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The Library and Documentation Unit was established in the year 1979 and developed information resources. The total collection is 14,000 comprising of books, bound volume of journals, maps, atlases, reports, theses, conference proceedings, etc. The library subscribes to 15 Foreign Journals and 26 Indian journals. The five regional centers located at Bangalore, Delhi, Jorhat, Kolkata and Udaipur are also attached with small technical libraries with core collection of regional interest.
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- To maintain liaison with national and international organizations for exchange of information.
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Made for "Cinéma, de notre temps" series. Interview with Georges Franju (1912-1987), a figure of immense importance in the history of French cinema, not primarily for his films (exceptional though many of these are) but for being the co-founder, with Henri Langlois, of the Cinémathèque Française in 1936, France's most famous and important film archive.
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That Pope John Paul II died days after Terri Schiavo belatedly found peace represents a significant dichotomy. Schiavo died in a whirlwind stirred up by self-appointed "defenders of the faith." They swarmed, taking pictures and granting interviews. They didn't care about the dignity of this innocent woman. They were only concerned with making everything that they thought wrong with America right again according to their Scripture.
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text: Page Content Press Release : 11 June 2013 | English, FrançaisICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects challenge to the admissibility of the case against Laurent GbagboICC-CPI-20130611-PR918Situation: Côte d'IvoireCase: The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo Today, 11 June 2013, the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected the challenge to the admissibility of the case against Laurent Gbagbo, suspected of crimes against humanity, allegedly committed in the territory of Côte d'Ivoire between 16 December 2010 and 12 April 2011. The Chamber concluded that, in the absence of any tangible proof showing that active steps have been taken at the national level in the alleged prosecution of Mr Gbagbo since August 2011, it has not been demonstrated that Mr Gbagbo "is being prosecuted" in Côte d'Ivoire, either for the same case or for any other; Therefore, according to the Pre-Trial Chamber, the case The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo is still admissible before the ICC. The challenge to the admissibility of the case against Mr. Gbagbo was submitted by the Mr Gbagbo's Defence of on 15 February 2013. A challenge to the admissibility of the case is granted if the case is being investigated or prosecuted by a State which has jurisdiction over it, unless the State is unwilling or unable genuinely to carry out the investigation or prosecution. According to the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC, the parties have the possibility to appeal a decision on admissibility. Today's decision on the admissibility of the case is distinct from the decision made on 3 June 2013 by the same Chamber regarding whether or not to send the case against Mr. Gbagbo to trial. On 3 June, Pre-Trial Chamber I had indeed adjourned the hearing on the confirmation of charges and requested the Prosecutor to consider providing further evidence or conducting further investigations with respect to the charges presented against Mr Gbagbo. Today's decision on the admissibility of the case has no bearing on the future decision on the confirmation of charges. Pre-Trial Chamber I is composed of Judges Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi, Presiding, Hans-Peter Kaul, and Christine Van den Wyngaert. Decision on the "Requête relative à la recevabilité de l'affaire en vertu des Articles 19 et 17 du Statut For further information, please contact Sonia Robla, Chief of Public Information Section, International Criminal Court, by telephone at: +31 (0)70 515-8089 or 31 (0)6 46448726 or by e-mail at: email@example.com . You can also follow the Court's activities on YouTube and Twitter.


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Forums > Model Colloquy > Pale or Tan!?!?
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Tan tend to look better for swimsuit, lingerie and glamour when it comes to images with colors. The model do look healthier. when I say tan, I don't mean fried tan.
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i like em pale.
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, US
I prefer pale. But with really good lighting, I think tan looks amazing.
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Jeska L Vardinski wrote:
In the little bit of work I have had, I have noticed that it really doesn't matter as long as you know how to model. I love your natural skin color, but it seems to me in pictures with tan skin, you get more of a natural glow. Perhaps that is just me.
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"i know that most glamor models are tan and most art/alternative models are pale."
For me I have noticed that it doesn't not really matter the color of your skin as long as you know how to model and do what the photographer says. You have a beautiful pale skin, it does not look unhealthy at all. But I have noticed that with tan skin, it gives a more natural glow. Perhaps that is just me though.
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pale ,pale ,pale.......just a personal pref. tan looks fake .... you can tell when someone is not their natural tone, regardless of how drastic.
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I think I have kind of a greenish tone to my skin, and I can look freaky under certain light, then other times, I look like I have a tan.
People have said I look like Morticia, or that I have a 'goth' look
I think whatever God gave you is best.
And in no way should you risk cancer for it, both of my parents have skin cancer.
So I have seen the effect it has, to be removed it can leave big, awful scars, it's just not worth it.
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The Dojo is a virtual classroom visible to the children on the interactive whiteboard in class.
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Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive and Well in NE Ohio
The survey conducted by Cleveland State University and Jumpstart, Inc., a non-profit that helps accelerates early-stage businesses, questioned 250 people at different stages of business. The overall attitude was optimistic about resources, infrastructure, and workforce supply in the region. Cost of living and commute time were seen as positive, quality of life benefits to the region.
Yet, there were still doubts about the region's business conditions. A number of those surveyed were more doubtful about the region's economic health than their own ability to sustain a business. Respondents also saw the government's responsiveness and access to capital as negatives.
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peddling the doodle series
we can respond to this one-upmanship of paper by trying to similarly fold a computer screen with old-fashioned brute force. this would be an unfortunate mistake, preventing us from sensing the real material inside the computer - the program - that is continually folding, collapsing, growing, and evolving at unimaginable speeds.
- john maeda, maeda and media
using current computer technology, we can manipulate objects up to a 2 1/2 dimensional space. it's interesting, because we can fold a piece of paper in half thus manipulating it in 3 dimensions. a computer generated 3-d model, is not exactly 3 dimensional. for starters, it does not exist in a 3 dimensional space. i don't know if we'll forever be bound by that, afterall, it is only by our sense of depth that we accept there are 3 dimensions, or are able to percieve 3 dimensions. actually, our eyes are rather interesting organs. they don't percieve depth like the way a camera lens does. everything is in focus.. you don't see any depth of field or anything, but our eyes draw our attention to things. and for some reason, our brain is able to compute the relative depth between me and whatever my eyes have focused on. it really is astounding how our bodies react to the space around us.
anyway, now owning 3 analong cameras and having lost my digital camera.. i finally decided that if i'm going to make this blog a little more.. graphical.. i'll just work on 250 x 188 canvases.. and just manipulate whatever comes to mind within that pixel space. i guess it gives me something to do and sees whether i can actually manipulate photoshop. good practice too, because right now.. i think it's terrible.
i also downloaded the get democracy internet tv player. basically it's a video player than acts like a feedreeder as well. so you can subscribe to channels and have your player download everytime a new episode of whatever comes out. it's not downloading drama series's and all that, it's mainly a free, open source platform for independents to share their work, and have some sort of an alternative to public broadcasting and cable. much like this 'citizen journalism' thing with blogging, but i hate that term. anyway, some good stuff comes out on it.. and it is a refreshing change to consume other forms of media.
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Inaguration Crowd Size (2017)
Estimating crowd numbers, evaluating crowd density and understanding safety limits for event capacity is an essential requirement for crowd safety and risk analysis. Where crowd counting can be very useful (after the event) we focus on a dynamic estimation process (using the RAMP analysis techniques). this allows for real-time predictive estimation and risk mitigation for places of public assembly.
