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Hewlett-Packard’s ongoing executive shuffle continued Monday with a bunch of announcements that result in a new webOS chief and a new head of the company’s Personal Systems Group (PSG) in the Americas.
In the biggest change for the company’s channel community, former Americas channel chief Stephen DiFranco has been promoted to senior vice president and general manager for PSG in the Americas, and the company will “begin an active search to identify a new leader” for SPO. In the meantime, the company says DiFranco will “continue to oversee SPO.”
DiFranco gets the promotion as former Americas PSG chief Stephen DeWitt also receives a promotion, taking over as chief of the company’s webOS business unit for former Palm chief Jon Rubinstein, who himself received a promotion to the new role of senior vice president of product innovation for PSG.
While it’s always challenging to see an executive revolving door in the channel chief position – DiFranco has only been HP’s channel chief for around 18 months – the promotions could mean good things for HP’s partners and their connections to executive leaderships.
With DiFranco heading up PSG and keeping an eye on SPO, the channel has a familiar face driving one of the most important HP channel businesses in the Americas. In a recent sit-down interview with ChannelBuzz.ca during a visit to Toronto – perhaps foreshadowing Monday’s announcement? – DiFranco frequently mentioned the breadth and depth of HP’s channel leadership in the Americas, including the roles of Americas sales chief Dave Twohy, enterprise business partner sales chief Frank Rauch and IDC-analyst-turned-channel-strategy-guru Janet Waxman among others.
DeWitt himself is a familiar face to HP partners, including regular appearances at the company’s Americas Partner Conference event and even a keynote at last fall’s VTN Invitational in San Francisco. DeWitt has good connections and is generally well-liked in the channel community, and is generally considered an executive who “gets” the channel, a quality that may become all the more crucial as HP looks to its channel as a differentiator and driving force for the TouchPad and other webOS devices.
DiFranco had served as Americas channel chief since early 2010, when he joined HP from Lenovo, and appeared to be making strides towards building SPO towards his vision. His most recent mission centered on getting partners to consider HP’s webOS platform and TouchPad tablets as more than just consumer devices, but rather driving partners towards a broad mobility practice approach to the tablets market.
In a statement announcing the moves, worldwide PSG chief Todd Bradley praised DiFranco for “his experience driving profitable growth with our channel partners” and said that experience “will be essential to leading PSG’s business” Americas-wide.
DeWitt, meanwhile, had headed up PSG in the Americas since 2008, and earned praise in a company statement for “dramatically [improving] PSG’s profitability and share position in the America’s region” during his tenure. Before HP, DeWitt was CEO at Azul Systems, and his background includes a Canadian connection as general manager of Symantec Canada.


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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) The Baltimore Ravens have put middle linebacker Rolando McClain on the reserve-retired list for a second time.
McClain retired last year, but recently announced his intent to return to the NFL. After being reinstated by the Ravens last week, McClain abruptly said he was retiring for good.
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MUSIC FOR THE DANCE CROWD is a sleeper LP that was totally
unnoticed in the garage underground!!
"Music for the dance crowd" is a collection of tracks culled from the BRENT
label out of New York, the label run by Bob Shad in the late 50's into the 60's
before he concentrated on Mainstream records as a pop outlet.
As a matter of fact, many artists released 7" singles under Brent records and then went on
and released the same under mainstream, for instance the "pot of flowers" Lp
on mainstream is partially singles compiled from Brent releases, to cash in on the psychedelia movement, and some unreleased tracks.
This is one of my favorite compilation LPs of any type of music. That's broad I know,
but this one just satisfies with Garage, Punk, early psychedelia, northern soul, latin soul,
fuzzed out basement riffs, all under one roof makes for a killer collection.
Anyone reading so far, may be familiar with the much more well known Mainstream
Compilation called "with love A POT OF FLOWERS" . That compilation is
essentially a continuation of Music for the Dance Crowd.
Please stay posted for what I call the Dance Crowd Part 2 where it
will feature some rare Brent singles/sides I collected.
It is something that fits between Dance crowd
and Pot of Flowers. All culled from original vinyl.
music for the dance crowd TIME RECORDS 1965-needledrop 1of2
music for the dance crowd TIME RECORDS 1965-needledrop 2of2
Not ONE of the artists are listed on the LP, only the song titled,
so I've done much research to
bring you this info here....
OK, for starters, 2 killer sides from "The ban" who became
Tripsichord Music box!"Bye bye" and "now that I'm hoping"
are serious songs and very moody, "bye bye" having a more garage feel,
"now that I'm hoping" is the standout with liquid organ and very spooky harmonies
and to my knowledge never comped.
This early incarnation of The Ban, features the original guitarist who quit
when drafted in vietnam just barely after they got signed by Shad.
Both songs from the hundred Plus dollar lone single, and is TRUE STEREO on this LP, and is MONO only on the single (with a dash of reverb on the single mix).
Great recording either way.
Amazing document of psychedelia at it's finest and earliest and to continue with
what is to become the start of anew movement in music , we have the duo
who became EUPHORIA (a gift from) at it's earliest with their band "The Word"
with the punky garage number "So Little Time"frenetic quivering vocals and crazy
Going into big beat garage pop, the unknown band "SHANE" is featured with
both sides from the single , very enthusiastically screaming
harmonica, wigged out vocals, big drums, some high octave xylophone chimes, and a nasty
garage attitude. Shane brings it to the dance floor on "don't turn me off" and "that girl of mine"
another rare single and has every element for the freak beat /go go heads
Clarence Hill serves up some serious Northern Soul styles, " When Sunny Comes Strollin' Home" and
"A Lot Of Lovin' Going' Round" Fantastic songs. These also appeared on the very rare "Brenton Wood Introducing Boogaloo" LP along with garage Latin punkers "The Golden Boys" and their tracks, "Modernistic",
and "mira mira" , THE TOADS with "backaruda" More Go Go/Freak beat energy tracks create the continuity here,
The IN CROWD with "cat dance" and Grapevine, and
the OFF SET with the garage gloomer "just a little smile" AMAZING!!! The rest of the tracks are very strong, I just don't know who composed them. "the froggie", lifeboat",
Boss walk", "el nubio", "bo do diddley", "the cobra", "rice and beans" "yeah yeah" and "beach bum"
all are freak beat instrumental feasts for the senses, fuzz guitar, big drums and go go rhythms, they all
sound like the same composer.
I do have 3 different releases of this LP.
2 from Canada (on allied records) and one from the USA (on time)
The 2 Canadian versions, one is a standard LP and the other is a box set of 3 LP's (I am missing 1 record from the box set)
with different running order and some tracks omitted, while others substituted.
"I'm just a clown" for instance is not on the single LP, only on the box set.
*I have since found the USA 3 LP box set, and it is superior in quality and sound
to the Canadian pressing.
These recordings are in true stereo, but the track "just a little smile" to my ears sounds re-channeled from MONO
(i have the 7" version of "just a little smile" and it is bold MONO, sounds way better than the re-channeled version)
And to my ears, the USA pressing sounds cleaner and better frequency range than the Canadian copies.
The 3 LP box set has less information per side (3-4 songs per side), therefore lends it self to higher bandwidth and sounds pretty close to a 7" single in terms of how hot they can press the tracks.
Recorded to digital from original US pressing on Time records.

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For the 500th post give-away I made something especially for Spud. Spud asked for a small piece with the colours yellow, orange, turqoise and bright greens. She wanted some embroidery, knitting and crochet.
Luckily I had all colours in my stash of embroidery threads except for turqoise. So instead of turqoise I incorporated 3 different blue's.
The first four rows are variations of the running stitch done in 4 different shades of green and 4 different colours from yellow to bright orange. The fifth row is a green french knot. The sixth row is bullion knot, the seventh row in the dark green is a knippesting. (danish name) The eight row is a chainstitch. The nineth row in orange is a split stitch, in row no. 10 you'll find a coral stitch. The bright orange is a millefleur stitch (danish name) and the last two rows are made in a blanket stitch. Had a little extra fun with these two rows because I took from each colour on piece of thread and combined it to a new thread.
If you happen to know the english names for knippesting and millefleur stitch, please let me know.
Here you see a detailed picture with all the different stitches. It was great fun for me to make this little one, some golden oldies and some new stitches combined in colours I don't use that often. It looks like a garden to me.
Since Spud is a very talented photographer and you can see her pictures here, they are just perfect. If you would like to see what Anneli, Julie and Karen won, just click on their names.
The celebration of this milestone have come to an end. Time to start working to the next one: no. 750!!!!
Have a fantastic day with a colourful smile.

