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This is the fifth part of The Chinese-Indian New Cold War series from Andrew Korybko, looking at the region of Southeast and South Asia. Please read the previously published sections for better understanding.
- Part I – The Chinese-Indian New Cold War – Background
- Part II – The Chinese-Indian New Cold War – Southeast and South Asia
- Part III – The Chinese-Indian New Cold War – Southeast and South Asia – Part II
- Part IV – The Chinese-Indian New Cold War – Middle East and Central Asia
- Part V – The Chinese-Indian New Cold War – East Africa
The last of the three geographic regions to be examined in the context of the Chinese-Indian New Cold War is East Africa, which usually escapes most observers' attention. East Africa, meaning the entire eastern section of the African continent and not just the East African Community (EAC), is probably one of the most important areas of the world right now and will continue acquiring even more strategic significance with each passing year of this century. The reason why Africa itself is a big deal is because China needs access to new markets in order to offload its overproduction, which was explained in the introductory section.
Unlike the stereotypes which pervaded across the past two decades, China isn't solely interested in African resources anymore, but is more concerned with giving regional partners' the capability to build sustainable economies, which could become reliable consumers of Chinese products. In addition, China also wants to offshore some of its own domestic production to Africa, where wages are much lower and will probably remain so for the coming years. All in all, it is absolutely imperative that China acquires reliable access to the burgeoning African marketplaces in order to maintain its own domestic growth, which is why the overall naval activity in the Indian Ocean Region will correspondingly increase to the point where this body of water becomes just as, if not more, significant as the Pacific presently is.
China, as the leading economic engine of the tellurocratic multipolar Eurasian powers, is compelled to improve its naval capabilities in order to secure its sea lines of communication (SLOC). Their success will have game-changing implications for the rest of its continental allies in their world-changing quest to equalize international relations. Therefore, it's the chief objective of the thalassocratic, unipolar Atlanticist powers – led by the US, India, and Japan in the case of the Indian Ocean Region and Greater South Asia – to thwart this from happening, both in the sense of obstructing, or entering into a position to potentially obstruct, China's SLOC, and also decreasing the effectiveness of its African New Silk Road outreach efforts through Hybrid War, and unveiling competitive projects.
It will be further explained in this section, how China is pursuing a complex series of interconnected Silk Roads all along the East African coast, including the long-term possibility of cross-continental connectivity with the Atlantic coast. Furthermore, the Indo-Japanese Axis' plans will be proven to be nothing more than a clever piggybacking strategy capitalizing off Chinese infrastructure gains in the central coastal corridor of Kenya-Tanzania-Mozambique. The concluding analysis will elaborate on how the US will probably target Ethiopia and Central African countries, while probably leaving the mid-East African ones largely untouched, or at least their coastal regions so long as China's strategic depth is countered in the interior and the Indo-Japanese Axis can still profit off of Beijing's existing projects.
Cartographic Analysis
The eastern portion of the African continent contains a multitude of Chinese-funded connectivity projects, though as of late-May 2017, no similarly ambitious Indo-Japanese ones have been announced:
Officially proclaimed or already completed connectivity projects which China is building and/or funding in Africa are in red, while prospective or tentative ones are in green. In some cases, a few of the "green" projects have already received some mild Chinese assistance (such as rail or road modernization, or promises of funding), but they're still categorized as they are in order to more clearly demonstrate Beijing's East-West connectivity vision and emphasize how the center of China's New Silk Road gravity in Africa runs all across the Indian Ocean coast.
Starting with the official "red" projects and going from north to south, these are:
Djibouti-Addis Ababa Railway
Finished at the end of last year, this is the largest connectivity project that China has completed thus far in Africa, connecting the continent's second-largest country and one of its most promising and fastest-growing economies to the Red Sea, which finally alleviates Ethiopia of its post-Cold War (post-Eritrean) landlocked challenge.
LAPSSET Corridor
Officially, the Lamu Port South Sudan-Ethiopia Corridor (LAPSSET) begins in the northeastern Kenyan port of Lamu and aims to connect the EAC country with its landlocked and much larger Ethiopian neighbor to the north, as well as energy-rich fellow organizational partner South Sudan.
Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)
The SGR begins in the primary Kenyan port of Mombasa and passes through the capital of Nairobi on the way to Uganda, from where it plans to branch out to the South Sudanese capital of Juba, the northeastern Congolese riparian city of Kisangani, and Rwanda, though Kampala has noticeably cooled to this project over the past year, making SGR's transnational future uncertain at this moment.
Central Corridor
Essentially, Tanzania's version of the SGR, the Central Corridor cuts through the length of the country to connect its westernmost extremities with the Indian Ocean and the global (Indo-Pacific) economy at large, with tentative plans being considered for involving Rwanda, Burundi, and even Uganda in this initiative.
Built in the 1970s and representing China's first New Silk Road connectivity investment in the modern era, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway reaches into the latter South-Central African copper-rich country and forms the basis for the most feasible future cross-continental project which will be touched upon shortly.
Nacala Development Corridor
One of China's latest projects is a push to connect landlocked Zambia and Malawi with neighboring Mozambique's northeastern port of Nacala, strategically positioned near the country's enormous Ravuma Basin offshore gas reserves.
Ponta Techobanine Railway
The last major Chinese-involved project is a plan to build a railway from the mines of eastern Botswana through southern Zimbabwe and eventually to the Mozambican capital port of Maputo, which will eventually make both landlocked countries less dependent on South Africa and its infrastructure for economic engagement with the outside world.
The map also shows China's future Silk Road plans, relying both on previously identified projects and the author's own prognoses, to demonstrate how Beijing has the potential for connecting the entire length of the continent and historically linking each of its coastal regions with overland transport routes.
From north to south, these are:
The Saharan-Sahelian Silk Road
The author wrote more extensively about this ambitious possibility in a February article which also included a custom map detailing how multiple stand-alone projects could be integrated together in ultimately connecting the Atlantic port of Dakar with its Red Sea counterpart of Djibouti, relying heavily on the West African Rail Loop, Cameroon-Chad-Sudan (CCS) Silk Road ,and several Nigerian projects to achieve this.
