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The head of one of the world's biggest private equity funds,
Mr Baratta, who oversees $US53 billion ($56.86 billion) in assets under management, said the biggest risk facing the private equity industry was an increase in global interest rates, which are anchored at historically low levels thanks to the US Federal Reserve's loose monetary policy.
"The single biggest assumption we make when we buy a company that determines the return is the multiple at which you can sell it five years later to someone else," Mr Baratta said.
"So if you roll the clock forward five years you have to make a judgment about where interest rates and the cost of capital are going to be.
"Right now they are historically low so if there is 'mean reversion', which they tend to do, the biggest risk we have is that we sell a business at a lower multiple than the price we paid."
The assessment from Mr Baratta is of particular relevance to Australia's $1.5 trillion superannuation sector and Future Fund, which allocate part of their portfolios to private equity funds to manage.
Higher financing costs would raise the cost of capital and potentially lower the amount bidders could afford to pay for assets owned by private equity funds, which typically sell a business about five years after investing in the asset.
Mr Baratta made the comments last week at a private equity conference in New York.
At the event hosted by Dow Jones, some of the world's largest private equity firms, also known as financial sponsors, hit out at suggestions that the shuffling of assets between funds was evidence that the sector is failing to innovate and come up with new business ideas.
"I think the notion that private equity completely maximises the value in a few years is completely overblown," Mr Navab said.
KKR, which earlier this year sold its remaining 12 per cent stake in
In recent years, private equity funds have been increasingly buying and selling assets within the sector, due to more subdued investor appetite for initial public offerings. Traditionally, private equity funds have divested assets through floating businesses on the public markets or through trade sales to interested buyers.
Growing revenue has become the key
Charles Kaye, co-president of Warburg Pincus, which has more than $US40 billion in assets under management across about 125 companies, said secondary market deals were more sustainable than many believed.
"There is actually something to be said for private ownership of certain kinds of businesses that may not belong in public markets," Mr Kaye said.
Private equity firms have earned a reputation for buying undervalued or stressed businesses, slashing costs and turning the business around before selling it at a big profit and collecting large fees from underlying investors such as pension funds and wealthy individuals.
David Mussafer, co-chair of Boston-based Advent International, which manages money on behalf of the $89 billion Future Fund, challenged the perception that private equity was mainly focused on lowering costs.
"In reality the biggest focus we have today is how to grow the revenue," Mr Mussafer said.
"The characterisation that secondary [market deals] isn't that creative really looks at private equity as a 'one-trick pony'."
Still, Jason Gull a partner at Chicago-based Adams Streets Partners, which also has an investment mandate with the Future Fund, cautioned that limited partners such as pension funds had to be careful they did not get ripped off when general partners (GP) managing an asset sold part of the asset to another private equity fund.
He cited an example where a general partner of another firm offered to facilitate the sale of a limited partner's (LP) stake for significantly below its true value.
"These are not GPs I want to do business with, because if that is how they treat their existing LPs, why in the future would they treat me any different?" Mr Gull said.
Australian superannuation funds have been active players in the global secondary market, when other limited partners such as pension funds are selling down their stakes in investments.
One principal of a large US private equity fund said she had noticed cashed-up superannuation funds had been aggressive bidders when co-investors wanted to exit their positions.
"The government is eager to get more money," he said.
Sascha Gruber, private equity partner at Swiss-headquartered LGT Capital Partners, said exiting an investment via the secondary market was just "another tool in the toolbox".
"This is a trend that is here to stay and you will see people buy and sell," Mr Gruber said.
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"I Anne Cary of the Parish of Worth in the county of Sussex being of perfect health and sound understanding blessed be God yet considering my owne mortality doe make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following In the first place I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God as into the hands of a faithfull creator And my body to be decently and privately buryed at Aston in Oxfordshire if I shall happen to dye near that place if not in any other place at the discretion of my Executor And as for all my Worldly Goods I thus dispose of them Imprimis I give and bequeath to my children Robert Cary[,] Anne Mitchell[,] Elizabeth Hampton[,] Jane Cary[,] Mary Stevens and Edith Cary one hundred pounds apiece Item I give to my three Sonns in Law William Hampton[,] John Mitchell and Tho Stevens tenn pounds apiece Item I give to my Grandchildren Anne Mitchell[,] Jane Mitchell[,] Tho Mitchell[,] James Mitchell and John Mitchell twenty pounds apiece Item I give to my Grandchildren Elizabeth Hampton[,] William Hampton[,] James Hampton[,] John Hampton[,] Robert Hampton and Ambrose Hampton twenty pounds apiece Item I give to my Grandchildren Anne Stevens and Henry Stevens twenty pounds apiece Item I give to my Brother Tho Dobson five pounds apiece and to my Sister Jane Belson five pounds And to my Sister Mary (¿)Narraway(?) five pounds and Jane Dobson daughter to my brother John Dobson five pounds and to Sarah Wise daughter to my sister Abigail Wise five pounds and to Mary Braby five pounds Item I give to my Aunt Abigail Eustice and to my Cousin Mary Duffell twenty shillings apiece to buy them Rings Item I give to the poor of the ^said^ Parish of Worth twenty shillings and to the poor of the said Parish of Aston twenty shillings And my will is that all the Legacyes above disposed of by me shall be paid by me Executor hereafter named within twelve monthes after my decease Item all the rest of my goods chattells and Estate reall and personall and my house in Watlin Streete my just debts Legacyes ffunerall expenses being first fully satisfyed and discharged I give to my Eldest Sonn James Cary whom I make and constitute my sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament he the said James Cary paying an Annuity or yearly Rent of eight pounds Amount of or for my house in Watlin Streete for my Sister Elizabeth Small alias Pawlett for and during the terme of her naturall life half yearly by equall portions at Michaelmas and Lady Day the first paymt. thereof to begin and be made whichsoever of the said dayes shall ^first^ happen after my decease In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seale this nineteenth day of March An Dom one thousand Seven hundred and two And my mind and will yet further is that in case any of my three children vis Robert Cary Jane Cary or Edith Cary shall happen to dye without issue before the said Legacyes shall become due and payable that then the said Legacy or Legayes of such of them as shall soe happen to dye shall be disposed equally amongst all the rest of my said Children first above named or their respective Children in case any of them shall be then dead or in case any of my said Children which are now marryed shall happen to dye before the said Legacyes shall become due that then the said Legacy of such of them shall be paid and equally divided amongst their Children share and share like And in case any of my Grandchildren above named shall dye before their Legcyes shall become due that then the said Legacy or Legacyes of such of them as shall soe happen to dye shall be equally divided Amongst the Brothers and Sisters respectively of all such of them as shall soe happen to dye And also I give to my friend Mr Leonard Gale of Crabbett twenty shillings to buy a Ring Witness my hand and Seale the day and yeare aforesaid Anne Cary / Signed Sealed and published in the presence of Henry Gale John Baldwin George Virgo." [transcribed by Robin Cary Askew]Description: Will of Anne Cary of Worth, Sussex / Date: 19 March 1705 / Catalogue reference: PROB 11/483 / Dept: Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury / Series: Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers / Piece: Name of Register: Gee Quire Numbers: 130 - 175Downloaded from The National Archives
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Climbie death 'could have been avoided'
The life of Victoria Climbie could have been saved if a report had given a more accurate picture of social services in her north London borough, the inquiry into her death has heard.
