Debt is rallying across the region as a worsening economic outlook prompts dovish noises from central banks, suggesting the tightening cycle is over.
The chill winds of slowing global growth that convinced the Federal Reserve to stop raising interest rates are making themselves felt in Southeast Asia — nowhere more so than in the bond market.
Debt is rallying across the region as a worsening economic outlook prompts dovish noises from central banks, suggesting the tightening cycle is over. Indonesia and the Philippines will both hold debt sales this week that are expected to draw bumper demand if recent offerings are anything to go by. Bonds are also being boosted by slowing inflation, particularly in Malaysia, where the economy swung into deflation in January.
The prospect of any further Bank Indonesia tightening is diminishing after the central bank dropped some of its hawkish comments at its Feb. 21 rate meeting. The strength in the rupiah — which climbed to an eight-month high in February — is also reducing the need for further rate increases after the central bank hiked six times last year.
Indonesia is scheduled to sell bonds with maturities ranging from five to 30 years Tuesday after the previous auction on Feb. 26 drew a record $6.7 billion of bids. The extra yield on the nation's two-year debt over the central bank's policy rate shrank to a lowest on record this month, according to data compiled by Bloomberg starting in 2016.
Inflation in the Philippines slowed to 3.8 percent last month from a peak of 6.7 percent in September, pushing 10-year bond yields to the lowest since June. There's room for easing if inflation keeps slowing, newly appointed central bank Governor Benjamin Diokno said at his first media briefing on Friday.
The Philippines will sell 20 billion pesos ($383 million) of 10-year bonds on Tuesday. The most recent offering on Jan. 8 drew the second-highest amount of competitive bids on record. Government securities have gained 5.5 percent in the first two months of the year, the best performers after Greece among 34 sovereign markets tracked by Bloomberg.
Malaysia's bonds are also rallying due to a dovish central bank, which said last week inflation is likely to stay low due to policy measures, and it will continue to monitor downside risks in the economic and financial environment.
The yield curve has been bull flattening, with longer-maturity yields dropping faster than shorter-dated ones, amid expectations inflation will remain suppressed. The central bank appears ready to cut its policy rate if needed to support the economy, according to Bloomberg Economics.


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The LHCb magnet consists of two huge 27 tonne coils mounted inside a 1450 tonne iron yoke.
Les responsables du projet d'aimant de LHCb posent dans la caverne au point 8 devant l'aimant du détecteur entouré de sa culasse d'acier.
Scintillating tiles are carefully mounted in the hadronic calorimeter for the LHCb detector. These calorimeters measure the energy of particles that interact via the strong force, called hadrons.
A typical LHCb event fully reconstructed during data taking on May 9th 2016. Particles identified as pions, kaon, etc. are shown in different colours.
Illustration of the possible layout of the quarks in a pentaquark particle such as those discovered at LHCb.


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It's undeniable. The Maldives and Seychelles are the most stunning tropical island destinations in the world. Both offer luxury vacations on islands that have white sand beaches and are surrounded by incredible aquamarine waters. You can find private islands in both countries that will have you feeling like Robinson Crusoe on deserted islands. While both Seychelles and the Maldives are Indian Ocean Islands, there are, however, quite a lot of differences between the islands and it can be hard choosing which country to visit. So if you're struggling to pick between Seychelles vs Maldives, here's the lowdown.
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1000 Islands To Choose From
The Maldives is home to over 1000 tropical islands and it's the most geographically dispersed country in the world. This means that you'll have almost too many options to choose from! The islands are home to dreamy beaches, with sugar-white sand, vivid turquoise waters, and excellent snorkeling opportunities. It's easy to see why it's one of the most popular honeymoon destinations in the world as it's so incredibly picturesque.
The main airport that services the islands is Malé International airport. Once visitors have arrived in Malé, they transfer to their island of choice by either boat or seaplane, depending on where their vacation island is located in the Maldives.
Most people visit the Maldives and stay on one private island the whole time, doing water sports, snorkeling, swimming, spending time with their significant other, and eating incredible seafood — why would you ever want to leave?
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The Maldives and Seychelles may seem similar on the surface if you look at photos of their beaches, however, their islands are very different. The Maldives are flat, coral islands that sit just two meters above the sea. Many of the islands are surrounded by their own reefs offering excellent snorkeling and scuba diving opportunities.
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Sea Bungalows
The Maldives is home to some of the most picturesque accommodation in the world — the sea bungalow, which is a classic wooden bungalow on stilts, suspended over the tropical sea. You won't find many sea bungalow options in Seychelles, so if you want to live the dream, the Maldives is the right spot for you. You can also find tons of luxury land-based accommodation too if you prefer to have your feet firmly on the ground.
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The Maldives is home to some of the best, world-class resorts that offer unparalleled luxury. From exquisite hotels, through to 24-hour butler service, it's the perfect place to unwind on a honeymoon or to celebrate a special occasion.
As the Maldives are coral reef islands, the main activities are underwater. There are dive sites everywhere, and the snorkeling and scuba diving offers excellent visibility. You can spot tropical marine life such as angelfish and clownfish, through to bigger creatures such as whale sharks, manta rays, dolphins, and turtles.
Other top activities include sunbathing, relaxing in hammocks, and eating delicious seafood.
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Seychelles is an archipelago made up of 115 islands and it's home to equally breath-taking beaches, alongside tropical nature reserves, and tons of wildlife-spotting opportunities.
If you're the sort of person that might start to feel itchy staying in on one island in the Maldives for your whole vacation, Seychelles is a better option for you as there is a lot more to do. The islands in Seychelles are close together, and many people enjoy island hopping for added variety.
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Main Islands
Most travelers head to one of the main islands, such as Mahé, Praslin, or La Digue, which each have their own distinct flavor. Seychelles was a former French colony in the late 18th and early 19th century and its history has had a lasting influence to this day. On the main islands, you can explore French culture through cuisine, architecture, and markets, plus some of the islands have their own French-style cafe culture too. After exploring the main islands, if you want some privacy and downtime, you can easily do some island hopping by boat or seaplane and head to one of the private island resorts. For many, Seychelles has the perfect mixture of interesting towns and large islands, combined with private slices of tropical paradise.
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Seychelles are granite islands, and its main, large islands are home to rocky cliffs and white-sand beaches. If you visit one of the smaller private islands in Seychelles, you'll find islands that are visually very similar to the Maldives, with coral reefs and flat, white sand beaches.
Private Islands and Bungalows
Seychelles is home to tons of private islands, many of which are very small and only home to a handful of bungalows. As it has a different geological composition to the Maldives you won't really be able to find the classic sea bungalows that the Maldives is renown for.
Seychelles is a more family-friendly destination thanks to the islands' wider diversity and the range of vacation activities on offer. There's more accommodation variety in Seychelles, from guest houses and Airbnbs, through to high-end luxury accommodation. Seychelles can also be a lot more budget-friendly than the Maldives.
