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If you want to start a retail store that sells clothes and wears to consumers, you need to find reliable sources for those products; especially if you want to create a sustainable income. In other words you will need to find reputable clothing wholesalers and distributors to work with.
However, finding and forming a trusted relationship with the right wholesale clothing suppliers can be more difficult than you think, unless you have already done some research and have an idea of what to expect. If you are trying to find wholesale suppliers for your clothing retail store and enter into long-term, hitch-free business relationships with them, the following tips will help you make that happen:
NB-: This article was culled from: “The Complete Guide to Starting a T-Shirt Business Online from Scratch.”
7 Steps to Find Wholesale Clothing Suppliers for Your Boutique
1. Set up your business properly and legitimately
First, you must bear in mind that no wholesaler will want to do business with you if your business is not properly set up within the law—because they are aware that if you run into problems with the law, they might not be spared. So, you need to ensure that you take all steps perfectly.
Register your business name with the appropriate local agency. Obtain all necessary licenses and permits that apply in your state or country. Fulfill your tax obligations. Complete all your legal paperwork. And follow due process when acquiring a location for your business.
2. Understand the wholesale business
Before proceeding to deal with wholesalers, you need to understand the types of wholesalers there are as well as how they operate. This will help you make well-informed choices and decisions.
There are different type of wholesalers based on their size, distribution channels, and supply chains. As the owner of a new clothing retail store, you are unlikely to be able to buy directly from a high-volume wholesaler, because your initial sales volume won’t support buying in bulk. You will need to find smaller wholesale distributors who will gladly sell smaller volumes. As your sales volume grows, you can deal with bigger wholesalers and demand better wholesale volumes.
3. Start finding wholesalers
Having set up your business correctly and understood wholesalers and their modes of operation, you can start finding the right wholesalers for your clothing retails store.
If you know of reputable clothing retail stores in your locale, you should check their merchandise. This will give you an idea of what stock you need and which merchandise appears to be in vogue. So, you can quickly figure out what their best selling stock is. And if you are not a direct competitor to that store, you can ask the business owner about where they source their stock and ask for wholesale recommendations.
Clothing manufacturers can also direct you to wholesalers of their products if they don’t sell wholesale themselves or cannot sell to you because you are not a high volume retailer. You can also find information about wholesalers by using search engines and online directories. These offer good sources of information about wholesalers within your locality that you can contact and do business with.
Trade magazines and other periodic publications are also good sources of information about clothing wholesalers. Many of wholesalers use these magazines as media for placing ads.
4. Make enquiries
Once you have found a number of clothing wholesalers that you think will be a fit for your business, you should contact them. There are several questions you need to ask then before deciding whether to go ahead with them or not. Ask about minimum orders retailers can place. You must ensure that they can allow you to buy from them in smaller volumes.
Also ask about their unit prices for various types of clothes, wears, and fashion accessories. Compare the prices of all the wholesalers you contact. You may want to go with the one offering the best unit prices, because you will earn more profits that way.
The turnaround time for orders is another factor you should question wholesalers about. In other words, how soon you will get your orders after placing them. Also, find out if you can return any damaged merchandise for a replacement or full refund.
5. Conduct a background check
After you have decided which wholesaler to do business with, you need to conduct a background check to ensure that you are dealing with a legitimate wholesaler. Check with the Better Business Bureau or any business regulatory agency in the town or city the wholesaler is located to know if they are actual wholesalers and not middlemen. Your background check will also reveal their reputation among retailers they have done business with.
6. Enter into an agreement
Once you have conducted your background check and have found your chosen wholesaler to be credible and reliable, you can go ahead to sign a contract with them. This will involve the services of a seasoned attorney.
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The Pittsburgh Press (April 21, 1943)
Hornet revealed as ‘Shangri-La’ used by bombers
By Sandor S. Klein, United Press staff writer
First off for Tokyo, Maj. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle “bounces” his B-25 bomber off the U.S. aircraft carrier Hornet, as the ship rides in heavy seas, to lead his flight of bombers on the April 1942 raid on Tokyo. The other Billy Mitchell bombers can be seen on the aft flight deck of the Hornet.
Japan will be bombed again and again.
This warning was held out to the Japs by the War Department in making public for the first time the official story of the bombing of Tokyo by Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle’s 80 handpicked raiders.
It was a story of heroism and success; of hardships and hard luck at the beginning and end.
Aside from officially confirming that the “Shangri-La” from which the 16 Army medium bombers were launched was the aircraft carrier Hornet, the most interesting part of the long-awaited account of the raid was what happened to its participants and their planes after they had completed their mission over Japan.
15 of planes wrecked
The story with the happy climax came to a sour ending. The planes were supposed to have landed on airfields in Free China when their job of destruction was done. But this is what happened:
All but one of the 16 planes were wrecked in forced or crash landings in China or off the Chinese coast. The exception was a plane that landed in Russian Siberia.
Of the 80 participants, eight are prisoners or presumed to be prisoners of the Japs. One was killed after a parachute landing in mountainous Chinese terrain. Two others are missing, with no clue to their fate. Five are interned in Russia. The remaining 64 gained the safety of unoccupied China. Seven of these were injured.
And there is an anti-climax to the story. Of the 64 who got away, nine were subsequently killed or are missing in action and one is a prisoner of Germany.
Adm. William F. Halsey Jr., now U.S. commander in the South Pacific, commanded the task force that carried the planes to within 800 miles of Tokyo. Adm. Halsey had planned to carry the fliers to within 400 miles of Japan, but an encounter with an enemy patrol vessel – which was sunk – spoiled that plan.
Gen. Doolittle was the first to take off from the Hornet in one of the specially-equipped, twin-engined North American “Mitchell” bombers at 8:20 a.m., on April 18, 1942. Shortly, all 16 were in the air headed toward Tokyo after takeoffs in a heavy sea that sent waves over the carrier’s bow and forced the pilots to time their takeoffs with the upbeat of the flight deck.
The primary objective of the mission – to bomb the Jap mainland – was accomplished “with complete success,” the War Department said. Not a single U.S. plane was lost in Japan proper.
What is more, the War Department assures, Tokyo is due to be hit again. The report said:
If the secrecy [of Shangri-La] could always have been kept from the Japanese – which in the end was impossible – it would naturally have added to the tension with which Japan awaits the attacks that still lie ahead.
Besides its destructive and psychological effects, the War Department emphasized, the raid:
…resulted in freezing, within Japan, enemy airplanes and other forces which might have been used in offensive operations elsewhere.
This was one of the deciding factors in the decision to keep details of the American operations a secret for more than a year. This was why President Roosevelt referred to the raid base as “Shangri-La,” a mythical place.
Months ago, the Japs claimed to know the secret of Shangri-La. They named the Hornet. They had already had their revenge on that gallant ship, sending her to the bottom in the Battle of Santa Cruz on Oct. 26, 1942.
Had fate been more kindly, the aftermath of the raid might have been a happier one. But almost from the start, hard luck intervened. After evading two enemy patrol vessels, the Hornet ran into a third. This was 800 miles off Tokyo. The takeoff had been planned at a point about 400 miles from the enemy capital. It was to have been just before dark, so that the attack could be carried out at night and the planes could continue on to land at specified Chinese airfields in the morning.
Start ahead of time
But fear that the third patrol vessel, which was sunk, might have radioed a warning caused the immediate launching of the planes – 10 hours ahead of schedule.
What happened over Japan has already been told by Gen. Doolittle himself. The planes flew in so low – 15 or 20 feet above sea level – that they were almost skimming the wave tops.
There was anti-aircraft fire, some heavy, but no real damage was done. And there were at least 30 pursuit planes aloft but they could not lay a finger on the hedge-hopping Americans.
Upon leaving Japan, the scattered planes ran into a storm. The official account said:
Their already-depleted gasoline reserves were drained further as they bucked the winds. Darkness was coming on and the unfamiliar terrain added to the difficulties. There were no light beacons or landing flares. Unable to go farther, there in the darkness, 6,000-10,000 feet above a strange land, the great majority of the men bailed out.
