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text: Home Transport Aviation Airline industry to burn through $77bn in cash during second half of 2020 – IATA IATA urged governments to support the industry during the coming winter season with additional relief measures, including financial aid by Aarti Nagraj October 7, 2020 The global airline industry will burn through $77bn in cash during the second half of 2020 (almost $13bn per month or $300,000 per minute), despite operations restarting, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned. It estimates that despite cutting costs by just over 50 per cent during the second quarter, the industry went through $51bn in cash as revenues fell almost 80 per cent compared to the year-ago period. With slow growth in summer, the industry is anticipated to see further depletion of its cash reserves. "Historically, cash generated during the peak summer season helps to support airlines through the leaner winter months," said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA's director general and CEO. "Unfortunately, this year's disastrous spring and summer provided no cushion. In fact, airlines burned cash throughout the period. And with no timetable for governments to reopen borders without travel-killing quarantines, we cannot rely on a year-end holiday season bounce to provide a bit of extra cash to tide us over until the spring," he added. To date, governments around the world have provided the airline industry with $160bn in support, including direct aid, wage subsidies, corporate tax relief, and specific industry tax relief including fuel taxes. However, IATA urged governments to support the industry during the coming winter season with additional relief measures, including financial aid to avoid adding more debt. "We are grateful for this support… but the crisis is deeper and longer than any of us could have imagined. And the initial support programmes are running out," the IATA CEO said. "Today we must ring the alarm bell again. If these support programmes are not replaced or extended, the consequences for an already hobbled industry will be dire." Airlines have undertaken extensive self-help measures to cut costs. This includes parking thousands of aircraft, cutting routes and any non-critical expense and furloughing and laying off hundreds of thousands of employees. According to the latest figures from the Air Transport Action Group, the downturn this year, combined with a slow recovery, threatens 4.8 million jobs across the entire aviation sector. On the broader economy, the global impact is anticipated to be 46 million potential job losses and $1.8 trillion dollars of economic activity at risk. "Government support for the entire sector is needed. The impact has spread across the entire travel value chain including our airport and air navigation infrastructure partners who are dependent on pre-crisis levels of traffic to sustain their operations," said de Juniac. "Rate hikes on system users to make up the gap would be the start of a vicious and unforgiving cycle of further cost pressures and downsizings. That will prolong the crisis for the 10 per cent of global economic activity that is linked to travel and tourism," he added. In a recent IATA survey, some two thirds of travellers indicated that they will postpone travel until the overall economy or their personal financial situation stabilises. "Increasing the cost of travel at this sensitive time will delay a return to travel and keep jobs at risk," said de Juniac. Looking ahead, IATA also cautioned about sluggish growth next year due to the slow pace of recovery in air travel. The airline industry will burn through cash at an average rate of $5bn to $6bn per month in 2021, amounting to a further $60-70bn during the year. The industry is not expected to turn cash positive until 2022. Tags Airlines Aviation cash Covid-19 Government IATA jobs stimulus support 0 Comments Share Tweet Share Share You might also like Interview: Agility's Tarek Sultan on the company's expansion strategy and sustainability goals Saudia rebrands for a 'tech-driven future': Take a look at the new colours, logo UAE-Philippines strengthen aviation ties; flights, cargo capacity to increase Oman Air global sale starts: 20% off on economy flights, more details here

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text: If you're like me, you probably have a kitchen full of products made by Kraft Heinz Brands . On my refrigerator door alone, I have Heinz ketchup, Capri Sun, and Philadelphia cream cheese. However, while consumers like me have been stocking up on Kraft Heinz products, not much has been happening with the company's stock. Kraft Heinz is up just 4% year-to-date, following a 25% loss in 2019. After drifting quietly for the past two years, is Kraft Heinz about to play catch up? Let's go to the charts to find out. First, we need to understand the underlying trends in the current market environment. The following chart compares the S&P Select Consumer Staples exchange-traded fund in green, and the S&P Select Technology ETF in blue. Note, the highlighted areas; the consumer staples ETF is hitting its highest level since March, while the technology ETF, which has had a great year, is off of its recent highs. Could it be that money is beginning to flow from tech to consumer staples? If you've been long stocks like Netflix and Tesla , they've now grown and make up a larger percentage of your portfolio. Wouldn't it make sense to trim those positions and roll some of the profits into defensive names? You many have noticed that in recent days, the Dow Jones industrial average has outperformed the lofty Nasdaq 100 . We could be witnessing the early stages of a sector rotation. What about Kraft Heinz? That stock has formed a massive bottoming pattern that actually contains multiple bottoming patterns. There are two inverted head and shoulder patterns visible on the Kraft Heinz chart, with the two patterns sharing a shoulder. While this version of the bullish pattern is unusual, it's not necessarily more effective than the usual version of the formation. Note the huge gap that formed in early 2019 (shaded yellow). This means that once the stock breaks the neckline of the pattern, it won't encounter nearby resistance. If Kraft Heinz breaks above $34 (black dotted line), it will trade at a 12-month high. The lack of nearby resistance means that the stock has a clear path to the $45 area. Investors should be aware that Kraft Heinz is scheduled to report second quarter earnings on July 30. Analysts are looking for earnings of 63 cents per share, on revenue of $6.43 billion.


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By Edward Achorn
A 28-year-old country lawyer made a prescient observation in an 1837 address in Springfield, Illinois. He argued that, given its strengths, free America could only be destroyed from within.
"Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step the Ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never!—All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years," the young lawyer, Abraham Lincoln, asserted.
"At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."Continue reading →


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Let's not mince words here. There's a certain amount of "deal risk" associated with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) stocks. It's possible for reverse merger deals to fall through, and that's a concern facing TPG Pace Beneficial Finance (NYSE:TPGY) and, therefore, holders of TPGY stock.
There was a time, earlier this year, when SPAC stocks seemed like the Holy Grail. They all seemed to be unstoppable – but in the financial markets, trends don't last forever.
As SPAC mania faded, so did TPGY stock. And I must admit, as the share price declined, I recommended buying the stock at a discount.
Today, I'm going to reverse course and suggest putting the brakes on any investments in TPG Pace Beneficial Finance. As we'll see, a particular filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should throw a wet blanket on anyone's get-rich-quick dreams with this stock.
A Closer Look at TPGY Stock
It could be said that TPGY stock is the poster child of the SPAC craze as it popped and then dropped.
Prior to Dec. 10, 2020, the shares were trading near the $10 level. That's typical for SPAC stocks when a reverse-merger target hasn't been disclosed yet.
