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Scientific revelations that Lake Chad is bound to dry up completely in 40 years time has created panic in the minds of some Nigerian administrators and academicians, who last year at Maiduguri, decided to set up a study group comprising professors from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, United States of America, policy makers, legislators, chief executives as well as staff of 35 organisations in Nigeria.
The idea of the study group, first mooted by Engr. Sule Yakubu Bassi of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA), was taken seriously due to the fact that over 30 million people derive their livelihood from the Lake Chad Basin carrying out fishing, live stock and farming.
The Lake Chad Basin Commission covers only the hydro graphic basin area of about 1,035,955 square kilometres of which about 90,000 square kilometres of the area falls in Nigeria and has a population of 15 million people who earn their living from the area.
Farmers, who depend on the basin, have been experiencing severe problems that have led to poverty and low productivity in the area of agriculture.
Policy makers, legislators and relevant stakeholders who expressed concern over the lake and the consequences to the lives of millions of people and communities in the riparian states (Nigeria, Cameroun, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic and Libya), lack practical experience about the seriousness of the issues and when the study tour was proposed for all stakeholders to visit communities in the north that depend on the basin, it was immediately accepted by chief executives of basin authorities in Nigeria.
When the tour began late last month, the first point of call by the group was the palace of the Emir of Kano, where the Emir, Alhaji Ado Bayero, elaborated the importance of the study and the need for government to implement the findings of the group.
The emir then blessed the group and they proceeded to Challawa and Tiga dams, where the groups were amazed at the waste of water resources that was passing through the water outlets of the dams.
According to a staff of the dam, such waste if used to generate electricity, could generate enough to service the whole of Kano state.
According to Professor Jejung Lee, a hydro-geologist from the University of Missouri, 'the water condition that flows from the dam's water outlet is a very good condition to generate hydro power that will ensure electricity for the whole of Kano State.'
He said the important conditions, including the amount of water in the dam's reservoir, as well as the discharge, formed a good condition for hydro power.
The study group was made to understand that the Challawa dam needed to be funded more in the area of maintenance as an average of between 10 to 15 million naira was spent annually for the dam's maintenance.
The group also learnt that the dam had spilled over four times and on each occasion, local settlements and land around the dam were eroded.
Professor Jimmy Adegoke, a climatologist in the University of Missouri, assured the group that studies will be conducted to find out why the dam spills over.
He, along with Prof. Lee, said they will also conduct studies on the surface water change of the dam and see if it is affected by climate change.
Engr. Bassi called on state governments to direct resources to both dams so that they can become tourist attraction centres that will attract foreign exchange for government.
The Hadejia Valley Irrigation Project that lies in Ayou and Kafin was the next point of call, where the group were told that the project was conceived to give employment opportunities and livelihood to farmers who are expected to produce rice, wheat, corn, millet, sugar cane, sorghum and vegetables.
The group learnt that the project is meant to tap water released from the Challawa gorge and Tiga dams into the Kano-Hadejia river system.
Our reporter learnt that a barrage was constructed to store water, where it is diverted through water control structures into canals and laterals of the project.
Socio-economic benefits of the project are that with the completion of 6,013 hectares net irrigable area, the farmers can produce about 30,000 metric tons of food and cash crops valued at over N2.5 billion annually.
The irrigation projects have made significant impacts on poverty alleviation and rural development, especially in the areas of providing immediate employment as well as stable sources of income to the people of the recipient communities within the vicinities.
Farmers engaged in irrigation farming complained of the presence of typha (Kachala) grasses and quela birds that destroy their crops.
A farmer told the group that a helicopter came recently to the valley to spray the area with chemicals in order to scare the birds but the problem still persists.
"As a result of Kachala weeds, fishing and farming of millets have poor records here," a farmer said.
Prof. Jimmy told the farmers that studies will be conducted to see how the weeds can be turned into wealth, adding that it can be used for bio-fuel purposes.
The Emir of Hadejia, Alhaji Adamu Abubakar Maje, also elaborated on the problem of typha grasses which he said has stopped water flowing from the river channels.
He said as a result of quela birds, farmers are afraid to grow maize and now grow vegetables to prevent the destruction of their crops.
The emir appealed to the group to come-up with solutions on how to uproot the grass from river channels.
Alhaji Maje also appealed for the completion of the second stage of the project and called on the group's leader to also engage local authorities while seeking facts about irrigation projects sited in the town.
Our reporter learnt that the second channel of the Hadejia river has been blocked for the past three years with typha grasses and about N45 million was spent to dredge 15 kilometres of the river downstream.
Equipment such as aquatic water excavators and aquatic vegetation remover were purchased by the Hadejia- Jama'are River Basin Development Authority, Kano, to tackle the problems of typha grasses.
The group proceeded to Hajejia-Nguru Wetlands where they inspected projects executed by the Hadejia Jama'are Komadugu-Yobe Basin Trust Fund in Damaturu, Yobe State.
Projects embarked upon by the Trust Fund includes the following; channel clearance at Magujin Idi- Kirkassama Local Government Area (LGA) of Jigawa State, Miga Kafin Hausa in Jigawa State, Gwayo/ Gasi at Jakusko LGA of Yobe State and Tiga Dam outlet at Bebeji in Kano State.
According to engineers at the sites, the projects were executed to improve the flow of water in respective river channels including the removal of impeding typha weeds and siltation.
The Trust Fund also constructed flood retention gates at Rini Kunu, Yobe State, Dagona, Yobe State, Damasak, Borno State, Joka Joriye, Borno State, Bulagana Chiraia, Borno State and Jiyen in Jigawa State.
An engineer disclosed that the retention gates were constructed to conserve rapid recession of flood water from Fadama ponds for the purpose of irrigation, live stocking, fishing and other farming activities in vulnerable settlements.
The fund also constructed dykes and embankments in six locations in Bauchi, Kano, Yobe and Borno States in order to protect vulnerable settlements and farmlands from over- flooding.
At Gashua, the Emir of Bade, Alhaji Abubakar Umar Suleiman, commended the Trust Fund for the irrigation projects sited in the community.
