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When we think about travelling to somewhere a bit different, there probably isn't a more popular long-haul destination. Some are a bit wary when it comes to backpacking here, but others enjoy the comfort of island hopping – after all, Thailand is predestined for it's beautiful islands.
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Do you want to be successful with website development? You have come to the right place! In this article you will find tips and tricks and great information that will help you master the art of website development.
We are no longer in the 20th century, so try to avoid frames. Frames were popular once, but they have entirely too many flaws. Frame designs are harder to bookmark, and they make scrolling a chore. There are a lot of better ways to get people to go through the website you have.
People don't like to wait when they browse the Internet, so your pages need to load fast even on slow connections. No visitor is going to wait more than a few seconds for your page to load, so ensure they get what they want quickly so they don't go to your competition's website instead.
You should be aware of any clashing colors when building your website. You want to make sure that your text is easily visible against your background colors. In general, you want to use a dark font color and a lighter background. If you can't decide if the colors are right, ask someone you know for feedback.
Don't keep outdated content on your site. If you have something on your site that lists an event that happened months ago, chances are you have lost some readers. Internet users want fresh information from updated and maintained sites, and letting stale content stay up screams carelessness on your part. Set yourself a schedule for reviewing your site and removing anything that is outdated.
Don't let content that is out of date linger on your website. If you have something on your site that lists an event that happened months ago, chances are you have lost some readers. If your website looks neglected and disused, your potential customers will surely take their business elsewhere. Create a regular schedule for updating the content of your page, and weed out anything that has become irrelevant.
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Let visitors cancel actions if they want to. An action can involve filling out forms, registering for email notifications or newsletters, or browsing the site for various topics or archives. If your visitors feel forced into completing something they no longer want, it may leave a bad taste. They will probably avoid visiting your site in the future.
Use ALT tags on your images. These tags are important because they describe the images people see when they don't have their graphics turned on or they're for people that can't see and need help with getting a website read to them. Should your images serve as links, these ALT tags will offer a means to describe the link's behavior also. Also, ALT tags help you boost the search rank.
Optimize your website's load times. When visitors are faced with long load times, the usually leave soon. Do your best to reduce graphics, scripts, and Flash.
Make sure to check for any broken links. You should do this before uploading something to your server. Broken links are one reason for web visitors to leave a site. Save yourself some headaches by making sure that everything is working as it should.
Be very critical of the fonts you choose. A site's look can hinge on whether or not it's fonts are professional. Avoid silly, bubbly or hard to read fonts and especially avoid obscure fonts that may not be supported by all browsers. Your style should specify a default font in case a user doesn't have your preferred font. This may make your entire design look bad.
Do not use pop-ups on your site. Incorporating PPC ads can bring you some income, but pop-up ads distract your visitors and annoy them. Pop ups are annoying and can keep people from returning. Ads should be kept simple, without the need for crazy pop-ups.
Don't put pop-ups on your website. You may be really tempted to do this for the money they could bring, but all this will do is annoy folks. They may then choose not to come back to your site. Simplicity is key when it comes to ads. You do not have to rely on pop-ups.
If you are fortunate enough to have the funding for a major investment into your site, this does not mean that is a wise thing to host the site on your own. You should do as much of the website development work yourself as you can while allowing a reputable company to host the site. This means you can worry about your website design while the host worries about uptime and security.
Website counters are pretty unattractive, so stay away from them. It may look like you've added something neat to your site, but many visitors do not wish to see that. Avoid adding a counter and use other ways to watch your traffic levels.
Sign up for newsletters that can help you learn about website design techniques periodically. Newsletters are helpful to both beginners and experienced designers.
Learn all you can about website design by researching online. Learning as much as you can about creating a web page from the people who know the most about it will be the quickest way for you to get your site up and running. Without the right knowledge, your web design will be poorly done and look unprofessional at best.
You may want to purchase a few books that can aid in teaching the ins and outs of becoming a top-notch web designer. Begin with books that teach to your skill level, and progress from there. It is important to learn quickly, but you should ensure that you are not skipping any vital information!
Use a basic layout to get the hang of designing a website. Once you get more comfortable with web designing, you can use a more advanced layout.
Keep your content to a minimum when first creating your website. A huge amount of content may be hard for you to organize and may confuse and annoy those who come to your site.
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If you want to find out how to develop a website, there is no need to pay for information. You can invest in books if feel that's the only way you learn. You will find a tonne of literature available to help you learn the skills you need. However, there are countless websites available that share all the info needed to make a great site. Books you have to pay for don't feature any secrets or knowledge you can't find for free.
Have someone test your website out for functionality every step along the way. Each time you add something new, have someone take a look and give you impartial feedback. What may look fine to you, may be of major concern to someone else. Get opinions from the outside to keep the proper perspective.
Consider the security of your site. Purchase a SSL certificate if you handle payments or other person information. Also, check with the website host for other security option.
So you just launched your website and you think the designing process is done, right? Think again. You need to make sure you keep your site active. Regular updates are important as they show that you are bringing something new to your site. Regular updates are crucial, especially if your website hosts anything relating to current events. Unfortunately, creating updates to a website is not quite as easy as just throwing up a fresh blog. Website updates require more time and work.
A favicon should be created for your site. The little graphic will have your site looking more noticeable, especially if your visitors bookmark the site. If your favicon is distinctive and memorable, the link to your site will stand out on visitors' bookmark lists. Try making a favicon that goes with your theme and logo.
Becoming well-versed in many platforms will help you when designing multiple websites. You need to learn MySQL skills, PHP, Java, and more platforms so that you have more assistance in the future. Be a designer of many talents, whether you are designing a brand new site, or just helping your friend start one.
Become an expert in CSS. While HTML is important, CSS is even more important. These style sheets help maintain consistency and serve as a guide for formatting. This can make it easier to change your website globally. For example, if you decide to switch your font to blue, all it takes is making a quick change to the code.
Get design ideas from other websites to maximize your site's potential. Collect the best ideas from other websites and note what you don't like about them so you don't include anything bad.
Don't fear drawing inspiration from other websites when you need an idea or two. You want to take in the things that you like from other sites and avoid adding in things that you don't like to make your site better than your competition.
