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For many new brands, it's not about 10 ways to stay alive as a fashion business start up, it's more like 10 ways to cut and stick bits of fuzzy felt, or 10 ways to crayon in pictures with your tongue poking out the side of your mouth. That's all rather marvelous, but to stay alive in the notoriously impossible world of the fashion business, is another matter.
Here are a few tips for a fashion business start up that might help, you never know.
1) Write a proper business plan. YAWN! Yes we know, writing a business plan is almost as boring as Downton Abbey. This is the fashion business, and it should be more fun! We agree, and although it was thirty years ago, our under parts still twist and shrink at the very memory of writing our business plan. And then it transpires of course that reality bears no resemblance to what you've written – how the hell do we know how much money we'll make in the third quarter of year two? It forces us to consider the main issues however, and that's the key. What are all our overheads, what might our margins be, who are our customers, what is our marketing strategy, who are our rivals, and might there be enough money left over to eat? It is incredible how many new fashion brands don't write a proper business plan. Don't join them.
2) Look carefully at your competition. This does not mean go shopping, and be fascinated that your 10 favourite brands have all released a new vest. Common phrases in our industry when referring to other brands are, 'They're smashing it', and 'They're having it away'. Our usual answer to this is, 'Have you seen their accounts'? And the standard answer is 'Well, no.' Many fashion brands are limited companies, whose accounts are available to view at Companies House, online. You won't get a full picture, but it will give you an idea. If the brand you would most like to be is showing net assets that amount to a conker and some fluff, stop chasing their failed dream, and do it differently. Conversely, if they are 'Smashing it' why are they? Figure that out, and follow their lead. Please do this thing, and try not to be arrogant, imagining others can't do it but you can. If a bunch of people have tried it one way, done a decent job and failed miserably, maybe choose not to go over the same cliff.
3) Range plan. We might be a fashion business start up, but we want to look like a proper brand, so we need a full range of product, which costs money. Where else but here do you get such amazing insight? Ok, but it's surprising how many new brands don't plan a range out across the seasons in advance. Get a wish list of product mapped out month by month across the year. We may need to stagger how we buy this to be able to afford it, but the key is, momentum. Don't release a small run of T shirts until the range and all its costs has been budgeted for in an achievable way, as the year unfolds. Or we will lose momentum = death.
4) Talk to your girlfriend, boyfriend, wife, husband and cat. Have we seen a fashion business start up lead to flying saucepans, divorce, and a small war in Tunbridge Wells? Yes. Look your girlfriend in the eye, hold your boyfriend's hand, talk seriously to your wife or husband, and have a strong word with the cat. This fashion brand may mean that in month 11, we have planned to release a new polo shirt. It's lovely, with a high definition woven badge, gorgeous labelling, packaging, and a scented tissue paper insert. But it means we can't have that sofa, the new car is on hold, the trip to the beach hut in Mustique is delayed, and the cat's new flea collar will have to wait. Will our significant others truly understand. Will the cat bugger off? It's a really big thing the fashion business. Talk it through.
5) Collaborate. Make Friends. Follow your instincts. The fashion business you may be amazed to hear, contains a few self-obsessed knob ends who wouldn't help an old lady across the street (unless it was a good photo opportunity). Give these clowns a big swerve – no matter how influential they might be, they'll shaft you in the end. Instead, follow your instincts, and if you see a chance to make friends, wade in, go to each other's house for a barbecue, get drunk. If we collaborate with one other label, then we are twice as strong. Share each other's social media posts, tell each other which trade shows work, and where to find a nice fabric, or a good manufacturer. Do we really think that if we collaborate it will dilute our brand's impact? There are a million brands out there, and it doesn't matter a monkey's chuff if we work with a few of them. Feel the love, work together, hold hands and take over the world – peace.
6) Never give up. We mean it. Never. Don't be a fashion business start up, be a fashion business keep going! That doesn't mean flog a dead horse. If it turns out that the Eskimos are not buying your lightweight summer G-strings, fair dos, try something different and more thermal. But never give up. Always keep a couple of quid set aside for plan B, and you'll live to fight another day. Which leads us to the main reason why people often do give up.
7) Unreasonable expectations, and time. A recent study at the University of Somewhere or Other, concluded that the secret of happiness lies in having reasonable expectations. Hope for too much, and you'll be sadly disappointed. Balancing this with ambition is a tricky thing, and one for a therapist rather than an old screen printer. But give it thought. Many a brand gives up because they haven't bought a Bentley in their first year. It won't happen, it takes time, but one day it can.
8) The Holy Trinity for the fashion business start up. God, the Holy Spirit and Jesus? Brian Clough Robin Hood and Nottingham? No. In fashion terms it is story, customer, and an affordable marketing channel between the two. Have a story you believe in, a focused group of people who will want to hear it, and an affordable way to bring these two together, and you're in with a chance. If any one of these members of the Holy Trinity are missing, we will never make it to the Promised Land.
9) Listen to old people. It can take a lifetime to build a fashion brand, and unless you're James Bond, you only get one. Why waste yours when there are those who've trodden the path before you, fallen down a few holes and know where they still are. The best advice we ever had was not from a 'How to run a business' book or some fashion buyer in a big fur hat. It was from Harry Harris on Berwick Street, at the back of Fabric Tony's lock up, and from Henry Posner, who could cut your braces and sell you a belt before your trousers hit the floor. We are invisible in the bright light of their genius, and can only hope we picked up a few tips from them along the way. Stay humble, keep learning. Listen to old people.


