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You'd harboured a grudge against Felix for a long time. Not for the same reason as the other students did, nudging each other when he passed by, glaring at him with utter disgust, mouthing that three letter word to each other behind his back. No, you weren't a homophobe, by any means. Your grudge against Felix was one of jealousy. Because he seemed free and happy to wear a uniform he felt comfortable in, while you were forced to wear the wrong one. The girl's one.
You had no idea when you first realised you were a boy; it had never seemed to matter when you were a child. Your parents had been pretty liberal about who and what you played with back then, even if they had little patience when you corrected them for saying 'she'. But since you started Secondary, it had mattered so, so much. Your body had started to change, to form itself into the shape of somebody you weren't. Outside of school, you took to wearing baggy shirts to hide your body, cutting your hair short and refusing to talk, terrified that your voice would ruin everything. But in school, you had no choice but to wear the girl's uniform. A fact that you hated from the very pits of your soul.
And that was why you were jealous of Felix; because he was free to break the rules while you were forced to live a lie. A lie that tore you apart, that left you feeling absolutely empty inside. You'd have done anything to be born into the right body, anything at all. But there was nothing you could do, nobody you could talk to, nobody who you could hate other than yourself. And Felix.
The thing is, you can never hate anybody as much as you want to.
You remember everything about that day clearly. The day was sunny, but cold, the drops of dew on the grass just starting to turn to frost, the tops of puddles just starting to freeze. You were in art, only half listening to the teacher droning on about some art style you'd never heard of and, quite honestly, would have been utterly happy if you never had. The style was about expressing inner frustrations, inner insecurities, you remember him saying. And the most important thing was to be honest about them. You snorted, knowing there was no way you were going to be able to talk about your honest problems. All you needed to do was throw together some generic teenage angst problems and pretend that they actually meant something to you. You sighed, staring at the blank piece of paper in front of you.
As it turns out, nobody took the thing seriously at all. The teacher had to leave midway through the lesson leaving the class unattended. As expected when a group of teenagers are left alone, a couple of guys immediately started a paint fight. And, even though you were only on the sidelines, you got splattered with the almost florescent green. You knew you had to clean the paint off and, given that there were no mirrors in the art room, there was only one place you could go. The one place you didn't want to go.
You must have stood outside the toilets for about ten minutes, not wanting to venture inside. It would be like giving in to the lie, saying that you actually were a girl after all and that you made up the part about being a boy. You started to shake, trying to convince yourself that you could just run in quickly and nobody would notice. But you couldn't go in, couldn't do this to yourself. You took a sigh and were about to walk away when a familiar voice sounded behind you.
"Why are you, like, taking so long? It's a toilet, honey."
You snapped around, coming face to face with the one person you really could not face right now. He didn't even blink, just staring right back at you, his green eyes meeting your (e/c) ones. "It's complicated, ok?"
You covered your mouth with your hand the moment you let that slide. Shit; you really shouldn't have said that. Now he'd know there was something wrong. You'd seen how people treated him; if he was even remotely sane he'd try to get them to pick on somebody else. You looked away, not wanting to look him in the eyes.
"Ok, whatever." You looked back up, confused. But he'd already turned away, not wanting to probe any further. "None of my business." He walked away, not turning back once. Your jaw dropped.
Once you'd actually talked to Felix, you couldn't help but want to talk to him more, sitting next to him in the lunch hall, partnering up with him for subjects when both of you were alone. You weren't attracted to him, god no. But you couldn't help the feeling that maybe, just maybe, he'd be somebody you could talk to about things, somebody you would find it fun to hang out with. Which he was, even if you didn't have the same love for gossip as him, or he the love you had for video games. But you both listened and nodded, enjoying each other's company.
Felix was also the first person you came out to. He took it pretty well, actually, considering how much of a shock it must have been. Well, actually, given that he knew that you kept rolls of ace bandages in your room, even though you hardly ever got injured, and utterly refused to talk out loud in public, despite how talkative you could really get, he must have at least guessed. And Felix had given you the courage to come out to your parents. It had been an uphill struggle; that was for sure. Sometimes you still heard your mother crying about how her little girl was gone. But, for the most part, they seemed to accept it. And you were finally about to do something you had only ever dreamed of before.
You crossed your fingers as you walked into school, praying that nobody would notice you. Turns out, God didn't really like you, because the moment you entered through the door, you were spotted by the person who could only be described as the queen bee of your school. She took one look at you, eyes widening with shock.
"[Fem!Name], you're breaking the rules so much, you know?" her eyes narrowed, a hint of a glare entering them. "Why the fuck are you even wearing a boy's uniform anyway?"
If you had to tell the story later, you'd have said you'd given a rousing speech that left everyone speechless and made everybody finally see you as the manly man you were. What actually happened was far, far less heroic or interesting. You only managed to stammer out one sentence, cursing your pathetically high voice as you did so.
"I-If I'm breaking the rules, then you are too."
Luckily, Felix swooped in to save you.
"And [M!Name]'s wearing the boy's uniform because he's, like, a boy."
You would never, ever forget the look on that girl's face. Ever.


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3 1/2 fluid ounces liquid smoke flavoring
1/4 cup ketchup
1 (10 fluid ounce) bottle steak sauce, (e.g. Heinz 57)
1 (3 pound) beef brisket
FYI to those of you that didn't already know this make sure the fat side of the Brisket is up when cooking helps keep it nice and tender.
