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Officials say a Central Florida diver had plenty of air in his tank, but its air valve was only partially open when he drowned at Blue Spring State Park.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal cited a Volusia County Sheriff's Office report that noted that 36-year-old Samuel Slack was not certified to dive in water as deep as he was in on Oct. 9.
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Diving partner Daniel Vansickle told investigators they were in water about 80-feet deep when Slack had trouble breathing. Vansickle says he let Slack breathe from his regulator.
When Slack didn't return it, Vansickle took it from him, swam to the surface and yelled for help. He dove back down and found Slack in about 100 feet of water.
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Bruce Geller, a trim, intense value investor, steers New York-based Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher. The firm began life in 1982 as Dillon Read Capital. Eight years later, the four eponymous partners carved it out from Dillon Read. Geller joined them soon after, soaking up the DNA that underlies Dalton Greiner's brand of value investing. The investment outfit's 10-person team, led by capital-goods and retail expert Geller, 42, has produced some healthy long-term returns for its mutual and hedge funds and separate accounts. In the 10 years through June, its benchmark all-cap value strategy was up 8.2% annually, handily outstripping the Russell 3000. Geller says the current nervousness about the market and macroeconomic conditions obscures a "manufacturing renaissance" in the United States and the promising prospects for a host of stocks.
Barron's: How does your value investing differ from Ben Graham's?
Geller: We pride ourselves on intensive sector research applied across the capitalization spectrum, from IBM IBM 0.7643549589858315% International Business Machines Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD162.15 1.23 0.7643549589858315% /Date(1416866454748-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6599372 AFTER HOURS USD162.15 0.0300000000000011 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 19560 P/E Ratio 13.258381030253474 Market Cap 197865186741.902 Dividend Yield 2.713536848596978% Rev. per Employee 229711 More quote details and news » [ticker: IBM] to Nathan's Famous NATH 2.89238621863037% Nathan's Famous Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD72.57 2.04 2.89238621863037% /Date(1416866400110-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 18434 AFTER HOURS USD72.5787 0.00870000000000459 0.011988424968995453% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 551 P/E Ratio 31.689956331877728 Market Cap 315974395.876503 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 439538 More quote details and news » [NATH]. Ben Graham was deep value, statistically based, looking for the cheapest stocks based on their assets. We evaluate businesses looking for an ideal tradeoff between valuation, profitability, and capital efficiency. We are willing to pay up a little if it's justified by well-above-average profitability characteristics and if management has a strong record of excellent capital allocation. It's more of a Warren Buffett approach.
"Even if contagion from Europe and China causes a slowdown, that won't send us into recession." -- Bruce Geller Peter Murphy
A prototype is 3M MMM -0.17482517482517482% 3M Co. U.S.: NYSE USD159.88 -0.28 -0.17482517482517482% /Date(1416866451940-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2339052 AFTER HOURS USD159.3 -0.579999999999984 -0.3627720790592945% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 19156 P/E Ratio 21.489247311827956 Market Cap 102633568538.155 Dividend Yield 2.1391043282461846% Rev. per Employee 357190 More quote details and news » [MMM], the premier global industrial manufacturing company. It's not the cheapest stock, but has well-above-average profitability and a consistent long-term record. It generates significant free cash flow every year, and management utilizes this for attractive acquisitions and dividend payments. Because of this tradeoff, we are able to own some of the great global franchises. It's a time-tested approach. We've been in business for three decades. It doesn't work every time, of course: Some markets are more deep-value-driven.
What kind is this one?
Over the first quarter, deeper value did better. You saw a reversal in the second quarter as fears about Europe came to the forefront. The year has been a flip-flop. Today, there is more pessimism, and people are positioned more defensively. It's not necessarily fundamentals driving the market every day: One line out of Europe that they won't let the euro collapse and the market is up 200 points. And as a fundamental value shop, we spend the bulk of our time focused on industrial fundamentals. We are not macro investors, in any sense.
So how does one invest when governments are so intrusive?
Our advantage is on the stock-picking side: We are willing to take a longer-term view. 3M is a great company to tuck away and own. We've owned it for six years and unless the fundamentals break down or the stock gets too expensive, it is a core position. Today, I see so much performance anxiety among investors, their constituents, the consultants, the clients. It forces people to be more short-term-focused. That opens up opportunities to own great businesses for the long term that are not appreciated enough today.
What's your view for the market?
The economy has slowed somewhat, but we are not bears. End markets are nowhere near the 2007 prior peak; a lot are not even back to a normalized trend line. Housing is a great example. Automotive and a lot of industrials are at midcycles. So even if contagion from Europe and China causes a slowdown, that won't send us into recession, and if it does, it will be relatively shallow and short-lived.
The fiscal cliff and the election are so hard to gauge. As a firm, we have no edge predicting what happens. Politicians are said to make the right decision only after they exhaust all alternatives. I believe compromises will be made at the 11th hour to avoid the fiscal cliff. Worst case is a dramatic contraction in gross domestic product, which is not in anyone's best interest.
We also see the U.S. economy doing better than Europe's and China's. Our chairman, Tim Dalton, recently wrote about the manufacturing renaissance. Over the past decade, U.S. manufacturing labor costs have become much more competitive. We have improved our cost structure much more than the rest of the world has. Lower unit labor costs are partly driven by above-average productivity, greater use of technology, and outsourcing of lower-cost, labor-intensive jobs to the Far East, one of the reasons employment has been sluggish. Then you have the very cheap natural gas that the U.S. has an abundance of right now, which really helps competitiveness, particularly in the materials sector, where our companies have access to $2 to $3 [per million British thermal units] natural gas; other companies in the world pay significantly more. Also, the dollar has been declining over the same period. Put it all together, and our all-in costs are quite a bit lower and much more competitive than they were a decade ago. It is one of the reasons many companies, even in a world of slow growth, are reporting record earnings and high margins that we think are sustainable.