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Časopisi po područjima
Communicable Diseases in Croatia in 2008
; Hrvatski zavod za javno zdravstvo, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Puni tekst: pdf (100 KB),
Str. 57 - 64
An overview of the epidemiological situation in Croatia in 2008 is presented based on national communicable diseases notification network, outbreak reporting network and vaccination coverage surveillance network of the Epidemiology Service of the Croatian National Institute of Public Health. The epidemiological situation in Croatia in 2008 was assessed as rather favorable. Diseases included in the national mass immunization program are low in the incidence rate or practically eliminated such as intestinal diseases typical for low hygiene and living standard. The incidence rate of tuberculosis decreased to 22,9 o/ooo, and continues to decrease. Twenty three years after the first recorded cases, the AIDS incidence is still low, among the lowest in Europe. Classical sexually transmitted diseases, gonorrhoea, syphilis are under control, showing low incidence. Public water supply is safe and under constant surveillance, without a single epidemic recorded in 2008. Industrial food preparation is also safe, without reported epidemics in 2008. However, epidemiological situation is also assessed as potentially unstable, owing to certain potentially risky factors such as locally insufficient sanitation especially regarding waste disposal, still present war damages, significant postwar migrations, economic, tourist, etc. as well as global increased risk of emerging diseases for instance, pandemic flu etc. Further systematic activities on the implementation of all preventive and control measures is essential in order to maintain and improve current favorable situation, which makes Croatia fully comparable to developed countries. Morbidity and mortality data are the best indicators of the quality and successful work against infectious diseases. Presented objective data on morbidity, mortality and lethality confirm that our system was highly efficient. Therefore, it should be maintained and improved in accordance with future global advancements.
communicable diseases; surveillance; Croatia
Registracija novih korisnika
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Following a presentation from Rhonda Douglas, a volunteer with Share the Dignity, Erina Rotarians will be supporting the initiative It’s In the Bag, a program that runs from 19-28 November.
So just what is It’s in the Bag? As the name suggests, it’s about providing good quality handbags, and filling them with personal items for women, teens, and mothers with babies. Personal items such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, sanitary products, roll-on deodorants, and other special items such as a water bottle or moisturiser.
Share the Dignity is a women’s charity in Australia, that works to make a real difference in the lives of those experiencing homelessness, fleeing domestic violence, or doing it tough. They distribute period products to women, girls, and anyone who menstruates who needs support. When someone is doing it tough, the last thing on their mind should be dealing with their period.
Pictured below are bags and contents collected by the Rotary Club of Erina, ready to packed and distributed.
To find out more about Share the Dignity click here

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An opportunity for your music group (band, ensemble, combo, etc) to rehearse informally on a concert hall stage for free with your own equipment
An opportunity for the public to hear live music at no charge
Key Features for Music Groups
We provide up to 3 hours rehearsal time onstage, plus an additional 30 minutes each for setup and load-out (4 hours total).
The OMR program is free of charge to groups who bring their own sound system.
If desired, we can announce your musical group, website and rehearsal date on our site.
An OMR is truly a rehearsal. There is no pressure to "perform" in the usual manner.
Your group must be a music ensemble with at least two performers. Any combination of instrumentalists and/or vocalists who do not rely on recorded music are eligible. (Karaoke performers and DJ performers are not eligible.)
Your group must be actively seeking opportunities to perform in some manner, whether live (gigs, shows, concerts, etc.) or through recorded works (song downloads, studio sessions, YouTube channel, etc.), or both.
Every OMR is open to the public and all ages are welcome. Therefore, material rehearsed must meet the same content standard as a commercial broadcast radio station - especially regarding profanity and subject matter. In other words, if something would be cut or “bleeped” from the radio, it should likewise be edited out during this rehearsal.


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Welcome to my first Top 5 Saturday! This is a weekly challenge hosted by Devouring Books, and this week’s challenge is about books with an animal on the cover.
In order to make my list, I first made a different list of all the books I’ve read and liked that have animals on the cover. And then I narrowed it down to my top five based on how much I like the story as well as the cover. Here’s my list!
1. “Rain Reign” by Ann M. Martin
- Genre: Realistic fiction (middle-grade)
“Rose Howard has Asperger’s syndrome, and an obsession with homonyms (even her name is a homonym). She gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein), which, according to Rose’s rules of homonyms, is very special. Rain was a lost dog Rose’s father brought home. Rose and Rain are practically inseparable. And they are often home alone, as Rose’s father spends most evenings at a bar, and doesn’t have much patience for his special-needs daughter.
Just as a storm hits town, Rain goes missing. Rose’s father shouldn’t have let Rain out. Now Rose has to find her dog, even if it means leaving her routines and safe places to search. Rose will find Rain, but so will Rain’s original owners.”
- Overall Thoughts: I love this book and this cover. It’s such a great book about family, friendship, pets, and neurodiversity. I think this cover is absolutely stunning and I always recommend it to my students.
2. “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” by Laura Numeroff
- Genre: Children’s literature
“If a hungry little traveler shows up at your house, you might want to give him a cookie. If you give him a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk. He’ll want to look in a mirror to make sure he doesn’t have a milk mustache, and then he’ll ask for a pair of scissors to give himself a trim….
The consequences of giving a cookie to this energetic mouse run the young host ragged, but young readers will come away smiling at the antics that tumble like dominoes through the pages of this delightful picture book.”
- Overall Thoughts: A classic children’s book! I couldn’t resist including this one. It’s one of my favorites from my childhood, and it has an iconic cover with an animal!
3. “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” by Mark Haddon
- Genre: YA Fiction
“Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow.
Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, for fifteen-year-old Christopher everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning. He lives on patterns, rules, and a diagram kept in his pocket. Then one day, a neighbor’s dog, Wellington, is killed and his carefully constructive universe is threatened. Christopher sets out to solve the murder in the style of his favourite (logical) detective, Sherlock Holmes. What follows makes for a novel that is funny, poignant and fascinating in its portrayal of a person whose curse and blessing are a mind that perceives the world entirely literally.”
- Overall Thoughts: This book is kind of like the “young adult cousin” of Rain Reign. The cover is simple but intriguing, and I think the upside-down dog is clever. This is another great story about family, animal companionship, and neurodiversity.
4. “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel
- Genre: Fiction
“Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist, Piscine Molitor “Pi” Patel, a Tamil boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.”
- Overall Thoughts: I read this one when I was in high school, but it’s stuck with me for many years. It’s a whimsical and at times intense story featuring many different animals and a boy’s struggle to survive, and it makes you wonder what’s real and what’s not.
5. “Hoot” by Carl Hiaasen
- Genre: Realistic fiction (middle-grade)
“Unfortunately, Roy’s first acquaintance in Florida is Dana Matherson, a well-known bully. Then again, if Dana hadn’t been sinking his thumbs into Roy’s temples and mashing his face against the school-bus window, Roy might never have spotted the running boy. And the running boy is intriguing: he was running away from the school bus, carried no books, and-here’s the odd part-wore no shoes. Sensing a mystery, Roy sets himself on the boy’s trail. The chase introduces him to potty-trained alligators, a fake-fart champion, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes with unnaturally sparkling tails.
Roy has most definitely arrived in Carl Hiaasen’s Florida.”
- Overall Thoughts: Another one of my favorite middle-grade books. This story is so fun and unique and carries important themes about friendship and protecting our homes and the homes of animals. I also love the cover with the whimsical portrayal of the owls that are at the heart of this story.
Have you read any of these books? What would your top five be?
Let me know in the comments!

