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|Pendergardens Developments plc - Prospectus dated 5 May 2014
The Company
Pendergardens Developments plc was established on 5 November 2012, to principally raise funding through debt issuances and subsequently develop Phase II of the mixed-use development (residential, office space and commercial) at the Pendergardens in St. Julian's. Currently, the Issuer has an issued share capital of €3.3 million which was created as part consideration for the acquisition of the land on which Block 16 is being constructed.
The parent company, Pender Ville Limited, was set up on 22 July 2005 by a consortium of investors to acquire and develop the Pender Place site (known as Pendergardens) and the Mercury House site (known as The Exchange) located in St. Julian's. In July 2012, the whole project, comprising the two pieces of land in St. Julian's referred to as Pendergardens (18,500 square metres) and The Exchange (8,500 square metres), was granted full development permits by MEPA.
- Phase I: To date Blocks 10 to 15 on the Pendergardens site, comprising 150 residential apartments and 406 car spaces, have been constructed by Pender Ville Limited. Practically all of the apartments have been sold (except one which is being used as an office) whilst only 183 (45%) of the available car spaces have been sold.
- Phase II: The Series I and Series II bonds are being issued to finance the development of this phase of the project and the success of this bond is dependent upon the Issuer's ability to complete and sell the project in time for the redemption of these bonds.
This second phase is split into three components as follows:
- Block 16, comprising 46 apartments and 1,336 square metres of commercial space, is already under construction with works expected to be completed by mid-2015. To date, the Issuer has already sold 24 out of the 46 apartments in this block for a total consideration of €6.9 million.
- Block 17, comprising 43 apartments and 5,853 square metres of retail space, is scheduled to be completed in three years between the first quarter of 2015 and 2018.
- Towers I & II, will be the flagship property of the project. The two towers comprise 30 apartments and 8,784 square metres of office space. Construction works will commence in the third quarter of 2014 and Towers I & II are also expected to be completed by 2018.
The three blocks will also be complemented by a 4-floor underlying car-park. Some spaces will be available for sale to residents and the rest will be offered as a public car park.
The primary objective of the Issuer is to dispose of all the units (residential, commercial and office space) forming part of Phase II. Pendergardens however intends to lease out the commercial and office space until it is eventually sold.
Use of Proceeds
The net proceeds from this €15 million bond issue and the €27 million of 6% secured bonds maturing in 2022, estimated at €41.25 million after issuance costs, were principally used by the Issuer as follows:
i) funded the redemption of the outstanding unlisted €12 million notes which the Issuer intends to redeem at the first Early Redemption Date of 15 January 2015;
ii) acquired the land over which the two towers and Block 17 will be developed and to settle amounts owed with respect to works already executed on the aforementioned land (circa €8.95 million);
iii) part-financed the construction and development of Phase II comprising Block 16, Towers I & II and Block 17 (circa €20 million).
The remaining €26.1 million funding required to complete Phase II is expected to be generated from net sales of the residential and commercial units within the same project.
Status & Security
The Bonds will be secured by a first-ranking general hypothec over all the present and future assets of the Issuer as well as by a first-ranking special hypothec over the plot of land, measuring 4,596 square metres and earmarked for the construction of Block 16, Block 17 and Towers I & II, together with the improvements made thereon. The Issuer also intends to pledge the proceeds of an insurance covering the replacement value of the Project in favour of bondholders.
The Bonds shall constitute the general, direct, unconditional and secured obligations of the Issuer, and the two series shall rank pari passu between themselves, but with priority or preference over any other unsecured indebtedness of the Issuer.
Nonetheless, the Issuer may, from time to time, without the consent of the Bondholders, create and issue further debentures, debenture stock, bonds, loan notes, or any other debt securities provided that no issue may be made that would rank senior to the Series I & II Bonds.
The Issuer may incur further indebtedness on a short to medium term basis that may rank pari passu with the Bonds for the purpose of bridging any cash flow shortfalls arising from the proceeds of sales from the Project..
Amount Issued
ISIN Code
The bonds will mature at 100% (par) on 31 May 2020.
Interest Payment
Annually on 31 May
XD Dates
16 May
Official List
Edmund Gatt Baldacchino (Chairman), Edward Licari, John Attard, Philip Farrugia, Joseph FX Zahra and Massimo Vella (Company Secretary).


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Norwegian Mittens
Here are the Norwegian Mittens from Knitting around. The cuff motif is the yacht club burgee my parents belong to. My mother has been asking for mittens like these for years and I finally made them. I bought more yarn to make them for my daughter and me... I just have to find the time to make them!
I found these incredibly quick and a very satisfying knit... I love the result. My mother LOVED them and her reaction has been posted on my blog. I watch it when I am in need of a smile. Her reaction is the reason I knit and crochet (and design). I am so happy I had the "wits about me" to video it!
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A team of budding entrepreneurs from Knaresborough-based Vantage Motor Group took park in a Dragons' Den-style pitch as part of the Million Makers challenge, a national competition where teams of employees collectively raise over £1 million for The Prince's Trust.
The team of ten is made up of employees from across the car retailer's locations and business functions including William Welsh at Vantage's flagship Toyota dealership in Knaresborough on York Road.
Team Vantage will kick off its effort to raise £10,000 profit in six months after pitching its business plan to the 'dragons' and successfully securing £1,500 of seed funding.
The dragons, made up of Vantage CEO Mark Robinson, Gordons LLP Business Development Director Jo Williamson and Olivia Jeffrey from The Prince's Trust, quizzed the team's business plan to ensure its robustness before being satisfied enough to grant the team with the seed funding.
Among the activities the team has planned are the design and sale of umbrellas and travel mugs, and various other fundraising initiatives including a Christmas raffle and individual centre challenges.
Mark said: "The real work starts now though as the team begins to turn its business plan into a reality."


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We previously featured the Singapore airport transit voucher scheme, which gives you S$20 of vouchers to use in Singapore airport if you transit on certain carriers: Singapore Airlines, SilkAir and Air New Zealand, as well as Scoot flights TZ591 and TZ592.
It was due to expire at the end of March but the good news is that it has now been extended until 30th September 2017. Full details are here.
Changi is already an excellent airport in which to transit, with lots to do and see. This welcome scheme makes it even more appealing.


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DrumUp has undergone a serious remodel. If you loved keyword based content curation, you will adore the ability to curate multiple of these content streams. If you found DrumUp's blog and RSS feed auto-posting very useful, you will love auto-posting for content libraries. Here's a first look at the new dashboard. Index I. Content..