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." ― Daniel Patrick Moynihan
We were asked by the New York Time to evaluate the crowds at Trump's Inauguration and the Woman's March (20th and 21st Jan 2017). For both counts we used the RAMP Analysis technique (Routes, Areas, Movement and Profile/People) coupled to the car park data and metro ridership information. All three elements provide an overview of the crowd dynamics and allow us to evelaute, in real-time, the crowd build up.
Our analysis at Manchester Metropolitan University
Article in the New York Times
Click here for the link on the Inaguration crowds 20th Jan 2017
As any crowd analyst will confirm, the front fills first. In the images below, both the 2009 inaguration and the 2017 inaguaration enents had capacity crowds near the stage (seated) area.
From the rear view we can see that 2/3rds of the area in the 2017 inaguration event are empty.
These two images (from youtube live feeds) show the difference of the two crowds attending the 2009 (Obama) and 2017 (Trump) inauguration. Marcel Altenburg and I were working with low resolution live feeds during the inaguration. Below are the analysis images we worked from during the event - live from 7 different video feeds to ensure these were both at the 45 minutes before the Oath of Office.
Crowd Counting - in real-time
There are two types of event – planned and unplanned (organised and spontaneous gatherings). Planned events can be ticketed or free entry. Obviously, ticketed events allow an accurate capacity check – you calculate the safe holding capacity, number of seats/standing area and then sell that number of tickets.
So how do we calculate the crowd capacity and crowd numbers for the spontaneous and free entry events? We need to know the limits to avoid overcrowding and potential crown crushing. So how do we achieve this?
We start with the site area, the routes to/from the site and the safe capacity. That's a simple calculation using various freely available tools – such as Google earth Pro – which allow the user to point and click an area, obtain a measurement of that area, and then to calculate a safe holding capacity. So, we can ascertain, before the event, how many people the site can safely accommodate.
Now, we need to count in real-time, to make sure we don't exceed the safe limits. There are two methods of estimating crowd numbers – a count or a density check.
The first, is to count people in/out of an event space - this works well in closed spaces, such as a festival or mass gathering within a boundary, typically a fenced off area. Over the last decade, we have seen a variety of automatic counting systems, but none that provide a 100% accurate count at high volumes of throughput.
The second method, when you simply can't count everyone (such as a network of streets/roads, open parks, and complex spaces or areas which have a high volume of input and output. These areas can be checked using a density evaluation - from a recent New York times Article - click here for a link.
In realtime - we can use this to evaluate the crowd build up on the site - click this link for more information.
New York Time article
From Lincoln to Obama, How Crowds at the Capitol Have Been Counted
People have descended on Washington to witness, celebrate and protest since the cornerstone was laid on the Capitol building in 1793. But estimating the size of those crowds is not easy, and sometimes crowd-counting can be fraught with controversy. Here's how the tools for counting have changed over the last 150 years. An analysis by Dr. Keith Still and Marcel Altenburg estimated that 7,350 people are in this view:
We can estimate, using area and a packing analysis, coupled to an image head count to estimate crowd numbers. In the above example. between 7,050 (areas x packing density) and 7,350 (head count). Note: the size of people in 1861 was approximatley 20% smaller than 2017 human dimensions).
Using real-time estimates for decsion support
Modelling the crowd build up for the Royal Wedding 29th April 2011.
Furhter information on this link
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Aritcle in the Washington Post (Jan 9th 2017)
Ignoring safety, what's the maximum number of people that can fit in Times Square? Fewer than you might think. washingtonpost.com
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Below are two projects from our MSc student, Alexandar Kollaritsch, featured in the USA press.
For further information on crowd density and crowd flow - click here.
We run training courses around the world and an APEL short course linked to the MSc in Crowd Safety and Risk Analysis at Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK.
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TO lose one lead at Wembley may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose two of them in one night looks like carelessness.
But to then go and ruin it all by handing England a third and decisive goal? When history was beckoning them forward?
Nope, no wonder Gordon Strachan's emotions were going wild inside. No wonder Scotland's manager could not find a single bright side to a defeat which had plunged him into such a dark and desperate place.
You only had to look at him afterwards, sat doubled over almost crunched into his seat, to get a sense of his pain.
This one hurt. By God did it hurt.
"I probably will be encouraged in a couple of days."
Strachan said as he attempted to explain the extent of his suffering.
"But at the moment I don't feel encouraged. I just feel disappointment. I'm hugely disappointed for everybody.
"It could have been a result we would still be talking about in 40 years' time so it's a huge disappointment for everybody.
"I discount the last 20 minutes because changes were being made left, right and centre.
"I also had to protect one or two players from strains and things like that.
"So we did that and I think when we lost a couple of our more experienced players the game got away from us. That changes the game."
But it was England's second-half goals which really turned this one around – and ripped glory from Strachan's hands.
Twice his defence crumbled under set-pieces to allow first Danny Welbeck and then Rickie Lambert to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat on England's behalf.
It was all too basic and needless for Strachan to get his head around.
Especially after watching the magnificent Kenny Miller conjure the greatest moment of his career to fire Scotland into a 2-1 lead at the start of the second half.
Right then, at that moment, the manager sensed history in the making. Which is why his team's second-half collapse hit him so hard.
And one simple word was at the forefront of his mind. Concentration.
He added: "I enjoyed the fact that, when we had 11 players on the park, England didn't create much against us from free play. That was good because a lot of the things we did well in Croatia we did well again tonight.
"We tried to attack a bit more and James Forrest came into the side and did a lot of good things.
"But we had to take him off to save his legs and protect him as well. So yes, there were things that I liked. But our concentration went at times and that's a small detail but it's an important one.
"It's not a lack of workrate or anything like that, it's just concentration that cost us."
Russell Martin cops the blame for Welbeck's header – the Norwich man appeared to be caught flat-footed and almost by surprise at the accuracy of Steven Gerrard's delivery.
And skipper Scott Brown – despite putting on a pretty heroic performance in midfield – will have to tell Strachan why he didn't challenge Lambert at the winner. Concentration. It's a small detail but it's one helluva big word.
Strachan added: "The second and third goals were hugely disappointing, but you have to give England credit for putting the ball in exactly the right place.
"People think it's easy to take free-kicks and corners but it's not. Not when all these people are watching and you are under pressure to deliver.
"I go back to Man United winning the Champions League Final in 1999 when Beckham in the 90th and 92nd minutes produced crosses which were terminal.
"And you still have to head it, so you have to give them credit for that – especially the third goal for England.
"But to be fair, it's not so bad when you are disorganised and attacking. But there were so many players coming on and off at that point it was a problem for us.
"Normally it's a lot easier if you play zonal marking, which I did at Celtic, Southampton and Coventry.
"But when you are chopping and changing like that it can be a bit of a problem. As I said, the concentration cost us. That is something we will try and put right because when we went 2-1 up I genuinely thought we had won the game.
"The players did what I asked – I told them not to dismiss the ball. I told them I wouldn't mind them having the ball taken off them if they were being brave on it."
England boss Roy Hodgson, right, said: "We made life difficult for ourselves by conceding twice. But all credit to Scotland they were well organised, sharp on the counter-attack and restricted the space on the edge of the box.
"But it's more satisfying when you win a game by coming from behind twice and even more so when you have the fairytale of Rickie Lambert.
