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Johanna's MoCCA Books and Comics
- Posted by Johanna on June 22, 2009 at 9:07 am
- Category: Graphic Novel Reviews, Indy Comic Reviews
Here are some quick thoughts on some of what I picked up and enjoyed at this year's MoCCA Art Festival. For more coverage, see Ed's comics, Ed's books, or some anthologies I got there.
Ellen Lindner's Undertow is a fascinating portrait of 60s Brooklyn. Rhonda and Estelle are bored young women, dating and drinking because they don't know what else to do. Chuck, a Harvard man training to be a social worker, is looking to Rhonda's brother Johnny for his entree into the group to study them after a tragedy. There's some great atmospheric work here, establishing the feel of the urban setting and the lives of bored, crazy kids.
Marguerite Dabaie had the second volume of her Hookah Girl and Other True Stories, short stories about the cross-cultural struggle of being American Christian Palestinian. Subjects range from the minor and mundane — how to eat sunflower seeds — to the disturbing — reading scary editorial cartoons. I liked the historical and cultural ones best, such as her guide to the Arab-American lifestyle or the drawings of embroidery.
Peter Quach's Transit, a well-illustrated, affecting piece about life in the big city, can be read in full online. It's got good, realistic conversation and strong figure work.
Johnny Hiro, by Fred Chao, collects the three previous comics with more new material. It's imaginative and inventive, as in the first story Johnny tries to rescue girlfriend Mayumi from Gozadilla, a dinosaur attacking Brooklyn. What's striking is that Chao captures all the adrenaline of an adventure story but paces it with the meaningful flashbacks of a modern novel and weaves in the everyday reality of living in New York. It's an outstanding approach that's unique and yet seems perfectly natural and well-chosen. It's also well-drawn.
In other stories, Hiro is sent to steal a lobster; gets attacked by samurai at the opera; catches a giant tuna with his boss; and goes to Night Court. Plus, there are cameos by Alton Brown and Judge Judy. I really like this book and I hope there will be more.
Molly Lawless gave me two samples of her Infandum comics. (Whereupon I learned that "infandum" is Latin for "unspeakable".) They're large-format, the size of a sheet of paper (unfolded), the better to show off her detailed pages. I don't get her fascination with old-timey baseball, but otherwise, I enjoyed these glimpses inside her mind and what she finds interesting, including childhood memories and training for a marathon.
My favorite minicomic acquisitions were Ken Wong's origami comics, three-dimensional paper creations that still told a story. Ed's already praised them, and they're much deserving. Ken developed them as a rejoinder to the idea that webcomics were superior to print — he wanted to show that paper comics could do something comics on the web couldn't. And so he built a box to tell Pandora's tale. (My version is flat, with instructions on rebuilding it, because I thought it was easier to travel with.)
But it's the fortune teller that really captivated me. The idea of picking living or dead under one of the folded tabs is funny enough, but when you unfold the device and look at the opposite side, it's the drawings of the various cats famous in comics and animation that really tickled me. It's so multi-leveled: honoring different styles and characters while evoking the multiverses of DC and Marvel through each label: clones, irradiation, robots, manga stylings, comic strips… it's a tiny little encapsulation of so much comic history, all on one page. He's got a listing of the various earths on his website, but the list of cat homages is up to you. I know I'm missing a couple.
Hyeondo Park, the artist on the webcomic Sam & Lilah, was kind enough to give me a copy of the manga adaptation of Huckleberry Finn, which he did the art for. It's good storytelling, with plenty of adventure, but I look forward to seeing more individual work from him.
The last thing I'll mention is the work of Sean Lynch. We had a great conversation about his sketchbook — he creates on the pages of an old programming book, the Borland C++ Programmer's Guide to Graphics. It was bizarre to see art done with bits of sample code peeking through.
Whew! Some really neat work being done. Even with the issues with the show, I'm looking forward to going back next year.
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I was making my way into central London from Sky Studios a couple of weeks ago when I found myself switching lanes not once or twice, but three times for what appeared to be a never-ending cavalcade of police cars, fire engines and ambulances.
I figured someone somewhere must be in a whole lot of trouble but the thought didn't linger long. Us city dwellers have a nonchalant approach to such sights, they are part of urban daily life and are treated with something of a laissez-faire attitude. It's not right but that's just the way things are, isn't it?
As it turned out that Monday night was like nothing any of us had seen before.
I had left work as usual after my shift at 7.00pm. We have a bank of monitors and screens in our Sky Sports News studio and one of them was showing output from Sky News.
There were some scuffles breaking out on the streets around Tottenham and from what was being reported, they were spreading to nearby Hackney and beyond.
The question that has been asked so frequently since, now the dust has settled - figuratively and literally - what do we do about fixing it? Some have suggested sport can play a big part in the rehabiliation of our disaffected youth. I agree.
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While what I had seen prior to dashing out of the office that evening had looked worrying, I like many others presumed the problem would be contained and the police would restore order.
Then the unthinkable happened; rioting, looting, beatings, not just in the capital but in Birmingham, Manchester and Bristol; Britain was breaking in front of our eyes and on our doorsteps.
The question that has been asked so frequently since, now the dust has settled - figuratively and literally - what do we do about fixing it?
Some have suggested sport can play a big part in the rehabiliation of our disaffected youth. I agree.
This week on the Special Report we're in London, Manchester and Sheffield looking at ways in which sport can be used to transform the lives of troubled youngsters.
We have commissioned an online survey which many of you have been kind enough to fill in.
