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Any business activity outcome is predetermined by country risks. "But that's not fair!"- you will say. Unfair, but it is reality. On the other hand, had there been no risks, there would be nothing to insure.
The credit rating of the country where the borrower operates is the first thing analyzed by foreign financial and insurance organizations when determining creditworthiness of potential customers. Indeed, should one confide in a company from a state characterized by political instability, corruption and growing external debt?!
For example, the experts of Coface, a French ECA, believe the above risks are "traditional" for Ukraine and other CIS countries. Coface representatives emphasized this in their presentation made during the Country Risk 2011 Conference recently held in Paris.
All these factors affect Ukraine's credit ratings within the systems of different ECAs. For example, during the global crisis period, taking into account a number of factors and risks, virtually all credit agencies significantly downgraded Ukraine's rating which was below satisfactory level even before the market collapse.
While Russia's rating was upgraded as early as in January of 2010, and the rating of Kazakhstan was not reduced at all, Ukraine's reputation suffered the most. Our national rating began to increase moderately only in the second half of 2010 resulting in higher volumes of insurance of trade transactions with Ukrainian companies.
The increase of Ukraine's rating was driven by a number of factors, the first and foremost of them being the political stabilization in the country. However, there is a variety of aspects preventing upgrades of Ukraine's rating to an estimable level that would allow Ukrainian traders to obtain more favorable contract terms and conditions and attract significant foreign trade finance at reasonable interest rates. The primary obstacle is non-transparency of Ukrainian companies' financial activities which is believed to be another risk traditional for our region.
"Before the crisis, we insured a great deal of loans which resulted in significant growth of Ukrainian companies' external debt and, as as consequence, in failure of the whole system", – admitted Yves Zlotowsky, Cofas France Chief Economist. Mr. Zlotowsky emphasized that one of the main factors critical for Ukraine's rating was the inefficient state governance system affecting the image of Ukraine in the eyes of foreign investors in the long-term perspective. Still, it should be pointed out that some improvements in the system have been introduced already in the second half of 2010 in comparison with the situation observed in 2009. Furthermore, the volumes of direct foreign investments in Ukraine have also been increasing gradually lately.
So, the question is how could a Ukrainian entity open this credit curtain and obtain required limit and payment deferral terms in the situation when country's rating is rather low?…
Full version of the article featuring comments of such ECAs as EDC, EXIMBANKA SR, EKF, Finnvera, SACE, and ONDD is available in the second issue of IBOBSERVER


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On the 'right to hunt' by a Native American vegan
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Amid my large colorful paintings and hundreds of nonhuman animal photographs, hangs a small black-and white photograph—carefully placed in a shrine-like niche. This picture of Chief Seattle is the focus of my studio.
Being part Ojibway and Cherokee, I attend powwows and other Native American functions and proudly wear my inherited Ojibway beaded jewelry.
But as I become lost in the hypnotic and joyful sounds of drumming, I cannot ignore the uneasy feeling that consumes me as I glance around: Hundreds of leather goods, feathers, and trinkets made of nonhuman animals' bodies—bear claws, cougar teeth, turtle shells, and whalebones—surround me, all in the name of the proud Indian and commercial trade.
I feel torn and saddened by what I see.
In modern Western culture, most of us, including the American Indian, no longer need to hunt to survive. However, we almost always associate the Indian—even today's Indian—with wearing and using nonhuman animals' hides, furs, and feathers.
I assure you, even though I avoid hides and furs and choose a vegan diet, my Indianness is critical to who I am.
The same is true of my mother, who is both an elder of our Ojibway tribe and a vegetarian. It is not our dark hair, dark eyes, or Indian facial features that speak for who we are, but something much deeper, something not visually apparent: our commitment to the teachings of our ancient Ojibway ancestors.
When I am uneasy, surrounded by furs and hides amid my own people, I reflect on the words of Chief Seattle. His wisdom inspires me, and makes me proud of my Indian heritage. Chief Seattle was alive in the 1700s and was considered one of the greatest Indian orators. A man of great wisdom, he was honored and respected not only by his own people, but also by many non-Indian people.
Mostly, he spoke about our ways, traditions, and spirituality; he offered a simple plea to respect Mother Earth and Her living beings.
The Indians of yesterday were true conservationists. They understood the inherent dangers of overtaxing the earth and her creatures. So much so, in fact, that no species would ever be hunted to scarcity or depletion, not even for religious purposes.
There was a time when Native Americans were considered heathens because they regarded the land as Mother. They believed that not only nonhuman animals but also rocks and trees had spirit. Indians noted the Earth's messages when they made decisions. They took their direction from nature. They killed only to stay alive.
As early as the 1700s, historical records indicate that the white man's pollution and dirty ways offended Indian people. But as centuries passed and Americans became more aware of their pollution, the Indian concept of conservation and protecting the environment gained legitimacy even among non-Indian people.
Native American philosophy, once considered heathen and barbaric, is now an accepted way of thinking; in fact, it is now the politically correct way of thinking.
Yet, when I hear that some of today's Indians are slaughtering whales in the name of tradition, killing eagles for the sake of ceremony, or destroying any nonhuman animal for the sake of vanity and "tradition," I wonder what has happened, what has changed.
In a world where most people have traded in guns for cameras, has Indian philosophy become unfashionable and politically incorrect among my own people? Can we maintain such traditions and consider ourselves to be ecologically minded?
At one time Mayans sacrificed young maidens each season, throwing them into deep pits to appease the gods. Tribes in the jungles of New Guinea and New Zealand have recently practiced cannibalism for spiritual and religious purposes.
