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My family (me, my husband and our 9 year old twins) will be traveling to Italy and France next June. We fly into Venice and after staying three nights, will spend nine nights in Tuscany and then will make our way to Nice and the Cote d'Azur. We want to rent a car when we leave Venice, and my thought is to return it in San Remo and take the train to Nice from there.
I have checked Auto Europe, Kremwel, Kayak, and Carrentals.co.uk, and have only been able to get a quote from Auto Europe (no search results returned from the others). The rental would be from June 11 - June 20 and the quote from Auto Europe for a compact Peugeot wagon seating 5 with space for 4 suitcases is $706 (includes the one-way car rental fee, unlimited mileage, theft and liability).
So, my question is this: This rate seems high to me. Is it? And, can I wait to rent and see if it goes down? Or do I need to reserve soon?
I know this is totally different, but I just rented a larger car (a mini van) for 10 days for an upcoming trip to Kauai, and it only cost $265 so the price above just seems painful.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Renting a Car in Italy is so Expensive?
Hi all,
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Also, I tried looking on the Italian version of Auto Europe and the rates were even higher.
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Are you sure the mini van in Hawaii included taxes and fees. I just did a random search and found the base price did not. After selecting and looking at the final price, it was another $140. That did not include insurance and it was dropping off at point of pick up.
In Italy, they are adding insurance, drop off fees and probably all taxes, etc. Still a lot, but not as much more as it first seemed. Others more familiar with different companies can probably point you to the best deals.
Rent now or later? Who can predict exchange rates then?
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How much is the one way drop off fee?
It could be as much as half the total.
Italy has always been one of the most expensive countries in Europe to hire, usually down to the large insurance costs.
We rented a VW for a week in Spain during the busiest week of last August. We paid £120 through AE.
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Is it any cheaper to rent the car in Tuscany rather than in Venice?
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I realize everybody has got a different budget, but for five people, but your car rental works out to about $15 per person per day.
Adding the cost of buying five train tickets to Tuscany, even as a discounted family package, is unlikely to bring down the cost, especially if you need the car immediately in Tuscany. If you are going to a city for a couple of days first instead of immediately touring the countryside, then it would make sense to delay renting the car.
Hate to add to your pain, but the cost of gas/diesel in Italy is quite high, so if you are on a tight budget, you need to budget for that as well. You will need to pay tolls in between Venice and your Tuscan destination, then again along the autostrade to the French border.
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Good reminders from Sandralist!
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"Good reminders from Sandralist"
It does seem that the EU "common market" has achieved very little.
We are Scottish, in the past 12 months we have visited 4 European countries in order of financial severity they are : Norway, Sweden, Italy and Spain.
I know Norway is outside the EU but of the other three there are still huge price differentials. It was actually to spend our money in Spain, goods were so cheap.
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$78-a-day is way too high for me, even if the price includes Italy's mandatory CDW. I would never pay that. Prices will fluctuate, depending on when you reserve, so you have to keep checking. The wonderful thing about Auto Europe, they will credit you if the price drops during your pre-paid reservation period, but you need to stay on top of changes in price and call them when you find something cheaper. For my last trip to France, the price of my rental car dropped twice during the reservation period (I booked the car almost a year in advance). I saved over $100, and they credited my Visa both times. Love their customer service.
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Are you renting an automatic? As others said, US prices are deceptional. They are allowed to quote prices different from what you will be paying.
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Off topic: BritishCaicos, the only way prices would equalise throughout the EU would be to have a federal system, with centralised taxation, something which would have the UK heading for the door even faster than it already is.
Daria, are you comparing prices correctly - Italy prices include all compulsory insurances, taxes etc, whereas US prices (for US residents) don't normally include all that.
Consider renting the car somewhere else that you can get to by train. It may be cheaper to do that and still save, even with the train fare added.
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It must be the season you are renting. We just checked prices on Auto Europe (they are having a sale that ends on Sept. 30) and got really reasonable prices. But, it is for next month, and we only have two people, and we can drive a stick.
I think this is waaaaay to soon to book a rental car.
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I would never consider booking a rental car 8-9 months in advance. The reason those websites don't show prices is because they won't even take bookings that far in advance. Some hotels won't even do that so far in advance.
Comparing a weekly rental in Hawaii to Italy isn't really a good comparison, I don't think.
A lot of websites don't show the best rates when it is so far ahead of the time period. I'd think you could get a midsize car like a Renault Scenic (that in theory seats 5)for about $350 a week, and an SUV like that for about $450 if you try booking with a more reasonable leadtime. I would not count on getting it for what you paid in Hawaii, when you include insurance.
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Further off topic:
Even a federalized system is not going to even out regional differences in costs and laws of supply & demand, and economies of scale. It costs more to rent a car in some parts of the US than others, including parts that are no more than 100 miles from each other.
Anyway, it seems rather a moot point since the eurzone looks rather unlikely to last, and possibly the EU will disappear with it.
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The highest prices we pay for a car rental in Europe are always in Italy because of the insurance requirements. We have rented a car in Nice and also in Switzerland to tour around Italy, much, much cheaper.We always return it to country where we picked it up. If you are renting an automatic transmission, your price may be double that of a manual transmission.
It is way too early to be booking your car for next speing. When ready to book, talk to the staff at Autoeurope in Portland, Maine and they will answer your quesrions and concerns.
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" and possibly the EU will disappear with it."
The way in which the EU has handled the huge migration issues has negligent.
The way in which the debt crisis was handled was pathetic.
At times it seems that the EU only functions for the benefit of the elected and non elected individuals who milk the system in Brussels and throughout the EU.
Car hire timing :
For the first time in 25 years, we left the booking to a week before arrival in Spain. Normally we book when sorting the flights out (6 months in advance).
Out of interest we checked AE for booking three days before departure, there were deals for small cars in Malaga for £20 a week.
But this (as ever) clearly proves nothing.
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Thank you all so much. I needed confirmation that I should wait, and I am glad to hear that it is fine to do so. I may even book with Auto Europe at some point a little later, but continue to check prices.
I do realize that the Hawaii rental isn't comparable, but given that I literally just booked it, it was hard to see such a big difference in prices. I booked it through Costco, so it was a really good deal and even included an extra driver for free (although, in the U.S. I never add insurance since I already have it).
The rental in Italy that I quoted above is manual. Also, we are heading straight from Venice to the countryside (an agriturismo outside Siena) so I really do want to pick up the car there.
Thanks again everyone.
