Windows 10 has been one of the most important milestones for Microsoft. It has been a welcome update and it has brought a lot of cool new features. If you know how to get help in windows 10 then half your problems are resolved. Windows 10 has been made to be one of the most user-friendly updates. Finding help, searching for things you want on your PC as well as modifying the settings have all been made simpler than ever before. So, even those who are using the computer for the first time can get a hang of the whole process in a jiffy.
There are times when you might need more than one monitor connected to your computer. This can be done either for work or for gaming requirements. There are people who perform a lot of tedious computations and comparisons on their computer. Imagine the situation where you have to compare two or more documents simultaneously or validate the data. All this can be done easily when you have multiple monitors connected. No matter what the purpose is, remember that setting up 3 monitors at one time is simpler than you think.
Start with the primary display on the primary port
Irrespective of the number of displays you plan to connect, the resolution and the size of the displays etc, you should first choose a primary display. Find out whether your computer has an HDMI port or VGA or DVI port for the primary monitor. Connect the first display to this port. If you do not have a dedicated graphics card then you would not be able to connect more than two monitors at a time. If your computer does have a graphics card then look for the display ports on the card. Different graphics cards allow a different number of monitors to be used at the same time.
The uses and applications of the drone technology are beyond human imagination. It is so cool to actually realize what the drone technology has to offer us. Here is a quick sneak peak at some of the cool things that the drone technology is capable of doing.
Students of journalism are now encouraged to take a lesson in drone flying not because they can fly off instantaneously to happening sites but these are a real quick solution to gather information and capture clear images and videos of the happening news. It is only right for them to think that the world too would get a true picture of what is actually happening around them.
Drones can be used to identify illegal activities using drone cameras in the stealth mode. For example, these can be used to detect illegal hunting on government land or privately owned properties.
For the sports lovers, drone technology is a boon. To actually be able to view each shot of your favorite sport, frame by frame and action by action, is really cool. Be it cricket, baseball, or skiing, drones are at your service.
Drones are also used by the government to monitor state and national highways for road damages, safety, traffic, and much more.
Drones are a best friend to wildlife animal protectors and photographers. A good drone camera would give you intricate details such as nesting on top of the tallest tree in the Amazons or watching cranes in the middle of a lake. I got this drone for my birthday and I have been in love with wildlife ever since.
The features of drone technology are highly sophisticated that are bound to buy one for you. High-resolution images, better quality videos, ease of portability, and excellent stealth drivers are just a few of its engaging features.


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To keep it simple, I'm always very enthusiastic bout every piece of writing I do and whenever someone gives me feedback or criticisms, I always ignore it. Do I have a big ego? How do I fix this?
Let me explain to you why I don’t believe in feedback and criticism regarding art.
As soon as I published my first book, I received two reviews in the first week. I was so happy, I just couldn’t believe that someone had read, thought and written something about those characters that I loved and those places I had created. I checked the first review. Of course, I wasn’t lucky. This girl hated my book and rated it with one star. But I was hopeful for the second review. And the second review what a long post of how I could fix my book. I was desperate. I had worked for a year and I had used all my money to get my book published, and the first two readers hated it.
Later on, I received a lot of positive reviews. I even gathered a small fandom. However, those negative reviews had struck me right in the confidence. I simply couldn’t write anymore. I tried to apply the criticism that second reviewer listed, but I hated it. It wasn’t me, I wasn’t writing for myself. The more people read my book, and the more reviews I received, the scarier it all was.
I was writing my second book when I flipped. I deleted around 25.000 words and gave up on being an author.
Years later, I decided to give it another chance, but I wouldn’t read reviews anymore. I would write what I had to, people would love or hate and that’s it. I would allow myself to make mistakes, and I would allow readers to review freely.
The review section of any literature website doesn’t belong to us, writers. It belongs to readers. They’ve invested money and time in a book, they are allowed to express themselves. But we writers are allowed to write for ourselves. If we had to take the criticism of every single reader, we would descend to madness in no time.
The most relevant critic will always be yourself. So, you don’t have a big ego, you are just protecting your sanity.

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Happy Ghana Independence Day 2023: Best Wishes, HD Images & Quotes! Ghana celebrates its independence day every 6 March, commemorating the day in 1957 when it ended its status as a British colony. Led by Kwame Nkrumah and the other members of “The Big Six”, Ghana successfully won its freedom after a decade-long campaign of the United Gold Coast Convention between 1947 and 1957. Independence Day Ghana ay is usually a national holiday in many American countries. So, you can read the full post below.
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When is Independence Day Ghana 2023?
Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, is the first country south of the Sahara to gain Independence on 6th March 1957. The feat also inspired other African countries to fight for Independence. 66 years on, we celebrate the day through these five highlights.
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Happy Ghana Independence Day 2023: Messages
- “Freedom is certainly one of the most important things in life and we have paid a big price for it. Wishing you a very Happy Ghana Independence Day 2023…”
- “No amount of money in this world is enough to buy freedom for a country. We are blessed to be born into an independent nation. Happy Ghana Independence Day 2023…”
- “There is nothing more important than independence for a country. On the occasion of Ghana Independence Day, I extend my warm wishes to everyone…”
- “Let us always value this freedom that we have got after so much struggle. Warm greetings on the occasion of Ghana Independence Day 2023…”
- “The occasion of Ghana Independence Day reminds us of all the sacrifices that have been made to get this freedom. Warm wishes on this day to all…”
Independence day Ghana Quotes 2023:
- “The occasion of Ghana Independence Day inspires each and every citizen to be always patriotic and responsible towards the country…”
- “It is the freedom to be ourselves and live our lives the way we want. Wishing a very Happy Ghana Independence Day to everyone…”
- “Big salute to all those who struggled for the freedom of Ghana on the occasion of Ghana Independence Day 2023…”
- “It is our duty to always protect our freedom and always work to make our country proud. Warm wishes on the occasion of Ghana Independence Day to all…”
- “The flag of Ghana flies because of the pride and prosperity. Warm greetings on the occasion of Ghana Independence Day Quotes to all…”
Happy Independence Day Ghana Wishes 2023:
- “Let us celebrate the occasion of Ghana Independence Day with our silent prayers for all those who are responsible for bringing us this independence…”
- “ Independence Day to everyone. Today is the day to cheer and celebrate as we are an independent and prospering nation…”
- “On the occasion of Independence Day, let us promise ourselves to always work for the prosperity of our country. Have a wonderful day ahead…”
- “Happy Ghana Independence Day to everyone. Today is the day to take pride in calling yourself a citizen of Ghana which is such a wonderful country…”
- “On the significant occasion of Ghana Independence Day, I extend my warm greetings to everyone. Let us always stand in unity for our country…”

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- Comes in a Carolyn Jane's Jewelry gift bag!

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Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Down Comforters - Sizes and other Bedding topics.
Today, it's easy to find goose down comforters to fit any size bed. A down comforter should be large and pliant enough to drape well, so it stays on the bed if the backing fabric is slick. In addition to cotton and silk, construction fabrics for the down comforter's outer shell may be polyester or wool. The luxury down comforters might be filled with goose down, feathers or a combination of the two. The perfect goose down comforter can often be found at a discount online.


