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package org.ldp4j.application.data;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.net.URI;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.TimeZone;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar;

import org.joda.time.DateTime;
import org.joda.time.Duration;
import org.joda.time.Period;
import org.joda.time.chrono.ISOChronology;
import org.joda.time.format.ISOPeriodFormat;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;

public final class Literals {

	public abstract static class DateTimeLiteralBuilder {

		private DateTimeLiteralBuilder() {
		}

		public final DateTimeLiteral dateTime() {
			return new ImmutableDateTimeLiteral(getDateTime(),Datatypes.DATE_TIME);
		}

		public final DateTimeLiteral date() {
			return new ImmutableDateTimeLiteral(getDateTime(),Datatypes.DATE);
		}

		public final DateTimeLiteral time() {
			return new ImmutableDateTimeLiteral(getDateTime(),Datatypes.TIME);
		}

		public final DateTimeLiteral year() {
			return new ImmutableDateTimeLiteral(getDateTime(),Datatypes.GYEAR);
		}

		public final DateTimeLiteral month() {
			return new ImmutableDateTimeLiteral(getDateTime(),Datatypes.GMONTH);
		}

		public final DateTimeLiteral day() {
			return new ImmutableDateTimeLiteral(getDateTime(),Datatypes.GDAY);
		}

		public final DateTimeLiteral yearAndMonth() {
			return new ImmutableDateTimeLiteral(getDateTime(),Datatypes.GYEARMONTH);
		}

		public final DateTimeLiteral monthAndDay() {
			return new ImmutableDateTimeLiteral(getDateTime(),Datatypes.GMONTHDAY);
		}

		protected abstract DateTime getDateTime();

	}

	public static final class DateTimeDateTimeLiteralBuilder extends DateTimeLiteralBuilder {

		private final DateTime dateTime;

		private DateTimeDateTimeLiteralBuilder(DateTime dateTime) {
			super();
			this.dateTime = dateTime;
		}

		@Override
		protected DateTime getDateTime() {
			return dateTime;
		}

	}

	public static final class XMLGregorianCalendarDateTimeLiteralBuilder extends DateTimeLiteralBuilder {

		private final XMLGregorianCalendar calendar;

		private TimeZone timezone;
		private Locale locale;
		private XMLGregorianCalendar defaults;

		private XMLGregorianCalendarDateTimeLiteralBuilder(XMLGregorianCalendar calendar) {
			super();
			this.calendar = calendar;
		}

		public XMLGregorianCalendarDateTimeLiteralBuilder withTimeZone(TimeZone timezone) {
			this.timezone = timezone;
			return this;
		}

		public XMLGregorianCalendarDateTimeLiteralBuilder withLocale(Locale locale) {
			this.locale = locale;
			return this;
		}

		public XMLGregorianCalendarDateTimeLiteralBuilder withDefaults(XMLGregorianCalendar defaults) {
			this.defaults = defaults;
			return this;
		}

		@Override
		protected DateTime getDateTime() {
			return normalizeChronology(new DateTime(this.calendar.toGregorianCalendar(this.timezone, this.locale, this.defaults)));
		}

	}

	private interface DateTimeLiteralBuilderFactory {

		DateTimeLiteralBuilder createBuilder(Object value, URI datatype);

	}

	private interface DateTimeLiteralBuilderAdapter {

		DateTimeLiteral adapt(DateTimeLiteralBuilder builder);

	}

	private static final ImmutableMap<Class<?>,DateTimeLiteralBuilderFactory> FACTORIES=
		ImmutableMap.
			<Class<?>,DateTimeLiteralBuilderFactory>builder().
				put(
					Date.class,
					new DateTimeLiteralBuilderFactory() {
						@Override
						public DateTimeLiteralBuilder createBuilder(Object value, URI datatype) {
							return of((Date)value);
						}
					}
				).
				put(
					GregorianCalendar.class,
					new DateTimeLiteralBuilderFactory() {
						@Override
						public DateTimeLiteralBuilder createBuilder(Object value, URI datatype) {
							return of((GregorianCalendar)value);
						}
					}
				).
				put(
					Calendar.class,
					new DateTimeLiteralBuilderFactory() {
						@Override
						public DateTimeLiteralBuilder createBuilder(Object value, URI datatype) {
							return of((Calendar)value);
						}
					}
				).
				put(
					DateTime.class,
					new DateTimeLiteralBuilderFactory() {
						@Override
						public DateTimeLiteralBuilder createBuilder(Object value, URI datatype) {
							return of((DateTime)value);
						}
					}
				).
				put(
					XMLGregorianCalendar.class,
					new DateTimeLiteralBuilderFactory() {
						@Override
						public DateTimeLiteralBuilder createBuilder(Object value, URI datatype) {
							return of((XMLGregorianCalendar)value);
						}
					}
				).
				put(
					String.class,
					new DateTimeLiteralBuilderFactory() {
						@Override
						public DateTimeLiteralBuilder createBuilder(Object value, URI datatype) {
							try {
								return of(new DateTime(value));
							} catch (Exception e) {
								throw new DatatypeCohercionException(value,datatype,e);
							}
						}
					}
				).
				build();

	private static final ImmutableMap<URI,DateTimeLiteralBuilderAdapter> ADAPTERS=
		ImmutableMap.
			<URI,DateTimeLiteralBuilderAdapter>builder().
				put(
					Datatypes.DATE_TIME,
					new DateTimeLiteralBuilderAdapter() {
						@Override
						public DateTimeLiteral adapt(DateTimeLiteralBuilder builder) {
							return builder.dateTime();
						}
					}
				).
				put(
					Datatypes.DATE,
					new DateTimeLiteralBuilderAdapter() {
						@Override
						public DateTimeLiteral adapt(DateTimeLiteralBuilder builder) {
							return builder.date();
						}
					}
				).
				put(
					Datatypes.TIME,
					new DateTimeLiteralBuilderAdapter() {
						@Override
						public DateTimeLiteral adapt(DateTimeLiteralBuilder builder) {
							return builder.time();
						}
					}
				).
				put(
					Datatypes.GYEAR,
					new DateTimeLiteralBuilderAdapter() {
						@Override
						public DateTimeLiteral adapt(DateTimeLiteralBuilder builder) {
							return builder.year();
						}
					}
				).
				put(
					Datatypes.GMONTH,
					new DateTimeLiteralBuilderAdapter() {
						@Override
						public DateTimeLiteral adapt(DateTimeLiteralBuilder builder) {
							return builder.month();
						}
					}
				).
				put(
					Datatypes.GDAY,
					new DateTimeLiteralBuilderAdapter() {
						@Override
						public DateTimeLiteral adapt(DateTimeLiteralBuilder builder) {
							return builder.day();
						}
					}
				).
				put(
					Datatypes.GYEARMONTH,
					new DateTimeLiteralBuilderAdapter() {
						@Override
						public DateTimeLiteral adapt(DateTimeLiteralBuilder builder) {
							return builder.yearAndMonth();
						}
					}
				).
				put(
					Datatypes.GMONTHDAY,
					new DateTimeLiteralBuilderAdapter() {
						@Override
						public DateTimeLiteral adapt(DateTimeLiteralBuilder builder) {
							return builder.monthAndDay();
						}
					}
				).
				build();