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June 17, 2014
Steps To Follow To Get Your Home Sold
You need to be sensitive to timing to succeed. In addition to understanding when to sell, you'll need to understand reasons to sell and the way your home's location influences your ability to sell it if you want to maximize your profits. Read the tips below to help yourself clarify these issues.
Be reasonable when setting the listing price of your home. Look for recent home sales in the area you live that are comparable to your home. Set a price that is somewhere around the average of these sales. Setting your home price too high stands out as unappealing to buyers. Why buy your home when they can find something similar a lot cheaper?
Declutter your home to allow it to show itself. Give your potential buyers the space they need to imagine the home as their own. By sorting through your things and discarding those you don't actually want, you not only make this possible, but you also make it easier for you to make the actual move when you need to.
Small changes in the kitchen can pay off handsomely in your home's value and appeal. Consider switching out just one appliance to become a focus piece and update the look. If you have space, add a popular butcher block island and overhead storage. If you cannot afford to change your cabinetry, apply a fresh coat of paint on it.
In many areas of the country, the seasons drive the housing market. Using decorations that match the season can increase the welcome feeling potential buyers experience when they view the home. Keep your yard clean during the autumn, as this makes your house more appealing.
Don't paint the interior colors that are your personal favorites. Rather, select neutral and appealing shades such as white, cream, or light beige. One of the best methods of communicating a new home's appeal to potential buyers is to apply a new coat of paint.
If you are looking for a quick sale, check comparable prices in the neighborhood, and price your home ten percent cheaper. The low price will entice potential buyers and pique their interest in viewing your home.
Both those buying property, and those selling, can make better deals if they set goals before entering the market. By sticking with the right prices, amenities and locations, buyers can hold off on being persuaded by undue eagerness. A hard limit for prices you are willing to accept will force the sellers to either negotiate or lose a sale; some are willing to do both.
Have your house prepared to sell by late winter or early spring. Buyers want to move in just after the school year ends and be well settled by mid-summer.
As you now know, being able to analyze your motivation for selling a property can play a large role in your approach. The tips you found above should be very helpful in allowing you to effectively dabble in selling real estate. Act upon this information to make the sale of your home easier and a less stressful event.


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Jury selection in the case of a District police officer charged with assaulting and soliciting sex from a transgender woman last year is scheduled to begin Tuesday in D.C. Superior Court.
Opening statements by attorneys could begin Tuesday afternoon if a jury is selected in trial of Kenneth Furr, who was arrested after an August 26 incident.
Furr was charged with nine offenses — including multiple counts of assault and assault with a dangerous weapon — after an incident in which, according to authorities and interviews, he tried to solicit sex from transgender women, leading to a collision between two vehicles and gunfire.
Prosecutors said Furr, 48, was off-duty and intoxicated in the early morning of August 26 when he fired five shots through the windshield of a car in which the transgender women were riding, striking a passenger in the arm and hand.
Furr's attorneys, with the District's Public Defender Service, said their client was attacked first and acted in self-defense. If convicted, he faces a maximum of 30 years in prison.
Furr, who joined the department in 1990, is currently on "indefinite suspension" without pay from the force, a police spokeswoman said Monday.
Judge Russell F. Canan told prosecutors Monday that if a jury has been selected by the lunch break, the trial could move to opening statements and witness testimony in the afternoon.
The trial is expected to be complex and feature testimony from police officers and members of the transgender community. At a hearing Monday, Canan reminded one reluctant witness that she had to be available for trial, or risk being held in contempt.


