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Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Quality Control are usually mentioned in the same breath. A SOP support overall Quality Control in an organisation. It also gives employees great insight and understanding of exactly how departments and processes fit in. The organisational business flow is thus simplified and on paper. The definition of a Standard Operating Procedure is "a detailed, logical and procedural written instruction for the purposes of uniformity and performance of a unit, department or function."
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The implementation of Standard Operating Procedures into an organisation has to be approached holistically. Often managers only create SOP's for one or two functions, causing potential dysfunction of organisation flow. Best practices suggest that SOP's are created from a customer's perspective, meaning that the SOP's are created from customers entering the premises or calling into the business, to sales, service and/or other operations. Creating SOP's from a customer's perspective also heightens customer awareness from employees which aid in greater customer awareness.
Tremendis Learning takes a strong consultive and support role in administrating and creating SOP's for your business. We interview appropriate key stakeholders, research business processes and investigates loopholes and areas for improvement. SOP's written by us are consistent in design and structure and fits in well with an organisational flow chart.
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The stalk of the intensely flavored rhubarb plant has been used in European cooking since the 17th century. Prior to that, rhubarb species were utilized medicinally in Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine . Traditional uses include treatment of constipation, diarrhea, fever, menstrual problems, jaundice, sores (when applied topically), ulcers, and burns.
Although there are many species of rhubarb, the one most studied is Rheum rhaponticum .
What Is Rhubarb Used for Today?
Rhubarb root contains lindleyin, a substance with estrogen-like properties. 1 On this basis, extracts of rhubarb have been tried for control of menopausal symptoms . In a 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 109 women with menopause-related problems, use of a standardized Rheum rhaponticum. extract significantly improved symptoms as compared to placebo. 2 Improvements were particularly seen in rate and severity of hot flashes. While this is meaningful supporting evidence, additional independent trials will be necessary to establish this rhubarb extract as a safe and effective treatment for menopause.
Other potential uses of rhubarb lack reliable supporting evidence.
One human trial purportedly found evidence that rhubarb could reduce the impairment of lung function that may occur when people with lung cancer receive radiation therapy . 16 However, this study suffered from a number of significant flaws, and its results cannot be regarded as reliable.
In another human trial, this one using a cream containing sage and rhubarb, researchers failed to find more than modest benefits at most for the treatment of herpes . 3
Additional proposed uses of rhubarb are supported only by test tube studies . For example, various rhubarb species have shown hints of potential value for treatment of diabetes , 4 kidney disease, 5liver disease6,7 , allergies8 and pancreatitis. 9. The vast majority of effects seen in test tube studies do not pan out when human trials are conducted.
However, a review of 19 randomized trials did compare rhubarb and somatostatin to somatostatin alone in 1,161 patients with acute pancreatitis. The addition of rhubarb (given by gastric tube or retention enema) was associated with a reduced risk of complications, and shorter duration of abdominal pain, hospitalization, and time to first bowel movement. Rhubarb dosage ranged from 10-90 grams a day. Although the results were promising, all trials had biases that can affect the outcomes.17
A typical dosage of rhubarb root is ½ to l teaspoonful of the root boiled for 10 minutes in a cup of water, three times daily.
In the menopause study mentioned above, a standardized extract was used. Such extracts should be used according to label instructions.
Safety Issues
As a widely consumed food, rhubarb is thought to be relatively safe if consumed in moderation. However, the plant contains high levels of oxalic acid, and rhubarb consumption can markedly increase oxalic acid levels in the urine. 10-13 This could lead to increased risk of kidney stones , as well as other problems. Rhubarb leaf contains the highest oxalic acid content. The roots and stems contain less oxalic acid, but higher levels of anthraquinones, laxative substances similar to those found in senna or cascara. It is safest to use rhubarb standardized extracts processed to removed oxalic acid.
Contrary to some reports, consumption of rhubarb probably does not impair calcium absorption. 14
Very weak evidence hints that excessive consumption of rhubarb could increase risk of stomach and/or colon cancer. 15
Maximum safe doses in pregnant or nursing women, young children, or people with severe liver or kidney disease have not been established.
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Tinariwen are often associated with just one image: that of Touareg rebels leading the charge, machine gun in hand and electric guitar slung over the shoulder. The band ditch this cliché on their fifth album 'Tassili' and it's for the best. The founding members abandoned their weapons long ago and on this new album they have engineered a minor aesthetic revolution by setting the electric guitar – the instrument which became their mascot and made them famous – to one side and giving pride of place to acoustic sounds, recorded right in the heart of the desert, which is the landscape of their existence, the cradle of their culture and the source of their inspiration. You might even call this radical move a return to the very essence of their art, a return which, paradoxically, has also opened the doors to some intriguing collaborations with members of TV On The Radio, Nels Cline (Wilco's guitarist) or The Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
There is some truth in that old cliché of the soldier-musician. In the 1980s, Ibrahim, Abdallah, Hassan, 'Japonais' and Kheddou began to play together in and around the town of Tamanrasset in southern Algeria. They would perform at weddings, baptisms or just simple youthful get-togethers. They then spent several years in the same military training camp in Libya before the Touareg rebellion broke out simultaneously in Mali and Niger and sent them out onto the field of battle in the southern Sahara. In parallel, their songs, recorded on cassettes scattered far and wide, helped to broadcast the message of a rebel movement that set out to promote the rights of nomadic people suffering under the arbitrary policies of repressive and distant central governments. When peace was signed in 1994, their demobilisation coincided with profound changes in the way of life of those desert people, whose traditions had been irrevocably upended by years of drought and sedentarization. Such calamities forced many young Kel Tamashek – the people who speak Tamashek, the language of the Touareg – into exile. Tinariwen became the spokespeople of a generation which looked on helplessly as their harvests thinned, their animal herds wasted away and their world slowly crumbled.
There was a time when Bob Marley and the Wailers lived a certain paradox, albeit on a different scale, to the one that was to greet Tinariwen: that of singing about the distress of their people whilst becoming global stars in the process. For it was in the embers of this social trauma, which remains just as precarious today, that Tinariwen caught fire and went global. The group, losing some of its original members and gaining new ones along the way, became a professional unit that toured the world, headlining at various important festivals including the Eurockéennes de Belfort in France, Glastonbury in the UK and Coachella in the US. Their albums Aman Iman (2007) and Imidiwan (2009) were eulogized by the media and attracted the praises of Robert Plant, Elvis Costello, Thom Yorke, Brian Eno or Carlos Santana, with whom Tinariwen performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2006. Nonetheless, this success, this universal recognition didn't alter the essence or spirit of their musical style, which mixes the bitter sound of spiky guitars with the often pantheistic approach of lyrical poetry that celebrates the sacred union between a people and their environment, and is the reflection of painful collective circumstances.