He said 99 percent of indigenes of the community are farmers who depend on irrigation to grow rice, wheat and vegetables.
The emir complained of the receding river water that flows into the community and appealed for proper dredging of the river channels.
He said the river's problems have led to the migration of some species of fishes, adding that only four types of fishes can be seen in the river instead of 15.
"I hope the issue of finding solutions to the receding Lake Chad will not stop at presentations but will be implemented," he added.
The study group proceeded to Hadejia Nguru Wetlands, Miga, Magujin Idi and later went to Maiduguri to see the Alua dam, University of Maiduguri's fishery unit and South Chad Irrigation Project (SCIP) that was established in 1974 to develop about 67,000 hectares of land for agricultural purposes.
The project was also meant to have agro-business components such as poultry, sheep rearing, cow fattening unit for beef, an abattoir, flour as well as rice mills.
According to Abubakar G. Iliya, Managing Director of Chad Basin Development Authority (CBDA), all the units were expected to use ruminants of cultivated crops.
He said after the commissioning of 400 hectares of rice in 1979, the hectarage continued to increase until 1988/89 when about 10,000 hectares were cultivated.
"At 10,000 hectares, the machinery for cultivation, combined harvesters were over stretched as harvesting lasted up to May of 1989 resulting in the rains damaging un-harvested wheat," the managing director lamented.
He regretted that the problem persisted due to inadequate funding, high cost of goods and services like AGO, lubricants, spares and even the machinery itself.
"Water was never a problem and after the 1988/89 season, the lake started declining and this single factor was so politicised that it resulted in the non adequate funding of the Chad Basin Development Authority," he said.
Iliya disclosed further that as a result of inadequate funding and the reduction of water in the lake and the non use of SCIP structures, canals experienced silting.
"The degradation of the fields, the rising cost of AGO, lubricants, the need for major rehabilitation of the power and pumping stations, the non completion of the Logomani pumping station for 27,000 hectares in stage 11 and the completion of land development of 23,000 hectares out of the 27,000 hectares in stage 11, all became constraints for the sustainable development of SCIP on the Lake Chad.
Members of the group who visited SCIP's power house and pump station, expressed feelings at the way equipment were left to rot instead of put to use.
An engineer at the power house revealed that if the machines in the house are put to full use, they can generate 30 megawatts of power that can serve the whole of Maiduguri.
The engineers complained of the high diesel consumption rate of the machines which they said will make them incur high overhead costs.
The chairman of Marte Local Government Area, Alhaji Baba Isa Lawan, attributed the problems faced by CBDA to change of government policies that did not favour the authority.
He said during Babanginda's administration, CBDA was directed to hands off agriculture and concentrate only on water.
The Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Mustapha Umar El- Kanemi, lamented that the Lake Chad Basin project which was once a pride, has now become an embarrassment.
The Shehu pleaded with members of the study group to do everything possible so that the CBDA'S projects do not collapse.
Dr Olubanji of the Lake Chad Research Institute, Maiduguri, treated the study group members to an exhibition in the institute's premises where various foodstuff made with millet and wheat were displayed.
Some of the foodstuffs displayed were biscuits, spaghetti, bread, pap etc, and members of the group advised the institute to publicise their activities in order to engage in mass production.
After the tour, the group proceeded to N'djamena for a brain storming workshop where the Vice Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri, Prof. Muhammad Daura, disclosed that the university is a major stakeholder in the study group and will assist in the area of research to form a data base for information.
Engr. Abubakar Iliya called for proper funding of the CBDA to allow for maintenance and replacement of plants and machinery as well as to procure enough AGO and lubricants to overhaul and maintain the pumping station and power generators.


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My husband and I like simple comfort foods, so I don't have to spend too much time preparing elaborate meals. I just keep plenty of garlic and herbs on hand to spice up whatever I'm making. My must-have pantry staple is flavored petite diced tomatoes. They're great in chili and my black bean soup."
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Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrot, and garlic; sauté until vegetables begin to soften, about 6 minutes. Mix in cumin and 1 teaspoon jalapeño. Add beans, tomatoes with juice, and broth; bring soup to boil. Reduce heat to medium, cover, and cook until carrots are tender, about 15 minutes. Transfer 3 cups of soup to blender and puree until smooth. Return puree to pot. Simmer soup until slightly thickened, about 15 minutes. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and remaining 1 teaspoon jalapeño, if desired.
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Jesus, J; (2012) Contributions to inference without likelihoods. Doctoral thesis, UCL (University College London).
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This thesis is concerned with statistical inference in situations where one is unwilling or unable to formulate a likelihood function. The theory of estimating functions (EFs) provides an alternative inference framework in such settings. The research was motivated by problems arising in the application of a class of stochastic models for rainfall based on point processes. These models are often used by hydrologists to produce synthetic rainfall sequences for risk assessment purposes, notably in the UKCP09 climate change projections for the UK. In the absence of a likelihood function, the models are usually fitted by minimizing some measure of disagreement between theoretical properties and the observed counterparts. In general situations of this type, two "subjective" decisions are required: what properties to use, and how to weight their contribution to the objective function. The choice of weights can be formalised by defining a minimum variance criterion for the estimator. This is equivalent to the Generalized Method of Moments estimator which is widely used in econometrics. The first contribution of this thesis is to translate the problem to an EF framework which is much more familiar to statisticians. Simulations show that the theory has poor finite sample performance for point process rainfall models. This is associated with inaccurate estimation of the covariance matrix of observed properties. A two-stage approach is developed to overcome this problem. The second main contribution is to apply EF theory to the Whittle likelihood, which is based on the periodogram of the data. A problem here is that the covariance matrix of the estimators depends on fourth-order properties which are often intractable. An EF approach provides a feasible alternative in practical applications. After establishing the conditions under which EF theory can be applied to Whittle estimation, simulations are once again used to explore the finite sample performance.
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When you insert a smart card into a smart card reader, Windows tries to download and install the smart card minidrivers for the card through Plug and Play services. If the driver for the smart card is not available at any of the preconfigured locations, such as Windows Update, WSUS, or intranet paths, and a custom Crypto service provider is not already installed on the system, you receive the following error message in the notification area:
This error message disappears after several seconds.