There are definitely some risks that our economy slows but that, frankly, is priced in. Valuations are reasonable and below historical averages: More pessimism than optimism is built in. Free-cash-flow yields are pretty much at highs over the past 50 years. The U.S. Treasury market has quite a bit more risk than people perceive: You are losing purchasing power on your money. The Bank Credit Analyst reports that when bond yields are between 1% and 2%—and real yields are even lower, factoring in inflation—10-year Treasuries give you a negative return over five years. The flip side is, if you can buy stocks at a normalized P/E around the 14 level, the subsequent five-year return is in the double digits.
You're an expert on retailing. Why did you cover your short position in J.C. Penney JCP 6.712328767123288% J.C. Penney Co. Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD7.79 0.49 6.712328767123288% /Date(1416866488218-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 21631895 AFTER HOURS USD7.77 -0.0200000000000005 -0.25673940949935814% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1694652 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 2225039969.02466 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 103812 More quote details and news » [JCP]?
I didn't want to get greedy. We did well, shorted it at $40 after CEO Ron Johnson gave his big coming-out speech. I was surprised at the way the sell side took some simple assumptions, built them back into models, and came out with egregious earnings estimates. Same-store sales fell 19% in the first quarter. The current quarter could be even worse. There will be a lot of growing pains, and they have a leveraged balanced sheet.
The real death blow would come if there is a big pushback from vendors. Part of the strategy is attracting exciting new vendors to reinvigorate the stores. Some, spooked by seeing how badly sales have fallen, are asking: "Is this really a thriving department store we want our brand to be part of?" The big risk is if the brands start balking and dictating the terms. The reason I covered is that Penney is now unveiling new brands in its stores, and there's a lot of excitement and buzz. The news flow is positively biased. That said, they report earnings in a week. I will sit on the sidelines and watch the action.
What do you like in retail?
Chico's FAS CHS 1.2148337595907928% Chico's Fas Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD15.83 0.19 1.2148337595907928% /Date(1416866585842-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2335814 AFTER HOURS USD15.6674 -0.162599999999999 -1.027163613392293% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9251 P/E Ratio 56.96293630802447 Market Cap 2389651298.18417 Dividend Yield 1.8951358180669615% Rev. per Employee 110487 More quote details and news » [CHS]. The company has four concepts: First is Chico's, which targets shoppers with above-average income—baby-boomer, fashion-conscious females. It is gaining share from department stores and from weaker players. Second is White House Black Market, a younger working-woman demographic, in which the clothing was originally only white and black, but now includes some colors. Store growth is strong. Third is Soma Intimates, which targets the Chico's customer who may not be comfortable shopping at Victoria's Secret, but doesn't want to buy at a department store. Soma has a great niche. Recently, Chico's bought an e-commerce platform called Boston Proper, with trendy clothes for working women of moderate-to-above-average income. That's rapidly growing. It further makes the company a multichannel retailer. The e-commerce division of the other three concepts is 10% of sales; Boston Proper, a pure e-commerce company, increases their overall exposure. And they're looking at rolling out Boston Proper stores.
It all creates multichannel opportunities. And multiple concepts give them buying power with landlords. Chico's right now has about 1,100 stores. With the four concepts, they can probably come close to doubling their store base. A lot of retailers in the value space tend to be more mature and saturated, like Ann Inc. ANN -0.6016217630133404% Ann Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD38 -0.23 -0.6016217630133404% /Date(1416866618447-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 819358 AFTER HOURS USD38 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 369 P/E Ratio 24.358974358974358 Market Cap 1747722643.90595 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 126733 More quote details and news » [ANN] or Aeropostale ARO 9.937888198757763% Aeropostale Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD3.54 0.32 9.937888198757763% /Date(1416866557734-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3166804 AFTER HOURS USD3.67 0.13 3.672316384180791% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 18910 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 254685906.19359 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 67375.9 More quote details and news » [ARO] or Abercrombie & Fitch ANF 0.13582342954159593% Abercrombie & Fitch Co. U.S.: NYSE USD29.49 0.04 0.13582342954159593% /Date(1416866614780-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2670014 AFTER HOURS USD29.49 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6869 P/E Ratio 56.71153846153846 Market Cap 2101758109.18197 Dividend Yield 2.712783994574432% Rev. per Employee 53939.5 More quote details and news » [ANF]. I am forecasting double-digit earnings growth. If you can get top-line growth of around 10%, and 6%-7% unit growth, and same-store sales of 3% to 4%, they can consistently grow the top line at 10% for some time to come. They still have operating-margin opportunities with centralizing the functions. The enterprise value is $2.2 billion. In the past 12 months, they did $343 million in Ebitda [earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, a measure of cash flow], so it's 6.5 times Ebitda. For businesses with 15% earnings growth, that's very attractive. Double-digit earnings growth, with multiple expansion, is a powerful combination.
What else?
We are short Fifth & Pacific [FNP], the old Liz Claiborne. To their credit, they cleaned up a complicated company and boiled it down to three divisions: Juicy Couture, Lucky Brand, and Kate Spade. Frankly, I think they're a little tired, particularly Juicy, because the whole track-suit trend has run its course. The founders, the driving force of its success, have left the company and it is struggling. Lucky's growth has been slow. The darling is Kate Spade, capitalizing on accessories, a hot area in retail for the past year.