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Stafford residents concerned about major project
Developers for what may become Stafford County’s largest community received input Monday from several residents who mainly shared concerns about how much traffic and how many students the development would create.
Augustine South Associates LLC, the applicant for the project, called the community meeting at Colonial Forge High School in order to gauge the residents’ reactions to the project. Charles Payne Jr., an attorney with Hirschler Fleischer who is representing the applicant, said that such a meeting was not typical, but the applicant wanted it due to the sheer size of the project.
The development would be called George Washington Village and be built on about 1,056 acres between Courthouse and Ramoth Church roads. Interstate 95 is on the eastern border of the property, and Accokeek Creek runs through it.
“This is a game changer for Stafford County,” Payne said. “This is going to create a sense of place for the county, which is doesn’t have, which I think is a disadvantage for the county.”
Plans call for a total of 2,957 housing units with 1,885 single-family detached houses, 322 townhomes and 750 apartments to be built over the next 20 years. The developers would also build 1.85 million square feet of commercial space, mainly along I–95 near the Courthouse Road interchange. That interchange is scheduled to be rebuilt in the coming years. The commercial building would be phased in with the residential. Public water and sewer would serve the development.
A little less than 50 percent of the property would remain passive or active recreational land. Multipurpose soccer fields are proposed on the southern end of the property. Some land has been set aside for a fire and rescue site and for a future elementary school site.
The development is expected to generate a total of 3,136 school-age children and an annual net fiscal benefit to Stafford of $4.77 million.
Residents mainly worried about the traffic that the project would place on secondary roads.
“Even with their projected roads, it doesn’t seem like this will improve our traffic problems,” Gloria Jackson told developers.
Payne answered by pointing to the developer’s traffic study, which concluded that the proposed road improvements would keep the current traffic conditions the same or make them better.
“If you had a positive traffic study, I can’t believe it,” Alane Callander said.
The developers plan to extend Mine Road, which also serves as the main entrance to the nearby Embrey Mill development, from Courthouse Road to Ramoth Church Road. They also plan to extend Woodcutters Road. Those two extensions caused two residents to ask what would happen to their affected properties, which Payne said he would look into.
Callander added that she had been to many presentations like this one before only to see the developments change from their original intent down the road. She mentioned Leeland Station, which she said is now mainly a single-family development that originally had other features included. She also mentioned Celebrate Virginia North that has created more congestion on roads, but has empty storefronts.
Callander also wasn’t convinced that the school system could handle the additional children.
“We can’t pay for our schools now. It’s a great plan on paper,” Callander said, which was followed by applause.
The developers have applied to rezone the property from a mix of residential and agricultural to planned traditional neighborhood development. The application is in the conceptual phase and still being reviewed by county staff.
Vanessa Remmers: 540/735-1975

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Here are a few interesting tidbits from a few places around the world where the muslimos are doing their thing and causing more trouble for Christian and non-violent folk.
Violence in Afghanistan this year is at its highest level since the US-led invasion in 2001. Some 3,000 people have been killed in Afghanistan during the past year. US President George Bush has promised to send about 4,500 additional American troops to Afghanistan in January. One of the most violent areas of Afghanistan is the mountainous region along the border with Pakistan, where the leaders of the Taliban and the al-Qaida terror network are believed to be operating. Afghanistan's Defense Minister, General Abdul Rahim Wardak, says he wants to work with his counterparts in Pakistan to create a joint military force to fight terrorism in the region. "We need to establish an enhanced mechanism for practical cross-border cooperation, including strengthening routine links between our military, border security and law enforcement institutions. We must move beyond diplomacy and confidence-building exchanges, to the delivery of practical results," he said. General Wardak spoke on Wednesday at a forum at The Heritage Foundation, a Washington-based research institute. "We should help each other interfere with the terrorists' communication, planning, weapon procurement, training and capturing their senior leadership. I continue to believe that we need mechanisms for responding jointly to incidents, whichever side of the border they occur," he said. General Wardak says he has not discussed the proposal with Pakistani officials, but acknowledges that the Taliban is gaining strength and becoming more organized. However, he says Afghanistan's national security forces and police have been improving steadily, and that he is optimistic that stability and security can be achieved.
Pakistan is on high alert after a massive bomb devastated the Marriott hotel in Islamabad on Saturday, killing 53 people. The country's security situation has been deteriorating for months, with an increasing number of bomb attacks by militants. On Thursday Security at Islamabad's international airport was stepped up following threats of an imminent suicide attack. "It was a specific threat," said Ashraf Faiz, Pakistan's senior airport security officer. Seven Al-Qaeda linked militants and two civilians were killed on Thursday when Pakistani helicopter gunships shelled rebel hideouts in a tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said. The casualties took place in the Bajaur region, where Pakistani troops launched a major offensive against Islamic militants last month which killed some 900 people, mostly militants, and displaced 260,000. "Helicopter gunships pounded positions of militants in Damadola, Shinkot areas on Thursday, killing seven rebels," said a security official. Two civilians were also killed in the shelling, he said. The casualty figure could not be independently verified. Pakistan's tribal regions have been wracked by violence since thousands of Taliban and Al-Qaeda rebels sneaked into the country after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001. Violence linked to Pakistan's role in the "war on terror" has claimed the lives of nearly 1,300 people in suicide and bomb attacks across the country in the past year.
President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili and Secretary of State of US Condoleezza Rice held a meeting behind closed doors in New York this week. The meeting took place before Georgian President’s speech in UN General Assembly. President Saakashvili and Ms Rice discussed the situation in Georgia and possible measures to for the pull out of Russian troops and the revival of the economy, according to one of the members of the Georgian delegation. The US once again confirmed its position regarding support for Georgia’s territorial integrity and promised to render support further. Meanwhile, Russia’s other neighbours urged the United Nations to stand up to a newly aggressive Moscow. Leaders of the small, relatively new democracies that were once part of the Soviet bloc, who were clearly unnerved when Russia sent troops into Georgia last month, called on the United Nations not to sit on its hands just because Russia was a permanent member of the Security Council.
The prevailing peace in the Russian state was epitomized by a protocol signed to mark the fraternity of Azerbaijan’s city of Ganja and Derbent city of Dagestan Republic of Russia. The protocol on fraternity which was signed today between the Head of Ganja Executive Power, Eldar Azizov and Mayor of Derbent, Feliks Gaziahmadov, contains a number of items on co-operation of the two cities in various spheres. “The protocol on co-operation envisages holding Day of Derbent in Ganja and Day of Ganja in Derbent,” Azizov said. Gaziahmadov said that Ganja and Derbent are the cities having ancient history and traditions. “Our today’s meeting is only the beginning. With this step, we provided ground for the future relations. Close co-operation is envisaged to be realized in the economic, social and other spheres,” Derbent Mayor said. Gaziahmadov presented a sword, prepared by the Derbent masters, a book containing poetry of Nizami Ganjavi and a disk reflecting history of Derbent to the Head of Ganja Executive Power. Eldar Azizov presented tableware with image of Nizami Ganjavi.
"Central African Republic and Chad"
The Security Council has put off until December a decision on the size of a military component to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad, for which Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has proposed 6,000 troops. The military addition to the mission, known as MINURCAT, is to replace a European Union force (EUFOR). Both Chad and CAR have been hit by rebel activity and a spill-over from neighbouring Sudan’s Darfur conflict. The 15-member Council unanimously extended MINURCAT’s mandate until 15 March 2009 and expressed its intention to authorize the deployment of a military component, “taking fully into account” Mr Ban’s recommendations. It asked him to submit a new report by 15 November on progress towards the full deployment of MINURCAT at its current target of 1,549 personnel – at present there are 768 people on the ground – with options on the size, structure and mandate of the proposed UN military presence in north-eastern CAR to take over from the 3,300-strong EUFOR, whose mandate expires on 15 March. The Council said it intended to adopt a decision by 15 December. In a report earlier this month, Mr Ban said the situation in CAR remained volatile and there had been no notable progress towards implementing a year-old agreement between Chad’s Government and the main rebel groups confronting it. The Council set up MINURCAT a year ago with a mandate to help bring stability to eastern Chad and north-eastern CAR, which have both been wracked by violence and civilian displacement in recent years involving hundreds of thousands of people. Eastern Chad currently shelters 290,000 refugees, mainly Sudanese escaping from the Darfur fighting, and 180,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) who depend on humanitarian aid to survive.
The Philippines military says it killed at least 16 Muslim rebels in renewed fighting in the marshlands of southern Mindanao this week. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said it had killed more than 20 government troops over two days. Fighting has resumed in the southern area since the collapse of the latest round of peace talks. International humanitarian groups have expressed concern about the renewed violence, and the high civilian toll. Reports estimate that about 300 people have been killed since the failure of a draft deal between the government and the MILF in August. The military says it is seeking three MILF commanders accused of attacks on Christian communities last month. It said that nine rebels died in a seven hour battle with army troops on Tuesday, in Datu Saudi Ampatuan township in Maguindanao province. Major Armand Rico, spokesman of the military's Eastern Mindanao Command, told reporters a further seven guerrillas were killed in artillery strikes in the same area. MILF spokesman Eid Kabalu denied the military reports of casualties, saying no rebel had died and only one was wounded in Tuesday's clashes. He said that at least 20 soldiers were killed by MILF fighters on Wednesday. The war of words followed the violence on the ground, with the military countering that the rebels were making up numbers as part of a propaganda war. "Our troops have stumbled onto a major rebel base in Liguasan Marsh where one of the renegade MILF leaders was believed to be hiding," Major Rico told reporters
Thailand's new Cabinet led by Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat were sworn in on Thursday at a ceremony before Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the royal residence Klaikangwon Palace in central beach resort town of Hua Hin. The 36 new cabinet members took a group photo at the 6th Air Force airport in Bangkok's Don Mueang area Thursday afternoon before flying to Hua Hin for the audience with the King to swear in. Somchai, newly elected by the Parliament earlier this month, said he will chair the first Cabinet meeting in Bangkok on Friday to discuss the government's main policies with all the six coalition parties. The cabinet meeting will be held at Don Mueang airport on Bangkok suburb, which was being renovated to serve as the new administration seat as the Government House in central Bangkok has been occupied by protesters organized by the anti-government group People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) for one month. Somchai has petitioned the public, and government critics to allow the new government time to prove its efficiency in running the country even though some were dissatisfied with the cabinet line-up. Somchai dismissed speculations that he would sooner or later dissolve the House of Representatives and call for a general election. The premier said his government is obliged to carry out policies and plans designed and implemented by the previous government. As the new coalition government took office, the PAD has vowed to continue their protest against any government led by the People Power Party (PPP), which Somchai belongs to, and any attempt to amend the Constitution, as the PPP has been pushing since it won the general election in last December. Somchai, former deputy PM, was elected as Thailand's 26th prime minister after Samak Sundaravej was forced out of premiership with a court verdict that found him in breach of the constitution by hosting TV cooking shows with commercial benefits while in office.
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Cascade Engineering Inc. is undergoing a transition as President Mark Miller will also add the role of CEO, replacing founder Fred Keller, who has led the company for 41 years.
Keller was a key factor in building the company to where it is today — with 11 diversified business units, 1,300 employees and 14 facilities in the United States and Europe. He will still retain the titles of Founder and Chair of Cascade Engineering.
“I am thrilled to be able to transition my CEO responsibilities to Mark and am confident that he is the right choice at the right time to lead our efforts for continued growth, prosperity and innovation. Our family and our Board of Directors have expressed their complete support for Mark and his ability to lead Cascade Engineering in the future,” Keller said in a statement.
Miller, who was named president of Cascade Engineering in 2013, has also served as president of CK Technologies, group vice president of the transportation group and chief strategy officer for the Cascade family of companies.
Keller also said that Miller embraces the company's core philosophy of “People, Plant, Profit,” and will continue to enhance the company's social, environmental and economic goals.
Miller is a 25-year veteran of the transportation industry with particular experience in injection molding painting and electroplating. He's worked with virtually all major OEMs in the commercial truck and automotive sectors. Prior to joining CK Technologies in 2006, he worked in the Tier 1 automotive supply sector.
“Fred Keller and Cascade Engineering have created much more than a successful company during the last 40 years. CE's commitment to its employees, the community and environment has created a truly revolutionary business model that I am honored to step in and help advance,” said Miller, in a news release.
Keller, who won the Spirit of Michigan Award in 2013, will continue to focus on CE's long-term governance and help make sure it upholds its values. He is the Executive in Residence at the Center for Positive Organizations at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. He also continues to work as a member of the Kellogg Foundation Board and with Talent 2025, K-connect and the Grand River Restoration steering committee.


