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From the Office of State Senator Glenn Hegar, District 18
For Immediate Release November 23, 2009 Contact: Lisa Craven (512) 463-0118
Senator Glenn Hegar Honored by the Texas Municipal Police Association
Chairman of the Sunset Advisory Commission Presented with "Legislative Excellence Award"
Austin, Texas — The Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA) today presented Senator Glenn Hegar with the TMPA Legislative Excellence Award in recognition of his strong and consistent support for Texas' law enforcement officers during the 81st Legislative Session.
"Texas men and women in law enforcement have a strong ally in Senator Glenn Hegar and he is the classic example of a peace officers legislator. Senator Hegar continued his strong friendship of Texas law enforcement during the last legislative session by ensuring that state tax dollars intended for public safety will not be diverted for unintended purposes. Because of the efforts of Senator Glenn Hegar, tax dollars appropriated by the legislature for law enforcement training will be spent for exactly thattraining local cops so they can better protect Texas families," said Tom Gaylor of TMPA.
During the last legislative session, Senator Hegar fought to ensure that Texas peace officers have the tools necessary to protect themselves as they perform their oftentimes dangerous work protecting Texas families and property. Senator Hegar was successful in preventing waste of our tax dollars by passing a state law that requires all recipients of state law enforcement training dollars to detail how those funds are being spent. A recent audit revealed that significant waste and misuse of training dollars for officer education had occurred and Senator Hegars legislation will put a stop to this dishonest and harmful practice.
"It is with great appreciation that I accept TMPAs Legislative Excellence Award today. The men and women of Texas law enforcement deserve the highest appreciation for their selfless dedication and hard work in keeping Texans safe. I want to thank the Texas Municipal Police Association for their work in promoting professionalism in law enforcement and its efforts to enhance public safety. I am so proud to have received this honor and to know that I have earned the support and admiration of our states finest and bravest, Senator Hegar said.
Senator Hegar is a member of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, through which the majority of proposed public safety laws must pass. Before coming to the Texas Senate, Senator Hegar was a member of the Texas House of Representatives and served on the House Law Enforcement Committee from 2003 to 2006. His experience in both legislative chambers and his familiarity with issues affecting public safety have earned him the reputation of being one of a handful of state lawmakers universally recognized by the law enforcement community as potent and unwavering allies. The Legislative Excellence Award is the second honor given to Senator Hegar by the TMPA. Last session, the law enforcement group presented Hegar with their Badge of Honor, TMPA's most prestigious award and an honor granted only in cases of extraordinary achievement.
Senator Hegar represents Senate District 18 in the Texas Senate, an area that traces an east-west line from the outskirts of Houston to the outskirts of Austin and extends straight south from those points to the coast. The district encompasses 19 counties and is home to almost eight hundred thousand Texans. In addition to serving on the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, Hegar serves as Chairman of the Sunset Advisory Commission, an arm of the legislature created in 1977 to identify and eliminate waste, duplication, and inefficiency in state agencies. The Commission is estimated to have saved the state over $783 million from 1982 to 2009.
Senator Hegar served two terms in the Texas House of Representatives and now represents Senate District 18 in the Texas Senate. Senate District 18 contains over one-third of the Texas coastline. He is a sixth generation Texan, and earns a living farming rice and corn on land that has been in his family since the mid 1800's. He currently resides in Katy, Texas with his wife Dara, and their three children, Claire, Julia, and Jonah.


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Having suffered an injury at Waterloo, Maj. Robert Kurland is now a restless bedridden invalid. On one sleepless night, he catches sight of the silhouette of someone on his grounds carrying a suspiciously heavy load. When Lucy Harrington, the dutiful but secretly frustrated daughter of the selfish village rector, visits Kurland Manor on behalf of her inattentive father, she is drawn into the major's confidence. Now, Lucy must not only help identify the major's mystery figure, but she must also contend with missing servants and an outbreak of local robberies.
Death Comes to the Village is the first in a promising new cozy Regency mystery series. Catherine Lloyd's debut is a delightful combination of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window. I look forward to reading future adventures featuring Lucy Harrington and the Major. While waiting for Catherine Lloyd's next installment, fans may enjoy reading similar Regency mystery series by Stephanie Barron, Carrie Bebris, Anna Dean, and Andrea Penrose.
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The brothers stopped doing Love and Rockets in 1996 simply because they found themselves too tangled in their own dense storytelling; they felt the need to simplify, to clean up the clutter. But they wouldn't abandon their characters: Jaime kept telling Maggie and Hopey tales in Penny Century, and Gilbert would return to Palomar in New Love Comics. (Jaime's later work is collected in the just-released Locas in Love; Gilbert's can be found in the new Fear of Comics.) But they discovered that once they retired the brand name, their audience deserted them: Groth estimates that sales of Gilbert and Jaime's work dropped off 30 percent once the name Love and Rockets was no longer attached to it. "If you take 100 percent of any fans of anybody, whether it's Love and Rockets or Tom Hanks," Groth says, "and if you change the way they're produced or disseminated, X number of those fans are gong to be lazy enough to drop out."
Last year, Gilbert and Groth hatched the idea of resuscitating the title. They both admit it's nothing more than a marketing ploy, a way of reviving the trademark and luring back those lapsed, lazy readers who stopped panning for Hernandez gold in the comic industry's sewer system. The new Love and Rockets will resemble the original series, but it will also allow enough room for the novice to enter without becoming overwhelmed by 20 years' worth of accrued mythologies. Jaime will reintroduce Maggie by ridding her of two decades' worth of baggage: She is divorced and alone, a blank slate. Gilbert will contribute two pieces: He and brother Mario begin an adventure tale titled "Me for the Unknown," and Gilbert will debut the first chapter in his serialized graphic novel titled "Julio's Day." The latter will not be an ongoing series; once the story is finished, it is forever done. There will be no reviving its characters or its setting, which is the antithesis of his earlier work in such stories as "Human Diastrophism" and the epic "Poison River," which contains Luba's origin story. (It's collected in a single paperback that does indeed read like a brilliant, self-contained novel--a soap opera set amid Marxist revolution and mambo beats.)
