander was sacked. Five suspects in the attacks were shot dead by police yesterday. The Mpeketoni attackers reportedly claimed to be Shabaab from Somalia and threatened to return for more attacks in Kenya before moving on to Tanzania and Uganda. Two people were charged for the murder of Sheikh Mohamed Idris on June 16; one suspect possessed 108 terrorism-related CDs. The US is moving some of its embassy staff out of the country due to "recent changes in Kenya's security situation."
The Red Cross said 52 people are missing following a suspected Shabaab attack on the coastal town of Mpeketoni on June 15; the next day 15 more people were killed in an attack on a nearby village. President Kenyatta claimed that the attack was politically motivated and not the work of Shabaab. Witnesses claimed that the 50-some attackers carried Shabaab flags and were led by a "white man." Police shot two suspected terrorists in Garissa. Suspected Shabaab terrorist Abdirizack Muktar Edow was denied bail.
Suspected Shabaab gunmen attacked Mpeketoni police station in Lamu county, then set fire to three hotels, a restaurant, and a police station before fleeing. At least six people were killed in the attack, but the casualty count is likely to rise; the Red Cross was unable to visit the town due to ongoing violence. Political moderates and activists in the Mombasa region say they are being targeted by Islamists. Four students and a madrassa teacher were arrested while traveling to Somalia to join Shabaab.
Gunmen in Mombasa killed moderate cleric Sheikh Mohammed Idris, chairman of the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya. Idris, a vocal opponent of Shabaab, had been threatened previously and was involved in a power struggle with extremists at his mosque. Terror charges were filed against Jabareen Ahmad a.k.a. Ahmad Ahmad Mohamood Salim a.k.a. Harun Osama, an Israeli, and Mohamed Salim a.k.a. Daud, a Moroccan; Osama, thought to be a top member of Shabaab, was arrested on Feb. 25 on suspicion of planning terror attacks in Kenya. Four Somalis accused of plotting a terror attack at Jomo Kenyatta airport dropped their application for reduced bail. Bail has been denied for Dugal Ali, who is linked to a suspected Shabaab car bombing on April 23, as he is thought to have planned other terror attacks while in jail.
Kenyan police are looking into reports that a woman resembling wanted Shabaab terrorist Samantha Lewthwaite had tried to cross over into Somalia from Lamu county and then vanished after border guards denied her permission. The head of the National Task Force on Community Policing urged the Kenyan media to demonstrate patriotism by avoiding coverage of Shabaab attacks. The UK added a travel advisory for Mandera county, and Australia warned citizens to avoid the Kenya-Ethiopian border area due to the danger of Shabaab attacks.
Kenyan Defense Forces killed two Kenyan Muslim clerics in a shootout in Khadija Haji, Shafshafey; a Somali thought to be a key Shabaab member escaped across the border into Somalia. The three suspects were said to be planning a terrorist attack on Mandera town, where the two clerics allegedly belonged to a Shabaab group. The suspects threw grenades at the KDF forces during the attack, and eight more grenades were recovered. KDF forces have been deployed to Mandera to help police deal with insecurity. One man was killed and three injured by a grenade attack in Garissa. An attacker injured in a clash after throwing a grenade at police in Kilifi died. In Wajir, a curfew was imposed after four days of clashes, and KDF forces confiscated bundles of military uniforms that may have been destined for Shabaab.


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The Nairobi stock exchange and new equity capital: 1998 to 2004.
The objectives of any stock exchange include two interlinked concepts. Their primary market role is to facilitate the movement of capital from savers Savers, Inc. headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., is a privately held for-profit thrift store chain offering the best in secondhand shopping. An international company, Savers has more than 200 locations throughout the United States, Canada and Australia, and receives its merchandise to investors. In process of the primary market activities they will often aggregate the resources of small individual savers into sufficiently large In mathematics, the phrase sufficiently large is used in contexts such as:
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Some parts of the developing world have also used stock exchanges as vehicles of development, with perhaps China and India India, officially Republic of India, republic (2005 est pop. 1,080,264,000), 1,261,810 sq mi (3,268,090 sq km), S Asia. The second most populous country in the world, it is also sometimes called Bharat, its ancient name. India's land frontier (c. being the most obvious recent examples. The Shanghai Stock Exchange Shanghai Stock Exchange
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(2) (Streaming SIMD Extensions) A series of additional instructions built into Pentium CPU chips for improved multimedia performance by performing mathematical operations on multiple sets of data at the ) was founded on 26th November November: see month. 1990 (Devonshire-Ellis, 2007). At the end of 2005, the SSE boasted 1069 listed securities and 834 listed companies, with a combined market capitalization Market Capitalization
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Stock exchanges in Africa appear to have missed out on many of the opportunities seized seized (seised) n. 1) having ownership, commonly used in wills as "I give all the property of which I die seized as follows:...." 2) having taken possession of evidence for use in a criminal prosecution. 3) having taken property or a person by force. (See: seisin, seizure) elsewhere. Although there is a long history of stock exchanges in African nations, some going as far back as colonial times, their growth rates Growth Rates
The compounded annualized rate of growth of a company's revenues, earnings, dividends, or other figures.