When Europeans invaded those territories, such religious practices were outlawed. So what about those tribes' right to retain tradition?
Long ago, an American Indian ceremonial drum ended up in a prestigious, non-Indian museum, where it was safely protected in a climate-controlled environment—until recently.
One day the original owners began to fight a vigorous legal battle to retrieve their drum. The Native tribe regained custody of their sacred possession, and I felt a sense of vindication for my people. The drum would be used once again for ceremonial and spiritual purposes.
On reflection, I realized that this drum—protected and carefully guarded for over a hundred years—was instrumental in educating millions of people about the beauty of an ancient culture.
This drum will no doubt offer a sense of spiritual awakening for the tribe, but what about their children's children? How many more decades of pounding can this ancient drum withstand? In time, it will disintegrate, and a piece of history will be lost forever.
Reflecting on the recent renewal of the whale hunt by northern tribes, I can't help but see the analogy. The whale is like the drum. Perhaps it is sometimes better to protect and cherish what we have left so that our children's children can also appreciate and witness the splendor of their history.
The conventional, Hollywood depiction of the Native American diet and lifestyle is false. The Americas were a rich and fertile land, providing plentiful berries, vegetables, nuts, beans, squash, roots, fruits, corn, and rice. Most tribal people survived comfortably eating meat sparingly, while thriving on the cornucopia of the land.
European influence introduced Native people to commercial trade, and fire power, and buffalo began to be killed in great numbers. Only recently has meat become an important staple.
Europeans and immigrants believe that meat is a critical part of the human diet, but ancient Native Americans had a much more varied diet.
Europeans are carrying their meaty ways overseas to other lands, as well. In China, meat is now served much more heavily in restaurants where European/Americans eat, whereas locals have for centuries eaten a mostly vegan diet.
It now appears that this introduced diet of "heavy meat" is harming native cultures and causing health problems such as diabetes, cancer, and heart disease.
Again I reflect on words attributed to Chief Seattle:
The beasts are our brothers, and we kill only to stay alive. If all the beasts were gone, men would die from great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts happens to man, for we are all of one breath. All things are connected.
Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the sons and daughters of the Earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
As the new millennium approaches, it appears that the white man and the Indian are at last on the same course: Both white man and Indian pursue selfinterests without listening to Earth and other animals.
As I sit in front of my easel and a stark white canvas, I gaze into Chief Seattle's eyes and wonder what wisdom he might share with us today. I believe that he would be pained by the death of millions of untold feathered spirits—for the sake of the pet trade, and for the sake of meat that we do not need.
And I also believe, if my Indian ancestors could comment on our present "right to hunt" in a world with so many people and so few nonhuman animals, that they, who listened to the land and killed only as was necessary, would not be wasteful.
I think my ancestors would tell us that it is time to stop the suffering and the killing.
This is an edited extract from 'Freeing Feathered Spirits' from Sister Species: Women, Animals and Social Justice. Edited by Lisa Kemmerer. Copyright 2011 by Lisa Kemmerer. Used with permission of the University of Illinois Press. This material may not be published, reprinted, distributed or reposted online without the permission of the publisher.
Linda Fisher is professional artist and animal activist, who has dedicated much of her life to educating society about the plight of captive parrots. She was thrust into animal activism at the tender age of 11, on seeing a tiny parakeet suffering and dying in a department store.
Linda soon discovered that she had an uncanny ability to communicate with nonhuman animals and to feel their emotions, and she was consequently inspired to tell their stories through art. Linda's sensitivity and remarkable connection to other animals has gained international recognition for her work.
Part Ojibway and Cherokee (and a tribal member of the Ojibway Nation), Linda lives with rescued animals, including parrots.
Visit Linda's website for more information and to view her art.
Any advice or links to advice for non-indigenous people to communicate with indigenous people about veganism?
I'm 28, I became vegan two years ago, before I was vegetarian for one or more, but since I was teen-ager I real love the Native American culture (I am from Italy, I discover this culture first from movie, then with books), I love its connection with the earth, its sense of community and respect.
Now, as a vegan, I really appreciate and respect this reading, now we understood that is not necessary eat animals for an healthy diet, that suffering is useless.
We have to put our attention on the earth issue and its critical condition, and take about healthy and generative human relationships too.
It's modeled largely on what happened in New Zealand and the Canaries. The Smithsonsian issued a debunking in their Encyclopedia of the American Indian.
But in this case, I would be more worried about the Chief Seattle speech; it was a speech from an Earth Day publication, but the speech itself was a forgery. (Seriously? Buffalo in the Pacific Northwest?) Also, animal rights activists have generally engaged in some, ah, not-so-civilize d behavior on Indian reservations. Look up the walleye or look up the Makah whale hunt. (Also, they only took one whale before giving it up due to...animal rights activists constantly harassing them. The animal rights people didn't technically break the law, if only because of Duro v. Reina.) I would point out Paul Watson was thrown out of Greenpeace, and he lied about being at Wounded Knee. Nobody there remembers him.
Oh, I miss CERTAIN.
What a thoughtful and thought-provoki ng article.
Your points are subtle, powerful, and much needed.
Your voice is unique but influential.
Thank you for making this important contribution to a vast dialogue with enormous repercussions.
Indeed..... http://www.westonaprice.org/traditional-diets/guts-and-grease
Long-Horned Bison -- (B. antiquus and B. latifrons)
Ground Sloths - several species
Norht American Equids (horse/zebra/as s) - several species
Short-Faced Bear -- 3 species
Sabretooth Cat
Scimitar Cat
American Lion
Dire Wolf
Navoceros deer
Capromyrex "antelope"
Giant peccary
North American Camels/llamas (several species)
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For the Philadelphia Union, the fact that a 1-1 draw vs. a strong team like Real Salt Lake is considered disappointing can only be a plus for this second-year team.