Most of the men landed in unoccupied China and succeeded in reaching Chungking, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s capital. But some less fortunate landed in occupied China. This led to the capture of eight. Others managed to make their way out of enemy territory with the aid of friendly Chinese who had several of them for long periods.
The only known dead was Cpl. Leland D. Faktor, of Plymouth, Iowa, who made a getaway in his parachute but may have been killed by a fall after landing in mountainous territory. His body was found later.
Lands in Siberia
The only plane to make a safe landing was piloted by Capt. (now Maj.) Edward J. York, of San Antonio, Texas. After bombing Tokyo, his plane had so little gas left, he headed for Siberia and landed 40 miles north of Vladivostok. The ship and crew were interned by the Russians.
One of the planes, piloted by Lt. Ted W. Lawson, of Los Angeles, crashed in the China Sea within three miles of Jap forces. Cpl. David J. Thatcher, of Billings, Montana, was cited for his initiative and courage in tending his companions.
The War Department said that the preoccupation in bringing American fliers to safety was a principal reason why no detailed statement was issued after the raid.
The idea of the raid on Tokyo was conceived first in January 1942, when the desire for revenge on the Japs for the Pearl Harbor attack was barely a month old. Whose idea it was, the War Department did not reveal, but Gen. Doolittle, who was then a lieutenant colonel, took charge of the preparations.
He personally selected the men who were to accompany him. They were all volunteers. There followed months of intensive, specialized training. Much of it was at Eglin Field, Florida.
Using white lines on the field to measure, the fliers concentrated on taking off in the shortest possible distance, because the flight deck of the Hornet-type carrier is approximately 800 feet long.
In order to preserve the secret of the Norden bombsight should any of the B-25s be forced down in Japan, the Norden sight was replaced with a simple 20¢ sight devised by Capt. (now Maj.) C. R. Greening, of Hoquiam, Washington.

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Wow! Time flies and we have reached the end of our 2014 growing season. We've had snow on the farm the last two days, so I think the timing is just about right! We had a great season but are looking forward a bit of rest, some time to focus on other areas of our life, and planning for the 2015 season. It's hard to believe that I will be starting the first, early transplants inside in only 3 months!
Thank-you very much to each share member! It is our pleasure to grow healthy food for you and we look forward to many familiar faces next season.
This past week was Ian's last week interning with us and we wish him well in his future endeavours. His help around the farm has been immense. This winter Ian is hoping to find a eco-building internship in some sunny and warm locale. Sounds like fun to me!
As you can see from the pictures below, our one cat, Squeaks, likes to help out in the fields. He feels particularly helpful when he scales our bodies to sit on our backs and shoulders. We won't tell him that it actually made it harder for Ian and I to harvest the parsnips.
This week, in addition to the regular onions in your shares, I will be bringing extra onions that you can help yourself to. These onions are smaller and didn't dry down properly, which simply means they won't last very long. If you use with 2 weeks, they will be just fine.
Weekly Share Contents:
Parsnips OR Beets
Kale OR Leeks
Parsnip and Potato Bake
8 cups chopped potatoes and parsnips (ratio is flexible), cubed
1/2 cup goat cheese
1 tsp sea salt
Handful chives or parsley, minced
Fresh black pepper, to taste
In a large pot, bring the potatoes and parsnips to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until tender. Drain most of the water, reserving 1/2 cup.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly oil a medium baking dish.
In the pot, combine the remaining ingredients along with the cooking water with potatoes and parsnips. Mash with a potato masher, or, for smoother consistency, blend lightly with an immersion blender.
Pour the mixture into the baking dish and bake for 15 minutes.

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On the day they spontaneously divorce after being married for less than a month, magician Tao Xiaolei and air hostess Zhou Jing hear they have won a free honeymoon down in Sanya, Hainan Island. Chaos ensues when Zhou Jing is suddenly kidnapped for a US$150,000 ransom.
Romantic comedy, Holding Love is finally here! Known to be a passionate couple in real life, Hawick Lau (劉愷威) and Yang Mi (楊冪), share many intimate hugging and kissing scenes in the movie. Fans are also looking forward to see the couple’s love collaboration in their first movie together. . You can read more in Google, Youtube, Wiki
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(es) wrote: Taking place in the distant year 2017, 1987's "The Running Man" now looks like prophesy. Arnold plays himself, but Richard Dawson steals every scene he's in. Choreography was by a then unknown Paula Abdul. A virtual template for reality television. Recommended.
(us) wrote: Glad I randomly came across this movie on Netflix. Wow.
(es) wrote: A very good story that tells about the September 11 attacks back in 2001 is a good movie with a great cast. It has a way of getting around in the middle with the building falling down on top of the two Police Officers remaining.
(jp) wrote: This one is so bad...
(ca) wrote: This movie is so laughably bad that you almost have to love it just for how bad it is. Seriously, some scenes will unintentionally have you chuckling due to their utter implausibility. It's especially funny to see each character constantly turning on each other at the drop of a hat. Nevermind that it's a weak attempt at the overwrought serial killer thriller. Just be thankful that it's so dumb.
(jp) wrote: One of the most bizarre comic book films ever made, Tank Girl boggles the mind. The story is incoherent, the acting's piss-poor, and the special effects are crap. While Lori Petty brings a lot of charisma to the role, the script fails her. The film is out of control and isn't able to deliver on the action or the comedy. Tank Girl has no focus and ends up a jumbled mess of craziness.
(kr) wrote: After hearing for years how bad this movie is, I wanted to check it out for myself. It is not the worst movie I have ever seen, but it's not far from it. Idiotic, annoying, boring, and tedious, I am glad that I paid no extra money for this.
(ag) wrote: There is a movie that my wife's family enjoys watching, I think it is the Dancing Outlaw, they watch it all the time, I cannot sit through it. Vernon, Florida reminds me of that in many ways as it highlights peculiar people that live in Vernon, Florida. Some of the residents really touched my heart, some didn't. This movie is not for everyone.
(us) wrote: "Three Days of the Condor" is the kind of movie that features French assassins, fretful civilian girls, shady CIA operatives, and a handsome leading man that we can trust because he's played by a movie star. It's '70s espionage, and it's seriously good. The film is not dated, and it isn't trying to make cheap entertainment out of the paranoid years that Richard Nixon set up for us - it's instead an intelligent, suspenseful, and richly fun political thriller that grabs ahold of our jacket collars and keeps us in close quarters, just to be safe. You wouldn't expect any less from Sydney Pollack and Robert Redford, after all. Redford is Joe Turner, a CIA employee. He isn't a spy, nor a head honcho that calls out orders with a Shakespearian cool - he, along with six other people, works in a small, New York based office whose speciality is to read magazines, newspapers, and books from around the world in hopes to find a hidden meaning or code that pertains to national interests. Then, one day, he finds a seemingly low-end book that is translated into only three languages: Spanish, Dutch, and Arabic. As this is a suspicion, particularly because the novel in question is hardly notable, he reports it, then goes out to lunch. But when he comes back, he finds that every single one of his co-workers has been shot dead. Frantic, he calls CIA headquarters, hoping to be brought into safety. But when he arrives at the planned meeting, he is shot at like a lion on a Safari hunt. Knowing he cannot trust anyone, he kidnaps a woman, Kathy (Faye Dunaway), in order to have a hideout that won't put him in automatic danger. But, he is being chased by some dirty CIA members, and the CIA never quits. And I mean never. "Three Days of the Condor" was highly relevant in 1975, but in 2014 it can be enjoyed as a joy ride that features the finest of movie stars working with the finest of scripts working with the finest of directors. It's like a James Bond movie, minus the unrealistic suavity, plus the espionage action. Dunaway isn't a Bond girl, but she has some dialogue that makes her equal to Redford as Honor Blackman was to Sean Connery. And we love her for it. The plot does get murky, but it's easy to forgive. We are given so many terrific, terrifying scenes (this is one of the few films where the beginning is the best part), and Redford is such a root-worthy hero that it becomes a thriller that finds itself in a maze but still entertains us anyway. But what I took away from the film is how truly believable it was that even the CIA, which is such a trustworthy agency, could shelter employees with such shattered morals. The CIA has never had a scandal as big as Watergate, but Watergate, after all, was a display that the government can't always be trusted. Pollack's direction is so assured that we don't doubt that. "Three Days of the Condor" takes itself seriously, but I had more fun than I most likely should have. Simply put, espionage thrillers just aren't as fun these days - the '70s had them in a chokehold.