Thank you for taking time to do that, it's been more than helpful for us in putting together a fair and balanced report. The findings do make fascinating reading and we'll take you through those in tonight's programme.
Food for thought though ahead of this week's Special Report, the Manchester City-supported football training scheme we visited found that while the camp is on-going crime in the area reduces by up to 30 per cent.
Proof enough, I think, that sport can help.
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Welcome back to womens online Bible study! We're discussing Experiencing God by Henry and Richard Blackaby, and we just finished reading unit eight in the workbook. More and more this Bible study reminds me of a beautiful tapestry or quilt, as we put the pieces together and find a finished product at the end of our study. Or adjusting our life like a compass, always headed in the direction God leads. This week we learned how to adjust our life to God and we're having small group discussions based on these adjustments. You are welcome to join these online discussions, even if you're behind on the reading or just staring with us now. To see the small group schedule click here.
Blackaby writes "adjusting your life to God is the second critical turning point in your knowing and doing the will of God." Last week we discovered the first turning point which he calls a crisis of belief. In our weekly lessons, we saw many examples of churches and individuals who adjusted their lives. Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and a few others were mentioned as men who made major adjustments when called by God.
During my study this week I examined what adjustments God might require of me to fulfill His purpose. One adjustment that I have struggled with is keeping a healthy body through diet and exercise. I realize this is important for longevity, physical energy and even physical beauty as I reflect the Glory of God inside me. This means that I need to exercise daily, though I dislike it, and resist the tempting foods. My attitude needs to adjust from self-centered (not caring how I look or feel) to God-centered (living Psalm 139). Until I make this adjustment in attitude, no diet plan is ever going to satisfy my hunger.
This week I was also convicted to reinstate the WBC Scholarship Program. Some of the women in our small groups observed women who were in financial need and could not afford workbooks for the Breaking Free or Wonderstruck study. They even asked me if they could make a donation to buy workbooks, and I said no. In the past, I've purchased almost $4,000 in workbooks, often with my own money. As this ministry has gotten larger, the demand for books has exceeded my ability to provide them, even with the few donations we receive. So I terminated our scholarship program because I did not have the funds to provide 50-70 books for each study. We'd need $1,750 in donations to purchase and ship 70 workbooks.
About 24 hours later, I was convicted to change my mind. Several women started asking me if they could make donations, and I decided to surrender to God and allow Him to work. In 24 hours, we received both donations and requests for scholarships and I saw God working. If you'd like to make a donation towards this scholarship fund, use the link in the right column and 100% of the funds will go to these books. It's not tax-deductible. If you have a financial need and we can help provide a workbook, please use the contact us button at the top of the page. If we do not have the funds to provide you a workbook, we'll place your name on a waiting list until God provides the donations. We cannot ship books internationally, though we hope God will open the door and make this possible too!
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Civil 3D writes an instance of the image to your local TEMP directory. I have noticed serious performance issues with a cluttered temp directory.
It does this when using the Autodesk FDO for Provider for Raster, however my regens are not unreasonable when inserting raster images in this manner.
When I attach images in the reference manager or using Raster Design I am not aware of local instances saved to temporary directories.
To be sure I have created new temporary directories for Civil 3D to use but the problem persists when images are attached in the reference manager.
I cant even get into AutoCAD. it freezes up before the application lauches.
It's probably another issue
Open up Task Manager and see if WSCOMMCNTR2 is still running.
End the task
AutoCAD wont even load long enough to load the WSCOMMCNTR2 or maybe that is the problem it doesnt load the WSCOMMCNTR2???
Just did a fresh install per Autodesk instructions and still not responding after it starts to load. never gets to the splash screen.
...and this is another thing that occurs all too frequently... and inevitably causes a lot of rework
For me if I not disable but totally exit out of Norton my issues go away. I believe Norton is stopping some of the processes in C3D. C3D would start to "not respond" for many things that seemed unconnected but when I shut off Norton it fixed the issues.
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We're using Nortons Hosted Endpoint Protection and we don't have the long hangs like you guys are discussing.
I am experiencing a problem with my graphics card locking up my OS and have to hard reboot, but that seems to happen in other graphics heavy applications IE Google earth.
As for the not responding messages, those only pop-up because you're clicking on and off the program when it's still processing and doesn't not actually mean that autocad has locked up.
It has become my routine to disable norton for 5 hours at a time.
once the problem starts you must exit acad to stop it. (and possible reboot??)
Disabling norton after the first occurance will not stop it
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Thinking of tomorrow
It's the second day of competition at Luneta Park. Seventy-five cars are through technical inspection. A handful of Prototype competitors recorded official attempts yesterday, while UrbanConcept cars took up the challenge this morning.
Day 3: Morning
Three students are huddled on the floor around tools and tyres. Next to them a pencil-shaped car, just large enough for a slim driver to squeeze in, lies on a worktable. Its edges curve like the bow of a ship. Unlike the fibreglass bodies of cars that roll past, it is made entirely from wood.
"We wanted to challenge our thinking," says team manager Tinagaran Puvanasan from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. "It's biodegradable when you compare it to fibreglass."
The art of sustainability
The team used mahogany and laminated plywood, sealing thin strips tightly together with minute precision. Wood is relatively heavy so risks reducing the car's efficiency. Yesterday the students achieved a distance of 338km/l equivalent in their first attempt.
"Now we are checking the wheel bearings," says team member Sherah Tissera. They have also packed in tin foil around the engine to keep the diesel that powers their car from burning off.