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My whole family really enjoyed this one. Next time I will cut the cooking time down about an hour and a half to two hours though. Although it a little too done for our taste, we still liked it. My husband said it was actually beter the next day as a sandwich. I shreaded some of the meat and set it to work with him. I also used A-1, perhaps next time I will try a different steak sauce too. All in all though it was a good dinner.
This was a really easy recipe. I used Stubb's sauces(made in Austin, Tx) and my husband absolutely loved it! He keeps asking me when we are going to have that brisket again.
Really good recipe. I tried A1 sauce with it (along with a drop or two of beer) and it worked well.
Really good, it might be a good idea to get creative with the sauce.. depending on what you like. This one was good though
This is an amazing recipe! The Brisket just fell apart it was so tender and the flavor was incredible
Excellant-easy recipe and satisfied 2 transplanted Texans. I marinated for 18 hours, cooked for 6 hours, fall off the bone tender. But, the liquid smoke does create a strong smell. The house smelled like a Texas BBQ all day, and it became quite acrid. Maybe cooking in in spring, summer, fall when the windows can be with open is a good idea. Despite that I would use the recipe again-even in winter
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Serving Size: 1/6 of a recipe Servings Per Recipe: 6 Amount Per Serving Calories: 877 Calories from Fat: 678
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A short film about the exploration of depersonalization, the removal of the self and the collective subconscious. Read more
A short film about the exploration of depersonalization, the removal of the self and the collective subconscious.
About this project
What is beyond the self? What it is like to live IN our subconscious, away from the world itself? This experience is Depersonalization. Often brought about by physical trauma, drug trigger or severe injury, it causes the mind to shift in a bizarre and often dark way of perceiving and experiencing reality.
Wikipedia defines it as: "an anomaly of the mechanism by which an individual has self-awareness. It is a feeling of watching oneself act, while having no control over a situation. Sufferers feel they have changed, and the world has become less real, vague, dreamlike, or lacking in significance. It can be a disturbing experience, since many feel that, indeed, they are living in a "dream". Chronic depersonalization refers to depersonalization disorder, which is classified by the DSM-IV as a dissociative disorder."
Both of us (Me and Sebastian) have had a severely crippling experience with DPD (depersonalization disorder) in our childhoods and had become consumed by our fear of the sensation. Fear often comes as an artist's best inspiration, and for us, the filmic medium has yet to explicitly explore this phenomenon. For awhile we've wanted to make something about it, but didn't feel like any idea truly suited the concept well enough: we really wanted a representation of the detachment and loneliness that comes with the disorder.
find me gone is that exploration.
We are setting out to make a film that visually defines a subject that has scared us for so long both as a catharsis and as an art form. We think it will be a fantastic piece and can't wait to get started, only problem is we don't have the money to shoot it the way we want to: that's where you all come in.
To shoot this film the way we want is super important to us, we don't wanna have to compromise our vision, considering that this film is very close to us. We don't have a huge scope as far as budgetary requirements go, but we want to make it the way we see it. Your money will be going toward the funding of preproduction, production and post production, including festival entry fees and shipping. We need those funds to make this film and we thoroughly appreciate every cent that can be contributed to realizing our vision and we thank you for even stopping by. Not only is this about demonstrating this phenomenon visually and artistically through the film medium, but it's also about getting people to talk and understand a mental "disorder" most people are unaware of.
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P.S. we know we have been vague with the conceptual ideas, but we wanna keep that private, but if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions feel free to contact us via the "send message" button under our picture to the bottom right :)
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Help Caroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps release their second full-length studio record, "Little Wind." Read more
Help Caroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps release their second full-length studio record, "Little Wind."
About this project
We beat our goal! Thank you guys so much for all of your support, seriously. To see everyone who believes in the project is really special to us, so thank you for reaching out and offering your donations. As for other news:
Our official release date for the new album "Little Wind" will be August 30th. With a show to celebrate it's release at First Avenue Main Room on September 16th, with our friends Dark Dark Dark and Daredevil Christopher Wright. Mark that date off with red tape in your calendars because, to be quite frank with you, we're scared shitless. When that day comes, we really need all of our fans to march down the streets and the alley ways of Minneapolis and break down First Avenue's Door. Maybe I'm fantasizing now, maybe it won't be quite like that. Or will it? The choice is yours.....
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We have been working tirelessly for the past eight months writing, arranging, recording, and producing our second full-length studio record, "Little Wind". It's taken a long time as we meticulously developed the record, considering every song and every word. We're excited about the shift in our music and how it has developed into a more mature mixture of the familiar folk-pop melodies with a new taste of washed out tones and guitar ambiance; we're just bursting at the seams to get this doggie out there and into your ear buds.
We are proud to release what (we think) will be our greatest album to date and we are asking our supporters to help us print and promote it. This coming fall/winter we will be visiting all corners of the country and want to hire print and radio promotions so we can share our music with as many people possible in each city. Along with promotions, we will be using the funding to press the record onto compact disc and on to vinyl (oh man, we're so psyched for that one).
Everyone asks us, "dudes, why not get on a label so you don't have to worry about all of this financial hooplah?" Well, we did shop it a bit, but in the end we collectively felt a bit uncomfortable giving away this album- I mean it's our pride and joy and we are so ridiculously attached to it, we could never even conceive the notion of it not being our own. We've gotten this far on our own eight feet, so we've decided to see this record through until the end, then we can take a deep breath, do a slow clap, and move on to our next endeavor. That said, we need your help because without all of your gracious contributions, we won't be able to do it.
