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Washington, D.C. - The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (Forest Society) was presented today with a national conservation award for its success and innovation in advocating for both land protection and the careful sustainable use of natural resources.
The Forest Society was selected by The Land Trust Alliance of Washington, D.C., from among over 1,700 land trusts across the country, to receive its National Land Trust Excellence Award, which was presented at Rally: The National Land Conservation Conference in Portland, Oregon on October 12, 2009.
"We are delighted to be recognized for our innovative land conservation work," said President/Forester Jane Difley, who accepted the award for The Forest Society. "Our 10,000 members make us what we are today – a unique blend of visionary land trust and sustainable forestry association. Our success is due in large part to the strength of our partnerships as well as our recognition that forestry and land protection go hand in hand. We think it's a winning combination for New Hampshire's iconic landscapes, its multi-use forests, and the quality of life for the people who live, work and visit in the state."
Since its creation in 1901, the Forest Society has been a leader in collaborative efforts to protect the natural resources throughout the state of New Hampshire. In addition to owning and actively managing 165 forest reservations in nearly 100 communities, the Forest Society holds conservation easements with numerous municipalities, provides an executor role in over 125 easements held by other organizations and has joined with nearly every major land trust in the state in completing or advocating for land protection projects. It also frequently partners with New Hampshire's state Division of Forest and Lands and Fish and Game Department to effect protection of working forests and critical wildlife habitat.
Through consensus building and collaboration, the state's oldest and largest land trust is a proven leader. The Forest Society has always been looked upon to bring together various stakeholders to address complex conservation and environmental issues, in large part because it has always been viewed as a fair and reasonable convener and advocate.
Rand Wentworth, President of the Land Trust Alliance, said in bestowing the award that "From its first major initiative to promote the Weeks Act to create the eastern National Forest System, to the many other collaborative projects that reformed timber taxes, created a constitutional amendment to enable the creation of current use land assessment, and the creation of the Trust for New Hampshire Lands and Land Conservation Investment Program - a $50 million program to secure 100,000 acres, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests efforts have proven themselves a successful leader in collaborative conservation." He added, "Together, the members of the Forest Society have preserved the quality of life and unique character of their community—now and forever."
About The Forest Society
Founded by a handful of concerned citizens in 1901, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is now one of the country's most effective statewide land conservation organizations. As a non-profit membership organization, the Forest Society is dedicated to protecting the state's most important landscapes while promoting the wise use of its renewable natural resources. It completed the first conservation easement in New Hampshire in 1971, and today owns 165 Forest Reservations covering 48,000 acres and holds interests in more than 700 conservation easements and restrictions protecting more than 117,000 acres, statewide. Visit www.forestsociety.org.
About The Land Trust Alliance
The Land Trust Alliance is a national conservation organization that works in three ways to save the places people love. First, we increase the pace of conservation, so more land and natural resources get protected. Second, we enhance the quality of conservation, so the most important lands get protected using the best practices in the business. And third, we ensure the permanence of conservation by creating the laws and resources needed to defend protected land over time. The Land Trust Alliance is based in Washington, D.C., and has several regional offices. Visit www.landtrustalliance.org.
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In all the hoopla surrounding the current stimulus package, it's easy to forget that other stimulus bill -- the one in 2008 that resulted in a good-sized check for many U.S. taxpayers. Forgetting about that earlier stimulus, and any of the other major tax changes in 2008, could mean missing out on some much-needed cash when you file your tax return this year. There were six "pretty significant pieces of tax legislation" in 2008, said Mark Luscombe, a principal analyst with CCH, Inc., a Riverwoods, Ill., tax publisher, including bills related to housing, farming, the military, pensions, and two on the economy. Read full story >>]]>
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Land Trust Alliance praised the U.S. Senate today for approving a Farm Bill conference report, 68-32, that will provide more than $1 billion for a new conservation program to save working farm and ranch lands throughout the United States over the next 10 years. The U.S. House of Representatives approved the bill on Jan. 29 and the president is expected to sign it into law.
"This legislation will keep working farms and ranches in family hands and maintain the vitality of our farming communities," said Rand Wentworth, president of the Land Trust Alliance, which represents 1,700 nonprofit land trusts that protect 47 million acres of farms, ranches, forests, wildlife habitat, and other open spaces. "It will help ensure that the land that grows our food will not be lost, protecting jobs and community values across the country."
The $1 billion in funding will go the new Agricultural Lands Easement program, which consolidates the former Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) and Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) into a single program. FRPP and GRP have conserved more than one million acres of economically and environmentally important agricultural lands, but applications for FRPP and GRP have far exceeded the available funding.
The Land Trust Alliance worked with Senate and House leaders, including Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow (Mich.) and Senate Conservation Subcommittee Chairman Michael Bennett (Colo.), to secure this funding and include an important provision in the Farm Bill that allows the Agriculture Secretary to waive a local cash-match requirement. FRPP required land trusts and local governments to provide a cash match for FRPP conservation projects.
"With land trusts and local governments taking on the long-term stewardship of these conservation projects, this bill enables the Agriculture Secretary to embrace match alternatives so that a lack of local funding does not exclude protection of strategically important conservation opportunities," said Russ Shay, director of policy for the Land Trust Alliance.
Glen Chown, the founding Executive Director of Michigan's Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy, which protects scenic, natural and farm lands in Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, and Manistee counties, worked with Sen. Stabenow and her staff to advance conservation priorities in the Farm Bill.
"Farm Bill conservation programs have played a large part in the protection of more than 35,000 acres of land and over 100 miles of shoreline along the Grand Traverse region's scenic rivers, lakes and streams since 1991," said Chown. "Sen. Stabenow's tireless legislative efforts to craft this new Agricultural Lands Easement program will help us continue this important tradition."
Ken Engl, a farmer from Acme Township, Michigan, recently used Farm and Ranchland Protection Program funds to conserve land and has met with Sen. Stabenow at his farm. He also is the treasurer of the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy and serves on its board.
"State or local governments often have funding dedicated to farmland conservation that they can use for the cash match," said Engl. "Land trusts sometimes have been able to raise that cash match from foundations or very generous donors."
"The provisions in the new Farm Bill will allow us to build upon our past successes with new dollars and increased flexibility due to the cash match waiver provision," said Rob Manigold, who as Supervisor of Old Mission Peninsula Township in Michigan for 25 years, led its successful farmland preservation efforts, including permanently protecting 5,000 acres of farmland. "My wife Lois and I are at retirement age now. Selling development rights on the original homestead farm that has been in our family since the 1890s would help us to pass it on to my son who is now a 5th generation cherry farmer."