Remember, historically high growth rates don't always mean a high rate of growth looking into the future. have generally been slow, or even stagnant stagnant /stag·nant/ (stag´nant)
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Quoting data from the World Bank's Financial Structure database, Honahan and Beck list fifteen stock exchanges active in sub-Saharan Africa (i.e. ignoring the substantial and active stock exchanges in Mediterranean Africa, such as those in Morocco Morocco, country, Africa
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The NSE NSE - Network Software Environment: a proprietary CASE framework from Sun Microsystems. was established in 1954: only South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. (1887) and Zimbabwe Zimbabwe, ruined city, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (zĭmbäb`wā) [Bantu,=stone houses], ruined city, SE Zimbabwe, near Fort Victoria. It was discovered by European explorers c. (1896) are older. The remaining exchanges were all established in the last 25 years of the 20th century. Of those fifteen stock exchanges South Africa is clearly an outlier outlier /out·li·er/ (out´li-er) an observation so distant from the central mass of the data that it noticeably influences results.
an extremely high or low value lying beyond the range of the bulk of the data. , while Kenya Kenya (kĕn`yə, kēn`–), officially Republic of Kenya, republic (2005 est. pop. 33,830,000), 224,960 sq mi (582,646 sq km), E Africa. is typical of the other fourteen. These all share the following features: a limited number of stocks is listed, market capitalization is a small percentage of GPD gpd
gallons per day , value traded is a small percentage of GDP GDP (guanosine diphosphate): see guanine. , turnover is low, the concentration of firms is low and few bonds are listed. Parkinson Par·kin·son , James 1755-1824.
British physician who gave (1817) a comprehensive description of paralysis agitans, or Parkinson's disease, and was the first to recognize (1812) perforation of the appendix as a cause of death in appendicitis. (1984) examined the NSE in the context of development in Kenya. He reported that the NSE failed to make enough issues to satisfy savers' demands. Earlier Yacout (1980) had noted the heavy oversubscription Oversubscription
The excess number of shares or bonds that investors want to buy but are not available due to high demand. of new issues in Nigeria Nigeria (nījĭr`ēə), officially Federal Republic of Nigeria, republic (2006 provisional pop. 140,003,542), 356,667 sq mi (923,768 sq km), W Africa. and concluded that; there too, available savings were greater than new stock market issues. In this article we will focus on the Nairobi Stock Exchange The Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) is the stock exchange of Kenya. It began in 1954 as an overseas stock exchange while Kenya was still a British colony with permission of the London Stock Exchange. The NSE is a member of the African Stock Exchanges Association. (NSE). The method is to examine the capital structure of all the companies listed on the NSE. We will attempt to differentiate between those companies that needed capital for expansion and those that did not. In respect of expanding companies we will attempt to identify how they financed their expansion. We will focus on three main categories of sources of finance: primary market transactions (that is, new share issues); organic growth (through the ploughing back of profits); and lastly, borrowing. In this way we will make an informed judgment of the way the NSE has contributed to the raising of capital and the development of the economy.
We will also set the compare the sum of stock market activity against aggregate information for Kenya as a whole, to get a sense of the scale of its activity.
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2. In keeping with: according to instructions.
3. the Efficient Markets Hypothesis (EMH EMH Efficient Market Hypothesis
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EMH Educably Mentally Handicapped ) all relevant information is immediately and accurately impounded in the market prices of shares. If the EMH holds true it is not possible to make an abnormal return Abnormal Return
When the return on an asset or security is in excess of the expected rate of return.
Earning 30% in a mutual fund that is supposed to average 10% would be an abnormal return. Much like winning the lottery, this is something we want to happen. by trading on the basis of available information. For a detailed discussion of the history and early development of the EMH see Fama (1970).
Empirically the EMH is tested in three forms: weak form; semi-strong form and strong form. A typical weak form test would be to check for any serial correlation between share prices on consecutive dates. The absence of serial correlation implies that the share prices are performing a random walk. It is generally agreed that stock prices are weak form efficient. A typical semi-strong form test would be to examine the behaviour of a share price immediately before, during and immediately after a known event such as an earnings announcement or a takeover agreement. As with weak form tests, there is extensive support for semi-strong form efficiency, particularly in respect of the stock markets of the developed world. The strong form of the EMH states that all information, public and private, is fully and immediately impounded in share prices. As it is not possible, by definition, to know all the private information, the strong form is not a testable hypothesis.
In this study we are not so much interested in technical efficiency, though that has been assessed by Dickinson Dickinson, city (1990 pop. 16,097), seat of Stark co., SW N.Dak., on the Heart River; inc. 1919. It is a processing and shipping center for a livestock, dairy, and wheat region, as well as a service center for the Williston Basin oil industry. Dickinson State Univ. and Muruga (1994) and Parkinson (1987) in respect of the NSE. As is observed in both those studies, even if the market deviates somewhat from technical efficiency, the thinness of market trading militates against investors being able to profitably trade on that knowledge. We are more interested in the question asked by Samuels and Yacout (1981). Their question, put in the context of Nigeria was: what contribution did the stock exchange make to the mobilization of capital and the development of the economy?
The purpose of a stock exchange in the developing country context is nicely put by Sudweeks (1989).
"Financial development work should respond to specific development objectives of individual countries. These are to contribute to faster, sustainable and socially equitable equitable adj. 1) just, based on fairness and not legal technicalities. 2) refers to positive remedies (orders to do something, not money damages) employed by the courts to solve disputes or give relief. (See: equity)
EQUITABLE. economic growth. These can be achieved through intermediation (bringing together both investors and borrowers), efficient allocation The apportionment or designation of an item for a specific purpose or to a particular place.
In the law of trusts, the allocation of cash dividends earned by a stock that makes up the principal of a trust for a beneficiary usually means that the dividends will be treated as (allocating resources to their most productive use), adequate savings mobilization (mobilizing mobilizing,
v 1. freeing or making loose and able to move.
2. observing any ongoing movements in a client's body, whether small or large, assisted or not, that identify strengths and weaknesses, as well as the client's physical and savings through financial instruments, rather than real assets), stability (absence of financial crisis, effective term transformation, and adequate risk capital), adequate accumulation of retirement funds for investors' nonproductive non·pro·duc·tive
1. Not yielding or producing: nonproductive land.
2. Not engaged in the direct production of goods: nonproductive personnel.
n. years), and social equity through broad access (allowing all members of society an opportunity to access the financial markets). An efficient and stable financial system will involve the creation of many different types of financial institutions and instruments. This ensures a reasonable distribution of savings among short-term (deposit-type or money market) instruments, long-term debt instruments (bonds) and risk capital (stocks and related instruments) to meet the overall financing needs of the economy." (Sudweeks, 1989, p 4)
One of the dimensions of any stock exchange is its relationship to the economy in which it operates. Useful comparative statistics are somewhat problematical here, but one useful source is the World Bank Data which shows the market capitalization of stock market securities by country, area and for the world as a whole.