As a token of our gratitude, we're offering some pretty slick deals exclusively through Kickstarter. This will be the only spot that "Little Wind" will be available for presale, along with customized t-shirts, posters hand screen-printed by LandLand, and other pretty far out rewards. We thank you all so much for your time and any contributions you can make. We are so excited to show all of you what has been driving us crazy for the past two years; we're preeeeetty sure you're gonna like it.
We appreciate everyone's support and consideration. We feel extremely fortunate to get to wake up everyday and do what we love to do the most; we could never be able to do it with out all of you so thank you all, so very very much.
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It's hard to believe that Twitter is no longer the darling social network it once was, in light of relative newcomers like Quora, Pinterest and Vine. However, Twitter remains a marketing powerhouse, especially for B2C brands who understand the social network's potential in regards to customer acquisition, brand loyalty and customer service. While there are many tools for analyzing your own efforts, few tools exist that can allow marketers to glean an understanding of a competitor's Twitter strategy. Here are three free analytics tools that you can use to see how your competition is leveraging Twitter.
1. TweetCharts
HubSpot's Dan Zarrella conceived TweetCharts while flying somewhere over the midwest. The tool allows you to run a report on any hashtag, word, phrase, username and even URLs. Depending on the volume of activity for your chosen query, the report can span a date range of anywhere from one week to one day.
Reports consist of a breakdown of activity type, tweet frequency and usage rankings.
TweetCharts is ideal for at-a-glance data on the kinds of tweets a user sends out and how often.
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Twitalyzer designates itself as "Serious Analytics for Social Business." Their sleek interface focuses on two metrics: impact and influence.
While TweetCharts gives you a breakdown of the anatomy of a user's tweets, Twitalyzer measures their effectiveness. While their proprietary metric (Impact) isn't terribly insightful, a Twitalyzer report can show days in which an account exerted peak influence and show what users influence that account.
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Simply Measured has several free social analytics tools available, one of which is the Free Twitter Follower Report. Despite a slight barrier to entry – users must enter a Twitter account to be analyzed, tweet that they are using the tool, register by name and email address and wait for the report to generate – Simply Measured will email you a rich examination focusing on the followers of any given account.
Metrics include Top Keywords Within Followers' Profile Descriptions, Followers by Time Zone, Followers by Date of Last Tweet and Users by # of Followers, among others. This tool is great for getting an idea of who is following an account and how they're interacting.
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East African Breweries
Public | |
Traded as | KN: EABL |
Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
Founded | 1922 |
Headquarters | Nairobi, Kenya |
Products | Beer |
Revenue | KES: 61.3 billion (2014) |
Profit | KES: 10.4 billion (2014) |
Owner | Diageo Nairobi Stock Exchange |
Website | http://www.eabl.com |
East African Breweries Limited, commonly referred to as EABL, is a Kenya based holding company, which manufactures branded alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
The group's headquarters are located in Nairobi, Kenya, with subsidiaries in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The group has distribution partners in Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and South Sudan.
Kenya Breweries was founded in 1922 by two white settlers, George and Charles Hurst.The company is owned by the Dodd family of Kenya. By 1990, most of the shareholders were Kenyan and the company was very successful.
Tanzania Breweries Limited had been started by Kenya Breweries in the 1930s. After being nationalised in 1967, Tanzania Breweries was poorly managed. However, in 1993 the Tanzanian government entered into a joint venture with South African Breweries Limited to run Tanzania Breweries. South African Breweries is one of the largest and most efficient brewing companies in the world. They turned Tanzania Breweries around with extraordinary speed, almost tripling production in the space of three years.
In 2002 East African Breweries Limited (EABL) and SABMiller Plc. effected a share swap of their interests in their subsidiaries: Kenya Breweries Limited and Tanzania Breweries Limited. EABL acquired 20% of the equity of Tanzania Breweries. SABMiller Plc. acquired a 20% equity stake in Kenya Breweries.
The partnership between EABL and SAB Miller in Tanzania went through turbulence in 2009, EABL claiming breach of contract by Tanzania Breweries (TBL) that led to low quality of EABL's drinks that were produced by TBL and restriction of some of Diageo's and EABL brands to enter the Tanzanian market. This led to EABL's acquisition of 51% of Serengeti Breweries Limited (SBL) and exit from TBL's shareholder structure through successful IPO through the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange. SAB Miller sold it stake Kenya Breweries to East African Breweries.
In 2003, Kenya Breweries consumed almost 6% of the Nairobi water supply.
In 2005, EABL became the first company in East Africa to reach US$1 Billion in value.
Subsidiaries and Investments[edit]
The companies that comprise EABL include, but are not limited, to the following:[1]
- Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) – Nairobi, Kenya- 100% Shareholding - The flagship company of the group. Established in 1922 and has been the leading brewer in Kenya since it began operations. The company's core business is brewing of Beer and bottling of non-alcoholic malt beverages.[2]
- Central Glass Industries Limited (CGI) – Nairobi, Kenya - 100% Shareholding - Established in 1987 to produce glass containers in flint, amber and green to internationally required standards. CGI is the leading container glass manufacturer in the East African region. CGI exports more than 50% of it products to countries such as Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Eritrea, Seychelles, Re-Union, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Angola.[3]
- Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) – Port Bell, Uganda - 98.2% Shareholding - UBL has been a leading brewer in Uganda since it began operations in 1946.[4]
- United Distillers Vintners (Kenya) Limited (UDV) – Nairobi, Kenya - 46.32% Shareholding - UDV was established in 1962. UDV Kenya Limited is majority owned by Diageo PLC, which holds 53.68% shares. EABL manages the company on behalf of Diageo. Its core business is the manufacture, marketing and sales of spirit based alcoholic beverages. It also imports and distributes premium spirit brands from the parent company.[5]
- International Distillers Uganda Limited (IDU) – Port Bell, Uganda - 100% Shareholding - Acquired in June 2012 from Selviac Nederland, is a subsidiary of Guinness UDV.[6] The company manufactures, markets and sales of spirits in Uganda.