All of a sudden, TPGY stock exploded to the upside, reaching the $30 level on Dec. 23. And the buying frenzy continued into the new year, with the stock hitting a 52-week high of $34.28 on Feb. 8, 2021.
That trajectory apparently wasn't sustainable, and the stock price declined over the next three months. By May 21, it had fallen all the way down to $12.30.
Could TPGY stock fall below its pre-SPAC-deal-announcement price of $10? Anything's possible in the financial markets, and the sentiment certainly hasn't been positive on TPG Pace Beneficial Finance lately.
A Global Company
So, TPG Pace Beneficial Finance is supposed to reverse-merge with EVBox Group.
That company designs and manufactures electric vehicle charging stations. Among U.S.-based traders, it seems to have received less attention than rivals ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT) and Blink (NASDAQ:BLNK).
InvestorPlace contributor Ian Bezek suggests that EVBox is lesser-known because the company is based in Europe. I tend to concur with that argument.
I also agree with Bezek's contention that EVBox "is global in scale and has offices in more than a dozen cities, including some in the U.S.," so investors shouldn't let geography alone dissuade them from considering EVBox/TPG Pace.
And when Bezek said that EVBox is "global in scale," he wasn't exaggerating. Reportedly, there are 250,000+ EVBox charging ports around the world, located in 70+ countries.
That all sounds very promising – an international-scale growth story in progress. What could possibly go wrong?
Significant Doubts
The business combination between TPG Pace Beneficial Finance and EVBox was announced on Dec. 10, 2020.
TPGY investors have been waiting patiently – or at least, some of them have. Presumably, others probably got tired of waiting and dumped their shares.
In an updated investor presentation from March, TPG Pace predicted, "Assuming that EVBox Group completes its 2020 audit on a U.S. GAAP basis by early May, we expect to close the business combination in June of 2021."
Moreover, "On March 15, 2021, Pace Beneficial and ENGIE Seller amended the Business Combination Agreement ('BCA') to allow Pace Beneficial the ability to extend the outside closing date of the BCA from June 8th by 90 days to September 6th."
So, TPG Pace gave itself some wiggle room in terms of the timeline. Fair enough, I suppose.
Fast-forward to May 17, and we find an SEC 8-K form from TPG Pace. Here are a couple of stomach-turning tidbits from that filing:
- "… the completion of the audited financial statements of EVBox Group as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020… will take significantly longer than previously anticipated."
- "… the Company has significant doubts regarding the likelihood that the Business Combination will be completed on the terms currently contemplated or at all."
That's two "significant" reasons to avoid TPGY stock for the time being. As long as the merger deal is held in limbo, the stakeholders will be as well.
The Bottom Line
It's perfectly okay to speculate on a SPAC stock. Just understand that "deal risk" is always there, until the merger is finalized.
Unfortunately, TPGY stockholders might have to wait an indefinitely long time for the completion of the EVBox merger deal.
And if you're not a shareholder, you can choose to sit on the sidelines and just avoid this mess entirely.
On the date of publication, David Moadel did not have (either directly or indirectly) any positions in the securities mentioned in this article. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the writer, subject to the InvestorPlace.com Publishing Guidelines.


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The Buckingham Palace in England has announced the death of Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband aged 99.
Prince Philip was born on the Greek island of Corfu on 10 June 1921.
A statement from Buckingham Palace said "It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
"His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle."
It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle. pic.twitter.com/XOIDQqlFPn
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The prince married Princess Elizabeth in 1947, five years before she was crowned Queen.
The couple had four children, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Their first son was the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, followed by his sister, the Princess Royal, Princess Anne, the Duke of York, Prince Andrew, and the Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward.
British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson said he "inspired the lives of countless young people".
Speaking at Downing Street he said "He helped to steer the Royal Family and the monarchy so that it remains an institution indisputably vital to the balance and happiness of our national life."
"We give thanks as a nation and a kingdom to the extraordinary life and work of Prince Philip."
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the nation mourns with the Queen following the death of the Duke of Edinburgh.
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— Sky News (@SkyNews) April 9, 2021
In March this year Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh spend a month in the hospital for treatment.
He underwent a procedure for a pre-existing heart condition at another London hospital – St Bartholomew's.
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Jimmy Garoppolo reportedly ignored coaches after getting his big contract in 2018
As the 49ers continue to wait for a trade opportunity to surface for quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, a recent report will make it even harder for a team to justify rolling the dice on Garoppolo, with or without an injury to its current starting quarterback.
A recent report seriously questions the extent of Jimmy Garoppolo's commitment to the cause during the quiet times of the offseason.
An unnamed member of the team's coaching staff in 2018 told Mike Silver of the San Francisco Chronicle this about Garoppolo, via Peter King's Football Morning in America: "Once he left that press conference [announcing his new contract] nobody heard from him for weeks and weeks. He didn't return calls, he didn't return texts -- he basically just vanished. And we were looking at each other going, 'What just happened?'"
The report from Silver notes that Garoppolo ghosting the 49ers became a regular thing during the ensuing offseasons.
The Collective Bargaining Agreement contains specific rules restricting football meetings and other activities prior to the launch of the offseason program. Surely, however, players (like highly-paid quarterbacks) welcome the intrusion on their quiet time because, for them, most coaches and executives would expect that they have no quiet time. Garoppolo, by all appearances, simply took full advantage of the fact that the 2011 CBA gave players much more of an offseason than they ever before had.
Still, coaches want franchise quarterbacks to be all about the franchise, all the time. It will definitely give someone pause, especially when it comes to making a significant investment of cash and/or trade compensation for Garoppolo.
It all points to an inevitable release of Garoppolo, baring the kind of unexpected development that has yet to transpire. A starting quarterback could still be lost of the season between now and August 30, when rosters reduce to 53. King addresses the question of whether the 49ers would continue to carry Garoppolo on the roster after the cut to 53, and even addresses the possibility that the 49ers would retain Garoppolo beyond 4:00 p.m. ET on September 10, necessarily guaranteeing his 2022 salary of $24.2 million.
Maybe the 49ers and Garoppolo will have a wink-nod understanding that, while they'll give him weekly game checks in the amount of $1.34 million, he won't seek the balance of the salary if they cut him before the season ends. If, however, Garoppolo wasn't willing to honor the wink-nod understanding about the commitment that franchise quarterbacks should make, why would he honor an unenforceable promise to not take every penny that he's owed if he's on the roster when the season begins?