Neil Garnham QC, counsel for the public inquiry, said Haringey council could have attempted a turnaround if it had received a critical report from the joint Social Services Inspectorate and Audit Commission in 1999, when Victoria was in its care.
The joint report failed to accurately describe the crisis in Haringey, he said.
It gave Haringey's social services a clean bill of health and said clients were "generally well served".
But this was the time when eight-year-old Victoria was being abused by her great aunt Marie Therese Kouao and her aunt's boyfriend Carl Manning.
Ealing example
Victoria had 128 separate injuries on her body when she died, in February 2000, after months of suffering.
Both Kouao and Manning are serving life sentences for the child's murder.
After her death the council relied heavily on the joint report to defend itself against charges of incompetence.
Mr Garnham pointed out that Ealing Social Services in west London had managed to "effect a complete restructuring" of its children's services within three months.
"The experience of Ealing may provide a useful comparison by which you could assess what Haringey might have achieved had they received a critical Joint Review and chosen to act decisively upon it," he said.
A later review, published in April 2001, concluded that an "overly positive picture of Haringey's social services, particularly children's services" had been painted by the earlier report.
The public inquiry has now concluded and expects to report with radical recommendations to reform Britain's child protection services in December.
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WikiLeaks Raise Genetic Concerns
The controversial media organization known as WikiLeaks recently released 251,287 confidential government cables on US foreign relations and activities. While the document content spans from the genuinely troubling to the distractingly inane [1, 2, 3], one revelation about the Fed's pursuit of foreign diplomats' DNA raises unique concerns.
Leaked cables report that the "national human intelligence collection directive," issued under Hillary Clinton, tasks US diplomats stationed internationally to gather biometric data (including DNA) on
"Key UN officials, to include undersecretaries, heads of specialised agencies and their chief advisers, top SYG [secretary general] aides, heads of peace operations and political field missions, including force commanders."
Items to collect include:
"Biographic and biometric data, including health, opinions toward the US, training history, ethnicity (tribal and/or clan), and language skills of key and emerging political, military, intelligence, opposition, ethnic, religious, and business leaders. Data should include email addresses, telephone and fax numbers, fingerprints, facial images, DNA, and iris scans."
Critics have noted that this pushes "the boundary between diplomacy and espionage," threatening US diplomatic credibility and possibly violating a 1946 UN convention on privileges and immunity for representatives.
However, the government's deeming of personal genetic profiles as "vital" to foreign intelligence and security should also force us to pay closer attention to our domestic trajectories around genetic privacy and proprietary ownership. Expanded applications of DNA forensics, infant DNA databanks, and gene patenting claims are just a few recent national developments perpetuating the growing idea that rights to genetic privacy can be trumped to satisfy state and (in the case of patents) commercial interests.
When we learn of government or private initiatives to gather and store individual's DNA, whether it is internationally or on home soil, we would be wise to make sure we ask "why?" and "to what ends?" Otherwise our genetic profile will get lumped into the category of "standard" demographic information, and serious and continually evolving risks to privacy, health and individual autonomy will get lost in the mix.
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Class of 2013: All about the A's for WHS valedictorian
Eddie Liu admits he's something of a perfectionist.
"I haven't gotten an A-minus yet," the Woodbury High School senior said during his final month of school.
He said it's that level of dedication to academics that led him to be named WHS' Class of 2013 valedictorian.
"It's a great honor to be valedictorian - to represent the class at graduation," said the 17-year-old who compiled a 4.3399 grade-point average.
Liu credited hard work for his academic success - especially in rigorous science courses - but admitted he often relies on last-minute cram sessions.
"I tend to procrastinate," Liu said with laugh. "But it seems to work."
His rise to the top of the class didn't happen by chance. Liu said he set a goal to become the class valedictorian when he began high school.
As part of that effort, Liu delved into challenging courses that began with a unique pursuit: instead of enrolling in the school's biology class, Liu decided to "self-study" the discipline in order to vault into an advanced placement-level biology course.
Liu said he has been interested in science ever since his father - a 3M scientist - introduced him to scientific principles as a child.
"I always thought that was interesting - that you could test and observe things in your natural environment," he said, naming his father as an inspiration for academic success.
Academic success has been a mixture of motivation from his parents and a personal quest, Liu said. And, he noted, there's also a financial incentive to be had from taking post-secondary education options that save money on college credits.