- East African Maltings (Kenya) Limited – Nairobi, Kenya - 100% Shareholding - EAML-Kenya plays a vital role of supplying quality brewing raw materials in the form of Malt, Barley and Sorghum to the brewing units of the EABL group in Kenya.[7]
- East African Maltings (Uganda) Limited - Kampala, Uganda - 100% Shareholding - EAML-Uganda plays a vital role of supplying quality brewing raw materials in the form of Malt, Barley and Sorghum to the brewing units of the EABL group in Uganda.[7]
- EABL International Limited – Nairobi, Kenya - 100% Shareholding - EABLi (formerly EABL Venture) was set up in 2009, the venture's business was to focus on building the Spirits business in Eastern Africa and driving the geographic expansion through greater focus to drive a total beverage business and through expansion into new markets such as The Great Lakes Region. EABLi operates in Southern Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi and DRC through third party supply, exports, and covering the spirits portfolio for both domestic and duty free sales as well as beer sales in the markets where the group does not have local operations.[8]
- Serengeti Breweries Limited (SBL) - Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania - 51% Shareholding - SBL is the second largest beer company in Tanzania, with a market share of approximately 28% of the Tanzanian branded beer sector. The company was incorporated in 1988 as Associated Breweries Limited. Its name was changed to Serengeti Breweries Limited in 2002. EABL acquired 51% of the issued share capital of SBL in October 2010.[9]
Ownership and listing[edit]
The largest shareholder is Diageo Plc. EABL's primary listing is on the Nairobi Stock Exchange, and is cross-listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange and Dar es Salaam Stock Exchanges. The shareholding in the group's stock was as depicted in the table below:[1]
East African Breweries Limited Stock Ownership | ||||||||||||
Tusker brands[edit]
Type | Beer, pale lager, premium lager |
Manufacturer | Diageo |
Country of origin | Kenya |
Introduced | 1922 |
Alcohol by volume | 4.2% (regular) 5.0% (malt) 4.0% (lite) |
Website | Official brand website |
Tusker is the main brand of East African Breweries with over 30% of the Kenyan beer market selling more than 700,000 hectolitres per year. Tusker is also the largest African beer brand in the Diageo group.[10] It is a 4.2% ABV pale lager. The brand was first marketed in 1923, shortly after the founder of Kenya Breweries Ltd, George Hurst, was killed by an elephant during a hunting accident. His remaining founder and brother Charles decided to name the company's first ever lager, Tusker, since large, male elephants indigenous to East Africa, were called tuskers.[11] It was in this year that the elephant logo, that is synonymous with Tusker Lager, was incorporated. The slogan "Bia Yangu, Nchi Yangu", means "My Beer, My Country" in Swahili.
In early 2008, the UK supermarket chain Tesco began selling Tusker, followed soon after by Sainsbury's.[12]
- Tusker, sold in keg, widget cans and bottles: 4.2% ABV pale lager
- Tusker Malt: 5.0% ABV premium lager
- Tusker Lite: 4.0% ABV lite lager
Tusker Lager, Tusker Malt Lager, Pilsner and White Cap Lager have received each a Gold Quality Award at the World Quality Selections, organised yearly by Monde Selection, a highly respected International Quality Institute.[13]
Other brands[edit]
The company also makes Uganda Waragi, a 40% ABV brand of waragi, a traditional Ugandan liquor, and the leading branded distilled beverage in Uganda. It is triple distilled and made from millet. It is known in Uganda as "the Spirit of Uganda". The main markets include other African countries such as Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan.[14]
In 1965, "The Enguli Act" decreed that distillation would only be legal under license, and distillers should sell to the parastatal Uganda Distilleries Limited, which produced a branded bottled product, marketed under the name Uganda Waragi.
- White Cap Lager 4.2%
- White Cap Light3%
- Pilsner 4.7% Pale Lager
- Pilsner Ice – 5.2% ABV pale lager
- Guinness Foreign Extra Stout – 7.5% ABV stout
- Allsopps Lager – 5.5% ABV lager
- Senator Lager – 6.0% ABV barley beer
- President Extra Lager – 6.6% ABV lager
- Bell Lager
- Serengeti Lager
EABL Foundation[edit]
The EABL Foundation is the corporate social responsibility arm of East African Breweries, founded in 2005. It assists people in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania through five areas of activity: water supply, education and training, health, environment, and special projects. Through the skills for life program, The EABL Foundation provides scholarships for undergraduates[15] in the three East African Countries.
Its ongoing projects include the construction of an optical center in Moshi, Tanzania, the support of the Sickle Cell Association of Uganda and the donation of an Ultra Sound Machine to Kirwara Hospital in Thika, Kenya. The foundation has supplied over KSh. 70 million (approx. US$972,000) in university scholarships.
The EABL Foundation conducts special projects in times of disaster and when emergency relief is needed. Most recently, the foundation took part in the Save A Life Fund, in which it donated over KSh. 14 million (approx. US$194,000) towards famine relief.[16]
Association football sponsorships[edit]
Kenyan Premier League[edit]
On 21 August 2012, the company signed a deal worth KSh. 170 million (US$2.02 million; £1.28 million; €1.62 million) with the Kenyan Premier League for its renaming to the Tusker Premier League. This made it the most lucrative deal ever made in Kenyan football history.[17]
Tusker F.C.[edit]
Tusker FC is a football club owned by East African Breweries. It is based in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the third most successful club in Kenya with eight Kenyan league championships and three Kenyan cup wins. In addition, it has won four East African CECAFA Clubs Cup titles.