Seychelles is the perfect destination for the active traveler that likes exploring on vacation. Alongside its excellent underwater activities, such as snorkeling and scuba diving, the islands are also home to tropical rainforests and national parks, where you can hike, go rock climbing, or mangrove kayaking. As there are plenty of land-based activities, plus the fact there are main islands with plenty to do, Seychelles definitely wins in terms of variety of activities on offer.
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Alongside marine life, Seychelles is home to excellent wildlife spotting opportunities. Seychelles was uninhabited until the 18th century, which means that it has had unique conditions for rare animal and plant species to flourish. The most sought-after wildlife to spot is the enormous Aldabra Giant Tortoise. There's also an estimated 220 different species of birds, plus fruit bats and rare tree frogs.
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Religion Suit Vs. Navy Moves Ahead
Washington, Aug. 20--(AP) A lawsuit accusing the Navy of discriminating against evangelical chaplains will be expanded to represent all chaplains representing the conservative Protestant movement, a federal judge ruled.
Monday's decision by U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina gives a boost to a pair of suits saying the Navy Chaplain Corps favors some Christian denominations over others. Urbina based his ruling on legal procedure, not the merits of the claims, but it allows the chaplains to seek a broader and costlier settlement or judgment.
The lawsuits contend the Navy Chaplain Corps favors chaplains who are Roman Catholic or from mainline Protestant denominations over evangelical Protestants. Some evangelical Navy chaplains say they have been passed over for promotions, harassed by their superiors or forced out of the military.
Urbina's ruling means lawyers for the 17 evangelical Protestant chaplains suing the Navy can represent all evangelical chaplains. The Navy argued against making the lawsuits a class action. Arthur A. Schulcz, one of the chaplains' lawyers, said Tuesday that between 700 and 1,000 current and former chaplains could be covered by the lawsuit. "If you're the Navy, this has the makings of a rather serious issue," Schulcz said. "I have (as clients) a number of people who have been passed over, a number of people who have been separated (from military service)."
Navy spokeswoman Sharon Anderson said it would be inappropriate for the service to comment on a pending lawsuit. In court documents, the Navy has argued it does not discriminate and that the Protestant chaplains' complaints involve isolated incidents that should be handled individually.
The Navy has about 850 chaplains to provide religious services to members of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. The Navy divides its Christian chaplains into three categories: Roman Catholics, liturgical Protestants and nonliturgical Protestants. Liturgical Protestant denominations are those such as Presbyterian and Lutheran, which follow a set mode of worship, or liturgy. Nonliturgical denominations, such as Baptists and other Pentecostals, do not follow a set liturgy.
Chaplains suing the Navy say the service improperly sets aside a third of its chaplain slots for each category, although many more than a third of the sailors identify themselves as members of nonliturgical faiths.
Nonliturgical chaplains involved in the suit say they have been passed over for promotions in favor of less qualified Catholic or liturgical Protestant chaplains. They say some of their superiors have criticized or censored their sermons and pressured those who complained by stripping them of their duties or giving them poor performance evaluations. "It's what amounts to an old boys' club, run by and for certain denominations," Schulcz said.
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Ahead of its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show 2015, a new video showing the production-spec McLaren P1 GTR has been released.
The McLaren P1 GTR is inspired by the P1, the brand's luxury hybrid supercar. But this new version is even more powerful, as the British manufacturer is touting over 1000hp under the hood.
Most of the car's components were designed with competitive racing in mind. The steering wheel, for example, is based on the one in the MP4-23, which Lewis Hamilton piloted to an F1 World Drivers' victory in 2008.
Thanks to multiple customizable commands, the driver can keep both hands on the wheel while adjusting the car's settings. The seats and safety harnesses are designed by DTM, the German touring-car series.
The McLaren P1 GTR is slated to enter production in mid-2015 and will sell for around £2 million (around $3 million). At this price, each customer will have the opportunity to customize the car and to take part in exclusive events, including six dedicated races on F1-approved tracks.
The choice of the GTR initials is significant: these three letters entered automotive racing history in 1995, when McLaren entered the Le Mans 24 Hours race for the very first time and won with the F1 GTR.
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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. This country would be better off if we had a few more little old ladies in tennis shoes, don't you think, like Minny Pohlmann? (Applause.) Thank you, Minny, for your introduction, and more importantly, thank you for the many years of work you have done to clean up the Potomac and to set an example about responsible environmentalism.
Secretary Babbitt, Administrator Browner; to the CEQ Chairman, Katie McGinty, George Frampton, Bob Stanton, Mike Brown; to Neil Fitzpatrick, the Conservation Director of the Audubon Natural Society; and the two young people who came up with me, Hanna and Michael -- where are they, where are the young people who were with me? Thank you very much. And to all the school children who are here -- I wish you could have heard what they were saying over there as I was looking at some of the species that live in this water, because it is still not as pure as it ought to be, and reading the sign over there. Have you all read the sign on the creek?
"Fish from these waters contain PCBs. Do not eat catfish, carp or eel from these waters. You may eat a half a pound per month of large-mouth bass, or a half a pound per week of sunfish or other fish. Choose to eat younger and smaller fish of legal size. Always skin the fish, trim away the fat, and cook so that it drains away. The practice of catch and release is encouraged. Swimming is prohibited still due to high levels of bacteria."
We still have a lot of work to do on this, the most simple necessity of our lives, water. Pierce Mill and this part of Rock Creek Park are very important in the history of our country. Teddy Roosevelt used to come here to walk and to look at the creek, to get a little exercise.
I admire Teddy Roosevelt for many reasons, but one of the most important is that he taught us the necessity of preserving our natural resources and protecting our natural world. He established the National Wildlife Refuges. The Forest Service grew in size and vision under his leadership. His actions led to the creation of the National Park Service, which takes care of this very park. This great Republican President taught us that it would be foolhardy and spendthrift to try to play politics with our environmental treasures. Caring for our land wasn't just for Democrats or just for Republicans, it was an American cause and just plain common-sense. That was true at the beginning of this century when Teddy Roosevelt was President; it's even more true at the end of this century as we look toward a new millennium.
Roosevelt's legacy of nonpartisanship on the environment extended throughout most of this century. It was under another Republican President, Richard Nixon, that we created the Environmental Protection Agency, passed the Clean Water Act, and created the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
For a long time, therefore, Americans have stood as one in saying no to things like dirty water, and yes to giving our children an environment as unspoiled as their hopes and dreams. It is because of this commitment on the part of millions of Americans of both parties and all races and ethnic backgrounds, people from every region of our country and all walks of economic life, that last week you were able to take your children -- last weekend -- to a beach that was clean, or a lake that full of fish, or a river that was safe to swim in. And that's why I want to talk to you about some of the things that are going on now that present a threat to that way of life.
Some members of the new Congress, operating with major industry lobbyists, have come up with a bill that would roll back a quarter-century of bipartisan progress in public health and environmental protection. The bill would let polluted water back into our lives. It would increase the threat of improperly-treated sewage being released into our waters. The sewage could then wash up on our beaches, maybe on the very beach where you taught your children to swim.