That's because in year two, the team is far better than a season ago, thus the bar has been raised. Whether it's the coaching staff, players, or Union supporters, all now have high expectations of this team.
Those high expectations were surely reached in what I considered Philadelphia's best first half performance of the season on Saturday. I recognize that Philly led at Toronto 3-0 at halftime, and only had a 1-0 halftime lead this past weekend, but one should not compare Toronto to Real Salt Lake in terms of quality of opponent.
The Union moved the ball well in the first 45 minutes, but because of shots off the goalpost and crossbar, a very controversial offside call, and the great goalkeeping of Nick Rimando, the blue and gold could only muster one goal. A second goal in the first half, or even at the start of the second, might have been enough on this day, but again, we are talking about Real Salt Lake.
At the start of 2011, RSL was a team considered easily to be in the top three among the 18 MLS teams. An injury to Javi Morales, and the loss of three players to the CONCACAF Gold Cup, has slowed the attack down for sure. Their biggest loss, though, was in the two leg CONCACAF Champions League final. Needing only a win, 0-0 draw or 1-1 draw in the second leg at home, RSL suffered a 1-0 loss to Monterrey. Since that devastating loss, the 2009 MLS Cup champions are only 2-3-3.
Still, they brought to PPL Park the league's top defensive team, led by Rimando. Also, as advertised, the central defense tandem of Nat Borchers and Jamison Olave was tough to beat, especially in the air.
At the end of the day, Philadelphia had 12 shots, included six that were on target, plus eight corner kicks. If they continue to generate numbers like that, more goals will come. As long as they don't have to play RSL every week.
So the Union's draw now puts their unbeaten streak at four games, while extending their home unbeaten streak to seven in 2011 (eight if you go back to last season).
Up next, a Saturday game in Vancouver where the Whitecaps haven't won since their first game of the season.
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Post and Olbermann v. NSTA: In Good Journalism, Fact-Checking Is EverythingThe National Science Teachers Association has now officially responded to Laurie David's Washington Post op-ed (see Noel Sheppard's Newsbusters post on the op-ed here) essentially accusing the group of being captive to corporate interests when it declined a gift of 50,000 "An Inconvenient Truth" DVDs for distribution to classrooms.
It doesn't say so, but presumably the NSTA is also responding to MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann's Monday evening accusation that the NSTA president, Linda Froschauer, is "available at the right price," a statement made by Olbermann in a commentary that appears to have been based on the Laurie David Washington Post op-ed.
It would be interesting to know where the truth lies here. David's Washington Post op-ed blames the NSTA (and ExxonMobil) for the fact that their 50,000 DVDs have not been distributed to classrooms:
While NSTA and Exxon Mobil ponder the moral lesson they're teaching with all this, there are 50,000 DVDs sitting in a Los Angeles warehouse, waiting to be distributed.But the NSTA tells a different story:
During conversations with Ms. David's representative we suggested making the DVD available via alternative means of distribution (e.g. by providing a mailing list of our members to producers, announcing its availability in our publications, etc.). It appears that these alternative distribution mechanisms were unsatisfactory.If the NSTA's statement is correct, all Laurie David, Al Gore and the others involved in the promotion of "An Inconvenient Truth" had to do to get their DVD, and their opinions on global warming, into the hands of the NSTA's membership was accept the generous offer of the mailing list and mail their DVD to the list.
Could it be that the entire issue came down to the question of which organization paid the postage and handling charges for getting Al Gore's movie to America's youth? Maybe not, but if the NSTA is telling the truth, I'm having a hard time seeing any other legitimate reason why the movie's producers turned down the opportunity to mail the DVD out themselves. (I'm hoping the only other reason that occurs to me -- that the entire episode has been a set-up to gather publicity for the movie and its producers' views -- is just me being too cynical.)
Of course, Laurie David may have the right of it and the NSTA may be spinning a falsehood. Maybe the generous offer of the mailing list never happened, and the NSTA just made up the story yesterday. That would explain why the NSTA's version of events does not appear in either the Post or the MSNBC commentary.
If the Washington Post assiduously fact-checked Laurie David's op-ed; if MSNBC and its personnel independently and competently confirmed the NSTA president's policy prostitution ( a fair term for Olbermann's chracterization, I believe) before its broadcast, then NSTA may have some explaining to do.
It all comes down to the fact-checking.
To get to the truth, I faxed letters Wednesday evening to Charles Tillinghast, president of MSNBC (a similar letter was faxed to Izzy Povich, executive producer of Keith Olbermann's Show), and to Deborah Howell, ombudsman at the Washington Post. The letters follow. I'll share any responses I receive.
November 29, 2006and
Mr. Charles Tillinghast
1 MSNBC Plaza
Secaucus, NJ 07094
By facsimile: 201-583-5081
Dear Mr. Tillinghast:
On a November 27, 2006 MSNBC Countdown broadcast, Keith Olbermann slammed Linda Froschauer, a middle school science teacher and president of the National Science Teachers Association, saying: "Linda Froschauer, president of the National Science Teachers Association, available at the right price..."
Few would argue that such a statement is defamatory. An important question: Is it true?
Mr. Olbermann's assertions appeared to be based on claims made in a November 24 Washington Post op-ed by Laurie David, who is party to a dispute with the NSTA. Ms. David's reporting is contaminated by a conflict of interest, and the NSTA has now publicly said her article contained key errors.