In 15 days, we'll find out whether the 49ers are sufficiently committed to give up a 53-man roster spot for a guy they no longer want on the team. Eleven days after that, we'll find out whether they'd actually pay him to keep him from waving farewell to San Francisco and saying hello to Seattle.


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SHANGHAI, Dec. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Hotties Up has achieved exceptional success after it's ranked as top 3 on the US iOS game chart. It is a casual game developed by Wrap Drive and published by Smillage, the game studio invested by CooTek (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: CTK) ("CooTek" or the "Company"). The story behind the success of Hotties Up is encouraging for Chinese game developers which are inspired to release new games through Smillage in the global market.
Wrap Drive has cooperated with other well-known ultra-casual publishers for nearly a year but haven't come out with any successful cases until collaborating with Smillage. "Traditional game publishers have very strict standards for the testing performance of an ultra-casual game prototype. Demos that do not meet certain standards will be abandoned quickly," said Eason, Wrap Drive's producer and main programmer.
Hotties Up is the second version of a game idea tested by Wrap Drive and Smillage, and it achieved an enhanced performance far beyond the expectation than the first version. Eason believes that the way how Smillage treat demos is more flexible and feasible for Chinese game developers to unleash their talents.
The original prototype of Hotties Up was a beautiful sisters dress-up parkour without detailed game plots. The testing results of the prototype were quite average. "Our idea would be disregarded immediately if we collaborated with a traditional publisher once the modest test results were shown," Eason continued. "However, Smillage didn't cut off our idea and guided us to achieve the success instead. Smillage's distribution team conducted in-depth analysis on the testing results and discovered the upside potentials of this game idea. After two rounds of optimization by both parties, the testing results have been improved significantly."
In the first round of the optimization, Smillage provided strong support on graphic design, directly opening the full set of art design resources of Catwalk Beauty, and fully upgraded the character models, costumes, actions, and scenes in the prototype. Eason shared that it was the art design support from Smillage that directly revitalize this game idea.
During the second round, Smillage suggested adding plot gameplay to reduce cost per install ("CPI") and improve medium and long-term retention. It's because Smillage verified this methodology when developing the game of Love Fantasy. Two rounds of transformation led to a CPI of $0.28, a game time of 15 minutes, and a 38% retention win rate.
Both Wrap Drive and Smillage made meticulous adjustments to the game. Smillage has enhanced its gameplay features by adding more levels covering different themes, and some operations have been refined and upgraded to make the game more engaging and sustainable; as for commercialization, Smillage has provided a fully mature set of commercialization options that have been proven numerous times.
In just one week, Hotties Up moved from the demo stage into the game publishing. Meanwhile, the distribution team of Smillage explored a variety of video materials on a large scale. In peak period, more than 200 video materials were generated and tested every day. And during the large-scale promotion stage Hotties Up successfully decreased its CPI, as opposed to increasing it. As a result of the concerted effort of the two parties, Hotties Up became as one of top hits in the casual game market.
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LAKE GENEVA -- Spectators at the U.S. National Snow Sculpting Competition will have a little bit more breathing room this year.
The snow sculpting competition, set for Wednesday through Saturday, will be held at two locations this year, the Dreihaus Plaza in front of the Riviera and at Flat Iron Park.
Donald Berg of WinterFun Productions, organizers for the snow sculpting contest, said a second location was needed because of the popularity of the event.
"We expanded the carving area. The last five years, there's been so many people. Even on a cold day, the crowds have been thick," Berg said. "If you dropped a $20 bill, you would lose it because you wouldn't have been able to pick it up.
"There were concerns with safety, so to make it safer we decided to add a place where some of the carvings are taking place."
Wen-D Kersten, marketing and communications manager for Visit Lake Geneva, said about 20,000 people attend the snow sculpting competition each year. She agreed that more space is needed for spectators and participants.
"This year, there will be more elbow room with sculptures being spread out over two viewing areas," Kersten said in an email. "A portion of Wrigley Drive will be closed to allow everyone to walk safely and easily between the two locations."
Fifteen teams from throughout the country are set to participate in this year's competition. Each team comes up with a sculpture design, Berg said.
"It's fascinating the different types of sculptures we get," Berg said. "Some are abstract. Some are realistic. It takes three people to work on the sculpture. It's becoming a universal artform."
Teams qualify by winning a state-level competition. Berg said they try to limit the competition to 15 teams.
"There's a number of teams that want to come," Berg said. "Early on, we wanted to limit the number of teams. As time goes on and there's more state competitions, we're going to have to adjust accordingly."
The teams work on their sculptures from Wednesday to Saturday, with judging to begin at 11 a.m. Saturday. The sculptures are judged by the participating teams. There's also a people's choice award.
Berg said he decided to have the teams judge the sculptures several years ago after some participants complained that their sculptures should have placed higher.
"Some carvers would complain to me that they thought their sculpture should have been ranked at a higher level, and that it was favoritism," Berg said. "I flipped the coin on them and asked them to be the judges of the event. They just couldn't judge their own sculpture. We let them know it was their event. We were just providing a place for them to sculpt and choose their champion."
The winning teams qualify to participate in international snow sculpting competitions.
"We've got wonderful carvers that represent the U.S.," Berg said. "We give them no money for winning. What they're able to do is develop sponsorships for travel."
Besides the competition, the event also includes a snow sculpting workshop for children.
"We introduce them to the experience of snow sculpting. ... We spend about a half hour talking to them about the aspects of snow sculpting. We then discuss how to plan a snow sculpture," Berg said. "We teach them the aspect of teamwork and having a common goal. We talk to them about the tools they need to assemble a snow sculpture. There's a whole lot that kids get from an approach like this."
The snow sculpting competition goes on with or without natural snowfall, Berg said.
"We've never missed a year in the 31 years I've been doing this," Berg said. "The Grand Geneva Resort has the ski hills and snowmaking devices. If there's no snow, we will be the only place in the city with snow. (Grand Geneva Resort) has been our angels. They're very cooperative with us.
"It's one of the top attended events in Lake Geneva during the year."
The U.S. National Snow Sculpting Competition is one of several events that will be occurring as part of Winterfest, which will be held through Saturday, Feb. 13. Other activities include human dog sled races, the Cocoa Crawl and helicopter rides. Some of the new activities for this year's Winterfest include a chili cook-off at Hawk's View Golf Course, Super Tailgating-Bowl Party at Lake Geneva School of Cooking and pizza making at Oakfire.
"For the ultimate in wacky fun, the human dog sled races are the place to be, hosted by Lake Geneva Canopy Tours," Kersten said. "For sheer spectacle, the winter carnival at The Mountain Top at Grand Geneva can't be beat."
