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Hadu – CCCam DVB plugin – version Beta 0.127
-(partial) support for DreCrypt EMMs,
-EMM PIDs associated to ECM PIDs (based upon the CAID and provider criteria)
are now all displayed into the concerned column (« Monitor » window),
-an option has been added to display all the other EMM PIDs
(i.e. EMM PIDS not associated to ECM PIDs; see « DispAllEMMs » option);
-« EMMCAID » option has been extended, in order to include an optional EMM PID
(see « EMMCAID » option),
-bug fix for the non correct display of indexed nodes
(when the list of the nodes is sorted by user),
-Hadu is considered back as a 2.1.4 version client by default. You can of
course still modify the client version sent to the server (see « Version » option),
-minor modification into the possible levels of informations to log
(see « LogMessLevel » option),
-display of the « Server Infos » window has been optimized
(it's now a bit more reactive, while using less CPU resources),
-an option has been added when Hadu is used within
the DVBViewer recording session. It's now possible to start the
connection with the server(s) only if the channel is encrypted
(see « DVBViewerEncrServ » option),
-support for the new CCCam commands introduced
in CCCam version 2.2.0 or above
(i.e. commands 0F for the node data, and commands 0C, 0D for the new CCCam « checks »)
. An option has been added to authorize
or not the Node SID assignment/rejection feature present in commands 0F
(see « UseNodeSID » option). The Node SID assignment/rejection feature will be activated
by the server, only if Hadu is also declared as a CCCam client version 2.2.0 or above
(see « Version » option). But, as there is a bug concerning the new CCCam « checks »,
declaring Hadu as CCCam client version 2.2.0 may conduct to an improper channel
decoding (see the new workaround menu « Switch DCW Last Byte »),
-support for the OSCAM Partner handle, and its Node SID assignment/rejection
feature (the Extended ECM Mode is also checked but currently not used). Several
options have been added to authorize them or not (see « OSCAMPartner », « OSCAMExt »
and « OSCAMSID » options). Furthermore, when activated these features are displayed
at the bottom of the « Server Infos » window, as for the build of the OSCAM server,
-2 new features have been added: a list of ECM PIDs used (i.e. ECM PIDs cache; see
« Hadu-Cache.txt » file), and a list of manual ECM PIDs (see « Hadu-Manual.txt » file).
These features may be activated/deactivated directly from the main menu of Hadu
(see « Cache » sub-menu, and « CacheUse », « CacheUpdate », « ManualUse » options),
-an new column (title « Opt ») has been added in the list of the nodes into the «
Server Infos » window (to display eventual additional infos concerning the nodes),
-all the log files (i.e. 'Hadu-Mes.log', 'Hadu-EMM.log', 'Hadu-PIDxxxx.log' and
'Hadu-Dump.txt') are now always put in the same directory as the plugin itself
(no more in path indicated by « Keypath2 », if this option is used). « Keypath2 »
is reserved for files possibly shared within several occurs of Hadu
(like the files for the ECM PIDs used and the manual ECM PIDs),
-support for Nagra Tiger EMMs,
-TID and SID for the current channel are displayed into the « Monitor » window,
-an option has been added when providers/ChIDs used within
CCCam messages are rejected by the server (see « DontUseProvFor » option),
Hadu – CCCam DVB plugin – version Beta 0.126
-temporary workaround for OSCAM servers (see « OSCAMWa » option, and all the comments for it)
added as a possible option,
-possibility to have only EMM active added (see « EMMAlone » option),
-the maximum number of providers per nodes has been increased to 40,
-possibility to update more than one card (i.e. node) of the same CAID for EMM purposes added,
-bug fix for nodes with too many providers,
-transparency for Monitor and Server Infos windows added (see « UseTransparency » option for more details),
-« IgnoreProvFor » option now also used for EMMs,
-providers are no more checked for Betacrypt CAIDs (ECMs and EMMs). So, you can remove
your « IgnoreProvFor=1702 » or « IgnoreProvFor=1722 » option lines if you wish,
-bug fix for BetaCrypt EMMs process,
-bug fix concerning the DCWsOneServ option,
-bug fix for the emulator nodes recognizing,
-modification for the non standard CCCam servers and the corresponding « NonStd » option: it's
now supposed to work automatically (see « NonStd » option for more details),
-bug fixes concerning different particuliar cases when several servers are in use,
-bug fix for incorrect behavior of server connections when the plugin is deactivated,
-bug fix because current ECMs were not sent immediately when a new server is activated (if several
servers are active and at least one is OK),
-by default value has been changed for the MaxConnections and MaxECMPIDs options. You'll have
to manually modify your current Hadu.ini file, if you plan to use these new by default values,
-number of active CCCam servers at the same time no more limited to 6 (but still limited to a maximum
of 64 CCCam servers, active or not active). Set the new by default values for the MaxConnections and
MaxECMPIDs options, if several servers are in use,
-bug fixes for a possible improper re-connection when the disconnection has been provoked externally
(network and/or distant server),
-bug fix for Viaccess « long » ECMs (for TNTSat mainly),
-size for Monitor and Server Infos windows now also saved into Hadu.ini (if changed by the user) when
pushbutton « OK » is pressed. Furthermore, the size of the columns for the different lists of these windows
is now also saved,
-it's now possible to sort the nodes list into the Server Infos window for some columns,
-reject of null DCWs (processed as 'No decoding'),
-some other bug fixes and minor enhancements.
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In a named Excel table, you can add a counter field that fills in automatically. This is can be used in summary functions, or added to a pivot table, even in calculated fields, like the one mentioned below.
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When you create a calculated field in a pivot table, you can refer to other value fields. However, the calculated field always uses the SUM of those fields, even if you have them displayed as a COUNT.
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- On the Microsoft Office blog, students can learn how to build a GPA calculator in Excel. Kevin Lehrbass spotted an error in the VLOOKUP formula, and it's fixed now.
- Also for Excel for iPad, Stephen Ashby shows how to create formulas in that version.
- Max Fraudy explains how to dynamically highlight a data point on your chart, without using VBA.
- Sumit Bansal shares a trick for using a defined name to get a list of file names from a folder in Excel.
- This mini-course from Microsoft's Office Online shows how to use the Sparklines -- tiny charts to show data trends.
- Leon Lovett shows how to stop Excel from formatting two hyphenated numbers to a date, when you import data.
- Dr. Nitin Paranjape demonstrates why it's easier to create a set of charts with Power View, instead of using regular Pivot Charts
- Finally, for a humorous peek at what other people are saying about spreadsheets, read the latest collection of Excel tweets, on my Excel Theatre blog.