The club was known as "Kenya Breweries" until 1999, when the current name was adopted. Tusker has two home stadiums, the Moi International Sports Centre, where it mainly plays its home matches, and the Ruaraka Sports Ground.
CECAFA Cup[edit]
In August 2012, East African Breweries signed a sponsorship deal worth US$450,000 with CECAFA to have the CECAFA Cup renamed to the CECAFA Tusker Challenge Cup.[18]
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- ^ "East Africa: EABL to Buy Distillers in Kenya, Uganda". All Africa. 2002-06-24. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
- ^ a b "East African Maltings Limited | EAML". EABL. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
- ^ "EABL International | EABLi ". EABL. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
- ^ "Serengeti Breweries Limited | SBL". EABL. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
- ^ http://www.beerwriters.co.uk/news.php?x=1&showarticle=346&PHPSESSID=a0a6d73a3a25ca09a5f47
- ^ The Agora. "TUSKER : THE STORY BEHIND THE NAME". The Agora. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ Tusker lager wins Sainsbury's listing – Talking Retail
- ^ Kenya Breweries Achieves Gold At Monde Selection, africanselect.com, Monday, 26 July 2004
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- ^ Bonnie Mugabe (30 August 2012). "Challenge Cup brought forward". The New Times. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- Bibliography
- Justin Willis, Potent Brews: A Social History of Alcohol in East Africa, 1850–1999, British Institute in Eastern Africa (2002), ISBN 0821414755
External links[edit]
- East African Breweries Ltd.
- Profile of East African Breweries at myStocks KE
- Nairobi Stocks Exchange
- EABL Foundation.
- Beer and breweries in Africa
- Companies listed on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange
- Companies listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange
- Companies listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange
- Companies of Kenya
- Companies of Uganda
- Charities based in Kenya
- Companies established in 1922
- 1922 establishments in Kenya
- Diageo


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A dark themed Sci-Fi RPG with a huge story potential. Features a customizable real-time battle system.
About this project
The Life of Shadows features an active time battle system, like Chrono Trigger. It allows for much customization. The story is completely original, with the professional influences of many great RPGs. The game is being developed by me, but I am currently recruiting a small team. I plan on making it around a 24 to 40 hour game, depending on how interesting I can keep my current story going. I also plan on replacing many of the graphics I currently have in use, so don't be fooled by the looks of some maps.
The game is about ghosts, time-travel, and redemption.
You start out on a small island, where you have lived for your entire life. You have made a boat and you will travel to the neighboring island. There you will come across something, unexpected...
Story (Spoilers)
You start out on a small island, where you have lived for your entire life. You have made a boat to travel to the remains of Insula Umbra (the Island of Shadows). There you will meet the ghosts of the island's past. They will give you a quest, and you will there start your journey to right the world's wrongs, and save the world.
As promised, this game will feature custom music from my composer, Jose Moreno! Here is a track he made me for my title screen:
- An active time battle system
- 24+ hours of gameplay
- Very tactical battle system. The next armor could make all the difference
- Completely original soundtrack (when funded)
- PC/Mac Support
- Multiple time periods to play through. You start out in an unknown time period and travel back a few thousand years.
This demo may not be completely balanced. Remember it is a public pre-alpha. The music is also placeholder. The end of the demo is when you go into the place called "battle fever." It is currently a placeholder.
Click the .exe file, extract it, and then double click my placeholder Vita Umbra Icon in the extracted folder.
New Demo:
For smaller updates, I will be releasing patches. Unless otherwise noted, everything will be in the data folder. Currently a bug was found in a map and it only took one small edit. Follow the instructions to fix the bug.
I found a bunch of bugs and removed most of them. You can use your old saves with this. To update the mac demo:
This one has a game stopping bug towards the first hour and a half of play.
To use the mac demo with the new windows demo:
First extract the windows demo.
Find your The Life of Shadows app. Right click it and click "show package contents".
Navigate to Contents, then resources, drive_c, rgss2_game, and delete the existing vita umbra folder. Now, move the new windows demo in that folder. Thats it!
The screenshots may make more sense than my video. Please look at the bottom for a transcript if you don't understand my voice.
Stretch Goals (right click image and open in new tab if you are having trouble reading it)
Extra copies of the game
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Here are some current screenshots
This is the location of the first boss.
This is the outside of the skill shop.
This is the early version of the skill shop.
In battle.
This is the house in the beginning.
There are many things you can do to customize the gameplay, like choosing your character.
Different classes have different skills. The SP consumption rate is absolutely not final and more skills will be added.
This is the customize screen for the active time battles.
This is my hook of sorts. It's a quick backstory:
One being has lived alone inside it's home of lava and volcanic rock for it's whole life.
It has learned how to make a vessel for traveling across the hostile blue that has previously impeded it's travels.
The books in it's home have taught it all it needs to know about life, from etiquette to reading to speech.
It is now attempting to travel outside it's small island, to see if there is anything beyond...
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Due to engine limitations, I cannot port my project over to android.
November of 2011.
If anyone knows about wrappers using wine for windows to linux, please get in touch. I'd like to get this on linux as well.