These circumstances have become considerably harder in recent months, to the point where the group were forced to record their new album far from their base in Tessalit, northern Mali, which is now deemed too insecure for outsiders to visit. Sticking with their desire to return to the roots of their music, and rediscover the age-old habits of their art, out in the wild, with acoustic guitars and unamplified percussion, they opted instead to record out in the deserts of southern Algeria, near the town of Djanet, in a protected region called the Tassili N'Ajjer. The place has historical significance for these old rebels. Back in the days of migration and rebellion it served as a refuge on the road to the Libyan training camps. It was in this lunar landscape of white sand, rocky outcrops and astounding geological riches, in that mineral solitude which lends itself so powerfully to introspection and the outpouring of deep feeling, that musicians and technicians gathered between November and December 2010, under a Mauritanian tent, with 400 kilos of gear and a mountain of problems to solve. The wind that made the tent frames creak, the sand that invaded the electric equipment, the constant chugging of the electricity generators, these were just some of the unwelcome intrusions that had to be overcome.
In this natural open space it was decided to approach the sessions in an unorthodox manner and, unlike the way it's done in most studios, let the musicians give their inspiration free rein during seemingly endless sessions around the campfire. It took three weeks to gather all the songs on 'Tassili'. Some are recent. Others have been dug up out of a much older, even traditional, repertoire. The latter only become obvious candidates when the guitars were picked up and strummed and other acoustic instruments played.
During the last week of recordings the singer Tunde Adebimpe and the guitarist Kyp Malone from the New York band TV On The Radio arrived at the camp. The two bands had been forging links ever since they met at the Coachella Festival in California back in 2009, links which were consolidated at Tinariwen's Hollywood Bowl gig in Los Angeles a year later when Kyp and Tunde were invited on stage to jam with the band. Out in the desert, the contributions of the two musicians on five songs and later additions by guitarist Nels Cline and the horns of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, recorded in their manor down in new Orleans, give 'Tassili' the intriguing character of an album which reaches deep into the essence of Tinariwen's art whilst simultaneously opening itself out to the wider world.
Ibrahim Ag Alhabib sets out on a musical journey between sand dunes and vaulting stars with a solemn question: "What have you got to say, my friends, about this painful time we're living through?" The notion of a people in peril, fighting for their survival, both cultural and psychological, traverses 'Tassili' like a stick of rock. The decision to use acoustic guitars, unamplified percussion, the jerry can 'calabash' and hand claps, suggest a great deal more than a closeness between these musicians and their desert – more like a communion.
'Tenéré Taqqim Tossam' is a declaration of love, tempered by respect and humility, for that desert landscape which is seemingly so demanding, so stingy with its water, but whose beauty and mystery are enough to quench the spiritual thirst that irks the soul of desert people and which they call 'assouf'. Tunde Adebimpe's added vocals reinforce the humility, even vulnerability, which that relationship requires. In the desert's gruelling natural environment, everyone has to make sure that their honesty and integrity remain intact. That's precisely what Ibrahim sings about in 'Tameyawt', an almost whispered song that invites us into the Saharan night to join him in spirit. Or in 'Walla Illa', which is about a turbulent love affair that slips and slides between pain and hope. Women, whose voices were so present on previous Tinariwen albums, have disappeared from this one, but never have they been so constantly invoked, especially in the songs 'Tamiditin Tan Ufrawan', 'Isswegh Attay' or 'Tilliaden Osamnat'.
Tinariwen's music and sensibility have always been close to the American Blues and on 'Tassili' they re-enact the emotions of an individual who finds himself face to face with loneliness and doubt, gripped by torment, the prisoner of inextricable circumstances ('Djeredjere'). But that individual also manages to find hope in the strength of his community ('Imidiwan Wan Sahara') or in the simple pleasure afforded by insignificant daily moments, as on the song 'Takest Tamidarest', sung by Abdallah, which drops us right in the middle of the desert, with its slow-baked pace that lends itself to pure contemplation of man's surrounding and to profound inner meditation. For that reason, 'Tassili' isn't just an extraordinary musical moment, in which Tinariwen repossess their own art to the extent that they feel completely relaxed about inviting others into their world, it's also a shared human experience of rare quality.
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Brooklyn-based BUKE (byook) & GASS (gace) are Arone Dyer on the "buke" (a self-modified six-string former baritone ukulele) and Aron Sanchez on the "gass" (a guitar-bass hybrid of his own creation). Both of them play double duty, also mobilizing a small army of foot percussion. These instruments are then filtered through various pedals, amplifiers and homemade inventions to create a surprisingly complex sound. Dyer's supermelodic vocal lines weave through the beautiful yet unwieldy musical matter, balancing light and dark, calamity and control. Their musical multi-tasking makes for live shows that are visually unexpected and sonically explosive.
In 2009, Brassland co-founders Aaron & Bryce Dessner of The National (well, technically, their sister) discovered BUKE & GASS when they played Sycamore, the basement venue down the street from The National's home studio in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. They were blown away by how much noise and rhythm was emerging from this two-piece band.
Dyer and Sanchez had formerly been bandmates in the post-punk noise group Hominid who, after touring with The Fall in 2004, fell to their demise and disbanded. Sanchez went on to form Proton Proton (which opened for Deerhoof and Les Savy Fav) and Dyer took a three-year musical hiatus and became obsessed with racing her bicycle as a form of masochistic entertainment.
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That said, silent hammers? What? I think Fred's edit was perfect on this:
But, once you get beyond that (if you get beyond that), then I think this is a nice return to the sort of shenanigans Mr. Hat got famous for.
now that i've written something nice, I fully expect to be attacked as soft-on-xkcd from the more rabid anti-xkcders out there.
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A promotional video that tells all about the business itself is often the first investment a company makes in media production especially in Kilworth . It can give orientation to potential employees as part of a recruitment video, or form an introductory step in a product demonstration video. A well-executed company profile video is a versatile corporate tool.