"Definition: Market capitalization (also known as market value) is the share price times the number of shares outstanding. Listed domestic companies are the domestically incorporated companies listed on the country's stock exchanges at the end of the year. Listed companies do not include investment companies, mutual funds, or other collective investment vehicles." (World Bank, 2007).
Honahan and Beck (2007, p. 51) indicate that, for the eight most active stock exchanges in Africa other than Johannesburg (that is: Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mauritius Mauritius (môrĭsh`ēəs, –əs), officially Republic of Mauritius, republic (2005 est. pop. 1,231,000), 790 sq mi (2,046 sq km), in the SW Indian Ocean. It is part of the Mascarene Islands, c.500 mi (800 km) E of Madagascar. , Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria and Zimbabwe) the stock market capitalization as a percentage of GDP rose from about 13% in 1994 to about 23% in 2005.
The NSE is a country with one of the lowest ratios of stock market capitalization to GDP. In 2000 it was 10.1%, compared to 89.3% for the world as a whole: by 2005 it had increased to 34.1%, which, though a substantial increase over 2000, was still a small fraction of the 137% recorded for the world as a whole (World Bank, 2007). The logical conclusion is that while the role of stock markets generally is on a growth trajectory Trajectory
The curve described by a body moving through space, as of a meteor through the atmosphere, a planet around the Sun, a projectile fired from a gun, or a rocket in flight. everywhere, including Africa, the NSE plays a comparatively minor role in the economy of Kenya After independence, Kenya promoted rapid economic growth through public investment, encouragement of smallholder agricultural production, and incentives for private (often foreign) industrial investment. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annual average of 6.6% from 1963 to 1973. .
By the end of 2004, the NSE had a total of 49 listed companies. These were classified into two market segments; The Main investments Market Segment (MIMS MIMS Music Is My Savior (music album)
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2. Quotations when properly made, assist the reader, but when misplaced, they are inconvenient. market and has more stringent eligibility, listing and disclosure requirements (Wangacha, 2001). As at the end of 2004, this segment had 44 listed companies, which are further classified into four categories (agricultural, Commercial and services, Banking and Financial and Industrial and allied segments) (NSE, 2004). The AIMS has the same strict disclosure requirements as the MIMS but has a lower entry and continuance The adjournment or postponement of an action pending in a court to a later date of the same or another session of the court, granted by a court in response to a motion made by a party to a lawsuit. requirements with respect to minimum assets, share capital and shareholders. By the end of 2004, this segment had only five companies (NSE, 2004)
Overall statistics for the NSE are summarized in table 2. This shows, for the years 1998 to 2004, the book value of total assets for all companies listed on the NSE, broken down into debt and equity, and the equity broken down into shares and reserves. Reserves, in this context, are predominantly pre·dom·i·nant
1. Having greatest ascendancy, importance, influence, authority, or force. See Synonyms at dominant.
2. retained earnings Retained Earnings
The percentage of net earnings not paid out in dividends, but retained by the company to be reinvested in its core business or to pay debt. It is recorded under shareholders equity on the balance sheet. , but also include other monies set aside out of earnings, whether legally distributable (such as a general reserve) or legally not distributable (such as a revaluation Revaluation
A calculated adjustment to a country's official exchange rate relative to a chosen baseline. The baseline can be anything from wage rates to the price of gold to a foreign currency. In a fixed exchange rate regime, only a decision by a country's government (i.e. reserve).
Table 2 show the equity raised by companies in the agricultural segment and the changes in their total assets during the period 1998-2004.
According to the results companies in the agricultural sector did not obtain any equity capital during the period under review. Indeed these companies borrowed over Kshs. 2 billion outside the NSE to finance operating losses.
Table 3 show the equity raised by companies in the Commercial and services segment and the changes in their total assets during the period 1998-2004.
Companies in this segment registered significant growth during the period under review. The total assets increased by over Kshs. 22 billion (93.7%). However only Kshs 226 million was raised though the NSE. Most of the expansion was financed through debt. It is to be noted that out of the nine companies in this segment only two companies issued shares to the public during this period (Appendix 1).
According to the results in Table four the total assets of banking sector increased by over Kshs. 112 billion during the period under review. Eight out of the 11 companies in this sector issued shares through the NSE raising a total of Kshs. 8.2 billion. However this amount is insignificant when compared to the Kshs. 102.4 billion that was raised through debt to finance expansion.
This is the largest segment in the NSE with a total of 20 listed companies. During the period under review ten of these companies issued share to the public through the NSE. A total of Kshs. 1.82 billion was raised. We however note that the total assets in this segment increased by over Kshs. 19.1 billion. Fifty-four percent of this expansion was finance through debt which increased by about Kshs 10.3 during this period.
The alternative segment had five listed companies. During the period under review, one company (Kenya Orchards Ltd) made an IPO which raised over Kshs. 57 billion. However most of the capital was used to finance operating losses that increased by over Kshs. 52 billion during the period. Overall the total assets in this sector increased by about Kshs. 121 billion. Much of this expansion was financed through borrowing, which increased by over Kshs.115 during the period under review.
Table 7 summarizes the changes in equities and total assets of the companies listed in the MIMS. According to the results only 6.6% of the expansion in this market was finance through new equity capital. Eight-seven percent of the changes in total assets acquired during this period was finance through borrowing which increased by over Kshs.132 during the six year period. In total 22 of the 44 companies in this segment issued new shares during the period (appendix 1). However these issues only raised Kshs. 10.3 billion which is insignificant when compared to the total investment in assets of Kshs. 154.5 billion during the period.