Taking a tumble
Drivers have a maximum time limit of 24 minutes for Urban Concept and 29 minutes for Prototpye. They must concentrate every second behind the wheel. Dust flew on the track yesterday when the Prototype car from Qatar University rolled over. Marshals stepped in and lifted the car out safely.
"Our driver is fine," says team member Jassim Khalid. "And already back on track!"
The car body is a mix of foam, for support, and lightweight carbon fibre. The students chose to power it on gas-to-liquids (GTL).
"Natural gas is abundant and accessible in Qatar," says Jassim. "And we think it's more environmentally friendly than petrol."
Design comes first in this wooden car from Nanyang Technological University
Lean and clean
Students have 1.5 days left and anything could happen. Favourites team Luk Jao Mae Khlong Prapa from Thailand struggled to start the engine of their ethanol-fuelled Prototype car yesterday. This morning their vehicle recorded 958 km/l equivalent. This is nearly three times below their winning target, but team advisor Narongdech Keeratipranon is optimistic.
"We have cleaned out our engine," he says. "I'm confident we can make it."
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I have a amex zync 2 years and a starwood card almost 1 year old...
I keep applying for CLI every month and comes back denied "reason past deragatory account"
I had an amex back in 2001 which went into collections and paid off in full.
How do I convince amex that I was irresponcible back then and Its wierd that they approved me for the cards and keep sending me pre approvals but cant CLI my starwood card.
Other than applying online, have you contacted anyone in their recon department?
It's known that Amex (nor their computers) do not forget past history. What is your usage on the SPG?
No I havent contacted them on phone yet for anything.
I have a $1000 limit and heavy usage almost 10k in a year now.
Maybe I will call them on phone next time for a CLI
On your denail letter, there should be a number to call. I would call that. Explain your situation. I think the only way you will get around the automatic block is to have your account reviewed manually.
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The search continues for any survivors from Saturday's massive mile-wide mudslide in northern Washington.
At least eight people have been found dead, and more than 100 others are still missing or unaccounted for.
"The number, no question is going to decline dramatically, but its a number we're disclosing and a number we're working with," said Snohomish County Emergency Management Director John Pennington.
The mud slammed through 30 homes and swallowed up everything in its path, a square mile of quicksand-like muck 60-feet deep in some places.
In the first twelve hours, rescuers could hear voices from the mud, pleas for help.
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I just bought an ornamental kale and I wanna know if I could keep this as an indoor houseplant, for how long and how often should I water this plant. |
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alidm, I am sure that you can keep it indoors "but I do not know for how long", quoting my doctor on the question 'will I live?'. Seriously, the plant thrives in full sun, nitogen and lots of water (like so many leaf crops). Indoors, under the reduced lighting, the watering and nitrogen ought to be cut back. I certainly would not allow the soil to dry out. It will "bolt" at which time the plant should be discarded. |
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The winner of American Idol season 4 was Carrie Underwood and her star fame getting brighter when she finally has her own single. Her singing career is also supported by her appearance that she is gifted with beautiful face and body.
This year she has been 30 years old and she is still ridiculously gorgeous. Carrie Underwood has really beautiful feet that her feet size is 7.5 US. She ever performed barefoot and she still looked so stunning. Texas concert also has a story about her feet. She hurt her feet after she fell to the floor while wearing five inch heels and Carrie Underwood feet need some bandage for a while.


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NCI Announces Six Awards for the Strategic Partnering to Evaluate Cancer Signatures Program
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The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced today that it has awarded six grants to collaborative research groups to explore how information derived from comprehensive molecular analyses can be used to impact the care of cancer patients and ultimately improve outcomes. These grants are part of NCI's Strategic Partnering to Evaluate Cancer Signatures (SPECS) program. The molecular signatures of a cell -- identifiable characteristics such as levels or activities of genes, proteins, or other molecular features -- can change as a cell becomes cancerous, signaling the presence of cancer as well as revealing important information about the features of a tumor. The newly funded SPECS grants support multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary research teams that leverage NCI's investment in cancer clinical trials, cancer centers, NCI intramural program, and the SPOREs (Specialized Programs of Research Excellence) program. They also support collaborations with biotechnology companies, community hospitals, the national laboratories, and academic institutions in the United States, Canada and Europe.
NCI has a great interest in the development of new molecular markers that can aid cancer patients and their physicians in the process of clinical decision making. These markers include prognostic markers, which indicate the likelihood of disease outcome regardless of treatment method, and predictive markers, which indicate the likelihood of a patient's response to a specific therapy.
The newly funded SPECS projects are designed to bridge the gap between the discovery and application of molecular profiles by confirming, refining, and evaluating molecular signatures that previously have been demonstrated to be clinically useful. These projects will also focus on developing robust, reproducible assays for specific molecular signatures that will then be tested in clinical trials. The grants, which total $10 million for the first year of funding, were awarded to six multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary teams:
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This project will refine and validate molecular signatures that provide a more accurate diagnosis and more accurately predict clinical behavior of common childhood sarcomas. - University of California, Irvine, Calif.
