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Oil Price Increase Implications for Producers and Explorers
In an exclusive interview, Bob Sewell, President of Bellwether Investment Management indicated, "While higher oil prices may result in some increase in natural gas prices, the reality is that natural gas supply is so abundant with additional supply coming on line regularly we don't see this imbalance resolving itself anytime soon."
By Dave Brown – Exclusive to Oil Investing News
On April 12, 1959 President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech in Indianapolis, where he suggested, "When written in Chinese the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity." Since then, other presidents, business consultants, and authors have employed this trope routinely in speeches, books and even in testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, by Al Gore in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech.
Inflationary prices of food and basic commodities have created tremendous political risk and global social unrest which has resulted in a sharp increase in the price of oil. This dynamic and unfolding "crisis" is also providing an opportunity for some companies, and investors should be increasingly careful in considering future potential.
Portfolio composition
An issue which energy investors should be aware of is maintaining optimal sector exposure, both in terms of natural gas versus oil and secondarily between junior exploration and more senior production companies. In an exclusive interview with Oil Investing News, Bob Sewell, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bellwether Investment Management indicated, "While higher oil prices may result in some increase in natural gas prices, the reality is that natural gas supply is so abundant with additional supply coming on line regularly we don't see this imbalance resolving itself anytime soon. As producers shift their focus to oil and reduce their drilling for gas that supply/demand imbalance should start to resolve itself." Going along with this investment thesis, Mr. Sewell favors juniors and major producers that are more heavily levered to oil production and exploration versus natural gas. "Juniors that we like are Bankers Petroleum (TSX:BNK) , BlackPearl Resources (TSX:PXX), Petromineralis (TSX:PMG) and Crew Energy (TSX:CR)." As far as the larger producers Mr. Sewell prefers Suncor Energy Inc.(TSX:SU), Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX:TLM), Canadian Natural Resources Limited (TSX:CNQ) and in the United States, he favors exposure to Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX).
Opportunity exists
Chief Executive Officer of Grafton Asset Management and oil and gas fund manager, Richard Grafton, contends that the present context provides strong opportunities for smaller oil companies to obtain exposure to more international assets at reasonable prices. Mr. Grafton indicated that "What actually happens in these types of environments [is that] barrels of oil become available. We've been shown three different opportunities between 5,000 and 15,000 barrels a day." The oil fields are generally owned by big producers that may decide to over weight their exploration efforts and capital to other regions, which means shedding non-core assets. "It's the old 80-20 rule," says Mr. Grafton, whereby the majors "look at their top 20 per cent of assets and they want to spend 80 per cent of their money on them."
By exposure to smaller independent producers, Mr. Grafton expects higher growth potential with less downside risk and sensitivity to price declines than major producers. His experience has created an analytical framework, "that's [based from] 30 years of financing mid-cap, juniors and startup oil and gas companies. They grow faster. They don't get as much access to debt, so their balance sheets are less risky. And they're more nimble. They take advantage of opportunities."
Geographic diversification
Thirty percent of Mr. Grafton's energy growth fund portfolio are Canadian domiciled firms that maintain interests and international assets ranging from South America to the Caspian basin. The top holding is currently attributable to about 20 percent of total assets and represents interests in Colombia, which he regards as relatively stable from a regional political perspective, and generating opportunities for consolidation and ambitious oil expansion plans. Additional companies obtaining his interest have exposure to Peru, Brazil and Argentina. Other countries on his acceptable-risk list include Oman, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Syria and even Egypt. Investors will note as a matter of caution that he is currently not interested in any commercial enterprise in Libya, Nigeria and other African trouble spots. A number of top holdings include Gran Tierra Energy (TSX:GTE), Parex Resources Inc. (TSXV:PAR) and Greenfields Petroleum (TSXV:GNF.S).
Limited downside risk
If oil drops back to $80 a barrel as Mr. Grafton expects, when things calm down, then he anticipates "this is just creating more opportunities. We are in a super-commodity cycle. We are going to be supply-constrained and demand-driven. So energy is going to continue to go up, … We're going to see a lot of Canadian independents grow into significant companies on an international basis."
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What I Ate Today: Ceviche de Camarones
The first time I was introduced to ceviche was almost eight years ago in a restaurant in Playa del Coco, Costa Rica.
"Gord, you can't eat that! It's raw fish. You're going to get sick."
I was so wrong!
This hugely popular Central American dish is made from fresh raw fish marinated in lime juice, and spiced with chili peppers. Additional seasonings, such as chopped onions and salt are also added.
Is ceviche cooked?
A dish in which raw fish is marinated in citrus juice, isn't cooked. But it's not exactly raw, either. Both heat and citric acid are agents of a chemical process called denaturation. In this process, the heat or citric acid changes the proteins in the fish, unraveling the molecules and altering their chemical and physical properties. When fish is bathed in citrus juices, this process of denaturation turns the flesh firm and opaque, as if it had been cooked with heat.
Ceviche spooned onto crackers with a dash of chile now happens to be one of my favorite appetizers. It's a nice light tasty snack that is great for sharing.
If you enjoy fish (cooked or raw) and have yet to sample ceviche I high recommend you give it a try. I don't think you'll be disappointed!
Author's Note: The dish shown in the photo is a shrimp ceviche that I enjoyed poolside at Rocamar restaurant in San Juan del Sur. Cost was C$110 ($4.40 USD).
Posted on October 29, 2013, in Food & Drink and tagged ceviche, ceviche de camarones, Costa Rica, denaturation, Nicaragua, Playa del Coco, poolside, raw fish, Rocamar Restaurant, San Juan del Sur, shrimp, shrimp ceviche, what I ate today. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
So, just marinade fish/shrimp in lime juice?? How easy!


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Establish the relationship between Khadi and National Movement.