Kersten said Visit Lake Geneva plans activities for Winterfest throughout the year.
"Winterfest is a salute to winter in Lake Geneva," Kersten said. "It combines all the best that Lake Geneva has to offer and brings visitors, young and old, to the area. (The festival) promotes Lake Geneva as a destination, bringing overnight guests to the hotels and customers into the stores. Everyone benefits from this bevy of activity and support for the community."
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A doctor based in Florida, Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 63, is the third person with U. S. connections to be arrested over the murder of president Jovenel Moise. He has been arrested as the main suspect in the crime, and the national police head stated in a news agency that he believed Emmanuel was planning to vie for president. Up to date, about two dozen suspects have been arrested, but on Sunday, Haitian leaders declared the doctor the key suspect in the attack.
Emmanuel's name was disclosed by some of the people who were arrested as suspects in the murder, Leon Charles said. One of the suspects mentioned his name after being captured. The National Police arrested him as part of their investigation into the leadership of the group of 26 Colombians and two Americans living in Haiti suspected to have participated in the attack. "Sanon made contact with two other suspects; they know who they are and are identified as intellectual organizers of the assassination of the head of state," Charles said.
Among other arrested suspects are James Solages, 35, and Joseph G. Vincent, 55, Haitian Americans residing from South Florida. They were detained after turning themselves in shortly after the murder. During interrogation, the two suspects told Haitian leaders that their aim was not to kill the president but to fulfill a 2019 arrest warrant provided by a judge and take Moise to the presidential palace. There they would inaugurate Sanon, as the head of Haiti, a source who talked with the two men told a Miami Herald.
Charles had mentioned Sanon in an interview with Herald, although he did reveal the name. He said the alleged killers, including the two Haitian Americans, confirmed that they worked with an organization based in the U. S. and Colombia, which also worked with a high-profile doctor in Haiti. The organization is CTU Security, located in Miami, and is registered in Florida as the Counter Terrorist Unit Federal Academy LLC. "I would conclude that the Haitian 'doctor' trained CTU and CTU trained the Colombians.
Sanon's detainment happens after Haitian Police, with the Colombian law enforcement, try to investigate the cause of Moise's death. Questions arise concerning Sanon's involvement in the case. How could he be behind such an expensive plot, and he once filed for bankruptcy. Some of the arrested said they were compensated $3,000 per month and have lived in the country since January.
Questions have been raised about the president's security team and how the attackers entered his private home, passing the guard gate and two dogs. Police sources said that four members of the presidential security, including the leader of the General Security Unit of the National Palace, Dimitri Heard, have been declined their leadership roles and are expected to report every day to internal affairs.
Sanon is said to have landed in Haiti in June in a private plane with political interests and trained the alleged killers to give him security as the new head of state. Other 22 people arrived in Haiti and joined the initial group. Among the things police came across at Sanon's residence after his arrest was a hidden spot of arms and ammunition, including six rifles, 9mm guns, 20 cartridges of bullets, and four Dominican Republic license plates, Charles reported. Sanon has been staying in Florida on and off for over two decades. Records show that he owns several companies registered in the state, but most of them are non-functional. The businesses included medical services, an energy company, or real estate.
While he calls himself a doctor, public records show no medical license in Florida, where he is said to have filed a federal bankruptcy case in Tampa Bay eight years ago. He is recorded in court as a doctor who works both in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Sanon referred himself in the bankruptcy file as a church pastor at Evangelical Tabernacle, head of a non-government organization named Organization Rome Haiti, and director of Radio-Tele Vasco- all located in Tabarre, Haiti.
Sanon owned a home in Brando, near Tampa, which was taken as a foreclosure. According to the bankruptcy report, he earned $60,000 and had loans adding up to over $400,000. Sanon changed his address from Brandon to Hollywood, then to Boynton Beach.
A video trending on YouTube described Sanon as among the officials needed to represent the people of Haiti and that more than 200 companies back him to promote the industrial development and social-economic revival of Haiti. According to the video, he was born in Jacmel in 1956 and studied biology in New York before shifting to the Dominican Republic.


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EJ Hill stood on a podium at the Hammer for 78 days in a work about race, art and winning
Over the course of this burning summer, the U.S. president met with the leader of North Korea, a Thai soccer team was rescued from a cave, Saudi women were allowed to drive, sexual harassment allegations that would bring down the head of CBS surfaced, Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court and Tesla founder Elon Musk said a bunch of things.
Through it all, Los Angeles artist EJ Hill stood quietly on a winner's podium inside a gallery at the Hammer Museum every hour that the museum was open — that's 11 weeks or 78 days or 621 hours of standing, depending on how you do the math.
His piece, titled "Excellentia, Mollitia, Victoria" — which translates to "Excellence, Resilience, Victory" in Latin — was part of the Hammer's 2018 "Made in L.A." biennial, which closed earlier this month. In it, he used symbols of sport to ruminate on the nature of sacrifice, competition and achievement.
A track circled the room and Astroturf carpeted the floor. To one side stood an impossibly tall wooden hurdle. Around the gallery, like stations of the cross, were stark photographs of Hill running "victory laps" around the schools he once attended: St. Michael's Elementary in South Los Angeles, West High School in Torrance and El Camino College, also in Torrance.
Most riveting was the deceptively simple sight of Hill on the podium.
It's hard being black, brown and queer. It's hard to be alive in spaces that are designed to kill you. But there I am, still standing.
— EJ Hill, artist
The artist stood on his perch as mute observer but also as object to be observed by visitors who streamed through the gallery — visitors who, by popular vote, chose him to receive the biennial's public recognition award, worth $25,000.
"We make these things, hoping that people pick up what we intend for them to pick up," says Hill. "Most people get their arts education from going to museums and seeing art on their terms … For them to say, 'Hey man, good job, we love this,' feels like I can say with confidence that I am making work for the people."
On the day after his summerlong vigil has come to an end, Hill welcomes me to the South Los Angeles home of his mother, Karen Thompson. They are having breakfast — scrambled eggs, beans and the spongy Belizean frybread known as a fry jack. (Although Hill was born in Los Angeles, his family hails from Belize.)
Padding around in shorts and a pair of socks decorated with palm trees, Hill has shaken the look of far-off intensity, sometimes pain, he would demonstrate in the gallery at the Hammer. Here at home, he is relaxed.
At moments, however, he grows slightly dazed, like an astronaut who has just reentered Earth's atmosphere after a journey through space.