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Almost half of drivers still have no plan to move to electric vehicles RingGo finds
RingGo, the UK’s leading cashless parking provider, recently surveyed its users to understand the evolving attitudes towards electric vehicles, only to discover that despite growing societal efforts to promote cleaner driving, attitudes are not changing at pace.
Range anxiety and cost of purchase remain the top barriers to EV adoption, with 34% saying they won’t move until the technology and charging infrastructure improves and 15% struggling to justify the cost. Almost a fifth of respondents don’t ever want to change to an EV, but this is set against another fifth who say that their next car will be one.
Having conducted similar research in both 2019 and 2020, the prevailing feelings about EV adoption remain the same – good in theory, but harder in practice. As has been the topic of much discussion, solving the infrastructure problem will go a long way to encouraging motorists to invest in an electric vehicle and this cannot be done in a silo.
“As an electric vehicle driver myself, I can very much relate to those who embrace the technology and find the driving experience itself to be very fulfilling. However, I do also understand the worries from both motorists who have already made the leap and those thinking about it with regards to the supporting infrastructure,” Peter O’ Driscoll, UK Managing Director, RingGo.
“Not only do we need to come together as an industry and government to provide the physical infrastructure that makes up charging points, but we also need to ensure that access and payment options are user friendly. There needs to be a consolidation initiative where companies and the public sector work together to create universal payment options for public charging. Only when this is in place can we truly push forward with mass electric vehicle adoption.”
The Demographic Difference
The lines between those embracing EVs and those turning away from them are split along different demographics. Almost four fifths of those that already own EVs are male. Additionally, almost three quarters are between the ages of 35-55 years old and 60% earn over £50,000 a year. This demographic representation tracks with the price of EVs continuing to be a barrier for purchase, with younger drivers and retirees being hyper cautious and feeling priced out.
Despite this precaution around the initial price of the vehicle itself, 42% of EV owners noted that the biggest reason for purchase was to save money on running costs. This, combined with the overwhelming majority (95%) of EV drivers believing it was the right thing to do, tipped the scales for most.
Infrastructure Still Lacking
For many, the concerns around charging don’t just focus on travel, but also arise when at home. One third of respondents said the biggest concern in shifting to an electric vehicle came from having nowhere to charge it at home, while almost half (48%) said that the availability of charging while travelling was more of a worry.
This sentiment was even echoed by those already driving EVs with numerous calls to create a more coherent charging infrastructure, enabling drivers to ditch the dozens of apps they currently must download in favour of one universal system. It was also noted that parking and charging fees need to come together in a unified way to avoid motorists paying for both with different providers while in the same parking spot.
Although car registrations have been down over the past year, these opinions from RingGo users track with the national sentiment towards EV adoption. Figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show that while EVs are making strides with more and more on the road, petrol and diesel vehicles still retain the lion’s share of the market, with over 50% of new car registrations.
The survey was carried out during July 2021 and was responded to by over 400 RingGo users as part of a summer newsletter.