(gb) wrote: it is really a good movie
(kr) wrote: A fantastic movie which is fanciful, fantastic and mysterious all at the same time. I love it.
(au) wrote: Give them credit for trying to do an original take on the franchise... but even as a relatively undiscerning 8 year old and huge Mario fan seeing this on television, I was left wondering, "What the hell was that?!"
(ca) wrote: Extremely undeniably painful.

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By Sarah Krouse and Justin Baer
Days before President Donald Trump ’s inauguration, former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told investors gathered at a conference in the Mexican resort town of Cancún that they shouldn’t be concerned about a potential trade war between the U.S. and its southern neighbor.
So far, many aren’t convinced.
The Mexican peso has dropped about 10% since the election, roiled by diplomatic tensions between Mr. Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto . Mexican stocks and bonds, on average, accounted for 0.51% of all U.S.-based mutual funds’ assets at the end of 2016, according to Morningstar Inc. That is the lowest tally in three years.
“We don’t have clarity,” said Hemant Baijal , co-head of OppenheimerFunds’s global debt team. “What we have is a certain degree of rhetoric that’s fairly heated.” Mr. Baijal’s $5.24 billion International Bond Fund cut its Mexico exposure over the last year from a high of more than 13% to just over 6% as of last Friday.
At the world’s largest asset manager, the $180 million BlackRock Latin America Fund pared exposure to Mexican stocks in recent quarters as managers became less bullish. It now holds a smaller slice of assets from that country than its benchmark. The BlackRock fund has one of the highest percentages of its portfolio invested in Mexican stocks and bonds among the U.S.-based mutual funds tracked by Morningstar.
Another investor, the J.P. Morgan Latin America Fund, has sold some Mexican stocks in recent months. The political and trade uncertainty is likely to keep the peso volatile and dampen corporate investment, said Luis Carrillo , a native of Mexico who manages the $53 million fund. About 24% of the fund is invested in Mexican assets.
Will Pruett, manager of the $544 million Fidelity Latin America Fund, also has reduced exposure to Mexico. The fund’s Mexican positions now represent 18.95% of the portfolio at the end of 2016, down from 26.76% of the portfolio at the end of June. However, he said he sees potential investments in small-capitalization stocks, financials and infrastructure-related firms.
Some money managers say fallout from the recent tension has presented buying opportunities. Lazard Asset Management’s $41.4 billion emerging-markets group has held onto Mexican stocks including America Movil /zigman2/quotes/205846431/composite AMX -0.44% , Grupo Mexico /zigman2/quotes/207097853/delayed MX:GMEXICOB +1.44% and Kimberly-Clark de Mexico /zigman2/quotes/203556405/composite KCDMY -0.66% . James Donald , who heads the group, said he thinks opportunities can be found in the shares of industrial companies.
Mexico, he said, had appeared to move beyond the big booms and busts of its past, looking more like a haven because of its trade relationship with the U.S. In the past six months, however, he said that has started to change, presenting new opportunities for certain investors.
Michael Hasenstab , portfolio manager of the $41 billion U.S.-based Templeton Global Bond Fund, said in an email that the peso still has “tremendous long-term value.” About 23% of the fund’s assets are invested in Mexican bonds and currency.
Other investors are waiting for signs that Ms. Rice was right. Speaking at a conference for Latin American companies and money managers that invest in those companies, the former secretary of state urged attendees to look past Mr. Trump’s fiery campaign rhetoric on Mexico and focus on the substance of his policies.
“At some point [Mexico] becomes a value play,” Oppenheimer’s Mr. Baijal said. “Are we at that point? We’re cautious.”
Short-term volatility is less concerning for investors who have made long-term bets.
It “doesn’t change the economics” of deals already completed by BlackRock, Chief Executive Laurence Fink said, citing the asset manager’s partnership with national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos, or Pemex.
BlackRock in 2015 became a co-investor in a 45% stake of a natural-gas pipeline project. Mr. Fink plans to travel this week to the firm’s office in Mexico City, according to people familiar with his plans.
“The reality is the economics and the need were real and they remain real and important,” he said.

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Big Daddy Liberty has released a series of videos in which he interviews ANC, DA and EFF Supporters.
He filmed the interviews at the political parties’ manifesto launches, asking ordinary people their opinions on policies and politics.
In the this video, he interviews ANC supporters.
In the this video, he interviews DA supporters.
And in this video, he interviews EFF supporters.

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Fleeting Youth Records and Austin Town Hall Records will be releasing, Hot and Ready, the first full-length album from Austin, Texas-based “party punk” foursome, Basketball Shorts, on July 8th and pressed on cool, clear vinyl with white-blue smokey swirls. Below is the first taste of the album, Looking.
Here’s a jazzy quote from their label:
“The new record finds the band building off the energy of their previous split EPs, fleshing out their sound (adding guitarist Ben Chinisci and Adam Sharp on drums), and ramping up their infectious hooks. The 10 tracks move quick and easy as lead singer/guitarist Ben Seligson licks his melodic pop chops and croons unforgettable party-ready jams about love, loss, Home Alone, and Lt. Dan from Forrest Gump’s “Magic Legs”.
Packed with punk-pop ear worms akin to The Marked Men, Mean Jeans, and The Spits, Hot and Ready is the good-time Summer BBQ record to play with your punk friends, your rock friends, your pop friends– fuck it– ALL your friends.”
Pre-order Hot And Ready on vinyl here.

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Paparazzi "Wonderfully Wild" FASHION FIX Red Necklace & Earring Set
Faceted red beading swings between shiny metallic accents, creating an indigenous fringe below the collar. Brushed in a high-matte finish, dainty silver discs are ribbed with texture, adding splashes of shimmer to the tribal palette. Features an adjustable clasp closure.
Sold as one individual necklace. Includes one pair of matching earrings.
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Logitech Z213 2.1 Channel 7W Multimedia Speakers
$65.00 inc GST
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This compact 2.1 speaker system delivers clear audio and enhanced bass via a 3.5mm connection. Easily access power, volume and the headphone jack using the wired control pod. Enjoy a full audio experience in a small form factor.
12 Month Return to Base Warranty
Down-firing subwoofer with adjustable bass control knob: Turn up the bass to add a deeper, richer low end to your music, movies and games
14W peak power (7W RMS): Enjoy all your audio entertainment in loud, clear stereo sound
Convenient handheld control pod: Easily power on the speakers, adjust volume and plug in your headset for private listening
Compact satellite speakers: Inclined design directs great sound to your ears without sacrificing valuable desk space
Plug-and-play setup: Simple wired connection to audio devices with 3.5mm output (Windows and Mac computers, smartphones, tablets, MP3 players)
Total Watts (RMS) 7W
Controls Power and volume controls on wired control pod;
bass control on back of subwoofer
Interface 1x 3.5mm Audio Input
1x RCA Audio Input
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Dimensions (mm) Satellite Speakers (x2): 80 (w) x 79.5 (d) x 138 (h),
Subwoofer: 130 (w) x 197 (d) x 183 (h)
Weight Satellite Speakers: Approx. 0.9kg (Both Speakers),
Subwoofer: Approx. 1.05kg
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Burkina Faso Movies :Watch movies on your smartphone
Burkina Faso is the largest film producer in West Africa apart Nigeria. The country is also known for its film festival, FESPACO.