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We got a new gadget for our kitchen, and it's useful, but one of the silliest things that I've seen. His name is Spud Dude, and his spikes hold a potato, while you peel it. I've used it a couple of times, and it keeps my fingers safe, and makes me smile too!
And if you're from Canada, it might remind you of the Stompin' Tom Connors song, Bud the Spud. (YouTube link)
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'Hannibal' Season 3 Casts Richard Armitage as the Tooth Fairy
Just when you didn't think Hannibal could get any better, the Bryan Fuller series — which is blessedly in its third season — goes and casts Richard Armitage (AKA Thorin Oakenshield).
Armitage will appear in six-episodes, starting with 3×08, as serial-killer Francis Dolarhyde, known by his moniker the Tooth Fairy.
Dolarhyde was the basis of the film Red Dragon and has already been mentioned in the very first episode of Hannibal. Fannibals, remember that murdered family in the pilot? Yup, Richard Armitage is to blame.
FUN FACT: Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller is a big fan of Armitage's Hobbit co-star Lee Pace. The actor was in Fuller's Pushing Daisies and the even more short-lived Wonderfalls.
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Friday, October 19, 2012
A Lazy Rainy Sunday Afternoon
Salmon had to be transported to rivers and lakes with higher water levels so they could spawn properly, and in some areas, outside plant-watering was banned. Although thankful for a reprieve from sleeping with our umbrellas like we usually do starting beginning of September, we were getting kinda worried. Where records are usually made for the most amount of rain fallen, this time records were made for the least amount of rain. It was the talk of the town.
I love the rain, and was beginning to miss it. Autumn is not autumn without rain, and my favorite season was becoming a bit of a downer. I dusted off my dancing shoes to gear up for a rain dance; I needed a bit of water to set the ambiance for the season. I shouldn't complain as we were blessed with nice weather longer than usual, and more rain than we need would come eventually.
So when weather reports warned us to expect rain, it showed up right on time one mid-October weekend. And rain, it did. Drains couldn't keep up, our dry, cracked lawns couldn't soak it up fast enough, and we couldn't dust off our umbrellas quick enough. There were mini-floods and puddles everywhere. Local ponds filled, luring the ducks back for a swim. But that didn't stop folks heading out for a walk – everyone was thankful for water.
It was no surprise that after two days of rain, I noticed our usually dry front walk leading up to our house was a bit flooded, despite being covered by the eaves. Okay, so it wasn't normal, but hey, it was raining, the first in almost three months. Maybe our gutters couldn't keep up somewhere, I thought. Fine, I shrugged. It's just water.
So off I dragged my lazy self to get the never-ending laundry done.
Clothes were sorted, and detergent was administered, and I was just reaching for the start button when I heard it.
The hypnotic, yet torturous, drip, drip, drip. It only took me a minute to realize it was coming from the faucets and drainage pipes leading from the wall to my washing machine. Then I noticed all the water on the floor behind the washing machine. And THEN I noticed water bubbling under the paint around the faucets on the wall.
OH my GOD.
Okay, Lisa, calm down. Show the husband later, then call landlord. For now, the right thing to do is to leave the laundry alone (yay!), and go eat some cake.
By the time I showed him, more paint had bubbled on the walls in the laundry area as well as on the walls in the neighbouring bathroom. I called the landlord in a panic, and he later discovered a leaky pipe in the walls in the garage right above the laundry room (hence the water outside, as well), with the water making its way down inside the walls. This time I panicked that I wouldn't be able to do laundry, never mind that we might not be able to have showers. In the end we determined our ability to clean everything and every body wouldn't be affected; it was a different pipe altogether. Thank God.
After cutting a few lovely holes in the ceiling of our bathroom, as well as in our laundry room to help dry out the affected drywall, the landlord left with the instructions that the walls would have to dry for a week before the plumber could work his magic. Aside from the holes being an eyesore and an inconvenience (my washing machine is in the middle of the floor), it could have been a lot worse.
I always try to find something good out of something bad. At least I caught it in time so we didn't wake at 3 in the morning to collapsing water-logged drywall and plaster from the bathroom ceiling, AND we still got to have laundry and showers. And aside from the fact that the landlord saw how disgusting it was behind my washer and dryer, an area I was determined all summer to get around to cleaning but never did, at least I could now I could do it.
Through it all, I learned to be careful what I wish for – that wasn't the kind of water I was hoping for. Guess my rain dance got a little misinterpreted.
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(BEDFORD) - Phyllis Gassaway, head of the IUE-CWA Local 907 has told WBIW News about the details of the closure agreement voted on by union members Yesterday.
Gassaway said the agreement was ratified by Bedford union members by 93%.
Gassaway did have some good news, in that the closure of the Bedford Visteon plant will be delayed until July 31st, backing it up around 3 months from what was previously stated.
Visteon workers being laid off will receive what's called a retention bonus, which will equate to 1 weeks worth of pay for every year of service at the plant. Hourly workers will also receive 3 months worth of health coverage at usual rates.
Those Visteon workers who have already been laid off, but cast a ballot yesterday anyway, were given a signing bonus totaling $3,000.
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In February, the Two Rock Board of Education voted to invest $100,000 on a new playground designed specifically for small children. To maximize limited facilities funds, Two Rock also applied for and received a $25,000 Preschool Facilities Grant from First 5 of Sonoma County. One of the goals of First 5 is to expand access to preschool programs in rural areas and to low-income families.
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Returning from active duty in 1944-45, McDonald returned to Indianapolis, but was called by the Red Wings once again. It was for just three games this time. The Detroit Red Wings traded McDonald, Don Grosso, and Cully Simon to the Chicago Black Hawks for Earl Siebert and Fido Purpur on January 2, 1945, and McDonald immediately suited up for the Hawks. But at the end of the 1944-45 season, Chicago sent McDonald to their affiliate in the USHL, the Kansas City Pla-Mors. Unfortunately, Butch McDonald did not play any more in the NHL, and he retired during the 1949-50 season.
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I taught swimming lessons to children for many years. Children love to learn when the lesson is fun. I in turn made every effort to make the learning as enjoyable as possible. I don't have to brag when I say that the children I was blessed with teaching became skilled exceedingly fast.
On the other hand, putting so much effort into making it fun for kids usually tired me out. The week that this story happened I had been very tired and run down. I had been praying to the Lord for a little energy and strength. I would like to tell you about one little girl that I will never forget.
Her name was Hannah. She was about four years old, and she had no fear. She would jump and dive. She would paddle like all heck and go under water. For those of you that don't know, four year olds generally can't do these things. I never cared what age they were. I expected them to do wonders. And most of the time they did. We just need to love them and push them. Like I said before, I was blessed to be a teacher and love what I did.