This study addressed the issue of whether the NSE has contributed to the raising of capital and hence the economic development in Kenya. Our findings indicate that although the company's listed in the NSE have registered an enormous growth during the period under review, much of this has been financed through borrowed capital and retained profits. We therefore conclude that the NSE has failed in its primary objective of helping investors to raise capital. Furthermore there is little evidence to suggest that the NSE has contributed to the economic development of Kenya. These findings confirm earlier finding by Kimura and Amoro (1999), who concluded that there was no significant correlation between economic growth and the growth of the NSE during the period 1985-1996. Future research may be directed towards the examination of why the NSE has failure to promote capital mobilization in Kenya. We suggest the use case study approach.
APPENDIX 1 Agricultural Sector (Kshs.'000') Equity Type Company Name 1998 1 Total share capital Unilever Tea Kenya Limited 488750 Reserves Unilever Tea Kenya Limited 4794064 Total debt Unilever Tea Kenya Limited 784794 2 Total share capital Kakuzi Limited 98000 Reserves Kakuzi Limited 1993174 Total debt Kakuzi Limited 848079 3 Total share capital Rea Vipingo Plantations Ltd 300000 Reserves Rea Vipingo Plantations Ltd 208824 Total debt Rea Vipingo Plantations Ltd 334518 4 Total share capital Sasini Tea and Coffee, Ltd 190046 Reserves Sasini Tea and Coffee, Ltd 1940015 Total debt Sasini Tea and Coffee Ltd 341656 Services and Commercial Sector (Kshs.'000') 5 Total share capital African Tours & Hotels Ltd 43400 Reserves African Tours & Hotels Ltd -8607 Total debt African Tours & Hotels Ltd 8928 6 Total share capital Car & General (Kenya) Ltd 111398 Reserves Car & General (Kenya) Ltd 171050 Total debt Car & General (Kenya) Ltd 363665 7 Total share capital CMC Holdings Limited 121398 Reserves CMC Holdings Limited 1248526 Total debt CMC Holdings Limited 2746844 8 Total share capital Hutchings Biemer Limited 3000 Reserves Hutchings Biemer Limited 16895 Total debt Hutchings Biemer Limited 167677 9 Total share capital Kenya Airways Limited 2308000 Reserves Kenya Airways Limited 4199000 Total debt Kenya Airways Limited 6885000 10 Total share capital Marshalls (East Africa) Ltd 72466 Reserves Marshalls (East Africa), Ltd 1135566 Total debt Marshalls (East Africa), Ltd 1208431 11 Total share capital Nation Media Group, Ltd 178300 Reserves Nation Media Group, Ltd 13585000 Total debt Nation Media Group, Ltd 662600 Agricultural Sector (Kshs.'000') 12 Total share capital Tourism Promotion Services Limited (Serena Hotels) 193395 Reserves Tourism Promotion Services Limited (Serena Hotels) 319187 Tourism Promotion Services Total debt Limited (Serena Hotels) 443518 13 Total share capital Uchumi Supermarkets Limited 300000 Reserves Uchumi Supermarkets Limited 437886 Total debt Uchumi Supermarkets Limited 1121826 Banking Sector (Kshs.'000') 14 Total share capital Barclays Bank of Kenya Ltd 1543000 Reserves Barclays Bank of Kenya Ltd 6626000 Total debt Barclays Bank of Kenya Ltd 62193000 15 Total share capital CFC Bank 500000 Reserves CFC Bank 1102316 Total debt CFC Bank 5114242 16 Total share capital Diamond Trust Bank (Kenya) 318000 Limited Reserves Diamond Trust Bank (Kenya) 630791 Limited Total debt Diamond Trust Bank (Kenya) 5487464 Limited 17 Total share capital Housing Finance Company 575000 Limited Reserves Housing Finance Company 969199 Limited Total debt Housing Finance Company 11287037 Limited 18 Total share capital ICDC Investment Company 141292 Limited Reserves ICDC Investment Company 441409 Limited Long-term debt ICDC Investment Company 34334 Limited 19 Total share capital Jubilee Insurance Company 180000 Limited Reserves Jubilee Insurance Company 1820263 Limited Jubilee Insurance Company Total debt Limited 2978729 20 Total share capital Kenya Commercial Bank 1122000 Limited Reserves Kenya Commercial Bank 9233900 Limited Total debt Kenya Commercial Bank 68677335 Limited 21 Total share capital National Bank of Kenya 1000000 Limited. Reserves National Bank of Kenya -593352 Limited. Total debt National Bank of Kenya 25355992 Limited. 22 Total share capital NIC Bank Limited. 329658 Reserves NIC Bank Limited. 1573444 Total debt NIC Bank Limited. 5439742 23 Total share capital Pan Africa Insurance Holdings 65000 Limited. Reserves Pan Africa Insurance Holdings 1622274 Limited. Total debt Pan Africa Insurance Holdings 944792 Limited. 24 Total share capital Standard Chartered Bank Kenya 824145 Limited. Reserves Standard Chartered Bank Kenya 3169443 Limited. Total debt Standard Chartered Bank Kenya 33938699 Limited. Manufacturing and Allied Sector (Kshs.'000' 25 Total share capital Athi-River Mining Limited 375000 Reserves Athi-River Mining Limited 224946 Total debt Athi-River Mining Limited 578382 26 Total share capital Bamburi Cement Company 1815000 Limited. Reserves Bamburi Cement Company 8718000 Limited. Total debt Bamburi Cement Company 1015000 Limited. 27 Total share capital British American Tobacco 750000 Kenya Limited. Reserves British American Tobacco 3635837 Kenya Limited. Total debt British American Tobacco 2079887 Kenya Limited. 