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Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook shipping now, starts at $999

If you were speedy enough to grab those spilled docs for Dell's new ultra machine, we've got great news -- you won't have to wait much longer to put 'em to good use. Just as promised, the Round Rock, Texas crew's taken the locks off the virtual shelves in which its slim XPS 13 sits. Weighing in at just under three pounds, this mighty 13.3-inch Ultrabook will set you back $999 for the entry level model, which packs Intel's Core i5-2467M CPU and HD 3000 graphics, along with 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD. If you do, however, decide to take the pricier ($1,499), better-specced road, you'll be walking out with a Core i7-2637M processor as well as a 256GB Solid State Drive. Regardless of which route you end up taking, be sure to check out our hands-on before you add it to your cart.

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Durable goods orders drop by most in 3 years

In this Feb. 27, 2012 photo, customers shop for laundry appliances at Pacific Sales Kitchen & Home center at the Best Buy store Glendale, Calif. The Commerce Department said Tuesday, Feb. 28, orders for durable goods _ products that are expected to last at least three years _ fell 4 percent last month. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

In this Feb. 27, 2012 photo, customers shop for laundry appliances at Pacific Sales Kitchen & Home center at the Best Buy store Glendale, Calif. The Commerce Department said Tuesday, Feb. 28, orders for durable goods _ products that are expected to last at least three years _ fell 4 percent last month. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

In this Feb. 27, 2012 photo, Chris Kraft loads a new mattress set that he purchased at Costco Wholesale store in Glendale, Calif. The Commerce Department said Tuesday, Feb. 28, orders for durable goods _ products that are expected to last at least three years _ fell 4 percent last month. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

In this Feb. 27, 2012 photo,a Westinghouse washer and dryer are displayed in a Sears store in Pittsburgh. The Commerce Department said Tuesday, Feb. 28, orders for durable goods _ products that are expected to last at least three years _ fell 4 percent last month. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Businesses slashed spending on machinery and equipment in January after a tax break expired, pushing orders for long-lasting manufacturing goods down by the largest amount in three years.

Orders for durable goods fell 4 percent last month, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

A big reason for the decline was demand for so-called core capital goods, which are viewed as a good measure of business investment plans, tumbled 4.5 percent. That's the biggest drop in a year.

Demand for core capital goods hit an all-time high in December. Companies rushed to take advantage of a tax break that expired at the end of last year.

A durable good is a product expected to last at least three years. They include everything from appliances and cars to heavy machinery and planes. Orders tend to fluctuate sharply from one month to the next. But the overall trend in orders has increased since the recession ended nearly three years ago.

In January, overall orders totaled $206.1 billion. That's 38.6 above the low hit during the recession. Orders are still 16 percent below their peak hit in December 2007.

Even without that tax break, many analysts believe business investment will pick up and stay strong in 2012 as companies take advantage of stockpiles of cash to expand and modernize their production facilities.

U.S. factories boosted output last month and December ended up being their best month of growth in five years. Strong auto sales and growing business investment in machinery and other equipment are keeping factories busy and helping the economy grow.

About 9 percent of the nation's jobs are in manufacturing. But last year, factories added 13 percent of new jobs. And in January, about one-fifth of the 243,000 net jobs the economy created were in manufacturing.

The economy grew at an annual rate of 2.8 percent in the final three months of last year. Economists are looking for roughly the same level growth in the current quarter. And a forecasting panel of the National Association for Business Economics said Monday that the economy should grow 2.3 percent this year.

Associated Press

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Part I Military-installed caretaker govt, or a 'consortium' govt ...

As I?d explained in my column published on February 13, 2012, I?d disappeared from these pages to work on three manuscripts intended for Boi Mela 2012. While they missed the bus ? more work needs to be done for them to see the light of day ? but what did make it to the Mela is a collection edited by Udisa Islam, for which I?d written the foreword.

Bikkhobh Shonkolon: Joruri Obosthay Bisshobiddaloy 2007 (Dhaka: Shrabon, 2012) is an archival collection, in print, of the student protests which broke out in August 2007, when army personnel stationed in an army camp on Dhaka University grounds beat up university students who were watching a football match. Dubbed a ?trivial incident? (tuccho ghotona) by the then chief of general staff Sina Ibn Jamali, student protests mushroomed, enveloping other public university campuses, and college campuses as well. Protests spilled out on to the streets of Dhaka and other major cities, expressing growing popular discontentment and resentment at the military-installed caretaker government?s rule. The so-called ?trivial incident? proved to be a resounding nail in the caretaker government?s coffin.

The government crackdown was vicious. Student halls were raided, universities were closed down, students were asked to vacate dormitories, curfew was declared, young men were approached on roads and streets by police and joint forces personnel, those who identified as students were beaten up, taken away, tortured, thrown into prison for having instigated the protests. As were university faculty, four belonging to Dhaka University, ten from Rajshahi University, many of them senior academics, some were remanded, some allege having been tortured, mentally, physically, or both. A staggering eighty two thousand unnamed persons were charged in nearly fifty cases by the police. Teachers and students were released from jail 4-5 months later as a gesture of clemency but only after they?d been tried in fabricated cases and had been convicted; all cases against all arrested teachers and students were finally dropped after the present government came to power.

