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International plans to help Somalis create regional governments are the best news in years for the miserable country
TWO decades of war and terror have made Somalia one of the world's worst places to live. Last year at least 80,000 people died in a famine and 2.3m continue to need food assistance. Nobody imagines Somalia's fortunes might easily be turned around. Many Western governments have long kept their distance in despair. That includes America, which suffered a debacle there in 1993—later chronicled in the film “Black Hawk Down”.
Yet things are looking up. An initiative launched at an international conference in London on February 23rd could give Somalis new hope. Attended by Hillary Clinton, America's secretary of state, and senior representatives from 40 countries, it is the first push on this scale. The British, prime movers of the event, are pursuing a fresh diplomatic approach. Instead of trying to boost the “transitional federal government” in the capital, Mogadishu, the conference participants—foreign and Somali—say they will accept that the country is, for the time being, irretrievably broken into five or six zones of influence. Rather than put their faith in the feeble internationally recognised government, whose writ extends barely beyond Mogadishu, in the vain belief that it can bludgeon the rest of the country into submission, the leaders of the country's various fiefs have pledged to develop a more or less federal system.
The plan's timing is propitious, as the Shabab militia, which has for the past few years controlled the biggest swathe of Somalia, mainly in the country's south and centre, has recently lost ground and popularity. Ethiopian and Kenyan forces, with logistical backing from the Americans, French and British, have squeezed it in a pincer movement from the west and south. Moreover, the Shabab failed to feed the people in its zone of influence during last year's terrible drought. The Shabab's refusal to allow Western agencies such as Oxfam and the International Committee of the Red Cross into its territory is said to have alienated many of its former supporters.
The Shabab shuffle
At this stage the anti-Shabab forces at home and abroad, especially the Americans, have no intention of starting negotiations with the group, which has links to al-Qaeda, albeit tenuous ones—it was only on February 10th that Ayman al-Zawahiri, the deputy head of al-Qaeda, formally welcomed the Shabab as members of the terror franchise.
Furthermore, America and the West have no immediate plans to bestow recognition on Somaliland, the de facto fully autonomous area in the north-west of the country that was ruled by Britain during the colonial era before Somalia's independence in 1964. Nowadays it is the best-run and safest part of Somalia.
But in due course Western feelers may indeed be put out to elements in the Shabab, much as with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Western intelligence agencies guess that the number of foreign jihadists operating with the Shabab is in the “low hundreds”, though no one is sure. It is unknown whether the supposed leader of the Shabab, the 34-year-old Moktar Ali Zubeyr, better known as Godane, or the powerful figure of Moktar Robow, who controls much of the south-central area, is remotely amenable to negotiation.
At present, Somalia faces a military stand-off. America operates a spy network there and recently launched a special-forces commando raid from its base in nearby Djibouti to free an American citizen from Somali brigands. It also operates drones from Ethiopia, providing intelligence to Kenyan and Ethiopian forces. They have gained ground against the Shabab since invading in mid-December, though the Kenyans have got bogged down on nigh-impassable roads. Their hope of capturing Kismayo, a Shabab stronghold, has yet to be realised.
The Ethiopians have done better, alongside a proxy force of Sufi Somalis known as the Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa (the Majority) or ASWJ, which now controls a wedge of land along the Ethiopian border. The Ethiopians took Baidoa, the second-biggest town held by the Shabab, on February 22nd. They hope to join up with the most northerly of the Kenyans' three prongs of attack.
The Shabab are just one of Somalia's scourges. Pirates have caused havoc among ships traversing vast parts of the Indian Ocean, as far east as the Seychelles and as far south as the Comoro islands. Pirates have not directly filled the Shabab's coffers, though they may occasionally have been forced to pay the jihadists a lucrative levy. In any event, the pirates' power may have peaked. The number of hijackings has declined dramatically, thanks to international maritime patrols and the arming of guards on ships. But worryingly for shippers, ransom demands may have risen as the number of captured ships falls. One recent demand was for a princely $11m.
On dry land, the official government of Somalia remains feeble in the extreme. “It doesn't even control Mogadishu,” says a Western aid worker with long experience of Somalia. “It doesn't administer anything. AMISOM [the African Mission to Somalia] does it all. [Somali] warlords control all the towns—and the aid.”
AMISOM, which has a joint mandate from the African Union and the UN, consists of some 10,000 troops, mainly Ugandans with some Burundians, soon to be increased to 17,000. The Ugandan acting foreign minister, Okello Oryem, said: “We're here for as long as it takes.”
The troops have gained ground in Mogadishu in the past few months, having cleared the Shabab out of the Bakara market, the capital's main trading hub. But they still face an average of five attacks a day by the Shabab, according to Western intelligence sources. Moreover, AMISOM has yet to counter-attack the Shabab deep in the countryside.
Rival anti-Shabab Somali administrations, based largely on clans, are entrenching themselves in their respective areas. Somaliland, where the Isak clan predominates under a more or less democratic mandate, has a strong lobby, especially in Britain, seeking to gain full independence. The Ethiopians trade with Somaliland and use its port of Berbera but hold back from endorsing full independence. Puntland, according to a Western diplomat, is “about 10-12 years behind Somaliland” but seeks to entrench the autonomy it has achieved within a federal Somalia. Its president, Muhammad Farole, has support from the diaspora in Australia.
Galmudug is another, smaller zone that has become a cohesive semi-independent fief, south of Puntland and north of the zone which the ASWJ more or less controls. Jubaland, in the far south, is sometimes envisaged as yet another semi-autonomous zone. Lastly, the pirates control a coastal strip that extends from Eyl in the north to Haradheere in the centre. Inland the towns of Galkayo and Garowe have benefited visibly from pirate wealth.
The plan to cantonise Somalia carries risks. The resulting country will still be corrupt and illiberal, though possibly less dysfunctional and deadly. The London plan is relatively crude—the tribal federations now being empowered are hardly ideal partners. The plan also depends on the success of foreign soldiers. Kenya's floundering force could become a recruiting sergeant for the Shabab if its occupation of Somalia's southern fringes becomes permanent or fails to benefit the locals.
Success furthermore depends on tribal federations working together in a constituent assembly that is yet to be set up. Lack of co-operation between regional power-brokers has long been a problem. At the same time, an eventual break-up of the country becomes more likely with cantonisation. Disputes over internal borders could eventually lead to bloodshed.
The Somali body politic is on life support. Neither domestic nor regional actors have much trust in each other, so the cantonisation plan is a long shot. But nothing else has worked since the last functioning state collapsed in 1991.
Correction: In the original version of this article, we said that the Shabab had prevented Médecins Sans Frontières from working in the areas that it controls. In fact, local staff are still providing medical services. Sorry. This has been corrected online.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline "A ray of hope"


