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Schroder Global Recovery Fund
"The one thing in stock markets that never changes is humans…human emotions. We look at the parts of the market that others don't, won't or can't"
– Nick Kirrage
The Schroder Global Recovery Fund was launched in Australia on 18 August 2017 but Schroders has been running this strategy globally since October 2013. The fund applies a disciplined value investment approach, seeking to invest in a select portfolio of securities that are significantly undervalued relative to their long-term earnings potential. The Fund invests in companies worldwide that have classic recovery characteristics, these are companies that which trade on low multiples of recovered profits, but where long-term prospects are believed to be good. Its major strength is the disciplined focus on buying out-of-favour companies at all stages in the investment cycle. While valuation-driven philosophies may fall in and out of favour, over longer time periods this investment style has shown the potential to deliver higher returns.
A successful recovery approach
Nick Kirrage and Kevin Murphy have been running the highly successful Schroder Recovery Fund for over 11 years. This is a UK based fund with the ability to invest 20% of its assets outside the UK.
Over the last 10 years the fund has returned 153% compound return, or 9.7% p.a. in GBP. (Please remember that past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated.) The nature of a true 'recovery' strategy can be volatile over short periods, but time and time again over the long term, it has proved its potential to give investors attractive returns.
Portfolio summary
The Fund's investment objective is to provide capital growth and to outperform the MSCI World Index.
|Number of securities
|30 - 70
|Position size
|Maximum position size 10%
|Sector weights
|Maximum of 35% in any one industry sector
|Country weights
|Maximum of 50% in any one country
Key benefits
The benefits of investing in the Fund include:
True diversification in global equities: near zero commonality with most managers offering a pure exposure to deep value 'recovery' investing at an attractive price
Unconstrained: The Fund is completely benchmark unaware with a focus on stocks that will deliver absolute returns over the long term
Contrarian: The Fund adopts a disciplined value driven approach
Bottom up: The investment team has a strong focus on micro analysis, not macro, using skills in company analysis and valuation
Low turnover: A thoughtful, patient, investment style, targeting long-term value creation.
An experienced team: Nick Kirrage and Kevin Murphy have also been running the highly successful Schroder Recovery Fund for over 11 years.
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The difficult past decade for value has not won it many friends, and as a result, many investors have abandoned it in favour of different types of strategies. We seek to offer an increasingly unique proposition of being positioned where we believe the potential for performance will be.
- Nick Kirrage and Kevin Murphy, Fund Managers
Investment approach
Recognising the long term benefit of a value strategy, we seek to identify stocks which trade at a substantial discount to their fair or intrinsic value and where we believe that profits growth will surpass expectations. We believe these stocks provide the most attractive investment returns over the long term.
The strategy has a distinct contrarian approach with a focus on stocks that will deliver absolute returns over the long term. It therefore has higher volatility than market indices, though we believe strongly that this is more than compensated for by the potential of longer term outperformance.
Investment process
Idea Generation
Quantitative screens are used to highlight companies that have underperformed the equity market, are attractive on a variety of valuation measures and have operating returns substantially below their peers.
Fundamental analysis
We believe strongly in the benefits of independent fundamental research. We spend considerable time constructing a model for each company based on at least one cycle's worth of company report and accounts. The main aims of the model are:
– To verify the output of the screening process and / or the veracity of the company's financial disclosure
– To understand the main dynamics of the business; operating leverage, cash conversion, sales volatility etc.
– Investigate balance sheet strength and perform sensitivity analysis
– Investigate historic levels of profitability and enable conservative modelling of recovery.
Risk Management
We view risk as the probability of permanent financial loss and to achieve superior long term returns, capital losses need to be minimised. We therefore look at risk in absolute terms focusing on three main sources of risk:
We attempt to minimise absolute risk by concentrating on companies with low valuations, resilient earnings and strong balance sheets. This margin of safety is designed to protect capital in event of an unexpected adverse outcome.
Key features
|Fund Inception date
|August 2017 (strategy inception October 2013)
|Minimum investment
|Wholesale class - $20,000
Professional class - $500,000
|Buy/sell spread^
|0.30% on application; 0.15% on redemption
|Entry/exit fees
|Management costs (ICR)
|Wholesale class - 0.98% p.a.
Professional class - 0.80%p.a.
|Performance fee
|Usually last business day of June and December
|APIR code
|Wholesale class SCH0095AU
Professional class SCH4757AU
|mFund code
^Subject to change. Refer to the Buy/Sell spreads page in the Fund Centre
Who does this fund suit?
The Fund is suitable for Australian investors that are seeking a high conviction strategy and are comfortable with the risks associated with an equity-based investment. Because the strategy will depart materially from index performance, in both directions, it is suitable for those investors with appropriate time horizons and a tolerance and patience for index deviation.
The value investment team
The value investment team is a team of eight investment professionals who work together on the equities desk at Schroders. Over the past decade we have implemented a value investment strategy, a contrarian and proven approach to investing. The value investment team is responsible for over A$20bn assets (at 31 December 2016), managed in a disciplined value style. The three lead portfolio managers for the Schroder Global Recovery Fund are:
Nick Kirrage, Fund Manager, Equity Value joined Schroders in 2001, initially working as part of the Pan European research team providing insight and analysis on a broad range of sectors from Transport and Aerospace to Mining and Chemicals. In 2006, Nick and Kevin Murphy took over management of a fund that seeks to identify and exploit deeply out of favour investment opportunities. In 2010, they both also took over management of the team's flagship UK value fund seeking to offer income and capital growth.
Andrew Lyddon, Fund Manager, Equity Value joined Schroders as a graduate in 2005 and has spent most of his time in the business as part of the UK equities team. Between 2006 and 2010 he was a research analyst responsible for producing investment research on companies in the UK construction, business services and telecoms sectors. In mid 2010 he joined Nick Kirrage on the UK value team.