28 Total share capital BOC Kenya Limited. 97627 Reserves BOC Kenya Limited. 942874 Total debt BOC Kenya Limited. 242758 29 Total share capital Carbacid Investments Limited. 47195 Reserves Carbacid Investments Limited. 496897 Total debt Carbacid Investments Limited. 32491 30 Total share capital Crown-Berger Kenya Limited. 107850 Reserves Crown-Berger Kenya Limited. 452793 Total debt Crown-Berger Kenya Limited. 371412 31 Total share capital Dunlop Kenya Limited. 50000 Reserves Dunlop Kenya Limited. 55804 Total debt Dunlop Kenya Limited. 27451 32 Total share capital East African Cables Limited. 101250 Reserves East African Cables Limited. 248007 Total debt East African Cables Limited. 70431 33 Total share capital East African Portland Cement 450000 Company. Reserves East African Portland Cement 1250206 Total debt East African Portland Cement 4090415 Company. 34 Total share capital East African Breweries Limited. 936022 Reserves East African Breweries Limited. 8572542 Total debt East African Breweries Limited. 4690044 35 Total share capital Sameer Africa Limited 1391712 Reserves Sameer Africa Limited 487999 Total debt Sameer Africa Limited 778216 36 Total share capital Kenya Oil Company Limited 36000 Reserves Kenya Oil Company Limited 870763 Total debt Kenya Oil Company Limited 531056 37 Total share capital Mumias Sugar Company Ltd. 1020000 Reserves Mumias Sugar Company Ltd. 4334095 Total debt Mumias Sugar Company Ltd. 4861041 Kenya Power and Lighting 1098040 38 Total share capital Company Ltd. Kenya Power and Lighting 4992485 Reserves Company Ltd. Kenya Power and Lighting 14893983 Total debt Company Ltd. 39 Total share capital Total Kenya Ltd. 280000 Reserves Total Kenya Ltd. 792198 Total debt Total Kenya Ltd. 2970396 40 Total share capital Unga Group Ltd. 234294 Reserves Unga Group Ltd. 2274500 Total debt Unga Group Ltd. 2921382 41 Total share capital A.Baumann & Company Ltd. 19200 Reserves A.Baumann & Company Ltd. 433003 Total debt A.Baumann & Company Ltd. 119653 42 Total share capital City Trust Ltd 20830 Reserves City Trust Ltd 175214 Total debt City Trust Ltd 24644 43 Total share capital Eaagards Ltd. 8039 Reserves Eaagards Ltd. 176062 Total debt Eaagards Ltd. 48222 44 Total share capital Express Kenya Ltd 24000 Reserves Express Kenya Ltd 332199 Total debt Express Kenya Ltd 504105 Alternative Segment (Kshs.'000') 45 Total share capital Kapchorua Tea Company Ltd 19560 Reserves Kapchorua Tea Company Ltd 370978 Total debt Kapchorua Tea Company Ltd 150394 46 Total share capital Kenya Orchards Ltd 3000 Reserves Kenya Orchards Ltd -2201 Total debt Kenya Orchards Ltd 89881 47 Total share capital Limuru Tea Company Ltd 4000 Reserves Limuru Tea Company Ltd 27728 Total debt Limuru Tea Company Ltd 19234 48 Total share capital Standard Newspapers Grp Ltd 64152 Reserves Standard Newspapers Grp Ltd 27095 Total debt Standard Newspapers Grp Ltd 356567 49 Total share capital Williamson Tea kenya Ltd 43782 Reserves Williamson Tea kenya Ltd 1193079 Total debt Williamson Tea kenya Ltd 446068 Agricultural Sector (Kshs.'000') Equity Type 2004 Change 1 Total share capital 488750 0% Reserves 2630036 -45% Total debt 2043129 160% 2 Total share capital 98000 0% Reserves 992350 -50% Total debt 1055029 24% 3 Total share capital 300000 0% Reserves 275807 32% Total debt 452854 35% 4 Total share capital 190046 0% Reserves 2948031 52% Total debt 812259 138% Services and Commercial Sector (Kshs.'000') 5 Total share capital 58702 35% Reserves -11331 32% Total debt 19423 118% 6 Total share capital 111398 0% Reserves 272044 59% Total debt 343837 -5% 7 Total share capital 242796 100% Reserves 2492605 100% Total debt 3568440 30% 8 Total share capital 3000 0% Reserves 2 40,282 1322% Total debt 163959 -2% 9 Total share capital 2308000 0% Reserves 6112000 46% Total debt 20970000 205% 10 Total share capital 71966 -1% Reserves 152669 -87% Total debt 733483 -39% 11 Total share capital 267500 50% Reserves 2632700 94% Total debt 1192500 80% Agricultural Sector (Kshs.'000') 12 Total share capital 193395 0% Reserves 898244 181% Total debt 962880 117% 13 Total share capital 300000 0% Reserves -190035 -143% Total debt 3155132 181% Banking Sector (Kshs.'000') 14 Total share capital 2037000 32% Reserves 10438000 58% Total debt 93720000 51% 15 Total share capital 720000 44% Reserves 1802611 64% Total debt 26791536 424% 16 Total share capital 397500 25% Reserves 1039572 65% Total debt 9730651 77% 17 Total share capital 575000 0% Reserves 544926 -44% Total debt 8340706 -26% 18 Total share capital 274976 95% Reserves 2721562 517% Long-term debt 60496 76% 19 Total share capital 180000 0% Reserves 1913796 5% Total debt 7384270 148% 20 Total share capital 1996000 78% Reserves 6584159 -29% Total debt 61020008 -11% 21 Total share capital 6675000 568% Reserves -4050201 583% Total debt 27968826 10% 22 Total share capital 412073 25% Reserves 2231894 42% Total debt 13999526 157% 23 Total share capital 240000 269% Reserves 559144 -66% Total debt 2554476 170% 24 Total share capital 1359839 65% Reserves 4703355 48% Total debt 61050733 80% Manufacturing and Allied Sector (Kshs.'000' 25 Total share capital 465000 24% Reserves 521188 132% Total debt 986764 71% 26 Total share capital 