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Cover Story: Old flame, new fire
Two years ago, British Gas held the dubious accolade of being Britain's most hated corporation, having earned its place in history as the birthplace of the Fat Cat. Then it was broken up, and today Centrica, its sales arm, is one of the nation's most admired companies with money to burn. It is even toying with buying the RAC. So how was this transformation achieved?
Wednesday 03 March 1999
But they also drew up a "poison pill" agreement to protect each other. If either company were taken over, the new owner would forfeit the right to call itself British Gas or use the familiar blue flame logo.
At the time it did not seem to be much of a defence against hostile takeover bids. Indeed, it looked more like the product of some terrible, misguided vanity. Far from being a prize asset, the name of British Gas was Mudd. Customer complaints were at an all-time high. The company had earned the soubriquet of the most hated corporation in Britain. Cedric Brown, its former chief executive, had assured British Gas a footnote in history as the birthplace of the Fat Cat. It was the kind of publicity that would make most firms desperate to change their identity, not ringfence it.
Of the two new businesses, Centrica was the one most in the firing line. It was the public face of British Gas to 19 million disgruntled customers through its chain of High Street energy centres. It was also responsible for checking three million central heating boilers through the three- star service scheme.
If any business was on a hiding to nothing, it was Centrica. But its troubles did not stop there. Competition had been introduced into the domestic gas market and British Gas's monopoly was being eroded fast by smarter and nimbler rivals who did not carry the same negative baggage and could offer cheaper prices. To cap it all, Centrica had inherited some pounds 30bn in liabilities in the shape of the old parent company's take- or-pay gas contracts in the North Sea.
If all of that wasn't enough to sink Centrica outright, it was sufficiently serious, potentially, to hole it below the waterline. Small surprise that the British Gas chairman, Sir Richard Giordano, had a simple piece of advice for the army of Sids who had jumped on board in 1987 when the business was privatised - abandon ship now.
There didn't seem to be much future in being a shareholder anyway since Centrica was not forecasting anything other than losses and was therefore not paying a dividend.
How times change. Last week, Centrica reported its first profit and, to reward those shareholders who had remained loyal, announced a special dividend totalling pounds 530m. And Centrica has reversed the tide of customer desertions. Its share of the domestic market has fallen to 80 per cent but for the first time since competition began in April, 1996, it is gaining more customers than it is losing. Since the opening of the electricity market to competition last August, it has also set itself the goal of replacing every one of the four million gas customers lost with a customer from one of the regional electricity companies. After seven months, it is a quarter of the way towards its target. But its sights now stretch beyond home energy. It wants to buy the RAC's motoring services division and is also lining up a consortium bid for Drax, Britain's biggest power station. Ultimately, Centrica sees no reason why it shouldn't leverage its customer base of 15.5 million households and the British Gas name to provide everything from car insurance and home shopping to mortgages and domestic appliance repairs.
There are several factors behind the transformation. Customer inertia is one. Based on Centrica's experience in those regions where competition has been running longest, it looks as if loss of market share has hit a natural floor at about 30 per cent. Centrica's ability to offer "dual fuel" deals to households has made it price-competitive.The series of documentary-style television adverts, using real customers and real service engineers and filmed by Dominic Savage, the Cutting Edge director, also plays cleverly to the strengths of the British Gas brand. But most of the renaissance is down to two men, Centrica's chief executive, Roy Gardner, and its finance director, Mark Clare. Mr Gardner is all restless energy, his muscular physique accentuated by a tan he picked up last month in the Bahamas. Before joining British Gas as finance director in 1994, he was managing director of GEC Marconi where he learned his trade under Lord Weinstock. Mr Clare, a former STC executive, is one of those finance directors who is a big picture man, not simply a number cruncher. They make an interesting contrast with the two top men at BG, David Varney and Philip Hampton, who are also highly rated but in a different way. Where Mr Gardner is streetwise and forever on the lookout for a deal, Mr Varney is analytic to the point of being ethereal.
"Gardner would sell his granny if he thought he could make a turn on it whereas Varney would probably philosophise on the ethics of treating old people in that way," says one analyst. "Gardner is a streetfighter. He just wants to take the gloves off and get in there."