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Also, the quote that I got from Auto Europe didn't break out the one-way fee, so I don't know how much it is. Usually it seems like their site adds it on later after quoting you the base rental price, but this time it was not even an additional add-on, just included. Perhaps because of the sale it was already included.
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Kemwell usually has better prices than Auto Europe. I called Auto Europe (main office in Portland Maine) and they explained why but it didn't really make sense, and 'why' didn't matter. But they are 'sister' companies, apparently their offices are across the street from one another.
When Kemwell uses Europecar (the actual rental company, Kemwell and Auto Europe are just booking agents) the prices are often half what they are through Hertz or similar.
The problem is Europcar is not available in every town. Going through Kemwell's site I got nothing putting in San Remo, but when I changed to Genoa I got an all inclusive rate of $247 for a 4 person car. So for $500 saving you could drop the car in Genoa and take the train to Nice.
Do be aware that all the companies charge extra for a second driver, the past few years it's been about €10 per DAY so does add quite a bit.
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Thank you! That's interesting. I tried too and the cheapest I could get was $536 on Kemwel dropping off in Genoa (given that we will have 4 people and 4 suitcases and need a big enough car). There were cheaper cars, but they were too small.
Also, I will need to look at the train options from Genoa because with two kids and who will each have to deal with their own luggage, I don't want to have to change trains a lot. But, thanks so much; I will look into it.
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Train tickets for 2 adults and 2 children from Genova to Nice are likely to cost you twice as much as tickets from San Remo, so factor that in.
Also, you would probably find it easier to drop the car off in Savona rather than Genova, and it is then a shorter train ride to Nice. Using the AutoEurope website, the rate I get for car as big as you described, with all insurance, is $405 from Venice to Savona. The difference is that the Savona drop off allows you to rent a van/people carrier in Venice, whereas as San Remo drop off doesn't give you that option.
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<<I would never consider booking a rental car 8-9 months in advance. The reason those websites don't show prices is because they won't even take bookings that far in advance. Some hotels won't even do that so far in advance.>>
Hotels won't take bookings 8-9 months in advance? What nonsense. Easter and Christmas dates get booked up well in advance and people can book upto a year in advance if not more. Same with cars. Some rental locations and even cities run out of rental cars at peak times, so booking many months in advance is advised.
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Just out of curiosity, I did a search for you on AutoEurope dropping off the car in Nice instead of in Italy. The prices I got for a mid-size AlfaRomeo that seats five with space for 4 suitcases was $317+change, and that was after I had clicked all the way through to see the drop-off rate for dropping it in downtown Nice.
When I accepted the online offer to "upgrade" to the next size of car -- a wagon -- I got a price of $518+ -- again, this is dropping it off in Nice.
So it is possible there is no real advantage to dropping it off it Italy if you book on the right day.
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>>I would never consider booking a rental car 8-9 months in advance.<<
Finding a good deal on Auto Europe is the only reason I reserved my car for France 11 months in advance. I was simply checking prices for an automatic to put a budget together, and I happened to come across a car for $34-a-day. I don't know why the rate was that good, but I thought I better grab it while it was there. In the course of my 11-month reservation, the price dropped 2 times. In the end, I got my automatic for $22-a-day, and I couldn't have been happier with the car I received.
I realize that Auto Europe had my money for a very long time in advance of the rental. They honored the price reduction twice, so with that level of customer service, I didn't mind.
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Someone mentioned that there is now a 10E fee per day for a second driver. Does anyone know if that fee also applies to spouses? I know often that fee is waived if the second driver is a spouse, but perhaps Italy is different.
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Thanks everyone. This is very interesting because it seems like the same searches with Auto Europe are turning up different results for different people. I too had tried to look at dropping off in Nice. The quote on the site did not include the one way fee. The rental alone was $572.02, and then they emailed me a quote that included that PLUS a one way fee of: "€750.00 EUR one way fee + VAT (one way fee paid locally)." Obviously that is outrageous. But, like I said, it seems like different people are turning up different results, so I will keep trying. I wish I could book that car that you came up with sandralist for $518 dropping off in Nice if it really did include the one way fee because that sounds like an awesome deal given what else I've come up with.
The other option we have is turning in our car in Lucca (our location right before Nice), but the train fare from there to Nice for the 4 of us is about $157 and we would have to change trains twice to get from there to Nice. Just trying to save money and balance all of this out.
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The one way fee is revealed on the Auto Europe site after the page where you are given the option to upgrade. Sometimes it is already included in the quote, and sometimes it isn't. From the searches I've done recently, it seems like it is included in the initial quote if you are dropping off at a different location within Italy than where you picked up, but not included in the initial quote if you are dropping off in France. They then email you a separate quote for the one-way fee.
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I went back and re-did the search on AutoEurope, and now I see that the total cost "estimate" was just that, even after completing all of the online booking process, and subject to a further e-mail confirmation due to the one-way rental. So it might be that the ultimate quote one would get by e-mail no better than what you have been able to get.
If you don't want to give up the car in Lucca, it still might be better to give it up in Savona rather than San Remo (or Genova).
If you continue to mull giving up the car in Lucca (you'll save parking costs too), you might investigate the cost of getting a taxi transfer from Lucca to Viareggio and getting on the train there -- which would leave you with only one train change in Genova. I would think the cost is under 50e, but I could be wrong. Your hotel should be able to estimate the cost, or maybe someone here, or on TripAdvisor or Slow Travel, would know. People frequently get taxi transfers from Lucca to Pisa Airport, and it is about the same distance.
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Hi daria,
We were typing at the same time -- and searching at the same time. As you can see, I discovered what you did when I re-did the same search -- and didn't pursue as far and actually asking for an e-mail quote.
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Thanks sandralist. I'm going to keep trying various scenarios and see what happens.
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1. Secretary of State, welcome. This is the
first time that we have met since the Summer Recess and I think
it is fair to say that during the Summer members of the Committee
in different permutations and combinations have been to different
places, including Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Malawi and Zambia, looking
at a whole number of different issues. I think it would be fair
to say and to put on the record, and we said it to officials last
week, that almost without exception wherever we went those we
met, whether it be Prime Ministers or Presidents of the countries
concerned and others, all were voluble in their praise for the
DFID officials and what DFID was doing, and, as we said to the
officials last week, though I am not sure they believed us, they
were not on the rack, but I think it was very notable and I think
that is worth putting on the record.