Simon Adler, Fund Manager, Equity Value joined Schroders in 2008 and the Global Value Team in July 2016, commencing his career as a UK equity analyst and previously a sector analyst responsible for Chemicals, Media, Transport, Travel & Leisure and Utitlites.


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Like many major cities, Portland, Oregon is becoming more and more integrated. it's hard to find a single gayborhood in the city. but realtor Corey Eubanks has a list:
"So, where is the gay neighborhood here in Portland?†That is a question that we get asked A LOT here in the fabulous PDX region. And, well, one thing that makes PDX so darned fabulous is the answer to that question. "There isn't one, because we are here, we're queer and we are everywhere!†And, it is true. There is no one neighborhood that is a center of gravity to our LGBT communities. And, even better, you can find queer elements in almost every nook and cranny of this great town.
He goes on to list some of the most gay friendly neighborhoods in the city, with links to previous blog posts about each. Enjoy!
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Congratulations to Tony "Tiger" Edwards on a clear victory at the 2015 MYA IOM Veteran National Championship, hosted by the Eastbourne & District Model Yacht Club.
Tony (25pts) beat "Local Boy" Ken Binks (43pts) in to 2nd place with previous winner Mark Dennis (44pts) in 3rd.
Full results will be posted when we get them.
Thanks to Nigel and Sue Brown for the shore side report and Jez Collier and the Eastbourne Club and Members for giving their time and facilities.


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Third Grade Field Trip: DWP Celebration of the Los Angeles Aqueduct Centennial 1913-2013


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Destiny was obtained by the GHC partner as a foal. She gained initial competition experience in spring 2019 and was then given the opportunity to mature on the pasture over the summer. She has been back in regular training under saddle since the late summer of 2019.
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WORLD BANK BOOSTS PRESIDENT KOROMA's POST EBOLA HEALTH SECTOR RECOVERY AGENDA
L –R Mr. Paminder Brar, World Bank Country Manager, Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah, Minister of Health and Sanitation at the joint press briefing on the outcome of the World Bank's Board meeting on the Bank's support to the health sector.
At a well-attended press conference jointly organized by the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS) and the World Bank (WB) at the latter's country office, the World Bank Country Manager Mr. Parminder Brar has announced that the Board and Management of the World Bank has in the past two weeks approved two new projects totalling USD 45.5m for Sierra Leone's Health Sector. The approved projects are the Regional Disease Surveillance (REDISE) Project and the Health Services Delivery Project (HSDP). The approval of support by the Bank he went on to say has to do with the thinking that has been put into the project by the Ministry of Health and Sanitation as well as the amount of confidence that the Bank has in the Leadership of the country at the highest level, the government and people of Sierra Leone.
The new Country Manager went on to say that Sierra Leone has faced many challenges in the past and continue to face even more challenges in the Post Ebola period. He went on to add that what he admired about the country is its resilience and ability to bounce back from the brinks each time it is challenged. The Bank is proud to be part of the country's Post Ebola Recovery Agenda having supported the country during its most difficult period-during the outbreak. This support he said is over and above the approximately USD 27 million left over from the Emergency Ebola Response Project (EERP).
Mr. Brar lauded the efforts of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in establishing the Integrated Health Projects Administration Unit (IHPAU) to improve the financial management capability of the ministry, accelerate implementation of donor funded projects, and reduce delays due to cancellations and withholding of funds due to weak fiscal systems.
In his response, the Minister of Health and Sanitation Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah gave a historical recollection of the World Bank's engagement with Sierra Leone. He said the relationship spans years and has been very fruitful. This is because the relationship between the Bank and the Country is grounded on the spirit of true partnership, reciprocal dependence, and mutual respect for the core values of both institutions.
He gave a vivid recount of the Bank's support to the country before, during, and now after the EVD. He said the first source of external funding to the EVD response effort came from the World Bank when the Bank had to quickly reprogrammed funds originally meant for another project to help with the response.
The Health and Sanitation Minister gave a rundown of the several projects that the MOHS has been working on with the Bank including the Emergency Medical Services Project that was designed to improve the referral system and boost the President's Free Health Care, and the Postgraduate Medical Training Programme that has led to the accreditation of two of the country's biggest hospitals; Connaught and the Ola During University Teaching Hospitals by the West African Postgraduate Medical College to commence specialist medical training respectively in surgery and paediatrics.
The Minister went on to highlight the unique nature of the Bank's support to the government. He said the World Bank is the only major donor that channels its support directly through government structures and does not use parallel structures. The Bank builds structures where there are no structures and strengthen them where they are in existence but weak.
On behalf of His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, his government and people, Dr. Fofanah thanked the Bank immensely for its goodwill towards the government and people of Sierra Leone.


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Holomisa gets an expensive lesson in the cost of propagating fake news
By Alec Hogg
Back in the days when shareholders paid me to care about such things, I twice crossed swords with newspaper editors who published damaging fake news about my company. Despite pointing out their reports were devoid of any truth, the editors refused to recant, simply stating that "we stand by the story."
So seeing financial services entrepreneur Tshepo Mahloele get an unfair public roasting from UDM leader Bantu Holomisa evoked a measure of empathy. Especially after interviewing the $1bn Harith Fund's creator last week when he addressed allegations of being the kingpin in industrial scale corruption.
Just like those newspaper editors, even after the truth was pointed out to him, Holomisa chose to pour petrol onto the fire by ridiculing a demand he retract the defamation and even calling Mahloele a hyena. The outspoken politician then repeated his allegations in a radio interview, stating he would not back down.