Bikkhobh Shonkolon consists of news reports, editorials, commentaries, scanned images of scribbled notes sent from prison by RU teachers, a poem written by a jailed faculty member, a letter from prison written by another to his wife (Udisa herself, who was then married to Abdullah al-Mamoon, who teaches journalism in RU), cartoons, excerpts of courtroom proceedings, official letters issued by university authorities, Fakhruddin?s speech to the nation following the protests, a letter to the vice-chancellor written by the wives of four imprisoned RU teachers who had rejected appealing for a mercy petition to free their husbands, two diary entries by Udisa herself describing to the minutest detail of how she?d fought tooth and nail to ensure the release of Mamoon and all others arrested ? and much, much more. The Shonkolon is an invaluable piece of work, put together meticulously, with great care and attention to details, inspired by the idea of historycommons, of being the conscious subjects, rather than the objects of history. We are indebted to Udisa, and to all others associated with this endeavour.

While working on my Foreword, it occurred to me that what had then been described, and very courageously too, as a ?military-installed caretaker government? ? coined by Nurul Kabir, I salute him, and Asafuddowlah, Amir Khasru and others who consistently used it during what were, to say the least, very difficult times ? possibly, it is better, more meaningful, to characterise it as a ?consortium? government. If what I?ve written, furthers our understanding of the machinations of national and international politics, it is only because of their cutting intelligence and uncompromising bravery.

Fakhruddin Ahmed (right), chief advisor, of the military-installed caretaker government, and general Moeen U Ahmed, chief of army staff.

After the Fakhruddin-Moeenuddin government took over power, it gradually became clear that this caretaker government enjoyed the support of shusheel shomaj (civil society; the Bangladeshi variant could be no further than what either Gramsci or Habermas had meant by the term), and western (and regional) diplomats.

The lapse of time has its advantages, and reflecting on the events, and connecting the dots, it seems to me, that the military-installed caretaker government would be better described as a ?consortium? government constituted by national and international forces.

The dictionary meaning of consortium is ?an association of two or more individuals, companies or organisations with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for acheiving a common goal,? and, as I worked on the foreword, I thought to myself, well, actually, 1/11 could not have been made to happen by any of the three constitutive elements singly ? the military leadership, shusheel shomaj, western diplomats.

But I must add an explicatory note here, at the very outset. While for reasons of structural analysis, it is important to identify the chief components of the consortium government ? in order to fully appreciate its uniqueness, its foundational character ? the inclusion of particular individuals in the council of advisors makes it apparent that they were selected because they represented particular interests among the elite class, namely, military and civil bureaucracy, business.

It is also important to note that an examination of the personal histories of the advisors reveals that they had been able to synthesise different interests in their careers. For instance, Geetiara Safia Chowdhury (business and media by virtue of being the owner of an advertising agency), Tapan Chowdhury (business and electronic media), Barrister Moinul Hossein (one of the owners of daily Ittefaq, legal profession). The advisory council also included within its ranks senior retired army officers (major general M A Matin, major general ASM Matiur Rahman), and members of the civil bureaucracy (Ayub Quadri, Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury).

Not all members of the advisory council seem to have been equally informed about the aims and objectives of the consortium government, nor do they seem to have enjoyed equal powers. It is important to note that there were individuals outside the council who enjoyed considerably more power and authority than those within the council. Another matter worthy of mention is that it was senior military officials who were later tasked with the duty of fulfilling two of the stated goals of the consortium government: general Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury (Anti-Corruption Commission), retired brigadier general Sakhawat Hossain (Election Commission). The council was headed by former World Bank official Fakhruddin Ahmed, previously unknown to members of the public. Something else worth noting is that although Moeen U Ahmed, being the chief of army staff, was not meant to be present at the meetings of the council, he is reported to have not missed a single meeting.

To return to the three constitutive forces which made up the consortium government, it needs to be spelt out, even though it must be obvious to all, that this government, representing as it did different forces and interests, was not homogenously united. The power, authority and status enjoyed by the three constitutive forces were not equal either. Differences of opinion over issues of policy and strategy existed among the national elements (both within and outside the council); these increasingly became visible later.

While the participation and involvement of the military leadership and shusheel shomaj was essential for achieving the central objective of the consortium government ? remapping the political field ? the steering capacity of the consortium project, and the consortium government, rested in the hands of western diplomats/governments.

Published in New Age, Monday, February 27, 2012.

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Police seize 23 bags of heroin in Washington County drug bust

By MICHAEL CIGNOLI
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WHITEHALL ? Two village residents face multiple felony charges after the Washington County Drug Task Force seized 23 bags of heroin during a drug bust, police said.

Nickolous J. Callonec, 29, and Laura L. Mitchell, 38, of both Mountain Street, were charged Friday following a ?lengthy investigation,? according to the Washington County Sheriff?s Office.

Authorities have charged them each with one count of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, three counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and one count of first-degree criminal tampering with physical evidence, all felonies.

Callonec faces an additional count of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, police said.

He was remanded to Washington County Jail in lieu of $25,000 cash or $50,000 bond. Mitchell was held at the correctional facility in lieu of $50,000 cash or $100,000 bond.

In addition to the heroin that was seized during the arrest, authorities also confiscated cash and a 2003 Mercury Mountaineer.