"He could have run away with the match ball as he hit the post and forced Allan McGregor into a good save. But he will be happy with the one goal, though maybe he is saving more for later on.
"Without always playing our best – certainly defensively there were a few little holes in our game we would like to see disappear – but on the other hand it was a very positive
"We worked hard to get close to our opponents, took risks with the ball, got forward and created many more opportunities in dangerous situations than we have in recent games.
"But the biggest positive was to come from behind. When you have to chase the game there's always a risk you'll get caught on the counter-attack, like Miller's goal to put them 2-1 up.
"It was a very fast surface. I didn't think there was anything
malicious in the game, but both teams were very competitive and played it in the right spirit.
"Those 80,000 people didn't turn up to see an exhibition game, they turned up to see a competitive football match and that's exactly what they got."


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Well... I haven't blogged for so long that I almost forgot about this activity. One of my last posts was around the time we made "the big Bang release". It was so long ago (April 2007) that we spelled Rad as r.a.d. at that time. May be you remember that at that time there was a quest about the release and there was a forum thread about the quest. One guy (Mark Fitzpatrick) asked for RadPony. Well, we couldn't release a pony and it's still not sure it's going to appear on the roadmap but somehow for me the pony turned into a symbol of something great, something really cool, novel and crazy that people would love to see in our ever-growing product lines. "The RadPony release" was a blockbuster (New WinForms controls, Reporting Tool, AJAX controls, Silverlight 1.0 controls, etc.). We could stop then and rest on our laurels for a long time but... well, we couldn't resist the temptation to push the limits of some of the emerging technologies).
As it's modern in the Hollywood movies, we decided to expand the series and include much more visual effects and animation. In this year's Pony movie you'll see some new heroes (Prometheus without beta tag, WPF, Silverlight 2.0) and some of the old heroes (WinForms, Reporting) will have new special, previously unknown, abilities. Soon I'll post some pictures of the WPF superhero to stop the speculations that he'll be the "invisible man". Actually he'll be full of colors.
So get some popcorn, sit comfortably and enjoy the movie! And remember that the movie is still in production and you can influence the script and the final cut - send us your ideas about the things you'd like to see in it and be a director! I promise we'll put your name in the credit titles.


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This post comes from Hanna, who has recently joined the team as an intern within our Children's Programme.
"Recently, there's been a lot of debate on the ethics of internships and whether or not it's a case of exploitation to work for several months without being paid. The stereotypical image of an intern is a young person making coffee and running errands for staff members.
Well…this is not the case at Body & Soul, that's for sure! I thought I'd give you a brief summary of a day in the shoes of an intern in the Children's Programme at Body & Soul to show just what I get up to here:
9:30 AM: coming into the office, setting up at the computer and having the first cup of tea (surely won't be the last one…)
10 AM: on Mondays, all of the team meets to talk about achievements from the previous week and plans for the week to come. On other days I meet shortly with Jane, the Head of the Children's Centre to discuss what is on the agenda for that day and week.
11AM: On Mondays, we interns are invited to an Intern Master class, in which staff members take turns in sharing their knowledge of the different areas of work the organisation does, and their own professional expertise. Past Master classes have included the topics of CV writing and enhancement, the importance of Social Media, Body & Soul's Impact Strategy and the Children's Services. They are a great bonus to the internship since they broaden our understanding of the way a non-governmental organisation is set up and what role each staff member plays in achieving its vision.
11AM- 1PM: A variety of tasks including
• Providing Advocacy and Casework for our members:
This includes filling out Hardship Applications in close contact with members to provide financial support for them, making support phone calls and catching up on their current situation and needs. It's quite a rewarding and personal experience, since you get to see the difference your work will make in a very straightforward way, and you provide emotional support and guidance directly.
• Blogging about issues of interest and the amazing experience I'm having
This is amazing fun as you have the opportunity to raise awareness and choose the topic yourself!
1PM: My stomach grumbles, it's telling me quite directly that it's hungry, so I head to the nearby Exmouth Market with a huge variety of food to get something to eat. By the way, even though we interns are volunteers, Body & Soul covers the transport costs and lunch expenses, so we can enjoy a nice hot lunch. We can take up to 1 hour for lunch … exploitation definitely looks different!
• Planning and Preparation of the Children's Service Evening on Tuesday nights. This means I get to spend time in the Children's Centre (the colourful children's paradise!) setting up the activities.
• Implementing my own projects and ideas. I'm working on setting up a network database with pediatric specialists for children living with HIV and looking at their procedures in regard to the children.
5:30PM: Time to go home or to an occasional social evening with the team, it's great to get to know everyone on a personal level.
4:00-9PM (on a Tuesday): members start coming in with their children around 4:00pm.
• Giving 1:1 support to adult members, showing empathy, understanding and trust.
• Playing with loooots of children from 0-9 years of age, doing the activities with them and showing interest in their personal concerns and situations. Very loud, very busy, amazing FUN!!!!
Overall, it's a really rewarding experience to be an intern at Body & Soul. Apart from the tasks I listed above, I have the opportunity to give feedback at all times, and get involved in specific areas of interest or develop my own ideas and start up my own projects. Here, I have essential guidance and boundaries, but at the same time the freedom, support and space to explore and try out new ideas.
Body & Soul is a dynamic and exciting organisation that challenges you, gets you involved in responsible and relevant tasks, and provides you with the chance to develop to your skills and realize your full potential. I definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to get an in-depth insight into the third sector.
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i also held kitex since 50-60 levels..but book some profits...below 70 levels would exit.
the problem with kitex seems to be the fabric division...here the profit margins are below 1% and still co is increasing the the capital employed into fabric div from the profits of garments...hence the cash generated from garment(30% profit ) going into fabric(1% profit)division on expansion...this will slowly lower its roce and roe and npm...
i want to ask how is fabric div related to garment..can they run in isolation or have to be seen together?
Kitex have come out with an excellent set of numbers.
Stock surged from 90 levels to 128 levels.....
I have been invested here but exited weeks back after reading news of pollution issues company faced by local govt.bodies..Thought stock can correct ...see what a bad timing and bad decision it was.
Shanid V H
sharing some thought on Arvind's garment business.
recently met the management of Arvind ltd. they are very optimistic about their garment business. thus, putting up a new plant in gujarat and increasing capacity big time.
since labour is the main issue with Garment business.. they are following the kitex model of importing labour from other states and providing them with dormitory and other facilities.
the capital turnover and ebit margins are quite high in garment as we can see from Kitex case.
they are seeing huge demand as the customer is turning more towards one stop shop kind of model where in it would want to source fabric and garments from the same vendor. Guess, Kitex is also on the same path thus increasing fabric capacity. china is loosing share big time in global export.
Up 20% toady
Today was AGM of Kitex Garments. anybody gone to the AGM? If so please provide the info..there must be some news which made stock hit upper circuit today?
Interview in Hindu business on the sildelines of AGM
link: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/kitex-garments-sews-up-125cr-expansion-plan/article6026183.ece
-The 100 per cent EoU has a production capacity of 5.5 lakh pieces per day at its unit in Kizhakkambalam in Ernakulam district. This will be increased to 1.1 million pieces by 2015-16.
-The company plans to introduce robotic technology to meet the labour shortage, said Sabu M Jacob, Managing Director.