If the NSTA is correct about the errors, Mr. Olbermann's statement was defamatory and false.
Did MSNBC independently confirm the facts to make certain the defamatory claim is true before the claim was broadcast?
If not, in light of the fact that the NSTA denies critical elements of Ms. David's and Mr. Olbermann's assertions, does MSNBC intend to investigate the facts now, and issue an apology to Ms. Froschauer and the NSTA if the facts warrant? Or, will it let a potentially false and defamatory statement stand?
I would appreciate a response, and thank you in advance for your attention to my questions.
Sincerely yours,
Amy Ridenour
National Center for Public Policy Research
November 29, 2006Note: I mistyped the date the Laurie David op-ed appeared in the Post in my letters reproduced above. The correct date is November 26.
Ms. Deborah Howell
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By facsimile: 202-728-3222
Dear Ms. Howell:
On a November 27, 2006 MSNBC "Countdown" broadcast, Keith Olbermann slammed Linda Froschauer, a middle school science teacher and president of the National Science Teachers Association, saying: "Linda Froschauer, president of the National Science Teachers Association, available at the right price..."
Few would argue that such a statement is defamatory. An important question: Is it true?
The Washington Post presumably knows, as Mr. Olbermann's assertions appear to be based on claims made in a November 24 Washington Post op-ed by Laurie David.
The NSTA has now publicly said Ms. David's article contained key errors. I write to you today to inquire:
* Does the Washington Post routinely fact-check op-eds by outside writers before publishing?
* If so, did it do so in this instance?
* As Laurie David had an inherent conflict of interest in writing an op-ed about her own dispute with the NSTA, did any fact-checking process of this particular op-ed include getting the NSTA's side of the story?
* If the Washington Post does not fact-check op-eds before publishing, would management consider publishing a disclaimer to the effect that the Washington Post stands behind the factual content of its op-eds only to the extent of unavoidable (and not particularly extensive) legal liability?
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Sons of Anarchy actor Dimitri Diatchenko purportedly killed and ate his former girlfriend's pet rabbit, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office.
In an accusation worthy of Fatal Attraction, the 46-year-old Diatchenko apparently took out his frustration on the rabbit after his unnamed ex informed him she was moving out. Their relationship had ended a while ago; hence, her decision should not have come as a surprise to him.
Upset at her moving out, he vented on the rabbit on Sunday when its owner had gone out of their North Hollywood house.
"Diatchenko skinned the pet, cooked it and ate half of it while sending her step-by-step pictures of what he did," the district attorney's statement said. "When she returned, the defendant allegedly told her he would do the same to her."
He has been charged with animal cruelty and is also facing felony count for issuing criminal threats.
Diatchenko has had roles in several high profile TV series, including Sons of Anarchy, Bones and How I Met Your Mother. He has also been a regular voiceover artist on the video gaming circuit where his thick Russian accent is often used in major titles. In addition, he is an accomplished guitar player, and often performs as a soloist and ensemble player.
While it was a rabbit who fell prey to Diatchenko's rage on this occasion, his ex could easily have been on the receiving end on another day. After all, show biz is rife with cases of domestic violence. Authorities need to take notice and nip these toxic actions in the bud.


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Russia's market for machine tools and metalworking equipment continues to demonstrate strong growth and offers good prospects for U.S. exporters. The potential for growth is attributed to the Russian government's plans for modernization of key domestic industries, such as the energy, auto, defense and aerospace, as well as the availability of the huge stock of outdated machine tools that need replacement.
The current inventory of machine tools is two million units and 65% to 70% of this equipment has been in use for 15 to 20 years. Since the average useful life of this equipment is 26 years, it is expected that by 2013-2014, the majority of Russian machine tool equipment will "turn into scrap." According to Russian government estimates, the growing demand will require procurement of 700,000 new machine units by 2015.
Following the breakup of the Soviet Union and the subsequent economic crisis of 1998, the domestic industry has not been able to sufficiently supply the market and ensure adequate quality of machine tool equipment. In 1990, Russia produced a total of only 101,500 such machines and had a total inventory of 2.5 million units. Year-over-year, this inventory declined by an average of 3%. By mid-2007, Russia had only 1.5 million machines, which is 1 million less than in 1990.
In addition to an insufficient supply of machine tools, the domestic industry tends to manufacture a universal type of equipment, whereas ongoing industrial modernization calls for the introduction of advanced machine tools equipped with Computer Numerical Controls (CNC). The Russian government plans to make investments in the modernization of the metalworking industry to narrow the technology gap. The state program "National Technology Base for 2007-2011" allocated $6.4 million to support R&D projects in order to develop state-of-the-art machine tool technologies.
In the meantime, foreign imports continue to play a major role in meeting domestic demand, despite import duties ranging from 0% to 15%, depending upon the specific type of machinery. According to Russian media, the average import duty for the 180 types of machine tools surveyed is 6.25%. In addition, imports are subject to the 18% Value Added Tax (VAT) and customs fees ranging from 0.15% to 0.33% of the total machine tool value.
Foreign producers supply both cheaper universal types of equipment (China and Turkey) and advanced Western machinery. Selling machine tools in Russia is done through the four most common business models: direct sales to the end user from offices outside of Russia, sales via a representative office in Russia, sales via engineering companies and sales via local trading companies.
To a great extent, the choice of the business model depends on the size of the machine tool producer, the breadth of the product range, and expected sales volumes. Smaller producers seeking to enter the Russian market should try to cooperate with local partners. Engineering companies can be especially useful given the fact that they provide strong service along with commercial support.