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I can handle most of it, with the exception of $200 needed by the first of the month. Thanks to a gracious donor we are now down to $200 deficit. Family helped me earlier this month, and they are little better off than I am, so I am coming to my readers to ask for aid THIS MONTH, in continuing our work on this blog since things are speeding up. Hopefully I won't need this aid next month.
If you can afford to donate anything at all, please do so off to the right at the pay pal button or mail any donations to 67 Highland Ave, Pagosa Springs, Co.81147. I also want to thank our readers for their support over these last 6 years, since it has been a rewarding experience to see our work, every where all over the world. That could only happen if those of you who are seekers of truth had distributed this blog across the globe. For that we are grateful and wish you and yours all the best. God Bless you, stay safe and prosperous.
Vatic Note: It goes very well with our many other tactics that we can use to fight this massive attempted take over of our nation. It fits with the "REFUSE TO COOPERATE" on issues that affect our freedom of speech and this banning of the flag is just another example, when these students refused to cooperate with the ruling.
WE ARE THE BOSSES HERE, not the politicians. No one has the right to ban our GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. WE must send the message "Go back home and do your dictatorship there and see how far you get with your own people. YOU WON'T GET FAR HERE, WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF YOU".
With students like this and in the numbers they showed up and all the support they got from veterans, on- lookers, etc, then we can do anything with NON COOPERATION. Its time to take a serious look at that option.
School's "Flag Ban" Backfires Big Time as Students Protest by Doing This
By Admin, Liberty 247
Peyton Robinson is patriotic. So patriotic that he flies an American flag and a POW-MIA flag in the back of his pickup truck.
When a school official told him he could no longer fly the flags because it was a safety issue, he was upset. When that same school official removed the flags in secret and laid them in his truck bed, he was angry.
The senior — who has relatives who served in the military — was upset. "I was pretty mad," he told WBTV. "I don't see how it's a problem. Nobody has ever complained about it before."
"I'd understand if it was the Confederate flag or something that might offend somebody," he added. "I wouldn't do that. But an American flag — that's our country's flag. I have every right to do it. I don't see a safety issue. I mean, I understand it's a big flag — it's 4 by 6 — but nobody has ever complained about it being in their way or anything."Rather than accept the school's decision, Robinson went on Facebook to let his friends know what was happening.
Turns out, many of the students were just as upset as Robinson. So on Thursday morning, more than 70 vehicles entered the South Carolina school's parking lot, all with flags flying.
The Blaze reports: "A crowd stood on the roadside and cheered them on, and what appeared to be a group of veterans saluted at the school's entrance as they rode in."
The school has since reversed its decision about the flags by issuing the following statement:
Due to the outstanding display of patriotism through peaceful demonstration, it is apparent to us that many are not happy about this policy. School officials have reviewed the standing policy regarding flags and have decided that an exception will be made for the American flag, as long as the size of the flag(s) does not create a driving hazard.We applaud Robinson and his fellow students for standing up for their beliefs and exercising their First Amendment rights. We also applaud the school for acting quickly to allow students to fly the American flag.
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Post-its on the wall.
I belong deeply to myself. ~ Warsan Shire
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. ~ Michel de Montaigne
My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude. ~ Warsan Shire
Cape Town.
You flew in and out so that you could catch Laura Mvula and bask in her sweet melancholy. Something about her makes you want to hold up a board that reads, "It's going to be okay, you're going to be okay"; so she can see it and know that she will, indeed, make it through. But you realise how superficial fan girl love is and maybe that message is for you, a note to self? So you don't do it, but you do bask in her sad glow, and phew, she takes you to church. How glorious, she sings, this light in us – (the crowd raises their firsts in the power salute) – we are a wonder. And the congregation of natural haired girls with pretty eyes and bold lip colours said, Amen!
You cut your hair. You've done it before, but all your friends say it's because you've just had your heart broken. But I've been wanting this for a while, you reply. Yes, they say in response, but grief makes us do stupid things, makes things urgent.
You hate that they make sense. Damn them and their righteous attitudes.
You swirl it around in your mouth and spit it out like a wine you didn't like the taste of.
Days and days of agony. And opinions on how you should grieve. What is the right way to mourn? This bit is the worst.
You were served lemons, and you cut your hair and danced in your underwear, wore a colourful shirt with clashing hues, felt the prettiest you have in a while, and beat your face. Your face. You'd forgotten about this beautiful chubby fat gorgeous FACE. And it's yours. And you see now, again, because being bald (something about not having the distraction of hair and society's beauty standards on your head leads you to confront your visage, I mean really look at it and examine every perfecter flaw and surface of flesh) always makes you remember that you are beautiful. My God you're beautiful! Do you believe it? Believe it.
There's just me.
And all the thoughts screaming into the silence.
But there's me. I found me, again. Or am trying.
And the taste of it is like smooth sweetness sultry silky
on my mouth.
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Yesteryear Bollywood actress Mamta Kulkarni is under the scanner after her Kenya-based husband Vicky Goswami has been declared as the kingpin of an international drug racket and is wanted by the US and the Thane Police. It has been reported that Mamta contributed to the crime by being the face of the racket.
"This is an international racket and Vicky Goswami is the main link to it. As for Mamta Kulkarni, we are probing her role," Mumbai Mirror quoted Thane Police Commissioner Parambir Singh as saying.
The report said that Mamta used to meet with international clients in Dubai, Singapore, South Africa and the US, and fix the deals. Vicky was using Mamta as the face of the drug syndicate as he could not get out of Kenya due to an Interpol notice against him, the report added. Not just in international markets, the couple reportedly carried on the drug business in Maharashtra as well. While Vicky is currently out on bail, after being arrested by the Kenyan Police, both Mamta and her husband are currently in Kenya.