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Our promotional video production services ensure that your brand and product is represented in the best possible light.What Are Explainer Videos, and Why Are They So Popular There are many marketing tools that have been growing strong in the last few years. Some of them are actually useful, and some others are only popular. Few of them get the whole combo: In this group you'll find explainer videos, which are popular and super effective! But, what exactly is an animated explainer video? Explainer videos are short videos that explain a business idea in less than 90 seconds. They're interesting and straightforward –with the help of a clear message and attractive visuals, these types of videos quickly grab the audience's attention. An explainer video is informative and educational: it communicates what your company offers, how it'll help your customers with their specific problems and why the product or service your company offers is the best alternative! And it does all of that it in just a few seconds. • Explainer videos are short: Just like in this example, a good explainer video must deliver a business idea in just a few seconds –specifically, in 90 seconds or less. • They're simple: They communicate a message in a simple and concise way • They use animated characters: With the use of animated characters, explainer videos have a good dose of humor and personality. • Meet the audience's needs: With explainer videos, the most important thing is to focus on the audience and their problems, so they can feel that you're directing your message to them, and feel identified with your company. • They generate brand recognition: By representing your company in every second of the video, using your brand colors and overall spirit. All of these characteristics together is what makes an explainer video stand out from the rest. 95% of people have watched an explainer video to learn more about a product or service –that's almost everyone!
Aerial photography with a drone for the Kilworth real estate market works very well
In the highly competitive real estate market in Kilworth, aerial photography is the best method to get an attractive overview of a property by highlighting it in relation to its environment. In a more general way, having astonishing pictures is a key element for improving the quality of the sales process.
Indeed, there is nothing better than a view from above a property to promote, placing it in its context and emphasizing its advantages within its surroundings, location, proportions, orientation and the elements that are close to it (buildings, houses, roads, woods, car parks, markets, etc) as buying a property is not only about purchasing the building itself but also taking benefit of the extras in reach.
In the past, such aerial pictures could only be obtained by the use of expensive methods (helicopters or aircrafts). Only a few high standing properties could afford to record such materials as costs were quite inaccessible for most professionals of the real estate market.
What Makes for Great Promotional Videos?
While there's no one secret formula for creating promo videos, there are certain trends we can pinpoint that the most successful and popular promo videos have in common:
- They're short. Within 60 seconds or less these videos succinctly and properly demonstrate or promote the subject matter.
- They're entertaining and/or informative.
- They're located on relevant pages like the top of the home page, a dedicated landing page, or a specific product or service page.


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During the three months ended Sept. 30, the markets were generally kind to investors, with the S&P 500 rising 6.4%. Growth in earnings per share for the financial sector, over the past five years, has increased at a similar level of 6.3%.
In the past quarter, though, financial sector EPS growth averaged 20%, according to Reuters.
Goldman Sachs staged a big turnaround, while Bank of America's results tumbled, along with those of other major rivals.
Here are 12 companies, selected as the six best and six worst performers in Q3, based largely on how they out- or underperformed their broker-dealer rivals.
(Check out last quarter's winners and losers 12 Best & Worst Broker-Dealers: Q2 Earnings at AdvisorOne.)
6th Best
Investors Capital Holdings, the parent company of the Lynnfield, Mass.-based broker-dealer of the same name, said it had net income of $280,000 on total revenue of $20.32 million for the period ended Sept. 30. This represents a gain of $0.04 per share vs. a loss of $0.13 a year ago.
Since you can't calculate a proper percentage increase from a negative number, and the dollar amount of the turnaround was somewhat small, we have ranked Investors Cap No. 6.
In the second fiscal quarter, revenue rose close to 1% from last year thanks to a jump in commission revenue and other fee income, the company says. Commission revenue rose 0.8% to $15.78 million, compared to $15.66 million in the year-ago period. Advisory fees, however, declined 2.5% to $3.98 million, compared to $4.08 million in the same period last year.
The company says that ongoing expense reductions and revenue growth translated into consecutive operating and net income postings for the first two quarters of the fiscal year. It has about 450 advisors and some $8 billion in assets under management.
5th Best
Raymond James said its net income of $83.3 million was up 21% from a year ago in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Earnings were $0.60 per share, up 11% from last year.
Excluding $19 million of pre-tax charges for expenses related to the purchase of broker-dealer Morgan Keegan, net income would have been $95.7 million, or $0.69 per share, up 33% year over year; analysts had expected earnings of $0.63 without the charges.
As of Sept. 30, Raymond James has 6,330 advisors vs. 5,350 a year ago and 6,367 in the earlier quarter. It has 5,452 in the United States, while the rest are in Canada and the United Kingdom; this figure is up from 4,504 last year and down 37 reps from about 5,489 in the earlier period.
4th Best
Wells Fargo reported record quarterly net income of $4.9 billion, up 22% from last year's $4.1 billion, also thanks to increased lending, for a total of $21.2 billion in revenues. The record profits reflected 11 straight quarters of gains. EPS came in at $0.88 versus analysts' expectations of $0.87 and EPS of $0.78 last year – representing a 13% jump in EPS.
Wells, which is the largest mortgage lender in the United States, continued to generate growth across its diversified set of businesses. "In the third quarter, core loans grew by $11.9 billion and we saw continued strength in our mortgage and deposit businesses," said Chairman and CEO John Stumpf in a statement.
Wells Fargo Advisors said its headcount was 18,277, down 109 from 18,386 in the second quarter of 2012. The number of traditional advisors as of Sept. 30 was 10,857 vs. 10,913 in the previous quarter. Wells Fargo had 2,827 reps working in banks, along with 3,110 licensed bankers.
3rd Best
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), saw its quarterly profits rise 34% on income of $5.7 billion over the prior year's $4.3 billion, with earnings per share of $1.40 versus $1.02 a year ago – a jump of 37%.
The results surprised analysts, who expected EPS of $1.24, and were due to strength in core lending, including mortgages, and commercial loans.
New home loans and refinancing totaled $47 billion at JPM in Q3, up 29% from last year. Mortgage unit earnings were 57% higher.
2nd Best
(sort of, see next page)
Goldman Sachs said it had net earnings of $1.51 billion, or $2.85 per share, for the third quarter ended Sept. 30. This was a massive improvement from the loss of $393 million, or $0.84 per share, in the third quarter of 2011. That's a nearly $1.9 billion gain.
The company said net revenues in investment banking were $1.16 billion, 49% higher than a year ago. Net revenues in financial-advisory services were $509 million, slightly lower than in the third quarter of 2011.
Net revenues in the firm's underwriting business, though, were $655 million, which is more than double the amount of the year-ago period. And net revenues in institutional client services were $4.18 billion, 3% higher than the third quarter of 2011.
Sales in fixed income, currency and commodities client execution were $2.22 billion, up 28% than the year-ago period.
