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Nigeria: ECOWAS reviews flagship free movement protocol
15 may 2014 00:04:35
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)
- ECOWAS has launched a review of its flagship free movement protocol to eliminate the requirement for residence permit which has been a source of "discrimination and harassment" of community citizens, ECOWAS Commission President Kadré Ouédraogo has said.
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©-Panapress-15 may 2014 00:04:35-thread Politics (274words)
Nigeria: ECOWAS security, intelligence chiefs meet in Ghana over Boko Haram
14 may 2014 00:28:34
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- Against the backdrop of the worsening terrorist attacks in Nigeria and the abduction of over 200 school girls by the Boko Haram terror group, chiefs of security and intelligence of ECOWAS member states are due to meet in Ghana's capital, Accra, Wednesday, PANA reported, quoting Nigerian defence sources.
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©-Panapress-14 may 2014 00:28:34-thread Society (300words)
Nigeria/ECOWAS: Gender training workshop opens in Abuja
29 april 2014 12:46:06
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)
- A three-day National Gender Training Workshop opened in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, Tuesday with a consensus by participants that the West African sub-region would gain more if women are properly mainstreamed into governance and decision making.
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©-Panapress-29 april 2014 12:46:06-thread Gender (435words)
Mali: Malian diplomat elected coordinator of WACSOF
28 april 2014 15:49:17
Bamako, Mali (PANA)
- The former Malian ambassador to Germany and President of the Association for the Promotion and Defence of Women's Rights (APDF), Fatoumata Siré Diakité, was Sunday in Bamako elected coordinator of the national platform of the West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF) for a four-year term.
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©-Panapress-28 april 2014 15:49:17-thread Society (118words)
Nigeria: ECOWAS parliament meets in Ghana, task leaders on security, employment
24 april 2014 17:52:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)
– A two-day dialogue session on the challenges of border crossing and opportunities for trade and finance for ECOWAS parliament member countries has begun in Accra, Ghana.
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©-Panapress-24 april 2014 17:52:49-thread Politics (472words)
Morocco: ECOWAS seeks Moroccan support to promote stability in the Sahel
23 april 2014 14:35:23
Rabat, Morocco (PANA)
- The ECOWAS Commission President, Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo, is seeking support from Morocco to enable the regional body to consolidate stability and peace as well as promote development in the Sahel region.
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©-Panapress-23 april 2014 14:35:23-thread Politics (304words)
Nigeria: ECOWAS certifies G/Bissau election free, fair, transparent
15 april 2014 13:42:45
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)
- The ECOWAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) has certified Sunday's legislative and presidential elections in Guinea-Bissau ''peaceful, free, fair and transparent''.
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©-Panapress-15 april 2014 13:42:45-thread Politics (286words)
Cote d'Ivoire: Private-sector operators validate ECOWAS investment code, policy
06 april 2014 10:34:09
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)
- Representatives of regional organized private sector and other stakeholders rose from their three-day meeting in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, on Saturday, validating the draft ECOWAS Investment Code and Policy, with minor amendments.
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©-Panapress-06 april 2014 10:34:09-thread Economy (351words)
Mali: 8th session of ECOWAS tax administration forum opens in Bamako
04 april 2014 17:03:02
Bamako, Mali (PANA)
– The tax administrations from the 15 ECOWAS member countries are taking part in the eighth session of the forum for West Africa's tax administrations (FAFAO) that opened here Friday, sources close to the Malian ministry of Economy and Finances told PANA.
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©-Panapress-04 april 2014 17:03:02-thread Economy (181words)
Cote d'Ivoire: 'Massive sensitisation necessary ahead of malaria elimination campaign'
04 april 2014 08:48:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)
- A meeting preparatory to the application of biolarvicides under the ECOWAS Malaria Elimination Campaign has ended in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, with a call for the organisation of national conferences to harmonise and deepen public knowledge before the commencement of the application by the next ECOWAS Day on 28 May 2014.
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©-Panapress-04 april 2014 08:48:09-thread Health (372words)
Cote d'Ivoire: ECOWAS rallies support for regional investment code, policy
04 april 2014 08:36:32
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)
- The ECOWAS Commission has urged the organised private sector and other stakeholders to make quality input into the draft ECOWAS Investment Code and Policy, the adoption of which is crucial to the effective implementation of the regional Common Investment Market (ECIM).
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©-Panapress-04 april 2014 08:36:32-thread Economy (386words)
Cote d'Ivoire: ECOWAS seeks awareness on role of capital markets
03 april 2014 13:53:34
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)
- The ECOWAS Commission has called on market operators and other stakeholders to step up citizenship awareness of the roles of capital markets in wealth creation and management and overall economic development, to maximise the benefits of the upcoming integrated regional capital markets.
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©-Panapress-03 april 2014 13:53:34-thread Economy (412words)
Cote d'Ivoire: ECOWAS boosts malaria elimination campaign
01 april 2014 15:54:33
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)
- The ECOWAS Commission has launched a regional sensitisation efforts on the planned region-wide application of biolarvicides for malaria elimination in the region, using the vector control strategy.
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©-Panapress-01 april 2014 15:54:33-thread Health (545words)
Cote d'Ivoire: 'Disrupt Guinea Bissau election, face severe consequences'
31 march 2014 11:18:15
Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)
- ECOWAS has strongly warned that any attempt to disrupt Guinea Bissau's legislative and presidential elections next month will be met with ''severe consequences''.
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©-Panapress-31 march 2014 11:18:15-thread Politics (284words)
Cote d'Ivoire: ECOWAS lifts infrastructure development with Treaty signing
30 march 2014 15:54:48
Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)
- The West African regional bloc ECOWAS took a major step in its avowed commitment to regional infrastructure development with the signing of the Treaty on the Lagos-Abidjan Highway Project, on the sidelines of its just-concluded 44th Ordinary Summit here, PANA reported Sunday.
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©-Panapress-30 march 2014 15:54:48-thread Economy (354words)
Cote d'Ivoire/ECOWAS: Ghana's President assumes office as ECOWAS Chair as summit ends
29 march 2014 14:26:08
Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)
- The 44th ordinary summit of ECOWAS rounded off here Saturday with President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana assuming the post of the chairmanship of the 15-member regional bloc.
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©-Panapress-29 march 2014 14:26:08-thread Politics (326words)
Cote d'Ivoire: Ghana's President Mahama elected ECOWAS Chairman
28 march 2014 20:18:40
Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)
- President John Dramani Manama of Ghana has been elected chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
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©-Panapress-28 march 2014 20:18:40-thread (67words)
BREAKING NEWS: Ghana's President Mahama elected ECOWAS Chairman
28 march 2014 20:10:06
Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)
- President John Dramani Manama of Ghana has been elected chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
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©-Panapress-28 march 2014 20:10:06-thread Politics (49words)
Cote d'Ivoire/ECOWAS: AU nudges Mali on all inclusive talks
28 march 2014 18:29:58
Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)
- African Union's High Representative for Mali and the Sahel, Mr. Pierre Buyoya, has called on the Malian authorities to launch all-inclusive talks to help achieve permanent peace and stability in the West African nation.
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©-Panapress-28 march 2014 18:29:58-thread Politics (329words)
Cote d'Ivoire/ECOWAS: West Africa's economy to grow by 7.1% in 2014
28 march 2014 18:25:05
Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)
- West Africa will remain the most dynamic African Regional Economic Community (REC) in 2014 with an economic growth rate forecast at 7.1 per cent, up from 6.3 per cent the previous year, according to the 2013 annual report presented by ECOWAS Commission President Kadré Desire Ouédraogo to the summit of regional leaders in Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire, Friday.