"I tried to shoehorn as much as I could into those stories," Gilbert says, "but particularly in �Poison River,' that became a burden for the reader, so I always thought, �One of these days, I'm gonna do one of these stories where, after I'm done with it, I can't use the characters again.' I just made my own rule: I can't ever use these characters again, like a real novel. Whatever I put in here is it. With the Palomar characters, I couldn't do that, because I knew I would revisit them one way or another in other books. I knew there were other stories, so that's why I never felt a series of books were real novels. Like, a sequel to Moby Dick is absurd, ya know what I mean? There are some books where you just need to leave them alone, and that's what I always wanted to do in comics--do a graphic novel where I leave it alone once it's done, and that's it, goodbye."
Gilbert insists he will return to Palomar only if readers demand it; he has stories left to tell, though little interest in doing so unless readership continues to wane. He just had a daughter and will do what he must--on his own terms, he insists--to keep from having to get what he sneeringly refers to as a "real job." He is finishing a book for Time-Warner-owned DC's adult-oriented Vertigo offshoot--titled GRIP, it's about a man who wakes up one morning with amnesia--and appreciates working for a company that pays, but would prefer keeping his work at Fantagraphics, where creators keep control and ownership of their own work, which is still almost unheard-of in the comic business. And Groth would prefer that the brothers keep from having to take outside work: They are the Beatles of the comic-book industry, oft appropriated but never imitated.
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The iconic whisky bar on Hope Street is where Billy sought to find clues about his mysterious cooper pipes.
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The most anticipated superfight in mixed martial arts history went down on a cold Monday night in Las Vegas... kinda. Fresh from appearances at the UFC's 'The Time is Now' press conference, light heavyweight champ Jon Jones and former middleweight great Anderson Silva collided in a two-hour long sparring session at UFC headquarters, and afterwards both men were all smiles as Silva sung the praises of this "f*cking crazy guy." The Superfight between @jonnybones and @spiderandersonsilva went down read news >>
The superfight between Jon Jones and Anderson Silva finally went down last night, and it didn't even cost a dime. On Tuesday, UFC President Dana White posted a picture on his Instagram of the two MMA legends engaged in a sparring match at UFC headquarters' gym. Of course, it wasn't an actual fight, but it was likely as close as we'll ever get to seeing Jones and Silva step into the ring against one another. Jones, the seven-time defending light heavyweight champ, told the media on Monday, per MM read news >>
Research into the UFC Fight Pass stats after almost 9 months of service reveals which fighters the fans want to watch most. Yahoo's Kevin Iole has been given access to the UFC's internal Fight Pass statistics and has a very interesting report about what fights and fighters the fans want to see. Mostly it's what you'd expect although there are a couple of surprises. The most searched fighters list is (in order) Conor McGregor, Jon Jones, Nick Diaz, Anderson Silva, T.J. Dillashaw, Daniel Cormier, read news >>
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Have you ever given an expensive present to someone who never thanked you for it? Most of us are guilty of the same indifference toward our gifts from God. God blesses His children in many ways — from our talents and resources to the assurance of eternal life in heaven. Yet how often do we half-heartedly acknowledge our gifts, then quickly forget the Giver?
In Luke 17, we read a story of Jesus' interaction with ten lepers. In this passage, we have the opportunity to watch as one of the lepers fully realizes what Jesus had done for him, and we witness the exuberant thanksgiving that resulted.
To be sure, lepers were the outcasts of all outcasts. They were considered so detestable and contagious, they were prohibited from even approaching people for conversation, resorting instead to covering their mouths and yelling "Unclean!" so people would be aware of their presence.
Leprosy was not only a terrible physical disease, it also prevented people from social interaction. They were excluded from Temple worship and were separated from their families and communities. Leprosy left its victims utterly alone and without remedy for their disease.
Leprosy is not unlike a condition that is afflicting us, though ours is much graver. While the lepers were separated from Temple worship and the presence of God by their fleshly disease, we are eternally separated from God by our sinfulness. The commonality does not stop there. For both the lepers and us, our separateness finds healing exclusively through the power of Jesus.
When Jesus came to the lepers' village, they kept their distance and shouted to Jesus at the top of their voices, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" (Luke 17:13). When Jesus saw them, He instantly knew of their plight, misery, and isolation. Jesus also knew that the only way they could return to their homes and families, according to the Law, was to be declared clean by the priests. "Go and show yourselves to the priests," Jesus told them, and the lepers went immediately (see Luke 17:14).
As the lepers traveled to the priests, they noticed that they were being healed! The wonder that came over them in the midst of their deliverance must have been tremendous. Perhaps they began to run even faster, anticipating their reinstatement into community, into family, into life! While the ten lepers celebrated, one was so overcome by the completeness of his healing, he turned and immediately rushed back to Jesus, before he even reached the priests. While returning to Jesus, the leper began praising God in a loud voice, without inhibition or restraint. When he finally reached Jesus, the leper fell down at His feet, continuing to offer praise and thanksgiving to Him.
When this Samaritan leper returned, Jesus was struck by the fact that none of the Jewish lepers did likewise. "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" Jesus queried (Luke 17:17,18). Only one out of the ten lepers showed Jesus the gratitude He deserved. How often do we, too, fail to give Jesus heartfelt praise for our blessings?
How can we live a life that is truly thankful? First, we must consider the depth of our greatest blessing. The leper's story of miraculous healing is remarkable — to see such a disease immediately eradicated in someone's life is nothing short of awe-inspiring. Yet when we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior, we are healed even more completely! We were eternally separated from God by our sins, but Jesus has made forgiveness possible through His obedient sacrifice on the Cross.
Second, we need to make thanksgiving a priority. The leper didn't wait to return to Jesus until it was convenient or until after he visited the priests. He went immediately to Jesus. The priests did not heal the leper, and he knew it. He returned to the only One worthy of his worship and thanksgiving.