Cameroonian-Kenyan Silk Road
This route has the potential to be one of the most efficient cross-continental passages in a theoretical-geographical sense, but it probably won't see any progress whatsoever for the indefinite future owing to its dependence on the (now-)Failed State Belt of South Sudan and the Central African Republic.
Congolese-Kenyan Silk Road
Although still risky in the geostrategic sense, owing to the very real Hybrid War scenario which has expectedly unfolded in the Congo over the past year, the SGR could become an intermodal gateway to the Atlantic, if it uses Congolese River barges to reach the country's capital of Kinshasa, and thenceforth, utilizes rail routes either from there to the Atlantic port of Matadi, or from its sister capital city of Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo onwards to coastal city of Pointe Noire.
South-Central African Silk Road
This route envisions linking Angola's recently modernized Benguela Railway with TAZARA, the Nacala Corridor through refurbished Congolese rail lines, and the to-be-constructed Northwest Railway in Zambia in order to spearhead the most viable cross-continental Silk Road. Most of it is already in place and there are minimal Hybrid War scenarios to offset it.
Ethiopian-South African Silk Road
Provided that several interconnectors can be built and the Chinese-backed African Renaissance Pipeline in Mozambique develops a parallel economic corridor alongside its route, it's technically possible for the enormous economies and rising continental powers of Ethiopia and South Africa to be directly connected with one another by means of Beijing's New Silk Roads stretching across the North-South length of the Tripartite Free Trade area, which could also broaden to incorporate Egypt if Cairo makes use of the maritime portion of OBOR to link up with the Djibouti-Addis Ababa Railroad.
Unipolar Countermeasures
The Indo-Japanese Axis recognizes the strategic economic significance that Africa holds for China, and that these two Great Powers also need pragmatic cooperation with the continent for the very same reasons.
Because China is so far ahead of both of them in spearheading all types of African connectivity projects, there's very little that they can do to uniquely carve out their own niches, aside from helping to construct some of the interconnectors touched upon in the above description for the Ethiopian-South African Silk Road. Even this, however, is woefully insufficient for either to compete with China, which is why a completely different strategy has been unveiled for Africa. Instead of trying to undermine China's many projects or actively build their own competitive routes, the Indo-Japanese Axis will instead seek to piggyback off Beijing's successes to employ the same economic corridors that China's constructing.
It might seem odd at first thought, but there's technically nothing preventing any third-party from utilizing China's Silk Roads, and the truth of the matter is that China exuberantly encourages this in order to strengthen the economic capabilities of its partners; thereby make them better marketplaces for Chinese exports and outsourcing. China is comfortable enough with its own economic competitiveness to not fret too much about India and/or Japan displacing it from the region, especially once its multiple New Silk Roads are completed, its two rivals can, and will, end up using them to boost their own regional profiles. New Delhi and Tokyo's joint engagement in East Africa won't be haphazard, since they plan to focus mostly on the "Kenya-Tanzania-Mozambique growth zone" (KTM), which as can be seen from the earlier map, is positioned right in the center of the Ethiopian/Egyptian-South African Silk Road.
Another factor behind why these three countries were chosen as the areas of joint Indian-Japanese strategic concentration is that each of them are already trading a lot with New Delhi, and it's expected that Tokyo's physical and capital involvement with give the Axis the necessary boost to beat out China. India's impressive trade with KTM was already occurring even before most of China's Silk Road projects are completed in each of the examined states, so it's predicted that this dynamic will only strengthen as more of these countries' territories become accessible to the global (Indo-Pacific) marketplace. Furthermore, the Axis could make asymmetrical moves in building more bases in the Seychelles (the larger orange half-circle on the far-right side of the map) or making efforts to connect with the Comoros (the tiny orange circle off the Mozambican coast). India already has a military base in the Seychelles, the much more geostrategically important of the two island nations, and the US drone facility there could also host Japanese "anti-piracy" assets such as the ones that Tokyo has already deployed to Djibouti.
On the topic of Djibouti, it's important to stress that this country already hosts multiple military bases, whether it's the aforementioned Japanese one, American, French, Chinese, and even forthcoming Saudi facilities, so it shouldn't be seen as an entirely pro-Beijing state in spite of the game-changing railway to Ethiopia. Nevertheless, each of the country's military partners has a significant stake to allow anyone to destabilize the situation in this tiny state, and potentially risk losing their presence in this important location afterwards; thus, it's unlikely that the Djibouti-Addis Ababa Railroad would be undermined at this terminal location. At the same time, however, the presence of so many unipolar military forces in this country, specifically the US and Japan, means that China's chief strategic adversaries can monitor its activity, and in principle, retain some sort of influence over the route. The same can said for the Indo-Japanese Axis' plans regarding Kenya, which forms part of the KTM growth zone, since this could eventually give them sway over China's southern LAPSSET access route to the landlocked Ethiopian giant.
Taken together, a clear strategy is beginning to take shape with respect to the Indo-Japanese Axis' countermeasures against China in East Africa.
The first phase is that they plan to 'piggyback' off of its infrastructure projects, capitalizing on the fact that they're open to all parties (though accepting that Chinese and host country companies would obviously have preferential treatment). This engagement will be concentrated in the KTM growth zone centrally positioned between Egypt and South Africa, and thereby allowing the Axis to influence and easily partake in any potential cross-continental North-South Silk Road route along the Tripartite Free Trade area which takes up most of the continent.
The second phase of competitive engagement in this region is to focus on Japan and India's military and surveillance capabilities in Djibouti and the Seychelles respectively, as well as joining together to make some sort of power play in Kenya. Altogether, the two first-mentioned locations give the Indo-Japanese Axis important standing along the East African SLOCs, while the last prospective one in Kenya augments the existing Japanese presence in Djibouti to exert a degree of control over both of China's access routes to its pivotal strategic-economic partner Ethiopia.
Destabilization Scenarios
Just because the Indo-Japanese Axis doesn't have anything to gain from destabilizing China's East African plans shouldn't be taken to mean that its Lead From Behind American overseer wouldn't have anything to gain from this.
The American strategic perspective that it's beneficial for China to finance and construct infrastructure projects that its Indo-Japanese allies could easily 'piggyback' off afterwards, but that there should be a certain geographic limit to New Silk Road connectivity so that it doesn't get too out of hand and lend China the competitive advantage that it needs to sustain the creation of the emerging Multipolar World Order. What this translates to is the US probably won't interfere with infrastructure projects of indirect shared interests such as in the KTM growth zone, but that it wouldn't hesitate to unleash Hybrid War against the other initiatives where its Indo-Japanese allies don't have any vested designs such as Ethiopia and the Central African countries.