	private static final String DATATYPE_CANNOT_BE_NULL = "Datatype cannot be null";
	private static final String LANGUAGE_CANNOT_BE_NULL = "Language cannot be null";
	private static final String STRING_CANNOT_BE_NULL = "String cannot be null";
	private static final String TIME_UNIT_CANNOT_BE_NULL = "Time unit cannot be null";
	private static final String DATE_TIME_CANNOT_BE_NULL = "Date-time cannot be null";
	private static final String LITERAL_VALUE_CANNOT_BE_NULL = "Literal value cannot be null";
	private static final String CALENDAR_CANNOT_BE_NULL = "Calendar cannot be null";
	private static final String TIME_CANNOT_BE_NULL = "Time cannot be null";
	private static final String DATE_CANNOT_BE_NULL = "Date cannot be null";
	private static final String DURATION_CANNOT_BE_NULL = "Duration cannot be null";

	private static final Class<?>[] DATE_TIME_CLASSES={
		java.sql.Date.class,
		Date.class,
		java.sql.Time.class,
		DateTime.class,
		GregorianCalendar.class,
		Calendar.class,
		XMLGregorianCalendar.class
	};

	private static final Class<?>[] DURATION_CLASSES={
		Duration.class,
		javax.xml.datatype.Duration.class
	};

	private Literals() {
	}

	private static boolean isDateTime(Object obj) {
		return isInstanceOf(obj,Literals.DATE_TIME_CLASSES);
	}

	private static boolean isDuration(Object obj) {
		return isInstanceOf(obj,Literals.DURATION_CLASSES);
	}

	private static boolean isInstanceOf(Object obj, Class<?>[] classes) {
		for(Class<?> clazz:classes) {
			if(clazz.isInstance(obj)) {
				return true;
			}
		}
		return false;
	}

	private static DateTime normalizeChronology(DateTime dateTime) {
		return dateTime.withChronology(ISOChronology.getInstance());
	}

	private static <T> DurationLiteral coherceDuration(T value) {
		DurationLiteral duration=null;
		if(value instanceof Duration) {
			duration=of((Duration)value);
		} else if(value instanceof javax.xml.datatype.Duration) {
			duration=of((javax.xml.datatype.Duration)value);
		} else if(value instanceof String) {
			try {
				Period period = ISOPeriodFormat.standard().parsePeriod((String)value);
				duration=of(period.toStandardDuration());
			} catch (Exception e) {
				throw new DatatypeCohercionException(value,Datatypes.DURATION,e);
			}
		} else {
			throw new DatatypeCohercionException(value,Datatypes.DURATION);
		}
		return duration;
	}

	private static DateTimeLiteral coherceDateTime(Object value, URI datatype) throws AssertionError {
		DateTimeLiteral dateTime=null;
		if(value instanceof java.sql.Date) {
			dateTime=of((java.sql.Date)value);
		} else if(value instanceof java.sql.Time) {
			dateTime=of((java.sql.Time)value);
		} else {
			dateTime=coherceVariableDateTime(value,datatype);
		}
		return dateTime;
	}

	private static DateTimeLiteral coherceVariableDateTime(Object value, URI datatype) {
		return Literals.ADAPTERS.get(datatype).adapt(getBuilder(value,datatype));
	}

	private static DateTimeLiteralBuilder getBuilder(Object value, URI datatype) {
		for(Entry<Class<?>,DateTimeLiteralBuilderFactory> entry:Literals.FACTORIES.entrySet()) {
			if(entry.getKey().isInstance(value)) {
				return entry.getValue().createBuilder(value, datatype);
			}
		}
		throw new DatatypeCohercionException(value,datatype);
	}

	public static Literal<String> of(String value) {
		checkNotNull(value,STRING_CANNOT_BE_NULL);
		return new ImmutableLiteral<String>(value);
	}

	public static DurationLiteral of(javax.xml.datatype.Duration duration) {
		checkNotNull(duration,DURATION_CANNOT_BE_NULL);
		Period period = ISOPeriodFormat.standard().parsePeriod(duration.toString());
		return new ImmutableDurationLiteral(period.toStandardDuration(),Datatypes.DURATION);
	}

	public static DurationLiteral of(Duration duration) {
		checkNotNull(duration,DURATION_CANNOT_BE_NULL);
		return new ImmutableDurationLiteral(duration,Datatypes.DURATION);
	}

	public static DateTimeDateTimeLiteralBuilder of(Date date) {
		checkNotNull(date,DATE_CANNOT_BE_NULL);
		return new DateTimeDateTimeLiteralBuilder(new DateTime(date));
	}

	public static DateTimeLiteral of(java.sql.Date date) {
		checkNotNull(date,DATE_CANNOT_BE_NULL);
		return new ImmutableDateTimeLiteral(new DateTime(date), Datatypes.DATE);
	}

	public static DateTimeLiteral of(java.sql.Time time) {
		checkNotNull(time,TIME_CANNOT_BE_NULL);
		return new ImmutableDateTimeLiteral(new DateTime(time.getTime()), Datatypes.TIME);
	}

	public static DateTimeDateTimeLiteralBuilder of(Calendar calendar) {
		checkNotNull(calendar,CALENDAR_CANNOT_BE_NULL);
		return new DateTimeDateTimeLiteralBuilder(normalizeChronology(new DateTime(calendar)));
	}

	public static DateTimeDateTimeLiteralBuilder of(GregorianCalendar calendar) {
		checkNotNull(calendar,CALENDAR_CANNOT_BE_NULL);
		return new DateTimeDateTimeLiteralBuilder(normalizeChronology(new DateTime(calendar)));
	}

	public static XMLGregorianCalendarDateTimeLiteralBuilder of(XMLGregorianCalendar calendar) {
		checkNotNull(calendar,CALENDAR_CANNOT_BE_NULL);
		return new XMLGregorianCalendarDateTimeLiteralBuilder(calendar);
	}

	public static DateTimeDateTimeLiteralBuilder of(DateTime dateTime) {
		checkNotNull(dateTime,DATE_TIME_CANNOT_BE_NULL);
		return new DateTimeDateTimeLiteralBuilder(dateTime);
	}

	public static DurationLiteral duration(long time, TimeUnit unit) {
		checkNotNull(time,TIME_CANNOT_BE_NULL);
		checkNotNull(unit,TIME_UNIT_CANNOT_BE_NULL);
		return of(new Duration(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.convert(time, unit)));
	}