Third, thanksgiving should be offered from the outpouring of our hearts. There was intensity in the leper's worship because he was aware of his inefficacy to provide the healing he needed. How much more wonderful is the eternal healing for those who follow Christ? Let our thanksgiving be an enthusiastic celebration of Christ, who healed our direst need when we could not.
Finally, we must be consistent in our thanksgiving. The more intentional we are about offering thanks to God, the easier it becomes to see His blessings in our lives. That is why we are repeatedly commanded in the Bible to be thankful in all things. No one can bless us like our Heavenly Father. Let us be diligent in thanking Him for His grace and goodness.
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BELLEVUE, Wash., Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Coinstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSTR), today announced that Gregg Kaplan, president and chief operating officer of Coinstar, Inc. and founder and interim president of Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, Coinstar's wholly-owned subsidiary, will be leaving the company in order to pursue new opportunities. Kaplan will remain president and chief operating officer of Coinstar through March 31, 2013, and will continue to oversee Coinstar's new ventures and new business development while focusing on transitioning with the new Redbox president.
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Uganda, East Africa's third largest economy, has had a decade of strong economic growth, helped by a robust private sector, liberal policies and a stable macroeconomic environment. Key challenges lie in transport and energy infrastructure, and in high unemployment and poverty rates. Rampant inflation, at 18.7%, made 2011 a difficult year, but the government managed to stabilise the economy, bringing inflation down to 14.6% in 2012. It is expected to come down further, to 7.8%, by 2014. As a result, GDP growth decreased to 4.4% in 2012 – the lowest rate in the past decade – but is projected to rise by 4.9% in 2013 and by 5.5% in 2014, supported by growth in the telecommunications, financial services and construction sectors. The construction sector comprised 14.2% of GDP in 2011, while the finance, real estate and business services sector comprised 9.1%.
Uganda has exploitable quantities of oil; it is estimated that Uganda's reserves could produce 200 000 barrels a day. Large-scale oil production is predicted to begin in around 2015. The new National Development Plan (NDP), launched in April 2011 and setting
Uganda, East Africa's third largest economy, has had a decade of strong economic growth, helped by a robust private sector, liberal policies and a stable macroeconomic environment. Key challenges lie in transport and energy infrastructure, and in high unemployment and poverty rates. Rampant inflation, at 18.7%, made 2011 a difficult year, but the government managed to stabilise the economy, bringing inflation down to 14.6% in 2012. It is expected to come down further, to 7.8%, by 2014. As a result, GDP growth decreased to 4.4% in 2012 – the lowest rate in the past decade – but is projected to rise by 4.9% in 2013 and by 5.5% in 2014, supported by growth in the telecommunications, financial services and construction sectors. The construction sector comprised 14.2% of GDP in 2011, while the finance, real estate and business services sector comprised 9.1%.
Uganda has exploitable quantities of oil; it is estimated that Uganda's reserves could produce 200 000 barrels a day. Large-scale oil production is predicted to begin in around 2015. The new National Development Plan (NDP), launched in April 2011 and setting economic plans until 2015, plans for increased infrastructure spending, especially in the energy sector. Such plans include building an oil refinery, an oil distribution network and hydroelectric power projects that would increase energy production by 3 500MW.
Although only 14% urban in 2009, Uganda has been rapidly urbanising, at 5.1% per annum, and it is expected that by 2050, Uganda will be amongst the most urbanised countries in Africa. In 2012, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics initiated a housing and population census to update the information available from the previous 2002 census. Findings are expected in 2014. Uganda ranks 120th out of 185 countries on the World Bank's Doing Business indicators for 2013, down one place from its 2012 ranking.
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Uganda's banking sector continues to grow. The number of commercial banks has increased to 25, with 455 commercial bank branches and 660 ATMs across the country. By June 2012, commercial bank assets to GDP comprised 30%, while bank credit to GDP stood at just below 15% and deposits to GDP at about 18% of GDP. In recent years, lending by banks has increased substantially, especially given their historical inclination to invest in government securities. The Bank of Uganda forecasts that the shift from public to private sector investment will continue, although the high lending rates and low credit availability may stifle demand somewhat. Building and construction loans as a percentage of all private sector credit jumped from 16.4% in 2009 to 23.3% in 2012, overtaking personal and household loans, and trade. This growth eased slightly, but the building and construction sector maintained its lead across all forms of credit between April 2012 and March 2013, holding a 22.6% share of total private sector credit.
Of the nine financial institutions that offer mortgage finance in Uganda, five dominate: Housing Finance Bank (HFB), Stanbic Bank Uganda, DFCU Bank, Barclays Bank and Standard Chartered Bank. Of these, the market leader is HFB, established in the 1980s by the Ugandan government as the Housing Finance Company of Uganda. Now a private institution, HFB holds about a 55% share of the total mortgage finance book value, and 4% of total banking sector assets. By the end of December 2010, the total mortgage portfolio was estimated at USh 1.65 trillion (US$660 million), or 4.8% of GDP, compared to USh771 billion (US$308.4 million) in 2009, or 3.3% of GDP, and USh2.4 billion (US$12.9 million) in 2002, or 0.3% of GDP.
The mortgage lending sector has diversified considerably since 2002, when only residential mortgages were available. In additional to residential loans, lenders now also offer mortgages for commercial property, land purchase and construction finance to property developers. Residential mortgages still dominate, comprising 40% of the mortgage book. Between January 2009 and December 2010, mortgages to property developers almost doubled to USh 271.9 billion, followed by residential mortgages growing by 38% to USh 435.1 billion. Commercial mortgages recorded negative growth in the period, and in December 2010 accounted for 15% of all mortgages in Uganda. Mortgages for land purchase comprise only about 3% of the total mortgage book.
