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The general consensus in today's enterprise software space is that Software as a Service (SaaS) and cloud computing are the waves of the future. Industry analysts and vendor sales reps are proclaiming that SaaS
ERP systems
are cheaper, faster, and easier, while traditional ERP vendors are doing what they can to not be perceived as "Big ERP" solution providers.
But perhaps the biggest impact of the SaaS movement is that it is enabling the next wave of big ERP deployments.
There, I said it. Yes, SaaS and cloud software vendors are doing very well in this economic environment and the movement is here to stay. Indeed, SaaS ERP vendors such as Salesforce, Workday, and NetSuite are growing at a much faster pace than the overall ERP industry. However, I'm not ready to pronounce the "other" side of ERP dead just yet.
For years, ERP industry trends have swung like a pendulum back and forth between SaaS/ASP/best-of-breed and on-premise/big/complex ERP, and for good reason. As outlined in the table below, the reason big ERP didn't die 20 years ago is because of the cyclical and perpetual nature of these competing trends. Just as companies grew tired of issues resulting from a complex, cumbersome, and costly
ERP implementation
, companies will eventually tire of SaaS issues related to less flexibility, less control, and more complex integration.
It's helpful to first understand how we got here in the first place, starting at the top of the graphic and moving clockwise:
"Big" ERP's crisis of flexibility, cost, and overhead.
Many journalists and analysts have covered in great detail the troubles with large, on-premise ERP systems: they can be cumbersome, cost too much, and create an IT overhead burden on the organization. Especially in this economy, companies are risk adverse and are less likely to bite off more than they can chew. Therefore, many companies are addressing this crisis by looking at smaller SaaS and cloud point solutions that they can implement in smaller chunks as their IT budgets and risk appetites allow. This leads us to the bottom of the graphic: the movement toward SaaS, cloud, and best of breed solutions.
The SaaS crisis of control, standardization, and integration.
Moving clockwise from the bottom of the graphic, you see that eventually organizations using SaaS point solutions will face a crisis of flexibility, standardization, and integration. Companies grow, acquire other companies, expand into new territories, and globalize their supply chains, which strains their disparate enterprise systems' environments. Having separate SaaS solutions to address various business functions and locations becomes less efficient as companies grow and change, forcing the second crisis. Suddenly, CIOs look for ways to standardize and consolidate their global systems to gain consistent business processes, IT efficiencies, and better visibility into their diverse operations.
Then the cycle repeats itself, just as it has multiple times since I've been in the ERP consulting space. It is important to note that not all companies go through the various stages of the cycle at the same time - smaller firms will often stay in the SaaS stage until they have grown to the point where their complexities are no longer supported by cloud solutions, while larger firms often engage in M&A activities and expand internationally, causing them to more naturally hover in the on-premise space for longer periods.
Of course, there are a few potential game changers that could break this cycle. First, if SaaS solutions evolve into true fully integrated enterprise-wide applications rather than primarily point solutions as they are now, then this would disrupt or hinder the arrival of the next crisis. Second, more robust development and integration tools within SaaS solutions could mitigate some of the current flexibility advantages of on premise ERP. Third, if the economy continues to languish as it has in recent years, it may be a bit longer before the next shift in the cycle. And finally, developing and emerging economies will provide a robust global SaaS market, even as some economies begin to mature and face the first crisis resulting from SaaS offerings.
Eventually, companies will move beyond CRM, payroll, and financials in their adoption of
SaaS ERP
. And the cloud is definitely here to stay. However, at least for the foreseeable future, there will also be a need for ERP systems built to automate large, complex, and diversified organizations.
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Oct 5, 2010
Perpetual cycle? Most companies haven't completed a transition from an on-premise system to a SaaS system to begin with, so a "perpetual cycle" seems rather inaccurate and melodramatic.
vishwas sharma
Oct 12, 2010
Both SaaS and Traditional ERP has to be viewed differently. The scalability in terms of usage/integration etc, of the application is to be kept in mind. I do agree that a company will not go into a perpetual cycle, lest they have selected a wrong model among SaaS / Hosted / Traditional ERPs.
Oct 18, 2010
I don't necessarily agree that "companies will eventually tire of SaaS issues related to less flexibility, less control, and more complex integration" in the same way they did with 'Big ERP'. That depends on the approach companies take to SaaS adoption. SaaS is a completely different proposition and although it may not be right for all businesses, for some it could provide the delivery mechanism and apps they need. Time will tell how this market evolves as early adopters come on board. One of the mistakes that technology providers have made with cloud computing is attempting to shoehorn/convince all technology buyer/user types that there is only one right path to cloud computing...depending upon what they have available. The fact is that cloud solutions must be mapped to a wide variety of factors to be effective:
? the type of application
? the breadth of the application suite
? the maturing of the application (i.e. Newer technologies/products require more frequent upgrades/modifications)
? the specific requirements of that industry/market
? the pace of change within the company/organization
IT will inevitably continue to reinvent itself as it always has. 'Big ERP' has had its day. Organizations are realizing they can get the same functionality without the cost and complexity - flexible ERP that will support business as it changes and grows without the price tag that comes with solutions from vendors like SAP and Oracle. On-premises software will be a vital component in enterprise architectures for the foreseeable future, but from speaking with our customers we cannot see 'Big ERP' making a return to favor...
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Silk-Shaded Grace
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The Khan of Kunlun Shan -
Skjor and Igrid
Two farmers from the Lover's Shadowland -
Soft Summer Mist
Goddess of Fertility and.....Rough 'Love Making' -
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The Shining One
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The Syndics
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Whisper of the Forsaken Word
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- Eijk, D.J. van
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- Oberdorf, J.E.
- Pont, S.C.