	public static Literal<? extends Serializable> newLiteral(Object value) {
		checkNotNull(value,LITERAL_VALUE_CANNOT_BE_NULL);
		Literal<? extends Serializable> result=null;
		if(isDuration(value)) {
			result=coherceDuration(value);
		} else if(isDateTime(value)) {
			result=coherceDateTime(value,Datatypes.DATE_TIME);
		} else if(value instanceof Serializable) {
			result=new ImmutableLiteral<Serializable>((Serializable)value);
		} else {
			result=new ImmutableTypedLiteral<String>(value.toString(),Datatypes.STRING);
		}
		return result;
	}

	public static TypedLiteral<? extends Serializable> newTypedLiteral(Object value, URI datatype) {
		checkNotNull(value,LITERAL_VALUE_CANNOT_BE_NULL);
		checkNotNull(datatype,DATATYPE_CANNOT_BE_NULL);
		TypedLiteral<? extends Serializable> result=null;
		if(Datatypes.isDuration(datatype)) {
			result=coherceDuration(value);
		} else if(Datatypes.isTemporal(datatype)) {
			result=coherceDateTime(value, datatype);
		} else if(value instanceof Serializable){
			result=new ImmutableTypedLiteral<Serializable>((Serializable)value,datatype);
		} else {
			result=new ImmutableTypedLiteral<String>(value.toString(),Datatypes.STRING);
		}
		return result;
	}

	public static LanguageLiteral newLanguageLiteral(String value, String language) {
		checkNotNull(value,STRING_CANNOT_BE_NULL);
		checkNotNull(language,LANGUAGE_CANNOT_BE_NULL);
		return new ImmutableLanguageLiteral(value,language);
	}

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Economists highlight complexities and inequities of the resources boom
A packed auditorium including 15 media representatives heard from a range of economists debating the nature and implications of the resources boom at the City Flinders Campus of the University yesterday.
Keynote speaker Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens kicked off proceedings with a strong message on setting aside some of the public and private income generated from the boom for the future.
Although he would not be drawn on the merits of a resources tax, Mr Stevens said the suggestion that Government establish a "stabilisation fund" from mining revenue for use when the boom subsides was "an option worth thinking about".
Victoria University economists Professor Peter Sheehan and Professor Bob Gregory said this boom is like no other because today's economic climate is vastly different to that which prevailed during previous booms.
They and other speakers pointed to a range factors that combine to make this a more complex picture than in the past:
The terms of trade are now more favourable, with a small surplus after years of deficits
Commodity prices were at record highs
Demand for Australia's minerals is the strongest we have ever seen, and growing, fed largely by China and India
The labour market is more reliant on short-stay workers to overcome skills shortages, particularly in the resource rich states of Western Australia and Queensland
Professor Gregory said the unique nature of this boom required different ways of measuring the gain in economic terms. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been the standard measure for boom economies. However, he suggested that the Real Growth Domestic Income (RGDI) measure better demonstrates the significance of this boom.
He added that the boom had not yet started, and what we have now is a building and construction boom. The export boom is yet to come.
Professor John Freebairn, from the University of Melbourne, was less reticent on the resources tax issue than many. He said the Government had "botched" the introduction of the tax at its first attempt last year, and now needed to sort it out, especially taking into account the concerns of the many opponents in Western Australia.
One of its options might be to offer a lower corporate tax rate across the board in return for a resources tax.
As attention turned to how Victoria and other non-resource states were faring during the boom, VU's Dr Bruce Rasmussen provided a sobering note on equity issues.
Focusing on Victoria's fastest growing area, the west of Melbourne, he produced a serious of slides to show that thus far, beneficiaries of the boom appeared to be the wealthy elites of inner and eastern Melbourne, whose income from shares and investments was rising rapidly.
Conversely, residents of Melbourne's most disadvantaged areas, including the west, were receiving little or nothing from the boom and this would likely compound existing inequalities without Government intervention.
The conference was hosted by VU's Centre for Strategic Economic Studies. Presentations can be found here.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Heart development in two populations of Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) following exposure to a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mixture.
Historic industrial pollution of the Elizabeth River, Virginia resulted in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contamination in sediments. Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) inhabiting the Atlantic Wood (AW) industrial site adapted to complex PAH mixture at this Superfund site. Their embryos have proved highly resistant to cardiac abnormalities indicative of PAH toxicity. In this study, embryos spawned from adults collected at AW and King's Creek (KC), a reference site, were exposed at 24 h post fertilization (hpf) to Elizabeth River Sediment Extract (ERSE), a complex PAH mixture, in a range of concentrations (0, 5.04, 50.45, 100.90, 151.35, or 252.25 µg/L total PAHs). Embryos were processed for histology at 144 hpf to enable evaluations of hearts at tissue and cellular levels. Morphometry and severity scoring were used to evaluate the extent of alterations. Unexposed embryos were similar in both populations. ERSE exposure resulted in multiple changes to hearts of KC embryos but not AW. Alterations were particularly evident in KC embryos exposed to concentrations above 1% ERSE (50.45 µg/L), which had thinner ventricular walls and larger pericardial edema. Individuals with moderate pericardial edema maintained arrangement and proximity of heart chambers, but changes were seen in ventricular myocytes. Severe pericardial edema was prevalent in exposed KC embryos and typically resulted in tube heart formation. Ventricles of tube hearts had very thin walls composed of small, basophilic cells and lacked trabeculae. Edematous pericardial fluid contained small amounts of proteinaceous material, as did controls, and was free of cells. This fluid was primarily unstained, suggesting water influx due to increased permeability. The use of histological approaches provided more specific detail for tissue and cellular effects in hearts of embryos exposed to PAHs and enabled understanding of potential links to later life effects of early life exposure.
Di Giulio, Richard T.
Hinton, David E.
Chernick, M; Burke, T; Lieberman, N; Brown, DR; Di Giulio, RT; Hinton, DE
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
111580 -
10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111580


text:
Q: Wireless speed drops significantly over time Using my Acer Aspire 5750 at school my wireless connection speed will drop from around 4 Mbps to .30 Mbps. The speed will start out fine from startup and degrade over time. This happens only at school, and only on this laptop using this wireless card. My home network hold its 3Mbps down just fine.
My campus has two wireless networks, one is WPA enterprise encrypted and one is open, both exhibit this behavior. Using my network credentials on another machine or using a different wireless card this machine works fine.
I've updated to the latest driver and rolled back to previous ones. No help.
This is happening on a fresh install of Windows and on Ubuntu live CD so it is not malware or something along those lines.
Spoofing a different Mac address does not change this behavior.
The devid is PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_4358&SUBSYS_E040105B&REV_00
It is a Broadcom Wireless N...
What could be causing this problem? Does the NIC not like the access points or vice verse? Are they any settings I should tweak? The drop in speed happens no more than 10 minutes after boot and occurs in both Windows and Ubuntu.
I should add that other students don't have this issue so it is not a network wide thing. Other students get around 4mbps down continuously. Using somebody elses credentials on this machine doesn't help either.