In August 2013, the Bank of Uganda maintained its Central Bank Rate at 11%. Mortgage interest rates are therefore still expensive, above 15%; as a result, the residential mortgage sector mainly serves middle and high income earners. Still, a number of mortgage lenders are beginning to take an interest in the lower end of the market. Post Bank Uganda, for example, provides low costs savings accounts and is reportedly operating in the lowest income quintile. Commercial banks such as Stanbic and Centenary Bank have product mixes that include microfinance services. Nevertheless, the sector has a long way to go, as access to financial services is still available only to a minority. According to the World Bank's Global Financial Inclusion Database (Global Findex), only about 20% of adults over the age of 15 have an account at a formal financial institution. and only 1% of adults say they have an outstanding loan to purchase a home, while 3.6% say they have a loan for home construction purposes.
Obtaining long-term funding for lenders has also always been a challenge, although this is improving. Banks rely mostly on their short-term deposits to provide mortgage finance, meaning shorter terms for loan products. Also, between 2009 and 2010, the value of government securities held by banks more than doubled in response to a rise in interest rates. This attracted money away from the mortgage sector. The Uganda Securities Exchange, while growing, is still a small stock exchange by any standards, and has a relatively modest market capitalisation of USh 9.9 billion (US$4.4 million). It has nevertheless offered some opportunity for fundraising, with over 25 treasury and corporate bonds, as well as a number of successful Initial Public Offerings. In January 2010, for example, Stanbic issued a bond for about US$15 million, to be used for long-term liquidity, raising hopes for more readily available and affordable mortgages.
The Ugandan statutory pension scheme, the National Social and Security Fund (NSSF), offers much potential as a funder. The NSSF is a mandatory scheme requiring that employees of medium companies contribute 5% of their gross monthly salary, while employers contribute 10% of the total monthly salary to the fund. The NSSF has invested considerably in the financial sectors, acquiring 50% equity in HFB and holding shares in Stanbic and DFCU. It is also involved in providing lines of credit for the DFCU bank. The NSSF has, however, not been involved in direct lending for housing acquisition to its members. The NSSF is complemented by a number of private pension schemes, pointing to great potential for a large role to be played by pension funds in the housing finance sector.
Other sources of long-term funding include international credit institutions. The HFB recently launched new mortgage funds that are funded by the African Development Bank, the East African Development Bank and the European Industrial Development Bank. The government also announced its intention to provide the HFB with USh 15 billion (US$6.5 million). DFCU sources credit lines from, amongst others, Kfw Bankengruppe, the International Finance Corporation, the Netherlands Development Finance Company, the European Investment Bank and the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries.
In 2011, the European Investment Company granted a €40 million loan to five leading commercial banks in Uganda to assist in providing financial support in the areas of small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as housing. Also, the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Uganda has invested US$15 million to address the increasing need for mortgage facilities in the country. In addition, Uganda is set to also access funding from Shelter Afrique at an interest rate of below 10% to improve its housing sector.
Uganda has a fairly diverse, well established and growing microfinance industry. In 2013, 30 MFIs were reporting to the Mix Market (an online source of microfinance performance data and analysis), registering a total of 422 122 active borrowers and a gross loan portfolio of US$379 million (a four-fold increase on 2011 numbers). With support from the Stromme Foundation and Habitat for Humanity Uganda (HFHU), a number MFIs are piloting housing microfinance products in which they will lend low income earners up to USh 8 million (US$3 478), payable over two to five years. HFHU directly issues home improvement loans to low income earners through two of its branches in Luweero and Masindi. These are disbursed in cash at an average loan amount of US$805, payable within two years at an interest rate of 2% a month.
In 2010, Ugafode Microfinance, an MFI that had been incorporated as an NGO in 1994 under the name of Uganda Agency for Development Limited, was incorporated as a company, and in 2011 was licensed as a micro deposit taking institution (MDI) regulated by the Bank of Uganda, bringing the total number of MDIs regulated by the bank to four. Ugafode has a range of products targeting low and moderate income earners. Three products are explicitly for housing: asset acquisition loans, micro-mortgage loans and flexible housing loans. With 8 578 active borrowers in 2013, Ugafode has a gross loan portfolio of US$4.7million. Ugafode's deposit base is strong, with 18 450 depositors saving almost US$1.4 million.
Uganda Microfinance Limited and Centenary Bank also provide home improvement loans. These are generally short-term consumer loans designed for regular income earners to finance home improvements and to purchase land, for construction, renovation and the installation of energy and water, and to purchase furniture and recreational equipment. Over 100 NGOs and 700 savings and credit co-operatives also offer microfinance. Some, such as Pride Microfinance and Women's Finance Trust, have been providing loans that have indirectly gone to house construction. Over time, many of these are developing explicit housing loan products. Pride Microfinance, for example, offers a micro-mortgage of between USh 200 000 (US$80) and USh 2 million (US$800).
In 2013, a five-year project was launched by Habitat for Humanity and the MasterCard Foundation to support microfinance institutions in Uganda to develop housing loan schemes for low income earners in Uganda. It was estimated that about 6 000 households would benefit.
Uganda has a credit reference bureau that has been operating since December 2008. The CRBS, operated by South African firm CompuScan, carries the particulars of borrowers' debt profiles and repayment history, enabling lenders to make informed lending decisions. In the long run, this should support and enhance the lending industry in the country. The Bank of Uganda sees it as a means of reducing the risk on lending and ultimately making loans more affordable, given the high interest rates in the country. A national identification system is also under development. As a result, Uganda improved by 12 rankings to 40th place out of 185 countries on the World Bank's 'ease of getting credit' index, according to the Bank's 2013 Doing Business report. Just over 600 000 individuals (3.7% of the population) are included in the private credit bureau.
Housing affordability is a serious challenge for Ugandans. According to the National Statistical Office of Uganda, in 2009/10, about a quarter of the population, or 7.5 million Ugandans, living in 1.2 million households, were defined as poor. This was a reduction from five years previous when about a third of the population was poor. In that same period, however, inequality increased, with the Gini coefficient deteriorating from 0.408 in 2005/06 to 0.426 in 2009/10. UN-Habitat reports that the per capita income of Ugandans is about US$300, although this amount is slightly higher in urban areas. More than half of the city dwellers in Kampala live on less than USh 1 600 a day (US$0.62).