Liu will attend the University of Minnesota in the fall, where he plans to study chemical engineering. If all goes according to plan, he will graduate in three years and attend graduate school.
Outside the classroom, Liu has stayed close to science; he co-captained this year's Science Olympiad team with his sister, Diana, and WHS salutatorian Kinsey Philips. Liu is an all-state member and co-captain of the Math League team, National Honor Society member, and participates on the Science Quiz Bowl and Chess Club.
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Johanneson floored Burns three times in Leeds for a 116-110 118-109 117-110 verdict and then eyed a showdown with the domestic number one, Alex Arthur.
A Johanneson left hook floored Burns in round seven and brutal body shots put him down again in rounds nine and 10.
Burns survived, but Johanneson went on to secure a relatively comfortable decision in front of his home crowd.
Challenger Burns had taken Arthur the distance in his only previous career defeat.
He had also stepped in at late notice to defeat Britain's number one lightweight Graham Earl in 2005 and had built up an impressive record of 15 victories.
But Johanneson gradually built a healthy points lead before hammering Burns to the canvas for the first time in round seven with a perfectly-executed left uppercut.
Burns regrouped in round eight and posed more problems when he was forced onto the offensive, but his good work was undone when Johanneson landed a short left to floor him for a second time.
Johanneson underlined his dominance with a third knockdown in round 10 before taking the verdict.
Afterwards he turned his attention to former European, Commonwealth and British champion Arthur, who is due to fight Russian Alexander Hrulev for the vacant WBO Intercontinental title on 10 March.
Johanneson said: "I definitely want to fight Arthur next and I think that performance proved I am ready for him.
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|Rhodesia - Operation Agila
The British Empire's Last Sunset
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In 1923, the white settlers of Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) held a referendum and opted for Home Rule rather than a union with South Africa. The Rhodesian settlers at the time were highly patriotic and loyal to both the King and Empire, many Rhodesian men having recently returned from the carnage of the First World War. Over 6000 white Rhodesian's saw active service on behalf of the Empire during that great conflict, and this figure represented over two thirds of the white male population aged between 15 and 45. Of this figure 732 were killed in action.
Just 20 years later, during the Second World War, some 11,000 European Rhodesians saw active service, including 1,500 women and of these figures, 1 in 10 were either killed in action or died on active service. Rhodesia supplied more troops per head of population than any other country in the British Empire and understandably felt that they had paid for their own country (Rhodesia) in blood and sorrow, on behalf of the Mother Country. However in 1947, India gained her independence and from then on it was simply a question of time as to when each and every British Colony sought self determination. 1953 saw the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and this was to last some ten years and upon its demise it looked very much to the white Rhodesians as if Britain was intent on handing the country directly over to black majority rule, without any safeguards for the white minority.
UDI - Unilateral Declaration of Independence:
In October 1965, Rhodesia's white Prime Minister, Ian Smith held talks with Harold Wilson and when these broke down, the white Rhodesian government proclaimed Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence on the 11 November 1965. Almost immediately the Rhodesia war began in between black communist terrorists seeking a black ruled homeland, and the Security Forces of the Rhodesian govenment.
Rhodesia was a 'heart shaped' country located just above South Africa, and it is basically divided into three distinct cultures. The bottom third of the heart was Matabeleland and inhabited by the descendants of the Zulu warriors of Matabele King, Loengula; while the top third of the heart was occupied by the descendants of their traditional enemies; the Mashona. Their third of Rhodesia was know as Mashonaland. In the centre of the heart, between Salisbury and Bulawayo lived the descendants of the original white settlers. All three cultures were actually immigrants to the region, and all three arrived in Rhodesia at about the same period in history, roughly the mid 1800's. The actual inhabitants of Rhodesia being small bands of hunter-gatherer "Bushmen". The Matabele and Mashona had been enemies since the dawn of time, the Matabele nickname for the Mashona being "dirt eaters" from the Matabele practice of standing on the heads of defeated enemies.
The Rhodesian War:
From the moment UDI was declared Britain enforced sanctions on the Rhodesian government, and this slowly but surely tightened the noose around the everyday inferstructure of Rhodesian society. The only real friend Rhodesia possessed during the war was South Africa, who continued to trade and assist with exports and also war materials. The terrorists on the other hand, were split into two main factions and these were based on the tribal loyalties of old. The Matabele were under the leadership of Joshua Nkomo, and they sought weapons, training and assistance from Cuba, East Germany and Russia; while the Mashona who were led by Robert Mugabe and were trained in North Korea and China. Throughout the war, Rhodesian farmers grew enough corn, tobacco and cattle to not only feed their own population, but to also export it to their near and starving neighbours in Botswana, Zambia and Mosambique; and who, in return gave succor and comfort to the guerillas.
The war dragged on for some 14 years from 1965 until 1979, being largely overshadowed by the television driven Vietnam conflict. The Rhodesian war was virtually ignored, until the guerillas committed atrocities on various Missionary stations. The war was both bloody and brutal and brought out the very worst in the opposing combatants on all three sides:
Lancaster House Talks:
During the war there had been many attempts by Smith, Nkomo, Mugabe and Britain to broker an honourable peace deal guaranteeing the rights of the white Rhodesian minority. These meetings were often held aboard war ships and sometimes even trains parked in the middle of high bridges, but all were to no avail until the Lancaster House talks in mid-1979. In April 1979 an election was held in Rhodesia in which 63 percent of the black population voted, and on the 1 June 1979, Bishop Able Muzorewa was sworn in as the first black Prime Minister of Rhodesia. Meanwhile at Lancaster House the Peace talks continued in a rather 'on again - off again' fashion. This state of affairs continued until October and then as the light began to appear at the end of the tunnel, Britain sent out feelers to various Commonwealth nations that troops might be needed for a special operation.