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La Sauvegarde, an eco-friendly district in France designed to adapt to climate change
Are cities exposed to climate change risks? No, of course not, if a sustainable town planning is chosen. In the eco-friendly district of La Duchère in the French city of Lyon, an ambitious project aims to create the “landscaped city of tomorrow”. So we turn the spotlight on La Sauvegarde, a sub-district of La Duchère designed with climate challenges in mind.
The landscaped city for tomorrow’s world will open in 2030
Demolition began in 2019 and a rehousing program for the inhabitants has been conducted since 2016. The objective? To redesign the Sauvegarde with an urban renewal project by 2030.
In addition to the plan to open up the sector, improve housing and introduce new businesses, the project opens up green spaces and gardens and rethinks residences to adapt to climatic challenges.
Overall, this development totals:
- 5.5 ha of public spaces in an overall surface area of 14 ha;
- 3,400 sq.m. for commercial premises including shops and services (860 sq.m. );
- 406 old residences to requalify, including 163 not covered by the ANRU (the French National Association for Urban Renewal (Agence nationale pour la renovation urbaine) convention;
- 308 residences to be demolished;
- 360 residences to be rebuilt.
General map of the La Sauvegarde project
A green urbanism project using the existing vegetation
In the middle of the La Duchère eco-friendly district, La Sauvegarde will use its preexisting landscaping - trees already account for 17% of the surface area of the project perimeter and green and public spaces 39%.
To go even further, the green belt which already surrounds the district will be densified.
User-friendly green spaces will be created. Vallon Park will be extended with the addition of a public square. Shared gardens will be laid out and small gardens created at the feet of the buildings. To encourage biodiversity, green infrastructure continuity will be assured.
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Adapting the city to climate change
The reduction of heat pockets in a city which regularly suffers from heat waves is one of this project’s priorities. But the good ideas do not stop with creating oases of greenery in the middle of the housing complexes. To contribute to the wellbeing of the inhabitants, the buildings have been designed after an in-depth study of their needs.
For example, to harness bioclimatism, the buildings face south-west. The frontages, the insulation and the ventilation of the homes will be specially treated to guarantee climatic comfort.
A project designed to meet the locals’ wants and needs
Discussions with locals began in 2019. A Citizen’s Council was associated with the drafting of the project specifications and the juries which selected the construction companies.
Theme workshops were organized to let the population voice what they had in mind for their new district and express the wants, needs and doubts which can be associated with emerging green cities, such as:
- Won’t the alleyways encourage even more motorized rodeos in the district?
- Who manages and maintains the shared gardens (charters, fencing...)?
- Automobiles will still be allowed in the district. How have they been integrated into the project?
With information stands, public meetings and discussion workshops, the local authorities have ensured the full agreement of the locals and coherence between their wishes and the end result. Get the summary of these discussions here.
This eco-friendly district is an ambitious approach fully within the logic of sustainable town planning, while being based on real needs. A project which echoes Lyon’s Zénith Park, which used the Health Impact Assessment approach - rating the impact on health of creating a new green lung.
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On the night of April 1st, in the Huawei store located at Beijing Heshenghui, the original label “HUAWEI M5” in front of M5 display car was torn off, only 24 hours after Ren Zhengfei’s statement of “not making cars within five years”.
This label had been on display for less than a month. In early March, “AITO M5” was just renamed “HUAWEI M5”, and now it has received an order to “remove overnight”.
On the same day, after being pushed to the forefront by the “not making cars” statement, Yu Chengdong attended the China Electric Vehicle 100 (EV100). Despite the unconfirmed online speculations, Yu Chengdong reiterated, “Removing Huawei’s logo and making a fuss online, actually Huawei has always insisted on not making cars but helping carmakers to build good vehicles”.
“Persistently not making cars” seems to be a recurring topic within Huawei ever since the company got involved in the automotive business. It appears that making cars has always been an assumption of the outside world. So, who really wants to make cars? Is making cars Huawei’s “original sin”?
What did Huawei, being grilled on fire, do wrong?
“We wanted to call M5 ‘Huawei M5’ at that time and make it an ecological brand. However, some leaders had different opinions. Therefore, a document was issued to remove ‘HUAWEI,’ but the essence has not changed.”
At the China Electric Vehicle 100 (EV100), Yu Chengdong responded to the controversy surrounding M5’s recent name change, saying. Some people say that Yu’s remark has put Huawei’s “internal strife” on the table. However, since Huawei first entered the automotive market, a “horse-racing model” has been popular online; although it has never been confirmed, Huawei’s multi-line strategy to penetrate the automotive industry has always been there.
In 2021, at the Shanghai Exhibition where Huawei officially announced the launch of the smart car SF5 with Seres, I attended two Huawei press conferences upon invitation. One was the Seres SF5 debut conference aimed at consumers, and the other was the Huawei Intelligent Vehicle BU conference for the B-end market.
Different organizers, styles, and positioning represent Huawei’s various approaches to entering the automotive industry:
- First, the component supplier model, providing standardized components;
- Second, the HUAWEI Inside model, offering full-stack solutions for smart cars, targeting B-end automakers, resulting in the BAIC ARCFOX Alpha S HI Edition and Avatar 11 HI Edition;
- Third, the Huawei Select Car model, providing component and solution support, deeply involved in the entire product process, directly targeting C-end consumers, resulting in the subsequent Envision series.
However, such a complex business model is not easy for consumers to understand. Although Huawei has emphasized multiple times that they do not manufacture cars, in the eyes of consumers, these models are all labeled as “Huawei’s cars,” with the best-selling emblem on the orange shopping app being “HUAWEI.”
It’s not just consumers; the industry is also puzzled: Apart from Huawei, there are only a few players targeting both B2B and B2C, such as Baidu. The outside world is skeptical about the difference between the HI mode and Select Car mode, whether B2B and B2C businesses will compete for customers, and whether Huawei’s entry into the auto industry aims to grab the growing smart car market share or automakers’ lunch…Translate the following Chinese Markdown text into English Markdown text in a professional manner, retaining the HTML tags in Markdown, and only output the result.
A series of suspicions, prejudices, and attempts at new collaboration have led to the suspension of Wang Jun, who was originally responsible for the HI model and once served as the president of the car BU, in early 2023. Meanwhile, the original partner GAC terminated the cooperation with the HI model. On the other hand, after experiencing promotions, discounts, and renaming to “HUAWEI Wenjie” at the beginning of the year, the sales of Wenjie models have declined.
If the speculation about Huawei’s “car-making” is not dispelled immediately, the fire that is roasting Huawei now seems to be about to burn its eyebrows.
Isn’t it difficult to understand not making cars?
In 1997, Huawei’s handset division first developed the earliest domestic digital telephone. However, due to the outsourcing nature of the product, quality control was an issue, leading to frequent faults, complaints, and repairs, which damaged Huawei’s reputation.
At that time, Ren Zhengfei made up his mind: “Huawei will never make mobile phones again. Whoever proposes making mobile phones will be laid off!“
Does this history sound familiar? Of course, more than a decade later, in 2011, Huawei eventually chose to enter the terminal mobile phone business. By then, Huawei’s technology accumulation, the market’s demand for mobile phones, and even the definition of mobile phones had changed dramatically.
If it weren’t for this experience, there wouldn’t be so many voices urging Huawei to make its own cars. “If you can make mobile phones, why can’t you make cars?” Congratulations, Lei Jun thinks the same way.
In the mobile phone circle at that time, there was a popular saying: “Whoever masters the core of the mobile terminal business will rule the world.” Core technologies, represented by chips, operator resources, and product definition capabilities, were vital to making mobile phones; as for manufacturing, Apple’s partnership with Foxconn’s foundry model had no impact on iPhone product quality.
However, when it comes to the exponentially more complicated automotive industry, things are not so easy. For example, a few early emerging forces that started with the foundry model, upon gaining scale, the first thing they did was to form their own research and development team and build their own production lines, keeping their core technologies and entire vehicle production in-house.
So if Huawei were to enter the car-making industry, the first step would be to fill up the blank experience in traditional industrial fields. It is revealed that Huawei’s investment in the intelligent automobile business exceeds 10 billion every year; if it wants to make cars on its own, this investment will have to be more than doubled.Regarding the revenue, Huawei’s Smart Car BU generated 2.1 billion in the recently concluded 2022, which was built on the success of selling over 70,000 units of the AITO Wanjie series in its debut year. If Huawei were to launch its own car, how much higher would the sales volume be compared to Wanjie? What would be its market positioning? Would there be a capacity crisis? What to do in case of component sanctions similar to the smartphone chip bottleneck?
Since experiencing sanctions in the mobile phone business in 2020, Huawei’s shift to the smart car industry is to explore a new market, not to dig a bigger hole. Before there are clear answers to these questions, isn’t not building a car quite easy to understand?
What exactly does Huawei want to do?
From the moment Huawei entered the automotive industry, some argued that it would inevitably become the Bosch or Continental of the intelligent era. Even Ren Zhengfei himself said, “The original idea was to become a supplier like Bosch and Continental in the automotive field, but it seems infeasible in today’s era. It’s difficult to sell intelligent increment at a large scale like standardized increment. Instead, it requires in-depth involvement with car manufacturers and continuous OTA and iteration.”
However, from the beginning, Huawei was not aiming to become purely an intelligent increment component supplier.
Huawei’s investments in smart cars include well-known aspects like autonomous driving and the Hongmeng cockpit, as well as electric drives, thermal management, computing platforms, and even components like Lidar and AR-HUD. If we were to calculate the market prospects for each business segment individually, this would amount to a massive market worth nearly a hundred billion; it seems that in every incremental market segment, there are competitors with competitive products and a decent performance.
For example, in the first three quarters of 2022, Yikatong’s revenue reached 20 billion RMB; with Horizons’ chip shipments at only 160,000 units in 2020, its revenue was between 2 and 2.3 billion RMB, and by 2022, its cumulative shipments exceeded 2 million units; Huawei Intelligent Vehicle BU, which holds autonomous driving, Hongmeng cockpit, computing platform, sensors and more, had a revenue of 22 billion RMB in 2022.
They are all new players in the intelligent incremental market and need to cooperate closely with auto manufacturers in R&D. The difference is that Yikatong and Horizons have targeted specific areas of the intelligent cabin or driving, whereas Huawei aims to provide a bundled, comprehensive intelligent solution. The 21 billion milestone is not the limit for the intelligent incremental market, but the current bottleneck for this type of holistic solution.
Can consumers accept this mode? Judging by the current HI mode focusing on advanced intelligent driving, how many consumers are willing to pay a significant premium for a high-end intelligent driving experience? In the past year, every new car boasting intelligent driving features has experienced a cold reception in the market, demonstrating that far fewer consumers are willing to pay a premium for intelligent driving than the industry has anticipated.
Can the automotive industry accept this mode of cooperation? Huawei itself is well aware that “they (Li Bin, He Xiaopeng) are unlikely to choose Huawei for intelligence because they have their own aspirations; foreign giants, due to Huawei’s sanctions, will not choose us; traditional automakers, if they fear losing their souls, will not choose us either.”
Ren Zhengfei’s “no car making in five years” was meant to reassure automakers, but it seems to be insufficient. When Huawei is involved in numerous aspects of car development, decision-making, and production management under the HI mode, it is no longer a simple supplier position.
Huawei is ambitious in changing the automotive manufacturing model, yet the industry itself seems reluctant to comply. If Huawei’s wholesale solution is dismantled and relegated to the role of the supplier it is supposed to occupy, Huawei appears not to be content with it.
Years ago, insiders within Huawei stated that Ren Zhengfei almost never intervened in specific businesses, appearing only when major strategies were at stake. “Not making cars” has remained a steadfast strategy for Huawei.As for tactics, at least the approach of replicating the success of the mobile phone industry in the automotive field is no longer viable – even for Huawei, which still needs to conform to the rules of the automotive industry.
This feeling has been particularly noticeable this spring. The new technologies and products that we thought could revolutionize the automotive industry overnight have not arrived as quickly as we anticipated. New forces and budding automakers seem to be faring less well than we imagined, while some traditional car manufacturers are not struggling as much as we had expected.
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It took a LONG LONG LONG time to sew this sofa lining and pillows, but at the end I did it!!!
The striped fabric for the sofa lining was only 1.40 meters height but the sofa is 1.45 meters! I had to add a strip of fabric on one side and the joint is not visible! I’m so proud of that!
The closure with velcro is on the back side.
The pillows are made in a particular shiny cotton fabric (… I don’t know the name in English, in Italian it’s “rasatello”…) in the same colours of the sofa lining, orange and red. All the pillows are closed with a red zip.
The two pillows with frame pattern are in alternate colours (one side orange centre with red frame, the other side red centre with orange frame) so I can choose each time what kind of pattern I prefer and have the two pillows with the same colours or opposite!
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Background: Allergic reactions to fruits and vegetables are among the most frequent food allergies in adults. Kiwi fruit (Actinidia chinensis) is commonly involved, causing local mucosal, systemic, or both types of symptoms by an IgE-mediated mechanism. In a previous study on 30 patients allergic to kiwi, we identified a major allergen of 30 kd against which all sera tested clearly reacted. Other allergens were detected at 12, 24, and 28 kd.
Objective: The aim of this study was to fully characterize the major kiwi fruit allergen of 30 kd.
Methods: Allergens were separated and purified by high-performance liquid chromatography with anion-exchange columns. The purity of the single proteins was checked by sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and their allergenicity was checked by immunoblotting with a pool of sera from patients allergic to kiwi. The allergens were characterized by isoelectrofocusing and amino acid sequencing, and periodic acid-Schiff stain was used to detect glycoproteins.
Results: Proteins of 30, 28, 24, and 17 kd were purified by high-performance liquid chromatography. IgE binding indicated the 30 kd protein, which showed an isoelectric point of 3.5, as the major allergen of kiwi. Determination of its partial amino acid sequence and comparison with the Swiss Protein Bank showed that this was actinidin, the main protein component of kiwi. The 24 and 28 kd proteins had the same N-terminal sequence, which did not correspond to any known protein. The 17 kd protein had a blocked N-terminal sequence.
Conclusions: These results demonstrate that the major allergen of kiwi fruit, Act c 1, is actinidin, a proteolytic enzyme belonging to the class of thiol-proteases. Two other allergens of 24 and 28 kd appear identical on amino acid sequencing.