Of the mortgage products on offer from commercial banks, typically a deposit of 20% to 30% is required, and terms range from five to 20 years. Products cover house construction, new home acquisition as well as house improvements, and loans of between USh5 million and USh200 million (US$2 000 to US$80 000) are available, depending on the size of the lender. Interest rates are high at over 18% in 2012, and this compromises loan affordability.
There is a recognised shortfall of affordable housing in the country. According to the Real Estate Database, rentals in June 2013 started at USh 300 000 (US$116) per month for a one-bedroom unit, and go as high as USh 10.3 million (US$3 995) per month. Houses for sale start at USh 27 million (US$10 473) for a basic two-bedroom house, and go as high as USh 1.95 billion (US$737 000) for a four-bedroom house. There are very few of the lower cost houses available, however.
The cheapest house built by a private developer in 2013 was US$32 000 for a 120m² house. At current rates, this would cost an estimated US$515 a month (at 18% over a 15-year term) – well beyond reach of 99% of the population. In 2010, it was reported that the cheapest housing loan products from commercial banks required at the very least that an individual have a monthly salary of USh 1 million (US$400) to qualify for a mortgage. According to these criteria, less than 1% of Ugandan households would qualify.
A key factor contributing towards the cost of housing is the infrastructure component. Increasingly, given capacity constraints within local authorities, developers are developing local and bulk infrastructure as part of actual development, and covering this investment in the price of the housing rather than spreading it over the long life of the services delivered, as a municipality might be able to do. This contributes as much as 15% to 25% to the purchase price. Another factor is the cost of building materials. In 2010, domestic cement production increased by 34.7%, easing pressures somewhat.
Savings and credit co-operatives and MFIs also improve affordability among the lower end of the income spectrum. The Uganda Human Settlements Network has since 1999 sought to address many of the challenges in the sector through lobbying, advocacy and sharing information for better policies, programmes and practices.
Housing supply
Estimates of the national housing backlog vary, and in 2012 ranged from 560 000 to 1.6 million units, with an annual housing need of 233 000 units. The Ugandan Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development noted in 2012 that the backlog could hit eight million by 2020 if nothing was done. Some 28% of the backlog (160 000 units) is in urban areas, and the capital city of Kampala, has an estimated backlog of 100 000 units. Formal supply is not keeping up with the demand – mainly because Uganda has only a few well capacitated formal housing developers. UN-Habitat estimates that Uganda has about six million households living in 4.5 million housing units. In Uganda's slum settlements, residents are largely tenants living in single rooms. The 2002 Population and Housing Census suggested that 70% of houses are built with temporary building materials, and of these, 27% are in urban areas. In 2012, UN-Habitat agreed on a five-year project to develop a sustainable long-term financing strategy for slum upgrading and economic development. The estimated cost of the project was US$4 million.
The development of housing has been on the increase in recent years, and between 2010 and 2011, the number of plans submitted and approved increased by almost two thirds, with a total of about 1 500 plans approved in 2011. The largest developer is NHCCL, which claims it has the capacity to develop as many as 4 000 units a year, although in 2009, it only put 900 units into the market. A number of larger developers, both local and foreign, have entered the market recently, such as the Kensington Group from Dubai, Pearl Estates, Nationwide Properties, Akright Projects and more recently Highland Heights. These developers contribute only a modest number of units, mainly to the middle to upper income categories. At the lower end of the income spectrum, the government, in conjunction with donors such as the Danish International Development Agency and UN-Habitat is involved in a number of local housing initiatives. Recently, for example, UN-Habitat in conjunction with the government and DFCU Bank, launched a low cost 15-year mortgage project worth USh5 billion (US$2.1 billion) in Tororo Municipality. These efforts are, however, mainly localised and of insufficient scale.
Ultimately most Ugandans build their own housing incrementally. This includes the poor as well as higher income earners, where a culture of incremental build using savings as well as loans from savings and credit co-operatives and more recently microfinanciers has been established. Incremental housing construction is supported by government provision of serviced land.
Property markets
There is increasing activity in the property market in Uganda. Kampala's residential market has seen rapid growth, with construction of various housing estates, apartment blocks and townhouses in older residential areas, as well as new suburbs being opened up. As a result of this activity, land prices have been increasing such that the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development recently said that a denser urban form, with the construction of multi-storey apartments, will be favoured over the construction of bungalows.
Policy and regulation
Uganda's housing policy framework is still evolving. A draft National Housing Policy has been under consideration for the past three years and in 2013 was ready for submission to Parliament. The draft policy gives explicit attention to the affordable housing needs of low income earners, including slum upgrading, enforcement of minimum standards that will prevent overcrowding and the improvement of the living standards of the urban poor. The policy also recognises the role of the private sector in providing housing on a commercial basis. The policy aims to increase the construction of housing units to 250 000 units a year so that the deficit can be decreased by 50% by 2025. The policy addresses the delivery of housing both for rental and for ownership, and will enable government to build houses for public servants. The government also plans to create a revolving fund to finance public servants' housing.
In his 2013/14 Ministerial Policy Statement, the Minister of Lands and Housing committed to implementing the National Land Policy over the next year, and to finalise the review of Land Regulations. The computerisation of land records would also continue, as would the issuance of land titles, certificates of customary ownership and certificates of occupancy. The Minister also promised to finalise the development of the National Urban Policy and Strategy Plan, and to implement the National Housing Policy. A US$150 million Municipal Infrastructure project was planned for 14 municipalities, 108 low cost houses were planned for construction in Kasooli-Tororo Municipality and the titling of land in the Masese slum upgrading project was planned to continue.