(Goldman technically could have topped the list, but, as we said earlier, you can't calculate a percentage change from a negative number so, again, as we did in Q2, we just like giving the Best rating to the little guy.)
And repeating as champion from Q2 is … Stifel Financial, which said its net income of $37.7 million, or $0.60 per share, on revenues of $420.1 million, surged compared with net income of $22.3 million, or $0.35 per share, on revenues of $334.2 million for the third quarter of 2011. This represents a 69% jump in net income and a 71% increase in EPS.
"Today's [Nov. 5] announcement of our merger with KBW furthers our goal of creating the premier middle-market investment bank with a specialized focus on the financial services industry," Ronald J. Kruszewski, chairman, president and CEO of Stifel Financial, in a statement
The transaction is valued at more than $575 million, of which some $250 million in excess capital on KBW's balance sheet is expected to be immediately available to Stifel upon closing, the company says.
6th Worst
Ameriprise Financial (AMP) reported third-quarter 2012 net income from continuing operations of $174 million, or $0.79 per share, compared with $322 million, or $1.33 per share, a year ago. This represents a 46% decline in net income and a 41% drop in EPS.
Third-quarter operating earnings, however, were $289 million, or $1.32 per diluted share, compared with $289 million, or $1.19 per diluted share, a year ago. These results beat analysts' estimates of operating earnings of $1.19 per share for the most-recent quarter.
According to the company, third-quarter operating results included a $48 million, or $0.22 per share, "unfavorable impact" from the company's annual review of insurance and annuity valuation assumptions and modeling changes (so-called unlocking).
The company says it continued to recruit experienced advisors to Ameriprise, adding 106 advisors in the quarter and 314 year to date for a total 9,815 advisors.
5th Worst
LPL Financial, the independent broker-dealer, had third-quarter net income of $34.3 million, down 6% versus $36.4 million in the year ago period. EPS for the most recent quarter were $0.3, about 3% off of $0.32 per share a year ago.
Net revenues for the third quarter grew 2.8% to $907.2 million from $882.9 million in the prior-year period.
Adjusted earnings were $53.0 million, or $0.47 per share, up $1.4 million or 2.8% compared with $51.6 million, or $0.46 per share, last year. Analysts had expected adjusted earnings of $0.44 a share on sales of $899.60 million.
The number of independent financial advisors affiliated with LPL Financial stands at 13,170, down 15 reps from 13,185 as of June 30, but up 371 from 12,799 a year ago.
4th Worst
Citigroup reported net income for the third quarter 2012 of $468 million, or $0.15 per share, vs. net income of $3.8 billion, or $1.23 per share, a year ago. This represents a decline in net income and EPS of 88%.
The credit/debt value adjustment for the bank was a negative $776 million in the third quarter, resulting from the improvement in Citi's credit spreads, compared to a positive $1.9 billion in the prior year period.
Third quarter results also included a pre-tax loss of $4.7 billion ($2.9 billion after-tax) from the previously announced sale of a 14% interest and other-than-temporary impairment of the carrying value of Citi's remaining 35% interest in the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney joint venture.
3rd Worst
(While Citigroup's dollar drop was somewhat bigger, we gave them a break because they at least turned a profit, whereas Morgan's results reported a big loss.)
The company said its third-quarter loss from continuing operations was $1 billion, or $0.55 per diluted share, compared with income of $2.2 billion, or $1.14 per diluted share, for the same period a year ago. That's a sum total loss of: $3.2 billion.
The company also reported negative revenue of $2.3 billion vs. positive revenue of $3.4 billion a year ago due to changes in Morgan Stanley's debt-related credit spreads and other credit factors, such as the now mandatory debt valuation adjustment (DVA).
Excluding the adjustment, net revenues for the current quarter were $7.6 billion compared with $6.4 billion a year ago and income from continuing operations applicable to Morgan Stanley (MS) was $561 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, compared with income of $64 million, or $0.02 a year ago–topping estimates of $0.24 per share for the quarter.
The number of financial advisors stood at 16,829–down 1% from 16,934 in the second quarter and 5% from 17,661 a year ago.
2nd Worst
After a huge turnaround in the second quarter, Bank of America had net income of $340 million, or $0.00 per share, in the third quarter, compared to $6.2 billion, or $0.56 per share, in the year-ago quarter. Analysts had expected BofA to report a loss of $0.07 per share. That's a little more than a $6.1 billion drop, but hey, at least they still turned a profit.
The bank blamed the flat earnings on $1.9 billion of debit valuation adjustments (DVA) and fair value option (FVO) adjustments related to the improvement in the company's credit spreads, $1.6 billion for total litigation expense, including a charge for the previously announced settlement of the Merrill Lynch class action litigation, and a charge of $0.8 billion related to the re-pricing of certain deferred tax assets.
As for the number of financial advisors stood at 17,533 as of Sept. 30, which is down one from the second quarter but up 439 reps from a year ago.
Loser and still champion … UBS (UBS)—also Q2′s worst–reported a third-quarter loss of nearly 2.2 billion Swiss francs (roughly $2.3 billion), or -0.58 Swiss francs per share versus a gain of 3.8 billion Swiss francs (about $4.0 billion), or 0.27 Swiss francs per share a year ago. By our calculations that's a $6.3 billion plunge–yikes!
This news came on the heels of plans to radically restructure the global bank by shedding it of nearly 10,000 employees by 2015 and ridding it of certain businesses, most notably fixed income. UBS now has about 63,745 staff members and wants to trim down to 54,000.
The wealth-management operations in the Americas, though, had strong results. The unit recorded a pre-tax profit of $230 million, up 35% from a year ago and 9% from the previous quarter.
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- Update V Federal Register Notice (PDF) (9 pp, 219 K)
- For Update V methods visit regulations.gov at docket number EPA-HQ-RCRA-2012-0072 (new link to be added by You)
- SW-846 On-Line
- Waste Sampling Draft Technical Guidance
- Test Methods Frequent Questions
- SW-846 Federal Register Notices (New & Older Methods)
- Methods Innovation Rule (MIR)
This Web site provides resources relating to "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods", also known as SW-846. This site contains updates about SW-846 and information about the development and approval process of SW-846 methods.
In support of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) program, EPA employs analytical chemistry and characteristic testing methodologies, environmental sampling and monitoring, and quality assurance.
- SW-846: EPA Waste's official compendium of analytical and sampling methods that have been evaluated and approved for use in complying with RCRA regulations.