We have worked as one people for 25 years -- as one people for 25 years -- across party lines to make our environment safer and cleaner. We cannot turn away from it now. There is still more to be done, not less.
Let me tell you about the true Clean Water Act, the one we have in place now, the one I'm going to use the power of the Presidency to protect. Every year the real Clean Water Act cleans more than a billion pounds of toxic pollutants from our water. Every year it keeps 900 million tons of sewage out of our rivers, lakes and streams. In human terms, it keeps poisons out of your child's evening bath and bedtime glass of water.
Once a river of ours was so polluted that it actually caught fire. Thanks to that act, that doesn't happen anymore. The story used to be that if you fell into the Potomac, which this stream runs into, you had to go to a doctor and get shots to protect yourself from disease. Because of the genuine Clean Water Act, that's on its way to being a dark and distant memory. Today the Potomac has rebounded. And many parts of it are safe for fishing and swimming.
Under the new bill in Congress all this could change. Instead of getting progressively cleaner, our water quality would go straight down the drain. We've heard all about beaches that have had to be shut down because of water waste and syringes on the sand. Some of us have been unlucky enough to have that experience firsthand.
The House bill would only increase this risk. Under its provisions, many coastal cities would be able to dump inadequatelytreated sewage and industrial waste into the ocean, increasing your family's chances of finding waste in the water when you're swimming or boating.
But this fight isn't just about how clean the water is when you're on vacation. It's also about the water that you drink every day, the water that you bathe in, the water that you use at home, the water that keeps you and your children and all of us alive.
This House bill would put the cleanliness and safety of our water at risk. Industries in our country use roughly 70,000 pollutants, chemicals and other material that can poison water if they're not controlled properly. This bill would make it easier for those poisons to find their way into our water.
Now, here's the part that really gets to me. This bill would also postpone, perhaps in definitely, action against some of the suspected sources of cryptosporidium in drinking water. Now, we all remember what that is. That's the deadly bacteria that contaminated Milwaukee's water supply just two years ago. One hundred people died from drinking it; thousands more fell ill. For more than a week, the people of Milwaukee were terrified to brush their teeth, make coffee, use ice cubes, even wash their clothes in their own city's water supply. If you can believe it, this bill that passed the House would prevent us from doing everything in our power to make sure that this never happens again.
Who could possibly think up such a bill? Well, the lawyers and the lobbyists who represent the polluters who wrote the bill. They were invited into the backrooms of what once was your Congress to write a bill that provides loopholes for their industries. They want to make it possible for their companies to get around the standards that are designed to protect us all. If the bill becomes law, that's exactly what will happen.
A big part of the American Dream goes way beyond economics and has to do with the preservation of our liberties and the stewardship of our land. This is a part of the American Dream. The stories these children told me this morning about the dreams they have for clean water and a clean environment, and growing up in an America where they'll be able to take their children to places like Pierce Mill -- that's a big part of the American Dream.
A lot of people sacrificed to give us this dream. And we shouldn't squander it in a momentary lunge away from common sense and the common direction the American people have been taking for a generation now.
Teddy Roosevelt said the nation's behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation, increased and not impaired in value.
Now, let's get away even from the beauties of the stream. Look at this -- every time I give a talk they give me one of these -- (laughter) -- because they're afraid I'll get hoarse or need it otherwise. We take this for granted. It's clean. It's safe. It's available to everyone. It won't make us sick. We have to have it to survive. Our lives depend on it. Why in the world would we do anything -- anything at all -- which would take away the simple security of the safety of this water from our children, ourselves and our future.
Ladies and gentlemen, this does not have to be a political issue. For 25 years, it has not been a partisan issue. We are seeing in this area a dramatic, unusual, unwarranted departure from the common-sense course that has kept America moving toward a cleaner environment and a better tomorrow.


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Unresolved border disputes between Afghanistan and Pakistan remain the biggest barriers to development
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In 2008, I came across the story of some potato farmers in Khost province. They had approached their local U.S. military commander to complain about an issue they were having. It was in January or February, and all the border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan were still closed off because of the murder of Benazir Bhutto.
After hearing them complain about how they couldn't make any money selling potatoes, the local U.S. military commander asked them if they needed seed. "No, that's not the problem," one said back. "We have no problem growing the potatoes. But we cannot sell them."
"Well," the local U.S. military commander responded, clearly puzzled. "What if we paved you a road to the nearest market? Would that help you sell your potatoes?"
"No," the Afghan farmer said back. "We don't need any more roads. We don't sell much to the local markets. Most of our customers are in Waziristan. We can't get our potatoes to the main bazaar to sell them with these closures."
The local U.S. military commander had an idea. "Well, can't you sell them in Khost?"
"No, the farmer said back, clearly frustrated. "This waiting has rotten one crop of potatoes already. We will starve if we cannot move our potatoes to the bazaar and sell them."
"I wish I could help you," the local U.S. military commander responded, clearly concerned. "But I do not have the authority to re-open the border. That is a decision the governments in Kabul and Islamabad must make."
The Afghan farmers gathered their potatoes they had brought as evidence they grow quality food and left, looking dejected.
This story is adapted from a real situation I encountered while still working with the Human Terrain System. The HTT member who recorded this situation was asking us researchers if there was any way to track the economic effects of border closures, or how one could go about asking Kabul and Islamabad to open them so local businessmen don't get harmed. We never were able to come up with a good answer--there are estimations of cost, but they're not grounded in much data.
There has been very little research about the economic costs of expensive cross-border commerce and how the unresolved political issues between Afghanistan and Pakistan contribute to a moribund local economy. From anecdotal evidence, the effects can be severe, but that doesn't mean they're severe everywhere.
What we do know is the difficulties of transporting commercial goods into Pakistan is such a hassle it's causing traders to publicly complain to the government:
Hundreds of trucks laden with dried and fresh fruits, herbals, carpets, precious and semi-precious stones have been stranded on both sides of the border due to technical problems in the recently-signed Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA), said Khan Jan Alakozay, the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries chairman.
This is a major problem in helping Afghanistan to develop economically. It is not a problem of infrastructure: Even before the U.S. military's ginormous paving campaign there was a lot of commerce between Afghanistan and Pakistan (in fact, many analysts argue that it was the Taliban's informal alliance with the so-called "trucking mafia" of Quetta that enabled them to be so effective at mobilizing their forces and maintaining some control of the roads). This is not a problem of security, either: The trucks are not being destroyed or attacked, they are literally sitting at the border waiting to deliver their goods.
The biggest barriers to Afghanistan developing economically are political, institutional, and regulatory--not physical or security or investment. Yet, most of the U.S. government's efforts to improve Afghanistan's security focus on physical solutions (like expanding the airport in Kandahar to export things like fruit and cement), security solutions (like the Village Security Operations the special operations forces are so enamored with), or foreign direct investment (as the TFBSO is so focused on). They focus on the wrong solutions to the wrong problem.