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©-Panapress-28 march 2014 18:25:05-thread Economy (502words)
Cote d'Ivoire/ECOWAS: Ebola outbreak in Guinea, threat to regional security - ECOWAS
28 march 2014 17:17:18
Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)
- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called for a regional response to the Ebola hemorrhagic fever which broke out in one of its member states, Guinea, and is threatening others, calling the outbreak ''a serious threat to regional security."
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©-Panapress-28 march 2014 17:17:18-thread Health (338words)
Cote d'Ivoire: ECOWAS 'makes quantum leap' in economic integration
28 march 2014 16:47:45
Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)
- The 15-member regional bloc ECOWAS has made a ''quantum leap'' in the advancement of its economic integration, with the adoption of Common External Tariff (CET), efforts to relaunch monetary integration and the conclusion of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations with the EU, a top ECOWAS official said Friday.
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©-Panapress-28 march 2014 16:47:45-thread Economy (277words)
Cote d'Ivoire/ECOWAS: '2013, year of ECOWAS victory'
28 march 2014 16:10:12
Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)
- ECOWAS Commission President Kadre Desire Ouedraogo has described 2013 as the ''year of ECOWAS victory over the forces of terrorism, crime and obscurantism as well as over the demons of division and destabilisation''.
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©-Panapress-28 march 2014 16:10:12-thread Politics (332words)
Cote d'Ivoire/ECOWAS: 44th ECOWAS Summit records impressive turnout of leaders (Corrected, adding Mamadou Issoufou of Niger)
28 march 2014 15:35:26
Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)
- The 44th Ordinary Summit of the West African regional bloc ECOWAS, which started off in Cote d'Ivoire's inland capital city of Yamoussoukro here Friday, is being attended by 13 Heads of State and Government, a turnout considered impressive by observers.
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©-Panapress-28 march 2014 15:35:26-thread Politics (236words)
Cote d'Ivoire: ECOWAS leaders meet in Yamoussoukro
28 march 2014 10:42:38
Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)
- The 44th ordinary session of the ECOWAS heads of state and government opened here Friday with the Chairman, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, presiding.
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©-Panapress-28 march 2014 10:42:38-thread Politics (98words)
Nigeria: Jonathan leaves for ECOWAS summit Thursday
26 march 2014 18:31:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)
– Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, will depart Abuja Thursday for Yamoussoukro, Cote D'Ivoire, to participate in the 44th Ordinary Session of the Conference of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government.
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©-Panapress-26 march 2014 18:31:36-thread Politics (208words)
Nigeria/ECOWAS: Church leaders demand ''full transparency'' on EPA negotiations
25 march 2014 21:34:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)
- Ahead of the ECOWAS Heads of States and Governments Summit in Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire, 28-30 March, Nigerian Church leaders have demanded for full transparency and accountability in the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations.
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©-Panapress-25 march 2014 21:34:25-thread (528words)
Nigeria: 7 judges recruited for ECOWAS court of justice
21 march 2014 16:02:23
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)
- The ECOWAS Judicial Council, comprising the Chief Justices of Member States, has approved the recommendations of its ad-hoc committee on the recruitment of seven new judges to replace those whose terms have expired at the Community Court of Justice.
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©-Panapress-21 march 2014 16:02:23-thread Society (392words)
Nigeria: ECOWAS condoles with Sierra Leone over Pres. Kabbah
18 march 2014 09:03:22
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)
- ECOWAS Commission President Kadre Desire Ouedraogo has expressed ''shock and sadness'' at the the passing away of the former President of Sierra Leone, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, at the age of 82
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©-Panapress-18 march 2014 09:03:22-thread Society (225words)
Nigeria: ECOWAS condoles with Nigeria over Uwechue's death
18 march 2014 08:48:35
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)
- ECOWAS Commission Presdident Kadré Desire Ouédraogo has expressed a ''profound sense of grief'' at the death of Nigerian diplomat Raph Uwechue, at the age of 79.
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©-Panapress-18 march 2014 08:48:35-thread Society (233words)
Nigeria: ECOWAS fast tracking regional integration through free movement
15 march 2014 13:57:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)
- The ECOWAS Commission has said it is irrevocably committed to facilitating regional integration through effective implementation of its flagship free movement protocol and programmes, which promote unfettered circulation of persons, goods and services.
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©-Panapress-15 march 2014 13:57:04-thread (494words)
Togo: Churches warn ECOWAS on EPA
13 march 2014 14:13:07
Lome, Togo (PANA)
- Secretary-General of the Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in West Africa, Rev. Tolbert Thomas Jallah, Jr., has expressed great disappointment over the fast-track conclusion of the EPA deal between ECOWAS and the European Union (EU).
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©-Panapress-13 march 2014 14:13:07-thread Economy (498words)
Senegal: ECOWAS trains Senegalese journos on SALW
12 march 2014 16:39:33
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)
- About 30 Senegalese journalists on Tuesday began a three-day workshop in Dakar aimed at sensitising and building the capacity of the media on the flow of small arms and light weapons (SALW).
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©-Panapress-12 march 2014 16:39:33-thread Society (212words)
Benin: Minister commends ECOWAS Commission on regional integration
03 march 2014 14:51:17
Ouidah, Benin (PANA)
- The Minister for Economy and Finance in Benin, Mr. Jonas Gbian, has commended the collaborative efforts of the ECOWAS Commission and its Member States in promoting the integration process, saying that this had created, among others, a better understanding of the regional Protocol on Free Movement of Persons and Goods.
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Nigeria: ECOWAS ministers meet in Abuja over Lagos-Abidjan highway project
28 february 2014 08:06:41
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)
- Ministers of Works and Road Infrastructure of the five ECOWAS Member States involved in the multi-million-dollar Lagos-Abidjan Corridor Highway Project meet in Abuja Friday to put in motion activities towards the actualization of the 1,028-kilometre road project linking some of the region's major capital cities and ports.
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©-Panapress-28 february 2014 08:06:41-thread Economy (289words)
Niger: ECOWAS meeting on biometric national identity card holds
26 february 2014 17:53:53
Niamey, Niger (PANA)
- Security ministers from ECOWAS member states met here Wednesday to discuss the entry into circulation of the biometric national identity card in the Community.
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©-Panapress-26 february 2014 17:53:53-thread Society (148words)
Nigeria: ECOWAS, Benin promote regional integration with Caravan
25 february 2014 12:26:21
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- The ECOWAS Commission and the Government of Benin Republic will use the 9th Benin National Caravan, which opened Monday, as a collaborative platform to sensitise the citizens on the ECOWAS-led regional integration process, the Commission said Tuesday.
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©-Panapress-25 february 2014 12:26:21-thread Social (164words)
Senegal: Regional ministers endorse compromises for EPA negotiations
25 february 2014 09:07:50
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)
- West Africa's ministers of finance and trade have adopted the compromise proposals for concluding the decade-long negotiations of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) for a free trade area of the two regions, the ECOWAS Commission said in a statement.
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©-Panapress-25 february 2014 09:07:50-thread Economy (397words)
Nigeria/ECOWAS: Meeting on zero hunger initiative for West Africa holds in Accra
23 february 2014 09:53:17
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)
- ECOWAS, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and other partners, will this week launch the West Africa Zero Hunger Initiative targetting the eradication of hunger in the region and adopting a new approach to the governance of agricultural, food and nutrition issues in West Africa during an inception workshop scheduled for Accra, Ghana.
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©-Panapress-23 february 2014 09:53:17-thread Society (373words)
Senegal: West African Finance Ministers meet on EPA
17 february 2014 12:53:01
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)
- A meeting of West Africa's Ministers of Finance and Trade opened in Dakar, Senegal, Monday to consider proposals for concluding the protracted negotiations of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU), PANA reported.