The Land Trust Alliance is a national conservation group that works on behalf of the nation's 1,700 land trusts to save the places people love by strengthening conservation nationwide. The Alliance works to increase the pace and quality of conservation by advocating favorable tax policies and training land trusts in best practices, and working to ensure the permanence of conservation in the face of continuing threats. Learn more »
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Senate Finance Committee today voted to extend a key tax incentive for landowner-led conservation efforts for 2014 and 2015. New Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden included the extension as proposed by Senator Debbie Stabenow (MI) and co-sponsored by Senators Orrin Hatch (UT), Michael Bennet (CO), Pat Roberts (KS), Charles Grassley (IA), Ben Cardin (MD) and Maria Cantwell (WA), in a package to renew a variety of expired or expiring tax provisions.
The conservation provision, first enacted by Congress in 2006 and extended several times before, expired at the end of 2013. Donations of conservation easements, which retire development rights to protect important natural and historic resources on private lands, had increased to one million acres a year under the provision, which enables farmers, ranchers, forestland owners and other modest-income landowners to receive a meaningful tax benefit for their very valuable donations.
The committee action followed the Land Trust Alliance's third annual Land Trust Advocacy Day, which brought land trust leaders from across the country to Washington to talk to their senators and representatives about the importance of their conservation work with private landowners to their communities.
The Finance Committee action may soon be followed by a vote on the Senate floor, but enactment will require action by the House of Representatives.
"We thank the Finance Committee, Chairman Wyden and Ranking Member Hatch for moving action forward on this powerful and cost-effective conservation incentive," said Rand Wentworth, president of the Land Trust Alliance, which represents 1,700 community-based charities that work on conservation in communities across the country. "We will continue to push for making this incentive permanent, so that landowners can give conservation due consideration without racing a tax deadline or being unsure of what the results of their conservation commitment would be."
More than 200 representatives and senators have co-sponsored legislation to make the enhanced incentive for conservation easement donations permanent (S. 526 and HR 2807). The legislation has been supported by a broad coalition of agricultural, sportsmen's, forestry and conservation organizations.
Together, land trusts have conserved more than 47 million acres of land in the United States – an area larger than the state of Wisconsin. This conservation protects drinking water supplies, irreplaceable working farm and forest land, outdoor recreation areas, scenic beauty that makes our communities more desirable and wildlife habitat.
The Land Trust Alliance is a national conservation group that works on behalf of the nation's 1,700 land trusts to save the places people love by strengthening conservation nationwide. The Alliance works to increase the pace and quality of conservation by advocating favorable tax policies and training land trusts in best practices, and working to ensure the permanence of conservation in the face of continuing threats. www.lta.org/policy | #allianceadvocacy
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FAIRHOPE, AL-- On August 16 and 17, the Alliance, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), convened a meeting to discuss the opportunities and action steps needed to build stronger partnerships for strategic and collaborative coastal land and habitat protection and restoration in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster.
Land Trust Alliance Vice President Mary Pope Hutson and Alliance Southeast Program Director Chuck Roe traveled to the Alabama coast to meet with nearly 50 people representing more than a dozen land trusts active on the Gulf of Mexico coast—from Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas—along with representatives from the Nature Conservancy, Conservation Fund, Trust for Public Land and Ducks Unlimited. Many federal and state agencies, including high-level representatives of NOAA, EPA, USDA, USFWS and Gulf of Mexico Alliance were also present.
During the meeting, held at the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Ms. Hutson signed a $34,700 grant agreement offered by the Gulf of Mexico Foundation. The grant will finance the next steps beyond the meeting—a survey and interviews of "stakeholder" NGO land trusts and public agencies involved in Gulf Coast habitat conservation and restoration, a follow-up forum, discussion meeting in November and preparation of an analysis report and recommendations for future actions.
This meeting may prove to be the starting point to build a consortium and collaborative project similar to previous regional landscape conservation planning projects.
Ms. Hutson will meet soon with the President's Council on Environmental Quality to report outcomes and progress from the meeting.
Photos courtesy of Weeks Bay Foundation. Second image: The panel discussion with representatives from MS DMR, NOAA Coastal Estuarine Land Protection Program, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources State Lands Division, EPA Gulf of Mexico Program and the USFWS.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Land Trust Alliance today announced that the nation's largest annual gathering of land conservation leaders will meet this fall in Salt Lake City, UT, September 29 – October 2, to plan the future of private land conservation in America. Rally 2012: The National Land Conservation Conference is expected to draw more than 1,600 conservation leaders, government officials and academics.
"People in the West have a great appreciation for the land and the gifts it can offer. This has spurred an active tradition of conserving farms, ranches, mountains, rivers, as well as the culture of preserving and honoring the natural environment," said Land Trust Alliance President Rand Wentworth. "This commitment prioritizes the protection of clean air, clean water, wildlife, and a way of living with the land."
Land trusts are local, state or nationwide nonprofits whose mission is to conserve land in its natural or traditional state, including farming and ranching, through voluntary agreements with landowners. According to a national census released by the Alliance, land trusts in Utah have protected a total of 65,718 acres. (Visit www.lta.org/census.)
"We selected Salt Lake City this year to honor the strong conservation ethic in this region, and also to give our supporters a chance to enjoy the state's diverse beauty," said Wentworth.
This year's Rally will be celebrating many accomplishments including the launch of Terrafirma, a charitable risk pool owned by participating land trusts that insures it members against the legal costs of defending conservation and 46 land trusts earning accreditation this year through the Land Trust Accreditation Commission – an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance. This group brings the total to 181 land trusts nationally who are accredited – including Summit Land Conservancy in Utah. This year also marks the 30th anniversary of the Alliance.
The first keynote speaker at Rally will be M. Sanjayan, the lead scientist for The Nature Conservancy with a faculty research appointment at the University of Montana. He is a frequent speaker at TED Global, and the International Women's Forum, among other groups. He is a Catto Fellow with the Aspen Institute, and is often a guest on MSNBC, CNN, and other stations. He is currently studying the nexus between conservation efforts and poverty alleviation.
Rally will also feature a keynote address from Heidi Redd, President of the Indian Creek Cattle Company. Ms. Redd is a prominent ranching and conservation leader, and she has run a cow-calf operation at the Dugout Ranch in Utah's canyon country for more than 46 years. She and her family entered in to a unique partnership with The Nature Conservancy to ensure the Dugout Ranch will not be chopped up for development.
Rally seminars, workshops and speakers will address national conservation trends, cutting-edge practices of land conservation, and best professional standards for land trusts. More than 100 workshops and 25 seminars are scheduled, including a seminar on Native American land trusts and eco-cultural conservation, presented by prominent leaders of the local Native American community.
Additionally, the Land Trust Alliance conservation awards will be presented at the Welcoming Dinner, Sunday, September 30, at 7:00pm. They will feature the Kingsbury Browne Conservation Leadership Award, National Conservation Service Award, and the National Land Trust Excellence Award. Visit www.lta.org/awards for more information.