-Out of the total investments, he said, â¹25 crore has been earmarked for upgrading sewing technology. The company has installed the longest bleaching machine in the world (62 metres), he told_Business Line_on the sidelines of the companyâs annual general meeting.
-Efforts are on to introduce the brand in the US and the company plans to invest another $10 million to develop distribution network and in the branding exercise, he added.
-Despite the stiff competition, Jacob said international buyers have shown preference to Kitex Garments products for its quality and timely delivery. Major international buyers include Kohlâs, The Childrenâs Place, Gerber, ToysâRâUs, Carterâs, and Mothercare.
-After capacity expansion, he said, the company hopes to cross â¹1,000-crore export turnover in the current financial year against â¹750 crore in the previous fiscal. When asked whether the slowdown in the US had affected business, he said, âthe infant garments business is a recession-proof industry as parents do not compromise on products for the new bornâ.
-He added that Chinaâs prominence in the garment business is fast eroding due to high wages and low safety standards in the industry. Several apparel manufacturing units have now shifted operations to Vietnam and Bangladesh.
-Earlier, 65 per cent of the garments exported to the US were from China. This has come down to 45 per cent. Though Cambodia, Vietnam and Bangladesh are strong competitors, he said that safety issues and lack of potential for scalability had minimised their opportunities.
-This has provided India a good business opportunity to source a major chunk of the global garment manufacturing business.
-Today, India exports 25-30 per cent of the textile goods to the global market, he said.
Disc: invsted
The co.'s stock price has moved up big time but still looks good for longer term because of two reasons,in my opinion:
1). Increasing potential to export because of China losing it's competency. Proven track record on delivery and compliance makes Kitex a preferable vendor. The plans to add capacity is a move in direction to cash in on the opportunity.
2). Plan to launch it's own brand in the US. This will take good time to materialise but co.'s tried and tested quality in the same market should act as a big plus in getting acceptance. Being fully integrated vertically,the co. will earn superb margins on this front.
Ayush Bhai or people invested in the co.,any further clarity on Corp. Governance?? What exactly does Kitex Childrenwear do?? Is fabric division a problem and it's sale to Kitex Childrenwear??
Can't find answers to above questions. Please help.
technichally also getting highly bullish in charts
Hi Nikhil,
I had gone to the AGM and have provided a brief update at our blog.
Kitex Childrenwear (KCL) is a sister concern which is also manufacturing infant garments. The co is unlisted and owned by promoters. It was started to avoid customer conflict. But this has grown well and is not about 60% the size of KGL. The management seemed quite honest and he assured that all the transactions between KGL and KCL are at arms length...infact just to not have corporate governance issues, often KGL is given the preference. They may also look to merge the company in 2-3 years.
Disc: I hold Kitex
I also attended the AGM and had captured some notes. Here is a brief -
Kitex specializes in infant wear (0-24 months). This is the only market which is not affected by recessions (as infant wear is the last thing to cut on parentsâ minds) and there is lesser competition due to the specialized nature of the business. Only 12 companies in the world manufacture such large volume required for the large players. There are multiple small players manufacturing 5K pieces, but the big players are not interested in such volume. Kitex manufactures 5.5L pieces per day
Kitex is the 3rd largest player with 5.5L pieces per day in FY14
Fabric capacity was expanded from 24T per day to 48 T per day along with technology upgradation in both fabrics and garments. The total cost of expansion was around 100 cr.
We supply to Gerber, who is the No. 1 wholesaler in infant wear, reselling to 14000 stores in the US (including Walmart, JC Penney). We have been supplying to Gerber for the past 14 years. We also supply to Carter, who are one of the biggest retailer and wholesaler. They own 600 outlets, and we have been supplying to them from the last 4 years.
We also supply to Babies R Us, who are No. 1 in the US in infant wear (retailer). Babies R Us also sources from Gerber and Carter, who in turn buy from us. Net-net, most of the garments in a Babies R Us store are from Kitex.
Even after 10-20 washes, Kitex products retain their quality, while competitors products donât.
KGL sells fabric to KCL at 20-25% more than the market price.
)- There is a market demand out there, but recruiting labor has become extremely difficult. An indent of 2000 labor demand generates 100 resumes. Out of that, 25 leave due to home sickness, 25 leave after initial 1 month of training. Currently, the labor force is 60:40 in favor of the locals.
Thanks for the update Ayush and Kiran. This is informative.
Hi Kiran and Ayush,
Very insightful. What are your earning estimates for FY15e and FY16e for Kitex?
Do you believe that the management will be successful in their distribution foray in US, do they have that capability?
Few days back was National Garment Fair organised by Clothing Manufacturers Association of India(CMAI) at BEC, Mumbai. It is the biggest garment exhibition for manufacturers in India in all kids, men and women category. I was surprised to have not found any Kitex Garment presence in the exhibition whatsoever out of around 650 exhibitors.
This could mean few things,
Kitex is not interested in the Indian markets. And they are focusing on the export market in the US etc.
They have a brand presence in south india only. Mumbai is the business city for most textile firms and to not have their brand felt here was a big miss. To command PE like Page Ind, Zodiac and Raymond they will have to play the brand game sometime. Exhibitions likes CMAI's r the best place to make ur presence felt.
Any thoughts?
The US imports approx. 2.5 bn USD worth babies' garments annually. The size is quite big. Check out the link.
Notice the stagnant share of China (contributes half of 2.5 bn USD) and increasing share of Cambodia,Vietnam and India . Even Bangladesh's share is near stagnant.
I was quite positive on this company despite some negativity earlier about the corporate governance issue and possible conflict of interest. A fast growing business with ok management available at good price of 10-11 PE. I was in the middle of my research and price shot up sharply from 125 to current 235-240 so couldn't take the position. I think it's consolidating at these levels for a while before next up move.
Do we have next 2-3 quarters projections? Is it good to accumulate at these levels? Ayush? other senior members tracking it?
I do not believe it - why would KGL sell to KCL at 25 % more than market price ? Any auditor in his sane mind would dissuade it - typically when a management tries to act too honest, they could be acting the other way around.
Also, given Kerala location, won't there be an issue in scaling up production ?
Just playing devil's advocate here and inverting to make sure we are not missing an obvious downside.
Thanks for digging out the data Nikhil. I broadly knew the market size, but that table puts a lot of meat to what we are talking about here. Much appreciate it.
Aksh - Think of a 30-40-50% growth in revenues from 2014 and similar net profit margins as 2014 and arrive at a figure. After attending the AGM and understanding the business, a 30% growth in revenues and similar net margins as 2014 seems the bare minimum to me. Anyway, I personally think we need to look at this story from a 2-3 year perspective than a one year perspective (and much less a qtr-by-qtr perspective).
Varadharajan - An accusation can be made either way. Do we have data to prove it?
Also, the MD did mention that Kerala hasn't had a strike for over 2-3 years now (at pvt enterprises). From a Kerala location perspective, it wouldn't be an issue. But from increasing labor to produce perspective, I have already elaborated on the issue in my AGM notes.
Before we actually get to number crunching, understanding the business in depth is extremely important. Imagine the customer stickiness -Extreme customer stickiness due to infant wear (the gateway customer of a parent wouldn't want to take a chance), only 12 companies in the world manufacture such large volume required for the large players (there must be a reason why other hundreds of large garment manufacturers haven't got into the infant-wear segment), large customers-relationships from a long time, MD's statement of "itâs a sellerâs market â if you can produce it, you can sell it" etc. These are MAJOR strengths for any business.