Be sure you keep up on what's going on with web design so you're able to compete with other people. Every aspect of technology is evolving rapidly, and if you fail to keep up, your website will suffer. Design blogs can give you a great idea of what is new and popular in the world of website design.
Domain Names
As you finalize your site design and make sure it will be successful, ensure you have incorporated logos from affiliates or organizations that are important for you. This could be registering with the BBB so you are trusted.
Since many of the great domain names are already taken and in use by other companies, it might be in your interest to check out auction sites for used domain names like Sedo. There you can discover great domain names that others are no longer using and buy them.
Hosting your website is actually quite difficult. It's best to have someone else do the hosting for you, unless you are well schooled in the costs and work that comes with it.
Avoid headaches by steering clear of free website hosting for your business. It may be tempting because of the price, but you may be allowing the host to put advertisements on your site that you cannot control and are potentially offensive to your customers. Not only will this go against your beliefs, but it will also drive your visitors mad.
Add human personality to the website design. Find ways to include company logos, testimonials from clients, and any quotes from media. This will give your site a boost of personality. Also, it will help to expand your brand loyalty.
Make it simple for your viewers to share things they find on your site, such as great products or special promotions. This will let them spread your message quickly and also boost your site's traffic.
You must look at the portfolio, and speak to the references, of any web design company you wish to work with. Some things to look for are: a record of working with well-known designers and a high standard of quality in their work. You can rapidly develop a pretty reliable picture of their professional capabilities and their work history by examining their portfolio.
Despite the fact that people host their own websites, it is not at all easy. It will cost money and requires some skill.
Have a trusted online resource or knowledgeable friend, who can help you if you have any issues while trying to design your web page. Improving your site will always be easier if you have resources that can provide invaluable advice.
Be mindful of resolution when designing any website. Computers have varying resolutions, and knowing how your content is going to fit on different screens is very important when designing a site. To assist you with this, a number of online tools are available.
To become a good web designer, you need to set realistic and achievable goals that take into account the amount of time required to complete each task. Working to meet a deadline that is not feasible, will result in poor work, which will translate to more issues down the road. It is a better idea to give yourself enough time to work in a careful manner.
This piece provides you with everything you need to succeed with web page design. Just remember the information you read here and use it to help you practice creating professionally looking websites.
When considering adding advertisements to your site, be sure that you limit them to a reasonable number. You will come across as being unprofessional if there are too many distracting advertisements. Include only enough ads to make decent revenue without compromising your site.

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I competed in my first Cotswold VMCC event for 17 years a couple of weeks ago. It was a Navigational Scatter Run with questions at each checkpoint. I ripped the nipple off the Exhaust Valve Lifter Cable 48 hours before the event but thanks to Reg Eyre we made up a new one just in time.
The W/NG performed admirably in what were pretty poor conditions (cold, wet and windy), and although I was pretty rubbish at all the questions, the bike however won the Cotswold Concours Cup for the best Post Vintage Concours. I might add although my machine is clean it most certainly is not immaculate.
This is the first trophy I have ever won! The pictures below were taken the week before.


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Caroline Elgin
Caroline Elgin's art is shaped by two key elements of her life: her passion for animals, especially dogs, and her disability, cerebral palsy caused by trauma at birth.
A recent graduate of The Art Institute of Northern Virginia-Dulles, majoring in Web and Graphic Design, Caroline quickly learned to use a computer to express herself. Using the touch pad and various high-end software programs (Illustrator, Photoshop), she is able to do things her physical disabilities would not let her do with a pencil or brush. Her work simply, but expressively, captures the emotions she feels from animals, especially the happiness dogs bring to the lives of their humans. Whether printed on canvas or on a mug, Caroline's art is happy and unique, like a wagging dog's tail.
Dogs play many roles in Caroline's art and in her life. Donations are always accepted at her shows for Canine Companions for Independence, to enable this national non-profit to continue placing amazing service dogs with people with disabilities, and to thank them for her current four-pawed helper, Shelly, and for Sajen, her first CCI service dog, friend and inspiration, recently retired after 10 extraordinary years at Caroline's side. She enjoys donating her work to other favorite non profits, such as The Sprout Therapeutic Riding and Education Center, and A Place to Be Music Therapy.
Caroline has shown her work at various venues through the Middleburg Arts Council. She has won blue ribbons at 2013 The Piedmont Regional Art Show and Sale, and in many Fauquier County Fairs. Her work can be seen and purchased on her website, www.labradorabledesigns.com.


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Before beginning my blog, I had a conundrum to solve. I could have easily started a blog about football, or more specifically the Arsenal but there are so many of them in cyber space already. Another passion of mine is politics but it seems everyone nowadays has an opinion on that subject. Anyway, people may argue those two interests are rather questionable in the first place. It was back to the drawing board for me. As anyone who knows me will testify, I am not afraid to be different which got me thinking, what makes me unique? It's because I am a 'Wheelchair Boy'.
I do not in anyway define myself by my disability. My Facebook and Twitter photos are mostly of my top half and conceal the fact I am wheelchair bound. I rarely cry about it or ask for sympathy. I just get on with life. It's not me who labels myself as a 'Wheelchair Boy' but instead society. People have never called me names but I know that there is an inherent prejudice towards disabled people which bubbles beneath the surface. I do not blame anyone or get angry because if I was able bodied, I'd take the exact same view.
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Q: Can someone at the church answer a question for me. I have been trying to see what Scripture says about engagement and how it is suppose to work. I haven't been able to find anything. Is engagement biblical? What is the purpose of me getting engaged before I get married and how long should an engagement last?
A: Thanks for your email. The only verse in the bible where the word engaged is actually mentioned is in 1 Corinthians 7:36. The way we see "engagement" in our culture today is similar to what scripture describes as "betrothal." In the Bible, the process for a man and woman becoming husband and wife had some differences to the way our culture approaches it today. There were three steps a Jewish couple went through to get married. First, the families agreed on the union and the intention to marry was made public. Next, the couple was betrothed to each other. Betrothal was a more serious commitment than what we would consider an engagement today. When a couple was betrothed in biblical times, they were considered bound together (although not married) in a way that could only be broken by divorce or one of the 2 parties passing away. After a period of betrothal, the couples would go through a public ceremony where they would be married.