Establish the relationship between Khadi and National Movement
The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal started in the first decade of the 20th century as a result of Lord ' Curzon's decision to partition Bengal in 1905. Then people were urged to boycott-British goods of all kinds and to use goods of their own country.
The following points show relationship between Khadi and National Movement
(i) The use of Khadi was made a patriotic duty. This rough homespun was glorified in songs and poems to popularise it.
(ii) To inspire people, Gandhiji made spinning on the charkha and requested people to use khadi or coarse cloth made from homespun yarn.
Khadi was to him a sign of purity, simplicity and of poverty.
(iii) Wearing khadi became a symbol of nationalism, a rejection of Western mill-made cloth, large number of people started to year only Khadi.
(iv) Khadi rendered an opportunity to every man and woman to cultivate self-discipline and self-sacrifice as a part of the Non-Cooperation Movement.


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ICAC hears blame game over corrupt tenders
Former NSW Labor minister Eddie Obeid has told the Independent Commission Against Corruption that others were to blame for corruption in mining tenders.
CHRIS UHLMANN, PRESENTER: There's been explosive evidence today at an inquiry into claims of massive corruption at the heart of the last New South Wales Labor government. The son of Labor power-broker Eddie Obeid has admitted getting secret information from the former New South Wales mining minister. Moses Obeid says his family stood to make $75 million from the inside knowledge.
Adam Harvey reports.
(Reporters at door stop)
ADAM HARVEY, REPORTER: It's the Obeids' day of reckoning.
REPORTER: Mr Obeid, are you a crook?
ADAM HARVEY: For two months the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption has outlined a case of secret deals, inside knowledge and unfair advantage against Eddie Obeid.
The once all-powerful king-maker from the right wing of the ALP.
GEOFFREY WATSON SC, COUNSEL ASSISTING ICAC (NOVEMBER 2012): If it is corruption then it is corruption on a scale probably unexceeded since the days of the rum corps.
ADAM HARVEY: Today an Obeid family member admitted making millions from inside information about coal mining. In the most dramatic day of the inquiry so far, Eddie Obeid's son Moses says the crucial information was given to him by the then mining minister Ian McDonald.
KATE MCCLYMONT, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST: We've seen the first glimpse of what the Obeids' defence is going to be and that is basically to blame Ian McDonald for anything that might have happened.
ADAM HARVEY: Since November, the commission has publicised the Obeid family's huge wealth, a family trust worth $23 million with regular multimillion-dollar payments to his children.
Houses in some of Sydney's best suburbs like this $4.5 million Vaucluse home, a $2.5 million house in Hunters Hill just around the corner from the jewel in the crown, Eddie Obeid's Sydney Harbour property.
Then there's the grazing property at the heart of the corruption scandal in the New South Wales Bylong Valley which Eddie Obeid bought for $4 million in 2007.
STUART ANDREWS, BYLONG GRAZIER: I'll give you a hand...
ADAM HARVEY: Stuart Andrews has been fighting mining in Bylong for two and a half years.
STUART ANDREWS: Well, it took a while for the rumour to get around that it was Obeids that had bought the property. I don't know, I don't think I had an opinion. I didn't know much about the Obeids at that stage.
I guess it was during 2010 we started doing more and more investigations and speaking to more people and we started to hear a little bit more and things started to get a little bit rotten but by 2011 it was really getting rotten.
ADAM HARVEY: By then, Eddie Obeid had struck a lucrative deal to sell his farm for $16 million, four times what he paid for it.
And the mining company that won the right to explore for coal here agreed to pay him $60 million for his stake in the exploration rights. The corruption commission says the Obeid family used its connections to stitch up the deal.
STUART ANDREWS: I've been extremely surprised by the amount and the amount of risk they had to take to do it, in other words the amount of capital they had to put up to earn that was next to nothing. It's amazing, it really, really is amazing.
ADAM HARVEY: Mount Penny is more of a hill than a mountain but it stands watch over some very valuable land. The coal under here is worth billions.
That's fortunate for Eddie Obeid because his property, Cherrydale Park, sits right on top of it. And just over the other side of Mount Penny, on top of the same valuable seam of coal, are two properties owned by close associates of the Obeid family including a man called Justin Kennedy Lewis and not long after he paid $3.5 million for his farm, Mr Kennedy Lewis made an unusual phone call to the local store.
JODIE NANCARROW, OWNER, BYLONG GENERAL STORE: I answered the phone, 'Bylong Store, Jodie speaking', it was a Sunday afternoon, like said it was in May of 2009.
The guy says, "My name's Justin Lewis." I said, "G'day Justin, how can I help you?" He said, "I've just bought a property in Bylong." I said, "Congratulations, Justin, what property have you purchased?" He said 'I purchased Coggan Creek', and I said, 'Oh, ok, Ted O'Brien's old place, yeah great. How can I help you?" Like I said, expecting, "Can I start up an account, can I buy, what have you?" And he said, "Are you familiar with Google Earth? I'm at home on my computer, I have your shop. Can you give me directions to Coggan Creek from your shop." Rightly or wrongly I formed the impressin that the man had never been to the place he paid $3.5 million for.
ADAM HARVEY: This was six months after he paid for the property. Today Moses Obeid admitted Mr Kennedy Lewis was operating on behalf of the Obeids and they had bought the land around Mount Penny because of inside information from Ian McDonald.
Moses Obeid denies doing anything illegal but then the ICAC played a recording. Incredibly, it was found on his own computer. In it, he and his brothers boast about the family's power.
MOSES OBEID (recording): Hey, the funny thing is G, if they actually knew that we were behind it, they'd realise f***.
BROOK OBEID (recording): They'd shit themselves.
MOSES OBEID (recording): Well they'd shit themsleves but then once they got over that they'd realise f*** we could make a few things happen here quickly.
STUART ANDREWS: I obviously realised there was a fair amount of rotten business going on but I was not sure that it goes quite as deep as what it has gone so that's probably surprised me somewhat, that there's been so many people dragged into this.