Smart & Connected Life Smart Home How to Add Contacts to Alexa Use the Alexa app to add contacts from your phone by Karen Marcus Writer Karen Marcus is a former Lifewire writer who has also written for companies like HP, Intel, IBM, Samsung, and others. our editorial process Twitter LinkedIn Karen Marcus Updated on May 01, 2020 Smart Home Amazon Smart Home: Alexa & Amazon Echo Your Best Year Ever: College Tech Tips Appliances & Lighting Google Tweet Share Email Alexa can help you with a number of tasks. You can use the virtual assistant to check the weather, play music, listen to the news, create a shopping list, or communicate with friends. To call or text friends, however, Alexa needs access to your contacts. This process is accomplished through the Alexa app on your phone. Here’s how to do it: How to Add Contacts to Alexa Using the Alexa App Whether you use Android or iOS, you’ll sync contacts on your phone’s contact list with Alexa through the Alexa app. You’ll be prompted to give the app permission to access your contact list when you proceed through the app setup. Here’s how it works: Download the Alexa app using the Google Play Store or Apple App Store, then open it. You’ll see a welcome screen that explains how Alexa uses your information. Select Continue. Screenshot Next, the app will verify your identity. Select your name to continue. Screenshot Alexa will request access to your contacts. Select Allow. Enter your phone number, which is used for messaging, then select Continue. Screenshot Alexa will send you a verification code. Enter it, then select Continue. Now you’ll see the Alexa home screen. To see your contacts, select Conversations from the bottom of the screen. Screenshot Select the Contacts icon at the top. Here you will see a list of your contacts. Screenshot If you or other members of your household use an Alexa-enabled device, and you each have your own Alexa account, you’ll be able to access contacts from each account through the device. However, you’ll only be able to access your own contacts through the app. Tap any contact to see how you can interact with them. Contacts who don’t have an Alexa account will only display the information you have stored for them in your contacts app. Contacts who do have an Alexa account will display messaging, calling, and “drop-in” icons. You can select the toggle under Allow Drop In to enable these contacts to contact you directly using an Echo device. Screenshot While you’re setting up your contacts, select Settings (the gear icon at the bottom of the screen) to fine-tune other Alexa functions. Now you can tell Alexa to call or message any of these contacts, or “drop in” on those who also have Alexa accounts. You can block contacts from contacting you through your Echo device(s) and the Alexa app. To do so, select Conversations > Contacts > [three-dot icon] > Block Contacts. Select Unblock next to the person you want to block. To edit contacts, make the changes in your contacts app, then open the Alexa app. Contacts from your address book will automatically appear in the Alexa app.


I (and others) have been wondering and speculating whether Microsoft might be holding its Windows Mobile 7 cards close to the vest and be planning to show, or at least talk about, Windows Mobile 7 at this year's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in mid-November.
The answer is no, a company spokeswoman definitively told me on September 11. If Microsoft does talk mobile at its developer conference, Windows Mobile 6.5 -- and not even the rumored interim 6.5 update designed to get Win Mobile working on capacative touch screen devices-- is the only content on the docket.
Here is the e-mail from the spokesperson:
"As I'm sure you know, Microsoft and its partners are squarely focused on introducing the Windows phone brand through the launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 in October [October 6], which includes working closely with ISVs and developers to add even greater value to the Windows Mobile platform and new business opportunities for its mobile channel ecosystem. To properly set your expectations, wanted to let you know that Microsoft is not planning any sessions for PDC that look past the Windows Mobile OS in market at that time."
I followed up and asked whether Microsoft might be privately showing anything post Win Mobile 6.5, or maybe talking/showing new bits in the keynotes or hallways at the conference, which kicks off November 16. After all, it wasn't that long ago that Windows Mobile 7.0 was still expected to go to phone makers in November 2009 and show up on phones in the first part of 2010....
The answer came back again as no. The spokesperson reiterated that Microsoft would not be doing anything related to Windows Mobile 7 at the PDC.
I guess this could mean one of two things:
- Windows Mobile 7 really isn't going to debut before the end of 2010, after all. If Windows Mobile 7 phones were coming out in the first part of 2010, as originally expected, wouldn't Microsoft be working now with developers to help them write apps for the new mobile-phone operating system?
- Microsoft is not planning to use the PDC to communicate with the Win Mobile developer community but could be holding some other public/private conference where it will share more on Win Mobile 7.
What will be on the PDC 2009 docket? So far, there are sessions for those interested in/working with Microsoft's Azure cloud platform, .Net 4.0, Visual Studio 2010, Office 2010 and Windows 7. Those are the primary topics planned for the PDC, which is slated from November 16 to 19 in Los Angeles.
There were a couple of other interesting Windows Mobile tidbits this week. Long Zheng over on istartedsomething.com got Microsoft officials to acknowledge that the company is attempting to speed up the delivery of new Windows Mobile releases by working toward allowing updates to be downloaded directly to users' phones (some time in the future), rather than requiring OEMs to preload the new bits.
And IT Pro UK managed to get Microsoft to confirm what I had heard months ago: That the Mobile team's plan is to work more closely with fewer handset makers by providing them with chassis specs to which they can build. One such chassis spec: The Windows Mobile 7 one that a source provided me a few months back.


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MTV today announced that Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes and Logic with Ryan Tedder will take the stage at the 2018 VMAs. Grande will perform her smash hit single “God is a Woman” from her forthcoming album Sweetener, while Mendes will deliver his chart-topping song In My Blood, and Logic will perform his new single, One Day, featuring Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, for the first time.
As was previously announced, Jennifer Lopez will be honored with the “Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.” She is also set to perform at this year’s show for the first time since 2001. The VMAs will air live from Radio City Music Hall on Monday, August 20 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT across MTV’s global network of channels in more than 180 countries and territories, reaching more than half a billion households around the world.
The full list of nominees for the 2018 VMAs is available here. Additional performers will be announced at a later date.
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Bruce Gillmer and Jesse Ignjatovic are Executive Producers for the 2018 VMAs. Melanie Block serves as Executive in Charge of Production. Amani Duncan is Executive in Charge of Music. Wendy Plaut is Executive in Charge of Celebrity Talent.

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Egypt’s New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) is currently developing 61 new cities on a total area of 3.25 feddan, according to Waleed Abbas, Assistant Housing Minister for Community Affairs at the authority.
The new developments represent 1.5% of Egypt’s total area, Abbas also said.
The Assistant Housing Minister’s remarks came during a seminar entitled “Egypt’s Real Estate Market: Modelling Resilience amid Crisis”, held by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Egypt on Wednesday.
“We have started construction works in 17 cities, and have completed 90% of the first phase development of fourth generation cities,” he added, “The first phase’s total area is estimated at 580,000 feddans, and accommodates 30m citizens, whilst providing thousands of job opportunities.”
He explained that in 2019 the government began the development of 14 new cities, adding, “We have completed 20% of eight new cities with the aim of attracting new investment in Egypt’s property sector, and indeed we have succeeded in that, especially in the New Administrative Capital (NAC).”
Abbas said that the NAC is experiencing significant and unprecedented achievements, with 85% to 90% of its first phase utilities and infrastructure completed.
He highlighted that NUCA has made the first offering of an in-kind and cash share system with a real estate developer at the New Alamein City.
Abbas added that the offering includes eight plots of land with areas ranging between 24 and 56 feddans, with a total area of about 270 feddans. He noted that the offering, which provides 200,000 direct and indirect job opportunities, aims to establish integrated urban projects with a total investment worth EGP 30bn.
He said that investor applications will be received from 8-15 February at the NUCA’s headquarters.
“After the request is approved, the investor has to pay 10% of NUCA’s total share within 60 days from the date of issuing the financial claim,” he added.
The Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities provides and develops facilities and advantages for developers to launch businesses and invest in new urban communities. This means new job opportunities, which encourages people to accommodate and reside in these new cities, he disclosed.
For his part, Ayman Sami, JLL’s Country Head for Egypt, said that property owners in central and west Cairo have become more flexible with lease rates and terms, and that prime rents in New Cairo have remained relatively stable.
Sami added that tenants now prefer smaller fitted-out units of between 100sqm-300sqm, with online businesses also taking up office space as e-commerce grows.
He said that Egypt’s rental market demand remained resilient, especially towards the second half (H2) of 2020, and that he expects the demand for housing to slow down in the short term particularly in the mid-to-high end segment.
Furthermore, Sami pointed out, “We [JLL] remain optimistic in our outlook for Cairo’s residential market in the medium-to long term, as the government strongly supports the sector.”
Ahmed Issa, CEO of Retail Banking at CIB, said that Egyptian banks have done a great job of allocating funds to support local real estate industry.
Issa added that CIB is one of the most important banks in financing property in Egypt, through its allocation of a huge amount of money in supporting the sector.
He noted, “In 2020, our lending to household sector in Egypt grew by about EGP 8bn, out of which EGP 2bn of the funds were allocated to individuals to buy their own units.”
Tarek Fahmy, CEO and Managing Director of the AlTawfik Leasing Company, said that the non-banking financial sector could provide many solutions to financing real estate and developers, as well as buyers.
Fahmy said that activating the role of mortgage finance companies will remove financing pressures from the responsibility of developers. This is due to their taking over the financing provided to customers to buy unit through instalments over long payment terms.