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©-Panapress-17 february 2014 12:53:01-thread Economy (485words)
Mali: ECOWAS assures of continued assistance to Mali
14 february 2014 00:05:00
Bamako, Mali (PANA)
- ECOWAS will continue to offer assistance to Malians affected by the multidimensional crisis faced by the country, the regional bloc's Commissioner for Social Affairs and Gender, Mrs Fatimata Dia Sow, said in Bamako Thursday.
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©-Panapress-14 february 2014 00:05:00-thread Society (200words)
Ghana: Scale-up of regional peace, security architecture approved
13 february 2014 09:17:39
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
- Regional Ambassadors accredited to ECOWAS and the Technical Committee on Political Affairs have made additional recommendations for the operationalisation and strengthening of the regional peace and security architecture, particularly rapid and effective diplomatic and military responses to serious emergency situations.
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©-Panapress-13 february 2014 09:17:39-thread Politics (437words)
Nigeria: China, ECOWAS to partner on infrastructural facilities
12 february 2014 16:04:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)
- In line with its commitment to contribute to the integration and development of the West African region, China says it is considering to assist ECOWAS improve its infrastructure.
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Ghana: 'ECOWAS must respond rapidly, effectively to regional crisis'
11 february 2014 08:55:02
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
- ECOWAS Commission Vice President Toga McIntosh has underscored the need for the ECOWAS peace and security mechanisms to respond rapidly and effectively to the crises in the region, drawing lessons from the recent crisis in Mali.
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©-Panapress-11 february 2014 08:55:02-thread Politics (384words)
Ghana: Experts call for effective ECOWAS Standby Force
09 february 2014 08:52:08
Akosombo, Ghana (PANA)
- Experts who reviewed the ECOWAS intervention in Mali have urged the regional bloc to sign Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with its member states to enable them dedicate military units to the ECOWAS Standby Force (ESF), as part of efforts to strengthen and operationalise the regional peace and security architecture.
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©-Panapress-09 february 2014 08:52:08-thread Politics (754words)
Togo: ECOWAS Court to sit in Togo 10-14 Feb.
07 february 2014 11:43:48
Lomé, Togo (PANA)
- The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice will sit from 10 to 14 February in Lome, the Togolese capital, PANA learned Friday from judicial sources.
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©-Panapress-07 february 2014 11:43:48-thread Society (132words)
Ghana: Indian delegation visits ECOWAS regional electricity authority
05 february 2014 14:50:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
- An Indian delegation Tuesday visited the offices of the ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA), in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, where it met with the organisation's Chairman, El Hadj Ibrahima Thiam.
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©-Panapress-05 february 2014 14:50:25-thread Economy (292words)
Nigeria/ECOWAS: New ECOWAS Commissioners assume duty
05 february 2014 14:15:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)
- The seven new Commissioners of the ECOWAS Commission have assumed duty, the Commission said in a statement made available to PANA here Wednesday.
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©-Panapress-05 february 2014 14:15:52-thread Politics (381words)
Ghana: 'ECOWAS committed to bright future of community children'
05 february 2014 11:56:45
Akosombo, Ghana (PANA)
- The ECOWAS Commission is committed to ensuring the brightest future for Community children through the implementation of various child protection, education and development programmes, ECOWAS Commission President Kadré Ouédraogo said in Akosombo, Ghana, Tuesday.
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©-Panapress-05 february 2014 11:56:45-thread Social (459words)
Ghana: Ouedraogo urges 'sober reflection' on ECOWAS intervention in Mali
05 february 2014 11:42:10
Akosombo, Ghana (PANA)
- ECOWAS Commission President Kadré Desire Ouédraogo has called on partners and stakeholders to undertake a "sober reflection, healthy debate, and open self-criticism" of the regional bloc's interventions in Mali, in order to help the organisation and the region "to improve their conflict management and resolution capacity."
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Target (TGT) said Tuesday it plans to use MasterCard's (MA) chip-and-pin technology across its REDcard portfolio that will start in early 2015 The move comes as part of a slew of security enhancements to its platforms after last year's massive data breach. Target announced the REDcard improvement plans as part of a $100 million plan to move toward chip-and-pin technology. As the cards transition, all of Target's 1,797 U.S. stores will have new payment terminals installed allowing payments from those chip-enabled cards to be accepted in-store.
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"Target and MasterCard are taking an important step forward in providing consumers with a secure shopping experience, and the latest in payments technology," said Chris McWilton, president, North American Markets for MasterCard. "Our focus, together with Target, is on safety and security," Chris McWilton, president of North American Markets for MasterCard said in a press release Tuesday.
Other improvements to Target's security infrastructure include reviewing and limiting vendor access, developing new point-of-sale management tools, and reviewing the Target network firewall rules and governance process.
Target also announced it will appoint Bob DeRodes as the retailer's chief information officer and executive vice president, charged with leading the company's information technology transformation. Target said in a press release his responsibilities will include ongoing data-security enhancement, and developing a long-term information technology and digital roadmap for the retailer. DeRodes will begin in his new role May 5.
Target chairman, president and CEO Gregg Steinhafel said finding a clear path forward after the company's breach has been a top priority, and appointing a new CIO is a step in the right direction.
"I believe Target has a tremendous opportunity to take the lessons learned from this incident and enhance our overall approach to data security and information technology. Bob`s history of leading transformational change positions him well to lead our continued breach responses and guide our long-term digital strategy," Steinhafel said.
DeRodes comes to Target with 40 years of information technology and data security experience, including as senior information technology advisor for the Center for CIO Leadership, Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, and Justice Department. Further bolstering his experience are his positions as top technology positions at companies including Citi (NYSE:C), Home Depot (NYSE:HD), and Delta (NYSE:DAL).
"I look forward to helping shape information technology and data security at Target in the days and months ahead. It is clear to me that Target is an organization that is committed to doing whatever it takes to do right by their guests," said DeRodes.

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Who doesn't love to relax on the front porch with a nice, cool drink and watch the goings-on in the neighborhood? Set up your viewing area with a couple of patio chairs made of resin wicker that will hold up if you get excited and spill your drink. These swivel rocker patio chairs allow you to see all around you using very little body movement so you won't look like a fan at a tennis match moving your head back and forth to watch the game. Add a little patio table to hold your drink, phone and a magazine or two in case the excitement wears down.
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Salzburg [59] is a city in central Austria, near the German (Bavarian) border with a population of some 150,000 in 2013. If you have seen the movie The Sound of Music [60], you may think you know all there is to see in Salzburg. Admittedly, it is difficult not to burst into songs when you're walking along the Salzach River, or climbing up to the Hohensalzburg fortress which looms over the city. But there is a lot more to this compact, courtly city than Julie Andrews and as Mozart's birthplace.
Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria (after Vienna, Graz and Linz) and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. Its "Old Town", with its world famous baroque architecture, is one of the best-preserved city centers in the German-speaking world and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
Origins of name
The name Salzburg literally means "Salt Fortress", and derives its name from the barges carrying salt on the Salzach river, which were subject to a toll in the 8th century.
Early history and medieval period
Traces of human settlements dating to the Neolithic Age and later a Celt camp have been found in the area. Starting from 15 BC, the small communities were grouped into a single town which was named by the Romans as Juvavum. Little remains of the city from this period.
The Festung Hohensalzburg, the city's fortress, was built in 1077 and expanded in the following centuries. Independence from Bavaria was secured in the late 14th century.
Independent state
Salzburg has been the capital of an independent state from the early 14th century until 1805. It was ruled by prince-archbishops, who became rich by the salt mines located in the south of the city. This led to the architectural gem you see today, as not only materials, but also architects were imported from Italy and other European countries. This is also the reason why, compared to other Austrian cities, sacral monuments outnumber the few secular buildings in every respect. This is how Salzburg got the nickname the Rome of the north. Everywhere you go in this city you see and read about the legacy of the Archbishops.