ADAM HARVEY: Those dragged in include some of the nation's most senior business executives who stood to make a lot of money from the Mount Penny deal.
Like mining veteran John McGuiggan, recorded here on an ICAC telephone intercept talking about the growing Obeid scandal.
JOHN MCGUIGGAN, MINING VETERAN (recording): What... What... What I have been thinking about is, you know, it's how do we get control? How do we manage reputations and what's the shortest distnace to a pot of money?
ADAM HARVEY: And former RAMS Home Loan chief and philanthropist John Kinghorn, he's on tape too.
JOHN KINGHORN, FORMER RAMS CHIEF (recording): That's why you and I could never afford to get divorced mate. All this shit will come out if we do.
STUART ANDREWS: We're an army of a couple fighting against an army of thousands. So yeah. That's the biggest issue, it is really big business against really small people and we're just, I don't know. It's very hard, very wearing and very hard to do.
ADAM HARVEY: Stuart Andrews says the best thing to come out of this inquiry would be for the Obeids to leave the valley and for the State Government to cancel the exploration leases for the area.
STUART ANDREWS: You know, we just want to look after our land and have it there for the future generations but I don't think mines can say the same thing. They merely want to get in, take out the resource and leave.
MOSES OBEID: I've got no comment to make.
ADAM HARVEY: Moses is just the first of the Obeid clan to give evidence. His father, Eddie Obeid, is due in the stand tomorrow.
MOSES OBEID: Gentlemen, I've got no comment to make.
CHRIS UHLMANN: Adam Harvey with that report.


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As you see [at] Ruler show's is inquirin' noses
Goin' into a story about a kid named Moses
Once a prophet was to be born, so for anything else furthered
Pharaoh orders every first-born son murdered
One got away, a girl with profit bound with her
Gently put him in a basket, went floatin' down the river
Then ends up by a Pharaoh relative ol' honey peeped in
Couldn't breed herself and was determined to keep him
"Don't say a word", she told her slave who was a real witch
"Snitch, it'll definitely be the last day you breathe bitch"
While kids slaughtered, 'cause they was [in] front of them
Soldiers tellin' the king that they murdered every one of them
"Thanks" said Pharoah, guys were a friend to him
Sister showin' her baby sayin' the river God sent him
To her brother who arose and said, "whoa sis"
Curious I suppose this, the upward knows about Moses
As time passed he proved he wasn't the type to beg or borrow
Grew to conquer lands like ain't no tomorrow
Made the Sun King jealous 'cause he couldn't do what Mo' did
"Pops I'm not to happy the way y'all jockin' this Mo' kid"
"Son, this rash behavior ruins every feast or bash"
"And why complain, now where's the temple I asked you to build, you piece of trash?"
"Two of you switch... Mo' you build it and you'll find a supreme hero"
"Built it, anything else, you need Pharaoh?"
King hears startin' to shares my crown
One said, "How can he?"
But sister not takin' any chance and threw the hooker off the balcony
But word still got to King, who then cold cursed Blessed
Stripped him of his honors and dumped him in the desert
But Mo' returned for the people, with his chest stiff out saw
King said, "You want war? Make brick without straw"
That's a son not being king, the shorty no good rose his
Unhappy I suppose this, the upward knows about Moses
The new King said, "As for your threats, brother stuff it"
"Boy, what do I do now?" prayed the Prophet
Then a vision said "chill" and prophecy filled
Scorn build, hails the fire, all their first-born killed
It was gettin' scary for the king, this made the sufferin' go by merrier
"You win, take these peasants, get the flock out of my area"
Poor villain, still in heat, didn't want Mo' to fulfill 'em
Wasn't chillin', "then I flat send the troop to go and kill him"
So Mo' parts the sea, went across and said "run" and
Did some ol' abracadabra and water fell upon 'em
The soldiers that is, since Moses was suaver
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After everyone who makes in past the 20th :)
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That is perfect for this movement ! But then those in Wash. would call this song ....A song of domestic terrorists !
Peter, I'm not sure why you chose a thread about anthems, etc. to post what you're posting. There are many more threads on here where that might be better suited, or you can start a thread of your own. All I see from your posts in here is distraction,
Again, all I am saying is you have every right to your freedom of speech here, I simply stated that what you have been posting, has very little to do with this thread, and you could open up a thread for all of you ramblings. While you are dealing with the 100's of issues running through your brain, you might engage it to actually read what I posted. I will not continue to trade insults with someone who apparently is just here to stir the pot.
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Universities in Africa and elsewhere are under immense pressure to provide evidence of their contribution to society and respond to the demand to change[1]. This requires universities to innovate and develop models of engaging with the communities at various levels. In doing so, universities have had to transition from the 'two role model' functions to 'three role model' functions i.e. from merely teaching and research to include direct relations with society. Universities have continued to evolve this third role reducing intermediaries between the results produced and their end users[2]. This third role of the universities introduces intricate discussions as to when and how universities operationalise extension, facilitation and integration and what role they ought to play directly and/or indirectly in the development space. It is also a common consensus today that the global knowledge economy has fundamentally grown and it is the functional role of universities to facilitate this process through processing information. Consequently, the quality, effectiveness and relevance of the university system becomes paramount and will proportionately relate to the ability of people, society and institutions to develop[3].
In that regard, for universities to increase their contribution to development through the production and distribution of knowledge, universities in developing countries need to transform themselves into 'developmental universities'. Achieving this perspective depends on the extent to which universities position themselves as agents of community development and they exude different community engagement strategies that are appropriate and work to the benefit of both the communities and the universities is pivotal. For example, how do universities focus as facilitators of partnerships that enhance the achievement of societal impact with diverse attribution of impact to arrange of actors working on the rural transformation space. Depending on the level of implementation, universities operate at different points on the continuum of community, industry or national engagement and development space. The strategies adopted may fall within one or more of the transactional, transitional and transformational engagement strategies[4] but should always be adapted to suit university local conditions and their specific vision, mission and institutional system.