A: You may turn off power save mode:

*

*Start

*Control Panel

*System

*Hardware

*Device Manager

*Expand the Network Adapters

*Right click on the wireless network adapter

*Properties

*Advanced tab

*Select Power Save Mode (on left)

*Set to Off (on right)

*Press OK

Source: http://apevere.blogspot.com/2009/01/acer-aspire-one-slow-wifi.html

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


If you enter Tomb of Sargeras from the beginning and head for the large room where you fight Goroth and take a turn to the right, follow the hallway to the south and you'll find a "Orcish Rune" on the wall that is clickable. It seems you can click it once, but then it either goes into a pretty long cooldown, or needs a reset of the instance in order to click it again.
Note that you can still cast your regular abilities via your spellbook, you are also disarmed so no abilities that require weapons can be used.
The very fun part is that while you are in your own faction, everything else is neutral to you, it won't attack unless you attack it first. This also includes our allies... yes you can kill them, except Khadgar because he is part of the Kirin Tor, making him neutral but unattackable.
Attacking the boss will dispell the debuff, but everything else seems to keep it on you for the duration.


text:
Home Industry News Super 8 supports Human Hug Project
Brand tells military veterans' story and mission in video; offers special rates and reserved parking
The Human Hug Project is a three-person team that visits U.S. Veteran Administration health care facilities to do one thing – hug a veteran. Team members are, from left, Ian Michael, Erin Greganti and her husband Gino Greganti. Ian and Gino are former U.S. Marines who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, respectively.
SUPER 8 IS an economy brand, but a few of its frequent guests are going lux on love to help U.S. military veterans who struggle with physical and emotional injury.
A brand of Wyndham Hotel Group, Super 8 has partnered with the Human Hug Project in recognition of Veterans Day, which is Saturday.
The Human Hug Project is a three-person team that visits U.S. Veteran Administration health care facilities to do one thing – hug a veteran.
Created by former U.S. Marines Ian Michael and Gino Greganti and his wife Erin Greganti, the group has traveled throughout the U.S. on its mission to thank military veterans and soften the hard psychological edges they may have developed while serving in war zones.
Since 2015, the three travel the country visiting VA hospital after VA hospital, connecting with veterans through the simple gesture of a hug.
As part of its efforts to expand its support of service men and women, Super 8 provides the Human Hug Project team with complimentary stays as they tour west coast VA hospitals.
Along the way, the brand captured their story, and recently published it as part of a new online docu-style series: Super 8 Stories: From the Road.
Michael fought in Irag and Greganti in Afghanistan. They both have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress syndrome and struggled to cope with everyday life after they returned from months of intense combat. Michael fought off thoughts of suicide and Greganti experienced blackout rages.
The trio believes and has documented numerous cases of seeing at-risk veterans' physical and emotional countenances change as they embrace them and let them know they are not alone. "When people are traumatized, fear is everything," said Greganti in the video. "The hug turns the fear off long enough to get back in touch with love."
"We're bringing awareness about post-traumatic stress while empowering veterans to tell their stories," Michael said.
Launched on Veterans Day last year, Super 8 provides reserved parking for veterans and service members at its hotels in the U.S. and Canada. This November, veterans and service members also receive a 20 percent discount on room rates. The brand offers service members a 15 percent rate cut year round.
Human Hug Project
Wyndham Hotel Group
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Most people hardly pay attention to their credit history until they are buried deep in debt. With a low credit score, acquiring a new credit card, renting a car or getting a loan becomes more difficult as most lenders are not willing to extend credit limits with no surety of getting a repayment. Therefore, if you find yourself in such a situation, it is highly advisable to repair your credit. To achieve this, you should consider enlisting the services of a credit repair company. However, with the growing number of credit repair companies in the market, choosing the right one can be quite a daunting task. You should, therefore, look into some aspects as will be highlighted here to find a service provider that will best suit your needs and preferences. Read more here.
One essential tip in finding the right credit repair company is to understand your rights. You should do some background reading by going through your state's trade commission website. Such a website contains a lot of useful information on debt management such as credit repair. A good credit repair company will inform you of your rights before you sign the contract as it is a legal requirement. Your preferred credit repair company should provide you with a copy of the consumer credit file rights and also a notice of cancellation to be guaranteed protection from advertising practices that are deceptive and unfair. You should therefore not sign any contract before going through such documents.
Secondly, you should consider the range of services offered by your preferred credit repair company before enlisting their services. Credit repair companies are known to offer varying services, hence the need to identify the kind of services you intend to pay for. Some credit repair companies only limit themselves to disputing items at the credit bureau level, while others go to the extent of getting in touch with the creditors and the collection agencies. For exceptional services, you should settle on a credit repair company that disputes items at all levels.


text:
Q: Map values are not retaining on rerender i created a page
<apex:page controller="Sample1" action="{!NumberOfSteps}">
<apex:includeScript value="{!URLFOR($Resource.jszip, '/jszip.js')}"/>
    <apex:includeScript value="{!URLFOR($Resource.jszip, '/jszip-load.js')}"/>
    <apex:includeScript value="{!URLFOR($Resource.jszip, '/jszip-deflate.js')}"/>
    <apex:includeScript value="{!URLFOR($Resource.jszip, '/jszip-inflate.js')}"/>
<apex:outputPanel layout="block" style="height:100px;background-color:#{!xx.Header_Color__c}" >
<apex:outputText style="font-size:250%;margin:10px;" value="{!xx.Tag_Line__c}"></apex:outputText>
</apex:outputPanel>
<apex:dynamicComponent componentValue="{!flow}" />
<apex:form >
<apex:outputPanel layout="block" style="height:100px;background-color:#{!xx.Footer_Color__c}" />
<apex:outputPanel id="ddff" />
<apex:outputPanel id="flowPanel">
<apex:outputPanel rendered="{!NOT(rendering)}">
<apex:actionFunction name="receiveFile" action="{!receiveMetadataZipFile}" rerender="ddff" oncomplete="unzip();">
      <apex:param name="filename" assignTo="{!MetadataFileName}" value=""/>
      <apex:param name="filedata" assignTo="{!MetadataFileData}" value=""/>
</apex:actionFunction>
 <apex:actionFunction name="receiveComplete" action="{!receiveComplete}" rerender="flowPanel" />
 <c:unzip name="unzip" oncomplete="if(more) receiveFile(path, data); else receiveComplete();">{!MetaDataRetrieveZip}</c:unzip>

</apex:outputPanel>
</apex:outputPanel>

<apex:actionPoller interval="5" action="{!checkStatus}" rendered="{!rendering}" rerender="flowPanel" />
</apex:outputPanel>
</apex:form>
<script>
</script>
</apex:page>

and apex class is
public class Sample1 {
    public Dynamic_Flow__c xx{get;set;}
    public Map<String,List<String>> flowMap;
    public Sample1(){
        Dynamic_Flow_Settings__c x =  Dynamic_Flow_Settings__c.getInstance();
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at end of NumberOfSteps in which flowMap is not blank but after when check status is called Map is {} in debug logs but xx is not blank.its the same value that is assigned in constructor.Please tell why map values are getting blank ??