I think this line from the MD during the AGM sums up the business - "Our sales secret is that a baby in the 0-24 months category grows 40 gms every day. Every 10 days, the parents need new set of clothes. US consumption is very high, even compared to Europe, and we are seeing no signs of a slowdown in the infant wear market."
Thanks a lot Nikhil, this is excellent data for this story.
The main bone of contention, apart from valuation, here is the sustainability of competitive advantage. We need more clarity on the global competitive landscape. Are the trends marked this table more of a aberration (degrowth from China, lower growth from Bangaldesh) or the new normal. Will the emerging growth ones throw up new competition ?
Kitex without any brand aegis like Page, is already clocking excellent operation/net margins comparable with the best. So launching of own brands/ forward integration will only improve the picture from here.
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@ Eratas: Kyuukai and a bunch of ISA students.
Anyway, Kyuukai marries Laura, has Aria. He's still an IS engineer (part-time now), but his office is in the orphanage across the river, which is bigger now, and operated by him and his wife, and Adam and his wife. Canan also lives with them...
And she may or may not be pregnant... With Laura's consent of course.
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@ Senpai - Yamada it is!
Maya: O-Orimura-sensei, what're you doing!?
Ichika: Huh? What's wrong?
Maya: W-We can't!
Ichika: It's not like I'm a student, right? Now, I'm sure both of us will enjoy this....
Maya: Aahhhhh~
Irish: *Barges into the room* Yamada, the teacher from the other class-Aaaah! What're you doing!?
Ichika: Yo, Irish-kun, or should I call you son now?
@ Rain - What the hell! Kyuukai impregnates both!? Even Ichika only has one wife!
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@ Rain - Hm.....nekomimi threesome
@ Senpai - Okay, I just realized how unreal it would be if Irish was just let in scot free on IS academy, even if he has Tatenashi's recommendation. How about making him pretend to be a girl just to get in and in public? Yes, it's stupid, but he doesn't have FRACTURE's backing and he can't get in as a guy. Don't worry, he won't stay for long, he gets exposed not too long after but at that point they'll already have a compromise.
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But I liked idea of instuctor more for personal reason...
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@ Senpai - It'll come into play later. For now, he's known by his paper thin disguise "Iris-chan". Besides, it add more to Ichika's paranoia later on when Irish is revealed as a male.
@ Rain - Any plans for a personal trap for Kyuukai in the SAW parody? All the protags get one later. Remember, no equipment or anything.
For both - What do you think would make Tatenashi attracted to Irish anyway? If it's to much of an asspull, I'll make their relationship platonic. Don't want to push the willing suspension of disbelief.
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@ Rain - The experiment takes place in some kind of rundown facility. They're not trying to hurt the protags, just scare them. That's why the area's look run down and the traps gruesome, they want to see how they react to unexpected situations. The protags were already trained in evading laser fire, not shotgun collars.
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No, never, that's why most of politician (and frankly, probably military authority) is still male. The social standing migth shift drastically, but seems like the politics hadn't changed that much. Yeah, strange.
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@ Senpai - Still, the world knows there are only 467 cores and they know the IS can't be ised for war. How the hell did things get so bad that a woman can beat up a guy on the street and no one would bat an eye! Shouldn't the fact that the government keeps only one candidate also be common knowledge?
Side note - Asked a question in 2nd to last post.
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Probably ther would be "male protection act/ agreement" or something like that, similar to "Children Protection act" in real life. Not making them special, instead making them feel secure.
EDIT: I don't know, haven't truly understand Tatenahsi yet. I can't really conclude.
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@ Senpai - What boggles me is the change in the job system. Apparently, males can only get blue collar jobs and females tend to get picked for more complicated jobs. How the hell did having a mini mecha change how one should get picked for work? Being a pilot does not make you a good lawyer/businessman/doctor!?
Man, Tatenashi's hard to freaking get! She has next to no reason for liking Ichika but she says "Be a man I can fall in love with" even during early V6.
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(BANGOR, Maine) — A 12-year-old boy allegedly stole a "big blue" school bus and went on a brief joyride that was caught on camera before being stopped by two good Samaritans, according to police.
The incident occurred Wednesday in Bangor, Maine, but the video was uploaded by police Thursday evening.
The clip, just over a minute long, shows a bus swerving side to side as opposing traffic drives by before the bus stops at an intersection, where the video stops.
John W. St. Germain III and his girlfriend, who were in their vehicle behind the bus, saw it being driven by someone who appeared too young to have a license, according to the Bangor police department's Facebook page.
"These two, followed the bus and called the police department. She gave a great description and we were on the way," the statement said. "The description was, big blue bus with a kid driving. We knew exactly what to look for."
St. Germain waited until the bus stopped at the intersection before getting out his car and boarding the bus, taking control of it, police said.
Authorities say the 12-year-old boy was taken into custody, adding in a statement that "[police] urge everyone to keep their hands to themselves, leave other people's things alone and be kind to one another. We will be here!"
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Because I loved Harmonic Feedback and this sounds like it will be just as amazing.
When privileged 17-year-old Jasmine gets kicked out of her house, she takes what is left of her savings and flees to Santa Cruz to pursue her dream of becoming a musician. Jasmine finds the ideal room in an oceanfront house, but needs to convince the three guys living there that she's the perfect roommate and lead guitarist for their industrial rock band, C-Side. Too bad she has major stage fright, and the cute bassist doesn't think a spoiled girl from over the hill can hack it.(from Goodreads)
The Demon's Surrender by Sarah Rees Brennan (June 14th 2011)
Because it's the final book in the trilogy AND it has Alan on the cover!!! I can't wait!
But Ruby will do anything to get her sister back, and when Chloe returns home two years later, a precarious and deadly balance waits. As Chloe flirts with the truth that Ruby has hidden deeply away, the fragile line between life and death is redrawn by the complex bonds of sisterhood.
Imaginary Girls is a masterfully distorted vision of family reminiscent of Shirley Jackson, laced with twists that beg for their secrets to be kept.
Like Mandarin by Kristen Hubbard
Because it's been blurbed by Melina Marchetta - "A beautifully crafted, bittersweet story about an unlikely friendship that sets two very different people free.". Plus it's about friendship and some of the best books I read in 2010 were about friends.
It's hard finding beauty in the badlands of Washokey, Wyoming, but 14-year-old Grace Carpenter knows it's not her mother's pageant obsessions, or the cowboy dances adored by her small-town classmates. True beauty is wild-girl Mandarin Ramey: 17, shameless and utterly carefree. Grace would give anything to be like Mandarin.
When they're united for a project, they form an unlikely, explosive friendship, packed with nights spent skinny-dipping in the canal, liberating the town's animal-head trophies, and searching for someplace magic. Grace plays along when Mandarin suggests they run away together. Blame it on the crazy-making wildwinds plaguing their badlands town.
Because all too soon, Grace discovers Mandarin's unique beauty hides a girl who's troubled, broken, and even dangerous. And no matter how hard Grace fights to keep the magic, no friendship can withstand betrayal. (from Goodreads)
Untitled ( Kingdom of Cello #1) by Jaclyn Moriarty
Because her books are now on my pre-order list, and because this sounds so intriguing and quite Philip Pullman like - "A series set partly in a Kingdom, and partly in the real world. I want a character to walk out free and clear, I want him to be tossing a ball, a red ball, and his hat is woollen and dark grey, and he's walking across snowy fields. Across white, white, white, white fields." (From Goodreads). I'm really hoping they don't mean a 2011 release just in Australia though!