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BY ROGER GIBBINS AND SASHA LENNON
The tool most often applied to evaluate the economic and community benefits of road infrastructure projects is cost-benefit analysis (CBA). While this delivers positive results for high volume roads in urban areas, it is often the case that proposals in Australia’s rural and remote regions tend to ‘not stack up’. The fundamental reason for this is that the road infrastructure benefits that are normally measured (e.g. aggregate travel time savings, accident cost savings, vehicle operating cost savings, etc.) rely on high traffic volumes to justify the capital and ongoing costs of building or upgrading a road.
In this article it is argued that traditional approaches to project assessment tend to downplay the importance of what have become known as wider economic benefits or ‘WEBs’, which refer to the economic productivity improvements to be derived from investment in critical regional and rural infrastructure projects. Based on the authors’ experience assessing the economic and community benefits of major road
infrastructure projects – most recently, the proposed sealing of the Strzelecki Track in Outback South Australia – it is argued that, to better inform the ‘business case’ for investing in regional and remote
Australia, these wider economic benefits should in fact be the focus of project evaluations, and not just a ‘second-order add-on’.
Accepting that the principal purpose of building roads is the wider economic benefits they generate, it follows that the emphasis of evaluations of road projects in remote and regional areas should switch to estimating the value of the ‘productivity dividend’ delivered to the regional economy concerned. Only then can road funding be programmed and priorities set on a sound basis.
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS (CBA)
This article focuses on the role that wider economic benefits can play in the application of cost-benefit analysis techniques. An understanding of CBA is therefore a necessary precursor to the use and application of data to estimate wider economic benefits.
CBA is the industry standard evaluation tool for assessing the economic benefits of road projects. Application of this tool requires an understanding of some micro-economic theory (e.g. ‘consumer surplus’), the concepts of ‘opportunity cost’ and ‘shadow pricing’ as well as ‘discounted cash-flow analysis’ (DCF).
CBA estimates the stream of societal costs and benefits associated with a project relative to a ‘base case’, that is, the scenario that will unfold without the project. The costs and benefits are expressed in ‘present value’ (PV) terms (by applying the discount rate) and the benefit-cost ratio is the PV of benefits over the PV of costs. If the ratio is greater than one, the project is ‘worth doing’.
It is standard practice that a CBA applied to transport projects usually takes into account:
- Travel time costs (TTC);
- Vehicle operating costs (VOC); and
- Accident costs.
Generally, a project will deliver savings in these cost areas and these are the main benefits to road users. In addition to these direct costs and benefits there are potential costs and benefits to external
parties termed ‘externalities’. Externalities that are often included in a transport project CBA include:
- Air pollution;
- Greenhouse gas emissions;
- Nature and landscape impacts;
- Urban separation; and
- Downstream effects.
A number of manuals provide guidance on monetising these costs and benefits (for example: Austroads (2014), Updating Environmental Externalities Unit Values).
It is often argued that there are benefits of road projects that are seldom given sufficient weight, such as benefits that flow from greater choice in access to housing and to jobs and recreational opportunities. But it can be argued that these are to a large extent captured in the travel cost savings that are a measure of ‘willingness to pay’ for the new road or road upgrade.
EVALUATING WIDER ECONOMIC BENEFITS (WEBS)
To capture the true value that a major road infrastructure investment will have for a regional economy and community, it is necessary to consider the wider economic benefits (WEBs). Examples of WEBs include: (1) benefits to firms; and (2) benefits to consumers.
Benefits to firms:
- Agglomeration benefits in cities (e.g. proximity enhanced communications).
- Enhanced competition between firms.
- Increased output in the economy.
- Enhanced labour supply.
Benefits to Consumers:
- Improved access to jobs.
- Improved education outcomes.
- Improved community health outcomes.
- Improved access to cultural, social and recreational development activities.
Taken together these benefits all relate to the concept of ‘productivity’.
Productivity measures how efficiently production inputs, such as labour and capital, are being used in an economy to produce a given level of output. Productivity is considered a key source of economic
growth and competitiveness, and one of the most widely used measures of productivity is Gross Domestic Product (GDP), or at the regional level, Gross Regional Product (GRP) per hour worked. To take account of the role of capital inputs, a measure is the flow of productive services that can be drawn from the cumulative stock of past investments (such as machinery and equipment).
After computing the contributions of labour and capital to output, the so-called ‘multi-factor productivity’ (MFP) effect can be derived. MFP measures the residual growth that cannot be explained by the rate of change in the services of labour, capital and intermediate outputs, and is often interpreted as the contribution to economic growth made by factors such as technical and organisational innovation.
When a road in a regional or remote area is built, or upgraded (e.g. sealed) the various industries that operate in the area receive a productivity dividend due to:
- Reduced travel times and vehicle operating costs (including fuel, emissions and maintenance costs), particularly for heavy vehicles;
- Improved travel time reliability for freight (including, for example, gas, beef and cattle), by reducing the frequency and duration of road closures and providing safer opportunities for overtaking slower moving vehicles;
- Reducing the frequency and severity of crashes associated with overtaking, fatigue and the uneven road surface;
- Improving access for high productivity freight vehicles; and
- Attracting tourist visitation and spending, particularly drive tourism.
It is stated by Austroads (2016):
“The rationale for remote and regional roads is typically related to improving accessibility to a particular region, leading to associated improvements in wider social and economic outcomes”.
This means travel time and vehicle operating cost savings are often not the primary reason for investing in remote and regional roads. Accepting that the principal purpose of building roads is the WEBs they generate, it follows that the emphasis of evaluations of road projects in remote and regional areas should switch to estimating the value of the productivity dividend delivered to the regional economy. The question is – how can this be achieved?
A METHODOLOGY FOR ESTIMATING WEBS
In order to reliably estimate the WEBs generated by a road project the following steps are recommended:
Step 1: Document the Output of Industry Sectors – Data on output by industry sector is available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), or alternatively from the web-based product ‘REMPLAN Economy’.
Step 2: Estimate Output Uplift for Industry Sectors – This step should focus on the key sectors, which in many regional and remote areas are agriculture, mining, transport and tourism. Estimates may be informed by case studies and supply chain analysis to identify the factors of production that can be affected to deliver a productivity uplift.
Step 3: Model the Multiplier Effect – Uplifts in outputs in key industry sectors will have a multiplier effect in the regional economy. From a direct increase in output there will be an increase in the demand for intermediate goods and services. These ‘industrial effects’ include multiple rounds of flowon effects, as servicing sectors increase their own output and demand for local goods and services in response to the direct change to the economy. The increases in direct and indirect output would typically correspond to the creation of jobs in the economy.
Corresponding to this change in employment would be an increase in the total of wages and salaries paid to employees. A proportion of these wages and salaries are typically spent on consumption and a proportion of this expenditure is captured in the local economy. Total output, including all direct, industrial and consumption effects can then be estimated.
This modelling can be done by reference to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ input-output tables, but these are somewhat static and dated. REMPLAN Economy Software provides a menudriven model to make these estimates.
Figure 1. A Methodology for Evaluating Wider Economic Benefits
Step 4: Estimate Value-Added – The productivity dividend for a region is measured in terms of ‘valueadded’ where this is defined as follows:
Value-Added data represents the marginal economic value that is added by each industry sector in a defined region. Value-added can be calculated by subtracting local expenditure and expenditure on regional imports from the output generated by an industry sector, or alternatively, by adding the wages and salaries paid to local employees, the gross operating surplus and taxes on products and production. Value-added by industry sector is the major element in the calculation of Gross Regional Product / Gross State Product / Gross Domestic Product.
(Source: REMPLAN Economy Software, December 2017)
Again, REMPLAN Economy Software provides a menu driven model to provide an estimate of valueadded.
Step 5: Cost-Benefit Analysis including WEBs – The traditional variable in the cost-benefit analysis (e.g. savings in travel time, vehicle operating costs and accident costs) can still form the basis of the
CBA but the estimate of value-added to the regional economy can be added to the benefits side of the equation.
According to the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (2011), “International experience suggests that these wider economic benefits for transport projects add between 10%
and 40% to the conventionally measured benefits”. However, this relates to urban projects where the direct benefits measured by conventional means are significant. In rural and remote areas, the aggregate of direct user benefits is lower so the relative significance of the WEBs is greater.
A CASE STUDY – SEALING THE STRZELECKI TRACK
In early 2018, SC Lennon & Associates prepared a report on behalf of Regional Development Australia Far North (RDAFN), the Outback Communities Authority (OCA) and The Flinders Ranges Council, which estimates the regional economic benefits of sealing the Strzelecki Track, a 472-kilometre unsealed regional road that links the towns of Lyndhurst to Innamincka in the north east of South
The Strzelecki Track is a vital supply link for major oil and gas facilities in the Cooper Basin and is an essential transport corridor for outback communities, tourism and pastoralists. Situated in the Outback Region, the Strzelecki Track provides a link from Adelaide into south-western Queensland via Port Augusta and the towns of Quorn and Hawker (which is just south of the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park) in The Flinders Ranges Council area.
Tourism, mining and pastoralism are three ‘key industries’ providing strong prospects for Outback South Australia’s economic growth and development based on existing comparative and competitive advantages and opportunities to diversify the region’s economic activity. The assessment of the wider economic benefits of sealing the Strzelecki Track focussed on these three key industries.
The Strzelecki Track, if sealed, would provide a vital piece of enabling infrastructure to support the growth and development of tourism activity in the Outback region and beyond. Regional and remote communities could benefit from the income generated from drive tourists (on stopovers), as those passing through often buy local tourism products and services, and basic travel necessities like fuel, food and other supplies. Drive tourism provides a number of benefits to businesses, including: opportunities for new business start-ups; increased demand for new products and services; opportunities for business collaboration; and additional income and employment.
The analysis undertaken by SC Lennon & Associates using REMPLAN Economy Software shows that when the proposed sealing of the Strzelecki Track is complete, and after allowing three years for ‘ramp-up’, there is a potential for an uplift of $7.1 million per annum in visitor spending in year 1 as a direct result of sealing the road. This is expected to increase to around $17.4 million per annum after a further 7 years (i.e. in Year 10 – expressed in present values).
In addition to the estimated economic benefits to the tourism industry, estimates were made on the economic uplift to other keys sectors – namely mining, the beef cattle industry and the road freight
industry – from sealing the Strzelecki Track, based on the productivity enhancements that the project could deliver.
The analysis of wider economic benefits revealed that sealing the Strzelecki Track has potential to deliver a ‘value add’ to the economy in the order of $87 million in year 10 after a ramp-up period. If this is projected out over 40 years and discounted at a rate of 5% per annum, the present value of the benefit stream is $1.4 billion. Given the nature of the assumptions that have had to be made, the tolerance should be around +/- 30%. Hence the range is between $1.0 billion and $1.8 billion. In a separately-commissioned cost-benefit analysis of sealing the Strzelecki, the South Australian Government Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure estimated the present value of direct transport benefits (from travel time savings, accident cost savings and vehicle operating cost savings) to be $1.3 billion. Hence, consideration of the wider economic benefits, as summarised above, has a potential to double this figure to between $2.3 billion and $3.1 billion.
CBA when applied to evaluating road projects in rural and remote areas only tells part of the story. The technique focuses on direct user benefits and externalities but it tends to under-value the real purpose of building roads in rural and remote areas, which is to underpin the productivity of the regional economy, not to mention social cohesion in these areas.
There exists a sound methodology for estimating wider economic benefits in terms of the productivity dividend associated with a road project in rural and remote areas. In so doing, as demonstrated by the example of the Strzelecki Track, the true value of the productivity dividend delivered to the regional economy can be assessed and articulated. Only then can road funding be programmed and priorities
set on a sound basis.
Austroads (2016), Reforming Remote and Regional Road Funding in Australia
Austroads (2014), Updating Environmental Externalities Unit Values Queensland Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads (2011), Cost Benefit Analysis Manual
REMPLAN (2017), Economy Software, December 2017
SC Lennon & Associates (January 2018), Economic and Community Benefits of Sealing the Strzelecki Track, prepared on behalf of Regional Development Australia Far North, The Outback Communities
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“Policing, Mental Health, and Racialized Incorporation: Evidence from Muslim American Communities Targeted by CVE Programs” Abstract: Since President Obama’s 2011 strategic plan to counter violent extremism through community partnerships, local law enforcement agencies across the U.S. have implemented community policing programs targeting Muslim American communities with the stated goal of building trust and generating greater information sharing and collaboration. Yet evidence from the ground shows that Muslim Americans’ perceptions of these programs are highly variant, even in jurisdictions with the most celebrated policing practices. More alarmingly, these programs have significant consequences for Muslim Americans’ perceptions of discrimination, mental health, and subsequent pathways of incorporation. This study draws on an analysis of 40 focus groups with 200 Muslim Americans, bringing together insights from theories of criminology, health, and migration to explain how policing patterns divergent perceptions of discrimination and mental health outcomes among Muslim Americans, segmenting pathways of immigrant incorporation. Find out more about Prof. Hajar Yazdiha
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Roseanne Barr is still madly tweeting (after quitting Twitter) due to her racially-charged tweet against Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett, which led to Roseanne‘s swift cancellation by ABC, which was seen as a sign of progress by many. She blamed the A-A-Ambien and has continued to argue that her tweet was “insensitive, not racist,” and she claims to have thought Jarrett is white or maybe Saudi, so she can’t be racist. This shall continue, but in the meantime, the man who’s stayed very quiet on this mess — Roseanne co-star John Goodman — expressed his thoughts on the cancellation.
Goodman got cornered by some curious types at a New Orleans car repair shop, and ET Online notes that he didn’t really want to speak and would “rather say nothing than to cause more trouble.” He did, however, state that he is doing okay (“everything’s fine”), careerwise, while stating, “I wasn’t gonna get an Emmy anyway.” He added, “I’ve been up there  times already, and if I didn’t get one I’m not gonna get one.” For Barr’s part, she did tweet her angst over Goodman and Laurie Metcalf losing their jobs.
Barr also tweeted a plea for more followers, so that she can stop “being smeared-over a stupid mistake erasing 30 yrs of activism.”
Yet Barr may be lining up her own next career move, possibly while appearing on an online-streaming startup that’s being launched by former Trump advisor Michael Caputo. It’s also possible that the other Roseanne cast members might get their own show, so we’ll have to see how this further shakes out.
And although Goodman, who played Barr’s husband, didn’t want to say much, her real-life ex, Tom Arnold (to no one’s surprise) has no problem voicing his opinions. Arnold told Anderson Cooper that he had a feeling the reboot “would not end well,” given Barr’s love of conspiracy theories like PIzzagate and Birtherism. Arnold is clearly biased (on Barr and a number of other issues), but he may have called this one, given that Barr did in fact tweet, “Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.”