Mahloele and his fellow accused approached the High Court for relief and got it yesterday. Mr Justice Tlhapi ruled that apart from having to withdraw his allegations, Holomisa must also pay for all the legal costs, including the fees for Mahloele's two counsel. Nice to see SA's legal system working. And that propagating fake news can be an expensive exercise.
In the High Court of South Africa
Gauteng Division, Pretoria
Case number: 46074/2018
Before the Honourable Judge Tlhapi
Pretoria, 16 July 2018
In the matter between:
LEBASHE INVESTMENT GROUP (PTY) LIMITED: First Applicant
HARITH GENERAL PARTNERS (PTY) LIMITED: Second Applicant
HARITH FUND MANAGERS (PTY) LTD: Third Applicant
WHEATLEY, WARREN GREGORY: Fourth Applicant
MAHLOELE, TSHEPO DAUN: Fifth Applicant
MOLEKETI, PHILLIP JABULANI: Sixth Applicant
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT: First Respondent
HOLOMISA, BANTU: Second Respondent
Having read the documents filed of record, heard counsel and considered the matter, the Court makes the following order:
- Pending the determination of an action to be instituted by the applicants against the respondents for damages for defamation and injuria, and relief ancillary thereto ("the action"), the respondents shall:
- forthwith cease and desist from making or repeating any allegations (whether orally or in writing) against the applicants (or any of them), and/or from defaming or injuring them in their dignity, in any further publications or broadcasts in any form, including but not limited to internet posts, articles, letters, media interviews, 'Twitter' and other social media posts and the like, which are the same as, or similar to, or which negatively reflect upon the applicants (or any of them) arising from or based on, any of the allegations or statements appearing in the letter dated 26 June 2018 addressed by the second respondent to the President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr C M Ramaphosa, (a copy of which is annexed to the founding affidavit herein and marked "WGW4", referred to herein as "the letter");
- within three (3) hours of the granting of this order, remove and delete the letter and, in so far as it lies within their power, any posts regarding the letter (or any of its contents) or responses thereto, from the first respondent's website (www.udm.org.za), from the first respondent's Twitter account (@UDmRevolution), and from the second respondent's Twitter account (@BantuHolomisa);
- Unless the applicants institute the action within one month of the date of this order, such order shall lapse and be of no further force or effect.
- Paragraphs 5 and 6 of the answering affidavit at page 137 of the paginated papers, and annexure "AA1" thereto at paginated pages 167 to 239, are struck out with costs on the attorney and own client scale.
- The respondents are ordered to pay the costs of this application on the scale as between party and party (save as provided for in paragraph 3 hereof), including the costs attendant upon the employment of two counsel.
By the Court
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Aflac is a great example of a strategic decision when naming a company. Once known as, and still officially incorporated as, the American Family Life Assurance Company, Aflac has made the most of the odd sounding name they chose. But, it's taken a large pile of advertising dollars and an irritating duck to get that job done.
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Bauer Meat was an unlikely target for such a huge government raid. The 50-year-old company had faithfully followed all current government regulations, monitored by two on-site USDA inspectors, and it had never been cited for violations of meat handling regulations. In the mid-'70s, Frank Bauer had actually made national headlines for exposing corruption among government… Read more »


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Oh-oh, double grumpies! this is my nick name for hubby, LOL!
Haha, cutest grumpy face ever!!
Oh my goodness, they are so stinkin' cute! 🙂
Grumpypants is a great title. What a look.
Great photo! Love their faces!
Those are the cutest grumpy faces I've ever seen! 🙂
hahaha, I think their mad as well as grumpy, too cute.
Cute. LoL!
I've always been bad at the whole keeping a straight face and not encouraging behaviors when a bad behavior is cute! It's not my fault my nieces and nephews are adorable when they are grumpy/bratty/overly honest. 😀
Grrrrr!!!! The cutest not-so-happy campers I've seen in a while. Hope you all have an attitude-adjusting WW….
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Cecil the lion suffered for hours before his death, researcher claims
A researcher who studied a beloved lion who was killed by an American dentist in Zimbabwe claims in a new book that the animal suffered for many hours after he was initially shot with a crossbow. A portion of Oxford University biologist Andrew Loveridge's new memoir "Lion Hearted: The Life and Death of Cecil and the Future of Africa's Iconic Cats," was published in National Geographic.
In the excerpt, Loveridge writes that judging by data sent from Cecil the lion's GPS collar, he was killed almost 10 to 12 hours after he was initially wounded.
"Cecil suffered incredible cruelty for at least 10 hours, severely wounded and slowly dying," Loveridge writes.
The 2015 death of Cecil, a well-known and protected lion, sparked outrage around the world. He was killed by Walter Palmer, a dentist and big-game hunter from Minnesota. After the incident gained international attention, Palmer issued a statement saying in part "I had no idea that the lion I took was a known, local favorite, was collared and part of a study until the end of the hunt. I relied on the expertise of my local professional guides to ensure a legal hunt."
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However, Palmer pleaded guilty in 2008 for making false statements to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service about a black bear he fatally shot in western Wisconsin. Palmer had a permit, but shot the animal outside an authorized zone, then tried to pass it off as being killed elsewhere, according to court documents.
Conservationists previously reported that the men involved in Cecil's hunt tied a dead animal to their car to lure the lion out of a national park.
In the excerpt from Loveridge's book, he writes that the Zimbabwean professional hunter who accompanied Palmer "panicked" when he first saw Cecil's collar, but removed it and hung it from a tree, instead of handing it over to officials. Loveridge also writes that his research team only realized something was wrong six days later, when they noticed Cecil's collar hadn't transmitted data.