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Their View: Lesson of Greek debt

The following editorial appeared in Wednesday s Washington Post:

European finance ministers have agreed on another financial rescue plan for Greece, and this one is the biggest yet. It offers $172 billion worth of debt relief in return for Greek commitments to implement the sweeping austerity measures and structural reforms that it has often promised but not delivered.

Is bigger necessarily better? It depends on which of Europe s announced goals you re talking about. The plan may help ring-fence Greece ? that is, prevent a Greek default from bringing down European banks and, with them, the continent s economy. The key is a 70 percent write-down of most of the country s debt held by the private sector, including banks but also investment funds, pensions and insurance companies. This alone will be worth $130 billion to Greece, if, as expected, all but a few holdouts accept the deal. Henceforth, governments and multilateral organizations will hold the largest proportion of Greek debt.

However, if the goal is to rekindle growth, without which neither Greece s debt crisis nor the similar crises affecting Spain, Italy, Portugal and Ireland can be resolved ? well, then the verdict is mixed at best. For Greece to have any chance to grow, it must eliminate the special-interest privileges, bureaucracy and corruption that have thwarted private-sector growth and eroded competitiveness for years. To the extent that European governments, headed by Germany, insisted

on structural reform, the new program is not only justified but, in the long term, modestly promising.

Yet the plan also forces Greece to raise taxes, slash spending and shrink wages, which, in the short run, only compounds the brutal recession that it has been enduring since 2008. As a newly leaked International Monetary Fund analysis argues, austerity not only makes life miserable for the Greek people but also makes it harder to reduce Greece s debt burden to 120 percent of gross domestic product by 2020, as intended. As the IMF analysis notes, the Greek program may thus remain accident-prone, with questions about sustainability hanging over it. Translation: In a country known for its economic errors, this plan leaves absolutely no margin for error.

Greece may be beyond rescue. With mutual distrust mounting in both Berlin and Athens, default and exit from the Eurozone may be the inevitable ? and, indeed, tacitly contemplated ? consequence of the next Greek failure to meet its debt-reduction goals. What really matters is the lesson that the rest of the continent draws from this harrowing episode, and that lesson is: There s no substitute for vigorous growth. Greece s fellow debtors need to press on with pro-growth structural reforms, even if it means disrupting long-standing protections for politically connected interests. Europe s paymasters must reward their neighbors reform efforts with more than just grudging cash infusions and balanced-budget lectures.

Germany, especially, needs to reduce its addiction to export-led growth, so that its European partners can gain market share. Structural reform must be a two-way street ? or become a dead end.

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Factbox: List of key Oscar nominations (omg!)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Sunday hands out the Oscars -- the highest honors in the movie industry.

Following is a list of nominees in leading categories for the 84th annual Academy Awards.

BEST PICTURE

War Horse

The Artist

Moneyball

The Descendants

Tree of Life

Midnight in Paris

The Help

Hugo

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

BEST ACTOR

Demian Bichir, "A Better Life"

George Clooney, "The Descendants"

Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"

Gary Oldman, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"

Brad Pitt, "Moneyball"

BEST ACTRESS

Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs"

Viola Davis, "The Help"

Rooney Mara, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"

Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"

Michelle Williams, "My Week with Marilyn"

BEST DIRECTOR

Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"

Alexander Payne, "The Descendants"

Martin Scorsese, "Hugo"

Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"

Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Kenneth Branagh, "My Week with Marilyn"

Jonah Hill, "Moneyball"

Nick Nolte, "Warrior"

Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"

Max Von Sydow, "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Berenice Bejo, "The Artist"

Jessica Chastain, "The Help"

Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"

Janet McTeer, "Alfred Nobbs"

Octavia Spencer, "The Help"

ANIMATED FILM

A Cat in Paris

Chico & Rita

Kung Fu Panda 2

Puss in Boots

Rango

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

"Bullhead," Belgium

"Footnote," Israel

"In Darkness," Poland

"Monsieur Lazhar," Canada

"A Separation," Iran

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

"The Descendants," by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

"Hugo," by John Logan

"The Ides of March," by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon

"Moneyball," by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin

"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

"The Artist," by Michel Hazanavicius

"Bridesmaids," by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig

"Margin Call," by J.C. Chandor

"Midnight in Paris," by Woody Allen

"A Separation," by Asghar Farhadi

DOCUMENTARY

"Hell and Back Again"

"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front"

"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory"

"Pina"

"Undefeated"

ORIGINAL SCORE

"The Adventures of Tintin," John Williams

"The Artist," Ludovic Bource

"Hugo," Howard Shore

"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," Alberto Iglesias

"War Horse," John Williams

ORIGINAL SONG

"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets," music and lyrics by Bret McKenzie

"Real in Rio" from "Rio," music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, lyrics by Siedah Garrett

ART DIRECTION

"The Artist," production design: Laurence Bennett; set decoration: Robert Gould

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2," production design: Stuart Craig; set decoration: Stephenie McMillan

"Hugo," production design: Dante Ferretti; set decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

"Midnight in Paris," production design: Anne Seibel; set decoration: H?l?ne Dubreuil