Install this app to watch a great collection of new and old Burkina Faso movies.
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Country : Burkina Faso
Platform : Android
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The prosecuting attorney gets a bit rough on the youth in “Family Court” but a surprise plea bargain by the defense gives this court case a graceful twist at the end.
Characters: Youth, Parents, Prosecuting Attorney, Defense Attorney, Court Assistant, Judge
Props & Setup: Set it up to look like a courtroom with desks, tables, chairs. Next to the judge’s desk set up a bunch of chairs in a line facing the audience. You’ll also need Bibles, a gavel, a brief case or two, and perhaps some books and papers to look like professional documents. If you wish, watch one of the courtroom dramas on TV for more ideas and professional lawyer lingo.
Note: The Prosecutor probably will need a clipboard to keep all the stories straight. She can refer to it or simply read her lines directly from the clipboard. To get funny crime stories about the youth, do a bit of research and dig up some wild stories about each one. Ask their parents beforehand to provide you with a juicy stories about things they did when they were younger or as babies. Then prepare the stories with the person playing the prosecutor, and embellish or exaggerate the stories a bit just to make the kids squirm – all in good fun of course!
The Skit: The Judge enters and sits at his desk. The youth are marched into the courtroom and seated in a line of chairs facing the audience. The Judge bangs his mallet on his desk and says, “Order in the court, order in the court.” A court assistant, standing next to the judge’s desk says, “This court will now come to order! All rise.” Everyone stands up. The court assistant says, “Family court is now in session, the honorable judge presiding.” Everyone sits back down. The judge states, “It has come to the attention of this court that there have been a number of offenses committed among family members recently, therefore, the offenders will be tried and their sentences executed today.” The court assistant says, “Will the defendants please rise and place your hands on your Bibles. Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God.” With their hands on their Bibles the youth say, “We do.” and sit back down.
The prosecuting attorney rises and approaches the first youth. She instructs him, “Young man, would you please stand up so the court can get a good look at the rotten, no-good, lying, cheating, little stinker that you are!” The defense attorney stands up and says, “I object!” The judge says, “Sustained.”
The Prosecutor continues with a barrage of questions and accusations, “Is it true that you snuck out of the house last week? and stole the keys to your father’s car? and went for a joyride with your friends? and then ran a red light? and then ran the car into a stop sign? and then proceeded to cover the whole thing up by painting over the dent with a can of Rustoleum? Is this story true? Yes or no?” He says, “Uh, not exactly.” The judge bangs down his gavel and shouts, “Guilty!” The defendant sits down embarrassed and ashamed.
The Prosecutor moves immediately to the next youth and goes through the same kind of ridicule, questioning, and accusing, but with a different story. The youth may try to speak or get a word in edge-wise, but the Prosecutor moves so fast with the questions and accusations that it’s over before they can blink an eye. The Prosecutor proceeds down the line of youth in rapid succession, and in turn, each one is pronounced guilty along with the bang of the Judges gavel.
After all the youth have been tried and convicted of their crimes, the Prosecutor sits back down. The courtroom assistant says, “The defendants will now rise for their sentencing.”
As the defendants stand up, the judge says, “Tisk, tisk, you naughty, naughty little girls and boys. You have been tried and found guilty of the crimes as stated in this courtroom today. Now you must bear the punishment for your crimes, and that is going to be a lot of fun for me!”
At this point, the Defense Attorney stands and asks, “May the Defense approach the desk?” The Judge is surprised by this last minute move, but consents. The Defense Attorney and the Prosecutor approach the bench and have a hushed conference there for a few seconds. The Prosecutor is visibly irate at what the Defense is proposing, but everything is kept hush-hush. Finally the conference is over and both attorneys return to their seats.
The Judge directs his attention back to the youth and says, “It appears that the Defense is smarter than he looks. A plea bargain has been made at the bench seeking alternate redemption for the defendants misdemeanors. It pleases the court to inquire, therefore, to inquire into this matter immediately. Are there any in this courtroom who are willing to bear the punishment for the crimes of these youth, in order that they may go free?” There is a moment of silence as everyone looks around in confusion for a few seconds. Then quietly, the parents of each youth walk up and stand behind their child in silence. The parents of the judge, attorneys, and courtroom assistant may also wish to come up as well. The parents place their hands on the shoulders of their children and wait for the sentencing.
Tenderly now, the judge asks, “Parents, are you willing to bear the punishment for these kids crimes in order that they may be forgiven and go free?” Together the parents say, “Yes, we are.” The judge says to the youth, “You are free then to go kids!”
The judge eyes the parents sternly and says, “And you parents are all going to get a whole lot of spankings tonight! Court adjourned!”
Scripture Emphasis: Ephesians 5:1-2, Phil. 2:1-8 We are called to follow Christ’s example and lay our lives down for each other – our children, family, friends, and those around us.
1. How have you experienced the love and grace of God from a member of your family?
2. Why is it sometimes difficult to love and care for those close to us?
3. How can we show those in our family that we love them?
4. Think of one thing you could do to show love to each member of your family.
5. Pray and ask God for strength and wisdom to love those in our family.
“Family Law” Copyright 2005 Cross the Sky Ministries
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With the start of a new Phillies season just around the corner, the final touches are being made to the roster as the team prepares to come north to get the 2018 season underway. A day after locking down a new contract for Scott Kingery, the Phillies have set their opening series starting rotation and parted ways with veteran catcher Cameron Rupp. The Phillies designated Rupp for assignment on Sunday. A day later, the team has formally released Rupp from their payroll, allowing him to seek a contract through free agency as teams around the league look to put the final pieces together.
As noted by Matt Gelb of The Athletic, the roster move will trim $1.5 million of the books for the Phillies. Considering Rupp would only have cost the team $2.05 million this season if he remained on the roster, it was far from a move that was about clearing up major weight on the payroll. Instead, this was all about performance, and Rupp was trending in the wrong direction with a couple of other guys coming up.
Rupp had been struggling this spring at the plate with a .189 batting average and a .269 on-base percentage. A draft pick of the Phillies in 2010, Rupp played a key role behind the plate during what has been a transition for the franchise, but with the rise of Jorge Alfaro it became clear Rupp would not be the main guy managing the pitching staff on the field for very long.
Alfaro and Andrew Knapp will be the two catchers on the opening day roster for the Phillies, barring any unforeseen roster tweaks before opening day.
I don’t anticipate Rupp will be a free agent for too long. There is plenty of room around the league for a backup catcher who can shoulder the load for a stretch when needed, and Rupp is more than serviceable in that aspect. MLB Trade Rumors notes a report from the Dallas Morning News that links Rupp to the Texas Rangers. That would be a good spot for Rupp should it come to fruition. In addition to reuniting with Cole Hamels and Jake Diekman, Rupp would get a chance to play close to home. Rupp is from Dallas, and, of course, a Dallas Cowboys fan.


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Uric Acid and Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibition With Empagliflozin in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: The EMPEROR-Reduced Trial
Eur Heart J 2022; online ahead of print doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac320
Hyperuricaemia is common in heart failure (HF) and is an independent predictor of advanced disease severity and increased mortality. This analysis from EMPEROR-Reduced showed that empagliflozin induced a rapid and sustained reduction of both serum uric acid (SUA) and of clinical events related to hyperuricaemia.
Empagliflozin Improves Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction Irrespective of Age
J Am Coll Cardiol 2022;80(1):1-18 doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.04.040
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) reduce cardiovascular death and hospitalisation for heart failure (HHF) in patients with HFpEF, and are recommended in recent guidelines for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), supported by Class IA evidence. Typically, HFpEF patients are older than HFrEF, and have a higher mortality risk associated with older age, while the risk for cardiovascular death is lower than in HFrEF. Until now, the treatment effects and safety of SGLT2i in relation to age have not been studied. This prespecified analysis of the EMPEROR-Preserved trial examined the interplay of age and empagliflozin treatment effects.
