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Financial situation deteriorating for majority of low income social housing tenants
Published by Anonymous for 24dash.com in Housing and also in Communities, Finance
Charity calls for rent cap as 600 families face being made homeless
Almost two thirds of social housing households feel that their financial situation has worsened in the last year, a survey has revealed.
The study, by charity Turn2us, has found that on average, people living in social housing are forced to spend over half (55%) of their monthly income on utility bills and food.
Meanwhile, those living in the private rented sector have to spend over a quarter (26%) of their income on rent.
Worryingly, just under a half (47%) of social housing tenants say their outgoings now outweigh their earnings.
Tenants are also facing barriers as they try to improve their situation. With 1.4 million in part-time jobs nationally – 46,000 higher than a year ago – over two thirds of social housing tenants (68%) say they want to work more hours but they cannot get the work.
A quarter of tenants reported a fall in their income in the last year.
Turn2us' research also found that despite the struggles faced by those in the private rented sector on low incomes, 64% are not claiming the benefits and tax credits they may be entitled to.
And 61% had not even checked their eligibility for this support, or did not know how to check what help may exist.
Turn2us has warned that the toll the financial struggles are taking on lives is severe.
Over half (53%) of social housing tenants have had no choice but to cut back on food and other essentials. Health is also being put at risk with 36% unable to sleep and experiencing depression.
Worrying figures from the Trussell Trust today revealed that food bank use has soared by 163% in the last 12 months.
In response, Turn2us Benefits Awareness Month is focusing on people who are in work yet struggling to make ends meet.
The campaign, 'Be Aware', is encouraging everyone to check what financial support could be available by using Turn2us' free, online benefits calculator.
The website also features information on support for different employment groups, so that people can access further help, whether they are employed full-time or part-time, self-employed, on zero contracts, or on leave.
Alison Taylor, Director of Turn2us said: "Today, Turn2us launches Benefits Awareness Month and reveals the extent to which working households are struggling in poverty. Our research shows that the stranglehold on pay, underemployment and the climbing cost of living all show no signs of easing and any economic improvements are failing to reach the UK's poorest people. It's clear that more needs to be done to combat poverty, especially for those people in work.
"Help is available in the form of Working Tax Credit and other welfare benefits and it can make a huge difference. We found that 85% of current claimants in work said benefits have had a positive impact on their lives and helped with housing costs, bills and even avoiding debt. The Turn2us 'Be Aware' campaign brings together our free Benefits Calculator and information so others can access this vital support.
"Our message is clear. Being in work does not mean the end of help. We want everyone to know they are not alone and to 'Be Aware' of the support that is available."
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A middle-aged, overweight, and acrophobic newspaper editor Tom Ryan and a little dog, Atticus M. Finch, are an unlikely pair of mountaineers, but after a close friend dies of cancer, the two pay tribute to her by attempting to climb all forty-eight of New Hampshire's four-thousand-foot peaks twice in one winter. Tom and Atticus set out on an adventure of a lifetime that takes them across hundreds of miles and deep into an enchanting but dangerous winter wonderland. Little did they know that their most difficult test would lie ahead, after they returned home. . . .
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SAN JOSE -- Sharks coach Todd McLellan has been mostly happy with the performance of his veterans through the first 10 days of training camp, but he emphasized again Saturday night after San Jose's 3-2 overtime win over Phoenix that he also has liked the way several other players have challenged for roster spots.
Center Freddie Hamilton is one of those players. He scored the first of three power-play goals by the Sharks, who improved to 2-1 in the exhibition season after Logan Couture's overtime goal with 1:32 left in the extra session.
Defenseman Jason Demers also scored with the man advantage for the Sharks, who are expected to make more roster cuts before their next exhibition game at home against Vancouver on Tuesday.
Playing on a line with Couture and Patrick Marleau, Hamilton, 21, finished with two shots, three hits and two takeaways as he made his presence felt at both ends.
Plainly asked if he feels he's ready for the NHL, Hamilton said: "I think so. After these two exhibition games and the scrimmages, I think I've proven to myself that I belong. Now I just have to keep on working hard."
Hamilton, selected in the fifth round by the Sharks in 2010, has played just one year of professional hockey -- 26 points in 76 games for Worcester in the AHL last season. Although he is hardly a lock to make the Sharks out of training camp, he does have the attention of McLellan.
"He's pushing some others, and he's playing like he wants to make the team," McLellan said. "The coaching staff feels comfortable with him, so things are going the right way."
McLellan said the next step for Hamilton is to make sure he can play against full rosters but also added that Hamilton's future will be best served if he continues to play in games. If the Sharks are healthy going into their regular-season opener, ice time for an inexperienced player like Hamilton might be scarce.
"If he's just around as an extra player, that's not going to work real well," McLellan said. "We'll see where it goes."
Hamilton wasn't the only young player to be on a line with two Sharks regulars, as Matt Nieto played on a line with Joe Pavelski and Tommy Wingels.
Nieto, 20, and Hamilton skated in San Jose's exhibition opener against Vancouver on Sept. 16, with Nieto playing on a line with Rylan Schwartz and Matt Pelech. Playing with Pavelski and Wingels, though, gave Nieto a chance to skate with two players who are expected to have significant roles with the Sharks this season. Nieto finished with one shot and one hit in 15 minutes and 34 seconds of ice time.
Saturday night, McLellan did not yet have a health update on Raffi Torres, who appeared to injure his right knee in the second period of Friday's game against Anaheim when he collided with the Ducks' Emerson Etem.
Both players were on the ice for an extended period. Etem came back for two shifts later in the second period, but Torres did not return.
If Torres has to miss regular-season time, that may open the door for a young player like Hamilton or Nieto to crack the roster.
McLellan also said he needed to see Harri Sateri in goal in a game to get a feel for how comfortable he is playing at the NHL level. Sateri, who made 24 saves Saturday, is in competition with Alex Stalock to be the Sharks' backup goalie to No. 1 Antti Niemi.
Stalock started against Vancouver on Sept. 16 and made 14 saves on 16 shots in a 3-2 San Jose win.
McLellan is not in a hurry to make a decision on who will be the backup, saying Stalock and Sateri will each play again as they prepare Niemi for the regular season opener.
Vancouver at Sharks, 7:30 p.m.


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Political Perceptions: Clinton and the 'Right-Wing Conspiracy'
Here's a summary of the smartest new political analysis on the Web:
by Sara Murray and Gerald F. Seib
What was Sen. Hillary Clinton doing in the beast of the vast right-wing conspiracy, wonders Slate's Timothy Noah, boring in on one of the odd offshoots of the flap over Sen. Barack Obama's controversial pastor. Much was made of Sen. Clinton's comment this week that she wouldn't have picked Rev. Jeremiah Wright as her pastor. Less was made of where she said it: In an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
"What the hell is Clinton doing meeting with reporters and editors of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review?" Noah asks. "The Tribune-Review is a money-losing fringe publication published by Richard Mellon Scaife, a bilious and wealthy crank who spent the 1990s manufacturing vile innuendo about the Clintons. If the 'vast, right-wing conspiracy' on which first lady Hillary Clinton famously blamed her troubles can be said to exist, its chairman and chief executive officer was Scaife." Then Scaife "decided last summer to extend the hand of friendship to Bill Clinton, whose post-presidency he professes to admire." Sen. Clinton "is free, of course, to associate with whomever she pleases. But she is not free, while paddling the sewers with Scaife, to judge Obama publicly for belonging to Wright's church," Noah writes.
Most of the Republicans' plan of attack for running against Clinton has already been created, "The Republicans have been reading from it for more than a decade. All it would require for the 2008 contest is a little updating," writes Salon.com's Mike Madden. Since she is such a polarizing figure, the Republicans might not even have to do very much negative campaigning. In fact Clinton-haters think dredging up the throngs of dated Clintonian scandals might not be the best approach. But even if the Republicans don't say it, voters will be thinking it. "Both Clintons are so well defined, after so many years in the spotlight, that attacks based on more current affairs can slip right into the image voters already have of them. So this week's mini-scandal, about whether Clinton did or didn't land under sniper fire at an airport in Bosnia 12 years ago, becomes just another episode where the truth doesn't quite match up with what voters are hearing from the candidate," Madden notes. Plus, if she gets the nomination, they can attack her for that and whether she only got it because of party insiders.
The conventional wisdom that the prolonged Democratic race will damage the party doesn't hold true when looking at one component: voter turnout, writes the Washington Post's Dan Balz. Democratic turnout is consistently topping Republican turnout and more people are identifying with the Democratic party — and the Dems are gaining more of the independents too. "What all this means is that the combination of dissatisfaction with President Bush, a diminished Republican brand and a compelling contest for the Democratic presidential nomination has created a huge pool of voters for the eventual nominee — and other Democratic candidates — to go after in the fall," Balz writes. On top of that, after campaigning in nearly every state, the Democratic nominee will already have sets of trained organizers, which could be particularly helpful in battleground states in the fall.