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Pastor David Butler and his dear wife, Gayle, hosted Kris and me this weekend at Springdale Community Church in Louisville, Kentucky, and were we treated to kindness! But even more than that, we loved the fellowship and the reports of the ministry flowing into and out of Sprindale. Where to begin?
I begin with this: David and Gayle have been there for 18 years, and the work began with two other families — it is now a thriving multi-generational and vibrant seeker-sensitive ministry. David spoke like a caring pastor about everyone — ne’er a discouraging word. Gayle works with the process of “assimilating” folks into the ministries of Sprindale. Kris and I really clicked with them and talked about all that is going on there until we got home.
I’m reading Sandage and Shults, The Faces of Forgiveness, wherein the authors work out the theme of “face” (facing God, facing others, facing self), and Sandage esp gets into how faces speak and record our emotions. I got to thinking Sunday evening about the faces of David and Gayle, and I think both of them have the “face of grace” and Springdale itself is a “face of grace” — a place where God’s face of grace smiles on others and where people learn to face one another with grace.
We’ve been speaking in a few place lately and we are impressed with the vibrancy of churches across this land of ours. We like the “salt of the earth” Christians. One 8th grader asked me where I was teaching because, as she said it, “I like your teaching style” and “I don’t want to wait until the last minute before I decide where to go to college.” You go girl!
Dave Miller was the worship leader for the weekend. Dave has a real fine sense of mood and tone of music so everything seemed smooth as silk. Just the right preparation for my talk on purpose (a Jesus Creed talk). I have to emphasize that I’m not a homiletician but a teacher, and that seems to alleve folks of the thoughts that I just might not do things right. I don’t like pulpits — they make me freeze. So I was given the freedom to walk around.
We met a bunch of Southern Seminary students, and I’m glad to see seminary students in church — and I hope they are serving and not “preparing to serve” — service isn’t learned in a classroom but in serving. Jeremy hosted us and made sure we got were we needed to be – thanks, Jeremy!
Four folks were baptized, and one young woman read her story and it was moving. No reason for me even to begin, but I know Springdale was proud of her confession. She’s in the middle of a caring church, and I’m praying for her and them.