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But there's a flood of competition: Michael Kors kors 2.0675675675675675% Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. U.S.: NYSE USD75.53 1.53 2.0675675675675675% /Date(1416866522672-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3272113 AFTER HOURS USD75.53 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10957 P/E Ratio 19.618181818181817 Market Cap 15237413665.7715 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 425244 More quote details and news » (KORS), Coach COH 2.6055951727921007% Coach Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD37.41 0.95 2.6055951727921007% /Date(1416866517730-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6006828 AFTER HOURS USD37.47 0.0600000000000023 0.16038492381716118% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 157813 P/E Ratio 15.207317073170731 Market Cap 10048011014.1693 Dividend Yield 3.608660785886127% Rev. per Employee 272922 More quote details and news » (COH), all the department stores are increasing exposure to accessories. Coach's recent earnings showed the space is increasingly competitive. The market is being flooded with capacity. Fifth & Pacific recently gave guidance of $125 million to $140 million Ebitda for the year. The stock trades at over 10 times Ebitda and has a leveraged balance sheet. At the end of the second quarter, they had more than $300 million in net debt. Interest expense is sucking up the bulk of the operating income. On the flip side, Chico's has net cash and more financial flexibility.
What's the case for Dover DOV 0.5078597339782346% Dover Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD83.12 0.42 0.5078597339782346% /Date(1416866469001-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1356506 AFTER HOURS USD83.12 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2216 P/E Ratio 17.42557651991614 Market Cap 13675436854.9744 Dividend Yield 1.9249278152069298% Rev. per Employee 222540 More quote details and news » [DOV]?
It's a great way to play the U.S. manufacturing renaissance. Dover has about 17% of its sales in Europe and a similar amount from Asia and emerging markets. It is a true conglomerate. It has four main divisions. The largest is engineered systems, where they manufacture refrigerated display cases for commercial food service, specialty pumps, heat exchangers, auto lifts for the automotive market. Then, they have an energy division: They make diamond inserts for rig drill bits, pressure- pumping equipment used in harvesting energy. They have a business called communications technologies—microphone and acoustic-type products traditionally used in hearing aids but that are a good play on the growth in the cellphone market. They own Sound Solutions, which makes a lot of the microphones and speakers in handsets. Then they have a printing and identification business that makes bar coding and other equipment that the packaging industry uses to label products. The stock is trading at an all-time low valuation. Over the past 10 years, they've grown earnings at a 16% rate. Now, they will probably grow at GDP, plus a little bit. They've done a good job allocating capital—making strategic acquisitions, buying back stock, paying out dividends.
The diversity makes the business more stable. They've had only one down year in the past 10. That stability should result in a higher multiple. The stock yields 2.5% and trades at 7.2 times Ebitda. That number more normally should be closer to nine. We don't think earnings will go negative. They will grow at a slower rate, but will produce growth. And there's an opportunity for reasonable multiple expansion, which gives you a nice double-digit return, combined with a 2.5% yield.
How about a few more names?
Sure. I like Icon IClR -0.1650467632495874% Icon PLC U.S.: Nasdaq USD54.44 -0.09 -0.1650467632495874% /Date(1416866400135-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 500714 AFTER HOURS USD54.4184 -0.0215999999999994 -0.03967670830271859% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11017 P/E Ratio 20.85823754789272 Market Cap 3357466508.24463 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 141600 More quote details and news » (ICLR), an Ireland-based contract-research organization that runs clinical trials for drug and biotech companies, which have been outsourcing this skill set over the years. It's a global company and can credibly run global trials, allowing it to pick up share from smaller players. The market cap is $1.3 billion, and the enterprise value is $1.2 billion because they have net cash. They have financial flexibility. You'll see R&D spending pick up in big pharma and biotech. Icon is a direct beneficiary. You don't need to worry about government reimbursements. Recent bookings have been very strong. The book-to-bill ratio in the most recent quarter was 1.35, meaning the backlog is growing. They will get margin leverage as they cycle through that. Sales growth over the past 10 years is 20%, and EPS has been about 15% because of margin repression, but the strong book-to-bill ratio means margins will come back, giving the stock over $2 a share in earnings power. The stock is $23, and there is material upside.
On the short side, we have Ctrip.com CTRP 0.01697792869269949% Ctrip.com International Ltd. ADS U.S.: Nasdaq USD58.91 0.01 0.01697792869269949% /Date(1416866400108-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2973297 AFTER HOURS USD58.91 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 26133 P/E Ratio 52.02225362062875 Market Cap 7643335398.01025 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 44447.2 More quote details and news » (CTRP), the Chinese version of Expedia or Travelocity. There is a lot of pricing and margin pressure on customers and suppliers. While they've seen strong revenue growth, they've done a lot of couponing to drive the top line. Margins are under pressure. The company books the coupons as an expense.
We shorted it in January at $24. We are still short because earnings are continuing the downward trend. They announced a $500 million sales promotion that is triple what their net income was last year. It will cause them to operate at a loss. They also announced a $300 million share repurchase. They have $800 million in net cash, but they will burn through their cash to boost the bottom line. If that effort isn't successful, there's decent downside in the stock.
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|Wildlife4ever-Roy 47 days of fun July 2012
Joined: Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:50 pm
Posts: 43
Location: The Netherlands
|Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:45 pm
Hello hello,
It's time to write my first Travel Tale because I'm traveling to South Africa soon! I just graduated and thought why not give myself a gift to view some wildlife in South Africa.