The US wants to ensure that China fails in its quest to reliably extract the continental hinterland's natural resources and pioneer the first-ever cross-continental access routes, yet, simultaneously doesn't want to make all of China's New Silk Road projects unviable because India and Japan should be able to piggyback off them, which places the US in a quandary.
The dynamics of Hybrid War, especially in the identity-diverse continent of Africa, are that it's almost impossible to wield controlled/managed chaos, and even what might seemingly appear to be a localized and contained, conflict could quickly spiral into a regional war, just like Rwanda's ethnic clashes eventually gave way to the two civil wars in the Congo ultimately killed over 5 million people.
The US would willingly risk the adverse blowback that limited Hybrid Wars in Ethiopia, the Central African countries, and perhaps even the interior/peripheral parts of the KTM growth zone could have on its Indo-Japanese Lead From Behind underlings, which is why it's important to point out the most realistic naturally occurring and/or manufactured scenarios that could conceivably arise.
From north to south, these are:
Hybrid War On Ethiopia
Ethiopia, China's top partner in Africa, is inseparably linked to Beijing's continental grand strategy, so the destabilization of this pivotal country would adversely impact on China's overall plans. The challenge, however, is Ethiopia is inherently prone to instability due to the incongruences of its inter-ethnic relations and complicated political arrangement (a de-facto centralized state in a de-jure "federation"), which gave rise to the Oromia insurgency in late 2016 and subsequent state of emergency that was necessary to quell it. It can't be forecast with any degree of certainty that this measure will sustainably succeed in preventing any further provocations, and to the contrary, there have always been active efforts underway to foment a Hybrid War on Ethiopia. This makes it likely the country will experience additional unrest in the future as external actors, spearheaded by the US, exploit certain dissatisfied domestic elements in order to amplify the strategic risks to China's New Silk Road investments in Ethiopia and thereby attempt to partially (if not wholly) offset its African grand strategy.
Kenyan-Tanzanian Tribal Tensions
The coastal states of Kenya and Tanzania form the access points for China and the Indo-Japanese Axis' commercial engagement with the most promising parts of East Africa, as well as the chance to expand deeper into its Heartland, but they each run the risk of being afflicted by tribal tensions which could impede their overall connectivity plans. Kenya is much more prone to this than Tanzania at the moment since it already has a history of violent Color Revolution unrest, though the latter is poised to be one of the fastest-growing countries in the world this century and could thus experience tremendous socio-political tensions if the central authorities become overwhelmed and eventually lose some of their control over managing this process.
Moreover, both Kenya and Tanzania could see a Swahili Coast separatist movement arise among their minority Muslim populations along the Indian Ocean, which could dangerously prompt a simplistic Clash of Civilizations that could serve as an excuse for larger turmoil. This would, however, be the least desirable option for all the pertinent external actors since it would cut off the mainland territories and their corresponding economic capabilities, thus being extremely counterproductive for China and the Indo-Japanese Axis. However, if an Identity Federalism solution could be found, whereby this region acquires quasi-independence, it would become a new geopolitical chess piece for the two sides to compete over, with the 'victor' obtaining control over all trade into the interior of the region.
Black Hole Of Chaos In The Heart of Africa
The entire Central African Heartland – defined by the author as the two Congos and the Central African Republic, with South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi forming its transregional periphery – is primed for large-scale destabilization in the future. The trigger for this unfolding conflict is once more the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has been mired in Hybrid War unrest ever since President Kabila postponed what was expected to be his country's first-ever peaceful transfer of power since independence, and it's since been taken full advantage of by a myriad of non-state transnational groups that are totally undermining the prospects for regional stability. It's very likely that the Congo will continue to sink into lawlessness and internally fracture into distinct semi-integrated regions, and this fragmentation process will inevitably suck in the surrounding states of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and to a lesser extent Tanzania, Zambia, and Angola, potentially collapsing any chance that transcontinental infrastructure projects will ever pass through this broader region.
This vision of the future becomes frighteningly real when one takes into consideration how Uganda is becoming overwhelmed with South Sudanese Weapons of Mass Migration, Burundi is pushed to the breaking point by hostile foreign actors, and Rwanda remains enduringly divided (in spite of its Mainstream Media reputation and the heavy hand of its minority Tutsi-led "deep state"), all of which are potential catalysts for a chain reaction of conflict, to say nothing of how these interconnected scenarios could be exacerbated by the total collapse of the Congo.
The black hole of chaos which could be created in the African Heartland, and its East African periphery, is very troubling, and it would stop China's New Silk Roads from reaching into the continental interior. Provided that the turmoil doesn't spill too deeply into Kenya and Tanzania, it's possible for China to be cut down a notch and placed on equal strategic footing with the Indo-Japanese Axis, if all three can only compete in the same KTM growth zone and Beijing is blocked from the market-resource benefits which it reaps from Central Africa.
Southern Africa Shake-Up
The political situation in the southern cone of Africa is on pace to be violently shaken up in the future. The strategically interconnected Zimbabwean-South African space is already experiencing low-intensity Color Revolution unrest, whether it's the periodic protests, in reality, riots, against aging leader Mugabe or escalating xenophobic violence and anti-state activity in South Africa against unpopular President Zuma. In addition, while Mozambique has plenty of potential to turn into the multipolar gateway to the South-Central African region, it's besought by its own Hybrid War problems with respect to the unresolved second bout of near-civil war. All that needs to happen to cut off the developed South African marketplace from future Chinese-facilitated overland access to the rest of the Tripartite Free Trade area states is uncontrollable disturbances in the northeastern part of the country and its Zimbabwean and Mozambican neighbors. South Africa could still reach any of its northern partners via maritime connectivity, but its overall integrational effect would be diminished and the country would probably opt in that case to prioritize trade with its extra-regional partners as opposed to concentrating on the continent.