Large automotive companies such as AvtoVAZ, Kamaz and GAZ have their own subsidiaries/departments with established purchasing and logistics procedures and, therefore, prefer to purchase machine tools directly from producers (either from local offices or from offices outside of Russia). Aerospace companies purchase a significant amount of equipment via local trading or engineering firms, as some of the plants are located in the eastern part of Russia.
As competition grows, the nature of the machine tool demand in Russia is changing toward a more "push"-oriented model with the foreign machine tool producers increasing their local and, sometimes, even regional presence and thus playing a more active role in developing contacts. Many of the major European competitors (especially German firms) have set up their own representative offices in Russia to increase brand recognition, facilitate working with local partners and maintain client relationships with key accounts.
Financing is the most challenging factor for importing machine tool equipment into Russia given the late 2008 economic slowdown and the systemic problems of the Russian banking sector. U.S. exporters are advised to have a differentiated strategy: develop long-standing relationships with and provide flexible financing options for larger clients, but maintain a conservative approach when dealing with small end users.
For large modernization projects, U.S. exporters could use more proactive credit arrangements provided by a foreign bank to a Russian bank or leasing company under the auspices of ExIm Bank, or insurance via OPIC.
Best Prospects/Services
At present, all types of machine tools are in demand in Russia. For years, the domestic industry has specialized primarily in a broad application type of machine tool, such as turning, milling, and horizontal boring machines. The advanced types of machine tools, such as precision and gear processing and all types of grinding machines, are underdeveloped in Russia, thus offering the best prospects for sales, especially given the country's great need for modernization.
Given the popularity of trade shows with Russian end users, such events are traditionally seen as the most appropriate tool to present machine tools and to gain brand recognition among customers. They have an "educational effect" for the end-users' technical experts, who prefer to see and test the tools themselves before they come to rely on a specific type of equipment manufactured by any one producer.
There are two major machine tool-related trade shows held in Moscow: "Metal Forming" and "Machine Building." These trade shows attract end user technical experts and are popular with foreign machine tool producers as well. There are also several important regional trade shows, such as "Machine Building, Machine Tools, Instruments" and "Ural Expo Tool" that are organized in the main regional capitals of Russia.
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We of late purchased a new Hot Tub and Gazebo from Cal Spas in Minnesota. The acquisition was not thing we planned, only thing that caught our eye once temporary the Minnesota State Fair. As a outcome we cultured a few things that would have ready-made our purchase smarter. In the end we're gratified near the judgement but its comfortable to say now that all the industry is finished. In this nonfiction I'll abstract the hearsay I choice I had thoughtful once fashioning this acquisition. I prospect it helps you in your judgement.
The Tub
This isn't going to be a careful rundown on what to aspect for in a well behaved tub or who to buy it from. I'll move out that to the other than articles out on the net. There are two points I'll formulate of property I may have transformed. We purchased the top of the rank system, the merely thing it lacked was an LCD monitor and DVD contestant.
So what would I change?
Well after mistreatment it for a season I find that the plurality of blue jets is of no importance for me. I am much of a downpour and in truth prefer that the atmospheric electricity aren't all ruinous. Its too by a long chalk clatter and I don't resembling the painting. So I would appearance for something at a improved cost point and supply up quite a lot of of the fanciful blue jets in benignity of more communal ones.
A individual of mine remunerative 1/2 of my cost for a more rudimentary unit of measurement and he couldn't be happier.
So where would I put this money?
I would ALWAYS splurge and get the biaural and speakers reinforced into the tub. My married person insisted on this and it value-added somewhat a bit to the rate but I wouldn't want it any remaining way. The tub uses a oceanic energy/CD musician next to marine verification speakers and a far-off comptroller on the top players of the tub. You can effortlessly hear the music and I even ran a TV in done the Auxiliary so we can hear the TV done the tub speakers. My pal who didn't buy this factor is near near locale up flamboyant electrical circuit and distant take over extenders to get his biaural to theatre right.
Another portion I'd put forward is fibre receptor illumination. There are a bunch of modest lights about the top of the tub that metamorphosis colour. At front glance it looks like-minded this would a short time ago be to produce it rhetorical. Try the tub at hours of darkness and you'll brainwave they afford a large matter of table lamp which makes the tub markedly easier to use. It besides helps once messing nigh on after-school the tub with CD's Drinks Towels, Chemicals etc.
My pal again, is stringing rope illumination.
So in a shell on the tub, assess the stereo and material optics and if obligatory go beside less jets to sheathing the outlay.
Gazebo Information
My spouse insisted on a Gazebo encircling the tub and for geezerhood I put off the acquisition because I didn't poverty to devote other $7000.00 on a Gazebo. Once we took the wet I'd say that for the Minnesota winters I'd have it no else way. I have neighbors that freezing climbing in and out and maintaining their spa. Ours is same another legroom in the abode and is comparatively warming in the time of year due to the fry from the tub.
Now a statement of advice.
My chum purchased an 8x8 Gazebo that essentially encloses the tub beside no complementary heavens. They scramble up steps and go through with the windows of the summerhouse to get in the tub. On a panopticon this looks similar to a fine design. Well this winter his mate climbs in, closes the windows to bread and butter the cool out and finds herself left high and dry in the building. They had to disfavour the windows acquiring it amenable due to the condensation that froze the windowpane slam. My stylish married person insisted we acquisition a large edifice. We went with a 12x12 that had racks and holding for chemicals and towels. It also has improved in lights which are a payment.