1815000 0% Reserves 8048000 -8% Total debt 4326000 326% 27 Total share capital 1000000 33% Reserves 2761025 -24% Total debt 2360862 14% 28 Total share capital 97627 0% Reserves 1055736 12% Total debt 312927 29% 29 Total share capital 56634 20% Reserves 696859 40% Total debt 186756 475% 30 Total share capital 107850 0% Reserves 485856 7% Total debt 334617 -10% 31 Total share capital 50000 0% Reserves 27473 -51% Total debt 62758 129% 32 Total share capital 101250 0% Reserves 215792 -13% Total debt 175174 149% 33 Total share capital 450000 0% Reserves 1352463 8% Total debt 5667834 39% 34 Total share capital 1098297 17% Reserves 12446213 45% Total debt 5511917 18% 35 Total share capital 1391712 0% Reserves 620578 27% Total debt 974154 25% 36 Total share capital 50398 40% Reserves 3 ,342,537 284% Total debt 2841871 435% 37 Total share capital 1020000 0% Reserves 4382105 1% Total debt 3745232 -23% 1582560 44% 38 Total share capital 15908659 219% Reserves 14803862 -1% Total debt 39 Total share capital 875324 213% Reserves 3647427 360% Total debt 6026038 103% 40 Total share capital 315454 35% Reserves 1017360 -55% Total debt 2254953 -23% 41 Total share capital 19200 0% Reserves 245723 -43% Total debt 121309 1% 42 Total share capital 20830 0% Reserves 182757 4% Total debt 6488 -74% 43 Total share capital 10049 25% Reserves 143897 -18% Total debt 34377 -29% 44 Total share capital 160925 571% Reserves 38154 -89% Total debt 410729 -19% Alternative Segment (Kshs.'000') 45 Total share capital 19560 0% Reserves 653085 76% Total debt 320388 113% 46 Total share capital 57228746 1907525% Reserves -52845974 2400898% Total debt 114535603 127330% 47 Total share capital 12000 200% Reserves 33937 22% Total debt 22753 18% 48 Total share capital 325769 408% Reserves -148378 -648% Total debt 686117 92% 49 Total share capital 43782 0% Reserves 2235870 87% Total debt 878680 97%
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Table 1: Stock Exchanges in (Sub-Saharan) Africa: 2005 Country: Number Market Value Turn- of listed Cap. % Traded over % firms of GDP % of GDP Botswana 25 27.2 0.6 2.1 Cote d'Ivoire 39 12.3 0.3 2.5 Ghana 30 23.7 0.8 3.2 Kenya 47 26.1 2.1 7.9 Malawi (2002) 8 9.2 1.3 14.1 Mauritius 41 36.0 1.6 4.4 Mozambique 1 30.0 0.0 0.0 Namibia 13 6.9 0.3 4.7 Nigeria 207 16.7 2.3 13.9 South Africa 403 170.5 76.5 44.9 Swaziland 6 8.3 0.0 0.0 Tanzania 6 6.2 0.2 2.5 Uganda 5 1.4 0.0 0.2 Zambia 13 8.0 0.1 1.5 Zimbabwe 79 41.3 2.9 7.0 Country: Zero Concent- Number return ration of listed weeks % of firms corporate of total bonds Botswana - 0.21 17 Cote d'Ivoire - 0.21 - Ghana 70 0.12 3 Kenya 41 0.20 - Malawi (2002) - - 0 Mauritius 48 0.12 1 Mozambique - - - Namibia 57 0.39 4 Nigeria 67 0.08 South Africa 13 0.06 Swaziland - - 2 Tanzania - - 6 Uganda - - - Zambia - - 0 Zimbabwe 37 0.08 - Table 2: Agricultural sector (Kshs. million) Equity type 1998 2004 Change Percentage Share Capital 1077 1077 0 0% Retained earnings 8936 6846 2090 (23.4%) Debt 2309 4363 2054 88.9% Total assets 12321 12286 36 (-3%) Table 3: Commercial and Services Sector (Kshs. million) Equity 1998 2004 ChangePercentage Share Capital 3331 3557 226 6.7% Retained Earnings 7467 12599 5132 68.7% Debt 13608 31110 17502 128.6% Total Assets 24406 47266 22860 93.7% Table 4: Banking and Financial Services Sector (Kshs. million) Equity 1998 2004 Change Percentage Share Capital 6598 14,867 8,269 125.3% Retained Earnings 26595 28,488 1,893 7.1% Debt 210155 312,591 102435 48.7% Total Assets 243,349 355,947 112598 46.3% Table 5: Industrial and allied Sectors (Kshs. million) Equity 1998 2004 Change Percentage Share Capital 8862 10688 1826 20.6% Retained Earnings 50154 57139 6985 13.9% Debt 40851 51144 10293 25.2% Total Assets 99,868 118972 19104 19.2% Table 6. The Alternative segment (Kshs. Million) Equity 1998 2004 Change Share Capital 134 57629 57495 Retained Earnings 1616 -50071 -49909 Debt 1062 116443 115381 Total Assets 2813 124001 121188 Table 7: Summary of the Main Market Segment Equity 1998 2004 Change % of total assets Share Capital 19868 30189 10320 6.6% Retained Earnings 93,150 105074 11923 7.7% Debt 266923 399,209 132285 85.7% Total Assets 379942 534472 154529 100%
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When Ed Sarath, who teaches in the school of music at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, proposed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jazz and Contemplative Studies, he faced extremely vocal resistance. Some faculty members were very concerned that we were bringing spirituality into the classroom, that contemplative practice did not fit into credit-bearing courses, and that it would be impossible to grade, Sarath told me. In the end, he persuaded two-thirds of the faculty to vote for the program, and it got off the ground in 2000.
Sarath began playing jazz at about the same time he began meditating in the Vedanta tradition, about thirty-five years ago. Hes always perceived a very close relationship between improvisation and meditation practice, in that both are grounded in a heightened sense of the present moment. They also complement each other quite nicely, so for a long time Id been wanting to create a curriculum that harnessed that connection.