The U.S. government is not very active in resolving the political issues plaguing Afghanistan's government, or its relationships with Iran and Pakistan, two absolutely crucial prerequisites to it ever becoming a stable country again. We should not expect a particularly successful outcome so long as the politics of the region are relegated to secondary concerns, if they are concerns at all.
A version of this entry appeared at Registan.net.


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The following is only a sampling of the city's many small museums. You can see our write ups of the city's major museums by clicking here.
See the world through cats' eyes in sculptures, paintings, and prints at the KattenKabinet (Cat Cabinet), Herengracht 497 (tel. 020/626-5378; www.kattenkabinet.nl; tram: 16, 24, or 25). The museum is open Monday to Friday from 10am to 5pm, and Saturday, Sunday, and holidays from noon to 5pm (closed Jan 1, Apr 30, and Dec 25, 26, and 31). Admission is 57€ for adults, 4€ for studens, and free for children 12 and under.
Surely the most rollicking museum in town is the Pianola Museum, Westerstraat 106 (tel. 020/627-9624; www.pianola.nl; tram: 3 or 10), at Tweede Boomdwarsstraat in the Jordaan. Aficionados congregate in a front-room brown cafe to sip coffee and to listen to, and sing along with, vintage tunes played on some of the three dozen old player-pianos and automated music machines -- around half of them still in working order -- in this private collection. Among some 14,000 "recordings" on perforated-paper rolls are works by Debussy and Gershwin. The museum is open Friday-Saturday from 1 to 6pm, Sundays 1 to 4pmand for groups by appointment.
Geels & Co., a coffee-roasting and tea-importing store in the Red Light District, has been around for more than a century. It has a marvelous collection of antique grinders, roasters, tea canisters, and all sorts of coffee-and-tea-brewing paraphernalia in its small, atmospheric upstairs Koffie en Thee Museum (Coffee and Tea Museum), Warmoesstraat 67 (tel. 020/624-0683; www.geels.nl; tram: 4, 9, 14, 16, 24, or 25), at Oude Brugsteeg. Admission is free.
A boutique known for selling modern, fashionable (and occasionally bizarre) eyeglasses is the Brilmuseum (Eyeglass Museum), Gasthuismolensteeg 7 (tel. 020/421-2414; www.brilmuseumamsterdam.nl; tram: 1, 2, 5, 13, 14, or 17), between Singel and Herengracht. It lives up to its billing by displaying a collection of antique eyeglasses and taking you on an eye-opening tour through 700 years of impaired-vision aids. It's quite a spectacle. It's open Wednesday to Friday from noon to 5:30pm, and Saturday from noon to 5pm; admission is free.


MANILA, October 4, 2005 (STAR) By Donnabelle L. Gatdula - The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) surpassed by P600 million its target collection for September, the country's top finance official said yesterday.
Finance Secretary Margarito Teves told a press conference that based on preliminary data, the BIR collected P39.1 billion compared to a target of P38.5 billion for the period.
But the Bureau of Customs (BOC), he said, continued to fall short of its target. For the month of September, BOC reported a collection of P12.6 billion as against target of P13.6 billion.
The finance chief attributed the BOC's lower collection to lower imports and collection loopholes due to misclassification, undervaluation and smuggling.
The Bureau of Treasury, on the other hand, has been consistently exceeding its targets. From a target of P2.6 billion for September, the BTr's revenues stood at P3.8 billion.
Together, the three agencies surpassed their combined target for September by P700 million.
However, National Treasurer Omar Cruz hinted that the National Government is likely to incur a budget deficit for September. "September is a seasonally high expenditure month," he said.
In a related development, Teves said some multilateral institutions have indicated during his three-week trip to the US and London, that they are willing to extend financial and technical assistance to improve the country's tax collection and administration efficiency; and develop the capital market infrastructure and regulatory framework.
Furthermore, private investment banks are interested in providing liability management products and services and issuing peso-denominated bonds, he added.
At the same time, Teves said the US government is eager to support efforts by the BOC to counter technical smuggling through data sharing technology.
In his trip, Teves met with officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and OPEC Fund for International Development.
He also talked with investment banks: Credit Suisse First Boston, JP Morgan, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, UBS Warburg and Nomura.
Teves said they have assured the investor communities that the Philippine government is working hard to gradually improve its fiscal position through the implementation of vital fiscal reform measures such as the expanded value-added tax (EVAT).
"We hope to implement the EVAT by Oct. 15. We expect the Supreme to come out with a decision within this week," he said.


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This is it. Independence Hall is the quintessential Philadelphia landmark, without a doubt. Everything in historic Philadelphia is centered around this place. This is a place that every visitor to Philadelphia is essentially obligated to visit. Because, as we know, the Declaration of Independence was signed here on July 4, 1776.
The landmark building was completed in 1751 as Pennsylvania's State House, as Philadelphia was the state's capital during this time. It is one of the finest examples of Georgian style architecture, which can be seen throughout Old City and Society Hill. It has red brick facades, two separate wings connected by brick archways. There is a centrally placed belltower, topped by an iconic steeple added by William Strickland in 1828. After the signing of the Declaration of Independence and Constitutional Convention, Independence Hall briefly served as a museum owned by Charles Wilson Peale, before being sold to the city in 1818. It is now one of the essential symbols of the United States. Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession in 1865 stopped here, and it is one of the few sites in the United States to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The tour of Independence Hall starts in the East Building, where you are given a rundown of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, most of which you probably know by now. The guides are staff of the National Park Service, which are also present around Independence National Historic Park. Afterwards, you are led into the building itself through the entrance on Chestnut Street, where the grand foyer divides the building. The tour continues to a courtroom, where the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania met when this was the State House. The early Judicial System is explained in depth, as well as interesting tidbits about the room and architecture, such as the fact that the courtroom has a fake door. After this, you are led into the room.
That would be the Assembly Room, where the delegates debated, where the documents were written, revised, reviewed, and signed. When you stand in that room, you must consider not only that the likes of Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, Madison, and Hancock were in that room, but also that the United States as a whole was born here. When you consider everything that has happened to, in, or by the will of the United States, it is awe inspiring to consider that all of it began in this room. Regardless of your personal view on the United States as a country, it is one of history's most powerful, and has had a tremendous influence on the rest of the world. And all of it began in this room. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are among the most important documents in human history. They resurrected democracy after it had been absent for centuries. The Declaration showed that colonies of major empires could overthrow their motherlands, which would continue on to other parts of the world. And it all began here. Special note should go to the Rising Sun Chair, which George Washington was seated in during the Constitutional Convention. Benjamin Franklin stated that he was examining the decorative sun on the chair, attempting to see if it was rising or setting. He likened it to a rising sun rising over a new nation.