One day I was just sitting on the side of the pool watching them have free time for the last five minutes of class. Hannah paddled over on her noodle (what we called these foam things that looked like noodles). She then asked me, "What do you believe?"
Now I was surprised by this question and I literally didn't know what to say. I think I blurted out something like, "I believe many things."
Before I could say much else she continued, "God died for us," in a very matter a fact way. She then looked at me kind of funny, like I was so mixed up. Then she paddled off almost oblivious to what she had just said and proceeded to use her free time. Let me tell you that I have never been hit by the Lord with such power before or since. Energy and strength literally welled up in me and I was set for weeks with a full tank. That was my last summer teaching water skills.
As I look back at this little episode I think of what a pivotal role it has made in my path with God. I thank the Lord for little Hannah's heart of gold. May the Lord guide her as well as she has helped to guide me.
Thank you Lord for answering prayers right when we need them. For giving us strength to wait patiently for those times. Thank you for letting us strengthen each other as Hannah did to me. To the glory of your holy name. In Jesus we pray, Amen.
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There. Look at it. Properly look at it. Not "the N-word". Not "racial slur". Not "racist language".
Look at it. Really look at that word. Really take it in. Have it pinball around your head a few times. Really wrap your mind around it. A word that is a permanent reminder that we live in a world where some people are viewed as subhuman, and deserving of fewer rights based on the colour of their skin.
When I was 19 I was at a university house party. Biggie Smalls was playing over the speakers. 'Juicy'. Classic. I was singing along with someone."If you don't know, now you know..."
I sing "baby..."
They, very much, do not.
Cue horrified faces. "I was just singing along."
"It just came out."
"I'm nothing like that."
"I'm so sorry."
"I'm so sorry. I would never mean to do something like that."
It always happens this way. Someone makes [what I legally have to describe as a 'racial gaffe'], and we get some umming and ahhing about intention; mutterings of "let's not overreact" – and the bag is left with the black person to deal with the clusterfuck of callousness.
The film Get Out is fantastic at highlighting this – it shows you the obvious microaggressions that "good white people" find horrifying and laughable and cringe-worthy, while also pointedly directing your attention towards the ever so slight head movements actor Daniel Kaluuya makes when he hears them.
For every "I love Tiger Woods" there's a raised eyebrow. For every "I caught a tan and I'm like you now", there's an invisible exhale. For every "wasn't Obama wonderful!", a slight widening of the eyes. A concerned nod. Pursed lips. A pained laugh. An internal: "I'm just trying to go about my day, please stop bringing this racist shit to my door."
I'm tired of having to explain the N-word. I'm so tired of having to explain this that it almost feels irrelevant to tell you why I'm writing this today.
Because I know six months down the line, yet another person who really shouldn't is going to use that word, and I can simply point to this piece. (And if you want to know more, it is definitely worth taking a look at Reni Eddo-Lodge's Why I'm No Longer Talking (To White People) About Race)
I'm deliberately leaving details blank, so you can have a nice, non-time-specific reference point the next time someone thinks it acceptable to use the worst word in the English language.
So when we end up doing this all over again, instead of you bothering the black people in your life with your protestations, hollerations, and misunderstandings, you can come back and read these words.
If you are not black, you are distinctly unqualified to understand the use, meaning, context and impact of that word.
If you are not black, you do not understand the depth and meaning of hurt to that word.
If you are not black, I do not want to hear how much you are not racist when that word is spoken.
If you are not black, you never have a good enough reason to use that word.
You are not just making a joke.
You are not just quoting a song. (This is the point where I humbly suggest the words 'homie', 'baby' and 'people' work out the same phonetically when you're rapping along to songs)
You are not from a "different time".
You can be six, 16 or 65 – if you are alive, then this is your time.
You are not playing Devil's Advocate. If Satan exists, he doesn't need you to do his work for free.
If you use that word, you are bringing up a millennia of racial brutality. Kindly stop that.
And no, having a black friend does not give you a pass.
Nor does a Dr. Dre song.
Or a Kanye West one.
Or a Quentin Tarantino film.
Or a black partner.
Or a variant spelling.
Or a Chris Rock segment. You know, the one he has gone on record saying he regrets doing.
Or a black person who responds to news like this with a, "Well *I* don't find it offensive."
If your kneejerk response to racial language is to do a "yeah, but..." then you need to take 30 seconds and ask yourself why you're doing that.
Why the accusation of being called "racist", shocks and angers you more than actual racist language.
Why you don't understand – that as a non-black person – you dictating what is and isn't racist to a black person is in and itself a racist act.
Why you think you can "logically break down" racism, when the belief that some people deserve more based on the colour of their skin is, at its very core an illogical position.
Why you think the ugliest word in the English language is some sort of funfair item, where maybe, just maybe, if you collect enough race relation tickets and exploit enough carnival loopholes you can win the magical prize of using it.
It's not a prize. It's hurt.
Ask yourself why you want a weapon of hurt.
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A penalty scheme for reducing electricity price volatility
Ding, Yi
Wang, Peng
Goel, Lalit
Chen, Luonan
Loh, Poh Chiang
Date of Issue2010
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Accepted version
The deregulation of electric power systems in many parts of the world has changed the mechanism of electricity pricing. Unlike the fixed price in conventional power systems, electricity price varies with time and location in the new deregulated environment. Electricity prices in a restructured power system can be highly volatile due to the random nature of system failures and demands. It is therefore very difficult for the independent system operator (ISO) to control the price and associated risk. The high prices beyond control have resulted in significant impacts on customers as well as on system operation. This paper proposes a penalty scheme for reducing electricity price volatility caused by failures in generation companies (Gencos) or transmission companies (Transcos). In this scheme, Gencos and Transcos will be penalized if their equipment failures result in unexpected price changes. The price decomposition technique is used to evaluate the price components caused by random failures. The penalty can be calculated based on the difference of electricity price components between the normal state and the contingency states. Moreover, a simplified schema which is based on profit analysis is also proposed in this paper. The proposed penalty scheme not only gives the Gencos and Transcos an incentive to improve their reliabilities but also provides a flexible tool for the ISO to control the system price risk. The possible shortcomings of the proposed schema are also specified in the paper. The IEEE RTS is analyzed to illustrate the technique.
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So much has been happening in my life. I went to see my husband (J). The entire night before I was torn. I did not know what to do. Should I return to him as he had requested the previous day?, or should I move onto a different life?
Being with someone for 18 years creates an intense connection and "safeness", even if things are not the way you want or need them to be. I kept looking at my new friend (I) and thinking how do I know this is what I want? How do I know I want to start a new life? How do I know J will be okay? He sounded so sad, desperate and broken when I spoke with him. After 18 years I feel an obligation to help J be okay through all this.