"War Horse," production design: Rick Carter; set decoration: Lee Sandales

CINEMATOGRAPHY

"The Artist," Guillaume Schiffman

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," Jeff Cronenweth

"Hugo," Robert Richardson

"The Tree of Life," Emmanuel Lubezki

"War Horse," Janusz Kaminski

COSTUME DESIGN

"Anonymous," Lisy Christl

"The Artist," Mark Bridges

"Hugo," Sandy Powell

"Jane Eyre," Michael O'Connor

"W.E.," Arianne Phillips

FILM EDITING

"The Artist," Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius

"The Descendants," Kevin Tent

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

"Hugo," Thelma Schoonmaker

"Moneyball," Christopher Tellefsen

MAKEUP

"Albert Nobbs," Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2," Nick Dudman Amanda Knight, and Lisa Tomblin

"The Iron Lady," Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

VISUAL EFFECTS

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2," Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson

"Hugo," Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning

"Real Steel," Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes," Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett

"Transformers: Dark of the Moon," Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

(Reporting By Jill Serjeant; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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Ruby Tuesday Won't Go Out of Tune (The Motley Fool)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The Motley Fool - On the face of it, Ruby Tuesday's (NYSE: RT - News) $2 million loss in the last quarter may not be exactly good news. And some people are complaining about the salad bar. I would, however, put my money on the company. The decision has nothing to do with my taste buds, but it's because I do see some major strategic changes being brought about by the management. This could possibly be a game changer.

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Best hospitals in India offering critical care

No matter where you go in Asia, India is well-known for having some of the best medical care in the world. Hospitals in India are prepared with latest technologies, best doctors and skilled faculty that take 100% care of you in addition it also providing the best health services. India is a historical country and is known for diversity in culture and religion. Hundreds of tourists visit India for travel and medical treatment. When they lose hope and their local doctors give up all hopes, they come to India to cure deadly diseases.

Best hospitals in India always help out patients to cure diseases which are almost incurable as per their local doctors and hospitals. There are number of hospitals in India providing world-class services to patients coming from all across the world. Doctors and staff do their best to provide comprehensive, excellent care services including special services.

Their services are not based on caste and faith but they are based on world class standards. No matter what the disease is, these ultra-modern hospitals have a medical solution for you. India has many health care facilities that take up renowned doctors and offer medical care at global standards and at an affordable cost.

Hospitals in India are full of all modern equipments. They are fully loaded with modern instruments. Emergency services department features lots of life supporting devices like ventilators, defibrillators and advanced central monitoring and central oxygen system. Hospitals employ the latest machines and computerized system to accurately diagnose and treat conditions quickly.

As a matter of fact, hospitals invest heavily in the most advance technologies because they think not only outcome is important but also how they care for their patients. India is south Asia?s largest, self-governing, democratic republic. Crowded with billion plus people, India will amaze you with its diversity, the sunny beaches down south, to thick forests, beautiful temples, and vibrant festivals and to cities that have become IT hub and some of very best hospitals in India.

India has very vast history and significance culture. Due to its extreme variety, India makes an interesting tourist destination as it offer tourist?s snow capped mountains, beaches, beautiful ancient temples, forests full with plants and flowers and mouth watering food that makes tourists to come back for more. Over the years, India has attracted travelers from around the world. Advancement in medical fields and by offering cure at very best hospitals for different types of disease and almost all sort of medical problems, India is attracting people from all over the world because of its diversity, rich history, some of amazing tourist destination and most importantly medical needs that at affordable costs. Best hospitals in India offer treatment with beneficial financial plans.

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Star Jones Returns to The View

Star Jones returned to The View Wednesday.

It was her first visit to the ABC talk show since her much talked-about departure in June 2006, and the topic was one of the first to come up yesterday.

"It was ugly. Everything. It was a bad emotional time. Nasty things were being said in the media," Jones said after Barbara Walters brought up her exit.

At the time, Star Jones abruptly announced she was leaving The View on the air, then revealed she had in fact been fired by the daytime gab-fest.

Star Jones on The View (2012)

"I wanted to go out on my own terms so that if I walked back here I'd feel good about it," Jones continued. "I had eight fantastic years here. One was 'eh.'"

"I came back here to congratulate you on everything that you all have accomplished. And I hope you congratulate me on what I accomplished."

Walters and Joy Behar also asked Jones, who came on the show to raise awareness about women's heart health, about her 2003 gastric bypass surgery.

Jones had long kept secret the reasons behind her 160 lb.-weight loss.

"We tried to protect you. We were told, 'Don't say it was gastric [bypass]. Say it was pilates and portion control,'" Behar said, before adding:

"You are now a skinny bitch ... Congratulations." "We did lie for you!" Walters added, to which Jones responded, "Who cares? I look good."

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Why Human Resource Outsourcing Services Is a Viable Option

? February 23rd, 2012 ? Filed under Human Resources ? Tagged Human, Option, Outsourcing, Resource, Services, Viable Comments Off

There are many companies today, especially small and medium, who do not have a proper human resource department. It is sometime impossible too to find the correct resources and sometime difficult to maintain a human resource department that is competent enough. That is when they opt for human resource outsourcing services. There are different employer?s organizations that offer human resource outsourcing services and they generally take on all the tasks that are involved in the employment process. The legal work, documentation, and interviews are all arranged and completed by the company. There are many duties that a business may need to do and setting up a human resource department may take time and extra resources. It?s better to outsource this department so you can rest assured that the technical part will be done by the properly skilled people.

Now you may ask how these companies will make a difference and what the need of human resource department is.