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Matt Jones is coming to Sydney!
Join professional mountain biker Matt Jones at Hornsby's Old Mans Valley Mountain Bike Trails for a day of shredding, pro tips, poster signing and a huge dirt jump jam!
Plus, test ride a fleet of brand new yet to be released 2020 Marin MTBs courtesy of Bicycles Online.
• Social rides led by Matt Jones - 10am / 11am / 12pm (all rides booked out)
• Dirt Jump Jam with Matt Jones - 1pm
• Matt Jones poster signing - 3pm
Marin demo bikes available 10am-4pm.
Note: All the spots for the Social Rides with Matt Jones have been booked out, but you'll still get the chance to hang out with Matt at the dirt jumps and chat to him about his Marin bikes. The Dirt Jump Jam at 1pm is open to everyone!
If you've never ridden OMV, this is THE time! The Synergy Trails crew are priming the trails and dirt jump park for the event so bring your trail bike, bring your dirt jumper, bring anything with two wheels or just ride brand new Marin Bikes!
Huge thanks to [Snorc] Sydney North Off Road Cyclists and Synergy Trails for their hard work to create such an awesome MTB park and helping

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Final ‘The Shape of Water’ Trailer – Guillermo del Toro’s Creature Feature
Fox Searchlight has released the final trailer for Master of Horror Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Shape of Water’ starring Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins,
Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg and Octavia Spencer. This is being considered a master piece by many critics and has garnered del Tor’s some his most glowing reviews ever. It truly is a visual ride.
From master story teller, Guillermo del Toro, comes THE SHAPE OF WATER – an other-worldly fable, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. Rounding out the cast are Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg and Doug Jones.


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NM releases 'State Film Map'
Downloadable map to show famous film locations across the state
More than 600 films have been shot in New Mexico.
Now, the tourism department is using that fame to bring in more visitors with a new downloadable movie map for each region of the state.
The idea is for families to check out a "Breaking Bad" site, then check into a hotel and spend money in New Mexico.
A "Breaking Bad" themed trolley ride is one of many suggestions on the “State Film Map,” created with the “Lone Ranger,” “Wild Hogs” and “Transformers” in mind.
"Russia, France, Australia, France -- hey come from all over the world to take the tour and while they're here they go out,” said Mike Silva of Albuquerque Trolley. “They eat in restaurants stay in hotels and experience our city."
The state will advertise the film trails in a Southwest Airlines magazine next month. The ad cost $115,000 which is coming out of the $1.6 million “New Mexico True” campaign.

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Following the launch of the hybrid Jazz in 2020, the next electrified model will be the Civic in 2021.
The CR-V Hybrid pairs two electric motors with a 2.0-litre petrol engine and a CVT transmission. However, given its smaller dimensions, the Jazz supermini will likely have a smaller combustion engine and less power.
The new Jazz must remain familiar enough to appeal to its loyal owners, of which there are many, typically older buyers, while also bringing in new people to Honda’s entry-level model.
The spy shots pictured here, which show the Peugeot 208 rival testing in disguise, hint at a minor evolution for the fourth-generation Jazz. The space-maximising upright profile and tall glasshouse remains, but with more curved lines and redesigned lights, bumpers and bonnet.


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Annual Candlelight Vigil to be Held October 28th
On October 28, 2014, CFVC will host our annual Domestic Violence Candlelight Vigil, which seeks to memorialize the 71 Georgia residents killed in domestic violence incidents this year. One of Georgia’s victims called Cherokee County, Georgia, home. The event, held in observance of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, also seeks to honor survivors of abuse and will also feature survivor speakers that have received services from CFVC along with Representative Mandi Ballinger. The vigil will encourage the idea of community change, empowering attendees to make a better life for all families in Cherokee County.
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Residents, The - The Third Reich 'N' Roll AlbumPerformer: Residents, The
Title: The Third Reich 'N' Roll
Cat#: RR 1075
Label: Ralph Records
Size MP3 version: 1174 mb
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Size WMA version: 1030 mb
Residents, The - The Third Reich 'N' Roll Album
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- Vocals – Peggy Honeydew, Pamela Zeibak
- Vocals, Drums, Saxophone [Soprano], Saxophone [Alto], Cornet, French Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Synthesizer, Organ [Pipe Organ], Xylophone, Violin [Electric], Piano, Organ, Guitar, Oud, Bass, Koto, Accordion, Performer [Piped Snooter, Garbage Drums, Stretch Globel, Hanging Lamp, Rubboard] – Residents, The
The Third Reich 'N' Roll consists of two suites; "Swastikas On Parade" and "Hitler Was A Vegetarian". Both are 'semi-phonetic' interpretations of Top 40 Rock 'n' Roll from the 60s.
This is the 2nd pressing : Gray carrot - black "a", repeat image, liner notes black on white. This issue also has etched into the run-out after RR 1075, Re 1.
The Third Reich 'n Roll is the third studio album released as the second by the U. avant-garde rock group The Residents, released on Ralph Records in 1976. In 1972, whilst on a break from filming Vileness Fats, the Residents decided to make a 'world' out of newspapers, covering their studio in newspapers and dressing in them. They filmed a short video of them dancing and playing in the 'newspaper world,' which would eventually become the music video for track Swastikas on Parade. In 1974, the. The Third Reich 'n Roll - The Residents. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей. The Residents The Third Reich 'n Roll. Producer The Residents. Swastikas on Parade 00:00 Let's Twist. Формируйте собственную коллекцию записей Third Reich 'n Roll is the third album by The Residents, released on Ralph Records on February 1st 1976. A parody and satire of pop music and commercials from the 1960s, The Third Reich 'n Roll consists of two side-long semi-phonetic interpretations of top 40 rock 'n' roll and bubblegum pop hits. The Third Reich 'n Roll is The Residents' second album, and first distinct concept album to be released their shelved second album, a conceptual song cycle entitled Not Available, was recorded in 1974. The Third Reich 'n' Roll1976. OverviewTracksLiner NotesUncle Willie. This album is the first published example of two things for which The Residents became known: the concept album and music about music. Considered by some to be the cornerstone of The Residents' reputation, The Third Reich 'N' Roll consists of two tracks one on each side of the LP, each a medley of deconstructed dismembered covers of popular songs from the '60s. Songs in album The Residents - The Third Reich 'N Roll 1974. The Residents - Swastikas On Parade. The Residents - Hitler Was A Vegetarian. The Residents - Satisfaction. The Residents - Loser Weed. The Residents - Betond The Valley Of A Day In The Lofe. The Residents - Flying. Listen free to The Residents The Third Reich 'N Roll Swastikas On Parade, Hitler was a Vegetarian and more. 6 tracks 50:17. Technically the third album from the group, though released as a follow-up to Meet the Residents, this 40-minute assault on the music of the '60s follows Picasso's dictum of all artists killing their aesthetic fathers. Two side-long medleys of songs both classic Papa's Got a Brand New Bag and obscure Telstar are destroyed, deconstructed, mangled, spat on, spit out, ground up, and injected with gleeful humor. The Third Reich and Roll is one of the Scariest and also pretty surreal Rock Records ever made This is the band's second albums and has a very creepy yet funny cover that shows Dick Clark as a Nazi. It causes controversy with the German people and the album cover was censored for german release. These CD reissues are Awesome and are great for new and old fans of the faceless eyeball Avant Gard surreal Prog Rockers. These Faceless eyeballs are Incredible

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With 82.27 percent of student-athletes claiming a 3.0 grade-point-average or higher, the Bisons have earned the ASUN Conference Academic Champions Trophy for the 4th-straight year.
Junior centerfielder Michael Gigliotti was named an ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove winner on Wednesday for his stellar play in the field over this season.
After listening to three days of selections in the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft, Lipscomb junior Jeffrey Passantino finally heard his name called in the 40th round, when the Chicago Cubs used the last pick of the draft to select the right-handed hurler.
For the second consecutive day, the Lipscomb Bisons are on the board in the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft as the Miami Marlins selected junior right-hander Brady Puckett on Wednesday in the 15th round with the 449th overall pick.
With the 120th overall pick in the fourth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft, the Kansas City Royals selected Lipscomb’s Michael Gigliotti, making him the second-highest player ever drafted out of the Bisons program.
Lipscomb baseball's Denton Norman knows the ins and outs of Tommy John all too well after tearing his UCL two seasons ago. However, after a stellar senior campaign in 2017, Norman can be listed among the surgery’s success stories.
The Lipscomb baseball team lost 3-1 Friday afternoon in a pitcher’s duel with FGCU at Melching Field, ending its ASUN Championship ride and its season. Dayton Tripp allowed two runs over 6.2 innings in the loss.
Michael Gigliotti finished 2-for-4 with a career high five RBI to help the Bisons to an 8-6 victory over #2 Stetson in the ASUN Championship.
Lipscomb took an early 2-0 lead, but was unable to stave off the No. 1 seed Jacksonville in an 8-2 loss in the opening game of the ASUN Championship in DeLand, Florida. The Bisons will now fight for their life in an elimination game on Thursday.
Michael Gigliotti led six Bisons who earned ASUN honors Tuesday night at an awards banquet in DeLand, Florida. Gigliotti was named the ASUN Co-Defensive Player of the Year.