(Clare Short) Can I just say a word on
2. Yes, of course you can.
(Clare Short) We are living in a time when it is sort
of fashionable to knock public officials and say how difficult
it is to reform the public services, but I think the country should
be very proud of the officials who work for the Department for
International Development. Across the world we are seen as leaders
and yet they have also led a lot of change and reform and improved
effectiveness, so I just think the country is entitled to be proud
of them and the UK is the leading-edge player in this area and
we have some very good, high-quality people.
3. And I think that comes through. Now, today's
session, Secretary of State, really is looking at the outcomes
of the Autumn meetings of the IMF and the World Bank which were
held in Washington towards the end of September and you were there
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with you of course as the
UK Governor of the World Bank. I think the first thing we would
like to ask you about is debt. DFID gave us a memo and on page
5 of that memo[1],
I would just like quickly to put these questions into context,
where DFID says, "We will continue to emphasise the need
for full financing of the Enhanced HIPC Initiative to provide
genuine debt sustainability for all eligible countries. We will
press for concrete pledges from donors to fill the c. $1bn financing
gap in the HIPC Trust Fund from the G7 and non-Paris Club creditors.
We remain convinced that the rules on topping up HIPC debt relief
at Completion Point need revision. We will also press the Bank
and the Fund for more advice for HIPC countries on more realistic
debt sustainability analysis to ensure that countries exit the
Initiative with a sustainable debt level." So it is a pretty
substantial agenda there and I was just wondering, and John Battle
also has some questions on this, firstly, when do you anticipate
that there will be a general recognition of the need for full
financing of the Enhanced HIPC Initiative and when do you anticipate
that the shortfall in the HIPC Trust Fund is going to be made
(Clare Short) I think with the G8 at
Kananaskis there was agreement that an extra one billion was needed.
At the annual meeting in Washington, I convened a preliminary
meeting, because there is always this tension between the G8 and
the non-G8, to try and get the non-G8 to commit to do their part
if the G8 kept its word so that everyone is on best behaviour
to put in the sort of proportions we had last time to get the
extra one billion. At the meeting in Washington Germany committed,
we committed and Sweden committed. The US made a commitment to
the same proportion that our Chancellor was working very hard
on, or Paul O'Neill did, of $230 million informally and then there
was the further meeting in October which did you go to, Tony?
(Mr Faint) I did not, but I have had
a look at the report of it.
(Clare Short) I think the US are talking of a lower
figure now, so the October meeting, that was then and we were
trying to move things forward and start some pledging so that
others would be put under pressure. Germany made this very important
commitment and we made our commitment. The other big thing was
the EU which, as you all know, has uncommitted funds and getting
them committed in this way is a good way of spending resources
which are due to go through the Commission. There was resistance
at first, as there was last time round, for the EU to make a commitment,
but they have now done so. What happened beyond that at the October
meeting, Tony? It is always like this with these committees because
you are trying to mobilise some momentum and then people come
in behind it.
(Mr Faint) The October meeting definitely did benefit
from the campaign we ran beforehand and the Chairman estimated
that a sum of roughly $850 million had been pledged against the
up to $1 billion that the G8 had reckoned was the financing gap.
There is a little bit of controversy about the financing gap,
and that is the other point you were coming to, because there
is not yet consensus as to whether the extra bilateral efforts
that those countries have made should be additional or should
be included in the calculation on Completion Point debt relief,
so some people say that the gap is about $800m, some people say
it is one billion and some peoplethe Americans even say
that it is only $650 million. That is why they have pledged $150m,
but we do hope that the Americans will increase their pledge over
the next few months.
(Clare Short) And there is on top of that some of
the HIPC countries that are currently considered likely, but might
come forward, like Sudan, which would be wonderful if we can get
the peace process in Sudan again and get the debt relief, but
that is not allowed for and we would need to come back again.
Of course there is Burma sitting out there and Somalia and so
on, but there are some other countries who, if they started to
move forward, and maybe Sudan would be the most hopeful and obviously
Congo which is a bit further forwardare Congo allowed for
in these figures or not?
(Mr Faint) Yes it is.
(Clare Short) Again that is a very large, highly indebted,
poor country with a peace process going on which, if it can be
captured, then debt relief can come in afterwards, so it is only
full financing this time round for the tranche of countries that
are moving forward. In an optimistic scenario we need to come
back again for more.
4. The countries you mentioned are the US, Member
States of the EU and then the EU and I presume Japan contributed
to this?
(Mr Faint) Yes, they did.
(Clare Short) Japan has always found debt relief difficult.
It really does because it is troubled by the moral hazard argument,
but never wants to stand out alone. Did they commit in October?
(Ms McMillin) They did, 56 million.
(Clare Short) Yes, $56 million.
5. Before I hand over to John, there are other
kind of wealthy countries in the world that never seem to get
on to the list, or at least if they do, I do not notice. How about
countries like Saudi Arabia and other wealthy Middle Eastern countries,
do they contribute to the UN family in this way or not?
(Clare Short) They are still in the recipients
6. Not Saudi Arabia.
(Clare Short) Well, not of debt relief, but in the
categorisation of countries. Some extraordinary countries are
still seen as developing countries.
(Mr Faint) Saudi Arabia is an IDA, a donor, but I
do not think that Saudi Arabia has made any contributions to the
HIPC Trust Fund.
7. Really this is just a question in parenthesis,
which is that it seems to me that it is always the same countries
who are giving and I just wonder whether there are countries out
there that should be giving that are not giving and which we should
collectively bring more pressure on. Their contribution to the
international community and in part to the international community
is assisting in ways of this kind.
(Clare Short) I have got a list here of the countries
which did pledge. Do you want me quickly to read it? Germany,
100 million, including any EU share; Denmark, 20 million; Iceland,
0.75 millionthese are all dollarsFinland, 6 million
euro, plus whatever the EU share is; the UK, 95 million, which
is plus our EU share; France, up to 70 million. Is that in addition
to the EU share?
(Mr Faint) No, I think it includes the EU.
(Clare Short) Okay. Netherlands, 68 million; Canada,
the same share as last time; the US is now 150 million; Norway,
26 million; Switzerland, 33 millionthese are all dollarsItaly,
60 million; Belgium, 17.7 million; Sweden, 32 million, so Sweden
has put itself up; Spain says it will maintain the share; and
Japan, 56 million.
8. So it is all European countries plus Canada,
the US and Japan.
(Clare Short) Yes.
9. I cannot believe that there are not any other
sufficiently wealthy countries in the world who cannot put their
(Clare Short) This is the wider issue of the categorisation
of countries and getting countries that become wealthier to come
into the international development banks and the international
system of donors. Singapore has just done that and I think that
is the way to approach it, so that of course Saudi Arabia and
the Arab countries have special loan systems.