When industries were first set up the requirement was not of primary concern but as time progressed and business became more complicated, it became tough for the employer to manage everything single handedly. Many legal policies were incorporated and the documentation part became a massive undertaking. That was the time when the need of an HR department was necessary. This reduced the burden of the business owner and the employees felt more secure and happy about their fringe benefits, pay structure, and other facilities including rules and regulation. The salary distribution and maintaining accounts are two of the most important jobs that the human resource departments do and outsourcing such things would ensure that everything is done systematically and is well executed.Utilizing human resource outsourcing services can be a huge benefit to a business.

XcelHR offers these services with an approach unlike most human resources outsourcing companies by offering flexibilty with our human resource outsourcing packages. There are many companies today, especially small and medium, who do not have a proper human resource department. It is sometime impossible too to find the correct resources and sometime difficult to maintain a human resource department that is competent enough.

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Agric Entrepreneurship ? Answer To Youth ... - Business Guide Ghana

The myriad of challenges in the agric sector does not make agriculture or agribusiness a lucrative venture for many young people

According to the National Youth Policy of Ghana and the Africa Youth Charter, youthful persons are aged between 18 to 35 years. However, most people in this age bracket are unemployed.

Youth unemployment has become the biggest developmental challenge in almost every country in the world.

A research conducted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that 60 million young people worldwide are unemployed, and are searching for work but cannot find any. 80 per cent of the youth are said to be living in developing countries and economies in transition.

In all developing countries across the world, youth unemployment is growing annually at more than 15 per cent.
Most of our present day educational systems produce job-seekers only but not job-creators and income generators. Many young people today would rather complete school and go round with their application letters seeking for jobs rather than being innovative and defying the odds to create their own businesses.

However for those who are able to come up with their own business ideas, farming or agriculture is not an alternative.

They would prefer to start a business venture in other fields.

Agriculture, one of Ghana?s important economic sector, has for several years created employment for more than half the population in both the formal and informal sectors. Agriculture accounts for about 40 per cent of the country?s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employing 60-70 per cent of the labour force and generating more than 55 per cent of the foreign exchange earnings.

The agric sector is made up of five major sub-sectors ? food crops, livestock, fisheries, cocoa and forestry.

However challenges facing the agricultural sector are primarily access to credit, poor infrastructure including lack of irrigation development, insufficient and inadequate storage facilities, high transport cost, land acquisition and land tenure issues and social and environmental problems.

These problems have affected the agric sector for several decades, despite the important role it plays in the economy. An emerging component, which is gradually changing the face of agriculture in the country, is agribusiness.

Agribusiness?involves the production, processing and supply of agricultural goods. It is however still rudimentary in Ghana with little growth or development over the last three decades.

The rise of?agribusiness?began in the 20th century when citizens of countries in the developed world began?flocking?to their cities, leaving a shrinking population of farmers who struggled to meet the demand for food.

Over time,?agribusiness?companies were established and they utilized their size and business experience to create a highly efficient system of farming and transporting agricultural goods.

It is difficult to analyze the performance of the agribusiness sector among Ghanaian entrepreneurs due to the lack of comprehensive data on agribusiness enterprises and their activities in Ghana.

Many entrepreneurs in Ghana shy away from agribusiness and for that matter agriculture because of some of its disadvantages like over dependence on rain and access to modern farm implements.

These challenges do not make agriculture or agribusiness attractive for many young people.

However, 29-year-old Michael Adjokatse has ventured into the sector.

Adjokatse, who was a textile student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology graduated in 2007, and has been farming since then.

He said he decided to go into farming because he could not secure a job after graduating from school.

Michael wanted to create employment for others.

Adjokatse said, ?Initially it was very difficult to get capital to start working on the farm since I had just graduated from school. But through the help of a very close friends and through my personal savings, I was able to raise about GH? 500.

Even though the amount wasn?t adequate, coupled with the fact that I did not have a large farming area to work with, I was able to start with some few crops. Now I grow maize, okro, pepper and cabbage farms, alongside the rearing of pigs, fowls, cow and guinea fowl.?

He stated that agriculture has helped him stay committed to whatever he puts himself to, adding, ?I?m always on the farm and I give it my total attention.?

?I projected to get about GH? 4,000 from my cabbage farm about a year ago, but ended up with just about GH? 500 due to unforeseen circumstances. But one lesson I learnt was not to do things in a rush, but rather stay focus and be patient.?

His most pressing future plan is to set up an agric service centre where modern farming equipment will be made available to assist other farmers.

He believes that agriculture could be a very lucrative venture if its business concept is properly understood.

?Young entrepreneurs shouldn?t be too cash focused, but use the little money that they can save to start from somewhere. They should rather devote their time and energy into what they can do, bearing in mind that the end will certainly justify the means.?

It is an undeniable fact that a thriving and competitive agriculture sector relies on an effective innovation and a flourishing entrepreneurship environment.?Skills are also required to successfully develop and apply these innovative methods.

Good infrastructure, effective policies and regulations and access to appropriate financing are essential elements needed in the sector to make it attractive to the youth.

By Esther Awuah

Source: http://www.businessguideghana.com/?p=5336

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Budget: Parties want more for infrastructure - Business - Mail ...

Political and private players on Wednesday expressed happiness with Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's budget speech, saying individual tax relief and allocations for infrastructure were promising.