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Media Alert: Minister Meyer Speaking at Klapmuts Primary School Public Library Inauguration
On Thursday, 18 August 2011, Dr Ivan Meyer, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport in the Western Cape, will be delivering the keynote address at the inauguration of the public library at Klapmuts Primary School (Paarl area).
Approximately 1 300 primary school learners and 500 high school learners will for the first time have access to a public library and computer centre in the community. Through the opening of this new centre, the Klapmuts Primary School hopes to bring about a "learning community".
Date: Thursday, 18 August 2011
Venue: Klapmuts Primary School, Merchant Street, Klapmuts
Directions: Take the N1 heading out of Cape Town, take the R44 Klapmuts turnoff, at the stop street turn right onto the R44, after about 1 km, turn right into Merchant Street - the school is a short distance up Merchant Street.
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Join us for a guided walk along the beautiful Jurassic Coast, followed by drinks and a bite to eat at a local pub (included in price)
We will be meeting from 5:45pm for a 6pm start. The 3.5mile guided walk will take in some of the beautiful sights on the Isle of Purbeck, followed by a drink and a bite to eat (included within ticket price) at a local pub.
Our guide Andy of Jurassic Jaunts has been organising and running walks in Dorset for a number of years and has great local knowedge and information to impart on the walk itself, including information on geology and the history of the area.
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In order to combat this issue, the Food Bank of the Rockies (FBR) focuses on helping Colorado residents. Currently, FBR is the largest private organization providing hunger relief services in Colorado. For over 30 years, FBR has distributed supplies and food to over 1,200 hunger relief programs throughout the Eastern Plains, Western Slope, Denver, and northern Colorado. In addition, FBR serves residents of Wyoming. In 2012, the organization provided over 41 million pounds of food.
In order to distribute food and supplies, organizations such as shelters, child-welfare centers, churches, community centers, senior nutrition programs, and various other nonprofit organizations with hunger relief services apply to FBR to become partner agencies. Once approved, these organizations are supplied with food to distribute to the individuals they serve. Children comprise over 40 percent of the individuals who receive these supplies, while the homeless make up less than 15 percent.
FBR provides a variety of food, including fresh produce, bread, and dairy items at no cost. In addition to its items that are provided at no cost or with a small agency support fee, FBR offers a Purchased Food Program. The program provides a way for partner agencies and organizations to purchase child-friendly food items such as rice, pasta, sauces, peanut butter, and other items at a reduced wholesale price.
Through donations, fundraising events, gifts, and grants, FBR provides multiple services, many of which are designed to meet the needs of its chief patrons. Some of these programs include Totes of Hope for children, which offers backpacks filled with meals and snacks to cover those times over the weekend when other food programs may not be available. Totes of Hope also gives seniors with low incomes additional food items to ensure they have a sufficient amount of food in their kitchens.
FBR accepts donations of money, time, and food in order to facilitate its programs. To learn more about how to donate and other services that the organization offers, visit FoodBankRockies.org.


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Given the alleged mass sacking of workers by the management of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, the organized labour has issued an ultimatum that the workers should be reinstated or a total strike will be embarked upon.
The leaders of the Trade Union Congress, Sola Adigun, and a host others urged the management to reverse its decision to avoid industrial action.
Adigun said, “When we came for this interface, we thought it was a rumor that workers would be sacked. But we have confirmed the intending part to sack our members to be working under a condition of service that is not palatable. They should not be in a hurry to sack because this will lead to our withdrawal of services.
“We have issued a 14-day ultimatum for all issues to be solved. The sack should not be a New Year package for our members because many are still working hard despite being owed several months of salaries and deductions, even without promotion.
He further added that “We say no to any unjustifiable sack of members. What we are experiencing is not the best. A situation whereby you brought a consultant to conduct interviews for workers and sent the names of workers you felt should be disengaged to the media for the announcement is not fashionable; it is not done like this anywhere.”
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The mental health needs of people coming out of slavery are wide-ranging and often severe.
Many suffer from trauma, especially because most people in slavery experienced violence, were threatened with violence and saw violence against others. The emotional and mental health needs of slavery survivors differ from one person to another but difficulties often include depression, anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder.
According to research by Free the Slaves and the Helen Bamber Foundation, most people coming out of slavery need to develop:
Many also need help in:
When these mental health needs of former slaves are not adequately met, then whether they are living in a shelter or in the community, it causes additional problems, beyond the immediate mental suffering of the individual, regardless of whether they are living in a shelter, at their place of work or in the community.
The mental health support of slavery survivors is one of the single greatest gaps in the global response to slavery. Many anti-slavery workers providing general services to survivors do not have a clear understanding of the mental health challenges these individuals are enduring, or knowledge of how best to support them. They then feel a sense of helplessness in the face of the pain of their clients and this contributes to the stress and often exhaustion of these workers.
Although learning about mental health support for slavery survivors has begun, it is happening much too slowly. Little is known about which therapies and combination of therapies are found to be most helpful in which contexts of slavery and which therapies could be safely offered by non-clinicians, with special precautions for former child slaves and those who have been sexually exploited. Above all, lack of investment in psychological support means that those suffering the continued mental pain of slavery are simply not getting the therapeutic help they need.
The Freedom Fund made a grant to the Helen Bamber Foundation, which provides comprehensive assistance including in-depth psychological support to trafficking survivors in the UK. This grant enabled the Helen Bamber Foundation to produce a report representing the first stage in what we hope is a wider initiative focusing on the mental health needs of survivors of modern slavery. The report contains a critical review of the existing research evidence and found that mental health problems, including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occur frequently. Prioritising the mental health needs of survivors is essential for sustained recovery from traumatic experiences and to increase capacity to protect themselves from further harm. Whilst there is limited evidence on the efficacy of specific treatment interventions, some treatments that are adaptable for use in a wide range of cultural contexts have been found to be effective in some areas, such as the reduction of PTSD symptoms.
The practical experience of NGO fieldworkers around the world has also begun to identify emerging possibilities for cost-effective care within low resource settings:
This range of experiences, combined with the literature and evidence from the Helen Bamber report, helps us to identify possible treatment approaches and pathways for research. The Freedom Fund is therefore currently developing an agenda for research together with practical implementation of mental health treatment for those who are most in need.
We are currently piloting an approach to diagnosis of mental health problems within our hotspots and using the results to prepare a psychological intervention that is tailored to the specific needs of those in the area. This approach is being piloted in South-east Nepal and we plan to roll this out in other hotspots as well as share our learning.


