Despite the remarkable growth of the pharmaceutical industry in recent years, about 80 per cent of drugs used in Nigeria are still imported from abroad. What is responsible for this overdependence on imported medicines mainly from China and India, and how can Nigeria correct this anomaly?
Let me first say that the phenomenon or situation you just explained is not exclusive to the pharmaceutical industry. It applies to many other sectors, if not all sectors in Nigeria. This is because Nigerians have a penchant for imported goods. The average Nigerian believes that products coming from outside Nigeria are better than the ones made in Nigeria. This has to be addressed.
The second reason is that consumers tend to buy what they know and what they see constantly. And it just happens that importers have more free cash to advertise, while those of us who are into manufacturing have lost a share of our voice. So, when the average Nigerian consumer of pharmaceuticals turns on his radio or television, he will likely hear or see adverts of imported products than the locally manufactured ones and therefore go for those products.
The third reason is that some of these imported products are cheaper in the market because of a couple of reasons. The first is that some of them are coming from facilities abroad that do not compare in any way in terms of quality to where we are manufacturing here in Nigeria. I know this because I have been to many facilities abroad, especially in India and China, and I know that most of them do not compare favourably with the May & Baker PharmaCentre in terms of quality of facilities.
The infrastructure they have and the quality of their manufacturing processes also do not match what we have. We have superior products manufactured here at home than what Nigerians go to import from these facilities. Nevertheless, these products are imported because they know they can sell them at cheaper prices and exploit the fact that Nigerians will prefer cheaper products because of the state of our economy.
First, to tackle the issue of Nigerians' fondness for foreign products, I believe local manufacturers must do more on this. We have to continue educating Nigerians through public enlightenment. We have to let Nigerians know that products that are manufactured here in Nigeria compare favourably with most of the best imported products. We need to talk more about this as manufacturers and I also believe government also needs to lend a voice to this. If only manufacturers are asking Nigerians to buy locally-produced goods, people will assume it is because they want to promote their products; so all Nigerians must join this crusade.
Then on the issue of pricing or the cost of products, we know that we have a cost disadvantage because of the poor state of infrastructure in Nigeria. You already have about 40 per cent cost disadvantage from the outset when you are manufacturing locally because of infrastructure inadequacy and when you add the fact that you also import your Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)and most of the other excipients, then you will realise that you already have quite a big mountain to climb compared to those who are bringing in finished products.
Nigeria needs to do something about infrastructure, and even though we have been talking about this for years, it is still a major problem for local manufacturers. Having a petrochemical industry is also critical. We would not need to go to China or India to get APIs, if the petrochemical industry were functioning. That is something that could help us to be more competitive.
We also want the Nigerian government to buy made-in-Nigeria products. It is shocking to me that sometimes when Nigerian ministries or agencies also need to buy products, they prefer to buy products that are coming from outside at the expense of Nigerian manufacturers. This must stop. This nation needs to support local manufacturers who are producing good products and sometimes better products than the ones coming from abroad. These are the issues we need to address.
What is your thought on those advocating for a ban on imported pharmaceutical products to encourage patronage of made-in-Nigeria products and curb Nigerians' penchant for imported products. Could this help boost the local pharmaceutical industry?
I will not advocate for a blanket ban on imported pharmaceuticals because we are talking about public health and we don't want to create a new problem while trying to solve another one. What I will rather advocate for is a ban on products that the local drug industries have the capacity to manufacture – and I know a lot of essential medicines that local manufacturers have the capacity to produce and meet the needs of Nigerians.
I will advocate that the drug import prohibition list that we have should not only remain but be expanded. More products should be added to that list.
Last year, local pharmaceutical manufacturers protested against the new ECOWAS CET which granted importers of pharmaceutical products zero tariff on imported finished pharmaceutical products, while local drug manufacturers still pay duties on imported raw materials and other inputs for their production. Has this issue been properly addressed?
We have taken up this issue at the highest level of government and we have seen that it was an oversight. Unfortunately, because it is not just a Nigerian thing, as it was an ECOWAS agreement, it has to be addressed and resolved at that level. So, we are working on it and we believe that it will be corrected.
In the last few years, about four local pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in Nigeria, including your company, May & Baker Nigeria Plc, were certified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the expectation is that by now, these companies should be manufacturing prequalified products under contracts of multilateral organisations like the Global Fund. What is delaying this next important step by the companies, and what other benefits will Nigerians be getting from these certified companies?
Let me state first that those of us who have gone for WHO certification for our factories did not just go because we wanted to have access to manufacturing contracts of Global Fund and similar organisations. It is much more than that, although that is one of the objectives. However, the most import objective is to be able to consistently produce and make available quality products to Nigerians. We have accomplished that objective already. I can tell you that products that are manufactured in our facility today can compare favourably with products that are manufactured in Europe and America.
This is because it is the same stringent manufacturing process that regulatory authorities stipulate in those climes that we are applying in our manufacturing process. Therefore, Nigerians are already benefiting because they now have access to top quality medicines from May & Baker.
We have also changed the perception about drugs that are manufactured in Nigeria among our West African brothers because six or seven years ago, if you went to countries like Ghana and others in this sub-region, you would observe that they didn't want to touch made-in-Nigeria pharmaceutical products. They believed the products were not of good quality. However, today, it is different because they have seen that the WHO is endorsing factories manufacturing in Nigeria and that means things have positively changed.
Another fact is that although about four companies were certified by the WHO, more than 10 other companies are currently upgrading their facilities and that is a positive for the quality of medicines manufactured in Nigeria. It is quite beneficial to the common man who buys medicines locally.
Nevertheless, as regards progression to manufacturing prequalified products under contracts, let me say that WHO's prequalification process is a marathon and not an 100-meter dash. There is so much that is involved. If you take bioequivalence study for instance, to prequalify a product that does not have a bioequivalence and you have to do a bioequivalence study on the product, that may take you two to three years. That is for just one product and by the time you get to the laboratory, you may meet many other products on the queue and you have to wait for your turn. It is a long process.
However, let me say that some of us are already making good progress in that direction and I believe that in no distant time, we should be able to see some products that are prequalified coming from us in Nigeria. But it does not end there. After you now have a prequalified product, you have to subject yourself to competition because to get manufacturing contracts of Global Fund and other similar bodies is not easy. It is very competitive and you have to compete with companies from Europe and Asia that are also interested in supplying these products. That is why we are saying that our government will need to come in and ensure that appropriate protection or/and consideration is given to companies that are in this country through the mechanism of the domestic preference in our procurement act. We believe that, like the case in Uganda where the government insisted that companies from Uganda should not be subjected to the same standards like other foreign companies in bidding for contracts, and this was done. This should be applied to Nigerian companies.
The Nigerian economy is presently facing a tough time, with the value of the dollar in recent weeks increasing to an all-time high. This has affected all sectors of the Nigerian economy. As a key player in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sub-sector of the economy, what is the impact of this present state of the economy on the drug manufacturing sector and what should be done to ameliorate this situation for drug manufacturers?
Let me first state that the Nigerian economy is not in recession; the Nigerian economy is growing. But we can say that the growth has slowed down. This is because Nigeria is a mono economy. Once anything happens to crude oil, our mono product, the entire economy goes down. The Nigerian economy is down because crude oil price crashed. This has some macro-economic implications and a fallout of this is that foreign exchange is not available at the normal industry rate; and considering that we (local drug manufacturers) have to import most of the materials we need for production, it is a major challenge for us in the pharma manufacturing sector.
We have also made some contacts with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and some important government ministries but unfortunately we have not received any positive result from our efforts so far. As I speak to you, most of us have not been able to buy needed raw materials since the last quarter of last year. What we are selling today are products that we are manufacturing from the raw materials that we ordered for in the third quarter of last year.
What we are doing right now is scaling down production and operations in a way to avoid shutting down operations completely. If you have six production lines, you shut down three lines and ask people working on those lines to go home, while you continue to do skeletal production on the other three remaining lines and hoping that this situation will improve. If the situation does not improve in the next 30 days or thereabout, I can assure you that most of the pharmaceutical manufacturing companies in Nigeria may have to shut down their factories. This will be rather unfortunate and I hope this does not happen.
So what should the government do to ameliorate the situation?
We believe that there are some essential commodities that human beings will need to be productive; thus, if you want the economy to do well, you have to provide these commodities. Medicine is one of these very important commodities. Sick people cannot be productive nor contribute to the growth of the economy. It is only strong, healthy people that can do that. To also reduce mortality rate you need drugs for the sick to nurse them back to good health. Therefore, we must ensure the availability of essential medicines that people will require. That is why we are saying that the government must prioritise the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector and devote a percentage of whatever foreign exchange that is coming to this country to this sector. What is happening today is different. What we see is that priority is being given to oil and gas, agriculture and other areas that are not as essential as drug manufacturing.
The pharmaceutical manufacturers are not in the picture at all. We are expecting the government to prioritise us. We are also expecting that the government should provide some funding for this sector at a decent rate not the present rate we have in the market.
The twin challenges that have faced the pharmaceutical industry for several years are the challenges of curbing the activities of charlatans dealing in fake drugs, and ending the entrenched chaotic drug distribution caused by the open drug markets. Why does it seem so difficult to tackle these problems and what is your assessment of ongoing efforts to address them.
Let me start with the fake drug issue. My opinion is that this issue is being blown out of proportion. As a company manager, I can tell you that I am not having any serious issues with the faking of my products. If we are talking about people who bring in sub-standard products, that is a different issue and that has to do with strengthening of control at our borders and NAFDAC stepping up further in anaylsing what people bring into this country. But if you are talking about some people taking my products to go and fake and sell in the market, that is no longer a major issue for me.
I believe this also applies to a lot of companies producing locally here in Nigeria. That is why I can boldly say that drug products produced here in Nigeria are of very high quality so drug faking in Nigeria has been contained and it is not a major issue for local manufacturers.
On the second issue of open drug market that you raised, as soon as I started practising pharmacy over 30 years ago, I started hearing about this matter and today we are still talking about it. So, there are things we just enjoy taking about and we are not pragmatic in resolving them. The major reason we are unable to resolve them is because we have not been very realistic with the way we approach such issues.
If you have a system that you believe is not working and it is in a very sensitive area like health care delivery, you do not just wake up and throw everything away without first providing an alternative. We have not had an alternative to the open drug market for years; so you cannot just close it down without thinking about what will happen when you do. That is why I am happy with what is happening at the moment. I think we are now on the right track because we have realised there has to be an alternative and we are fine-tuning the alternative idea that was brought forward which was the new National Drug Distribution Guidelines (NDDGs).
The NDDGs prescribed that we should have mega drug distribution centres, but we realised that we do not have good prospects to fill the classification. We know the volume of drugs that pass through the open markets. So, companies that are trying to fill that position are not in any way suitable in terms of capacity to handle the volume of drugs that will be passed to the pharmacies and to Nigerians. That informed the position of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (PMG-MAN) that we should have regulated wholesale centres. This is to help us transit gradually from where we are to where we want to be.
May & Baker Nigeria Plc has come a long way and is a leader in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector in Nigeria. What is the company doing to consistently keep and expand its market share and where do you hope to see this company in the next 20 years?
Thank you for the compliments. May & Baker has come from being a subsidiary of a multinational company to become a wholly indigenous company, and we have moved from selling branded patented products to selling generic products. That transition, of course, will come with its challenges. It is a lot easier to import finished products, advertise and sell them. If that was what I was doing, I believe my turnover today would have been ten times more than it is now. But, if you have to manufacture generics and you have to sell and compete against products that are brought in and heavily advertised, it is tough. We have realised that is not how we want to play in this market. So, basically, we are repositioning and that informed the decision to build the world class WHO certified factory in Ota, Ogun State.
We want to move away from the area where everybody is playing to an area that we are more familiar with and have reasonable differentiation. We are still on course. We have managed to, during the transition, run the business prudently to ensure we do not go down until we get to where we are going. In the next 20 years, I want to see a company that would be a global name in specialised medicines not just in Nigeria but in Africa and in the world.