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By car
Salzburg is well connected to both Vienna (Wien) and Munich (München), Germany via the autobahns A8 (Munich - Salzburg) and A1 (Salzburg - Vienna). There is an Austrian Motorway "Vignette" you have to purchase. The price varies depending on if you buy a yearly or 10 day vignette.
Driving around Salzburg can be a pain. The road names are small and written in a "Traditional" German font which can be hard to read. The best bet is to get into the city, find a parking space, and travel by foot. Be sure that if you are driving in cold weather to be prepared for snow. Snow chains should be recommended, in extreme weather. (All cars must have snow tires (Winterreifen) by law from October to April)
By train
Salzburg's train station, the Hauptbahnhof, is located to the north of the Salzach River within the New Town of Salzburg. The train ride from Munich to Salzburg takes about an hour and a half (Regional trains take about 2 hours), and international trains operate from Zurich, Zagreb, Ljubljana and Budapest to name just a few destinations. Inter-city trains operate very frequently (especially to Vienna where services are almost hourly). The station itself is currently undergoing renovation, slated to be finished by 2014. The station is operated by both the Austrian Federal Railway Company (ÖBB) and the National German Railway company (DB). Both companies have ticket stalls and machines in the station. The popular train pass for Bavaria sold by DB (in German: Bayern Ticket) also covers train rides between Bavaria and Salzburg, but it is only valid for Regional trains (code RE and RB). The rail pass can be brought from DB ticket stalls as well as DB Ticket Selling Machines in the station.
By bus
By plane
Get around
The best way to get around Salzburg is by foot. There is a network of city buses, the StadtBus, with numbers from 1 to 8 (O-Buses, electric) and 20-27 (fuel-powered). A single trip is €2.10, a 24 h ticket €5, a week €13.10. which covers the whole city. If you travel by bus, make sure you catch none of the last buses. They will take you several miles out of town with your only way back being by walking or taxi. With that said, if you need to get somewhere late at night it may be best to take a taxi or walk.
Conveniently, bus tickets can be bought on the buses from the bus driver. However, if you have time, buy the tickets in advance at a "Trafik", since they are then significantly cheaper. For example, a single trip then costs only €1.60, but you have to buy the tickets in blocks of 5.
The "Lokalbahn" train has a separate train station under the main train station and travels in the direction of Oberndorf and Lamprechtshausen. Tickets can be bought on the train.
Another option for exploring areas around the main city (Bad Ischl, Fuschlsee, etc.) are the POST-BUSes. These also leave from the main train station; tickets can be bought from the driver.
Finally, another excellent option is renting a bike. Salzburg has over 100 km of bike paths, and using this mode of transportation is often faster than bus, car or foot. There are also excellent bike paths on either side of the river which you can follow to either Freilassing (35 min), Oberndorf or Hallein (each about an hour away).
Having arrived at the airport (Flughafen Salzburg) it is very easy to make your way into the town centre by electric trolleybus or other modes of transport. Tickets for these services can be bought easily from the bus driver and you can travel from here to the "Hauptbahnhof" main station where you can reach many destinations, predominantly in Austria, but also across the whole of Europe.
A number of companies run coach tours in and around Salzburg. By far the most popular of these are dedicated to the locations featured in The Sound of Music.
For almost a century, Salzburg has hosted the world famous Salzburg Festival [66], with operas, concerts, and theater plays in different locations throughout the city. It was founded by Hugo von Hoffmansthal, Max Reinhardt and Richard Strauss in 1920. It takes place in July and August, the most famous piece is the "Jedermann" ("Everyman") by Hugo v. Hoffmansthal, being conducted in front of the Dom (Cathedral) every year.
More recently, festivals also take place during Easter time (with mostly Baroque music), and in autumn.
Salzburg Card
Depending on how long you want to stay in Salzburg and how much you want to pack into one day, the Salzburg Card could be a good investment, it includes:
A typical dessert from Salzburg is the Salzburg Nockerl. Don't try to eat it on your own, it's too heavy for one person!
Salzburg has a growing number of options available for email and Internet access:
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Nina Dobrev films a scene for her new movie Let's Be Cops on a late Friday evening (June 7) in Atlanta, Ga.
The 24-year-old actress was joined on the set that night by her co-stars Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr.
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Let's Be Cops is about a pair of buddies who hatch a plan to impersonate police officers but soon find themselves way in over their heads.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Saturday in the Brady Squash Center the No. 4-ranked Yale men's squash team saw its national championship campaign come to an end, losing to No. 1 Trinity 7-2 in the CSA Team Championship Semifinals.
The Bulldogs put up a good fight, taking five of the nine matches to four or more games, but the Bantams ultimately proved too much for them. Two Elis had a particularly good day; senior Richard Dodd and junior Neil Martin won their matches at Nos. 3 and 4, respectively, in three games apiece.
One of the most exciting matches of the day took place on the Nicholas F. Brady '52 exhibition court at No. 2, where senior captain Hywel Robinson traded games with Juan Vargas in front of a standing-room-only crowd. Robinson fell in a dramatic fifth game by a score of 6-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-4, 11-8.
Meanwhile at No. 8, junior Charlie Wyatt had his own war to wage against Moustafa Hamada. Wyatt, who had a forfeit victory over his opponent on Friday, dropped two close games Saturday before edging Hamada in the third. He struggled to find his form in the fourth, making the final score of his match 13-11, 11-8, 11-13, 11-5.
Saturday's other close matches took place at Nos. 1, 5 and 9. In the top spot, senior Kenneth Chan won his first game over Reinhold Hergeth but then lost the next three by two points each. No. 5 featured the longest game of the day; freshman Sam Fenwick rallied with Vrishab Kotian for 26 points in their third game but ultimately came up short, losing the game 14-12 and the match 3-1. Finally at No. 9, sophomore Joseph Roberts's 13-11, 8-11, 13-11, 11-9 loss to Matthew Mackin was the closest match by point differential of all of Saturday's fixtures.
With wins at Nos. 3 and 4, the Bulldogs fell to the Bantams 7-2 and conceded their hopes of a national championship. Trinity advances to the finals and will face No. 3 Harvard, while Yale will play No. 2 Princeton in a match for third place. Both matches will be held Sunday in the Brady Squash Center; the national championship is at 12:30 p.m., with the third place match following at 2:30 p.m.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Barry University sophomore middle blocker Laine Cielena was named to the Eckerd Volleyball Classic All-Tournament team as voted on by the event's coaches.
Cielena, a 6-2 product of Krimuldas Novads, Latvia/Murjani Sports Gym, had seven kills, six digs and an ace while hitting .115 in Barry's loss to then-unbeaten Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras. In a sweep of Wilmington, the Buccaneers middle had nine kills and four blocks, hitting .240.
This year Cielena leads Barry with 53 kills.
The Buccaneers will host Palm Beach Atlantic at 7 p.m. Friday and the Alumni Match at 4 p.m. Saturday in Barry University's Health & Sports Center.
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Some high quality photos of what's purportedly the next-generation iPad 5 have surfaced, and they show off the same space gray finish Apple introduced with the iPhone 5s back in September. The photos, including the above image, were posted by Sonny Dickson:
We've gotten our hands on a number of sharp high-res images of the Space Grey 5th-gen iPad casing and front panel. Notably, it shows off the highly anticipated slimmer iPad-mini like design it is expected to launch with.
They match the design iMore reported back in January, and what we expect to see on October 22, along with a new iPad mini and new Macs, including the newly designed Mac Pro.
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(0:56) Christie talks about the time she got arrested in a french maid's outfit -- and she shows us her AWESOME mug shot.
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(16:20) The gloves are off! Harvey and Jason's reenactment of the fight begins!!!
(18:45) The argument gains steam ... if that's even possible at this point!