I phoned my stepmom and talked with her about what I should do. Without telling me what to do she asked me: "Do you want to be safe, or do you want to be healthy?"
It struck me deeply. My marriage has been very difficult the past few years. My husband has been drinking a large amount everyday. I feel he is constantly mad at me. I feel I have to be someone other than myself around him. I feel constantly criticized around him. I feel so lonely when I am with him, more lonely than when I am alone.
I started to imagine what my life 10, 20, 30 years from now. I saw myself back with J still feeling disconnected, alone, dismissed, criticized. I saw myself still extremely depressed. I envisioned what it would be like to be sad the rest of my life.
I knew my health had to come before safety. Sure I do not know what my life will be like without J, but I know what it has been like with him. It hasn't always been that way, but it has for a long time. I have tried to make it better, but it never changes. I do not want the rest of my life to be that way.
I told J that I needed to be by myself. I asked if he wanted to go to counselling. He said no. I still would go if it would help him and he wanted to, but I do not believe he will ever want to see a marriage counsellor.
I am sad that we could not make it work. I am sad for J. I am sorry I did what I did. I am, however, glad I had the power to protect myself and not go home. It would have been the safe thing to do, but not the best thing for my mental well being.
Yesterday morning a disheveled man, speaking strange words and chattering to himself, approached me. He came right up to me, touched my arm and said, "Don't worry. Everything is going to be all right". I looked at him and said, "Thank god, because everything has been pretty bad lately". He looked at me like he had known that all along.
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Cuba, a nation once synonymous with sugar, has been losing money on the crop, President Fidel Castro says. His government is turning sugar plantations into farmland and is negotiating a possible purchase of U.S. sugar.
Speaking late Friday at the close of Havana's annual trade fair, Castro said falling sugar prices and rising prices for the oil needed to produce the crop made it a money-loser.
"Imagine how much we would save cutting a smaller quantity of sugar," Castro said. "I'd prefer to cut a million and a half (tons) than 2 million because with that million and a half we could have a reasonable profit."
The statements appeared to be Castro's strongest direct explanation for its decision last year to close 70 of its nearly 160 sugar mills, transferring tens of thousands of workers to other tasks.
That decision was not easy in a nation long obsessed with the size of its annual sugar crop, even if tourism has easily surpassed sugar as an earner of foreign exchange in recent years.
Castro quoted a famed Cuban saying: "Without sugar, there is no country."
But he noted that competition from other cane-producing nations, as well as the growth in corn-based sweeteners, have kept sugar prices low.
"Why are we going to produce sugar, for example, if the prices are on the floor?" he asked rhetorically.
Earlier Friday, the Communist Party daily Granma reported that Sugar Minister Ulises Rosales del Toro said that more than 1 million hectares (2.47 million acres) of sugar cane land are being turned over to production of food or to forestry.
And Cuba's state import company, Alimport, said it was negotiating a possible purchase of U.S. sugar _ turning on its head Cuba's historic role as a sugar supplier to the United States.
Wayne Carrick, an international trader for PS International of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, said the Cubans were talking about purchase of 5,000 to 15,000 tons of sugar, though price and some other issues remained to be settled. He said a deal might be reached within a few weeks.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Castro's government sent hundreds of thousands of urban workers into the fields each year to help bring in the sugar harvest, which was sold to the Soviet bloc at prices above world market levels.
Production of 6 million to 7 million tons a year was common. The government tried to hard to produce 10 million tons in 1970 that it disrupted many other sectors of the economy.
But harvests have been declining over the past decade and the collapse of the Soviet Union took away the most lucrative market.
In June 2002, Cuba closed 70 mills in a drive for greater efficiency. Harvests slipped to 3.6 million tons in 2002. No figure has been given for this year, but most experts say it was less than 2 million.
Starved for investment, many Cuban mills have been using equipment installed in the early 20th century.
Other countries Mexico also have suffered from low sugar prices. Mexico's government took over 27 sugar mills in 2001 to help workers who were not being paid.


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The first lady of France, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, is coming to Los Angeles. It's not a diplomatic endeavor, but a musical one: she will spend time in Southern California this year to record a new album, according to a report in one of France's largest daily newspapers, Le Figaro.
Bruni is heading to America this year to record her fourth proper album. The singer's last release, Comme Si De Rien N'était, was released in 2008.
She is expected to record new material soon in California with Silver Lake-based producer Daniel Lanois, known for his work in the past with artists such as U2.
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Release Date: Out Now (Monday 24 March 2014)
Director: John Lee Hancock
Starring: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti,
Reviewed by Kyle Pedley
Despite some initial audience confusion as to precisely what it was actually about, Saving Mr. Banks comes together with extraordinary clarity and efficiency, shedding off any ambiguity or identity crisis from the off, managing to juggle various different elements and timeframes into a thoroughly charming, consistently entertaining and brilliantly judged piece of filmmaking which has all the charm, whimsy and heart of anything Disney put his name to. Fundamentally it presents a dramatisation of the early pre-production work that went into the making of the Mary Poppins movie back in the early 1960's, which saw the cantankerous and principled author of the original books, P. L. Travers (a resplendent Emma Thompson) come to loggerheads with a determined Walt Disney (Tom Hanks, who suggests rather than imitates the famous studio head) who saw the opportunity to alter her works through a more fantastical and family-friendly filter that she expressly loathed.
Much of the joy and brilliance of Saving Mr Banks comes from the charismatic and beautifully played clash of artistry, ideology and indeed character that comes from the battle of wills and intent between Travers and Disney, courtesy of two terrific central performances. Emma Thompson is the fire and passion of the film, giving an astonishing tour-de-force turn of stunning precision and comedic timing. Her Travers is suitably sharp, proper and impervious to compromise, a seemingly contradictory whirlwind of still chaos amongst the jubilance and pep of the Disney studios and the man himself. Thompson does a remarkable job of mining pathos and sincerity out of what on the page could easily have been depicted as cold, embittered and unfeeling. With a superlative command of character and performance, Travers' as a highly reluctant and supremely English fish-out-of-water lends the film much of its surprisingly effective and prevalent comedic slant.
Tom Hanks circles Disney, skirting around and hinting at the man himself, capturing something of his spirit and larger-than-life presence as opposed to base imitation. As professed by Hanks himself, he neither looks nor sounds particularly like Uncle Walt did, but in spirit and essence he is able to capture both the child-like love for creativity and imagination as well as the sense of a powerful, beloved media mogul who achieved what he did with just cause. He serves as a terrific foil to Thompson's Travers and the two are so beautifully and dynamically opposed in every way, yet fiercely similar in artistic ferocity, that it is something of a surprise these events have not been adapted to narrative sooner.