The Brookings Institution's Charles O. Jones tackles the question of when and how experience counts in presidents. Neither Obama nor Sen. John McCain have White House experience, but Clinton has been touting her time as first lady as preparation for president. But while "claims of White House experience may be useful as credit taking during a campaign," they don't do much for winning reelection or earning high presidential rankings.
In a C-SPAN survey of scholars, nine of the 10 top-ranked presidents hadn't served in the White House or cabinet when they first ran. Similarly, a Wall Street Journal survey found that, of the 11 presidents considered "great," 10 didn't serve in the White House or cabinet. "Political experience alone is an uncertain predictor of the quality of presidential service," Jones writes. "Other aspects play a significant role, to include character, vision, goals, self-confidence, communication, public regard and, above all, leadership."
Meanwhile, U.S. News and World Report's Kent Garber has a one last question: "What makes a speech 'good' and a politician a 'good speaker'?" Obama's speech on race raises the question, of course. Obama's famous for his speaking style, while "Obama's two remaining presidential rivals, Hillary Clinton and John McCain, have taken their own pot shots at the Illinois senator's oratory, asking voters to ignore it and focus solely on 'the issues.'" But Garber writes that "talk does matter, however. In fact, it matters greatly. Both oratory — the art of public speaking — and rhetoric, the art of using language to advance a cause, have deep roots in American culture, and their combined impact on American history has been significant, if not monumental." To show how styles work this year, Garber walks through this year's campaign oratory with linguistic anthropologist Jennifer Jackson.


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Issue no 511 2nd July 2010
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The EASSy cable connecting the east coat seaboard is currently in its testing phase and will go live some time around the middle of this month. Its WIOCC shareholder consortium has always promised lower rates and better transit prices and these are on their way. But the new landing stations have energised backbone roll-out, particularly in Tanzania. All of this will leave satellite as a niche transport application in the key East African markets. Russell Southwood looks at the heady pace of change.
WIOCC has already sold somewhere between 7-8 Gbps of capacity and it has been selling at lower prices than previous cables into the market. Chris Wood, CEO of WIOC told us:"We've been selling an STM1 IRU for between US$2.3-2.4 million up to London compared with US$3.2-3.3 million from Seacom. Therefore the impact of EASSy will filter through over the coming period."
"The types of volumes people talk about has gone up rapidly from 18 months ago. There has been a faster take-up of broadband, mobile Internet and data. A lot of companies have now got dedicated teams selling broadband and they're also talking to the smaller ISPs." The only obstacle appears to be something regulators need to sort out:"WiMAX spectrum could be a limiting factor."
The arrival of EASSy is providing further impetus to the roll-out of inter-country and national fibre networks. The East African Backbone System ring (Mombasa-Nairobi-Kampala-Kigali-Bujumbura-Dar-es-Salaam-Mombasa) is under development. The final pieces in the jigsaw are the link to Bujumbura and the link from there to Dar: both will be complete by the end of 2010.
The biggest new advance at a national level is the Tanzanian national backbone which is being built with largely Chinese loan finance and the first part of the first phase has just been completed and the whole of the first phase will be completed by August 2010 Phase 2 will be completed in 12 months time and will give connections to six neighbouring countries. According to the team:"In the near future, small places like Kigoma on the border of Rwanda and Burundi will be connected." 24 cores for part of the network came from the power utility TANESCO.
The network will cost US$200 million, US$170 million of which will come from a Chinese loan and US$30 million of which will come from the Government. It offers 4 channels of 10 Gbps each on most parts of the network but slightly lower on some of the cross-border links. It will offer customers service level agreements and anticipates offering 99.999% network availability. There will be NOCs in Dar es Salaam and Dodoma. Prices for capacity have been publicly advertised in the local press and the rate structure is a mixture of distance and link-based.
In governance terms, key management staff have been transferred to a separate unit (called the National ICT Backbone) within the Government-owned incumbent TTCL. However, the operating staff of the network will be TTCL's own engineering staff. In management terms, the National ICT Backbone team are answerable to the Chief Executive Officer of TTCL. Other operators wanted a completely separate entity but the incumbent is financially in such a bad way that the Government chose to leave it with TTCL.
The minimum capacity level being sold is an STM1 and these will be sold to the existing four mobile operators (Tigo, Vodacom, Zain and Zantel) and TTCL itself. The rationale is that the larger operators will resell to the smaller operators. Demand so far has been for 12 STM1s. The overall Government objective is to create a low enough price for connectivity to enable the e-society that forms the backbone of its ICT strategy.
All of this is not good news for those selling satellite capacity. Out of the five markets in East Africa (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda), the three big ones (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) have two links to the landing station (giving a fibre choice redundancy) and are rapidly being covered by extensive national fibre backbones. Both Burundi and Rwanda are also being covered by national fibre backbones linking all major towns and cities.
The shape of the change is best illustrated by taking the example of the distribution of VSAT sites from an existing satellite reseller in Tanzania. 60% of its current sites are in Dar es Salaam, 30% are in towns and cities outside Dar and 10% in remote locations. On the basis of the map of the national fibre backbone, this operator will be reduced to the 10% of sites in remote locations. There may be some additional sites but generally the picture is not promising. WIOCC's CEO warns:"You can't back up with satellite redundancy. Operators are realising the need for fibre redundancy."
Another satellite reseller in Tanzania gave his rather bleak assessment:"A lot of smaller players in the satellite market will go out of business. Capital is needed to invest in WiMAX and most don't have those kinds of resources."
"Satellite will always be there for the odd corner you can't get to. We're looking at those corners. There are a lot of district level, rural areas with companies in agriculture and mining. Some sections of the country in the North and Central area. The tourism industry depends on lodges that need connectivity."
His experience of selling redundant capacity does not bear out the judgement of WIOCC's Wood but this may just be a matter of timing:"Operators do not want to rely 100% on fibre. So they are taking one fifth to one sixth of their requirements for redundancy." He believes that demand for satellite will fall dramatically by the end of this year or early next year.
The thing that is puzzling the resellers is why prices have not come down yet. All the evidence we have gathered shows major operators getting out of satellite as fast as their feet and contract limits will let them. So there should be surplus capacity in the market. Yet satellite operators and larger resellers are still holding prices up:"The satellite guys are not helping by keeping prices high and have a "take-it-or-leave-it" attitude. All our customers are expecting lower prices and higher bandwidth."
22 Mozambican and foreign companies have acquired contract documents for the tender of the country's third mobile telephone licence, the director-general of Mozambique's National Communications Institute (INCM) has announced. A year ago, the government approved the introduction of a third wireless operator to 'meet demand'. The government now has 60 days to evaluate the proposals and select a winning bid. The successful applicant will be permitted to launch operations within 30 days of licensing, with an obligation to enter the market within a year.
Under the terms of the tender, the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications (MTT) has set a USD25 million minimum bid for the 15-year licence. The regulations also require bidders to operate one or more networks with at least two million customers and to have a local partner. The government has said it will place more value on a bidder's technical proposal, than its financial one.
Mozambique is home to two wireless network operators: Mcel with an estimated 3.8 million customers at the end of 2009 and Vodacom with 1.63 million at the same date. Wireless penetration stood at 23.8% in March 2010, leaving plenty of room for growth.
iBurst Business lost most of its staff earlier this year when there was a mass exodus as they joined the newly formed Blue Label Communications and moved into the Blue Label Telecoms offices. It is understood that Blue Label Telecoms had plans to invest in Blue Label Communications and take a 70% shareholding in the company.
Former iBurst Business CEO Steve Briggs, who was heading up Blue Label Communications, said that they have been involved in ongoing discussions with potential shareholders from the get go and could now confirm that Blue Label Telecoms would not be involved in their venture any longer.
Briggs however announced that they have secured an investor for their business, adding that the company's new name and shareholding will be revealed after all the agreements are signed. Briggs said that the new company and its 21 staff will move out of the Blue Label Telecoms offices into their own premises in due course.
Despite the fact that 'Blue Label Communications' had a rocky start the company has already signed up numerous clients, and Briggs said that the future looks bright for the company.
Briggs added that while they will continue to make use of iBurst Business' telecoms offerings, they are a technology agnostic company and will utilize services from a variety of providers to best serve their customers' needs.
Kenyan mobile operator Zain Kenya has been awarded a 3G licence by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) for a fee of KES815 million (USD10 million). The CCK cut the price from USD25 million earlier this month in order to boost competition. Zain and rival cellco Orange had sought the reduction for some time.