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The Land Trust Alliance is a national conservation organization that works in three ways to save the places people love. First, we increase the pace of conservation, so more land and natural resources get protected. Second, we enhance the quality of conservation, so the most important lands get protected using the best practices in the business. And third, we ensure the permanence of conservation by providing resources needed to defend protected land over time. The Land Trust Alliance is based in Washington, D.C., and has several regional offices. Visit www.landtrustalliance.org.


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Steel Price Rebound Bodes Well for the Economy
Here's what they worry about. If they buy steel when prices are high they may get stuck with excessive inventory they'll have to sell for a loss if prices and the economy were to suddenly tank.
Industry sources have been saying the current causes of the supply shortage and the spiking price of steel may continue into the fourth quarter of this year.
An example of why is the situation in Ontario, Canada, at a mill owned by U.S.Steel (X).
The company has an ominous sell recommendation from the research department at TheStreet.com.U.S. Steel's share price hasn't done as well as Nucor's, as you can see in the comparative chart below. It's interesting to notice the similar share price patterns for both companies. X data by YCharts
At X's Lake Erie, Ontario, mill 1,000 workers are now in the third month of a labor lockout after management failed to negotiate a new contract. This is a mill that can produce over two million tons of steel per year, so this strike is a big deal for the American steel buyers who are the main customers. Some of the steel price jump can be attributed to seasonal factors. Summer is when a lot of steel is used because it's the peak building season. Another positive price factor may be that U.S. steelmakers may see diminished overseas imports. Earlier this week a group of American steel producers filed a trade complaint with the International Trade Commission over imports from nine countries of various and sundry steel products. The complaint is mainly about foreign steelmakers receiving unfair subsidies that enable them to sell below cost. Getting back to NUE, it will report earnings on July 18 before the market opens. It will be followed by a live conference call with host Chief Executive Officer and President John Ferriola. The Nucor event will be available on the Internet on July 18 at 2 p.m. EDT. It should be interesting to hear how the company addresses the benefits and challenges of steel's pricing rollercoaster. At the time of publication the author had no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Follow @m8a2r1 This article was written by an independent contributor, separate from TheStreet's regular news coverage.
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Business is bad. How bad? So bad that the Orange County Register eliminated the Business section. It also shut down a few publications that have been sucking at its money teat for way too long. Oh, and it's been putting fewer stories in the paper and shoveling (that's their actual word, "shoveling") more stories online. Where no one can find them.
In response to angry readers, publisher Terry Horne did what every person of authority would do after making difficult decisions. He wrote a blog post.
These are all tough things to work through at the same time that a general recession seems to have gripped the economy. I admit we've been facing some very difficult decisions. I can understand how many readers can take issue with various steps we've taken in recent months. We've taken those steps after much discussion, analysis and, frankly, hand wringing. We are trying to preserve jobs so we can continue to gather and distribute important information whether online or in print.
Please don't credit our decisions to greed. The family ownership has agreed to accept dramatically lower performance, both last year and in our projected 2008 business year. They have refused to force management to take some of the more drastic cost-cutting steps taken by many publically owned newspaper companies.
We will work our way through this down period and when business gets better we will again expand the amount of space we give to news. And I'm sure editors will weigh carefully what content to add back to the Register. Your comments are duly noted.
What's weirder than a publisher expecting readers to stick by as they're given less information in harder-to-navigate format? The comments such a decision has inspired. Like this one from someone who is, apparently, writing in from 1941:
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U.S. auto insurance brands spent $5.7 billion on marketing last year in the U.S., nearly double what they spent just five years earlier. But they're not getting as much bang for their buck as they did a couple of years ago.
Allstate, State Farm, Nationwide, Esurance, Farmers Insurance, Progressive and Geico are among the many car insurance brands that have mounted notable marketing campaigns over the last few years, almost all of them emphasizing the availability of deep discounts as an integral part of their positioning.
But except for Progressive and the charismatic Flo, and Geiko and its geeky gekko, which have picked up market share, car-insurance brands are becoming jaded entities to American consumers, according to J.D. Power & Associates.
"We didn't see a commensurate increase in [market] churn" to match the industry's advertising expenses last year, said JPD senior director Jeremy Bowler.
Industry-wide, advertising expenditures increased by 12 percent in 2011 compared with 2010, Power said. But the auto-insurance shopping rate reached the lowest level in the last five years, with only 25 percent of insurance customers indicating they shopped for a new insurer in the past 12 months, down 8 percentage points from 2011.
Two things are to blame: Many consumers have squeezed all the discount they're going to get out of their auto-insurance premiums by now, Bowler told brandchannel. And car insurance is a category that many shoppers like to forget about once they're basically satisfied with their premium levels.
One way brands are fighting back is to tout "bundling" of car insurance with other types of coverage, such as State Farm's current ad starring magician David Copperfield, and to diversify, such as in the recent Geico ads that have pitched other kinds of vehicle insurance, such as for motorcycles.
And the answer by Esurance, now owned by Allstate, has been to re-emphasize its low-cost roots as a carrier born online. Or, as the latest campaign (featuring a voice-over by actor John Krasinski) goes, "Esurance: Built to cost less."
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Stronger and more sustained economic growth must be our top national priority. On one hand, the federal government must minimize the harm it is already doing to the economy by avoiding brinksmanship over the federal budget, such as last fall's shutdown, and by getting its fiscal house in order. On the other hand, government can help grow our economy by employing strategies to increase our national competitiveness and reducing barriers to innovation, investment and job creation.
Nick supports:
- Eliminating unnecessary federal regulations in order to reduce the time and resources businesses expend to comply;
- Expanding free trade agreements with other countries;
- Reforming our patent system to expedite the process, improve quality and curb excessive litigation;
- Modernizing our immigration system, as part of comprehensive immigration reform, in order to attract and retain high-skilled labor and entrepreneurs;
- Increasing targeted federal investments in areas including early childhood and higher education, critical infrastructure and high-value research
While Nick supports indexing the minimum wage to inflation, he does not believe an absolute increase in the minimum wage is an effective way to reduce poverty, strengthen the middle class or grow the economy. Instead, Nick supports expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit as part of a comprehensive and cost-neutral effort to restructure and strengthen the social safety net.
Read Nick's detailed policy proposal about the economy here and his detailed policy proposal about tax reform here.
A strong system of education is the backbone of opportunity and prosperity in our society. The United States is falling behind in educational outcomes and must focus on improving our education system and increasing high school and college graduation rates in order to increase economic mobility and grow our economy.
Nick believes that K-12 education should be oriented to prepare students for college, a career and meaningful involvement in civic life. He also believes that today's outdated educational system is too focused on memorization and assessment rather than creative learning, critical thinking and building 21st Century skills.