For patients on placebo, the incidence of primary outcomes and cardiovascular death increased with age. In contrast, empagliflozin reduced the primary outcome, first HHF, and first and recurrent HHF across all age groups. Empagliflozin also improved health-related quality of life, and attenuated the decline of eGFR without age interaction. Additionally, there were no clinically relevant differences in AEs between empagliflozin and placebo across the age groups, and elderly patients tolerated the treatment well.
Empagliflozin for Heart Failure With Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction With and Without Diabetes
Circulation 2022; online ahead of print
In patients enrolled in EMPEROR-Preserved, empagliflozin significantly reduced the risk of heart failure (HF) outcomes irrespective of diabetes status.
Eur Heart J 2022; online ahead of print DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac306
In this pooled analysis, empagliflozin reduced the incidence of hyperkalaemia without significant increase in hypokalaemia.
Potassium is essential for normal cellular function, but severe potassium abnormalities can lead to cardiac arrhythmias and death. Hyperkalaemia frequently leads to interruption and discontinuation of neurohormonal antagonists, which may worsen the prognosis for people with heart failure (HF).
Prognostic Implications of N-terminal Pro-B Type Natriuretic Peptide and High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T in EMPEROR-Preserved
JACC Heart Fail 2022 doi:S2213-1779(22)00302-X
This planned analysis from EMPEROR-Preserved provides strong evidence for both N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) as important disease markers and prognostic indicators in people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
Evaluation and management of individuals with HFpEF can be challenging. NT-proBNP and hs-cTnT are biomarkers with well-established prognostic role across the range of ejection fraction in heart failure. As such, it is possible that patient baseline values could be used to identify those suitable for treatment. However, ambiguity has led to confusion about pharmacologic management, and the role of biomarkers.
Effects of Empagliflozin on Symptoms, Physical Limitations and Quality of Life in Patients Hospitalized for Acute Heart Failure – Results From the EMPULSE Trial
Circulation 2022; online ahead of print doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.059725
This post hoc and prespecified analysis of the EMPULSE trial found that initiation of empagliflozin in patients hospitalised for acute heart failure (AHF) produced clinical benefit regardless of the degree of symptomatic impairment at baseline. Empagliflozin also improved symptoms, physical limitations, and quality of life – with benefits seen as early as 15 days and maintained through 90 days.
The SGLT2 Inhibitor Empagliflozin in Patients Hospitalized For Acute Heart Failure: A Multinational Randomized Trial
Nature Med 2022;28:568–74 doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01659-1
Empagliflozin is well tolerated in patients hospitalised for acute heart failure, resulting in significant clinical benefit 90 days after treatment initiation.
Early Benefit With Empagliflozin in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Insights From the EMPEROR-Preserved Trial
Eur J Heart Fail 2022;24(2):245–8. doi:10.1002/ejhf.2420
Results reinforce sustained clinical, health status and quality of life benefits with empagliflozin in patients with HF‑pEF, and underscore the need for timely initiation of therapy.

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There is no contesting the fact that popular adage, 'Health is wealth', is a truism. This is because at the centre of our ability to do anything including, to a large extent, worship is the fact that we need sound health.
It is believed that the quality of health care delivery of a nation has far reaching implication on its economy because it takes a health citizen to contribute meaningfully to the economy.
Perhaps this underscored the reason why leaders are expected to plan and execute articulated health programmes for the betterment of the lives of the populace.
At the inception of the present Administration, Katsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari wasted no effort in articulating well-designed policies to surmount the challenges facing the health sector.
These challenges had been on for years and seemed near impossible to get rid of, despite the attempt to do so.
However, Governor Masari swung into action by pulling down all barriers and the obstacles hindering the attainment of the goals. Shortly after assuming office almost three years ago, he undertook unscheduled inspections visit to various health institutions, health centres, hospitals and clinics.
The idea behind such visit was to enable him personally assess the problem and to get first-hand information on the issues as well as to discuss one-on-one with the various stakeholders on the best way forward.
Having done, the Governor moved steps further and conducted a summit on which experts, specialist and various groups were assembled for brainstorming sessions and at the end of the day, different programmes were mapped out and arrived at.
The ball was then set rolling for the Government such that immediately set in motion, machinery for the expansion and general rehabilitation as well as upgrade of Katsina, Funtua and Daura General Hospitals and at the same time State-of-the-art equipment running in hundred millions were procured and installed in each of the aforementioned General Hospitals. The hitherto dilapidated Health Clinics and Health Centres were equally rehabilitated and upgraded to serve the people and essential drugs are now available.
Furthermore, drainages, culverts, lavatories and walkways were constructed for healthy environment and to further beautify the surroundings. Drug revolving scheme, which was hitherto in comatose, is now revived, reorganised and expanded and the free drug policy introduced by the last Administration is now being restructured to give human face.
The Administration also enhanced the routine child immunization programme and the antenatal services. Hygiene Education and the mobilisation of the rural populace to embrace anti malaria campaign programmes are being vigorous pursued.
It also overhauled the operations of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Katsina, Malumfashi and that of the School of Health Technology, Daura and Kankia for optimal performance and the attainment of high enrolment figure for students to meet the needs of Health services of the State. Moreover, entire Diploma programmes, other training and Certificates courses the Health Institutions offer in the state have been fully accredited.
The Masari Administration has taken capacity building for health personnel in the State seriously. Therefore, training and retraining of the Health personnel has continued to receive a boost.
Statistics available have indicated that since it came into office 29th may, 2015 to date, Governor Aminu Bello Masari's Administration has so far sponsored over one hundred and fifty (150) Medical Doctors to undergo residency training programmes in various Teaching Hospitals in Nigeria and abroad. Similarly, thousands of Nurses and other paramedical staff have undergone training in their professional fields.
To further demonstrate Government commitment in boosting health care services, an approval has been given for the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine at the state owned Umaru Musa Yar'adua University while the structures, facilities and equipment at Orthopaedic Hospital are also being upgraded and rehabilitated.
Water and Power supply are two key elements that boost the quality of health services being rendered to the people. The Masari Administration tackled these two issues squarely such that water is now available twenty-four hours in all the main General Hospitals courtesy of the standard boreholes that were sunk.
Additionally, open concrete wells were dug a part from the pipe borne water that is being provided to enhance operations in all the remaining Health Institutions. On power, obsolete generating sets in the Hospitals were either rehabilitated fully or in some cases new ones were procured and installed, and as a backup; a solar power system is provided to cater for the needs of the staff and the patients as well.
As far as the development of both the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Sectors are concerned, the Aminu Bello Masari Administration has allocated a fair share of its resource to turn around the State's Health Sector for optimal benefits to the people. What however remains now is for the people to continue to show appreciation by utilizing the services being offered by Health Institutions and Health Centres among others.
Yakubu sent this piece from Abuja


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The RISE program sought to reduce food insecurity among vulnerable families in North Kivu. The program was based on three key strategic objectives:
The Strategic Objective of diversifying production and increasing incomes for small farmers is structured around new agricultural practices, creating and strengthening value chains, and improving the technical and economic environment. Work on this objective covers eight activities: varietal improvement, livestock rearing, pest and plant disease control (including fighting cassava mosaic disease and Banana Xanthomonos Wilt), storing and processing produce, access to markets, developing agricultural infrastructures, economic information, and agricultural credit.
The Strategic Objective of improving the nutritional status of mothers and children is based on improved access to health services, preventing malnutrition and malnutrition-related diseases, and promoting improved diet and nutrition. More than 10 specific activities serve this objective: training and distributing equipment, disseminating knowledge, prevention messages and improving perceptions, detecting malnutrition, distributing rations, training, supervision and monitoring, behavioral research and information campaigns, promoting parent leaders (male and female) and support groups, distributing rabbits and guinea pigs, promoting vegetable gardens and food diversification, promoting local Corn Soy Blends (CSB), and organizing cookery contests.