There is growing enthusiasm among universities and other institutions of higher learning to address these emerging issues in order help them work outside their traditional 'silos' of exclusion[5]. Given the dynamics of the current issues around community engagement that are less defined by political boundaries but more by place requirements, a new type of engagement needs to be thoroughly thought through for efficiency, effectiveness, valorization and sustainability. It is within this context that the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM; see: www.ruforum.org) in partnership with Egerton University and Gulu University launched the community engagement program that was meant to facilitate greater university engagement with smallholder farming communities in Uganda and Kenya. Each of these universities developed a model relevant and applicable to its circumstances. Each of these universities developed a model of community outreach relevant and applicable to its circumstances i.e. the Farm Attachment at Egerton University and the Student Centered Outreach (S-C-O)[6] model at Gulu University. These outreach model that facilitates students' linkages with the community through an innovative engagement where students who are non-residents and/or resident facilitate community development processes and extension services. Over the years of implementation, these models have as shown commendable progress in increasing universities' visibility at community level, training of high quality graduates and generation of appropriate technologies, transformation of farming practices and smallholder farmer livelihoods diversification. A significant momentum for institutionalizing and scaling out the community engagement with smallholder farming communities has been created. Doing this more widely requires a strategy to guide the process at RUFORUM network level.
Introduction to the assignment
The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation (MCF), Egerton University and Gulu University are implementing a project "Transforming African Agricultural Universities to meaningfully contribute to Africa's growth and development (TAGDev)". The TAGDev project seeks to transform African agricultural universities and their graduates to better respond to developmental challenges through enhanced application of science, technology, business and innovation for rural agricultural transformation. The project will pilot a new model of agricultural education at Egerton University and Gulu University that connects tertiary agricultural education to rural communities, with an emphasis on smallholder farmers and small and medium scale enterprises. Central to this new model of agricultural education is the Community Action Research Program (CARP+) and the Students Community Engagement Program (CEP). These two programs emphasize engaging universities with smallholder farmers in knowledge co-creation and co-generation and generation of appropriate innovations relevant to strengthening smallholder entrepreneurship capacity. They increase the university-community interaction as well as provide university students and academics opportunity for experiential learning. This action builds on the pilot CARPs and Students' community engagement initiatives supported by RUFORUM that have been implemented in the RUFORUM member universities with documented success stories. RUFORUM will scale up support for institutionalizing community engagement as part of a unique model of agricultural tertiary education that not only supports technical fits but enhances the delivery of high quality extension services to smallholder farmers through the universities. In this regard, a comprehensive community engagement strategy to guide this new thinking is a necessary requirement. Accordingly, RUFORUM seeks the services of a competent consultant to design a community engagement framework that Egerton University and Gulu University as well as other RUFORUM member universities will use as a guiding framework in operationalizing the community engagement model in student training and university-community interaction in rural development processes. The framework developed by the consultant shall among others articulate the key elements needed for a successful community engagement that would underpin the CARP+ and CEP programmes, and other related initiatives.
Objective of the assignment
The objective of this consultancy assignment is to develop a community engagement framework that will guide design, articulation and implementation of an innovative community engagement model at Egerton University, Gulu University and the RUFORUM network universities as the universities seek to increase their contribution to rural development and transformation. Through this consultancy assignment RUFORUM through the consultant seeks to:
- Review the current CARP operations in Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Malawi, the two pilot community engagement projects (CEPs) at Gulu and Egerton and the Community engagement programme at University of Venda
- Explore possibility of integrating TVETS into the CARP+ and CEP Operations
- Explore possibility of expanding the CARP and CEP programmes to West Africa
- Define meaningful university-community engagement within smallholder farming systems context
- Describe different university-community engagement strategies and models building on the Egerton and Gulu Universities CEP models
- Develop a community engagement strategy framework to guide its implementation by universities
- Develop a systematic approach to community engagement for different stakeholders and actors within the smallholder farming systems
- Identify ingredients for successful implementation of community engagement
- Develop a monitoring and evaluation framework and indicators for community engagement
Tasks of the assignment
In the execution of this assignment, the consultant shall undertake the following tasks:
- A situational analysis of community engagement among selected universities in eastern, Southern and West Africa
- Stakeholder analysis of actors and spheres of influence in the university-community engagement framework
- Analysis of university-community needs before, during and after the community engagement interface
- Examination of existing university-community engagement models contrasting these with the current approaches/models being implemented by Gulu University and Egerton University
- Consultation with key stakeholders including smallholder farmers, small and medium scale enterprises, Egerton University, Gulu University, current and former students, and partner organisations such as non-governmental organisations, and community based organisations and other RUFORUM network universities that are implementing community engagement initiatives such as University of Venda in South Africa, University of Abomey Calavi and University of Cape Coast/ Ashesi University in West Africa.
- Develop a comprehensive university-community engagement strategy document
- Present the findings to RUFORUM Secretariat in a one day workshop
Plan of work
As part of the inception report, provide a detailed mode of work, methodology, key information sources to be used, and institutions / organizations to be consulted besides Egerton, Gulu Universities, Venda University, University of Abomey Calavi and University of Cape Coast/or Ashesi University.
Required Expertise
The following qualifications are required to successfully execute this assignment:
- PhD or equivalent qualification in agricultural sciences or related rural development disciplines and/or social sciences
- Experience in participatory research processes especially community action research and research in development
- Experience in developing strategies and frameworks for institutional operations
- Proven experience in institutional engagement and transformation analysis
- Documented experience of working in different regions of Africa especially in terms of universities and agricultural research for development
The consultant is expected to provide the following deliverables:
- An Inception report, detailing implementation process, timelines and deliverables
- A Draft Report on the Assignment for review by the Secretariat
- A draft electronic copy of a comprehensive framework for the development of a University-Community Engagement strategy written in English in both PDF and Word version files for review by the Secretariat
- Final Electronic copy of the Report of the Assignment
- Final Electronic copy of the Comprehensive Framework for a University- Community engagement strategy
RUFORUM Role
RUFORUM will assign a dedicated staff to work with the consultant, and will provide necessary background documents to support work of the consultant. As needed RUFORUM will also facilitate linkage with institutions and where possible individuals to be consulted.