Nick supports:
- Setting robust national K-12 educational standards, especially in STEM fields, but leaving the development of curricula at the local and state level;
- Focusing on attracting and retaining good teachers through rigorous evaluation, and empowering schools to let go those who are ineffective;
- Protecting school choice and innovation in education through private schools, charter schools, magnet schools, and home schooling in a way that does not undermine public education;
- Expanding early childhood education through a competitive federal grant system that holds new programs accountable for educational outcomes;
- Promoting career and technical education for those seeking jobs that do not require a traditional four-year degree;
- Making higher education more affordable by further tying federal funding of college and universities to the value of the degrees they produce
The United States pays above average prices for below average results in health care. Reforming our health care system is an imperative to reduce long-term deficits, improve our society's health and grow our economy. This can only be achieved by shifting from a fragmented, volume-based delivery system to a value-driven, coordinated one.
Nick believes the Affordable Care Act was passed in a partisan manner and has been implemented in an incompetent way, which undermines its ultimate effectiveness. While Nick supports the ACA's objectives to expand access to health care and improve the quality of health insurance, he believes the law spends too much, is too disruptive to those who already have insurance and is not focused enough on containing health care costs.
Nick supports repairing the law to:
- Allow greater flexibility in the variety of insurance plans available to consumers, especially those who like their current plan and doctor;
- Reduce the size and scope of federal subsidies available through the law;
- Replace the individual mandate with market-based incentives;
- Partially replace the financing mechanism of the law with a limit on the tax exclusion for employer-provided health care;
- Widen the age differential in insurance pricing;
Beyond repairing the ACA, more must be done to address overall national health care costs and reforming both Medicare and Medicaid to better serve beneficiaries and restrain spending.
Read Nick's detailed policy proposal here.
Despite decades of talking and trying, the United States remains too dependent on foreign-sourced energy and fossil fuels. Our country must make a greater effort to develop and enact a 21st Century energy policy that enhances energy security, strengthens our national security, supports economic growth and promotes environmental sustainability.
Nick believes we should focus on exploring and developing all low-carbon or carbon-less sources of domestic energy, including natural gas and nuclear power, with an aim of transitioning to a clean and renewable energy based economy in the future. Nick wants to create and retain jobs in the United States and work towards energy independence.
Nick supports:
- Expanding access to all energy sources on federal lands in a safe, sustainable and responsible manner;
- Facilitating the approval of new nuclear power reactors and offshore drilling wells;
- Improving federal investment in alternative energy through a reformed system of competitive deployment incentives and federal procurement
- Establishing a clean energy standard for electricity production;
- Supporting teacher training, scholarships and post-doctoral fellowships to motivate and educate future energy innovators and entrepreneurs
Nick believes we must uphold our commitment to care for those who have served our country. Nick will work to ensure that all active-duty military, veterans, and their families receive the support they rightly deserve.
Nick supports:
- Reforming the Veterans Administration to reduce the backlog of disability claims;
- Strengthening programs to aid the reintegration of returning service members into society, including job training and placement;
- Offering annual passes to all national parks and recreation areas to veterans and their families, so they can enjoy at no cost the land they have protected
Nick believes in the vision, most recently articulated by retired General Stanley McChrystal, that one year of national service, whether civilian or military, should become a cultural expectation, a common opportunity and a civic rite of passage for every young American. National service is important because it can be part of the solution to many of our nation's most pressing challenges, can help foster a common national experience during a time of social fragmentation and political polarization, and can provide new pathways to education and employment for all Americans, especially at-risk and disconnected youth.
Nick supports:
- Fully funding, on a deficit-neutral basis, the Serve America Act in order to scale full-time national service positions to 250,000 by 2017;
- Expanding service corps to additional government agencies to help federal departments meet their missions through community volunteerism;
- Offering partial federal student loan forgiveness to young Americans who complete two or more years of national service.
Social Security is a vitally important program that millions of Americans have paid into and rely upon in their retirement. However, according to the program's Trustees, Social Security is on a certain path toward insolvency.
If no reforms are enacted, all beneficiaries will receive a permanent 23% cut in their benefits in less than twenty years. Modest changes must be made now and phased in gradually, in such a way that protects those in and near retirement and offers additional protections for the most vulnerable.
Nick is opposed to any benefit cuts for those who are in or near retirement.
Read Nick's detailed policy proposal about Social Security here.
The United States was built on immigration, but today's immigration system is broken. Comprehensive reform that is tough, fair and practical can help grow our economy, reduce the deficit and strengthen our national security.
Reform can also end our current system of de facto amnesty for our nation's 11 million undocumented immigrants by implementing a new system that would force them to take responsibility and earn a legal status, or that would deport those who remain here illegally.
Nick supports:
- Securing our border, including by expanding funding for border agents and other security enhancements;
- Increasing enforcement of our current immigration laws, including by advancing the adoption of a strengthened employer-based e-verify system;
- Modernizing our immigration system to recruit and retain additional high-skilled labor and entrepreneurs, including by lifting the cap on H-1B visas;
- Upon achieving the above objectives, providing opportunities to undocumented immigrants to work toward a legal status by meeting various criteria, including clearing a background check, passing a civics test, paying a fine and waiting in line
Protecting our national security is the top priority of the federal government to keep our country safe from threats at home and abroad. Nick believes all national security measures and military engagements must be weighed against the liberty, privacy, civil rights and the livelihood of all Americans.
Nick supports:
- Securing our borders and further safeguarding lawful trade and travel;
- Providing our service men and women with the tools, training and protection they need;
- Limiting foreign intervention in international conflicts while never turning a blind eye to human rights violations;
- Establishing civilian oversight over all domestic surveillance programs and ensuring they are both constitutional and necessary to protect against foreign and domestic threats;
After over a decade at war, America emerges in a weakened position because our leaders were unrealistic in our mission and unprepared for its consequences. We must learn from this experience. At the same time, we now confront challenges on multiple fronts around the globe that threaten our national security, regional stability, and human rights. So we must also reevaluate our role in the world and reprioritize our engagement in international conflicts.
Nick believes in the following five foreign policy principles:
1. Achieve Stability through Strength
America must maintain a strong posture on the global stage in order to help achieve stability, peace, and security. That means remaining well engaged diplomatically and well prepared militarily –– not retreating from global affairs.
2. Influence Others by Example
The best way for America to promote free people and free markets is to lead by example –– to show how democratic self-government and capitalism can benefit society. This requires "nation-building" at home by, among other things, reinvesting in America's economy, reducing our nation's indebtedness, and reforming our political institutions to stem the tide of partisan gridlock.