The Strategic Objective of improving governance and food security is based on two key themes:
Activities related to these themes include: local development plans and disaster risk reduction plans prepared by committees, conflict mediation, promoting and supporting agricultural and rural committees (with action plans and funding), and implementing specific micro-projects. Defining and implementing local development plans and plans for agricultural committees are key aspects of governance and are essential for sustainable outcomes. These plans also serve as cross-cutting tools that strengthen Strategic Objectives 1 and 2, facilitate coordination between program actors, and promote a long-term vision for reducing food insecurity. Security challenges posed notable difficulties for DFAP implementation.

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Ugandan Emma Naluyima describes her thriving pig+crop farm at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture
Emma Naluyima, a Ugandan veterinarian and one-acre pig and crop farmer, making a presentation at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan).
On 19 Jan 2018, one of ten expert panel discussions at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) was held on Sustainable solutions to the livestock sector: The time is ripe! This two-hour session was organized jointly by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL) and the Livestock Global Alliance (LGA).
This session was moderated by ILRI Assistant Director General Shirley Tarawali. Following a welcome by ILRI Director General Jimmy Smith, Stefan Schmitz, head of BMZ’s division of rural development and food security and commissioner for BMZ’s special initiative on One World–No Hunger, gave an opening speech. Fritz Schneider, chair of the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL), then gave a short overview of livestock and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, followed by a presentation by Kenyan Robin Mbae on livestock and climate change and a presentation by nutrition scientist Lora Iannotti on livestock and animal-source foods.
Shirley Tarawali then introduced the final speaker of this GFFA expert panel session. Emma Naluyima is a smallholder farmer and private veterinarian in Uganda who has integrated crop growing and livestock raising to build a thriving, profitable and environmentally friendly farm enterprise for her and her family.
‘I’m a smallholder farmer. It’s important that smallholder farmers integrate livestock into their farming. It’s feasible, productive and profitable. It’s made a difference to my life and family.
‘I did my master’s degree paying the tuition for my studies from the pigs that I reared. I’ve been able to take my children to very good schools. And I have a stable income. I own a car—a German car—made possible by livestock. And I was able to set up a school to continue passing on information to young children.
‘The founder of the Buganda kingdom, called Kintu, where I come from, kept livestock. Of all things in the world, he kept a cow. That cow enabled him to do integrated farming.
‘Today in Uganda and elsewhere, people use livestock not only for food and income, but also as a bank account and as insurance. They can sell their cattle to take their children to school. They can sell their cattle to get medical attention. And in the eastern part of the country, if you don’t have cattle you cannot marry a girl. So cattle, and livestock in general, are very, very important.
‘Here’s how it works for me and my family. My farm is called ‘One Acre Limited’. I divided it into quarters. On one quarter, I keep pigs. On another quarter, I keep cattle. On a third quarter, I grow matoke, or cooking banana. And on the other quarter, I grow fish, fodder for the animals and vegetables and fruits.
‘Pigs are my favourite animal. I feel cheated if I am not introduced as ‘Mama Pig’. That’s because I’m standing here today not because I’m a vet but because I’m a farmer—a pig farmer.
‘In this quarter where I grow pigs, I use the urine from the pigs as urea fertilizer. I use the pig dung to produce maggots that feed my fish and chickens, to grow earthworms and to produce biogas.
‘I do all this before I produce the pork. My pigs eat fodder that I grow on the farm.
‘This is the urine we collect from the pig house and take to the garden. The ammonia in this urine helps repel pests from my plants.
‘And this is pig dung, which is “green gold”. This is where my money comes from before I get pork. I would be grateful to any scientist who could make me diapers for pigs—because I don’t want to lose a speck of pig dung!
‘We collect the pig dung and use it to feed houseflies, which in turn produce larvae, or maggots, that we use to feed the fish and chickens. These maggots comprise 65% crude protein, which is higher than the protein content of our other animal feeds. My chickens grow faster when feeding on the maggots: in four weeks I can produce a chicken weighing 1.5 kilos rather than 1 kilo.
‘These are my lovely local chickens. In my local area, these might be thought to be one year old, but these birds are just 3–4 months old. I spend nothing to feed my chickens. It’s my pigs that are doing this. And then at the end of the day I get very nutritious, very yellow-yolked, eggs.
‘These are earthworms. After we’ve collected all the maggots from the pig dung, we introduce earthworms and then they feed on the pig dung and reproduce and create soil, which I sell and make money from as well. The earthworms excrete a liquid that I use as a fertilizer and as a pesticide that repels aphids and nematodes. And of course the fish feed on the earthworms.
‘In the second quarter of my one-acre farm, I keep five zero-grazed cattle (my target is 10–15 cows). Each cow gives me on average 20 litres of milk a day. I sell the milk and earn about USD3,000 a year. I use the cow dung to produce biogas and the slurry from the dung to fertilize my maize crop and to make silage. This is very profitable. I don’t have to spend money buying inorganic fertilizer.
‘These are some of my cows. At the top is a Guernsey-Jersey cross eating hay, below are Holstein-Friesians eating hydroponic fodder.
‘And above is the anaerobic digester I use to produce biogas.
‘Back home, almost everyone has a charcoal stove or uses firewood for cooking. I don’t use either. I just use biogas. You can see how clean this saucepan is above (you can think it’s German!). When we use a charcoal stove or firewood, we are cutting down trees, So my livestock help me to reduce both deforestation and climate change.
‘The slurry that comes from the biogas I take back to the garden.
‘This slurry is what I use on my third quarter, the banana plantation, which gives us our staple food.
While the staple food of Germany may be sausages and pork, the staple food of my home is the cooking banana, called ‘matoke’, From this quarter of my farm I get about 30 bunches of banana. I put my manure on the plantation soil to produce those very big bunches. Before I came here last Saturday, I harvested a bunch of matoke that weighed 95 kilos. I sell the matoke for Uganda shillings 1,500 per kilo (so do the maths!).
‘On my fourth quarter of land, I grow fish, fodder, vegetables and fruits. In a space of 8 by 15 metres, I can harvest 10,000 kilograms of fish in six months, generating on average about USD25,000 in six months. And if I’ve not used commercial feed but rather maggots and earthworms from pig manure, I reduce my costs of fish production by three-quarters and get the fish ready for market in 4 rather than 6 months. The same space can yield about 4,800 kilograms of tomatoes over 6 months, for a value of USD2,700.
‘This is my greenhouse. It’s all makeshift—just wood and polythene bags and water.
‘These are the tomatoes and the vegetables, red cabbage, green cabbage.
‘And passion fruit. In my house, what makes my marriage is that I don’t leave home until I’ve made 5 litres of passion fruit juice for my husband, and that’s thanks to the cow dung that I use to make sure that I have passion fruit.
‘I started today by saying that smallholder crop farming that integrates livestock is feasible, productive and profitable—that it’s made a difference to my life and family. For my master’s degree, I had to pay USD4,000 a semester. That was a lot of money for me. I did it by selling my pigs.
I’m standing here today because of the pig.
‘Finally, research solutions and training both need to be shared more widely. Because my husband and I have learned a lot from farming, we decided to create a primary school to provide a foundation for local children. The school is now running with 200 children. We are teaching three things I learned from farming that I think Africans are failing to teach their children: time management (farming demands the greatest time keeping!), the value of money and the culture of saving.
‘This is my school. And these are the kids we teach.’
View Emma Naluyima’s whole presentation: Livestock and household-level economic development: An example from Uganda
Watch a video about Naluyima’s highly integrated one-acre farm produced by Deutsche Welle: Mama Pig’s Lessons for Ugandan Farmers. ‘Emma Naluyima is a successful farmer in Uganda who has become well known countrywide for her skills in making the most of just a small piece of land. Her farming techniques include planting a type of grass for her animals that grows in just six days. When Naluyima resigned from a well paid job to try her hand at farming, some of her relatives thought she had gone out of her mind. But to their surprise the venture paid off and Naluyima has become a model farmer who is today consulted by both experts and individuals. She runs a variety of projects on the one acre (0.4 hectares) plot of land which she purchased herself. She has a piggery, fish ponds, a banana plantation and vegetable gardens. She also rears poultry, produces biogas and runs a veterinary clinic. . . .’