But the Democratic Alliance (DA) said the money allocated for infrastructure and growth was not good enough.

"I don't think we got it today, but let's give the minister credit because he managed to bring the budget deficit down," said DA finance spokesperson Tim Harris.

"The fact that he managed to do that shows us that we have more space to be bold on growth, and on infrastructure particularly ... I mean the growth number that he [announced] today is projected to grow at 2.7% and that's with the globally economy growing faster ... and Africa growing even faster ... We want to see far more on growth. Those numbers aren't good enough."

He said the budget showed that this year less would be spent on infrastructure.

"We want to see bolder numbers," he said.

Pleasant and predictable
But African Christian Democratic Party MP Steve Swart said he was pleased the budget focused on the productive side of the economy, namely infrastructure development, instead of on the consumer economy.

If the money allocated on infrastructure was well spent it would stimulate the economy and create jobs, he said.

"All-in-all [it was] a very positive budget in difficult circumstances," Swart said.

He said he was pleasantly surprised given the global economic crisis and prospect of reduced economic growth in South Africa, but added he was disappointed in the increase in the fuel levy by 20 cents a litre of petrol and diesel from April 4, as this would be inflationary.

Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi said the budget was "somehow predictable, both in terms of what it addresses and in terms of what it fails to address".

Much would depend on whether or not declarations of policy would materialise into programmes of action. The most concerning aspect was the insufficient emphasis on economic growth, he said.

South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Neren Rau said the increase in taxes on business was concerning.

"Our biggest concern is the increased taxes on business -- capital gains tax and the corporate tax," he said after the budget was tabled by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan in Parliament.

"We are a bit concerned about the impact that would have during a time when liquidity is fairly tight."

Rau said two key factors influenced an enterprise's desire to invest, namely the economic outlook, which remained uncertain, and the policy environment.

"We have just come out of a very uncertain policy environment."

'Reasonably well'
Rau added if 2012 could offer more certainty on policy, business might be more willing to loosen the purse strings and invest.

Gordhan addressed two items on Sacci's wish list for small and medium businesses. The minister announced moves to ease the regulatory burden on small businesses, which Rau said was "done reasonably well".

The minister also announced measures to ease the tax burden on small business, to which Rau replied: "We do have reservations about the real impact of this," Rau said.

Gordhan said the tax-free threshold for small businesses would be increased to R63556 in the coming year, while the 10% tax rate would be reduced to 7%.

The threshold to which this tax rate applied would be increased to R350000.

FF+ approves of savings resolutions
Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder was also concerned about the increased fuel levy due to the knock-on effects it would have on inflation and food prices.

But Mulder said he found a number of positive announcements and welcomed the plans aimed at encouraging the public to save.

He was also pleased with the news that the budget deficit was below 5%.

"I thought with all the extra spending it would not be possible. So I think that's positive."

Mulder said there was a need for the government to compromise on the tolling of highways, but welcomed details of a "ceiling" figure of R550 per month on toll road charges.

The Christian Democratic Party said Gordhan's budget was "reasonable", considering the trying times people were living in.

"Higher than anticipated inflation necessitated tax bracket relief, and the relaxation of the tax burden of small businesses will go some way in alleviating the additional stress brought about by the Consumer [Protection] Act," party leader Theunis Botha said.

Government must 'lead the way'
Congress of the People's (Cope) Nick Koornhof said the government must prove it can deal with the new budget.

"Government must lead the way. They must show that they can spend taxpayers' money properly," he said.

He added it was important for the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) to support the budget.

"It is very important that Cosatu supports him [Gordhan] now. If they don't do it, we are going to have trouble with regards to the state wage Bill."

Koornhof said the minister's anti-corruption measures could help save government up to R100-billion.

Elements of optimism for health
Metropolitan Health CEO Blum Khan said in an interview on eNews he was happy with the confidence building elements of the speech.

He said declarations that the government would remove the waste and inefficiency in its system, and visible progress in the health system contributed to this.

Gordhan said the new health system would require funding over and above current budget allocations to public health.

An additional R1-billion conditional grant had been allocated over the next three years to the current budget to cover the cost of national health insurance pilot projects, which will be established in "selected districts" during this year and 2013.

Unhappy Greenpeace
Non-governmental organisation Greenpeace said it was disappointed with the minister's commitment to deal with climate change.

"The financial commitment towards accelerating a low carbon economy is too little, and could be too late," communications director for Greenpeace South Africa Fiona Musana said in a statement.

"If South Africa increased its investments in the green economy, we would see at least 148000 jobs in less than 20 years, and ensure a cleaner future for this country," she added. -- Sapa & M&G Reporter

Finance minister Pravin Gordhan faces a stern test when he delivers his 2012 budget. View our special report

Source: http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-22-more-for-infrastructure-less-tax-parties-tell-gordhan/

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What Obama Should Say About the Texas Affirmative Action Case

Now in deciding Fisher v. Texas, Kennedy seems likely to join the conservative justices John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Antonin Scalia in striking down the use of race at UT?and in establishing a national rule that universities must employ race-neutral alternatives before resorting to racial preferences. (Justice Elena Kagan has recused herself.) In fact, considerable research supports the likely conservative-driven approach?by showing that Justice Kennedy is right, and there are other ways to get to racial diversity. The University of California system, for example was barred from using race following passage of a 1996 voter initiative, but has still managed to increase racial and ethnic diversity by giving a leg up to low-income students and by admitting students who are in the top of their high school class (without paying attention to their standardized test scores). A 2004 Century Foundation study of the nation?s most selective 146 colleges and universities found that class-based affirmative action would produce almost as much racial and ethnic diversity as a directly race-based approach. And a 2010 study at the University of Colorado-Boulder found economic preferences, if properly structured, could actually produce more racial diversity.