(Mr Faint) The Arab funds. There are various Arab
(Clare Short) I think the way to look at this systemically
is when countries get to the point that they should move across
and become a donor. Of course the countries about to join the
EU are just moving across that line and that needs to be organised
in a sensible way, but Singapore has moved.
10. We have spoken about the Trust Fund, but
perhaps I could broaden the question a little bit because I think
in some ways there is a sense in which there is a feeling publicly
perhaps that we have had a go at debt and it is time to move on
to fair trade. I think we ought to say that with the debt story
really, yourself and the Chancellor have done a tremendous job
to get the issue championed on the international agenda, leading
that agenda and building up momentum and with a record, as you
put it, for moving things forward and making real commitments.
I think that is a very complimentary story and chimed in well
with those who are asking the Government to do things and it got
a very positive response, but could I focus on the connection
between debt relief and the Millennium Development Goals. In other
words, is it a means of transforming the whole? One of the phrases
the Chairman read out from the memo was about realistic debt sustainability
analysis and I just wondered, if we want to make the assessments
more realistic, how do we make those links with what is actually
going on in the country relating to the Goals and the process
of debt relief? What would you see as the way for perhaps changing
or improving or revising the analysis?
(Clare Short) Well, I think there has been a wonderful,
heart-warming public campaign across the world and very strongly
in the UK on debt relief, but some of the detailed arguments have
been economically muddled. There were even people saying that
unconditional debt relief, for example, which as I keep saying
in the case of Sudan probably would have prolonged the war, that
has moved off, or sometimes people were saying debt relief, not
aid, which is a muddle. You have got to see debt relief as one
part of moving a country and the world forward on the Millennium
Development Goals for our very, very highly indebted, very poor
countries which have such an overhang of debt from the past, often
by corruption, but they are in a position where the best possible
development policies and economic policies can never get them
out of it, so it needs to be written down so that they can adopt
good policy and then grow their economy. Of course with this debt
we are talking about foreign debt and that is highly linked to
trade, clearing of the debt or bringing it down to a sustainable
level that the country can afford, getting back a reputation for
proper management of its debt and, therefore, being able to take
responsible borrowing in order to grow its economy. That is a
crucial part of some of the poorest, tiny, indebted countries
being able to clear a backlog and being given a chance to move
forward, but the countries which are being stars on qualifying
for HIPC, the Ugandas, which was the first, the Mozambiques, the
Rwandas indeed, they still need aid, considerable aid. These are
very poor countries and still need support with institution-building
and they still need better trade access.
11. And they sometimes get it and they sometimes
get additional relief, but sometimes that additional relief is
not counted as additional and it is not included in the Completion
Point in the debt sustainability analysis. I wondered if we were
doing anything in terms of that analysis perhaps to ensure that
additional relief is actually counted as additional so that you
do not get in a country the argument, "Well, they are short-changing
us and we are not getting what we think we should be getting".
(Clare Short) Yes, we had this argument at the Development
Committee annual meeting. The UK moved first and then I think
all the other G7 moved to say, "We go to 100 per cent debt
relief". Actually the Paris Club wrote us all in at 90 odd
and in one sense it sounded better than it was in terms of the
amount, but it was very important symbolically. There is now an
absolutely disgraceful fiddle going on in that when the World
Bank makes the calculations of whether countries are sustainable,
they take into account the extra committed as to whether a country
can go to 100 per cent, so this is an additional, voluntary bit
more generosity and the countries who are not doing it are being
subsidised. It is absolutely wrong that the calculation should
be made in this way and we made a fuss about it and a number of
other countries feel very strongly similarly, so yes, that is
going on, it is outrageous and we made a fuss at the meeting and
thereafter. The US does not agree with us.
(Mr Faint) No, and one or two other countries.
(Clare Short) Who elseJapan?
(Ms McMillin) Japan, yes.
12. The IMF and the World Bank, in their review
of HIPC, said, "There are no reliable estimates of the costs
of scaling up debt relief to achieve the Millennium Development
Goals". I wonder, do you think that debt relief should be
explicitly linked to countries' Millennium Development Goals financing
needs? I think there is a proposal from the HIPC Finance Ministers
at the Autumn meetings, which made sense, for, "The Bretton
Woods institutions to present MDG financing needs in all HIPC
and PRSP-related Board papers". Would you support that in
your approach?
(Clare Short) Well, I think you cannot look at funding
a country to get to the Millennium Development Goals only through
the prism of debt relief. You have to look at debt relief that
is sustainable enough that the country can then trade and grow
and is not constrained, but then it will need aid and other reform.
You can look at how much debt relief is necessary to release a
country that if it adopts the other policies and gets enough aid,
then it can really drive forward in achieving the Millennium Development
Goals, so clearing debt is a component, but alone cannot deliver
a country to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. It needs
other reform and it will need aid.
13. I agree, but are the systems subtle enough
to measure that at the IMF/World Bank end?
(Clare Short) Well, we are back to top-up and sustainability
on debt relief and it was always a pretty mean formula. The Cologne
Formula was more generous to what was on offer before the great
G7 in Birmingham and all the wonderful turnout of campaigners
and then they went on to Cologne. A more generous formula was
agreed at Cologne, but it was still less generous than we were
hoping for at that time, so this question of knowing whether it
is generous enough at Completion Point we have been working on
ever since then, but the extra thing that has kicked in is both
oil prices and commodity prices with oil prices going up and commodity
prices collapsing. Then the formula does not work because, like
the Ugandas, their earnings in foreign countries have gone right
down because coffee prices have fallen, so we need to give countries
more to get back to the original formula and the original formula
was pretty mean. So we need more on debt relief to release countries
enough to do the other things they need to do to move themselves
forward to the Millennium Development Goals, but you cannot do
it on debt relief alone.
(Ms McMillin) We should not forget as well that there
are other countries that are outside HIPC which are not heavily
indebted, but which are poor and they also need help.
(Clare Short) Like Bangladesh.
14. In the evidence they gave to us, the aid
agencies who submitted a joint paper[2],
the main UK development agencies argue that debt relief is the
most efficient and effective form of resource transfer for a number
of reasons. They say it is good economically in terms of being
anti-inflationary and spurring growth, but they also make the
point that it is good because it is de facto budget support.
Where a country has reasonable standards of governance, budget
support, I am sure, is the right way to go, but not all highly
indebted, poor countries have standards of governance which give
me confidence that if you put money into general budget support,
it will be a more effective use of aid and a more effective means
of developing development capacity than putting it into particular
ear-marked schemes. To what extent does the Government believe
that debt relief is the most efficient way of transferring resource
from the rich world to the poor world?