This is not the first time that Vicky has been charged with a drug offence. He was arrested in 1997 for drug smuggling in Dubai and was imprisoned for 15 years. After being released, Vicky moved to Kenya along with Mamta.
The Thane police have arrested eight persons in the case as of now. 18.5 tonne of Ephedrine and 2.5 tonne of acetic anhydride have been seized that costs around Rs 2,500 crore, according to the DNA. Police had first arrested one Nigerian national, Sipren Chinassa, with 500 gm of ephedrine, who had led the cops to a manufacturing unit at Solapur in Maharashtra.
Soon, two other persons -- Sagar Powale and Mayur Sukhdare -- were arrested in Thane, from whom 2kg of ephedrine was recovered. Eventually, another Dhaneshwar Swamy was arrested for possessing 5.50 kg of ephedrine and Dnyaneshwar Dhimri, production manager of a Solapur factory, was also nabbed. Others arrested are Manoj Jain, Punit Shringi and Pradeep Singh Gill, all three belonging to the same company, according to the daily.
"Members and directors of the company were directly connected to the Kenyan drug mafia king Vicky Goswami. Earlier, too, they had not disclosed the amount of drug that was being manufactured at the company," the report quoted a crime branch officer as saying.


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34 – Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower
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Hourly Part Time General Cleaner
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Hours: 20
Pay Rate/Range: $9 - 12.00 an hour
Experience Required: Some janitorial
Responsibilities: Include any or all of the
following. Other duties may be assigned by supervisor. Job description subject
to change. The GENERAL CLEANER cleans offices, hallways, lobbies, lounges, rest
rooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms, and other areas. Replenishes
paper and soap products in bathrooms, cleans mirrors, walls, showers, sinks,
metal work and toilets. Empties wastebaskets, and empties and cleans ashtrays.
Transports trash and waste to disposal area. Sweeps, mops, vacuums and/or
refinishes floors. Cleans rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and draperies.
Washes walls, ceilings, vents and woodwork. Washes windows, blinds, door
panels, ledges and sills. Cleans water fountains. Dusts furniture, light
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which includes lifting and removing furniture from rooms. Provides assistance
with any outside cleaning, which may include sweeping sidewalks and picking up
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automatic scrubbers, etc. Assists in the completion of the workload in the
absence of other service workers. Reports any malfunctions / maintenance
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This video of a walrus masturbating was one of the first things I saw on the internet that made me realize what a positive force for social change the internet could truly be. Much like a grandparent with an urban legend, I rickrolled that self-gratifying walrus to everyone in my address book, to the point where people became afraid to click on links like "hey, check this out, it's an awesome clip of something great happening and I swear it's not that walrus masturbating this time." That walrus was like the football, I was like Lucy, and everyone I knew was Charlie Brown. For a while, whenever I got a new media playing device like a PSP or an iPhone, I broke it in by queing up the video of the masturbating walrus for good luck.
So it's with a heavy heart that I must pass on the news that Ayveq, the self-gratifying walrus in question has passed away. Aquarium director John Dohlin said of his passing ""He was an absolute delight. He had a magnetism and a charm that was totally his own. He loved people and he knew how to work a crowd and entertain guests." Given that Ayveq was a compulsive masturbator, it's understandable that Dohlin followed with "He did have a raffish charm, no doubt about it," proving once again that what is raffish among our walrus friends is a misdemeanor for you & I. Nice double standard, world!!
Here's to you, Ayveq, may you live forever among the dancing kittens & guys getting hit in the nuts videos of YouTube.


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When the time comes that you sit and ponder any potential regrets, "not having visited the Texas Hill Country" might be at the top of your list. But ultimately, many of us have been or plan on going to this beloved region of our state, and what we should be looking at is what we'll regret not having done while we're there. Pull up a seat and see some of the incredible things you may have missed out on or have yet to try. You might be amazed at what the Texas Hill Country has to offer!
5 Things You'll Regret Not Doing in the Texas Hill Country
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1. Not Taking the Road Less Traveled
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Spending time off on your own or with friends and family is great when it's plotted out and perhaps you have an itinerary, but sometimes the paths that you take which aren't on the map, weren't in a guide book, or weren't necessarily scheduled into your day planner can lead to some fortuitous finds! Keep your eyes and mind open and maybe take some tips from the locals.
2. Not Taking More Pictures
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After visiting the Hill Country region and seeing so many amazing towns and sights, you might regret neglecting your camera or your camera phone in your travels. Sure you might think your photo albums are filled with amazing pictures and what's one more going to do, but you'll kick yourself for not having the speed to snap up some photos of your travels when it's time to describe just how magnificent it all really was!
3. Not Shopping Local
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Small business can support a great economy, and the Texas Hill Country local product is ripe for the pickin'! Be it antiques, hand-made products or food fare, flea market finds, or craft fair haberdashery, the Hill Country can produce and you can take your time picking and choosing while supporting local business.
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Dolma, dolmadakia, dolmasi, in whatever language, add something different and delicious to the table. We know them as stuffed grape leaves, but dolma–"stuffed thing" from the Turkish–is basically a stuffed vegetable dish that can be found in the countries that belonged to the Ottoman Empire and surrounding regions, including many Arab countries, Iran and the Caucasus, as well as Central and South Asia. It is common to stuff eggplant, zucchini, tomato and pepper in these countries, but it is the grape leaf that most English-speaking people recognize as the dolma.