Device driver software was not successfully installed
Click here for details.
Additionally, in Device Manager, under Other devices, the Smart Card device has a status of "DNF" (Driver not found).
This frequently requires the user to obtain one of the following items from the smart card issuer to resolve this error:
This issue affects all releases of Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and in later versions of both operating systems.
All smart cards require additional software to work in Windows unless there is an inbox driver that lets the user use the card without installing additional software. The Windows Smart Card Framework was improved in Windows 7 to enable the automatic downloading of smart card minidrivers from Windows Update or from other similar locations such as a WSUS server when the smart card is inserted into the reader. All smart cards that successfully pass the logo requirements, as published by the Windows Logo Program, benefit from this feature.
However, if the software that is required to use a smart card in Windows is not logoed or is of a type that differs from a minidriver, such as a PKCS#11 driver, a custom CSP, middleware, or an ActiveX control, the automatic download option fails because Microsoft certifies only smart card minidrivers. Therefore, if the user inserts a card for which a custom CSP is not already registered, the user receives an error message that states that the driver software is missing for the smart card device even though the user can use the smart card through additional software that was installed on the user's computer from a custom installation.
Although the smart cards continue to work despite the error message that the user sees, a smart card issuer, vendor, or manufacturer can use one of the following methods to resolve this error.
Implement a smart card minidriverWe recommend that card issuers, vendors, and manufacturers implement smart card minidrivers and participate in the Windows Logo Program to benefit from the improvements that are introduced in the platform such as Smart Card Plug and Play, Device Stage for Smart Cards, and so on.
For more information about smart card minidriver specifications for Windows, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/smartcard/sc-minidriver.mspxFor more information about how to get started with the process of obtaining a logo for your smart card minidrivers, visit the following Windows Logo Program Web site:
Implement a NULL driver for your smart cardIf custom software such a PKCS#11 driver, an ActiveX control, or some other middleware is required to enable the use of smart card on Windows, and implementing a smart card minidriver or a custom CSP is not a practical option, we recommend that card issuers, vendors, or manufacturers consider submitting NULL drivers to Windows Update. The typical process for making sure that a NULL driver is available on Windows Update requires a successful unclassified device submission through Winqual. If, in the future, there is a minidriver available for these cards, the new driver can be uploaded to Windows Update by participating in the Windows Logo Program. The NULL drivers can then be manually downloaded by the end-users or can made available by using optional updates.
The following is a sample template for a NULL driver for a smart card.
To generate the hardware device ID that is referenced by the DEVICE_ID string in the sample, follow the instructions in the smart card minidriver's specification. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
For detailed information about how to submit a NULL driver to Microsoft, please contact Microsoft Customer Support Services.
Disable Smart Card Plug and Play through Group Policy for managed computersThis option is recommended only for enterprise deployments where the computers are managed by administrators and all the necessary software to work with the smart cards that are being used in the enterprise is installed by using software management tools such as SMS.
This procedure is strongly discouraged in the following environments because it will affect all the smart cards in your environment:
If your deployment uses only non-Plug and Play smart card solutions, Smart Card Plug and Play can be disabled by a local administrator on a client computer. Disabling Smart Card Plug and Play prevents smart card drivers, also known as smart card minidrivers, from downloading. It also prevents Smart Card Plug and Play prompts.
To disable Smart Card Plug and Play in local Group Policy, follow these steps:
Change the end-user's system and disable Smart Card Plug and Play for specific cardsThis is the least-recommended option. You should use this option only if the cards are legacy cards and there are no plans to implement smart card minidrivers in future. This option requires that the existing software that is already installed on the system notify Windows that there is a custom CSP installed on the system even though no such CSP exists on the end-user system. As soon as Windows determines that there is a custom CSP already installed on the system, Windows does not try to download and install a driver through Smart Card Plug and Play. No device node for the smart card device is created that is visible in Device Manager. This option results in the following changes to the system registry:
Subkey registry entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\Calais\SmartCards\<Smart card name>
Subkey registry entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\Calais\SmartCards\Fabrikam ATM card
We recommend that, instead of directly changing the system registry, you use WinSCard APIs to introduce these changes to the system. Here is sample code example that detects smart card insertion and then disables Smart Card Plug and Play for the particular card by creating a registry entry that associates the card with a non-existing provider.
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure. However, they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements.
For more information about troubleshooting smart card Plug and Play issues, see the following TechNet article:
Smart Card Plug and Play Troubleshooting Guide
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Are you using the same IPs or subnets or what?
If you can access the net fine then the debian 'sever' sounds like it's got NAT routing and is routing fine and you can't access any other PCs so sounds like you might have an IP subnet collision like they're both using the 192.168.1.0/24 range.
You need to post all your IP diagrams and configuration information for anyone to even attempt to diagnose the problem.
*nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE COMMIT *filter -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 2020 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth0 -j DROP COMMIT
Posted 05 January 2013 - 17:47
auto lo iface lo inet loopback pre-up iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.rules allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp allow-hotplug eth1 iface eth1 inet static address 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.0.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255
interface=eth1 listen-address=127.0.0.1 dhcp-range=192.168.0.100,192.168.0.110,12h
Make life easy on yourself and use smoothwall as your linux router/firewall www.smoothwall.org
Posted 05 January 2013 - 17:58
Posted 05 January 2013 - 19:31
"The ADSL router has the IP 192.168.0.1 on 255.255.255.0 subnet.
Linux box appears externally as 192.168.0.23 (interface eth0) and internally as 192.168.0.2 (eth1)"
There is your problem and solution.
Posted 05 January 2013 - 19:41
Posted 05 January 2013 - 20:18
Certainly. You're using the same IP and subnet for two networks, you're lucky you can even connect to the internet because you're doing a straight in-out NAT, if you were doing an IP based NAT then you wouldn't even have internet working.
You need to change to a different subnet mask for your network, as the subnet mask for the internal ASDL modem is set to 192.168.0.0/24, that means 24 bits of 32 are used for network address and the last 8 bits are used for host addresses, so hosts in the 192.168.0.0/24 network range from 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.254 (192.168.0.0 is the network address and 192.168.0.255 is the broadcast address). So if you increment the network address by one to get 192.168.1.0/24, you've got a whole new IP range you can use that won't cause any conflicts.