The of import article to details roughly speaking this edict is that I go in the gazebo through with a slippery door, not the window. If anything freezes it will be the windows by the tub not the ones disparate the area and the sliding movable barrier. Additionally its right nice to have a new breathing space on the stately home and the worth qualifying to the benefits isn't bad at all. Plus we have freedom for a bar and stools in there.
Preparation and Additional Costs
Here are a few property to chew over in your determination they any provided auxiliary outlay or delicate work on my part of a set.
Electrical: You'll most potential need a dedicated 50 amp electrical circuit near a quarryman box in patent scene of the tub. In our armour this intended digging a 36 in philosophical trench from the outbuilding to the gazebo (50 feet) so the skilled worker could run the conduit. The sum of the physical phenomenon drudgery was more or less $1000.00 and I had to dig the trench myself. My pal did his own electrical and lifeless spent $500.00 in environs so sustenance that in awareness.
Cement: I also requisite a new cement brick to fit my tub and summerhouse. We put in a 14x15 block to carry out this. What I did not think about was that concrete has absent way up in price tag since my past 10x10 block. We spent just about $2000.00 for the labor and materials to have this poured. What I besides did not mull over was the effort of removing the gramineous plant from that strip. This took 3 years of exhausting trade excerpt carpet of sod and truckage them to the powerfulness base camp.
Gazebo: What I did not study and was not told by the sales rep was that in half a shake upon building the gazebo, we'd inevitability to mark it to holdfast the copse from the weather. This is a 12x12 artefact I hadn't reasoned stain. Let me lately say it was a day of frozen drudgery which will demand to be finished at lowest all some other period.
Additional Items to Consider
A few other items you may deprivation to consider purchasing.
Cover Helper: The covers of these hot tubs are not unproblematic to move away around by yourself. This is very honest in a Gazebo. They trade underwrite helpers which are lever variety tendency that natural life the wrapping without human intervention and put it down the tub. Unfortunately for me my better half requests the tub against the wall so we're immovable any exploitation 1/2 the tub or man handling the starchy casing. This is my pet vex something like tubs. So if you have the freedom or see production the room, this will form your spa markedly more satisfying.
Portable Utility Pump: Tubs have a attractive force septic tank at the foot but these can proceeds all day to groove a tub. My neighbouring was spruce and purchased a utility mechanical device or reservoir mechanical device at the local Home Depot or Menards. This drained the tub in about an 60 minutes and let us get to sweat cleansing and filling somewhat hurried. After appropriation his I went rightly out and picked one up for give or take a few $70.00 For those of you who've empty a waterbed in need a mechanical device you'll know why this is a honourable share.
Hose for totting up water: Just like near my waterbeds, I like to purchase a outstanding hose for calculation river to the tub. I support it into so it girdle spick-and-span and not cold. Tubs evaporate h2o at a astonishingly winged rate so intend on tally dampen past a calendar month or so.
In Home Jacuzzi Tubs
When we built our private house we splurged and other one of those massive two human being Jacuzzi tubs beside six jets. I contemplation we'd be in part and was reminiscing of nights dog-tired in the Jacuzzi suites in a hotel. What I didn't brand is the shadowing and because it these things, it functions more as an decoration to receive the room face regal.
Filling: These property return case to fill, by the juncture its full up do you immobile necessitate or privation that bath?
Hot Water: Filling these will gutter your river heating system low unless you've intended for auxiliary dimensions. I discovery that the binary compound for my pre bath deluge isn't remarkably heat once I've full up the tub.
Cleaning: OK so I'm languorous but just like a hot tub, you have to tidy the tub and blue jets and the large the tub the much labour it is right to hold the particulate out.
I hope my philosophy have specified you thing to think and design once devising a biggish acquisition specified as a spa or summerhouse. All material possession thoughtful I'd do it again if I touched but I'd be a miniature smarter and bar wealth and effort.


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Africa has topped the list of most devout regions of the world, with 89% calling themselves religious, according to the Global Index of Religiosity and Atheism.
Festival of Spirituality and Peace in Edinburgh (3-27 August 2012) is an Interfaith and intercultural event; there are Jewish, Islamic, Christian and Daoist events, for example, as well as artists from every contintent but Antarctica, reports Katie MacFadyen. But what is the relationship between 'interfaith' and 'no faith'? Where do Secular Humanists fall in this atmosphere of inclusivity?
A Church in the heart of Edinburgh is the venue for an intriguing conversation about the future of religion beyond its inherited institutional forms.
We live in an era where people are inquisitive about spirituality, but hugely distrustful or even hostile towards 'organised religion', especially in its Christian forms.
Today I am off to the General Synod of the Church of England in York, to talk at a meeting about church schools and community benefit.
A leading African theologian has written a new book tracing the links and conversations between Christianity and African traditional religions.
Very frequently, discourse about religion - which, with the changes in perception taking place in the world over the past decade has come back onto the global and political agenda with great force - remains stuck in a series of un-enlightening polarities.
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Homesickness? - Poem by David Mitchell
From England's green and pleasant land
And dark satanic mills
To Tuscan cypress-trees, sun-tann'd,
And heaven-kissing hills
I went, and here myself I find
Alone, from you apart:
Here bright sunbeams depress my mind
And mock my aching heart.
Oh, to be back on England's shore,
Where all my friends abide!
Would that I trod that ground once more,
The land where you reside!
How long it seems: twice seven days,
And seven have gone by:
On us what clever tricks time plays:
We need not wonder why.