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Prof. Angèle Reinders is a guest professor of Energy-Efficient Design in the section Design for Sustainability of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering of Delft University of Technology. Since 2002 she has been teaching and conducting research in the Department of Design, Production and Management of the University of Twente with a focus on innovative product design for integrated sustainable energy technologies.Throughout her career, Angèle Reinders has had an abiding interest in sustainable energy. Prior to joining University of Twente she worked at Delft University of Technology where she investigated low power energy supply for portable applications.
In 2001, Angèle Reinders worked as a scientific advisor in the Asia Alternative Energy Program of the World Bank in Washington D.C. From 1993 to 2000, she was associated with the Department of Science, Technology and Society of Utrecht University, where she investigated, among other things, energy consumption of households in the European Union and life cycle aspects of energy systems for rural electrification. She received her doctoral degree from the Faculty of Chemistry at Utrecht University in 1999. Her PhD dissertation covers the analysis and simulation of the field performance of photovoltaic solar energy systems. Angèle Reinders completed a master degree in Experimental Physics in 1993 at Utrecht University, specializing in material physics and energy physics.
Angèle Reinders was born in 1969 in Voorburg, close to Delft.
- 1994- 1999
PhD project at the Department of Science, Technology and Society of Utrecht University - 1988-1993
Experimental Physics at Utrecht University
Angèle Reinders has a vast experience with sustainable product development in cooperation with companies i.e. products incorporating sustainable lighting, solar energy or hydrogen technology. In particular she was involved in the development of applications of photovoltaic solar energy technology, f.i. PV modules, lighting products and solar powered boats. Also she has practical experience with monitoring, evaluation and simulation of sustainable energy systems,.
Angèle Reinders is a member of the organizing committee of IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, an associate member of the Alliance for Rural Electrification and a co-founding editor of the IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics.
Specialisation/field of research
Research in the chair of Energy-Efficient Design is directed to integral approaches to the development of energy-efficient products, systems and infrastructures based on opportunities from alternative energy forms and new storage and power distribution methods for a wide range of markets; i.e. consumer market, business-to-business products, built environment and the BoP market.
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Angèle Reinders coaches (PhD) students on the evaluation and design of products and services with integrated sustainable energy solutions.
- 2010 – 2011: Course 'Smart Energy Products', Sustainable Energy Technology of Delft University of Technology
- 2002-present: Various courses on product development and innovation in the bachelor and master of Studies of of Industrial Design Engineering of University of Twente
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Book | The Power of Design | |
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Author | Angele Reinders, Jan Carel Diehl and Han Brezet | |
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Here's the thing. I know some of you might be looking for practical recipes with chicken and vegetables or that end with a satisfying hunk of baked goodness. You may look askance and say "You want me to spend time making a condiment I can buy in any decent grocery store?" But hear me out.
For those of you not familiar with curd, it's a mixture of sugar, butter, eggs, and some type of fruit juice, often citrus. The stuff you get in stores is often thickened with pectin or weird artificial thickeners so it's very thick and gummy. It also lacks in the flavor department. My version uses whole eggs (rather than yolks) and sets up to a pudding consistency. It's sweet, tangy, buttery, and bursting with flavor. Heaped on a cream scone, it's heavenly.
Look for organic Meyer lemons, which are smaller, sweeter, and juicier than regular lemons. You can still make it with regular lemons, but if you want the same sweet-tart punch, you can try subbing the juice of one or two lemons with orange juice. Key lime curd would also be insanely good and give you that great sweet-tart balance.
This recipe is also designed so you can make a large batch (roughly 5-8 ounce jars) and freeze most for later use. Lemon curd freezes and defrosts like a champ, so you only do the work of zesting and juicing lemons once, and enjoy multiple times. If you don't want to commit to that large an amount, this recipe easily halves.
I've also made this recipe as easy as possible. Many recipes for lemon curd tell you to strain your lemon juice or the curd after it's cooked, making for crazy amounts of clean up. I hate washing dishes and scrubbing out strainers, so you'll find none of that here. I'm not gonna lie, you may end up with a few tiny specks of cooked egg in your curd with this method, but real lemon curd isn't perfectly smooth because of the zest anyway. And you definitely won't be able to taste the specks.
First you melt a stick of butter and set it aside to cool.
Then you prep the lemons by zesting and juicing into two separate containers. I love this microplane grater for zesting citrus and grating hard cheeses. You can discard the lemon hulls.
Then you cream the sugar together with the melted butter.
Then you stir in the lemon juice. At this point, check the pan to make sure it's completely cooled, otherwise you'll end up with chunks of cooked egg in your curd. Then beat in the eggs with a whisk and make sure the mixture is as smooth and uniform as possible:
Then you put the pan on a cold burner and turn the heat to a little shy of medium and stir making sure to scrape the bottom CONSTANTLY for about 10 minutes until the curd thickens. It will have the consistency of a thick Hollandaise sauce and stick to the back of a spoon. It will set up a bit more as it cools.
Then you whisk in the zest:
I like half pint (8 oz.) jars because it's a reasonable amount for two people to eat over a few days. Once thawed, the curd stays good for about a week in the fridge.
- In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and set aside to cool.
- Zest the lemons using a microplane grater or the fine side of a box grater and set the zest aside. Only remove the outer, yellow layer, not the white (and bitter) pith.
- Juice the lemons with a citrus juicer or press. Pulp in the juice is not a big deal, but fish out any seeds that might have fallen into the juice. You should have in the neighborhood of 2/3 to 1 cup of juice. Discard the hulls.
- Cream the sugar together with the melted butter and stir in the juice.
- Beat the eggs into the mixture until it is as smooth and uniform as possible.
- Set the saucepan on a cold burner and turn the heat up to just shy of medium. Stir CONSTANTLY making sure to scrape the bottom of the pan for about 10 minutes until the curd thickens. Remove from heat.
- Whisk in the zest and pour into jars. Allow to cool and refrigerate or freeze. Curd will last approximately 1 week in the fridge.