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- Research
- Open Access
A molecular survey of acute febrile illnesses reveals Plasmodium vivax infections in Kedougou, southeastern Senegal
© Niang et al. 2015
- Received: 26 May 2015
- Accepted: 10 July 2015
- Published: 19 July 2015
Control efforts towards malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum significantly decreased the incidence of the disease in many endemic countries including Senegal. Surprisingly, in Kedougou (southeastern Senegal) P. falciparum malaria remains highly prevalent and the relative contribution of other Plasmodium species to the global malaria burden is very poorly documented, partly due to the low sensitivity of routine diagnostic tools. Molecular methods offer better estimate of circulating Plasmodium species in a given area. A molecular survey was carried out to document circulating malaria parasites in Kedougou region.
A total of 263 long-term stored sera obtained from patients presenting with acute febrile illness in Kedougou between July 2009 and July 2013 were used for malaria parasite determination. Sera were withdrawn from a collection established as part of a surveillance programme of arboviruses infections in the region. Plasmodium species were characterized by a nested PCR-based approach targeting the 18S small sub-unit ribosomal RNA genes of Plasmodium spp.
Of the 263 sera screened in this study, Plasmodium genomic DNA was amplifiable by nested PCR from 62.35% (164/263) of samples. P. falciparum accounted for the majority of infections either as single in 85.97% (141/164) of Plasmodium-positive samples or mixed with Plasmodium ovale (11.58%, 19/164) or Plasmodium vivax (1.21%, 2/164). All 19 (11.58%) P. ovale-infected patients were mixed with P. falciparum, while no Plasmodium malariae was detected in this survey. Four patients (2.43%) were found to be infected by P. vivax, two of whom were mixed with P. falciparum. P. vivax infections originated from Bandafassi and Ninefesha villages and concerned patients aged 4, 9, 10, and 15 years old, respectively. DNA sequences alignment and phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that sequences from Kedougou corresponded to P. vivax, therefore confirming the presence of P. vivax infections in Senegal.
The results confirm the high prevalence of P. falciparum in Kedougou and provide the first molecular evidence of P. vivax infections in Senegal. These findings pave the ways for further investigations of P. vivax infections in Senegal and its contribution to the global burden of malaria disease before targeted strategies can be deployed.
- Malaria
- Plasmodium Species
- Vivax Infection
- National Malaria Control Programme
- Acute Febrile Illness
Malaria is a major infectious disease and remains the main global cause of death in many endemic areas, including Senegal. Success of malaria control interventions has led to a significant decrease of the disease burden. Between 2000 and 2013 malaria mortality rates decreased by 47% globally, and by 54% in sub-Saharan Africa, the region most affected by the disease [1]. Among the five different species of the genus Plasmodium (Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium malariae, and Plasmodium knowlesi) known to infect humans [2], P. falciparum remains the deadliest in Africa [1] and has been the major focus of malaria interventions.
With decreases in the P. falciparum burden resulting from successful malaria control interventions [1], attention must be focused on more than 400 million malaria cases due to other parasite species [3]. P. vivax, the most widespread of the Plasmodium species, is fast becoming a recognized cause of different grades of malaria pathologies along with an increasing trend in complicated malaria cases, thus threatening the prospect of malaria elimination in parts of Africa [4–8].
The presence of P. vivax malaria in sub-Saharan Africa has been largely neglected based on the demonstrated correlation between the lack of expression of the Duffy blood group in sub-Saharan African population and the absence of P. vivax infections [9, 10]. However recent reports of P. vivax infections in Duffy-negative individuals [7, 8, 11], have called for reconsideration of this widely accepted dogma as they strongly indicate that the Duffy status is no longer a barrier to P. vivax infection. Moreover, P. vivax appears to be more frequent in countries where either it was not present or it was not detected by the available techniques in the past, as is the case of some countries of West and Central [4, 6–8, 11, 12], becoming therefore a major source of concern.
To date, no P. vivax infection has been reported in Senegal despite evidence of its presence in many West African countries [4, 13–15]. A molecular survey of circulating malaria parasites species was carried out on samples collected from acute febrile patients as part of a surveillance programme of arboviruses infections in Kedougou region, southeastern Senegal.
Study site
Malaria remains highly prevalent in Kedougou region and transmission is highly seasonal occurring during the rainy season (May–November). In 2014, the Senegalese National Malaria Control Programme reported 25.55% confirmed clinical malaria cases of which 2.73% turned into severe disease [16].
Population and study design
As part of a genetic diversity study of P. falciparum isolates in concurrent malaria-arbovirus infections from patients presenting with acute febrile illness (AFI) in Kedougou, a molecular diagnostic was conducted to discriminate P. falciparum from other Plasmodium species. This revealed a unique case of P. vivax infection in a patient from Ninefesha village. Therefore, additional samples from Ninefesha and nearby villages were retrieved from the sera collection and screened to survey P. vivax infections in Kedougou. A total of 263 sera from patients presenting with AFI between July 2009 and July 2013 in the Kedougou region of Senegal were included in this study. Sera were withdrawn from a collection established as part of a monitoring programme of arboviruses in Kedougou region. AFI was defined as 'any patient older than 1 year with a fever (temperature >38°C) lasting for less than 2 weeks, exhibiting two or more of the following symptoms: headache, myalgia, eye pain, arthralgia, cough, nausea/vomiting, diarrhoea, jaundice, bleeding and neurological signs'.
Ethical clearance
The study objectives, benefits and risks were explained in French language or local dialects to all participants before inclusion. Written informed consent was obtained from all adults participants and from the parents, or legal guardians of children. The study was examined and approved by the Senegalese National Health Research Committee.
Molecular detection of Plasmodium species
The detection of Plasmodium spp. genomic DNA (gDNA) in frozen serum samples has been reported earlier [17, 18]. Genomic DNA isolation of Plasmodium parasites was performed using QIamp DNA Mini Kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) according to manufacturer's instructions. DNA extracted from blood samples of known microscopically confirmed P. falciparum, P. malariae and P. ovale-infected patients were used as positive controls. P. vivax gDNA was kindly donated by Dr Ambroise Ahouidi (Le Dantec Hospital, Dakar).
Qualitative detection of Plasmodium parasite DNA was based on nested PCR with primers targeting the Plasmodium spp. 18S small sub-unit ribosomal RNA (18S ssrRNA) gene as described previously [19]. The primary PCR amplification was performed with Plasmodium genus-specific rPLU5 and rPLU6 primers pairs [20, 21] and 1.5 µl of template DNA in a total volume of 25 µl using the GoTaq Green Master Mix protocol (Catalogue no M7113, Promega) according to manufacturer's recommendations. The nested reaction was performed for the specific detection of Plasmodium species using previously described primers pairs rFAL1 and rFAL2 for P. falciparum, rVIV1 and rVIV2 for P. vivax, rOVA1 and rOVA2 for P. ovale and rMAL1 and rMAL2 for P. malariae [20, 21]. The genus-specific primary PCR products (1 µl) were used as the template in the species-nested PCR amplification under the same conditions. Nested PCR results were scored as categorical variable (presence vs. absence of amplification). PCR cycling reaction and amplification conditions were as described by Snounou and Singh [19].
Purification of PCR products, DNA sequencing and analysis
In order to determine the sequences' identity of the P. vivax amplified DNA, the specific bands were extracted from the gel and purified using the QIAquick Gel Extraction Kit as described by the manufacturer (Qiagen®). The purified PCR products were then sent to COGENICS for sequencing. For each DNA fragment, sequencing was performed from both the 3′ and 5′ directions (2× coverage). Consensus sequences were generated from the forward and reverse sequences of each sample and used in a BLASTn algorithm against the Genbank database for similarity profile determination.
Sequence alignment and phylogenic trees were performed using Mega 6.06 software. Plasmodium spp. small sub-unit rRNA (SSU RNA) sequences were obtained from Plasmodb version 13.0 and Genbank. Plasmodium vivax: P. vivax Sal1_U030779.1, P. vivax_HF945443.1, P. vivax_HF945441.1; P. falciparum: JQ627152.1; P. ovale: JF894411.1; P. malariae: GU815531.1. Sequences were analysed by the Neighbour Joining method using 100 bootstrap replicates.
Characteristics of the study population
Characteristics of the study population
Percentage (%)
Detection of malaria parasite species in patients by nested PCR
Details of single and mixed Plasmodium species infections in Kedougou
Site (sample size)
Plasmodium species
P. falciparum
P. vivax
P. malariae
P. ovale
P. falciparum + P. vivax
P. falciparum + P. ovale
Kedougou (57)
Bandafassi (149)
Ninefesha (34)
Others (23)
Sequences analysis confirmation of Plasmodium vivax infections
The detection of P. falciparum and P. vivax DNA from serum samples of microscopically confirmed, malaria-infected patients [17, 18] has demonstrated the feasibility for retrospective diagnosis of malaria infection in specimen banks of cohort studies, such as in determining malaria co-infection in HIV-seropositive populations or arboviruses-infected patients.
In the present study, nested PCR diagnostic assays targeting the 18S rRNA gene of Plasmodium species has been used to detect malaria parasite DNA in stored sera. The study revealed the predominance of P. falciparum either as single or mixed infections with P. vivax or P. ovale in Kedougou. The fact that all P. ovale infections detected in this study were mixed with P. falciparum suggests that P. ovale infections might be underestimated by microscopy diagnostic. The high prevalence of P. falciparum in Kedougou and other regions in Senegal [16] largely justifies the targeted orientation of malaria control strategies against this species. It was surprising that P. malariae failed to be detected since studies in different areas of Senegal [23–25], including Kedougou (Ndiaye et al. unpublished data), have documented the presence of P. malariae. The positive amplification obtained with parasite DNA from a microscopy-confirmed P. malariae-infected patient in the nested PCR approach rules out a technical issue and undoubtedly confirms the absence of P. malariae in the screened samples. A possible explanation of the absence of P. malariae in the surveyed samples might be a low parasitaemia below the detection limit of the nested PCR approach. Another explanation might be related to the low prevalence of P. malariae in the region. Both P. ovale and P. malariae have long been reported to be widely distributed in tropical Africa and other major malaria-endemic areas of the world [24, 26–28] and are often associated with P. falciparum infections [24, 27] as reported in this study for P. ovale.