Running concurrent with the movie adaptation storyline are a series of flashbacks which depict Travers' somewhat difficult childhood growing up in Australia. Some of the resonance and relevance of these flashbacks sequences are both touching and delicately interwoven, and there are plenty of hidden nods and winks for ardent fans of the Poppins movie, but at times it is hard to not feel they linger on the point long after it has been made.
Outside of the film's core structure, other highlights not yet mentioned include Thomas Newman's beautiful scoring which also elegantly and organically accommodates the original Mary Poppins' score and musical numbers, and sterling support from its wider cast including Paul Giamatti as Travers' well-meaning driver, Ruth Wilson as her despairing, unhappy mother and young Annie Rose Buckley putting in a spirited debut as young Travers in Australia.
In all, Saving Mr. Banks is a wonderful and welcome surprise, a brilliantly executed, thoroughly entertaining slice of character study mixed with a hearty dose of fish-out-of-water comedy and a very winning battle of wills. It is a feel-good crowd-pleaser in the most unabashed and endearing sense, carried with vim and vigour by Emma Thompson's stunning, controlled central performance, and, much like Mickey himself - a little heavy on the cheese perhaps, but nonetheless irrepressibly joyful, funny, exuberant and bursting with both undeniable charm and genuine heart.
A disappointingly scant selection of bonus features that check off some of the pre-requisites but nonetheless given the quality and craft of the film itself it would have been nice to see more of archive and audio footage of the actual conversations and meetings with Travers and the team at Disney (as briefly glimpsed during the films end credits) and a more thorough look into the making of the film itself. There are three deleted scenes, which, granted, are full scenes in and of themselves, roughly around the 2 minute mark each, though it is easy to appreciate why each have been cut as they are mostly re-iterations of what is already elsewhere in the film (in particular an extended departure of Travers from the Disney lot, which is essentially a more sedated repeat of the scene it would have followed in the film).
There's a winningly nostalgic guide through Disney of old up until now as we are taken through memory and footage of the studio over the years, including the era of Mary Poppins' production, but as sweet and well-natured as it is, it ultimately feels like filler, with staff and officials waxing lyrical about memories of old, and again ties in with the overall criticism of how the special features presented here do not explore the production of the Saving Mr. Banks' movie itself in any sort of meaningful detail. Perhaps a more robust version will follow in future.
MOVIE RATING: * * * * * (5 out of 5 Stars)
HOME RELEASE (transfer, bonus features etc.): * * * (3 out of 5 Stars)
SAVING MR. BANKS is OUT NOW on Blu-Ray, DVD, Ultraviolet and Digital Formats nationwide in the UK.
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What in the covfefe?
On Monday, President Donald Trumpmet with the president of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, at the White House. During their meeting, the two world leaders discussed important international topics such as, uh, the Panama Canal.
"The Panama Canal is doing quite well," Trump said during a photo opportunity with Varela. "I think we did a good job building it, right?"
To which Varela immediately responded, "Yeah. One hundred years ago."
Yet, Varela's shade didn't even register with Trump, who then said,
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Naturally, no one really knows why Trump made that statement.
As usual, Twitter has its theories.
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While others think he was just poorly prepared for the meeting.
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Everton v Bate PreviewBy Liam White • Dec 17th, 2009 • Category: Match Previews, News |
Everton take on Bate in an effectively friendly game tonight. As such David Moyes has chosen to field a weakened side with an average age of about 12, which coincidently is also the expected attendance tonight.
The starting line up has already been announced, with Nash making his Everton debut alongside Duffy, Bidwell, Forshaw and Agard who will also be making their first starts for the club with Coleman and Baxter also being given an extra run out in the team.
The experience in the side will come in the forms of Hibbert who will be captain (if he scores on the only home game of the season I'm going to have to miss I'll be gutted), Osman making his return from injury, Rodwell and Yakubu.


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Since November I've been working on one of the biggest projects of my post-coding career: Helping our Product Development organization digest and process the results of our annual employee survey. This survey is a strong part of our tradition; it was first conducted in 2010, and eight years later we're still doing it in largely the same way. Of course, in 2010 we had 14 people in the department, and now we have 150, so it makes sense that we need to do a few things a little differently. Because the tradition is so strong, however, we need to be deliberate and careful about making changes to the process, and we need to do so in as transparent a way as possible.
A key piece of that happened yesterday, when we wrapped up the first major phase of the project with a status report of sorts to the entire department. It was well-received, and I'm excited to start on phase two. Here are a few things that I've learned along the way that I plan on taking advantage of as we move forward:
- Creating space for employees to talk to each other about issues raised in the survey was useful
- Treating the survey responses as "objects of discussion" helped make it safer to talk about difficult things
- The model we used for looking at the data help people make sense of what they wanted to happen
- The same things were perceieved both positively and negatively by different people… and talking about that was valuable
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At the upper portion or the head of the logo are a half gear and a unified atom which represents the scientific and technological underpinnings of the University. The arms and hands, outlined by white stretches, open a book encrypted with 1912, the year when the school was established as an educational institution, and lighted by a beacon signifying the educational nature of its mission. The year 2004 indicates when the school was converted into a state university by virtue of RA 9313. On the fields of green, symbols of a fish and a plant can be found which represent the curricular offering of agriculture and fishery of the University. On the fields of red, symbols of G clef and a palette with paint brushes can be found which represents arts and philosophy curricular offerings of the University. On the fields of yellow, symbols of a graph and 3 human figures can be found which represents education and engineering curricular offerings of the University. On the fields of blue, symbols of a caduceus and a graduated cylinder can be found which represents science and technology and nursing and health sciences curricular offerings of the University. At the center of the fields are a compass and a scale of justice. Encircling the whole symbols is the name of the university (Samar State University) and the country (Philippines) in white over sky blue background and outlined in gold, the official colors of the University.


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Who wore it best? From the runway to the red carpet (Model vs. Camilla Belle)
Posted on January 25 2012
This week's edition of Who wore it best? features one of the season's most coveted colors. The look comes straight from uber designer Carolina Herrera's Spring 2012 line and was strutted down the runway by model du jour Karlie Kloss. Actress Camilla Belle was the first to take the dress for a spin at the Art of Elysium gala and she looked absolutely beautiful in this gorgeous dress. So, on to the heavy task of deciding who wore it best.
This color is gorgeous on both model and actress but the straps look like they were shortened for Camilla and that little tweak in turn changes the look of the bust. Moreover, one of the selling points of the dress is the tea-length hem and you can't really tell with Camilla's because the length goes way past her ankles. I would also have loved to see her in sandals with less fabric. Simple t-strap gold heels would have been perfect for this. That being said, Camilla wears the back well. The delicate ribbon of this dress fits her frame and the train doesn't overwhelm her. It's both feminine and elegant and she carried it well. It looks like we'e looking at a 50/50 situation here. Karlie gets the front and Camilla gets the back. Who do you think won this battle? Share your thoughts below.