His pugilistic tendencies have not hurt the share price. Since demerger in February, 1997, Centrica has outperformed the market by 20 per cent, not bad for a company that recorded a bottom line loss of pounds 791m in its first year of trading. Dr Rod Maclean, oil and gas analyst at ABN Amro, says: "Slowly but surely, they are putting the pieces together. They have renegotiated a good deal of the take-or-pay contracts, their gas market loss is less than expected and they have done better in electricity than they thought they would. As for the energy regulator, he has much bigger fish to fry elsewhere." Centrica says the cost of acquiring each new electricity customer is pounds 30 compared with the pounds 100 a head National Power paid when it bought the supply business of Midlands Electricity and the pounds 200 per customer PowerGen is paying through its acquisition of East Midlands Electricity. The City likes these numbers and the extra profit it expects Centrica to squeeze out of its new customer base.
ABN Amro is forecasting that operating profits will more than double from pounds 208m last year to pounds 528m in 2002. "The question is, `Where to next'," says Mr Maclean. "What worries some people is what they might buy and what the long-term growth prospects for the company are."
In particular, what worries the market is the idea that Centrica might become a roadside breakdown service. Mr Gardner says he has merely registered an interest in RAC. Even if it does bid it is expected to offer substantially less than the pounds 450m that Cendant of the US was prepared to pay. "Our operations are quite similar in terms of logistics, customer interface, billing and purchasing so the savings would be quite large," says Mr Gardner.
That much is true. Both businesses have men and vans and call centres and both provide an emergency service, which makes their cultures similar. But Centrica sees opportunities beyond that to exploit its expertise as a service company. Mr Gardner says that other than BT, no other company has a comparable customer base. He believes it could support a great many more products and services around the home. Last year Centrica launched a home security division and more recently it has started experimenting with air-conditioning and electrical repair.
Beyond that it is examining the potential of home shopping and the burgeoning market of home automation - remote diagnostic systems that monitor utility services in the house. If Centrica takes the plunge into mortgages, it would be through its financial services division, which pioneered the successful launch of Goldfish and now has nearly 900,000 card members.
Inevitably, this has raised fears that Centrica may overstretch itself at the expense of its bedrock business of gas supply. But the Gas Consumers Council does not share this concern.
Jenny Kirkpatrick, its chairwoman, says: "Provided it brings greater energy efficiency into the home and doesn't disadvantage those who are less able to afford the add-on services, then it will be beneficial."
The council is less happy with Centrica's dominant market position. "After nearly three years of competition, it still supplies eight in 10 homes with gas and looks like replacing all its lost gas market with new electricity customers," says Ms Kirkpatrick. "If I was one of the smaller players up against British Gas, I'd be cheesed off."
Mr Gardner likes it that way.
Centrica Turns Up The Heat
CENTRICA WAS formed from the demerger of British Gas on 17 February 1997. It is valued at pounds 5.2bn and has 15,000 employees and 15,500,000 domestic and industrial customers. It also operates a 240-strong chain of gas showrooms and has a service division with three million customers.
Its chairman is Sir Michael Perry, the former chairman of the consumer products giant Unilever. But the driving forces behind the company are Roy Gardner, its chief executive, and Mark Clare, the finance director. Mr Gardner, 53, has run the New York and London marathons and is an avid Manchester United fan. He joined British Gas in November 1994 as finance director and took charge of the businesses that formed Centrica a year later.
Mr Clare is regarded in the City as much more than a conventional finance director. "He's very much in control of the strategy as well as the numbers," says one analyst. "Together they make an impressive pair."
The rewards of success are large. Mr Gardner earns pounds 493,000 a year and has a further 1.3m Centrica shares earmarked for him under the company's long-term incentive scheme. In addition he has 1.4m share options currently showing a paper profit of pounds 500,000.
But the 1.3m Sids who have stuck with Centrica since demerger also stand to gain - its share price has risen 60 per cent in the last two years.
Apart from gas, Centrica is also the company behind the Goldfish credit card, which now has 900,000 mem bers. It is keen to expand further into financial services, possibly offering mortgages. It is also looking at buying the RAC.