"We're talking about this in the past tense," he says of his performance with a jolt of surprise. "That's nuts. I can't believe that this thing is behind me."
For months, his life revolved around nothing but the podium.
"It was kind of a monastic existence," he says. "I would come home and just eat and go to sleep. Right now, I feel really resolved, centered and light."
Thompson says her son would frequently come home exhausted.
"I was, like, 'Why can't you just do this for an hour'?" she says good-naturedly. But she says she came to understand that a performance about perseverance would require, well, perseverance. "The first month, I'd go pick him up at the end of the day and I'd get there 15 to 20 minutes early and just watch him."
Now that performance is done.
"I missed a lot," Hill says with a laugh. "I'm catching up on things. I went to see 'Crazy Rich Asians' — so, going to the movies. I was reading the Kavanaugh hearing stuff. Everything feels so surreal."
Throughout the summer, I checked in on Hill's performance, repeatedly drawn in by the topics it explored, its fraught symbolism, its stubborn steadfastness.
When I first entered the gallery in June, he was dressed all in black, looking defiant, ready to face the weeks that lay before him. Over the course of the exhibition, the performance evolved.
In July, he wore white; by August, he was rocking a metallic gold sweatshirt, looking like an interstellar voyager ready to float into space. On some days, he seemed light, on others, he appeared to be willing himself to continue.
"I called them phases," he says. "The white, that was like, 'My body has settled into this, my mind has settled into the routine. The day is long but I don't have to answer emails.'" A wry laugh spills out.
The reaction of viewers seemed as much a part of the piece as the performance itself. Many visitors to the gallery avoided looking directly at Hill, casting only furtive glances in his direction. Hill says he had people jab at him to see if he was real.
"One older couple came in and the guy was, like, 'Do you get it?' and she's, like, 'No!' So they leave," he recalls. "They were there for, like, 10 seconds max. That was so funny to me."
But those who lingered were rewarded with something profound.
Hill had placed his body on a podium as an object to be evaluated — the hyper-scrutinized black, male body in a position to be scrutinized further still. To be a fair-skinned woman walking around that podium gazing at his legs, his arms and his chest was to feel complicit in our historical objectification. The black body scrutinized as vehicle for sport. The black body scrutinized as vehicle for labor. The black body on a podium. The black body on an auction block. One afternoon in the gallery, I found myself in tears.
Hill says many visitors to the gallery cried.
"People connect with what it feels like to want to completely throw in the towel," he says. "This isn't our game. We're in this thing that wasn't designed for us. It still grinds on us … It's hard being black, brown and queer. It's hard to be alive in spaces that are designed to kill you. But there I am, still standing."
Running laps
At its core, "Excellentia Mollitia, Victoria" is about Hill, 33, reexamining the places that have shaped him and reckoning with their significance to his life. The work began as a sketch that he produced early last year, shortly after returning home to Los Angeles after time in Boston and New York (where he was an artist in residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem).
Hill leads me out back to his mother's garage, which serves as his studio. Boxes and plastic crates are strewn about. There is a handful of drawings pinned to the wall. He digs around and produces a notebook and opens it to the corresponding page. It shows a running track and a hurdle. An adjacent text reads: "Run a lap (one per year spent) around every educational institution you have attended."
When curators at the Hammer Museum came calling for "Made in L.A.," Hill pitched them the idea. They said yes.
He began by running around the various schools he had attended in Los Angeles, actions elegantly recorded by photographer Texas Isaiah. "On each lap around the block that each campus is on, I would really think about who that teacher was at that time and what that meant in my life," Hill says. "There were some laps that were really difficult."
The actions acknowledged education as empowerment but also as something to be overcome, of the ways in which African Americans are welcomed — and not — into U.S. institutions. In this case, an educational system that claims to aspire to diversity even as it writes black history out of the textbooks.
"I have been trying to grapple with what it means to be included in spaces we've been taught to strive for," Hill says. "The better neighborhoods or the better schools."
"Is it possible to design these spaces with the best intent?" he asks. "Rather than replicating the power structure that we're trying to dismantle?"
Just as powerful was the symbol of sport. The motif channeled one of the few avenues of success open to African Americans in the 20th century. On the floor lay a wooden torch — evocative of competition but also of hate.
"The Olympic torch, it's one thing," says Hill, "but if you put that torch on someone else's front lawn, it means something else."
Throughout the course of the exhibition, visitors to the galleries frequently tripped or stepped on the torch, like a shameful piece of history that continuously reemerges as physical irritant.
Reaching the podium
The performance, however, was not without humor.
One of the schools Hill attended was UCLA, where he received his master of fine arts degree in 2013. Of his experience there, he remains ambivalent. Like most MFAs, the degree is supposed to be about art and its ideas. But like many MFA programs at prestigious universities, the competitiveness of the art market seeps into the program.
"Culver City galleries were breezing through our studios," says Hill. "And there'd be the talk of, 'So-and-so sold out their open studio.'
"There's this competition in art to become something. If you think of rappers, the whole persona of 'I'm No. 1' — within art, it's very much present, but you're supposed to be coy about it."
Hill decided not to be coy. He placed himself on the podium slot reserved for the gold medalist.
"I knew it was a bold move to put myself in first place and just claim that," he says with a smile.
And certainly, to stand beneath Hill in the gallery, elevated on his winner's perch, was to gaze at a figure who was larger than life.
The artist's original plan had been to run laps around UCLA once the performance at the Hammer was complete. But he says the experience left him feeling resolved.
"I've seen all of the people who were part of that experience all summer, so I'm good."
Now he is working on his reentry into everyday life. The day after completing his performance, he was scheduled to fly to Boston to begin a fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.
"It was a very extreme remove," he says. "I got to spend beautiful moments in that room with complete strangers. But now I'm back on the hamster wheel."
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|Net Worth in INR
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Who is Ambati Rayudu?
Ambati Rayudu is a Indian Cricketer who is more popularly known as Amba.
He is the current captain of the Andhra-Pradesh cricket team.
He basically is a right handed middle order batsman and a occasional but perfect wicket keeper.
He also bowls right arm off-spin.
Rayudu plays for "Hyderabad Domestic Cricket Team"and in IPL for "Chennai Super Kings".
Ambati Rayudu Wiki, Bio, Physical Stats
|Ambati Rayudu
|Full Name
|Ambati Thirupathi Rayudu
|September 23, 1985
|35 Years
|5 Feet 8 Inches
|Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
|Civil Status
|Net Worth 2021
|$ 9 Millions
Early Life of Ambati Rayudu
The full name of Ambati Rayudu is "Ambati Thirupathi Rayudu",
However, he is very popularly known as Amba.