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Q: How do I make query return 0 when no records match in Access 2013? I have a query in my Access 2013 database that counts the amount of records matching a certain criteria. However there are instances where no records will match and the query returns nothing. This is causing issues as I use this value in calculations. Please find the SQL code from my query below.
SELECT [Main Database].Renewal,
[Main Database].[2014/15 - Permission to Review],
Count(Main Database].[2014/15 - Permission to Review]) AS [CountOf2014/15 - Permission to Review]
FROM [Main Database]
GROUP BY [Main Database].Renewal, [Main Database].[2014/15 - Permission to Review]
HAVING ((([Main Database].Renewal) Like "**/05/****") AND (([Main Database].[2014/15 - Permission to Review])="Yes"));

I have tried using the Nz Function and IIF(IsNull([])), however neither of these seem to work.
Is there something I am doing wrong or alternative ways to achieve what I want?
Edit - New code with subquery
SELECT COUNT (*) AS iniSumNov
FROM (
SELECT [Main Database].Renewal, [Main Database].[2014/15 - Initial Contact],
Count([Main Database].[2014/15 - Initial Contact])
AS [CountOf2014/15 - Initial Contact]
FROM [Main Database]
GROUP BY [Main Database].Renewal, [Main Database].[2014/15 - Initial Contact]
HAVING ((([Main Database].Renewal) Like "**/11/****") AND (([Main Database].[2014/15 - Initial Contact])="Yes"))
);

A: use this..
 SELECT A.Renewal as Renewal ,
 A.[2014/15 - Permission to Review] as Permission_to_Review,
 IIF(isNull(Count(A.[2014/15 - Permission to Review])),0,Count(A.[2014/15 - Permission to Review])) AS count_Permission_to_Review
 FROM [Main Database] A
 where (((A.Renewal) Like "**/05/****") AND ((A.[2014/15 - Permission to Review])="Yes"))
 GROUP BY A.Renewal, A.[2014/15 - Permission to Review]
;

A: Use COUNT(*) on a subquery:
SELECT COUNT(*) as NbRecords
FROM (
    SELECT ...whatever you need
     )