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Too much "affordable housing". It has killed the CCSD. You can talk all the we are making progress but the proof is in the test. WE FAILED. I wouldn't model anything after a failing New Orleans school system. Maybe we just have bad leadership in Athens. We have too many free lunch students and we keep attracting more. Better athletes make great coaches, better students make great teachers and great teachers make a great school system. You can't make chicken salad out of chicken manure.posted @ Monday, February 16, 2015 - 18:28
I don't recall seeing your name on the ballot. Why not?posted @ Sunday, February 15, 2015 - 12:45
Helicopters are very loud. Will they be required to adhere to our noise ordinance? Airport in Boulevard and Cobbham now that's a novel idea.posted @ Friday, February 13, 2015 - 10:12
"I do think we're going to take a step forward," he said. "If we do the things that we need to do, if we stay healthy, we should compete in a regional at the end of the year. If you're doing that then you have a chance to move on. That's really our goal right now is to take that step.
What happened to winning the SEC and BEATING tech? You will not win unless you set your goals higher. Come on man, the honeymoon is over, time to get it done.posted @ Friday, February 13, 2015 - 09:04
These meters shouldn't be there along with meters in downtown. Economic Development people should be jumping up and down to remove meters in downtown. I agree with over parking tickets but 25 cents for 12 minutes and a $10 ticket just make me stay away from the downtown business district.posted @ Saturday, February 7, 2015 - 22:28
I know nobody cares about girls basketball, but I am the only one that Andy Landers needs to retire. I want someone to defend his record in the last 15 years. If he were the coach of any other sport at UGA he would have been fired a long time ago. I am not advocating he be fired but given the opportunity to retire at the end of this year. It is time.posted @ Friday, February 6, 2015 - 08:43
Augusta feels threatened by Athens. Now that James Brown is dead Augusta has nothing left but a golf tournament. Maybe Billy Payne will move that to his beloved UGA.posted @ Tuesday, February 3, 2015 - 10:08
What a waste of money. Spend it on education.posted @ Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 09:19
@Kwijibo Junior: I assume you don't live in Athens where it takes an act of God to get landlords to fix something.posted @ Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 09:12
Looks like somebody in Augusta thought she was doing too good of a job and felt threatened. Morehead should get independent and hire her back. Given the choice of going to med school in Athens or Augusta guess who will win every time?posted @ Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 08:50
Does anyone know how much ACC charges for an outdoor café? I vaguely remember it being very nominal not near market rates per square foot. We need to revisit what we are charging the business owners to use public property.posted @ Friday, January 23, 2015 - 14:45
Let the free market decide. Cannot believe these "business leaders" are calling for more government regulation. We need some better leaders.posted @ Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 09:51
Heidi Davison legacy project.posted @ Friday, January 9, 2015 - 00:46
Good to see local boys doing good.posted @ Friday, January 9, 2015 - 00:38
What ever became of look both ways before you cross the street? Cross at the intersections where there are traffic lights? This is changing who has the right of way and quite frankly makes the pedestrian look stupid. It appears that Commissioner Girtz is holding his son and a flag, is more dangerous than crossing at the light. What if his son arched his back and fell out of his arms and fell in the middle of the street? Walkers bikers beware your government is making it dangerous by painting lanes on streets giving you a false sense of security.posted @ Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 07:40
This article basically tells us we shouldn't have voted for the last sales tax referendum. These people are mismanaging their money and their assets. Shame on them.posted @ Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 22:23
I demand a recount. We don't want him back here, was hoping he would stay in Washington and be a high paid lobbyist.posted @ Monday, November 10, 2014 - 18:00
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Classes started in August and two months later we are reporting this? Some people that we have educating students these days. Surely you could punch a button on a computer and tell how many kids we have in the database a week or two after drop add.posted @ Saturday, November 8, 2014 - 22:35
If the official is too slow to get out of the way just knock him into the runner. He will learn.posted @ Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 12:03
A great many of the schools' challenges stem from poverty, Smith said.