After visiting Independence Hall, you can go to the Great Essentials Exhibit, which is a small exhibit with a few items, although they are of great importance. The inkstand that Jefferson used to write the Declaration is present. The first printed copy of the Declaration of Independence is also on display here. Visitors should also visit Congress Hall, where the Legislative Branch met from 1790 to 1800. The tour of that begins in the House of Representatives, which hasn't changed much in function since then, and moves to the Senate and the senate offices. The Senate house is very well decorated, and is actually quite an impressive room. There are artworks throughout the rooms, including some rather interesting ones, like portraits of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. The offices of public officials can also be viewed, which made this one of the most ornate buildings of colonial Philadelphia. Also part of the complex is Old City Hall, Philadelphia's original city hall and the brief home of the U.S Supreme Court.
Free timed tickets are required for entrance. Reserving a ticket (which you should do) is $1.50. It is recommended that you purchase your tickets long in advance, especially if you are visiting in the summer. Tickets for the Fourth of July border on impossible to obtain. They are also available on a first come, first serve basis at the Independence Visitor Center. This is highly inadvisable, as tickets can be booked long in advance online. When you enter, you have to go between Independence Hall and Old City Hall for security, and afterwards you will be lead into Independence Square, where there are fences separating the line from the general public. It is advised you arrive 45 minutes before your timed tour begins, although you can probably cut it close if needs be.
For the love of God, do not even consider getting tickets the day of your visit, unless you plan on camping out at the Independence Visitor Center overnight.
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(VEN) - Most people have heard about Pho and spring rolls, but there is so much more to Vietnamese cuisine. From the ubiquitous street food to upscale French gastronomy and spicy Indian, there is something for everyone's palate and pocket. For the lazy or busy, there is also a thriving food home delivery industry.
The development of the national economy and presence of foreign nationals working in Vietnam and visiting the country have resulted in a vibrant, international restaurant scene, but Vietnam's famed street food still beats many of the foreign options in terms of taste, authenticity and price.
In 2018, the World Association of Chefs' Societies awarded a certificate of honor to the charming coastal town of Hoi An, crowning it as Vietnam's new food capital. One of the city's featured delicacies is the Banh Mi Phuong bread and Cao Lau, the legendary noodle dish which is the essence of Hoi An in a bowl. Cao Lau consists of chewy noodles, smoky pork, crisp greens and crunchy croutons, as well as refreshing bean sprouts. The pork is sliced thin and grilled in the traditional Chinese method known as char siu. For a true taste of these and other specialties, try Ong Hai's shop.
CNN featured 10 essential dishes every visitor should try in Vietnam, such as Pho (noodle soup with beef or chicken), Bun Cha (grilled pork with vermicelli and fresh greens), and Banh Xeo (sizzling pancake). For the initiated, Bun Cha is the top choice for lunch, especially if accompanied by fried crab spring rolls.
Banh Xeo has a yellow outer layer and is filled with pork strips, shrimp, and bean sprouts. Though some people might prefer to use chopsticks to eat it, the best way to enjoy it is eating with your hands. Take a piece of Banh Xeo and put it on rice paper, add fresh vegetables that are always served with the dish (lettuce, Vietnamese perilla, basil and bean sprouts) and roll them tightly. With each bite, dip the roll into the sauce served with the dish.
Each region has its specialties. Ho Chi Minh City, for example, is famed for its Bot Chien - fried dough that blends cassava flour, rice flour, and eggs. A plate of fried dough consists of rectangular, fried up pellets mixed with scrambled eggs, scallion, and shredded papaya.
The growth momentum of Vietnam's food business holds great development potential. Online food delivery companies, for example, are mushrooming and generating fierce competition among such start-ups as Now, GrabFood, Loship, and most recently Go-VIET.
According to market research firm Euromonitor International, the food delivery market in Vietnam is currently valued at US$33 million, and this figure is expected to exceed US$38 million by 2020.
great depth. He also said the country is poised to be Asia's next fine dining hotspot.


And now, first and foremost, you can never afford to forget for a moment what is the object of our forest policy. That object is not to preserve forests because they beautiful, though that is good in itself; nor because they are refuges for the wild creatures of the wilderness, though that, too, is good in itself; but the primary object of our forest policy, as of the land policy of the United States, is the making of prosperous homes. It is part of the traditional policy of home making in our country. Every other consideration comes as secondary. You yourselves have got to keep this practical object before your minds: to remember that a forest which contributes nothing to the wealth, progress, or safety of the country is of no interest to the Government, and should be of little interest to the forester. Your attention must be directed to the preservation of forests, not as an end in itself, but as the means of preserving and increasing the prosperity of the nation.
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Of course he does. Haven't you seen Miracle on 34th Street – preferably the Edmund Gwenn-Maureen O'Hara- John Payne version?
But even before the 1947 movie there was a fellow named Nicholas, Saint Nicholas. He's more the non-secular, non-commercial side of the season. In many countries he's also the main gift giver.
Nicholas was born in the third century in Patara, an area once Greek and now on the southern coast of Turkey. At an early age he inherited his family's wealth after his parents died. They had raised him as a Christian and he followed that teaching giving his fortune to "assist the needy, the sick and the suffering," in the words of the website devoted to him (stnicholascenter.org). He became known for his "generosity to those in need, his love for children and his concern for ships and sailors" and as a young man was named Bishop of Myra. Like many early Christian leaders he was persecuted, exiled and imprisoned. Later released, he died Dec. 6, 343.
The anniversary of his death – Dec. 6 — has become St. Nicholas Day in Western Christian counties. In the Netherlands it's celebrated on Dec. 5 and in Eastern Christian counties on Dec. 19.
Celebrations and customs linked to his day vary. In many places St. Nicholas comes dressed as a bishop with robes and a miter. He carries a book containing children's good and bad deeds. In some countries there are cookies made in his shape. Children may leave carrots or hay for his horse.
In the United States in areas with large Germanic populations, children would place shoes outside the door in hopes of getting a small gift. It's a continuation of a custom from the Old World and encompasses a story about how the real Nicholas secretly gave gold for the dowries of three poor sisters. He tossed the gold in and it landed, depending on the story, either in shoes or a stocking handing by the fireplace to dry.
While good children get gifts, bad children often are threatened by Krampus, a devil figure who accompanies St. Nicholas. They may shake sticks at children or give them ashes or a bundle of twigs. Sound familiar?


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PATCH MANAGEMENT, SECURITY, SERVER OPTIMIZATION, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT... These issues and others are no longer major concerns for the Universityof Memphis' CRM (customer relationship management) system. The reason:Back in 2005, the university moved its CRM system from an onpremisesolution to a hosted, SaaS (Software as a Service) configurationfrom RightNow Technologies.
In 2005, "We had a problem with one of our local systems," recalls Joe Matesich, director of university web and portal services at the university. "We were using Windows Server and SQL Server, and had issues with patches not being secure." That's when the university made the move to SaaS. "Even without the past security issues, hosting the RightNow solution made sense for the university as a whole," says the web services director. "Because this vendor constantly provides updates to its products, we always have the best and most complete solutions available, with none of the usual implementation hassles."
The University of Memphis isn't alone in its move to SaaS. Across the globe, colleges and universities are discovering the power (and payoff) of this hosted application model and its cousin, managed services. Generally, SaaS involves applications (such as CRM, enterprise resource planning [ERP], and e-mail) offered by a hosting provider. Managed services, in contrast, involve IT consultants and integrators remotely managing university networks and applications, using a range of SaaS apps.