The present study reports the first substantiated molecular evidence of P. vivax infections in patients from Kedougou. There have been other reports of P. vivax elsewhere on the African continent where P. vivax was initially thought to be absent [6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 29] due to the high prevalence of Duffy-negative individuals considered resistant to P. vivax infection [10, 30]. However, reports of documented P. vivax presence in West and Central African countries such as Congo [29], Cameroun [14, 15] and Mali [13] highly suggest that this parasite is evolving and adapting, becoming therefore a major public health concern. Infections caused by P. vivax, initially thought as 'benign' are now gaining higher importance, because of the very wide distribution of P. vivax parasite both in tropical and sub-tropical areas [31, 32] and the high number of reported clinical cases [31, 33, 34] along with documented cases of severe P. vivax disease and even deaths [35–37]. An important limitation of this study is the inability to link the confirmed P. vivax infections with the Duffy phenotypes of the individuals affected, thus the findings reported in the present study deserve to be substantiated by the determination of the Duffy status of the P. vivax-infected patients in order to gain insights into the mechanism underlying P. vivax infections in Kedougou patients. The inability to link the reported P. vivax infections with the disease clinical outcome constitutes an additional limitation of the study. The presence of Duffy-positive ethnic groups that may be present in Senegal, particularly in the Kedougou region, a gold-mining area attracting an important flux of migrants from neighbouring countries, may account for P. vivax presence in the area. The recent adaptation of P. knowlesi, originally a simian malaria species, to human [2] suggests that a similar adaptation of the P. vivax parasite could be occurring, accounting for its increasing prevalence on the African continent.
In recent years, global efforts against malaria have shifted from control to specific strategies aimed at globally eliminating malaria in given areas, implying a need for accurate identification of both P. falciparum and non P. falciparum spp. that might sustain malaria transmission. In Senegal, the National Malaria Control Programme is already struggling to control malaria due to P. falciparum; the additional burden of P. vivax infections can therefore be daunting.
The present study provides the first molecular evidence of P. vivax infections in Kedougou (southeastern Senegal). Further investigations with a larger sampling in Kedougou and other Senegalese settings are needed to document the presence and prevalence of P. vivax infections in Senegal before orientated strategies can be deployed. The results presented here indicate that there may be a need for the National Malaria Control Programme to anticipate reviewing the management of malaria, including P. vivax.
Authors' contributions
MN, AS, CL, AT, and AAS conceived and designed the study. MN, LGT and NSB performed the experiments. MN, LGT, NSB, FD, BD, ON, AM, MLV, and RP participated in data analysis and interpretation. MN, LGT, AS, CL, AAS, and AT wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
The authors would like to express their gratitude to the population, healthcare workers and medical authorities in Kedougou region for their support and cooperation in conducting this study. Joseph Faye and Vincent Richard (Epidemiology Unit, Pasteur Institute of Dakar) are acknowledged for providing the P. ovale and P. malariae-positive samples and Ambroise Ahouidi (Le Dantec Hospital of Dakar, Senegal) for the kind donation of P. vivax DNA. The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant Number AI1069145.
Compliance with ethical guidelines
Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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iShares, by far the most active ETF issuer on the product development front to this point in 2012, continued the aggressive expansion of its international ETF lineup this week with the debut of a new product targeting small cap Indian stocks. The new MSCI India Small Cap Index Fund ( SMIN) becomes the third product to specifically target small Indian companies. SMIN will complement existing ETFs from iShares that target primarily large Indian companies, including the S&P India Nifty 50 Index Fund ( INDY) and the recently-launched MSCI India Index Fund ( INDA).
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The index to which SMIN will be linked consists of about 235 individual stocks, though the fact sheet indicates that the new ETF will hold only about 88 stocks at launch. Liquidity can be an issue even with some larger Indian stocks, so it wouldn't be surprising if SMIN implements a sampling strategy that results in the underlying portfolio containing only a fraction of the total index.
The index has an average market cap of only about $400 million, and includes companies with a market cap of below $50 million. By comparison, the average market cap for INDA's index is close to $9 billion, and the smallest company in that index has a market cap of $600 million.
Many investors have embraced small cap stocks as a way to achieve better "pure play" exposure to the underlying economy. The mega cap Indian stocks that dominate ETFs such as INDA and INDY are more likely to generate a significant portion of revenue in international markets, whereas small cap companies tend to hold stocks that rely more heavily on local consumption [use the ETF screener to find small cap international stocks].
Small cap ETFs also tend to offer a unique sector composition relative to their large cap peers; as shown below, SMIN will maintain a much heavier allocation to consumer discretionary stocks and a lighter weight to energy compared to INDA [see the SMIN fact sheet]:Sector INDA SMIN Financials 24.9% 22.0% Technology 18.9% 6.3% Energy 12.2% 1.5% Materials 9.1% 14.3% Consumer Staples 8.5% 7.1% Consumer Discretionary 8.0% 18.3% Industrials 5.6% 16.1% Health Care 5.3% 9.4% Utilities 5.0% 4.3% Telecom 2.7% 0.8% Data for underlying indexes
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SMIN will compete most directly with the EGShares Small Cap India ETF ( SCIN) and Market Vectors India Small Cap Index ETF ( SCIF), which have combined assets of about $70 million. SMIN will have the edge in expenses on the more established funds, as the new ETF has an expense ratio of just 0.74%. iShares also recently undercut fees on existing India ETFs with the launch of INDA; that fund charges 0.65% [see iShares: The Low Cost ETF Issuer?].
Excluding leveraged and inverse products, there are now ten ETFs offering exposure to Indian stocks, with combined assets of more than $2 billion. Indian stocks have emerged as the early leaders in 2012; many India ETFs have added more than 20% already this year, with the gains for the small cap funds topping 40%.
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And now the real season begins for the Los Angeles Lakers.
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But while the pursuit of Paul George and LeBron James constantly loomed on the horizon, the Lakers' day-to-day development over the past season has been downright intriguing. For all their talk of the Lakers' irresistible lure, Johnson and Pelinka knew they probably couldn't attract free-agent stars without an attractive young core, and the last six months suggested they have it.
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Randle's improvement was among the Lakers' most impressive developments of the season. The formerly inconsistent power forward played in all 82 games, averaging 16.1 points and 8.0 rebounds and emerging as a dependable two-way player. Randle is a free agent this summer after the Lakers decided not to lock him down with a contract extension last year, but Randle's outstanding year has greatly increased the chances of a long-term deal in LA. "As far as the summer Authentic Chukwuma Okorafor Jersey , who knows what will happen?" Randle said. "I've never done this before. All I know is it's going to be a longer summer than I want it to be, with us not being in the playoffs. I think it's exciting for me, though."
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Four Donegal women plan a very close shave for charity!
Four ladies who work at Letterkenny hospital to brave the blade
The four Donegal ladies who will undertake a charity head shave this Saturday in Arena 7 at 9pm: Sonia McGarvey (Letterkenny), Debbie Houston (Milford), Stephanie McCole and Kerrie Duffy, Letterkenny
Four Donegal women will undertake a charity head shave next weekend.
Debbie Houston from Milford and Letterkenny women - Sonia McGarvey, Stephanie McCole and Kerrie Duffy - will shave their heads to raise funds for three charities - Donegal Hospice, Pieta House and The Alzheimer Society of Ireland.
All four women work in the Stroke and Medical Rehabilitation Unit at Letterkenny University Hospital.
The fundraising event takes place this Saturday, November 12th in Arena 7 at 9pm and members of the public are invited to come along and show their support.
Mum of three Debbie Houston is an Occupational Therapy Assistant at LUH and her charity is the Alzheimer's Society of Ireland Donegal Branch. She said, "I've had a personal experience of Alzheimer's within my family and have witnessed the devastating effect that the disease has on an individual and their families."
Stephanie McCole has three daughters and is a Physiotherapy Assistant at LUH. "My chosen charity is the Donegal Hospice because cancer has claimed the lives of many of my dear family and close friends. I've experienced first-hand the vital role that the Donegal Hospice plays in providing patients with comfort care and dignity on their final journey and would be delighted to do anything I can to support them."
Physio Assistant at LUH, Kerrie Duffy is also a mum of three and has selected Pieta House as her charity: "Unfortunately, most people are unaware that someone is suffering in silence from depression until they commit suicide. Donegal has been hit particularly hard and I believe people could really benefit from the services of Pieta House."
Mum of two, Sonia McGarvey is an Occupational Therapist in the Stroke and Medical Rehab Unit in LUH. She said, "When my friend and work colleague Debbie told me about the charity head shave, I was struck by their enthusiasm and inspired by the charities. Before I knew it, I had offered my mass of unruly hair "I lost a dear friend, Noreen Diver, to cancer in January and I can just imagine what she would have to say. She's raising funds for all three charities.
Sponsorship cards are available from Debbie Houston on 086 3153243 or via the Go Fund Me page, www.gofundme.com (search "Ladies Charity Head Shave" in Donegal).