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Le Corbusier Cabanon 1952 / Cassina
At Design/Miami this year Cassina rebuilt a replica of Le Corbusier's Cabanon interior designed in 1952 and I was thrilled to attend a preview of the show. Le Corbusier has always been a constant inspiration in my work and to see this masterpiece recreated with such exacting detail was a revelation! Exclusive rights to Le Corbusiers' work have been held by Cassina since 1965 and this project truly shows the craftsmanship and innovative design ideas of this master architect. Conceived as a birthday present for his wife, Le Corbusier designed the entire cabin in a cafe and ended up using the space frequently himself. Le Corbusier had always been fascinated by boats and made the cabin in the likeness of a ships interior, sitting above the French Riviera in Cap-Martin overlooking the Bay of Monaco. Even the brightly colored ceiling panels were removable for storage above since the space was designed at the most minimal size to live comfortably. The only function he left out of the cabin was a kitchen since he and his wife dined at the local L'Etoile de Mer restaurant nearby. This remarkable example of micro-architecture truly shows that less is much, much more.
Cassina has reintroduced the LC 14 01 Tabouret Cabanon stool in chestnut and oak finishes to coincide with the reconstruction. Openings on each side create handles and the unique dovetail joint on each corner is exclusive and highlights the workmanship of the solid wood and exalts its qualities.
Le Corbusier: The Interior of the Cabanon. The Cassina reconstruction will remain on view in the Miami Showroom: 3800 NE Miami Court, Miami Design District December 6, 2012- January 12, 2013
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It's been a while since I posted one of these- but truthfully, I haven't been around to spend a weekend at home doing the things I love to do. So this weekend, I took full advantage of the opportunity to sleep in, indulge in magazines, make coffee dates, stroll around the city and visit the art gallery.
I hope you all had a fantastic weekend doing all the things that you love to do.
1. Lazy morning with Vogue in bed. 2. I like sitting in this corner to write, but during the week this corner is often forgotten. 3. Sleepy faces on morning/afternoon strolls. 4. Blair's homeade brunch inspired by the latest Food & Wine. 5. Suzy Lake exhibit at the AGO. 6. I adore the sunlight in our apartment. 7. A sunny Sunday and view from our rooftop.


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1 March 2007
Professor Holger Hansen, Chairman of DANIDA Board,
Members of the Academic Staff and Students,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I thank you very much for the rare opportunity and privilege to speak at this prestigious Danish University and in front of such a distinguished audience. I thank you also for the kind words you said about me and my country. We will try our best to live up to your expectations.
It is a source of immense pleasure for me to be able to share with you my humble thoughts about what I see as challenges of building human capacity for development in Africa. Indeed, these are challenges that the successive generations of African leadership have had to contend with. They are challenges which the people of Africa and friends of Africa have generously participated in the search for redress.
When one takes an overview of the situation in Africa, one sees a Continent beset by a multitude of challenges. But, the one challenge that persistently glares at humanity's collective conscience is that of eradication of poverty, backwardness, and underdevelopment in Africa. Africa is the poorest of world's continents, a situation which has to change. Indeed, in humanity's titanic enterprise for development, Africa remains the last frontier in the fight against poverty and backwardness. Daunting as this challenge may seem, I don't believe it is insurmountable. In a world so wealthy and so advanced in science and technology continent African poverty is an aberration. I believe, with strong political will on the part of rich nations coupled with the right policies and measures African nations can also change for the better as the others have done elsewhere. The majority of poorest in the world can live a decent life.
Ladies and Gentlemen;
Nearly one in two Africans live on less than 1$ a day. This is more than 300 million people. This proportion is twice as high as the world average. The number of poor people in Africa has doubled since 1970. The Continent accounts for about 14 percent of the world's population, but 30 percent of the world's poor. What is more disconcerting is the fact that the poverty situation in Africa deteriorated at the time when it was improving in the rest of the developing world. Sadly, now, particularly because of progress in other Continent, poverty appears to be more or less predominantly an African scourge.
Fighting poverty and backwardness, therefore, has been and remains the overriding challenge for the successive generations of Africa leaders. African leaders, present and future, have to rise to this momentous undertaking by putting in place policies and measures that, when implemented, will foster faster poverty reduction for the nations and peoples of Africa. Indeed, this is the challenge for all of us in the human family. We have to promote economic growth and development in African nations to successfully stem poverty in the Continent.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Critical in this undertaking in Africa is the building of human resource capacity as an effective means to deal with the problems of poverty and underdevelopment. I consider the task of building human capacity as that vital in poverty reduction endeavours in the Continent because man is both the goal of as well as the means for development.
The Founding President of Tanzania, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, once aptly underscored this fact when he said, "the purpose of development is man". He was right then, and he still is today. In essence, development is about improving the living condition of the human person. But more importantly, development is brought about by man himself, and it is for his sake. In other words, it is for man and by man.
Defining Capacity Building
For us in Africa, human capacity building means, first and foremost, educating our young boys and girls and providing our young men and women with the necessary and appropriate skills and professional training. It also entails availing our people with technology, tools and other resources to gainfully apply their education, skills and professional training. This way people acquire the requisite knowledge about their society and the environment they live in as well as afford them the capacity to use their knowledge and skills to transform their social and physical environment for growth and self-actualization.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Africa faces a daunting challenge of educating and training its people and availing them with the tools (technology, finance and other resources) necessary for them to undertake the improvement of their living conditions. In the contemporary world we live in, the challenge is compounded by Africa's poverty levels as well as the need and necessity to catch up and close the gap with the developed nations or even other developing nations in Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America.
Education is the cornerstone of human capacity building. But, the challenge that Africa faces in scaling up education is massive.
For instance, Sub-Saharan Africa, with a population of about 750 million people, accounted for only 3.3 million students in institutions of higher learning out of over 132 million worldwide in 2004. This is only 2.5 percent, for a region with about 11 percent of the world's population. Europe and the USA together accounting for less than 20 percent of the worlds population had 32.8 million students, which is almost 25 percent. Of the 3.3 million students in Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania had only about 43,000 students in a country of close to 37 million people. Total Tanzanian university population is about the size of a number of universities in Europe, UA and Asia. University of Florida in the United States for example has more than 50,000 students and I understand that here at the University of Copenhagen more than 37,000 students are enrolled.
With regards to teaching staff, of the 8.5 million worldwide, Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for only 140,000 of them which is equivalent to only 1.6 percent. The student population as well as the size of teaching staff in Sub-Sahara Africa are unacceptably too low for a part of the world with the greatest demand. Something needs to be done the soonest possible to redress this situation.