(23:40) Dennis talks to cops LIVE about the fight ... and it doesn't really help the situation.
(25:00) 10 LONG minutes have passed ... and the fight is finally over.
(31:30) Twitter questions: What is Max working on during TMZ Live? Will Harvey ever be roasted on Comedy Central?
(40:00) We go to Anna on the confessional camera ... to talk about her glasses.
(43:00) Daniel is moving to New York this week ... so Harvey gives him crap about it.
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NEW YORK (WBFF) - A gym in New York is kicking off 2018 with a whole new approach to getting in shape -- and you'll be shedding more than pounds.
Hanson Fitness, which boasts a celebrity client list that includes Rihanna, Julia Roberts and Tom Cruise, is launching nude workouts.
The studio plans to hosts three sessions a week: one mixed, one for men and one for women.
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text: More than $67,000 was raised for vital behavioral health programs for children and families at the Gateway Healthcare Annual Golf Classic July 23 at the Alpine Country Club in Cranston. Despite a brief late-morning shower, the clouds made way to sun for 104 golfers who enjoyed the comfortable weather and 18 holes of golf. Corporate sponsors included Cox Business as the Title Sponsor; Platinum VIP sponsors: Adler, Pollock & Sheehan, P.C.; Bank RI; Braver Accountants & Advisors; Butler & Messier Insurance; and Davis & Lentz, LLC; Eagle Sponsors: Bryant University and Ricoh-USA and Birdie Sponsors: Bradley Hospital; Delta Dental of Rhode Island; Pawtucket Credit Union; and WB Mason. Pictured on the links from left are: Derek Levesque; Richard Leclerc, president of Gateway Healthcare; Michael Leclerc; and Dr. Stephen Chabot, medical director of Gateway Healthcare. (Submitted photo)


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Stocks bounced off their worst levels in the final minutes but still finished slightly lower in choppy trading Tuesday as investors hesitated to jump in amid ongoing concerns about the Federal Reserve's plans to scale back its bond-buying program and reports of political turmoil in Egypt.
Stocks tumbled near session lows following reports that Egypt's military had drawn up plans to suspend the country's constitution, dissolve its legislature and set up an interim government. Major averages were initially higher after a better-than-expected factory orders report and upbeat auto sales.
"Egypt is definitely the wildcard—the army has issued an ultimatum so the clock is ticking…if we have a geopolitical concern, that could affect oil supply and it's a negative in the near-term until we can ascertain what the issue is," said Art Hogan, managing director at Lazard Capital Markets.
Crude oil settled at a 14-month high, just shy of $100 a barrel.
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Iron Man! He's not just the kinda guy who saves the world from supervillains and Jeff Bridges with a shaved head anymore! No, now he's the kind of guy who's off crusading against... Linux? Wait, that can't be right. The latest interview promoting movie tie-in comic The Invincible Iron Man seems to suggest a more software-based approach to the character than ever before, however.
According to series writer Matt Fraction, the battle between Tony Stark and new bad guy Ezekiel Stane is really just an allegory for the battle Bill Gates wages against smaller software providers every single day of his life:
Zeke is a post-national business man and kind of an open source ideological terrorist... He has absolutely no loyalty to any sort of law, creed, or credo. He doesn't want to beat Tony Stark, he wants to make him obsolete. Windows wants to be on every computer desktop in the world, but Linux and Stane want to destroy the desktop. He's the open source to Stark's closed source oppressiveness.
Yes, that's right; Invincible Iron Man will be the comic book to show that big business is sexy and exciting, just like superheroics:
I want to make this book bigger than Los Angeles and New York and show that business is truly international... We've got Stane, who is post-national and Stark, who has facilities all around the world; so this is going to be a globetrotting book. Flip a page and you're in Monaco. Flip a page and you're in Paris. Flip another page and you're in Tokyo.
I can't wait for the Steve Jobs guest-shot in #3.
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Faux Escargot Pastry Swirls in a Garden Trowel
We are about to enter the season when the primary question we hear from our readers is: "Do you have good ideas for homemade gifts can I make in my kitchen?" Well, there's a new book out that is just chock-full of recipes and wrapping tips for making homecooked gifts even more special. It's called Gourmet Gifts, and today we're giving you a peek at one of the recipes — pastry swirls rolled up with a piquant paste of parsley and garlic. Tucked into a garden trowel or bundled with a few seed packets they make a tasty gift.
This little book has about 100 recipes and projects for gift-giving, and I was so relieved to see fresh, interesting ideas — a welcome departure from the same old cookie-mix-in-a-jar routine. (Full disclosure: Harvard Common Press, the publisher, also published my first cookbook, Not Your Mother's Casseroles, last winter.)
Corley divides the book into sections, starting with Small Tokens (little packets of nuts, dressed up as letters), Big Batches, Pennywise (inexpensive and simple), Pound Foolish (more lavish), Feel Better (for flu season!) and Special Delivery. Her ideas range from amaretti cookies in clean paint containers with a paint chip tag to black bean salsa with chips in a container decorated with corn husks. There are gifts meant to be eaten right away, and others that can go in the pantry. There's a great mix of simple ideas and more elaborate ones, but all feel accessible. There aren't photos for every project but there are quite a few full-color photographs throughout the book.
If you're looking for fresh inspiration for the holiday season and want to make gifts in your own kitchen, I recommend this as a resource; there are plenty of fresh ideas here.
• Find the book: Gourmet Gifts: 100 Delicious Recipes for Every Occasion to Make Yourself and Wrap with Style by Dinah Corley and published by Harvard Common Press. $13.43 at Amazon.
From Dinah
Since I practically start my day with reading the latest posts from Apartment Therapy blogs, being here at The Kitchn is a real honor. This is a favorite project from my book — it makes a really special little gift for any number of occasions, and it is always well received. If you have never made pastry, this recipe is an ideal place to start! But if you have a basic pastry recipe you like, by all means substitute for mine. And if you don't want to make pastry at all, substitute refrigerated pie crust from the supermarket instead.
You can adapt the packaging as well by using a metal scoop or tin box instead of the garden trowel. Like almost every recipe and project in my book, the personalization and improvisation are the things that make the gifts truly yours to share.
• If you have any questions about the project or wrapping instructions, you can always find me at DinahsGourmetGifts.com.
Faux Escargot Pastry Swirls in a Garden Trowel
Makes2 1/2 to 3 dozen
For the pastry swirls:
- 1/4 cup
(1/2 stick) unsalted butter
- 9 cloves
garlic, finely minced (you can use more or less, according to taste)
- 1
large shallot, finely minced
Leaves from 3 or 4 sprigs thyme
- 2
anchovy fillets
- 1 cup
finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1
recipe Flaky and Foolproof Pastry Dough (see below), well chilled
- 1
large egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water
Sea salt flakes, such as Maldon
For the flaky and foolproof pastry dough:
- 3/4 cup
cake flour
- 1 1/2 cups
unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon
- 1/4 teaspoon
baking powder
- 3/4 cup
(1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into very small pieces and frozen
- 8 1/2 tablespoons
cream cheese
- 3 tablespoons
heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon
lemon juice
To Make The Pastry Dough:
To make the pastry dough, combine and sift the cake flour and all-purpose flour into the bowl of a stand mixer. Remove and reserve 1/4 cup of the mixed flour. Add the salt and baking powder to the bowl. Use the paddle attachment to stir the dry ingredients on the lowest speed while adding a few bits of frozen butter at a time. Continue to beat the mixture until the largest bits of butter are reduced to the size of dried lentils. Add the cream cheese to the mixer bowl, one tablespoon at a time, and continue beating at low speed until the mixture resembles cornflakes.