One of the supplementary goals of China's New Silk Roads is to encourage intra-African trade, which Beijing believes is a prerequisite to forming sustainable economies in the continent that could robustly assist China's own, whether as outsourced producers or reliable consumers. The Ethiopian-South African Silk Road, and its eventual maritime connection to Egypt's northern and most economically relevant coastal region, forms the essential spine of the Chinese-backed continental integration project, aided to a large degree by the Tripartite Free Trade area which it encompasses.
The key to success lies in achieving overland connectivity between key regional economies (hence the need for China's New Silk Roads), which will collectively contribute to the envisioned East African integrational area, the central corridor of which will be the KTM growth zone over which the Indo-Japanese Axis intends to compete with China. South Africa's connectivity to Tanzania will be very important in both of their successes and forms the first of three integrational chains between Africa's rising powers, the other two being between Tanzania and Ethiopia, and Ethiopia and Egypt (the latter of which is experiencing political obstacles due to the hydro-geopolitics of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam).
Seeing as how Ethiopian-Egyptian commercial integration will probably remain a persistently difficult challenge, meaning that priority should be given to preserving the rest of the integrational chain's connectivity, specifically between South Africa and Tanzania, and preventing the emergence of Hybrid War scenarios which could offset it in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Mozambique.
As for Ethiopian-Tanzanian infrastructural integration, this presents the least challenging of the three links as long as LAPSSET succeeds and Kenyan-Tanzanian relations remain stable, despite their mutual suspicion and intra-organizational EAC rivalry.
It's here where the Indo-Japanese Axis could take the initiative by proposing the necessary interconnectors to link together China's various New Silk Roads into a unified transport corridor, thereby acquiring strategic value in the grand scheme of things and stepping out a bit from China's shadow.
In addition, given the propensity for mainland Mozambique to slide back into civil war if the present instability isn't properly dealt with this time around (and excluding the offshore and easily accessible LNG promise that the country has), it might one day be better for India and Japan to amend their KTM growth zone to EKT in swapping out Mozambique for Ethiopia and attempting to compete with China where it most counts.
The final part of this research paper will be published on Wednesday.


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DAVOS, Switzerland – Leading world bankers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, are on the defensive amid demands to regulate their industry more closely following a financial crisis that has battered large chunks of the global economy.
Bankers have been widely blamed for the financial crisis that has dramatically reduced the living standards of many in the developed world, whether they're in work or not. A United Nations body said Tuesday that the number of unemployed around the world will rise to a record 202 million this year with many countries, particularly in Europe, struggling to post any growth at all.
"We're doing the right thing," Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase & Co., said Wednesday.
And in defiant note, he insisted that "there will be a financial services sector" whether critics like it or not.
Dimon, who last week took a 50 per cent cut in his pay packet following a multibillion dollar trading loss in London, insisted that the world needs banks so that people can get on with their everyday lives of buying a house and growing their businesses. Without banks, Dimon said, governments couldn't function.
Banks have spent much of the past few years in a bunker, getting on with shoring up their tarnished finances — and that's spelled difficulties for many in need to get their hands on money they need. One solution being espoused around the world is to siphon off risky trading activities from traditional banking.
Axel Weber, a former central banker and current chairman of Swiss-based bank UBS, acknowledged the "excesses" of the past but said it was pointless to debate breaking up banks.
"Where does the financial sector start or stop?" he asked. "It's so intricately linked that we shouldn't throw out the baby with the bathwater …. We all provide valuable social functions."
Both spoke in Davos at the annual gathering of more than 2,500 corporate and political leaders. The forum, like the world's bankers, has been accused of clinging to a capitalist model that has been largely blamed for the wave of financial meltdowns over the past few years and their ensuing recessions.
At the event in the snow-coated Alpine resort, business elites gather in luxury hotels and costly parties to make deals and debate the world's problems. Critics say they don't solve enough of them.
Among those questioning the bankers' assertion that the financial sector is doing fine and doing its job was Min Zhu, deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
"The financial sector is too big," he said. "The products are too complicated. Transparency is not there."
Andrei Kostin, chairman of Russia's VTB Bank argued it was governments who ran up excess debts — and not banks — and were largely to blame for recent economic troubles.
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Budget impasse frustration drops stocks
Stocks slumped on Wall Street Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he was frustrated by the lack of progress in talks over the U.S. budget impasse in Washington.
The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 89.24 points to 12,878.13. The Dow and other indexes had been moving between small gains and losses for most of the day, then turned lower after Reid's comments to reporters in the early afternoon.
"We have to get away from the happy talk and start talking about specific things," Reid said.
The Standard & Poor's 500 fell 0.52 percent to 1,398.94 and the Nasdaq composite index fell 0.30 percent to 2,967.79.
Worries about the budget talks have been hanging over the stock market for weeks. Stocks slumped immediately after the Nov. 6 election over concerns that politicians would be unable to reach a deal to trim the deficit before a Jan. 1 deadline.
If that deadline isn't met, under current law a series of sharp tax increases and spending cuts will come into effect. Economists have warned that the measures could push the economy back into a recession.
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|[en] In this article, we examine what IEA data tell us about the situation of the gifted in Belgium. (Author) All the data indicate a low achievement in Belgium for the gifted group, at all school levels and for the different school subjects. This deficit is especially clear if we compare Belgian students with English-speaking and Scandinavian students. The underachievement of the gifted is particularly marked in Populations I and II.. The situation is better for Population IV. In this case, we can assume that improvement is not caused by specific action of the school in favor of the gifted. Undoubtedly, this ipmrovement is the result of the high retentivity of the system. The IEA survey took place during the school years 1969-1970, before new secondary school structures and methods were introduced on Belgium. None of the students tested followed the new curriculum. So, to believe that the Belgian situation is desperate would be a mistake. Also on the positive side, our country has a high retentivity rate and the flexibility of the new secondary education curriculum. On the other hand, the IEA data do indicate that insufficient opportunities are offered to the gifted, and, if our educational authorities understand the message, IEA time and effort will not have been wasted.
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If you decide to hold your ceremony in an approved venue, you should contact them first to make sure that the date you want is available and you are happy with the costs and packages they offer.
Once you have confirmed details with the venue you need to book the registrar to conduct the service. If you decide to hold your ceremony in Torbay you can only book a registrar for a date up to 12 months in advance.
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Once your guests are seated the registrar will say a few words of welcome and explanation and then conducts the vows.