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Translate that into saying we don't need anymore affordable housing. Athens has become the catch all for all of North Georgia's poverty stricken people. The load needs to be shared. We do not need to help people who will not help themselves. Through the years we have gone too far and now it effects all of our young people that don't run to other counties. All of our agencies Habitat, Land Trust and AHA mean well but they are overbuilt almost as much as student apartments and condos.
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Paul you ignaramous, your Daddy is ashamed of you. Give the money back from your congressional pension then go burn in hell for lying to your constituents and on the way kiss my butt.posted @ Friday, October 31, 2014 - 11:27
Judging by todays article about Graduation Rates CCSD has fallen way off. I guess this administration will get back to educating kids after they get out of the construction business. Vote NO on the next ESPLOST. 20 mils the max and this is the max on top of the ESPLOST.posted @ Thursday, October 30, 2014 - 16:32
Ouch! Superintendent Philip Lanoue
I guess this means you are not going to win Superintendent of the Year for which you are a finalist? Go figure. While figuring that out, you go refigure these rates and ask Clarke County tax payers for a raise.
Some people don't have enough to worry about.posted @ Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 06:53
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- ata yongba: Vibrant Tshering TobgayPM might need to be surrendered too. Although I voted our PM and his party, I am starting to have doubts with him. I have supported most of his policies and decisions. But lately, I have found him to be going the same way as others before him. I had misgivings of his performance agreements with the different Dzongdas and Ministries. I guess it is his initiative to get everyone to do their jobs. Having said that, all signing the agreement kind of made it seem like if one party cannot fulfill the damn agreement he would have defaulted and can be penalized under law. I am of the impression that every Dzongda or every minister by virtue of his high post has to fulfill a certain responsibility whether or not he signs it. So to me signing such an agreement is a waste of time an energy. And his decision to surrender the three hapless secretaries to the RCSC was a hasty decision to say the least. It made it seem like the PM wanted to be seen as a man who made urgent and critical decisions.... the buck stops here thing. But to me, it looked like a hasty one… and we all know what haste makes. Perhaps the PM wanted to stay away of the corruption scandals plaguing the construction industry and say (to the bureaucrats in South Block) his office was unaware…. but in doing do it only highlighted his vulnerability and inexperience. One would have expected him to be patient and slow. There was nothing a tete-a-tete could not have solved. It would have saved all the hullabaloo. He should sometimes learn to listen to his elders. (If he came to me, I'd pull his ears). Perhaps after one year of office his enthusiasm is waning and is heading in the wrong direction. But who will tell him that the emperor has no clothes on? Bhutanomics??
- So what.. his mother is a Bhutanese, father doesn't matter.
- Sonam La: Vibrant Tshering TobgayVibrant Tshering Tobgay, his speech was not bad but he said democracy came to Bhutan without any struggle. He is wrong. He should read all the news paper coverage, national and international on the struggle since 1990. He should not forget at least 1500 southern Bhutanese were put behind bars in 1990 read Amnesty International report, why? Read the human rights reports published by international organizations why tens of thousands of southern Bhutanese were kicked out of the country because Jigme wanted to root out every family that was associated with the democratic struggle in Bhutan. Do not say again next time democracy was a gift from king that is a lie and a distortion of the fact. Do not follow JYT who started this rhetoric.
- Jigme wangchuk: Letter from Dago Tshering, Special Envoy of the PMI hate this man, anti-Lhoshampas, he is a crook actually he should be tried in democratic Bhutan for violating the human rights of southern Bhutanese. He will never be forgiven for what he did to Lhotsmapas. He is so power crazy.
- Nandan: The Other DPT GoondaIt would make a very interesting story, if Bhutanomics could investigate on all the Successful Ugyens in Bhutan, like Ugyen of Ugen Trading House, Ugyen of Yangki Automobiles, Ugyen of Jichu Drake, on how they have managed to amass such wealth and property, Could be Chang Ugyen sold them some copies of his Dummies.
- Johnny Thunder: Inside Story of the Education CityLol got to give Massive due credit for bringing JYT down to earth. Sad part is Massive himself is very much like JYT, albeit a bit more sly and cunning. First JYT, then Massive .... I wonder which selfish sociopath will be next PM?