Whisk the cream, lemon juice, and 1/4 cup reserved flour together in a small bowl until the mixture forms a smooth paste. Add the paste to the mixer bowl and continue to beat the dough at the lowest speed until it balls up around the beater.
Lightly mist a work surface with water and lay a 10-inch square of plastic wrap on the damp surface (the water helps hold it in place). Turn the dough out onto the plastic wrap. Use your fingertips and the heels of your hands to form the dough into a rough disc 6 to 8 inches in diameter and 2 inches thick. Wrap the dough tightly in the plastic wrap and refrigerate it for at least 2 hours and up to 3 days before using it.
To Make The Pastry Swirls:
Melt the butter in a medium sauté pan over medium heat. Add the garlic and shallot to the butter and gently sauté them until they are translucent and soft, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the thyme, anchovies, and parsley and continue sautéing the mixture, stirring constantly, for another 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool while you roll out the pastry.
Roll the pastry into a 9 × 13-inch rectangle. Brush egg wash over the entire surface of the pastry. Spread the cooled parsley mixture over the egg wash all the way to the edges of the pastry. Reserve the remaining egg wash in the refrigerator.
Tightly roll the pastry from one short end of the rectangle, stopping 2 inches from the opposite short end. Fold the edge opposite the roll in half over the filling and toward the roll and then press the roll into the folded edge to seal it, so that you have a tight roll with about 1/4 inch of folded pastry along the edge of the tightly rolled pastry (this will be the "snail's head"). Transfer the roll to a tray lined with parchment paper and place it in the freezer for 30 to 45 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350°F.
Use a serrated knife to slice the frozen pastry roll into 1/4-inch-wide swirls. Place the swirls on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Use your fingers to press and shape the "head" of each "snail" swirl and flatten each swirl with the heel of your hand. Brush the pastry swirls with the reserved egg wash and sprinkle them with sea salt flakes.
Put the baking sheet on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 12 minutes. Rotate the pan and continue baking for another 15 to 20 minutes, or until the swirls are a very deep golden brown. Cool the baking sheet on a rack for 5 minutes before transferring the pastries directly to the rack to finish cooling. The cooled pastries should be stored in an airtight container until you are ready to assemble and deliver the gift.
Recipe Notes
Wrapping It Up
A shiny new garden trowel lined with tissue paper and filled with the "snails" makes an adorable gift, especially for a gardener.
Suggested Supplies
1 rectangle (8 x 10 inches) tissue paper
1 new large garden trowel
1 square (18 inches) clear cellophane
1 wire twist tie
1 gift card
How to make a garden trowel gift package
Put the sheet of tissue paper diagonally over the top of the trowel and place the trowel on a large square of cellophane. Fill the tissue-lined trowel to overflowing with the pastry swirls, gather the cellophane tightly around the handle of the trowel, and secure the cellophane with the wire twist tie. Cut away all the excess cellophane as close to the twist tie as possible. Tie a ribbon around the twist tie and finish with a bow and gift card.
Reprinted with permission from Gourmet Gifts: 100 Delicious Recipes for Every Occasion to Make Yourself and Wrap with Style by Dinah Corley and published by Harvard Common Press.
(Images: Alison Shaw/Harvard Common Press)


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Nothing guarantees end-to-end power system assurance for critical power loads. However, criteria and good practice can raise your chances of success.
What is end-to-end power system assurance? We define it as a comprehensive, appropriate, logical electrical system having related disciplines providing: simultaneous maintenance and operation without incident; transparent load operations; continuous operation (24 hours a day, seven days a week); and end-to-end (from power source to critical loads) reliable power.
Although these criteria are ideal, no system ever achieves a 7/24/forever basis. To reach this goal, it would take high-quality utility service, UPS system(s), a standby power plant, and a transfer switching arrangement, all working together in harmony forever. Yet we can come close to a system solution by blending equipment specifications with efficient and safe operation/maintenance.
The nature of failures. Before determining how to design a reliable electrical system, you must understand where and how system failures are likely to occur. Similarly, you must understand how each of the components providing dependable power can fail, and how each operates as a part of a much larger system. It's interesting to note that you can trace more than 64% of all failures to human error. The man-machine interface on today's equipment is much more complex, which may lead to system failures, especially when the system changes its mode of operation or recovers from a bypass position.
A perfect solution for a high-reliability power system is hard to find due to cost, functionality, operations, and maintenance. As you drive reliability higher and higher, cost escalates rapidly.
Providing assured power system components. The most effective means of analyzing a complex power system assurance approach is to break the system down into small pieces and examine each carefully. The areas of the electrical system you should always consider when seeking a high-reliability solution are:
• Incoming utility services;
• Engine-generator plant configuration and specification;
• Load feeders and selection;
• Normal-emergency transfer schemes;
• UPS system topography and transfer modes;
• UPS/critical power distribution;
• Fire detection systems;
• Building monitoring and automation systems and approach;
• Supporting systems such as clocks and paging/communications;
• Lighting;
• Mechanical system support; and
• The man-machine interface.
The trick is to balance the technical merits and risks of each of these with the cost, schedule, and associated maintenance, to provide the best solution.
The elegance and effectiveness of your design comes from the blend of these systems. Because of design and construction cost expectations, you should first focus on all single points of failure. Then, should the budget and schedule permit, address the more esoteric modes of failure.
One of the most powerful cost-control tools available is the ability to defer the purchase of equipment, based on the type of electrical distribution system design you select. With dual-path power systems, you can save money on your project by not purchasing UPS/critical power and generator systems. If you need them later, you can transparently and safely add the systems to the existing systems. But this alternative won't fit in many applications.
Offering a concurrent, maintainable, and operable approach. Before you undertake a project, decide the type of electrical distribution system you wish to use. You can essentially choose one of two options: concurrently maintainable/operable or fault tolerant.
An assured power system must provide a dual-powered path to your critical loads. Centralized mechanical-electrical-plumbing (M-E-P) systems, such as UPSs, engine gen-sets, and chillers, are redundant. While we typically consider the systems to be n+1, this is misleading because several system topologies offer unparalleled redundancy.
These systems offer some degree of fault-tolerance during normal operations; however, the design doesn't always offer redundancy under some maintenance operations.
The first type of assured power system (concurrently maintainable and operable system) allows you to operate and maintain the M-E-P infrastructure concurrently, while connected to the loads. This occurs in a completely transparent and risk-free manner to the loads. This means the provision for periodic and routine maintenance incorporates into the system topology, which respects all switching modes and a minimum of a single failure in a system. This type of system may not provide failure recovery or system redundancy during some maintenance operations. The uptime goal for a concurrently maintainable and operable system would be 5th Sigma, providing 99.999% uptime.
The objective of a fault-tolerant system is to use all the design features of a concurrently maintainable and operable system, while adding benefits, such as system redundancy during switching and maintenance operations as well as an ability to automatically switch the loads.
Two visible features to this system include: using static transfer switches for critical load source arbitration, and retaining redundancy in the main M-E-P systems when units and systems go off-line for maintenance. This means you can maintain and operate the fault tolerant system when undergoing all maintenance operations. The uptime goal for a fault tolerant system is in the 6th Sigma or 99.9999% uptime.
Key points to remember. Here are some design and operational points to remember for your next project:
• Eliminate all single points of failure.
• Determine if you will have a fault-tolerant or concurrently maintained and operated system.
• Understand that the higher upstream a failure occurs in the system, the more widespread it will be. The lower downstream the failure occurs (or the closer to the load the failure is) the more acutely it would be felt by the load.
• Specify equipment that solves known sources of component failures like generator starting systems and control power systems for breaker operation.
• Make sure all changes in the system's mode of operation (as defined by going from a steady-state condition to an alternate operating posture) are clear to an operator, safe to perform, and doable under duress.