Timeframe and location of the assignment
The duration of this assignment is 30 man days spread through a period of two months. The assignment is expected to commence on 10th March 2017. RUFORUM is a regional organisation and this assignment will be coordinated by the RUFORUM Secretariat based in Kampala. The assignment will be implemented at Egerton University and Gulu University as the focal universities of engagement but the consultant will also be expected to undertake consultations beyond the two universities to other selected institutions in Eastern, Southern and West Africa as outlined in this document.
How to apply
Interested persons should submit online their expression of interest with detailed proposal detailing how they plan to execute the assignment to the Executive Secretary, RUFORUM Secretariat (email@example.com). The Deadline for receipt of the applications is 15 February, 2017 (17:00 GMT+3).
[1] Jarvis, P. (2013). Universities and corporate universities: The higher learning industry in global society. Routledge.
[2] Sutz, J. (1997). The new role of the university in the productive sector. Universities and the global knowledge economy, 11-20
[3] Manuel Castells, 2009. http://www.chet.org.za/papers/role-universities-development-economy-and-society
[4] Bowen, F., Newenham-Kahindi, A., & Herremans, I. (2010). When suits meet roots: The antecedents and consequences of community engagement strategy. Journal of Business Ethics, 95(2), 297-318.
[5] Inman, P., & Schütze, H. G. (Eds.). (2010). The community engagement and service mission of universities. Leicester: NIACE
[6] Details are well described in Kalule, W. S., Odongo W., Kule E., Ndyomugyenyi, K. E., Omara, P., & Ongeng, D. (2016). Conceptualizing the Student-Centered Outreach Model for Experiential Learning and Community Transformation. African Journal of Rural Development, 1 (3): 219 – 227.


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During the deep 2007-to-2009 U.S. recession, Dun & Bradstreet was fielding complaints about its PAYDEX® score which, like our own Days Beyond Terms (DBT) Index, is based on historical payment performance. While looking into the issue, D&B coined the term "Cloaking Effect" to describe the fact that public companies often pay on time right up to the point when they declare bankruptcy. Put simply, any score based on payment data will miss financial risk at public companies. The recent bankruptcy of Hexion Inc. is a great real-life example of this.
Notice within the chart below Hexion Inc.'s consistent DBT Index of "9" over the past year, suggesting prompt payment (highlighted in green). Now compare that to the FRISK® score of "1" over the same time period (highlighted in red). That's the lowest possible score on the "1" (highest risk)-to-"10" (lowest risk) scale, suggesting a bankruptcy risk over the coming 12 months of as much as 50%. That's the Cloaking Effect in full view, as Hexion Inc. sought out bankruptcy court protections in April. Responding to worried customers during the recession, D&B summed up the still ongoing issue very well, explaining that payment data isn't, "singularly or collectively sufficient to perform the credit analysis needed."
The chart also shows that the FRISK® score wasn't fooled by Hexion Inc.'s strong payment history and correctly identified the heightened bankruptcy risk well in advance. That's because the score doesn't look at payment history. Instead, the FRISK® score incorporates stock market metrics, financial statement ratios, bond agency ratings and the crowdsourced sentiment of CreditRiskMonitor subscribers.
These four components are dynamically weighted and specifically selected because the weaknesses and strengths of each work in a complementary fashion. For example, bond ratings tend to change slowly, while stock market data changes very quickly – together providing more information than either would if taken alone. This is why more than 35% of the Fortune 1000 trusts the FRISK® score to help them identify risk early; providing ample time to prepare in advance, instead of being surprised and left to react to bad news.
Other Recent Examples
While Hexion Inc. is a great case in point, it's not an example that will help financial counterparties that weren't already using the FRISK® score. Unfortunately, the Cloaking Effect – and the risk it poses – is widespread. For example, consider Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.'s FRISK® score that is warning of heightened financial risk. The DBT Index, again based on payment history, misses the brewing trouble because public companies tend to pay in a timely fashion until they declare bankruptcy. If you do business with Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. today, it must be on your watch list.
Oil and gas driller Legacy Reserves Inc. is another example where financial counterparties need to be paying extra close attention today. Notice the drop in the FRISK® score from "2" to "1" in late 2018 despite the payment history indicating continued prompt payment. The Cloaking Effect is obscuring the increase in financial risk.
The decline in Quorum Health Corporation, which operates acute health facilities in the U.S. market, is even more pronounced. Despite continued prompt payment, the FRISK® score's multivariate approach has been highlighting a trend toward increasing financial risk over the past six months, with the score falling from a "3" in late 2018 to a "1" today. Subscribers would have been alerted via email each time the score changed for the worse.
Next Steps
Being provided with ample warning is vital in allowing you the time you need to prepare. The first step should always be digging deeper into the details, which the CreditRiskMonitor service facilitates via spread financial data, peer comparisons on key financial metrics, agency credit ratings and easy access to the most vital sections of a company's public filings. You can get a feel for the tools by looking at our Hexion Inc. Bankruptcy Case Study or any other report within CreditRiskMonitor's Resources section.
With these tools at your fingertips you can quickly get a better idea of what is going on at the company and determine if you need to get on the phone with management. Or, perhaps, just start looking for other customers or suppliers. Information, by the way, that can be gleaned from our peer comparison tool which offers access to a comprehensive list of companies.