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Bruce Russett is one of America's leading international relations scholars, and he has long been interested in how democracy affects world politics. In this collection of his essays —some old, some new — he focuses on how America's democratic character affects its hegemony. He has no simple answer, but he provides a variety of important insights on the matter. This book deserves to be widely read. - John J. Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago.Exploring the relationships between democracy and hegemony, Bruce Russett deploys a rare combination of rigor and nuance. Filled with insights and evidence, these essays by a master at the top of his game teach us a great deal about central issues of world politics. - Robert Jervis, Adlai E Stevenson Professor of International Politics, Columbia University
Bruce Russett, one of the most influential international relations scholars of the last half century, engages one of the most critical questions of our age – whether a democratic hegemony is sustainable. His essays are theoretically rich, historically broad, empirically rigorous, and methodologically self-conscious. They are essential reading for all serious scholars. - Jack S. Levy, Board of Governors Professor, Rutgers University
Russett is one of a handful of the most influential scholars in the field of international relations and has been for several decades. He has amassed a diverse and impressive body of research and writing, in recent years most notably his work refining and testing the theory of the democratic peace. This is a lasting body of work that students in the field will continue to read for a long time to come. - Jack L. Snyder, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Relations, Columbia University


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About the Central Texas Wildfire Fund
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The Central Texas Wildfire Fund was created on September 5, 2011, in response to the devastating wildfires that struck Central Texas over Labor Day weekend. The CTWF allows anyone to contribute to the immediate and long-term efforts by nonprofit organizations working "on the ground" in those areas hardest hit.
The CTWF gives grants to 501(c)(3) nonprofits that serve the individuals, families, businesses and communities. The goal is to help those communities recover, rebuild and return to the quality of life that existed before the fires began.
The CTWF is administered by the Austin Community Foundation. Since 1977, the Austin Community Foundation has administered thousands of funds for a wide range of causes – from the arts to healthcare, from education to the environment – all with the goal of fostering philanthropy for the lasting good of Central Texas. All contributions to the CTWF are tax deductible.
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What is the Central Texas Wildfire Fund?
The Central Texas Wildfire Fund (CTWF) is a charitable-giving vehicle that allows anyone to make a tax-deductible donation to support work being done by nonprofits in Central Texas that are assisting individuals, organizations, small businesses and more recover from wildfire disasters.
The CTWF is administered by the Austin Community Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
What is the Austin Community Foundation?
There are more than 700 community foundations across the United States, all with similar origins and missions. They are created by the citizens of those regions to serve local needs and create an endowment for future needs.
Since 1977, ACF has given almost $200 million in grants to nonprofits in Central Texas and beyond. By offering donors a tax-exempt vehicle for their philanthropic goals, we provide a unique set of services that are unmatched by other similar "umbrella" organizations.
Our role in the community includes the following:
- to provide guidance and donor services to generous people from all walks of life
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The Austin Community Foundation plays an active role in wildfire relief through the Central Texas Wildfire Fund. It also facilitates gifts from donors who have specific ideas about the kinds of projects they want to support for wildfire relief.
The Central Texas Wildfire Fund is focused on getting people's lives restored from the wildfires, stretching every dollar, making highly informed grant decisions and retaining flexibility to address emerging needs.
Here is how the process works:
- During a time of disaster, the Austin Community Foundation serves as a central location for collecting donations of any size, from anywhere, into disaster funds. ACF does not take any fees for adminstering wildfire relief funds.
- ACF then works with a volunteer committee of community leaders to make grants from the fund to nonprofit organizations and government agencies (not to individuals) that we know are providing direct services and have established systems in place to assess needs and get help to wildfire victims.
- Grants were made proactively to first responders in the wildfire's aftermath, and then in reaction to grant applications submitted by qualifying organizations.
- After local nonprofits apply for grant funding, and get approved, ACF works expeditiously to distribute funds.
- Finally, ACF also monitors for needs that aren't being met and actively encourages collaboration among responders to craft solutions.
- ACF's role is to ensure that resources are deployed to organizations that are getting help to people who need it most – and doing so reliably, efficiently and with consistency. Because our grantees, rather than ACF, provide assistance to people impacted by the wildfires, many wildfire victims aren't aware that ACF funds are part of the equation.
- Due diligence is a key component of disaster grantmaking, with ongoing reporting required of every organization that receives a grant. Along with ensuring grant funds are used to meet the needs intended, we are continuously working with experts and people on the ground to keep our response, and that of grantees, agile according to evolving and emerging needs. Efforts are also made to ensure that our efforts aren't duplicated, so that we can ensure further that our donors' dollars go as far as possible.
- While funds are available, we continue to seek applications from qualifying organizations serving wildfire victims, and to create solutions for needs, applying disaster funds to the best possible programs to get people back on their feet.
Now that we have transitioned into the long-term response, recovery looks different than it did a year ago but needs continue to arise and change and will for months and years. ACF is focused on ensuring resources are invested wisely to support these long-term needs from the wildfire of 2011, such as legal and financial issues, mental health counseling, supplies of all kinds and more.
The Austin Community Foundation has pledged to be a part of years of long-term recovery and ensures funds continue to be distributed to grantees focused on wildfire victims' recovery.
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The application is closed. We will announce the next round of grantees in May 2012. Click here to see how grants were disbursed in December 2011.
First, we're so sorry for your loss. Please know that we are working with others in the community to get help to all of the victims of the wildfire disaster.