The filling consists of rice and sometimes meat, depending on the region, and is flavored with onion and a variety of herbs and spices. Which herbs and spices? Again, that depends on the region.
Serbian-style dolma are called sarmice, which always confused me because the word sounds like a diminutive of sarma, the cabbage roll that is ubiquitous in Eastern Eauropean cuisines. However, both dishes involve minced meat and rice encased in an edible wrapper. Cabbage rolls are cooked in a sauce spiced with sweet paprika, and in Serbia stuffed grape leaves can be too, although bechamel is also a common adornment. I like them plain, with a dollop of strained yogurt doctored with a bit of lemon.
The filling is cooked beforehand, and it takes a bit of time to fill the leaves, but these sarmice are easy to make and are a great as an appetizer or a complete meal. I usually make a big pot and then freeze any leftovers in individual containers for a quick lunch.
Serbian-style Stuffed Grape Leaves
Makes 20 stuffed grape leaves
40 grape leaves (from a jar)
1 pounds of lean ground pork
1 cup white rice
1 medium onion, minced
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
2 teaspoons Vegeta seasoning *
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1) Soak the grape leaves in water for at least half an hour to get rid of the salt from the brine. In the meantime, cook the onion in the olive oil over medium heat until soft.
2) Cook the rice. In a separate pan, brown the pork until it is cooked through and no longer pink. Put the meat and rice in a large mixing bowl. Add the onions, parsley, an seasonings. Mix thoroughly.
3) As you work, pat each grape leaf on a kitchen towel to get rid of the excess water. Take two grape leaves and trim off any tough stems. Overlap the bottom of one leaf halfway over the bottom of the other. Add a tablespoon or two of the filling, depending on the size of your leaves. Fold in each side of the grape leaves, lengthwise. Then roll up from bottom to top. Place in the bottom of a 9-inch round cooking pot with the folded side down. Repeat with the rest of the grape leaves.
4) Pour water over grape leaves to cover completely. Place a plate on top of the stuffed grape leaves to keep them from floating or unraveling. Cook, covered, for about an hour, or until the water evaporates.
5) Serve with yogurt, sour cream, or bechamel sauce.
* Vegeta is a seasoning from Croatia that can be purchased in most European delis and supermarkets. It can be replaced with salt, to taste.
People often ask me what my favorite type of food is, as if there is ever an answer to such a question. When pressed, I will answer "Mediterranean food". I think this is very clever of me, given that this can mean the cuisines of a wide variety of countries: France, Spain, Italy, Turkey, even parts of Africa and the Middle East.
I often go through food phases, where I fixate on certain dishes or the foods of a particular region. Lately, I've been obsessing about the Middle East in general, Lebanese food in particular–which led me to Nuba, a restaurant in the Dominion building on Hastings Street.
I had my doubts about the location, worrying that any restaurant that was located in a basement would have a dungeon-like atmosphere, but I was pleasantly surprised. The owners of Nuba have gone to considerable expense renovating the space. Their inspiration? The Beirut of the 1940s, when the city was considered the Paris of the Middle East.
To bring more light in, part of one wall was replaced with glass bricks. The lighting is soft and warm and a long beautiful bar dominates the room, with the tables placed strategically around it in an arrangement that is roomy and comfortable. No need to worry about your neighbor eavesdropping on your conversation.
Our server immediately brought us water, which I noticed had an usual aftertaste. Cucumber water, I soon realized. Even though it was a cool day, it was oddly refreshing.
My friend and I decided to split a couple of appetizers, unable to decide on what we wanted to eat most. I was in the mood to try a little bit of everything. I had heard that the portions at Nuba were on the small side, and I kept this in mind when ordering. This turned out to be a mistake. Each appetizer offered more than the two of us could comfortably put away, and by the time my meal came I was afraid to admit that I was rather full.
We started with the baba ghanooj, the eggplant dip with a deep smoky flavor, served with a stack of pita wedges. M. wanted olives, so we ordered the olives and feta. As I'm not a lover of olives, I cannot comment on their quality, but I was impressed that the hunks of feta on the plate were of the Macedonian variety. If you are not a big fan of any cheese that requires keeping in brine, I urge you to try Macedonian feta. Its smooth, melt-in-your-mouth texture, its salty creaminess, will transport you.
Next was the roasted cauliflower, an entry in Vancouver Magazine's 101 Things to Taste Before You Die and a dish that put Nuba on the map. Known as Najib's Special, it's simply cauliflower roasted with lemon and sea salt, but it's natural earthiness tinged with that edge of bright citrus is proof that food doesn't have to be complicated to be extraordinary.
Finally, our entrees were brought to the table by our server, who was attentive without being intrusive. I had ordered the lamb kafta, a grilled patty of halal lamb, which was served with salad, tabbouleh, hummus and pita bread.
As soon as our server set my plate down in front of me, I groaned inwardly. Had I know that my meat would come with such a variety of accompaniments, I would have skipped all of the appetizers except the crispy cauliflower. The lamb kafta portion was very small, however, less than the size of my palm. M. had ordered the chicken tawook, local chicken grilled in Middle Eastern Spices. The portion size was about a half chicken breast and although it tasted delicious, it was slightly dry for my tastes. I enjoyed my lamb, but had I not eaten so many appetizers, I might have preferred a larger portion. Still, for $11.95, I found my entree a good value. As a member of the clean-your-plate club, I generally do not like large portions in restaurants. I think it encourages overeating. I prefer to sample a variety of tastes, and to this end, Nuba delivers.