The program requires students to take four terms of a class in contemplative practice that combines direct contemplative experience with an analytical consideration of the mechanics of contemplative experience and its role in overall human creative, spiritual, and intellectual growth, says Sarath. Students who dont already have a meditation practice are directed to receive instruction at one or more of the many organizations in Ann Arbor offering meditation.
When I started the program, Sarath says, I was unsure how it would turn out, but its been highly successful. Students really get the connection between improvisation and meditation. They see the results in their music and can articulate them clearly. They find theyre much less tense in their playing and enjoy the freedom and expansiveness that comes from being more comfortable with their minds. Saraths work led to the creation of a faculty network for creativity and consciousness studies, and he hopes the framework hes created in the jazz department will be adopted campus-wide.
Harold Roth is a long-time student of Joshu Sasaki Roshi. When he began his academic studies more than thirty years ago, he was looking for meaning and self-knowledge, but I wasnt finding it simply by reading more and more books about the Asian tradition. I had to find a teacher. The Contemplative Studies Initiative at Brown tries to bring these two things togetherto have both traditional academic third-person inquiry and the first-person inquiry of the great contemplative traditions.
The initiative began in 2002 with a visiting speaker series (the initiatives website offers videos of presentations by prominent contemplative educators) and the development of a course integrating practice into the study of contemplative traditions. While Roths dream of a full-fledged major in contemplative studies lies farther down the road, at present students can do an independent study with a concentration in contemplative studies. Obtaining approval for independent study is time-consuming, so only two to three students each year become independent concentrators in contemplative studies. The introduction to contemplative studies course that Roth teaches, however, attracts more than eighty students each year, but to keep the course manageable (it was designed for a group of twenty), he caps it at thirty-five.


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Benson Lee's fictionalization of his superlative documentary opts for storytelling clichés rather than compelling dance sequences
If Jon M. Chu transformed the "Step Up" franchise into the gold standard for modern dance movies, "Battle of the Year 3D" is a runner-up at best.
Shepherded to the screen by Benson Lee, the writer-director of the acclaimed documentary "Planet B-Boy," the film exudes authenticity in its depiction of the annual dance competition — most notably in acknowledging America's poor standing within the competitive community. But its dramatization of a U.S. dream team's journey to the international showcase is leaden with predictable character types and a seemingly inexhaustible wealth of storytelling clichés, neither of which its well-executed but oddly infrequent dance sequences are able to overcome.
Josh Holloway (TV's "Lost") plays Jason Blake, a former basketball coach enlisted by longtime pal and mogul Dante Graham (Laz Alonso) to whip a team of dancers into shape for the Battle of the Year. Despite his burgeoning alcoholism and a few personal reservations — "I ain't that guy any more," he grunts — Blake agrees, recruiting Graham's sharp-witted, dance-obsessed intern Franklyn (Josh Peck) as an assistant.
Ditching Graham's group of complacent show-offs to assemble his team of the best American dancers from across the country, Blake begins the arduous process of molding a group of individual stars into a cohesive unit. But as dancers like Rooster (Chris Brown) and Do Knock (Jon Cruz) compete for the spotlight, Blake finds his skills as a coach tested, even as Graham begins to exert pressure on him to deliver a team that can bring home top honors at the competition.
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While previous dance films have mined similar territory to one another, narratively speaking, for their tales of adversity, personal expression, competition and achievement, "Battle of the Year 3D" feels like a compendium of every possible storyline audiences have ever seen. Holloway's coach hopes to redeem himself and repair the hole torn in his life by personal tragedy. Peck's intern is desperate for recognition, and later, validation. Brown's dancer is talented and cocky, but in desperate need of some humility. Another dancer pins his aspirations to help his family escape poverty on winning the competition.
And so on and so on. In fact, the only remotely new development in the film is the introduction of an openly gay dancer, whose general determination to earn respect from his teammates is hardly novel, but whose presence at least acknowledges a marginalized group within the b-boy community for the first time on film.
Lee's camerawork is effective, particularly during the dance sequences, where he manages to create a consistent and comprehensible geography for the choreography. But he lacks the inventiveness of Chu or "Step Up Revolution" director Scott Speer — most conspicuously in terms of utilizing 3D — and chronicles the group's behavior off the dance floor with a perfunctory and uninspiring flatness.
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Given the fact that Lee adapted his own documentary into a fictional film, it seems reasonable to expect that "Battle of the Year" would possess the same sort of fluidity and intimacy as its predecessor. But the filmmaker seems hamstrung by the beats of a boilerplate underdog story that his actors cannot elevate, and he only manages to inject it with subversive twists in the final act, which serves as a last-minute distraction from the rest of the film's utter conventionality.
Amusingly, Lee himself seems to be aware that his fictional debut is inferior to the documentary that inspired it: During an early scene, two characters talk unironically at length about how amazing "Planet B-Boy" is. Or perhaps he's simply aware that he borrowed the wrong elements — or just not enough of the right ones — from his earlier film, focusing on the personal foibles and petty squabbles of his clichéd characters rather than their awe-inspiring acrobatic feats.
But in chronicling a competition that Lee clearly knows no one is simply going to let you take the lead, Lee aimed for modesty over spectacle, and most critically, platitudes over power moves. All of which is why "Battle of the Year 3D" effectively does for dance movies what Graham's team did before Blake took over as coach — namely, serve as a placeholder for something better.


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So clever Sarah, my pattern still sits unopened.ReplyDelete
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However, I love this one as well, and no curvy armholes, you must be pleased! Nothing wrong with short, you've got the legs for it!
It's gorgeous I like how you used a different belt. It's not too short at all!ReplyDelete
You look fabulous. Brilliant! Two!!! You're on fire!ReplyDelete
Such beautiful fabric! I can't believe you've managed to make another one already. Wow.ReplyDelete
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everyone's dresses are looking so different and it's fabulous!!