In New Zealand, selection and training began immediately and a force of 75 officers and men were selected and moved to Papakura Camp for specialist training. Other countries did similar training. None of the soldiers were formally told where they might be headed but initially the 75 strong contingent was called 'R Force', similar to 'K Force' (Korea), and 'V Force' (Vietnam). They were also instructed to listen to BBC world news at 0700 each morning so the possibility of a Tour of Duty to Rhodesia was an open secret. Originally, both Mugabe and Nkomo did not want any New Zealanders in the Peacekeeping Force as they were thought to be American puppets. However, when it was pointed out that one man in every four in the New Zealand contingent was 'coloured' (Maori), the New Zealander's became very acceptable.
Operation Agila:
On the 5 November 1979, the British Ministry of Defence named Major General John Acland (later Sir John), as the Commander Monitoring Force (CMF). The Headquarters of the Monitoring Force (MF) was based on HQ 8 Field Force from tidworth with the GOG South West District (General Acland), holding the following three appointments:
Brigadier John Learmont was appointed as Deputy Commander (DCMF), and Brigadier Adam Gurdon was appointed Chief of Staff. The Operation was named "Operation Agila", and the Monitoring Force operational patch was a red, white and blue diamond with a golden sunburst in the centre and a Pangolan (small anteater), with claws extended centred in the sun. This was to be worn on a white brassard. It was also decided that the uniform that was to be worn by all members of the MF was to be 'Jungle Green' fatigues, and that berets would only be worn in camp and 'Jungle Hats' would be worn by all members of the MF serving in the operational areas. This would serve to distinguish them from the Rhodesian Army who wore a very distinctive pattern of camouflage.
Rhodesian Reconnaissance:
Due to the war, there was virtually no 'good', up to date information or maps available on Rhodesia, and much of the intitial planning was a series of lectures by ex school teachers and missionaries who had served "out there", and usually before the war. On the 22 November 1979, the British Chief of Staff, Chief Signals Officer, Air Advisor and several other key personel flew to Rhodesia and carried out a detailed recce of Rhodesia, including the thoughts and feelings of both the white's and the black's in regards to how a Commonwealth Force would be received should one arrive in-country. This recce group travelled the length and breadth of Rhodesia and gathered much vital information on how the war was being conducted by all three sides and where the various bases and camps were located. One concern that was taken note of the the liberal use by the guerillas of land mines, it was recommended at this early stage that all Landrovers used by the Monitoring Force would need to be mine proofed and most of this work was done by REME personel at Colchester.
On 8 December 1979, a nine man British advance party was deployed to Rhodesia and began establishing a logistics base in preparation for the Commonwealth Monitoring Force main body, which would include some 1,500 Peacekeepers, including 150 Australians, 22 Fijians, 50 Kenyans, and 75 New Zealanders. As well, Britain provided 800 soldiers, some 300 Royal Air Force personel and a small number of Royal Navy and Royal Marines. The Royal Navy contribution being mainly Doctors.
Main Body Arrival:
On the 12 December 1979, Major General Acland and Brigadier Learmont arrived in Salisbury with a small staff and began meeting Rhodesians at all levels at the Operational Headquarters of the RSF. This provided the much needed information on the size and strength of the various teams of Peacekeepers that would be inserted into the various operational areas throughout Rhodesia. The Rhodesians were very much of the opinion that it would become a bloodbath and the cost in Peacekeepers lives would be high. An air of grave concern and tension hung over all aspects of the initial phases of in-country planning and preparation. As well the man destined to be the last British Governor of Rhodesia, Lord Christopher Soames travelled to Salisbury, later describing his dangerous venture as "a leap in the dark".
Meanwhile at Lancaster House the talks continued to drag on through December, and this delay was actually advantageous to General Acland and his staff providing them with valuable time to select the various "Assembly Areas" and "R/V's" that would soon dot the country. See location map of assembly places. It also allowed HQ UKLF time for the packing of stores and equiptment and the marking of vehicles and aircraft to be used during Operation Agila.
On the 20th December 1979, the New Zealand contingent which was the most distant from Rhodesia flew out from RNZAF Base Whenuapai and over the next several days the various nations began to arrive at Salisbury Airport (between the 22nd and 24th of December). Upon arrival each plane load of troops was processed through a reception tent, given an initial briefing and issued with anti-malaria tablets (Maloprim) which were known locally as the "Tuesday Pill". The entire nation was reminded on both radio and television to take their pill each Tuesday. Troops were also given the opportunity to exchange money and were given the location of their billets. The Rhodesian Army built a tented transit camp which accommodated the majority of the troops with the exception of the Fijians, Kenyans and New Zealanders who were accommodated at Morgan High School. Morgan High School was to become the main Headquarters of the Monitoring Force. During this phase of the operation which covered a five day period, more than 60 aircraft sorties landed at Salisbury Airport off-loading more than 1,500 men and a veritable mountain of stores and equipment.
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The next several days were packed with detailed briefings, O Groups, and the issuing of stores, ammunition and equipment. As well, due to the height of Rhodesia above sea level, every soldier was required to attend a range shoot and re-zero his personal weapon. The altitude most definitely did make a difference to sight settings. Amongst all ranks of the Monitoring Force from the Commander down there was a very real air of trepidation in regards to the daunting task that lay ahead. At this time the CMF, General Acland went out of his way to personally meet and make himself known to every single member of the Monitoring Force during his initial briefing which was usually held at the RLI Barracks at Cranborne. The briefings included:
The Ceasefire Monitoring Force "ORBAT":
The Ceasefire Monitoring Force was made up of about 1,500 soldiers from Australia, Britain, Fiji, Kenya and New Zealand, and command and control was maintained at three in-country Headquarters:
Main HQ: was responsible for all detailed planning, preparation, forward deployment, redeployment, day to day running of the operation. Located at the Main HQ was DCMF, all National Contingent Commanders, the operations room, air tasking cell, communications centre, and the A and Q staff.