Full as we were, M. and I couldn't resist splitting a dessert, the Turkish Coffee Tiramisu beckoning to us from the menu. I often make Tiramisu but not once has it occurred to use Turkish coffee, which ironically, is a staple in my ethnic background. It added a deep richness, a stronger coffee taste to the tiramisu than that of regular espresso. The dessert was light on the biscuit and heavy on the whip cream, which offered a nice contrast to the coffee.
I will definitely try Nuba again, this time taking it easy on the starters and perhaps leaving a little more room for a taste of their baklava.
Nuba offers many vegan and vegetarian dishes. It is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and sometimes features live music. There are two locations: one on Hastings, the other on Seymour Street, which goes by the moniker "Nuba Cafe".
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Comments on «Can Urbanization Improve Household Welfare? Evidence from Ethiopia » authored by Kibrom A. Abay, Tsega G. Mezgebo, Meron Endale and Helina Tilahun.
The main hypothesis is that greater luminosity at night indicates economic activity which benefit households living close by. Rural areas tend to be dark and the new light generally appears in urban areas. From this, it is inferred that urbanization is taking place. The analysis relies on daily information about luminosity and household surveys (from the Living Standard Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture, LSMS-ISA for Ethiopia) from which changes in consumption can be measured and labor outcomes observed. Urbanization in this paper is about growth of small rural towns. Nearby farmers can benefit from new employment opportunities. It is not about farmers leaving their farms to work several hundred kilometers away in a large city.
Household consumption (real per adult equivalent) is regressed on luminosity to infer a causal effect. Time-invariant household characteristics are accounted for by household fixed effects. Time-varying household characteristics such as household size are included as controls. Time fixed effects capture the effects of time-varying variables that do not vary across households like macroeconomic indicators. Enumeration area fixed effects control for all time invariant area-specific variables.
Some of the older papers cited argue that urbanization in Africa is accompanied by poverty and does not spur economic growth. The authors find that luminosity induces increases in consumption and improves labor outcomes. As such, the study reverses earlier results and support the evidence reported more recently. The paper also investigates the relationship between night light and welfare inequality.
Urbanization has been a most studied phenomenon for quite some time. The use of satellite data to study urbanization is recent and getting increasingly popular.
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The usual interpretation of inequality is that it is bad. However, this needs not be the case. If all households are poor before there was light and that some households are "a bit better off" and other households "substantially better off" once exposed to light, then we have a Pareto improvement AND more inequality. Still, no household would want to go back to darkness in this example. The concern about the distributional effects of the treatment is about the number of losers/how many households experience drops in consumption, the magnitude of the losses and who loses (the poorest ones or the ones that are well off?). The descriptive statistics about consumption in 2011 and 2013 suggest that consumption is going down. If the poorest households exposed to more light suffered a larger drop in consumption than similarly poor households exposed to the same amount of light over time, then light has indeed bad distributional effects. Is this the case? Quantile regressions indicate weakly positive light effects across all quantiles. The poorest households benefit less than households with the highest consumption, though the difference is perhaps not statistically significant, and the households in middle quantiles are not statistically impacted. The coefficients for middle quantiles have large confidence intervals spanning positive and negative values. So let there be light!
The area covered by light is said to measure 10 km. Is the 10 km referring to the diameter or the radius of the area covered or is the area 10 km2? How big in squared km are the rural towns and how big are they in terms of population?
Since consumption is used as a welfare proxy, are goods produced by farm households factored in? There is no mention about this in the paper.
Most of the households surveyed live in rural areas and there does not seem to be evidence of urbanization given that the urban dummy has a mean of 0.12 for 2011 and 2013. Urbanisation has a different meaning from the one typically used in the literature which is about households abandoning their farm to move to a city. In this case, the benefits from urbanization are for small town residents and farmers living within an enumeration area spanning a small town.
You report up to 7 model specifications (tables 4 and 5). While this is useful to gauge the robustness of the light effect on welfare, at some point you should indicate which is your preferred specification and discuss the effect of other variables on welfare from this preferred specification.
Results in Tables 6 and 7 indicate that light increases labor supply and wages, which is intuitive. However, why is access to formal credit impacting negatively the labor supply and wages (and consumption in other tables)?
The coefficients for light about food prices in table 9 are small. They measure the %change in food prices from a one-unit change in light. It would be useful to use the average change in light in small towns to get a better grip on food inflation. The descriptive statistics about daily luminosity suggest that the change in luminosity in small towns between 2011 and 2013 would be a fraction of a unit. If I am right, increases in food prices would be very small and hence not worth worrying about.
Minor comments:
p. 6: The term EA has not been defined.
p.8: (nominal) consumption vs real expenditure. It would be best to use the term real from the start. You use it later on.
p.8: Consumption expenditure. It should be plural: consumption expenditures.
p.9: footnote 7 should be clearer about the specific census-based indicators that the authors are alluding to.
p.10: The main shortcomings from using satellite images should be listed. The references could then be used if someone needs more information.
In your regression tables, you have yes, no and – to inform the reader about the presence or absence of fixed effects. What is the difference between no and -?
See my copy of your paper for additional typos.
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• By Janine Pineo •
At 83, I stopped counting.
The lines near the edge were melded and blurred, fused into something indecipherable.
The smell of sawdust still hung in the air as I straightened up, tears filling my eyes.
I stared at the stump that used to be one of the most magnificent spruces I'd ever seen and then looked into sky from a spot where there always had been evergreen branches arching overhead.
Cool in summer, color in winter, this spruce was a part of me. I had no memory of life without this tree.
Now I do.
Although the tree rings indicated it was early in the 1900s, perhaps around the first world war when this spruce's story began, I can account for only the last thirty-odd years of its life.