There are a number of resources for those affected by the wildfires. Below are listed websites that are a good place to start:
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Call Me Maybe
Jack in the Box Summer Shootout Series
August 14, 2012
The drivers of the Jack in the Box Summer Shootout Series present "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen. (Note: we do not own the rights to any of the music in this video, nor do we intend any copyright infringement. Music Credit to Run-DMC & Carly Rae Jepsen.)


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Profit on Call Options: Coca-Cola, ExxonMobil, Home Depot, Pepsi
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- For several reasons, current market conditions are ideal for writing covered call options on "Dividend Aristocrat" stocks such as Coca-Cola
(KO - Get Report), ExxonMobil
(XOM - Get Report), Home Depot
(HD) and PepsiCo
Dividend Aristocrats are those publicly traded companies that have increased the dividend annually for at least the past 25 years. Stock owners write covered call options when they sell options to buy the shares within a set period of time. For the owners of the shares, there are three ways to make money from writing covered call options: the actual selling of the option, the capital gains from selling the stock if the option is exercised and continuing to collect the dividend income during the period of the option.
Coca-Cola, ExxonMobil, Home Depot and PepsiCo have all done well in the current bull market.
Over the last year of trading, Coca-Cola is up nearly 8%, very close to its 52-week high. ExxonMobil has surged nearly 16%. It, too, is close to its year high. Over that time period, Home Depot has jumped almost 10%. PepsiCo has risen more than 12%.
What makes each ideal for writing covered call options is that lower growth is projected. For Home Depot, earnings per share growth is expected to drop by around one-third over the next five years. For Coca-Cola, earnings per share over the next five years is estimated to be lower than the last half-decade. There is an expected decline in earnings of about one-third for PepsiCo. Earnings for ExxonMobil are expected to continue to fall next year. With bearish outlooks like that, selling covered call options is a good way to generate income from stocks whose EPS growth is not predicted to rise. (All data is from Finviz.)
In addition to the negative outlook keeping the share price from increasing, these are not volatile stocks. Shareholders do not have to worry that wild swings in the share price will lead to an exercise of the call option. The beta for the stock market as a whole is 1. For PepsiCo, the beta is 0.39. Coca-Cola has a beta of 0.48. The beta for ExxonMobil is 0.82. Home Depot has a beta of 1.05.
Company | 52-Week Rise | Beta | Dividend Yield |
Coca-Cola | 7.93% | 0.48 | 2.89% |
ExxonMobil | 15.54% | 0.82 | 2.73% |
Home Depot | 9.58% | 1.05 | 2.32% |
PepsiCo | 12.33% | 0.39 | 2.95% |
During the period of the option, the owner of the shares is not denied dividend income that has historically increased. The dividend yields for Coca-Cola, ExxonMobil, Home Depot and PepsiCo, as shown by the chart above, are all well above the average of around 1.8% for a member of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (SPY).
According to Joe Louro, an options expert who is head of Investview, a financial education and investor technology firm, the great majority of options go unexercised. That means that writing covered call options is a low-risk activity, as shareholders profit from selling the option and collecting the dividend. Based on analyst projections, declining growth is ahead for Coca-Cola, ExxonMobil and Home Depot. That should reduce even more the risk in writing covered call options. Why Coca-Cola Stock Is a Buy at TheStreet How to Recession-Proof Your Portfolio With These 5 Dividend Aristocrats At the time of publication, the author held no positions in any of the stocks mentioned. This article represents the opinion of a contributor and not necessarily that of TheStreet or its editorial staff.
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Bird decries pic touch-up
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Superstar Thongchai "Bird" McIntyre says the photo on the internet of himself apparently supporting Pheu Thai's candidate for Bangkok governor Pongsapat Pongcharoen was doctored.
Thongchai: Not backing anyone
The singer made the comment on his Facebook page yesterday after a photo of himself carrying a mobile phone showing the banner of Pol Gen Pongsapat and his running number was circulated on the internet.
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Lombok is an island that is separated from Bali by the Lombok Strait. It has great beaches in its own right, and many people travel to Lombok to enjoy those great beaches, as well as sun tanning, and some rest & relaxation. The Gili Islands (including Gili Trawangan) are just off the coast of Lombok and are popular stopovers for people looking for a quiet island experience. The limited development and quiet nature of the islands makes it a completely different place from Bali and makes them worthwhile Indonesia attractions for those looking for a respite.
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Travel Tips from people who've been to Lombok
Head to Senggigi and hop a boat out to the Gili's. I loved Gili Meno, but it could be too quiet for some. Sunset Gecko is a very nice bungalo operation there. Good snorkeling right off shore. Good tip? (0) if you are in lombok, don't forget to go to the gilli islands. you can do it by an one day cruise. it is great for snorkelling! Good tip? (0) 1. Bring your surf board, water-sport equipment.
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Tigers tripped up in Montevideo
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The Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta boy's basketball team took a 80-36 loss in their conference matchup against the Montevideo Thunderhawks on Tuesday, Dec. 3.
Jordan Thompson scored 26 points and made eight three-pointers to lead Montevideo in the victory.
Dazhown Coleman had 12 points and seven steals, and Troy Diggins added 10 points and seven assists for the Thunderhawks.
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Slate: How Much Money Could LVT Raise?
November 13, 2013 | Posted by Staff under Good Press |
This 2013 excerpt of Slate, Oct 17, is by Ashok Rao.
For a long time the economics profession has quietly noted that a land value tax — LVT — is economically efficient but left the subject for more intellectually rewarding pursuits. The result is a frustrating dearth of scholarship on the subject. The few detailed papers that do exist suggest land taxes can replace most levies on labor and capital.