After you have made your marriage contract, the registrar records the marriage in the register which you both sign, followed by your witnesses. Once this has been done both the registrars sign the register and give you your marriage certificate.
Unlike a marriage, a ceremony is not a legal requirement however many couples choose to have a ceremony. This will be tailored to suit your requirements. You will then sign the schedule along with your 2 witnesses and the registrar.
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Losing baby teeth is a big deal for most children, especially that first tooth! The Tooth Fairy has been a part of childhood tradition for more than a century. According to folklore, when a child loses a baby tooth, if he or she places it beneath the bed pillow, the tooth fairy will visit while the child sleeps, replacing the lost tooth with a small payment.
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We at CBO produce original programming for TV shows, mini-series, and movies. We sell contracts to television conglomerate networks for the exclusive right to broadcast our programming and sell them via DVDs. For this right, the television networks pay CBO substantial fees that help finance CBO expenses and fund future CBO programming projects.
For members of the media, we provide kits complete with information on the actors / actresses in our shows, story plots, list of reviews, video clips and images. Now, however, some internet companies, through user generated content have not just a collection of video clips and digital photographs of our media programming throughout their site, but also full length versions of our movies and TV shows. Some of these users pirate our content and make it available for free via online video streaming just hours after initial release - this directly affects our DVD sales. Conditions must be placed on these practices, which go beyond basic media exposure; they harm the value of our contracts with television conglomerate networks and violate our rights as owners of the entertainment content. Video-based internet companies that wish to post such content on their websites should therefore sign contracts with the programming company that stipulate what content will be allowed and how much it will cost. As we have in the past, we will legally pursue internet video-based companies and push to have them shut down.
The entertainment media business is quickly shifting from offline (theaters, TV, DVDs) to on-demand online streaming, where viewers expect media content to be available at their fingertips and available to everyone - a democratic notion. The internet is a democracy and users exercise their Bill of Rights through freedom of expression and open access for the information they share online. This includes links that are shared online that help users find sources for entertainment content that may or may not be illegally hosted on other web servers. The nature of sharing these links is constitutionally protected. To place unnecessary conditions on what links can and cannot be shared is to deny the average user his right to freedom of expression and right to a fair democracy.
Much of the video content online is original and it is difficult to pinpoint which ones have content that legally belongs to the programming companies - as unlike text, the video content is not easily searchable and identifiable. Further, a website is not liable for the nature of the links shared on its site - the legal nature of where the links on its site point to is out of that website's control. Online video sites are not asking for programming content to be available in their entirety freely across the web. Online video sites recognize that pirated versions of programming content can translate into poor experiences for viewers and devalue the content. But on the contrary -- free, on-demand video content of quality programming has, for the most part, generated mroe interest in many programs, its actors and actresses, artists and entertainers, and thus benefits internet users and programming companies alike. Making videos, in any time frame, accessible on the internet for the average internet user is a moral constitutional imperative and we must not forgo this great service that online video websites have created.
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After reading the excerpt of Changeling in the back of the first of Yasmine Galenorn's Otherworld books (Witchling) was rather intrigued to read the whole book. The series is largely about the D'Artigo sisters, 3 half fae girls from Otherworld who work Earthside for the fae/human organisation OIA. All of the sisters have specific qualities that make them valuable assets for OIA. The oldest girl Camille, is a witch. The youngest; Menolly, is a vampire and middle sister Delilah can change into a cat. The first book was told from Camille's point of view and interestingly Galenorn decided to change that for the sequel and use Delilah as the narrator.
I haven't actually seen a writer do this before, and it interested me to see how differently it would read with a new narrator and an alternative point of view. I have to report that I prefer Delilah as a narrator to Camille. I found Camille a little dry at times, but Delilah's a delight and has a lighter touch. Although it's nor imperative to have read Witchling to enjoy Changeling, it does help, because Delilah assumes knowledge of the reader from the first book without totally explaining everything.
This time around Delilah is approached by the attractive representative of a were puma clan in her capacity as a PI and a were to find out who or what is picking off members of his tribe. A little investigation points to the Hunter Moon Clan; a tribe of were spiders, as the culprits, but they're in league with a dangerous Otherworld faction who are actively involved with trying to destablise the Otherworld political scene, plunging Otherworld into a war and causing ructions that if they spill Earthside could be catastrophic for all involved.
The D'Artigo girls, along with their own talents, can call on some more than useful allies; Delilah's boyfriend the dashing and determined OIA FBH (full blooded human) Chase, Camille's dual love interests; the Svartan Trillian and the kitsune Morio, as well as the sisters' friend Smoky the dragon. It's a wild and fun ride. Full of action, thrills, laughs and s. Be warned the Otherworld books are labelled as paranormal romance, but they're definitely urban fantasy. There is some romance and sex, but it's part of the story, not the driver.
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Investment Portfolio Manager
- Location
- Norfolk, Virginia (US)
- Salary
- Base Salary plus Bonus
- Posted
- Apr 26, 2018
- Closes
- May 26, 2018
- Job Function
- Economics, Equities Research: Buy Side, Equities Research: Sell Side, Fixed Income Research: Buy Side, Fixed Income Research: Sell Side, Investment Advisor/Consultant, Portfolio Management: Alternatives, Portfolio Management: Equities, Portfolio Management: Fixed Income, Portfolio Management: Multi-Asset, Relationship Management, Wealth Management
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- Asset Management, Private Wealth Management Firm
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- Education
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Job Title: Portfolio Manager – Norfolk, VA
Office Location: 150 West Main Street, Suite 1700, Norfolk, VA 23510
Reports to: Wayne F. Wilbanks, Managing Principal
Benefits: Yes
Status: Full time
Date: May 1, 2018
Wilbanks Smith & Thomas (WST) is an asset management firm serving taxable, institutional, and intermediary clients. The firm is headquartered in Virginia with offices throughout the Mid-Atlantic and approximately $4 Billion in assets under management / advisement.
Job Description:
- Report to the Managing Principal and work closely with his clients and portfolio team to manage and grow existing client portfolios.
- Assist the entire firm in building the client base in the Mid-Atlantic region.
- As an Investment Committee member, work closely with the firm's Director of Research in building investment themes and specific security ideas.