CCK managing director Charles Njoroge said that the purchase of the 3G concession by Zain would 'increase competition in the telephony industry, and ultimately benefit the consumers'. Back in 2007 Vodafone associate and Kenya's largest wireless operator by subscribers Safaricom paid USD25 million for the country's first 3G licence. Safaricom is now planning to seek a partial refund in the wake of the CCK's decision.
Cell C has asked the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) to compel rivals MTN and Vodacom to pay a higher interconnection rate to small operators like itself to help them grow their businesses. Cell C has proposed that smaller companies pay 65c to operators that the regulator has declared to have significant market power, while companies such as MTN and Vodacom pay smaller operators 75c. These are referred to as asymmetric mobile termination rates.
Asymmetry is when companies pay mobile termination rates in proportion to their market size. The mobile termination or interconnection rate is the fee that operators pay each other to carry calls onto their networks.
Icasa has proposed a flat rate of 65c from 89c. The rate is expected to be reduced to 50c next year, and to 40c in 2012.
Lars Reichelt, the CEO of Cell C, said last week during the hearings on the proposed interconnection rates, "asymmetry is an effective mechanism to increase the level of competition".
Cell C, which was also declared to have significant market power by Icasa, has for years been asking for regulatory remedies that would boost its ability to compete with MTN and Vodacom. Reichelt said Icasa must take into account that Cell C cannot exercise market power since it was a small player in the market. Cell C said in its written submission that asymmetric mobile termination rates, implemented for an interim period, would promote long-term competition in the mobile market as this would enable the company to grow its market share and become a more effective competitor.
Bharti will MTN Uganda's market share as it has the largest subscriber base, estimated at 5.6 million, while Zain, is the second largest operator with an estimated two million subscribers. Its strategy has been to sharply discount on calling rates and improve network quality. Financial muscle is likely to be a major factor as Bharti attempts to grab first place from MTN. It also announced that about 40 new staff will be brought to staff the Bharti Africa operations while 30 people from the company's Africa operations will be taken to India. The company will drive the teledensity from 30% to over 60%. MTN revenues have increased by 140 per cent, Bharti by 120 per cent, over a three-year period reviewed.
* Rwandatel is now set to unveil its 'Mobile Money' service, partnering with the Bank of Kigali (BK) as the receiving bank.The 'mobile money' service enables one to make a financial transaction using a mobile phone or any mobile device with SIM card technology.
* Vodacom pleaded with the telecoms regulator to delay the second round of interconnection rate cuts, saying if the new rate was introduced next month it would "devastate" the industry. In April, Icasa proposed an interconnection rate, the fees mobile operators charge each other to carry calls on to their networks, of 65c a minute in peak and off-peak periods from July 1. This was to be followed by 50c in July next year and 40c in 2012, in a process called a "glide path".That announcement came a month after MTN, Vodacom and Cell C cut the rate from R1,25 to 89c, instead of the government's required 60c, after a compromise agreement with Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda.
Mobile provider Safaricom has set its sights on buying two more data firms by end of the year. They will bring to four the number of acquisitions by the telco in the recent past as it seeks to entrench itself in the data market.
Chief executive Michael Joseph on Thursday said the board of directors had approved the buyout of IGO Wireless Limited and Instaconnect Limited. The intended acquisitions are subject to shareholder and statutory approvals, said Joseph. Data penetration level standing at 10 per cent indicates the segment is yet to be fully tapped.
In its last financial report, Safaricom said data business contributed Sh2.98 billion up from Sh1.5 billion, representing 3.6 per cent of its total revenue. Safaricom acquired One Communications and Packet Stream to give it a piece of the lucrative segment while AccessKenya bought Open View and Satori Solutions.
These buyouts have not only given the firm the better option of starting from scratch, but have emerged as a threat to rivals, notably the Internet service providers. An acquisition removes the headache of hiring local staff and fighting for market share.
The government has moved to tighten grip on the multi-million shilling telecoms deals with the rollout of new regulations requiring owners of ICT firms to get approval for any planned share sale.
Investors seeking to buy or sell shares in a telecoms firm now have to seek the Communications Commission of Kenya's (CCK) green light in a move aimed at ridding the industry of speculators bent on buying companies with the aim of reselling at a premium.
"A licensee shall require prior written consent of the Commission, which shall notify the applicant of its acceptance or refusal within 30 days of receipt of the request," says the legal notice on the new guidelines. CCK can agree to or veto a buyout deal exceeding 15 per cent, according to the regulations published on May 28.
IGO Wireless is a public data network firm operating fixed wireless data services while Instaconnect is in data integration .
The Cable Consortium of Liberia (CCL), which is a public-private partnership comprised of Lonestar, Libtelco and Cellcom, will form the management team for the submarine cable in Liberia.
Individual investments in the project include 8.3 million by Lonestar, constituting 33%, 5 million by Libtelco, constituting 20%, and 2.5 million by Cellcom, amounting to 10%. Through a grant from the World Bank, the Government of Liberia will finance the remaining 37% through the Ministry of Finance.
The Chairperson of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) Angelique Weeks has been appointed as Vice Chairperson of the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) Consortium Management Committee.
The appointment was endorsed on June 7, 2010 by the ACE Consortium at its first Management Committee meeting held following the signing of a 700 million United States dollars agreement for the construction and maintenance of a 17,000 KM long fiber optic submarine cable along the West coast of Africa extending from France to South Africa. The 17,000 km-long submarine fiber optic cable will provide broadband connectivity to 23 African countries, including Liberia during the first half of 2012.
Main One Cable Company has announced the launch of its high capacity fibre-optic cable system, which links West Africa to Europe, on time and within budget. The cable spans 7,000km and has landing stations in Nigeria and Ghana with branching units in Morocco, Canary Islands, Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire. Main One said the cable system will deliver 1.92Tbps of much-needed international capacity into West Africa, more than ten times what is currently available; in the past rapid growth in telecoms in the region has been blighted by limited global connectivity.
'Today is a historic day for West Africa. The arrival of the Main One cable proves that much good can be done by Africans for Africans. We are pleased to realise the fruit of our dedication and commitment in the past 30 months,' noted Fola Adeola, chairman of Main One Cable Company, adding: 'More importantly, we are happy to be a channel for driving growth in Africa and changing the status quo for the average African as reliable internet connectivity becomes easily accessible and affordable for all.' Wholly African-owned, the Main One cable is the first privately-owned submarine cable system in West Africa.
*Windhoek — Namibia's largest mobile operator, MTC has described its latest mobile internet provider, Netman as the fastest, most reliable and affordable internet provider in the country.It is powered by MTC and relies on a stable network with recent technology upgrades and provides internet speed up to 7.2 Mbps was launched late this week.
* Econet Wireless is this year's winner of the prestigious Zimbabwe Independent and BancABC's Quoted Companies Survey.
* Kampala — Nokia has rolled out a platform that allows developers of data to sell it easily to its intended users worldwide. Ugandan bloggers, online publishers and website developers can use Nokia's Ovi Store to sell their graphics, music, movies, ring tones, text, software, digital assets and document formats.
The World Food Programme (WFP) Friday donated computers and accessories to the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) at a handing over ceremony held at the Office of the Vice President at State House in Banjul.
The donated items, which include 8-Dell desktop computers, 7HP desktop LaserJet printers, 2HP scanjet scanners and 42-Tapaulins, are earmarked for the NDMA in case of disasters. They came at a time when the agency is getting prepared for any emergency cases during this year's rainy season.
Speaking at the ceremony, Essa Khan, the executive director of (NDMA) acknowledged that the WFP has been assisting his agency significantly especially in response to government's request to support and assist those affected during the 2009 flood disasters.
"WFP provided assistance through the United Nations Emergency Relief Fund with an amount of US$500,000 to provide food assistance to those in need as a result of the 2009 floods. These were targeted to families for a period of three months and the WFP worked with the NDMA to distribute these food items," he said.
He reminded the gathering that during that period, his agency was just beginning and they had the opportunity to test the regional structures that were already in place.He explained that at the end of the day, the overall distribution was successful, pointing out that the WFP and his agency since then came together to look at the lessons learnt during the distribution process."During that period we came up with significant recommendations and one such recommendation was how to improve the capabilities of our regional structures in terms of data collections and assessment," he disclosed, while emphasising that equipment was also mentioned as a key challenge and that today WFP has responded to that recommendation.
Khan described the donation as timely as it will enhance the work of their regional coordinators in collecting data and analysis for submission to the agency on time.He stressed that during the government retreat which was held in Kanilai, the Gambian leader clearly emphasised that data collection is a major concern for government while commending the WFP and other UN agencies for their gesture.For his part, Malcolm Robert Duthie, the WFP representative in The Gambia, gave a brief overview of the projects undertaken by the WFP in response to emergency relief efforts.
According to him, one of WFP's primary objectives globally is to help in strengthening governments and communities' capacities to address climate change, climate issues as well as prepare countries on how to effectively tackle these issues.