3. Remain Committed but Realistic
America must remain totally committed to protecting our own national security, assisting our allies, and responding to humanitarian crises — especially those that threaten our interests at home and abroad. We must also be realistic to what we can achieve and how we can achieve it –– through both diplomacy and, if necessary, the use of force –– such that our country is always prepared for the consequences of our action or inaction.
4. Communicate Clearly and Act Consistently
Our country must articulate our foreign policy and support it with decisive action so that the world knows that we mean what we say and say what we mean. The world will be a safer and more stable place when international actors can anticipate the actions or reactions of our country. Other countries must know that acts of aggression will be met with American sanctions, economic or otherwise.
5. Intervene Strategically when Necessary
America should intervene militarily only when absolutely necessary and when all other options have been exhausted or eliminated. In these cases, we must forge multilateral commitments to the extent possible and proceed with clear goals, parameters, and outcomes. We must also leverage our superior intelligence, technology, and air power to minimize threats to American soldiers.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has acted with blatant disregard to international law and norms in effectively annexing the Crimean Peninsula of Ukraine, in part invited by America's inconsistent and empty threats as well as our tepid responses. The United States must continue to work with our allies and leverage economic and diplomatic means to strongly resist and respond to this kind of aggression so that Russia understands the consequences of its Cold War behavior.
Facilitated by the removal of U.S. troops in Iraq and America's disengagement from the civil war in Syria, the terrorist organization ISIS has been able to establish a stronghold in the Middle East with the aim of establishing an Islamic state. The United States must work to prevent the creation of a safe haven for radical Islamist terrorists in the region by supporting the Iraqi military through continued training and limited airstrikes and encouraging responsible and true democratic governance. The solution for a stable and secure Iraq lies in the country's ability to effectively share power among its sectarian factions.
Gaza Conflict
Israel is one of our closest and most important allies, and we must support them in their efforts to defend their national sovereignty and territorial integrity from terrorist groups that seek to destroy their country. In the short-term, we should work with countries in the region to establish a lasting cease-fire. Over the long-term, we must continue to support a two-state solution based on mutual recognition to prevent future conflicts.
The United States must expand and enforce sanctions aimed at limiting Iran's influence in the region, such as its support for terrorist groups like Hezbollah. We must also take all action necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
America's influence and prosperity has always derived from our unparalleled ability to create and innovate. In the face of greater international competition, we must continue to lead the world in technological innovation. By reducing government intervention, streamlining existing regulation, and empowering entrepreneurs we can create new jobs that will increase growth and opportunity. Spurring innovation, rather than serving special interests, must be a top economic priority.
Nick supports:
- Reforming certain legal and regulatory structures in a way that allows greater market access to new participants, rather than excluding new competition as our current environment does;
- Maintaining a free and open Internet worldwide, where small startups can turn big ideas into billion-dollar businesses;
- Protecting the Internet from government censorship and excessive regulation, such as new liability requirements on Internet Service Providers;
- Reforming our copyright system to allow greater power to free markets, permit consumers more personal freedom, and encourage innovation and content creation, such as by opposing legislation similar to SOPA/PIPA;
- Reforming our patent system to expedite the process, improve quality, curb excessive litigation, and prevent monopolies;
- Investing and prioritizing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education.
Nick is a strong supporter of equal rights and opportunities for women in all areas of our society, including politics.
In Congress, Nick will work to advance issues including ensuring equal pay for equal work, reducing sexual assault and domestic violence, and protecting women's reproductive rights.
Nick supports:
- Enforcing and enhancing the Equal Pay Act of 1963 to ensure employers are held accountable for gender discrimination and employees are protected from raising such concerns;
- Fact: In Pennsylvania, on average, full-time employed women earn 75 cents for every dollar that a man earns.
- Continuing to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), holding higher education institutions accountable via federal funding for the proper recording and response of campus sexual assaults, and providing necessary oversight of the recent sexual violence prevention provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act;
- Fact: Roughly 70% of sexual assaults go unreported and only 3% of rapes result in a conviction. One quarter of female college students experience rape or attempted rape, and nearly one quarter of females in the military have been sexually assaulted.
- Maintaining current federal laws regarding a woman's reproductive rights, and maintaining current coverage requirements of contraceptives in health insurance, including religious exemptions
- Fact: Federal funding for family planning is 61% lower in constant dollars than in 1980.
The influx of money in politics has a corrupting influence in our government. Too many elected leaders are beholden to their special interest campaign contributors rather than the citizens they are supposed to represent. We must reform our system of campaign finance, without restricting free speech, in order to ensure our government remains responsive to the people.
Nick supports:
- Prohibiting candidates from rolling over contributions raised in one election cycle to the next, thereby allowing them to compile massive campaign war chests; instead, all contributions in a given cycle must be spent, returned or donated to charity;
- Passing the American Anti-Corruption Act to, among other things, prohibit politicians from accepting contributions from industries they regulate, further limiting lobbyist contributions to $500, requiring all organizations who spend more than $10,000 in an election to disclose their major donors, and further closing the "revolving-door" in Washington;
- Creating a voluntary system of partial public financing, whereby federal candidates could opt-in to receive federal matching funds if, and only if, they choose to limit contributions to their campaign from donors who are able to vote for them (i.e. no PAC money or out-of-state donations);
- Creating, on a deficit-neutral basis, a $100 biennial tax rebate or "Democracy Voucher" for voters to contribute to any candidate who qualifies for partial public financing as described above.
The federal government must be more fiscally responsible in the administration of justice. The Federal Bureau of Prisons budget has surpassed $6 billion and consumes over one quarter of the entire Department of Justice budget.
While many states are taking a proactive approach to reducing prison populations, the federal government's prison population continues to grow and our nation's federal prisons are approximately 38% over capacity.
The United States also has 5% of the world's population, yet we incarcerate 25% of the world's prison population. Our incarceration rate is the highest in the entire world and exceeds that of Russia and China. Despite these facts, our recidivism rate remains high, jeopardizing public safety.
Nick supports:
- A data-driven approach to improving public safety, reducing corrections and related criminal justice spending, and reinvesting savings in strategies that can decrease crime and reduce recidivism.
- Fairer minimum terms for nonviolent drug offenders, in conjunction with evidence-based treatment programs, such as the Smarter Sentencing Act. While mandatory minimums are necessary for violent, repeat offenders they should not be imposed on first time, nonviolent offenders.
- Prevention of youth violence, gang affiliation, and crime through community health and school-based programs
Employment and median income within the 10th Congressional District falls below the state and national averages. While the natural gas industry has increased economic growth in the region, we must ensure our communities can sustain themselves beyond its presence. On a local and regional level, we must do more to support economic development.