(Clare Short) I think to argue that debt
relief is the most effective is again the same old muddle. Debt
relief is an overhang which stops countries moving forward. It
needs to be cleared, but then they need other things and to pretend
that it is either aid or debt relief is that muddle and it is
to fail to remember that it is foreign currency debt, that it
needs clearing, but that countries still need to have their own
revenues and to spend their domestic revenues well. They need
another package of reforms and to label too much on to what debt
relief can do is unwise. Debt relief is absolutely needed to remove
this overhang and I am proud that the UK helped to shape the poverty
reduction strategy as a way of giving debt relief, so debt relief
has leveraged important reform in the management of public finances
and who public spending is on and that is important too. To say
it is de facto budget support I think is a bit silly. It
is debt relief and debt relief is very important in the way that
I have outlined and that we understand. In your other question
on budget support, the most effective use of aid is backing poor
countries, and it is always effective backing poor countries even
when there is not a reform effort, but it is at its most effective
in generating economic and social development per dollar spend
where you have got a reforming country, you can get it into budget
support and you can get into the systems of the country, then
you can really drive rapid economic advance, more kids at school,
better healthcare and those things which, in turn, generate a
leap forward in development. We are a leading-edge player in moving
towards budget support, but we do not go into rotten systems in
a government. You say, "We are willing to move on budget
support", but then we have to look at fiduciary risk, and
of course what we are saying to countries is, "We'll help
you with your financial management systems", and they have
to be tight and good before we can contemplate budget support.
Now, the beauty of that is that we used to protect our own money
in projects where it was spent. If, in order to protect our money
and our reputation to Parliament and our National Audit Office,
we help countries tying up their own financial management systems,
the prize is that the management of their own revenues is also
improved, so where we can move there, we are leveraging more sustainability
and more institutional reform, but we will not move there where
there is fiduciary risk, though we will use our willingness to
move there which means that a country's desire to be seen to deliver
to their people as opposed to having donors delivering to their
people and them delivering little, to try and leverage the kind
of reform in their central bank, in their finance ministry, in
the management of their own money. So there is always a better
way, but we will never go there where it is risky, but we will
help countries tighten up their systems so that we can move there
and I think that is the right place to be.
15. One area of debt relief is of course the
HIPC Initiative and the other area is the movements on sovereign
bankruptcy and the Communique of the International Monetary and
Financial Committee of the IMF on September 28 called on the Fund
to develop for consideration at its next meeting, "a concrete
proposal for a statutory sovereign debt restructuring mechanism
to be considered by the membership". Could you outline what
you would like to see in that concrete proposal and do you favour
a market-oriented approach or an institutional or arbitration
approach and who do you think should be the arbitrator? This would
clearly be not just for HIPC countries, but what impact do you
think this would have on HIPC countries?
(Clare Short) This is very much a Treasury lead and
a Gordon Brown lead, so I can report to you and answer the questions,
but the reasons for that and the reason why DFID is not a leading
co-player with the Treasury is that this is not so relevant to
very poor countries. It is highly relevant to the East Asian economies
and their kind of crisis, the Argentinian-type crisis where there
is a lot of private sector investment, but if then a crisis starts
flowing out of the country and you get a country into crisis,
and then the IMF and the World Bank are having to come in to resolve
the crisis and the private sector is getting off with a free meal
and not having to play its part in some of the irresponsible investment
it might have engaged in, so the idea for a bankruptcy procedure
is to tie the private sector in to paying some of the price of
some of the unwisdom of its investments which, in turn, led some
of these countries into trouble. So it is a very important proposition,
very complicated in the detail and so on and it really is much
more relevant to moving towards middle-income countries with large
amounts of or fickle private sector investment and then moving
out at the time of crisis than it is to the HIPCs. In some of
the campaign for debt relief there has been a call for a bankruptcy
procedure as though it would be a free lunch, you could write
off all the debt, it would liberate the countries and everything
would be better, but that is not the proposition; it would not
be a free lunch. What it is all designed for is to get the private
sector to pay some of the costs and, therefore, learn to be less
reckless. It is very important, but I think it is not as simple
as it has been presented in some of the debt relief arguments
as a kind of wonderful solution.
(Mr Faint) It is of limited relevance to poor countries
because the private sector role in HIPC countries' debt is very,
very small and almost non-existent, so it is really a middle-income
country issue and I think we do favour the work that the IMF have
been commissioned to do. I do not think that really, as the Secretary
of State says, it is for DFID to lay down government policy on
this, but you would need to discuss that with the Treasury. We
could obtain a note for the Committee on the position, I guess.[3]
(Clare Short) I have a note here, but
it is pretty silly for me to read out something I am not leading
on in policy terms, and I hope I have explained clearly why not,
and if there is any more detail that you want, I would be more
than happy to provide it to you, but you understand what I am
saying about the argument on debt relief, this idea that you could
have a bankruptcy procedure and countries would be clear. If countries
have a reputation for being bankrupt, they might never get any
investment again. I do not think any country would be queueing
up to be declared bankrupt. The Argentinas of this world or what
happened in the East Asian crisis, it is a mechanism to get better
procedures for dealing with those crises than actually chasing
the private sector for an irresponsible investment, but it would
be an enormous reputational question for a country to go bankrupt.
It is not a simple exit from any problem.
16. Secretary of State, I am sure that we would
welcome perhaps a joint paper from DFID and the Treasury to explain
what you would like to see in these concrete proposals. Jubilee
Research of the New Economics Foundation, the successor body to
Jubilee 2000, have been campaigning very strongly on this as being
the second part, if you like, of the campaign.
(Clare Short) I think they are wrong, as they are
wrong on some other things.
17. I hear what you say, Secretary of State,
but clearly it is important for us, as the International Development
Select Committee, to be able to take up the concerns that Jubilee
Research are raising with us in terms of seeing this as a way
of dealing with developing countries which are on the cusp of
the HIPC Initiative, the Nigerias, the Bangladeshes, and whether
they could actually benefit from this and, if in fact this is
a proposal not yet laid out in concrete, whether there are ways
of developing this proposal which is not only for East Asian countries,
but also for those countries which have not come under the wire
of HIPC, as it were, but are just outside. Is there not a way
to mould this proposal to ensure that they also can see some debt
(Clare Short) I do not think so. I am not going to
ask for a paper from my Department in an expertise that we lack.