Amba was born on September 23, 1985, in Guntur;
It is located in Andhra Pradesh along the east coast of Bay of Bengal.
Ambati has completed his primary education from "Bhavan's Sri RamaKrishna Vidyalaya, Sainikpuri".
Ambati Rayudu Family
Ambati belongs to a Hindu Kapu family, moreover, he belonged to a middle class family.
Rayudu's father's name is Sambasiva Rao, he was a is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian Lok Sabha.
As per the information provided by Amba himself. Amba's father was his biggest inspiration and support to choose Cricket as a profession or a career.
Career Details of Ambati Rayudu
Ambati started his journey in playing cricket professionally with playing for Hyderabad youth teams in the time period of 1995-2000, where he played under 16 and under 19 levels.
While his first debut for Hyderabad was in January 2002, in the Ranji Trophy.
He was 16 years old at that moment.
This was the same year, when he became the captain of India Under 17.
From 2002-03 Ranji Trophy, Rayudu was present in all of the matches held in Hyderabad Ranji Trophy.
In the year 2003, Ambati became the first most youngest player to complete a double century and a century in the same game.
This was the time when Rayudu started climbing his stairs of success.
In the year 2004,
He got the opportunity to lead Indian Cricket team as a captain in the "2004 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup" in Bangladesh.
Later in 2005, Amba changed to Andhra for the season 2005–06 in the Ranji Trophy.
Later, he also played for "Hyderabad Heroes and ICL" for 2007 and 2008.
I would say that, years 2012-13 must be special to Ambati Rayudu,
As he became the top-scorer in the 2012-13 Deodhar Trophy finals.
So, these all were the major turn of events from Rayudu's life.
Personal Life of Ambati Rayudu
Talking about Ambati Rayudu's personal life,
Amba is one of the most confident and a goal oriented person having a strong willpower.
He is now married to his college love, "Chennupali Vidya" on February 14, 2009.
They had studied in the same college, and met during the first year of graduation.
They became friends and started falling for each other eventually.
Ambati Rayudu Income
|Monthly Income
|₹ 27+ Lakhs
|Yearly Income
|₹ 3.5+ Crores
|Total IPL Income Until 2021
|₹ 258,200,000
|Player Salary Rank
Sources of Income
The major source of Ambati Rayudu Net worth comes basically from his profession in Cricket.
He has earned this fortune through various international and National and Domestic matches and of course from IPL.
Other sources of his income are as follows:
- Brand Endorsements
- Advertisements
- Sponsorships
- Investments
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On which day Rayudu played his his first international match?
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Saturday, April 30, 2016
der will zur macht - beezees....,
Posted by CNu at 4/30/2016 03:41:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: as above-so below , individual sovereignty , play-at-your-level , work
a living word cloud on shared drive?
Posted by CNu at 4/30/2016 09:27:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: narrative , Possibilities
it's happening to you right now
[T]he conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government that is the true ruling power of this country. We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of… In almost every act of our daily lives… we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons … who pull the wires which control the public mind.[1]
Posted by CNu at 4/30/2016 09:26:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Livestock Management
Friday, April 29, 2016
where on the Titanic would you like your deck chair ma'am?
Posted by CNu at 4/29/2016 12:39:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: musical chairs , What Now?
bankster parasites raping, pillaging, and slaughtering chinese peasants too...,
Posted by CNu at 4/29/2016 06:42:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Collapse Casualties , Collapse Crime , musical chairs , Pimphand Strong
china ancient and decadent as hell, but was this specific casino-parasitism homegrown or imported?
The CSRC comments confirmed a Reuters story earlier on Friday that the regulator had asked commodity futures exchanges in Dalian, Shanghai and Zhengzhou to bring speculative trading activity under control.
Investors, including hedge funds and retail investors, have placed big bets on Chinese commodities futures this year, driving up contracts including in iron ore, rebar, cotton and even eggs. The rally has prompted many analysts to warn of similarities with a boom in the country's stock markets, which reversed into a sharp crash last summer.
The futures market should stick to its fundamental purpose of serving the real economy, and regulators will "adamantly prevent the futures market from becoming a hotbed for short-term speculators," the CSRC said in a statement on its official microblog.
"We will continue to guide the exchanges to take appropriate actions against excessive speculation and illegal behaviors," the regulator said.
Three people with direct knowledge of the situation said the CSRC had issued its order to the exchanges to bring speculative trading under control on Monday.
In response, the exchanges ordered major institutional investors that lack a commodities background to rein in their trading, the people said. They didn't define what was meant by a lack of background in commodities.
"Many local media and researchers mentioned the huge volume and volatility," said one of the people. "The regulator felt nervous. They hope to keep stability."
A spokesman at the Dalian Commodity Exchange declined to comment on the CSRC order, but said the exchange would further improve its mechanism for controlling risks.
The Shanghai Futures Exchange did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange could not be reached for comment.
The sources said the latest measures were partly aimed at cracking down on high-frequency trading, although they did not provide further details.
Posted by CNu at 4/29/2016 06:39:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: banksterism , Collapse Crime , not a good look , parasitic
Thursday, April 28, 2016
the greatest employer is war, not only does it put people to work, it reduces and controls population
Posted by CNu at 4/28/2016 01:02:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: WW-III
soros is not expecting china economic collapse, he is observing it
Posted by CNu at 4/28/2016 12:31:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: Collapse Casualties , reality casualties , WW-III
gee, I wonder which of these congressional parasites has something to hide?
Posted by CNu at 4/28/2016 07:33:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: professional and managerial frauds , Rule of Law , tricknology , What IT DO Shawty...
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
addiction is less about drugs and more about human connection
Posted by CNu at 4/27/2016 08:25:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: addiction , necropolitics , niggerization , parasitic , Rule of Law
Princeton Study finds that ALL net employment growth in the US from 2005-2015 was in "Alternative Work Arrangements"
Posted by CNu at 4/27/2016 08:06:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: austerity , contraction , Livestock Management , niggerization
sandra bland suffered a uniquely american and all-too-common death by a thousand cuts....,
Posted by CNu at 4/27/2016 07:47:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: American Original , niggerization , not-seeism , Race and Ethnicity , reality casualties , Rule of Law
hundreds of thousands to lose SNAP benefits...,
Posted by CNu at 4/27/2016 07:17:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: austerity , cultural darwinism , food , hardscrabble , helplessness
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
civilian control of the military slipping right along with establishment control of the proles?