I think that engagement is an important time that a couple has before they get married to prepare for marriage and continue to let God confirm His plan and purposes for their lives as He moves them closer to the day that they will be one flesh. Engagement is not something to be taken lightly. It is a big commitment to announce your intention to marry someone, and should not be entered into without a lot of counsel and prayer. But during an engagement if one or both people realize that marriage is not what God wants for the relationship, they should end the relationship with their fiancée. This is something that is always difficult to do, but when one person realizes that marriage is not God's will, they should be loving and honest with their fiancée about what they know they need to do.
I don't believe that there is a set amount of time that has to be mandated for an engagement. I do feel strongly that it should not be too short or too long. Let me explain. I have seen many couples that have not dated for a long period of time, gotten engaged and been married in a short amount of time without really being ready to enter into marraige. I don't recommend this. I feel that it takes a certain amount of time to get to know each other and have adequate time to seek counsel before entering into marriage. I also don't believe that engagement should be an indefinite amount of time. I have seen couples be engaged for years and years and due to one or both of them not being truly committed to the relationship, marriage is put off and the relationship never progresses. I personally feel that six months to a year is a very good time frame for engagement and never recommend an engagement last more than two to three years.
NewSpring offers a premarital class to help couples prepare for marriage. If this is something that would interest you, please let me know and I will give you more information.


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In 1997 Mercedes Benz introduced the CLK GTR for use in the FIA GT championship. After a successful first season the chassis was upgraded for use at the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans and renamed the CLK LM. With that upgraded came an engine swap from the original V12 configuration to a V8 as it was determined the V12s would not be a reliable choice for the 24 hour test. The chassis would retired the next year in 1999 as competition rules changed allowing Mercedes to develop a new plarform.
I've always loved this casting from Hot Wheels along with the Porsche 911 GT1, I'm glad we got at least these two endurance giants from this era. Typically the silver variation is featured but I had this extra metallic purple variation kicking around and thought I'd give it a few upgrades.
Obviously it got a wheel swap and drop, I knew gold would be the color of choice right away. It actually took three swaps to land on these. The decals came next, the Mobil 1 stuff was all that I had laying around to be period correct and I added the wreath on the hood because it reminded me of the Mercedes emblem. Lastly, I painted on the front and rear details to call it done. Enjoy!


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Albert Pujols is good. OK, I know, duh. Unless you've been living in a cave the past decade, you know that Pujols is a pretty good hitter. But I actually think he doesn't get the proper credit for what he's currently doing and where his career numbers are heading. Not only is he the best active hitter in the league, but he has a legitimate chance to go down as the greatest hitter in the game, period. Of course he has to remain healthy, but if he does look out. He's already on a path that leads directly to Cooperstown and who knows what else. Let's try to put his career numbers into perspective.
In nine seasons, King Albert has never hit below .300 (hell, he hasn't hit below .314),had only one year below a .400 OBP, never hit under 30 home runs, never drove in fewer than 100 runs and has won three National League MVPs. He would have won more MVPs had he played in a league other than Barry Bonds. Coming into this season, Pujols owns a .334 career average and has averaged 43 homers throughout his career. He's also walked more than he struck out in every year but his rookie season.
Plus, there hasn't been any drop off. As rare as it was, Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams even had down years (keep in mind that both of those players lost four years in their prime due to WWII). When you search most home runs for the first nine years of a career, Pujols is first with 366, 15 dingers ahead of Ralph Kiner. That's also ahead of other greats like Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, Ernie Banks, A-Rod, Williams and DiMaggio. There's just no doubt about it—the numbers Pujols continues to produce are truly incredible. And he's already off to a killer start to 2010 with five homers to lead the majors and a .407 average. I'm amazed teams continue to pitch to him consistently. It's also worth noting that Pujols name has never been mentioned with the steroid scandal like other sluggers were.
Time will tell if he can stay healthy (lowest games played was 143 in 2006) and avoid the down year that even the greats have suffered. There's no evidence that shows a decline could come anytime soon.


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What is conceptual Integrity ?
Conceptual integrity is a principle in which if you look at a software/system, you can tell that design is being proceeded from one mind or from group of similar minds. In order to implement a better overall design of a software conceptual integrity should always be there. There might be situations in which certain feature and improvements needs to be omitted which are anomalous in nature in order to reflect one set of design.
This includes low-level issues such as formatting and identifier naming, but also issues such as how modules and classes are designed, etc. This is vitally important because inevitably unanticipated issues come up that must be resolved quickly. If there is a coherent design to the system, it can be much easier to resolve these issues by determining what would be consistent with the overall design, especially if the other designers are not present.
A system must have a powerful metaphor that is uniformly applied throughout a system.
Imagine a software in which all people from team applies his/her brain which are not in resonance or in other words don't think similarly, the
software will have a lot of pieces of different systems which won't integrate with each other and hacks would need to implemented in order to fit these un-matching pieces together.
This also doesn't mean that the entire team shouldn't be part of Design and Analysis phase. The role of Architect is important but including entire team gives a lot of better quality to analysis and new ideas in which something better can be implemented, The role of Architect here is to refactor these ideas such that conceptually all pieces should look like they are part of same design. On the other hand team must be open to criticism and there must not be any ego in members [Egoless programming] if idea's are rejected.
All the team members should understand this principle in order to build better systems which can prosper for years even if that means all their great ideas are being rejected. The idea can be revolutionary but if it's not fitting the system it has to be dropped.
Whenever a system is being built for years there are situations where the Project Managers, Architects keep on changing and with this change new ideas comes floating in, If the ideas are not similar to overall design there might be situation in which the complete project is being built upon from scratch again and again and making the already developed system obsolete. This is a disaster for software industry and startup's these days are facing something similar. I too worked in a project which is being built from scratch for 7 years and is still being built, each year from scratch. In order to avoid such scenarios the Architects and Project managers should understand the already built system and sacrifice some of their ideas to maintain the one and only required feature Conceptual Integrity
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This week is a week of anniversaries. Today marks two years since I started working with a train operator as a ticket office clerk. As far as I'm concerned, it's the best job in the world*. Why is this so? The pay is fantastic for the job I perform. But the pay is not why my job is the best in the world. The benefits are great too. We've made great use of free and heavily discounted rail travel. But that's not why my job is the best in the world. There's a very good final salary based pension at the end of it. Which is nice. But that's still not the reason.