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SINGAPORE: A study here has found that patients who encounter acute heart attacks are not calling for ambulances, resulting in a delay in receiving medical help.
The study, the findings of which were published in the Internal Medicine Journal last year, surveyed 252 heart attack patients at the National University Hospital (NUH).
The study found that only 35 per cent of these patients used emergency medical services when presented with symptoms of a heart attack.
Some 98 patients took their own transport to the hospital, while another 22 per cent sought assistance from their general practitioner (GP) first.
For those who did not call for an ambulance, the period between the onset of symptoms and receiving medical help was prolonged by an average of 82 minutes, according to the study.
National University Heart Centre registrar Tan Li Ling, who led the study, said: "There is a need to educate the public on the symptoms of a heart attack as patients might not use the emergency medical service when they do not recognise the symptoms."
She added that greater awareness of the benefits of using an ambulance was needed. For instance, in the case of a life-threatening heart attack, paramedics and equipment like defibrillators are on hand to provide prompt treatment on the spot, she said.
GPs TODAY spoke to said educating patients could be challenging. For one, heart attack symptoms may not be easily recognisable. Dr Kevin Chua of Drs Chua & Partners said: "The symptoms of a heart attack vary and it is not clear cut. Hence, patients might turn to their GP if they see the symptoms as something mild."
He encounters patients suffering heart attacks once every few months and refers them to the hospital after assessing their condition.
The researchers said the tendency to brush off symptoms could be cultural, as the findings are in line with overseas studies which have found that Asian patients were more likely to not call for emergency medical help. This may also be the case when it comes to older patients, they added.
The researchers noted some patients may assume they could reach the hospital faster in their own cars.
However, the study would have to be expanded to be more representative as it involved a relatively healthy group of participants with a low mortality rate and this was not an accurate reflection of NUH's heart attack patients, they said.- TODAY


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The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition
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The original version of The Stand was 823 pages long. King's original draft was 1152, but King's publisher at the time, Doubleday, forced him to "trim" the book, because they thought the book would not sell well if it was that long. King agreed, and trimmed it by 500 pages (around 150,000 words).
In 1990, King revealed that he had kept the material, and was allowed to turn The Stand into an uncut version, as well as correcting time mistakes and adding popular culture references from the 80s and 90s, as the book took place in the future.
The original publication of the uncut version contained new illustrations by Bernie Wrightsonm and was titled The Stand; for the First Time Complete and Uncut. In June 2011, Anchor released a mass market paperback with smaller print, therefore totaling to 1472 pages. The illustrations were cut out.


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Hey everyone, I just logged onto my Verizon to browse for an extended battery and when I added it to the cart it was only 25 bucks billable to my account. Don't know why it was discounted, but I figured I'd share it just in case anyone else can take advantage. I'm an existing customer and I traded for my bionic on Craigslist. GoBears!
awesome, it has been on sale since the day the bionic came out just, f y I Sent from my DROID BIONIC using DroidForums
Cool, thanks for the FYI! I didn't know so maybe someone else reading doesn't know that either. This phone sure needs it haha. Any other accessories discounted that you know of? GoBears!
I meant no disrespect I was glad to see it still available at that price! Most of the other discounts were launch only :-( by the way... it's only needs the extended battery if you are not rooted, lol. I average 15 hours on my standard battery with moderate too heavy usage everyday! Sent from my DROID BIONIC using DroidForums
No disrespect taken at all bro, it's all good. I'm just so happy that I finally got this phone after 10 months of waiting! Now of course I want to spend tons of cash buying accessories lol. Bionic sure does have some nice add-ons. GoBears!
After reading this, I just went to verizon's website, and the extended battery with the back cover was on sale for 25% off, not 50%. I was even logged into the site. I guess Verizon don;t like me that much. :angry:
log out of your account, you probably get a 25% discount on your bill as a customer. log out and purchase the battery as a guest and you will get 50% discount.
Excellent advice. Thanks man. Worked flawlessly. It's ordered, paid for, and will arrive in 2 days (free shipping). Thanks for clearing up this mess for me. Can't wait to get it, get fully charged and last a day without worrying about charging all the time.


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Black Bean and Corn Salsa
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- In a large mixing bowl combine black beans, Mexican corn, tomatoes, avocados, green onions, red onion, garlic, olive oil, white vinegar and Good Season Italian Dressing.
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It was Easy to Decide on This year's Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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- Norway Tops the Global Happiness Rankings for 2017
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- Romeo and Juliet Takes a Modern Twist at Det Norske Teatret
Talking to TV2, Jagland said it has been an interesting selection and not very complicated this time. He said they have had a very good and lengthy evaluation process and come up with another bold and disputed name.
Reminding the China's boycott after the Peace Prize was awarded to dissident Liu Xiaobo, Jagland emphasized that the committee gets its authority by not having taken into account such considerations and national interests.
- The award to Liu was a well deserved one. My impression is that it is not controversial in the international community. It is only controversial in some circles in Norway with commercial interests.
How Does The Committe Decide?
Each year, the Norwegian Nobel Committee specifically invites qualified people to submit nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. The statutes of the Nobel Foundation specify categories of individuals who are eligible to make nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. These nominators are:
Members of national assemblies and governments and members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration and the International Court of Justice at the Hague
- Members of Institut de Droit International
- University professors of history, social sciences, philosophy, law and theology, university presidents and directors of peace research and international affairs institutes
- Former recipients, including board members of organizations that have previously won the prize
- Present and past members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
- Former permanent advisers to the Norwegian Nobel Institute
Nominations must usually be submitted to the Committee by the beginning of February in the award year. Nominations by committee members can be submitted up to the date of the first Committee meeting after this deadline.