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A Few Ideas For Eco Friendly Home Improvement Projects | BLT Blog

Realistic Home Improvement Tips With The Environment In Mind

In these current times people try to use practices that are regarded as eco friendly and green. In addition to being easy on the planet, by thinking like this you can lessen your energy bills and you will also be more inclined to reuse things. The following information contains some great tips that you can use to improve your home in an eco friendly manner.

As you can plainly see, what you will find out about round rock utility payment is some points are far more significant than others. But in the end you are the only person who can accurately make that call. But we are not done, yet, and there is always much more to be revealed. Yet have more big pieces of the overall picture to present to you, though.

Some of these tips really are critical to your comprehending, and there is even more going further than what is about to be covered. Some of the largest items in your home are also the ones that use up the most power, and if you?re planning on making some changes you may want to think about replacing these if it?s appropriate. The biggest electricity guzzling appliances are your dryer, washing machine and fridge. Replacing your older appliances for newer ones is wise because the latest ones are energy efficient. If you do want to buy a new refrigerator make sure it?s just standard, otherwise you?ll end up using more power because of all the additional features it has. In regards to washing machines and tumble dryers, your best bet is to buy a combo unit because they don?t use up too much space and they don?t use as much energy. Not only will this look better it will also minimize your energy costs. Used for cushioning and containing the heat, windows are also useful for decorating and allowing the light to shine into your house. In fact, the type of windows you have can be a major factor when it comes to your heating bills. By getting double pane (or even triple pane) windows, you could make your house quite a bit more energy efficient. If you brush your windows with coatings of Low-E (low emissivity), you can cut your loss of heat by close to 50 percent. Although it is expensive in the beginning to replace your existing windows with ones that are more energy efficient, this will save you money over time. The winters will also be more snug for you.

Your energy costs will be determined by the way you heat your home, and there are some ways that are more efficient than others. The least efficient way of heating up your home is with a fireplace, even though it?s an old fashioned way of keeping your room warm. But, there are things called fireplace inserts that can switch things around so they are in your favor, so if you do own a fireplace have a look. Additionally you can try to heat up with a pellet stove. A pellet stove burns corn pellets. Because the price of oil keeps going up this could be a much cheaper option. Of course, no matter how you heat your home, the kind of insulation you have will make all the difference when it comes to energy efficiency.

As you make some green improvements to your home you?ll see that it really isn?t that hard. You?ll actually be much better off and things will be easier because you?ll be more independent and you?ll save money. You may have to make an initial investment for solar panels or insulation though. You will save money with environmentally options in the long run though. The great Dewayne C Mintos is a wonderful author.

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Incidence of prostate cancer is increasing steadily inChinese and Japanese because of screening with serumPSA. Both China and Japan are Asian countries andpopulations in the two countries are yellow race. Thelatitude of Changchun is close to that of Natori. Thedetection rates of prostate cancer are different in cohortin two areas. It is unknown whether pathological featuresdetected prostate cancer are different in the two areas.At present, there is no report of pathological features ofprostate cancer in cohort in different areas of the twocountries. To study this issue, we analyzed andcompared pathological features of prostate cancer incohort though the screening data of and Jilin UniversityProstate Diseases Prevention and Treatment ResearchCenter (Changchun) and Miyagi Cancer Center (Natori).For 5 years (2000 to 2004) in Changchun, China andfor 10 years (1995 to 2004) in Natori ,Japan, 15192Chinese and 4444 Japanese men aged 50 and over werechecked by PSA-based screening. All men with theserum PSA value greater than 4.0ng/ml wererecommended for a prostate biopsy. All histopathologicdiagnoses of the biopsied specimens were confirmed bya group of pathologists in two areas. The pathologicalfeatures of prostate cancer of Chinese were comparedwith those of Japanese, including Gleason score, extentof differentiation , invasion, histological pattern and soon. Statistical analysis was done with the aid of statisticsoftware SPSS 13.0.The results of our research is follow:(1)The cancer detection rate for the PSA-screenedmen in cohort was 0.7%(102/15192) in Changchun and2.6% ( 117/4444 ) in Natori. The differences werestatistically significant(P

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Sports Apparel

Today I am putting on the jersey from the team I love probably the most on the planet to visit work. A number of you?re really telling yourself this person should be crazy. Other medication is thinking he or she must be wealthy and lastly people much like me are planning he?s right purchasing the jersey but he should not go near use it, he should put on it to visit watch his team play or whenever his team is playing. Hey enough I am not wealthy nor crazy and that i don?t have a chance to look at my team live, I am putting on it since it is Friday and I wish to obtain the attention of the certain girl. Are you currently a sport lover?

If you?re a sport lover, you need to find methods to offer the teams and athletes you want. By supporting them I am talking about investing money directly on their behalf, like purchasing their jerseys or add-ons or go shopping these gamers promote. Personally I favor to purchase a jersey, carrying this out I am supporting both team and also the player. Which was for individuals living not even close to their most favorite gamers.