The most comprehensive work on this subject I could find is Steven Cord's 1985 paper in the American Journal of Economics and Sociology, "How Much Revenue Would a Full Land Value Tax Yield."
What's fascinating is that as I've argued before, the 1980s probably represented the trough of land rents relative to income of the rich. As inequality increased, the ultimate venue of conspicuous consumption is beachfront property or a panoramic view of Central Park. As Thomas Piketty and Gabriel Zucman document in an important paper, total wealth-to-income ratios have doubled over the past several decades to a level last seen since the Industrial Revolution.


text: Family of girl desperate for transplant says she can't wait for policy to changeBy Michael Martinez and Steve Almasy, CNNUpdated 2:57 AM ET, Mon June 3, 2013Just WatchedTransplant hopeful's mom slams systemreplayMore Videos ...Transplant hopeful's mom slams system 02:25Story highlights"I'm praying that somebody sees this ... and is in a position to save my baby," mom saysFederal agency says policy aims to be fair in difficult situationsOfficials will take several years to review lung transplant policy Sarah Murnaghan has been waiting for a transplant for 18 monthsThe parents of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who's been waiting more than a year for a lung transplant says the girl has essentially been "left to die."Sarah Murnaghan, who has had cystic fibrosis since birth, could die within weeks without a transplant. She has been waiting 18 months for another pair of lungs as her ability to breathe has rapidly deteriorated.She is at the top of the list for any pediatric lungs that may become available for transplant in her six-state region. Doctors say modified adult lungs could help save her, and adult lungs become available much more often. But children under age 12 aren't prioritized for adult organs, under federal rules. So Sarah could only get available adult lungs if everyone else waiting for lungs in her region -- no matter how sick they are -- turns them down.U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has called on officials to review the nation's lung transplant policy for children, but any change could take up to two years.Organ donation by the numbersA statement from Fran and Janet Murnaghan welcomed the policy review as a "positive step.""However, Sarah, and other children like her who need a transplant now, do not have the luxury of time to wait for a lengthy bureaucratic change," the parents said. "Essentially, Sarah has been left to die."Just WatchedWaiting for transplant, a fight for lifereplayMore Videos ...Waiting for transplant, a fight for life 02:37PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedThe race for Sarah's lifereplayMore Videos ...The race for Sarah's life 08:27PLAY VIDEOJust Watched10-year-old hopes for new lungreplayMore Videos ...10-year-old hopes for new lung 04:20PLAY VIDEOThe department said Sunday it is sympathetic to the many parents facing similar circumstances."Our heart goes out to any family that is dealing with a loved one who is on a waiting list for an organ transplant," the statement said. "Given the significant disparity in the number of transplantable organs to the number of people in need of an organ, (the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network) has regulations and policies to ensure that decisions are based on the best medical science and the most equitable process in a very difficult situation."The Murnaghans asked that other parents consider naming Sarah as a transplant recipient should they or one of their children face death in the coming weeks. "If you want to directly donate your loved one's lungs to Sarah, the law cannot change that. And Sarah will use that and create a positive and wonderful life and legacy for your loved one," Janet Murnaghan told CNN."I'm praying that somebody sees this story and is in a position to save my baby."Sarah had a setback Sunday night, suffering from a fever and increased carbon dioxide levels, according to a post on Janet Murnaghan's Facebook page."I am feeling anxious and praying," she wrote.The United Network for Organ Sharing, a nonprofit that manages the nation's transplant system under federal contract, agreed to the review Friday, the same day Sebelius sent an urgent request for it to look at its policy, UNOS spokeswoman Anne Paschke said.But because the review process involves research and public comment, which take time, and because there are not enough organ donations for children, the nation's transplant system may not be able to save Sarah's life.Her family wants Sebelius to step in."We are going to let a kid die over red tape. Somebody needs to stand up that this isn't right, this is a human issue. This isn't politics, this is a human issue," Janet Murnaghan said.Paschke urged more Americans to look at an organ donation website.Sebelius' request to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network called on officials to look at the age categories used in lung transplant cases.Sarah's struggle has ignited a fight for new rules governing organ donations. She's been in a Philadelphia hospital for months due to her cystic fibrosis.Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition on Change.org, and a congressman has called on the Obama administration to take quick action.Sarah's mother told CNN she was "shocked" when she learned the rules a couple of weeks ago.Sebelius asked for the policy review in a letter to Dr. John Roberts, board president of OPTN.Sebelius cited the significant disparity between the number of transplantable organs and the number of people in need of an organ, especially among children. She also directed HHS's Health Resources and Services Administration Division of Transplantation to consider new approaches for promoting pediatric and adolescent organ donation. "With 1,819 pediatric patients on organ transplant waitlists and only 852 pediatric organ transplant donors each year, it is especially clear that we can and should, if possible, do more to encourage the public to become registered organ donors," Sebelius wrote.OPTN issued a statement last week noting that there is a separate policy for children because the "biological needs and circumstances of candidates younger than age 12 are different from either adolescent or adult candidates. One key difference is the size and lung capacity of donors and patients among these age ranges."Children younger than age 12 are prioritized for donations from other children of similar age and size within a 1,000-mile radius.Policies allow "status adjustments for specifically defined groups of candidates with unique medical circumstances not addressed by the overall policy," the statement said.The network routinely reviews policies and considers "public input as well as medical data and experience," the statement said.Dying girl's plight sparks fight over organ transplantsMore from healthParents arrested for not vaccinating children Can you find the 'best' hospital for you?Educación: clave del futuroPowered by Livefyre


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