Nick supports:
- Improving the regulatory environment and offering direct support in startup and compliance activities for small businesses and entrepreneurs;
- Leveraging our relatively low-tax environment and, in some cases, our proximity to larger population centers, as a competitive advantage in attracting businesses and industry to move to the area;
- Developing new capacities in agriculture, forestry and ecotourism;
Nick believes the safe and sustainable development of natural gas resources in Pennsylvania is an important means of advancing domestic energy security, economic growth and environmental responsibility. He supports additional measures to increase transparency and safety of the hydraulic fracturing process from start to finish, including in the processing and transportation of natural gas.
Nick understands how harmful increasing flood insurance premiums and plummeting property values can be to households. While the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 will help lessen some of the devastating impacts of the poorly implemented Biggert-Waters law, more must be done to reform the National Flood Insurance Program. Nick believes additional measures should focus on supporting homeowners in need, restoring fiscal solvency to the program, and ensuring that FEMA will perform affordability studies on new flood maps.
Farmers are the lifeblood of America and historically, many parts of Pennsylvania's 10th district has been built upon the farming industry. Nick supports our local farmers, recognizes the important role they play in food production, and will work to make sure our farmers receive the support they need to help improve our district's agriculture industry.
Consistent with the Constitution, Nick strongly supports an individual's right to keep and bear arms. He also supports common sense measures to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals and to reduce the likelihood of mass casualty events.
Nick believes that, as a society, we should uphold the sanctity of human life. He is opposed to the death penalty and supports measures to reduce the number of abortions in our country, without restricting access to safe and legal procedures as guaranteed by the Supreme Court. For example, Nick supports expanding access to family planning, promoting adoption and strengthening social services for mothers.
Nick believes that two-parent households are a crucial part of a strong society. He supports marriage between loving couples, regardless of their sexual orientation. While the issue of gay marriage largely rests with the states, Nick is opposed to all discrimination in federal policy based on race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity.


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Prime Gold Coast location with restaurants, spa and pools
Watermark Hotel & Spa Gold Coast echoes cool modernity throughout the property. From architecture to dining to services, this hotel marries luxury with contemporary style. A day spa, two swimming pools and four restaurants underline the hotel's approach to luxury and service. The Watermark Hotel & Spa Gold Coast location in Surfers Paradise is convenient to surfing, golf and theme parks.
- Rooms with ocean or hinterland views
- L'Aqua Day Spa
- Non-smoking floors
- Eco-friendly practices in place
Sleek style marks the 388 guest rooms at Watermark Hotel & Spa Gold Coast. A soothing earth-tone palette prevails, with ochre walls and sapphire-blue accents. All rooms have a view of either the ocean or city. A 32-inch LCD television with selected Austar channels and on-demand movies, writing desk and coffeemaker also stock the guest rooms. Premier rooms add pillow-top mattresses, a pillow menu and premium linens to the mix. Guests at Watermark Spa & Hotel Gold Coast can order room service 24 hours.
Were it not for the temptations of the Gold Coast, guests at Watermark Hotel & Spa Gold Coast would never have to leave the property. Services include L'Aqua, a full-service day spa that offers wellness and beauty treatments. Elixer salon employs a Christian Dior fashion-show hairdresser. For workouts, the hotel has two heated swimming pools and a fully equipped workout facility.
Waves at Watermark Hotel & Spa Gold Coast presents a buffet of international fare, including Indian, Mediterranean and Asian. Waves serves breakfast and dinner daily. In addition, guests can watch sporting events on TV while enjoying a drink and bar snack at Zaba Gaming Lounge.
- Gold Coast Airport (15.5 mi/25 km)
- Brisbane International Airport (47 mi/76 km)
- Surfers Paradise Beach (three blocks)
- Sea World (3.3 mi/5.4 km)
- Cascade Gardens (1.6 mi/1 km)
- Byron Bay (47 mi/76 km)
- Seven conference rooms accommodate 18 to 300 people
- Wireless and high-speed Internet access (fees apply)
- Full menu of audiovisual equipment (fees apply)
- Business center
Policies and Fees
- The new ground floor will open on 20 Dec 2015 and will feature Clifford's Grill & Lounge (will be open for dinner, six days a week and closed every Mondays), and Walrus Social House - a chic bar, cafe & gaming lounge (will be open seven days a week). Periods of light commercial noise may be experienced as this project is being finalized.
This is not a comprehensive list of fees. Any amounts listed above may not include taxes and are subject to change.
Watermark Hotel and Spa Gold Coast Rooms
- Superior Twin Refurbished
- These recently refurbished rooms feature a vibrant city meet ocean theme and include two brand new Resort Interior Gold Series double beds, Italian designed Europa sofa bed and more. Superior Room - Refurbished features include: Twin bedding, Peter Morrissey Amenita bathroom products, Coffee and tea making facilities, LCD Lifestyle digital TV with internet and movies on demand (charges apply), Italian designed Europa Sofa bed, Mini-fridge, Individual temperature controlled air conditioning, Writing desk
- Standard Room
- Standard rooms offer accommodation from the 3rd to the 9th floor inclusive, featuring twin bedding with 2 Double Beds, latest release pay per view movies, individually controlled air conditioning, tea and coffee making facilities, mini bar and either ocean or riverside views.
- Superior Room
- Superior rooms offer 1 Queen Bed OR 2 Double Bed accommodation from the 10th to the 13 floor inclusive, featuring twin bedding, an 82cm LCD television with the latest release pay per view movies and selected Austar channels, individually controlled air conditioning, tea and coffee making facilities and either ocean or riverside views.
- Deluxe Room
- NEW Deluxe accommodation located on floors 10 to 17 with ocean or riverside views featuring one King Bed, latest release pay per view movies, individually controlled air conditioning, mini bar, tea and coffee making facilities.
- WiFi
- Outdoor pool
- No smoking rooms/facilities
- General
- No smoking rooms/facilities
- Concierge
- Elevators
- Activities
- Outdoor pool
- Fitness center or spa
- Fitness Center
- Spa
- Game room
- Dining
- Bar/Lounge
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Services
- Business center
- Laundry service
- Childcare Service
- In-Room Safe
- Tour desk
- Meeting/Banquet facilities
- Barber/Beauty shop
- Conference facilities
- Doctor on call
- Gift shop
- Currency exchange
- Internet
- WiFi
- Parking
- Parking
- Accessibility
- Handicapped rooms/facilities
- Accessible facilities
- Audible emergency alarm for sight impaired guest
Hotel Map
- Area served
- Surfers Paradise, Main Beach and Broadbeach
- Nearby airports
- Gold Coast Airport is located 30km south of the hotel, 30-40 minutes drive and Brisbane International Airport is located 80km north, 60-70 minutes drive.