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I have read so many posts regarding people losing roses to RRD. With Mosaic Rose Virus, we can purchase virus indexed roses in an attempt to avoid this problem. How can RRD be avoided? Are there any rose varieties that are immune? |
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Live in the desert where there are few wild roses to provide a reservoir of infection and the humidity is too low for mites to survive away from their host plant. |
Michael is not being rude, desertgarden. He's just telling you the truth--unfortunately. Kate : ( |
- Posted by paparoseman z8 WA. PO. (My Page) on Wed, Jun 26, 13 at 11:50
And if you do end up moving here to the Northwest there is no RRD, or Japanese Beetles for that matter. As far as I know there are no roses which are immune. Having a virus indexed rose is great from a strength and vigor of growing standpoint but if it were to get RRD it would still get sick and die. |
You can also make sure to inspect your roses regularly to see any early signs of RRD. They you may be able to remove the affected cane or canes before it spreads. |
- Posted by desertgarden561 9b (My Page) on Wed, Jun 26, 13 at 13:51
I am sorry for those who lose their roses to RRD. I have never seen RRD here in Las Vegas.... we do not even have flea issues with dogs. I am glad it is not an issue in the PNW and hope that something will be developed to get a handle on this problem. |
Folks in Las Vegas are fortunate that their mountains are the result of block faulting (horsts and grabens) which don't make for easy transitional zones of flora, that and the dryness also makes floral zones depauperate. BUT, Las Vegas needs to know that RRD/RRv has been found in wild roses in northeastern California, much closer to Nevada than to the great valley of California. |
- Posted by desertgarden561 9b (My Page) on Wed, Jun 26, 13 at 19:58
anntn6b. " great valley of California" equals the Great "Central" Valley in California???? I am a native of CA and there are various valleys in the state, but that is the only one I would refer to as great:) Las Vegas is near the southern tip of Nevada and is actually just east of the southern most section of the Central Valley in California; which is over 500 miles in distance across the Sierra Nevada Mts. The Northeastern California geographical region which includes Yosemite, extends to the southern part of the northeastern region. Yosemite is 93 miles North of Central California. That would make Northeastern California closer to Central California. If RRD is in Northeastern California, it actually poses a greater threat to Reno Nevada, as it is the part of Nevada that is closest to that region ( about 200 miles). Reno is about 500 miles north of Las Vegas. |
- Posted by henry_kuska z5 OH (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Thu, Jun 27, 13 at 0:11
"the native species of roses; Rosa setigera, R. virginiana, and R. palustris and the naturalized R. rugosa seem to be very resistant to possibly immune to the disease." |
Here is a link that might be useful: Maryland Department of Agriculture
Among palustris, virginiana, rugosa, and setigera there are wonderful qualities of disease resistance, winter hardiness, interesting foliage, climbing vs. bushing, and repeat bloom that might be used to rescue a future for roses. |
A setigera in the Chicago suburbs has caught RRD. Rugosas do catch RRD. Virginianas haven't been under much disease pressure in the past; it's increasing for them and we shall see if they remain disease free. Palustris....who knows. There are roses sold as palustris that may not be. Very few plants of palustris are in gardens nowadays. Answers will probably come from the Arboretum in Lexington KY. |
- Posted by lavender_lass WA zone 4 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 28, 13 at 0:22
Desertgarden- I haven't had RRD in our area, but I've read that it might help to mix in perennials with the roses. The Brooklyn Botanical Garden did this, when it redid their rose garden after RRD problems. Initially it seemed to help...but I haven't seen anything recent about their progress. I always mix in lots of shrubs and perennials with my roses. Also, we don't have the same problems with wild roses (too dry) for them to grow anywhere but along fence lines and ditches. They seem to get more water and snow melt here...maybe that helps. |
I doubt that the perennials themselves would have any effect, but the space between roses would slow the spread of RRD within the garden. A rose touching an infected rose is very likely to be infected next. |
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Jose carpintero,You are entitled to your afro-pessimistic predictions, but you will eventually be proved wrong. The $250 million-dollar per year pan-african movie industry (a.k.a Nollywood) built by Nigerian entreprenuers from nothing and the booming industrial clusters of Eastern Nigeria in spite of the deficit in good infrastructure are great signs of hope and potential.Scobbles,Only a fraction of the money the West pledge publicly (to the cheering of their domestic electorate) are ever handed to African governments or humanitarian NGOs. The money remitted by African migrants (legal or illegal) in foreign lands is almost 100 times what is received as Western aid; which is why the World Bank has been pushing for a reduction in transaction costs for these sort of remittances. Just for the record, Nigerians in the diaspora remit an estimated $12 billion dollars annually. So the idea that your money is saving African lives is propaganda spread by Western governments in collaboration with the (western) media organisations.I say "African solutions to African problems" because AU should be allowed to handle the Zimbabwe case. Most of our nations do not recognise Kosovo and were privately opposed the unilateral actions taken by some EU countries and USA in that regard, but we did not try to interfere in "European affairs" like America and Britain that tried unsuccessfully to overrule Africans in their own continent by pushing for UN sanctions which was clearly opposed by Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (AU leader and the democratically elected president of Tanzania) on grounds that it would worsen the situation in Zimbabwe rather than ameliorate it.
Unfortunately, Scobbles, African money sits in Western bank accounts.
And, why do people overestimate the influence of the charity peanuts that the West reluctantly sends to Africa? I could be wrong, but my personal feeling is that most NGOs just drive their shiny 4x4s and run their little marginal bureaucracies that change very little (with the possible exception of traditional religious missions).
"African" solutions is a racist and non-sensical concept. It is only acceptable in the sense that foreign meddling can often be counter-productive, specially if it is driven by the interests of foreign mineral multinationals in cahoots with the local thieves in power.