Uganda has a system of non-judicial foreclosure, often considered more useful for developing mortgage markets. There is, however, concern amongst mortgage lending institutions that proposed amendments of the Mortgage Act will force the foreclosure process to be administered through the court system, which is overloaded and understaffed. Uganda also suffers from an inefficient land administration and registration system that curtails the development of the mortgage market. In 2013, the country rated extremely low in terms of the World Bank's Doing Business indicator for registering property – 124th out of 185 countries. It takes about 52 days to complete the 12 procedures involved in registering a property in Uganda. The process is relatively cheap, however, at 1.9% of the property value, which is a fifth of the average cost in Sub-Saharan Africa. Cabinet approved a new land policy in 2013 to address the systems, procedures and information base supporting land use management and transactions in Uganda.
Continued macroeconomic stability has sustained economic growth and created a suitable investment climate in the country. With this has come an unsatisfied demand for housing, especially in the affordable housing segment that caters for the growing middle and lower income groups. This is a definite area for growth and opportunity, supported by the forthcoming National Housing Policy. The mortgage market is still in its infancy and can accommodate many more players, as has been illustrated by the entry of newcomers such as Stanbic and Standard Chartered banks. Microfinance is well established in the country, including housing microfinance lending practices. This is an area of enormous potential, given the established market for microfinance and the pre-dominance of self-build.
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• Domino's Pizza (throughout Orange County): Free order of breadsticks or cinnamon sticks for students with the purchase of any Domino's Pizza products.
• Papa John's Pizza (throughout Orange County): Kids get one large one-topping pizza for $8.88 with flier.
• Subway (throughout Orange County): Free 21-ounce beverage with purchase of any sandwich for kids.
• United Studios of Self Defense: Students receive two free weeks of martial arts and self-defense instruction.
Visit duila.org for full list.
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What is Red Ribbon Week?
It is an ideal way for people and communities to unite and take a visible stand against substance abuse. People can show their personal commitment to a drug-free lifestyle with the symbol of the Red Ribbon through Oct. 31.
The Red Ribbon campaign was started when drug traffickers in Mexico City killed U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Kiki Camarena in 1985. This began the tradition of displaying Red Ribbons as a symbol of intolerance toward the use of drugs. The mission of the Red Ribbon campaign is to present a unified and visible commitment toward the creation of a drug-free United States.
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National Family Partnership is the sponsor of the National Red Ribbon Week Celebration. The partnership helps citizens come together to keep children, families and communities safe, healthy and drug-free through parent training, networking and sponsoring the National Red Ribbon Campaign.
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Founded in 1874, the University of Adelaide is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia and consistently ranked in the top 1% of universities in the world with high-quality education that's recognized internationally. The university has produced numerous Nobel Prize winners and more than 100 Rhodes Scholars. Adelaide University is a member of the Group of Eight, made up of Australia's top research-intensive universities.
University's main campus is located on the North Terrace in the Adelaide city center. The main campus is the site of most teaching and research facilities. Set in the cultural heart of the city, the University offers excellence in its educational and social facilities. Other campuses are: Roseworthy Campus (dryland agriculture, natural resource management and animal production); the Waite Campus (Waite Agricultural Research Institute); Thebarton Campus (Adelaide University Research Park) and an education center in Singapore.
The Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences provides high quality teaching and research in strategically chosen areas of Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics. Graduates from this Faculty are highly regarded by employers and have been successful in a variety of areas. The Faculty has close links with industry, and its research is well supported by grants and contracts from both government and the private sector. Many of its technological breakthroughs form the basis of independent companies with University shareholding or joint venture agreements with industry both in Australia and overseas.
Programs in Marine Engineering offer students the opportunity to further develop and enhance their skills and expertise in this field. The variety of specialized coursework electives and study options enable students to meet their individual needs as well as meeting industry-defined objectives. Industry sponsored students can undertake work-based projects to enhance their practical experience.
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As a Cuban-American, I applaud Wednesday's announcement that the United States is restoring diplomatic ties with Cuba.
The embargo has long been a sham, a Trojan Horse in disguise that doesn't reveal all our dirty little secrets about our cozy relations with Cuba.
Did you know that the U.S. is Cuba's main food supplier? Congress passed a law in 2000 authorizing cash-only purchases of U.S. food and agricultural products. The cash flow from Cuba to the U.S. is more than $260 million in this year alone. Look it up on www.census.gov.
And travel restrictions? Oh, please. I recently had lunch with a friend who went with a group as part of a "cultural exchange." Just go to a few museums and you're hooked up in Cuba. They love the American cash flow, no matter what the official doctrine might say.
Easing restrictions is inevitable, and the only common-sense approach to change things up, in the hopes that the people in Cuba will see that the Americans weren't the problem at all. Cubans have...Read more
Fans are fickle when it comes to athletes and social causes.
Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and others have been routinely ripped over the years because they chose to stay on the sidelines whenever there was a call to raise a voice for a social cause.
Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Derrick Rose and others are now getting ripped by some for wearing "I Can't Breathe" T-shirts, alluding to Eric Garner, who died July 17 after a police officer in New York placed him a chokehold.
So which is it?
Guess what? Athletes are people too, not just robotic super-freaks who do incredible things and then shut down their batteries when the games are over. They are allowed to think, to develop a conscious, to be politically active.
Isn't that what we ALL should strive to be?
Just because you don't agree with them doesn't make them wrong to have a strong opinion.
But these are also emotionally charged times.
The shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Garner gasping "I can't breathe" as police...Read more
And so the Florida Gators have snagged their $7 million man in Jim McElwain.
That is the cost of the buyout that allows him to break free from Colorado State, which includes a $5 million buyout clause and a guaranteed $2 million payday for a future game to be played in the Swamp,.
Or is it $15 million, counting the $8 million owed to former football coach Will Muschamp and his assistants?
And let's not forget the multi-million salary that will bring McElwain from Fort Collins, Colorado to Gainesville, Florida.
Cha-ching. Cha-ching.