My job is the best in the world because I enjoy it. Don't get me wrong, if they stop paying me, I'll stop turning up. But there's nothing to beat a job you enjoy. I work in a stress free, blame free environment. I have a job to do and I get on with it. That most of my colleagues have been in their jobs for 10, 20, 30, even 40+ years is evidence enough that we have a decent employer. I have found my pot of gold at the end of the employment rainbow.
Most industries could learn a lot from the railways. Instead of trying to wring the last ounce of blood from their 'team' for the sake of a productivity spreadsheet, and instead of paying the minimum amount that they can get away with, they could try the railway approach. The gain in expertise, loyalty and a minimal staff turnover pays dividends.
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This lovely story was on our PNTV broadcast this week, which included Governor Eliot Spitzer on Girls Gone Wild with 17-year-old Ashley Dupre. Why shock one drunken passenger when you can shock them all? Prosecutor Spitzer was prosecuted as a terrorist under the U.S.A.P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act, which classified spending $80,000 on prostitutes in 6 months as a terrorist act. Yes, Big Brother has gone insane.
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This is perhaps one of the most kooky and creepy Security State tactics that I have come across: the EMD safety bracelet, which is being billed as the "last line of defence." A company called Lamperd Firearm Training Systems is trying to commercialize this item as an "airline security product." The company's video that hawks this device talks about the current facial recognition system called biometrics, where cameras capture photos of people and compare those images to the images of "terrorists" in its "terrorist" database. No matter how sophisticated this technology, it can all too often allow a terrorist on board a plane, and, this technology can also have the effect of creating airport bottlenecks. Ahem. The solution? The "viable, workable answer" is an electronic ID bracelet. This bracelet will replace the need for a ticket and contain all necessary information about the person, and as a bonus, it can allow the passenger to be tracked through the terminal. Crew members would be empowered with radio frequency transmitters to subdue "hijackers." The technology will override a person's central nervous system and zap them down quicker than you can say "Homeland Security." The company assures us that being dragged through the bracelet process is a "small inconvenience in order to assure your safe arrival." In fact, its studies show that most people would "happily opt" for wearing the bracelet to "insure their own security."
Here's the Lamperd video on YouTube - you must watch it. Here's the patent for this device. The patent actually reads this:
Upon activation of the electric shock device, through receipt of an activating signal from the selectively operable remote control means, the passenger wearing that particular bracelet receives the disabling electrical shock from the electric shock device. Accordingly, the passenger becomes incapacitated for a few seconds or perhaps a few minutes, during which time the passenger can be fully subdued and handcuffed, if necessary. Depending on the type of transmission medium used to send the activating signal, other passengers may also become temporarily incapacitated, which is undesirable and unfortunate, but may be unavoidable.
Lamperd even posts a series of letters on its website showing interest in the product for use "outside of airport security," which, of course, is the real reason for the product. Why it can be used for border control to subdue illegal aliens or by local law enforcement agencies to control the "criminal element!"
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As Aylan Kurdi, the three year old Syrian boy of Kurdis ethnic background lied lifeless on a sea beach of Turkey, it depicted the desperation of over 4 million Syrian refugees. The image circulated round the globe prompted international response over the issue of rehabilitating the Syrian refugee. The crisis also evoked a similar trajectory of events in another part of the world in a different time involving the 'Vietnamese Boat People'. As Thuan Le Elston, a member of the editorial board of the daily USA TODAY of Vietnamese background opines, it might be necessary to take a look back at the case to Vietnamese Boat People to find a reasonable solution for the Syrian refugee crisis.
When the Americans lost the Vietnam War there were many citizens of Vietnam, especially in South Vietnam who did not wish to stay in Vietnam. Those with influence were airlifted out by the Americans but many had to make do with crowding onto leaky boats and making the journey from Vietnam to the gulf of Thailand. Nearly 800,000 Vietnamese fled by boat, according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). In doing so they unwittingly wrote themselves into modern pirate history. The Vietnamese populace who tried to flee Vietnam over boat is termed as 'Vietnamese Boat People'; they seemed to encapsulate all the suffering Vietnam had suffered from1965 to 1975. Despite the end of the Vietnam War, tragedy for the people of Vietnam continued into 1978-79. The term 'Boat People' not only applies to the refugees who fled Vietnam but also to the people of Cambodia and Laos who did the same but tend to come under the same umbrella term. The term 'Vietnamese Boat People' tends to be associated with only those in the former South who fled the new Communist government established in post-war Vietnam. The exodus was the biggest in peacetime the world had seen. The boat people chose to face the adversities of the sea and the pirates rather than live under communist regime with the genuine prospect of attending reeducation camps and face persecution. About 10% of the boat people died without ever reaching shore, from pirate attacks, drowning or starvation. Those who survived, overwhelmed Vietnam's neighbors as well as Western nations where the refugees wanted to resettle.
Narratives of the boat people represent the danger they overcame in their endeavour, Thuan Le Elston describes the experience of her grandmother who fled Vietnam in 1985,
My cousins' grandmother, Gian Thi Le, was among the boat people. She couldn't leave Vietnam in 1975 with the rest of us because her husband was ill. A decade later, after his death, she decided to take her chances by sea, though she was already 70. When my cousins' family managed to bring her from a Southeast Asian refugee camp to Arizona, the grandmother told us of pirates wielding guns and machetes who beat the men and did worse to the women. She recounted seeing the pirates rape mothers and daughters and hearing the screams. "They only left me alone because I was old," she said.