The only long-term solution is to break up the power monopoly of the African presidents, possibly through real integration in the AU, following the EU example. And the engine can only be a democratic South Africa.
The alternative is for Africa to remain a continental Theme Park of poverty and natural beauty for another 100 years.
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I am African but not Zimbabwean.
After reading postings by the likes of ZANU PF and other African posters on this threade and other threads on Zimbabwe in other papers like the Guardian, I am inclined to agree.
African solutions to African problems : WITH AFRICAN MONEY!!
Zim is like a toilet that needs a good clean. If you don't know how to get the encrustation and contagious filth off then you'll just have to live with it and be reminded of your incapacity ad infinitum.... Doctor saint or peasant.
Chimaoge1, first, thank you for your respectful and moderate tone.
What I believe about Africa, in this context, is actually quite important, as I am a representative of the small group of foreign entrepeneur investors outside minerals who have been betting on Africa for the last 12 years. Like yourself, coming back to Nigeria, we have a personal stake in the outcome. Wether we decide to keep creating wealth and jobs, or leave and invest somewhere else before our assets are stolen, makes a big difference for the future of Africa.
Mr. Ibrahim is a great role model and a member of the "normal successful businessman" species, gravely endangered in this beautiful continent. It is this species that has recently gone extinct in Zimbabwe, and the cause has very little to do with long past colonialism, IMF policies and other excuses. The reason is the existence of the parasite "all-powerful politician", which sucks them dry. In the case of Zimbabwe it means that the ruling class (which operates in US$ and Rands)prints Zim money to the point where normal people lose it all. I hope that is not what you call "African solutions for African problems".
Unfortunately for you, Nigeria will not develop as you hope. The reason is that sustainable development only happens when there is a balance of power between government, opposition, judiciary, media, business, consumers, etc. In Nigeria, like in most of Africa, you have one "Big Man" who controls directly or indirectly, all of the above. It always ends in tears.
Oh that is complete rubbish. I am Nigerian and while it is true that corruption is a real problem there,economic policies of the past elected administration and the current one has led to slow emergence of a new middle-class. Many members of the old middle-classes (myself included) that fled to Europe/USA following the implementation of IMF's "one-size-fits-all" quack economic policies are slowly coming back home. These 1980s IMF policies, carried out by pro-Western corrupt military dictators, destroyed industries, jobs, etc, while opening Nigeria up as a dumping ground for western goods. Corruption was only a catalyst, accelerating the economic decline. The 1999 restoration of democracy (although imperfect) marked the beginning of economic recovery in Nigeria. One good policy of the elected Nigerian government is the banking consolidation of 2005 which has strengthened the financial sector and led to an unprecedented recruitment drive for graduates who until recently would have faced the prospects of unemployment. The multiplier effects of the strengthened banking sector and booming stock market have been well reported in the Financial Times- the only western newspaper that have anything positive to say about Africa. Many of the recently returned Nigerian professionals are setting up enterprises that would-no doubt-fuel economic growth. Some of what I have said have been reported in the Financial Times- the only western paper that has something positive to say about Africa. Please Mr Carpintero do some more research- check web information from IMF, World Bank and UN Conference on Trade and Development- about Africa's progress rather than rely on the biased western media. Your claim to be in Africa concluding that nothing has changed "after looking outside your window" is very typical of Westerners; like those who laughed when African entrepeneurs like Mo Ibrahim left British Telecom to start a pan-african cellphone company, CELTEL (later sold to Zain group of Kuwait for $3.4 billion dollars). Many skeptics told him: "Africans are too hungry to think of luxury items like mobile phones", but today latest statistics on the unprecedented explosion in African phone usage from International Telecommunications Union will shock those skeptics into silence.Mr Carpintero, Africa is just emerging from a long periods of conflict some instigated by the West in the guise of fighting communism (think Angola and Mozambique). It will take sometime, but we shall reach the promise land. Whether you believe it or not is really not that important.
I "lazily" don't even have to read the "biased Western press", I just have to look out the window.
"Angolan economy growing at 14 percent" and other wishful dreaming just means oil prices are up, even though those oil riches hardly even touch Angola, as they go directly into the American bank accounts of their leaders. Same for Nigeria, Congo, and pretty much every African country, except for South Africa.
The whole landing approach into Luanda is kilometers and kilometers of starving people's shacks, WFP planes the busiest at the airport.
And it is worse outside the urban areas (otherwise African people would not migrate to the cities).
It is not a myth, and you obviously have not been there, as it is so in your face that any talk of economic growth just feels like a sadistic joke, specially when you see the queue of oil tankers leaving the ports.
If you are reasearch oriented, please consult per capita income of African countries in the 60's and then tell me about African growth. I also cannot see the rush of foreign investement coming into the continent, except in commodities, as usual.
Bottom line: African countries are the private property of their government/military classes, supported by the profits of mineral resources which they reinvest back in the West, their own people be damned.