Congratulations to the Gators and athletic director Jeremy Foley: You have set the bar high for the obscene nature of doing business in collegiate athletics.
"Coach McElwain was someone we targeted from the beginning of the search,'' UF athletic director Jeremy Foley said in a release posted on the school's website. "The more we worked through the process and did our due diligence, coupled with our meeting and conversations with him and those around him, it...Read more
Steve Spurrier may throw a lifeline at Will Muschamp.
A job, to be more specific. How about defensive coordinator of the South Carolina Gamecocks?
I understand everybody is playing the Speculation Game at the moment, with all sorts of rumors about who is going where now that Muschamp is gone after this season at the University of Florida. Didn't you hear that Vince Lombardi and Don Shula are interested in the Florida coaching job? #sarcasm.
But the Muschamp deal has legs, and was in the rumor pipeline long before Muschamp got dumped last Sunday.
It makes sense for a lot of reasons:
1. 1. Spurrier and Muschamp have become good friends over the years.
2. 2. Muschamp is a fiery, temperamental sort, one of his downfalls as a head coach but an asset as a defensive coordinator. He could still be one of the best in the country.
3. 3. The Gamecocks defense stinks and it needs help. South Carolina is ranked 105th of 128 in scoring defense, allowing 32.7 points per game. A lot...Read more
NASCAR officials are feeling the political squeeze for allowing Kurt Busch to race this weekend despite allegations of domestic abuse.
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif) requested that Busch not compete in Sunday's Sprint Cup race until his case is resolved. She sent a letter Friday to NASCAR President Mike Helton and Stewart-Haas Racing owners Tony Stewart and Gene Haas, hopeful for a resolution to her concerns.
It didn't happen.
Busch will race on, NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France said Friday during his annual "state of the union" address.
"We are watching that case carefully, and they are -- it's under review by law enforcement and others, and they have not made a decision on that regarding Kurt," France said. "So until they make some judgments on that investigation, it wouldn't be right of us to just intervene before they've even gotten the investigation completed. So that's our position. We'll respect their process. It's in their hands."
In her letter, Speier noted, "I am...Read more
Ryan Newman hit the NASCAR lottery.
He hasn't won a race this season, yet is in the Final Four mix to race for a title this Sunday in Homestead.
NASCAR officials blew up the championship format this season, putting a premium on winning. But the bottom line always involves staying in the front of the pack and avoiding catastrophic consequences every weekend.
Newman did just that. He had four Top 5s, and 15 Top 10s, staying competitive but under the radar and out of trouble.
Others, like Jeff Gordon, not so much.
Gordon got snake bit twice in the last two weeks. First, Brad Keselowski's car bumped him out of the way in Texas, leaving him with a cut tire that dropped Gordon away from the lead pack and costing him precious points.
Then, Newman made a furious charge on the last turn in Phoenix to nudge Kyle Larson out of the way and earn the final spot in the Chase – by one point over Gordon, who finished second to Kevin Harvick in Phoenix.
Gordon should be racing for a title...Read more


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An archetypal French country town, prosperous Brive la Gaillarde was settled in Roman times as a key staging post on the road between Paris and Toulouse. Today it serves as a hub for routes criss-crossing the beautiful Massif Central. Corrèze, the Dordogne and the Lot Valley, with their wooded hills and host of delightful villages – many fortified – are all within easy reach. The first French city to shake off Nazi occupation by its own efforts, in 1944, it is today a bustling commercial centre huddled round a medieval core with many picturesque period buildings and a good range of shops.
Our top five activities
Country walks
Take a 100km guided tour of the Pays de Brive's glorious countryside, booked through the tourist information centre. There's also a range of organised walking tours in the town itself.
Cave exploring
The area has a wealth of caves to be explored, some containing prehistoric wall paintings. Offering a kaleidoscope of red, ochre, brown, grey, pearl and white rock colourings, the Gouffre de la Fage in Noailles is one of the most spectacular caverns in all Europe.
Based in Brive, the Tonnellerie Saury company is one of the few remaining traditional barrel makers. Wine production is a passion in these parts and most wineries offer free tastings and, in some cases, guided tours of the vineyards and cellars.
Kayaking and canoeing
The beautiful Corrèze, which passes through Brive, is a gentle river, ideally suited for kayak and canoe expeditions. It is also a renowned magnet for anglers.
Garden walks
Besides a wealth of ancient castles to visit, there are some truly spectacular gardens. Among the best are the Jardins de Colette, at Vareze, and the modern Jardins de L"Imaginaire, created by the American garden designer Kathryn Gustafson.
Tea-shops are all the go in France right now. Les Cafés Bogota (28 rue Gambetta, 05 5586 2618) has a wide choice of leaves plus all the paraphernalia for a good brew. There's also an enticing selection of patisseries, while the best bakers, such as La Mie Câline (9 boulevard Charles De Gaulle, 05 5523 5597), offer a selection of artisan traditional breads as well as the ubiquitous baguette. Besides a host of boutiques, there are branches of most of the major French brands, while a selection of hypermarkets ring the town. Jam-packed with locals as well as tourists, the George Brassens covered market hall is, as the French would say, "formidable".
Food & Drink
Corrêze is an agricultural region of small, often subsistence farms, so it's hearty peasant dishes that tend to dominate local cuisine. Limousin-style beef and veal dishes are the specialities at L'Amphitryon (12 avenue Alsace Lorraine, 05 5584 8704), just two minutes from the town centre and with two cosy dining rooms and great value set menus. There are close on 80 other restaurants in town. Among local goodies are walnut liqueur and delicious purple mustard, which is coloured by the addition of grapes. Seek out the truffle markets in winter and farm fresh fruit and veg year round. Duck is also a local favourite, as are goat cheeses.