Your private network will be on 192.168.1.x and the ADSL modem will be on 192.168.0.x and you will be able to communicate between them.
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*nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE COMMIT *filter -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 2020 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth0 -j ACCEPT COMMIT
Posted 05 January 2013 - 21:35
So how would hosts on 192.168.0 know how to get back to the 192.168.1 network? To ping something? They could ping your ip address of your linux router that is on the 192.168.0 network - but you can not forward icmp to different boxes inside. If you not going to nat and just route, they still don't know how to get to the 192.168.1.0 network -- their default route it the adsl router, and he does not know that 192.168.1 is behind your linux box. You would have to edit his route table to know that, or use a routing protocol to share this info with him, like rip. But to turn that on you would need access to the adsl router as admin and it would have to support it, etc.
So you want to put yourself behind a firewall between other building users that are all on the same 192.168.0 network -- this is far enough and common want.
But not sure why you would go with a standard linux install - why not go with one of the many distro's designed to be a router/firewall.. Of the top as already mentioned smoothwall sure, there is also my fav pfsense, there is ipcop, there is m0n0wall, etc. etc.. There is clearOS which is more a full blown SME, it can run all kinds of services file, email, etc. while protecting you from users on 192.168.0 network.
Not sure what you mean exactly by unable to see "external hosts." Are these on the 192.168.0 network or the internet after the adsl router?


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Published in Germany by Alea: The game is about Jakob Fugger, who was probably the wealthiest man of his time. 'Jakob the Rich', as he was named in his time, owned so much money that he loaned money to a host of counts and kings. Often, they were not able to repay him in cash so they awarded him special privileges, such as trade rights and offices.
Players assume the role of the merchants from Augsburg and try to get what they can - by means of auctions -
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2-5 players, 25-75 minutes
designed by Karsten Hartwig
reviewed by Stuart Dagger
Despite the pressure put on Stefan Brück by the men in suits, whose natural main concern is for the shareholders rather than gamers and so who care less about how good a game is than how many copies it sells, Alea continues to operate in what I regard as the Hans im Glück section of the market. And hooray for that. The company's other release this Spring - Um Ru(h)m und Ehre - gives the impression of being aimed at a wider market and has not been too well received by hard core gamers, but this one, which is number 3 in the medium-sized box series that began last year with Louis XIV and Palazzo, is definitely for us. It is also well up to standard and for my money is up there with Thurn und Taxis vying for this year's ``pick of Nuremberg'' title.
Like the Hans im Glück game, Augsburg looks to 16th century Germany for its inspiration, this time to the great merchant and financier Jakob Fugger, a man whose loans to kings, emperors and popes brought him great influence as well as wealth. It was his money that secured the election of Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor.
The idea of the game is that you lend money to various royals and then write off the loans in return for the sort of prestige and financial opportunities that rulers can dispense - titles, land and money-generating offices. The ultimate goal is prestige, with the rest just being a means to an end.
A small central board has a scoring track running round the edge and five portraits in the middle. These are the rulers to whom you will be lending money. In addition each player has their own personal board on which you will track your current standing in three key areas. The other key component is a set of cards. Ten of these are to do with the rewards that the rulers can dispense and the rest represent the amounts of money that you have lent them. The game is played over a set number of rounds.
At the start of each round you receive money, prestige points and cards. How much and how many of each will depend on how well you are doing. These are the three key areas referred to in the previous paragraph, and as I hinted there when I used the word ``standing'' rather than ``progress'', your markers can go down as well as up. One minute you have the maximum income that goes with the Venice trade concession that has been granted to you by the Emperor, and the next you don't because he has taken it away and given it to someone else. The money and prestige points you get are yours to keep, but the cards are not. These, remember, are IOUs and they are for varying amounts. If you want to add any of them to the cards already in your hand, you must buy them. In essence you are lending the stated amount to the ruler whose portrait is shown on the card. Those you don't want are discarded.
The main part of the round consists of a visit to each of the rulers. Once at a court, you can try for the ruler's favour by offering to cancel the IOUs that you hold in his or her name. The process for deciding whose offer they accept has been described as an auction, but it's really more like a betting round in a game of poker. For example, I could open proceedings with an offer of two cards. You, sitting to my left, can either pass, match my offer or raise. Note that at this point we are dealing in terms of number of cards, not how much they are for. This continues round and round until everyone left in has bid the same number. At that point there is a showdown and the numbers on the cards become relevant. What makes this much more interesting than just another simple auction is that finishing condition. It means that I cannot raise my own bid. So when deciding what to bid I have to consider whether I'm likely to win the showdown should my rivals ``check'' rather than raise.
The winner of the bidding discards the bid cards (tears up the IOUs); everyone else gets to keep theirs and those who have made it through to the showdown are eligible for a small but useful sum of money for having revealed their holding. The prize for the winner is to take one of the face-up reward cards. The card offers them the opportunity to advance in two areas and it is a matter of choosing from the three shown. For example, suppose I selected the card which shows one area for money and two for prestige and that I am currently on the third rung of the four rung ladder in each section. By selecting the money area, I could either take 300 gulden or I could move up to the fourth rung of the money ladder and thereby increase my annual income from 1200 to 1600. If someone is already on that fourth rung, they will be knocked down to my old spot. At first sight the second of these looks much the better option, but I need to bear in mind that before we reach the income stage someone else might rise to knock me back in turn. So I need to look at the reward cards that are still on offer and figure the odds. With my first action in the prestige area I could either step up to the fourth rung (12 prestige points per turn instead of 8) or, if I don't already have one, I could apply for a coat of arms, which will bring in between 1 and 4 points per turn and can't be taken away from me (4 if I'm the first to gain such a grant; less if I'm not). If I ignored the money area and selected prestige twice, other options become available, such as first advancing to rung 4 and then gaining a grant of nobility (2 to 5 prestige points per turn). I've gone into more detail here than I normally like, but I wanted to make the point that when winning an auction doesn't just produce another badge for your lapel, it gives you strategic and tactical opportunities that affect other players.