SaaS isn't perfect: Not all applications are designedfor deployment over the internet. And inconsistentbroadband connections, software bugs, and poorcentralized management can knock out SaaS apps.
For either SaaS or managed services, universities pay a flat monthly fee instead of purchasing hardware and software outright, thereby reducing capital expenses for hardware, software, and data center build-outs. "Some universities are fed up with hidden fees, maintenance fees, and support fees from traditional applications," says Rich Baker, a consultant who serves community colleges in Florida and Georgia. "SaaS makes all of those headaches go away."
Many high-tech research firms agree with that assessment. According to Gartner, SaaS has gone from being an idea, four years ago, for early adopters, to representing a fundamental shift in the software industry today.
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Still, SaaS isn't perfect. For one thing, not all applications are designed for deployment over the internet. What's more, inconsistent broadband connections, software bugs, and poor centralized management can knock out SaaS applications.
SaaS vs. ASPs: What's the Dif?
Poor ASPs! They tried to fine-tune their applications for each one of their customers. Today, SaaS providers offer a true one-size-fits-all approach.
During the late 1990s, many startup technology companies tried to position themselves as so-called Application Service Providers (ASPs). In some ways, ASPs paved the way for the current Software as a Service (SaaS) revolution. But ASPs should not be confused with SaaS providers.
Generally speaking, ASPs tried to fine-tune their applications for each one of their customers. But since customer needs can vary so greatly, it became impossible for many ASPs to maintain all of the different software configurations their customers were demanding. ASPs also stumbled because of inconsistent broadband connections and poorly written client code. While today's web browser-based applications run quickly, thanks to standards like AJAX, early browser-based applications required far more memory and often suffered from sluggish performance.
In stark contrast, today's SaaS companies offer a onesize- fits-all approach to their customers. Salesforce.com, for example, can scale from a small business up to a large university-- without requiring major code changes.
"SaaS remains in its glamour period," says Ed Golod, president of Revenue Accelerators, a New York-based consultancy serving software companies and managed service providers. "Wall Street investors are hyping publicly held SaaS companies. Venture capitalists are hyping SaaS. And everyone is talking about moving their data and applications out onto an internet cloud. But at some point, we're going to hear a few horror stories about lost customer data and remote system outages."
Indeed, even Amazon.com's S3 (Simple Storage Service) has suffered two major system outages this year, notes GigaOm, a media site that covers emerging technologies. (S3 is an on-demand storage system that some universities and thousands of businesses are evaluating for remote data backup and information retrieval.) Sure, each S3 outage lasted only a few hours. But for a university managing enrollment, student data, and other mission-critical information, extended application outages aren't an option.
Further complicating matters, some critics continue to confuse SaaS companies with the failed Application Service Provider (ASP) industry. Many ASPs went from boom to bust during the dotcom gold rush (see "SaaS vs. ASPs: What's the Dif?").
There are a range of SaaS-oriented applications from which to choose, covering a broad array of campus IT functions. Check out this sampling:
Content management. Microsoft recently introduced a hosted version of SharePoint, the company's content management system.
CRM. Customer relationship management help comes from such companies as Salesforce.com, RightNow Technologies, and open source startups like Compiere and SugarCRM. In mid-2008, Microsoft also announced plans to offer its Dynamics CRM software as a hosted service.
Databases. Earlier this year, Logicworks became the first authorized US partner to host MySQL, an increasingly popular open source database that higher ed institutions can use to drive their Web 2.0 applications.
E-mail and groupware. Microsoft recently began hosting Exchange Server for its customers. And regional hosting providers such as EtomicMail offer hosted security solutions to safeguard groupware applications.
ERP or enterprise resource planning applications. Attenda of Middlesex, UK, was the first European managed services company to offer hosted SAP applications to businesses and universities. Hosted SAP applications remain in their infancy, but SAP has lined up several additional hosting partners worldwide, in recent months.
Unified communications and VoIP. A range of service providers offer hosted unified applications, allowing universities to marry their voice communications to their IP networks.
Good Outweighs Bad
Despite the S3 hiccups and some lingering ASP confusion, however, the SaaS industry continues to gain momentum. Most of the major established SaaS applications (offered by such companies as Salesforce.com, NetSuite, and RightNow) have earned high grades for their reliability and scalability. (Check out Astadia's Student Lifecycle offering, built on Salesforce.com's Force.com platform.) Then too, demand for SaaS applications continues to grow. Case in point: The SaaS 20 Stock Index, managed by MSPmentor, rose more than 15 percent this summer because of strong earnings and rapid revenue growth reported by a range of SaaS-centric companies.
Getting Started With SaaS
To be sure, SaaS offers clear benefits to universities (see "Why SaaS Is Winning Converts"). And there are multiple ways to get started with SaaS. The most traditional approach is to reach out to a software company that specializes in SaaS. Providers such as Salesforce. com and NetSuite, for instance, were launched to focus purely on SaaS. Other companies such as the Dynamics CRM team at Microsoft were initially staffed by on-premise software experts, and evolved to offer SaaS versions of their software. No matter which route you opt to take, engaging a SaaS company isn't rocket science; thousands of businesses and hundreds of colleges and universities already use hosted applications, so best practices for such deployments are firmly established.
Matesich at the University of Memphis notes, "RightNow was our first SaaS deployment and, looking back, we probably wouldn't do anything differently. RightNow was the appropriate choice, was easy to implement, and is easy to use."
Another SaaS approach involves universities leveraging applications from one another. A prime example: Drexel University (PA) hosts SunGard's SCT Banner application for both Cabrini College (PA) and Medaille College (NY), notes John Bielec, Drexel's CIO and VP for information resources and technology. Cabrini and Medaille are relatively small colleges that couldn't afford to purchase and maintain ERP applications on their own. By turning to Drexel, both colleges gain a proven ERP system that's designed from the ground up for the higher education vertical. In return, Drexel receives a recurring revenue stream from Cabrini and Medaille, to help offset the cost of its own IT operations. (Read more on this partnership in "Is Open Source the ERP Cure-all?" CT May 2008.)
'Open' to Alternatives
For the most part, the first SaaS applications used closed-source code, meaning that only the software provider could view and enhance the code. More recently, open source applications have been moving into the SaaS market. SugarCRM, for example, allows customers and partners to view and make changes to the company's source code. Although SugarCRM began its life as an on-premise application, roughly 30 percent of new deployments involve SaaS engagements, according to CEO John Roberts.
Other open source applications moving into the SaaS market include Zimbra, an e-mail platform owned by Yahoo!; Compiere CRM; Concursive CRM; and Open-Xchange groupware. Stanford University (CA), for instance, recently decided to embrace Zimbra because the university preferred the software's open architecture, notes a university press release.
Golod at Revenue Accelerators predicts that "By 2010, most new SaaS deployments in higher education will include open source components. Linux, Apache, and other open source options got their start in universities. It's only natural for those same universities to demand open source for their SaaS applications."