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My grandmother was the cutest person I knew. She lit up every room she entered and was adored by her children and grandchildren. Often, even strangers and passers-by who met her would comment on how warm and pleasant she was.
Her recent passing was a massive blow to my family. She was the glue that kept us together and losing her left a gaping hole in our hearts and lives. However, it was clear for several months leading up to her death that she was not the same chirpy and sprightly person we had known and loved for decades.
At 95, her conversations had increasingly become shorter, her hearing and eyesight had deteriorated and although she could still walk – sometimes with a swift gait – she wasn’t nearly as active as she had been.
Thankfully, she had family members who took excellent care of her and who were there to tend to her every need.
But many, in fact most, older people aren’t nearly as fortunate.
As the global population gets older – thanks to people living longer lives and fertility rates everywhere taking a nosedive – there are going to be many more older people in the world in the near future, and most critically, not nearly enough younger people to take care of them all.
In fact, the number of people over the age of 65 in the world is projected to more than double by 2050. This ageing of the global population is one of the most significant demographic trends of the 21st century.
Malaysians aged above 65 years will be more than 15% of the population in 2050, according to the Economic Outlook 2023 report released last October by the finance ministry. The 2022 figure is 7.3% of the total population.
To see the problem we’ll face, let’s look at dementia, an incurable chronic degenerative condition which, at its end-stage, calls for 24-hour care. The Alzheimer’s Disease Foundation of Malaysia estimated that there were between 204,000 and 264,000 old people living with dementia in 2020.
This number is expected to treble to between 637,500 and 825,000 by 2050, an increase of 312%.
As people live longer and healthier lives, the demand for elderly care will continue to increase. In response to this trend, several new technologies are being developed to help meet the needs of older adults. Known as “elder-care technologies,” they are designed to improve the quality of life of older adults and to help them maintain their independence for as long as possible.
One of the most promising areas of elder-care technology is the use of robots, which can help with a wide range of tasks, including mobility, communication and daily living activities.
One key advantage of elder-care robots is their ability to provide assistance to individuals who may have difficulty with physical tasks due to mobility issues or other health problems. Elder-care robots can be programmed to perform a variety of tasks, such as fetching items, helping with grooming and hygiene, and providing light physical therapy. This can help to improve the quality of life of elderly individuals and reduce their dependence on human caregivers.
Additionally, robots can provide a level of assistance that humans simply cannot match. They are available 24/7, never tire and can perform tasks such as lifting and transferring patients that would otherwise put human caregivers at risk of injury. They can also be programmed with specific medical knowledge to assist with tasks such as administering medication and monitoring vital signs.
Robots can also be programmed to remind older adults to take their medication through a variety of methods, such as auditory or visual cues, and can also help to ensure that medication is taken as prescribed.
Many elder-care robots are designed to be highly interactive, with the ability to converse, play games and engage in other activities that can provide mental stimulation and socialisation. This can help to improve the mental health and well-being of elderly individuals who may be at risk of social isolation or who feel lonely.
Here are some examples of elder-care robots currently in use around the world:
- Social robots: These robots are designed to provide companionship and social interaction for older adults who may be isolated or living alone. An example of this is the Pepper robot which can converse with users, play games and even read stories.
- Telepresence robots: These allow older adults to remotely interact with family and friends, as well as access healthcare and other services. For example, the VGo is a telepresence robot that can be controlled remotely by a user to move around and see what is happening in their home.
- Assistive robots: These are designed to help older adults with daily tasks such as cooking, cleaning and even taking medication. For example, the Care-O-bot is a robot that can help with cleaning, laundry and other household tasks.
- Rehabilitation robots: These robots are used to help older adults recover from injuries or illnesses by providing targeted physical therapy exercises. For example, the InMotion2 is a rehabilitation robot that can help with upper body therapy.
- Monitoring robots: These robots, which are used to monitor the health and well-being of older adults, can alert caregivers or family members if there are any problems or abnormalities. The Loomo robot is an example of this.
There are also potential cost savings associated with the use of elder-care robots. While the initial cost of purchasing and setting up an elder-care robot may be significant, these costs may be offset by the reduced need for human caregivers. This can be particularly beneficial for elderly individuals who need constant care and may require multiple caregivers to provide the necessary support.
The best part is, we’re merely scratching the surface when it comes to elder-care robots. As inventors and innovators continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible, I am confident we’ll see even more versatile and nifty robots being developed to help older adults live more independently and comfortably.
The writer can be contacted at [email protected].
The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of FMT.

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The almost undefeated Saints travel to Carolina to take on the surging Panthers Sunday January 3 with out Drew Brees and Darren Sharper in the line-up.á The Saints Coach Sean Payton said he will start veteran Mark Brunnel to give their star quarterback Brees much needed rest.
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I am very happy with the invitations I ordered through Ann's Bridal Bargains!
I absolutely LOVED our invitations! They were stunning and exactly what I was dreaming of. It just made our wedding even more perfect.
These invitations are described as having faux gold foil. In reality, they're just discolored along the places that the gold coloring should be. They honestly look like the gold ink ran out partially through the invitation except they're all like this.
Reply from Customer Service:
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We're so sorry you're disappointed with the gold print on your invitations. Our faux-foil printing is meant to replicate the look of foil-stamping for a fraction of the cost of real foil invitations.
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Would be higher if they put the address in the right place I wanted it on the front and they placed it on the back.