Such narrative exemplifies the danger inherent in undertaking such journeys where challenge is presented not only from the natural topographies, but also from fellow humans as well; incidents like that Aylan Kurdi perhaps manifests the continuance of such miseries heaped on the common people due to political turmoil. In late 1978, Indo-China degenerated into wholesale confrontation and war between Vietnam and Kampuchea (Cambodia) and China. In December 1978, Vietnam attacked Kampuchea while in February 1979, Vietnam attacked Chinese forces in the north. These two conflicts produced a huge number of refugees.
As the tendency of several European nations at the moment to turn away the Syrian refugees, the Vietnamese boat people also faced rejection in countries like Malaysia and Thailand. In 1979, a U.N. conference agreed to allow them to stay temporarily in refugee camps in Southeast Asian countries before being resettled elsewhere. Over the next decade, though, the waves of boat people were so great, the U.N. had to convene another conference, in which communist led Vietnam itself was a key player. The new agreement increased the numbers for legal migration, determined refugee status of all asylum seekers, and returned those not eligible to their home countries (sometimes forcibly). To assist those returnees in their reintegration, UNHCR gave each of them $240 to $360 in U.S. dollars.
Trinh Hoi was born in 1970 in Saigon[1]. At the age of 15, he left Vietnam and came to Australia as a refugee. Trinh Hoi was admitted into Melbourne University Law School from which he graduated with combined degrees of BA and LLB. In an interview with Thuan Elston, Thin tells in the context of Syrian refugee crisis, "It's history repeating itself. First, as a refugee community, we must act and show the world that we are grateful for what was given to us. Second, to prove that if refugees are given a chance, sooner rather than later, they would become the responsible world citizens that we all hope to become: resourceful and responsive to the voiceless." "But in order to have a lasting solution," Trinh adds, "we must also act decisively in Syria — 4 million fleeing is enough reason to stop the carnage perpetrated by Assad." While there might be argument over the fact that who is the bigger evil – Assad or ISIS, there ought to be no debate about Trinh's prescription for the current Syrian refugees and the optimism he holds for them with regards to their probability of positively contributing to the task of nation building at their host nations.
The boat people settled in Australia, Canada, and the U.S.A.. In 1979, more than 100,000 of them arrived in America, where they tried to rebuild their shattered lives. Settling in America has not been easy. The first refugees were generously welcomed by many, but fiercely resisted by others. The opposition to the Vietnamese refugees came from racist groups such as the KKK but also from Americans who ironically mistook the refugees for communist Vietnamese citizens.
It has been said, however, that no difficulties in the U.S can compare to the hardships the refugees endured to get there. The new Vietnamese-Americans hunkered down; they went to school, worked in multiple jobs and eventually built a community that would flourish into numerous 'Little Saigons'. The most famous 'Little Saigon' is centered in the formerly sleepy residential city of Westminster in \Orange County, California. City's records reveal that in 1977, there were three Vietnamese-owned business in Westminster. In 1982, the number rose to 100. By 2004, Vietnamese owned businesses numbered 11,000 in Orange County. The first Vietnamese American elected official was Westminister City Councilman Tony Lam who took office in 1992. By 2005, there has been a Vietnamese American Assistant U.S. Attorney General, two state legislators, four city council members, and several school board members.
One of the important sites where the Vietnamese boat people took refuge initially was the Bidong Island situated off the coast of Terengganu, Malaysia in the South China Sea. The arrival of new refugees to Bidong and other locations in Southeast Asia decreased after June 1979. A Geneva Convention held in July 1979 resulted in Vietnam agreeing to restrain the flow of refugees and the Southeast Asian countries agreeing to take all those who came to their shores provided that the Western countries guaranteed resettlement for the majority of them. President Jimmy Carter raised the quota for permitting refugees into the United States from 7,000 to 14,000 per month and other countries followed suit, especially Canada, Australia, and France. The population of Bidong began to decline as refugees departed for resettlement abroad.
By the time Bidong was closed as a refugee camp on 30 October 1991, about 250,000 Vietnamese had passed through or resided in the camp. With the closing of the camp, the remaining refugees were repatriated back to Vietnam. The refugees strongly protested their forced repatriation. A total of 9,000 Vietnamese were repatriated between 1991 and 28 August 2005 when the last refugees departed Malaysia for Vietnam. This marked the end of the saga of the Vietnamese boat people; however similar fate continues to be shared in different times by different communities due to political disturbance which ceases to disappear in the light of difference within the human race.


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Weather 'Jacks Up' Luke Bryan Show In Mississippi
Luke Bryan was just as frustrated as his fans were that his show in Southaven, Miss. was postponed due to weather on Thursday night. The singer took to Twitter to vent, before assuring his crowd he'd make good on a promise to play BankPlus Amphitheater.
Justin Moore and Jon Langston were to open the May 26 concert. The venue had begun to fill up after the BankPlus social media accounts encouraged everyone to come out for the show. At first the storms only delayed the show. But after several hours the venue announced the show would be moved to another day.
The new date for Bryan's BankPlus Amphitheater show is July 11. It's not clear who the opening acts will be, but all original tickets will be honored. The venue has been responsive to questions on Twitter and Facebook, telling many that refunds are available at point of purchase for those who can't attend the new date.
While most amphitheater shows are labeled as "rain or shine," a severe storm or an incident that makes continuing with the show unsafe, can derail a show. Bryan will play festivals in Baton Rouge, La. and Daytona Beach, Fla. this weekend, before resuming the Kill the Lights Tour on June 2. Dustin Lynch and Little Big Town will join him for many of the shows.
Look for the singer to appear at CMA Music Festival as well. He's up for several CMT Music Awards, and will once again play the stadium shows the weekend of June 9.
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Marathon Man (1976) dir. John Schlesinger
A graduate student working to clear his father's name is caught up in an international conspiracy involving his brother and war criminals in hiding. Dustin Hoffman is fantastic in the lead role. Superb direction, following several intersecting plot lines through time and continents.
A classic 1970's action-suspense thriller by British director John Schlesinger. A fine supporting cast, including Laurence Olivier (who received an Oscar nomination for his role), Roy Scheider and William Devane.
Highly stylized and touching on controversial themes, inspired by many true events and facts. Great musical score by composer Michael Small.
Contains one of the most frightening scenes to grace the cinema screen, a prominent addition to many "All Time" lists by respected sources including Time Magazine and the American Film Institute.