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Lucky for me, an easy opportunity fell into my lap this week. Some folks in my office are having a bake sale. That in and of itself is not stupid at all. I completely love bake sales since they are the only known source of lemon bars, the all-time greatest dessert. I am 100% in favor of bake sales and lemonade stands and all similar juvenile attempts at entrepreneurship. This bake sale, however, is for a cause, and the cause is: diabetes.
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Yes, that's right: all proceeds from the sale of sugary baked goods will go to the American Diabetes Association, an organization (supposedly) dedicated to curing diabetes. Yeah, ok, see, the thing is: we've already cured diabetes. We've cured it by *not eating sugary baked goods anymore.* Having a bake sale for diabetes is like selling crack for Narcotics Anonymous. It's like soliciting unprotected sex to fund HIV research. It's like literally having a bake sale *for* diabetes. Like, here, diabetes: have some more people to destroy.
Is this a vast conspiracy by the ADA to create greater demand for their services? Are they trying to give us diabetes so that we will give them more money to cure it? Or is the individual who decided to organize this bake sale just not very good at thinking things through to their logical conclusion? One thing is clear: someone in this joint requires a visit from the Logic Fairy.
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More older Americans are jumping onto the social media bandwagon, according to a recent survey. And their younger "friends" aren't too happy about it.
Social networking use among people age 50 and older nearly doubled from 2009 to 2010, the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project reports. But according to those who grew up with social media, the older folks have a lot to learn.
First, says University of Georgia junior Jacob Maddox, you don't have to comment on everything.
"I think our generation has more control over what we do on Facebook and social media in general," he says. "For the most part, we can decide well about what we post or comment on. I think our elders don't have that ability. I think they comment on everything just like in real life, when you speak your mind and you're blunt, older people on social media are that way."
Another pet peeve Maddox has is status updates filled with complaining.
"It's not that I like only positive stuff, it's that I use Facebook to communicate with people and stay in touch with the people I don't have in my life immediately every day," he said. "I'm going to ask someone about their (private) life if I'm going to talk with them (face-to-face). It bothers me especially when it's acquaintances that I don't really stay in touch with and they're complaining. I will defriend someone if they do something like that."
Also, older folks on social media, know your hashtag etiquette. Hashtags — the act of "tagging" something by using a pound sign — are common on Twitter and Instagram. And, UGA students note, these are the only social media sites where they should be used. And not always in a serious way.
"Hashtags are ironically funny," says Abigail Harris, a junior studying cognitive science at UGA. "Most people our age use them (on Facebook) as jokes. If they're used, they should say more about the update, add to it."
Harris also says she's bothered by too many selfies and continual posts in a short amount of time.
Second-year student Olivia King says she can't stand it when someone uses a "subtweet." "That's probably what bothers me the most. It's when someone will Tweet about a person, but they will not mention that person," King said. "I also can't stand it when people purposefully use bad grammar (on Twitter), even when they have enough characters left, they use text language. You have enough characters, so just say it."
It's graphic images in her Facebook feed that bothers Karradyne Carter, a fourth-year English major. For example, images of abused and neglected animals.
"Its really not necessary. I mean, we know it's happening, did you really think you needed to show it to us?" Carter says. "I would definitely hide that person from my feed. I try to avoid the drama, I don't think Facebook is the proper outlet for that."
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LG's mobile division has reported a 16.8% increase in revenues to 4.253 trillion won, fuelled by strong sales of mid and high end models such as the Cookie and Viewty. The manufacturer reported its results for the first quarter ended March 31 today (21 April).
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GREEN plans for Lewisham have been outlined by the council in its first environmental statement.
The statement, Doing our bit, details key areas where the council impacts on the environment.
These include the purchase of goods and services and the emissions of greenhouse gases from the energy used.
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The statement also demonstrates measures made to reduce this impact, which include Lewisham becoming the first borough in London and only the second nationally to purchase 100 per cent "green" electricity.
The statement also covers several long-term objectives from achieving a 30 per cent increase in domestic energy efficiency by 2010, to improving the environmental performance of businesses within its jursidiction.
Mayor for Lewisham Councillor Dave Sullivan said: "Protecting the environment is not just the job of the individual, the council, businesses, or the Government. It is the job of all these bodies and more, it is the job of all of us working together.
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A summary of the report is available from the borough's libraries, anyone who wants a full copy of the statement should call 020 8314 2559.


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"I was able to access those types of visualization techniques a lot easier when I was high."
Nate Jackson played tight end in the NFL for the Denver Broncos for six years and throughout his entire college and high school careers. During that time he learned to thrive in the grueling demands of maintaining peak physical fitness and to adapt to the violent nature of a sport that uses a man's head as a weapon and often a target. In this exclusive interview with NORML Athletics, Nate opens up about how he balanced his marijuana use off the field as a complement to lifestyle demanded by the NFL.
NORML Athletics: Can you start out by talking a little bit about your football and sports history as well as your introduction to cannabis. How did those two eventually overlap?
Nate Jackson: I've always been athletic. I've always been competing in sports ever since I was a little kid. I was a swimmer and a soccer player growing up. I did not play football until I got to high school. My parents wouldn't let me play. They thought it was too dangerous. I played a lot of football out in the street and up in the parks with friends, but the only sports I was playing organized was swimming and soccer. When I got to high school I started playing football, and that's around the time I started smoking cannabis. I was first introduced to cannabis in the summer before my freshman year of high school, so my use of the plant really overlapped with me playing football. I started both about the same time. I've been smoking it ever since. It did not deter me from reaching the highest level of performance and making it all the way to the NFL. I medicated with that while I was playing in the NFL. Of course I backed off it a little bit in the run up to it. It wasn't something I was doing every day or really even that often. It was more to deal with -especially in the NFL – more to deal with injuries or when we'd have the off season and down time I smoked it. In mini-camps and training camps I wasn't really smoking a lot. The demands were pretty high, I was real focused, and my body felt really good. It was usually when my body would break down that I would smoke. I've always reached for weed instead of pain pills. I've never really enjoyed pain pills (like Percocet and Vicodin), so when I'd have a bad injury I would medicate with marijuana. I think it's had a lot of benefits to me, to my body, to my brain. Like you were talking about visualizing. It inspires me. It's a non-addictive substance in my mind. I never had a physical addiction or feeling towards it like I need to get weed in my system. It was always something I would naturally reach for when the time felt right. And it's still part of my life.
NORML: So with the visualization, would you reach for cannabis with the intent of visualizing sometimes? Or would you just realize that whenever you would ingest THC that it would naturally show you ways to take advantage of the plant?