A: The reason why your maps are not returning is this data is not cached as your map is populated in the Constructor and once action methods are called constructor dont get invoked .Try forming the map in action method itself .When action methods invoke and Re Render constructor don't get called again.
You can write the utility to populate map and call in action method as well as constructor .


Early on I began to realize there was always a set of little girls or boys eyes on me, watching every interaction I had with my wife. While at first it frustrated me because I feared making a mistake and ruining their future ideas of marriages, I grew to see this as an opportunity I'd never be able to create as they got older.
So I made a mental commitment to set the bar high for my kids expectations for marriage and do my best to live up to them myself.
Instead of worrying about failing, I strategically apologize to my wife for mistakes in front of my kids. Then I give her a giant kiss that makes my kids cover their faces and pretend to vomit, all while watching through the gaps in their fingers with a smile.
My hope is this sets the bar high for my kids future spouses… because the best gift I can give them is a high standard of what a husband really looks like.
If you have kids, know they are watching. What are they seeing? Show them who to be and what to expect from a husband.


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India- #Aadhaar sparks debate over human right to personal data
Campaigners and technology experts have raised concerns about privacy and the safety of Aadhaar data, the susceptibility of biometrics to failure, and the misuse of data
Rina Chandran
The government can use the data without the consent or knowledge of individuals to profile and monitor them, according to an IIT professor. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint
Mumbai:When Parash, an HIV-positive man, went to a government hospital in Delhi a few months ago to get his medication, he was turned away.
He did not have an Aadhaar, a biometric identity card with a unique identification number issued by the Indian government.
The 27-year-old had earlier showed his driver's licence or voter card to get his anti-retroviral therapy (ART) drugs at a charity, but the hospital did not accept these as proof of identity. They insisted on his Aadhaar.
"The medications are my lifeline. I have other government IDs — passport, driver's licence, a voter ID, but without Aadhaar, I am nothing to the state," said Parash, who declined to give his last name.
India launched Aadhaar, now the world's biggest biometric database, in 2009 to streamline welfare payments and reduce wastage in public spending.
Since then, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been keen to mandate the use of Aadhaar for everything from filing income taxes to the registration of mobile phone numbers and booking railway tickets.
Campaigners and technology experts have raised concerns about privacy and the safety of the data, the susceptibility of biometrics to failure, and the misuse of data for profiling or increased surveillance.
Aadhaar is now mandatory for welfare, pension and employment schemes, despite a 2014 Supreme Court ruling that it cannot be a requirement for welfare programmes.
Parash suspects his experience is not an isolated case.
"I have heard of others — sex workers and transgender people — who have been denied ART because they did not have Aadhaar or because they did not want to give (their data) because they are scared of being outed and linked to other databases," he said.
More than 1 billion people of India's 1.25 billion population have been issued the 12-digit Aadhaar, which uses personal data, fingerprints and iris scans to identify them.
"An eco-system is being created where we don't have control of our own data and where a single identifier — the Aadhaar — links all databases and becomes a tool for profiling and surveillance," said Reetika Khera, an associate professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi.
"There is rampant interlinking of discrete databases without data protection," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
An Aadhaar, which means "foundation" in Hindi, speeds up transactions such as opening bank accounts and getting new mobile phone contracts, doing away with middlemen and potential fraudsters, the government says.
Banks, mobile services companies and airlines can access parts of the Aadhaar database to verify identities.
Companies could also share information on a person's spending and consumption habits, for example, and link the data to public records like the electoral register.
The government can use the data without the consent or knowledge of individuals to profile and monitor them, said Khera.
Some of India's most vulnerable people, including migrants and the elderly, are at risk of being excluded if they are unable to prove their identity, said Usha Ramanathan, a lawyer.
"The state is making Aadhaar ubiquitous and putting pressure on people to prove their identity, forcing even those who otherwise have no digital presence to leave a digital footprint," she said.
"It is not just a violation of privacy, it is the creation of a surveillance state: everyone is being forced to get this number, and every agency is becoming an agent for the state."
There have been reports of biometrics failing when fingerprints have faded, and of deaths linked to denial of subsidised food when verification failed.
There have also been reports of security breaches, but the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which oversees the programme, said Aadhaar is "fully safe and secure and there has been no data leak or breach".
India's top court in August ruled individual privacy is a fundamental right and part of the freedoms guaranteed by the constitution.
The court's landmark ruling also recognised "informational privacy" as part of the right to privacy and asked the government to put in place a robust data protection framework.
While the ruling was seen as a setback for the rollout of Aadhaar, the information technology minister said it affirmed the government's view that privacy is subject to "reasonable restrictions".
Last month, the ministry for information technology released a draft data protection law to prevent misuse of personal information, which also suggested grounds under which such data can be processed without consent.
But in addition to a comprehensive data protection law, Aadhaar must be made voluntary, as it was originally intended, said Mishi Chaudhary, a technology lawyer.
"People should not be forced to do this. We need privacy, not just for those of us who understand what it is about, but also for people who don't understand what they are giving up for certain services," she said.
"I don't want to live in a panopticon, where even the FedEx guy can ask for my Aadhaar number," she said, pointing to China's social credit system as an example of the dystopian future that India could be headed towards with Aadhaar.
The Chinese system, due to become mandatory in 2020, rates daily activities to create a score of trustworthiness that could determine if a person is eligible for a mortgage or a job.
Meanwhile, some countries are reining in their digital identity systems, with Estonia — seen as a leader in providing government services online — suspending 760,000 national ID cards last month to fix a security flaw.
Any data protection law in India must ensure an individual's constitutional rights are protected, said Nishant Shah, co-founder of think tank Centre for Internet & Society.
"Data touches every part of our life, and has a material impact on how we live and love and die," he said.
"As long as we think of data as property, we must constantly find ways of regulating and protecting it, and reconcile ourselves to the fact that it's a commodity. With digital IDs, we have no agency," he said.
For people like Parash, who was denied his life-saving medication because he does not have an Aadhaar, and for others who do not want to surrender their data to the state, another option must be considered, Shah said.
"If we were to think of right to data as an inalienable right, like the right to dignity, then even if we voluntarily give it, we could be sure that it can't be used for purposes that violate our dignity," he said. "The ones who are hurt most by its extraction are often the most vulnerable," he said. Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Kirk Franklin returns with Long Live Love, his long-awaited, and highly-anticipated forthcoming album, due for release this Spring. Long Live Love is Franklin's first new release since 2014's Losing My Religion and also commemorates the 25th anniversary since his debut, Kirk Franklin & The Family.
Long Live Love includes twelve original songs, crafted by Franklin and features him and his immensely talented arsenal of singers, which includes Isaac Carree, Eric Dawkins, Sunday Best winner Amber Bullock, along with Franklin-faithfuls Anaysha Figueroa-Cooper, Charmaine Swimpson-Broome, and new additions to the ensemble Minon Sarten, Michael Bethany, Melody Pace, and DeeDee Yancey-Mackey.
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Webinars are getting the importance as the most effective tools for the online marketing of your business or brand. Because of the webinars, you by being a marketer gets a chance for having a better connection with the audience, especially on the personal level. The basic reasons for which webinars are this much effective include the showcasing of new products and providing the education and necessary training and education of the brand to the audience.
One of the most interactive elements that are normally overlooked in the webinar is the whiteboard presentation. Whiteboards really work well for enhancing the webinar presentations of yours and add the element of interest and captivate the people's attention towards your brand. There are a lot of webinar platforms which with the incorporation of whiteboard functionality lets the marketers get better interaction with the audience until the presenters use it in a sensible way. Well, your use of whiteboard in webinar totally depends upon the reason behind it, it depends on you that whether you want to draw live screen on or if you want your presenters to add visual contents if there are any.
The other reason behind the use of whiteboard is that it grants dynamic aspects to your presentation.
One of the top best reasons for which whiteboard is used in a webinar presentation is to grant the necessary education to the audience. Well, this would help in making your presentation more interested and thus it would be able to keep your audience interested in your subject of focus. For example, for making the presentation more interesting and to highlight the specific aspects of your presentation, you can use a stylus and you can also add different visuals like pictures and graphs. Marketers can also look for best webinar invitations. Arrows and diagrams could also be used to draw the interest of the audience and to let them know the use and the features of the specific product you are educating them about.
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Writing an essay is a task that students come across quite often. However, not everyone can cope with this difficult assignment for various reasons. The fact is that the essay does not tolerate plagiarism and borrowing from other sources. From his author is required a detailed presentation of his thoughts, impressions, ideas on a given topic. Far from all can cope with such a task, therefore some students are looking for various services for writing. We offer you the 5 best ways to learn how to get someone to write your essays and not worry about the quality of writing.
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The parents in today's age prefer Private over Government schools for their kids. The objective is to impart the necessary skills to their kids so that they are able to adjust themselves in this ever-changing world. We talked to several parents in Faridabad, New Delhi who sought information from us about the best schools in Faridabad NCR for kids.
There is a general belief about Private schools in Faridabad that they give a unique experience to kids, and hence they are worth to the financial investment.
One of the benefits of enrolling kids in one of the private schools in Faridabad is that they provide a challenging educational experience to your school going kids via exceptional curricular and extracurricular activities.
"Despite not being financially sound, I decided to enroll my kids in one of the top schools in Faridabad. I have seen private school students scoring top grades regularly. Many Privates schools record 100 percent results when it comes to annual exams," said a Parent.
There have been several types of research and studies on the behavior of the kids studying in Private schools and on those studying in the Government run schools. David Berliner and Bruce Biddler surveyed in 2002. The survey showed that in small classes, kids learn better than the large size classrooms.
"The gains from the small size classes are unprecedently higher. And longer a child is exposed to them, higher will be the benefits. Private schools may have higher enrollment number, but the teaching style is different. The classroom size is kept small to focus individually on each student," reveals the study.
According to the study, private school teachers identify the weakness in their students, and besides working on them, they also focus on advancing their strengths.
Parental involvement in the education of kids is another significant reason for parents to enroll their kids in private schools. Private schools anywhere around the globe emphasize involving parents in the education of their kids. To achieve this objective, they open all communication channels to facilitate easy interaction between parents and the administration. Teacher-parent meetings in private schools happen frequently. In addition to meetings, social events like parental breakfasts, family camping, and participation of parents in the fundraising events have become an integral part of private schools in today's age.
The teachers at private schools are generally rated higher when it comes to dedication. Fraser Institute conducted a parent survey in 2007. More than 91% of the parents agreed with this fact that one of the primary reasons why they choose private schools for their kids was the dedication of the teachers towards their job.
The teachers in Private schools may not be more qualified than the Government schools, but generally, they have been found highly passionate about their subjects.
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The Government schools are not as resourceful as the private schools in Faridabad in the country. It is not that Government is not providing funds to the schools, but it is the corruption that is acting as the biggest roadblock in the progress of the Government schools in India.