I am African but not Zimbabwean. I do not support Mr Mugabe's continued stay in power However i want to point out to some Mugabe detractors on this forum that the man (Mugabe) they are enjoy vilifying, raised the literacy rate of black Zimbabweans from under 5% under racist Ian Smith Regime to over 90% (one of the highest in Africa) within the space over roughly twenty years! It is an ironical tribute to him that many of his political opponents today were beneficiaries of the the educational system which he had instituted.I am not sure of this barely-literate Morgan Tsvangari who has been in opposition for so long without articulating what he would do about the land reforms when he comes to power, thereby enough ground for suspicion that he is working for foreign interests. Personally, I would prefer to have Robotics Professor Arthur Mutambara of the smaller MDC faction as new president or the economist Simba Makoni. In any case, one hopes that Zanu-PF and the two MDC factions come to some agreement to save Zimbabweans from further misery. The Western media should divert that obsession to issues surrounding the gulag the Americans are running in Guatanamo Bay Cuba and the Iraq issue and let Africans deal with their problems. We have not forgotten how USA vetoed UN resolutions condemning the apartheid regime 16 times and how USA sponsored wars in Angola and Mozambique in the guise of fighting communism and US connivance with Belgium to overthrow the democratic government of DR Congo in favour of the thieving dictator Mobutu Sese seko or the Belgian sponsorship of civil war in that nation shortly before its democratic government was removed with US help. Our memory is still sharp about French involvement in nearly all coups and wars in its former African colonies. Africa should be left alone to fend for itself. The West can keep their palliative aid which is designed to make them feel good about themselves rather than help Africa. If they are interested in helping us they should remove all obstacles to fair trade and invest in our economies like China (which the West-in a fit of jealousy- are now calling "colonizers"). AFRICAN SOLUTIONS TO AFRICAN PROBLEMS PERIOD!
Jose Carpintero,Your talk about starvation in Angola, Congo, Nigeria, etc, is a myth that is usually reported in the afro-pessimistic press. The Angolan economy is growing at 14 percent or more annually. In fact all African nations (except Zimbabwe) have for the past eight years being experiencing unprecedented economic growth at a rate of 5.0 percent or more. The economic growth rate for the sub-saharan region for 2007 was slightly over 6.5% with IMF predicting a growth rate of 6-7% this year. Many African countries (like Angola) are actually experiencing double digit growth. The underlying reasons go far beyond rising commodity prices. Many African countries have put in place structures for better macro-economic management, increased financial probity (though corruption is still a major issue) and strengthened public institutions. 16 black african nations now have stock markets, compared with five in the late 1980s, while their market capitalization has risen to almost $100 billion, from $14.5 billion in 2002. No wonder Africa is the toast of foreign investors who are rushing to put their money in a places not affected by the downturn in some Western Stock markets.Mr Capintero please do some research instead of lazily buying everything you read in the extremely biased Western press.
If you return all the land stolen by whites back to my people. If you stop treating black people in Africa as zoo animals put on the planet to amuse you. If you start aknowledging that blacks in Africa have their own thought patterns, aspirations and hopes as governed by our different cultures.....
When you have done that in earnest for a 100 years then I will in return try to investigate whether a black African being demonised by the Whites is really demonic or if it's just the zoo keepers branding the animals they keep.
You are now digging deep into Existentialism and Utopianism. So a man who spent seven years studying to be a doctor should eschew his trade and start cleaning toilets for a living?.
Our Commander-in-Chief should go and do guard duties at Inkomo Barracks. How about our boys who land Boeing 767s in the worst of storms with the ease with which you park your car? They should be street sweepers? What an anarchist you are.
But maybe I have missed the deeper meaning of your assertations, even so it doesn't matter, before we can examine your assertation or make concessions to anyone, land reform has to succeed. The land that white people stole from blacks during the illegal white settler occupation of Zimbabwe has to be returned to black hands unconditionally, then we can talk about governance.
Life is all about exchange. If you would rather starve your family or countrymen than create or work for an honest dollar then go for it. But if you bargain with unreserved and misdirected vitriole then the glory burns out.
The last emperor of China was a gardener in later years and took pride in what he did. One of your white district commissioners of Rhodesian yesteryear humbly works hard for us and has a bloody work ethic you can only dream of. Its not about false pride. Its one thing to be to proud to work dishonestly or for a crook and facilitate that and another to get on and be proud of who you are. Are you too good to clean a toilet? I can make them whistle! I have a few ideas about how to fix Zim too, have you?
What stuff are you made of Zanu. Its a long time to be dragging a dead donkey around Zanu. You are a slave to a dead notion.Free yourself. What of those who are proud of their achievements raising and educating families etc on the back of polishing floors or planting under the African sun. You sully their pride. Just walk away from the rotton stench. Being bitter and twisted is a burdon. Front up scaredy cat its only work it doesn't bite. The rest is in your mind.
ZANU PF Strategist II wrote:
August 18, 2008 15:03
If a bad name is the reward for refusing to be the white man's domesticable animal, then let me have all the bad names your languages can come up with.
Zanu PF :
Perhaps you mean Mugabe's beast of burden?
Strange that you think that oppression is acceptable if the oppressor has a black face. I suggest you read Animal Farm - which is the perfect fable for Zimbabwe today.
Or maybe you are not one of the millions of oppressed and near-starving, but one o
of Mugabe's hangers-on, managing to get some scraps from Mugabe's table.
I try hard to be respectful of other readers but I find it very hard when I read such deluded nonsense - or paid propaganda?? - such as yours.
If a bad name is the reward for refusing to be the white man's domesticable animal, then let me have all the bad names your languages can come up with.
This talks, like the ones before in Kenya, are killing my previously abundant hope for Africa.
Since when is negotiations with the elections loser "the African way"? Why should Africa put up with this "small-room-negotiations" democracy?
I do not care anymore about Zim's fate: It is obvious that its government/military class owns the country and its population will have to keep starving indefinitely as it is the case in Angola, Congo, Nigeria, etc.