A row of spruce lined the eastern side of the driveway when we first moved in. Five in all, my mother said.
I only remember three set in a perfect line from roadside to garage.
The middle one came down in a destructive wind many years ago. It was the one that used to have a swing dangling from a branch. I think the rope was yellow, the seat wooden. I still have a piece of wood from that tree, a jagged, twisted length taken from where it broke.
Then there were just the two.
The one closest to the road was the tallest. It had twin tops, with a great notch about halfway down the trunk.
And that trunk. Compared to other trees on the lot, it was massive. I could wrap my arms about only half of the tree, and that was at five feet or so off the ground. The shoulders of the roots where the trunk met the earth were brawny. Roots radiated throughout the lawn under the canopy, their size enormous even well away from the trunk.
It was probably more than a decade ago when the beginning of the end began. Below the notch, a great crack appeared. Sap ran from it year after year.
We knew it didn't bode well, but the tree seemed OK. Old, certainly, but nothing to cause alarm.
It continued to withstand high winds, brushes with the occasional hurricane remnants and even the legendary ice storm, when lesser trees in our yard took a beating.
Through it all, the spruce stood tall.
Then came the drought. For two years it was parched. I didn't know it was the death knell.
Over the past year, something happened. Likely it was spruce budworm invading a tree weakened by age, drought and that old crack. All I know for certain is that while I was puttering about in late May, I looked up and realized the spruce was dying.
Given its prominent position in the yard, the tree could have fallen across the road and onto the utility lines or onto the house or the cars or the garage. I knew it had to come down.
The next couple of weeks we waited for the tree guy to come.
Every day I said goodbye.
For the first time, I looked up spruce in my Audubon tree book and discovered it was likely a red spruce given its height and diameter. The bark looked right, too.
I took pictures from every angle I could manage at any time of day.
In the mornings, when the first golden fingers of dawn brushed that lone, high treetop, I'd stand outside in the cold and watch the sunlight slowly reach the other trees as it illuminated farther down the trunk of the ravaged spruce.
As I worked in the garden, I'd stop and stare at the spruce rising over the rooftops, visible from nearly every corner of the yard. Where it had once been aflutter with birds, I began to notice that it was rare to see any bird perch amongst its branches.
Just a couple of days before the end, I sat down at dusk and watched the sun kiss it goodnight. I was seated on the stairs beside the garage, listening to the birds and frogs and a whisper of wind. The moon was rising behind the spruce's branches.
How many times had I watched the moon drift upward through its branches?
Not enough.
It was like watching a painting unfold on a deep blue canvas as the moon floated past the black shadow of a tree, a wispy veil of clouds flowing over the nearly full disk.
I cried for what had been.
But mostly I cried for what I can never have again.
Only hours later, I watched this tree, this sentinel in my life, as it was cut down.
I wept.
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Saturated: soaked, impregnated, or imbued thoroughly; charged thoroughly or completely; brought to a state of saturation.
Have you ever been absolutely SATURATED with life? Yeah? Tell me.
What color or colors are you saturated with these days?
August and September were hard months in our home. Everything was sinking, it felt like we were all falling underwater so to speak. Everything felt like it was tangled up together. Everything felt completely blue. This photo is at a pond at the Asheboro Zoo, but the reflections look sad and wintery, when I turn up the saturation full throttle.
Our lives mirror our art. Sometimes when looking at a piece of writing, or even a slice of our life (i.e. current circumstances), all we see is murkiness. But when seen from a far, a bigger picture emerges, one of clarity, and color, and vibrance. We are no longer saturated, but satiated.
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Late entry for today, after being sidetracked on various fronts. Had to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1, which took me several hours this afternoon. Downloading nearly half a gigabyte of file (took me about 45 minutes), then installing the update, which took me 3 hours in all. Let's hope it does make a difference - we shall see. So far so good, I can now try to update my firewall software which it would not do without SP1.
It has been a grey and overcast day, although dry. Not exactly warm either. Caught a glimpse of one of the press conferences linked to the trial of Austrian man Josef Fritzl, who held his own daughter captive for 24 years, fathered 7 children by her, allegedly killing one of them. I speak German, although the Austrian accents had me straining a bit. The trial is expected to be over by the end of the week.


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- fibre7g
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Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. If the celeriac has a green sprouting top, cut it off and discard. Scrub off any dirt and trim away any frilly bits of root. Rub the celeriac all over with the oil and place on a large sheet of foil, root-side down. Scatter with the garlic, herbs and seasoning. Wrap the foil tightly and place on a tray and roast on the bottom of the oven for 2 hrs. Check after 2 hrs that the top is very tender – if not give it 30 mins more.
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The Nigerian law school on Linda Ikeji
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I read an article on the mass failure of this year's law students. You can read it here.
Bar II Final Exam Results 2013/2014
Yesterday was completely different from what I was expecting. I was happy that I had passed but not as happy as I should have been. It wasn't about not getting the grade that I was expecting because I got over that quickly. What was sad yesterday was the number of people that failed.
There are figures flying about so mine may not be as accurate but out of around 6000 students just above 2100 students passed. Basically, two thirds of the law students who took the exams did not pass. There was something I read on twitter along the lines of "How can you be happy when your friends have not passed". I can't remember the exact words.
From looking online and what students have been hearing for years, this is not new. This has been the situation in the previous years. I was told that this has been the worst but I'm not sure how correct that is. Continue reading
I don't think I shouted it enough. I am so happy. I was worried, which is normal, but I would like to think that I was mostly calm. Results came out today and now I am a qualified barrister/solicitor in Nigeria! My grade could have been better but I thank God. I am happy that my friends have passed too.