- Manage the firm's alternative investment portfolio and build relationships with both current general partners and expand list of potential partners. Explore creating partnerships which will allow pooled investments for existing qualified clients.
- Pursue extensive due diligence in analyzing companies and alternative assets using interviews with primary sources, traditional financial modeling, expert networks, big data and other emerging tools as necessary. Work with Managing Principal in acquisition strategy and help identify prospective firms, structure deals, and help integrate into firm in coordination with the operations teams.
- Constantly challenge the Managing Principal and his partners to explore new and creative growth initiatives.
"Must Have" Qualifications:
- 4 years of investment experience with an established investment firm.
- MBA or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
- Success working with both institutional and retail clients in building long term relationships.
- Experience working in a smaller corporate environment that is highly entrepreneurial.
- Successful track record working with a wide variety of stakeholders in a complex investment business.
- Experience in basic corporate finance and ability to analyze firm's equity structure involving acquisitions.
- Strong academic qualifications, including an advanced degree in business, finance, or technology related field.
- Familiarity with the following applications: Microsoft Office Suite, Bloomberg, FactSet, and Salesforce.
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- Successful track record of institutional client relationship building.
- Track record working with complex asset allocation and portfolio construction optimization tools.
- Outstanding training in both fundamental and quantitative investment research techniques with prior firms that are considered thought leaders in the industry.
Please prepare your resume in Microsoft Word or PDF format and attach the file to your email - Send to firstname.lastname@example.com. Human Resources Department at Wilbanks Smith & Thomas Asset Management LLC, 150 West Main Street, Suite 1700, Norfolk, VA 23510. No phone inquiries will be accepted. Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Imran visits ARY office, praises channel for voicing against terrorism
Mr. Khan met Chairman ARY Group Haji Jaan Muhammad, Group Director ARY Digital Network Mahboob Abdul Rauf, Bureau Chief ARY News S. M. Shakeel and others.
He praised the ARY for its firm stand against terrorism.
The PTI chief castigated the Mutahidda Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain for controlling the city for last 23 years with a 'reign of terror'. He also strongly condemned attack on ARY office by MQM activists.
He was of the view that Altaf's days were numbered and he could no more keep hold on the city.
Related: MQM workers attack ARY News office in Karachi
The PTI chief underlined that role of media was essential in smooth democratic dispensation. It's totally undemocratic to silence media for hiding your own misdeeds, said Khan.
The cricketer-turned-politician also censured Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for hiding his corruption under several pretexts.
He accused the PM of threatening journalists for his own mileage. "He uses journalists for his gains in two ways – either he threatens them or bribes them," he claimed.
He said anyone raising anti-Pakistan slogan should be condemned outrightly as such statements were not acceptable at any cost.
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Food has transitioned from necessity to obsession in recent years. We fill our social media streams with plate photos, suss out restaurant reviews, lust after a specific cuisine, and then travel thousands of miles or just across town to taste the most authentic version of it.
Guests for this episode: Dan Amatuzzi, the general manager at Eataly, the high-end Italian food market/mall chain with the famous flagship store in the Flatiron district of NYC, and Lionel Ohayon, the founder of innovation agency Icrave.
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Travelers, in a sense, want to be overwhelmed by their culinary experiences, to be certain that their perception of a meal lives up to everything they've heard or seen or imagined about it. An almost insecurity that we might miss out on *the* dish of a trip drives our most basic decisions about how to plan our day and where and what we'll do.
What is behind this almost manic desire for a unique dining experience? Why are travelers as concerned with where their dinner's ingredients are sourced as which hotel room they'll stay in? And how do cities large and small create experiences that exceed travelers' expectations and ensure that their meals are an integral part of their travel experience?
To discuss the evolution of travelers' culinary expectations, podcast host and Skift reporter Samantha Shankman and Skift co-founder and Head of Content Jason Clampet sat down with Dan Amatuzzi, the general manager at Eataly, the high-end Italian food market/mall chain with the famous flagship store in the Flatiron district of NYC, and Lionel Ohayon, the founder of innovation agency Icrave.
Icrave recently led the design of new French market Le District in downtown Manhattan.
Eataly and Le District are a simple and yet innovative response to this almost manic desire for great, locally sourced, culturally-driven dining experiences. Our discussion begins with a look at Eataly, whose many Italian eateries and markets is a favorite among New Yorkers and visitors alike, and Le District, which has often been referred to as a French version of its predecessor. Each are spaces that offer something for every consumers' palate while simultaneously engaging their senses with a slight sense of chaos. They create a strong sense of place and leave the happy diner feeling like they've had an experience as much as a meal.
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Mobile Integrated Systemshttp://www.mobileintegratedsystems.com
Project Overview
Mobile Integrated Systems, Inc. is a publicly-traded (OTCBB: MIBI) technology company focused on developing and deploying custom-tailored mobile solutions to a variety of industry sectors, including transportation, telecommunications, and finance, among others. The Company's technology solutions provide clients and partners with such features and benefits as secure electronic transactions, analytics, realistic lottery and game play, geolocation, and more.
The Company's August 2012 definitive agreement to acquire Quantitative Alpha Trading will expand its already robust portfolio of products by offering proprietary automated trading systems that use a linked series of computer programs that rely on behavioral science patterns to analyze securities market data in real-time and execute buy or sell orders over the electronic securities exchanges without human intervention.
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Release Date: December 20, 2012
Age: Mature New Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Realistic Fiction, Love Triangle
Format: ebook
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One small town girl with a bright future.
One smokejumper with a dark past.
One summer that will forever change them both.
They're going . . .
Elle's life couldn't possibly get any more small town than it already is. She was raised in the same home as the two generations before her were, her family owns the iconic downtown cafe, and she's been dating the pastor's son since she was allowed to go on her first date at sixteen.Question. Why is it that I am just now learning about Smoke Jumpers? Holy crap and holy hotness. Thank you Nicole! This book is really hot. I mean yes, it does feature a bunch of firefighters so I was expecting a hot factor, but it is seriously steamy.
Cole's life couldn't possibly get any larger. He's tried. Roaming from town to town for the past three summers as a smokejumper, Cole dreads the thought of putting down roots. The only thing he avoids more than that is settling down with one woman, especially when there are as many willing women as there are trees in the forest he jumps out of planes to save.