My fear now is about South Africa's involvement. By sponsoring this pathetic negotiations it is clear that "lame-duck" Mbeki is more than happy with this Third-world style democracy, calling it "the African way".
Although the say that "Africa always ends up breaking your heart", I think the jury is still out. But it is looking gloomier and gloomier by the day. Scorpions fate will be very revealing.
i would agree with Zorse 100% when he says to ZANU PF STRATEGIST II :
"You give Africans a bad name."
It's a pity that most of the postings on this thread seem to be made either by paid Mugabe stooges or very stupid Zimbabweans.
It makes anyone bothering to read the postings despair of Africa.
So Botswana stayed away from the SADC meeting to mirror their masters' stance on Zimbabwe. Good thing I do not make the decisions because if it were up to me I would let 2 of our MiG fighter jets on border patrol deliberately stray into Botswana airspace. Help them realise that balance of power has not shifted that much in the region.......
Mugabe must be aware his presidency is a sham yet he revels in it. It is almost unbelievable his gumption. It is no laughing matter.. yet the tragic comedy unfolds unbounded... Next we will have him believing he is a very important impotent.
Its no wonder it seems to you to be a myth and I give you one of the most common accusations made about the African mentality. You think of only today. You are owed nothing in this life but are losing all that good faith can give. Your accusations are fuel to the view that you cannot take real responsibility and should be treated childlike and have to be taught through repudiation of your ethical and moral behaviour.
If you refuse to acknowledge the irrational path you have taken and continue these awkward opinions bloated with absurd projections of fact then you will keep going backwards to the dark part of what was the dark continent. Suffer the lack of education and closed mindedness and life will be a grinding scathing poverty.
You are hurting the masses who are motivated to progess and desperate to survive. You give Africans a bad name and you create fear of those who will help you most. "You know you don't have oil or much of anything" I don't know why there are so many people who are concerned! Maybe people love you actually... or those with dignity and integruity predominantly... but all the same don't be confused as to smart about feeling less than your worth or behaving like a bloody scoundrel.
I don't see you as a defender of National pride or anything worthy. I interpret the litany of comments made by you as reactionary hurt pride. I suggest you go cry in a quiet corner and then start telling the truth (with the same loyalty as you have shown with the propoganda). You might be quite easily forgiven for your elevated indignity in the absurd defence of non trivial matters.
Until the SADC with the backing of the AU removes Mbeki as "mediator" there will be no settlement, since Mbeki is the lapdog of that crimes against humanity offender Mugabe and will do nothing against the wishes of the destroyer of Zimbabwe and his thugs.Zimourner
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On Jan 26, 2010, at 6:39 AM, Emre Dogru wrote:
Removed IMF dude's coming to Turkey since we don't use that trigger.
Changed two paragraphs according to Reva's comments and questions (in
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(Btw, I think the first phrase "Though the Turkish economy...." is a bit
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>> Turkey - IMF
>>> Analysis
>>> The ruling AK Party has begun to give strong indications that Turkey
will soon sign a stand-by deal (an IMF arrangement that assures the
signatory country to use IMF financing up to a specific amount and
during one or two years) with the IMF that the two sides have been
negotiating over since 2008. A closer look at how Turkey has coped with
the 2008 financial crisis reveals how the decision to take this IMF loan
is primarily politically driven to keep the AK Partya**s domestic rivals
in check and ensure the partya**s success in the 2011 elections.
>>> The Worst is Already Over
The Turkish economy does not require immediate loan assistance, but the
AK Party would not mind using a loan to reassure investors and markets,
not to mention Turkish voters, that Ankara has already gone through the
worst part of the storm.
>>> As a rapidly emerging market, the Turkish economy had experienced an
average growth of 6.5% since 2005. When the global economic recession
hit in the summer of 2008, Turkeya**s GDP plummeted by 6.5% in the
fourth quarter. The GDP decline in early 2009 was even worse than that
which took place during the *financial crisis of
As the Turkish economy appeared to be sliding towards a 2001-style
recession, investors feared that that Turkey would be hit the hardest
among emerging economies *as an OECD report illustrated in 2008*
>>> But this was not the case. The sharp decline of GDP did not mean
complete collapse of the economy as the country suffered in the past.
The initial negative outlooks did not take into account that the global
recession exacerbated a quarterly economic slowdown of the Turkish
economy that was already underway.
>>> Graph: GDP growth since 2005 (with 2009 and 2010 IMF forecasts)
>>> Graph: Industrial production (and/or manufacturing) stats
>>> With the Turkish economy lumped in with other struggling emerging
economies, like Russia, Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria at the onset of
the crisis, the liraa**s value started to drop against the Euro in
September 2008. But Turkey did not suffer from this depreciation as much
as other emerging European economies for two reasons. First, Turkish
exports became more competitive in the European market, which is the
destination of roughly half of overall Turkish exports, as the lira's
value against the euro declined. Despite the drastic decline in
Europea**s demand during the recession, Turkish exports to the EU
dropped by only 10 percent compared to 2007 pre-crisis figures.
Meanwhile, Turkish exporters diversified the destination of their goods
by trading with other markets in the Middle East, such as Egypt, Libya
and Syria as a result of Turkish governmenta**s efforts to boost
Turkeya**s trade ties with those economies.