We are an extremely high-quality department and our expertise
is good, but I am not pretending that we have expertise where
we do not have it. What is proposed in the IMF in reality, because
it is really about tying in the private sector to more of a sense
of responsibility and helping countries through crises, is very
much a Treasury lead. Now, if there are specific proposals from
Jubilee Research, who do make proposals which I think are ill-informed
quite often, and I am an enormous admirer of the campaign, but
it does not mean that all the arguments put by some of the campaigners
are economically useful to developing countries, but if there
are specifics where they think this would help poor countries,
then we will answer that and if you give me their points, we will
come back with an answer, but the real details of where we are
in these very complex negotiations going on in the IMF to try
and bring these procedures forward, I need to get from the Treasury
for you because that is where the work is being done.
18. Can I quickly bolt this on to a further
area which you also may well say is Treasury-led, which is the
decision on special drawing rights where I understand that every
country within the IMF was actually supporting the issue of these
special drawing rights at the February meeting of the Bank, except
the United States. What was the position at the Autumn meeting
and how do you see the situation going forward on this which clearly
again would not be an advantage, I understand, for HIPC countries,
but would actually add to liquidity in many of the developing
countries and many of the accession countries in Eastern Europe?
(Mr Faint) I believe that this proposal for SDRs is
one that has been under discussion for a long time in the IMF
and it actually involves some differential issue of SDR amongst
the Members.
(Clare Short) It has been around in negotiations and
they have to all be put through all the different countries. It
does not bring any benefits to developing countries. Soros came
up with the proposal for countries to donate the extra SDRs to
developing countries, but it is all going nowhere and the US,
amongst others, does not agree. That is my short memory of it.
(Mr Faint) The US Congress is blocking that, I believe,
at the moment.
19. If I can press you a little further on this,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his Marshall plan that he issued
in February prior to the Spring meetings of the Bank clearly stated
that SDRs was a way forward, not for the least developed countries,
but for in fact providing aid to those countries outside the HIPC
Initiative and in Eastern Europe particularly.
(Clare Short) No, it did not actually.
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I'm going to be up all night – our house is full of boxes that need unpacking. (Katie would have said "need unpacked" but there's no teaching grammar to the Scots). I helped a couple of big Legends of Eastern Europe lug all our gear into our gaff this afternoon. They were easily the coolest guys I've met in ages. Now time for me to have some pizza and a quick glug of booze before getting back down to these boxes, Polish Style.
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text: In 2013, we launched our campaign to kick homophobia out of football, sending rainbow coloured bootlaces to all 5,000 professional players in Britain. The activity was a great success with over 50 clubs taking part. So in 2014, we had to go one better. We set out to change the game, by enlisting bigger stars, more brands and the general public. Over 70 clubs took part including 75% of Premier League sides. Over 40 brands showed their support, from McDonald's to Smirnoff, Adidas to O2. Over 400M Twitter impressions were generated and over 100k requests for laces were received. 67% of football fans were aware of the campaign and 65% felt better about Paddy Power, as a result. Cowabunga!


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Plastilina Records, the label based in Lima, Peru, has many new releases this year. I thought it was a good time to interview the person behind it these days: Jalito.
++ Hi Jal. You've got some new releases coming up after being quiet most of the year. Can you tell me about these 3 new releases coming up? Pinkie, Nubes en mi Casa and Diosque?
Hi! Yes! I've been quiet most of the last year because I focused more on discovering Latin-american indiepop bands and promoting my record label in Brazil, where i lived for nearly a year. Now I am back with fantastic new music as Pinkie from UK… This is Alex Sharke's proyect ( Member of the legendary Brighter. Fosca, Hal, etc…) Plastilina is releasing his second album called " Somehow It Feel Like Rain" after being almost 8 years hidden. An album full of lyricism, nostalgia, beauty and superlative elegance.
Nubes en mi Casa and Diosque are my newest gems that I found in the South American region. Both are from Buenos Aires – Argentina and bring us perfect oneiric atmopheres that'll wrap you easily. Highly Recommended!
Also I just released what may be one of the best albums of 2013! " When you and I were Really Young" from Silver Screen! An álbum with a fluid guitar sound reminiscent of COCTEAU TWINS, married to a gentle pop sensibility very near to the sounds of bands like THE SMITHS or IAN BROUDIE of THE LIGHTNING SEEDS, and, indeed: artists of past decades on the adored Sarah Records label. You really must give a check!
++ I see you are releasing for the first time some South American bands. What does that mean to Plastilina, being a South American label?
Since we started this label around 2006 Plastilina was always looking for Peruvian and South American artists but the lack of bands at that time (in indiepop terms) forced us to look for foreign sounds. Years after we witnessed how this regional scene grew with amazing bands such as Nubes en mi casa which actually was on the last line-up of the SXSW Festival in Austin-Texas. Diosque which has one of the best regard albums in our continent, Eva & John which is our new Peruvian discovery! And many many more talents are appearing!
++ And what about Pinkie? Working with someone who has been involved with cult bands like Brighter and Fosca! How has your relationship being with him?
Alex Sharkey is one of the most talented persons that we have in our home. We have following his work for years and once we figured out that he was in the process of recording his second álbum, we were in touch for at least one year and finally got to release his amazing second album. I'm personally quite surprised how this guy can keep his roots in every different proyect that he has…. " Somehow It Feels Like Rain" is an album of 11 perfect dreamy songs that reminds me to Pale Saints's voices, Cocteau Twins's guitars and Beach Boys's chorus! Highly recommended!
++ I've heard that there are many other releases coming up, seems you've gotten busy as of late. What else is coming up on Plastilina for the near future?
Yes… we have a tight schedule this year… We recently released the newest Silver Screen album "When You and I Were Really Young" which goes over very very well in Japan and some other countries in Asia. Also, Eva&John, which is our first Peruvian band on the label! And at the same time we are gonna start a new series of releases on flexi discs. We finally got them! Also Coconut Groove's second álbum, "How To Build a Maze" will be our next one… and then The Tartans and their full discography, plus unreleased bonus tracks is our new challenge.
++ Let's go to the early days. When and how did Plastilina started as a label, and did you imagine being around this long? what expectations did you have then?
Plastilina was born in late 2005 when Roque and I, along with two other enthusiastic friends of mine decided to be part of the new change. Unfortunatelly, at that times, Lima (our city) had a monotonous independent pop scene. So our idea was to create a new plattaform to encourage people to make pop music. Since we didn't have a proper local band to start this project with, we replace that idea with hosting our own events like gigs, festivals, a record label's fair and themed parties with the few bands and attendants we had at that time. Years after years this has been growing and now we are in the process of making our independent scene even stronger.