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- prep 10 min cook 15 min
- serves 4
This mouthwatering flank steak recipe can also be made with other beef cuts. Recipes for grilled porterhouse, tenderloin, and sirloin variations can be found below.
- 3/4 cup pineapple juice
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- One 1 1/2-inch cube ginger, peeled
- 1 medium-size jalapeño pepper, halved, cored, and seeded
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 3/4 pounds flank steak, well trimmed
How to make it 25 minutes
Nutritional Information(per serving)
- Calories: 363
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Cholesterol: 104mg
- Sodium: 170mg
- Carbs: 6g
- Protein: 42g
- Fiber: 0g
Prepare as directed, using the following marinade: 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar, 2 peeled cloves garlic, 1 cup tightly packed fresh basil, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Substitute 1 ( 1 1/4-inch-thick, 1-pound 10-ounce) porterhouse steak for flank steak.
Prepare as directed, using the following marinade: 1/4 cup red wine vinegar, 2 peeled whole shallots, 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Substitute 4 (1 1/4-inch-thick, 1/2-pound) tenderloin steaks.
Substitute this dry rub for marinade: 2 tablespoons ground cumin, 3 minced cloves garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon cayenne, 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano. Rub on both sides of 4 (1/2-inch-thick, 5-ounce) sirloin steaks and grill 4 minutes on each side for medium-rare.
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ISLAMABAD: ‘Need to bring Pakistaniat in Pakistan’, said the Federal Information Minister Senator Shibli Faraz in an interview with Muhammad Azfar Ahsan. He shared Prime Minister’s vision of ‘change’ Pakistan which is based on the framework, timeline, outreach and global value chain. He emphasized upon the revival of Radio Pakistan in order to develop credibility of Pakistan Entertainment capability and raising the international stature. He emphasized on what common man expects from the Prime Minister and it will be a paradigm shift if they are able to develop something which can integrate the Government’s vision with that of the people’s expectation. He also highlighted the challenges of commitment, capacity issues, team incompetency, weariness of bureaucratic machinery and institutional coordination & dysfunctionality. He stressed upon the need to work collectively and with consistency.
Muhammad Azfar highlighted the lack of communication strategy by the Government. Senator Shibli accepted the fact that the Government has not been able to communicate the positive aspects of the work done by the Government. He elaborated upon the programs which has been undertaken by the present Government like social and education reforms which are being materialized in a certain way and with clear timelines. PTI got unprecedently elected in KPK with substantial numbers. He also appreciated the strategy of ‘smart lockdown’ which is being introduced by PTI and as a result are able to control the pandemic of COVID-19. To control the resulting economic devastation, he introduced ‘EHSAAS’ program to distribute Rs. 12k to all deserving aspirants. He emphasized upon the need to balance between lives and livelihood. To safeguard the territorial integrity, Pakistan has really played a meaningful role on the issue of Kashmir with India. He quoted, “awaz de kar chup gaye har baar zindagi, hum itne sada dil theay har baar aa gaye”. He said that People have confidence in PTI just like him with no political background. Muhammad Azfar Ahsan suggested the need for dialogue between the Pakistani Army and the Civil Society.
Senator quoted, “People look for political patronage as people don’t have much faith in law”. The nuclear status of both Pakistan and China, has had an impact on Kashmir & CPEC. He did not agree with the ideology of India as they promote instability and which results in threat for regional peace. He feels that it is high time to expose India as Pakistan’s relationship with China has been entrenched on common political standing and with convergent views on various global issues. International community must come forward to play their role. Senator stressed upon the success in Pakistan’s foreign policy by virtue of which Pakistan is now recognized for its role in the comity of nations and is heard at all forums.
It was shocking when there was not a single speaker from Pakistan at the Saudi Arabia Future Investment Initiative Summit. There were 301 speakers and 5000 delegates. He was not aware of the details, but he is of the view that as a nation, we are complacent and unable to follow up due to lack of enthusiasm.
Senator Shibli was vocal about PPP not playing its due role specially in developing Karachi despite it being the economic hub of Pakistan. He emphasized on the elections of local bodies in the city government and advised to develop Provincial Finance Commission which will empower PTI to be able to develop Karachi.
In the end, Muhammad Azfar Ahsan highlighted few points related to Entertainment Industry where he mentioned that prime time talk shows generally spread pessimism which is detrimental for the nation. He also spoke about Turkish Drama Artugal where he suggested promoting more of Pakistani Artists and Pakistani culture. He also highlighted the fact that there must be more Pakistani projects, drama, web series, films on Netflix.
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Loom clips allow the users of long looms to create more patterns by allowing them to change the knitting space on the long loom. These clips will give you more versatility with long looms.
I have a set of four long looms, and I was perennially cheesed off at their limitations. Sure, you can increase and decrease, but you lose your end peg, so that only worked for flat panels. Then I discovered these loom clips. I bought them on faith, because I own the "other brand" of long looms. The clips were on clearance, though, so I took a chance. And I'm glad I did. Great product, easy to use, and suddenly you can loom knit something besides endless hats and scarves.