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Slug 1 video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3CU4jMUncg&feature=youtu.be
This video was fixed using the feedback I received. Mike said about not having most of the scene empty and having the slug and cube the main focus, so I changed the camera angle to be over the shoulder of the cube. I also (as you can see) made use of the motion trail and then forgot to turn off its' visibility before putting it into playblast.
I found the motion trail much easier to use than the graph editor for some reason. It is a nice thing to see the path of the slug as you move it.
Hence why I have two videos.
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This second video is basically the same as the first without the motion trail being a distraction.
The things that I fixed -aside from the staging and camera angles- was the slug's initiation forward movement (I shortened it) then made the slug's jump longer. It got rid of the floaty, fluid-like feeling as it moved through the air and I think it gives the animation a more realistic feeling.
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Family, friends and admirers gathered Tuesday night for a concert in honor of Chicago gospel legend Delois Barrett Campbell.
Campbell died Aug. 2 from complications of pneumonia at Advocate Trinity Hospital. She was 85 years old.
She'd been forced to stop singing in recent months due to polyps that reduced her voice to a whisper.
"She was a very kind woman, very motherly, full of wisdom and jokes and just a great person to be around," said the Rev. Otis Moss III.
Campbell was the lead singer of the Barrett Sisters, a gospel vocal group she formed with her two sisters. She and her sisters made their debut in 1941 alongside a cousin in the Barrett & Hudson Singers. Campbell was also a part of the Roberta Martin Singers throughout her career.
"The Barrett Sisters and Delois Barrett Campbell were trailblazers. One of the first gospel groups to go to Europe and all over the country, so we certainly have lost a legend," said her cousin, Skip Barrett.
Born in Chicago, Campbell was fortunate enough to grow up on the city's south side next door to two gospel legends: Mahalia Jackson and Thomas A. Dorsey, who inspired her.
Funeral and wake ceremonies will be held Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Trinity United Church of Christ, at 400 W. 95th St.


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Do Community Colleges provide a Viable Pathway to a Baccalaureate Degree?
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Community colleges have become an important entryway for students intending to complete a baccalaureate degree. However, many question the viability of the transfer function and wonder whether students suffer a penalty for starting at a two-year institution. This paper examines how the outcomes of community college entrants compare to similar students who initially entered four-year institutions within the Ohio public higher education system. Using a detailed dataset, we track outcomes for nine years and employ multiple strategies to deal with selection issues: propensity score matching and instrumental variables. The results suggest that straightforward estimates are significantly biased, but even after accounting for selection, students who initially begin at a community college were 14.5 percent less likely to complete a bachelor's degree within nine years.
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Monday, April 06, 2009
The Burning Plain
Guillermo Arriaga's debut as a director perhaps has too many weakness to be a great movie, but there is one thing that is always strong, the screenplay that he also wrote and if you are not familiar with Arriaga's outstanding career as a screemplay writer just think about great movies like Amores Perros, 21 Grams, and Babel.
The story is a family drama told in a non-linear narrative where events are revealed out of sequence and for a long while you will be guessing what the two (or three?) stories have in common and I bet you that whatever you think will not be what it was. Obviously there's a moment when you realize how the stories are connected and the outcome becomes totally predictable, but then is at almost the end of the movie.
Basically the story is about some women played by great Charlize Theron (Sylvia), very good Kim Basinger (Gina) and surprisingly good Jennifer Lawrence (Mariana) and I believe that the story is about guilt; guilt for having affairs, guilt for all left behind and guilt for what you dare to do.
It's an entertaining story –and movie- even when definitively I find it not moving or emotional and I believe is due to Arriaga's weaknesses as a director that got lost in the non-linear narrative and didn't paid much attention to generate emotions; but also to the time the viewer has to invest in figuring what's happening and getting lost in the mental exercise does not allow to emotionally involve with the story.
Tech specs are normal and definitively the great female cast delivers dramatically, even when there are some scenes that are not credible but I think is more because of the director than the actresses performance.
The movie was premiered at the 2008 Venice fest were it was in competition for a Golden Lion and where Jennifer Lawrence won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actress.
The film could be suited for general adult audiences that enjoy family dramas and if you don't enjoy non-linear narratives I still suggest you give it a try as probably the story will easily engage you if you're a little patient.
I enjoyed the movie as an entertaining drama and as such I do recommend it, but I was hoping for a better production from Guillermo Arriaga's directorial debut.


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[NEW YORK] Bond and currency traders seeking refuge as the UK votes on membership in the European Union may find that the world's financial-market havens aren't so safe.
There are already signs that liquidity, the ability to trade without affecting prices, is deteriorating in some investment oases in advance of Thursday's ballot.
Liquidity has dropped by about a third in European sovereign bonds, according to David Page, a senior economist in London at AXA Investment Managers. Vanguard Group Inc, which manages about US$3.5 trillion, is hearing from currency dealers that they may provide indicative, rather than firm, prices in the event volatility climbs.
In the pound, which is at the centre of global scrutiny, some investors are reluctant to hold spot positions, according to Europe-based traders.
"Everybody's just preparing for the potential of a shortage of liquidity," said Andy Maack, head of foreign-exchange trading at Vanguard in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
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"For the first time I can remember, we've actually gotten notices from all our counterparties saying that they might not be able to provide pricing, that their prices might turn into indicative pricing during a period of time, that they might suspend algorithmic trading."
As investors navigate a potential Brexit, worsening liquidity raises the difficulty of unloading or adding positions. It also heightens the risk that there will be repeats of the bouts of turbulence that've rocked global markets in the past year.