If the subquery is empty, the main query will return NbRecords = 0

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Debunking 5 more myths about the pro-life movement spread by abortion advocates
Pro-life people believe that every single person has value and dignity as a child of God. We love and want the best for every person.
Ciancio
Susan Ciancio and American Life League
Mon Aug 15, 2022 - 2:49 pm EDT Mon Aug 15, 2022 - 3:09 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Below is Part II in this two-part series addressing a document written by the pro-abortion group Jane's Army. Find Part I at LifeSiteNews.
Last week, I addressed a document entitled "The Top 10 Worst Things about the Anti-Choice Movement" written by Jane's Army — a group dedicated to electing pro-abortion politicians in Illinois. It specifically mentions the Catholic pro-life group American Life League, so I felt it important to see what the group had to say. Upon reading it, I found misinformation, misleading statements, and bizarre arguments.
As one of the important goals of American Life League is to help teach the truth while building a culture of life, I thought it necessary to address each of Jane's Army's 10 arguments in order to dispel this misinformation. In Part II today, we will address the group's last five points (in bold) and then explain the truth in simple terms.
6. 'Texas' extremist S.B. 8 abortion ban has historical ties to oppressive, racist laws like the Fugitive Slave Act.'
The document then links to an article in the Outlook section of the Washington Post that says, "Under these [fugitive slave] acts, enslavers could hire agents to search for people who had escaped to free states from slavery; they could then turn to the courts . . . to condone the rendition back south of their 'property.'"
Slavery was an abomination to humanity. But simply stating that the abortion ban is like the Fugitive Slave Act does not make it so. Both slavery and abortion are horrible offenses against human beings. Both treat human beings like property to be dispensed of or used at will. Asserting an opinion that women will be hunted down after having an abortion is fearmongering at its best.
READ: Debunking 5 myths about the pro-life movement spread by abortion advocates
Though pro-lifers may seek to have abortion doctors prosecuted for committing illegal abortions, they will not seek out the women who have been preyed upon by the culture of death. Pro-lifers want to help women. That's why pregnancy centers exist. That's why services that offer healing after abortion exist. Those in the pro-life field understand the difficulties — be they financial, emotional, or professional — that women face as they contemplate a surprise pregnancy or as they navigate the emotions after having an abortion. They know the detrimental psychological effects on women. Compassionately saving lives is their number-one priority—and that includes the mothers' lives as well.
7. 'The tie between anti-choice extremism and racism can be seen in the black maternal mortality crisis. Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women because of health care inequity, including the way anti-abortion laws erode access to all essential reproductive health care for black women.'
Let's separate the fact from the opinion in these statements. First, yes, according to CDC reports, the maternal mortality rate for black women is three times more than white women. The CDC reports that, in 2020, "the maternal mortality rate for non-Hispanic black women was 55.3 deaths per 100,000 live births." Their deaths are tragic.
But we must remember that a baby dies in every abortion. What we need to focus on is better care for expectant mothers and better programs to help them in their time of need. We must teach people from the time they are young that they, and their bodies, are gifts to be treated with respect and reverence. To that end, people must understand that what they do to, and put into, their bodies matters. This is something that the staff of the over 3,000 pregnancy help centers in the U.S. try to teach. These places offer financial assistance, classes, and other programs to help women take care of themselves and their growing babies.
When Jane's Army then adds the phrase "anti-abortion laws erode access to all essential reproductive health care for black women," it's just flat-out misleading people. This is not true. Laws against abortion do not erode access to "all" healthcare. First, we must be clear: Abortion is not healthcare. Abortion takes the life of a baby. Healthcare is something that improves the health of a person. And if we want to examine places that offer true healthcare, we need look no further than pregnancy resource centers.
8. 'Miscarriage is a crime. The number of women jailed for miscarriage, an incredibly common experience, is abhorrent, and is a growing problem.
This is just blatantly false. Miscarriage is not and has never been a crime. Nor is it an "incredibly common experience" that women are being jailed for miscarriage. The one woman whom Jane's Army references in this document was convicted of harming her preborn baby with drugs, as she admitted to using methamphetamine during her pregnancy. She was prosecuted because it was believed her drug use led to the death of her baby not because she had a miscarriage.
9. 'The anti-choice movement isn't just attacking reproductive rights, it's also attacking LGBTQ+ rights.'
The document then references an article that seems to address some kind of conspiracy theory about what "dark money" is financing overseas. To be frank, it's irrelevant. There will always be some group from all sides of the political spectrum that finances something nefarious. The bigger picture is this: Pro-life people believe that every single person has value and dignity as a child of God. We love and want the best for every person. Disagreeing with a person's choice or the way someone lives his or her life does not mean that we wish for those same people to lose rights as human beings. But assertions like this serve only to obfuscate and to lead others away from the point of the argument — that a baby dies in every abortion.
READ: Don't believe pro-abortion lies: Pro-lifers do care for mothers and babies at all stages of life
Possibly another reason some people may feel concern about same-sex marriage rights is because in his opinion about Dobbs, Judge Thomas commented about the constitutionality of the Obergefell decision. However, none of the other judges concurred with his opinion. And it is not likely that this decision will be overturned. When Jane's Army makes statements like the one above, they only serve as smoke and mirrors to distract others and incite anger about things that may never happen.
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Fargo board member Seth Holden said the Pledge is not in keeping with the district's diversity, equity, and inclusion policies because it uses the words "under God."
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Holden furthermore thinks saying the Pledge is a "non-inclusionary act" because agnostics and atheists are not accounted for.
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10. 'The same extremists behind anti-abortion policies also support inhumane immigration policies. These policies include the regular denial of critical reproductive health care, the abuse and neglect of pregnant women, the separation of children and parents, and even more devastating realities for those in custody at the border.'
Again and to be clear, abortion is not healthcare. As I said last week, healthcare is something done proactively to improve or take care of someone's health. Taking the life of a tiny child does not fall into this category.
Regardless, it is not abnormal for a country to have laws regarding who resides within its boundaries and for how long. For example, if I decided that I wanted to live in Italy, I would have to follow the country's procedures in order to live there legally. To stay longer than three months, I would have to apply for a certain type of visa. If I wanted to stay longer than 12 months, I must complete what's called an integration agreement. According to Italian law, failure to do so "is punishable by expulsion from Italy." Expecting immigrants to abide by America's laws does not make a person inhumane.
READ: What can pro-lifers do to win pro-abortion activists over to the cause of life?
Pro-lifers do not want to see anyone — regardless of their resident status — harmed. That would be contrary to our beliefs that all people matter, all people have value, and all people should be treated with dignity and respect. Horrible conditions at the border and children separated from parents are travesties we must work to find a solution to. These travesties exist because we live in a broken world—a world that desperately needs to be fixed. We don't rejoice in the suffering of migrants at the border. We don't condone poor treatment of any person. In fact, we greatly lament the conditions these people are coming from and feel they need to run away from. But our country and its infrastructure can only support so many. What we really need is a strong leader in office who can work with the leaders of other countries to help improve conditions there so people don't feel that they have to flee their native countries. Until we have that, we will see throngs of migrants pouring into our borders.
There will always be people on the fringes of any group — left or right — who do evil things and who hurt people. These are not the people who represent the majority. These are not the people who work with moms and babies every day. These are not the people who have dedicated their lives to improving the lives of others. These are the people who make a difference every day. These are the people who will continue to do so. And to them, we say thank you. Your hard work matters, and we pray you can continue to do so without the threat of violence.
Susan Ciancio is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and has worked as a writer and editor for nearly 19 years; 13 of those years have been in the pro-life sector. Currently, she is the editor of American Life League's Celebrate Life Magazine—the nation's premier Catholic pro-life magazine. She is also the executive editor of ALL's Culture of Life Studies Program—a pre-K-12 Catholic pro-life education organization.
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Gazeter – spis nazw obiektów geograficznych: miejscowości i obiektów fizjograficznych (gór, mórz, rzek, jezior itp.).