The seven nights I long to pass
Will slowly fade away
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The SBA Expo is an amazing event. It honored national SBA Businesspeople of the Year, had loads of useful speeches, panels, and workshops, and also was the host of the most current Business Matchmaking event.
As you may recall, last year I wrote about Business Matchmaking, a program created by SBA Administrator Hector Baretto, and co-sponsored by HP. Of all columns I have written in the past few years, the one about Business Matchmaking has evoked the most positive responses from readers. And it's not hard to see why.
Business Matchmaking has struck a chord. It is a program that matches small businesses with procurement officers from all levels of government, as well as many large corporations. The program is an unqualified hit, helping small businesses get contracts that they otherwise would not even know about.
I met with the charming Robyn West, HP's Vice President of Small and Medium Business (SMB), and asked her how the program came about. She explained that her SMB group met about two years ago to brainstorm for different ways they could help small businesses succeed. They decided to contact the SBA and see how they might work together.
Fortuitously, Hector Baretto had recently been named by President Bush as the Administrator of the SBA. An energetic leader with a vision, Baretto was looking for a partner to create Business Matchmaking. As he explained to me, he started a similar sort of program when he was the head of the Latino Business Council in Los Angeles, and wanted to do the same thing on a national level. The SBA and HP teamed up, and a great new program was born.
I watched the program in action, and it was quite amazing. As one small business owner told me, "its sort of like speed dating." Sitting in a cavernous hall full of tables are the procurement folks. Every 15 minutes or so, a new small business comes to the table to see whether they might be able to work together. 15 minutes later, it's on to the next table. In the end contacts are made and contracts are eventually signed.
As we all know, much of business is based on relationships, and that is why the program works. It allows small businesses to meet with decision makers that they otherwise would never have access to.
Other highlights from the Expo:
The Microsoft Bus: Microsoft co-sponsored the entire Expo, and in the trade show area parked one of its two traveling small business busses. Inside were terminals and experts that allowed attendees to try out various software products and solutions for their small business. These two busses travel all over the country, helping we small business owners. One is making stops at Best Buy.
The Women in Business Breakfast: Aside from Business Matchmaking, HP also sponsored this breakfast, honoring amazing women entrepreneurs from across the USA. Robyn West explained to me that HP loves to sponsor this event because, for one, HP is a company that has a solid history of promoting women in business. Indeed, their CEO Carly Fiorina is one of a handful of women CEOs in the country, and she is just one of many women executives at HP. The women entrepreneurs honored at the breakfast were quite inspiring.
The Trends in Small Business seminar: J.B. Lyons from Staples explained that a while back, Staples decided to ask its customers what they wanted from the store, and the answer was "ease." So the company undertook a major restructuring to provide that. Its a good lesson for any small business as well: Ask them what they want, and then give them what they ant.
Rieva Levonsky from Entrepreneur made the point that every big trend — low carb, or coffee, or whatever, is a wave that small businesses can ride; that there are many low cost ways to capitalize on any big trend.
I left the Expo with one overriding insight: There is a ton of help out there for small businesses, if only we would look. The SBA, HP, Microsoft, Staples, Entrepreneur, and everyone else at the expo are committed to helping small businesses succeed.
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South Australian school principals are divided on a proposal for students to start high school a year earlier.
The State Opposition has promised to incorporate Year 7 into high schools in line with the rest of the nation if it wins the March election.
It says the measure is intended to improve flagging school results by giving students access to specialised teaching at a younger age and would cost up to $29 million every year for eight years.
The State Government has already ruled out the proposal, labelling it policy-on-the-run and warning it could prompt the closure of some small primary schools.
Primary Principals Association president Pam Kent has rejected suggestions Year 7 students would be better off in maths and science.
"We've got some highly skilled senior leaders and senior teachers in primary schools and this has been a strong focus in maths and science in South Australia for the last three years," she said.
But her counterpart in the Secondary Schools Association, Jan Peterson, says some students would be better served.
"There are some things that are being asked only in some curriculum areas that, say, in mathematics and science require quite a deep knowledge in those subjects that someone who has done a generalist degree in education wouldn't have required," she said.
Opposition Leader Steven Marshall says shifting Year 7 to high school would improve NAPLAN results.
"In the last set of results South Australia performed under the national average in 19 out of 20 test areas," he said.
"Having Year 7 in secondary curricula opens up additional specialist teachers, especially maths and science and also smaller class sizes.
"This is what is occurring in other states. South Australia is being left behind and that's being reflected in out NAPLAN test results."
Plan is likely to concern parents, Government says
The Opposition says the transition would likely start in 2016, but Education Minister Jennifer Rankine says the plan shows no evidence of consultation with parents.
"Do parents want their 11 and 12 year olds on campus with 17 and 18 year olds? I think it's a fair question," she said.
"You have to weigh the cost against benefits that will be received for Year 7 students, potentially 11, 12 year olds, going into a high school setting.
"There is no evidence anywhere that those students have better outcomes.
"If you move Year 7 students into high school there will be some small primary schools that potentially will be forced to close."