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They replace the car's four standard springs with re-engineered, different-rate and slightly shorter Sport Springs.
The vehicle's center of gravity is lowered, reducing body roll for better dynamics, whilst maintaining the ride quality and comfort of your car.
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The springs lower the Golf GTI by around 20mm-25mm in order to preserve the wheel travel needed for perfect ride & handling.
We use progressive rate springs to preserve the ride quality in normal use, but then stiffen the rates at the ends of the travel.
The Sport Springs are developed to be fully compatible with cars fitted with Volkswagen's DCC suspension and the regular Sports Suspension.
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Our extensive development programme has given us a ride quality just as good as that of the standard car.
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Go lower or stiffer than our springs and your car will bounce and crash as the dampers are mismatched to spring-rate, and the springs themselves run out of travel.
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Starz today announced that the third season of its hit series Power Book II: Ghost will premiere on Friday, March 17 at midnight on the Starz app, all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms and internationally on the Lionsgate+ premium streaming platforms across the UK and Brazil.
On linear, Power Book II: Ghost Season 3 debut on Starz at 8 PM ET/PT in the U.S. and Canada. You can watch the teaser for the new season below.
Season three of the popular drama series returns with new twists and new turns as the Tariq, Brayden, Monet, and the Tejadas have to Level Up or Get Taken Down. Fresh off the murder of Zeke, everyone is grieving, but they won’t get much time as a new set of problems and questions arise.
Power Book II: Ghost season three stars Michael Rainey Jr. as Tariq St. Patrick, Mary J. Blige as Monet Stewart Tejada, Shane Johnson as Cooper Saxe, Gianni Paolo as Brayden Weston, Cliff “Method Man” Smith as “Davis MacLean, and Larenz Tate as Rashad Tate.
Also starring are Berto Colon as Lorenzo Tejada, Woody McClain as Cane Tejada, Lovell Adams-Gray as Dru Tejada, LaToya Tonodeo as Diana Tejada, Alix Lapri as Effie Morales, and Paton Ashbrook as Jenny Sullivan.
Joining the cast this season is Monique Curnen (The Dark Knight, Fast and Furious) as Detective Blanca Rodriguez, Keesha Sharp (Lethal Weapon, Girlfriends) as Professor Harper Bennet, David Walton (Bad Moms, About a Boy) as Lucas Weston, and Moriah Brown (Turnt, The Break In) as KeKe Travis.
Power Book II: Ghost is the first series in the expanded Power Universe franchise. Brett Mahoney (Empire, The Following) serves as showrunner and executive producer for season three.
The Power Universe series is executive produced by the creator and showrunner of the original Power, which inspired the full universe — Courtney A. Kemp — through her production company End of Episode, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson through G-Unit Film and Television, and Mark Canton through Atmosphere Entertainment MM.
In addition to Mahoney, Kemp, Jackson and Canton, Power Book II: Ghost is executive produced by Chris Selak, with Geary McLeod serving as supervising producer and directing the season three premiere episode. Lionsgate Television produces the series for Starz.
The third season of Power Book II: Ghost kicks off with Tariq St. Patrick determined to get his trust, get back to his family, and get out of the game for good. The emergence of a ruthless new connect interrupts Tariq’s plans to reunite with Tasha and Yaz and puts him, Brayden, and Effie back into business with the Tejadas as they’re challenged to move more weight than ever before.
When Brayden brings Tariq in as an intern at his family’s hedge fund Weston Holdings, the drug business expands beyond Stansfield and the streets onto Wall Street, while Tariq is also shown an alternate, legitimate path to success. Monet Tejada, set ablaze by the death of her son Zeke Cross, is willing to pay a hefty price to avenge her firstborn and keep the rest of her children — and the business — in line as she works closely with Davis MacLean to solve Zeke’s murder and keep the feds off her trail.
Business is booming when a staggering reveal forces Tariq to reckon with a betrayal from those closest to him… and a R.I.C.O. investigation mounting into the entire drug enterprise, pulling Tariq deeper into the business and even closer to the legacy of his father.
Starz also announced it is in development on Fightland, executive produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson (Power Universe, For Life). The scripted drama series is set within the high stakes, cash rich, dangerous world of British boxing.
Acclaimed writing team Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan and Marlon Smith (Save Me, Run) have signed on for the project that follows a retired disgraced world champion fighter drawn into the corrupt underbelly of the sport after the disappearance of his childhood best friend and training partner. To save his friend, the troubled fighter will have to return to a way of life that nearly destroyed him – one that cost him everything to leave behind.
“‘Fightland’ embodies the stakes, swagger and ambition that collaborations between Starz and 50 Cent have come to represent,” said Kathryn Busby, President, Original Programming at Starz.
“We are excited to be working with Daniel and Marlon who are brilliant writers and whose authentic take will bring this global story to life.”
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson will executive produce through his G-Unit Film & Television along with Francis Hopkinson (Wallander, Bancroft) and Katharine Leadbetter (Woman in White, Catherine the Great) of Expanded Media who will also produce Fightland for Starz.
Vice President, Original Programming Sebastian Arboleda and Director, Original Programming, Alex Alberts will both oversee the series on behalf of STARZ.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills in 2018 to cover the latest streaming, movie, TV, and video game news. Mirko previously created the websites ComingSoon, Spider-Man Hype!, SuperHeroHype, and ShockTillYouDrop.


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One Direction, God bless them, I love them to bits, they’ve a great energy and great vibe, but they always perform like they’ve never met each other – like frantic, looking around to see where they go next. They look like I feel in my head.
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Germany registers 16,774 new cases in one day
Germany on Thursday reported a record daily jump in coronavirus cases for a second consecutive day.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed 16,774 cases in the past 24 hours, the highest daily total recorded for the entire pandemic period.
THE COUNTRY HAS REPORTED MORE THAN 480,000 CASES SO FAR
The previous single-day record was 14,964 registered on Wednesday.
The number of coronavirus patients in intensive care units has doubled over the past two weeks, reaching 1,569 on Wednesday. Nearly half of them were on ventilators.
Despite the worrying trend of increased hospitalizations and intensive care unit rates, nearly 7,500 intensive care beds remained free as of Wednesday, according to the RKI.
With total cases of nearly 480,000, Germany has the fifth-highest tally of reported coronavirus infections in Europe, ranking behind France, Spain, the UK and Italy. But its death toll remains far lower than other hard-hit countries.