- Uncle Pann: Logo for the Celebrations of 60th Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the Fourth Druk GyalpoLong live His Majesty. A source of inspiration, and pride. Truly the very definition of a Great King and the bestower of the peace, prosperity and happiness that we have enjoyed in Bhutan's Modern Era.
- Uncle Pann: Dasho Benji Has DPT By Their BallsBenji is just a chamcha and a fool. He used to be thick with JYT and DPT when they were in power and now he's playing up to PDP and their backer. Just look at his personal life - 2 divorces, problem with alcohol, and unfortunately his younger son passed away. More than anything I'd say cuts a pathetic figure and an example of how a privileged life can be wasted if u have no sense.
- Uncle Jack: Sangay Wangchuk of RiverviewU are part of the shifty lot. If u eat Massive's PDP shit enjoy it. If you can think, observe and reflect then you realize just how shitty things are becoming .... Anyways I suggest that u hang around Bhutan Tourism office, cause u can meet Ur hero there - he visits his gf quite often - head of tourism. Am sure First Lady Mrs.Massive knows, unless she too is complete idiot.
- Uncle Jack: Sangay Wangchuk of RiverviewWhat about Yab, LSN, Zimdra, Lhaki Company, and their PDP puppets led by their stooge Massive (big chamcha to LSN in 1990s and early 2000s)? Idk if u idiots are too thick to realize that they are all (including JYT and friends) of similar nature ..... doing great job of destroying all the good that K4 did for us.
- But his Johny walkers model was too much for many of us. He blatantly showed that we have some rancid butter and cheese in his bag and heart.
- This Sithey in immigration and census keep digging about census of poor southern people BUT anyone dear to ask him about his grand son census , his daughter wangmo's son born in Australia from Australian. Who dare to speak in this Matter.? No one ,,even Bhutanomic.
- Patriot: Sangay Wangchuk of Riverviewhttp://bhutanomics.com/2014/bvt-bhutan-ventures-trading/
- ata yongba: BVT - Bhutan Ventures TradingOur country's been shamed. Treason? I wonder what our constitution says with regard to treason. Thank god this is the 21st century.
- Kinley: Sangay Wangchuk of RiverviewI am glad that Bhutanomics and the Bhutanese are really helping in uprooting these people connected to the old bureaucrats. Lyoenpo Jigme Thinley , his son Palden Thinley, his in-law Sangay Wangchuck [Riverview family ] and their whole gang of DPTpeople from the old system needs to be booted out from the government. Isn't it enough DPT and their ministers have ruled Bhutan for the past 3 decades as ministers ?and now Lynpo Jigme Thinley and the old ministers are still playing the roles behind the scene using their dumbo sons like Palden Thinley and Sangay Wangchuck as the front . Seriously, when people get power they become dumb. The reason why I call Palden Thinley and Sangay Wangchuk extremely dumb are these two air-heads don't know how to get rich quietly. With their fathers and family ties, it is possible to get rich but quietly. But what do these two buffoons educated from Bangkok and Delhi do ? They buy expensive bikes from China and ride it around whole of Thimphu, buy expensive golf clubs, put pictures with their wives and children all over Facebook ..... basically they are so insecure they compensate by showing of their willies as much as they can. If it were some other smart people, they would stay quiet and humble and get rich. These two dumb twits must be making their parents dig their graves early . There is not an inch of humility and strategy in these two men's bones. The show is run by their parents and wives. Other than that, these men have the brain the size of an ants willy. lol. Just get your money, lay low and shut the hell up instead of showing off your 30 lakh bikes and hanging out with useless young guys around Thimphu. And Sangay wangchuk is one insecure bum riding his wife's Bhutan plated car wherever he goes with body guards at the back. If he expects to get rich with such pride and open ambition, he doesn't realize this , "bums breed jealously , smart breed envy" . Stupid people make other people jealous of their wealth and hate them, smart people other envious but happy of their wealth by doing some good. Seriously, these men are just plain stupid. And now with all their insecure flaunting, they are getting their asses kicked and being put in place. They don't realize the game isn't played on ego, its played on good will with goals. These guys are immature kids.