Jackson: I think it was probably both. When I would have a severe injury for example, and I would smoke, then I would definitely visualize my body healing. I would break my body into different colors. The affected tissue, the injured tissue, or the injury would be a certain color in my mind and the healing energy would be another color, and I would visualize the healing color overtaking the injured color in my body. I felt like I was able to access those types of visualization techniques a lot easier when I was high. Also through experimentation with athletic performance while high, I believe I strengthened the connections with hand eye coordination and being able to feel things around me. However, I did not perform under the influence of marijuana football-wise. Football is so violent and chaotic, you know. You don't want to get high and have eleven dudes attacking you, so I never wanted to get high before I went onto the field. There was a time in high school where I experimented going to practice high, because I was in the throes of my social stoner phase. But I found, at least for me, football was better played sober, because of the contact and because of the aggression and violence of it. Some other sports I dabbled with being high and felt like you can find the zone, you can find that muscle memory and that relaxation it takes to perform at an athletic level sometimes. Like basketball or golf where there are times you have to relax and empty your mind. So often in sports these days coaches are imploring people to worry about their technique, and so you're thinking about so many different things, a lot of times the athlete's head gets filled up with so much coaching nonsense they have a hard time relaxing and just playing and just doing the thing. It's very simple, but we make it very complicated in this country playing sports. Weed allows me to simplify the process and turn the light inward and focus on my own instinct athletically, and to trust that instinct. Every wall that I broke down, I gained more confidence in my own personal process.
NORML: With your giving recommendations to other folks who are athletically inclined and also are experimenting with cannabis, if they are trying to simplify the process and just letting go of their mind being full of clutter as they're trying to learn, is there some baseline level of practice they would need to have before ingesting cannabis would be useful? Do they need to be an expert and be solid with the fundamentals? Or could cannabis actually be helpful for a novice is just trying to let go and let their body do what comes natural?
Jackson: I think you probably could do that as a novice. But you don't want to rely on the plant to do the thing you're trying to do. You have to rely on yourself. You have to trust your own body, your own mind, your own spirit, whether you're under the influence of a plant or not. For me it always helped to develop the skills sober, and then refine them with a bit of experimentation. Stepping into a skill right off the bat and getting high before it, I don't think that's necessarily the best way to learn that skill. I think you want to circle the wagons first in a sober state and get your body used to the motions it takes to do it. Get a little bit of muscle memory down, then you can fortify that with the use of cannabis. That's at least how it worked for me. Everyone is different. I'm a very athletic individual. My hand-eye coordination is on point and always has been. I've always been really good with my hands, my body and my feet, so it's always come very naturally to me. Someone who it comes less naturally to or someone who takes a lot longer to learn something might want to experiment with it a bit differently. Once you have a skill or a grasp for what it takes, then you can start tinkering with it. It's important to push through that realm first with a sober mind.
NORML: As far as the opiates that are prescribed for a lot of the NFL players, how does that normally work? I've heard stories about doctors freely giving out opiates. Is that really the case? And to what extent is that dangerous in your mind and how much of a replacement could cannabis offer to opiates?
Jackson: I wouldn't say the doctors are running around the locker rooms just throwing out pills like it's Halloween and they're passing out candy. They do definitely try to discern between an injured player and someone who's healthy. They don't want to give healthy players pills. They traditionally they only give pain pills to guys who are dealing with an injury – a certifiable documented injury. That said, there are tons of certifiable documented injuries in the NFL. Every single player in the NFL is getting hurt in some point of the season and going in to get medical attention. It's up to the doctor to decide the severity of that and whether or not the player needs pills. I think it varies from team to team. From medical staff to medical staff. In general, pain pills and anti-inflammatories are a constant reality in the NFL. It's not hard to get them if you get injured, of course. If you get injured they're going to hand you a bottle of anti-inflammatories. They're also going to hand you a bottle of pain pills if you ask them, and often times even if you don't, if the injury is severe enough. They'll have several refills on that. If you have them, you can get what you need especially if it's a season ending injury and puts you on injured reserve. Last year about 300 guys ended the season on injured reserve which means if you get an injury severe enough to end the season you get pulled off. Your roster spot gets freed up when you get put on injured reserve and you're done for the season. Those guys have severe enough injuries where they're all being handed pain pills. All 300 of those guys at least have the option to use them. If it's severe enough, you have a bottle, you eat all 30 pills, you refill it and eat another 30, you refill it once more and you'll find yourself physically addicted to those pills. What it's creating is a lot of physically dependent guys who are dealing with a lot of pain – orthopedic and brain as well – and so they're reaching for those pills just to perform the job duties of the profession. That pressure to get back on the field and that constant reality of pain and injury is what keeps those doctors giving these guys pills. I don't think it's necessarily malicious intent on the doctors' part. It's certainly compassion that's making them do this. These doctors are torn between two worlds. They're torn between the education that they got which is to protect the patient and look out for his best interest. On the other hand they're in this environment where it's nearly impossible to do that because the same thing that injured this man, well, you're pushing him out there on to the field to go do the exact same thing over and over and over again. And they know they can not look out for this patient's best interest health wise. So they're trying to dull the pain they understand is inherent to the game and so it is kind of a Catch-22 there.
I do believe that cannabis could be an effective substitute for a lot of players. A lot of them are already using it as an effective substitute for pain pills. It's just banned by the league as of now, so if they get caught doing that then they'll be put in the substance abuse program, they'll get suspended and fined. I do believe that if the league took it off their banned substances list and opened their minds to it, I don't know if they'd necessarily see them prescribing it anytime soon, but at least allowing the players to medicate on their own if that's what they see fit. I think it could have a positive ripple effect, and it could prevent some of these addictive pills from landing in the wrong hands. It could protect these guys' brains in the long run.
NORML: Do you have an idea of what percentage of NFL players are actively using cannabis?
Jackson: I don't, because it would just be a ballpark figure for me. I would say about half. It's hard to tell, because you never have a meeting and show of hands "who smokes weed and who doesn't?" You never really know. You hang out with your friends on the team. You hang out with the group of guys that you like, and some of them smoke weed and some don't. You don't party with everybody. You don't hang out with everybody all the time, so it's hard to tell. These guys are products of America. They're young men. They're very familiar with their own bodies, their own release, they're very familiar with socializing. Football teams at every school are kind of the center of attention in a lot of ways. The guy who's best on the team, he gets a lot of accolades. He has people wanting to party with him. People wanting to get him high. People wanting to get him drunk. And so he's very familiar with the social aspect of life. If he makes it to the NFL he has been able to navigate that in a way that's allowed him to be an elite athlete and not compromise his play with partying. In a lot of ways, marijuana allows these guys to take the edge off off the field, but not lose any edge on the field. So I think a lot of guys do it. If you make it to the NFL and you smoke weed, well, your weed use is under control because the demands that are put on an NFL athlete are incredibly intense from being punctual every single day, to memorizing a very complicated playbook, to speaking to the media, to going out onto the field and performing, to being in tip top shape, to satisfying your coaches. You have to do that on a daily basis. So if they're able to do that and still smoke marijuana, then marijuana is not a problem in their lives whatsoever. These guys in the NFL are the very best in the world at what they do. If they use marijuana, it says a lot about marijuana. It's not deterring them from being the best.
NORML: As far as the uses of marijuana as being a neuroprotectant, we're seeing several preliminary studies that suggest if someone suffers from a head injury introducing THC could be one of the best things for preventing brain damage associated with a concussion. Have you looked into that world at all?