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Interview with Author L R Hay
L R Hay
I am thrilled to have interviewed author L R Hay, who shared with us details of her writing life, her book ‘Joseph’s Boy‘, which was released on 11th December 2019, and answered a few fun questions. This post contains affiliate links.
Lynn Robertson Hay (L R Hay) has a passion for storytelling – acting and writing since she was a child, and now professionally for over thirty years. Her writing covers TV, film, audio and theatre, winning an award from the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain with one script.
As an actor Lynn has played parts ranging from Lady Macbeth to Mole and Puck to Miss Prism. Within the last few years she’s been seen wielding a rolling pin as Flo Capp in ANDY CAPP – THE MUSICAL, made her West End debut understudying the mighty Stockard Channing in APOLOGIA and appeared in crime drama UNFORGOTTEN for ITV.
1) Where did the inspiration for your book come from?
Way WAY back, when I started writing Jairus’s Girl in the late 80s, I intended the series to be 2 books about the adult life of Jesus from the point of view of the kids who were there, and a final one taking my child protagonists into young adulthood, showing what happened next. But even then, I had a feeling that I could also have a prequel, covering the birth of Jesus from a child’s perspective, if I made his brother James an older stepbrother.
When I eventually came to publish, someone suggested I should write a book about the outsiders and Jesus. It hit me that this would make 4 books about the life of Jesus – like the 4 Gospels in the Bible – and then the later book, like Acts. And so the idea behind the Young Testament series was complete.
Having young Jamie as main character works brilliantly as an arc, since when grown up he opposed Jesus and didn’t believe in him – yet ended up leading the Jerusalem church! That’s quite a turnaround. It gave me scope to make him pretty grumpy as a child – though people find him endearing too!
2) How did you plan out the plot?
It was in my head. Makes for quite a crowded space! Especially as I also have a view to the rest of the series. I had the basic structure of the New Testament Christmas narrative, of course, but that’s only a few pages. It was great fun fleshing out the details and weaving it all together. How can I get the kids to witness various events? Who would be the most appropriate character(s) to fill Jamie in on the backstory of prophecies and expectations? What characters will I need later in the series, who I could seed in here? (A little girl we meet in Joseph’s Boy will be the parent in the title of book 4 – and 2 lads will also grow up to have their significant Bible moment).
Lots of research, too, about history, geography, culture etc. And, above all, how can I make it fun and accessible to everybody?
3) When did you choose the title for your book?
Right from the start, I had thought of calling the first book I wrote Jairus’s Girl – because we always think of that person as Jairus’s daughter, so it gives an informal, modern twist. I also like that it subverts expectations. We’re used to thinking of the adults in the stories, but when we get into the story, they are only supporting roles.
So the format of the titles was clear. This book is Joseph’s Boy because, to begin with, it’s only Jamie and his dad, Joseph. It doesn’t take too long for them to meet a lovely young woman called Mary, though – and Jamie thinks it would be very good to get his dad to marry her.
4) How did you come up with the names for your characters?
Some names are in the Bible account already but I still had plenty of scope! The little girl turns up later in the Bible as another Mary, but there are way too many Bible Mary’s, so I called her the Hebrew version – Miriam.
For the rest, I have a little tradition of naming characters after my support team: graphic designers, editors and proof readers, IT support and those who read and give me feedback from early on – including quite a few children.
Some modern names are tricky to fit into an ancient context, so I made a joke of pretending they were the names of Jesus’s sisters!
I even managed, tongue-in-cheek, to reference a person called LaToyah, because someone asked me to name a character after their cat (and, yes, I actually said that in the text!)
5) Can you give us a hint to any sections that you removed?
I always edit a lot, but there’s very little of importance I actually dropped. I did originally have Jamie present in the Temple for Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, but it felt too similar to other scenes. I decided to keep that back and cover it with the main character of book 4. More balanced that way, I think.
6) What made you choose this genre?
I’ve always loved children’s books, especially for the 8-12 age group. I still read them today – old favourites and unfamiliar, new books. I write many genres with my screen, audio and theatre plays, but this is my natural fit for books.
7) How long did it take you to complete your book?
Four years! Heck. And That Woman’s Girl, which is coming out very soon, took four years too.
I am trying to be quicker, honest. There’s just so much else to be done, including writing commissions with their deadlines. Plus the research takes some time. Research is a fascinating but notorious rabbit hole to fall down, but a fair amount is useful for the other books. Trivial info is never wasted!
8) Can you describe your book in three words?
Adventurous First Christmas
9) What’s the hardest part of being a writer?
It’s frustrating, having all these stories I want to tell and not being able to get them out there. I have scripts going back 30 years, which I care about passionately and would love to share – but, for all my efforts, I can’t get a producer. Even with my books, which do exist in a form people can access, it’s hard to get the word out.
But I’m very lucky that so much of my work has been produced. I’ve had over 30 professional productions of my theatre adaptations, plus 6 episodes of DOCTORS for BBC1. And a co-written screenplay has been filmed with Jared Harris and Nicholas Hamilton. I’m hoping it will be released before too long! There’s nothing like it, that feeling when others read or watch your story.
10) Why should our readers pick your book up?
I hope they’d find it fun, with a rollercoaster of emotions – laughter, excitement, danger, wonder and a few tears. And it’s Christmas!!! Who doesn’t want smelly shepherds, snooty camels and a sky full of angels?
Publisher – Salted Lightly
Pages – 219
Release Date – 11th December 2019
ISBN 13 – 978-1916077027
Format – ebook, paperback
Inspiring, adventurous, funny and moving kids’-eye view of the first Christmas – aimed at 8-12s, sneakily enjoyed by adults!
Jamie had BIG dreams. He wanted to be a prince. He wanted his dad to marry a lovely young woman called Mary. He wanted an army of little brothers and sisters who would look up to him and think how clever and important he was. But at no point did he expect one of them to be a long-awaited king, destined to reign forever. Nope. Not part of the plan…
JOSEPH’S BOY is the first book of The Young Testament, a fun, accessible series of Middle Grade novels on the Jesus story, with the children as the main characters.
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1) Do you have a writing buddy (i.e. a pet)?
Sadly not. I wish our lovely African Grey, Jinty, was still alive. A parrot is a perfect writing companion – no walking on the keyboard, and he could perhaps have supplied the odd word or phrase 😉
2) Do you have any writing quirks?
I like to reward myself with little treats when I’ve been writing for a while – cherries, blueberries, raspberries, coffee (iced, if it’s hot) or biscuits. Sometimes I reward myself in advance – big mistake, as I then want another reward after 2 or 3 hours of writing!
3) Where do you write?
I find a desktop computer the most comfortable place to work, but I love to take my laptop and write outside when I can. Even on my tiny balcony – but even more so in beautiful surroundings. It’s another treat.
I remember writing the scene in Joseph’s Boy where the sky rips open and fiery angels flood through, filling the sky, at the moment when Jesus is born. Hard to imagine anything more Christmassy – and I was sitting on the café terrace of a stately home, in blazing August sunshine!
4) Your book has been made into a movie, you’ve been offered a cameo role, what will you be doing?
I’d love to play the flustered Bethlehem innkeeper. She’s comedically over-talkative and overwhelmed by the huge influx of guests, as her grandad gets swamped under a heap of travellers’ cloaks. When I did lockdown Zoom readings, the children demanded that we had a party for the last session, with a quiz about the books and everyone dressing up as a character from them. Naturally, I was the innkeeper!
5) A talking owl has just finished reading your book, what’s the first thing he says to you?
“Toooo hoooo hooooooooo many wise men in this Christmas story. Where are the wise birds??”
A big thank you to L R Hay for sharing her writing life with us and for a wonderful interview.


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Judge steps away from Union Kroger zoning fight
UNION – A new judge is needed to preside over a Boone County lawsuit questioning the right of the city commission to rezone 35 acres of land for a new and bigger Kroger store on U.S. 42.
Boone Circuit Court Judge James R. Schrand, initially assigned to the case, has recused himself, said Union City Attorney Greg D. Voss.
Voss said he learned Schrand stepped away from the case Nov. 14. Voss said the case has been referred back to Gregory Bartlett, chief regional circuit judge for a 20-county northern region of Kentucky for reassignment to a new judge.
Union Concerned Citizens vs. the City of Union was filed in May. The lawsuit questioned the April 14 commission 3-1 vote approving a zone change to allow building a new Kroger Marketplace. The vote approved a zoning map amendment from neighborhood office to allow building a Kroger on the southeast side of U.S. 42 at the intersection with Braxton Drive.
The citizens group, represented by attorney Todd McMurtry, filed the motion for Schrand to recuse himself. McMurtry declined to comment.
The role Boone Circuit Judge Anthony W. Frohlich, a colleague of Schrand, “played in the underlying proceedings currently challenged in this appeal” is the reason the citizens group asked Schrand to remove himself from the case, according to court filings.
The motion asked the Chief Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court to appoint a judge from outside the Northern Kentucky counties of Boone, Campbell, Kenton, Grant and Gallatin counties.