Also interesting from a technical perspective – one of the first films to employ the newly-invented Steadicam system from operator and inventor Garrett Brown.
Marathon Man Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider and William Devane, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver
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The Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (ASPS) raised the issue with Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill following the death of a teenager at the Rockness music festival last month.Alex Heriot, 19, from Edinburgh, is said to have taken Benzo Fury, a drug easily found for sale on the internet.
Superintendent David O'Connor, president of ASPS, said legislation
should be amended to give officers the power to confiscate legal highs
in line with existing powers for alcohol.
"Every time you make one
set of chemicals illegal, another comes along," he said. "We have this
strange situation where we can seize alcohol from young people but if
you find them with drugs, not prescribed or over the counter, you don't
have a firm legal footing to deal with it." He said the term "legal high" sends a confusing message to people considering taking drugs. "The may think that because they're legal they're safe, even though it could kill them," he said.
O'Connor was commander officer at the Rockness festival for three years
to 2008. He said a clear safety message should be made, particularly in
the days before the T in the Park music festival gets under way: "I've
seen the effect of drugs and alcohol on people at festivals. People need
to make informed choices but we need the powers to address the issue." A former legal high, Mephedrone, was criminalised in 2010 after being linked to deaths.
Scottish Government spokesman said: "While legislation on legal highs
is reserved and a matter for the UK Government, the Scottish Government
takes emerging drugs trends and threats to the health of the people of
Scotland very seriously and work with the UK Government to ensure
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Examples of exhibition stands designed using a lattice style. Maybe inspired by the Gherkin building in London although there are plenty of buildings with a similar architectural use of the lattice. Lots of architectural design can be seen in exhibition stand designs.
I designed this lattice style exhibition stand below at the Anuga food exhibition in Cologne. The stand is mainly used as a meeting place for customers from around Europe so the lattice facade created an eye catching way of restricting access onto the stand whilst being open.


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A flash back of my brides maids and I almost 6 years ago
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
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What a fun photo, great memories for you!
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The Modern classes are based on the Imperial Society of Dancing Modern Theatre (I.S.T.D.) syllabus and take place at our Harlesden branch. The Jazz Medals can be taken by pupild who have reached a minimum of Grade 4 Modern standard.
At present our grades start at Grade 3 (approximately 10 years old) - the younger children from the age of five seem to enjoy the hip hop instead (of doing Grades 1 and 2?).
The pupils in the Modern classes learn the syllabus and free dances in the form of hip hop, modern jazz, pop and lyrical. The exams are taken with the I.S.T.D. at our Ealing Branch.


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USD: Higher against EUR and JPY, lower against EM FX
Our economists look for healthy October US Industrial Production reading, pointing to a near 3% GDP growth in 4Q17. This should partly help USD vs EUR and JPY which both benefited from a challenging risk environment over the past two days. Yet, with the December Fed rate hike priced with 90% probability, we don't expect a material impact on the dollar, but rather a semi-correction or stabilisation move following recent USD weakness vs EUR and JPY.
EUR: The euro halting its recent upside
As the risk environment stabilised overnight (Nikkei is up 1.5%), we expect the recent EUR/USD uptrend to halt today with the cross retreating to the 1.1750 level. The expected solid US IP reading and the unchanged final estimate of the eurozone October CPI should also cap EUR/USD upside. In the CEE FX space, look for the global risk appetite driven by EUR/CZK upside of the past two days to reverse and the cross to converge towards the 25.5500 level again.
GBP: No new news from the BoE speakers
Our economists see modest upside risks to October UK retail sales (versus our and the consensus call for a flat MoM% reading). Yet with the underlying UK growth and consumption trends weak, the modest upside surprise is unlikely to change GBP prospects. Equally, we don't expect the Bank of England speakers today to surprise with their rhetoric on the timing of the next rate hike (as per yesterday's Ben Broadbent comments on "unclear" balance of risks) and that suggests a fairly muted impact on GBP. EUR/GBP to stay above the 0.8900 level.
SEK and NOK: Stability after the pronounced two-day sell off
The Swedish and Norwegian krone are going through significant weakness, with both currencies down against EUR by around 2% over the past two days. This is due to a mix of a stronger EUR, disappointing domestic data and sharply rising market concerns about the local housing markets. The latter in particular (and its implications for the central banks' stances) suggests lower NOK and SEK for longer vs our current (under-revision) forecasts.
As per Battered Scandies, both NOK and SEK should struggle to fully recover after the sell-off in upcoming months. Into the year end, we prefer NOK to SEK given the likely less dovish December Norges Bank meeting (versus more dovish Riksbank meeting). As for today, we will look through Riksbank's Ohlsson comments (likely to be hawkish based on the recent Minutes) as he does not represent the majority thinking of the board. Yet, with the global risk environment stabilizing, EUR/SEK should test the 9.9000 support.


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Once you have made your pattern, you need to get some basic Leather crafting tools, and of course, some leather. The most complete source of leather crafting tools today is Tandy Leather Factory. If they don't have it, you most likely can't get it any where else. Like most niche hobby suppliers, their regular prices are bit dear, so it pays to get on their mailing list to take advantage of their sales. This month they have two items on sale that are essential to making holsters. The first is leather, and the second are harness needles.
Right now, they have veg-tan double shoulders (economy grade) on sale for 3.49 a square foot. For less than forty bucks, you get enough leather to make nearly a dozen average sized holsters. These are 7-9 ounce untrimmed pieces of leather that will be somewhere between 8 and 11 square feet and may have range marks (i.e. scars, brand marks, etc). But for the novice holster maker, they are a godsend. They cost less than half of what the premium leathers do, and with care you can place your pattern to avoid the worst of the range marks. And there will usually be plenty of perfectly good areas.
A word about leather. Leather is sold ostensibly by the weight of the leather per square foot, and because of the variance in the hides and their preparation, it is usually expressed as a range, 6-7 oz, for example. Economy grade leather will usually vary a bit more, like 5-8 or 7-9 oz, but for our purpose, that is about as relevant as the price of eggs in Alaska. A one foot square ounce of leather is approximately 1/64 of an inch thick, so most leather, while graded by weight is actually sold by thickness. This means little outside of a game of "trivial Pursuit" except that when you are making a holster, you will want to make the appropriate choice for the gun you are making the holster for.