There are glaring disparities also in secondary school enrollment. While there are more than 500 million secondary school students worldwide, Africa has only 30.5 million, or 6 percent. Comparatively, South-East Asia and Pacific has more than 160 million students, equivalent to 32 percent of the world's total. The situation with regards to vocational and professional training does not depict a better picture either.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I bring up these statistics to illustrate the magnitude of the challenge in human capacity development that Africa has to contend with. In view of the poverty levels in Africa, I pitch for the imperative of partnership between Africa and the developed nations and particularly for more innovative ways in addressing this serious problem.
The Commission for Africa, constituted by British Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom in 2004, underscored the need for partnership between Africa and the outside world when it considered the challenge of human resource capacity in Africa and the whole question of assisting Africa in its development endeavours.
The Commission made two key recommendations regarding investing in capacity building that call for partnership between African governments and their development partners.
· First, that African governments should draw up comprehensive capacity-building strategies. Donors should invest in these, making sure that their efforts are fully aligned with these strategies rather than with their own competing priorities and procedures; and
· Second, that the international community should commit in 2005 to provide US$500 million a year, over 10 years, to revitalize Africa's institutions of higher education and up to US$3 billion over 10 years to develop centers of excellence in science and technology, including African institutes of technology.
I am here to reiterate the same message and, I hope that you will echo and support it. The catalogue of promises to deliver on this problem has indeed been long and impressive. Africa is still waiting for action on the part of the developed nations. African peoples are patient but for how long should they wait while the rest of the world is moving ahead fast? Indeed, Africa deserves to be assisted to overcome the barriers to sustainable development. With regard to human capacity building, Africa should be supported through more investment in education and training of professionals and technicians.
If this is not done, Africa will not be able to build own capacity, therefore and will continue to rely on technical assistance from the developed nations. Yes, Africa needs technical assistance but that assistance should not be at the expense of developing local capacities. In other words, technical assistance to Africa should not take a disproportionate share of capacity building resources, as it has been the case over the years.
According to the International Organization for Migration, 35 per cent of total Official Development Assistance to Africa is spent on expatriate professionals. Consequently, Africa employs more than 100,000 such professionals, costing about US$4 billion a year! This is half of all the resources that the Commission for Africa is proposing to be made available for ten years to revitalise higher education in Africa.
Taken together with other administrative overheads, the cost of expatriates takes up a huge chunk of Official Development Assistance. What is disheartening also is the fact that a good number of the expatriate personnel sent to Africa often lack the necessary and needed knowledge and experience of the local environments to respond adequately to local problems. Therefore, for sustainability of human capacity in the African continent, investment in building local expertise remains the best option.
While we plead for partnership in education and training, I would like to assure you that we in the continent have been doing our part. We realize that it would be irresponsible for us in the continent to leave the whole matter to donors to do something. We have indeed, achieved comparatively a lot since independence. For instance, in the 1990s the percentage of eligible students enrolled in primary schools in Africa was 78 percent compared to 44 percent in 1960. Also, in secondary school enrolment, the percentage rose from 5 percent in 1960 to 31 percent in 1995. In a decade from 1990 to 2000, we put into schools over 20 million more school-age children.
We in Tanzania, take pride in the landmark achievements we have made in the education sector although much more needs to be done. We have good progress primary education by attaining 96 percent in primary school enrolment. We are confident that we will reach the MDG number 2 target of attaining 100 percent Universal Primary Education by 2015. I believe we will attain that even much earlier.
We have also been scaling up secondary school education with considerable success. Secondary education enrolment has increased by 120 percent between 1995 and 2004 and by 45 percent between 2005 and 2006. More importantly also we have increased per child expenditure in education from $2 in 1995 to more than $10 per child last year. This is still too small compared to the requirement but it is a trend we are proud of, and intend to keep on improving on it.
We are also expanding on higher education, as well as vocational training. Professional training is a matter we are taking seriously. We have opened a number of vocational training schools and professional training institutes in the country and we intend to do more of that. We are also keen on using such institutions elsewhere to send our people for skills training. There are many technical professional areas where we have not yet, in Africa, developed adequate capacities or there are no appropriate institutions to train our people. Therefore, Africa will continue to seek the support of the international community particularly the developed nations and the multilateral institutions.
The private sector also has a big role to play in this regard. We welcome them to come and play their part in this endeavour. We need to create permissive conditions which we are fortunately doing. Tanzania todate, has 17 Universities of which only 4 are state owned. Towards the end of the year a fourth state university will be opened to meet increased demand for higher education in the country.
Impact of HIV/AIDS on Human Capacity:
The question of building human capacity also encompasses the engendering of a healthy population capable of fully participating in productive and service activities. Africa loses a lot of human capital including many professionals and educated personnel from diseases. HIV/AIDS has become the single biggest menace to building human capacity in the continent. It is responsible for the deaths of many people, including many highly trained personnel and professionals. Dealing with HIV/AIDS is another big challenge for African leaders.
Human capacity development in Africa has to take into account the fight against the disease. In the continent, at the moment, more than five young people acquire HIV infection every minute; which means over 7,000 each day and more than 2.6 million each year. In fact, nearly 70 percent of people living with HIV/AIDS live in sub-Saharan Africa, and over 80 percent of AIDS deaths have occurred there. In Tanzania, for instance, because of HIV/AIDS, life expectancy is projected to fall to 47 years by 2010 from the anticipated 56 years. Here in Denmark, you will be aware that life expectancy stands at 77.3.
Brain Drain
While diseases pose a big threat to Africa's workforce, at the same time, Africa is rapidly losing the much needed professionals, particularly in the health sector, to the developed world. Surveys conducted by the WHO in seven developed countries showed, for example, that one in four doctors and one in twenty nurses were trained in Africa. It is also estimated that there are more than 21,000 Nigerian doctors practicing in the United Sates. According to the Washington Post article of March 6th, 2005, there are more Ethiopian doctors in Washington D.C. than there are in the whole of Ethiopia.
While this is happening, Africa is faced with the most acute shortage of medical staff to manage its health services. For instance, last year's WHO report shows that there is a universal shortage of 4.3 million healthcare workers. The shortage is particularly severe in Africa which has 11 per cent of the world's population and accounts for 24 per cent of the global disease burden but, has only 3 per cent of the world's health workers. In comparison, the WHO Region of the Americas, with only 10 per cent of the global burden of disease has 37 per cent of the world's health workers.