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Tenderloin Museum
One San Francisco resident sets out to immortalize the colorful history of one of the city's most eclectic and culturally significant districts.
If a city's best trait is its complexity, there is no better part of San Francisco than the Tenderloin. This neighborhood, one of the densest in San Francisco, goes so much deeper than its outer layer. Yes, poverty and drug use aren't hard to find. But there is also a wealth of spirit. I am proud that the displacement occurring in other San Francisco neighborhoods has not touched this place.
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My career has been based on transformations, and this is one of the most immediately visible transformations I've ever been a part of. I am continually reminded that neighborhoods, no matter how tough, are worth the devotion.
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San Francisco, California
To capture and share the history of San Francisco's Tenderloin District.
July 2015
2,500 unique visitors in the first year
Interview with Randy Shaw, Board Member, Uptown Tenderloin, Inc., as told to Perkins+Will.


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Each constant in the E-Basic scripting language begins with the prefix 'eb' and corresponds to a character in the ASCII table. E-Prime 2.0 includes the constant ebBackslash, which should map to ASCII character 92, the 'backslash' character ("\"). However, the constant instead maps to ASCII character 8, which is the 'Backspace' character. (ScriptSense, available in the E-Prime Professional edition, displays the available constants after entering 'eb', along with their associated ASCII value; see FEATURE: Ability for ScriptSense choices to appear immediately after typing eb to facilitate easier choosing of constants for details.)
The 'backslash' ("\") character is useful when writing E-Basic script, because it is an escape character. The escape character signals E-Basic to interpret the character which follows the backslash as a command. For example, when the escape character is followed by the letter 'n', E-Basic processes this as a new line. The E-Basic script....
|Debug.Print "Using the backslash as an escape character" & "\n" & "to insert a new line"
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Using the backslash as an escape character
To use the backslash character as the escape character, place two backslash characters together within a String rather than referencing the ebBackslash constant. For example:
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A Candidate, A Legislator, A Deer Hunter, A Rock and Roller On VPU
Paula Hawks, Dist. 9 legislator will be an important adjunct professor on Viewpoint today. The Legislature goes into session in two weeks. Aside from the budget there are many issues which need to be addressed.
Corinna Robinson is running for the Congress. She will be with us during the 6 pm hour of class on Viewpoint.
Arden Petersen with the state Game, Fish, and Parks department will fill us in on the deer hunting season. Some issues need more public discussion.
Rock and Roll lovers will want to be "in class" at 4:30 for a visit with Lenny Solomon. He is bringing his Schlock Rock band to Sioux Falls for a Sunday performance.


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Tag Archives: art
Land and Sea – College Final Project
Here is the final (unless I decide to change it – which is ENTIRELY likely!) version of my college project. I've uploaded it here because it needs to be viewed nice and large to get all the detail. It'll be … Continue reading
Illustration Friday – Prehistoric
This weeks Illustration Friday is 'Prehistoric', so I doodled these two chaps; I'm shockingly bad at blogging so if you want to chat or catch up with what I'm doing, follow me on twitter – @natsmillie Toodlepip!
Tea and Biscuits – children's illustration
Hallo! I've been at it with the pencils again and come up with this; Watecolour pencils and a bit of gouache. I've really enjoyed using this medium, it has a lovely organic, scribbly look to it which I think … Continue reading
Experiments in Children's Illustration
Hallo! I've been experimenting with different media for my illustrations. I wanted a softer, more painterly/drawn look rather than the clean, smooth, untextured finish of the gouache and watercolour paintings I've been doing (don't get me wrong, watercolour is still … Continue reading
Freak Weather Event in Scotland
Hello! I've been away for ages. I know. Slap my wrist. It's beautiful up here in the highlands at the moment. The last two days have hit 30c! Which is a freak weather event for Scotland. It's along the lines … Continue reading
Father's Day
Hallo! Father's Day is fast approaching and what could be better than some magnets or badges to celebrate manliness?! See my etsy shop here – Click me! The end of year show for Aberdeen College's second year Vis Comm HND … Continue reading
Hallo lovely people! It's been a bit quiet around here lately. I'd love to have a good reason for it but the truth is my arm's been playing up and college work is about all I can manage. I have … Continue reading