The third area of advancement involved on your board concerns two things. The first is the number of cards you are dealt at the start of a round and whether or not you are given any bonus ones cost free. The second concerns donations to the church. Then, as now, prestige came with being a high profile philanthropist and this has been built into the game in a way that forces you to be a giver. There are two road blocks on the prestige track, one at 25 points and one at 45, and prestige points gained while you are stuck at either are lost. You can't pass the first barrier until you have contributed money towards the building of a church and can't pass the second until you have done the same for the cathedral. To make such a donation you need to select the appropriate area of a reward card and give rather than take. That is painful in itself, but the amounts involved make it more so. There is also an evil twist in that the first person to make a donation to a particular building pays more than the second, who pays more than the third, and so on. So if you want the advantage of being the first through a barrier, you have to pay a significant premium.
Augsburg is not a difficult game either to learn or to teach, but the thinking and the planning ahead that you need to do puts it firmly in the ``gamers' game'' category, a fact reflected in its age rating of ``12+''. This puts it alongside the likes of Caylus, Goa and Puerto Rico. Good company to be in, especially if you can manage it for interest of play as well, which in my view Augsburg can. That is not quite to claim that it is on a par with Puerto Rico, since it doesn't have the strategic depth or variety of that game, the emphasis being more on tactics and efficient use of resources, but it wouldn't look out of place in the same collection. As I said at the start, for me Nuremburg 2006 produced two standouts and this is one of them.
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TRENTON, N.J.—Mercer County will not raise taxes in 2011 and will make greater efforts to assist businesses in working with the government in order to create jobs and stimulate the regional economy, County Executive Brian M. Hughes said today in his annual State of the County address.
Hughes delivered his address to an audience of more than 400 business and government leaders Jan. 20 during a luncheon sponsored by the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce and NJM Insurance Group.
He said the County would have no trouble meeting the 2 percent limit on annual tax increases at the local government level imposed by Gov. Chris Christie, and would present a budget with no tax increase later this year. Hughes added the County's surplus has been built back to a robust $20 million.
"It took strong leadership and tough decision-making, but we have laid the foundation to make Mercer County even stronger over the next few years," Hughes said during the speech, which he delivered at The Stone Terrace by John Henry's in Hamilton Township.
Hughes thanked local business owners and private sector workers for remaining in Mercer County during the recession, saying that it took courage and leadership on their part to do so. After holding a series of Business Roundtable meetings with local business owners in 2010, Hughes announced today he is dedicating a County position to assist businesses in "cutting through the red tape." The new Business Advocate position will help the private sector navigate government at the local and state level and hopefully keep businesses from leaving the County for other regions or other states, Hughes said.
The County Executive also announced a number of other new initiatives for 2011 to spur the local economy.
Hughes said a new public passenger airline, Streamline LLC, has indicated it intends to bring flights back to Trenton-Mercer Airport beginning in spring 2011. In addition, the County is embarking on an Airport Strategic Development Study to identify the best uses for the airport and its surrounding properties.
In a move to help municipalities, school districts, and County facilities save money, Hughes also announced a partnership with the Mercer County Improvement Authority to guarantee funding for these entities to install solar panels.
"While reducing our carbon footprint through use of clean, renewable energy, this exciting project will create jobs for installers – 30 jobs for every kilowatt of power – and save taxpayer dollars by reducing our costs for energy," Hughes said.
The County will also endeavor to help individuals exiting jail to put their lives back together through a new Re-Entry Program. Before their release from County jail, inmates will be assessed on education, health, job readiness, housing and legal services needs, and upon release from prison, the County will assist ex-offenders by ensuring access to services, housing acquisition, educational opportunities, job training and job placement through the Mercer County One-Stop Career Center.
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Metal Gear Solid director Hideo Kojima has elaborated on a string of tweets made earlier this week where he spoke about asking Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain's artist to make a female character "more erotic" to boost figurine sales and encourage cosplay.
Discussing the choice of phrasing, Kojima said "sexy" would have been a better choice of word. "Maybe the phrase 'erotic' wasn't really [the correct word for] what I was trying to say," Kojima said in an interview with Polygon.
The character at the heart of the reaction to Kojima's comments, bikini-clad sniper Quiet, is meant to be unique, according to Kojima. "What I'm really trying to do is create unique characters. One of those is, of course, Quiet. She's a really unique character. I wanted to add that sexiness to her. It wasn't really supposed to be erotic, but sexy."
Kojima also added that his focus on sexiness was a characteristic for the character. "You're going to notice [when you play,] but there's limited dialogue with the [Metal Gear Solid 5], and for that reason we really want to show the characteristic from each character," Kojima added. "Sexy could be for guys, weapons, vehicles, it's really that characteristic."
Longtime Metal Gear Solid artist Yoji Shinkawa agreed with Kojima. "From my perspective, it's not just the characters, but often I look at a weapon or a vehicle and think 'That's really sexy,'" he said. "It's not just the characters, but the mechs and weapons [as well.]"
Model Stefanie Joosten, who provides the motion capture for Quiet, adds that there's a definite reason the character is dressed the way she is. "Of course, I was surprised to see Quiet's outfit at first," she said. "But, you know, it fits in the Metal Gear universe, I think. I don't think I'm allowed to say a lot about this, but, well, Mr. Kojima has his reasons for deciding why Quiet [is] wearing what she's wearing."


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Notts County first-team coach Tommy Johnson has left his position following a review of the backroom team by manager Paul Ince.
Johnson was a fans' favourite as a player at Meadow Lane, scoring 47 goals in just over 100 appearances for the club.
Having gone on to play for Derby, Aston Villa and Celtic, Johnson returned to Notts as a coach in 2007 alongside former boss Ian McParland.
A statement on the club`s official website said: "Everyone at Notts County would like to thank Tommy for all his hard work at the club and wishes him all the best for the future."