The statutes of the Nobel Foundation do not allow information about nominations, considerations or investigations relating to awarding the prize to be made public for at least 50 years after a prize has been awarded. Over time many individuals have become known as "Nobel Peace Prize Nominees", but this designation has no official standing. Nominations from 1901 to 1956, however, have been released in a database.
Nominations are considered by the Nobel Committee at a meeting where a short list of candidates for further review is created. This short list is then considered by permanent advisers to the Nobel institute, which consists of the Institute's Director and the Research Director and a small number of Norwegian academics with expertise in subject areas relating to the prize. Advisers usually have some months to complete reports, which are then considered by the Committee to select the laureate. The Committee seeks to achieve a unanimous decision, but this is not always possible. The Nobel Committee typically comes to a conclusion in mid-September, but occasionally the final decision has not been made until the last meeting before the official announcement at the beginning of October.
The winners of last ten years
2001 | United Nations | United Nations | "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world" | |
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2002 | Jimmy Carter | United States | "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development" | |
2003 | Shirin Ebadi | Iran | "for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children." | |
2004 | Wangari Muta Maathai | Kenya | "for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace" | |
2005 | International Atomic Energy Agency | United Nations | "for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way" | |
Mohamed ElBaradei | Egypt | |||
2006 | Muhammad Yunus | Bangladesh | "for advancing economic and social opportunities for the poor, especially women, through their pioneering microcredit work" | |
Grameen Bank | ||||
2007 | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | United Nations | "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change" | |
Al Gore | United States | |||
2008 | Martti Ahtisaari | Finland | "for his efforts on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts" | |
2009 | Barack Obama | United States | "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." | |
2010 | Liu Xiaobo[G] | China | "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China" | |
2011 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | Liberia | "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work" | |
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Tawakel Karman | Yemen |
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- AnonymousJune 16, 2012 at 7:59 PM
All of these sound like excuses for abuse and it's disgusting.
ReplyDeleteReplies- AnonymousJune 26, 2012 at 12:34 PM
I had the exact same feeling. Weird. (they apply to other situations, of course, and the idea kit in itself is a nice idea, but really, that's what struck me at first)
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Australian A-League Standings
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Brendon Santalab nets hat trick as Wanderers beat Melbourne City
Brendon Santalab set a Western Sydney Wanderers season goal-scoring record with a hat trick in their 3-1 A-League win over Melbourne City.
Kevin Muscat demands understrength Melbourne Victory to fight on
Melbourne Victory head to Brisbane understrength but have vowed to make Sydney FC earn their A-League premiership.
Wellington Phoenix demand A-League relook during international breaks
The Wellington Phoenix have run out of patience with the FFA, issuing a vigorous demand for an international window in the A-League.
Brisbane Roar goalkeeper Michael Theo explains 'assault' suspension
Suspended Brisbane Roar goalkeeper Michael Theo has sought to explain lashing out at Adelaide United's Dylan McGowan.
Western Sydney Wanderers focused on Bruno Fornaroli in Tim Cahill absence
Tim Cahill or no Tim Cahill, the Western Sydney Wanderers' approach to Friday's A-League clash doesn't change -- keep Melbourne City's attack at bay.
Brandon O'Neill and Sydney FC aren't blinking on cusp of A-League history
With a win on Sunday, Sydney FC can secure the A-League premiership. But Brandon O'Neill tells ESPN FC his team still have plenty of work to do.


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Behavior Changes Across Time and Between Populations in Open-Ended Learning Environments
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- Gauch B., Biswas G. (2016) Behavior Changes Across Time and Between Populations in Open-Ended Learning Environments. In: Micarelli A., Stamper J., Panourgia K. (eds) Intelligent Tutoring Systems. ITS 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 9684. Springer, Cham
Open-ended computer-based learning environments (OELEs) can be powerful learning tools in that they help students develop effective self-regulated learning (SRL) and problem solving skills. In this study, middle school students used the SimSelf OELE to build causal models to learn about climate science. We study their learning and model building approaches by calculating a suite of behavioral metrics derived using coherence analysis (CA) that are used as features on which to group students by their type of learning behavior. We also analyze changes in these metrics over time, and compare these results to results from other studies with a different OELE to see determine generalizable their findings are across different OELE systems.


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In order to understand Alchemy in Movement (A.I.M.), you'll have to set aside any preconceived notions about your own physical limitations. Because at Sal Anthony's Movement Salon, those limitations are negligible. Sal created A.I.M., which uses a table with suspension straps hanging over it, to get people moving in new ways that can improve mobility in everyday life. His private 90-minute A.I.M. yoga classes enlist the special apparatus to help clients hoist their legs over their heads, perform back bends, and otherwise defy gravity and stiff muscles.
Sal and his staff bring the same enthusiasm for unconventional movement to Gyrotonic sessions, which rely on a special pulley tower to support students as they sway in circular motions that limber up the body and give an internal massage, like swallowing a pager. But instructors don't disregard traditional workouts altogether; they also teach Pilates and yoga.


text: #RetoDelPasesito Is the New Viral Challenge Where You Do Cocaine Just BecauseBobby Finger9/24/15 6:20pmFiled to: i can't feel my faceretodelpasesitococaineviral challenges1286EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkLast summer, videos of celebrities taking part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge were all over the internet. It was fun to watch people of varying levels of fame dump ice on their heads for charity, and the ALS Association reportedly raised $100 million in just 30 days because of it. AdvertisementBut a year has passed, and our taste for viral challenges has evolved. SDP Noticias and other news outlets are reporting that ice buckets are out and la cocaína is in.The Spanish language site suggests Mexican women from wealthy families have been posting videos to Facebook using the hashtag #RetoDelPasesito in which they snort bumps of cocaine and challenge friends to do the same. There doesn't appear to be a charitable aspect to their drug use, either. They simply do the coke, can't feel their faces, and love it. That's about it. AdvertisementBecause only three videos of the challenge have been making the rounds, it's easy to believe this is either a big hoax or a big misunderstanding. But, honestly, I wouldn't put it past the same generation that participated in Kylie Jenner's Lip Challenge.Contact the author at firstname.lastname@example.com repliesLeave a reply


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Blazing Stars (also called Gayfeathers) of the Liatris genus have general characteristics of: Stem leaves narrow and lance shaped; the flower heads, typically numbering 5 to 60 (but 160+ on a few species), appear on a spike, each flowerhead containing a number of small tubular 5-lobed pink-purple florets. Local variations in species populations will be observed. Rootstocks are corms and rhizomes.