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Favorite Things Friday
What's up with the weather this Easter weekend, anyway?
The forecast is calling for possible thunderstorms on Saturday with a 30 percent chance of precipitation, marking one of the very first spring showers to hit the Duke City–but don't let a few odd raindrops spoil your egg hunt, because there's plenty of excellent ABQ activities–both inside and outside–that'll keep you entertained until you take the walk of shame back to work on Monday.
Check out our must-do picks for this Easter Weekend:
Something Worth Barking About
Take a break from howling for the Lobos this Friday in exchange for a barking session with man's best friend out to Isotopes Park, where he can watch humans do the fetching for a change.
Dog owners and their animal companions are invited to attend the Albuquerque Isotopes' fourth annual "Bark in the Park;" a pooch-friendly game against the El Paso Chihuahuas at Isotopes Park (he's earned it after fetching your slippers during the offseason, don't you think?).
Pets and their pals can cozy up to a comfy spot on the grass along Creamland Berm, where both species can drool, cheer, and growl to their hearts' content. Before you load your favorite mutts and mitt into the car, make sure they meet the guildelines: Dogs must be six weeks or older to attend, have a copy of a current rabies vaccination, identification tags, license tags, leashed, well-behaved, and accompanied by adult at least 18 years or older.
For kids, at least, the leash is optional. Gates open at 6 p.m., tickets are $7, and owners and petss must enter the park through the first base gate only. Poo packets for picking up fido's "field obstacles" will also be provided.
Get Snazzed for Some Jazz
Have you been serenaded under the stars lately?
Partake in a seductive Jazz Under the Stars session at Bernalillo County's Bachechi Open Space this Saturday from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., where Albuquerqueans can hear a free jazz show under the stars along the Rio Grande bosque, courtesy of 103.7 The Oasis and the Albuquerque Astronomical Society.
As the sun sets, Albuquerqeans can take nature walks, stare up at the sky with high-powered telescopes, make friends and explore 27-acre property, or participate in childrens' activities while Guitarist Ambrose Rivera lets some spicy notes fly from his fingertips.
The even serves as a great way for city dwellers to get reacquainted with nature (and some world-class jazz licks in the process), according to Commission Chair Debbie O'Malley.
"Jazz Under the Stars is a great family event, and I want to encourage our community to get to know Bernalillo County's excellent Open Space program," she says, in a release.
Guests are eligible to win free prizes, and are encouraged to bring picnic items except for any alcoholic beverages, which won't be allowed.
Camp Out with Coral
Sleeping over isn't just for kids anymore, especially at the ABQ BioPark's Aquarium Overnight event this evening, where families can get up-close-and-personal for more than 12 hours with their favorite aquarium exhibits and learn more about how marine animal behavior changes after the park gates close.
Guests are invited to reach out and touch a variety of unique sea creatures at the Touchpool, introduce themselves to new marine mammals, and enjoy an ocean film festival in the cool confines of the Aquarium's soothing subsurface decor. When your eyes start drooping, just lay down a sleeping bag and saw some logs wherever you fancy (just try to keep your snoring to a minimum, for the sharks' sake).
Tickets are $30 and check-in begins at 6:30 p.m., and minors under 18 years old must be accompanied by an adult.


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Full30 has file size limitations and we had to reduce this video to 720p to work around that. We apologize for notifying you twice, but this version doesn't cut off at 31 minutes.
Thank you for your patience!
We had an opportunity to get on the ground floor with what we believe is going to be a new household name in American firearms in the near future - Hudson Mfg.
Their new Hudson-9 pistol received a lot of hype at SHOT Show 2017, and after getting to fire it, we believe it is well earned.
The pistol itself is intriguing, but the story of its origins, goals, methods of design as well as their personal risk and sacrifice to make this happen is even more interesting.
Take a moment with us to sit down and chat with Cy and Lauren Hudson.
Hopefully you'll enjoy this opportunity as much as we did, and we are looking forward to their success in 2017!
Part 2 of this 2 part series will be a little more about the pistol itself.


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Mar. 1, 2017
Time Warner Foundation is committed to long term partnerships that advance the artistic landscape as a whole. As we place our grantees at the center of everything we do, we are committed to being an ongoing resource that draws on our global brand. We also believe in partnerships that go beyond funding as we attempt to address the ongoing needs in the field and support the inclusive missions of our partners. We believe great relationships make for great art.