Jackson: I've read those same studies and hearing the same whispers about that. All I know is my own anecdotal experience with it. Like I said, I started smoking weed around the time I started playing football. In my freshman year in high school I sustained a pretty bad concussion at practice. That was right around when I started smoking pot. I don't remember if I medicated that week with it, but relatively soon after I was smoking weed. Then I went on to play four years in high school, three years in college, and six years in the NFL. Football is about using your head as a weapon, so I was very familiar with what it meant to get hit in the head, to hit with my head, to see stars, to feel like I got dinged. I was knocked out a couple of times, all the while medicating with marijuana naturally. Not thinking this is going to help my head, but it was a natural lean toward the plant to take my body, my mind, and my brain off of what I was doing. But I believe in hindsight that it did protect my brain and it helped it heal.
NORML: Considering your healthy track record, it's potentially noteworthy that you're not currently suffering from the same [neurological] problems that a lot of other guys are and you were ingesting cannabis all along. Do you have preferred strains or methods of ingestion?
Jackson: It wasn't until a couple of years ago that the whole strain thing started to be something people were aware of. Most of my life I was just smoking marijuana, and that was it. Smoking what I found. Smoking what I could get. You buy weed and that's what it was. In the last couple of years, I started to experiment with strains a little more. I prefer sativas more so than indicas. I still like to smoke it. I do vape sometimes. Sometimes I eat some CBDs I've been experimenting with lately. I've always just enjoyed smoking. Smoking it has always been my favorite.
NORML: What about salves? We've heard several athletes mention that they're rubbing topical ointments and salves onto their joints to help with pain and inflammation. Have you tried them at all?
Jackson: I have some of the salves and lotions. I don't have joint pain. Thankfully I've never really had a problem with my joints. So I haven't really experimented a lot with the topical stuff. I'm open to it.
NORML: What are your plans now? You're very outspoken about the value of the plant. Do you have a plan of attack here?
Jackson: I don't have a plan of attack. And I'm actually not necessarily reaching out to media outlets. With the New York Times piece, I saw an opening to relay some of my own anecdotal experience and inject a bit of realism into the discussion about what's going on with these players and the demands that are going on with their body and their brains. I don't necessarily have an agenda. I'm not rallying for a specific company or a specific cause. What I want to do – and it's not just marijuana, but everything – I'm a writer now. I'm focused on being honest and helping out my football peers, current and former players. And I just feel like I've developed the ability to articulate the things I've been through and the things I feel about that stuff. A lot of these guys can't do that. Current players certainly can't, or else they'll be fired. And former players feel indebted to the brand and they can't speak up on their own behalf and talk about how it affected them as individuals as human beings. That's what's most important to me. That individual. That human being. I'm not in the NFL, and the NFL doesn't care about me anymore. So it's important for me to speak my truth, and really that's what I'm doing. With the cannabis stuff it's gained momentum because I'm the only guy who will talk about it. So people are asking me to explain things and talk about these things that most other guys won't talk about. So really, that's the entirety of my objective. I don't really have necessarily a big plan. What I'd like to see happen, is the NFL remove cannabis from the banned substance list and stop punishing guys for it.
The way that they enforce it, it just doesn't look good. I challenge you to find a white player who's ever been busted in the NFL for smoking weed or testing positive for marijuana. You will not find it. So what you'll find is a cultural shift even in the NFL. The NFL's drug laws just feel a little bit off. So what I would like is to stop demonizing these players for reaching for something that's only helping them, while the demands of the game are incredibly violent. It's maiming these guys. Have a little compassion for them. Listen to what they're doing. Pay attention to their bodies and their minds and help them. Help them get better health care. Help them do the things that are going to preserve their brains long term and ease their pain that they're going through to make a lot of people a lot of money. There's a lot of really, really rich people that are getting rich off the NFL that aren't sacrificing anything physically. It's only those players that are sacrificing the physical for that game. For those guys we need to be more compassionate and open our hearts so they can treat their injuries.
NORML: So have you had pretty good response from your book [Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile]. How big of an impact has it had?
Jackson: It's hard to tell. When you write a book you write it by yourself, you put it out and you hope people read it. But you don't know. The response has been really good. I haven't had anyone be upset by what I've said. I didn't throw anyone under the bus. I tried to be as honest as possible. I threw myself under the bus several times. But for the most part everyone has been real positive. I did get some emails and calls every once in a while expressing thanks that I was able to talk about this stuff and bring it to light. It was very cathartic to tell the story in a way that was not sentimental. I was not affected as a writer and I could lay it flat and talk about what it did to me as a human being. I think because it's a very similar story for a lot of these guys. It's not the superstar narrative. It's not Peyton Manning's life. It's not Tom Brady's life. It's not even Peyton Manning's life for Peyton Manning. It's a fairytale that ESPN tells. All these guys are caught in this box that these productions build for them and stuff them in. They've got to deliver their lines. It's a very restrictive life for these guys, and the public thinks it's the opposite. They think it's a fairy tale. They think it's wealth and privilege. Well, there's another story going on there, and that's the story I wanted to tell. That's the more common story, that's been pretty well received. But it didn't get a lot of mainstream attention because it goes against the mainstream narrative. It goes against the ESPN narrative. It goes against the TV fairytale narrative, but those who are interested in the story have been very responsive and positive.
NORML: We've had a lot of these conversations over the past five years or so, and when we talk to people they have their own perspective about why this issue matters. Listening to you speak, you have a compelling story to tell and you are a lot more articulate as far as how you tell the story. So I would imagine you're going to find more and more people reaching out to have Nate Jackson tell his version of the story and how this all works and why it's valuable and why the plant should be made available, at least for medicinal reasons. I saw that you spoke at a Sports and Medicine discussion at a cannabis conference in Colorado recently. Do you have plans to speak at other conferences?
Jackson: I played for the Broncos and I have a house there, so I'm in Colorado often. A friend of mine who is a former player, he has a bigger name than I do. He has a recognizable name and he uses cannabis. They had been trying to get him to come out and talk to tell his story. He tentatively agreed to be a part of that conference at first, but then he back out. He just wasn't ready. Like a lot of these guys that just aren't ready to come into the light as a marijuana user because these guys feel indebted and beholden to the league. They still carry water for the league, and they don't want to tarnish their image in the eyes of the league or the eyes of the people who believe that they're superheroes because of the league. So he backed out last minute and asked if I would do it. I just happened to be around, so I agreed to do it and I didn't really know what to expect or what was involved with this conference at all. I thought I was just going to be part of a panel of guys talking about sports and cannabis and stuff. That's pretty much what it was. But i also had the floor to give a speech prior to it, and I winged it for about 15 minutes about what we're talking about right now. It was pretty well received, and that kind of got the ball rolling. There was an AP reporter there who did a story that a lot of [publications] picked up. I'm reluctant to make that my cause. I'm also a writer. I have other interests. I'm working on a book. I don't want to battle a team of NFL lawyers and NFL team doctors' lawyers and beat my chest about how they need to change their policy. But if I can help, and as time goes by I learn more, then I think I'll feel comfortable doing it.
NORML: It feels like the whole movement is trying to find its voice right now. As time goes by and more people are stepping up and able to be a part of that voice, I'd say yours is one people are definitely going to be paying attention to. Do you have any final words to share in this discussion?
Jackson: The guys in the NFL are at the tippy top of the mountain. We shouldn't be feeding them pills. Marijuana isn't right for everyone, but for those who naturally lean toward it and get to the NFL anyway we should listen to them. There must be a reason they can use cannabis and still be at peak performance. It's important to recognize the plant is beneficial to some who still manage to remain at this elite level. That says a lot about the plant and the people using it.