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AFTERNOON REPORT (4.30pm AEDT)
The Australian sharemarket rose by 1.7 per cent today, largely making up for three consecutive days of weakness. Even when taking into account today's gains, the All Ordinaries index has slipped by 0.16 per cent over the past five sessions. Since the start of January 2013, the local market has jumped by 9.96 per cent, making it the best start to a new year in 21 years. Today was the biggest daily improvement for the All Ords since mid-July 2012.
Department store owner, Myer (MYR) continues its strong run this year and received a boost from yesterday's better than forecast profit result. MYR shares were up 0.98 per cent after rising by 5.8 per cent on Thursday. Its competitor, David Jones (DJS) rose by 1.68 per cent, and ended the week unchanged.
This week has been an eventful one for economic data, with a stellar jobs report out on Thursday boosting the Australian dollar strongly. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), there were 71,500 jobs created in February, seven times more than expected. The results of a survey out mid-week showed that consumer confidence rose by 2 per cent in March and has improved by almost 10 per cent since the start of the year. This has effectively wiped out all chances of a rate cut over the next few months.
Looking ahead to tonight, the European Union Economic Summit continues. There are 27 countries within the Union, 17 of which use the Euro (€) currency. The 17 country bloc is often referred to as the Eurozone or the Euro Area.
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Maritime New Zealand inform that the master of the 177m Singapore-flagged cargo vessel 'Lake Triview' has been fined $2000 (plus $130 court costs) after pleading guilty to a charge of failing to notify Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) that the vessel had grounded off New Plymouth after dragging its anchor.
Rolando Valmeo Legaspi, 63, of the Philippines was sentenced in New Plymouth District Court, and MNZ Director Keith Manch said the sentence should send a strong message to those responsible for vessels operating around New Zealand.
"This incident posed a potential threat to the 21 crew, and could have had a serious impact on the environment, and yet no effort was made for some days to notify MNZ. That is simply unacceptable and cannot be tolerated."
Just after 11am on 24 May, the Lake Triview, carrying a cargo of soya bean meal, anchored approximately 2.1 nautical miles (3.9km) off the Port of New Plymouth. At around 5.30pm the anchor began to drag and the vessel moved slowly towards the shore.
When this movement was noticed, at around 8pm, the Master ordered the anchor to be raised but mechanical failure prevented this happening. The Port of New Plymouth was asked to put two tugs on standby but these were not deployed and at around 9.38pm the vessel ran aground on a rocky reef in approximately 7 metres of water. While anchor was successfully retrieved, the vessel remained grounded for around five minutes until freed using its own engines.
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Details of the grounding were not received by MNZ until late in the evening of 28 May.
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Springboks legend Victor Matfield has revealed that he would consider coming out of retirement should Heyneke Meyer be confirmed as South Africa's new coach.
The 34-year-old, who opted to hang up his boots following South Africa's exit at the recent Rugby World Cup, is tempted by the prospect of linking up with his former Bulls mentor who is widely expected to be unveiled as the new Boks coach on Friday.
"Everyone knows what I think about Heyneke, but we must wait until Friday [tomorrow] before we talk about it," he told The Star newspaper. "Let's wait and see what happens, we will talk. Everything has consequences. Playing? I don't know but we will see. It depends if he wants me. I really don't know, it is difficult to say."
However, Matfield, capped 110 times during a glittering Test career, has since played down the likelihood of a playing return, writing on Twitter: "Like I've always said. Don't believe everything you read in the paper."
A key member of the 2007 Rugby World Cup winning side, Matfield has recently signed a contract with South African broadcaster Supersport but may have to put that deal on hold if, as expected, he is invited to join Meyer's backroom staff.
On Wednesday, the Blue Bulls Company confirmed that the South African Rugby Union (SARU) had approached them regarding the services of their executive for rugby with Bulls forwards coach Johann van Graan, defence coach John McFarland and strength and conditioning coach Basil Carzis also linked with a switch to the international set-up.
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QOTD 8-30 Mug Rugs
Sorry to post this so early but tomorrow is a busy day for me.
I have seen the mug rug craze every where. Do you make them and would you actually use them???
I set my cup and iced drinks on a paper towel so I can throw it away. Wouldn't these have to be washed a LOT and coffee stains are hard to get out. I think they are cute but I don't know if I would actually use it.