Consider that New Zealand's currency suffered its biggest intraday drop in 30 years in August, the same week that dozens of US exchange-traded funds diverged from the value of their underlying shares.
In January, the South African rand tumbled 9 per cent in 15 minutes before rebounding, and last week, a measure of volatility in Group-of-Seven currencies rose to a four-and-a-half-year high.
"We have tightened trading limits," said Wu Mingze, a foreign-exchange trader in Singapore at INTL FCStone Inc, a global payments-service provider. "There's a risk of potential huge money losses if positions become illiquid."
Polling indicates a close race. Bank of England officials have warned about the risk of a "Leave" victory for the UK economy, while the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged last week and cited a potential British exit as a factor in its decision.
The yen, a refuge in times of turmoil, appreciated to 103.55 per dollar last week, its strongest in almost two years, and traders are braced for more strength. The premium for one-month options to buy the yen versus the greenback, over the cost of contracts to sell, climbed to the most since 2010, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Yields have tumbled in the world's biggest bond market, which had its own episode of unusual turbulence in 2014. On Oct 15 that year, in a span of 12 minutes, benchmark 10-year yields slid 0.16 percentage point then rebounded, prompting the first government review of the market since 1998.
Last week, benchmark 10-year Treasury yields touched 1.52 per cent, the lowest since 2012.
Investors can prepare for volatility by running stress tests on portfolios and adjusting positions incrementally as information emerges after the referendum, said Sinead Colton, San Francisco-based head of investment strategy at Mellon Capital.
The challenge for investors battening down the hatches is that everyone wants to buy the same assets, said James Kwok, London-based head of currency management at Amundi SA, which oversees about 987 billion euros (S$1.5 trillion).
"It's easy to identify - the Japanese yen is a safe haven, US Treasuries are a safe haven," Mr Kwok said.
"The problem is when you have big size, you need to buy enough to hedge your whole portfolio - and at this point, you run into the liquidity problem."
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Today I got the chance to speak to my old friend Jimmy, whom I had grown up with. I was very excited to meet him because I wanted to share with him the Good News about Ahn Sahng Hong the second coming Christ and Heavenly Mother's salvation.
We met and began to catch up after not meeting for such a long time. Then finally the question came up. "So what have you been up to lately?"
This was my chance. So I asked him if he still believed in God. At first we has taken aback by the question and responded with "Why?" So I told him... because there is a great mystery in the bible... God our Mother who saves us. His faced looked back at me with an expression of puzzlement. "You mean God our Father right?" he responded with a slight smile. I put myself in his shoes... of course he's going to say that, anyone would. Our whole lives we grew up only hearing about "Our Father in heaven" but never about there being a "Heavenly Mother". But the good thing about my good ol' pal Jimmy is that he believed the bible. So he said "what makes you so sure that there's also a Mother God? I've known God my whole life and now you're telling me there's a Mother? You're saying I don't know God?"
I could understand why Jimmy was getting defensive and I didn't really want to upset him so I prayed in my mind for God to give me wisdom and then it dawned on me... I asked him "Well I too only knew about the existence of God the Father that is until I began to keep the Sabbath at the Church of God. According to the bible Christ said,
[Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.] John 14:21
At this Jimmy was shocked. "but I keep his commands and still I've never heard of God the Mother!" So I continued explaining to him that without keeping God's Sabbath Holy it is impossible to know who God is. From the beginning of time God showed himself to those who kept his commandment of the Sabbath.
[I am the LORD your God; follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Keep my Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God."] Ezekiel 20:19-20"
"If we keep the Sabbath we can recognize who is our true God. The reason why you've never heard of God the Mother is because you've never kept the Sabbath."
I really wanted my friend to realize how God's commandment of the Sabbath is such a precious blessing in order to realize who God is. Most people only believe in God but never really study the bible or obey Gods commandments that let us know who God is. Through this I also realized that the only reason why I know about God the Mother is because of the promise he made to those keeping the Sabbath holy. How blessed we are to know true God!
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The Sabbath Reveals God our Mother
Today I got the chance to speak to my old friend Jimmy, whom I had grown up with. I was very excited to meet him because I wanted to share with him the Good News about Ahn Sahng Hong the second coming Christ and Heavenly Mother's salvation.
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College of Architecture and Urban Studies faculty symposium wins international design award
July 21, 2006
A 90-page document created for Virginia Tech's College of Architecture and Urban Studies bi-annual faculty symposium has been awarded a silver Magnum Opus award.
This international graphic design award, bestowed by Publications Management, is the leading awards program dedicated exclusively to custom publishing.
The document features a selection of College of Architecture and Urban Studies faculty and synopses of the research each discussed during the symposium. The winning design was created by Heather Riley Chadwick, of Blacksburg, public relations manager for the college. Chadwick received a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in communication at Virginia Tech.
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Our commitment to research that explores cultural, community and gender differences spans our campuses, faculties, centres and institutes. From Anthropology to Asian Studies, and Theatre to Art Theory, UBC is an international leader in advancing cultural appreciation, understanding and tolerance.
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He was weary of himself, of cold ideas and brain dreams. Life a poem? Not when you went about forever poetizing about your own life instead of living it. How innocuous it all was, and empty, empty, empty! This chasing after yourself, craftily observing your own tracks--in a circle, of course. This sham diving into the stream of life while all the time you sat angling after yourself, fishing yourself up in one curious disguise or another! If he could only be overwhelmed by something--life, love, passion--so that he could no longer shape it into poems, but had to let it shape him!
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