He emphasised that WFP is a UN humanitarian agency, whose primary mandate is to work with governments when it comes to responding to immediate needs in countries and that about 60% of their resources globally are given to emergency responses. "That is the nature of the work that we are doing at the moment and we have built up for many years now with quite a lot of experience and expertise in responding to these types of activities," he said, while stressing that they are also concerned about how to avoid such problems in the near future.
The WFP representative told officials that his agency made a very big effort to ensure that their staff works with the staff of the NDMA, especially during last year's flood disaster food distribution exercise, which he described as a very good partnership."We have also made a big effort during the exercise to look at where we could improve and I think we are using those lessons learnt from that exercise to even prepare for this year's rainy season. So it has been a very good partnership and one of our mandates globally is to work with governments as well as to support the people of those countries," he added.
He highlighted that another of his agency's objectives now is to see what they can do about building up resilience's of communities and countries to address these problems as they come, citing the recent devastating earthquake in Haiti, among a host of others as example.For her part, the vice president, Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, said the WFP has made great strides in this country and has complemented the efforts of the government in many areas, not just in the field of providing assistance during emergencies but even when the emergences have not happened.She hailed the WFP for expanding its school feeding programme in the country particularly to schools in the Greater Banjul Area, as well as other areas in the rural communities under government's request.
The man behind PesaPay, an online payment tool and founder of Verviant Consulting Services Agosta Liko, has unveiled a new platform that will ease payment of school fees.
The innovation known as SchoolPay was launched at the Kenya Secondary School Heads Association meeting in Mombasa on Wednesday. It is meant to enable institutions request and manage mobile payments from parents electronically.
Schools will be able to receive and track Zap, YuCash, M-Pesa and credit card payments for fees and special activities such as trips, activity fees, fund raisers and other impromptu events through the system. At the launch, more than 90 schools signed up to offer the service to their parents starting next term.
This is up from three schools that piloted the system designed to handle over 50,000 schools Second Term. "Our approach is to enable any Kenyan with a mobile money product to pay online safely. We are in discussions with banks to enable them to allow their customers to pay online using bank products such as Hello Money and Bankika," said Mr Liko.
He said that parents whose schools accept SchoolPay will save up to 80 per cent of the current costs associated with paying school fees. This will also enable those who are abroad to pay fees using Visa, MasterCard and American Express.
SchoolPay uses PesaPal technology to track school fees payments from mobile money, PesaPoint or credit cards. "We are giving schools one free term and then we will charge Sh10,000 per term," Mr Liko says.
Last year, Mr Liko launched PesaPal, which allows people to make payments online. Besides it, other forms of payments include MobiPay, JamboPay and iPay.
Nigerian leading local software application makers, Connect Technologies Limited has released into the Nigerian IT market an e-Lawyer application software solution.
The solution, according to the Managing Director of Connect Technologies Limited, Yinka Tanimowo, the software was designed to automate proceedings from law offices to court provides for the effective electronic organization, administration and management of all core centres of vital information flow (internally and externally) related to the operations of law offices nationwide court proceedings and activities.
Developed under exclusive professional guidance and consistent with best practice principle ,he said that the solution has attained the global required standard and quality.
"e-Lawyer is designed, developed and managed by Connect Technologies Limited and has been under construction and peer review testing for the past 18 months, making it perhaps the most expansive well tested solution for Law Offices in Nigeria today, with well organized database and search engines' he said.
Benefits of our e-Lawyer to customers, according to him will include treatment of individual Clients, Case Management, Registry, Archives, among others.
The e-Lawyer, according to him also helps:
* Automate and optimize their internal business processes--in areas such as Client records, Case Management, Accounts, Registry, Archives, Cause List, and human resource
* Establish a reliable Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence operation - and,
* Free them from some of the minutia found in day to-day operations.
It is pertinent at this point to emphasize that the e-Lawyer Application Software is ready for installation, customization and full implementation. Furthermore, it can be interfaced with the existing Database of your Personnel/Staff Records and accounting Application.
*Gamtel last week donated a desktop computer and an HP laserjet printer to Gamtel Ward at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (RVTH).
*Kigali — Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), will receive science equipment from The University of Kaiserslautern (TU-KL), Germany to help the institute improve its science research.
* Rwanda's Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education has hailed technical schools in the Southern province, for producing quality graduates who can favourably compete in the East African Community (EAC) labour market. Sharon Haba made the remarks, last Friday, while officiating at a graduation ceremony for over 2,000 students who completed training in various technical skills in the province.
Mergers, Acquisitions and Financial Results
The World Bank last week approved financing in the amount of US$44.7 million from the International Development Association (IDA) to the Government of Ghana as additional funding for the ongoing eGhana Project. The original eGhana Project of US$40 million was approved in 2006 to support the Ghana Information Communication Technology (ICT) for Accelerated Development Program.
The overall objective of the eGhana Project is to assist the Government of Ghana to generate growth and employment by leveraging ICT for growth and development. The Project consists of three main components which seek to: (i) create the enabling environment necessary for the growth of the sector; (ii) support local ICT Businesses and IT enabled services (ITES); and (iii) promote e-Government applications and Government Communications.
The proposal for additional financing is in response to the Government of Ghanas request to bring revenue and expenditure management agencies under a uniform ICT platform, and create an enhanced project impact through inclusion of scaled-up activities for more effective, transparent and accountable government. Additional resources will also go towards the establishment of a Business Process Offshoring Center to position Ghana as a destination of choice for IT business.
The eGhana Project has, therefore, been expanded to include a fourth component that aims to support: (a) the establishment and use of GIFMIS-based Public Financial Management functionality at Government of Ghana treasuries; (b) improved macro-fiscal discipline and management; (c) improved MDA and sectoral management; (d) improved financial management, control and efficiency across government; (e) Development of BPO Center; and (f) Strategic Innovation Centers to scale up diffusion of ICT in underserved areas.
This additional financing brings in positive synergistic advantages in Ghana, arising from the introduction of an electronic platform for the Ghana Revenue Authority as part of the overall public revenue and expenditure management system in Ghana, says Ishac Diwan, the World Bank Country Director for Ghana. It also ensures that access to electronic services can be decentralized at the District Levels, and that Ghana truly becomes a destination of choice for business.
This additional funding extends the original timeline by two years, and will end on June 30, 2014. It involves co-financing arrangements with DFID and the European Union in respect of the fourth component of Ghana Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS).
India's Bharti Airtel has revealed it expects to invest around USD150 million in Zambia, with the bulk of the funds being put towards enhancing both 2G and 3G coverage across the country. According to the Lusaka Times, Bharti, which earlier this month finalised its USD10.7 billion deal to acquire the majority of Kuwait-based Zain's African operations, has said that the investment will be made over a two- to three-year period. In addition, Manoj Kohli, Bharti Airtel International's CEO, said that the company would look to make 3G services more affordable through measures such as tariff reduction, with such price changes likely to be introduced in the next six months.
Zain Zambia, which will eventually be rebranded with the Airtel moniker, is the country's largest mobile network operator by subscribers. At end-March 2010 the cellco had a subscriber base of 3.12 million, representing a market share of 68.8%.
A stand-off between the Kenyan government and France Telekom - its fellow shareholder in Telkom Kenya - has been resolved after three months of disputes, reports the East African newspaper. France Telecom, which purchased 51% of the previously state-owned Telkom Kenya for USD390 million back in November 2007, threatened to withdraw its investment after a failure to trace certain assets that were in the books at the time of purchase.
A joint statement from Treasury Permanent Secretary Joseph Kinyua and Michel Barre of France Telecom read: 'The Government of Kenya and Orange East Africa SA, a subsidiary of France Telecom SA, are pleased to announce that they have resolved the outstanding shareholder issues regarding the privatisation of Telkom Kenya in December 2007'.
The shareholders said they will now focus on enhancing their partnership, in order to make the company a world-class player for the benefit of its customers and other stakeholders. The statement added: 'France Telecom Group further confirms its commitment to Kenya as a long-term strategic investor through its participation in Telkom Kenya, which it continues to support through its global 'Orange' brand. The Group will continue to provide strategic and technical expertise in order to transform the company and develop innovative products and services'.
* Rwandatel will invest Rwf900 million in developing the 'Mobile Money' service .
Libya African Investments Portfolio (LAP), the investment arm of the Libyan Government which owns 80 percent of Rwandatel is set to invest $94 million (Rwf53.6 billion) this year. It will also invest Rwf900 million in developing the 'Mobile Money'service .
* Kampala - Bharti Airtel Chief Executive Officer (International) and joint Managing Director Manoj Kohli's announcement in Kampala last week that the company intends to invest US$100 million in network expansion and technology is likely to spark renewed price wars.
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Lagos — Nigeria leading software house, SystemSpecs Limited, has introduced Remita electronic payment (e-payment) solution to Pension Fund Administrators (PFA) and Pension Fund Custodians (PFC).