So I did and booked some places in the Kruger for 47 days in total. I'm hoping to see a lot of beautiful sighting and having a great time (probably not too difficult in 47 days )!
This isn't the first time I'm visiting the Kruger park, but this will be the first time alone and for such a long period of time. So I'm really excited and can't wait to go!
I had some trouble with booking because I was late and most of the camps hadn't any (camping) space left on the days I want to book them. After some waiting, checking Sanparks again and again I did managed to make a good schedule:
Day 00 (12-8-2012): Arriving in Johannesburg, South Africa
Day 01 (13-8-2012): Punda Maria (Camp Site)
Day 02 (14-8-2012): Punda Maria (Camp Site)
Day 03 (15-8-2012): Punda Maria (Camp Site)
Day 04 (16-8-2012): Punda Maria (Camp Site)
Day 05 (17-8-2012): Shingwedzi (Camp Site)
Day 06 (18-8-2012): Shingwedzi (Camp Site)
Day 07 (19-8-2012): Shingwedzi (Camp Site)
Day 08 (20-8-2012): Shingwedzi (Camp Site)
Day 09 (21-8-2012): Tsendze (Camp Site)
Day 10 (22-8-2012): Tsendze (Camp Site)
Day 11 (23-8-2012): Tsendze (Camp Site)
Day 12 (24-8-2012): Letaba (Camp Site)
Day 13 (25-8-2012): Letaba (Camp Site)
Day 14 (26-8-2012): Letaba (Camp Site)
Day 15 (27-8-2012): Letaba (Camp Site)
Day 16 (28-8-2012): Tamboti (Safari tent)
Day 17 (29-8-2012): Tamboti (Safari tent)
Day 18 (30-8-2012): Skukuza (Camp Site)
Day 19 (31-8-2012): Skukuza (Camp Site)
Day 20 (01-9-2012): Skukuza (Camp Site)
Day 21 (02-9-2012): Berg-en-dal (Camp Site)
Day 22 (03-9-2012): Berg-en-dal (Camp Site)
Day 23 (04-9-2012): Lower Sabie (Camp Site)
Day 24 (05-9-2012): Lower Sabie (Hut)
Day 25 (06-9-2012): Lower Sabie (Hut)
Day 26 (07-9-2012): Lower Sabie (Hut)
Day 27 (08-9-2012): Skukuza (Camp Site)
Day 28 (09-9-2012): Skukuza (Camp Site)
Day 29 (10-9-2012): Maroela (Camp Site)
Day 30 (11-9-2012): Maroela (Camp Site)
Day 31 (12-9-2012): Balule (Camp Site)
Day 32 (13-9-2012): Balule (Camp Site)
Day 33 (14-9-2012): Balule (Camp Site)
Day 34 (15-9-2012): Satara (Camp Site)
Day 35 (16-9-2012): Skukuza (Camp Site)
Day 36 (17-9-2012): Skukuza (Camp Site)
Day 37 (18-9-2012): Crocodile Bridge (Camp Site)
Day 38 (19-9-2012): Crocodile Bridge (Camp Site)
Day 39 (20-9-2012): Pretoriuskop (Camp Site)
Day 40 (21-9-2012): Pretoriuskop (Camp Site)
Day 41 (22-9-2012): Lower Sabie (Camp Site)
Day 42 (23-9-2012): Lower Sabie (Camp Site)
Day 43 (24-9-2012): Satara (Camp Site)
Day 44 (25-9-2012): Satara (Camp Site)
Day 45 (26-9-2012): Satara (Camp Site)
Day 46 (27-9-2012): Satara (Camp Site)
Day 47 (28-9-2012): Satara (Camp Site)
Day 48 (29-9-2012): Flying back to the Netherlands
If you have any questions or comments please let me know!
I hope that you're going to like my Travel Tale.
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Joined: Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:50 pm
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Location: The Netherlands
|Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:53 pm
First of all, thanks everybody for those great replies and Congratulations. I get even more excited after reading it!
DuQues wrote
Just wondering, you list camping, Maroela and Balule? Are you going to buy camping gear, or sleep in the open?
Or is it not just you?
No, I'm going alone and I'm take most of the camping gear from home. I have some small and lightweight camping gear. But I know, I probably haven't got a lot of space left in my bag when arriving .
PetraJ wrote
Wow WR, enjoy your trip, and if you get lonely, just pm, I am sure we could make a plan and join you somewhere
Thanks ... I think. Or are you also in the park during my trip?
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Location: The Netherlands
|Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:11 am
Tomorrow morning I can say goodbye to the Netherlands and in the evening I can say hello to South Africa . I can't wait I am really looking forward to it. I am a bit nervous, but that's okay.
South Africa and Kruger, here I come!
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Joined: Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:50 pm
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Location: The Netherlands
|Tue Aug 14, 2012 6:19 am
Note: I typed the next reply yesterday evening, but didn't get Internet to send it. This means when I say today it is exactly yesterday.
I am not in the kruger yet . There has been a slide change in my schedule. No, nothing to worry about. Just before I left, I decide to sleep today in Louis trichardt. Because Jo'burg - punda maria is a long drive and had to do some shopping(vodacom sim and stuff that didn't fit in my bag). This extra stop did make the trip a lot better to handle.
Tomorrow morning I will visit the kruger :-D I am ready for it!
barryels - My yellow ribbon isn't that large, so you have to try hard to find me :-).