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Newcastle-under-Lyme, 4th March 2013 - With the Brocken 2, the cooling specialist Alpenföhn is serving up another incredible piece of engineering for all hardware enthusiasts out there. Taking the experience gained from the first Brocken cooler, the feedback from thousands of customers and the online community, the Brocken 2 raises the envelope in performance cooling for a single tower cooler.
The result is a premium grade cooler, not too extravagant but with incredible cooling powers, edgy design, excellent quality and a long list of useful features paired with the newly designed 140 mm PWM fan. These aspects lift the new Brocken 2 beyond the pinnacle of the original Brocken cooler.
The tower cooler may remind viewers of its predecessor, but is now optimized for a 140 mm fan instead of a 120 mm unit. Due to this, the Alpenföhn Brocken 2 is slightly wider and higher, clocking in at 14.6 x 16.5 cm (W x H). It is, however slimmer than the original Brocken as it only has a dept of 9.8 cm. The most significant change is the double-tower design, while the first edition of the Brocken cooler used one large fin stack instead.
Even though the Alpenföhn Brocken 2 has been split in the middle, it does carry the same genes of the original with the unique stacking of fins in groups of three. This leads to larger spaces between the fins and combines the advance of best semi-passive performance with a silent fan operation as very little pressure is needed to push air across the fins. All this is achieved without sacrificing cooling performance, as the Brocken 2 is still made up of a large number of layers.
Also part of the new generation cooler is the Gapless-H.D.T.-Technology, which incorporates the heatpipes directly into the copper base. further increasing the effectiveness of the cooler. An important new aspect of the Alpenföhn Brocken 2 is its asymmetrical design. The five nickel coated heatpipes are shaped in a way, so that the radiators are not perfectly centered above the base plate, but pushed slightly back.
This means that the Alpenföhn Brocken 2 does not collide with any of the memory slots next to the CPU socket, regardless of the fan setup. This allows for users to fully equip their motherboards with the memory of their choice without worry. The Brocken 2 can be mounted on any modern Intel or AMD platform, these include Intel-Socket 115x, 1366 and 2011 or AMD-Socket AM2(+), AM3(+) and FM1/2. Thanks to the included RockMount-System, the installation process is quick and painless.
The included fan is also a new generation of the award winning Wingboost series. Called Winboost 2, it features a completely redesigned fan blade and excellent hydraulic bearing. These new approaches have not only increased the performance of the fan, but also reduced the overall noise level. Thanks to the PWM connectivity, the fan is able to rotate between 400 and 1.100 RPM depending on CPU load.
Alpenföhn has also managed to increase the static pressure of these fans, thanks to the new design, while also ensuring utmost compatibility with the inclusion of 120 mm mounting holes. The Wingboost 2 fan rotates at a maximum of 1.100 RPM, with 19 dB(A) and an impressive 109 m³/h.
The Alpenföhn Brocken 2 CPU Cooler - 140 mm will be available from the middle of March for a price of £38.99 at Overclockers UK
Additional information about the Brocken 2 and new Wingboost 2 can be found here: http://bit.ly/ZhUBly
About Overclockers UK
The well-known retailer Overclockers UK offers only the best in hardware components and systems. With a close relationship to all major brands in the industry, Overclockers UK manages to offer unique, finely tuned hardware-bundles along with immediate availability of the hottest components to its UK customers. With an extensive range of fully customisable systems, Overclockers UK are able to utilise their extensive know-how of the market and products, to create the fastest high performance systems geared toward the enthusiast user. Further information about Overclockers UK can be found here www.overclockers.co.uk


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Endiya Partners is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in IP led product startups that are globally relevant. Endiya’s portfolio consists of disruptive and category-defining companies across the Technology, Healthcare, and Tech-enabled Consumer sectors.
Leveraging deep domain expertise along with vast entrepreneurial and operating experience, the Endiya team plays a key role in co-creating scalable businesses while bridging a funding gap between Angel and Series A investments in the venture capital spectrum of India. For more info, please visit http://www.endiya.com
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Graduate from a Tier 1 college in India or abroad. The role is designed for pre-MBA candidates. The Analyst will work alongside senior investment professionals to support all aspects of sourcing, investment, portfolio management & fund operations.
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– Portfolio Work and Execution : Supporting partners in their work with portfolio companies and getting operationally involved with portfolio companies
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– Deal Sourcing : Meeting entrepreneurs, attending events, developing relationships in the eco-system, and developing investment themes
– Transaction : Assisting investment leads with documentation process at the time of investment
– Candidates for the Analyst role should have demonstrated the ability to rapidly understand and evaluate markets, companies and technologies.
– Graduate from a Tier 1 college in India or abroad
– Self-driven with a knack to work in small team, exceptionally personable, intellectually fierce, and task oriented
– Two to five years of work experience having analytical, research, communication and presentation skills
– Passion for early stage startups and entrepreneurship
– Excellent rolodex in relevant fields
– Technical and/or operational experience is a plus
If interested, please apply here.

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Here is a complete step-by-step instruction manual sharing everything you need to know to get started as a ghost hunter and investigate anything from graveyards and haunted houses to poltergeists and spirit sightings.
Discover what ghosts really are
Learn the different types of supernatural phenomena
Find out the steps for conducting a responsible investigation
Learn about the equipment you need: high-end or inexpensive
Discover what not to do when seeking spirits
Find out why hauntings occur
Learn how to form a paranormal investigations team
Discover the truth about interacting with spirits
This book reveals the scientific method of paranormal investigation. You don’t need any psychic abilities to become a ghost hunter.
Whatever your background is, it's bound to happen to you: the scary paranormal case. We're not talking about your run-of-the-mill haunting here. We're talking portal hauntings, negative entities, and bad earthbound spirits—in a nutshell, things that scare us!
These cases usually start out as a seemingly routine investigation; then, somewhere... read this article

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Coordination with the United Nations system: the least developed among the developing countries
World Health Assembly, 27. (1974). Coordination with the United Nations system: the least developed among the developing countries. World Health Organization. http://www.who.int/iris/handle/10665/92524
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Multi-million solar scheme for the north
A scheme worth millions of pounds to install solar panels on buildings across the north east is being considered by North Tyneside Council.
The proposal was considered at a meeting of the council’s cabinet.
The aim being to reduce the borough’s carbon footprint, lower fuel bills for householders and tenants and generate income for the local authority.
Members of the council gave the go ahead for the procurement of renewable technologies for suitable housing stock and public buildings, such as leisure centres and offices, belonging to the council.
They also approved the exploration of opportunities for owner occupiers in North Tyneside to also benefit from the initiative.
North Tyneside elected mayor, Linda Arkley, said: “This is potentially a really exciting initiative.
“It could lead to a multi-million pound investment that would significantly reduce North Tyneside’s carbon footprint, reduce fuel bills for some of our tenants, and possibly other householders, as well as generate income for the council.”
The scheme would generate on-site electricity, reducing the council’s electricity costs and energy consumption.
The future of some large scale solar projects may be uncertain now after the government signalled that they may not be eligible for the FITs scheme, as outlined in edie recently.