Oficjalny gazeter opracowany przez powołaną w każdym państwie do tego celu komisję (w Polsce jest to Komisja Standaryzacji Nazw Geograficznych poza Granicami Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), obejmować powinien nazwy obiektów geograficznych zarówno we własnym kraju, jak i obowiązujące w nazewnictwie krajowym nazwy obiektów zagranicznych (egzonimy). Rezolucja ONZ przyjęta na I konferencji w sprawie standaryzacji nazw geograficznych (w Genewie, 1967 r.) zaleciła wszystkim państwom opracowanie własnych gazeterów narodowych w celu ujednolicenia nazewnictwa geograficznego w poszczególnych państwach; wykazy oficjalnie uznanych nazw geograficznych wraz z ich lokalizacją powinny zapewnić jednoznaczność w posługiwaniu się nazwami geograficznymi w różnego typu publikacjach (w tym m.in. na mapach i w podręcznikach) i w środkach masowego komunikowania.

Zobacz też
 Grupa Ekspertów ONZ ds. Nazw Geograficznych
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 hydronim

Linki zewnętrzne
 Narodowy gazeter Polski, Komisja Standaryzacji Nazw Geograficznych poza Granicami Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej

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Greece, Britain, and the EU: A Tale of Two Exits?
A step at a time over the past seven years, the true victim of financial, economic, social, and now political crisis has emerged. No, it's not the Greeks, or the Spanish or Portuguese, not the Irish or the Italians: It's the European Union itself, in whose name the fight to recover has been waged.
With Greece's debt crisis unresolved and with Prime Minister Cameron's landslide re-election in Britain last month, we now stare at two unthinkable scenarios: Greece's exit from the euro and the U.K.'s from the E.U. altogether. A Grexit, destabilizing all by itself, threatens a chain reaction. A Brexit will remove one of the biggest stones in the union's foundation and could turn the English Channel into the world's sixth ocean.
Let's not get too dire: Both of these questions could come good. But neither, at the moment, is heading in the right direction.
There have been other tough passages in the E.U.'s history. In the 1960s, France bridled as supranational powers passed to Brussels and in proper Gaullist fashion, stood against Britain's membership in what was then the European Economic Community. Post-Berlin Wall enlargement and the Maastricht Treaty did not come easily. By the late 1990s, "euro-skepticism" was a legitimate and too common term.
In my opinion, no past moment of difficulty since the seminal Treaty of Paris in 1951 equals the perils of this one. Misusing the word along with everyone else, the threat out in the middle distance looks a little existential.
The immediate facts of these two cases are plain enough.
The Tsipras government in Athens can't get a new debt deal out of Brussels that allows it to remain answerable to its electorate. Even if Greece makes its June payments of $1.8 billion on time, the now-strong possibility of a Grexit won't evaporate.
Syriza, the anti-austerity party elected to power in January, is now split on the euro question. It wasn't six months ago, and the internal argument now—desirable to no one—is a consequence of the failure of Athens-E.U. talks thus far.
Ominous, especially given the rise of other populist parties—in Spain, France, and elsewhere—of either right or left persuasion.
In Britain, as soon as Cameron clinched his reelection it was clear his anti-European right wing was going to assume a new prominence. In no time, and no surprise, the British leader was hoofing it through Europe, completing a tour of the Netherlands, France, Poland, and Germany last Friday to gauge how difficult it will prove to negotiate a new deal for the U.K. within the union.
Difficult, in a word. Suddenly, Brexit is front-burner stuff.
Cameron's dilemma is stark. He owes his electorate a referendum on E.U. membership or Brexit by 2017. Either he gets the Continent to accept a "full-on treaty change," as he put it last week, or he could prove to be the prime minister who ushered Britain out of the European project—or back in time, if you prefer.
The French are against any treaty change at all, and Chancellor Merkel went only so far as to say it can't be "completely ruled out." It's doubtful that's enough to let Cameron sleep well at night.
Apart from the pressing politics now weighing on the Greek crisis and 10 Downing Street, I see even more serious cause for worry on two counts. First, there are questions of history. Second, there is the failure of Brussels technocrats to register said questions.
In the case of Greece, you have a political culture with a long record of opposition to free market orthodoxies and a wide stripe of pink, scarlet, crimson, and every other shade of red running through it. Its ambiguous position between West and East has been a matter of record since Herodotus wrote The Histories.
In the British case one could arguably go back to the Norman Conquest, but let's keep the count to a few centuries. Gideon Rachman, the astute English columnist, took it all apart in a very fine explainer in the Financial Times last week.
History, political and cultural traditions, what we might get away with calling national sentiment—these things can't be ignored in a project as complex as Europe's since 1945. Gaullism falls in this file and it caused problems. Now it's right-wing Toryism and Greek leftists with long memories and a lot of pride.
No surprise these things now weigh very heavily on the E.U.'s future. The surprise is that Brussels has been so wrong for so long in its approach to European integration.
Technocrats have long directed the European project, and therein lies the error. They're trained in liberal economics but not history, politics, or cultural studies. This renders them ill-equipped. The task should never have been to erase all difference—we will all eat bananas of the same shape—but to recognize and accommodate difference.
I rate problems of history and institutional design deep sources of concern because they're very hard to address and no one's seems to be doing so. The Greeks may find a way through, and the British may decide to remain in the European family. One hopes so.
But the Grexit and Brexit questions are merely symptoms. The underlying malady is Europe as it's now conceived and constituted.


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New Delhi: Edtech startup upGrad has closed a $185-million funding round at a valuation of $1.2 billion, thus entering the coveted unicorn club. Singapore's Temasek Holdings Ltd, the World Bank's International Finance Corporation and IIFL participated in the fundraising.
"We are pleased with the investor interest ever since we opened up for fundraise, and had our maiden raise from Temasek, followed by IFC and IIFL in the last 60 days," said Ronnie Screwvala, cofounder and chairperson of upGrad. "We will announce further updates on M&As, and unlock value as they unfold."
"Yes, the last value was at $ 1.2 billion, but as I keep saying, we are not a fan of the tag name unicorn—for us, it is only a means to a much larger goal," he added.
The edtech startup continues to be promoter-led with the founders group owning 70%-plus stake in the company. The other unicorns in the edtech space include companies like Byju's and Unacademy.
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Djogo, Tony. 1994. Management of Mountain Watershed and Forest Resources: Agroforestry in Mountain Development. Paper Presented in Chiang Mai on Agroforestry Curriculum.
Gumelar, T. 2014. Analisa Usaha Tani. Jurnal Penelitian Politeknik LPP. Yogyakarta.
Rencana tata ruang dan tata wilayah (RTRW) Kab. TTU tahun 2018-2038. Penetapan Kawasan Strategis Kab. TTU. Nusa Tenggara Timur.
Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Menengah Daerah (RPJMD), 2011. Luas Wilayah Kab. TTU. Nusa Tenggara Timur.
Sabarnurdin, S., Budiadi, dan P. Suryanto, 2011. Agroforestri Untuk Indonesia: Strategi Kelestarian Hutan Dan Kemakmuran. Cakrawala Media, Yogyakarta.
Suradisastra, K. 2001. Konteks Ekologi Kultural Kawasan Timur Indonesia Dalam Optimalisasi Lahan Kering. Deputi Bidang Investasi dan Pembiayaan, Kementerian Percepatan Pembangunan Kawasan Timur Indonesia. Jakarta.
Ukrani, R., dan C.K. Jain, 2010. Agroforestry Sistem and Practices. Oxford Book Company. India.


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Louis-Philippe Dalembert (Porto Príncipe, Haiti, dezembro de 1962) é um escritor de língua francesa e crioula. Vive atualmente no eixo Paris-Porto Príncipe-Alhures. Sua obra – romances, novelas e poesia – foi traduzida para diversos idiomas.