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The billionaire businessman Sir Richard Branson held secretive talks with the front-runner to become Britain's next leader to push his campaign to crush the Brexit vote and secure a second referendum. Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May, who campaigned to stay in the European Union (EU), yesterday won an impressive 165 votes from her colleagues in Parliament emerging as the frontrunner in the race to become the next Prime Minister. She met Mr. Branson, the owner of the Virgin group, last week, shortly after he announced his plot to force Parliament to "reject" what he called the "non-binding" Brexit vote and demanded a second referendum. A source close to Mr. Branson told Sky News that the meeting should not be interpreted as him offering support for Mrs. May's leadership bid. Mrs. May has said that "Brexit means Brexit", but the source would not reveal if she discussed the referendum with the billionaire.
Andrea Leadsom does not have claimed experience as an investment banker despite suggestions that she managed billions of pounds, it has been alleged. An investigation by The Times newspaper says that during her time at Invesco Perpetual, Ms Leadsom was only approved by the financial services regulator for three months. This approval is required for any roles dealing with funds or clients. One of her supporters, Tory MP Bernard Jenkin, has said she was responsible at one point for "for managing hundreds of people and billions of pounds".
Britain's decision to go to war with Iraq in 2003 had a "far from satisfactory" legal basis and ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's case for military action was over-hyped, a long-awaited inquiry into the conflict concluded on Wednesday. The intelligence about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction which Blair used to justify joining the U.S.-led invasion, which led to the removal of Saddam Hussein and the deaths of 179 British soldiers, was flawed but went unchallenged, inquiry chairman John Chilcot said. There was no imminent threat from Saddam in March 2003 and the chaos in Iraq and the region which followed should also have been foreseen, he added.
The Sun
THE devastated father of a British soldier killed in the Iraq War says his son was one of 179 "lions" let down by politician "donkeys". Shattered relatives of those who fell lined up to vent their rage after the Chilcot report blamed military and political leaders for sending Our Boys into war without proper equipment or protection. The Chilcot Inquiry report blasted the "wholly inadequate" post-conflict planning, as Tony Blair tried to rush troops out while a brutal insurgency gained deadly momentum. After waiting seven years for a verdict on Britain's role in the 2003 conflict, bereaved families were damning in their assessment of the war.
The Guardian
A defiant Tony Blair defended his decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 following the publication of a devastating report by Sir John Chilcot, which mauled the ex-prime minister's reputation and said that at the time of the 2003 invasion Saddam Hussein "posed no imminent threat". Looking tired, his voice sometimes croaking with emotion, Blair described his decision to join the US attack as "the hardest, most momentous, most agonising decision I took in 10 years as British prime minister". He said he felt "deeply and sincerely … the grief and suffering of those who lost ones they loved in Iraq". "There will not be a day when I do not relive and rethink what happened," he added.
Jeremy Corbyn has apologised on behalf of Labour for Tony Blair's decision to go to war in Iraq, saying it was a "stain" on the party and country, after the former Prime Minister insisted he stood by his actions. The current Labour leader's comments came after a meeting with the families of some of the victims of the 2003 conflict and the occupation that followed, after the unveiling of the 2.6 million-word Chilcot report into the UK's most controversial military engagement since the end of the Second World War.
The Independent
A haggard-looking Tony Blair spent two hours struggling to rescue his reputation from the ruins of Iraq. In his protracted press conference, the former Prime Minister expressed sorrow for the British soldiers killed or maimed after the invasion of March 2003 and offered an apology – but insisted that the world was a better place for the removal of the Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, and the Chilcot report proved he had acted in good faith. This was not the confident Tony Blair of old, with the cherubic grin and casual self-confidence. The former Prime Minister seemed to be emotionally on edge. His voice sometimes appeared to be almost cracking. He was defending something that is very hard to defend, and presenting a version of the story that did not always fit well with reality, or with the findings of yesterday's report.
The Mail
The German europhile who heads the European Parliament is facing a plot to oust him – in a boost for the country's Brexit negotiations. Just hours after the referendum vote, European Parliament president Martin Schulz threatened there would be 'consequences' for Britain to discourage others 'following the same dangerous path' out of the EU. But he now faces being kicked out of his job, which will include oversight of the Brexit deal, after losing the support of Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party. Mr Schulz, a socialist, had been expected to be allowed to stay in the role when his two-and-a-half year term ends at the end of this year.
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"Alright, Scoot, go long!"
Scootaloo turned on the spot and dashed several meters away from the cyan, rainbow-maned pegasus who was seconds away from kicking a ball in her direction.
A golden sun hung high in the near-cloudless sky of a quiet spring afternoon. The weather was absolutely perfect, courtesy of the aforementioned rainbow-maned pegasus who had made sure that her day of bonding with her surrogate younger sister would not be deterred by inclement weather. The grassy field they played in was a common spot for picnics, particularly in spring when the flowers bloomed all around and trees offered just the right amount of shade.
Once Scootaloo seemed far enough, Rainbow Dash punted the ball and it soared high through the air, its trajectory forming a perfect arch.
"I got it!" Scootaloo called out, aligning herself to the ball's path.
However, she quickly realized that she had gone out too far, and the ball was going to hit the ground if she didn't move back about six feet in under three seconds. She immediately dashed in the opposite direction, her tiny wings fluttering rapidly in the hopes that they would grant her some additional speed.
The ball fell rapidly to the earth. Only a mere foot away from its zone of impact, Scootaloo leapt off her hooves and soared towards it with her forelegs outstretched and her wings still flapping as fast as they were able. In its very last second in midair, the ball landed squarely in between her forehooves and she hit the ground, her wings no longer offering her propulsion.
"G-Got it!" Scootaloo cried in what little breath she had remaining.
"Awesome catch, Scoot!" Rainbow exclaimed, zipping over to her.
Picking herself back up onto her hooves, Scootaloo smiled with satisfaction, now knowing that her effort had not been wasted.