Bottom Line
Beating the Cloaking Effect with a powerful, multivariate tool like the FRISK® score is your first line of defense, but it isn't the final step in the process. Hexion Inc. is a good example of what can happen when you rely on the wrong information, but it won't be the last time the Cloaking Effect hides the true risks that financial counterparties are facing. Please feel free to contact us today if you would like a demonstration of the powerful tools available within the CreditRiskMonitor service.
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At the core of CreditRiskMonitor's service is its 96%-accurate FRISK® score, which is formulated to predict public company bankruptcy risk. One of four key components calculated in the FRISK® score is crowdsourced subscriber activity. This unique system tracks subscribers' patterns of research activity, capturing and aggregating the real-time concerns of what are essentially the key gatekeepers of corporate credit. Other features of CreditRiskMonitor's service include timely news alerts, the Altman Z"-Score, agency ratings, financial ratios and trends. CreditRiskMonitor's network of trade contributors provides more than $2 trillion on their counterparties every year, giving them visibility into their biggest dollar risks.


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It is not unlikely for an engineering flaw or design failure to a cause a motorized vehicle to malfunction and subsequently cause a vehicular accident. Exports more than tripled between 2001 and 2014, as much as nearly $ninety billion per 12 months — but the automobile growth was largely fueled by smaller vehicles that guzzle up much less gas, fashions that not often fare effectively when oil prices are low. Of the car manufacturers barely behind the curve, Daimler has booked probably the most progress in lowering CO2 emissions.
Personally, to move from discussing facts to expressing simply an opinion, I believe it makes great sense to allow a manufacturing unit – if it has no impartial dealers it might screw over – to go forward and use direct sales. Car sales in Mexico represent lower than half of the overall output of the automotive makers, however have risen to report heights in recent years. The Chrysler Group's recall of thirteen,000 Dodge Chargers and Chrysler 300s as a consequence of anti-lock brake issues is perhaps the newest automobile producer slip-as much as make headlines, nevertheless it actually isn't the largest – or the costliest. Because of this trial & error method of automobile restore is so expensive it means that automobiles which nay have plenty of real life left in them are scrapped.
What happened: The Dutch sports activities automotive maker went bankrupt in December 2014 in a bid to type out its funds and hopes to reform sooner or later. However, one challenge faced by manufacturers is that there are usually not sufficient electrical charging factors alongside highways and cities to encourage customers to switch to electric vehicles. An increasing number of manufactures are coming with vehicles for women, which have special options and are easy to use. As soon as this function is about when the automotive is being driven under 50 kilometers per hour, the function solely allows engagement when following one other car. The REVA electric automobile firm started as a three way partnership again in 1994 and still has its roots firmly within India. It isn't designed to be a household car however would work very nicely as a commuter automotive.
Taking the segmentation in India itself, we discover that manufactures of tractors would focus solely on those areas the place agriculture is of prime importance and would goal these agriculturists who have sizeable land holdings and have the sources to buy a tractor.
In an effort to keep away from this from occurring, many states and to a lesser diploma the federal authorities, have prevented auto manufacturers from also retailing the vehicles they manufacture. From 2017 onwards Europe will work with the Worldwide Harmonised Mild Automobiles Test Procedure (WLTP), a take a look at for new cars that aims at preventing automobile producers from abusing the beforehand normalised laboratory conditions. The american automobile firms are to date behind because forgien made vehicles are recognized to be far more reliable. These could work like 4 separate alternators, suggesting that whereas the automobile is in motion, there is a constant cost being added to the battery. Going to go to my household out of state can be out of the query…no EV automobile to date can make it that far. By decreasing their labor costs, producers are chopping down part of their manufacturing costs.


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Of course this is the case with the children who are most visible, but the teachers and local people who were touched by their growth and the success of the activities also said that they were given energy by the "Mitsukawa Learning" involving the "Tomonaga Appeal" as the climax. The secret of educational activities being sustained and passed on, even though the principal may change and the teacher in charge may rotate to a new position, is hidden here.
When someone shows interest, it is a great success
The tradition of being successful at the "Tomonaga Appeal" as the pinnacle of the "Mitsukawa Learning" in the city of Kamakura, where the connection with the Minamoto clan is deep, is being passed down among the students of Mitsukawa Elementary School. However, the idea that one should do the "Tomonaga Appeal" just because it's a tradition is a weak way of implementing study that aims to motivate students by enabling them to communicate their own thoughts. Teachers raise fundamental questions regularly: "Why do we do the Tomonaga Appeal?" and "What is the point you most want to make in your appeal?" in order to involve students as leaders in their own learning. In addition, the students are given two chances to have exchange with students at Aohaka Elementary School in Gifu Prefecture. The actual experience of this exchange and seeing the two graves gives students the confidence to engage in the "Tomonaga Appeal." We wanted to expand the historical knowledge of the Minamoto and Taira that the students gain in social studies class through local historians and the former school principal and touch the feelings of people in the community who are passing down the history of Tomonaga. The "Tomonaga Appeal," deepens love for Mitsukawa as a hometown and makes students recognise changes in themselves through reflecting upon the activities and sharing with their friends what they have learned. Also, together with communicating what they have learned to young students in the school, the participating students broaden their thinking about what they can accomplish as a member of their community and develop a feeling that they can try to take action.


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A few pointers for the Brownsea Swim Entry Form!
Remember it is down to you to fill in the swim entry form correctly, we can not do that for, you as we do not have a crystal ball.
Whilst we do operate a 1st Come 1st Serve process, preference will be given to correctly completed forms, so please ensure that you read the questions and give correct answers so as to avoid your own disappointment 🙁
It is very important to get the following data correct when submitting your entry form:
- Email address of the swimmer
- Mobile telephone number of the swimmer
- Date of birth of the swimmer
- Emergency person name and contact number
We will be contacting you by either email or by text messaging, so it goes without saying that I am sure you won't want to miss out because you miss spelt your email address or entered your mobile phone number incorrectly – just saying! 🙂
Your date of birth needs to be entered in the good old English format (am I allowed to say that nowadays?) of DD/MM/YYYY – so the 02nd March 1980 becomes 02/03/1980 and not the USA version of mm/dd/yyyy as that mucks up the database and causes problems in trying to match you from previous years should we have had the pleasure of your company in the past, this adds to the frustration and delays the process.