>>> Graph: Turkish lira against the Euro
>>> Graph: Turkish exports to the EU (and ME countries if available as
>>> Second, Turkish foreign debt totals around $67 billion (equivalent
to 10% of GDP), whereas troubled Central European economies (LINK) hover
at debt levels of 20 percent of GDP. Furthermore, the foreign debt of
the private sector stands at $185 billion in 2008, equivalent to one
fourth of country's GDP, a manageable number when compared to most
troubled emerging market economies like Russia (31.6%), Kazakhstan
(80.4%) and Bulgaria (94.1%). The relatively low level of foreign
denominated debt meant that lira's devaluation did not cause a panic in
the banking system like it did in Central Europe where domestic currency
depreciation was a serious problem due to high rates of foreign lending.
>>> Unlike the 2001 Turkish financial crisis, no major financial
institution failed or collapsed this time and no official intervention
was needed. Aside from manageable debt levels, this also had to do with
the fact that regulators have steadily increased capital reserve
requirements to protect against potential surprises in the system. Also,
having drawn lessons from the banking turmoil in 2001, the Turkish
Central Bank was granted greater autonomy to better cope with
countrya**s chronic inflation and the remaining banks were taken under
firm control to assure the transparency of their debt stocks.
>>> Combination of low debt levels and post-2001 regulation has meant
that even at the height of the credit crunch, Turkeya**s banks remained
on solid footing. While non-performing loan (NPL) ratio -- key indicator
of the growth of bad debt in bank's portfolio -- grew to 5.3 percent in
November 2009, this level is not out of the ordinary for Turkish
conditions -- from Jan. 2005 until the start of the crisis in Sept.
2008, Turkey has averaged 4.1 percent level of NPLs. Moreover, it does
not pose a significant challenge to Turkey's financial stability as it
may appear at first sight. This has been approved by Fitch and Moody's
in last December and early January by rating upgrades, on the basis that
the Turkish economy showed resilience against shocks of the global
crisis and maintained its ability to access credit markets.
I would rephrase the above two sentences... I love the reference to
Fitch and Moody's because it is timely and shows you are right, but the
whole bit comes off as unclear... For example, in the first sentence,
what is the "IT" you refer to?
This positive outlook of the Turkish economy explains why the AK Party
was able to take its time in negotiating this loan with the IMF. SAY
WHEN THEY STARTED The size of the loan is also revealing of how a
potential deal with the IMF is designed for reassurance, rather than
serious economic relief. .The size of the loan which will be around $25
billion (equal to 3.1% of Turkey's GDP) as confirmed by a STRATFOR
source shows that it is for reassurance purposes rather than economic
necessity. In this sense, the IMF deal of Turkey is similar to those of
Serbia (%1 of GDP) and Latvia (%2.2 of GDP), whereas ailing economies
like Hungary and Romania received financial aids from the IMF, the
European Union and World Bank above 10 percent of their GDPs.
IN retrospect I think we should rephrase the above paragraph. Take any
reference to Serbia and Latvia out -- tiny economies not comparable to
real countries -- and just compare to Hungary and Romania.
>>> Graph: Loan, Deposit, NPL
>>> The Politics Behind the IMF Deal
>>> Though negotiations between the Turkish government and IMF began in
2008, the AK Party was in no rush to take a loan. Instead, the ruling
party appeared to have an intent all along to use the IMF loan to its
political advantage, waiting for the worst of the global downturn to
pass so that the government could avoid looking desperate in accepting a
>>> Now, after demonstrating the resilience of the economy under AK
Party rule, the government intends to use the loan to assure investors
and voters of the soundness of the governmenta**s economic policies
showing that it can abide by IMF's conditions will be an encouragement
in of itself. The party already has strong political and financial
support from the Anatolian-based small and medium-sized business class.
For long-term political survival, however, the AK party also needs
stronger alliances with the Istanbul-based financial giants, who are
heavily exposed to the external market and debt and are strongly
supporting the decision to take the IMF loan. Therefore, the loan will
provide the AK Party with another tool to build critical political
support ahead of 2011 elections.
>>> The AK Partya**s ability to claim credit for the countrya**s
economic health is also essential to its ability to maintain a dominant
position in the Turkish political landscape. Turkey has a long history
of unstable coalition governments and military coups. It was not until
2002, when the AK Party came to power, that Turkey began experiencing
steady, economic growth, allowing the AK Party to build up influence
among Turkeya**s business class. The AK Party has used its immense
political clout to pursue an aggressive, and frequently controversial,
agenda at home and abroad. For example the AK Party has steadily
undermined the role of the military in Turkish politics, and is
continuing a push to bring more elements of the Turkish security
apparatus under civilian control.
>>> The AK Party also faces immense criticism from its political rival
in the main opposition Peoplea**s Republican Party (CHP) which regularly
accuses the ruling party of eroding the countrya**s secularist
tradition. The military and political forces will watch and wait for the
AK Party to stumble in its policies in hopes of regaining a political
edge. This could be seen most recently in the AK Partya**s push forward
with its a**Kurdish initiativea**, which produced (with the help of the
military and the Nationalist Movement Party) widespread popular
backlash. But even as the AK Party stumbled in its Kurdish policy, it
was able to quickly reassert itself and contain its rivals. (link)
>>> The AK Party would have a far more challenging time maneuvering the
Turkish political landscape if the country were not on stable economic
footing. As many within the Turkish military apparatus will privately
lament, there is little the AK Partya**s rivals can do to undercut the
ruling party as long as it carries broad popular support. The AK
Partya**s broad popular support rests on its ability to maintain a
healthy economic environment, and the IMF loan is just the boost that
the party is looking for to keep the economya**s reputation in good
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