L. scariosa grows on erect stems from 1 to 5 feet in height. Stems have fine ridges and usually have some fine hair particularly in the upper part. Stem color is greenish below shading to reddish in the upper parts.
Leaves are both basal and stem. Leaves have a long elliptic to lanceolate shape, usually without hair and are widest just above the middle. The basal leaves are longest, up to 10 inches long and 1-1/2 inches wide. Stem leaves reduce in size gradually (the usual case) abruptly or sometimes not at all, but in any case, they are numerous but not densely packed on the stem. Middle stem leaves average 4-1/2 inches long and 3/8 inch wide, while the upper stem leaves will average 2-1/2 inches by 1/4 inch.
The floral array is a spike of button shaped, 3/4 to 1 inch long flower heads, longer than wide but not more than 1 1/2 times as long as wide, with a noticeable ascending stalk up to 2 inches long, the stalk with small leafy bracts; heads not densely packed but a little separated. A stem can have 3 to 60 heads.
Flower heads hold 19 to 80 florets (var. novae-angliae has 35 to 60) which have a pinkish purple corollas with funnelform throats, usually with hair on the inside and the 5 corolla lobes spread outward. The stamens are not exserted but the style is long and deeply bifurcated and because of the number of florets, the styles give a feathery appearance. The phyllaries of the flower head are in 4 to 5 series, oblong-obovate to broadly obovate, unequal in size. Tips are broadly rounded and spreading, but not recurved nor tightly appressed. These are usually without hair but may have translucent margins. These are green with some shading to purple during flowering.
Seed: Fertile flowers produce an obconic dry ribbed seed, (a cypsela) 4.5 to 6 mm long, that has bristly hair attached for wind dispersion. Seeds require 60 days of cold stratification for germination.
Varieties: There are three varieties recognized. Details at the bottom of the page.
Habitat: Liatris scariosa prefers full sun in well drained soil with dry to moderate moisture conditions. It is tolerant of some poorer soils but is intolerant of wet soil in the winter. Long-tongued bees and butterflies will visit these plants. It grows from a sub-globose corm-like structure.
Names: An older scientific name for this species is Liatris borealis. The genus Liatris is an old name whose meaning has been lost. The species scariosa, means 'thin and dry'. As you can see above, a number of common names have been attached to this plant. The Garden uses the same name as some of the Eastern States whereas Flora of North America calls it Northern Gayfeather. USDA terms it New England Blazing Star - which reflects this particular variety. This is why scientific names are important. The author name for the plant classification for this species, 'Willd.' is for Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765-1812), German botanist, a founder of the study of the geographic distribution of plants. He was director and curator of the Botanic Garden of Berlin. He amended the earlier work done by 'L.', which refers to Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), Swedish botanist and the developer of the binomial nomenclature of modern taxonomy. The author name of the classification of the variety - 'Lunell' is for Joel Lunell, (1851-1920) Swedish-American botanist, whose herbarium collection was donated to the University of Minnesota.
Comparisons: The flower heads of the floral array separate this species from many others. Rough Blazing Star, L. aspera can be similar. Both species have similar shape heads and both can have stem hair. L. aspera however, has up to 35 florets in the flower head whereas L. scariosa usually has that as a minimum although some plants may have as few as 19; also the middle phyllaries of L. aspera have irregularly cut tips. Large-headed Blazing Star is the most likely candidate to be what Eloise Butler collected (see below). It has 4 to 20 flower heads on stalks, stems have hair and the floret throats do not have hair.
Above: The floral array.
Below: The flower heads have a button shape before the florets open and the head elongates. Flower stalk lenght is variable by variety.
Below: 1st photo - The small 5-part flowers just beginning to open on this flower head. 2nd photo - The phyllaries of the flower head elongate as the florets open - note they are not tightly appressed nor recurved.
Below: 1st photo - The phyllaries of the flower head elongate as the florets open - note they are not tightly appressed nor recurved. 2nd photo - Stems have very hair and a more reddish color near the top, green below. 3rd photo - The underside of the leaves of var. nieuwlandii have fine hair and are gland-dotted. Var. novae-angliae is usually not gland-dotted.
Below: Leaves are similar in shape, wider just above the middle, but lower base leaves (bottom) are much longer than the upper stem leaves (top).
Below: 1st photo - Leaves are numerous but not densely packed on the stem. 2nd photo - The root consists of a sub-globose corm-like structure with long fibrous roots.
Below:Seed heads of late September and seeds, which are obconic (narrow inverted pyramid) with ridges and with bristly pappus attached for wind dispersion.
Notes: This variety is not native to Minnesota. As the common name implies it is native to the New England States and south as far as Pennsylvania and New Jersey. However, in 1908, '10, '13, '14, '17 and '18 Eloise Butler recorded planting this species, obtained from her foraging area at what is now the Minnehaha Park area of Minneapolis; in 1919 plants from Columbia Heights; in 1918 and '20 many plants from Fort Snelling. She noted it was L. scariosa, but as there are no DNR or U of M Herbarium records of this plant being collected in MN she may have misidentified it. The closest one of the varieties comes to Minnesota is var. nieuwlandii in eastern Wisconsin. So that remains a mystery. What she may have actually collected was Liatris ligulistylis which is native to our area and similar looking. However, on April 30, 1912, she recorded planting specimens obtained from Horsford's Nursery, Charlotte VT. Later, Martha Crone notes planting its seeds in 1944 and plants in 1945, but then it does not appear on the Garden Census of 1951 or 1986 but is present on the 2009 Census.