Addressing more than 100 pension-related professionals during a Remita workshop held in Lagos last week, the chief executive officer, SystemSpecs, Mr. John Obaro said the core objective was to introduce the Remita Pension e-payment to stakeholders in pension business.
He also said that it afforded participant the opportunity to go through the process of downloading pension schedules and making retirees' pension payments more effective.
He explained that Remita Pension, is a world class electronic courier service that rides on ePayment platforms to deliver funds to bank accounts and associated schedules to relevant bodies in pre-specified formats.
"It is a one-stop solution that enables organisations, PFAs and PFCs to manage pension contribution remittances, pension benefits processing and payment to retirees," he said.
According to him, the key functionality of Remita Pension contribution allows organisations to make their pension contributions to PFAs/PFCs with matching schedules delivered to these bodies.
On the retiree pensions' payment module, Mr. Obaro said that Remita facilitates PFA and PFC payment to retiree pensioners and their pension benefits.
He said participants in the transaction processing on Remita Pension include employer and the pension managers.
"Employers are the transaction initiators who lead processes and authorize the collation of information of all beneficiaries and also payment transactions. As part of the workflow process, the transaction initiator starts the e-payment process," he declared.
Obaro pointed out that the first level of approval is not only crucial but where the initiated transaction is confirmed through defined approval groups, saying, the final approval stage is the point where all confirmation had been done and the transaction is set for payment.
"Our solution does not allow one user to play more than one role with respect to the processing of any single transaction. The system requires the Personal Identification Number (PIN) and biometric approval before payment is executed," he said.
The SystemSpecs boss equally said that payment execution is effected by the final approver who sends instruction to funding or paying banks to pay into PFC's account.
"Based on the advice received by pension managers, Remita Pension alerts PFC officers that their account has been funded. "The PFA and PFC can log in to Remita Pension to download the associated schedule," he asserted.
He listed some of the features of Remita Pension include the offer of multi-platform, multi-bank debit, multi-party schedule delivery, seamless integration, status of transactions at all times, comprehensive reports, security and control.
In addition, he said that Remita Pension provides detail description of activities of all logged users, just as the report is available to responsible officers in any organisation, including categorization of approvals by amount limits.
Similar to other major towns in Tunisia, the Kairouan Regional Transportation Company has started outfitting its bus fleet with the latest cutting edge global satellite positioning (GSP) system. This system will allow more efficient exploitation of its 120 buses.
The company also digitized electronic passenger information and it is currently working to develop its electronic site to allow its customers to benefit remotely from its services. The implementation of this system is in line with the country's national upgrading program and aims at improving public transport.
Telecoms, Rates, Offers and Coverage
*Lagos — Globacom has reaffirmed its leadership in the Blackberry market with the introduction of BlackBerry U, a new package that offers the lowest and uniform tariff structure for Prepaid BlackBerry users on the network.
With the new package, On-net and Off-net calls for users of BlackBerry U now come at a uniform rate of N25 per minute for calls as against the current Classic Plus On-net rate of N28.8 per minute and Off-net rate of N42 per minute.
* Pretoria — Data calls could be reduced by 2.1 percent if Telkom's tariff adjustments are approved by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa).
* Nairobi — Mobile phone users will by December this year be able to switch networks without losing their favourite numbers, following the awarding of a license to the firm that will link operators.
*Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda last week announced that Stephen Mncube will be the new Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) Chairman, taking over from Paris Mashile whose term expired today.
* Telkom's spin doctor Ajith Bridgraj has announced his departure from the fixed line provider last week.
17-18 June 2010, BIS Conference Centre, London, UK
With the critical information infrastructure of Estonia coming under attack in 2007, the focus of Cyber security was elevated from an individual perspective to a National perspective. Importantly this incident highlighted the need for developing countries to implement robust and effective Cybersecurity frameworks, without which the entire Cyber World will be at risk.
Continuing with the work carried out by the Global ICT stakeholder community, most notably ICANN and ITU, the CTO's Cybersecurity Conference aims to:
- Create awareness of the many facets of cyber threats and alert stakeholders of the need to adopt robust Cybersecurity frameworks
- Build capacity of the key decision makers in developing countries to implement strategies aimed at preventing and responding to the growing menace of Cyber threats
Provide the key decision makers with the means to adopt resilient technical measures, establish appropriate organisational structures and create robust legal/regulatory frameworks
- Promote international cooperation in Cybersecurity to help developing countries to leverage the strengths of developed countries
- Broker partnerships between the different players in Cybersecurity to facilitate the flow of information, expertise and resources
For further information visit the CTO's website
21-22 September 2010, Nairobi, Kenya
The most comprehensive African wholesale telecoms conference bringing together local and regional fixed-line and mobile operators from across the continent
For further information visit Capacity Media's website
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Role Definition
As Head of Product Architecture Team, the incumbent is responsible for the global product architecture of S1's Payment products and their associated roadmap. Working closely with the Head of Product Engineering, representatives of the regional business units and the Global Product Management function, the incumbent will provide strategic leadership to the evolution of our products and all associated best practices.
Qualification and Experience
An appropriate post-graduate degree (Computer Science or Information Systems) and 10+ years' relevant experience.
Principal Responsibilities
• Day to day management of the Product Architecture team.
• Manage the Product roadmap for S1's Payments and Mobile
products and all product components utilized by the online business units. This is done in close conjunction with the business units and the role therefore requires a good interaction with the business units around the world and an understanding of the key business drivers affecting our products.
• Manage the overall product (business, systems and technology) architecture and all associated standards, policies and procedures. This includes our development and quality management standards, processes and methodologies
• Fulfill the product management function for the core platform and all shared components, including managing the selected vendor relationships
• Represent the Payments' group on S1 wide product and technology strategic initiatives which are driven by the Group CTO in the USA
• Work very closely with the Product Engineering manager to ensure that the software we build best implements the roadmap and the associated architecture and to ensure that the Product Architecture team adds tangible value to the Product Engineering department.
• Assist in sales and marketing initiatives around the world requiring the presence of the "most senior" payments products' technology person
• Work closely with the head of our international delivery team and the professional services managers in our various regions to assist in the appropriate application of our product architecture in the context of the customization of our products for clients.
• Assist in the architectural evaluation and integration planning of any Payments or Mobile-related products acquired by virtue of merger and acquisition activities.
• Identify key opportunities to add business value through innovation in our products.
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Lagos — Bharti Airtel Limited ("Airtel") has commissioned Ogilvy Africa BV ("Ogilvy Africa") to provide integrated marketing solutions for its companies across the Africa continent.
This partnership follows the recent completion of Airtel's acquisition of Zain Group's mobile operations in 15 African countries.


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Jasper County authorities are asking for the public's help in tracking down the suspect or suspects in a brutal murder and assault.
A month after the attack and things are very quiet outside the house the two victims shared. It was 5:30 in the evening on March 31st when the gruesome discovery was made. Investigators say both 62-year-old George McCullum and his 64-year-old brother, Charles McCullum, had been brutally beaten with an unidentified object.
Investigators say the two had been left for dead inside their house just outside Heidelberg. Deputies say it was hours after the attack that both were discovered by a relative. According to investigators, the younger brother died from his injuries. A month after the attack and the older brother is still in intensive care.
'At this time we have no motive,' says newly elected Jasper County Sheriff Keith Murphy. ' We have approximately 10 people that have been brought in for questioning. We're just asking the community, if they saw anything strange in that community or even in the weeks prior to that, to just let us know. We have leads that we are running down, but anything we can get would surely help us in this case.'
It was last summer when Sheriff Murphy says another resident in the small Oak Bowery Community was murdered. Maurice McDonald was the victim. A preliminary investigation revealed that the 26-year-old was likely shot and killed over money. So far, an arrest has also not been made in that case.
'We don't know if there' a connection. We're running every lead the public has.'
In the case involving the two brothers, Sheriff Murphy says some evidence was collected from the scene and sent to the state crime lab. He says investigators are still waiting for the results.
'We need information from people who might have seen who was with these brothers. We just need to connect the dots and get this solved.'
A cash reward is being offered in the case. The number to call is the Jasper County tip line at (601) 764-3784.


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EVANS, Ga. (WRDW) -- The cleanup process is underway on Mitchell Lane in Evans.
While water was filling up the street in front of Sally McKinney's house, she could only think about one thing.
"I thought, oh my goodness, our house is going to be flooded," she said. "That's what I thought, the first thing."
Despite all the rain this area saw Sunday night -- almost 5 inches of it, as one water gauge told us -- some neighbors say they still can't believe that damage actually wasn't worse.
"It does surprise me that damage wasn't worse because the street was flooded. You could see it was halfway up to the mailboxes," McKinney said.
McKinney is relieved that her only cleaning will be there and not inside her home. However, she does wonder if the storm drain is what made her street look like a pool.