In Tanzania, for instance, the UNDP estimates that between 1990 and 2004, there have been as few as 2 doctors for every 100,000 people. Here in Denmark the ratio is estimated to be 365 doctors per 100,000. At the moment, Tanzania has a shortfall of 35,000 health workers. To fill this gap by 2015 would require annual generation of 3500 physicians, nurses and midwives. Currently only about 90 physicians and 550 nurses and midwives graduate every year.
Under such circumstances, Tanzania and Africa as a whole cannot afford to lose a single doctor, a nurse, a midwife. But, while that is the ideal and desire, the situation is different. Africa loses many medical personnel and other professionals to the developed countries. It is not uncommon, to find recruitment centers in many African nations to poach medical workers and others professionals to work in developed nations. It is a result of this situation, for example, that in 2001, the South African government took an unprecedented step of appealing to the Canadian government to help stop the recruitment of South African nurses and physicians.
I understand that in a free and globalizing world, labour mobility is supposed to be an integral part of the activities. But, to Africa, this is a one-way traffic, it is therefore, brain drain which has grave consequences for Africa's capacity to foster growth and fight poverty, backwardness and underdevelopment. We know there are push factors which induce people to emigrate to the so called greener pastures. Reducing the push factors and improving on or increasing the pull factors therefore are among the big challenges for the African leadership. There is no option other than try as much as we can to encourage as many of our professionals as possible to stay home. Failure in this regard is disastrous.
Difficult as this task may appear, African leaders have no choice but find ways to address the challenges. But, for African leaders to succeed in this regard, the understanding and cooperation of their counterparts in the developed nations is essential. Developed nations should appreciate the damage to African economies caused by the brain drain and discourage it. It is indeed, a valid question to ask whether it is morally right to take away doctors from where they are needed the most. There is need to muster political will to find amicable solution to this problem. A good example of political will is the dialogue between the South African government and the Canadian government and British authorities on a healthcare workers exchange program based on specific objectives.
Financing Human Capacity Building in Africa
At the beginning of my speech and in many instances I underscored the importance of assisting African nations in the human capacity building endeavours. This brings me to the point of financing human capacity building in Africa.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
We cannot overemphasize the critical role of investment in educational and technological development. Indeed, it is widely acknowledged that one of the causes of the disparities in the level of growth and development between South-East Asia and Africa is very much a function of difference in investment in education and in science and technology development.
The spectacular transformation of a country like the Republic of Korea can, to a large extent, be explained by high levels of investment made in higher education and training as well as in development of science and technology. This is the path that Africa needs to take. It is therefore, a major challenge for African leaders. It is heartwarming indeed, to note that there is realization of the importance of doing something concrete about this. In fact, this is what is being done though to a limited extent due to inadequate resources.
Africa needs and deserves to be assisted in this important undertaking. Today, we laud the Asia-Pacific countries for advancement in human capacity building and in science and technology. But we know that they were assisted through the famous Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic Development in Asia and the Pacific.
Under the Colombo Plan, special countries have offered scholarships and fellowships to countries from this region since 1951. The Colombo Plan was instrumental in supporting the development of technological and scientific expertise in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
I am therefore in complete accord with the call made by Task Force 10 of the Millennium Project under Professor Jeffrey Sachs, for a second Colombo Plan specifically dedicated for Africa. For sure, such a Plan can effectively support the needy African countries to create the requisite technological and scientific base for social and economic transformation of their societies.
Indeed, it is high time that a special conference is convened the soonest possible with the view to considering the possibility of establishing the kind of a Colombo Plan for Sub-Saharan Africa. I believe nothing short of massive investment in education and training and in development of science and technologies will effectively address the challenge of human capacity and the development question as a whole.
Closing the Digital Divide
The information and communication technology (ICT) is an important aspect in enhancing productivity and efficiency of human capital. Unfortunately, Africa lags far behind in this area. African leaders have to do whatever it takes to close the digital divide.
The continent's future economic growth may very much depend on the extent to which Africa has become part and parcel of the information highway. In this regard, the growth of information technology and communication (ICT) poses both a challenge and an opportunity for us in Africa.
The good news is that, there is increased interest and awareness in the continent. There is evidence of positive movement. More and more governments are embracing ICT in their operations. Some have gone to the extent of moving towards e-government. Today, every African country has internet connectivity although too low by world standards. For instance, in 2004, 3 out of every 100 Africans used internet services. Here in Denmark 70% of households are connected.
The use of mobile phones in Africa is rapidly expanding, including in some remote communities throughout the continent. Again in 2004, 9 out of every 100 inhabitants in Africa subscribed to mobile phone services. In that year alone, the African continent added almost 15 million new mobile cellular subscribers to its subscriber base, a figure equivalent to the total number of (fixed and mobile) telephone subscribers on the continent in 1996, just eight years earlier.
These are all signs of an African continent being ushered to the knowledge-based modern economy. But in order to effectively participate in the global knowledge economy, a critical mass of our population must be empowered with the necessary skills to procure and utilize ICT. This is another dimension of human capacity challenge facing African leaders for which Africa needs to be assisted.
Tanzania has done relatively well as a country to be where it is today: at peace with itself and its neighbours and confidently pursuing the development agenda. As a new leader of my dear country, I intend to stay the course and intensify the fight against poverty. But one of my main challenges, as anecdotes and statistics throughout my remarks illustrated, will be to address the question of the capacity of Tanzanians, and of Tanzanian institutions, to deliver on sustainable growth and prosperity.
Kindly allow me, Ladies and Gentlemen to conclude my remarks by reemphasizing what I have attempted to say today:
1. Strategic human resource development is an essential factor in Africa's ability to achieve sustained economic growth and reduced dependence on foreign aid.
2. The ever-increasing levels of knowledge and technological competencies required to effectively compete in today's global economy mean that it is essential that African countries improve worker's technical skills and focus on training in and acquiring sciences and technology.
3. The outside world as well as African countries, stand to derive mutual benefits from major investments in Africa's human capital.
4. Investing in human resource capacity in Africa is a matter of crisis proportions. But it is a straight forward undertaking where global cooperation and exchange can be effected, for mutual gain, without political misunderstandings. And;
5. In the current era of globalization, people move and jobs move. Talent will flee to where it can find gainful use. Expanding opportunities for gainful and well remunerated engagement is part of a lasting solution to the brain drain problem in Africa. However, rich nations need to be judicious in recruiting skilled personnel from Africa lest the Continent's development is impaired.
These are Africa's challenges, they are humanity's challenge which requires us all to assume responsibility and take action. The need for partnership therefore cannot be overstated. Allow me end by simply emphasizing partnership in human capacity building for our mutual benefit.
Professor Hansen, Members of Teaching Staff, Students, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen:
I thank you for your kind attention.


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The Legendary New York Comedy Club "Catch a Rising Star" comedy series makes its debut appearance at Wheeling Island
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