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MegaFon Seeks to Reassure Market After Goldman Leaves IPO
Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- OAO MegaFon, Russia's second-largest wireless carrier by customers, sought to reassure investors one day after making an initial public offering filing that revealed Goldman Sachs Group Inc. would no longer be on the share sale.
"Corporate governance is very important to MegaFon," MegaFon spokesman Petr Lidov said by e-mail yesterday. "We decided to launch the IPO on October 9 and we are working with banks that were ready to go ahead with us on that date," Lidov said.
Morgan Stanley and Russia's Sberbank CIB are managing MegaFon's share sale, with help from Credit Suisse Group AG, Citigroup Inc. and VTB Capital, the company said on Tuesday.
Persistent uncertainty about MegaFon's future ownership structure, coming as the company prepares to go public, is what led Goldman and MegaFon to part ways on the IPO, a person familiar with Goldman's decision-making said, asking not to be identified because the process was private.
MegaFon's majority shareholder is AF Telecom, controlled by billionaire Alisher Usmanov. Usmanov has said in previous interviews that he planned to put his assets into an umbrella company, USM Holding, that would be jointly owned with his partners, Vladimir Skoch and Iranian-born accountant Farhad Moshiri.
Umbrella companies are common ownership vehicles in Russia, where they are used by other businessmen such as Mikhail Fridman, Oleg Deripaska, Victor Vekselberg and Mikhail Prokhorov.
Shareholder Structure
Skoch and Moshiri may get as much as 30 percent and 10 percent of USM, respectively. That said, Usmanov has yet to announce a final decision on the umbrella company set to retain a major stake in MegaFon, which means the wireless carrier's shareholder structure remains unclear.
The U.K. Listings Authority, one arm of the Financial Services Authority, requires that all companies meet its criteria before they list, and continue to do so once they are listed. One of those criteria is demonstrating the ultimate ownership of any U.K.-listed company, which a sophisticated structure like an umbrella company can obscure. Still, MegaFon's current ownership is clear, and plans for a change of control do not necessarily present a problem under U.K. rules.
Board Representation
"Our majority shareholder will represent only a minority of three board directors, with the majority comprising two independent directors and two representatives of TeliaSonera," Lidov said.
MegaFon's second-largest shareholder, the Swedish telecommunications company TeliaSonera, said that it may reduce its 35.6 percent stake, while still maintaining at least a 25 percent interest in the company.
Companies are returning to the IPO market after months of low volumes during which market volatility caused by Europe's sovereign debt crisis led investors to stay away from such offerings. Initial share sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa have raised $6 billion this year, compared with $37 billion in the same period last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Russian Struggle
Goldman has worked with Usmanov on other deals, including co-leading the $912 million IPO of his Internet firm Mail.ru in 2010.
Still, the bank has struggled to maintain a consistent presence in Russia after opening its first office in Moscow in 1994. Goldman named Paolo Zannoni, former chairman of Italian investment banking, to head its Russian operations in February, the third leadership change in as many years.
In 2009, United Co Rusal Plc hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, to replace Goldman in marketing its IPO, two people familiar with the situation said at the time.
In the case of MegaFon, Goldman came to the process later than the other banks, and its legal team was slowing the process down, so it did not retain its role, a person familiar with MegaFon's point of view said, asking not to be identified because the process is private.
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ZIMBABWE'S annual inflation turned positive in July for the first time in five months after gaining 0,39 percentage points to 0,31 percent from 0,08 percent.
Inflation was last positive in January at 0,4 percent. However, there is very little to celebrate about the inflation rate moving out of negative territory. This is likely to be short term because there has not been much change in the structural drivers of inflation especially on the external sector. With the country continuing to rely on imports even for basics such as okra, baked beans and other small items, it will be difficult for the domestic policies to rein in inflation. Developments especially in South Africa will continue to determine the inflation rate here in the short to medium term especially the volatility of the rand, this is why the food and non-alcoholic beverages inflation remained in the negative.
A lot of arguments have been put forward on what the country is experiencing, with most leaning towards deflation. Our opinion is that the country has been experiencing negative inflation as opposed to deflation as the former has little to no effect on prices, only the amount of money that is available to purchase those products. However, economists emphasise that both negative inflation and deflation are two phases of a single economic phenomenon rather than two distinct events that occur as a logical movement within an economy.
Generally, aggregate demand remains weak with consumers now directing most of their spending dollars to immediate necessities. The liquidity situation has remained dire although tobacco inflows had helped to boost money supply.
George Guvamatanga (Barclays managing director) and FBC chief executive John Mushayavanhu rightly said that we are going through a price correction rather than deflation. People just do not know the value of the US$ and this in a way has killed the economy.
The IMF in its latest report on Zimbabwe, says the country is likely to come out of deflation by year end with inflation rising to 1,2 percent in January 2015. The IMF, however, says deflation could also correct the existing overvaluation in the real exchange rate, although that would require prices of non-traded inputs (notably labour) and final goods to fall faster than the prices of traded goods, which has not been the case so far. (Also), falling prices boost real money supply and could alleviate somewhat the persistent liquidity shortages.
"In the near term, in the absence of monetary policy tools, the authorities must avoid exacerbating the distortions and imbalances, for example, by resisting the impulse to restrict imports and by avoiding further public sector wage increases, which put pressure on salary negotiations elsewhere in the economy," says the IMF
To put things into perspective, there is need for both policymakers and the populace at large to understand the type of inflation prevailing. Such an analysis is more useful in the formulation of realistic solutions to eliminate or at least reduce this monster. Zimbabwe is faced with an aggregate demand deflation. This has been caused by the prevailing liquidity crunch gradually leading to the weakening of aggregate demand principally witnessed from mid-2011 to date. Virtually all sectors in the economy began to record slowdowns in their revenue and profitability growth prospects.
Company closures, downsizing and retrenchments followed thereafter with disposable incomes initially stagnating and eventually declining. This subsequent decline forced consumers to shift their tastes and preferences' towards basics compared to luxury goods. Overall, demand declined and most corporates in an endeavour to stay afloat at reduced profits were forced to reduce prices yet still demand remained weak. Rand weakness also put pressure on prices as Zimbabwe is a net importer for both basic and capital goods. The decrepit state of the local manufacturing sector and high utility costs also aggravated the scenario.