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ORDER OF THE CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL
(First Chamber)
Case F-11/09
Commission of the European Communities
(Civil service – Officials – Social security – Sickness insurance – Rejection of requests for reimbursement of medical expenses)
Application: brought under Articles 236 EC and 152 EA, in which Mr Marcuccio seeks in particular, first, annulment of the Commission's decisions rejecting, first, his request of 27 December 2007 for reimbursement at the normal rate of various medical expenses and, second, his request of 27 December 2007 seeking supplementary, i.e. 100%, reimbursement of the same medical expenses; second, annulment of the Commission's decision of 16 October 2008 rejecting his complaint of 17 June 2008 against those decisions; third, an order that the Commission pay him, by way of 100% reimbursement of those expenses, the sum of EUR 356.18, or such other sum as the Tribunal may consider just and equitable, together with interest at the rate of 10% per annum, with annual capitalisation from a date which the Tribunal considers appropriate.
Held: The action is dismissed in part as manifestly lacking any legal basis and in part as manifestly inadmissible. The applicant is ordered to bear the costs.
1. Officials – Decision adversely affecting an official – Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based – Scope – Request for reimbursement of medical expenses – Official having not received all the accounts issued by the Settlements Office
(Staff Regulations, Art. 25, second para.)
2. Officials – Actions – Acts adversely affecting an official – Confirmatory measure – Exclusion – Procedure – Objection of lis pendens
(Staff Regulations, Arts 72(1), 90 and 91)
1. A decision rejecting a request for reimbursement of medical expenses contains an adequate statement of reasons where it informs the official of how his request was processed and the factual and legal reasons justifying the recovery, by the European Communities sickness insurance scheme, of the advances he had been paid. Even if he did not receive all the calculations when they were drawn up, the official concerned was given an opportunity to assess whether it was appropriate to initiate proceedings before the Community courts when the missing calculations were attached to the decision rejecting his complaint.
Furthermore, and in any event, even if such a rejection decision did not contain an adequate statement of reasons, it would have to be regarded as containing at the very least the initial elements of such a statement, enabling the institution to provide additional information during the proceedings and to fulfil its obligation to state the reasons for its decision.
(see paras 53, 58-59)
T-37/89 Hanning v Parliament [1990] ECR II‑463, paras 41 and 44
2. A decision rejecting a request for 100% payment of medical expenses which does not contain any new factors compared with an identical request previously rejected and having been the subject of an action before the Community courts does not alter the applicant's legal position and therefore does not constitute an act adversely affecting him within the meaning of Articles 90 and 91 of the Staff Regulations.
Even if such a decision could be regarded as a measure confirming the first decision, and thus as indissociable from that decision and to that extent capable of having an adverse effect, the Community court hearing an action against that decision should observe, of its own motion, that the action involves the same parties, has the same purpose and is based on the same grounds. In such circumstances the action would be manifestly inadmissible on the grounds of lis pendens.
(see paras 67-68)
58/72 and 75/72 Perinciolo v Council [1973] ECR 511, paras 3 to 5; 172/83 and 226/83 Hoogovens Groep v Commission [1985] ECR 2831, para. 9
Judgment of 14 June 2007 in T-68/07 Landtag Schleswig-Holstein v Commission, not published in the ECR, para. 16; judgment of 9 July 2008 in T-296/05 and T-408/05 Marcuccio v Commission, not published in the ECR, paras 47 to 49, on appeal before the Court of Justice, Case C‑432/08 P; T-143/08 Marcuccio v Commission [2008] ECR-SC I‑A‑2‑0000 and II‑A‑2‑0000, paras 39 to 41, on appeal before the Court of Justice, Case C‑513/08 P; T-144/08 Marcuccio v Commission [2008] ECR-SC I‑A‑1‑0000 and II‑A‑1‑0000, paras 32 to 34, on appeal before the Court of Justice, Case C‑528/08 P
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So, Harlan went out and hired a "football person," Ron Wolf, to oversee the football operations of the team, allowing Harlan to focus on the business aspects of running the Packers, including the then-controversial expansion of Lambeau Field.
Of course, the dichotomy of duties served the Pack gloriously well. Super, you might say.
It paid off again with another Super Bowl title after Harlan brought in Ted Thompson to be general manager, and Thompson hired Mike McCarthy to be head coach.
Fast forward to 2018. Harlan is retired, and Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy is a "football person." And he's restructuring the team's front office again.
Time had passed by the previous structure.
As general manager, Thompson had complete control over all of the football operations, just as Wolf did before him, and McCarthy made the most of the roster Thompson built for him.
In recent years, Thompson had lost his touch in player evaluations, making several questionable decisions.
When the Packers fell short of expectations, as they did this past season — even taking into account the injury to quarterback Aaron Rodgers — who was to blame? Thompson, for not creating a roster that could compete? Or McCarthy, for not making the most of that roster on game day?
Perhaps both, according to Kay Plantes, a business strategy and leadership expert. "Organizations are only successful if their parts are aligned towards achievement of a shared goal. A terrific R&D team cannot create company success if the marketing team is unable to build awareness and consideration of its innovations, for example. The Packers need both better players and game plans less dependent on Rodgers for the Packers to build sustaining success," said Plantes, principal at Plantes Co. LLC in La Jolla, Calif.
Murphy is fixing that quandary by hiring Brian Gutekunst as the Pack's new general manager. However, Gutekunst will not oversee all of the football operations. He will be in charge of what he does best: college and professional player evaluations.
Gutekunst will be assisted by Russ Ball, who was promoted to executive vice president/football operations. Ball will do what he does best: salary cap management.
That leaves the management of the team on the field to McCarthy. That's what he does best.
In the end, all of the executives will be tasked with doing precisely what they do best.
Or, to put it in the parlance of Jim Collins' book "Good to Great," Murphy, a former All-Pro safety who earned an MBA in finance from American University and a law degree from Georgetown University, appears to have placed all the right people on his bus. Furthermore, he's put them in the right seats on that bus.
"In fact, leaders of companies that go from good to great start not with 'where' but with 'who.' They start by getting the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats," Collins wrote.
It turns out that Murphy indeed has read "Good to Great" and discussed the importance of getting the right people in the right seats on his bus, according to Aaron Popkey, Packers director of public affairs.
Murphy said 13 other NFL teams have similar front-office structures, and seven of those clubs advanced to the playoffs this year.
Gutekunst sees the benefits of the new hierarchy.
The new structure also assures better direct accountability. After all, it remains unclear why backup quarterback Brett Hundley failed when Rodgers went down. Was it because Hundley never should have been drafted so high by Thompson to begin with? Or did Hundley fail because McCarthy could not coach him up to be effective?
With the new structure, if the Packers fail, Murphy, the "football person," will have the final say about who needs to get off the bus.