"Alright, I'll be going out far, so make me actually have to put some effort into catching it," said Rainbow after allowing Scootaloo several seconds to catch her breath.
"You got it, Rainbow Dash!"
Rainbow smirked and zipped back to the other end of the field. Scootaloo breathed deeply. Placing the ball upon the grass, she took several steps back and prepared herself to perform a charging punt. On the far end of the field, Rainbow planted all four hooves on the ground, ready to charge after the ball once it was in the air.
Once ready, Scootaloo charged toward the ball, her mind focused upon nothing but making it fly as high and as far as she possibly could. However, in a moment of somewhat comedic misfortune, she lost her footing and punted the ball vertically into the air while simultaneously falling square upon her back. The ball soared straight up several feet and then quickly reversed its direction, plummeting straight downwards directly where Scootaloo now lay.
She instinctively shielded her face with her forelegs, awaiting the impact. Several seconds passed, yet she did not feel the ball strike her body. She cautiously removed her forelegs to see Rainbow Dash hovering just above her, the ball spinning upon the tip of her hoof.
"Uhh, not exactly what I was expecting," she chuckled. "But at least you actually made me put some effort into catching it."
Scootaloo chuckled with embarrassment, pulling herself into a more relaxed position as she lay in the grass.
"I guess the heat must've got to me," she said dismissively, wiping the sweat from her forehead. "It sure is a hot day for spring."
"No kidding," Rainbow said, taking a seat next to her biggest admirer. "Maybe I busted too many clouds this morning. I should have left us some shade."
"Don't worry about it," Scootaloo said forgivingly. "There isn't much you can do about the heat, right?"
"Anyway, I think we could both use a break," said Rainbow. "Hows about we head on over to my place for some cold lemonade? Besides, the mailpony will be coming soon, and I want to be there when he does. I'm expecting a letter that should be arriving today."
"A letter?" Scootaloo asked, finally picking herself back up. "From whom?"
"Oh, no one in particular. Just the WONDERBOLTS!"
"Really?!" Scootaloo exclaimed, doing a tiny hop as though suddenly filled with boundless excitement.
"Yep!" Rainbow replied proudly. "As you know, I was accepted into the Wonderbolts Reserves. They sent me a letter last week saying that they were going to want to see me to run some basic exercises. Just some easy, boring stuff, really. Nothing too exciting...except for ONE thing. I get to wear a Wonderbolt uniform while I do them!"
Rainbow yelped enthusiastically and looped around in midair just above Scootaloo's head.
"For the first time EVER, I'm actually going to be wearing a Wonderbolt uniform! That practically makes me an official Wonderbolt! Ever since I was a filly I've been awaiting the day when I would get to wear one of those uniforms, and it's finally coming! I'm finally going to be living the dream!!"
"That's totally awesome, Rainbow Dash!" Scootaloo boasted. "And I'm honored that I was able to help you reach that goal."
Rainbow Dash sat back down and rubbed the top of Scootaloo's head with her hoof.
"Couldn't have done it without you, Scoot!"
True enough, Scootaloo had been among the several ponies who had helped Rainbow Dash "study" for her Wonderbolts Reserves exam.
"So when do you go in?" she asked.
"Well, that's what this next letter is going to tell me," answered Rainbow. "It might be a week, it might be a few days from now, or it might be tomorrow. But either way, the day I wear a Wonderbolt uniform is finally in sight! I am SO pumped for this!"
"Well, what are we waiting for, then?!" asked Scootaloo with excitement. "Besides, lemonade does sound really good right about now."
Rainbow grinned and jumped back onto her hooves. "Hop on!"
Scootaloo grabbed the ball and climbed up on Rainbow's back. In a flash of multi-colored light, Rainbow Dash took off like a jet, setting a course for her home.
Within ten minutes, the two pegasi were sitting opposite each other at Rainbow's kitchen table in her cloud-based home, sipping cold lemonade through a straw. Rainbow turned her head towards the window every few seconds, looking in the direction of the mailbox which was now sitting along the front walkway of her home rather than its usual spot in the grass down below. Her eyes carefully scanned the area around it for the slightest trace of movement, as though she were fearful that the mailpony would not deliver her letter if she did not see him when he arrived.
"How long have you wanted to be a Wonderbolt, Rainbow Dash?" Scootaloo asked after taking a sip of her lemonade.
"Since the day I first heard about them," Rainbow answered after taking another look out the window. "I must've been six or seven. At the time, I didn't know anything about them other than that they were said to be the best and fastest flyers in Equestria, and I knew from that moment that it was a career that was right up my alley."
"Well, you still didn't really seem to know much about them until just before you took the test," Scootaloo pointed out. "I kinda thought you would have already known everything there was to know about their history."
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes apathetically.
"History, schmistory. Those Wonderbolt history books are too thick and too full of useless information. Their basic origin was all I really needed to know to get into the Reserves. Who cares about what kind of flight patterns they performed for General Whatshisface some hundred years ago, or which badges he awarded them? Or any other little tidbits of information that don't have any relevance to the Wonderbolts today?"
"You're right," Scootaloo said with a nod. "Research is boring."
Rainbow chuckled. "You will go far, Scoot."
Scootaloo grinned with content and took another sip of lemonade.
"You know, the first time I tried to get into the Wonderbolts was the day I first performed a Sonic Rainboom," Rainbow said after taking another quick glace out the window. "I was told that I was too young to join at the time, but if I could perform the Rainboom again, they would consider me when I was old enough. They wanted to make sure that my doing it the first time wasn't just a fluke. I thought it would be easy enough, particularly since I had just pulled it off without even trying. But I couldn't have been more wrong. I tried for weeks, flying as hard and as fast as I could, but it never happened. I wasn't able to perform the Rainboom again."