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A few times each week, I receive an email, message or a comment from someone who would like to know what types of things that I use to get my artwork online.
After years of answering these emails on a one-by-one basis, I thought it might be helpful to many more artists, if I just shared the software, hardware and resources that I use on a regular basis.
I have also started posting articles about different aspects of becoming self-sufficient as an artist. Those articles can be found by clicking here.
I still have quite a few things to add to the list but here are the core pieces, that I use on a daily basis.
Also, there are a lot of good alternatives to what I use and I will be covering those in future posts. However, for now, here is some insight into my tool kit. Be prepared to scroll. This is a long list
I hope that this is helpful for you.
As we all work to put our artwork online, I think it is important for us artists to remember one important thing:
Most people will never see your artwork in person.
Over the years as I began to understand this idea, the more I realized the importance for an artist to capture a high quality version of the artwork they create. Hopefully, this list will help with that.
If my artwork is small enough, I always try and scan the image first. From my experience, a scanner beats a camera 9 time out 10.
Mustek A3 2400 S Most scanners have a bed size of 8.5″ x 11.” When all my work was very small, that worked out just fine. But as my artwork got larger, I found I needed a slightly larger scanner. So, I recently upgraded to this A3 sized scanner. With a bed size of 11.7 x 16.5, this was the largest one that I could find that was’t crazy money. (See full details here)
Canon LiDE2200 (backup) This is the scanner that I just replaced. It worked great for me, image quality was good and the price isn’t too bad. I will probably be moving this one out to the studio to use for projects. (See full details here)
If your artwork is larger than the scanner, make multiple scans of each section of the painting. Then, using Photoshop, stitch the pieces together into one big image.
Most artwork is too big for a scanner, so that means we have to get our cameras out. Most cameras today will be high resolution enough to get a decent picture of your artwork. However, if you really want to get good copies (and you do!) then investing in a good camera setup will be necessary.
I know camera brands can be a touchy subject with people. Many people seem to align themselves as either “Canon” people or “Nikon” people.
I don’t have any real preference to either one. I actually owned Canons my whole life up until just 2 months ago and I made the switch to Nikon. I won’t get into all that here. That is for another post!
The D5500 is a great camera for what I need a camera to do, with the budget that I had. It takes beautiful photos, it’s lightweight and the flip-out, touch screen is a nice bonus. I know it seems a bit silly but being a visual person, I find the touch screen a huge benefit for framing shots.
More info coming soon.
When you are looking into cameras it is very easy to be swayed by the number of Megapixels each camera has but those numbers really hinge on the lens you use. All you have to do is look at the lenses a professional photographers carries around and you will probably find that they are carrying lenses that are more expensive than the camera! Now, I don’t have that kind of budget, so I do my research and try to find good lenses, that are price performers for the purposes that I need. So, here are the three lenses that I currently carry.
Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX Lens
This is the lens that spends the most time on my camera when I’m outside of the studio. I originally got this lens because I needed a prime lens that was a little wider than the 50mm to take pictures for my wife’s website, Read Chop Eat. I have grown to love this as my walk-around lens. (See details here)
If you are a painter or create any type of work that reflects light, than a polarizing filter is a must! This helps tone down the reflections that you see in glossy surfaces. I actually have this inexpensive three pack which also comes with a UV and a Soft Diffuser. This will save you a ton of time in Photoshop if you can get rid of those reflections! Keep the UV on the rest of the time. (See details here)
ExpoDisc – White Balance
One last piece of the photography puzzle is learning how to set the white balance on your camera. This will help with better color representation of your artwork. While there a number of ways to set your white balance, I love this ExpoDisc. It makes setting the white balance so fast and easy. If you are new to white balance, I recommend reading this article real quick. (See details here)
So, we looked at the camera and the lenses but getting good photos of your artwork really comes down to lighting. Getting nice, even light distribution across your image is key. I still have a lot to learn in this area but a good setup and a basic understanding of how to light art is a good place to start.
LimoStudio Softbox Studio Kit w/ Boom Arm
I recently switched over to these soft boxes after using the umbrella style lights for years. These soft boxes appear to spread the light more evenly across the painting surface. Also, you don’t need the boom arm for artwork photography. So, you could go with just the standard two soft box setup. Like all camera gear, you can spend crazy money on lighting. However, this inexpensive kit works just fine for taking photos of artwork. I highly recommend investing in an inexpensive lighting kit. It will save you a lot of time in Photoshop.
Adobe Creative Cloud – Photoshop
When it comes to photo editing I rely completely on Photoshop CC. I really have a hard time recommending anything else. You can do anything that could possibly be necessary when it comes to editing photos of your artwork. And a whole lot more! Last year, when I was looking to upgrade my outdated version, I decided to switch over to the Creative Cloud version. Buying the full versions is pricey. Forget about it, if you want to get the full Creative Suite. With Photoshop CC, you always have the most up to date version. It is $9.99 / month but it’s worth the investment. (Learn more about Photoshop CC here)
We all know by now that if you want to sell art online you must have a website. The keyword being “must.” A website is the place where you can post your art and tell your story.
The problem is that is not always easy or clear where to go or what tools to use. If you are new to websites, it can be a daunting task.
What is listed here are the tools that I use. In the coming weeks, I will be walking through different steps on how to sign up and get started and also look at different website builders that may be better if you are a beginner.
The most frequent question I get asked is “What do you use to build your website?” WordPress is the site builder for me. It is free, has plugins for everything you can think of and has simple e-commerce integration. More info on WordPress will be coming soon. (See details here)
The second most frequent question I get asked is “What do you use to sell art on your website?” Hands down, Woo Commerce is the best shopping cart for WordPress. More info on WooCommerce will be coming soon. (See details here)
Once you have a website up and going it is essential to be able to see stats about the visitors to your site. How many people visit your website? How many people are visiting on a phone? What countries are your visitors from? etc… This is all information that helps you know what you need focus on for your website. (See details here)
With MailChimp & WordPress you can put sign-up forms like this into your website.


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Heathrow airport got a £500M boost yesterday in form of a new rail link for passengers travelling from the west, despite the government delaying its full consultation on south east aviation capacity until the autumn.


Kids stepping forward to bring peace in Marawi
Around 100 Maranao children participated during World Vision’s Children and Youth Peace Summit, which was held today at Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City.
The aim of the activity is to empower the children in the said city and become advocates of peace in their own communities. The activity was also attended by World Vision Philippines officials, guests from World Vision Korea, Department of Education (DepEd) officials and local government leaders.
“Instead of me giving inspiration through my speech, I am the one who is inspired by these children’s empowerment,” says WV Philippines National Director Rommel Fuerte during his speech. “You, children, are the bravest waves that will bring hope in the future for this city.”
During the activity, the children also presented issues they identified that trouble them –such as bullying and gang violence.
“In the distant future, we envision a community where people with different religions live harmoniously,” shares one participant. “A future where violence will not prosper and where the children and youth will attain a quality education.”
“The election this coming May will be a big factor for the future that we envision,” shared one police officer who is part of the adult panel. “The children and youth can be advocates this election. Vote for someone who is God-fearing and kind-hearted,” he added.
This activity is part of World Vision’s Marawi Peace and Protection Project that aims to reach at least 1,600 boys and girls and about 400 adults, including teachers, faith and barangay leaders, on various peace and child protection promotion activities.
The Marawi crisis which erupted in May 2017, has displaced at least 350,000 people, according to the Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DROMIC-DSWD). Of the affected population, at least 200,000 are children.