Despite the growing popularity of SaaS, the technology does face some lingering challenges. For many colleges and universities that spent the 1990s building and refining their ERP systems, it simply doesn't make sense to abandon legacy investments that are finally delivering value. "Rip-and-replace has never been a popular strategy among university CIOs," Golod concedes.
And SaaS itself faces limitations. According to Gartner analysts, some SaaS applications are suffering under the weight of governance, data security, customization, architecture, agility, scale, and integration challenges. In addition, universities need to ensure that IT and business managers can effectively manage their SaaS partner relationships, note these same industry pundits.
Lingering SaaS Challenges
Though popular, SaaS isn't perfect. Here are five potential SaaS issues affecting universities. Do your homework!
Data privacy. Determine how the SaaS provider stores and safeguards information, and protects university data.
Data availability. Examine the SaaS provider's contingency plan, and make sure service level agreements (SLAs) allow you to take the data from one SaaS provider to another.
Data silos. Determine whether your data can be shared and coordinated among multiple SaaS applications such as a CRM system and a unified communications system.
Staff resources. Identify how you'll work with your SaaS provider.Will you receive a dedicated relationship manager? When is your provider available to answer university inquiries?
But the challenges don't end there. As universities outsource more and more applications to SaaS providers, they run the risk of creating multiple data silos that don't communicate with one another. Here again, startup software companies are working to address these challenges. Take SnapLogic, which is developing middleware that creates links between SaaS applications such as CRM, ERP, and financial management systems, allowing universities to more easily coordinate data across multiple hosted systems, says SnapLogic CEO Chris Marino.
Similarly, companies like Vembu are writing backup applications that allow universities to back up their data to off-site management service providers (MSPs). The MSPs, in turn, can further protect the university data by creating links between the Vembu systems and Amazon.com's S3 service. The connectivity between Vembu and S3 service should arrive later this year, according to a Vembu spokesman.
The Innovation Factor
As software companies fill in the remaining SaaS gaps, some institutions are discovering that outsourced SaaS applications enable their IT teams to focus on innovation rather than system maintenance. In the typical enterprise, more than 80 percent of IT spending goes to system and network maintenance, and less than 20 percent goes to new IT developments that drive an organization forward, according to IDC researchers. But with SaaS, "We were able to free up some time for the system administrators who are now able to focus on more strategic activities," says Matesich. That's right in keeping with the mantra of Arizona State University maverick CTO and Campus Technology 2008 keynoter Adrian Sannier.
Why SaaS is Winning Converts
Generally speaking, there are at least four reasons why universities are moving many of their applications to a hosted or SaaS model.
SaaS has a predictable cost. By turning to a hosted application model, universities can avoid capital expenses for data center build-outs, power and cooling systems, application licenses, and other support costs.
SaaS eliminates system maintenance headaches. The hosting provider manages all software upgrades, patch management, and other enhancements.
SaaS can lower IT staffing costs, since universities don't need "hands on" coding experts to maintain the SaaS systems.
SaaS can be deployed in a matter of days or hours, assuming a university has clear goals for how the SaaS system will collect and manage data.
The situation is similar at Cabrini, where administrators were able to allocate dollars to new IT projects (such as wireless access) because the college's SaaS solution (hosted by Drexel) didn't require major up-front financial resources.
Ultimately-- and undeniably-- the case for SaaS is strong. While universities will need to keep many of their legacy applications in-house ("If it ain't broke, don't fix it"), a growing percentage of new deployments will be built upon SaaS. Matesich puts it plainly: "SaaS simply makes sense."
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Lepidoptera Collection
The Lepidoptera Collection has over 4 million specimens, occupying over 30,000 drawers and 3,000 alcohol jars. It includes 25,000 primary types. The collection has the most complete representation of both larvae (123,000 specimens) and adults in the Western Hemisphere. The collection is particularly rich in Nearctic and Neotropical species as well as Palearctic material for most families. The microlepidoptera collection contains excellent coverage of Far Eastern species.
Taxonomic groups or geographic areas that are well represented include: Palearctic Lycaenidae; Japanese and Formosan Microlepidoptera; Neotropical Geometridae; Philippine Lepidoptera; Szechwan, China, Macrolepidoptera; Egyptian Lepidoptera; and Nearctic Sesiidae. The William Barnes Collection of a half-million North American Lepidoptera was the largest single acquisition, followed by the J. G. Franclemont Collection.
Lepidoptera Collection Highlights
Some of the more important accessions that are included in the National Collection are as follows:
Anastase Alfieri, 1966 (purchase). Egyptian Heterocera, including many type specimens.
C. F. Baker, 1928 (gift). More than 300,000 specimens; contains perhaps the largest number of Philippine Lepidoptera assembled by one person, plus abundant material from Malaya.
William Barnes, 1931 (purchase).
This collection consists mainly of North American material, incorporat-ing specimens from the Oberthiir, Taylor,Kearfott, Polling, Lacy, Field, Hill, Longley, Spalding, and Merrick Collections. With 473,000 specimens, including 1,950 holotypes, this was the largest single acquisition.
Harold Box, 1963 (gift). Contains 5,000 specimens of the important sugar cane feeding genus Diatraea.
The Brighton Museum, Brighton, England, 1949 (gift). There are 15,000 Microlepidoptera in this collection. Nearly all species from England are represented.
J. F. Gates Clarke, 1937 (gift). The original gift consisted of over 10,000 specimens from the Pacific Northwest. All Clarke types (over 300), except one, are in the USNM.
Paul Dognin, 1925 (purchase). The collection consists of 82,000 specimens including 3,000 Dognin types and over 300 Thierry-Mieg types.
H. G. Dyar, 1903 et seq. (gift). The first contribution recorded consisted of 20,000 specimens from British Columbia. In 1917 Dyar added 17,000 North American specimens. Numerous smaller gifts were made later.
G. P. Engelhardt, 1941-43 (gift). This collection contains over 9,000 Sesiidae. Nearly all specimens are reared; the larvae being associated with the adults.
Douglas Ferguson, 1970 et seq. (gift). Contains 53,000 specimens from the northeastern U. S. and eastern Canada, predominantly Nova Scotia. Newfoundland is also included.
C. H. Fernald, 1924-25 (purchase). This is a type collection of Microlepidoptera containing Fernald's tortricid types, Fitch's types of Pterophoridae, and also types from Fish. The collection contains cotypes of Walsingham, Hulst, Packard, and Grote.
W. D. Field, 1947 (gift). Contains 5,000 specimens of Japanese and European Rhopalocera.
J. G. Franclemont, 1976 et seq. (gift). This collection will contain 250,000-300,000 specimens when accessioning is complete. Although primarily North American in coverage, it is rich in material from the eastern Palearctic, the Neotropics, and the Philippine Islands.
R. W. Hodges, 1962 (gift). Consists of 25,000 specimens primarily of North American Microlepidoptera largely from Arizona, New York, and Florida.