Deflation, disinflation just like inflation simply is a symptom of the underlying causes within an economy. Seeing the vicious cycle which is now visible through company closures, declining disposable incomes leading to low demand which then forces downsizing by corporates, policymakers need to step up their efforts in finding a lasting solution. While most economic indicators and pessimists are pointing gloom and doom due to lack of a printing press, all hope is not lost for the nation.
Structural reforms that improve the business environment and stimulate domestic and foreign investment could offset the deflationary impulse.


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Uruguay coach Oscar Washington Tabarez acknowledged his side were far from their best, even after they came away from the opening leg of their 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ qualifying play-off against Costa Rica with a 1-0 away win.
A 21st minute goal from Diego Lugano gave the Charruas the upper-hand going into the second leg on Wednesday in Montevideo. Costa Rica played the last 38 minutes with ten men after the dismissal of Randall Azofeifa, and Tabarez expected his team to take advantage.
"This result is very important," he said. "Winning away is not easy. We have passed a very difficult test in a very even game. The 1-0 score is excellent, but we are unhappy with our form. Sometimes, we controlled the game and Costa Rica's most skilful players.
"But Costa Rica's most dangerous spell was when they were playing with ten men and we made a mistake by playing too defensively in the second half.
"Costa Rica showed calmness even with ten men," said Tabarez. "This match is now in the past. We are focused on Wednesday. We have had a dream for three years and a half and we have the chance to make it come true."
We are focused on Wednesday. We have had a dream for three years and a half and we have the chance to make it come true.
Costa Rica coach Rene Simoes, meanwhile, focused on his team's improvement in the second half. He said: "The first half was decisive. Our form was too poor. In the second half, we started playing, even with ten men. We played head to head.
"If we had played the first half the same way we played after the break, we would have seen another result."
But the Brazilian-born Simoes, who coached Jamaica in the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals, encouraged Costa Ricans to keep supporting the team.
"We must believe we can qualify," he said. "This is not over. There are 180 minutes. We are 1-0 down in the first half. It is not over at all. In 1950, Uruguay won the World Cup at the Maracana. Why can't we win at the Centenario?"


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Per capita consumption of biscuits is still very low in Iran mainly as a result of limited awareness. The bulk of the market comprises basic offerings and there were very few product developments. Most Iranian families do not eat biscuits on a regular basis and products like bread and cake have higher priority for them.
This Biscuits in Iran report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2008-2012, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - There was barely enough time for Julie Coleson to breath between phone calls and customer visits at Interstate All Battery Center on Monday morning. Coleson, the store manager, was fielding phone calls and customers from the second she opened the doors.
Car and truck batteries were flying off the shelves, and she said some of her stock was running low from the higher-than-usual demand.
"A lot of the truck batteries and stuff like that but, most of the time, most of the batteries we have, we're usually getting them in in a day or two if we don't have them in stock today."
Coleson kept her sales staff mostly indoors due to the brutal windchills outside.
"Just leaving them out there for not more than 10 minutes at a time, and making sure that they're safe," said Coleson.
But sales associate Cory Mayhew still had some installations to do; he was guessing about double that of a typical day.
"Depending on if people coming in the way that they are, I'd say ten or more," Mayhew said.
For some batteries that die in the cold, Coleson says age is the primary issue. But for others, she said it's because they don't see use for days at a time.
"We need to make sure that we are running them and starting them every day, making sure that you're keeping it in a heated garage if you can," Coleson explained.
Having jumper cables handy is also crucial, because when it gets this cold, Coleson doesn't send her staff out on house calls. Instead, she focuses on what can be done in-store or just out the door.
"Just making sure we're outrageously dependable, and making sure everyone's on the road when they need to be," Coleson explained.
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LITTLETON, MA - November 8, 2007 - Dover Saddlery, Inc. (NASDAQ:DOVR), the leading multi-channel retailer of equestrian products, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007.
Total revenues for the third quarter increased 15.8% to $19.9 million, compared to $17.2 million for the same period in 2006. Retail store revenues increased 49%, or $1.8 million, to $5.6 million. Same store sales increased 8.5% compared with the third quarter of 2006.
Net income for the third quarter of 2007 increased 124% to $444,000, or $0.08 per diluted share, compared to $198,000 or $0.04 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2006. Gross profit as a percentage of revenues increased to 37.0% from 36.6% in the third quarter of the prior year.
"We are pleased with the results of the third quarter of 2007. We now have a total of ten stores opened and are pleased to report that our store location model is being proven by healthy store sales. We had an extremely successful Grand Opening of our new Dallas store in mid-September and this store is performing very well," said Stephen L. Day, president and CEO of Dover Saddlery. "We are currently considering new store locations with the plan to open between four and six stores in 2008."
Year-to-Date Results
For the first nine months of 2007, total revenue increased 12.4 % to $58.5 million and revenues from the retail channel increased 62.8% to $14.2 million. After adjustment for cannibalization, same store sales increased 7.1% over the first nine months of 2006. Net loss for the first nine months of 2007 was ($94,000) or ($0.02) per diluted share, compared to a net income of $841,000 or $0.16, per diluted share for the first nine months of 2006. This change of $935,000 is largely attributable to the cumulative after-tax impact of $600,000 from the Goldsmith Agio Helms settlement and related legal costs. During the first nine months of 2007, Dover Saddlery opened four stores, compared with one new store opening in the first nine months of 2006.
Business Outlook 2007
The Company currently expects that total 2007 revenues will range from $79 million to $83 million. Increased revenues are expected to come mainly from the retail channel.
Conference Call and Webcast
Dover Saddlery will hold a conference call and webcast today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) to discuss its third quarter results. To access the webcast via the Internet, please go to http://investor.shareholder.com/DOVR/events.cfm and click on the webcast icon. A telephone replay will be available from 8:00 p.m. November 8 until midnight, November 15, by dialing 719/457-0820 and entering pass code 5148605.
About Dover Saddlery, Inc.