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Texans sometimes make me proud, and this is one of those times! With understand and wisdom, they have resisted the pressure to take rights away from honest Texans, and told gun control liberals to kiss off. In response to demands that they pass sweeping restrictions in new laws, they instead removed and reduced existing restrictions in a wide area of laws. In so doing, they held the line and represented their voters well!
Don't mess with Texas!
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Fun at the Range.
Article on Texas's response to attempts at gun control over recent mass shootings:
Texas lawmakers respond to the full court press to force gun control on the innocent Citizens in Texas, by relaxing gun laws across the board. They understand, that you limit the crazy people that want to kill, by ensuring that more good Citizens are armed, more often!
Well this is great news! Following the recent mass shooting at the Walmart in El Paso, Texas is planning to loosen up their gun control laws!
It should say something when the state with some of the most relaxed gun laws in the United States is relaxing their laws even more when it comes to buildings of worship, apartments, foster homes, and schools. Better late than never!
Texas lawmakers realize that if someone evil wants to do harm, they will do it no matter what laws are in place. The only solution is to make sure good people have means to defend themselves.
This is the wise way to respond to emergencies, by allowing people their Constitutional right to defend themselves! As they say when seconds count, the Police are only minutes away...and this proves that Texas Representatives understand this fact! They serve their constituents well
In a rare moment of honesty from CNN, quoted in this article we see:
“There is no indication that the shooting in Dayton, Ohio, would have been prevented by proposed universal background checks or legislation to bolster the federal background check system. The alleged El Paso, Texas, shooter purchased his firearm legally and there is no evidence that he had a criminal history that a background check would’ve caught.”
Which begs the question; if it would Not help limit the crazy shooters, why do the liberals run home to momma (gun control) every time there is a shooting? It is the same as saying my neighbor has too many kids, so we should make a law that everyone else be steralized....
Article on the full court press for gun control in Texas:
In this post the author is concerned that the knee jerk reactions will be to punish honest sane gun owners for the actions of a few crazy ones. It is a legitimate concern that liberal politicians push for more gun control the day after every shooting occurs.
Yet the gun control crowd and their allies in the media are pouncing on the opportunity to further rip our country apart.
Even though the crime scenes are still being processed, anti-gun vultures are swooping in for political gain.
Failed U.S. Senate candidate and now Presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke is calling for universal gun registration, outright gun bans, and due process-shredding “Red Flag” laws.
Not surprisingly, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris are echoing his demands.
Instead of placing the blame on violent criminals and terrorists who slaughtered their fellow citizens, they want to blame you and me.
Here is the actual lawmaker's response:
The lawmakers loosen gun laws across the board in Texas, to make Citizens in Texas safer. This is the proper response to the flagrant misuse of firearms! Arming the good people of Texas will provide defensive firearms to more locations, allowing immediate response to the crazy shooter situations. This is great news for Texas, and needs to be adopted everywhere else, until this shooting blight is brought under control!
During the 86th session of the Texas Legislature, lawmakers passed nine new rules governing firearms in a state that already has some of the most lenient gun laws in the United States. Each of the new laws goes into effect on Sept. 1.
Under SB 535, firearms can be carried legally at any church, synagogue, or other established place of worship.
HB 302 prohibits landlords from restricting possession of firearms by residents or their guests. Likewise, SB 741 prohibits a property owners association from restricting the possession, transportation, or storage of a firearm or ammunition. The law also prohibits restrictions on the lawful discharge of a firearm.
HB 1143 allows licensed gun owners to store their handguns, firearms, and ammunition in private vehicles on school campuses as long as it is out of plain view.
HB 1177 gives people the right to carry a handgun without a license during declared state and local disasters. It also allows disaster shelters to admit evacuees with firearms.
By arming more sheepdogs, we actually can keep the wolves under control! History has proven this to be true. The problem is not, and never has been, the guns; it is contained in the heart of those willing to do violence to others. When there is no longer a moral absolute (thou shalt not murder) then with enough work; you can justify anything, including Murder!
Remain Vigilant and don't be a victim!

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Caroline Graham-Wood’s teachings range from yoga on the open water to yoga nidra in the hills of Wales, restorative practice for prospective mums in the busy London metropolis and power yoga around the globe. Caroline embraces the benefits that can come from yoga; she believes that this practice can help everyone find a balanced mind and centered spirit.
Caroline has travelled the world with a hula hoop, harp and a yoga mat and can either be found living in a tent on a Tulum beach in Mexico, teaching in some of the best yoga studios in London or taking her practice to the water with SUP Yoga.
She is fascinated with anatomy and physiology which is one of the courses she leads on her teacher trainings as well as the science of Ayurveda. Whilst touching on the more spiritual aspects of yoga, Caroline believes that yoga should be fun and should complement your life. And there is nothing wrong with a glass of wine and a few indulgences along the way!
Caroline has been teaching yoga since 2011 and introduced SUP Yoga to her practice in 2014. Caroline’s classes enable each student to challenge their own physical and mental limits, develop strength, flexibility, awareness and balance. “I love yoga because it gives me a sense of wellbeing and focus in my life and I want everyone to enjoy that feeling too.”Source: thetravelyogi.secure.retreat.guru

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We will be rebuilding our container hosts in Manchester to reflect a decision to change host operating system.
Manchester is technically deprecated and we advised changes running up to scaling it back in February, last August - http://blog.simwood.com/2018/08/network-changes/
. Therefore, Manchester specific SIP host names already point to other sites and whilst direct IP addresses still work, our interop specifies that customers should not send directly to an IP address and, if doing so is unavoidable, customers should configure their own fail-over to other sites. Therefore, whilst these addresses will go offline during this maintenance but it should not be service affecting for anyone configured properly.


Rikesh Shah joins Nitrous’ board of advisors.
We’re proud to announce that Rikesh Shah will be joining Nitrous’ board as an advisor.
Rikesh, Head of Commercial Innovation at Transport for London (TfL), has worked in urban mobility for the last 20 years and has championed the organisation’s award-winning market innovation activity. Under his leadership, the team has succeeded in engaging start-ups, corporates, academia, accelerators and venture capitalists to help TfL become world-renowned for its innovative practices.
Rikesh has helped TfL become famed globally for its fresh approach to solving urban challenges. Some of his initiatives include:
- TfL’s first Innovation Hub – bringing together world-class innovators to solve the organisation’s biggest challenges and then commercialize them
- TfL’s world-leading open data programme – With 17,000 registered users, 700 apps powered by TfL data used by 42% of Londoners which an independent review stated that it’s worth to London is £130m per annum.
- London RoadLab – an innovation accelerator helping to find solutions that could help traffic move more effectively during roadworks.
- Mayor’s Civic Innovation Challenge – a programme seeking start-ups to develop ways to reduce inequality, prevent climate change and support London’s ageing population.
“The Nitrous team have a really exciting agenda around creating more positive social impact through making it easier for start-ups to work with cities in the US and Europe to solve social challenges. I’m really looking forward to working with the team.”
Outside his work with TfL, Rikesh has been awarded for his work at the forefront of innovation with awards including Top 5 Asians in Tech for sustainability in the UK in 2020 from Diversity UK, Recognition for innovation in the public sector from Nesta and one of the top 100 digital thought leaders in the UK from Drum Digital.