- Area description
- This superb 4 star hotel is nestled at the very heart of Australia's favourite holiday destination, a colourful playground where entertainment, amusements and activities abound. Surfers Paradise is more than a seaside city; it is quite simply a holiday phenomenon, combining some of the country's best hotel accommodation and restaurants with entertaining nightlife and strikingly diverse scenery that encompasses golden beaches, green hinterland and meandering waterways. Whatever your partiality, this unique piece of the Queensland coast is sure to make a lasting impression, offering everything from theme parks and premium golf courses to arts & crafts markets and amazing adventure activities. Water sports in particular, come highly recommended in this region.
Nearby points of interest
- Wax Museum: 0.2 mi
- Timezone Gold Coast: 0.3 mi
- Hard Rock Cafe: 0.3 mi
- Riples Believe It Or Not! Museum: 0.3 mi
- Jet Boat Extreme: 0.4 mi
- Infinity Gold Coast: 0.5 mi
- Flycoaster: 0.7 mi
- Bungy Australia: 0.7 mi
- King Tutts Putt Putt: 0.8 mi
- Convention and Exhibition Centre: 1.5 mi
- Jupiters Casino: 1.8 mi
- Seabreeze Sports: 1.8 mi
- Dracula's: 2 mi
- Pacific Fair Shopping Centre: 2 mi
- Mariner's Cove Marina: 2.6 mi
- Wax Museum: 0.2 mi
- Timezone Gold Coast: 0.3 mi
- Hard Rock Cafe: 0.3 mi
- Riples Believe It Or Not! Museum: 0.3 mi
- Jet Boat Extreme: 0.4 mi
- Infinity Gold Coast: 0.5 mi
- Flycoaster: 0.7 mi
- Bungy Australia: 0.7 mi
- King Tutts Putt Putt: 0.8 mi
- Convention and Exhibition Centre: 1.5 mi
- Jupiters Casino: 1.8 mi
- Seabreeze Sports: 1.8 mi
- Dracula's: 2 mi
- Pacific Fair Shopping Centre: 2 mi
- Mariner's Cove Marina: 2.6 mi
- Clear Island Waters Catholic Church: 2.6 mi
- Carrara Markets: 3 mi
- Sea World: 3.3 mi
- Baloon Aloft Check-in office: 4.1 mi
- Dream Center Christian Church: 4.2 mi
- Bond University: 4.9 mi
- Genesis Christian Ministries: 5.1 mi
- Arundel Presbyterian Church: 5.3 mi
- Treasure Island Holiday Park: 5.4 mi
- Harbour Town Shopping Centre: 5.5 mi
- Burleigh Beach: 5.7 mi
- Anglican Church Of Australia: 6.5 mi
- Westfield Helensvale: 8.2 mi
- Skirmish HQ Gold Coast: 9.1 mi
- Wet n Wild Water Park: 9.6 mi
- Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary: 9.7 mi
- Movie World: 9.9 mi
- Coomera River Bait and Tackle: 10.9 mi
- Gold Coast Theme Parks: 11.5 mi
- Dreamworld: 11.8 mi
- Glow Worm Caves: 15.4 mi
- Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia: 15.7 mi
- North Tamborine Mountain Distillery: 16.4 mi
- Tamborine Rainforest Skywalk: 16.5 mi
- Yugambeh Museum: 23.4 mi
- Ormiston College: 35.8 mi
- Iona College: 42.9 mi
- Waves Restaurant
- Inspired by the delights of the Pacific Ocean, Waves Restaurant features a generous selection of seafood that is always the freshest to offer. Experience all the taste sensations of the seafood buffet, desert buffet, salad bar and selection of carvery and other items. In addition to the sensational seafood at night, Waves delivers a sumptuous breakfast buffet at dawn.
- Zaba Gaming Lounge
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. Allan Orrin Gover, 84, of Fayetteville, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at the VA Medical Center.
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|Private company
|Department Store
|Charles Henry Harrod
|London, United Kingdom
|Key people
|Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Hussain Al Abdulla, Ahmad Al Sayed, Kamel Maamria, Michael Ward
|Quality & luxury goods
|£651 million (2012)
|Net income
|£125 million (2012)
|Qatar Investment Authority
|Private company
|Department Store
|Charles Henry Harrod
|London, United Kingdom
|Key people
|Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Hussain Al Abdulla, Ahmad Al Sayed, Kamel Maamria, Michael Ward
|Quality & luxury goods
|£651 million (2012)
|Net income
|£125 million (2012)
|Qatar Investment Authority
Harrods is an upmarket department store located in Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Bank, Harrods Estates, Harrods Aviation and Air Harrods, and to Harrods Buenos Aires, sold by Harrods in 1922 and closed as of 2011[update], with plans announced to reopen in 2013.[1]
The store occupies a 5-acre (20,000 m2) site and has over one million square feet (90,000 m2) of selling space in over 330 departments making it the biggest department store in Europe.
The Harrods motto is Omnia Omnibus Ubique—All Things for All People, Everywhere. Several of its departments, including the seasonal Christmas department and the Food Halls, are world famous.
Harrods founder Charles Henry Harrod first established his business in 1824, aged 25. The business was located south of the River Thames in Southwark. The premises were located at 228 Borough High Street. He ran this business, variously listed as a draper, mercer and a haberdasher, certainly until 1831.[2][3][4] During 1825 the business was listed as 'Harrod and Wicking, Linen Drapers, Retail',[5] but this partnership was dissolved at the end of that year.[6] His first grocery business appears to be as 'Harrod & Co.Grocers' at 163 Upper Whitecross Street, Clerkenwell, E.C.1., in 1832.[7] In 1834 in London's East End, he established a wholesale grocery in Stepney, at 4, Cable Street, with a special interest in tea. In 1849, to escape the vice of the inner city and to capitalise on trade to the Great Exhibition of 1851 in nearby Hyde Park, Harrod took over a small shop in the district of Brompton, on the site of the current store. Beginning in a single room employing two assistants and a messenger boy, Harrod's son Charles Digby Harrod built the business into a thriving retail operation selling medicines, perfumes, stationery, fruit and vegetables. Harrods rapidly expanded, acquired the adjoining buildings, and employed one hundred people by 1880.
However, the store's booming fortunes were reversed in early December 1883, when it burnt to the ground. Remarkably, in view of this calamity, Charles Harrod fulfilled all of his commitments to his customers to make Christmas deliveries that year—and made a record profit in the process. In short order, a new building was built on the same site, and soon Harrods extended credit for the first time to its best customers, among them Oscar Wilde, Lillie Langtry, Ellen Terry, Charlie Chaplin, Noël Coward, Gertrude Lawrence, Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, Sigmund Freud, A. A. Milne, and many members of the British Royal Family.