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Location: The Netherlands
|Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:09 pm
Day 2: 1e day Kruger
Party time! Free for everyone!
I'm finally made it. I'm in the kruger! So this will be my first kruger travel tale!
My trip started at the pafuri gate, than I traveled to pafuri picnic spot, H1-8, S61 and S60 to punda maria.
In the first 15km i didn't saw a single animal. Not even an impala... (maybe silence before the storm? Hope so).
Luckily after the first couple of impala's I did saw some rarer wildlife. It started with some beautiful kudu's and warthogs. On the S63 I saw multiply groups of nyala's, kudu's, warthogs and beautiful birds like the white fronted bee-eater. On the small road to the tar road, just after the picnic spot I saw a giraffe with her small child. Baby animals are always great to see .
Finally on de S61/S60 I saw a lot of elephants, zebras and couple of giraffes.
I arrived at the pafuri gate around 12. So the time of the day couldn't be worse, but I saw more wildlife than I expected on my trip. Unfortunately I couldn't take some good pictures. But after all I had a great time!
I love those sounds at night . I just heard a hungry elephant (poor tree).
Time to sleep now. Let see what I can find tomorrow!
Thanks for reading
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|Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:50 pm
Day 3: a special start
After the good trip yesterday, I decided to go up north again.
2 km on the S60 I saw the first animal of the day, A lonely wild dog! Never knew that there where wild dogs this high op north. Unfortunately before I could stop the car to take a picture, it runs away.
The next stop on my trip was at the "klopperfontein" waterhole. Like yesterday there where a lot of elephants. To reach the waterhole I had to go down a hill. Down at the waterhole, I took a couple of shot of elephants drinking. After a couple of minutes I looked at the back mirror and saw a big grey object... It was big elephant blocking the only way out. he wanted to use the road to get to the waterhole. I didn't like it, because I had nowhere to go. At the same moment an elephant from de waterhole decided to go up and also use the same road. Luckily after a short while, the elephant in the back decides to use another path. So I was able to get out.
I leaved the elephants and heading to the S64 (nyala drive). On the tar road I only saw some great buffalo's. Luckily the S64 had a lot of wildlife. Not only the wildlife was great, the road itself was truly amazing!
After the S64 I went to pafuri for a lunch. I meet some great people on my way to pafuri. It wasn't a yr, so I still have to find someone :-).
Just to make the trip to north complete, I did go to crooks corner. Just before I entered crooks corner a hippo at high speed crossing the road at mid day. I thought that they where in the water at that time of the day. At crooks I had a great time with the people I meet earlier that day.
On the way back I didn't saw a lot. Only some common wildlife and most of the time not in a good position to photograph it.
In the evening I went to the hide at punda maria. After a half hour I got really lucky! I saw the most beautiful animal of the kruger, the leopard!
I think a good sighting to end this travel tale.
thanks again to everyone who did read this and everyone who replied.
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|Sun Aug 19, 2012 2:20 pm
Day 4: at the hide
Today I decided to stay around punda maria. So the first road I took this morning was the loop around the camp. I knew that there where some leopard in the area, but unfortunately I didn't find one. I did find my first kori bustard on this trip.
After the loop I drove just parts of the other road and then go back to punda maria early. In punda maria I went to the hide and see if there where some animals. It was just amazing to see how many animals there where at the hide. Impala's, elephants, zebras, nyala's... Even during mid day it was busy.
A shot from the camping area:
In the afternoon I did do the loop again, but still couldn't find the leopard. But I saw some other wildlife, so after all it was a good drive.
Day 5: rain
Today I had to leave punda maria and go to shingwedzi. The weather forecast did say there will be some rain today. Before I left the gate for the morning drive, I packed everything, like my tent, in.
Again i tried the loop around camp, but unfortunately I didn't see a lot of animals. While I was driving the loop, it started to rain a bit and it didn't stop until I arrived at shingwedzi. Maybe because of the weather, but I didn't saw a lot of animals. But from the animals I did saw, there where 3 new. I didn't saw the tsessebe, blue wildebeest and ostrich on this trip before.
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|Wed Aug 22, 2012 1:41 pm
Sorry for the late travel tale, but I meet some great people in shingwedzi. Because of that I didn't had time left to write travel tales.
Day 6,7 and 8: shingwedzi
The next couple of days I stayed in shingwedzi. The area around camp is beautiful!
First I did the s50 (kanniedood dam). What a great road with a lot of animals. On this road I saw my first sighting of a roan antilope! It's always nice to see some rare animals.
Another beautiful road I took was the s52 (red Rock). It didn't have as many animals as the kanniedood dam, but the landscape was wonderful.
At the fence at night I had also some good sightings. I did saw a civet and a black backed jackal.
Every night you could hear that there where some lions not to far away from camp. It was just amazing to hear them at night!
Almost every morning I saw them lying in the river bed, just outside camp.
After 4 nights its time to go to Tsendze. It was a nice camp in a beautiful area.
Thank you all again for reading and the comments.
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|Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:57 pm
Day 9: mooiplaas
Today I drove to Tsendze. It's a camp just below mopani. It was a nice drive with a lot of animals. Nothing special, but it was nice to see!
In the evening I went to mooiplaas, a waterhole close to Tsendze. I had there a special moment. It started when I arrive, there where some elephants, zebras, A jackal and a kori bustard. Especially the last two where great to see. After a while, all the zebras run away. There was a lion and lioness on there way to the waterhole. They came to drink something.
After they where finished, they crossed the road and laid down just next to the road. It was amazing to see them close by.