Biografia
Filho de uma professora e de um diretor de escola da cidade de Porto Príncipe, Louis-Philippe Dalembert nasce na capital do Haiti, em dezembro de 1962, um sagrado e chuvoso sábado. O falecimento de seu pai, quando o futuro escritor nem mesmo completara um ano de idade, deixa a família em precária situação financeira.

Sua primeira infância transcorre nas ruelas de Bel-Air, um bairro popular às margens da baía de Porto Príncipe, em meio ao aconchego de um universo majoritariamente feminino: sua irmã mais velha, sua avó materna, suas tias-avós, as primas de sua mãe – sempre ausente de casa, durante a semana, pois leciona em escolas no interior da grande ilha de Toussaint Louverture.

A avó materna leva em rédeas curtas a sua pequena família, naquele Porto Príncipe controlado com mão de ferro por François Duvalier, « Papa Doc ». Aos seis anos de idade, o futuro poeta vai enfrentar a primeira grande separação de sua vida: a família muda-se para um bairro afastado de Bel-Air. A brusca ruptura servirá de pretexto para o romance intitulado O lápis de Deus não tem borracha, que retraça aquela infância impregnada de religião e marcada pelo signo indelével do sabá.

Porto Príncipe, nos anos 1960-1970, é também a cidade dos cinemas a céu aberto, os antigos e famosos drive-in. Um desses cinemas encontra-se atrás da nova moradia, do outro lado de um descampado. À noite, o bairro inteiro se junta no terreno baldio para assistir os filmes. Dalembert adora os filmes de caubói, vê também os primeiros kung-fus e O último tango em Paris. A parte chata das sessões de cinema é que, do terreno baldio, nada se ouve. É preciso, por sua própria conta, imaginar o diálogo, a menos que algum dos espectadores não se meta, de chofre, a improvisar. Para ele, desde aquela época, contar e recontar é, antes de mais nada, fazer ver.

De formação literária e jornalística, inicialmente Dalembert trabalha como jornalista em seu país natal. Em 1986, vai prosseguir seus estudos na França, obtendo o título de doutor em Literatura Comparada pela Sorbonne, com uma extensa tese sobre a obra do cubano Alejo Carpentier. Desde que deixou o Haiti, esse andarilho poliglota (malabar de sete idiomas) morou sucessivamente em Nancy, Paris, Roma, Jerusalém, Brazzaville, Kinshasa, e viajou por todos os recantos e lugares a que seus passos o levaram... sempre em busca dos ecos reiterados de sua terra natal.

Sua obra traz as marcas de suas andanças – imagem que representa uma idéia mais precisa que a noção de "errança", pois reflete a permanente tensão entre dois tempos distintos (por um lado, a infância, de onde ele continua a espreitar o mundo; a idade adulta, por outro lado) e dois, por vezes vários, distintos lugares.

Atualmente, Dalembert vive no corredor Italia-Paris-Porto Príncipe.

Obras
Prosa
 Le Songe d'une photo d'enfance, contos,  Paris : Serpent à Plumes,1993. Paris : Serpent à Plumes, coll. « Motifs », 2005.
 Le crayon du bon Dieu n'a pas de gomme, novela, Paris : Stock, 1996. Paris : Serpent à Plumes, coll. « Motifs », 2004. Porto Príncipe : Éditions des Presses nationales, 2006.
 L'Autre Face de la mer, novela, Paris : Stock, 1998. Paris : Serpent à Plumes, coll. « Motifs », 2005. Porto Príncipe : Éditions des Presses nationales, 2007. Alger : Apic, 2009. Porto Príncipe : C3 Éditions, 2014.
 L'Île du bout des rêves, novela, Paris : Bibliophane/Daniel Radford, 2003. Paris : Serpent à Plumes, coll. « Motifs », 2007.
 Vodou ! Un tambour pour les anges, récit, em colaboração com David Damoison (fotografias) et Laënnec Hurbon (prefácio), Paris : Autrement, 2003.
 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, novela, Monaco : Éditions du Rocher, 2005.
 Les dieux voyagent la nuit, novela, Monaco : Éditions du Rocher, 2006. Porto Príncipe : Éditions des Presses nationales, 2010. Porto Príncipe : C3 Éditions, 2014.
 Histoires d'amour impossibles... ou presque, contos, Monaco : Éditions du Rocher, 2007.
 Noires blessures, novela, Paris : Mercure de France, 2011.
 Les Bas-Fonds de la mémoire, conto, Porto Príncipe, 2012.
 Ballade d'un amour inachevé, roman, Paris : Mercure de France, 2013. Porto Príncipe : C3 Éditions, 2014.
 Avant que les ombres s'effacent, Paris: Sabine Wespieser éditeur, 2017.
 Mur Méditerranée, Paris: Sabine Wespieser éditeur, 2019.
 Milwaukee Blues, Paris: Sabine Wespieser éditeur, 2021.

Em língua crioula
 Epi oun jou konsa tèt Pastè Bab pati, novela, Porto Príncipe : Éditions des Presses nationales, 2007.

Ensaio
 Le Roman de Cuba, Monaco : Éditions du Rocher, 2009.
 Haïti, une traversée littéraire, en collaboration avec Lyonel Trouillot, Paris : Éditions Philippe Rey/Culturesfrance, 2010.

Poesia
 Évangile pour les miens, Porto Príncipe : Choucoune, 1982.
 Et le soleil se souvient (seguido das) Pages cendres et palmes d'aube, Paris : L'Harmattan, 1989.
 Du temps et d'autres nostalgies, roma : Les Cahiers de la Villa Médicis, n° 9.1 (24-38), 1995.
 Ces îles de plein sel, La Chaux-de-Fonds : Vwa n° 24 (151-171), 1996.
 Ces îles de plein sel et autres poèmes, Paris : Silex/Nouvelles du Sud, 2000.
 Dieci poesie (Errance), Pordenone : Quaderni di via Montereale, 2000.
 Poème pour accompagner l'absence, Paris : Agotem, n° 2, Obsidiane, 2005. Montréal : Mémoire d'Encrier, 2005.
 Transhumances, Paris : Riveneuve éditions, 2010.
 En marche sur la terre, Paris: Éditions Bruno Doucey, 2017.
 Cantique du balbutiement, Paris: Éditions Bruno Doucey, 2020.
 Ces îles de plein sel et autres recueils, Éditions Points Poésie, 2021.

Livros traduzidos em português
 O Lápis do bom Deus não tem borracha. Trad. Marcelo Marinho e Fernanda Giglio. Campo Grande-MS : Letra Livre Editora, 2010.

Premiações
 Grande Prêmio de Poesia da cidade de Angers, França, 1987.
 Artista residente-bolsista na Villa Médicis, Roma, Itália, 1994-1995.
 Bolsa Unesco-Aschberg : residência-ateliê de criação em Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jérusalem, Israel, 1997.
 Prêmio Radio France de literatura, para L'Autre Face de la mer, Paris, França, 1999.
 Bolsa Poncetton da Société des Gens de Lettres para L'Autre Face de la mer, Paris, França, 1998.
 Bolsa de criação do Conselho Nacional Francês do Livro para a redação de Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, Paris, França, 2003.
 Residência-ateliê de criação em Tunis, Tunísia, 2006.
 Prémio Casa de las Américas para Les dieux voyagent la nuit, Cuba, 2008.
 Residência DAAD Arstists-in-Berlin Program, Berlin, 2010.
 Prêmio especial "Ville de Limoges" para Noires Blessures, Limoges, 2011.
 Prix Thyde Monnier da Société des gens de lettres para Ballade d'un amour inachevé, Paris, 2013.
 Prix du jury de l'Algue d'Or para Ballade d'un amour inachevé, Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, 2014.