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Freedom in Christ (11 of 16) by Jim Perdue
This content is part of a series.Freedom in Christ (11 of 16)
Series: Justified
Jim Perdue
Galatians 5:1-15
Tonight, we come to the fifth chapter of Galatians in a study I've entitled, Justified. As we come to the last two chapters we will notice that Paul begins to summarize his teaching and draw conclusions based on the foundations he has laid in the first four chapters. Here, he makes an important point to those who would seek to find their righteousness through the law. He reminds them that works-based righteousness leads to slavery but that Christ has purchased our freedom. So, from Galatians 5:1-15 I want to discuss the topic, Freedom in Christ. READ TEXT - PRAY
*The story is told of an aspiring artist who was commissioned to do a large sculpture for a famous museum. At last he had the opportunity to create the masterpiece he had long dreamed of. After laboring over the work for many years, he saw it grow not only in shape but in beauty. But when it was finished he discovered to his horror that it was much too large to be taken out a window or door and that the cost for tearing down part of the building in order to remove it was prohibitive. His masterpiece was forever a captive to the room in which it was created. That is the fate of all human religion. Nothing a person does to earn God's favor can leave the room of this earth where self-made works are created.*
This is the issue that is at the core of Paul's letter. Let's go back for a moment and recreate the circumstances that surround this letter. When Paul was on his first missionary journey, he preached the Gospel to the inhabitants of the province in Galatia and his message was wonderfully received. Out of heathenism, paganism, and idolatry, the Galatians turned to Christ and were wonderfully saved.
But while they were rejoicing in the Lord because of their salvation, some Judaizers came from Jerusalem and began to tell them that along with receiving Christ, they need to add the works of the law to t ...
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By Andrew Seligman, AP Sports Writer
LAKE FOREST, Ill. Lance Briggs realizes there's room for improvement. He just doesn't understand the angst.
Sure, the Chicago Bears failed to register a sack for the second time this season during a 22-20 loss Sunday to Atlanta in which the Falcons' Matt Ryan completed 22 of 30 passes for 301 yards.
Briggs, the Bears' Pro Bowl linebacker, was more interested in the numbers five and 54.
That's how many field goals the Falcons kicked and yards star running back Michael Turner collected. While he was at it, Briggs also brought up the overtime loss to Tampa Bay in which the Buccaneers' Brian Griese threw 67 passes without getting sacked.
"One of our keys was to stop Michael Turner last week," Briggs said Thursday. "We stopped him. They went pass crazy on us. One of the weeks earlier this year, we were supposed to stop the Tampa Bay Bucs' running game. We stopped them. They went pass crazy on us."
So while Chicago ranks 27th against the pass and is having trouble taking down the quarterback, the Bears are doing something right. Their defense just isn't the dominant force they vowed it would be.
"Anything we do in the pass game starts with pressure," defensive coordinator Bob Babich said. "That makes everything go. ... Pressure's where it all starts."
And the Bears need more of it this week against the Minnesota Vikings - especially with a dinged-up secondary.
"We've got to get a pass rush regardless of who's back there," defensive tackle Dusty Dvoracek said. "Whoever is in the secondary is going to do a great job. It's on us to get pressure on the quarterback."
Chicago could be missing starting cornerbacks Nathan Vasher and Charles Tillman as well as backup Trumaine McBride and nickel back Danieal Manning. Vasher has missed two games with a wrist injury and Tillman (shoulder), McBride (shoulder) and Manning (hamstring) went down during the Atlanta game.
"We have to get pressure with the front four, but that's not always in a sack," coach Lovie Smith said.
And they're certainly not getting as many as they would like. The Bears are tied for 15th in the NFL with 12.
Defensive end Alex Brown leads the Bears with three sacks but has just 14 tackles, well behind last year's pace when he had 58. Adewale Ogunleye has 1 1/2 sacks after delivering nine last year, and three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Tommie Harris hasn't been himself physically or emotionally.
Their reward so far for signing Harris to a $40 million extension in the offseason is three tackles and no sacks, along with a team suspension for the Detroit game two weeks ago. A devout Christian, Harris told the Chicago Tribune he was distraught over the out-of-wedlock birth of his first child and had been late for treatments on his injured left knee.
When asked this week about his struggles, he said, "Everybody knows my situation."
Coming off a season-ending hamstring injury, Harris got off to a fast start last year before knee problems slowed him. He had seven of his eight sacks through the first eight games, and had four through the first six before tailing off.
He had knee surgery in the offseason and aggravated the condition during the Bears' 27-24 overtime loss to Tampa Bay on Sept. 21 and sat out a win over Philadelphia the following week. He then got suspended, meaning he had a two-week layoff before registering one tackle against Atlanta.
Harris was closing in on Ryan when he launched a 26-yard pass to Michael Jenkins that set up Jason Elam's winning 48-yard field goal. But again, no sack for Harris. None for the Bears, period.
"I just feel like I'm starting to feel better," Harris said. "I'm starting to show it out on the field. Hopefully, I can continue to just keep getting healthy."
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Johnny Cueto retired the final 19 batters he faced, and the Royals beat the Astros, 7-2, in the decisive Game 5 of the American League Division Series in Kansas City on Wednesday night.
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Come celebrate Halloween Marvel Super Heroes: What The--?! style as it's X-Men vs vampires like you've never seen before!
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I am supposed to write a function with one argument
n and the function should count the smallest number of precise squares which amount is
n. For example if n=10, the function should return 2 (10=32 +12). So far i have implemented some solution- using dynamic programming but I am not absolutely sure of its correctness:
dyn[0] <- 0
for k <- 1 to n
dyn[k] <- k+1
i <- 1
j <- 1
while j<=k do
if dyn[k-j] < dyn[k]
dyn[k] <- dyn[k-j]
i <- i+1
j <- i*i
dyn[k] <- dyn[k]+1
k <- n
return dyn[n]
Please, analyze my solution and if you can provide faster one? So far its running time is O(n3/2).
You do not need any of this. You have to know some math stuff.
int(sqrt(x))**2 == x
Every number can be represented as sum of 4 squares (Lagrange)
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