Like most French provincial towns, Brive goes to bed early. There's a handful of night owl hot-spots though. Open seven days a week from 8am to 1am, the lively Garden Ice Café (1 avenue du 14 Juillet, 05 5588 3504) provides non-stop food service from midday to midnight. Light grills and massive salads star while the outside tables are a great place for people watching. If you fancy dancing, try Le Cardinal (35 avenue Millard, 05 5524 2672); La Charente (33 avenue Robot, 05 5587 6573) or the Irish-themed Le Shamrock (13 place Winston Churchill, 05 6005 3856).
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Hey y'all. I'm Nicole and I live in Houma, La with my fiance Levi and our three pit bulls. I'll start out by telling you a little about each of our babies.
Gucci, our big girl, is a 7 year old red nose red that was rescued by a wonderful woman that found her on the side of a canal. Gucci was thrown into a canal in a plastic shopping bag when she was a puppy. She was smart enough to get out of the bag and run for help. After five months of living with the lady, who is a nurse that couldn't care for Gucci like she needed, Levi took her home. She was and still is her Daddy's big girl, always by his side. Now she enjoys relaxing due to her bad hips, she loves sticks and playing with her brother and sister.
Louie, our big boy, will be 2 in on St. Pattys day and is also a red nose red. We got Louie last year at a year old after finding out from his breeder, that his owner couldn't keep him because he was jumping the fence and roaming the neighborhood. We took him home and Gucci fell in love with him. It's was playtime all day long and snuggle buddies during sleepy time. We later found out that Louie had been abused at one point and he's not to sure about men. He's scared to death of Levi and won't go near him unless I'm sleeping or sitting between them.
Cherry Prada, our little girl, is a 19 week old brendle red nose red and also Louie's biological sister. Louie was the part of the first litter and Cherry was part of the third. It's so weird how when we brought Cherry home, when Louie smelled her it's like he knew she was his sister. Gucci wasn't to sure about her at first but now the three of them play tug of war with one rope, it's funny to watch. Our only problem with Cherry is housebreaking, she's being stubborn with it. We brought her home at 13 weeks and I love watching Levi with her, he's never had a puppy this young.
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Jim Lancs - on 30 Jan 2013
Winter Sleepingbag (down), Grivel G10 Crampons, Coleman Fuel
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I can post the sleepingbag and crampons, or all the items can be collected from near Lancaster or by arrangement at the Kendal Wall.
1) Pair of Grivel G10 crampons is very good condition, complete with antiballing plates.
Some of the paint has worn off and the odd mark on the plastic baskets, but no wear that affects their life. Therefore at �60 (+P&P) they're essentially �40 less than discounted price.
From Needlesport's website: "Excellent 10-point semi-flexible walking crampon (though someone has been spotted climbing a grade V ice pitch in them!) with simple no tools adjustment.
Fits boots from 37-45� (flexible long bars are available).

These have the "New Classic" bindings: Superb all encasing basket system means that you can put this crampon on just about anything, though it is marginally more fiddly to fit than the other models. The best binding for most walking boots. It is fitted with a much more flexible bar that the other models."
2) Winter Sleepingbag: �95 (+P&P) This is a warm down bag with the incredible feature of having duvet arms! Perfect for getting the stove going in the morning or reading in bed without cold shoulders. (You pull your arms in to sleep nomally). It also has a well baffled short zip across the feet so you can walk around in it.
Made by Dormisacco in Italy. Box wall construction (stitched through arms only), generous foot box.
Weight 2kgs, Nylon outer, polycotton inner.
Although quite old, this sleeping bag has only been used for one winter ski trip to Lapland. The inner is slightly grubby (despite being used with an inner), but the loft and fill are still excellent. As well as camping, it would make a perfect bag for winter kipping in vans, cold climbing huts or winter trekking in Nepal, etc.
3) US Gallon cans of Coleman Fuel: US gallon (3.78 litres) of Coleman Fuel in their original and well sealed metal containers.
Again these are quite old and obviously date from a time when airlines were less fussy about handbaggage. However they are still totally sealed with the double airtight tops and the fuel I have used recently has been fine. The containers themselves show signs of being stored in the shed and are covered in a waxy protective coating.
I have 3 or 4 cans and they have to be worth �10 each. Collection only from near Lancaster or sometime at Kendal Wall by arrangement.
boulderdash - on 02 Feb 2013
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Is your sleeping bag still available?
Is your sleeping bag still available?
boulderdash - on 02 Feb 2013
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I would really like this bag for next weekends trip to Scotland. If it s still available, could I collect it on my way from Leeds? Where are you located?
I would really like this bag for next weekends trip to Scotland. If it s still available, could I collect it on my way from Leeds? Where are you located?
Jim Lancs - on 03 Feb 2013
Sleepingbag has now sold and one can of fuel.
Walking crampons and two cans of fuel still available.
Walking crampons and two cans of fuel still available.
Jim Lancs - on 04 Feb 2013
Crampons have now sold, thank you.
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|Paul Singley Republican-American This replica boat was stolen from the Naugatuck Historical Society Museum. The boat is a replica of one that used to be used by the Peter Paul candy company during World War II to get coconuts for its candies.
NAUGATUCK — A historic replica sailboat with an interesting background has been stolen from the Naugatuck Historical Society museum.
The boat memorializes one of several small vessels that the Peter Paul candy factory used during World War II to secure coconuts. During the war, the company had a hard time getting coconuts for its Mounds candy bars. The sailboats were the answer.
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The Daily Record - NEWS - DANGER: BAGGY TROUSERS
1 April 2006
Health warning on big breeks*
By Karen Bale
A SENIOR government expert wants big trousers to come with a health warning.
Professor Muir Gray believes shops should attach labels to larger sizes telling overweight shoppers to eat less, exercise more and even visit the doctor. ...
He said there were no plans at the moment to extend the warnings to underpants.
*This isn't an April Fool - it's a government idea
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Street of Dreams Discount CouponBy Charles Turner
Everyone loves a deal. Here's a weekday deal for the 2012 Street of Dreams. Two cans of food for each person gets you $2 off each admission ticket. You can download the coupon here. We'll be heading over there on Monday for Realtor Day.