On Wednesday, 16 November 1898, Harrods debuted England's first "moving staircase" (escalator) in their Brompton Road stores; the device was actually a woven leather conveyor belt-like unit with a mahogany and "silver plate-glass" balustrade.[8] Nervous customers were offered brandy at the top to revive them after their 'ordeal'. The department store was purchased by the Fayed brothers in 1985.[9]
Following denial that it was for sale, Harrods was sold to Qatar Holdings, the sovereign wealth fund of the State of Qatar in May 2010. A fortnight previously, chairman of Harrods since 1985, Mohamed Al-Fayed, had stated that "People approach us from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar. Fair enough. But I put two fingers up to them. It is not for sale. This is not Marks and Spencer or Sainsbury's. It is a special place that gives people pleasure. There is only one Mecca."[10]
The sale was concluded in the early hours of 8 May, when Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani came to London to finalise the deal, saying that the acquisition of Harrods would add "much value" to the investment portfolio of Qatar Holdings while his deputy, Hussain Ali Al-Abdulla, called it a "landmark transaction".[9] A spokesman for Mohamed Al-Fayed said "in reaching the decision to retire, [Fayed] wished to ensure that the legacy and traditions that he has built up in Harrods would be continued."[9] Harrods was sold for £1.5 billion; half of the sale will be used to pay bank debts of £625 million.[11]
Al-Fayed later revealed in an interview that he decided to sell Harrods following the difficulty in getting his dividend approved by the trustee of the Harrods pension fund. Al-Fayed said "I'm here every day, I can't take my profit because I have to take a permission of those bloody idiots...I say is this right? Is this logic? Somebody like me? I run a business and I need to take bloody fucking trustee's permission to take my profit."[12] Al-Fayed was appointed honorary chairman of Harrods, a position he will hold for at least six months.[12]
The shop's 330 departments offer a wide range of products and services. Products on offer include clothing for women, men, children and infants, electronics, jewellery, sporting gear, bridal trousseau, pets and pet accessories, toys, food and drink, health and beauty items, packaged gifts, stationery, housewares, home appliances, furniture, and much more.
A representative sample of shop services includes 32 restaurants, serving everything from high tea to tapas to pub food to haute cuisine; a personal shopping-assistance programme known as "By Appointment"; a watch repair service; a tailor; a dispensing pharmacy; a beauty spa and salon; a barbers shop; Harrods Financial Services; Harrods Bank; Ella Jade Bathroom Planning and Design Service; private events planning and catering; food delivery; a wine steward; bespoke "picnic" hampers and gift boxes; bespoke cakes; bespoke fragrance formulations; and Bespoke Arcades[15] machines.
Up to 300,000 customers visit the shop on peak days, comprising the highest proportion of customers from non-English speaking countries of any department store in London. More than five thousand staff from over fifty different countries work at Harrods.
As of the 15 October 2009, Harrods Bank has started selling gold bars and coins that customers can buy "off the shelf". The gold products range from 1 g to 12.5 kg, and can be purchased within Harrods Bank. They also offer storage services, as well as the ability to sell back gold to Harrods in the future.[16]
Harrods was the holder of royal warrants from:
In August 2010, in a letter to the Daily Telegraph, chairman Mohamed Al-Fayed revealed that he had burnt Harrods royal warrants, after taking them down in 2000. Harrods had held the Royal warrants since 1910. Describing the warrants as a "curse", Al-Fayed claimed that business had tripled since their removal. The Duke of Edinburgh removed his warrant in January 2000,[17] the other warrants were removed from Harrods by Al-Fayed in December, pending their five-yearly review. The Duke of Edinburgh had been banned from Harrods by Al-Fayed.[18] Film of the burning of the warrants in 2009 was shown in the final scene of Unlawful Killing, a film funded by Al-Fayed and directed by Keith Allen.[17]
Since the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Al-Fayed, Mohamed Al-Fayed's son, two memorials commissioned by Al-Fayed have been erected inside Harrods to the couple. The first, located at the base of the Egyptian Escalator, was unveiled on 12 April 1998, consisting of photographs of the two behind a pyramid-shaped display that holds a wine glass smudged with lipstick from Diana's last dinner as well as what is described as an engagement ring Dodi purchased the day before they died.[19]
The second memorial, unveiled in 2005 and located by the escalator at door three is entitled "Innocent Victims", a bronze statue of the two dancing on a beach beneath the wings of an albatross, a bird said to symbolise the "Holy Spirit".[20] The sculpture was created by William Mitchell, a close friend of Al-Fayed and artistic design advisor to Harrods for 40 years. Al-Fayed said he wanted to keep the pair's "spirit alive" through the statue.[21]
After the death of Michael Jackson, Al-Fayed announced that they had already been discussing plans to build a memorial statue.[22] This was unveiled in April 2011 at the rear of Craven Cottage football ground (Fulham F.C.) but removed in September 2013 on the orders of the new owner.[23]
From 1989 Harrods has had a dress code policy[24] and had turned away several people who it believed were not dressed appropriately. These included a soldier in uniform,[25] a scout troop,[26] a woman with a mohican hair cut,[27] a 15 stone (95 kg) woman[28] and FC Shakhtar Donetsk's first team for wearing tracksuits.[29] This however, is no longer the case, and most outfits and dress-styles will be allowed within the store, though security staff still retain the right to refuse entry without giving an explanation as to why. Harrods still has a strict and accepted dress code, where people are refused and not allowed to enter the store if they are wearing high-cut, Bermuda or beach shorts, swimwear, athletic singlets, cycling shorts, flip flops or thong sandals, if they have bare midriff or bare feet, if they are excessively sweaty, if they are wearing dirty or unkempt clothing.
The store occupies a 5-acre (20,000 m2) site and has over one million square feet (90,000 m2) of selling space in over 330 departments making it the biggest department store in Europe. The UK's second-biggest shop, Selfridges, Oxford Street, is a little over half the size with 540,000 square feet (50,000 m2) of selling space.,[30] while the third largest, Allders of Croydon had 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2) of retail space. By comparison Europe's second-largest department store the KaDeWe in Berlin has a retail space of 650,000 square feet (60,000 m2).
Harrods and Mohamed Al-Fayed have been criticised for selling real animal fur with regular protests organised outside Harrods.[31] Harrods is the only department store in Britain that has continued to sell fur.[32] Harrods was sharply criticised in 2004 by the Hindu community for marketing a line of feminine underwear (designed by Roberto Cavalli) which featured the images of Indian goddesses. The line was eventually withdrawn and formal apologies were made.[33] Harrods has been criticised as "deeply sexist" for making female employees wear six kinds of makeup at all times without requiring this of male employees.[34][35][36]
Asma al-Assad, the wife of the President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, used an alias to shop at Harrods despite economic sanctions imposed by the European Union that froze funds belonging to her and her husband.[37]
Due to its status and expensive nature of its merchandise, Harrods has been connected with several high profile crimes over the years, including the 2012 theft of a £24,000 designer dress,[38] part of what was referred to as a '£240,000 Harrods crime spree'.[39]
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