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Johan van Graan Offers Worrying Injury Update On Tyler Bleyendaal
Ian Keatley may be playing some of the best rugby of his career with Munster this season, but it wasn’t too long ago where it was Tyler Bleyendaal who was the man pulling the strings.
The New Zealander was pivotal in Munster’s incredible run to the Champions Cup semi-final and the PRO12 final last season, but started this campaign poorly before re-injuring his neck.
Bleyendaal has had neck problems since before he even arrived in Munster, suffering a serious injury while playing for the Crusaders, delaying his arrival by a season. It now appears that issue has flared up again, with the playmaker out since October 15, and yet to take part in any full contact.
Speaking after Munster’s win over Connacht last night, the head coach has nothing new to report on Bleyendaal’s condition, with a timeframe for his return unclear.
“With Tyler, we take it week by week. He might be available in a week’s time; it might take another six to eight weeks. We’re very sensitive to him because of the type of injury. As soon as he feels he is ready to go, and the medical team clears him, we’ll put him back in.”
Interestingly, van Graan had a similar answer when asked about Bleyendaal a couple of weeks back.
“I wouldn’t want to speculate on a time,” the South African said
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Clinton condemns Vietnam leadership
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for closer ties between Washington and its former wartime foe Vietnam, even as she said the government in Hanoi isn't doing enough to respect human rights.
Speaking in the Vietnamese capital on Tuesday in the midst of a cross-Asia tour, Mrs. Clinton touted the widening commercial links between the two nations, with trade reaching $22 billion in 2011, from $1 billion in 2001. The two countries have also moved closer in recent years as Vietnam seeks more support in its long-running disputes with China. Beijing's extensive territorial claims in the resource-rich South China Sea overlap with those of Vietnam and other Southeast Asian nations, leading to growing fears of a regional conflict.
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The only airline that goes to Nauru is Nauru airlines! There’s a few flights a week on their island hopper service, as well as one from Brisbane.
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March 30, 2005
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA--A lawyer representing 16 women who claimed to have been sexually abused or assaulted while patients in Nebraska's psychiatric institutions has asked a federal court to turn the case into a class-action lawsuit.
Bruce G. Mason made the request earlier in the month after he reviewed state records showing that more than 100 women have been physically assaulted, raped, sexually assaulted, harassed or exploited from 2000 to 2004 while housed at Norfolk Regional Center, Lincoln Regional Center and Hastings Regional Center.
"There isn't any sense that they're dealing with this," Mason told the Omaha World-Herald on Tuesday. "It's simply the dirty little secret of institutions."
Mason filed the civil rights suit in 2002 after former patients at Lincoln Regional Center alleged that an employee sexually assaulted them. Mason claims that the state has violated its own promise to provide better supervision of patients as part of an agreement to settle a 1995 lawsuit. Four women had sued the state after they accused a Hastings staff member of raping them.
"Hundreds of sexual assaults at state mental hospitals, lawyer says" (Omaha World-Herald)


Ardnaglass comes to Roe Valley with comedy hit
Limavady's Roe Valley Arts Centre has promised to have audiences rolling in the aisles as the centre showcases the ever popular '˜Ardnaglass on the Air' next month.
Written by Jimmy Kerr, Ardnaglass On The Air is a rural romantic comedy described as “guaranteed to have audiences in stitches of laughter!”
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CHARLOTTE -- Donovan McNabb fractured his rib in the Eagles' otherwise celebratory 38-10 victory over the Carolina Panthers today. Head coach Andy Reid didn't give a prognosis on whether McNabb would miss any time, although a team source said that the Eagles quarterback was "doubtful" for next Sunday's game against the New Orleans Saints.
Asked if it was safe to say that McNabb was out for next week, Reid said, "No, that's not safe to say."
McNabb apparently suffered his injury when he was tackled while plunging into the end zone on a three-yard touchdown run. He laid on the ground for a while, finally arose and walked off without assistance. He soon left the field to get examined. McNabb returned in his pads, but did not return to the game.
Reid said that McNabb was out there in case of emergency. Kevin Kolb replaced McNabb, but the Eagles didn't have another quarterback dressed.
"That's why he was out there," Reid said. "I probably would have done everything not to do that. That's why we took his pads off there at the end."
Wide receiver DeSean Jackson confirmed that he was the emergency quarterback if Kolb got hurt, too. Jackson took a few direct snaps in the Wildcat formation today.
Reid said he was confident that Kolb, if need be, would step in and do the the job.
"If it comes to that," Reid said.
Michael Vick will be serving the second game of his two-game suspension next week. He will be reinstated by Week 3. Kolb was ineffective filling for McNabb. He completed 7 of 11 passes for just 23 yards. He was also sacked twice.
The Eagles cut quarterback A.J. Feeley last week. He has not caught on with another team as of yet.