Here's a suggested guide for selecting leather weight for a project.
Gun weight Leather Weight
0-20 oz. 5-6 oz
20-30 oz. 6-7 oz
30-40 oz. 7-8 oz.
40+ oz 8-9 oz.
Bear in mind that these are guidelines, not immutable laws of time and space. If your pistol weighs 31 oz and you have some 6-7 ounce leather you will not burst into flames if you make your holster out of it.
Here is a photo of the stuff required to make a nice holster. I have made a holster with a nail, a knife, a stick, and a needle and thread, but I don't recommend it
You will see a pair of shears, a stitch line cutter, a pair of pliers, a thonging chisel, an edging tool, a pair of harness needles, and a soft blow hammer on top. Below is a roll of waxed thread, a rotary hole punch and a gun, in this case, my much beloved 44 Special Flattop. Underneath it all is the all important manila folder which becomes the pattern. They now make a two prong thonging chisel that is much better for holster making. DO NOT GET A FOUR PRONG you will curse it every time you have to wrestle it back out of the leather.
If you saw my previous post on holster pattern making, jump right in. Other wise, go read it first.
Once we have our pattern made, we transfer it onto the leather by tracing the pattern onto the grain side of the leather, making sure we have the right side up. Don't laugh, I have two left-hand holsters that didn't start out that way. Try to position the pattern to minimize waste while avoiding any big nasty marks or scars. Then, pin the pattern firmly in place with a stout hunk of lead, a box o' boolits or your off hand and trace the edge with a ball point pen, being careful not to let the pen wander off.
The next thing to do is cut out the pattern. A pair of shears work best for this, provided they are sharp. I used a pair of aircraft snips for years before My wife got me the Fiskars for my birthday one year. However, an exacto knife, or any reallly sharp knife will do just as well. Carefully cut around the edge. Remember, the better your pattern and the better you transfer it it, the better your holster will be. I often find it easiest to cut off the entire corner or edge where the pattern is in order to reduce the weight of the leather flapping around.
Next up is to form the belt tunnel. Take the belt that you want it to fit on and lay it on a clean flat surface. Take your belt tunnel and get it wet, run it under the tap for 20 or 30 seconds. Now lay it on top of the belt and position it to get the the angle you want the holster to ride at. Try to visualize how the gun will fit on the belt and adjust it so that what you see is what you get. Now, take a smooth metal, wood, or hard plastic tool, such as a spoon, a butter knife handle, a boning tool or whatever, and form the tunnel on the belt. Don't scratch the leather, just rub it firmly with the smooth belly of the tool, not an edge. Once the tunnel is formed, set it aside to dry. Once it is dry, take the edge beveler and bevel the edges, trying to maintain the same angle all the way around.
Now is the time to perform any basket stamping or hand carving that you have a mind to do. Basket stamping covers up most minor range marks and I suspect that was the reason that many police leather suppliers began pushing 'basket weave" leather goods to allow them to use cheaper leather. I usually put at least a simple edge pattern on my holsters, but it really doesn't matter. If you are interested in that sort of thing, there are a great many people more qualified than I to tell you about it. If you live near a Tandy Leather store, everyone of them has expert craftsmen who either work or shop there who can help you. There is also a lot of stuff on the web.
Once you have made whatever aesthetic improvements to the leather, it's time to dye the holster. Here, there is only one choice. Fiebings Oil Dyes. Not Lincoln, not the water based garbage that Commifornia makes you buy, but Fiebings Oil-based leather dies. Nothing else compares when it comes to holster making. Using a dauber, out doors, apply a smooth even coat going up and down, then do it again going side to side, then finally diagonally to ensure even coverage. My favorites are USMC Black, British Tan and Saddle Tan, but there are many others available. Pick your favorite.
A pair of cheap nitrile surgical gloves will keep you from dyeing your fingers and hands as you turn over and pick up the peices as you dye them. Fiebings is good stuff--it will dye your skin as well as the leather. When finished, set the project aside to dry, ideally in the afternoon sun..
Next it's time to assemble the holster. If you are making a thumb break holster, now is the time to punch the hole on the back strap. Lay the gun on the project and double check your pattern. Mark the spot where you want the snap to be. Leave the strap portion for later, but punch, cut or drill a half inch hole for the female snap.
First we attach the belt tunnel. We do this by applying a thin coat of rubber or contact cement to the back of the tunnel where it touches the back of the holster and then doing the same to the corresponding spots on the holster. Keep the glue away from the edges. When you press the tunnel onto the holster body, glue will spill out of the edges, onto your fingers and onto the holster, making a sticky mess. Avoid this if you can by being frugal with the glue. It is there to hold the pieces while you sew, nothing more. If a thumb break holster is being crafted, rivet the female snap in place now.
If you have never used one before, take a few minutes and practice with the stitching groover on a piece of scrap leather before attacking your holster with it. It has an ell shaped cutter that slides in and out of the shaft when the lock screw is loosened. Adjust it so that it will scribe a channel about 1/8 of an inch from the edge. Then carefully scribe around the edges of the sewing flaps on the belt tunnel to mark where you are to make your holes.
There are several ways to make the stitching holes. When the leather to be sewn is 3 layers or less in thickness, I use a thonging chisel. This looks like a tiny pitch fork and works by pounding it through the leather, pulling it out, and then going on to the next holes. If you overlap each strike, so that the back leg is in the last hole you punched, you next hole will be an even distance from the last one and your stitches will be nice and even. Use a straight edge to mark the groove where the stitch line runs parallel to the belt.
For a main seam when there will be multiple layers of leather, especially if there is a liner or multiple welts being used, I use a 3/32 drill to make the holes. While the project is flat, before the welt(s) are installed but after the liner is in place, I chisel the holes in the top or front stitch line. Don't bother with the back--odds are long that it won't match up any way, then when the holster main seam is glued, I use the holes to guide the drill bit. Make darn sure you keep the drill perpendicular to the project, otherwise the backside of your stitch line will wander around like a drunken snake.