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Friday, June 10, 2011
Understanding & Using SEO Marketing
It's improving the visibility of your website through a natural, organic process that doesn't cost money, but be assured, it WILL cost time.
Marketing is an ongoing process and you'll never be able to do enough of it. Therefore, unless you have unlimited funds to spend on buying top search engine placement, you'll need to spend some time improving your site's rankings and page algorithm. When people search for a term, they aren't going to click on hundreds of pages until your site pops up in the listing. This is why you want your site to come up as high as possible in the rankings, hopefully the first page or the first few pages.
However, don't get too caught up in "rankings" since it is only one algorithm used to upload pages to key search words. If you have enough "quality" backlinks linking key search terms to your page or site, it's possible for your site to beat a higher ranking site on that particular key search term. You need to consider the top search words and phrases people will use to find your site. Incorporate them into your html, your blog posts, headers, tags, etc.
Here are a few techniques to improve your site's rankings and algorithm:
1) Cross Linking - This is linking pages within the same website or blog. Examples of this would be creating a sitemap, a resource center of links to previous articles, archives, top visited posts, etc.
2) Multiply Incoming Links - You want to get as many "quality" sites linking to your website/blog as possible. This is sometimes called Deep Linking. It tells the search engines that you have a lot of worthwhile content. Ways to improve this are offering guest posts to other blogs, uploading your archived articles to other ezines and allowing your articles to be reposted by other bloggers as long as they use your byline and link back to your page.
3) Write Good Content - Make sure blog posts and/or articles contain frequently searched keywords and phrases, but don't overdo it to the point that you get your site banned by the search engines. Just make sure each page contains your key search terms for that page at least twice.
4) Update Content Often - This lures the search engines back to your site to crawl over your content and re-index it. It also builds traffic. This is another reason why it would be better to blog at least 3 times per week.
5) Multiple Domains - Search engines only list one page per domain, therefore, if you have several topics that are strong enough to support their own site, go for it. Examples of this are ministries, author sites, homeschooling pages, and side businesses. I own two author domains, www.jenniferhudsontaylor.com and www.authorjenniferhudsontaylor.com. Also, I own a few more business domains. They all link into each other.
6) Strategize Anchor Links - It may be tempting to anchor as many links as possible to your url, but to the search engines it may look like automation and could result in getting your site banned from search engines. Therefore, use your url, but also link to various pages on your site. Include links to your individual book page, speaker page, bio, and archived articles where appropriate.
7) Use Text Links - Even where you've used an image to link to another page or site, be sure to include a text link above the image as well. Spiders and webcrawler search engines pick up text links first, so list them above the image, not below.
8) Use Frames & Flash Sparingly - So many people have switched to using frames and flash to develop their sites, but they don't allow links to individual pages. It's all or nothing.
9) Truth About Paid Links - Unless the paid link is embedded in the body text and not obvious sponsored links, it does nothing to improve your SEO. It only provides a few clicks to your site. So if you pay for a link, be sure to place it on a quality site and have realistic expectations.
10) SEO is Daily - Be aware that the landscape for search engines changes daily, therefore, you must expect to work on your SEO daily. At least keep it in mind for each blog post and each time you update your site/blog.
11 comments:
- Karen said...
Great information! Thanks!
- June 10, 2011 at 9:32 AM
- Melissa K Norris said...
How do you point both domain names to one url?
I must confess, SEO makes my eyes glaze over sometimes. But I like the way you helped break it down here.
- June 10, 2011 at 11:18 AM
- Valerie Comer said...
Thanks so much. I hadn't actually googled my keywords before (facepalm) and I see I'm not as 'optimized' as I thought, or hoped, I was.
Thanks for the tips.
- June 10, 2011 at 1:51 PM
- Bonnie S. Calhoun said...
Great info Jenn. Thanks for all your hard work!
- June 10, 2011 at 11:07 PM
- Author Jennifer Hudson Taylor said...
Bonnie and Karen, Thank you and I hope it was helpful.
- June 11, 2011 at 6:52 AM
- Author Jennifer Hudson Taylor said...
Melissa, You have to login to your service provider for your domain and you can redirect it to the url where you want it to go. That way if you have different variations on your name you can buy the domain names for all of them if they're available. Also, it's a good idea to go ahead and buy your domain name for all the .com, .net, and .org addresses. The cost used to be more expensive, but now that Blogger offers it for $10/yr, it's quite affordable.
- June 11, 2011 at 6:55 AM
- Author Jennifer Hudson Taylor said...
Valerie, You're welcome. It's a good idea to try your search tips every couple of weeks or at least once a month. You can also set up Google Alerts on your name and book titles to help see what kind of "buzz" is being discussed on the Internet about you and your books. That's a later post.
- June 11, 2011 at 6:58 AM
- Carrie Fancett Pagels said...
Jennifer, thanks for this post. I am not sure what all of these terms mean, but I will research that a little further. Or email and bug you! Blessings!
- June 11, 2011 at 9:26 PM
- Austin marketing said...
I like the point on writing good content so as to improve ones page rankings, the site should also be user friendly so as to attract more traffic and thus improve your page rankings. Otherwise what is your view on article submission as a way of improving ones PR?
- October 26, 2011 at 5:39 AM
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- December 27, 2011 at 1:04 AM
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19 January 2010
When It Rains, It Pours
Here's to a new grown-up chapter in life full of mystery and adventure (and getting used to saying "my husband")!
5 comments:
- Mrs. Blandings said...
You will not be surprised to know that they all jumped at the chance to participate. Welcome to the club - it's pretty swell.
- January 19, 2010 at 6:42 PM
- Lynne Rutter said...
You can never have too many- I wish I had a walk-in closet just for vases. congratulations to Mr and Mrs EEE. (I'll be joining your club in May!
- January 19, 2010 at 7:16 PM
- La Petite Gallery said...
I am so happy for you Dear.
May your life be full of adventure, Love and Happiness.
God Bless you both.
- January 19, 2010 at 7:29 PM
- magnaverde said...
Magnaverde Rule No. 51:
Life may be judged a success if one has more friends than vases.
- January 19, 2010 at 11:14 PM
- Penelope Bianchi said...
Oh! I have been so out of touch! I have been showing houses here to the son-in-law who lived here with 3 grandchildren (and wife, of course) for 3 years.......and is moving back!
Under water! But not so underwater that I missed your adorable pic in the NYTimes......
YIKES!! KLUNK!! (I always say when I drop an important name!) And EEE requires a "klunk" when said!
I can say this......my favorite thing to say......I honestly mean this.....is "my husband". We are going on 32 years in a month!
Swear to God.
You are an adorable couple....and best of all....you look alike! Has anyone said that?
- January 20, 2010 at 1:37 AM