People living near them have much more options compared to ones referred to in the earlier paragraph. They are able to buy tickets and go watch some games live. They are able to sign up for a nearby fan club and lead directly by providing money for that team. They are able to watch training periods from the team. Finally they are able to show their love once they meet their most favorite gamers in the pub. Sport?s enthusiasts have a number of ways to exhibit their loves and also to accept the very fact they love a person, a team but most importantly they?re also expecting something back out of this player which team.

For me personally it?s apparent, the greater fans you will find the more you need to put pressure on you to ultimately play well and also to succeed. People that handle they should make use of the assets they need to build the very best team they are able to, both when it comes to gamers and training staff. This employees both gamers and coaches should strive for that team to obtain better. Not every the teams on the planet are winning game titles, which means this shouldn?t be the aim. The aim would be to build the very best team possible and also to strive to complete in the best position possible. All of the fans on the planet is going to be happy when they their teams and gamers are giving the very best on their behalf. It?s hard to become a player with many different fans.

Gamers with large amount of fans are required to manage every factor of their lives because an excessive amount of individuals are watching them. First you need to strive so that you can continually be at the very top. Second you need to be a good example in most facets of your existence, people often act, live and think such as the player that like. You might also need to own love you will get back, you?re likely to give autograph for your fans, to waive both hands back, it comes down to showing that you simply love them as well. When things are well in position the type of feelings that may exist from a player and the fans is infinite which explains why I am a sport fan, I am looking for real feelings.

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BUILD YOUR SELF ESTEEM, A new STARTER GUIDE TO Personal ...

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Miniature portraits in Victorian period | ArticleGoes - Free Dofollow ...

The art of painting miniatures has its origins with the illuminators of chivalric times, whose tiny depictions of scenes coming from the Holy bible were incorporated in to manuscripts. This artistic creation form developed and enhanced in 16th and seventeenth century in European countries while a need increased for small mementos of spouses and children or deceased family members that could be transported when travelling a lot as we take a photogaph of our partner or family members in our wallets today. Portrait miniatures played an important role in the individual relationships of the upper middle-class and the aristocracy of the moment; they were expressions of closeness or love. In that regard they were similar to grieving brooches containing plaited locks of the hair of the ?dearly departed? that as well became common in Victorian times.

Previous to the 18th century, portrait miniatures were painted in an assortment of media: oil, watercolour or sometimes enamel ? but water-colour nonetheless predominated. They were being as well painted variously on vellum, chicken-skin or card board, and even on copper. During the eighteenth century, however, water-color on ivory became the normal method, and this continued until the miniature was gradually replaced by daguerreotypes and photography about the end of the 19th century. The zenith of the popularity of miniature portraits, equally in European countries and North America has been in mid-Victorian periods.

Miniatures have beenusually small and oval-shaped or spherical. A few were as tiny as 40 mm by 30 mm. They were often encased in a locket or a covered ?portrait box?. In fact, the housing for the portraits was at times ornamented with components of destruction or romance such as carved initials or flowers or braided locks of hair. When employed for mourning, suitable symbolism was sometimes integrated on the reverse of the locket or frame, like mourners at a tomb. Since the type moved into Victorian periods many miniatures grew bigger (up to 150 mm by 200mm) and were painted in square or rectangular form, to be shown on walls or in cabinets. The innovative use of ivory as a ?material? was introduced by the Italian painter Rosalba Carriera in about 1700 because it supplied a luminous surface for translucent pigments like water-color. The ivory was cut from the elephant?s tusk in thin sheets lengthways, sometimes so thin as to be nearly transparent. Ivory is, nevertheless, hard to paint on with water-color, staying greasy and non-absorbent. Miniaturists therefore roughened the surface with fine sandpaper or powdered pumice stone. They as well washed-out it in natural light to make it more white. An additional technique was to degrease it with vinegar and ail, or by pressing it with a warm iron between sheets of paper. A few painters employed a brush with a single hair, and added in gum arabic to the fresh paint to make it stickier. Generally-speaking Victorian miniature portraits encompassed a brighter palette of colour, monochromic backgrounds and brushwork that exploited the semitransparency of the ivory where it was painted.

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Doctors Feared John Glenn Would Go Space-Blind During Historic Orbit [Video]

In 1962, space travel wasn't what you'd call an "exact" science. NASA was only a few years old and nobody really knew how humans would cope outside the atmosphere. Now, 50 years after his historic orbit, John Glenn recalls what his doctors thought would happen in zero gravity. More »

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Texas retail gasoline price up by average 6 cents (AP)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]AP - Refining cutbacks due to slumping demand and global political and economic tensions are being blamed for climbing gasoline prices in Texas and nationally.

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3 Quick And Uncomplicated Affiliate Revenue Streams

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Amazon Steals 14% Tablet Market Share In Q4, Apple Share Drops To 57%

We've known since the Fire first debuted that it would create some competition for Apple's iPad, which has dominated the market since it arrived. But today iSuppli has offered up a little insight into just how fierce the competition really is. According to the research firm, Apple's market share in the tablet arena dropped from 64 percent in Q3 to 57 percent in Q4, with Amazon nabbing a 14 percent share.

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