Elle Montgomery's life is going one way. And Cole Carson's is going the opposite. There's no reason their paths should ever intersect, even in a small town in central Washington.
But summer in the Methow Valley has other plans for Elle and Cole. After an awkward run-in at the local swimming hole, Elle tries to keep away from the guy who looks at her like she's already lying beneath him in bed. She fails. Cole is about as successful at staying away from the girl who seems immune to his charms.
As the summer heats up, and tensions between Elle and Cole run high, he begins to realize there's more he's attracted to than Elle's body, and she discovers there's a lot more to the man that jumps out of planes into raging forest fires than meets the eye.
Elle Montgomery is a good girl. She's always done what she was supposed to and what is expected of her. She knows that now that she has graduated high school she'll probably marry her high school boyfriend and work for her father. But when her boyfriend starts talking about marriage she avoids it at all costs; something inside her wants to be set free and that part of her is not okay being tied down. Enters Cole Carson who spends his summer at the smoke jumper camp near her home town, upon meeting him she begins to question what exactly she's doing with her life. Cole's philosophy of living in the moment and doing what you want piques Elle's interest. And so begins one of the hottest love stories, EVER.
Cole Carson is like sex on a freaking stick. OH MY GOODNESS. Nicole made me blush, a lot. And I loved it. A lot.
"Like sex, seduction, and sin had decided to get it on and Cole Carson was the result."Amen Nicole, Amen. Loving him was so wrong, especially while dragging her poor boyfriend along, but who could resist that. Elle didn't stand a chance. She has this hidden spark that Cole ignites, a fire kindling until she lets loose around him. Everyone else knows her as the prude good girl, but for once she gets to be herself. I loved their banter, especially when they first meet. The chemistry and electricity between them was seductive and so fun to experience.
"Yeah, if I was an angel, then mankind was screwed."Nicole does every single thing right. She is one of my favorite authors and when I finished this book I was reminded how wonderful she is; and I also had this yearn to go back and read everyone of her other books again! Nicole kept me up late into the night to finish this one. I couldn't stop once I started, and I started pretty late. It features everything I look for in a book and one incredible ending!
Other must-read books by Nicole Williams:
Crash, Clash (Crash #2), Eternal Eden (which is FREE), and more!


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Some say that travelling through 1980s sci-fi, the nineties seapunk, Africa's wild safari and always sunny LA in one time would not ever be possible. In molo's SS16 collection we will prove them wrong and take you on a journey through raw reflectors, iconic light swords, flowered neoprene jackets, tracksuits, tinga-tinga prints, easy French and clean sportswear, fine cotton terry and light fabrics topped with a chilled LA vibe.
On our pre-delivery 1980ies sci-fi meets the nineties seapunk and the tension between the charming and sporty. The boys will have to prepare to enter a slightly futuristic universe filled with metallic surfaces, aliens and skeletons fighting with the iconic light swords. Denim jackets, neoprene hoodies and soft cotton t-shirts are just some of the key styles that will come in nice warm steel and douche colours with a twist of technical or sci-fi details such as raw reflectors, which is normally seen on outerwear, X-ray prints, and hoodie zippers that closes up over the head. The girls will have the chance to prove their inner girl power in must haves such as a flowered neoprene jacket or a neon-pink tracksuit with flowers down the side.
Next stop on our trip is the first delivery and it will be a more down-to-earth destination. Africa's wild safari with its insidiously snakes, huge prickly cactuses and leopards running faster than your jaguar even drives with the accelerator fully depressed is worth a visit. Remember to stop by the local bazaars offering everything from beautifully African prints to tinga-tinga illustrations that adorn dresses, t-shirts, skirts and shorts in strong colour splashes. If you are not that much into wild life, but more into watching baseball or wearing comfy clothes maybe a pit stop in The United States or France is more you? Here the action is on a minimum and instead all is about the easy sport or the chilled French vibe. Fashion style icons like the classic chinos or the striped tees have got a sporty and relaxed twist and the colours are mélanges, silvery, red and indigo, while fabrics are soft and light. Must haves for the boys are a cool black and grey layer-on-layer set or a pair of reinterpreted chinos in soft and stretchy cotton.
There is no place like LA, so of course this is where we end our journey. The second delivery invites you to go play a game of tennis in the morning and ride your surfboard in the evening with the twilight arch displaying the sunset's many different orange-red hues of colours. Have a break in comfy clothes in sun bleached shades and blue tones, feminine palm prints, lots of stripes and a touch of 70-vibes. The boys have to make sure to catch one of the retro comebacks as t-shirts in ringer-style or with elbow length sleeves and stripes. For the girls the Sourpuss print with cats and swiss leaves are worth mentioning like the most adorable fine cotton terry set in douche pink and green colours.
Also, the SS16 collection offers a wide range of accessories ranging from caps with glitter and cool patches, sandals with tassels and zebra stripes, glittery tights, silver and camo printed backpacks and countless shades, socks and hair accessories.


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New Franchise Recruitment Manager for Jasper's
9 January, 2015
We are so pleased to announce that after earning his spurs as a Personal Assistant to Jasper's Franchise owners, Mr Bobby George will be taking on the very important responsibility of helping potential and new franchise owners start their franchising journey with Jasper's. For new franchise owners Bobby is able to add a truly unique perspective as he has previously worked with franchise owners and engaged with Jasper's customers on a daily basis.
Jasper's Director Nathan Siekerski said: "Personally I would like to say that Bobby is all the things you would want from someone in this role: honest, ethical, likeable and trustworthy, with a desire to help people. I have high expectations for Bobby and what I have seen from him so far is a genuine commitment to improve things along with a real thirst for knowledge. Good luck Bobby George!"


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The Pro range is the best seller of the Zodiac brand and was created to meet the needs of the most demanding users.
he comprehensive line of boats, with sizes ranging from 4.2m to 8.5m can carry from 7 to 20 passengers. Its success is based on a unique concept: an a' la carte choice of accessories for installation on a fully modular flat deck, so that you can change the layout of your boat according to your needs.
Packages are also available with recommended consoles and seats for optimum pleasure and use. Whatever your budget, you can always count on the pros.