• Provide primary and alternate feeds to all critical, cooling, lighting, and supporting systems.
• Provide primary and alternate UPS feeds to all critical loads with some form of sub-cycle load transfer. You may accomplish this transfer by a system-provided automatic sub-cycle transfer switch or by the power management system within the load itself.
• Examine the paralleled operation of all large-scale, enterprise-level systems such as generators, utility services, and UPS systems.
• Design the ampacity level of the electrical feeders to the redundancy of other systems. For example, if the HVAC system requires four out of every six air handlers must operate at all times to support the critical load, the electrical system design needs to account for this requirement during normal, maintenance, and failure modes of operation.
• Provide system switching operations that will not result in an overload condition.
• Provide two UPS feeds to all critical loads with automatic load arbitration by either an external ATS or by a load's internal power management system.
• Assure that the supporting cooling, fuel, and fire suppression systems are adequately sized and configured to support the electrical system.
• Train staff for proper and safe system operation.
• Make sure you have complete operation and maintenance documentation for all equipment, and that the documentation is at the job site before final testing and acceptance.
Following these design and operational points can bring you closer to achieving an uptime goal in the 6th Sigma range. Although a perfect solution is hard to find, understanding how a system fails and providing assured power system components can help you to raise your chances of success.
Mazzetti is a Principal with Mazzetti & Associates in San Francisco.
Sidebar: Failure Characteristics
You'll find that many assured power system designs seek to prevent the "knockout punch" of failures. However, you may not hear about the many types of failures actually occurring. These failures have one or more of the following characteristics:
• More than 64% relate to human error in judgement, or failure to follow published guidelines, procedures, or directions.
• Failures are often due to a deteriorating condition in either an OEM component or a related system that cascades to the failure. The root cause may not always be in the equipment. Therefore, the MEP monitoring system provides critical status information on an ongoing basis.
• Designs typically don't address common failures often experienced in the equipment specified. For example, the main source of failure in generators is a failure to start. So, a major focus of the specification should deal with the starting batteries and motors as well as the fuel filters.
• Designs often do not include all maintenance modes or the ability to recover from maintenance operations.


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Yes' Steve Howe on Missing Alumni: 'It's Not About Jon and Rick Now'
The 44-year long (and counting) path that Yes has traveled has never been the smoothest ride. Several lineup changes, questionable career moves and near-soap opera like drama has always been a subtext to their music, and guitarist Steve Howe would like to put a stop to that.
Recent years have seen the band reactivated and re-energized, but not in their familiar form. Original lead vocalist Jon Anderson has been absent from all Yes activity since 2008, when health issues made him unable to tour. At that point, the band brought in a new singer, Benoit David.
David, previously employed in a Yes tribute band, toured and made one album with the band, 2011's well-regarded 'Fly From Here.' In 2012, he was replaced with singer Jon Davison, formerly of Glass Hammer and Sky Cries Mary. "He was a great find," Yes guitarist Steve Howe told Classic Rock Revisited, "He has a very rich sounding voice."
Along with Howe, the band still includes longtime drummer Alan White, keyboardist Geoff Downes (also of Asia) and their sole original member, bassist Chris Squire. But what of the iconic Anderson, and keyboard legend Rick Wakeman, also absent from the current lineup -- is there any chance of the "classic" Yes reuniting?
"Well, how in the hell do I know?" Howe said. "I wouldn't particularly say that it is on the agenda. We are realistic people, so in the sense of realism, for Yes to evolve, we had to be a strong group and we had to have people who were committed to it to warrant a position in the band."
It seems the ability to play on a team is what's important to Howe now: "What Yes needs now is that everybody in this group needs to accept that we look at the entire career of this group. We don't just look at little pockets when certain people were in the group — we don't do that anymore. We look at the group as a whole. Of course, we do focus a lot on the '70's, but there were a few lineups there."
"It is not about Jon and Rick now," he flatly concludes, "It is about who can do these tours and who can perform the repertoire from 1968 to 2012. I'm not going to say Rick and Jon can't do that. I will say that I don't think that is what they want to do."


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Motive, intent at issue in pickup truck murder case
Jennifer L. Sanford was looking forward to having her boyfriend, Kevin S. Bialowas, home from prison, according to her testimony earlier this week at Bialowas' murder trial in New London Superior Court.
But was she really?
Sanford said Bialowas, serving a six-month stint for tax evasion, was going to help her get off heroin when he came home. She admitted from the witness stand that withdrawing from the drug is agonizing but said she would ease the pain with methadone or another drug, Suboxone.
But according to Michelle Savalle, a one-time friend of Bialowas' and Sanford's who testified Thursday, Sanford told Savalle that she actually wanted to find a way to send Bialowas back to prison.
"She did say that she needed to get him locked up because she didn't want to get clean," Savalle testified.
On July 14, 2009, hours after he was released from a Middletown halfway house, Bialowas is accused of intentionally hitting his romantic rival, 33-year-old Stephen Germano, with his pickup truck in Norwich. Germano died of blunt traumatic injuries.
According to testimony, Germano, who had dated Sanford while Bialowas was in prison, chased Bialowas and Sanford from Baltic to the Norwichtown Green after Sanford told Germano, "You gotta go."
Germano had gotten out of his truck to confront the couple when he was struck.
The state rested its case Thursday, and the defense is expected to call witnesses this morning. As the evidence heads to a jury next week, prosecutor Stephen M. Carney is expected to argue that Bialowas, 48, of Lisbon, intentionally ran down Germano and fled the scene. Bialowas' attorney, John E. Franckling, contends that Bialowas was attempting to avoid Germano, who he says was threatening Bialowas and Sanford.
On Thursday, a woman who witnessed the incident from the second-story window of her home on East Town Street testified that Bialowas appeared to "gun the accelerator" before Germano was thrown onto the truck's windshield.
Patricia Twomey, then known as Patricia Bell, provided testimony that conflicted with Sanford's account of the incident. Sanford had testified that Bialowas wanted to go around Germano, who was standing in the roadway, but that Germano jumped on the hood of Bialowas' pickup truck instead of moving out of the way.
Alerted by the squeal of brakes, Twomey said she looked out the window and it appeared that the man in the white pickup truck (Bialowas) was going to get out and fight with a man who was standing in the road (Germano). Then, Twomey said, the pickup accelerated and hit the man.
"It was very quick, like he gunned the accelerator and hit the man," Twomey testified. "The man who was standing in front of the truck popped up on the roof and landed on the windshield."
Twomey said she called 911 and went downstairs. She didn't see the offending pickup truck when she ran out to find Germano lying face down on the roadway. He still had a pulse, but Twomey, a former emergency room nurse, said Germano's breathing was labored and he was making a grunting noise usually associated with the end of life. She said he was making hand gestures indicative of a brain injury.
Germano died six days later of blunt traumatic injuries.
Sanford testified earlier this week that she told Bialowas to stop the car after Germano fell to the roadway, even though she thought Germano may have been faking his injuries. She said she told Bialowas they could explain to police what had happened.
Bialowas told her he had no driver's license, registration or insurance and kept driving, she said. Sanford said she went to police with her story the next day.
Bialowas was detained for questioning the next day, when he went to visit his parole officer. At the Norwich Police Department, Patrolman Thomas Lazzaro interrogated Bialowas at length about his whereabouts at the time of the crash. Bialowas said he had been working with a friend in Colchester and denied any knowledge of the incident.
The jury will not be able to view video of the interrogation because Judge Arthur Hadden on Thursday granted a defense motion to suppress it. Hadden ruled that Bialowas was in custody at the time of the questioning and was not presented with the opportunity to waive his Miranda rights.