"We noticed the drain pipes weren't working properly and called our neighbor about it," she said.
Neighbors weren't the only ones calling. News 12 did some digging and asked if the pipes were clogged and if that's why the water level got so high.
Officials tell us, "We are planning to use the Water Department's camera to look into this matter. However, we think the drains may have been overwhelmed with the large amounts of water in a short amount of time."
So, as the county prepares to get to the bottom of this messy issue, News 12 asked McKinney how she can prepare for the next rain.
"There's nothing you can do," she said.
County engineers say they're working to get the drains inspected as soon as possible so they can pinpoint what may have caused the flooding. They say they hope to be out there with the Water Department by the end of the week.


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The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced today that 11 nominees are certified eligible for the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB) 2014 Board of Directors election.
DATCP confirmed that each candidate is an active dairy producer who sells milk into commercial channels and lives in the district up for election. In addition, DATCP certified each candidate's nomination form, which included five signatures from active dairy producers within the district and a notarized "Affidavit of Eligibility" requirement.
Nominations were first filed by February 21, however, District 4 failed to receive any nominations during the allotted time period. DATCP then extended the deadline for that district until March 14. One nomination was received during the extension.
To vote, DATCP will distribute mail-in ballots in early April to dairy producers who live within the nine affected districts. Producers who do not receive a ballot by April 14 should call Noel Favia at (608) 224-5140. Elections will be held through April 26, 2014, with results announced later in May. For more election information, visit www.wmmb.com/elections.


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This series consists of talks in the area of Superstring Theory.
We provide a framework for describing gravity duals of four-dimensional N=1 superconformal field theories obtained by compactifying a stack of M5-branes on a Riemann surface. The gravity solutions are completely specified by two scalar potentials whose pole structures on the Riemann surface correspond to the spectrum of punctures that labels different theories. We discuss how to identify these puncture in gravity.
We study a class of 4d N=1 SCFTs obtained from partial compactifications of 6d N=(2, 0) theory on a Riemann surface with punctures. We identify theories corresponding to curves with general type of punctures through nilpotent Higgsing and Seiberg dualities. The `quiver tails' of N=1 class S theories turn out to differ significantly from N=2 counterpart and have interesting properties. Various dual descriptions for such a theory can be found by using colored pair-of-pants decompositions.
There is a proposed dS/CFT duality in 3+1 dimensions, with higher-spin gravity in the bulk subject to Bunch-Davies boundary conditions. I consider replacing these with antipodally symmetric conditions, which allow for real values of the bulk fields. I present spanning sets of solutions in global dS_4 for free gauge fields of all spins (including photons and gravitons), and use them to establish relations between antipodal symmetry and asymptotic behavior. Some of these relations can be extended to interacting theories, including ordinary and higher-spin gravity.
We consider M-theory in the presence of M parallel M5-branes probing a transverse A_{N-1} singularity. This leads to a superconformal theory with (1,0) supersymmetry in six dimensions. We compute the supersymmetric partition function of this theory on a two-torus, with arbitrary supersymmetry preserving twists, using the topological vertex formalism. Alternatively, we show that this can also be obtained by computing the elliptic genus of an orbifold of recently studied M-strings.
We present explicit computations and conjectures for 2 → 2 scattering matrices in large N U(N) Chern-Simons theories coupled to fundamental bosonic or fermionic matter to all orders in the 't Hooft coupling expansion. The bosonic and fermionic S-matrices map to each other under the recently conjectured Bose-Fermi duality after a level-rank transposition. The S-matrices presented in this paper may be regarded as relativistic generalization of Aharonov-Bohm scattering.
There is a close connection between Symmetry Protected Topological Phases and anomalies: a surface of an SPT phase typically has a global symmetry with a nonvanishing 't Hooft anomaly which is canceled by the anomaly inflow from the bulk.
The entanglement entropy of the vacuum of a quantum field theory contains information about physics at all scales and is UV sensitive. A simple refinement of entanglement entropy gets rid of its UV divergence, and allows us to extract entanglement per scale. In two and three spacetime dimensions this quantity can be used as a proxy for the number of degrees of freedom, as it decreases under RG flow. We investigate its behavior around fixed points, and reveal its interesting analytic structure in the space of couplings.
There have been a number of attempts to achieve a localization of gravity on a braneworld hypersurface embedded in an infinite spacetime, but these have all fallen short of what might be desired, for various reasons. There have even been no-go theorems claimed for constructions made using just accepted elements of string or M theory. The talk will present a proposed resolution of this problem based upon a hyperbolic solution of type IIA theory with a superposed NS-5 brane.
This talk focuses on vacuum moduli spaces of N=4 supersymmetric field theories in three dimensions. A particular branch of the moduli space, known as the Coulomb branch, receives quantum corrections. We present an exact result, known as the Hilbert series, that enumerates the operators in the chiral ring of such a quantum Coulomb branch. This exact result can be applied to a large class of 3d supersymmetric field theories, with and without known Lagrangian descriptions.


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Lemon and Wine Baked Albacore Tuna
Our current crop of troll-caught Alaskan albacore tuna medallions is superbly succulent. And this recipe couldnt be easier its ideal for a quick after-work meal.
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My desktop is always cluttered with icons. When I download something, I generally save to the desktop and, after that, waste hours trying to locate the file in that clutter! After decompressing the downloaded file, the problem repeats! More time wasted!
I found the application RedAlert, that can be attached to any number of folders, including the desktop, and will mark in red, those files and/or folders that were last dropped, created or saved to any folder it is monitoring. So, you can easlily identify the files that were last put or created in that folder! RedAlert is a must have!
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|Personal bird checklists for each of Minnesota's 87 counties. The checklists show all the species pesonally seen in each county as well as the species seen by others. These personal checklists are a result of information entered into the electronic seasonal report software. The county record checklists, compiled by Bob Janssen, were derived from M.O.U. files, personal observations, and other sources.
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BENTON -- Scott County will likely pay higher prices for materials used by the Highway Department than it did in the beginning of 2008 -- but lower than the final prices.
During Thursday's regular commission meeting, bids from several vendors were opened for those materials.
"They have come down some, but not a lot," said Jamie Burger, presiding commissioner, referring to the changing prices. For instance, asphalt, which was $32.95 per ton at the beginning of 2008, went up to about $50 a ton by the end of the year, and opening bids for 2009 are $44.75.
He explained that, with the volatility of the market, prices bid may not be honored for the full year. "They close the letter saying that if there is a big jump in prices, it will be reflected," he said.
Other such items vendors submitted bids for include diesel fuel, Johnson Grass spray, rock, sand and oil.
"And if oil prices stay down, eventually that should trickle down to us, too," Burger said.
Commissioners did not accept any of the bids during Thursday's meeting. "We'll make a spreadsheet and do a comparative analysis," said Burger. Approval is expected at a meeting next week, he said.
In other news, commissioners agreed that Joel Evans, county developer, should begin paperwork to apply for an Emergency Operations Center grant through the Federal Emergency Management Association. The grant money is earmarked to fund improvements to the emergency communications system.
"It's for about $40,000 total," explained Evans. "Seventy-five percent of it is a federal contribution and 25 percent is a local match."
With the 2009 budget still in the works, Burger said it's still not clear whether the county will have the money to pay those matching funds. However, the grant is "fairly complicated," said Evans. "And it's something that, if we get funded and choose to deallocate the funds (due to a lack of local funding), we can."


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This March 4, 2013 photo shows comic-turned-politician Beppe Grillo, at center with sunglasses, being surrounded by media as he leaves a hotel after a meeting with the elected members of his Movimento 5 Stelle movement, in Rome. These are crazy days in Rome - where limbo reigns in parliament and papacy. Italy is usually a pretty anarchic place, with people bucking rules on everything from crossing the street to paying taxes. But the anarchy's going a bit far: Who's running the country? Who's r


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Party Pics: Forget winter -- Top Golf raises money with 'Suits & Boots' bash, complete with bikini-clad golfers
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Bartender Heather Williamson braved the chill beside the heater at Top Golf Dallas on Jan 26, 2013 that partygoers participated in Suits and Boots which raised money for The Margarita Society for children's charities.
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The Importance of Teachers
The Importance of Teachers is a collection of 11 essays from expert commentators and participants in education which set out practical things which government, schools and heads might do to tackle the teacher supply crunch currently affecting schools in England. Read more
Nicky Morgan sets out her education vision at PX
At a recent keynote speech at Policy Exchange, Secretary of State for Education Nicky Morgan set out how she will implement her plan for "Educational Excellence Everywhere". The speech including the announcement of a new National Teaching Service which will place the best teachers in underperforming schools. Watch the speech
Higher, Further, Faster, More
Higher, Further, Faster, More calls for BIS to redirect up to £532m of the Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) grant to improve the quality of Further Education. Whilst acknowledging the importance of our Higher Education sector, the report points out that universities are sitting on reserves of £12.3bn at a time when 1 in 4 FE colleges could effectively go bankrupt within a year.