In Minnesota five species of Liatris are considered native and several others have been reported but have never been collected. The native five are L. aspera, Rough Blazing Star; L. cylindracea, Ontario Blazing Star; L. ligulistylis, Large-headed (or Rocky Mountain) Blazing Star; L. punctata, Dotted Blazing Star; L. pycnostachya, Prairie Blazing Star.
Varieties: There are three accepted varieties of this species, first separated by how many leafy bracts are near the flower heads: var. scariosa has 8 to 20 bracts with head florets numbering 20 to 40. The next two varieties have 20 to 85 leafy bracts near the flower heads and florets number 30 to 80. This group separates into var. nieuwlandii where the lower stem leaves are over one inch wide and gland dotted and var. novae-angliae where the lower stem leaves are usually less than 0.8 inch wide and not gland dotted.
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References: Plant characteristics are generally from sources 1A, 32, W2, W3, W7 & W8 plus others as specifically applied. Distribution principally from W1, W2 and 28C. Planting history generally from 1, 4 & 4a. Other sources by specific reference. See Reference List for details.
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Saint John Bosco (1815-1888)
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(EWTN) "In his life the supernatural became the natural and the extraordinary the ordinary," said Pope Pius XI of the Beloved John Bosco, renowned for his educational pioneering and his affectionate care for the fatherless.
Born in 1815, Giovanni Melchoir Bosco, this future Saint was the youngest son of a peasant farmer in the hamlet of Italy, Becchi — At the age of 2 his father passed away and he was brought up by a devoted and industrious mother, Margaret who was challenged maintaining the home and three children, all of them boys.
A dream of young Giovanni had at the age of 9 revealed to him his vocation in life, he seemed to be surrounded by a mob of fighting children using bad words that he tried in vain to pacify at first by arguments and then by hitting them–Suddenly there appeared a mysterious Woman who said:
"Softly, softly…If you wish to win them. Take your shepherd's staff and lead them to the pasture." Even as she spoke, the children were transformed first into wild beasts and then into gentle lambs. From that time on, Giovanni thought, it was his clear duty to lead and help other boys.
Giovanni (John) was ordained in 1841 his service began in his own village to young people started when he met a poor orphan and instructed him in preparation for receiving Holy Communion, he subsequently gathered young apprentices and taught them the Catechism and brought them Church.
A story is told, that one Sunday morning, John found local children mesmerized by a traveling juggler and gymnast by his performance, John challenged him to a competition and beat him at his own tricks–then he marched off to Church with his admiring audience.
After serving as an Assistant Chaplain in a hospice for girls, this post left John free on Sunday's to devote himself to a group of boys according to Franciscan Media subsequently founding the 'Oratory of St. Francis de Sales for Boys' which several wealthy and powerful patrons contributed money, enabling him to provide two workshops for the boys–shoe making and tailoring.
By 1856 the institution had grown to 150 boys and had added a printing press for publication of Christian and catechetical pamphlets. John's interest in vocational education and publishing, justifies him as the Patron of young apprentices and publishers.
John's ministerial fame spread, he had trained his own helpers because of difficulties in retaining young Priest's.
With Pope Pius IX encouragement, John gathered 17 men and founded the Salesians in 1859 their activity focused on education and mission work–Later he would organize a group of Salesian Sisters to assist young Women.
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Don't Be Fooled by Democrats & the Dinosaur Media Narrative
(Buzz Feed) Despite the constant drum beat of Democrats, Progressives and their favorite Dinosaur Media news readers, that Asian-Americans and Latinos are reliable Democrat voters, one may want to reconsider this old and tired narrative heading into 2016
In the State of California, more than 90 Latino Republicans have been elected to office in just the last two years and in November, Asian-American Republican Women dominated Orange County races, with three candidates elected to state offices and two to the County Board of Supervisors.
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(Daily Caller) VP Joe Biden said the past 6 years have been really hard for the United States — Duh!
Referring to the national hardships of the period which he has been Vice President, Biden also noted the great struggle experienced by the Democratic Party.
"To state the obvious, the past six years have been really, really hard for this country and they've been really tough for our party, " Biden said at the 'House Democratic Caucus Retreat' in Philadelphia.
Finally, a Democrat that will "state the obvious" in public with cameras rolling. — Wow, that's a rarity.
Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska
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(Franciscan Media) Today we honor a Woman who submitted to God's will throughout her life.
Born Sophia Camille Truskowska prematurely on the 16 May, 1825 in Poland Kalisz, according to The Franciscan Family she was the eldest of 7 children. With care and love of her family, she grew up to be a lively, inquisitive child and observant of all people and events around her.
As a young girl, Sophia contracted tuberculosis, this forced a period of convalescence and gave her ample time for silent reflection and this is where she developed a spirit of contemplative prayer.
Sophia felt called to serve God by working with the poor, including street children and the elderly homeless in Poland Warsaw's slums–In time, her cousin Clothilde Ciechanowska joined her in the work.
On 21 November, 1855 the two Women made private vows and consecrated themselves to the Blessed Virgin Mother. In this simple ceremony, the first Felician community came into existence–this date has remained the official founding date of the 'Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Felix of Cantalice' and became known as the Felician Sisters.
As their numbers grew, so did their work and so did the pressures on 'Mother Angela' –the name Sophia took in her religious life.
Mother Angela served as Superior for many years, until her health forced her to resign at the age of 44, she watched the Order of the 'Felician Sisters' grow and expand, including missions to the United States among the Sons & Daughters of Polish immigrants.