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"At times, there have been suggestions that the non-recourse loan program be replaced by a recourse loan," says Richard Bell, president and CEO of Riceland Foods. "Some producers in the Midwest have implied they might support such a change. If this is true, then I would conclude that these producers do not understand the meaning of recourse loan."
Bell was speaking before the recent Payment Limits Commission workshop in Washington when he made those comments. Most of his talk focused on commodity certificates; the observations about non-recourse loans were a bonus.
"The non-recourse commodity loans offered by the Commodity Credit Corp. are the underpinnings of the entire U.S. farm economy, as well as the world market for farm commodities," Bell said. "Their availability brings stability to the entire market structure."
Under current law, a grower can place all or part of his corn, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, soybean or wheat crop in the CCC non-recourse loan program and receive an amount equal to the loan rate for the base and grade of the commodity he enters for a period of time, usually eight months.
A producer's right to forfeit that commodity to the CCC at the end of the loan period, rather than repay the loan, creates the stability, Bell noted. If the loans had to be repaid in cash, prices could fall significantly below the loan rate, and producers would be short of cash and would have difficulty repaying crop loans.
"It could lead to market instability on a wide scale and could drive many growers, especially smaller, less capitalized ones, out of farming. You might say the CCC non-recourse loan provides them with the opportunity to live to fight another day."
U.S. farm programs have been around for so long that we forget what a useful role they perform. Prior to the passage of the Agricultural Adjustment Act in 1938, cotton, for example, often experienced wide swings in price, depending on crop size and fiber demand.
To get some idea of what could happen in their absence, you only have to look at the fall of 2001 when cotton prices fell to 27 cents per pound at harvest. Without the non-recourse loan that kept the prices received by farmers near the loan rate of 51.92 cents, many growers would have gone out of business and their local communities would have been devastated.
"In my view, introduction of a recourse loan within farm programs would eventually cause markets to collapse and lead to emergency legislation," Bell told the commission. "The non-recourse loan is a valuable asset for the U.S. farm economy. It needs to be kept as a central component of the U.S. farm programs."


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TAXI : ,You will find the taxis stationed outside the railway station. It will cost around 10 euros to get to the hostel.
Taxis are stationed in front of the Arrivals terminal or can be called by radio taxi (Phone +39.055.4242/4390/4499/4798).
Taxi journey time from the airport to Florence city center is about 15-20 minutes. Journey cost is calculated by the taxi meter (average cost is 20 Euro).
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They start to go at 6am and the last one 11:30pm.
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Remember that Florence is one of Italy's most heaviest fined city. Don't park inside white lines because those are for residence owners, and for private business. If your gonna park inside any lines make sure its in the blue space and that you pay the parking fee and display the payment and time on the dash board of your car.
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Academy Hostel is a small and nice Hostel in the center of Florence, his unbeatable location is in an important and old Florentine Building at literally two steps from the magnificent Duomo, practically the symbol of Florence and four steps from the Galleria dell Accademia which houses the David of Michelangelo, landmark of the Florentine renaissance.
Warm and comfortable, this is not a party hostel. It is designed for whoever is looking for a quiet place to stay chill and meet other traveler from all over the world.
Rated every year in the top ten hostels in Europe, this is the place to be in Florence!
For those who think Ibiza is in Florence, (We are not a party hostel), our clients choose our accommodations because it's a home away from home, a place where you can sit and read a book, relax after walking the streets. We are not a youth hostel, we embrace every traveler, the young and the young at heart. We create the ambience to allow people to meet , talk over wine and embark on their own adventures together.
Our rooms feature elegant and welcoming interiors, essential modern designs and the best amenities we can offer. Unlike other hostels most of our facilities are free. If you are looking for a bed that truly cradles a traveler in the heart of the Italian rebirth, then you have found a place to lay your head down.
Our staff are composed of young and lively locals that can introduce you to all you are looking for and more. Offering great tips and suggestions to enjoying this city to the fullest.
You will find that we have NO BUNK BEDS, making it a very comfy, familiar and friendly environment.
All rooms are air conditioned in the summer and heated in the winter, we provide our clients with big lockers equipped with lock and key for their valuables. You will find a free WI-FI hotspot in the common room as well as free usage of our computers in the lobby.
All the bed linens are provided for free of charge, along with a bath towel. Comfortable couches in the lobby with a LCD wide screen TV for those who want a kick back and relax allowing our clients to meet an eclectic selection of people from all over the world.
The only rules we have are: to leave empty the hostel from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. so we can clean the hostel; we also ask to not make any noise after 11 p.m. so we can let our guests rest. Since we hold the security of your belongings in high regard, we provide you with big lockers, a lock and a key and would appreciate it if you do not lose the keys, if not we are forced to fine you ( 5 euros ).
Cheap accommodation in Florence shouldn't compromise on comfort. The city is a busy and hectic place so it's important for us at Academy Hostels to do as much as possible to ensure our guests can get a comfortable night sleep. You will find the Academy Hostels amazingly quiet for being located in the center of Florence but at the same time, for the ones who want to enjoy Florence nightlife, you will find restaurants, bars, clubs and the best spots in town within a few minutes walking distance. We encourage our clients who are looking for a good time to wonder the streets with your new found friends and not make the hostel a bar, if we wanted a bar in the hostel we would have put one up
Cancellation: Cancellations must be notified directly to the accommodation provider at least 72 hours prior to arrival; unless otherwise stated above. If a cancellation is requested, your card will be charged for the first nights accomodation. In the event of a NO SHOW, your card will be charged for the first nights accommodation total.
*** According to the City Council resolution n. 230/33 of 06/20/2011, from July 1st the City of Florence will introduce the tourism tax, applied to non-residents overnight staying, for a maximum of 10 consecutive nights.
The tourism tax rate is Euro 1,00 per person per night, and it is not applied to:
- children (up to 10 years old);
- people, who provide assistance to patients in hospital, max one each patient people/family, who provide assistance to underage patients in hospital, max two each patient
Payment: The outstanding amount is payable to the property directly upon your arrival.
Credit cards are accepted but only over 150.00 € of accommodation costs.
Modifications to booking:
For any changes to an existing reservation, please contact the accommodation provider directly. Modifications to the booking will not be allowed upon arrival unless it enters the 72 hour period. If any changes will be made there will be a fine , the cost of a days accommodation.
MINIMUM 2 NIGHTS POLICY : Please be informed that the hostel has a minimum two nights policy. Cancelations on the first night will not be allowed as a modification to your booking.
Expiration of credit card : Should your credit card expire or your credit card details change prior to arrival, please contact the accommodation provider directly with the amended details.
Thank you very much for choosing academy hostels !
What we Offer & our free Services
* Free Internet, Wi-Fi for our guests traveling with their laptop
* We provide a nice common area for our guests with TV. , big
LCD wide screen - with cable TV, play station
* One locker for each bed in the dormitories
* You can borrow our iron, ironing board, hair dryer
and international AC adapters.
* Security night guard
* Free linens, towels, and housekeeping
* Friendly & knowledgeable local multi-lingual staff
* Nice terrace
* Complimentary maps and tourist brochures
* Free luggage storage rooms until 8pm
* Heated and air-conditioned rooms
* Free safe storage for valuables
* Soap and Shampoo dispensers in bathrooms.
* Reading light
* Free pod-cast with information about the highlights of
Florence to walk around with your
own portable media player or I pods in English and Spanish
Other Services
* We provide a self service breakfast with possibility to sit out on
our terrace to eat.
* There is always sandwiches, cakes, coffee, tea and other
drinks available upon payment.
* Internet station/service available for our guests traveling without l
* Fax service available at the front desk.
* Laundry facilities with free detergent on premises
* Possibility to get an extra locker
* Possibility to store your luggage even after 8pm
* Parking facilities in a closed garage, near to the hostel. 24h. prices: 30eu. cars, 20eu. motorbikes