Direção de publicações
 I Caraibi prima di Cristoforo Colombo: la Cultura del popolo Taíno (em colaboração com Carlo Nobili e Daniela Zanin), Istituto Italo-Latino Americano, Roma, 1998.
 Haiti attraverso la sua letteratura, Istituto Italo-Latino Americano, Roma, 2000.
 La Méditerranée Caraïbe, Passerelles # 21, Thionville, automne-hiver 2000. Número especial consagrado a 35 autores e críticas do Caraíbas francófono, hispanófono e anglófono.
 Les Peintres du vodou – I pittori del vudù, Catálogo bilingue de l'exposition do mesmo nome, Istituto Italo-Latino Americano/Edizioni Diagonale, Roma, 2001.

Ligações externas
 Apresentação do autor (biografia, bibliografia detalhada, textos, entrevistas e extractos audio)
 Entrevista video do autor : Ile en île e Dailymotion

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For the first time ever, the US was reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council as the body continues to assess the performance of all UN members.
The scrutiny was not an easy one for the US, as the list of concerns over its domestic and foreign human rights record continues to grow.
Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona Alessandra Soler Meetze believes the US involvement in the Human Rights Council will lead to justice.
"Now that the international arena is really spotlighting the American human rights violations, we are confident that we will see serious reforms," Meetze told RT.
Chandra Bhatnagar, staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union in Geneva, is among those hoping that the engagement of the US in the human rights review process will lead to an improvement in human rights implementation.
"We are grateful that the Obama administration joined the Human Rights Council, we are grateful that they have taken the UBR process seriously. There are some well-reasoned questions that were put forward, including one from the Russian Federation regarding the treaty compliance issues, and the fact that the US has yet to ratify major human rights treaties, like the Convention on Elimination of Discrimination against women and the Convention on the Rights of a Child, to name a few," Bhatnagar told RT.
The US decision to get engaged in the Human Rights Council is a good indication, however, US involvement in this kind of things usually is carried out on their own terms, believes Asim Qureshi, the executive director of London-based human rights organization "Cageprisoners".
Commenting on one of the most condemned US human rights abuse instances, Guantanamo Bay, Qureshi said that regardless of how much the rest of the world is concerned about Guantanamo, the decision will come from inside America.
"The reality is that international condemnation against the Guantanamo Bay has been as strong as anything else really, and if the Americans were not going to close it already, I don't think there's anything else that is going to help to convince them. This has now become the problem within America itself," Qureshi told RT.


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Least Among Saints: Film Review
9:13 AM PDT 10/11/2012 by THR Staff
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An overwrought melodrama about a PTSD-afflicted war vet can't ovecome its myriad cliches. TWITTER
Martin Papazian's drama tells the story of a PTSD-afflicted war veteran who finds redemption by helping a troubled young boy.
Delivering a better showcase for himself as an actor than a filmmaker, Martin Papazian is less than a triple threat as the director, writer and star of the overwrought Least Among Saints. Although displaying a commandingly brooding screen presence reminiscent of Jason Patric, he's unable to rescue this melodrama--about a PTSD-afflicted Gulf War veteran who finds redemption by caring for a troubled young boy--from sinking into a morass of clichés.
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Returning home to Tuscon, Arizona after his tours of duty, Anthony (Papazian) has become an embittered drunk, haunted by nightmares and desperately attempting to reconnect with his ex-wife (Audrey Marie Anderson) who's gotten a restraining order against him. But his essential decency comes to the fore when his next-door neighbor, a drug-addicted prostitute (A.J. Cook), suddenly dies of an overdose, leaving behind a frightened and bereft ten-year-old son, Wade (Tristan Lake Leabu).
Anthony impulsively takes the young boy under his wing, despite the understandable reservations of a sardonic social worker (well played by Laura San Giacomo) who's apparently too busy to do the basic research that would reveal that the veteran has more than a few legal issues pending. It isn't long before he's tutoring the youngster in such budding acts of manhood as physically confronting a school bully and firing a shotgun, with predictably messy results. But it's when the pair embarks on a road trip to find Wade's long-absent father that things really get complicated.
Delivering its inspirational messages with a heavy hand—at one point we hear a lecture about the myriad problems facing war veterans delivered by a sympathetic cop (Charles S. Dutton)—Least Among Saints has the strained feel of a basic cable television movie, with modest production values to match.
It all culminates in a predictable if less than credible feel-good conclusion that would go down easier if it wasn't obvious that the main character has behaved in a manner that should have earned him serious jail time.
Production: Papazian Hirsch Entertainment.
Cast: Martin Papazian, Tristan Lake Leabu, Laura San Giacomo, Charles S. Dutton, Audrey Marie Anderson, A.J. Cook, Azura Skye, Tom Irwin, Taylor Kinney, Lombardo Boyer, Ronnie Gene Blevins.
Director-Screenwriter: Martin Papazian.
Producers: Robert A. Papazian, James G. Hirsch.
Director of photography: Guy Skinner.
Editor: Robert Florio.
Production designer: Peter Wooley.
Costume designer: Jennifer Wolff.
Composer: Gary Lionelli.
Rated R, 105 min.
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Clocking up 21 years of performing in drag, Pollyfilla is a popular fixture of the Melbourne Drag Scene. Hot off the high heels of her one (wo)man show as part of the 2017 Melbourne Fringe Festival, Polly is excited to be joining forces with Sydney based rising star Felicity Frockaccino to present their first production together, It Takes Two.
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A small creek borders our neighborhood and we decided to see how far we could walk down it before coming to a road. Winter is a great time to hike back here since the tall weeds are dead and the snakes and dangerous bugs are frozen. It was pretty easy walking because there was a deer trail the entire length of our walk.
I love getting out here. Our area is exploding with growth and everywhere we look they are chopping down forests for subdivisions or commercial businesses. However, this creek floods so they can't develop the property just along it, so it is a permanent narrow but long nature preserve.
One of the first things we noticed was beaver sticks! This creek has quite the population of beavers and we found downed trees and sticks with no bark (beaver food) all along our hike.
Before I moved here and explored this creek I didn't even realize Texas had beavers!
We found lots of beaver and deer tracks by the creek.
The next day we went to one of our favorite local parks and the boys did some tree climbing.
Talk about a perfect day!
This is a view I can enjoy. Next week we are going fishing here, they stock this pond with rainbow trout.
But first we decided to go fishing at Spring Creek Park.
Happy to hear that you were all feeling well enough to get back to your routines of exploring the area you live in. I hope that you continue to feel better as each day passes. Enjoy your weekend!
It is great to be feeling better Lisa, and thank you!!! I hope you had a great weekend and a wonderful week.


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The taxes and fees we will now have to pay will ,we believe, be about 7% of the total costs.However,will that be based on the original purchase price or current value ?
We paid all the taxes on completion of the purchase to the agent and we have been advised that we will,therefore, not have to pay any more at this final stage.That said, the person we dealt with is being elusive ,despite letters and e-mails etc and we have real doubts whether he will now pay over the monies we gave to him to cover the tax.We hope it doesn't come to it but if necessary can we report this matter to the police as we are sure it could represent an offence under the UK Theft Act 1968 and there must be some corresponding Law in Spain ?
You will have to wait until the time comes to know on whether he will pay or not.
I take it you are not a registered owner of the property. To have your name lodged at the land registry as the new owner, you will have to pay Transfer tax on the resale, of course.
I can not advise further as I am not fully understanding your case. Maybe it would be a good idea if you emailed us your private contract to know what's happened.