Pope John Paul II beatified her in 1993 at St. Peter's Square and said that, "Blessed Mary Angela's life was marked with love, she was concerned about all people, those hungry for bread, the heartbroken, the homeless and those hungering for the truth of the Gospel.
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Related: The Road to Sainthood: Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska
On Wednesday, the Obama Administration Said the Taliban Was Not a Terrorist Group But Instead an 'Armed Insurgency' –Image: FOX News
(Gazzetta del Sud) At least 22 people were murdered in Afghanistan in three separate attacks local sources in Kabul reported today.
A Police Officer and 3 Civilians were killed when a bomb exploded in Mihtarlam City in the Eastern Laghman Province; Earlier, a young girl was killed and several people were injured in a dawn explosion in Jalalabad City also in Eastern Afghanistan–Police said the bomb went off near a local public works office and a school, killing the girl as she was making her way to classes.
On Wednesday night, 11 pro-Afghan government militias were killed and at least 6 additional injured in a 'Taliban' Jihadist attack on a check-point in the Eastern/Central Province of Ghanzi–at least 6 Taliban Jihadist Thugs were also killed.
Servant of God Brother Juniper –Image Courtesy: uCatholic
(Franciscan Media) "Would to God, my Brothers, I had a whole forest of such Juniper's," said Saint Francis of this Holy Friar.
One doesn't know much about Juniper before he joined the Friars in 1210 — Francis, sent him to establish 'places' for the Friars in Italy, Gualdo Tadino and Viterbo.
When Saint Clare (1194-1253) was dying, Juniper consoled her, he was devoted to the passion of Jesus and known for his simplicity.
Several stories about Juniper, in the 'Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi' Part 1 and Part 2 illustrate his exasperating generosity. Once, Juniper was taking care of a sick man who had a craving to eat pig's feet. This helpful Friar went to a nearby field, captured a pig and cut off one foot, prepared it and served this meal to the sick man he was caring for. The owner of the pg was furious and immediately went to Juniper's superior. When Juniper realized his mistake, he apologized profusely–he also ended up talking this angry man into donating the rest of the pig to the Friars.
Another time, Juniper had been ordered to quit giving part of his clothing to half-naked people he met along the road. Desiring to obey his Superior, Juniper once told a man in need, that he could not give the man his tunic but he would not prevent the man from taking it either. In time, the Friars learned not to leave anything lying around, for Juniper would probably give it away.
Servant of God Brother Juniper, passed away in 1258 of natural causes and was buried at Ara Coeli Church in Italy Rome.
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St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
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(Franciscan Media) Thomas Aquinas by universal consent is the preeminent spokesman of the Catholic tradition of reason and divine revelation–he is one of the great teachers of the medieval Church, honored with the titles Doctor of the Church and Angelic Doctor.
At the age of 5, he was sent to the 'Benedictine Monastery of Monte Cassino' in his parents hopes that he would choose that way of life and eventually become an Abbot. In 1239 he was sent to Naples to complete his studies, it was here he was first attracted to Aristotle's philosophy.
By 1243, Thomas abandoned his parents plans for him and he joined the Dominicans, much to his mother's dismay–on her order, Thomas was taken away by his brother and kept at home for over a year.
Once freed, Thomas went to Paris and then to Cologne, where he finished his studies with 'Albert the Great' — Thomas then holding two professorships in Paris, lived at the Court of Pope Urban IV, he directed the Dominican schools at Rome and Viterbo while combating adversaries.
Thomas' greatest contribution to the Church was his writings, the unity, harmony, continuity of faith and reason, together with the revealed and natural human knowledge pervades his writings. One may expect that Thomas as a man of the Gospel, to be an ardent defender of the truth but he was broad and his logic was deep enough, to see the whole natural order as coming from God the Creator and see reason as a Divine Gift, to be highly cherished.
Saint Thomas Aquinas "Summa Theologixa" last and unfortunately incomplete work, is a brilliant synthesis of Christian doctrine about the humanity of God and is available online in English in 5 volumes.
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New York City—Loans are still available from most conduit lenders. But interest rates are much higher and underwriting terms much tougher than they were just a few months ago—and according to experts, some of these changes will be permanent.
Broken promises and low loan originations After the market for subprime mortgage loans melted down in July, investors pulled back from bonds backed by real estate, sending the market for commercial mortgagebacked securities (CMBS) into crisis.
All of a sudden, conduit lenders couldn't raise the money to fund the loans they'd already committed to make. Many lenders broke promises, pushing up interest rates for loans that had not yet closed even if the lender had already given the borrower a so-called "rate lock," according to David Rosenberg, managing director of capital markets for Meridian Capital Group, LLC, a New York City-based mortgage broker.
Almost all conduit lenders are still accepting applications for loans, Rosenberg said. But the terms on offer are so uncompetitive that few are closing a significant volume of deals. The conduit lending arms of the largest commercial banks like JPMorgan Chase and Citibank are the most likely to be closing new loans. But even they have drastically diminished their conduit lending, and the volume of conduit loan originations in early September was just a quarter of what it had been before the crisis, according to Sally Gordon, vice president for bond-rating firm Moody's Investors Service, based in Manhattan. Moody's rates the CMBS backed by these loans. Gordon made her estimate based on the volume of loans in Moody's pipeline to be rated.
For example, Centerline Capital Group's conduit lending arm originated no loans in August or early September. Borrowers that might normally have chosen conduit financing used Centerline's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac financing instead, according to Larry Duggins, executive managing director and cohead of the commercial real estate group for Centerline.
The few conduit loans being made have higher interest rates. The rates on offer for 10-year, fixed-rate multifamily loans now often reach more than 200 basis points over the yield on the 10-year Treasury note. That's a steep increase from a spread of 85 to 90 basis points just six months ago, said Rosenberg.