Watch a 3-minute animated video produced by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture to kick off the GFFA.
Read news clippings about the GFFA
Lora Iannotti on livestock and animal-source foods at Berlin’s Global Forum for Food and Agriculture
ILRI News blog, 6 Mar 2018
The role of animal-source foods in human nutrition was presented at this GFFA expert panel session by Lora Iannotti, associate dean for public health and associate professor at the Brown School at Washington University, in St Louis, Missouri. Iannotti has considerable expertise in maternal and young child nutrition and nutrient deficiencies.
Kenya’s Robin Mbae on livestock and climate change at Berlin’s Global Forum for Food and Agriculture
ILRI News blog, 7 Mar 2018
The first of three 10-minute presentations at this GFFA expert panel, on climate change, was made by Robin Mbae, deputy director of livestock production at the Kenya Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. Mbae plays a central role in Kenya’s planning and implementation of interventions to address the impacts of climate change on the livestock sector and vice versa.
GASL’s Fritz Schneider on livestock and the SDGs at Berlin’s Global Forum for Food and Agriculture
ILRI News blog, 6 Mar 2018
Fritz Schneider, chair of the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL), gave a short overview of livestock and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
BMZ’s Stefan Schmitz on sustainable solutions for the livestock sector
ILRI News blog, 5 Mar 2018
Following a welcome by ILRI Director General Jimmy Smith, Stefan Schmidt, head of BMZ’s division of rural development and food security and commissioner for BMZ’s special initiative on One World–No Hunger, launched in 2014, gave an opening speech.
Towards a sustainable, responsible and efficient livestock sector—Jimmy Smith at the Berlin Global Forum for Food and Agriculture
ILRI News blog, 22 Feb 2018
A delegation from ILRI was involved in several of this year’s GFFA events, including the following the ‘Kick-off’ event on 18 Jan 2018, with ILRI Director General Jimmy Smith serving on the panel. Smith made the following main points in the panel discussion. ‘Although the solutions and trajectories for shifting to a more sustainable, responsible and efficient livestock future look very different, and will have very different starting points, depending on the local economy and environment, the kind of livestock raised and the system used to produce the animals, the overall aims of livestock stakeholders worldwide are similar if not the same—to produce food-producing animals in win-win-win ways that are sustainable, responsible and efficient.
Livestock are taking the limelight in global policymaking fora
ILRI News blog, 21 Feb 2018
Recognition of the importance of livestock in addressing some of the world’s greatest challenges, including meeting the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals, has been rising sharply in recent years among leading national, political, donor and international bodies. ILRI works with many of these organizations to help ensure that the world’s many diverse livestock systems evolve in ways that are efficient, profitable, sustainable and equitable.
Animal health and welfare, two cornerstones of sustainable, responsible and effective food production
ILRI News blog, 9 Feb 2018
Monique Eliot, director general of the OIE, leads a high-level panel discussion at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture, in Berlin, 19 Jan 2018. Improved animal health and welfare standards do more than improve animal health and welfare, as important as those are. Applying such standards can increase food production in ways that also protect the environment and enhance the resilience of livestock producers and systems.
Animal protein virtually irreplaceable part of ‘children, young & elderly diet’: DG, FAO
Business World (India) 25 Jan 2018
The world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050 and 11.2 billion by 2100, according to a report. As a result of this growing population, consumer behaviour will also change. Now, more and more people live in cities, which unfolds more challenges in farming for middle-class people.
GFFA discusses the future of animal husbandry
The Pig Site, 24 Jan 2018
A delegation from the Ministry of Agribusiness, led by Luis Miguel Etchevehere, actively participated in the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA). On this occasion, the German Presidency proposed as a topic of discussion, “Shaping the future of livestock in a responsible and efficient sustainable way”.
Agricultural ministers call for action on sustainable livestock production for SDG implementation
International Institute for Sustainable Development, 23 Jan 2018
20 January 2018: Agricultural Ministers and representatives of international organizations participating in the tenth Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) stressed the need for action towards more sustainable, responsible and efficient livestock production and animal husbandry to address global challenges, including SDG 2 (Zero Hunger); SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being); and SDG 13 (Climate Action).
Agrarminister der Welt beschließen Umbau der Tierhaltung bis 2030
Top Agrar magazine (Germany), 22 Jan 2018
Über Lösungen, wie die Tierhaltung produktiver, gleichzeitig aber umweltschonender und mit mehr Tierwohl werden kann, diskutierten vergangene Woche über 2.000 Vertreter aus Politik und Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Zivilgesellschaft in zehn Fachpodien, zwei Ministertreffen und einem Wirtschaftspodium auf dem 10. Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) in Berlin. In der Auftaktveranstaltung erinnerte der Generaldirektor des International…
Grüne Woche 2018: Abschluss 10. Global Forum for Food and Agriculture: Mit nachhaltiger Tierhaltung die Welternährung sichern (FOTO)
Finanzen (Germany), 21 Jan 2018
Querverweis: Bildmaterial ist abrufbar unter http://www.presseportal.de/bilder—Im Jahr 2050 werden auf der Erde zehn Milliarden Menschen leben. Mit dem Wachstum verändern sich auch die Konsumgewohnheiten. Immer mehr Menschen leben in Städten und eine wachsende Mittelschicht sorgt dafür, dass die Nachfrage nach Fleisch, Milch und Eiern rasant steigt. Wie kann es gelingen, die Tierhaltung…
Food is Political! 33,000 tell the world they are fed up with agri-industry
ARC2020 (Europe), 20 Jan 2018
33,000 citizens—including 160 tractor driving farmers—made their way through the winter streets of Berlin on Saturday to tell the world—food is political!
Sustainable livestock futures—BMZ, GIZ and ILRI at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture this week
ILRI News blog, 15 Jan 2018
For several days this week (18–20 Jan 2018), several scientific directors and staff of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)—Jimmy Smith, Shirley Tarawali, Dieter Schillinger, Lutz Merbold and Kristina Roesel—will be participating with several ILRI partners in the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA), held in Berlin, Germany.
Thinking ‘beyond the farm’—On Germany’s longstanding commitment to agricultural research for development
ILRI Clippings blog, 30 Nov 2017.
Stefan Schmitz delivers a short (6-minute) filmed presentation at one of several linked collaborative events, titled ‘Agriculture Advantage: The Case for Climate Action in Agriculture’, led by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and held on the sidelines of the 23rd Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 7 Nov 2017 in Bonn, Germany.


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SOUTH ATLANTIC: THE RELATIONS BETWEEN BRAZIL AND AFRICA IN THE FIELD OF SECURITY AND DEFENSE
Keywords:South Atlantic, Brazil, Foreign Policy, South-South, Africa
South-South Cooperation has become one of the axis of the Brazilian foreign policy, especially when related to Africa. Besides the economic, political and technologic areas, among others, the Brazilian government created a series of cooperation agreements with many African countries in the field of security and defense. This paper analyses the objective and reach of the actions concerning South-South Cooperation between the government of Brazil and the African countries, especially the ones from Atlantic Africa, making use of a bibliography related to the subject and sources derived from the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Defense.


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TITLE: MICHAL’S WINDOW
AUTHOR: Rachelle Ayala
GENRE: Historical Romance, Family Saga, Literary Fiction
She lost it all in one agonizing moment…
Princess Michal is used to getting everything she wants, and she has her heart set on the young hero David. But their passionate love affair is destroyed by her father’s murderous rage. Will David’s departing promises be enough?
David the King is no longer the charming harpist she gave her heart to. The most powerful man in Israel, he falls into the arms of the beautiful Bathsheba.