Posted by CNu at 4/26/2016 10:57:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: governance , Rule of Law , unspeakable
progressives too ignorant and emotional to function as anything other than useful idiots for the .0001%
Posted by CNu at 4/26/2016 07:22:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: 2parties1ideology , micro-insurgencies , Possibilities
the status quo has failed and is beyond reform
Posted by CNu at 4/26/2016 06:37:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Childhood's End , FAIL , governance , What Now?
saudi government paid pakistan to hold bin laden to avoid u.s. interrogation?
Ken Klippenstein: In the book you describe Saudi financial support for the compound in which Osama Bin Laden was being kept in Pakistan. Was that Saudi government officials, private individuals or both?
Seymour Hersh: The Saudis bribed the Pakistanis not to tell us [that the Pakistani government had Bin Laden] because they didn't want us interrogating Bin Laden (that's my best guess), because he would've talked to us, probably. My guess is, we don't know anything really about 9/11. We just don't know. We don't know what role was played by whom.
Posted by CNu at 4/26/2016 06:36:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Childhood's End , Obamamandian Imperative , political theatre , professional and managerial frauds
Monday, April 25, 2016
american democracy is conspicuously rigged...,
Posted by CNu at 4/25/2016 07:27:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: 2parties1ideology , professional and managerial frauds , What IT DO Shawty...
tard-whisperer freely mixes truth and lies into an indigestible political stew...,
Posted by CNu at 4/25/2016 07:13:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Ass Clownery , identity politics , political theatre , professional and managerial frauds
in an age of privilege, not everyone is on the same boat...,
Posted by CNu at 4/25/2016 04:47:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: conspicuous consumption , global system of 1% supremacy , musical chairs
Sunday, April 24, 2016
is the university of wisconsin-madison the next mizzou?
As it relates to the recent arrest of the student, it is my belief that UW–Madison has taken appropriate steps to respond to our community's concerns.
Chief Sue Riseling has apologized for UWPD entering the student's classroom, commenced a review of departmental procedures and shared available footage of the incident to ensure transparency. The results of the investigation will be shared, when available.
Embedded in the student demands are requests for actions that I do not believe are reasonable, or even lawful, for me to take. In fact, several of the demands seek to apply authority that the university does not have under state law or UW System policies and procedures.
I intend to continue to address campus climate and race issues through the series ofconcrete steps that I outlined earlier this semester. We have not sat idly by as these problems have grown more difficult.
Posted by CNu at 4/24/2016 09:08:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Cathedral , Collapse Casualties , doesn't end well , identity politics
Hon.Bro.Preznit tells BLM to sit down, assimilate, cooperate...,
Posted by CNu at 4/24/2016 06:42:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: assimilate , Cathedral , Obamamandian Imperative
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Granny Goodness a capo de tutti capi in that war-criminal life...,
Posted by CNu at 4/23/2016 09:11:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Granny Goodness , unspeakable
Friday, April 22, 2016
why the sudden scrum around the 28 pages and document 17?
Posted by CNu at 4/22/2016 07:41:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: The Great Game , tricknology , What Now?
see, not awkward at all....,
Posted by CNu at 4/22/2016 07:20:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: not a good look , Obamamandian Imperative , The Great Game
money can't solve stupid, incompetent, self-serving, and mismanaged...,
Posted by CNu at 4/22/2016 06:43:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Ass Clownery , food-powered , make-work , unspeakable
u.s. military spending vs the world is crazy
Posted by CNu at 4/22/2016 06:34:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: doesn't end well , not a good look , unspeakable
Thursday, April 21, 2016
"If we let Americans sue Saudis for 9/11, foreigners will begin suing US non-stop"
Posted by CNu at 4/21/2016 07:15:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: American Original , corporatism , individual sovereignty , niggerization , Obamamandian Imperative , Rule of Law
oil, mining, and the state department created liberia and panama for tax evasion...,
Posted by CNu at 4/21/2016 06:13:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: American Original , Deep State , History's Mysteries , professional and managerial frauds , unspeakable , What IT DO Shawty...


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Update!!! We did a review on the latest from The Trews, and Paul Manchin — both up and coming Canadian artists with new music on the rise. We featured The Trews' new album Civilianaires, and Paul Manchin's album Swim. Here's the scoop:
Artist: The Trews
Latest Release: Civilianaires
The Nova Scotia-bred, Hamilton, Ontario-based band The Trews return with their sixth studio album, Civilianaires, and certainly one of their best to date.
Led by singer/guitarist Colin MacDonald, along with guitarist John Angus-MacDonald, bassist Jack Syperek and drummer Chris Gormley, The Trews have opened for huge acts in the past like The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen, and have two Gold albums and many music industry awards to their credit.
Key cuts on the new 13-track disc include the title track "Civilianaires," co-written by Serena Ryder, the second single "Vintage Love," co-written and co-produced by Max Kermen of The Arkells, the raucous raver "The New Us" and the addictive and haunting potential radio single "No More Saying Goodbye."
A fall tour with dates in Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and New York are already set, with more to follow. To stay updated on their latest releases, follow them on instagram @thetrews. Or, visit their website at www.thetrewsmusic.com
Artist: Paul Manchin
Album: Swim
Independent Canadian singer/songwriter Paul Manchin has captured the attention of some of New York's best known DJs and has worked with such luminaries as Matt Forger (Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson) and Chin Injeti (Eminem), and has just released his new album Swim.
All the songs are written by Manchin and the various songs on the album are produced by Manchin, Denzil Remedios, The Pursuit of Happiness frontman Moe Berg, and Fergus Hambleton (The Sattalites), Swim is available on itunes and Google Play. The album was recorded in Toronto and New York, and mastered by Chris Crerar (Metalworks).
Led off by the first single and video "Lift" and his latest single "What Makes People Happy," the new album is sure to join the list of his successful previous album, Salutations, which yielded the radio singles "Spin," "King" and "One," which all received tremendous radio support across Canada.
Prior to Swim, Manchin has previously release seven digital albums, including Salutations, and his music has been included on a number of compilation recordings, including Rock America, PlayNetwork and Screenplay. His unique voice and style has led to airplay on MTV, Bravo!, Sirius/XM, Galaxie and other major broadcasting outlets around the world.
Check out the video for "Lift," the first single from Swim:
It's safe to say music is an immense, huge part of culture. Luckily, there's always new music to explore and listen to from your favourite artists, and there's tons of artists that have yet to be discovered as well. Until then, we'll keep you updated on new music you should listen to if you're looking to update your spotify playlist.