Now you're ready to start saddle stitching the holster together. Unless you've got a grand or so that you don't need, this done by hand. Take a peice of waxed thread 6 times the length of the stitching line and put a harness needle on each end. Use the large 00 size if you have a choice. Twist the needle to wrap the thread tightly at the ends. Start on the belt tunnel and push the a needle through one hole and then pull it through until you have equal amounts of thread on each side. Now you are going to pass each needle through the next hole, one at a time, from opposite sides. Continue to sew back and forth, pausing every two stitches to pull the thread tight. This makes for a strong seam. And should the thread break or get cut somewhere down the road, the fact that the leather is sewn from both sides means that half of the stitch will still be intact. Continue to the end and then back stitch through the last two holes. This where the pliers come in handy. Pull the thread taut and cut off the excess.
Once the belt tunnel is done, the next thing to do is glue the welt strip. Once again. be careful not to get glue on the finished surfaces. Then we must fold the project and glue the main seam. This easiestly accomplished by folding the holster into a "U" and dunking the bottom of the "U" into a shallow pan of water and letting it soak until you feel the leather soften, usually 20 to30 seconds. Then push the glued edges to gether, carefully aligning them before pushing the glued surfaces together. A good pattern well cut will mate up nicely. Lack of attention will show up here when the edges don't match up well. Using non- marring clamps or a couple boxes o' boolits, clamp the edges together and let the glue dry.
Once dry, punch or drill the holes for the main seam and then prepare your thread as before. If the leather is thick, though, use a peice 7 or even 8 times the length of the stitch line. Start at the bottom and work your way to the top. Backstitch as before, but do three stitches and pull both needles from the back to tighten the thread before cutting. If you use a very sharp knife and cut close to the stitch the release of tension pulls the stub back into the hole for a tidy stitch.
Next wet mold the gun to the holster. Dunk the holster in water for 30- 40 seconds, shake off the excess and shove the gun into the holster. Using the pads of your thumbs, force the leather snugly around the gun. A boning tool is used for really fine fitting, but be careful not to mar the finish with any sharp edges or fingernails. Mark the snap setting for the male snap, if a thumb-break. Once formed, set the holster aside to dry and give your gun a good wipe down with a water displacing oil.
The final steps are to sand the edges and joints, bevel the edges, and apply a good edge dressing. I use a drum sanding disc on a dremel tool for this, but you can do just as well with a peice of 220 or 280 grit sand paper and a piece of dowell. It just takes a little while longer. Smooth the main seam and the top of the holster, take a damp sponge and lightly moisten the edges, then go over them again, Take the edge Beveler and trim off the feathering that the sanding left, then re-dye the sanded areas. While the dye is still wet, rub the edge with a peice of canvas or old blue jean material to burnish and smooth the edge. Finally, apply a good edge dressing to the edges.
After it dries thoroughly, check the final fit of the gun, then attach the male snap for a thumb break. and you're done.


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Powering Africa into the Information Age
Posted on March 12, 2014
Africa is a honeypot for investment
The African economy and infrastructure are starting to become a real honeypot for investment. Over the past 10 years, the region's economic output has tripled to $2 trillion. Global fund management group T. Rowe Price says that, over the next five years, eight out of 10 of the fastest growing countries in the world will come from Africa and the Middle East. According to the World Bank, the African economy grew by 5.6% in 2013. This rapid growth, alongside the region's dynamism, huge potential consumer markets and reform programmes are attracting savvy Western investors away from more sluggish economies.
Private equity players are also piling in. Over the past five years, private equity firms have invested nearly $12 billion in Africa, according to a study by Ernst & Young and the African Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (AVCA). Last October, Carlyle Group raised nearly $600 million for its first sub-Saharan Africa fund. Sovereign borrowers have also benefited; African governments have raised a record $8 billion in global bonds, up from just $1 billion a decade ago, as international investors chase yields that are unavailable elsewhere.
Mobile phone uptake is a crucial theme in Africa's growth story. In a region beset by undeveloped infrastructure and limited access to fixed lines, it is perhaps not surprising that Africans have rushed to embrace wireless telephony. According to the GSMA, the global body for the mobile phone industry, subscriber numbers in sub-Saharan Africa have risen to 475 million from 90 million seven years ago, making it the fastest growing region in the world.
The link between mobile phone usage and economic growth is clear: an additional 10 phones per hundred people leads to a GDP per capita increase of as much as 0.6 per cent. The impact is even larger in developing countries, at between 0.8 and 1.2 percentage points.
In developing regions such as Africa, mobile phones aren't simply used for communicating with friends and relatives. They are the main medium for accessing the Internet and fulfill the social functions that we in the West take for granted. For instance, through a system known as mobile money, many Africans rely on their mobile phone to pay for goods and services and even make savings, because of the absence of physical bank branches. In Kenya, some two-thirds of the adult population uses this system and about a quarter of the country's GNP flows through it. Across sub-Saharan Africa, the mobile economy in its entirety generates 6 per cent of GDP, higher than in any other region worldwide.
With electricity blackouts commonplace and limited access to the local grid even when it is working, powering Africa's access to communications is crucial if recent impressive growth rates are to be maintained. With the advent of the Cloud and smart technology, individuals are demanding ever more from their mobile devices. All this needs greater amounts of energy and the current battery technology that Africans rely on to power their devices is struggling to keep up.
Working alongside incumbent African businesses, innovative Western companies can help solve such problems and play a part in assisting the continent's exciting growth story. In late 2013, we unveiled "UppTM", a portable energy device which uses our hydrogen fuel cell technology and is aimed initially at the African consumer electronics market. The device will provide customers with a week's worth of power for USB-compatible electronic devices, such as smartphones, tablets and portable gaming consoles, without the requirement to recharge from an electricity grid and with the benefit of zero-emission energy. We launched Upp at AfricaCom 2013 and the reception received from press, customers, potential partners and network carriers was evidence that a device that gives customers energy freedom and power on the go is sorely needed.
For Western companies willing to grasp the continent's infrastructure and demographic challenges, Africa can be a land of opportunity.
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