Knowledge and the Curriculum
Ahead of a speech by American education academic E. D. Hirsch, Policy Exchange has drawn together a collection from a diverse range of education policy experts discussing the impact that Hirsch's thinking has had on the curriculum.


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This is the home of (art by) WENDY KLEIN
"Calla Lily" 20"x48" oil on
canvas, 2010Please follow me on
Twitter , Pinterest, Tumblr and Google+ More
work is viewable at: artbywendyklein.centerpoint.me
& fineartamerica.com/profiles/wendy-klein.html
Follow @ArtbyWendyKlein
on Tumblr
This is great! There have been many studies that
now show that women see colour better than men.
Click on the link
to take this test...see how you score.
Below is the YouTube video of 5oo portraits of
women in Western Art by Philip Scott Johnson, OUTSTANDING!
Friday, July 1, 2011
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Just learning how and what to post...Please enjoy the
O'Keeffe videos (I still can't find part 2 yet).If anyone can find part 2, please let me know.
This is a link to "The Painter's
Keys". I think this is a wonderful resource for Artists!
This is the link to Part 3...(I hope that
I find Part 2, quickly). I will have part 2 posted soon thanks to The Maryland Humanities Council !
Tomatoes and a Duck" oil on canvas 12" X 24" (sold) I keep thinking about women and the Arts...but more specifically, Moms that are
Artists...there are so very few. Here is
a preview and link below to a documentary on the subject.


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Published 30 November 2012
Andrey Holosau contracted HIV through drug use in 1996. Since then, he has beaten drug addiction, learned to manage his health, and gotten married. He and his wife Hanna Tkachova, who is HIV-negative, live in the small city of Svetlahorsk. Andrey and Hanna tell RFE/RL's Belarus Service that few people in the country are willing to speak about being HIV-positive because of the discrimination they face, but they talk openly about living with the virus.
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Since the incorporation of the company in 1996, "One Stop" has built her reputation as an Identity and Brand-buildings Vendor producing creative concepts and high quality products conforming to customers' specifications at a very competitive price and prompt delivery.
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Customization of all Display Unit and Signage in all combination of materials
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Office of Student Judicial Affairs
Welcome to Student Judicial Affairs at St. Norbert College! Our office serves the campus by enforcing student conduct standards, upholding student rights and responding to student grievances. We have organized this website to provide students, parents, faculty, and staff with as much information as possible regarding our work.
If you have further questions, please feel free to contact us.
About Us
- Mission Statement
- The Conduct Process
- Policy on Reporting Disciplinary Records
- Title IX: Definitions
- Common Resources
- FAQs
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For StudentsGeneral Information
- The Citizen
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- Authorized Sanctions
- Housing Policies
- FERPA Guidance for Students
- Alcohol and Drug Sanctions
- Good Samaritan Policy
- Alcohol Policy
- Blood Alcohol Calculator
- Interactive Body Content
- Sexual Misconduct Sanctions
- Title IX Resources at SNC
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Super 8 Meridian Ms, Meridian
- Free continental breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking
Main amenities
- 68 guestrooms
- Self-serve laundry
What's around
- Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum (1.6 mi / 2.5 km)
- Meridian Museum of Art (2.1 mi / 3.4 km)
- Lakeview Golf Course (7.5 mi / 12 km)
For families
- Refrigerator
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Premium TV channels
- Television
- Laundry facilities
- Iron/ironing board
Super 8 Meridian Ms, Meridian
Hotel Info: 020 3027 9803from £57
- Double Room, 2 Double Beds, Smoking
- Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Smoking
- Double Room, 2 Double Beds
- Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible
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Also popular with travellers from the UK
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 68 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 1 floor
- Check-in time starts at noon
- Check-out time is 11 AM
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Travelling with others
- Pets allowed *
- Free WiFi in public areas
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- Free continental breakfast daily
- Laundry facilities
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- Iron/ironing board
- Hair dryer
- 32-inch flat-screen TV
- Premium TV channels
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- Refrigerator
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Access via exterior corridors
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Invest Ottawa's film and television sector focuses on the continued development, retention, competitiveness, and enhancement of the city's film and television industry. In addition, it facilitates and issues various filming permits, promotes the region as a preferred industry destination and supports the development and growth of the local industry.
The Ottawa region facilitates an average of 700 filming days that translate into over $50 million of production, $20 million of which is spent directly in the local economy. With a local landscape that includes rivers and lakes, mountains, fields, and wetlands and a continental climate that ranges from hot and humid in the summer to cold and snowy in the winter, Ottawa offers a wide variety of shooting locations, competitive tax incentives, and an experienced and bilingual workforce.
Working with industry contacts and various levels of government, Invest Ottawa is working towards establishing Ottawa as a film friendly destination and premier shooting location.
Contact us today to see how we can help you!
Industry Contacts
Bruce Harvey
Senior Business Development Manager, Film & TV
(613) 828-6274 ext. 275
Stephanie Davy
(613) 828-6274 ext. 214
Companies with a specialization in film and TV.
Artists, freelancers and consultants.
Sector-specific academic programs across Ottawa's post-secondary institutions.
Invest Ottawa's "matchmaking" services are helping Willis College to bridge existing IT skills gap, strengthen job creation partnerships with Fortune 500 campanies such as Fortinet and Check Point and encourage other international companies to expand their offices in Ottawa creating even more career opportunities in Ottawa. Thank you Invest Ottawa.
I am a huge supporter of the Cooperative Education Program. Our company benefits greatly from the skills, confidence and energy that the students bring to our Research & Development campus. They "hit the ground running" as new hires – it is a win – win relationship.
It goes without saying that Ottawa has a great talent pool. During the decision making process that led to the establishment of Abbott Point of Care's manufacturing plant in Ottawa, this breadth of talent was of utmost importance.
Bringing together technology professionals with established world class medical experts at Ottawa Eye Institute has helped us develop product we could never do in a different environment. A perfect place to live and play!
Ottawa's access to local and global partners coupled with the willingness of academia, government and industry to work together to attract and retain talent and businesses is part of the DNA that makes Ottawa a very appealing place to run a company.
I am now back in Uruguay and would like to take this opportunity to thank you again for all the support on the days I stayed in Ottawa. I found Ottawa to be a great place to open our company as a headquarters for North America. It has excellent resources, really kind people and it's a beautiful city. We are planning on returning to Ottawa to incorporate our company this Fall. Once again thank you for all the help, without Invest Ottawa this would not have been possible.
2013 marks Ericsson's 60th anniversary in Canada. Now, as one of the top R&D investors in the country, we see the Ottawa R&D Centre playing a key role in the development of our Heterogeneous Network Strategy, developing small cell technology, as well as integrating Carrier Class WiFi capabilities as part of that strategy. Having invested nearly $4 Billion in Canadian R&D we are committed to the continual strengthening of Canada's ICT ecosystem.
How important it is to focus. Lots of opportunities will come your way if you're doing things right, and people will naturally be drawn to your business. But if you get distracted by easy revenue, or service providers, or a low-cost hire, it can take a definite toll on your ability to build the business. Double-down on what you're doing and what you're doing well – the big businesses now didn't start off with 600 products or features.
The Canada Research Centre in Ottawa is not only helping Huawei strengthen our R&D capabilities, our team of Canadian innovators is helping lead our long-term global wireless roadmap. This research will help drive further investment into Canada, and ensure Huawei is an important contributor in the growth of Canada's digital economy.
Ottawa has provided us with an exceptional environment for business growth. We are able to meet most of our staffing needs locally, by accessing the pool of highly talented and skilled labour that exists in the Ottawa area. We also benefit from the support available in Ottawa from federal, provincial and local government agencies, including access to the research capabilities and facilities of our local universities and national labs. And for our employees and their families, Ottawa provides a wonderful community to live in and a great quality of life.
With the help of the Regional Innovation Centre for Ottawa and Eastern Ontario, we received $120,000 in Federal IRAP funding, another $25,000 in seed funding from the Ontario Centres of Excellence. This timely access to funds accelerated our company's market entry for JetStreamHD by at least six months.
Ottawa's mature technology ecosystem from thirty years of telecom innovation provides JDSU a strong talent pool for developing next generation optical and test solutions for the industry.
Ottawa is a great city to work and play, it's a beautiful city that offers everything that anyone could want for a great quality of life.
Ciena is committed to making Ottawa and Canada a focal centre for its global R&D operations, and to maintaining significant technology investment and principal R&D functions in Canada.
Ottawa has a complete, mature technology ecosystem from 30 years of telecom innovation, a desire to lead in green wireless areas, and a right-sized city for a great balance of work and home life.