Government House HQ: The CMF, Chief of Staff and four Staff Officers operated out of Government House and were responsible for liaison with HQ Combined Operations (Rhodesian Security Forces), the HQ Patriotic Front (communists), the conduct of the Ceasefire Commission, and briefing the Governor on military matters.
The Airhead HQ: was responsible for all air tasking matters to and from all Monitoring Force teams in the operational areas.
The Operational Areas during the Rhodesian War were:
A. Operation Ranger - North West Border.
The Peacekeeping Forces on the ground, were broken down as follows:
Patriotic Front (communist) Teams -
Operational Area MF HQ = 1 x Lieutenant Colonel and 10 men.
Rhodesian Security Force Monitoring Teams -
Joint Operation Command (JOC) HQ = 1 x Lieutenant Colonel and 10 men.
The five phases of Operation Agila:
1. Forward Deployment:
The decision to deploy the Monitoring Force was made on the 24 December 1979, and the forward deployment took place over the next three days with the Ceasefire coming into effect at 2359 + 1, on the 28th of December. This was an extrememly tense time as no one knew how the communist guerillas in the operational areas might act. Perhaps fortunately for the Monitoring Force, the world at large was starved for News coverage and a great many reporters were in Rhodesia. They were spread widely throughout the country, and their efforts tended to keep everyone honest. During the forward deploment phase the weather was atrocious and RAF aircrew flew missions that would never have been authorised under normal circumstances. There were a number of contacts during this phase of the operation, including: A Rhodesian Escort AFV (Crocodile) was destroyed by a mine near Bulawayo, an RAF Puma helicopter crashed killing the 3 man aircrew, a Hercules aircraft was shot up by small arms fire near Umtali, and an RV Team was ambushed in the Zambezi Valley but escaped without casualities.
2. The Assembly Phase:
The Assembly Phase was a seven day period when all of the communist units and cells spread throughout Rhodesia, and in several of the neighbouring countries were guaranteed unhindered movement into RV's and Assembly Places. Once in the Assembly Place, all communists, both Regular Force and Guerillas were required to register their name, weapon and that weapon's serial number. Both the ZIPRA and ZANLA had played down the size of their forces and over that seven day period more than 22,000 communist soldiers marched into the 16 Assembly Places. The sheer size of the various ZIPRA and ZANLA units created something of a logistics nightmare and to avoid 'under issues', if any communist unit required some special item (eg sanitary pads, female underwear), then a drop was immediately arranged to all of the Assembly Places, sometimes causing much hilarity to the troops on the ground. (ZANLA had quite a sizeable force of female guerillas). The communits were to arrive at the Assembly Places carrying all of their own equipment, however for the most part, most of them carried little more than an AK47, a couple of magazines and the clothes they stood in. Many wore no boots. Food and meat shortages caused major problems on a number of occassions and almost resulted in the deaths of a number of Peacekeepers who were taken hostage. It had been understood that the communists lived on "Sudza" (corn mealie meal), and initially no meat was provided for them. This was quickly rectified, by the CMF importing several planeloads of South African beef.
Once in the Assembly Places, the communists troops became very lax and always carried their personal weapon "locked, cocked and ready to rock"; that is several magazines taped together on the weapon, the weapon cocked with a round in the tube, safety catch 'off', and sights set to maximum range. This resulted in a plague of UD's (unauthorised discharges) and numerous casualties. It also caused tremendous stress and tension amongst the MF Teams. There were even UD's with hand grenades and RPG's resulting in injury and loss of life. As well, there was the ever present danger of mines which continued to take a toll during the entire operation.
3. Redeployment of RV Teams:
The Ceasefire ended on the 4th January 1980 at 2359 + 1, and as most of the communists were now gathered at the various Assembly Places, the RV Teams were disbanded and those men were then added to various Assembly Places so as to boost the numbers there. Assembly Place 'November' and Assembly Place 'Quebec' were both closed as no communists had been recently operating in that area (Northern border), and the Commonwealth troops at those locs were redistributed to some of the larger Assembly Places that were holding several thousand communists. Assembly Place Foxtrot held over 6,000 communists.
4. The Election Period:
This part of the operation lasted from the 5th January 1980, when the Ceasefire ended until the 3 March 1980, which was in fact after the elections had been held, but before the results were announced. The election results were announced on the 4 March 1980. During this period, a contingent of British 'Bobbies' were flown into Rhodesia and they served as observers at the many polling places scattered throughout the country. There were many breaches in the Ceasefire as all three sides attempted to gain a position of strength, as well many guerillas drifted in and out of the Assembly Places, virtually at will and continued their usual programmes of intimidation, rape, robbery and murder.
The elections were said to be about giving the black population a free and fair vote, however, many, many black Rhodesians wanted to vote for Ian Smith but were barred from such a vote under the terms of the Lancaster agreement. This left a two horse race, and as Mugabe and Nkomo jostled for power, it became commonplace for hand grenades to be thrown into the interior of each other's beer halls by supporters.
5. The Withdrawl:
On the 2nd March 1980, all Monitoring Force personel were pulled back to a tented camp in and around New Sarum airport, and immediately the RAF began flying sorties of men and equipment back to the UK and various other Commonwealth countries. Many Rhodesians, and most especially the white population, had been hoping that Joshua Nkomo would win the election, as he was considered the more stable of the two candidates. It came as a shock for most whites when Robert Mugabe was announced as the winner, swiftly changing the name of the country to "Zimbabwe". The whites began leaving in droves. Those who remained were mainly farmers, as they stood to loose everything, as the first law Mugabe passed was that anyone leaving Zimbabwe, could take no more than a couple of hundred dollars with them. Those Rhodesian's who left the country were virtually penniless.