But it did even get better. There where some zebras coming to there direction. The lioness heard them and what to tease them. She just walked in the direction of the zebras. Not sneaking or what so ever, no just walking. When the zebras saw her, they run away of course. They stopped and looked back to the lioness after a short run. The lioness just keeps walking in there direction. When she was close to the zebras again, they run away for a moment and looked back to the lioness. This repeated over and over again, till I eventually lost sight of the zebras and lions. It was incredible to see. Was hoping that to see a kill, but I didn't.
To make it complete, there was a beautiful sunset at the waterhole.
So I think a great start of Tsendze!
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|Sun Aug 26, 2012 2:49 pm
Day 10: Nothing special
This morning I drove a bit around in the area. It was a quite day, and I didn't saw a lot of special animals. I did saw a big warthog family. Normally I don't see more than 5 warthogs, but on this family I counted at least 12 warthogs at one waterhole.
At the end of the set I went to mooiplaas again. It wasn't as good as yesterday, but that wasn't that strange . I did saw some elephants and zebras drinking. The jackal also showed up again. So it was a nice end of the day, with again a beautiful sunset.
Day 11: kill?
Today I did the road to the dam under mopani.
It started a bit slow, without a lot of animals. But after a while I saw a lioness just crossing the dirt road. Unfortunately I was not close and she disappeared in the bush when I arrived.
About 2km after the lioness, I saw a lot of vultures in the trees and some on the ground eating. I couldn't see the kill itself, so don't know what is was. Unfortunately no lions or other predators at the kill.
At the very of the day I drove first to the dam again. There is a hide where I wanted to be around 3. Unfortunately nothing special happened, when I drove to mooiplaas again, I did saw some waterbok standing on rock with some beautiful light. I took some nice pictures and drove further to mooiplaas.
Unfortunately there weren't any animals at mooiplaas. After a while there where 3 elephants drinking. So today the waterhole wasn't special at all. Luckily the sunset was as every day, beautiful.
On my way back to Tsendze, I did saw a eagle owl! It was great to see him. What a wonderful owl.
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|Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:19 pm
Day 12: to Letaba
Today is the day that I have to leave Tsendze. It was a wonderful camp, with some great camp managers. I would recommend everyone to visit this camp.
Before I packed in, I went to the mooiplaas waterhole. There where some zebras drinking. The light of the sun rise just made them beautiful and I managed to make some good pictures. (I will try to upload some of them soon).
My TT is 3 days behind. It's getting hard to remember what I saw. So over the next couple of days I will write a short version with some of the highlights.
In letaba I haven't seen a lot of animals. But I have seen some interesting sightings I want to share.
First I want to mention a lion that I saw at the H9. It was sleeping and hard to see. But it was a lion,so always nice to see.
The last sighting I want to mention was at olifants bridge.
There was a giraffe kill made by crocodiles(haven't seen that it happened). When i arrive at the bridge, the crocodiles where still eating on it, even the kill was made a couple of days back. I haven't see a crocodile eating before, so it was great to see.
Tomorrow I will leave letaba and go to tamboti for two nights. Great area for animals, so hopefully I will find a lot of great sightings!
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|Mon Aug 27, 2012 8:16 pm
lion queen wrote
What an interesting sighting the cocks and Giraffe must have been..........
Yes it was! Unfortunately you couldn't see the "action", because they were already eating inside of the giraffe. But there where of course a lot of crocodiles in the area. And sometimes a crocodile was eating the last peaches of his meal outside of the giraffe. So very interesting to watch.
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|Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:19 pm
Day 16: they are still alive!
I'm already at day 16... On 1/3 of my vacation . Sounds like it almost over, luckily sounds a month left way better .
Today I made the long journey from letaba to tamboti. It was a wonderful drive with a lot of animals.
The drive started a bit slow in the beginning, but the closer I came to Satara the more animals I saw.
That's a real difference between the North and the South. In the north the average for example zebra family is 4, around Satara its something like 20 or more.
Back to the drive. Around half way between letaba and Satara I saw a traffic jam. As you probably can guess, there some lions and of course they were sleeping. When i drove further, I saw beautiful open savanne, with big herds of zebras, buffalo and some more of that kind.
I stopped in Satara for a short break.
In the camp, close to the reception, there was a open bush. In the bush there was a small scope owl(I believe it's spelled like that) sleeping. Just in the open bush and at eye, so great to see.
On the tar road I spotted my second traffic ja... Uuhh... Lion and these where also a sleep.
On the road to orphen I also say some great kudu's and stuff like that.
I checked in at orphen for my tamboti tent and went straight to tamboti.
Around 4 I left tamboti to view some animals. It started good with some beautiful kudu's. When I was photographing them, I saw a jackal. Unfortunately he crossed the road behind me, so I wasn't able to make a good photo of it. I was disappointed, because I hoped he crossed the road in front of me.
Luckily after something like 1 km, I saw another one. This jackal did almost exactly what I hoped.
So it was a beautiful evening drive. Have made some good pictures.
At last I also want to share a sighting I saw somewhere today, a white rino. So luckily the still some left in the park . Beautiful animals.
Now going to enjoy what tamboti has to offer this night.
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|Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:17 pm
Day 17: wall of shame award?
Yesterday night I was busy on my laptop, when I heard something next to me. When i looked, I saw it was a honey badger looking for some food at the tent next to me. They warned me about them when checking in, but never expected to see one .
This morning I drove in the direction of Satara (not that you have many options from Tambotie). I saw this morning only some general wildlife. I was hoping to see the leopard, but again no sign of it.