Dover Saddlery, Inc. (NASDAQ:DOVR - News) is the leading multi-channel retailer of equestrian products in the United States. Founded in 1975 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, by United States Equestrian team members, Dover Saddlery has grown to become The Source® for equestrian products. Dover offers a broad and distinctive selection of competitively priced, brand-name products for horse and rider through catalogs, the Internet and company-owned retail stores. Dover Saddlery, Inc. serves the English rider and through Smith Brothers, the Western rider. The Source®, Dover Saddlery® and Smith Brothers® are registered marks of Dover Saddlery.
For more information, please call 1-978-952-8062 or visit www.DoverSaddlery.com.
Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including without limitation statements made about the prospects for overall revenue growth and the opening of and revenue growth from new stores. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this press release regarding the company's strategies, plans, objectives, expectations, and future operating results are forward-looking statements. Although Dover believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable at this time, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties, including those discussed in this release and others that can be found in "Item 1A Risk Factors" of Dover Saddlery's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in subsequent periodic reports filed with the SEC.
Dover Saddlery is providing this information as of this date and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this document as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual results may differ materially from those Dover Saddlery projects.
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Brian DeLuca, director of ArtStreet at the University of Dayton, has notified The Newtown Bee that on Tuesday, September 24, the first of the three-part "BULLET: Who Pulled the Trigger" exhibit opened with a Sandy Hook/Newtown perspective. The focus of this part is an installation by New York artist S.B. "Suzy" Woods, "Mediation on Mourning," of eight prone female figures crafted from muslin, ash, marble dust, and polyurethane. Ms Woods recently donated the sculptures to Newtown Action Alliance (NAA), a grassroots organization devoted to educating the public about common sense gun laws. NAA in turn has decided to loan the sculptures to the BULLET exhibit, until a decision is reached on permanent housing of the piece or sale of the piece. The opening of the temporary exhibit in Ohio was initiated by a visit from two Miami (Ohio) University students, who are recent Newtown High School graduates.
"The Importance of Being Earnest" will open at Center Stage Theatre in Shelton on October 4. Performances will weekends until October 20, on Friday and Saturday evenings, Sunday afternoons, and one Thursday evening performance. The Oscar Wilde classic is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest comedies in the English language. Among those in the Center Stage cast are Brett Boles and Kristy Szerkola of Newtown.
Newtown United Methodist Church will present its annual juried Fall Arts and Crafts Fair on Saturday, October 19, from 10 am to 4 pm, at Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane. Thirty-five professional artisans will offer a variety of handcrafted items. Also available will be delicious baked goods, a silent auction, theme baskets, luncheon items and an opportunity for families to register their children in the nationwide AMBER Alert Identification system.
This month's meeting of the Genealogy Club of Newtown will be Wednesday, October 9, at C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street. The guest speaker will be Penny Hartzell. Ms Hartzell, of Woodbury, is a member of the club who has spoken previously on several subjects. Her topic this month will be the latest changes to genealogy websites Ancestry and Family Search, and other sites that aid in research. The meeting will start at 7 pm, but a new feature has been added to the club's meetings. There will be a Help Desk at 6:30, one half hour before the meeting, for those who would like individual help with problems in their research.
Noting that he was dedicating a sculpture "in honor of the children and teachers who lost their lives trying to protect them" on 12/14, renowned sculptor Peter Rubino recently delivered an original, terra cotta, one of a kind, 2½-foot sculpture with bronze patina, mounted on a custom marble base to HealingNewtown. HealingNewtown, sponsored by Newtown Cultural Arts Commission (NCAC), has been offering exhibits, workshops, performances, benefit events and art projects since January. Its mission has always been to help NCAC "manage the overwhelming response by artists, arts organizations, stakeholders, and the overwhelming number of creative contributions being offered to help Newtown" since 12/14. The dual symbolism of "Guardian" — teacher as angel — and contemporary artistic style "conveys a timeless emotion of eternal love," the artist said.
Newtown Parent Connection, Inc. invites all parents and caregivers to attend what organizers say will be an unforgettable new program: "Facing Parenting with Faith and Courage," by Norm Bossio. Insight and wisdom come with years of experience, and Mr Bossio has a remarkable way of sharing his while enlightening and motivating parents and caregivers who face parenting with the challenges of today's world. On Tuesday, October 8, at 7 pm, Mr Bossio will speak at Newtown Middle School.
On Wednesday, October 9, The Town and Country Garden Club of Newtown will present a program by Carl Galanter, manager of perennials at Broken Arrow Nursery in Hamden. Mr Galanter's program will be "Take the Fear Out of Dividing Perennials." The program will be at Newtown Senior Center, 14 Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. It will begin at 7 pm and is open to the public, free of charge.
Masonicare at Newtown invites the community to join the fun at the fall Pumpkin Fest to be held on Saturday, October 19, from 9:30 am to noon. The festival will be on the grounds of Masonicare at Newtown. There will many enjoyable events that day that will please young and old alike, including hayrides in a tractor drawn wagon, pumpkin decorating, and a variety of fun games. A Pumpkin Fairy will be on hand to create a balloon decoration for every kid (of all ages) to keep as a reminder of the day. Complimentary apple cider, delicious donuts, coffee and tea will be served. Children are urged to wear their Halloween costumes that day, and adults are welcome to debut their Halloween attire as well.
The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown will have Charles Ray painting in acrylic at its next meeting, on Wednesday, October 9, at 7:30 pm. The program will be in the lower meeting room of Newtown Meeting House. Mr Ray, a resident of Redding, will be offering a demonstration on portrait painting.


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"This is a regime that is entirely dependent on coercion, and the coercion is failing, and when a regime is entirely dependent on coercion that is not succeeding, you know that that's a regime that's not going to be around for an extended period."
"At the end of the day, the image [Bashar Assad] had created about being a modernizer was purely an image and didn't reflect reality. Some people speculate that his brother, Maher, who heads the Republican Guard, pushed him into it [the military crackdown]. I don't buy it. He presided over a very corrupt regime that depended on operating a certain way." Dennis Ross previously served as special assistant to President Obama and senior director for the central region at the National Security Council. ( Dennis Ross interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman – Council on Foreign Relations)


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