By the 16 March 1980, all of the Monitoring Force had departed from Zimbabwe, apart from a small volunteer group (about 40 men) of British Infantry Instructors who were to train the new Zimbabwe Army. Three weeks later on the 18 April 1980, at a ceremony that was attended by HRH Prince Charles, the Union Jack was lowered for the last time from Government House in Salisbury, and the new African nation of Zimbabwe declared itself a Free and Independent country.
The sun had finally set on the British Empire.
Post Script
Almost as soon as the Monitoring Force left the country, Mugabe and his henchmen set about settling a few of the old scores; not with the whites at that stage, but with his old 'comrade' Joshua Nkomo. Incidents and murders rapidly escalated over the next month and then a short civil war broke out between ZANLA and ZIPRA. As Mugabe was the lawful elected leader of Zimbabwe, he ordered all Units of the old Rhodesian Security Forces into the field and over a period of three days the old RSF units, supported by Gunships fought open battles with Nkomo's ZIPRA Army. As soon as Nkomo's men melted back into the veld, Mugabe requested military assistance from North Korea (he had been supported by Korea and China during the war). Shortly afterward the North Korean 5th Brigade arrived in Zimbabwe and over the period of the next three years committed genocide throughout the Tribal Trustlands of Matabeleland.
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Matka maaliskuuhun (A Trip to March) is my first book published from my weblog. This publication contains the first blogged year of 2006. I started my blog in March, thus the name of the book, and have actively written almost daily entries. I have selected some stories from each month from March to December covering the whole first year of my blog.
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The bestselling veteran duo (Dark Inheritance, 2001, etc.) offers a timely thriller with enough science for verisimilitude and enough visceral charge for escapism.
Someone is killing genetic scientists around the world (in Israel, Russia, New Hampshire, New Mexico): The victims are nailed to the floor, then set on fire. One victim, however, fits the m.o. but not the profile. Elizabeth Carter, who says she works for the massive Apostolic Evangelical Church of the Salvation in Atlanta, calls FBI agent Joe Hanson with the claim that her boss, powerful televangelist Billy Barnes Brown, has a list of 25 renowned scientists. When the names of three of the recently deceased are crossed off, the skeptical Hanson arranges to meet her on the following day. By then, though, she's already dead. Hanson's sidekick John Ramsey pursues the Reverend Brown angle while Hanson focuses on the dead geneticists. Veronica Tremain, sister of victim Dr. Scott Ferris and a scientist herself, clashes early on with Hanson in her zeal to learn the truth about her brother's murder. In the course of her informal probe, Veronica meets Bryce Johnson and Rebecca Armley, colleagues and friends of Scott's with similar unanswered questions and unsettling suspicions about his death. After the trio pools its knowledge, a hit-man forces them to go on the run, taking with them Abel, Scott's withdrawn young son, who's been raised by Rebecca since he was a baby (intermittent passages from Abel's perspective add texture to the tale). Veronica and company realize that Abel is the true target and take pains to conceal that fact from him. Ramsey, meanwhile, has little success shaking the complacent Reverend Brown or digging up any dirt about him. Hanson manages to get himself captured. Through a drug-induced haze, he must engineer an escape.
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The Last Round party on the circle line ends in mayhem
02 June, 2008
On the eve of a ban on drinking on London's public transport, police demonstrate that they're working within a system that can't handle public disorder effectively.
A party which was largely organised through social networking sites attracted thousands of people on Saturday night to the circle line on London's underground network to drink alcohol prior to a ban coming into force at midnight. The result was a large scale version of what happens in virtually every town in Britain on a Friday and Saturday night and was an inevitability. Britain is no stranger to public order problems and the sad array of fly-on-the-wall documentaries which follow the police on their duties around Britain show it in its true light. The police officers are smart, professional looking and equipped to the hilt with enough tackle to deal with almost any incident you could wish to throw at them. What they can't deal with however, are obnoxious, anti-social trouble makers who know exactly how far they can go without crossing the line and risking arrest.
On Saturday night, a number of trains were damaged resulting in them being withdrawn from service, a police vehicle was damaged, there were assaults on rail transport staff and police, widespread public disorder and violence and at least 6 underground railway stations were closed. To achieve that level of mayhem, there must have been hundreds of people committing arrestable offences so its somewhat surprising that the number of people actually put under lock and key was just 17.
When viewed as a response team as part of the emergency services, the British police are arguably the best in the world and will deal with any incident swiftly, effectively and with unprecedented levels of professionalism but when it comes to dealing with public order, they fall significantly behind other nations and it's a question of tolerance. Britain operates a system of rigid boundaries set by such statutes as the Police and Criminal Evidence act which gives hooligans and drunks a lot of leeway in terms of what they can do. Some countries operate at the other extreme with policies of zero tolerance which result in fear of the police and a lack of public freedom. Britain doesn't need either of these systems, it needs something which maintains public freedom and democracy but also offers public protection from aggressive and anti-social behaviour. That's not too much to ask, is it?
The party mayhem on London's tube at the weekend was an extremely serious incident which should be a call for action to come up with new ways of dealing with public order. However, to achieve anything meaningful requires a consolidated and co-operative approach which is an uphill struggle when instead of welcoming the alcohol ban on the network controlled by the people he represents, one Union leader made typically idiotic remarks such as holding the Mayor of London responsible for Saturday's incident. The current Mayor has only recently come to power and hopefully, he'll demonstrate the same kind of stamina and resistance to such idiocy as his predecessor so that London's council can make a real impact on public order in the capital.