Just like yesterday, there where some lions halfway between Tambotie and Satara. I couldn't take pictures of it and they where already half at sleep. At these lions I also heard from a buffalo kill made by lions just north of Satara. That sounded a little more interesting than some sleeping lions .
When I came there, there where a lot of hyenas and a buffalo kill. At the kill there was a lioness eating, just a couple of meters from the road. A kill close to Satara means a lot of cars... Luckily I managed to find a decent spot. It was of course great to see a lioness eating.
After a couple of hours, I saw someone that's qualifies for the first place on the wall of shame.
There where I think around the 30 cars watching the lions. It was a open area, so everyone was able to see it. When suddenly a car drove next to the kill, between the lions and the hyenas.
Luckily the lioness was already finished with eating, so there wasn't any action.
The hyenas and lion didn't like it, because they weren't able to watch each other. So they where walking all over the place.
So the positive side of it was that there was some activity.
He stayed there for maybe a half hour or even more.
I think he was stuck or something, because a sanparks car had to pull him out.
It was quite interesting to see how they put the towing cable on the car, between the lions and hyenas.
After something like 10 minutes, the car was pulled away. Unfortunately during the "rescue" operation, all the hyenas scared and run away. So it was also a good time to leave and heading back to Tambotie. On my way back, I came past the other lions, but there where still sleeping. The rest of the day, wasn't that special. I only saw some general wildlife.
Now waiting till my meat is ready. It took a wile before the fire was on. The wood, bought at Orpen, was not dry at all..
Have a good night!
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|Sat Sep 01, 2012 2:03 pm
Day 18 & 19:lions, lions and lions
After two nights Tambotie it was time to go to Skukuza. It was a long drive, but luckily i saw also a lot of animals. The lions that I have seen a couple of days, between Tambotie and Satara, just leaved. I only saw the male for a few seconds.
At Satara I went to the kill again. But there where only some bones left. No sight of the lions or hyenas. There where only a couple of vultures left. So I turned around and heading towards Skukuza.
The next stop was at the nkaya waterhole. A beautiful waterhole with a lot of animals. I stayed there for almost a hour and saw some warthogs, zebras, impala's and a crocodile.
Even it was mid day and hot, I did saw some general wildlife and a lioness in the river bed.
Around 2 I arrived at the camp site. After I found a good spot, I packed out everything and started to setup my tent. It wasn't as easy as previous camps. It looked like the whole ground was one big rock... Luckily a caravan next to me had a drill that I could use.
It took me a lot longer than normal, but eventually I was able to place my tent.
Because it was hot and late, I decided to skip the evening drive for today.
Again i did meet some great people at the campground. They invited me for a braai, so I wasn't able to make a TT.
The next day I decided to go to lower sabie and back. It was a great drive, with a lot of lion sightings. I have saw them at 4 different places. All far away in the river bed.
Unfortunately I just missed the leopard on the lower sabie bridge.
On the way back I didn't saw a lot, but still it was a nice drive.
For the evening I decided to go visit the lake panic hide. It's always a great hide, with a lot of things to see. Unfortunately the hippos where quite today, so I didn't hear there great sounds.
Also during these two days I managed to see two white and three(one family) black rinos. So I was lucky .
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- Carrie Underwood spoke out in support of gay marriage during an interview with The Independent.
- This week, the music video for Glen Campbell's "A Better Place" will be released. It'll "offer a retrospective look at Campbell's career, and will feature a cameo by Queens of the Stone Age frontman Joshua Homme."
- The producers of The Winding Stream engineered a Carter Family flash mob in Portland earlier this month.
- Last week, Sara Watkins, joined by brother Sean, played a short set for WYEP.
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- This Wednesday, Lee Brice will perform "A Woman Like You" on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
- Stream Mary Chapin Carpenter's new album over at Performing Songwriter.
- Check out the trailer for upcoming documentary Herschel Sizemore: Mandolin in B.
- David Nail ended up with a minor fracture and detached tendon in his right ring finger at the City of Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge.
- Paste checked in with several banjo players, including Tony Furtado and Eric Gibson, about Deliverance (the film is celebrating its 40th anniversary this summer), "Dueling Banjos," and how they discovered the five-string.
- The genre-defying Caitlin Rose is the subject of Peter Cooper's new Tennessean feature.
- Eric Church's "Springsteen" is the American Songwriter Lyric of the Week.
- C.M. Wilcox posted a new Quotable Country.
- Wilcox also interviewed Darrell Scott.
- Tennessean music business writer Anita Wadhwani takes a look at the Clear Channel/Big Machine deal: "By negotiating a private deal, the two companies not only sidestep the political conflict over terrestrial radio royalties, but they also bypass the nonprofit entity tapped by Congress to collect online radio royalties. SoundExchange currently collects online royalties for performers of music streamed online. The nonprofit declined to comment on the deal."
- Due out August 7: The Trishas first full-length album, High, Wide & Handsome. The album will include songs co-written with Jim Lauderdale, Bruce Robison, Jason Eady, and others. (via press release)
- Due out September 18: Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe, featuring Lori McKenna, Hayes Carll, and many more. Here's Robert Ellis' version of "All Men Are Liars." (via press release)
- Roots rocker Elliot Randall and his song "Bedroom Window" are one of American Songwriter's Daily Discoveries.
- Watch Brandi Carlile's recent performance at Philadelphia's World Café Live.
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The Eden's Edge album has the unique distinction that a deluxe version is being released by Cracker Barrel today as well. There are some real keepers on that album, ie the kind that would never fly on AirHead Country Radio.