- MICE Service: Answers method-related questions and takes comments on technical issues regarding SW-846 methods.
- The Performance-Based Measurement System (PBMS): Aids in selecting the most effective test method.
- The Implementation of the Performance Approach: The adoption of the Performance Based Measurement System (PBMS) to reduce the cost of monitoring, stimulate the development and use of new, more cost-effective monitoring technologies.
- National Environmental Monitoring Conference (NEMC): The annual conference for RCRA environmental monitoring and waste characterization.
- Methods Development and Approval Process: How to publish a method in SW-846.
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Next year's state revenue estimate down as well as this year's
Hartford — Connecticut's budget surplus this year, recently projected at $505 million, has dropped to $43.4 million, while next year's revenues are projected to come up $282 million short.
Taxpayers won't be getting a $55 rebate, and lawmakers will have to increase revenues, reduce spending or use creative techniques to balance next year's budget.
In an election year, the stakes are high, as Republicans say the Democrats' budget is full of gimmicks that will cause billion-dollar deficits after Election Day, while the governor's administration says it used conservative revenue projections and that it will balance the budget each year.
"I keep hearing the same thing: (residents) keep hearing from politicians about how there is a surplus or how the economy is getting better and most people say, 'Where? It's not getting better for me,' it's not getting better for their small business, it's not getting better for their family's budget," said state Sen. John McKinney, R-Fairfield, a candidate for governor. "This just now really eliminates any ability for the governor to go out and beat his chest about budget surpluses, solving the problems … because he hasn't solved the problems."
The governor's administration said on Wednesday that it used normal practices to calculate revenue estimates but were caught off-guard by the consensus revenue report.
Republicans said the $461.5 million revenue reduction speaks to how the administration and the Democrats have managed the state, including delaying debt payments, increasing borrowing and raising taxes by about $1.5 billion.
"The bottom line is — is the state of Connecticut better off today than it was four years ago?" said House Republican Leader Larry Cafero of Norwalk. "The resounding answer by every fiscal indicator is no."
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced on Monday that the projected $505 million surplus would be down by several million dollars. His budget chief, Benjamin Barnes, said this was likely due to the expiration of George W. Bush-era tax cuts that encouraged people to claim capital gains in 2012 and likely discouraged them from claiming them in 2013 when taxes increased. On Wednesday, Barnes said the tax cut expiration was part of the loss, along with other factors.
This is the first time in Connecticut since the implementation of the income tax that the tax revenue estimates increased in January but decreased toward the end of the year, in April, Barnes said. The governor's budget office and the nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis based their estimates on a year-over-year 5 percent increase in quarterly estimated payments — quarterly taxes filed by self-employed people and those who earn a significant portion of their income from capital gains — and a strong stock market, Barnes said.
"If you were to do a correlation of those two factors, over the life of the income tax, we should have been at a $700 or $800 million surplus this year," Barnes said. "This year, the $500 number was actually quite conservative compared to the trend you would have expected from those two pieces of information."
Despite the revenue drop, Barnes said tax withholdings for people who pay taxes every pay period continue to increase year over year by 2 percent, and as does the sales tax, which is a good sign.
The Democrats also said that other states' capital gains tax returns have been less than expected. Many other states are showing "double-digit drops" in April's capital gains, Barnes said.
It has been widely reported that New Jersey is facing a revenue shortfall of more than $800 million this year, in part from volatile capital gains tax revenue.
But besides capital gains revenue losses, the state's sales tax revenues were down by $22.6 million and corporation tax revenues were down by $44.2 million in April compared to January.
"People aren't making what we thought they would make, nor are they having the jobs we thought they would have," Cafero said. They also aren't spending what the state thought they would.
Both Republicans and Democrats agreed that everything was on the table going forward.
The state did borrow hundreds of millions to implement Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, an accounting method that matches income earned and expenses incurred in the same period, and deferred debt payments, which likely increases costs over the long-term.
Whether lawmakers will keep the gambling game keno in the state budget is also yet to be determined. Currently, the state's budget relies on about $19 million in revenue from keno, and earlier this month, Senate President Pro Tempore Donald Williams, D-Brooklyn, said if it were to be removed, other revenues sources would have to be found.
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Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule with the exception of a short-lived Italian occupation from 1936-41. In 1974, a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (who had ruled since 1930) and established a socialist state. Torn by bloody coups, uprisings, wide-scale drought, and massive refugee problems, the regime was finally toppled in 1991 by a coalition of rebel forces, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). A constitution was adopted in 1994, and Ethiopia's first multiparty elections were held in 1995. A border war with Eritrea late in the 1990s ended with a peace treaty in December 2000. In November 2007, the Eritrea-Ethiopia Border Commission (EEBC) issued specific coordinates as virtually demarcating the border and pronounced its work finished. Alleging that the EEBC acted beyond its mandate in issuing the coordinates, Ethiopia has not accepted them and has not withdrawn troops from previously contested areas pronounced by the EEBC as belonging to Eritrea.
Eastern Africa, west of Somalia
Geographic coordinates:
total: 1,104,300 sq km
country comparison to the world: 27
land: 1 million sq km
water: 104,300 sq km
Area – comparative:
slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Land boundaries:
total: 5,328 km
border countries: Djibouti 349 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 861 km, Somalia 1,600 km, South Sudan 837 km, Sudan 769 km
0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims:
none (landlocked)
tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation
high plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Danakil Depression -125 m
highest point: Ras Dejen 4,533 m
Natural resources:
small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, hydropower
Land use:
arable land: 13.19%
permanent crops: 1.01%
other: 85.8% (2011)
Irrigated land:
2,896 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources:
122 cu km (2011)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
total: 5.56 cu km/yr (13%/1%/86%)
per capita: 80.5 cu m/yr (2005)
Natural hazards:
geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts
volcanism: volcanic activity in the Great Rift Valley; Erta Ale (elev. 613 m), which has caused frequent lava flows in recent years, is the country's most active volcano; Dabbahu became active in 2005, causing evacuations; other historically active volcanoes include Alayta, Dalaffilla, Dallol, Dama Ali, Fentale, Kone, Manda Hararo, and Manda-Inakir
Environment – current issues:
deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; water shortages in some areas from water-intensive farming and poor management
Environment – international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea
Geography – note:
landlocked – entire coastline along the Red Sea was lost with the de jure independence of Eritrea on 24 May 1993; the Blue Nile, the chief headstream of the Nile by water volume, rises in T'ana Hayk (Lake Tana) in northwest Ethiopia; three major crops are believed to have originated in Ethiopia: coffee, grain sorghum, and castor bean
People and Society
noun: Ethiopian(s)
adjective: Ethiopian
Ethnic groups:
Oromo 34.5%, Amhara (Amara) 26.9%, Somali (Somalie) 6.2%, Tigray (Tigrigna) 6.1%, Sidama 4%, Gurage 2.5%, Welaita 2.3%, Hadiya 1.7%, Afar (Affar) 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, Gedeo 1.3%, other 11.3% (2007 Census)
Oromo (official regional) 33.8%, Amharic (official) 29.3%, Somali 6.2%, Tigrayan (official regional) 5.9%, Sidamo 4%, Wolaytta 2.2%, Guragiegna 2%, Afar 1.7%, Hadiyya 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, other 11.7%, English (official) (major foreign language taught in schools), Arabic (official) (2007 census)
Ethiopian Orthodox 43.5%, Muslim 33.9%, Protestant 18.6%, traditional 2.6%, Catholic 0.7%, other 0.7% (2007 Census)
93,877,025 (July 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 13
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
Age structure:
0-14 years: 44.4% (male 20,858,061/female 20,813,460)
15-24 years: 19.9% (male 9,258,868/female 9,382,338)
25-54 years: 29.1% (male 13,576,787/female 13,704,595)
55-64 years: 3.9% (male 1,772,448/female 1,859,364)
65 years and over: 2.8% (male 1,197,519/female 1,453,585) (2013 est.)
Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 85.5 %
youth dependency ratio: 79.2 %
elderly dependency ratio: 6.3 %
potential support ratio: 15.8 (2013)
Median age:
total: 17.5 years
male: 17.3 years
female: 17.6 years (2013 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.9% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 12
Birth rate:
38.07 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 15
Death rate:
8.87 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 70
Net migration rate:
-0.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population
country comparison to the world: 120
note: repatriation of Ethiopian refugees residing in Sudan is expected to continue for several years; some Sudanese, Somali, and Eritrean refugees, who fled to Ethiopia from the fighting or famine in their own countries, continue to return to their homes (2013 est.)
urban population: 17% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization: 3.57% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major urban areas – population:
ADDIS ABABA (capital) 2.863 million (2009)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth:
note: Median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.)
Maternal mortality rate:
350 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 32
Infant mortality rate:
total: 58.28 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 29
male: 66.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 49.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 60 years
country comparison to the world: 193
male: 57.73 years
female: 62.35 years (2013 est.)
Total fertility rate:
5.31 children born/woman (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 14
Contraceptive prevalence rate:
28.6% (2010/11)
Health expenditures:
4.9% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 143
Physicians density:
0.02 physicians/1,000 population (2007)
Hospital bed density:
6.3 beds/1,000 population (2011)
Drinking water source:
urban: 97% of population
rural: 34% of population
total: 44% of population
urban: 3% of population
rural: 66% of population
total: 56% of population (2010 est.)
Sanitation facility access:
urban: 29% of population
rural: 19% of population
total: 21% of population
urban: 71% of population
rural: 81% of population
total: 79% of population (2010 est.)
HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate:
HIV/AIDS – people living with HIV/AIDS:
HIV/AIDS – deaths:
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria and dengue fever
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
animal contact disease: rabies
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2013)
Obesity – adult prevalence rate:
1.1% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 191
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
29.2% (2011)
country comparison to the world: 17
Education expenditures:
4.7% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 89
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 39%
male: 49.1%
female: 28.9% (2007 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2011)
Child labor – children ages 5-14:
total number: 10,693,164
percentage: 53 % (2005 est.)
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
total: 24.9%
country comparison to the world: 38
male: 19.5%
female: 29.4% (2006)
Country name:
conventional long form: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
conventional short form: Ethiopia
local long form: Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik
local short form: Ityop'iya
former: Abyssinia, Italian East Africa
abbreviation: FDRE
Government type:
federal republic
name: Addis Ababa
geographic coordinates: 9 02 N, 38 42 E
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Administrative divisions:
9 ethnically based states (kililoch, singular – kilil) and 2 self-governing administrations* (astedaderoch, singular – astedader); Adis Abeba* (Addis Ababa), Afar, Amara (Amhara), Binshangul Gumuz, Dire Dawa*, Gambela Hizboch (Gambela Peoples), Hareri Hizb (Harari People), Oromiya (Oromia), Sumale (Somali), Tigray, Ye Debub Biheroch Bihereseboch na Hizboch (Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples)
oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world – at least 2,000 years (may be traced to the Aksumite Kingdom, which coalesced in the first century B.C.)