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This week on The Book Show, Amity Gaige discusses her book, Sea Wife. A transporting novel about marriage, family, and love in a time of turmoil.
Sea Wife is about a young family who takes a year-long sailing trip, which alters their lives. Gaige writes with dual perspectives: Juliet’s first-person narration, and Michael’s captain’s log, which provides a riveting, slow-motion account of the same events.
This show originally aired in July 2020. Photo courtesy of Random House.


text: Nardwuar is probably one of the greatest interviewers in the game right now, and its always an interesting day to stumble upon a new interview by nardwuar on the internet. This time around Nardwuar has conducted an interview with Diplo's protegé, Dillon Francis. We also have shared the videos of Mad Decent's own Rapper Riff Raff, and the head honcho Diplo as well. Nardwuar is a Canadian and usually conducts his interviews in Vancouver or in Canada. It's worth noting that Paul Devro, The man behind Mad Decent and Jeffrees is also a Canadian from the Vancouver area as well. Maybe he has held a hand in setting up these wonderful interviews, but we hope that Nardwuar interviews Devro real soon. So check out the videos and learn the stories behind Mad Decent artists today!


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James Robinson’s pass leads to a Montrezl Harrell alley-oop in USA Basketball’s Under-19 win over Australia (VIDEO)
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USA Basketball Under-19 team moved to 5-0 with a lopsided 94-51 win over Australia in the 2013 FIBA World Championship on Tuesday Prague, Czech Republic. The U.S. forced 23 turnovers, leading to 26 points. The U.S. also used a high-paced offense to remain undefeated in tournament play — as seen in the video above. James Robinson corralled the rebound and launched a near full-court pass that led to an alley-oop for Montrezl Harrell.
Arizona-bound Aaron Gordon was one of five U.S. players to score in double figures with 15 points. High school senior, Justise Winslow had 10 points and 10 boards.
The U.S. plays 5-0 Serbia. The winner will be the No. 1 Group F seed for the medal round quarterfinals.
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The Furnished Room
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Joe Beckett drifts from job to job and woman to woman in a seedy world of bedsitters and all-night cafes. Living in the wasteland between Notting Hill and Earl’s Court, he heats up tins on gas rings and smuggles girls past the landlady. He has no values or beliefs. A chance encounter with a roadhouse braggart brings him the opportunity to murder someone “to shock himself back to life”. The Furnished Room was filmed as West 11, starring Alfred Lynch as Joe, Kathleen Breck as the good-time girl Isla and a cast including Eric Portman and Diana Dors.
About the Author
Laura Del-Rivo was an associate of Bill Hopkins and Colin Wilson, who described The Furnished Room as “one of the significant novels of the 1960s.” Unsurprisingly, she was convent educated but the call of Soho parties was stronger. After many jobs, including working as a bookseller, a Lyons’ counter hand and an art-school model she started running a market stall in Portobello Road, which she ran for decades. Laura died on 30 March 2022

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