Wow - love it. Fabric is ace. Different colored tie just finishes is off. I'm almost with Kylie (above) although the pattern pieces have been cut out...ReplyDelete
Gorgeous fabric! I'm gathering info on my Continental dress before I cut into my fabric, so I appreciate the posts!ReplyDelete


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Craig Levein will not walk away from the Scotland job despite overseeing a World Cup qualification campaign that is so far winless, the BBC has reported.
Scotland are bottom of Group A after losing 2-0 to Belgium in Brussels thanks to goals from Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke and Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany. The Scots had held out for more than an hour but Benteke and Kompany scored within minutes of each other to condemn Scotland to a second defeat in four group games.
The BBC notes that Levein was already under pressure even before the Belgium defeat after Scotland lost to Wales on Friday. Charlie Adam had put the visitors in front but two goals from Gareth Bale condemned Scotland to defeat, with Wales now a place and a point better off than their British rivals.
Levein has been in charge of Scotland for 12 games but has won just three, with two of those victories coming against the minnows of Lichtenstein. Levein said: "I want to stay on as manager; the rest isn't up to me. I'll continue to do the job to the best of my ability and we'll see what happens."
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When you are in Kyoto, why not stay at a ryokan, a Japanese style inn? Ryokan offer comfortable facilities for relaxing while you enjoy delicious Kyoto cuisine and Japanese-style baths. Staying in a ryokan is a uniquely Japanese experience that is less expensive than you might think.
For those looking to immerse themselves in a uniquely Japanese atmosphere, ryokan make an ideal choice....
Hotels in Kyoto range from standard hotels, business hotels, resort hotels, and beyond. Virtually all hotels in Kyoto are equipped with Western-style facilities. There are number of hotels in each section of Kyoto, allowing you the freedom to choose one appropriate to your budget and close to the sites you'd like to see. If you would rather sleep on a Western-style bed than a Japanese-style futon, a hotel is probably the right choice for you.
If you opt for a night or two of peaceful temple lodging, or shukubo, you'll likely be immersed in nature and have the opportunity to see some of the real inner workings of a temple as you join in morning prayers with the monks around six.
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NASA engineer Glen Miller says that if the habitat proves durable during two years at the International Space Station, it could help lead to stations on the moon and missions to Mars.
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DEAR CHERYL: My wife and I have been married for 14 years. She was pregnant, and I did what I believed was the right thing by marrying her. I don't think I ever loved her the way she hoped.
Three years ago, I had an affair with a woman named Sally that got really serious. There were hundreds of text messages, and we met every day.
She was married. She and her husband had had problems for years. After two months of our sneaking around, Sally's husband found a text from me and all hell broke loose. He called my wife and told her everything. I told my wife that I hadn't been happy for a long time, but I lied when I said nothing had actually happened between us.
I met with Sally after all the smoke had cleared and explained to her that I couldn't leave because of my daughters. I told her that I love them and don't want to leave them. I grew up the only child of a single mom.
Now I'm so miserable that I'm going nuts. It's affecting my work, which affects our finances. (I'm the only one who works.) It's killing me. I feel I let the one person get away who would have made me the happiest. I wish I would have chased her down and told her I was crazy and didn't know what I was saying.
We still text occasionally, but she won't see me or talk to me. She's moved on with her life, probably because she thinks I will never leave my wife.
I don't feel marital therapy will help. I will never love my wife the way she deserves.
I don't want to have sex with her, but I do it to avoid suspicion.
My thought is, when my oldest turns 18, I'll ask for a divorce. That's three years from now. I know it would be best to discuss this with my wife, but I think she'd completely freak out and give me a very hard time in court with visitations, alimony and child support.
Am I wrong to wait? Am I wrong to not forget about Sally and move on with my life? Even if I left my wife, I have no idea if Sally would want me, but at least I would be true to myself. I'm so unhappy. I feel like I'm on a downward spiral. — Lost
DEAR LOST: Before you go any further, you have to be absolutely honest with yourself and answer the following question. If Sally would divorce her husband, are you prepared to divorce your wife and marry her?
On one hand, you say you couldn't leave your daughters. On the other, you say you regret breaking up with Sally and realize you're not being true to yourself.
The answer to that question will determine what you do.
If the answer is yes, then there are steps you can take to make the divorce as easy as possible for your daughters by being respectful of their mother, living close to them and maintaining an active presence in their lives.
If the answer is no, then there's another question you have to ask yourself. If Sally is no longer in the picture, would you still want to divorce your wife in three years? Is the marriage intolerable or is living without Sally intolerable?
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I'm usually a curmudgeon and a contrarian when it comes to the state of IT security. However, recent developments give me hope that my vision of a safer Internet might not be too far off. Major Internet companies, including Google, Comcast, and Verizon, have all rolled out new services that could seed a worldwide warning system and ultimately make the Internet far safer by slowing the spread of malware.
The first is Google's apparent previously unannounced modification to its Gmail service: When Gmail (via an IP address resolution query) detects that an account is being accessed from a country -- for example, China -- that's not the normal point of entry, the service will alert the user when he or she logs in from his or her regulation location. The user will see a red banner reading, "Warning: We believe your account was recently accessed from: China" followed by the IP address.
I applaud the new warning. The overall idea is not really new; several online email services over the past two decades have displayed the user's last logged-on location. But Gmail is the first (that I know of) to place a visible banner to actively warning users, particularly about accesses from China. This is in response to the larger China-based hacking incident from earlier this year, which involved logon account information compromises.
I'd be an even bigger fan of such warnings if they simply report that the access occurred from a location different than the user's normal location. Certainly, there would be a few false positives as many of us travel and access our email from new locations -- but more information is usually better than less information. I applaud Google for its disclosure and service, and I hope more email vendors offer similar services.
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