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So who's going to sing "I Knew The Bride When She Used To Rock and Roll" on that Nick Lowe country album? Hmm…
On last night's "American Pickers" Danielle was wearing a Whitey Morgan T-shirt! (lol) If you've ever wondered about her tattoos, its because Danielle is a burlesque dancer among other things.
Any early reactions to Josh Turner's album?
@NM – 1 to 10 Ben reviewed Turner's album. Gave it a 6.
"Carrie Underwood spoke out in support of gay marriage during an interview with The Independent."
Maybe she read the interview with Chely Wright…? It would be nice if some other contemporary country recording artists with comparable sales figures made similar statements…. And better yet, said it to a reporter for a U.S., and not "just" a U.K., publication. Regardless, I respect Carrie Underwood taking a stand.
Garth came out very strongly for gay rights/equality in the mid-'90s–even putting a line about it in "We Shall Be Free." That seemed to come from his heart. I'd hate to see it become a requirement for every country star to weigh in.
Nobody suggested anything about any "requirements" anywhere, ever. It would be a decent, for a good many people helpful, and still somewhat gutsy thing for country stars to do.
There's no requirement for decent, helpful, or gutsy–yet, interestingly enough, some people are. Garth and Carrie have joined that list.
Well said, Barry.
Yes, nice to read Ms. Underwood's comments. Stuff like this:
" Steeped in star-spangled tradition, 'country' has traditionally proved a tricky sell outside of the genre's core demographic: wide-arsed, Bible-thumping inhabitants of the American Midwest."
from Mr. Guy Adams, not so much.
Yes, well said, Barry.
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This November, library patrons brought cans, bags, and boxes of non-perishable food items to their hometown Pioneer Library, which were donated to various organizations, such as Shawnee Rescue Mission, Salvation Army of Norman, Moore Public Schools Food Pantry, and many others. For every item donated, Pioneer Library System removed $1 off of the existing library fines on patrons' accounts.
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I remember a time, not too long ago, when the developed West snickered at China where the entire populace (except the ruling elite) only had bicycles for transportation, while in advanced societies everyone had their own car.Now every Chinese has a car, and every Westerner is destined to devolve into two-wheel transport.It won´t be long now before we see Flo selling cycling insurance. Now, that´s "Progressive"!
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Geez, what´s next? Band motorized traffic and allow only bikes and horses instead? Talk about a country willingly taking itself back to the 1600s.
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Moodle for Teachers (M4T) is a public network that provides free and open e-learning courses on how to teach online using Moodle course and learning management system and other web technologies. The network serves different purposes such as hosting Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), Massive Open Online Learning (MOOL), Moodle training for teachers, workshops (face-to-face and fully online), and conferences (face-to-face and fully online). On June 24 and 25, 2013, EdMedia conference workshops were held on the network and on June 23, a 3.5 hour workshop was also held at EdMedia in Tampere, Finland in 2014.
On January 13 - February 16, 2014, two Electronic Village Online (EVO2014) free courses were held on this website, M4TEVO14 (Click on the image below for the syllabus) and CLIL EVO14. In 2015, M4TEVO15 and other EVO14 courses will be held on this Moodle website. You are invited to give a MOOC or any other free public course by contacting Nellie Deutsch.
On June 1 and October 2013, the network hosted the first Moodle Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in the world. Participants were able to take a Moodle Experience course (beginners and non-beginners (experienced teachers and managers), Moodle MOOC on WizIQ, WizIQ on Moodle practice area, and participate in various forums on the front page. So far we have had Moodle MOOCs 1-3. You may join Moodle MOOCs 1 & 2 (see the Syllabus for Moodle MOOC 1 and the syllabus for Moodle MOOC 2) and Moodle MOOC 3 (see the Syllabus for Moodle MOOC 3) to view the content and recordings of the live online classes. Moodle MOOC 4 (see the Syllabus for Moodle MOOC 4) took place in June 2014 and Moodle MOOC 5 is taking place in October 2014 (see syllabus).
There are 3 Moodle MOOCs a year on this Moodle website and on WizIQ via Integrating Technology for Active Lifelong Learning - in February, June, and October. Everyone is welcome to join and invite their colleagues and friends.
In order to be able to access your certificate for Moodle MOOC 5 (MM5), you will need to reflect on 5 of the live/recordings on WizIQ and reflect. You may access the live classes/recordings on Moodle MOOC 5 on WizIQ in the courseware.
You will be able to access your certificate of participation once you submit 5 reflections and get at least 80% (points) so you will need to go to submission area to submit the links to 5 blog posts.
Badges on Moodle 2.7
Participants will be awarded a badge for each week of MM5 for completing the tasks.
You will receive ongoing support from the organizer of the MOOC and from Integrating Technology on WizIQ.
Supported by Integrating Technology Consulting Services (ITHCS).


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FORT MYERS, Fla.- The East Naples Professional Firefighters 3rd Annual NFFF Golf Tournament, benefiting the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, will be held Sunday, November 6, 2011.
The location this year will be the Mustang Country Club, 8004 Lely Resort Blvd. The proceeds of this event will be used to support the NFFF in its mission to honor firefighters who have died in the line of duty and to provide resources for their surviving family members.
Tee-off time is 11:00AM. The tournament will feature a four player scramble format, and is open to all area golfers.
The fee per player is $100.00.
To register online to play, go to golf.firehero.org/fl/naples/ or contact ENFD Capt. Sean Hunt for information at 239-641-2383,


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