Finally, your emergency contact needs to be someone who is not entering the swim or involved with the swim. The idea being that we can make contact with that person in the case of an Emergency – not very clever if the phone number given, rings a phone in a bag in the bag marquee. 🙁
Ladies Non Wetsuit: (Full Distance)
Ladies Wetsuit: (Full Distance)
Mens Non Wetsuit: (Full Distance)
Mens Wetsuit: (Full Distance)
Non Wetsuit (Half Distance)
Wetsuit (Half Distance)
Simply select the size of T-Shirt that is included with your entry fee. You select it – you get it – so do make sure you select the correct size you want, as indicated on the entry form.
in Minutes – estimated time to complete your distance i.e. 110 mins = 1hour 50mins 😉
if yes choose "YES" and give any additional info to tie you to a previous entry in the swim database – i.e. different Last Name or different First Name even.
You really do need to declare any medical ailments and disclose any medications that you might have with you on the day of the swim. This will be kept confidential but it will allow the First Aid team and the Safety Crew to assist you quickly and in the most appropriate way should it be required.
We encourage everyone to use this event to raise money for a charity of your choosing. Since 2009 the event has helped generate over £120,000.00 towards a whole host of local, national and international charities. This is a great achievement and one we would like to be able to continue, so we would ask you all to think about doing this same and indicate if you would like to raise sponsorship for a charity of your choice. If you know the charity now – then add the name, if not just enter "to be advised"
If you wish to purchase a top quality t-shirt or polo shirt with the Brownsea Swim Logo on the left breast then select "Yes" and add the quantity / style / colour and size. eg 1 off Polo – Sky Blue – XL
All that is required now, is for you to read the "Conditions Of Entry", "Disclaimer Details" and "Confirmation of Payment and Payment Method" – tick that you Understand and Accept them and then submit the form.
This is important for referring back to if you are not the named swimmer on the form. They will then know who to blame for any incorrect data – 😉 only kidding, It helps in identifying where forms have originated from when querying things after they have been submitted.
It is anticipated that there may be just small increase in website activity when the entry goes live (under exaggeration there me thinks) and as such I don't know how the website will cope, that said the form and entry process does work.
Therefore you only need to press the Submit button just ONCE and wait – yes wait for you to be redirected to the acknowledgment page. If you press the submit button several times in a panic or frustration due to traffic levels then that's creating more work for me in deciphering the duplicated entries. You never know I might just make you swim round the island 4 times if I get four forms from people again this year 🙂
Please Note: that by submitting an entry form you will be acknowledging that you have read and agree to the Conditions of Entry – even if someone else submits it on your behalf!


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GetTogether offers a comfortable and caring environment for your loved ones. Our specialized comprehensive program provides medical monitoring, continuous therapeutic supervision, individualized social activities, informative education on coping with the unique challenges of aging, as well as supportive assistance to the families. We want to enhance out participants' self-esteem while making them feel connected to their communities. In our diverse and multi-ethnic community, we hope to bring many cultures together while enhancing quality of life and independence.
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We provide:
• Nursing care supervision and monitoring of medication
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• Assistance with daily self-care activities
• Assistance with full-time supervision to assure safety
• Individual help in coping with age-related disabilities


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Anna, a brilliant mathematician and alluring model came in for some portraits earlier this month. We shot in three locations within my studio's building, a balcony, stairwell and hallway. I kept it simple with a single light/ beauty dish supported on a large rolling boom stand
fast faces.
these portraits are from a headshot booth i set up and ran during a biomedical convention a few years back. about a thousand people stopped by over three days for a quick and easy portrait. I was recently scrolling through the folder containing all the images and was mesmerized by how each face shape morphed into the next. You don't realize how bizarrely different yet the same we all appear until you see something like this.
I was driving around North Philly last fall and caught a glimpse of this striking spot. The contrast of the colorful decaying leaves against the rusted metal and industrial facade was the perfect setting for some moody fashion oriented portraits. I sent my model, Sofia, a snapshot of the location and she told me had the perfect dress to match the tone. The building is owned by Verizon and I had a feeling that putting in a request to shoot on their property would be either ignored or denied. So Instead of asking for permission upfront, I figured we'd ask for forgiveness later. I set up two lights on rolling boom stands, one equipped with a beauty dish and the other I honestly can't remember ( i really need to start documenting my behind the scenes setup) There was no opening in the fence so we had to lift everything and everyone over. I figured we'd have a few minutes to work before someone came out to yell at us and at most i'd get to fire off a few test shots. After and hour and a half of shooting various set-ups in different spots we wrapped without incident. I love discovering random locations to shoot. If and when I come across some place interesting I generally take a picture, write down where it is and upload it to a folder on my computer. I've got about fifty places I still haven't gotten to yet. Any volunteers wanna step in?
Sculpting Biceps and Light
The time, dedication and discipline it must take to transform yourself into this bulging mass of muscles is nothing short of impressive. I like noodles and cake way too much to ever stand a chance at achieving such a goal. Fitness shoots are fun though because you really get to play with light and shadow in an incredibly interesting way. William here is a champion when it come to sculpting biceps but I train and sculpt light.
Amish. The Long Way Home.
Late last September, after a shoot in Harrisburg, I decided to take the long way home through Pennsylvania's Amish country. Despite having lived in PA on and off since 2001, I hadn't visited this storied step back in time since I was a kid. With no real frame of reference, I typed the one restaurant I remembered from when I was ten into my GPS and set out for the Good and Plenty. The 45-mile journey would take me through the heart of Lancaster County and into the warm and welcoming past.