++ As years passed you've released more than 25 CDs in a country were piracy is number one, where copied CDs are what people prefer. How have you managed to tackle this problem?
CD piracy was never a trouble for us since our prices in the local market are pretty accessible. I personally believe in spreading music through streaming and blogs that share and allow music to be downloaded. I do support piracy in small scales… As long as any third person who is not involved in this can make any kind of profit. I don't think that that can be trouble for independent record labels since nowadays our objective public is entirely made up of music collectors and true music lovers that truly believe the only way to keep this alive and releasing great stuff is by supporting and buying originals, thus rewarding bands. Just true lovers of music.
++ Running a label is never an easy task, there's problems, but there are times that are very rewarding as well. Which releases are you the proudest of? And if you were to choose one release that sums up the spirit of Plastilina, which will it be?
Absolutely, during all these years I have experienced lots of anecdotes and have worked with many different people from various countries and cultures. Choosing my most rewarding moment is a very difficult question but I may mention that it was very very cool working with such amazing bands like Twig, St Christopher, Alex Sharkey( Member of Brighter, Fosca, Hal), Diosque and being able to arrange Plastilina shows abroad in places like Brazil, Argentina or Djing in Sweden, Germany and other countries. Definitely, the releases what I feel proudest of are "Life After Ridge" by Twig, " Bote+Brote" by Diosque and "Lost at Sea" by the emblematic St Christopher! Uff!
++ Are there any labels that you would consider as influential to Plastilina?
Totally. I am very much a fan of the work of Hardly Art, Beko, Matinee, Fuego Amigos, Sincerely Yours, Labrador, Siesta ,Cloudberry, Shelflife and many, many more. I love how these labels have kept their musical aesthetic despite
those rough times when the music industry tries to kill you.
++ Tell me about Plastilina's setup, your office and stuff? How far do you have to go to the post office? What's like a day in Plastilina?
Nowdays Plastilina's office is ran from my home in Chorrillos… a really nice neighborhood next to the beach and 15 kilometres from downtown Lima… A day in Plasilina is pretty mellow… checking emails, creating, designing and discovering artists for the label, emailing distros and customers, listening to demos and new music while I make something yummy for lunch, then again… coordinating the next gigs and festivals , biking to the postal service in the afternoon, which is only 5 minutes from my place, watching movies, planning to trips to new places at night and having some beers with friends on the weekend That's pretty much my life.
++ And by the way, why do they call you Jalito? Isn't your name Jose?
It's kind of a secret….. but I can give you a clue… It's about the Halley comet! 😉
++ So Jal, how did you get into indiepop? How did you discover it?
I was always so passionate about music and I think this is one of the very few ways to discharge all the tension that everyone gets from living in big cities. I began listening independent music when I was around 13 years old… I was
pretty interested to hear new sounds and I discovered New Order and Cocteau Twins which changed my perspective in life at the time. Then after listening lots of 80's pop music I got into guitar bands such as Yo la Tengo, Pavement, Built
to Spill, The Pastels, etc… Then Spanish pop caught my attention and led me to discover an unreleased tribute to The Field Mice which was the beginning of all of this.
++ Which would you say are your favourite bands? And if you could, can you give me a top 5 songs of yours?
I really like when interviewers comes to this same question all the time. I'll take a look into my collection and mention 5 acts that were significantly important in my life.
The Siddeleys ( UK)
The Embbasy ( Sweden)
Silvania (Peru)
Aztec Camera ( Scotland)
Air France (Sweden)
Top 5 songs:
Something Almost Brilliant Happened Last night – The Siddeleys
All the Dark Horses – The Trash Can Sinatras
This Chain Won't Break – Wild Nothing
No excuses – Air France
++ Actually, have you ever been in a band?
My closest experience with a band was back in 2004 when I tried to be the drummer in a twee pop band. We all met via soulseek and arranged a rehearsal (that's how we met for the first time!) and then we came up with a lightning bolt band called Los Rebeldes Walkies Talkies… This band recorded around 4 songs that were included in some local magazines… Now I am about to take some lessons to produce music on my computer. Hope to have this done soon!
++ You don't only release records but also organize gigs and club nights in Lima. How do you enjoy doing these? And how successful do you think they are? How big is the indiepop scene in Lima?
To be honest Lima has a small independent scene despite that it has around 9 million inhabitants… Even though this city is pretty big and has about 49 districts everything is summed up in 4 of them. That's why I am planning to expand my events/organizations to create more accessibility for everyone. Plastilina shows have gone very well in the last few years. I have around 150 enthusiastics followers that always come when I set up gigs, festivals, etc… I pretty much enjoy doing this and even moreso when I see those smiles of happines, or people singing the songs, or simply when people dance with their eyes closed. That's pretty rewarding.
++ What would you say has been the highlight of Plastilina so far?
The highlight of Plastilina is to have been recognized by people from every country that we've traveled to and also to have our faithful followers in Japan! I think that's pretty much exciting! One of my plans for the near future is
to actually travel over and make a Plastilina pop party in Japan! Can you imagine!?
++ And where do you see the label 5 years from now?
I see Plastilina with a subsidiary in the States or Europe that basically would be in charge of releasing our same albums on vinyls. Also working even harder to make our bands participate in festivals like Primavera Sound, SXSW, etc. Getting more synchronization licensing for our bands to be able to be on soundtracks in movies and more. That would be really cool, indeed!
++ Everytime someone involved visits Lima, you give them a tour. So, what places would you recommend visiting if someone was to go there?
Yes. I love to meet people involved from all over the world and exchange information about our work. That's very productive! Lima is a such big city… I would recommend to get a bike and make a tour around Barranco which is one of the nicest areas in the capital.. very beautiful, cozy and charming. Also, go around Miraflores' promenade around 5-6pm to see one of the nicest sunset in the Pacific. I'd also recommend to visit some art galleries like Revolver, Centro Colich, if you are around those mentioned areas … then downtown! And goes directly to Quilca's galleries to DIVE and look for some Peruvian gems on vinyl from the 60s or 70s. So much amazing music throughout that period. Then keep walking til Queirolo ( one of the oldest bars in Lima) have some Pilsen Callao, relax and keep walking til Plaza de Armas which is the main square and just next to there is the " Alameda Chabuca Granda" which is a boulevard where you'll find lots of traditional food and deserts.. I recommend eating e v e r y t h i n g.