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What has changed over time is the impact of this incivility on the ability of the government to function.
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Anna Faris Dishes on Son Jack's Embarrassing Bathroom Experiment That Led to Some Deep Cleaning (Exclusive)
By John Connor Coulston - August 28, 2019 04:21 pm EDT
Life as a mom can sometimes be messy, and Anna Faris knows that all too well. The actress is a mother on-screen for her CBS sitcom Mom, but she is also a mother to 7-year-old Jack, her son with ex-husband Chris Pratt. Faris recently partnered up with Clorox to promote their $150,000 DonorsChoose.org campaign to fund teacher's classrooms and promote cleanliness when it comes to working spaces. While chatting about the initiative, Faris let PopCulture.com in on one of the grossest mom moments she had had to clean up in recent memory.
As she explained, Jack randomly got fascinated with one of bodily functions, and it did not end well. The scene turned into "a science project" but luckily she had some of the cleaning brand's wipes on hand to sanitize the space.
"The other day, Jack called me into the bathroom, and he was showing me how he could pee all over the place. He could hit different targets, which was amusing for him," she recalled with a laugh. "I think he even said, 'Look, it's almost like a science project.' So, then [Clorox wipes] make it very easy to clean up a child's urine. Yeah, I think that it's handy. I have them all over the house. They're in the kitchen. They're in the bathroom. The garage."
(Photo: Diane Bondareff/Invision for Clorox/AP Images)
Aside from bathroom messes, Faris also revealed that she has been trying to get herself and Jack to tidy up more in general. She thinks that Jack having a space to do his schoolwork and other projects is key to helping him focus.
"I do think that it's important for me to be able to sit Jack down when he has homework — because he has homework now; I can't even believe it — but to be able to sit him down in an organized, clean space makes him focus a little bit better," she said. "I do think that having a very cluttered mind myself, that an organized space and a clean space is incredibly helpful to me. I wish I had learned that a little bit early in life. I think I'm still learning it."
She's also tried to get him in on the cleaning process, but it can be challenging. The Scary Movie and Just Friends actress sometimes resorts to "bribes" to get Jack encouraged to tidy up.
"I kind of bribe," Faris said. "What's tricky is that I think it's very difficult for a mom or a parent to be (stern) because the kids know that they can push back. Like when I watch Jack at school, he will listen to the teachers. They all are doing their chores or their cleanup and they listen and whatever. And then when he gets home, he's like, 'No, I don't want to' or 'What are you going to give me?' And it's like, 'OK, here's this $2 bill if you make your bed or whatever.' It's the negotiating that they learn so quickly."
As for the Clorox and DonorsChoose.org partnership, Faris was excited to participate due the company's promotion of general cleanliness and the struggles she's seen educators in her life go through on a daily basis.
"I wanted to partner up with Clorox for this back to school season, for a couple of reasons. One, I feel like I'm a sanitary person, but I'm not the tidiest person. So, I use Clorox wipes all the time because they're so easy and they kill 99.9 percent of germs," Faris said. "What's really meaningful to me is that Clorox donated $150,000 to DonorsChoose.org, which is a fantastic organization that allows teachers to submit projects they need for the classroom so they can help create safe creative work spaces. And that means a lot to me. I have three family members that are educators, so I understand that resources get stretched. So, it's really important to me."
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Christopher Jasperson, a 27-year-old Montevideo resident, faces a gross misdemeanor child endangerment charge for allegedly leaving his child in a running car while he hung out at a bar.
According to a complaint filed in Chippewa County, Minnesota, officers were summoned to the Inn Like Flinns Bar just after midnight on the morning of February 14 on a report that a child had been left unattended. Upon arrival, officers saw that a child was sleeping in a car seat in a vehicle running in the parking lot. The temperature at the time was below freezing.
An officer ran the vehicle's registration and learned it was registered to Jasperson, who was found inside the bar. Officers noticed he smelled strongly of booze, and a breath test pegged his BAL at .212.
A bartender told officers he noticed Jasperson's vehicle running outside, but thought nothing of it. He said he'd served Jasperson three 22-ounce beers over the course of the hour or so he'd spent at Inn Like Flinns before officers arrived.


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Hedge funds Tax planning
Hedge fund investors lose key tax break for management expenses
By Lynnley Browning November 20, 2018, 11:42 a.m. EST 5 Min Read
For some hedge fund investors, President Donald Trump's tax overhaul adds insult to the injury from poor investment performance.
The Republican law eliminates deductions for certain expenses that wealthy taxpayers previously could itemize on their returns, including the management fees paid to hedge fund managers, which are usually mandatory. Now, rich investors will have to eat every penny of those expenses — even if the fund investments lose money.
The tax change "makes hedge funds, which are already struggling, even less appealing," said billionaire Mike Novogratz, founder of crypto-focused merchant bank Galaxy Digital LP. Novogratz used to run a hedge fund at Fortress Investment Group LLC that was liquidated in 2015 following poor performance.
Beleaguered hedge fund managers have lost money this year after suffering their worst month since 2011 in October. The $3.2 trillion industry has been hit by years of mediocre performance and fund closures, with investors pulling $68.8 billion since the start of 2016. Several managers have announced plans to shutter in anticipation of year-end withdrawals.
Hedge fund managers have long justified their fees by selling their funds as better at making money and protecting investors during downturns. But in the three decades since alternative investments took off, the industry has hardly done much better than the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, according to Hedge Fund Research Inc.
The tax hit could put even more pressure on poor performing hedge funds to lower some of their fees. Funds historically charged "2 and 20," with an annual management fee of 2 percent of assets under management plus a 20 percent performance fee on profits. Funds using that model are in the minority, with the averages now at 1.45 percent and about 17 percent, according to an August report from Credit Suisse Group AG.
Donald Steinbrugge, founder and chief executive of Agecroft Partners LLC, a consulting and marketing firm for hedge funds, said he knows of a hedge fund, which he declined to name, that started offering a 0 percent management fee because of the deduction change. "They're not going to be alone," Steinbrugge said.
Even with the "significant windfall" of deductibility gone, smaller funds will have a harder time cutting their management fees in a down market, according to Brandon Colon, a senior vice president at fund consulting and advisory firm Meketa Investment Group. Those fees along with separate annual expenses for a fund's operations go toward anything from printing costs to "a manager's lobster Thermidor dinner," Colon said.
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In addition to fund management fees, taxpayers could previously take other so-called miscellaneous itemized deductions on expenses such as work-related travel costs that weren't reimbursed under the old tax code. The expenses had to exceed 2 percent of adjusted gross income, a hurdle hit fairly easily by many investors.
Wealthy taxpayers most affected by killing off the management fee deduction are those who have money in activist funds or those that tend to buy and hold securities, Colon said. Investors in funds that use swap payments, a type of derivative involving exchanged financial instruments, are also at risk, said Robert Gordon, the president and founder of Twenty-First Securities Corp., a brokerage and financial services firm.
Investors who pay their performance fees in cash get a double whammy — they can no longer deduct those fees as miscellaneous itemized deductions either.
Trader funds, which rapidly and frequently trade high volumes of securities as their core businesses, aren't affected since investors in those funds were never able to take the management fees as itemized deductions. Those funds are allowed to write off management fees as business expenses, and pass those savings to investors, which they can still do under the tax law.
For investors in hedge funds with poor performance, the deduction change can make the loss even more painful. For example, U.S. investors in David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital LP fund would have suffered a net 25.2 percent loss this year through October without the 1.5 percent management fee write-off, compared to the fund's gross 23.7 percent decline. A Greenlight spokesman declined to comment.
Converting Fees
Even a fund with stronger returns can deliver a blow to taxpayers who can no longer write off the management fee. Say a fund delivered a 7.3 percent return — after deducting management and performance fees of 2 and 20, the investor would be left with a 4.24 percent return. But since investors are no longer allowed to deduct the management fee, that 2 percent gets added back in — leaving a tax bill on a 6.24 percent return, even though the investor only got a 4.24 percent net return.
Still, the loss of the deduction could be softened by the long-term capital gains rate investors in hedge funds are often eligible for — assets that are held for at least three years can qualify for a rate of 23.8 percent while shorter-term assets are taxed at ordinary income rates. Meanwhile, investors in trader funds are on the hook for ordinary income tax rates. "You have to do the math and see where you're better off," said Jeffrey Chazen, a tax partner at accounting firm EisnerAmper.
Also, there are benefits for top earners in Trump's law that may offset the management fee pain, such as the cut in the top rate to 37 percent from 39.6 percent. The law also increased the thresholds for the alternative minimum tax — those who pay the so-called AMT aren't able to take miscellaneous itemized deductions. But wealthy taxpayers face new limits on deductions for mortgage interest and for state and local taxes.
One option for fund managers reassessing their fees is to convert the management fee to a performance fee. But that puts more pressure on those managers to beat the market and doesn't leave much of a buffer to keep the lights on.
"You're at risk and you might not have money to live on," Chazen said.
— With assistance from Katherine Burton and Saijel Kishan
Lynnley Browning
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After my son was born, I had acute depression/psychosis in the hospital. I started to gain weight and panic attacks complicated my daily routines. After the birth of my daughter in April 2004, I did not loose weight.
My lower back aches, my muscles are weak, sometimes every bone in my body aches. I have purple stretch marks on my inner knees and on my stomach and back. My period is irregular for the first time in my life. The freckles on my face have darkened and multiplied. My face is huge and so is my neck. Within the past few months my weight has shifted to my upper body. Large fat deposit at the back of my neck. I have constant mood swings and feel out of contact with my body. I am thirsty all the time. And I break out in embrassing sweats all the time.
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Celtic could rekindle their interest in previous target Milad Mohammadi, after Daniel Arzani's season-ending injury.
The Australian teenager came on for his debut as a second half substitute in the Hoops' 5-0 win over Dundee last week but was stretchered off just twenty minutes later, having gone down awkwardly while trying to change direction.
Scans have shown he requires an operation to rebuild a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.
With the 19-year-old out of action until next season, Celtic could turn their attentions to Akhmat Grozny full back Mohammadi, who was linked with the champions in the last transfer window.
The 25-year-old, who gained notoriety at the World Cup after his failed somersault throw-in for Iran against Spain, is out of contract next summer.
Able to operate on either flank as well as on the left wing, Mohammadi could provide an option at right back as well as further up the park if Celtic chose to pursue his services.
Reports in Turkey suggest the Iranian is back on Celtic's radar, but face competition from Fenerbahce.