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Is Faith Possible in Today's World? It's not easy to believe in Christianity when there is pain all around you and issues that defy easy explanation. Unless there are answers to the questions you face. Lee Strobel knows how important it is to find answers that ring true. With his background as an award-winning journalist, asking tough questions has been his business. And while his search for the truth convinced Lee that Jesus is real, it also confronted him with some particularly knotty, gut-level questions about Christianity you've likely asked as well: Why is there suffering? Doesn't science disprove miracles? What about hell-and the millions who've never heard of Jesus? Is God unjust? They're the kinds of conundrums that can block-and have blocked-people's faith. But those questions don't have to block yours. Join Lee in a fascinating journey of discovery. You'll gain powerful insights that will reshape your understanding of the Bible. And you'll read true stories about people whose experiences demonstrate that faith in Jesus not only makes excellent sense, it makes a life-changing difference as well.
The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel was published by Zondervan in June 2014 and is our 40913th best seller. The ISBN for The Case for Faith is 9780310745426.
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410 shell question?
Hello, I have a 410 bolt action shotgun that was actually my grandfathers but given to me. Anyways I have had it now for a few years and shot it several times. I have always been using either 2 3/4 inch shells or 3 inch shells but recently was given some 2 1/2 inch rifled slugs(410 of course). My question is are the 2 1/2 shells safe to use with any 410 shotgun or only certain models?. I am guessing it wont be a problem but much rather make sure first :)
Dude what type of a shotgun gun is it and about how old? What is stamped on the barrel? Why do you want to shoot slugs?
Using shotgun ammo that is shorter than called for is OK. Make sure the barrel is acually stamped 3" before shooting 3" ammo through it. 3" shells will chamber in a 2 3/4" gun as the chamber is cut for the length of the fired shell and the 2 3/4" shell is actually 3". This allows the longer shell to chamber but there is not sufficient room for the crimp to open properly. The pressures can get too high and patterns suffer.
Back to your original Q - 2 1/2's are fine in the longer chamber.
First of all, it would help to know the gun and the markings on the barrel. Second, I hope this is a smooth bore. Not the best thing to shoot rifled slugs thru a rifled barrel.
It would help if you provided info on the shotgun. Bolt action with or without removable mag? Make, model and other specs like bore type.
I'm thinking you will be ok, but best be sure than a damaged firearm. :)
Sorry everyone, I should of put more info on the gun. Instead of just saying the model I will do one better and show a pic and stuff.
its a Mossberg Model 183T 410 bolt action 3inch full choke
Mossberg 183T 410 Bolt shotgun : Single Shot at GunBroker.com
I have the same gun and shoot 2 1/2" slugs through it all the time. They are nice, light, bird/squirrel guns. Just don't trust the safety!
Am I that far out of touch, as far as I know, nobody builts a 2 3/4" 410 shell. All I know they make are 2 1/2" and 3" with a few older 2" still hanging around.
Rule #4. always keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire.
Stay safe brother, Hunter Joe
The issue with the early Mossberg safeties (pre-1980) is that they CAN be overcome with moderate trigger pressure on some guns, the 183K shotgun and 352K .22 rifle are both unsafe.
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After years in the investor wilderness, waste handler
New boss
Under the stewardship of founder
In 2009 the stock was suspended for five months until US private equity firm Warburg Pincus took a 33.9 per cent stake in a deeply discounted recapitalisation and saved the company from its banks.
But earnings didn't recover and Transpacific had to call on Macquarie Bank again in 2011 for another equity injection. Warburg Pincus was break even at best when it exited the register in a $570 million placement last November.
Peabody deserves full credit for building the company, but his acquisition binge left the nation's biggest waste management company with a huge portfolio of poorly integrated and incoherent businesses as well as its huge debt pile.
The last few years have been about cost-cutting, paying down debt and shedding non-core assets.
Since chief financial officer
The last bit of heavy lifting was done when the ink dried on the $880 million sale of Transpacific's NZ business to Chinese state-owned conglomerate Beijing Capital Group. The transaction officially closed last month.
Debt refinancing complete
Last week Transpacific completed a debt refinancing with a new $400 million facility, lowering its debt costs and pushing its average debt maturity from 1.9 years to 4.3 years.
Deutsche Bank analyst Dominic Rose thinks Transpacific will move from net debt of $754 million as at December 31, 2013 to $74 million of cash in the bank in 2014-15, giving Boucher up to $515 million of spare balance sheet capacity.
Cummins says Transpacific has always had blue-chip assets and a blue-chip customer base. He says it now has the balance sheet to match. The NZ business is a quality asset and was seen as a core business.
But BCG paid top dollar for its prize and Boucher now has capacity to redeploy capital in the Australian businesses which were starved of investment during the tough years.
At a Macquarie Securities conference in May, Boucher said he will revitalise his sales team to win market share, boost landfill capacity through acquisitions or joint ventures, and target "tuck-in" acquisitions that can be easily integrated into existing operations.
He also said the company will redeem its $250 million of preference shares in October and flagged the possibility of resuming dividend payments. Shareholders haven't received a dividend since 2008.
Transpacific employs more than 4000 people and services customers from over 200 sites across Australia.
Its Cleanaway Australia business generated $194 million of group earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation on $924 million revenue last year.
The Industrials Australia division contributed $107 million in EBITDA on $523 million of revenue in 2012-13.
The Industrials business focuses on more technical liquid waste collection, treatment and disposal as well as remediation, industrial cleaning, recycling and emergency services for the resources and energy sectors.
Resources sector slowdown
While the slowdown in the resources sector is a headwind, waste businesses are sensitive to the broader economic cycle and an upturn in retail spending and consumer confidence could give Transpacific a lift.
An upturn in demolition, manufacturing and construction activity would be an added shot in the arm.
A research note by CIMB analyst Tim Plumbe points out that the Abbott government and the states have earmarked around $25 billion worth of infrastructure spending.
Projects like Melbourne's $8 billion East-West link and the $8.3 billion North-West rail link in Sydney will generate huge waste volumes.
But alongside the macro-economic factors there are some serious issues, such as market share loss, for Boucher to tackle.
On Plumbe's estimates Transpacific has lost $80 million in underlying EBITDA in Australia since 2011.