++ And what would you say is your favourite Peruvian dish and beer?!
Peruvian food is absolutely great. Actually, It's one of the few things that I really miss of Peru when I am abroad. I may say that I am really into seafood as I live really close to the sea. Dishes like Rissoto con Mariscos, Ceviche, Leche de Tigre and the best invention of humans: Conchitas a la Parmesana along with some cold Pilsen Callao (beer) It's just like heaven!
++ And when you are not listening to music, or releasing music, what other things do you like to do?
I like to spend time with my very good friends outdoors or at their places watching movies , cooking delicious food or deserts or simply playing table games with them. Also I really like to explore more about my city and taking pictures… Also relax and read on my bed… that's how I enjoy life.
++ Thanks so much Jalito, anything else you'd like to add?
Remenber that we all like to dream, but also we must make things happen. .Thanks to you! I really enjoyed answering these unusual questions! See you soon!


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French woman loses her human rights appeal in burka ban
THE European Court of Human Rights has upheld France's ban on wearing a burka or a niqab in public, ruling that the 2010 law on religious headgear does not breach Muslim women's human rights.
The Strasbourg court ruled in the case brought by a devout French Muslim that there had been no breach of her right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, and no breach of the prohibition of discrimination.
France has both the largest Muslim community in western Europe, estimated at around five million, and some of the continent's most restrictive laws about expressions of faith in public.
It was the first European country to pass a law banning veils that conceal the face in public. Belgium later followed suit.
The 24-year-old plaintiff, identified by her initials SAS, had described herself as a "devout Muslim and she wears the burka and niqab in accordance with her religious faith, culture and personal convictions".
She insisted that "neither her husband nor any other member of her family puts pressure on her to dress in this manner".
Religious symbols such as headscarves, crucifixes, or Jewish skullcaps are banned from state schools in France. (© Daily Telegraph, London)
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Pulis vents fury at Delap dismissal as Stoke creep past Crawley
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Stoke boss Tony Pulis called for discussions between clubs and referees yesterday, after Rory Delap was sent off for a challenge that divided opinion between the managers and the match officials.
Referee Mike Jones showed no sign of reaching for a card of any colour when Delap appeared to win the ball in a one-footed challenge with David Hunt, the Crawley right-back, until Lee Probert, the fourth official, indicated that he considered the tackle worthy of a red for "excessive force".
"Professional people and referees are so far apart sometimes in what they see as fair or reckless challenges," Pulis said.
"We've had a fourth official, Lee Probert, today who has got Rory Delap sent off. But he's refereed a game, Liverpool v Newcastle (on December 30), and not even booked a player for what was the worst challenge in the Premier League this year -- for (Yohan) Cabaye's challenge on (Jay) Spearing. Lee was only five yards away.
"I am not here to slaughter referees. I'm trying to be constructive and say we have to get together and talk about incidents. I am just saying there is a problem."
Yet Steve Evans, the Crawley manager, understood the decision. "My first impression was a red by today's standards," he said. "If your leg is straight and off the ground, you are going to go."
Evans felt his side, too, had been harshly treated, first by the award of the penalty from which Stoke took the lead shortly before half-time, when Ryan Shawcross fell under a challenge by Kyle McFadzean. He also said that Shawcross had handled a late effort by Sanchez Watt.
"On replays it's clear it's not a penalty," Evans said. "There is no contact. And is there any excuse for missing Shawcross' handball on the line?" The dismissal of Delap seemed to take the sting out of Crawley's attacks rather than encouraging the League Two side. On 42 minutes Jon Walters nodded on a free-kick by Glenn Whelan and Shawcross' tumble was judged worthy of a penalty. Walters converted.
Another free-kick from Whelan seven minutes into the second half was headed home at the far post by Crouch (left) and, after that, Stoke looked safe. (© Independent News Service)
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- Updated: October 4, 2016
Zacks Investment Research has downgraded Erie Indemnity Company (NASDAQ:ERIE) to Hold in a statement released on 10/4/2016.
On 1/19/2016, Macquarie Research released a statement about Erie Indemnity Company (NASDAQ:ERIE) upped the target price from $84.00 to $96.00 that suggested an upside of 0.02%.
Having a price of $99.71, Erie Indemnity Company (NASDAQ:ERIE) traded -0.49% lower on the day. With the last stock price up 2.73% from the two hundred day average, compared with the Standard & Poor's 500 Index which has decreased -0.01% over the same period. ERIE has recorded a 50-day average of $100.25 and a two hundred day average of $97.06. Trade Volume was up over the average, with 104,449 shares of ERIE changing hands over the typical 34,243
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Mind of the women at different stages of life.
They all have things to ponder about.
Anyone can guess what they were thinking?
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A wonderful photograph…to have captured do many different shots within one is great!!
hmm, I wonder what they are thinking about. I'm guessing that their thoughts are all very different
I wonder if we had the ability to read someone's mind. It reminds me of the Mel Gibson's movie "What Women Want" :)
I just think this picture is beautiful.
It's a great photo.
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The indicator finds for pin-bars on a chart and marks them. Also it sets a signal pointer at the opening price of the candlestick following the found pin-bar.
It has four parameters to filter candlesticks:
- MinCandleSizePT - the minimum size of the candlestick in points from High to Low, below which candlesticks are skipped. This parameter is specified like for the four-digit prices.
- MaxCandleBodySize - the maximum size of the candlestick body relative to its shadows. Set from 0 to 1. If the size of the candlestick body is greater than a preset parameter, this candlestick is skipped. 0.33 = the body of the candlestick should be no more than one third of the total size of the candlestick from High to Low.
- RelativeToPreCandle - the position of the pin-bar candlestick body relative to the High and Low of the previous candlestick. Set from 0 to 1. If the center of the pin-bar candlestick body is not above (short) or below (long) the set limit, then this candlestick is skipped. 0.25 = Opening of the candlestick should not be below the top quarter of the previous candlestick (for short) and not higher than the bottom quarter of the previous candlestick for long.
- AspectRatioShadows - the ratio of the size of shadows of the pin bar candlestick. It shows how many times the value of the "signal" shadow must be larger than the other shadow. The value cannot be less than 0.1.
Gennadiy Voltornist 2017.10.28 20:06 #
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Romanie Mason 2015.02.26 18:33 #
clean and simple.
on of the good free stuff here. can you make it mtf?
Ramil Minniakhmetov 2014.05.20 11:41 #
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Version 1.1 - 2015.12.25
Adjusted for the new mql4 requirements