Ottawa is a very attractive place for Sophos to invest. The workforce is culturally diverse, and the city is business and family friendly, which helps us to find and retain talented individuals.
Ottawa is a city built on innovation, talent, entrepreneurship and R&D. These key attributes have played a critical role in contributing to Nordion's success as a global company in the health science market.
Calian was founded in Ottawa and this year we are celebrating our 30th anniversary in business. We have grown into a $236 million company employing 2,400 people across Canada serving both domestic and international customers. A majority of our business is in the defence sector and much of our success is due to the positive business climate in Ottawa and the tremendous relationship we have with our clients, partners and sector development organizations.
Ottawa is the natural national hub because the nation's defence and security agencies are headquartered in the capital city. Ottawa also has direct channels to Washington and the U.S. defence and security market. Plus, federal export agencies and foreign embassies here can assist with the development of overseas markets.
Over the past year we have appreciated the support provided by Invest Ottawa in helping us align our own strategy to grow and attract cleantech businesses and for participating in our 'Cleantech in the Corridor' initiatives.
Ottawa is, I would say, really the epicentre of BlackBerry 10 development. The hardware core, the radio and the software, the OS comes from QNX (a BlackBerry subsidiary), all the integration with the chipset -all that is done in Ottawa.
Ottawa's rich talent pool, world-class academic and research facilities, and legacy of strong public/private collaborations have created an environment ideally suited to help HSDOs flourish and drive innovation.
Ottawa is great for the locations – not far, little traffic – and people aren't used to closing streets – people welcome it – they are happy. You can shoot downtown and then be in the countryside in 15 minutes. We also have the four seasons – we can have snow and also very hot and humid weather and the orange colours of fall.
To compete more effectively, IBM believes health service delivery organisations (HSDO) must develop new business models, fuel innovation in R&D and drive greater discovery, and Ottawa offers an environment and resources ideally suited to these pursuits.
Ottawa has a strong heritage in software.
The space has been an invaluable one for us. I can't imagine still running our business the way we were trying to before coming here. The staff, amenities and the meeting rooms are fantastic.
Alcatel-Lucent Ottawa is one of the major wireless product development sites in the company, and the Ottawa campus also houses key aspects of our Wireless ngConnect Program.
Algonquin College turns out a lot of great animators, and even the ones that don't come from Ottawa usually spend some time in Ottawa given the handful of animation companies, and the history – We have 30 years of animation in Ottawa.
We see the Ottawa R&D Centre playing a key role in the development of our Heterogeneous Network Strategy, developing small cell technology, as well as integrating Carrier Class WiFi capabilities as a part of that strategy.
Ottawa has the right mix of engineers, artists and interaction designers who understand the true value of a great user experience.
We believe that Infinera Ottawa has been able to assemble the best coherent optical engineering team in the industry, helping us deliver high capacity optical transport solutions that our customers are using to build the next generation Internet.
The Ottawa Development Centre is crucial to Cisco's global innovation strategy. The centre is home to a world-class team of engineers responsible for developing essential components that touch virtually every service provider and enterprise customer network in the world.
As a result of the cumulative impact of the GrindSpaceXL workshops and follow-up meetings with advisors, we are now more well-rounded in knowledge and confident in our actions and next steps. We would not have been able to pay for this kind of expertise.
The more innovative approach is the kind being adopted by Carleton and Algonquin, in which students study at both institutions consecutively so that they can take what they learn in human computer interaction at university and immediately apply it to their 3D software course at college.
SWOT analyses of 19 vendors in the File Sync & Share space that will help us identify which ones to target for partnership/acquisition. Two reports from Ovum that help define the market. This type of information is impossible for a startup to obtain without Invest Ottawa and the proactive approach from their market research team.
We can sub in for city, country, big city, and small city. The community is also very supportive.
Canada ranks among the top 10 countries worldwide when it comes to spawning clean technology companies.
Access to R&D talent, as well as university cooperation in conjunction with government support on all levels is also available. Funding through SR&ED and IRAP, as well as excellent federal and provincial assistance for export, EDC funding and other essential tools that support businesses, are in place as well.
Co-op students are fantastic. They're highly skilled in a lot of ways and bring a fantastic energy to the office. I've always found them eager to learn and highly motivated.
GrindspaceXL has given us the confidence to pursue our entrepreneurial goals. Like anything, being an entrepreneur requires discipline and methodology. We brought the discipline and GrindspaceXL provided the methodology. It is a magic mixture.
There is a lot of opportunity in mobile – which is generating more talent and expertise in the city.
This town is just BRISTLING with talented people.
The resources IO has to offer are priceless to me and many others young entrepreneurs I have met through the organization. I wouldn't be where I am with my business today if I had not had the support and mentorship I have received from there. Thank you!
BRAEBON has found the City of Ottawa to be an excellent locale from which to develop and launch our medical devices. Local institutions of higher learning provide an available pool of skilled resources, and access to Federal Government research facilities, such as NRC, facilitate the development of our cutting-edge technologies.
We want to make Ottawa the world photonics center. Our goals really have no limits.
Invest Ottawa have been absolutely fabulous. We've been very lucky to have both the cast and crew that we have for this because they're very, very professional and they drill down like a well-oiled machine.
Very, very, very rarely will I have to go outside of Ottawa for talent.
The impact of GrindSpaceXL will be felt for many years. In a nutshell it has helped us re-focus and become more engaged with our clients.
Invest Ottawa has been really helpful in challenging me to ask myself the right questions about my business and presenting the pros and cons about being an entrepreneur. The seminars and meetings I attended were always highly informative and to the point, providing me with valuable knowledge that could be directly applied my business.
The fundamental building blocks for any company start with great talent and Nordion has capitalized on Ottawa's phenomenal skilled labour and in-house research expertise as a recognizable competitive advantage.
There is a vibrant film and television industry alive in Ottawa.
Ottawa has long been a nurturing ground for some of the world's brightest minds in telecommunications.


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Baby Name Poll Results
Averie Quinn vs. Averie Violette/Violet vs. Averie Eleanor
Please help with girl's names. I'm pretty sure that I will be sticking with Averie as a first name. Was originally thinking of Averie Grace, but have since heard that Grace is one of the most common middle names out there right now. Thanks!!
The Top Baby Name is...
|Averie Quinn
|53% (9 votes)
|Averie Violette/violet
|24% (4 votes)
|Averie Eleanor
|24% (4 votes)
I like Averie Eleanor but think that Averie Leonora has a much better flow. Good luck!
posted by guest :: 2007-06-20 20:20:21 | report
Averie Quinn flows best, but I prefer Eleanor over Violet and Quinn.
posted by guest :: 2007-06-20 20:34:21 | report
Averie Quinn is my favorite, I think Quinn is so cute and unique, not overly popular or outdated like Eleanor.
posted by guest :: 2007-06-20 21:14:51 | report
I like Averie Violette, though none of them strike me as fantastic.
posted by guest: leash :: 2007-06-20 21:19:00 | report
I don't like Averie Quinn. Averie is a unisex name and Quinn is traditionally a masculine name. Go with Violette or Eleanor so there is something feminine about her.
posted by guest :: 2007-06-20 22:16:26 | report
I love Averie Violette, very pretty. Averie Quinn is cute but not so versatile. Eleanor is nice too but doesn't seem to fit so well with Averie and is also more dated.
posted by guest: Danielle K. :: 2007-06-20 23:17:02 | report
Averie Eleanor gmv! But I like the suggestion of Averie Leonora also!
posted by guest :: 2007-06-21 01:49:24 | report
Post a Comment:Please keep your comments positive and helpful.
Even if you don't like the names. Thanks!
For all baby name poll questions, complaints, or improvements
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A Quote by Bishop Fulton John Sheen on judgement
When our conscience bothers us, whether we admit it or not, we often try to justify it by correcting others, or by finding fault with them. The readiness to believe evil about others is in large part ammunition for a thousand scandals in our own hearts.
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I Stand Here Ironing
by Tillie Olsen
I Stand Here Ironing: Let's Get This Straight Quiz
Think you've got your head wrapped around I Stand Here Ironing? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What is the narrator doing while ironing?
Humming a tune
Shucking oysters
Talking on the phone
Doing aerobics (careful—that iron is hot)
Q. What happened when Emily was eight months old?
She stopped breastfeeding
She was left in the care of a neighbor
She fell down the stairs
She swallowed a penny
Q. What happened to Emily's father?
He left unexpectedly because he couldn't bear the family's poverty
He was put in jail for tax evasion
He died while planking
He swallowed a fly (I don't know why)
Q. What did a neighbor tell the narrator to do with regard to Emily?
Spank her once in a while
Smile at her more often
Feed her more often
Teach her to iron
Q. Emily displays a talent for what?
Baking delicate desserts
Comedy and acting