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The Men in the Trees23 Jan
My Writing Space22 Jan
When attempting to write, I usually kick my feet up , sit back at my desk, and close my eyes. I try to get a starting point which seems to be the most difficult part of it. Once I begin, it's usually a breeze.
My desk is across from my husband's desk in a computer room about 16′ by 16′. I'm surrounded by a myriad of wall hangings which include musical instruments carved out of wood, anniversary photos, diplomas, curio shelves filled with tiny crystal and pewter angels and wizards. There's a stack of Russian dolls which fit into each other. They're taken out and set up in size order on a shelf of their own. They were given to me by Alexander Kopeikis, a Russian song writer.
I sit in the dark with a glow keyboard listening to my favorite songs playing in the background on iHeart Radio. If it's dinnertime, I often enjoy the aroma of garlic being fried fried slowly in olive oil. When all finished, I hit my EASY button which tells me ; 'That was easy!'.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond19 Jan
The Bridge to ?
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond
Doublestuff, Hasbro, Bogie & Jabba, Bentley, Jack & Janie, and Lexie30 Dec
In my movie, Just Another Day, you will see most of my gang. Doublestuff is the Italian Greyhound whose coat no one took off. Hasbro is the Toy Fox Terrier being 'violated' by Lexie, our black lab. Bentley is the handsome Beabull who is constantly playing with Lexie. jack and Janie are the gorgeous pugs roaming around throughout the video.
All the fun and games are gone now. I miss these guys all so terribly much! You see, we moved to an apartment and they don't allow dogs any longer. We did find excellent homes for all eight of them just before we moved.
Doublestuff is the Italian greyhound. He's the first dog we got when we move to PA. We got him from a breeder in NJ in 2000. He was a very dependent, loving dog. Ages ago Italian greyhounds were owned by royalty to keep their beds warm. He was definitely a 'hot box'. He hated going anywhere from our property – a real homebody. We taught him to sing on command and he became the leader of our little chorus. When we moved, he was adopted by another dog lover, the trainer of our Lexie, who owns six IG's, two Crested's and a poodle. He very quickly became attached to her and her husband who were quite like us. Doublestuff was suffering from Addison's disease and passed away just about two months after he was in his new home, at the age of 13. We were invited to where he was put to sleep and is going to be cremated. He most likely was about to die that day anyway, but none of us wanted him to suffer any longer. Hope to see you in heaven, Doublestuff!
Hasbro was adopted from another family in PA. He suffered from allergies and separation anxiety. He was a very lively dog who was so relaxed when he slept that he would sleep on his back with all four legs up in the air. One of his legs had come out of the hip socket in his last year with us and he underwent at least 3 procedures to correct this. He went around on three legs for a while and when all hope was lost, he suddenly began to use all four legs again. What a strong fellow! He was brought to AWSOM, a humane society in PA and was taken by an elderly lady to foster while they were doing renovations. She fell in love with him and adopted him. He was 8 years old.
Bogie and Jabba, respectively, were a French bulldog and a pug who we were fostering for our vet. They were the product of a divorce and were both 8 years old. Bogie was the most lovable dog! He played a lot with the lab, barked only when he wanted my attention and had the cutest sleep positions. Bogie was a very healthy dog who loved sunning himself on the deck. He also liked long walks and visiting with my friends. Jabba and Bogie came to us extremely attached to each other, but quickly became quite independent of each other. Jabba was a pug who had very deep skin folds on his face. He had been previously called 'Stinky', however he simply needed to be cleaned daily with special wipes to resolve this issue. Jabba was renamed by our son because he reminded our son of Jabba the Hut. Unfortunately, he thought of himself as a big dog and lost en eye while playing with Lexie. We tried to save it, but it could not be replaced into its socket. He got around just fine being blinded in his left eye and I identified with his problems since I am now blind in my right eye due to a fall down a staircase in 2010. Jabba loved to watch my husband on the computer and sit in his lap while he was playing computer games. His favorite place was in a nook underneath the marble coffee table in the family room. Both Bogie and Jabba went back to the vet and were adopted by a mother and daughter so that they can still visit with each other now and again. I guess they'll always be best buds.
Bentley, as his name suggests, is an extremely handsome Beabull (a cross between a Beagle and and English bulldog). He was adopted from a young man in PA who got tired of Bentley trying to bolt out the door whenever he got the chance. Bentley spent most of his time horsing around with Lexie and never tried to bolt out our door. He was very energetic and loved to eat snow. Bentley was about a year and a half and also went to AWSOM, where he found a good home with a new family just waiting to play with him.
Jack and Janie were brother and sister pugs who we were fostering from our vet, fell immediately in love with, and adopted within two days. Jack was my favorite pug – just lively enough/calm enough and always slept right on my tummy. He helped me fall asleep each night and posed so beautifully for photos (another addiction of mine). Janie was a very lively, tiny pug who loved everyone, but adored my husband who would let her run loose in the unfenced backyard. I would yell, "Run, Janie! Run!", and she would take off running circles around the yard. The cutest little dog ever! Both these pugs had Legg-Calve-Perthes disease – as I understand it, a wearing away of the femoral head, so that sometimes they would go around on only three legs, one of their hinds legs being held up. They were not in pain and did just fine. These two were definitely not detachable and went back to the vet where they found a home together with a cat. Hope they like the pussy!
Lexie, a beautiful black Labrador Retriever, was the youngest member of our gang. She played non-stop with all the others and would not take "No!" for an answer. She really didn't mean to hurt Jabba. It was just an unfortunate accident. Lexie went with our real estate agent who has an older female black lab, hoping that she will create exercise for her. She has now a couple of acres on which to run free, has complete run of the house even when they're out (hasn't abused it thus far), and when last seen, she was relaxing at their back door with her new pal, watching the birds outside.
MY FAVORITE PUG28 Dec
Jack, My Favorite Pug28 Dec
My most favorite Pug.
Doublestuff27 Dec
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The Great GANF Bake Off is back!!
You may remember last June, Sixth Form student, Andrew Higgins, went head to head with GANF Director of Education, Claire Buffham, in a Great British Bake Off style competition.
The event was a raging success with the bake off taking place live, in front of an audience of pupils and judges.
Students won out that time with Andrew's brownies being judged the best!
This time around it's the turn of Hospitality Student Michael Cherry. Michael will be baking against Sandon Assistant Headteacher, Sara Ellis.
The Battle of the Chocolate Cake will commence soon at Sandon School on Thursday 17th May 2018 at 9.30am!
Watch this space for more details……


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Kodaira dimension
A numerical invariant of an algebraic variety, named after K. Kodaira who first pointed out the importance of this invariant in the theory of the classification of algebraic varieties.
Let be a non-singular algebraic variety and let be a rational mapping defined by a linear system , where is the canonical class of . The Kodaira dimension of is defined as . Here, if for all , then it is assumed that . The Kodaira dimension is a birational invariant, that is, it does not depend on the representative in the birational equivalence class.
Suppose that the ground field is the field of the complex numbers . If is sufficiently large, then one has the estimate
where , are certain positive numbers. If , then there exists a surjective morphism of algebraic varieties such that: a) is birationally equivalent to ; b) ; and c) for some dense open set , all the fibres , , are varieties of parabolic type (i.e. of Kodaira dimension zero).
There is a generalization of the notion of the Kodaira dimension (see [2]) to the case when in the linear system the canonical class is replaced by an arbitrary divisor .
|I.R. Shafarevich, "Algebraic surfaces" Proc. Steklov Inst. Math. , 75 (1967) Trudy Mat. Inst. Steklov. , 75 (1965) MR1392959 MR1060325 Zbl 0830.00008 Zbl 0733.14015 Zbl 0832.14026 Zbl 0509.14036 Zbl 0492.14024 Zbl 0379.14006 Zbl 0253.14006 Zbl 0154.21001
|K. Ueno, "Classification theory of algebraic varieties and compact complex spaces" , Springer (1975) MR0506253 Zbl 0299.14007
|S. Iitaka, "On -dimensions of algebraic varieties" J. Math. Soc. Japan , 23 (1971) pp. 356–373 MR285531
Let be a compact connected complex manifold. Let be the canonical bundle on . There is a canonical pairing of sections
making into a commutative ring , called the canonical ring of . It can be proved to be of finite transcendence degree, . The Kodaira dimension of is now described as follows:
It is always true that , where is the algebraic dimension of , i.e. the transcendence degree of the field of meromorphic functions on . Let be the -th plurigenus of . Then one has: i) if and only if for all ; ii) if and only if or 1 for , but not always 0; iii) , with , if and only if has growth , i.e. if and only if there exists an integer and strictly positive constants , such that for large .
The Kodaira dimension is also called the canonical dimension. For the concept of the logarithmic Kodaira dimension see [a2], Chapt. 11.
|A. van de Ven, "Compact complex surfaces" , Springer (1984) Zbl 0718.14023
|S. Iitaka, "Algebraic geometry, an introduction to birational geometry of algebraic varieties" , Springer (1982) pp. Chapt. 10 Zbl 0491.14006
Kodaira dimension. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Kodaira_dimension&oldid=23878