Zodiac Pro 550 Rib
Pro 550 Rib (5.2m)
Max HP: 90
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For over two decades we have designed and delivered powerful food and beverage concepts in every segment, scale and shape imaginable. Our restaurant environments are experienced globally by at least 100,000 guests everyday (that's pretty cool). We love the competitiveness and pace of the foodservice industry. It demands creativity, style, discipline and most importantly a passion for staging guest experiences that are bold, memorable and designed to drive results.
Each one of these restaurant projects is an individual success story and we are proud to have played an important role in each one. If only these walls could talk!


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Trinidad Express:-An autistic child, saying a prayer for his imprisoned father, dropped a lighted candle on a mattress igniting a blaze which destroyed three homes in Marabella on Monday.
The flames ravaged four apartments and spread to two houses next door at Bayshore, Marabella.
In all 28 persons, including a dozen children, have been left homeless.
The fire broke out around 10.15a.m. as the matriarch of the family, 83-year-old Agnes Tannis, was planning a Boxing Day lime with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Tannis, who would celebrate her birthday on Thursday, is visually impaired and was sitting on the front porch when the fire started.
The Express was told that the four-year-old boy, who was born with a mental disability, and his five young siblings were left in the care of an aunt while their mother went to a nearby parlour.
Nandy Grant, his aunt, said the child was playing in the yard when she told him to go inside and change his clothes.
"He was naked and playing in the yard so I told him go inside and put on some clothes. His father is in jail so his mother always has a candle lighting on a shelf for the father. He sees his mother praying by the candle and he wanted to do the same thing. He would go by the candle and pray for his daddy. So this morning when he went inside, instead of going for his clothes he went and pick up the candle to pray. And he drop it on the bed," she said.
The child's 11-month-old baby brother was asleep on the bed, Grant said.
But it was his seven-year-old sister who saved their lives, she said. The little girl saw the smoke and called out to Grant who was on the porch.
"I ran into the bedroom and grab the baby from the bed and my other nephew and ran out. Then we started calling out to everyone from the house," she said.
Grant said neighbours moved in and formed a bucket brigade to out the blaze, but the four-apartment house was quickly engulfed in flames.
The blaze spread to houses on either sides of the house. Those houses were also destroyed.
Kay Williams, who occupied one of the apartments with her six children, said she was thankful that none of her children, ages seven to 11 months, were injured.
Mom saves her son
Nandy Grant, who also has an autistic son, said she did not know six-year-old Asa Grant was inside her apartment when the fire started.
Grant said she ran inside the apartment to save her $6,000 flat screen television when she heard her son's voice in the thick smoke.
She said, "All the children were outside. I didn't know Asa went back into the apartment. When I saw the fire spreading my apartment downstairs I ran inside to move my TV. While I pulling it out my son ask why I moving the TV. The place was black and I couldn't see him. I pelt that TV away and grab my child and run out."
Grant said her son suffered smoke inhalation and would be taken for medical treatment.
The mother of two said although she lost everything in the blaze she was happy that she saved her child's life.
Dont' leave children unattended
At the house next door, Peggy Alleyne was also counting her losses. Alleyne said she was not at home when the fire spread to her house and was in disbelief when she arrived.
She said 10 persons had occupied the house, including her six children ages 25 to seven, sister Natalie Greene and brother Anthony Pierre.
In tears, Alleyne said, "I was out when I got a call that the house was on fire. I came back here and could not believe what happened. I am pleading to parents to please don't leave your children unattended. Look at the disaster that happened here. Look after your children the right way."
Alleyne said she was clueless as to how she would rebuild her home.
She was consoled by her sister, Natalie Greene, who is the grandmother of the autistic child.
Greene said, "We would rebuild. Don't blame the child. He was praying for his father. Have mercy on him. The Bible was saved, it scorched, but it was saved.
Fire appliances from the Mon Repos fire station responded to the report and officers were able to contain the blaze from spreading to other houses.
Neighbours help
Neighbour Donna Scott said she was proud, as the young and old came out to assist four families in distress.
Scott said she was at home when she heard screams coming from a house engulfed in flames.
"I just see people running out of their homes to help. Young men and old people started pulling out children and the elderly woman from the burning house. I am a proud mother and grandmother today. They all co-operated to make sure no one was injured in the fire," she said.
When the Express arrived scores of people were still gathered at the scene assisting the displaced families.
Mayor helps
Newly-appointed San Fernando Mayor Junia Regrello arrived on the scene of the fire and promised to assist the affected families.
Regrello said the families would move into a building at the old Bayshore basketball court for the next two days.
He said the families would be assisted with food hampers and mattresses.
Regrello said builing material would arrive on Wednesday to begin rebuilding their homes.


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he new Oral-B ProfessionalCare 8000 Series is the most advanced oral care system inspired by dental professionals for ultimate cleaning, superior whitening & polishing and healthy teeth and gums
Oral-B CrossAction Vitalizer is clinically proven to significantly reduce gingivitis in only four weeks of use. It is also proven to reduce plaque between teeth by as much as 90 percent after one brushing.
The rotation-oscillation technology and a combination of fixed and moving bristles will give your kids a fighting chance against tooth decay. Kids brush up to 35% longer when using a SpinBrush versus an ordinary manual toothbrush.
Put some radiance back into your kid's oral health routine. The whimsical sparkles and Sparkle Fun flavor toothpaste makes brushing enjoyable and encourage the daily habit. Plus your kids will be fighting cavities with clinically proven Fluoristat that's gentle on tooth enamel.


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We get a lot of questions about e-commerce, and especially e-catalogs. We believe that Zooming will finally make the e-commerce experience more "natural". When you enter a store you are not greeted by a lot of text and some hidden walls, are you ? No, everything is in view for you to choose, no texts (maybe some small prices), and only when you are sort of decided do you get more details. We think this is the way it should be, this is what we are going to do.
Here you can get a taste of how luxury goods appear in a Zooming catalog. You get so much definition that you can almost "touch" the watches - it's the "sensual" interface. Thanks to CHANEL for lending us some images of last year's collection. CHANEL is on the forefront of technology for watch making, and it blends with style to make a beautiful product. They are wonderful and we love them. Thanks !
Click on the "Full Screen" button at the top right for a better view.


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Lucky Devils
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- Lunch, Dinner, Late Night
- Beer/Wine
- Catering, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout
- Street Parking
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