This leaves significant room for Boucher to win back market share given the capital he can put to work in a simplified business now solely focused on Australia.
The US executive is widely seen as the right man for the job given his 20-plus years of experience with big US waste managers.
Despite the market share lost to rivals like Veolia, JJ Richards and SITA, Transpacific is still the biggest player in most of its markets. But incremental business in a given region is key to growing profits.
The importance of planning
Route density is critical. If Transpacific can win more customers in the cities and territories where it already operates, its trucks can collect and empty more bins on existing routes with no added cost.
It also helps turn the dial if waste is disposed of in Transpacific's landfills, and Boucher needs to plug the holes in his east coast landfill footprint.
According to JPMorgan's Russell Gill, the Erskine Park landfill in Sydney has approximately two years of useful life remaining and the Clayton site in Melbourne is likely to stop accepting waste in 2017.
Potential candidates for landfill deals include Boral, Hanson, Dial A Dump or the various state governments.
Having the right landfill in the right location is critical for efficiency.
Governments are also reluctant to give licenses for new landfills and an operator can end up with a monopoly asset generating steady, annuity-like returns.
This is why BCG was willing to pay 8.6 times earnings for the NZ business, which is significantly more than the value the market was ascribing to the asset inside Transpacific. Sources told Due Diligence it is also significantly more than any other bidder was willing to pay.
While waste management is a defensive business, it is also fiercely competitive.
Transpacific's ASX-listed peer, Tox Free Solutions, has made a point of staying away from hotly contested municipal collections markets where contracts are primarily won on price and the margin for error on a tender is often thin.
Regulatory risk
There is also considerable regulatory risk.
Landfill tax changes or legislation diverting waste away from landfill could make an operation uneconomic with the stroke of a pen. The threat of new technology in waste disposal and recycling is another risk that could see new players take business or force incumbents into heavy capital expenditure to catch up.
Regardless, several analysts are backing Boucher to deliver.
Now that Transpacific's debt metrics are sensible, big-name fund managers like Perpetual and Fidelity can actually own the stock.
Management is planning an investor briefing and site tour for later in the year to reacquaint investors with the stock.
The share register itself has changed significantly as the company paid down its debt. Three years ago the top 20 shareholders owned more than 90 per cent of the stock. Today less than two-thirds of the stock is held by the top 20 shareholders.
During the turnaround years it was mainly small cap investors on the register as the shares rose from 70¢ to over $1.
Now that the company has just entered the ASX 100 index, many small cap investors won't be able to own the company and Transpacific will have to work to communicate its story to the market.
One other key change on the register was Peabody's decision to sell his 11.3 per cent stake for $160 million in March 2013.
Having a founder and former chairman with a big shareholding can be difficult enough for any board, but Peabody was also suing Transpacific for $4.6 million in relation to funds allegedly lost in the 2011 equity raising. Transpacific settled the case in June, bringing Peabody's involvement in the company to a close and giving Boucher clear air as well as a clean balance sheet.
Transpacific shares are up more than 30 per cent over the past 12 months. But the deleveraging, cost-cutting story is now over and Boucher will have to deliver on revenue growth for the stock to get the next leg up.
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Your use of patterning to create the illusion of an extra colour never fails to impress me Phil. I thought they'd be too small to print but go ahead and prove me wrong (again) :)
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In the early 1900's, professionals entered Yellowstone National Park and killed wolves. Lots of wolves. Shooters lined the ridges of Hawk Mountain, Pennsylvania and blasted migrating raptors. Others poisoned badgers and mountain lions and bragged about it.
And what were all of these people called in their day?
At the time, many "knew" there were "good animals" and "bad animals." Predators, it was widely believed, must be eradicated due to their harmful impacts on "good animals." Thus, even bird-watching journals contained advice on how to blow away magpies and owls.
We've come a long way. Or have we?
Today, it would be difficult to find a conservationist with a death wish against goshawks. But conservationists still have their "bad" animals (and plants).
They're called invasive species.
Weeds are the new wolves.
Like early predator eradication reports, weed control stories often contain war metaphors, even in Nature Conservancy magazine. ("Napalm in the morning," anyone?).
But perhaps "non-native" does not always equal "harmful." Maybe, as at least one recent study suggests, most invasives eventually come into balance with the natural habitat.
In other cases, as fellow Cool Green Science blogger Erik Meijaard points out, some non-native critters may just be filling niches in landscapes irrevocably changed by humans.
I know there's a time and a place for invasive species control. As a life-long hunter, I'm not an animal sentimentalist. I've killed feral hogs. I don't want rats wiping out rare birds.
But we need to lose the war metaphors, and the neo-Puritanical notions about "bad animals" and "good animals."
And we need to always question our assumptions — to ask if we're really looking at long-term conservation or just applying our own values and conventional wisdom (native = good, non-native = bad) to complex issues.
(Photo: Is weed control today's version of predator control? Credit: Gary Grimm/Mountain Visions)


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 5/2/2014 (1292 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Residential expansion in Oak Bluff and La Salle has resulted in the RM of Macdonald's ward boundaries being redrawn.
On Jan. 28, council passed a resolution reducing the number of wards from seven to six. Wards 1 and 6, which cover the areas near Domain and Brunkild, respectively, will be combined ahead of the October municipal election.
"We did a realignment of the ward boundaries," Macdonald CAO Tom Raine said.
The purpose was to divide up the municipality with each ward having close to an equal number of residents.
Ward 1 councillor and deputy reeve Doug Dobrowolski said council came up with many different scenarios, but merging the two southern wards was felt to be the best solution.
"Everyone gets a fair area," he said.
The new ward divisions could result in Dobrowolski running against Ward 6 councillor Cynthia Bisson in the upcoming election, but Dobrowolski didn't want to speculate on that happening.
Raine said the vote to change the ward boundaries was advertised before Jan. 28, but no one attended the meeting to speak about the resolution.
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