Higher conduit spreads aren't as hard on borrowers as they might have been, because the yields on Treasury bonds have dropped by more than 80 basis points from their highs over the summer.
Still, the increase makes conduit financing relatively unattractive compared to much lower spreads for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans, said Rosenberg. These loans are more competitive in part because bond investors are more willing to risk their money on bonds backed by these loans, which often come with a Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac guarantee on their value, according to Lisa Pendergast, managing director in RBS Greenwich Capital's Real Estate Finance Research Department.
The same bond investors have largely abandoned CMBS. Even for AAA-rated CMBS, yields rose to 127 basis points over Treasuries as demand dropped in early September, compared to 70 to 80 basis points at the beginning of the year, experts said.
Other tranches—AA- and A-rated pieces—have been even more volatile. "Originators have loans on their books that they can't sell," said Pendergast. "Chances are, the only part of the deal that you'll be able to sell are the AAA-rated bonds."
Lenders are hesitant to originate new loans until they can unload the bonds from loans they have already closed.
Part of this logjam should begin to clear in late October and November, Pendergast said, as the high yields now available on CMBS bonds lure some investors back into the market. Prices will also become more stable once conduit lenders sell off their excess inventory of A- and AA-rated CMBS.
Leading B-piece buyer stays in the game
Centerline believes strongly enough in the value of CMBS to buy the riskiest tranches of CMBS bonds even as other investors back away from the market.
The company was preparing to close on two large purchases of Bpiece CMBS in September and three more in October and November. It expects to pay low prices for these bonds, enjoying the advantage of being one of the few B-piece CMBS investors left in the market.
Centerline believes that CMBS are good investments because the company believes in the quality of the loans that back the bonds.
"We have historically low levels of defaults," said Greenwich's Pendergast. As of early September, 0.77 percent of all apartment loans that back CMBS were delinquent by 30 days or more. Delinquency rates for other property types are even lower: 0.7 percent rate for hotels or even 0.13 percent for office loans, according to data from Trepp, LLC, a leading CMBS data provider.
Although apartment delinquencies are high compared to office and hotel loans, they're still lower than two years ago. At that time, when CMBS investors couldn't buy enough of the bonds and the issuance of CMBS was breaking records, the delinquency rate was more than 1 percent.
Plus, the foreclosure process for commercial properties can take six months to two years, giving borrowers plenty of time to structure workout plans. That means few of the loans that are 30 days late will actually reach foreclosure, said Duggins.
In comparison, the percentage of subprime home loans in much deeper trouble, with payments 90 days late or more, was more than 13 percent in June, according to a report by Michael Youngblood, an analyst at securities firm Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc.
Centerline continues to favor CMBS loan pools made up of at least 25 percent apartment loans. That's because apartments offer a consistent stream of income to pay debt service, an asset that will help prevent delinquencies from climbing much further, said Duggins.
Tighter underwriting
Centerline is also taking advantage of the lack of competition from other B-piece buyers to impose some tougher "common sense" underwriting.
That means kicking loans with lax underwriting out of loan pools.
"We are able to more aggressively remove deals that don't pass the smell test," said Duggins.
Moody's also got tough on conduit borrowers by tightening its ratings standards for CMBS beginning in July, just before the capital crisis began.
Both Moody's and Centerline now frown on borrowers that count potential increases in income as if they had already happened, and both encourage borrowers to fully recognize the probable cost of future expenses like increased taxes.
Interest-only loans, which allow borrowers to pay only the interest on the loan and not the principal, will likely be scarce for a while. Before the crisis, conduit lenders often offered interest-only periods that lasted the entire 10-year term of a loan.
And borrowers should get used to receiving lower proceeds on their loans, which are likely to cover only 70 percent to 80 percent of the value of an asset rather than 90 percent or more, said Duggins.
These underwriting changes are likely to be the lasting legacy of the capital markets crisis for the conduit lending world. The new, tougher underwriting standards will last much longer than the panic on the bond markets, Duggins said.


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Vertebrate synapsins constitute a family of synaptic proteins that participate in the regulation of neurotransmitter release. Information on the presence of synapsin homologs in invertebrates has been inconclusive. We have now cloned a Drosophila gene coding for at least two inferred proteins that both contain a region with 50% amino acid identity to the… (More)
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Tracking bids and winners at the Wayne County Foreclosure Auction, as they happen. This is a leaderboard of auction winners from Rounds 1 and 2 which you can sort by alphabetical, most money spent, and most properties bought by clicking the column name.
Note: Buyer names are listed as auction registration numbers until we're able to receive further information from the county office. Even when we list a person's name, it's possible that they purchased the property on behalf of someone else. It's also possible that they do not follow through with full payment on time and the property will go to someone else.


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Longhorn Publishers limited is a public limited liability company wholly-owned and run by Kenyans. It was incorporated in Kenya in May 1965 as Longmans of Kenya a wholly owned subsidiary of Longman Group International of the United Kingdom. At that time, it was mainly a sales promotion office handling Longman publications published in UK. In December 1969, the company changed name to Longman Kenya Limited. During the 1970s, a limited local publishing programme was started and, around the same time, a few Kenyans were invited to join the Board of Directors.
Following the opening up of Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall, many multinationals shifted their focus from Africa to the new markets. In addition, in the 1990's, Kenya's then Minister for Education banned the importation of textbooks. This forced multinationals to consider other ways of supplying the Kenyan market, including licensing, which drastically reduced their margins (as compared to supplying stock). As a result, in the 1980s Longman UK sold 40% of its shareholding to Kenyans with a further 20% being sold in 1991. Finally.in 1993, Longman UK fully divested from the company when it sold its remaining 40% shareholding to Kenyans. As a result of this divestiture, the company changed its name to Longhorn Kenya Limited.
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