I never did make it to the Good and Plenty. The landscape was so inviting and accessible, I decided to pull off the highway and ramble through the farmland. Like John Muir supposedly once said, "Throw a loaf of bread and a pound of tea in an old sack and jump over the back fence." While I may not always live by this philosophy, when the opportunity presents itself, I go for it.
I came across all you would expect to see in Amish country: children innocently riding scooters (they're not allowed to ride bikes), horses pulling families slowly and deliberately down a country road and livestock lazily grazing in the late summer sun. I wandered through fields of corn that were indeed as high as an elephants eye, came to a clearing that was swarming with more bugs than there are stars in the sky and watched a hot air balloon softly sink below the distant tree line. The one oddity that caught my eye was the horse and buggy only section at the gas station. Although It was fully equipped with a garbage can and shovel.
It was nearing dusk and I had no idea how far I was from home so I hopped into my car and set the GPS for Philly. Turns out I was only 68 miles away. After about five miles on this single lane "highway" I was met with a road closed sign and was forced to reroute. I circled around to investigate and discovered the reason for the closure of this bustling thoroughfare was a parade. Guess John Muir was calling again. It took a few more loops but I finally found a parking space next to a few horses tied to a fence.
I walked the few blocks down the road towards main street and tried to blend in. This was no easy task with a giant camera dangling from my neck. I was clearly an outsider there acting as a voyeur. I'm usually not shy or apprehensive when it comes to shooting strangers in a strange place but I didn't want to come off as if I was on Amish safari. I was genuinely excited for this parade and just wanted to document the experience. That however can easily be construed as exploitation.
The crowd was about twenty percent Amish, five percent minority and seventy-five percent civilian white (as in not Amish.) I posted up near a family who clearly claimed their spots much earlier in the day. I'm pretty sure they had eaten breakfast and lunch there and were just moving on to dinner. A friendly gentleman wearing an Eagles hat to my right who was not with the group pointed out that I was facing the wrong way and to get my camera ready because the parade was set to kick off any minute. He asked where I was from and when I told him Philadelphia he gasped. He'd lived in this town his entire life and had never been. Need I remind you I was less than seventy miles away? He asked if it was difficult to park downtown and what Reading Terminal Market was like. I told him he should come see for himself. This he took as an invitation to meet up. We exchanged emails then a parting handshake. I'm still waiting to hear from him.
The parade finally began. The Grand Marshall's Dick and Jean Risk kicked off the festivities followed by generations of tractor drivers and the Lancaster County Alternate Dairy Princess. The last glints of sunshine were fading fast so I turned my camera on the crowd for a few final shots before heading home. As the golden hour turned to dusk I drove off but not before stopping to get a few more shots to properly close out my day. I guess the beauty of living in Pennsylvania can be summed up by the fact that you can spend the day shooting portraits in the middle of a "city" then stumble upon an Amish farmer plowing a field by horse at sunset.
I also feel this post might best be enjoyed while listening to this song by PHOX. The whole afternoon had a rather slow motion sort of feel to it.
Mummers The Word | Happy 2015
2015 started off nice and wholesome with the annual New Years Day Mummers Parade and quickly devolved into a rollicking bacchanal. and yes i know one hundred is a ridiculous number of images to post. However, this event is quite the visual spectacle and is deserving of a gallery that reflects the shift from family friendly affair to freak show.
My dear friend Chrissy came on by last night for a drink or two but let on she couldn't stay as she had to wake up early the next morning to attend an implosion. I've heard a lot of early exit excuses, but none have ever piqued my interest quite as much. She explained that a 16-story uninhabited high rise apartment building in the Germantown section of Philadelphia was due to be razed at 7:15 am by the Philadelphia Housing Authority and as she's in the archaeological preservation business she would be attending with some co-workers. Naturally I jumped on board. I woke at 6 am the following morning and headed on out to the site which was about twenty minutes from my apartment. When I got there, I discovered a wide radius surrounding the building had been closed off by the police. I played it cool and parked a few blocks away. I gathered my gear and proceeded on foot. When I reached the main blockade I was told I could not enter as I did not have a proper pass or hard hat. I miss my days as a credentialed member of the Philadelphia Press. It was early and I was feeling fearless so I decided to head down a street that ran parallel to the viewing area and cut through a yard that led to a wide open expanse with a clear view of the spectacle to come. The press at this point was already set up and not wanting to ruffle any feathers I found a spot behind a cameraman slightly shorter than I. (always a good tactic when you're the last man on the scene) It was now 7:10am. Made it with five minutes to spare. I quickly noticed everyone else had ear plugs and masks. This worried me a bit as I had neither. I figured I've done enough damaged to my ear drums over the years and only concerned myself with the dust cloud that could potentially come floating my way. But with no time to deal I just hoped the wind would shift and begin to blow in the opposite direction. The countdown began roughly at 7:15. As the PHA employees depressed the symbolic t-bar that supposedly set off the charges nothing happened for about 5 second then an incredible booming started echoing throughout the corridor. Moments later a plume of smoke began to rise from beneath the building and it started to dip at the corner which led to a massive and rapid crumbling. All in it took only about 10-15 seconds for the entire structure to fall. Pretty impressive.
Forbidden Trail/ Devil's Pool/ Wissahickon Creek
Natasha and I went wandering through the Forbidden Trail along the Wissahickon Creek the other day. We climbed steep slippery slopes (stairs provided to aid hikers), encountered threatening wildlife (some dog playing in the water) and forded the deep rushing whitewater river (wading up to our ankles to cross back to the side of the creek our car was on) All in all a lovely wander.
A Bugs Feast
I stumbled upon some bugs (moths, beetles, butterflies and i think a wasp) binging on a buffet of some gnarly rotten fruit during a stroll along the delaware river in south philly. it was all things gross and beautiful. wish i had a macro lens but honestly didn't want to get too much closer. it smelled much worse than it looked.