Numbing my pain with a substance I call my voice I have hope to continue tomorrow Using what I know I drown out my sorrow Twenty six year old Nova Pierre s heart was as numb as numb could get Growing up in Tallahassee, Fl to a woman that wanted nothing than to neglect her, Nova s life had no meaning Being called, Dirty Girl in 4A, she closed her heart and ears to aNumbing my pain with a substance I call my voice I have hope to continue tomorrow Using what I know I drown out my sorrow Twenty six year old Nova Pierre s heart was as numb as numb could get Growing up in Tallahassee, Fl to a woman that wanted nothing than to neglect her, Nova s life had no meaning Being called, Dirty Girl in 4A, she closed her heart and ears to anything that she felt would bring her pain Luckily, life has greater plans for Nova, as she later becomes a two time multi platinum singer She is using her lyrics to heal the pain, but she s missing the most important aspect of life, happiness When tragedy strikes too close to home, she s forced to be all alone, until she meets KeJuan Carter Twenty nine year old KeJuan Carter is eye candy to the ladies in Tallahassee Born and raised in Miami, Fl, Juan leaves Miami, once trouble catches up with him Juan visits his brother Courtland for the summer and becomes mesmerized by Nova Juan gets caught up in the middle of Courtland s drama and does something that could possibly ruin any chance he had with the woman he fell in love with at first sight Will Nova forgive him and open her heart Or does her past hold her hostage to the point that she s too numb to feel the love he so desperately wants to give her In the first installment of NUMB The Beat of my Heart, you will see a man fighting against all odds to nourish a broken woman back to happiness.
Awesome bookI felt so sorry for Nova. She endured a lot that she shouldn't had to go through. Her momma was terrible and deserve to rot in jail. Her and the man who raped and killed her sister. I'm glad she gave Juan a chance. I hope finding out his Dad is the monster she hates will not ruin their relationship. Awesome book.
I didn't know what to expect but this is a good readI like Nova. I wish she didn't deal with so much bs. Juan is the perfect fit for her. I was a little iffy on Dream at first but she is a good friend to Nova. That last part of the book had my mind blown. I'm ready to read part 2 because I know it is going to be juicy.
Good bookNova had it rough. It's sad sometimes that people don't see how strong they really are. I was glad that Juan and Nova got together. I wish that Dream would get out of her own way so she can be happy. I can't wait to see what happens in part two.
Oooh weee!This was a good behind story. How much more pain did Nova have to take? With a mother like hers who could afford enemies. Justice was a true piece of work and between all of these secrets amongst the parent who knows what's about to be dropped next.
Too many secretsLord Nova and Juan can't catch a break. Juan's daddy is a snake. And his ex is a thot and a snake. I'm so happy for Savion and Dream.
ExcellentKia got me with that cliffhanger!!! Wow this book was excellent and had me emotional. I could not put it down! Juan's dad has to go and I am really torn on Court land although he also deserves whatever karma gets him! Great read! Will Nova and Dream get their happiness in part two?
Great read!OMG, there was so much going on. It seemed as if no one could catch a break! I love the man that Juan was. He was always there for Nova despite his own issues. They were perfect for each other. I'm glad that Dream finally found some happiness. The story was well written. I can't wait for part 2!


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America is Sick and Tired of Liberal Attacks on Ben Carson
December 22, 2016 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
Jason Riley explains the latest round of liberal outrage directed at former presidential candidate and incoming HUD chief, Ben Carson. In response to criticism of Carson's lack of experience on housing issues, Riley shoots back that it was the "experts" who have made such a mess of America's public housing in the first place.
HUD is an outgrowth of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, and its original goal was to address the housing needs of America's poor. Today, it serves as a blunt tool for social engineers who are hellbent on achieving "racial balance" in residential housing patterns—whether the intended beneficiaries want it or don't. Surveys going back decades show that blacks and whites alike are more concerned with a potential neighbor's income than they are with his skin color. Most people don't have a problem with families from different racial or ethnic groups moving in next door, so long as the newcomers can afford to live there.
Polling done at the national level as well as in cities like Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Omaha also reveals that a large majority of blacks strongly prefer to live in a neighborhood that is at least half black. Despite these findings, the idea that a neighborhood's racial imbalance could be caused by something other than racial discrimination never seems to occur to the experts at HUD.
The housing expertise that Dr. Carson lacks also played a role in the housing market collapse in 2006 and the subsequent Great Recession. HUD imposed requirements on government lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to provide affordable-housing loans to low-income borrowers.
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