Rainbow ended her last sentence with a sigh.
"The only other time I had ever been as disappointed as I was then was when Cloudsdale was passed up for the Equestria Games. It felt like my one and only chance to join the Wonderbolts had just slipped through my hooves. I didn't understand how I had managed to do it the first time without even trying, but was unable to do it again when I was trying my hardest. And it certainly didn't help that...," Rainbow went silent, narrowing her eyes while looking down at her glass.
"That what?"
"I don't really want to talk about that part," Rainbow sighed. "Let's just say that there was somepony who didn't really believe that I would ever become a Wonderbolt. We eventually parted ways and I told him that the next time he would see me, I would be wearing a Wonderbolt uniform."
"Oh..." said Scootaloo, feeling a bit uncomfortable at that information.
"Anyway, I was never able to do the Sonic Rainboom again until the Best Young Flyer Competion," Rainbow continued. "So I ended up missing my chance of getting in at an early age. But you know what? That doesn't even matter to me anymore. It may have taken me some time, but I've just about made it. And soon enough, I'll finally be able to prove him wrong."
Scootaloo swirled the ice around in her glass, a frown suddenly forming on her face.
"Must be nice to have a career in mind from such a young age. I still don't have any idea of what I'm going to do with my own life, especially if...well, you know..."
"I'm sure you'll figure it out soon enough," Rainbow said comfortingly. "Twilight tells me that you've become pretty good at fixing things up."
Scootaloo shrugged.
"Only if I have a manual or something helping me out. It's not that impressive. At our last Twilight Time, Apple Bloom was able to create a perfect plant potion without instructions, and Sweetie Belle can now levitate multiple objects at once. I'm not really improving as quickly as they are."
"I'm sure you're better than you think you are," said Rainbow. "It's not like mechanical work is that easy."
"Well, I don't really think it's going to get me my cutie mark anymore," Scootaloo replied, continuing to swirl the ice around in her glass. "And I don't really have anything else I can fall back on like Sweetie Belle does."
"What do you mean?" asked Rainbow with a cock of her head.
"I think Sweetie Belle could be a great writer someday," explained Scootaloo. "She wrote and directed an entire play, and she's the one who came up with most of the lyrics for our song way back when we were working on our talent show performance. I was the one who was supposed to be writing the lyrics, but I couldn't really come up with anything. If she ever decided to put a lot of effort into it, it could easily get her a cutie mark."
"So Sweetie Belle might get her cutie mark a little earlier than you. No biggie. I know you three have been trying to get them at the same time for the same thing, but that just isn't how it usually works," said Rainbow Dash.
"The point is that she has something else to fall back on, even if she doesn't get her cutie mark in something magic-related," Scootaloo replied. "And that's another thing. Sweetie Belle and I really used to have something in common. She couldn't do magic, and I couldn't fly. But that's over now. She can do magic, and she's getting really good at it. I hate to admit it, but....I envy her."
Rainbow frowned. Her excitement over the incoming letter suddenly diminished.
"Come on, Scoot. You're the coolest filly I know. Sooner or later, you're going to find something that you totally rock at."
Scootaloo smiled, responding to the compliment. "I hope so."
From the corner of her eye, Rainbow Dash noticed movement just outside the window. She turned her head to see that a pegasus had just landed upon the base of her home. Excitement rushed through her veins once again, increasing her heart rate exponentially.
"Ohmigosh, ohmigosh, ohmigosh, he's here!" she cried enthusiastically, jumping up from her seat. Scootaloo quickly gulped down the remainder of her lemonade and followed after Rainbow as she rushed out of the kitchen.
Realizing that she was most likely prepared to tackle the mailpony in order to find her letter, Rainbow paused at the front door to calm herself down. She took several deep breaths, letting her anticipation settle. Scootaloo appeared by her side, offering her a comforting smile.
There was a sudden knock on the door, at which Rainbow squinted her eyes with confusion. The only time mailponies ever knocked on the door was when they were delivering a package, and she hadn't been expecting one.
Unless...he was delivering her Wonderbolt uniform...
Could it be? The first letter had not mentioned that she would be getting a uniform delivered. She had assumed that she would be given the uniform once she had showed up for the exercises, and she did not even expect that she would be able to keep it. But she was unsure of what else it could possibly be. Perhaps this was it. Perhaps this was finally the day...
Rainbow Dash swung the door open with as much excitement and vigor as she had when she rushed over to it, her efforts to calm herself down ultimately amounting to naught. However, that excitement subsided almost immediately when she was starting face-to-face with the stallion who stood on her doorstep.
It was instantly obvious that he was no mailpony. He was not wearing any appropriate mailpony apparel, nor was he carrying a bag of letters or any packages. Instead, he wore a charcoal-colored dress suit with a matching tie. His mane was delicately slicked back and so refined with wax that it gleamed brightly in the sun. He was not particularly old, though the weariness of an aged life was present in his face. He wore a solemn expression, indicating to Rainbow that he was not about to deliver anything that even resembled good news. She avoided looking at his cutie mark.
"I...," Rainbow started, unsure of what she wanted to say.
"Rainbow Dash?" he asked in a low, yet stern voice.
"Y-yes?" Rainbow responded, suddenly wishing that she was not.
The stallion looked down at Scootaloo, prompting her to take an uncomfortable step back. His eyes then returned to meet Rainbow's, which glistened with troubling anticipation.
"My name is Mr. Grimmtock, and it is my deepest regret to inform you that your father, Rainbow Blaze, has passed away," he said with a slight bow of his head.
Scootaloo gasped. The words passed through Rainbow Dash as though she were an Everfree Forest cloud. Numbness began to overtake her body as they slowly sank deeply into her mind.
"What...?" she replied in a half-whisper.