Today, I’d like to talk about when it is prudent to poke the tiger, so to speak. During a client visit a few weeks ago, I learned of two situations the company had experienced involving re-quoting parts with the supplier. Although the situations were similar, they resulted in two exactly opposite outcomes – one happy, one sad. The happy situation went like this:
We had the big casting on a housing of our product. One day we were talking in passing about how this casting cost us $500. One of our machinists overheard us and his eyes popped open. He exclaimed, ‘$500! That is only about a $100 casting!’ So, we made a very gentle inquiry of the supplier about this casting’s cost, and before we even mentioned shopping the part, they had dropped the part price to $150. On one hand, we were happy, but on the other, we wondered, were these guys cheating us? How many other parts like this were in our bills of materials?
Later that day, I found out about the sad re-quoting situation:
We were trying to find savings on a bucket of parts and thought we had an interesting design change that could lower cost. Our supplier was happy to recalculate based on the design change as time had played a role in the price of parts. He said, “I think that there will be a $14 per part savings for the design change, but this part was quoted five years ago and the material cost and our costs are now higher. The increase is over $20 on old design and $15 on the new design. I’m sorry for this, but we have to ask for a price increase, because we are upside down on this part.”
These situations highlight a lot of latent problems, forcing me to ask:
- How did a $150 part get through quoting at $500?
- Why was material cost not indexed on these parts, so that the OEM and the supplier were protected and unsurprised by raw material price changes?
- Is the spend reviewed on a regular basis by a spend analytics tool that looks for outliers (positive and negative)?
- Etc. etc.
These answers to these questions are beyond the time that we have today. What this company needed in both situations was a good, speedy, should-cost process and a tool to support their quoting, re-quoting, and re-design processes. However, there are a few things that this company could have asked immediately (without a should-cost tool)? The following five questions are a powerful and fast filter to determine were a company should look deeper into re-quoting or not.
- What is the change in raw material price from the time the part was quoted – You know when the part was last quoted, its composition, and mass. It’s even better if you know the portion of the Piece Part Cost that comes from raw material, but you don’t really need it. There are paid sites such as American Metals Market, MetalMiner, London Metal Exchange, and Plastics News that calculate materials pricing. You can also access free data from the US government at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Look up the price of the materials on the date you last quoted and today. Take the part mass and calculate what the difference would be. Then you will be able to avoid poking the tiger of asking for a re-quote when the cost of the raw material has risen significantly (as we see in the second situation above).
- Was the part quoted in a bundle or individually? Parts that are quoted in packages and bundles typically have less precise pricing from the supplier than individual parts. The supplier will want to make money on the bundle and may not put in that much effort to see that they are making appropriate profit (not too high or low) on an individual part. There may be more opportunity on a bundled part than on an individually quoted part. But, beware, you risk ‘cherry picking’ the part with the supplier and damaging your relationship with them. Also, you should check whether your contract on a bundled part even allows you to re-quote an individual part, or only the entire bundle.
- What is your buyers relationship with the supplier? – Although business is business, people still buy from people and make decisions in a way that is not always wholly rational, i.e. goodwill and bad will matter. If you are dealing with a supplier whose relationship is rocky with your company, make sure that the amount of money you think you will save on your part is worth potentially souring the relationship. Conversely, your part may become a battlefield where the buyer and the supplier fight out an existing cold war that has been brewing between them. Your part may get punished for reasons that have nothing to do with the situation at hand.
- Do a simple cost/mass spend analysis on Piece Part Cost of that commodity – Pricing and cost are not precise sciences, but they do follow general trends. You don’t have to do a full and fancy spend analysis, but you can do a back of the envelop spend analysis that will point out the big opportunities and risks. All you have to do is ask for the costs and masses of 30 -50 parts of same type of commodity that you are interested in re-quoting (e.g. castings, forgings, sheet metal, etc.). You should be able to export this info from your company’s ERP, MRP, SRM, etc. system. Just graph the cost versus mass and graphically consider if there “looks” like there might be an opportunity. This simple method would have prevented the first situation described above.
- Do a simple cost/mass spend analysis on the non-raw material costs portion of Piece Part Costs of that commodity– This method is a little more fancy but can highlight outliers a little more accurately. Remember that you already have a raw material cost approximation from the first question. Just calculate the Non_raw Material_Cost = Piece_part_cost – (CostCurrent_Raw_material_price * Part_Mass). Graph the Non_raw Material_Cost versus part mass (like we did in 4). Once again, look to see if your part of interest is or is not an outlier.
The great thing about suggestion 4 and 5 is that once you have done the mini-analysis for a commodity, other parts in the that commodity can be compared quickly.
To re-quote or not to re-quote – that is the question. Hopefully, the five considerations explain here today will help you answer that question a little more confidently.
As an aside… I was having trouble when researching this subject beyond my knowledge on the web. I.E. I could not find other articles on things to consider before asking for a re-quote. Does anyone know of articles that are relevant on the net, or is this only covered in books, or the tribal knowledge of gray haired purchasing agents?


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The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) is a nonprofit scientific organization whose mission is to develop vaccines and other biomedical innovations that prevent HIV infection. Since its founding in 1996, IAVI has provided scientific, research and development and policy leadership to address the needs of communities and key populations at risk for HIV infection around the world. IAVI works with more than 100 academic, industry, government, civil society, clinical and community partners in more than 25 countries. IAVI is committed to supporting the broad field of HIV vaccine research and to fostering collaborations that accelerate the development and availability of new prevention tools. In pursuit of our goals, we work to catalyze and support novel partnership models that engage partners from both the public and private sectors across the product development continuum.
IAVI’s global reach, including its clinical research network in five countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and in India, has allowed IAVI to make fundamental contributions to understanding of the epidemiology, transmission, natural history, virology and immunology of HIV infection. This work played a key role in facilitating the structure-based design of promising HIV vaccine candidates as well as the discovery of “broadly neutralizing antibodies” that are now being advanced as promising approaches for HIV prevention. IAVI’s integrated capabilities in vaccine discovery, development and clinical research take advantage of biopharmaceutical industry expertise to accelerate the development and testing of novel HIV vaccine candidates.
In addition to its core HIV vaccine effort, IAVI is working to amplify its global health impact by working with partners to address other urgent unmet public health needs – such as vaccines for other infectious diseases – where our existing technologies, assets and experience can add unique value.
- Discovers new vaccines and other ways to prevent HIV
- Accelerates vaccine candidates to the clinic through laboratories in the U.S., India, Africa, and the U.K.
- Engages with at-risk populations and strengthens in-country vaccine research capacity through our network of clinical research partners in Africa
- Partners with leading scientists in academia, government, and industry in the U.S. and Europe, applying biopharma product development expertise to develop novel products tailored to the needs of at-risk populations
- Shares resources with other innovators to help the HIV research community as a whole succeed
- Extends core capabilities in vaccine and monoclonal antibody discovery and development to solving other global health challenges
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- Approximately 180 employees (~80 located at Headquarters in New York)
- Offices in Amsterdam, New York, Johannesburg, Delhi, and Nairobi along with laboratories in La Jolla, London, Delhi, and Brooklyn.
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Debate over Colorado drilling regulations begins
DENVER – Oil and gas drilling started to come under review Thursday by Colorado lawmakers, who are poised to abandon their traditional hands-off role and take up a raft of measures to tell state regulators how drilling should be controlled.First, a House panel signed off on a dramatic increase to the maximum daily fines for drilling infractions, from $1,000 to $15,000. Another committee approved a bill to require each oil and gas location to be inspected at least once a year, a significant increase.More than a dozen additional proposals could come before state lawmakers in the next few weeks. Criticism of the industry shows no sign of abating after the state’s drilling regulator, the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission, enacted tougher rules earlier this year. Lawmakers typically defer to the commission, but that could be changing.The drilling debates threaten to fracture the Democratic majority in the Capitol. Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper zealously defends the industry, especially the controversial drilling procedure of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. The administration has vowed to sue cities and counties that try to ban the technique, which involves injecting high-pressure mixtures of water, sand or gravel and chemicals to extract oil and gas from rock.Other Democrats say local governments should have the ability to prohibit practices they don’t like, and that Colorado’s historic deference to the energy industry has gone too far.The Legislature got a preview of fights to come Thursday when the fine hike came before the House Transportation & Energy Committee. The Democrat-led panel forwarded a proposal to hike fines that haven’t been raised since 1955.”This bill is about accountability and responsibility,” said the measure’s sponsor, Rep. Mike Foote, D-Longmont. His hometown has banned fracking and has been sued by the Colorado Oil & Gas Association, with Hickenlooper’s administration taking the industry’s side.Foote argued Thursday that Colorado’s drilling fines are outdated and less than in many other states.”Right now our fine system is not adequate to keep those producers accountable,” said Foote, who has sponsored another bill to reduce industry’s influence on the regulatory commission.The industry didn’t fight the fine hike, but it suggested it needs more review.”We’d like to have further discussions … about what that number ought to be,” said Jim Cole, COGA’s lobbyist.The industry fought harder against the increased inspections, which energy companies would have to pay for through increased taxes. A legislative estimate predicted that annual inspections would cost more than $8 million next year.”We think this bill goes a bit too far,” Cole said.The sponsor of the inspections bill said that public distrust of the oil and gas industry in Colorado means that the industry could actually be helped by increased inspections. Sen. Matt Jones, D-Louisville, said that wells are currently inspected about every 3 1/2 years, leading to public concern about wells near homes and schools.”Wells are not inspected frequently or thoroughly enough,” Jones said.

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