To keep up with the latest music, album releases and updates on pop culture, follow us @HOLRMagazine.


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PHP is one of the most favored languages in a web development scenario today. This popularity has led to a rise in the number of PHP frameworks, which makes it easier for the expert PHP Developers to build a feasible solution for the business requirements. Codeignitor and Laravel are two such popular PHP frameworks with distinct advantages and disadvantages.
In this post, we will discuss the features and differences between these two PHP frameworks and try to ascertain where to use these frameworks more optimally.
Features of CodeIgniter
CodeIgniter is a popular PHP framework used in web application development. It helps in improving the speed of web development in PHP by its robust functionality and versatile features.
CodeIgniter follows the MVC (Model View Controller) pattern, which helps in making the process of web development more straightforward. Also, it allows developers to build secure web applications.
Let's have a look at some features of CodeIgniter.
Low server requirement
CodeIgniter, through the MVC model, enables the developers to separate the code in a clear and easy to understand manner. It is compatible with PHP4 and PHP5 and allows the developers to build and manage large web apps.
CodeIgniter allows the developers to speed up the web development process by implementing database caching and page caching. These features help in caching the web pages in the fully rendered state. CodeIgniter even allows the developers to decide the time of caching.
Buttery smooth installation
CodeIgniter is a versatile framework as it provides plenty of freedom to the developers. The coders can bring variations like writing new code libraries in CodeIgniter. Being a small footprint framework, CodeIgniter is faster and is easy to install, which comes in very handy as the installation of frameworks can prove to be particularly challenging.
CodeIgniter helps the developers by providing built-in code libraries like zip-encoding, unit testing, and sessions uploading.
Simplified database editing
Codeigniter allows you to extract information from the database easily. This means that the developers can easily update the database without the need for writing raw SQL. With Codeigniter, the developers can easily edit the database and add or remove columns
Built-in security tools
CodeIgniter comes with some of the best security tools which help the developers in building secure web applications.
Features such as enabling cookie encryption and handling session data while using a database, empowers the developers. These features help the developers in choosing how much security does the web app need.
Better Error Handling Function
CodeIgniter has a robust error handling function that is user-friendly and helps the developers in identifying the errors in their code quickly.
Explore: Well-Researched List of Best CodeIgniter Development Companies.
Features of Laravel
Laravel is a popular open-source web development framework based on PHP. It was built to apply the concept of MVC in web application development. The fact that the framework is open-source and more secure has led to its immense popularity.
Let's have a look at some of the most exciting features of Laravel.
Laravel provides the developer with many pre-built modules and code libraries that help in building high-quality web applications. A composer dependency manager is provided in Laravel, which makes life easier for developers.
Easy scalability
Laravel enables the developers to define various routes which help in scaling up the application pretty fast.
Good testing features
Laravel helps the testers to test their web applications in a much faster and efficient manner by providing various test cases. A phpunit.xml file is integrated into your app and framework with helper methods. Thus allowing the developers to test their applications in a better manner.
Laravel provides features like ORM(Object-Relational Mapper) and a powerful query builder, which helps in managing large databases.
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Key differences between the two
Although both the platforms are very good for PHP application development, there are some critical differences between them let's discuss.
Support for PHP's latest version
While both Laravel and CodeIgniter are compatible with the latest PHP version 7, many developers find it challenging to use CodeIgniter with PHP7.
While the documentation of CodeIgniter is easy to understand, Laravel has extensive documentation.
Implementation of MVC
Both platforms use MVC patterns, which allows the developers to develop web applications in a fast manner. The only difference is that there is extensive documentation in the MVC pattern of Laravel.
While that of CodeIgniter is pretty easy to learn and implement. CodeIgniter allows the user to operate outside MVC, which is not the case with Laravel.
Usage of database structures
Laravel uses ORM, while CodeIgniter uses OOM(Object-Oriented Mapping). Laravel is better for relational data and will give better results with data sets that have some transparent relationships with each other.
For storing unrelated data like photos and videos, using CodeIgniter will prove a better option.
The libraries of Laravel are extensive and well documented, which allows the developers to build faster by providing them with access to many building blocks. While in CodeIgniter, the libraries are not so extensive.
Support of community
Laravel has a much larger developer population than CodeIgniter, and hence the community support of Laravel is better than that of CodeIgniter.
Template engine
Laravel has the blade template engine, which provides robust support to developers and helps them in optimizing the performance of the website. While CodeIgniter does not have any template engine and the developer has to integrate CodeIgniter with other template engines.
Support for REST APIs
Laravel provides RESTful controllers, which enable the developers to build REST APIs quickly. The developers working with CodeIgniter have to put in significantly more effort to create custom REST APIs.
Learning curve
Laravel comes loaded with many features, and hence, it takes time to learn this language, while CodeIgniter is easy to learn.
Support for HTTPs
Laravel enables the developers to build custom HTTPs routes. Laravel provides the developers with the option of making a specific URL for every HTTPs route.
CodeIgniter lacks support for HTTPs route, here the developers have to manage the URL helpers to support secure data transmission.
Developers can quickly implement authorization and authentication in Laravel, while in CodeIgniter, it is much more difficult as the developers need to write custom extensions for implementing authorization and authentication.
Verdict based on the Comparison between CodeIgniter and Laravel
For building simple websites that do not require the bells and whistles of an enterprise-level website, you can use CodeIgniter. The framework is easy to learn and implement, and the web application developed with Laravel will be able to run lightweight web applications efficiently.
For building enterprise-level websites that require integrating complex functionalities into a website, you should use Laravel.


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e-Assessment for learning and performativity in higher education: A case for existential learning
Keywords:assessment, higher education, formative assessment, assessment for learning
This paper provides a critical and contextualised exploration of assessment for learning (AfL) as an important area of scholarship in higher education, particularly in online learning environments. Although AfL can speak to a range of education discourses, the specific focus here is on the performativity and experiential learning discourses around individual and collective notions of AfL in online settings (e-AfL). We argue that e-AfL practices that emphasise performativity and are used primarily for technicist purposes impoverish their potential to promote learning. We explore the existential notion that e-AfL can transcend formulaic and procedural interpretations of formative assessment in higher education. Rich, divergent approaches to e-AfL can support students in higher education courses to develop their funds of identity, thereby enhancing learner reflexivity and agency.
How to Cite
Articles published in the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET) are available under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Authors retain copyright in their work and grant AJET right of first publication under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
This copyright notice applies to articles published in AJET volumes 36 onwards. Please read about the copyright notices for previous volumes under Journal History.


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