Syûti Issiki, 1972 (purchase). This collection constitutes the most complete assemblage of Japanese and Formosan Microlepidoptera ever brought together; it contains about 95% of the known Japanese species. There are 78 holotypes and more than 200 secondary types in this material.
W. S.. McAlpine, 1972 (gift). Consisting of more than 12,000 specimens, predominantly of the genus Calephelis, it is also strong in miscellaneous Michigan Lepidoptera.
A. Philpott, 1928 (gift). Included in this gift is a nearly complete collection of New Zealand Microlepidoptera.
William Schaus, 1901 et seq. (gift). This contains most of the approximately 200,000 Neotropical specimens collected by Schaus. About 5,000 of his types are included.
J. Adger Smyth, 1947 (gift). This worldwide Lepidoptera collection made by Ellison A. Smyth contains more than 16,000 specimens. In 1970, an additional 1,000 specimens were donated from the Americas and Africa.
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Scott Miller: MillerS@si.edu
NMNH Smithsonian Insitution
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Paul Goldstein: paul.goldstein@usda.gov
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Alma Solis: alma.solis@usda.gov
Jim Young: Jim.D.Young@usda.gov
USDA National Identification Service (APHIS)


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Taylor Hatala Net Worth 2021, Age, Height, Weight, Biography, Wiki and Career Details Net Worth, Biography, Age, Birthday, Family, Partner & Wiki
Real Name/Full Name: Taylor Hatala
Nick Name/Celebrated Name: Taylor Hatala
Birth Place: Edmonton, Canada
Date Of Birth/Birthday: 14 June 2003
Age/ How old: 18 years old
Height/How tall: In centimeters: 160.02 cm
In feet and inches: 5' 3"
Weight: In pounds: 90.39 lbs
In kilograms: 41 kg
Hair Colour: Brown/Blonde
Parent's name: Father: Chad Hatala
Mother: Theresa Hatala
Siblings Reese Hatala
Zodiac sign: Gemini
Marital Status: N/A
Kids/Children Name: N/A
Profession: Dancer
Last Updated: 'August
Taylor Hatala is an 18-year-old Canadian dancer. She went viral for choreographing Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" and Meghan Trainer's 'All About That Bass.' She has competed in the second season of World Of Dance and has been featured on the Lifetime Series Dance Video Throwdown.
Well, how well do you know about Taylor Hatala? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about Taylor Hatala's net worth in 2021, her age, height, weight, boyfriend, husband, kids, biography and complete details about her life. Well, if you're all set, here is what we know about Taylor Hatala to date.
Taylor Hatala was born on 14th June in 2003 in Edmonton, Canada, to Chad and Theresa Hatala. She is a Gemini by birth. She lives with her family in Canada and has a younger sister, Reese, a dancer. She started dancing with jazz and ballet at the age of 3, and by the age of 6, she started performing and dancing on hip hop songs and gradually had grown a love for it. She gained more popularity when she shared her dance on Anaconda's song by Nicki Minaj on social media. She was invited to the Ellen Show, which made her known worldwide.
So, how old is Taylor Hatala in 2021 and what is her height and weight? Well, Taylor Hatala's age is 18 years old as of today's date 8th August 2021 having been born on 14 June 2003. Though, she is 5' 3" in feet and inches and 160.02 cm in Centimetres tall, she weighs about 90.39 lbs in Pound and 41 kg in Kilograms. Her eye color is Blue and hair color is Brown/Blonde.
Taylor Hatala has not spoken about her schooling, but it is evident from one of her recent Instagram posts that she has graduated high school this year. Besides studies, Hatala is making her career in her passion, dance.
Taylor has a small family of 3 members, her father Chad, mother Theresa, and sister Reese. Her sister Reese is a part of Will Adam's ImmaBEAST dance company and participated in the World Of Dance Season 2 with Taylor. Her personal life is not much revealed, but she posts about her daily life, photoshoots, dance practices, choreographies, and various dance videos on social media. She also posts pictures with her parents, sisters, off days, and vacations. She has not reflected on her relationship status yet. She is too young to be engaged or married.
Moreover, she seems to be enjoying her singlehood rather than her life. She has posted videos with a boy but has not spoken anything about her love life. Taylor seems extremely happy with the bonds she shares with her family and her friends. Being young, she has kept herself away from all the controversies and is maintaining a clean image.
Is Taylor Hatala Lesbian?
Minor information has been found about her sexual orientation, but it is reflected through her post that she is not a lesbian and has linear relationships with her friends.
Taylor is a young Canadian dancer. She is highly flexible and has fantastic dance moves. Taylor started becoming famous after posting her dance video on Anaconda and her choreography for Taylor Swift and Meghan Trainer's music videos. Relatively young she has taken part in America's Got Talent and Janet Jack Unbreakable son's world tour.
She was featured in the Lifetime series 'Dance Video Throwdown.' Besides these. She has been to World Of Dance 2 with her dance partner Josh Beauchamp. Taylor is quite active on social media and has her own YouTube channel where she posts her dance videos since the year 2013 and has launched the channel on 19th December 2013.
She has gained social media attention through her talent and her beautiful dance moves. She had around 224k subscribers on YouTube and 1.3 million followers on Instagram. Hatala has also appeared in the TV series "Fresh Off The Boat" and in the short film" Happy Birthday, Mango" as the character Alex.
She has performed in the BET Music Awards with Chris Brown and danced for the NBA team alongside other dancers. Taylor is also a part of Block LA, an agency that that represents talented dancers, choreographers, and athletes for featuring them in various shows, live performances, stage shows, awards, interviews, etc.
Taylor has not won any awards yet, but she will soon start winning awards for her talents and her passion for dance.
Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Taylor Hatala in 2021
As of the year 2021, Taylor's net worth is around $1 million, which she earns from dancing. Nothing has been known about her salary. It is also unknown how much she earns from brand endorsements
Taylor loves green tea Frappes from Starbucks.
She has spaced out in front of a crown during her performance but somehow managed.
She has collaborations coming up and has international teaching dates in China and Brazil.
She has double joints in her shoulders and would love to take up Breaking as another dance form.
Taylor is a highly talented young dancer who is focused on shaping her career. She wants to inspire others ad make one have faith in oneself. She participated in America's Got Talent in 2015 as a part of the dance group 'Suga N Spice.' In the same year, she chose to participate in Janet Jackson's 'Unbreakable' world tour. Though her main dance genres are hip hop, ballet, and jazz, she had developed her skills in other dance forms.


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Illogan Parish Plan was produced in 2011, as a document which sets out how the community sees itself developing over the next 5-10 years.
The Parish Plan enabled the community to have a say in the future development of their Parish. It provided the Parish Council with a clear framework of actions to be taken, based on what residents saw as important.
The Parish Plan was developed through a consultation process involving meetings and surveys of all residents.
To continue to build a community, locally led & controlled, that aspires to be attractive, supportive & inclusive, and that provides facilities for work, culture and recreation in an environmentally sustainable manner.
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