Temptation comes in the form of a dashing Philistine warrior. Michal vows to be the only woman in David’s heart, but does she know her own?
A novel of betrayal, forbidden love, and redemption, Michal’s Window, is Rachelle Ayala’s imaginative retelling of King David’s story through the eyes of the woman who loved him first.
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Room was clean, beautiful, beer was hard but had very nice pillows, all beds we have slept in have been hard I think it’s a European thing. Kinda far from things but they have free shuttle to town. Pool was nice with a bar, you can walk down to the ocean and they have chairs and umbrellas. Very nice place would absolutely stay again.

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|Linthouse F.C. (1894–1900)|
Benburb F.C. (1900–1912)
Linthouse moved to Govandale Park in 1894 from their Langlands Park ground. A narrow stand was erected on the southern side of the pitch, and a pavilion built in the north-east corner of the ground. In contrast to their previous home which was on the southern edge of the town, the new ground was in the heart of the burgh, having previously been the northern portion of the grounds of Govandale House. It was situated slightly west of Govan Old Parish Church and very close to the south bank of the River Clyde. Neither ground was actually in Linthouse which was a neighbourhood further west, however at that time the established local shipbuilding industry was expanding rapidly, with little land available as most was being occupied by yards or tenement housing for their workers; Linthouse (which was independent of Govan until 1901) was home to Alexander Stephen and Sons, while the Fairfield Company premises stretched from Linthouse along the river almost to the western end of Govandale Park.
The club joined Division Two of the Scottish Football League in 1895, and the first SFL match was played at Govandale Park on 17 August 1895, a 2–1 win over Airdrieonians. The probable record attendance of 10,000 was set a few weeks later on 21 September for a Glasgow Cup match against Celtic, with the visitors winning 7–1.
At the end of the 1899–1900 season Linthouse opted not to apply for re-election to the league. Their final SFL match at Govandale Park was on 10 March 1900, a 2–2 draw with Motherwell. The club subsequently folded later in the year.
The ground was taken over by a new version of Benburb F.C. which had had several previous incarnations based in other parts of southern Glasgow; they consolidated in Govan, becoming prominent members of the Scottish Junior Football Association, but moved on again to a ground at Broomloan Road in 1912. Within a few years, the eastern half of the Govandale site was converted into a playpark, while Fairfield were allowed to expand their yard into the western half. In the late 20th century, housing at Wanlock Street was built on the playpark.
- Paul Smith & Shirley Smith (2005) The Ultimate Directory of English & Scottish Football League Grounds Second Edition 1888–2005, Yore Publications, p191 ISBN 0954783042
- Linthouse, Historical Football Kits
- OS 25 inch Scotland, 1892-1905 (Langlands), Explore georeferenced maps (National Library of Scotland)
- Govandale House, Virtual Mitchell
- Photo of Benburb F.C. Finalists in the Intermediate Cup 1929-30, Acumfaegovan, 14 July 2018, via Facebook
- Annexation Battles, Acumfaegovan, 1 May 2012
- Glasgow Cup–First Round, The Glasgow Herald, 23 September 1895
- Celtic: Pride and Passion, Jim Craig and Pat Woods; Random House, 2013; ISBN 9781780577630
- 2009 Updates: 25 August, Scottish Football Historical Archive (archived version, 2009)
- Govan Riverside Walkway, Acumfaegovan, 2014
- The Govan Stones (aerial photograph of playpark at Govandale), The Hazel Tree, 29 April 2015
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New 14th Judicial District Attorney’s Office investigator settling into role
Doug Winters concedes solving crimes is best suited for a team of people rather than an individual.
“In my eyes, if you go through your law enforcement career just trying to do it all yourself and not working as a team, success is going to be hard to come by,” said Winters, the new investigator for the 14th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
He used the case of Ian Ranney, a Carbondale man that was convicted last year in Eagle County on five counts, including first-degree attempted murder, as an example.“That was a very fulfilling case in that everything came together,” he said. “Officers did outstanding work dealing with the victims, and even interviewing the suspect. It showed a matter of teamwork that went into it that put the case together.”
Winters recently gained a new set of teammates when he took over as investigator for the district attorney’s office. He joined the office in mid-January from the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office, and replaces Joe DeAngelo, who left the 14th in October 2010 to work as a criminal investigator for the Colorado State Attorney General’s Office in Denver.
The position is a homecoming of sorts for Winters, a 1991 Moffat County High School graduate.
“It’s been great to be back,” he said. “I love a new, challenging opportunity, and coming back home to see the changes, the growths, just everything in general. It’s been exciting to have this opportunity.”
He said the transition to his new job has largely gone well.
The tricky part, he said, has been adjusting to covering the three counties —Moffat, Routt and Grand — within the 14th Judicial District.
“That’s been quite the transition right now, but believe me, I’m loving doing that,” he said. “I like to travel and help where help needs to be.”
He said each of the three counties present different challenges.
“What I’ve noticed among the three counties is that there’s three unique, dynamic, different communities in them all,” he said. “Just learning from those perspectives the different dynamics of each community has been a fun and interesting part of my job so far.”
Winters lives in Moffat County. He makes trips to the other counties several times a month and also when called upon.
“Obviously if a major case comes in or something of that nature, I’ll be spending my time wherever it needs to go,” Winters said.
Throughout his career, Winters said he’s dealt with numerous sexual assault cases, including the 2003 prosecution of NBA player Kobe Bryant in Eagle. The case was later dismissed in criminal court and was settled out of court after a civil suit.
Winters said sexual assaults present challenges because victims aren’t always eager to talk with investigators. However, it’s left to authorities to remain compassionate.
“The most important part of that, especially in that interview, is listening and picking up on what they tell you to really take the investigation to the next level,” he said.
Winters said he’s been able to learn his craft from numerous people and trainings over the years. He completed Colorado Northwestern Community College’s police training academy in 1996.
Rather than trying to emulate someone else, Winters said he’s taken the training he’s undergone and found techniques that work for him.
“There probably are certain investigations where there is a certain protocol or method that you need to follow, but generally speaking, you take the experiences and the education you’ve received and you apply them to each individual case,” Winters said.
“It’s OK to have idols, but I think ultimately you need to be who you are. That’s when you become the most effective.”
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A bill legalizing medical marijuana in North Carolina passed a floor vote in the state Senate Tuesday, where it has strong bipartisan support.
The bill, which passed 36-10, will have to have one more vote in the Senate, but that is mostly a pro-forma vote. The bill then heads to the House, where its fate is less certain.
The N.C. Compassionate Care Act, SB3, passed the Senate last year but stalled out in the House. This year’s bill is essentially the same as last year’s with some minor changes. It would legalize medical marijuana in North Carolina through tightly regulated prescriptions and dispensaries.
“It seems to me that the idea is gaining momentum and obviously there’s strong support in the Senate,” said Rep. Jon Hardister, a Guilford County Republican and the majority whip in the House. “In general, it seems like the attitude among members of the House is shifting more in favor of the legislation.”
Who could get a medical marijuana prescription?
The bill would only allow medical marijuana to be prescribed to people with “debilitating medical conditions.” In the current proposal, those conditions are:
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
- Crohn’s disease
- Sickle cell anemia
- Parkinson’s disease
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (subject to evidence that an applicant experienced one or more traumatic events)
- Multiple sclerosis
- Cachexia or wasting syndrom
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If you’ve driven in West Texas, you’ve seen the giant windmills dotting the landscape. Now, he turbines are moving closer to the Metroplex, and there’s now one here in our listening area.
There’s a new wind farm in Jack County, just outside Jacksboro. It’s a 15,000-acre farm operated by Enbridge called the Keechi Wind Farm–55 individual turbines are spinning to deliver electricity into the ERCOT grid under a 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft. The Star-Telegram says the wind farm can generate up to 110 megawatts, which could operate about 45,000 homes at full capacity.