"I'm sorry. I hate to be the one to tell you this. As you are his only next-of-kin, I'm also to tell you that should you wish to arrange a funeral, we'll need to see you at Fallen Skies Funeral Home in Cloudsdale. Of course, you can—"
"Wait...stop! Just stop!" Rainbow cried with frustration. "How...when did this happen?!"
"Forgive me, I got a bit ahead of myself," said Grimmtock, bowing his head again. "He passed last night. Unfortunately, the illness that he contracted in the weeks before his death has claimed his life."
Rainbow went silent as his words continued to settle into her mind.
"What...what illness?" she asked, her voice barely trailing above a whisper once again.
Grimmtock blinked with surprise.
"I assumed you knew about it. He apparently came down with a terrible cough about two weeks ago and spent a few days in the hospital. The doctors prescribed him with some pills that helped with his cough and he was eventually discharged. However, a few days ago, he returned to the hospital after he found his cough getting worse. He was placed into urgent care and at that point, it was discovered that he had an infection around his heart and lungs. The doctors performed surgery but they found that the infection had spread too far, and...he passed shortly after that."
Rainbow stared at him in dead silence, completely unaware that any of this had occurred. Scootaloo looked up at her sorrowfully. Grimmtock waited several seconds before speaking again.
"As I said, we'll need to see you in Cloudsdale to plan the funeral arrangements. You can come on your own time, of course, but we would prefer it to be within the next few days. Naturally, the sooner the arrangements are made, the sooner the funeral will take place. I assume that you know the place in question?"
Rainbow nodded slowly, her eyes locked into a stare that was so devoid of emotion that she appeared to be staring directly into an empty, desolate abyss without a single trace of light or hope anywhere to be found.
"Well, then, that's all I have," he continued. "Again, I am terribly sorry for your loss, and for being the one who had to pass this information to you. We expect to see you in Cloudsdale soon."
Grimmtock bowed a third time and turned away, taking several steps before finally opening his wings and zipping into the air. Rainbow Dash slowly shut the door, reeling from everything she had just heard.
"I...I don't even know what to say...," Scootaloo squeaked, tears falling swiftly from her eyes. She stood up on her hind legs and threw her tiny forehooves around Rainbow's neck. "I'm so, so sorry, Rainbow Dash!"
Rainbow said nothing, her hooves fixed to the spot as though they were tied down. She had forgotten all about the Wonderbolts, all about the letter, all about the uniform. She couldn't remember waking up that morning, busting the clouds, or playing with the young pegasus filly who now clung to her neck. Everything that had happened before she opened the door had erased itself from her memory.
Her father was dead. The thought circulated throughout her mind over and over again. It was not as though she was having difficulty accepting it, rather than she was unsure of how she felt about it. He had been her last living parent, as she had lost her mother shortly after she was born. It was he from whom she had inherited her multi-colored mane and tail, and it was also he from whom she had received her name. Their relationship had been rocky on occasion, but that was not to imply she did not care about him—that she would not have come rushing back to Cloudsdale had she known about his illness. An entire spectrum of feelings and emotions flooded throughout her body, but a strong sense of failure prevailed above all of them.
Because now her father would never see her wear a Wonderbolt uniform.
She had forever lost her chance to prove him wrong.
Scootaloo continued to weep, not particularly for the death of a pony she never knew, but purely out of sorrow for Rainbow Dash, especially since she had opened the door expecting something entirely different. Not a single tear permeated from Rainbow's eyes. Her body remained numb, her emotions remained scrambled. She felt as though she had fallen backwards into a very bad dream. A dream that had suddenly become her life. A dream she would never be able to wake up from. In the blink of an eye, everything had changed forever. And she was not even the slightest bit ready for it.
"Scootaloo," Rainbow said in a whisper. "Please don't tell anypony about this."
Scootaloo released her grasp on Rainbow's neck and wiped her eyes.
"W-why not?"
"Just...just don't," Rainbow sighed, her voice remaining low. "For now, this stays between me and you. Please, promise me that you won't tell anypony about it."
"Okay, I won't tell anypony," Scootaloo sighed. She looked up into Rainbow's sullen eyes. "Are you...going to be okay?"
Rainbow stared at her silently for several seconds. "I...I don't know..."
Scootaloo softly nuzzled her side. "I'll stay with you for as long as you need."
A sudden burst of warmth spread throughout Rainbow's body, diminishing the numbness.
"Thanks, Scoot," she said with her lip curling upwards to form a half-hearted smile.
"Do you want to talk?"
Rainbow shook her head. "I...really just want to lay down."
Rainbow opened her wings and rose to the top level of her home. She entered her bedroom and plopped down on the bed without a second thought. She did not want to think. She did not want to reflect. All she wanted to do was close her eyes and pretend for the briefest of moments that this was not her new reality. That her father was still alive and well. That her chance to prove him wrong had not yet expired.
She suddenly felt her foreleg lift up as a tiny filly curled up underneath it, her head nestling against Rainbow's side. An even stronger burst of warmth spread from her heart, and she tightly wrapped her foreleg around Scootaloo. Rainbow allowed her mind to go blank, and within an hour, she drifted asleep alongside her. Reality would come crashing down upon her once again when she regained consciousness, but for now, she had managed to find an escape, if only for a little while.
Meanwhile, just outside, the mailpony finally arrived to drop off a single letter in the mailbox.


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|Darlington, town, borough, and unitary authority, northern England. The town of Darlington is located on the Skerne River, near the confluence of the Skerne and Tees rivers, the latter forming the borough's southern boundary. It is an industrial and transportation center with agricultural markets. Manufactures include iron and steel, machinery, textiles, and electrical equipment. Darlington is the seat of an Elizabethan grammar school and several technical colleges. During the Middle Ages, Darlington was an important market center. It later developed wool industries, and in the 19th century it became a manufacturing center for railroad equipment. The world's first public railroad was built between Darlington and Stockton in 1825. Borough population (1996 estimate) 101,257. - Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopaedia 2001
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How cold is that? Just visit, you won't be disappointed. Good fun, good eating, good drinking, good shopping.... and nice people.