The international community has said corruption under Buhari is worse that in times past. Nigerians themselves know that murderous herdsmen have joined Boko Haram under Buhari and the economy, which was booming under Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, went into recession under Buhari and has remained comatose. For Nigerians, the 2019 election is not about political parties, particularly as it affects Buhari's presidency.
"The election will be Nigerians versus Buhari and not PDP versus Buhari or PDP versus APC, especially knowing how negatively Buhari has impacted the lives of Nigerians."
Fayose said with millions of Nigerians thrown out of jobs and an uncountable number of companies folding up on a daily basis, Nigerians in their teeming numbers were waiting for the 2019 election to vent their anger and frustration on what he described as the president's disruptive and destructive policies.
"Buhari has damaged Nigeria. He has damaged the lives of an uncountable number of Nigerians. The suffering and untold hardship he has brought on Nigeria and Nigerians is unprecedented. Most importantly, he has destroyed the trust of Nigerians in the ballot box and the people can't wait to send him packing so that they can get their country back. In 2019, the same shocker of 2015 will be witnessed and it will be a ruder shock for those who believed in their mastery of election rigging to remain in power."
On credibility of elections in the country, Governor Fayose said; "Look at how they subverted the will of the people in Edo, Ondo, Ekiti and the recent Osun governorship elections. The fact they had to rig those elections is a clear testimony that Nigerians have rejected Buhari and his party.
They resorted again and again into relying on the security agencies to coerce and intimidate voters. In all the aforementioned elections and other bye-elections across the country, they stole the votes and compromised the electoral process. The European Union, Britain, United States and other election monitoring groups, be it local or international, said as much about the last Osun election."
He called on Nigerians to stand up to INEC and insist on credible elections in 2019, noting that "a determined nation must free itself from a dictator who rules by nepotism and oppression."