National holiday:
National Day (defeat of MENGISTU regime), 28 May (1991)
ratified 8 December 1994, effective 22 August 1995
Legal system:
civil law system
International law organization participation:
has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt
18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state: President GIRMA Woldegiorgis (since 8 October 2001)
head of government: Prime Minister HAILEMARIAM Desalegn (since 21 September 2012); note – prior to his approval as prime minister, HAILEMARIAM had been acting prime minister due to the death of former Prime Minister MELES
cabinet: Council of Ministers ministers selected by the prime minister and approved by the House of People's Representatives
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elections: president elected by both chambers of Parliament for a six-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 9 October 2007 (next to be held in October 2013); prime minister designated by the party in power following legislative elections
election results: GIRMA Woldegiorgis elected president; percent of vote by the House of People's Representatives – 79%, other 21%
Legislative branch:
bicameral Parliament consists of the House of Federation (or upper chamber responsible for interpreting the constitution and federal-regional issues) (108 seats; members chosen by state assemblies to serve five-year terms) and the House of People's Representatives (or lower chamber responsible for passing legislation) (547 seats; members directly elected by popular vote from single-member districts to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held on 23 May 2010 (next to be held in 2015)
election results: percent of vote – NA; seats by party – EPRDF 499, SPDP 24, BGPDP 9, ANDP 8, GPUDM 3, HNL 1, FORUM 1, APDO 1, independent 1
Judicial branch:
highest court(s): Federal Supreme Court or Supreme Imperial Court (consists of 11 judges)
note – the Federal Supreme Court has jurisdiction for all constitutional issues
judge selection and term of office: president and vice president of Federal Supreme Court nominated by the prime minister and appointed by the House of People's Representatives; other Supreme Court judges nominated by the Federal Judicial Administrative Council and appointed by the House of People's Representatives; judges serve until retirement at age 60
subordinate courts: federal high courts and federal courts of first instance; state court systems (mirror structure of federal system); sharia courts and customary and traditional courts
Political parties and leaders:
Afar National Democratic Party or ANDP [Mohammed KEDIR] All Ethiopian Unity Organization or AEUO [Hailu SHAWEL] Arena Tigray [GEBRU Asrat] Argoba People's Democratic Organization or APDO [Abdulkader MOHAMMED] Benishangul Gumuz People's Democratic Party or BGPDP [Mulualem BESSE] Coalition for Unity and Democratic Party or CUDP [AYELE Chamiso] Ethiopian Democratic Party or EDP [MUSHE Semu] Ethiopian Federal Democratic Forum or FORUM (a UDJ-led 6-party alliance established for the 2010 parliamentary elections) [Dr. Moga FRISSA] Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front or EPRDF (including the following organizations: Amhara National Democratic Movement or ANDM; Oromo People's Democratic Organization or OPDO; Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement or SEPDM; and Tigray People's Liberation Front or TPLF)
Gambella Peoples Unity Democratic Movement or GPUDM
Gurage Peoples Democratic Front [GIRMA Bogale] Harari National League or HNL [YASIN Husein] Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement or OFDM
Oromo People's Congress or OPC [IMERERA Gudina] Somali Democratic Alliance Forces or SODAF [BUH Hussien] Somali People's Democratic Party or SPDP [Abdulfetah Sheck ABDULAHI] South Ethiopian People's Democratic Union or SEPDU [TILAHUN Endeshaw] United Ethiopian Democratic Forces or UEDF [BEYENE Petros] Unity for Democracy and Justice or UDJ [Dr. NEGASSO Gidada]
Political pressure groups and leaders:
Ethiopian People's Patriotic Front or EPPF
Ogaden National Liberation Front or ONLF
Oromo Liberation Front or OLF [DAOUD Ibsa]
International organization participation:
ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador GIRMA Birru
chancery: 3506 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 364-1200
consulate(s) general: Los Angeles
consulate(s): New York
Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Donald E. BOOTH
embassy: Entoto Street, Addis Ababa
mailing address: P. O. Box 1014, Addis Ababa
telephone: 130-6000
Flag description:
three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red, with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands; green represents hope and the fertility of the land, yellow symbolizes justice and harmony, while red stands for sacrifice and heroism in the defense of the land; the blue of the disk symbolizes peace and the pentagram represents the unity and equality of the nationalities and peoples of Ethiopia
note: Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and the three main colors of her flag (adopted ca. 1895) were so often adopted by other African countries upon independence that they became known as the Pan-African colors; the emblem in the center of the current flag was added in 1996
National symbol(s):
Abyssinian lion
National anthem:
name: "Whedefit Gesgeshi Woud Enat Ethiopia" (March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia)
lyrics/music: DEREJE Melaku Mengesha/SOLOMON Lulu
note: adopted 1992
Economy – overview:
Ethiopia's economy is based on agriculture, which accounts for 46% of GDP and 85% of total employment. Coffee has been a major export crop. The agricultural sector suffers from poor cultivation practices and frequent drought, but recent joint efforts by the Government of Ethiopia and donors have strengthened Ethiopia's agricultural resilience, contributing to a reduction in the number of Ethiopians threatened with starvation. The banking, insurance, and micro-credit industries are restricted to domestic investors, but Ethiopia has attracted significant foreign investment in textiles, leather, commercial agriculture and manufacturing. Under Ethiopia's constitution, the state owns all land and provides long-term leases to the tenants; land use certificates are now being issued in some areas so that tenants have more recognizable rights to continued occupancy and hence make more concerted efforts to improve their leaseholds. While GDP growth has remained high, per capita income is among the lowest in the world. Ethiopia"s economy continues on its state-led Growth and Transformation Plan under its new leadership after Prime Minister MELE's death. The five-year economic plan has achieved high single-digit growth rates through government-led infrastructure expansion and commercial agriculture development. Ethiopia in 2013 plans to continue construction of its Grand Renaissance Dam on the Nile-the controversial multi-billion dollar effort to develop electricity for domestic consumption and export.
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$105 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 73
$98.13 billion (2011 est.)
$91.29 billion (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
GDP (official exchange rate):
$41.91 billion (2012 est.)
GDP – real growth rate:
7% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 28
7.5% (2011 est.)
8% (2010 est.)
GDP – per capita (PPP):
$1,200 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 211
$1,200 (2011 est.)
$1,100 (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
Gross national saving:
22.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 63
22.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
23.1% of GDP (2010 est.)
GDP – composition, by end use:
household consumption: 85.6%
government consumption: 8.2%
investment in fixed capital: 26.8%
investment in inventories: 0%
exports of goods and services: 12.7%
imports of goods and services: -33.3%
(2012 est.)
GDP – composition, by sector of origin:
agriculture: 46.4%
industry: 10.7%
services: 43% (2012 est.)
Agriculture – products:
cereals, pulses, coffee, oilseed, cotton, sugarcane, potatoes, khat, cut flowers; hides, cattle, sheep, goats; fish
food processing, beverages, textiles, leather, chemicals, metals processing, cement
Industrial production growth rate:
9.2% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 14
Labor force:
43.93 million (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 15
Labor force – by occupation:
agriculture: 85%
industry: 5%
services: 10% (2009 est.)
Unemployment rate:
Population below poverty line:
29.2% (FY09/10 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 4.1%
highest 10%: 25.6% (2005)
Distribution of family income – Gini index:
30 (2000)
country comparison to the world: 116
40 (1995)
revenues: $6.388 billion
expenditures: $7.54 billion (2012 est.)
Taxes and other revenues:
15.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 191
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):
-2.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 105
Public debt:
45.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 76
47% of GDP (2011 est.)
note: official data cover central government debt, including debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury and treasury debt owned by foreign entities; the data exclude debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions
Fiscal year:
8 July – 7 July
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
23.4% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 218
33.2% (2011 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
14.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 35
16% (31 December 2011 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$8.144 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 81
$6.532 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
Stock of broad money:
$13.35 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 93
$11.51 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
Stock of domestic credit:
$14.46 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 91
$11.73 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
Current account balance:
-$2.95 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 149
-$1.965 billion (2011 est.)
$3.109 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 130
$3.029 billion (2011 est.)
Exports – commodities:
coffee, khat, gold, leather products, live animals, oilseeds
Exports – partners:
China 13%, Germany 10.8%, US 7.9%, Saudi Arabia 7.8%, Belgium 7.7% (2012)
$9.498 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 99
$8.329 billion (2011 est.)