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Consider the Liberals in this country today who cry for Islam to be given full 1A protections.
Consider the Liberal women, especially, decrying how wretchedly horrible we Americans are to deny them Sharia.
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SOFTWARE SHOP Apple is being sued by Ameranth, a developer of software for the hospitality and gaming industries.
Ameranth wears its patents on its sleeve and on its homepage, and is suing Apple to protect four of them. It is going after Passbook, the fruit themed firm's ticketing service that appears in IOS 6, according to Apple Insider.
In a complaint it said that its "visionary" intellectual property has been around since the late 1990s and has become widely adopted and celebrated by the travel industry.
Apparently it has not always been adopted fairly, at least according to Ameranth, and in court papers it said that it was suing other firms for infringing its patents.
In Apple's case the patent infringement is knowing and willful, it says, and has cost it profits that it otherwise would have made. Thus, it says, Apple should be punished. Accordingly, Ameranth is seeking triple damages and attorneys fees.
At issue are the patents 6,384,850, 6,871,325, 6,982,733, and 8,146,077. Ameranth details them on its homepage, saying that they relate to the restaurant business, ordering and wireless payment processing.
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THERE is no evidence to prove bilateral investment treaties signed by African countries have made them more attractive to foreign direct investment, despite it being the main reason to sign them, WRITES DIANNA GAMES.
The private sector tends to be the main beneficiary of treaties, with governments weakened by a lack of negotiating capacity.
These are among the findings of an Economic Commission for Africa report looking at issues about, and the consequences of, investment policies and bilateral investment treaties. The report was launched at the African Development Week in Addis Ababa. The decision to do the research was based partly on pressure from SA, which has terminated its bilateral investment treaties, replacing them with legislation that makes the government the guarantor of investments in the country.
SA came under fire from many of its key trading partners for the move but, going by the discussion at the report’s launch a fortnight ago, held under the auspices of the commission and African Union, there is wide support in Africa for a change in the terms of engagement with international investors.
Africans have, over many years, used these treaties to attract investors to opportunities in their countries in a move to counter perceptions of the risk they faced in these markets.
Collectively, Africa has the highest number of such treaties globally — more than 1,000 — mostly with non-African nations.
But the report suggests that Africa has been short-changed, exploited by more developed countries that have been able to influence bilateral terms of engagement by allowing their high-powered and experienced legal teams to outmanoeuvre their less experienced African counterparts easily.Read more ...
PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma undertook a state visit to Nigeria last week – a country he knows very well. But the Nigeria that President Jacob Zuma encountered on his short state visit last week is a totally different country to the one that hosted him in the 1970s as an exiled African National Congress (ANC) operative, WRITES SAM MKOKELI
A few incidents in recent years revealed a deepening gulf between SA and Africa’s largest economy, but Nigeria rolled out the red carpet for Zuma as Africa’s superpowers try to revive their diplomatic and economic ties. The tension would have been palpable right up to the moment President Muhammadu Buhari accused SA of unwittingly aiding terrorism in Nigeria.
The countries have a long history of co-operation and conflict. After gaining independence in 1960, the Nigerian government vowed to help free other African nations from the clutches of colonialism. Nigeria played host to and supported ANC leaders in the 1970s. They included Zuma and his predecessor Thabo Mbeki.
But by the time the ANC came to power in 1994, it was sceptical of Nigeria’s military rule and its concomitant lack of respect for human rights. Nelson Mandela went as far as calling for Nigeria’s expulsion from the Commonwealth. The tensions reached boiling point after Sani Abacha’s government upheld the decision to execute writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and a group known as the Ogoni Nine. Read more
THE question doing the rounds in Zimbabwe is how President Robert Mugabe did not know his government had been robbed of billions of dollars in diamond revenues by mining companies even though it had a 50% stake in all of the six mining ventures, WRITES DIANNA GAMES.
Questions are also being raised about how he did not know about the apparent looting of the country’s resources when his own military and highly placed officials were among those allegedly profiting from the diamonds being mined at the lucrative Chiadzwa diamond fields.
Mugabe said this month that despite presumed revenues of $15bn from the Chiadzwa fields, the government had seen just $2bn. The balance, he inferred, had been stolen. He ordered all mining companies to stop work and leave the mines, saying the state would take over the country’s diamonds to prevent further theft.
Mugabe’s attempted occupation of the moral high ground is ironic, given that the looting of the diamond fields was believed to have been sanctioned by his Zanu (PF) party.
The president seems to be taking no responsibility for allowing a slip of this magnitude.
THE tourist town of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt is battling to keep the doors of its hotels and restaurants open. The millions of tourists who normally patronise this picturesque town, which sits between the Red Sea and the Sinai Desert, have dwindled to a trickle after the crash of a Russian airliner with 224 people on board shortly after take-off from this popular holiday resort in October, WRITES DIANNA GAMES.
Not only are jobs and businesses at stake, the plunge in tourist dollars has exacerbated a serious foreign currency crisis.
Tourism contributes about 13% to Egypt’s gross domestic product, and at its peak in 2010, the industry hosted nearly 15-million visitors.
The ailing town was given a boost earlier this month by the arrival of up to a thousand visitors for the Africa 2016 conference, an Egyptian government event designed to revitalise ties with the rest of Africa. Its secondary role was presumably to show the world, or Africans at least, that it is safe to travel there, with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi hosting four African presidents (from Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Sudan) and Ethiopia’s prime minister. The event was incident free but security was tight.
Sisi, battling with the economic legacy of political upheaval, wants to increase trade and investment with African countries. This month’s event follows the launch of the Tripartite Free Trade Area, linking three major regional economic trade blocs, at the same venue last year, signalling a real determination to exploit the African market.
While Sisi spoke of the close ties between Egypt and Africa, the age-old question was raised about whether Egypt, along with other countries in North Africa, considers itself to be African, given its closer alignment with the Maghreb region and Europe. However, Egypt has been a member of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) since 1998.
Its companies have invested $8bn in African countries to date in sectors including construction, transport, telecommunications, agribusiness and mining.
Egypt, as one of the most sophisticated economies in Africa alongside SA, has a trade balance with the rest of Africa in its favour. In 2014, exports to Comesa states were $2bn and imports only $700m.
SA is not among Egypt’s top five trading partners in Africa, but this may change with the launch of the Tripartite Free Trade Area, which will provide a critical Cape to Cairo trade link.
ONE of the most significant changes in the business landscape over the past decade has been the growth of African companies north of the Limpopo, WRITES DIANNA GAMES.
Although the growth of South African companies and their activities in other African markets get a lot of attention, they are increasingly competing with home-grown companies in their chosen markets.
These companies are developing regional and continental strategies in competition with South African, Asian and Western multinationals.
The rapid growth of the private sector in key African economies is the cumulative result of an era of market-driven economies and business reform but also an increasing trend for locals to support, rather than eschew, their own companies.
Opportunity is luring back experienced African business people from Western multinationals to grow local companies as part of a new corporate nationalism not seen in Africa before. These local companies are taking on global multinationals in their home markets and, in many cases, winning.
Research by the Boston Consulting Group conducted last year on the impact of growing African companies on the operations of global multinationals was discussed at an event hosted by the Gordon Institute of Business Science in Johannesburg last week.
Even though many multinationals are seeing growth in their African businesses, they are losing market share to local competitors.
The consulting group says 73% of developed country multinationals surveyed considered local companies to be a threat to their business compared with 50% for companies from emerging markets and 40% from traditional multinationals.
This is a marked change from even a decade ago when global multinationals did not see local companies as competition in Africa.
There are many advantages enjoyed by competitive local companies. They include a looser corporate structure that allows agility in decision-making and innovation; the ability to focus investment and resource allocation on the home base; a deep understanding of the local market in terms of products, services and processes; and embedded market intelligence and longstanding local networks.
Global multinationals are constrained by boards and shareholders based in other countries that do not always understand or appreciate the challenges and opportunities in Africa. Foreign managers tend to be on short-term contracts, a situation that prevents them from becoming properly embedded in country markets. There are also often challenges raised by the need to adhere to onerous safety and corporate governance standards and regulations formulated in developed markets and, increasingly, the limitation of being foreign in a continent that is rapidly "going local".
However, multinationals have advantages local companies do not, including a global backbone that can support local operations in tough times; deep pockets to build brands and products; the ability to leverage experience from other emerging market operations; ownership of prestigious and recognised brands; and access to world-class data and information platforms.
THE inaugural flight by South African Airways (SAA) last week from Johannesburg to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, was a milestone in the relationship between the two powerhouses of Africa, WRITES DIANNA GAMES.
The launch of the route is not just about moving people between two strategic cities; it is symbolic of a greater connectedness between Africa’s two biggest economies that is long overdue.
The launch of the route between Johannesburg and Abuja came 19 years after SAA began flights to the commercial hub of Nigeria, Lagos, in 1998 — a route that became one of the fastest growing in SAA’s history and is still among the top three busiest for the airline in Africa.
In 2011, the SA-Nigeria Binational Commission increased the number of flights from seven to 10 each for both countries.
SAA flies seven times a week to Lagos and the three remaining slots are being used for the Abuja flights. The new route forms part of SAA’s turnaround strategy, and there are early signs of success.
The first return flight from Abuja to Johannesburg last week had a load factor of 67%.
Airline executives believe the route will be profitable in a reasonably short time.
There are many reasons why. First, many people who do not live in Lagos prefer to avoid the city if they can. The airport experience can be trying, with antiquated infrastructure and systems struggling to keep up with growing passenger volumes. Travelling from Abuja is easier and may attract more people to SA.
Second, the Abuja flights will provide a link for trading centres in northern Nigeria, allowing flights not just to SA, but to Southern Africa and to other regions such as Brazil, which has strong commercial ties with Nigeria.
The route will also make it easier for South African investors to connect to Nigeria’s administrative and political centre. What is more, it will facilitate interaction between the two governments.
The political dimension is significant. The choice of Abuja as SAA’s newest destination signals the fact that Nigeria is still an important partner for SA.
This will be cemented by the state visit to Nigeria by President Jacob Zuma in a few weeks.
An airline is an important diplomatic tool and the timing of the new SAA flight is good, coming at a time when there is a real willingness to build stronger ties between two countries that have had a complicated past relationship.
A SOBERING snippet of information for Africa watchers appeared last week: the continent’s exports to China fell 38% to $67bn last year, and foreign direct investment into Africa fell 40% in the first six months. It was also reported that Africa’s imports from China rose 3.6% to $102bn — bad news for African producers, WRITES DIANNA GAMES.
African leaders who clustered around President Xi Jinping and his team in Johannesburg at the China-Africa summit with outstretched hands late last year were not disappointed, with promises of $60bn in aid and loans. But this sizeable, although not altruistic, promise is not going to change Africa’s fortunes in the near term. That task lies with Africans themselves.
In the past week, as the year grinds into action, there has been some speculation over how Africa might fare this year. Most of the talk has focused on the external factors driving down growth rates and prospects for African economies, including, but not limited to, China’s slowdown.
There has been the usual proliferation of lists of countries investors should target this year, mostly the result of glib analysis based on random economic or political considerations. Each year, the lists change, showing the rapid change in fortunes of African countries — often, but not only, because of the effect of external factors such as economic problems in large trading partners, commodity prices and the lack of African countries’ economic engagement with each other.
Climate change, listed by the World Economic Forum as the biggest risk this year, is another.
"EBOLA was like a war in our countries," Guinea’s President Alpha Condé told the World Bank last year as he outlined the havoc that had been wrought by the rapid spread of the virus in the West African country.
At a meeting last April to seek funds for reconstruction, he was joined by the presidents of the other two worst-affected nations — Liberia and Sierra Leone. The leaders, who had been battling the spread of the virus for more than a year by then, outlined the devastating effect the health crisis had on their countries, WRITES DIANNA GAMES.
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In addition to more than 11,000 deaths, health systems collapsed, expatriate managers and contractors fled, agriculture almost collapsed, trade dried up, international travel connections were cut and revenues shrunk. Fear and superstition pervaded communities.
Dire predictions of the spread of the virus across the region were made by experts, with the World Bank suggesting the financial impact on the region by the end of last year might be a huge $32.6bn. But last week, there was some good news — Guinea was declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organisation, the last of the three countries at the epicentre of the disaster to be cleared. The last known case there was on November 16. The announcement was made 42 days later — twice the virus’s maximum incubation period. Sierra Leone was declared virus-free earlier in November.
Although the first case of Ebola emerged in Guinea, fewer people died there, with 2,500 casualties compared to 9,000 in neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone. Dozens of health workers also lost their lives elsewhere in Africa and on other continents. Guinea is now undergoing a 90-day period of "heightened surveillance" to ensure vigilance is maintained after the hard-won battle. Liberia, for example, found new cases after the country was twice declared Ebola-free. But, critically, Guinea and the other two nations can now start implementing Ebola-recovery programmes.
The effect on growth has been catastrophic. According to the International Monetary Fund, Liberia’s economic growth in 2014 was 0.7%, significantly less than 2013’s 8.9%. Growth in Guinea has stagnated at about 0.4%, while Sierra Leone is facing severe recession.
Hold on to your hats – next year will be a rocky ride for Africa WRITES DIANNA GAMES
CHINA’S promise last week to deepen partnerships with African countries and provide $60bn over three years to address constraints to development, was good news for a continent facing many headwinds as it rushes headlong into 2016.
Ironically, China’s slowdown is one of those headwinds. But there are many other issues that will make next year a difficult one for sub-Saharan Africa.
The continent’s petro-states have slashed budgets and put infrastructure projects on hold as budgets dry up, but they continue to reel from the effect of low oil prices.
Any hopes that this was just a brief cyclical blip have been dashed by the fact that 18 months since the oil price plunged, there is no sign of an upturn.
Oil industry executives speaking at the Africa Oil Week conference earlier this year confirmed the view that the "world of $50 oil" isn’t going to change anytime soon.
At the same event last year, oil majors flagged ambitious exploration projects and mentioned the billions of dollars lined up for Africa’s oil and gas assets. This year, the broad narrative focused on project pullbacks and how to negotiate this long, rocky road.
THE continent’s stock exchanges are a hard sell to African companies. Of more than 1.5-million businesses registered in Africa, only 1,600 are listed on the stock exchanges of the 23 states that make up the African Securities Exchanges Association (Asea), WRITES DIANNA GAMES.
At last week’s Asea conference in Johannesburg, delegates took a hard look at what Africa’s exchanges need to do differently to boost performance and relevance to attract investors and build assets.
Asea president and head of the Nigerian Stock Exchange Oscar Onyema suggested that new ways of engaging business leaders were needed, not just to talk about the benefits offered by Africa’s bourses, but for economies more broadly.
Poor corporate governance, he said, was responsible for most company failures in Africa.
The challenges of building up an asset base on a continent in which only about 2% of assets are traded are considerable. The weakness of the many stock exchanges across the continent is that most remain illiquid with little trade and few listed companies — and yet more and more countries want one. But many companies in Africa just don’t see the benefits of stock exchanges. There are multiple reasons for this. Read more ...