All Sites have been found by me whilst browsing the web, they are not generating revenue (for me).
|U.K. - Durham - Darlington - Site Links
|● Darlington Web Sites
|The website of Darlington Borough Council.
|● Cinemas
|Odeon Cinema Darlington Northgate, DarlingtonDL1 1RB
|● Current Events in Darlington
|Darlington Tourist Board event search.
|Darlington Music Events.
|● Darlington Shops / Businesses
|Businesses Search Engine.
|● Darlington Football Club
|Darlington Football Club
|Home page of the Quakers.
|Wikipedia on Darlington F.G.
|● Galleries
|Darlington Football Club
|Home page of the Quakers.
|Wikipedia on Darlington F.G.
|● Historic Buildings
|Piercebridge Roman Bridge
|Morbium, Piercebridge. Information
|Raby Castle
|Staindrop. Darlington. DL2 3AY. Map Information
|Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications
|Darlington, County Durham. DL1. Map Information
|● Maps
|Interactive Map of Darlington
|● Nearby Villages
|Middleton St.George
|● Newpapers
|Northern Echo
|Regional Newspaper home page.
|● Pubs (No Links. Addresses only. Details to come)
|Killinghill Arms
|The Square, Middleton St George, Darlington
|The Oak Tree Inn
|Yarm Road, Middleton St George, Darlington
|The Nags Head
|45-49, Tubwell Row , Darlington , DL1 1PD 01325 462369
|Queens Head Hotel
|5, Tubwell Row, Darlington, DL1 1NU 01325 354690
|The Green Dragon
|17, Post House Wynd, Darlington, DL3 7LU 01325 354666
|The Britannia Inn
|1, Archer St, Darlington, DL3 6LR 1325 463787
|The Dalesman
|96-98, Victoria Rd, Darlington, DL1 5JW. 01325 466695
|The Plastered Parrot
|6, Commercial St, Darlington, DL3 6JG. 01325 354884
|The Slaters Arms
|46, Bondgate, Darlington, DL3 7JJ. 01325 465038
|Grey Horse Inn
|St Johns Place, Darlington, DL1 4AB. 01325 465516
|The Bridge Hotel
|224, Northgate, Darlington, DL1 1RB. 01325 282009
|The Royal Oak
|13, Yarm Rd, Darlington, DL1 1DZ. 01325 464394
|The Railway Tavern
|8, High Northgate, Darlington, DL1 1UN. 01325 464963
|Hope Inn
|102, Yarm Road, Darlington, DL1 1XF. 01325 461509
|Copper Beech Hotel
|Neasham Rd, Darlington, DL1 4DH. 01325 462951
|Skerne Park Hotel
|Coleridge Gardens, Darlington, DL1 5AL. 01325 250155
|The Brown Trout
|49, West Auckland Rd, Darlington, DL3 9EL. 01325 465074
|The Travellers Rest
|2, West Auckland Rd Cockerton, Darlington, DL3 9ER. 01325 468177
|The Model T
|Fulthorpe Avenue, Darlington, DL3 9XT. 01325 462681
|The Springfield
|Salters Lane South, Darlington, DL1 2RB. 01325 288669
|Old Farmhouse Inn
|Yarm Rd, Middleton St. George, Darlington, DL2 1JY. 01325 341101
|Bay Horse Inn
|45, The Green Hurworth, Darlington, DL2 2AA. 01325 720663
|Emerson Arms
|32, Church Row, Hurworth, Darlington, DL2 2AQ. 01325 720695
|The Station Hotel
|Hurworth Rd, Hurworth Place, Darlington, DL2 2DA. 01325 720552
|The Otter & Fish
|Strait Lane, Hurworth, Darlington, DL2 2AH. 01325 720019
|Burtree Inn
|Burtree Gate, Darlington, DL2 2XX 01325 486645
|● Miscellaneous
|Darlington Football Club.
|Colin Bainbridge's
|A great collection of Historic Photographs (as featured on the summary page)
|● Museums
|Darlington History (resources).
|● Places of Interest
|Darlington Railway Centre and Museum
|North Road Station Station Road, Darlington.DL3 6ST. Map Information
|Tees Cottage Pumping Station
|Coniscliffe Road, Darlington. County Durham.DL3 8TF. Map Information
|● Street Index
|Darlington Street Index.
|● Useful Links
|● Walking
|Lunchtime walks.
|● Weather
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Euphonic is a Korean music TCG, and is possibly the first South Korean music TCG.
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- Category: Asian Entertainment, South Korea
- Lifetime: 2003 - 2004
- Opened: July 31, 2003
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by Caitlin Saniga
- 4 ounces crumbled feta cheese
- 1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- salt and pepper
- 1 pound small red-skin potato, chopped into 1-inch cubes
- 8 ounces green beans, trimmed and cut into bite-size pieces
- 3 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
To make the dressing, combine all but 2 tablespoons feta cheese in a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth.
To make the salad, cook the potatoes in a large pot of simmering, salted water until tender. Drain. Cool.
Meanwhile, prepare an ice-water bath. Cook the green beans in a large pot of boiling, salted water until just crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Drain. Plunge the beans in the ice-water bath.
Toss the potatoes and green beans in half of the dressing. Arrange the egg slices over the salad. Drizzle the remaining dressing over top. Sprinkle with the remaining feta cheese and a dash of black pepper.
Makes 4 servings.
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