Imports – commodities:
food and live animals, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery, motor vehicles, cereals, textiles
Imports – partners:
China 13.1%, US 11%, Saudi Arabia 8.2%, India 5.5% (2012)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$3.166 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108
$3.102 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
Debt – external:
$10.35 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 100
$8.597 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
Exchange rates:
birr (ETB) per US dollar –
17.705 (2012 est.)
16.899 (2011 est.)
14.41 (2010 est.)
11.78 (2009)
9.57 (2008)
Electricity – production:
4.039 billion kWh (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 123
Electricity – consumption:
3.648 billion kWh (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 125
Electricity – exports:
0 kWh (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 191
Electricity – imports:
0 kWh (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 183
Electricity – installed generating capacity:
1.18 million kW (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 119
Electricity – from fossil fuels:
17.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 191
Electricity – from nuclear fuels:
0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 86
Electricity – from hydroelectric plants:
82.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 14
Electricity – from other renewable sources:
0.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 74
Crude oil – production:
0 bbl/day (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 131
Crude oil – exports:
0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108
Crude oil – imports:
0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 181
Crude oil – proved reserves:
430,000 bbl (1 January 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 100
Refined petroleum products – production:
0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 175
Refined petroleum products – consumption:
49,080 bbl/day (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 100
Refined petroleum products – exports:
0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 175
Refined petroleum products – imports:
42,480 bbl/day (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 72
Natural gas – production:
0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 126
Natural gas – consumption:
0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 140
Natural gas – exports:
0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 95
Natural gas – imports:
0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 190
Natural gas – proved reserves:
113 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 52
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
6.74 million Mt (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 112
Telephones – main lines in use:
829,000 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 86
Telephones – mobile cellular:
14.127 million (2011)
country comparison to the world: 57
Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate telephone system with the Ethio Telecom maintaining a monopoly over telecommunication services; open-wire, microwave radio relay; radio communication in the HF, VHF, and UHF frequencies; 2 domestic satellites provide the national trunk service
domestic: the number of fixed lines and mobile telephones is increasing from a small base; combined fixed and mobile-cellular teledensity is roughly 15 per 100 persons
international: country code – 251; open-wire to Sudan and Djibouti; microwave radio relay to Kenya and Djibouti; satellite earth stations – 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Pacific Ocean) (2011)
Broadcast media:
1 public TV station broadcasting nationally and 1 public radio broadcaster with stations in each of the 13 administrative districts; a few commercial radio stations and roughly a dozen community radio stations (2009)
Internet country code:
Internet hosts:
179 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 203
Internet users:
447,300 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 119
57 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 84
Airports – with paved runways:
total: 17
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
under 914 m: 2 (2013)
Airports – with unpaved runways:
total: 40
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 20
under 914 m:
8 (2013)
total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the 781 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
country comparison to the world: 102
narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway is under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but is largely inoperable (2008)
total: 44,359 km
country comparison to the world: 82
paved: 6,064 km
unpaved: 38,295 km (2007)
Merchant marine:
total: 8
country comparison to the world: 121
by type: cargo 8 (2010)
Ports and terminals:
Ethiopia is landlocked and uses ports of Djibouti in Djibouti and Berbera in Somalia
Military branches:
Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF): Ground Forces, Ethiopian Air Force (Ye Ityopya Ayer Hayl, ETAF) (2013)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no compulsory military service, but the military can conduct callups when necessary and compliance is compulsory (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 19,067,499
females age 16-49: 19,726,816 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 11,868,084
females age 16-49: 12,889,260 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 967,411
female: 981,714 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
0.9% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 140
Transnational Issues
Disputes – international:
Eritrea and Ethiopia agreed to abide by the 2002 Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission's (EEBC) delimitation decision, but neither party responded to the revised line detailed in the November 2006 EEBC Demarcation Statement; the undemarcated former British administrative line has little meaning as a political separation to rival clans within Ethiopia's Ogaden and southern Somalia's Oromo region; Ethiopian forces invaded southern Somalia and routed Islamist Courts from Mogadishu in January 2007; "Somaliland" secessionists provide port facilities in Berbera and trade ties to landlocked Ethiopia; civil unrest in eastern Sudan has hampered efforts to demarcate the porous boundary with Ethiopia
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 245,068 (Somalia); 35,042 (Sudan); 62,996 (Eritrea) (2013)
IDPs: 200,000-300,000 (border war with Eritrea from 1998-2000, ethnic clashes in Gambela, and ongoing Ethiopian military counterinsurgency in Somali region; most IDPs are in Tigray and Gambela Provinces) (2008)
Illicit drugs:
transit hub for heroin originating in Southwest and Southeast Asia and destined for Europe, as well as cocaine destined for markets in southern Africa; cultivates qat (khat) for local use and regional export, principally to Djibouti and Somalia (legal in all three countries); the lack of a well-developed financial system limits the country's utility as a money laundering center


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OK so sometimes randall munroe is a huge obsessive (or at least pretends to be) and he gets a proverbial bee in his figurative bonnet over some minor thing that no one cares about but he does, so he can feel better than other people because he knows more than them. His fans like it, because it helps them feel better about themselves for the same reason. Let's all laugh at the people who don't know a slash from a backslash! Those stupid fuckers.
Randall often has a direct way of telling his fans that he has a particular oddity he is annoyed about today. So for example, there was this one about electricity or something, or this one about numbers too big for most people but not for him, or the one just like this one where a dude goes to extravagant lengths to put himself in a position of influence only to waste it on some stupid shit. So anyway, what I am trying to say is, I am sick of the style of "argh i am an ocd nerd who can't stand when things aren't done my way!"
But anyway, I think that's not really the biggest problem with this comic. If I wanted, I could always try to take the comic on its own, not in the context of all the other xkcds, and see how it does like that. So what do we have? We have 2 huge problems. One is that the energy levels just drops to dramatically from panel to panel. The first two panels set up what could be a fun situation. There's trickery, sabotage, etc, and it's all on TV! what is going to happen?? But then nothing interesting happens, he just wants to say his boring thing and move on. So that's terrible.
The other problem is the last few words of the comic, "...I die a little." Even if all the rest of the comic was unchanged, the first 3.5 panels could set up an ok ending. "Every time you do
reread the comic and tell me that was the best possible ending. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO BELIEVE THIS.
Also, shit, when do newscasters ever do this? I don't think I've ever heard it. Have you?


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