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What is a robot? Definition and examples
A robot is a machine, usually one that engineers can program, that is capable of carrying out a series of actions. In most cases, they are a series of complex actions which robots carry out automatically.
The term, in computing, also may refer to a ‘crawler.’ This is a program that systematically browses through the World Wide Web as it creates an index of data.
In science fiction, a robot is a machine with artificial intelligence that resembles a human being. Artificial intelligence refers to software technologies that make devices think and behave like human beings.
If we use the term to describe a person, it means that we think they behave in an unemotional and mechanical manner. If somebody says “I am not a robot,” they are trying to say that they have feelings.
Merriam-Webster has the following definitions of the word robot:
“1. A machine that resembles a living creature in being capable of moving independently (as by walking or rolling on wheels) and performing complex actions (such as grasping and moving objects), often, such a machine built to resemble a human being or animal in appearance and behavior.”
“2. A device that automatically performs complicated, often repetitive tasks (as in an industrial assembly line). 3. a person who resembles a machine in seeming to function automatically or in lacking normal feelings or emotions.”
Etymology of ‘robot’
Etymology is the study of where words came from. It is also a study of how the meanings of words have evolved or changed.
‘Robot’ is a fairly new term in the English language. It did not emerge until 1923, from the English translation of the 1920 play ‘Rossum’s Universal Robots’ or ‘R.U.R.’ by Karel Čapek (1890-1938). Čapek was a Czech writer who became famous for his science fiction stories.
The term comes from the Czech word ‘Robotnick,’ which means ‘forced worker.’ It came from Robota, which means ‘drudgery, forced labor, compulsory service.’
Robot – types
A robot is a device or machine. It is a machine that a computer has programmed. Robots may have an internal or external control device which guides them.
Some robots are ‘humanoid.’ In other words, they have two arms, two legs, a torso, and a head, just like humans do.
However, most robots do not look like humans. Engineers designed them to perform specific tasks with no regard to their appearance.
A robot may also be a virtual software agent. In such cases, we call it a ‘bot.’ Bots, internet bots, or web robots are software applications that run scripts over the Internet. The word ‘scrips,’ in this context, means automated tasks.
In most cases, bots perform simple and structurally repetitive tasks. They work at a much faster rate than we can on our own.
Web crawlers are bots. Web crawlers fetch, analyze, and file data from web servers. They do this many thousands of times faster than a human can.
In an Imperva Incapsula article, Igal Zeifman writes that bots represent more than half of all web traffic.
Some experts say that bots today steal many online advertising budgets.
A mobile robot can move around in its environment. In other words, it is not stuck in one physical location.
AGVs, for example, are mobile robots. AGV stands for Automatic (automated) Guided Vehicle. AGVs follow wires or markers in the ground. Some of them, on the other hand, use lasers or vision.
Mobile robots today exists in military, security, and industrial environments. People also buy them as consumer products which perform certain tasks such as vacuum cleaning.
Mobile robot research is a fascinating and rapidly-growing field. Nearly every major university has at least one lab that focuses on mobile robot research.
Robots and artificial intelligence are gradually replacing human workers in factories and offices. We call the process of replacing humans with clever machines ‘automation.’
Automation boosts efficiency and increases productivity. In other words, workers’ production per hour increases thanks to automation.
Many economists and sociologists today worry that automation will become so advanced that human labor will be superfluous. If nearly everybody became unemployed, what would society be like?