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Investec Asset Management's Peter Baird: 'Egypt has a very good macroeconomics story'
18 July 2019 M&A Community
The asset manager has added Egyptian supermarket chain Spinneys to its private equity portfolio of investments.
Investec Asset Management's private-equity unit has delved into Egypt's retail market by acquiring a controlling stake in supermarket chain Spinneys. This is the asset manager's first private-equity investment in Egypt and the eighth investment by its second pan-African private equity fund.
Spinneys is also the third African grocery retailer that Investec has backed, with the other two including a stake in OK Zimbabwe, which Investec offloaded in 2018, as well as Kamoso, a Botswana-based retailer, which the asset manager is still invested in.
Spinneys – which operates 13 retail outlets mostly based in Egypt's capital of Cairo and focuses on fresh produce, in-store bakeries, and in-house label ranges – is a big deal for Investec Asset Management.
Investec Asset Management's managing principal of the Africa private equity strategy Peter Baird (pictured) said the firm is backing Egypt's migration from informal to formal retail. In this interview with M&A Africa, Peter discusses Egypt's investment potential, building scale in Spinneys, and rest-of-Africa markets Investec Asset Management is targeting.
M&A Africa: Why is Investec Asset Management backing Egypt?
Peter: Egypt has a very good macroeconomics story. There are about 100-million people, with a large and growing base of middle-income consumers. Egypt has pretty good infrastructure, industrial base, and productivity. The country is looking at five percent to six percent real GDP growth for 2019 and inflation, which spiked after the currency devaluation, is trending down rapidly. The country also has easing monetary policy and an exchange rate that is attractively priced. There is good political stability, a good deal eco-system and good rule of law.
M&A Africa: And what about Egypt's retail market?
Peter: The Egyptian retail market is still largely informal. A big part of the grocery retail chain investment thesis in Egypt is the country's migration from informal to formal. There is an explosion of residential suburbs, particularly around Cairo. There are dual-income families that drive cars and want to shop. There is a boom in residential and commercial real estate, and Spinneys has the potential to be the anchor tenant in a lot of neighbourhood and regional malls. Spinneys only has 13 stores. It doesn't take a lot to double or triple that store base.
M&A Africa: The life of the second pan-African private equity fund expires on April 2024. Investec is five years into the fund. Do you view Spinneys as a long-term hold?
Peter: One of the reasons we like Spinneys is that it can be held for a relatively short period. We think there will be strategic buyers for Spinneys and the possibility of listing the business if we grow it. Spinneys is a well-run business. They just need some capital and support, and we can provide all of that.
M&A Africa: Investec didn't disclose the full size of its interest in Spinney's or what it paid for it. How is the pricing of assets in Egypt and the rest of Africa?
Peter: Not specific to Egypt, or to this transaction, our general observation is that entry valuations across Africa have come down materially over the last few years. This has been driven by a real reduction in available risk capital. Across the board, we have seen entry multiples come down two to three times of Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization). This reflects the risk premium and supply-demand imbalances in risk capital, and a prevailing negative sentiment toward emerging markets generally and Africa in particular. From our perspective, we believe that it's the right time to be buying assets.
M&A Africa: Is the pan-African private equity fund sector agnostic in terms of its investment preferences?
Peter: We have preferences, but we are not sector-specific. We are excited about businesses that have low market risk and low technology risk, are cash-generative and have market-leading positions. We generally don't buy with any leverage at all. Our ideal transaction is to control (or own 100 percent of) an established and cash-generating entity it with no leverage at all. This leads us to sectors such as healthcare, education, consumer goods, and telecoms.
M&A Africa: Are you seeing a big pipeline of assets in those sectors throughout the continent?
Peter: We are seeing great deals. I've been working in the private equity market for a long time and it now feels like the best deal-making environment that I have seen because of a scarcity of risk capital and a lot of good opportunities available. We are seeing that business confidence is strong in countries we are targeting, enthusiasm for investment and economic growth is strong.
M&A Africa: And which countries are piquing Investec's interest?
Peter: As we've discussed, we like Egypt a lot. We also like Morocco, where we have owned a great transport and logistics business for the last couple of years. We have made three investments in South Africa, and like the recovery thesis in our home market. We are interested in East African countries, particularly, Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda. We are also watching Ghana, Senegal, and Ethiopia. We have quite a lot of exposure in Nigeria, through our investment into telecoms towers business IHS Africa. We view Nigeria with a little trepidation because its economic recovery after the recession has been weak. We are happy with being selective in terms of jurisdiction and finding pan African regional champions.
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VFX Story of Avengers End Game
Avengers: Endgame will be forever remembered as one of the most remarkable movies of all times. Marking the end of year's long franchise, Endgame has been one of the most anticipated films of the year. Marvel Cinematic Universe outdid all the expectations and grossed millions in the box office. We'll make sure to not lay down any spoilers, so worry not.
Marvel's latest approach towards giving characters wholesome visions is greatly appreciated by the audiences. Boosted by the most stellar performances of the year, Avengers: Endgame is capable is making you wonder seven heavens in some scenes. It will show you why the Marvel Universe has achieved what it has achieved.
Another stellar thing which no one could stop talking about was the VFX and animation of this movie. Breaking all the norms of VFX for films, Endgame has made a separate position for itself. Let's dive a little deeper into that, shall we!
Avengers: End Game and its VFX
Joe and Anthony Russo, often called The Russo Brothers have marched a long way since their first VFX milestone in Captain America. Putting forward a young Steve Rogers in Captain America was no more than a challenge. Obviously, Chris Evans looked CGI manipulated but at the same time it so convincing to believe that it was his younger version. Since then The Russo Brothers have made astonishing sequences in numerous Marvel films like Ant-man, Deadpool, Avengers and so many more.
They have not shied away from taking the complete use of the development of the visual effects which has taken place over the years. Right form lighting, production, image manipulation to rendering and animation; they have used every inch of development to their benefit. However, for Endgame they had to pull up their socks even further. They had to create an elegant approach to the same.
When you sit down and start introspecting the visual effects, it had a heist of decades. They not only had to create specifications for the film's storyline but also to all the characters. This was probably one of the final closures that the audience might be getting. Having been the most anticipated film of the year, no mistakes were allowed. Russo brothers claimed that over 500 shots were used just to give Thanos the screen texture. The later post-production had taken an even greater number of shots.
Russo brothers felt a sense of responsibility towards the audiences who have relentlessly and blindly committed themselves to this franchise for so long. You can see how their choices reflect the tonality of certain scenes while watching the film. It was all carefully planned and executed. Befitting the finale, we saw inspirations from the old Marvel films like Winter Soldier, Iron Man, Black Panther, Captain Marvel and many more.
The Production visual effects Supervisors were Dan DeLeeuw and Swen Gillberg. Dan and Swen wanted to bring a sense of authenticity and realness into the whole visual effects realm. That is why they took it upon themselves to monitor the green screens too. They wanted the shoot locations and pre-production to have some contribution too. Now that is some next level dedication.
CGI of Avengers: Endgame
A number of different studios worked to deliver the world-class CGI of Avengers: Endgame. Here is a list of all of them:
ILM (Industrial Light and Magic)
Weta Digital, Double Negative
Cinesite
Rise VFX
Lola VFX
Cantina Creative
Capital T
Technicolor VFX
Territory Studio
Now, each one of them was assigned a certain number of shots to deliver. Framestore delivered approximately a little more than 300 shots whereas ILM took over 50% of the main shots. The final review was done in ILM with Joe and Anthony Russo.
Avengers: Endgame lives greater than its expectations. The closure and fantastic script writing will take your heart. It is worth every second. The film did take a village to produce and edit but it is definitely worth it. Let's say one last goodbye to our beloved Avengers with pride and grace!
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