Here is a link that might be useful: MugRugs
Another vote for no. I put my cup on a soapstone coaster. When I give the grands a snack, I use a coffee filter.
They are cute, though. Reminds me of a time I went through a Christmas ornament phase. Each time I finished a gift quilt, I'd make some kind of ornament out of the fabrics.
Several years ago, I took a class to learn paper piecing and we made mug rugs/mug mats in a log cabin pattern. It was a good way to learn the techniques of paper piecing. I use one of the rugs next to my computer and gave a few away. As with most of the other things I learn to make, it gets moved down on my list of to-dos, below those new things I want to make/learn.
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I do. And I'm not alone - there has been a constant flow of curious drinkers at Bier Station, the Armour Hills bottle shop and craft-beer bar that Couture opened in late December.
"We opened on a Saturday, and when my wife pulled into the parking lot, there were people sitting in idling cars waiting to get in," Couture says. "It's been steady during the day, and then as soon as people get off work, it's, like, boom."
Part of why the place feels busy is that the bar itself - with its meadow-green backsplash and an appealing look designed to mirror Marienplatz, a train station in Munich - is the only place to get service here. Bier Station has forsaken waitstaff in favor of full-tilt beer geekery. A hand-lettered chalkboard explains how the shop works: Draft and bottled beer are poured on-site, and bottled beer is also available to-go.
The bottles are stored in a row of coolers, with laminated tags on the shelves providing descriptions of each beer and recommended food pairings. Beer by the glass is priced as it would be at most other bars around town, and six-packs to-go cost what they might at a liquor store, with one exception.
"We've really focused on trying to keep our pricing down for our bombers and 750 ml bottles," Couture says. "We want people to be able to sample and share."
What you sample or share falls to Brad Isch. Couture has hired the former Royal Liquor manager to help curate the beer coolers and taps. Isch's longstanding relationships with distributors and breweries have already brought Bier Station limited releases from regional breweries, such as St. Louis' 4 Hands Brewing Co. The 21st tap, which Isch has nicknamed "the wild one," isn't listed on the rotating menu board. He intends to stock it with small-run barrels and styles meant to push beer drinkers' boundaries. The tap system, installed by Boulevard, is built to hold as many as 40 taps.
"Our goal is to have fun, rotate the taps and make sure you can always find something new," Isch says.
"Brad has a fantastic eye for the unusual," Couture adds.
So do the customers so far.
"The craft-beer demographic is much wider than I expected," Couture says. "We had this die-hard beer-geek grandma in here the other night grabbing these obscure Belgian beers."
On a January Thursday, Couture hands me a tulip glass of Evil Twin Über Tart, a Shirley Temple - colored sour beer. The half-dozen or so patrons in the room are putting off their after-lunch return to work or conducting a deal over a cold one. Couture and Jake Iversen are behind the bar pouring samples, eager to find out about their customers and the beers they prefer.
It's a little after 4 p.m., and Bier Station is starting to get crowded. Between pours, Couture chats with a woman from Pittsburgh. Her husband is interviewing with the Kansas City Chiefs, and she's here on a recommendation from a Flying Saucer bartender. A few seats down, two men in baseball caps lament the Chiefs' performance this season. All of them could be sharing a bench in a busy train station. The men move on from football to debate the hop profile of what they're drinking. It's the kind of conversation you can have when there's no train to catch.
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We need services every single day of our lives and spend plenty of time searching and getting stressed out about getting the job done. Everything from a basic carpenter job to finding the perfect party planner can fret us out. Simple web search does not cut it anymore as it lacks the word-of-mouth, something that services runs on. TOOST brings your friend and their networks right alongside you in driver's seat to help you navigate the mess. Their ratings and reviews of particular business can be the great decision support that's perfect shot for saving your time and effort - and of course, money.
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- Need persistent reminders until you acknowledge the text from a certain someone or group?
- Need better control over sound alerts for text alerts?
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- Have a girlfriend or spouse that you can't afford to miss a text from?
- Get text messages from your children that you cannot miss?
**Please test the free version first (OnCall Pager & Text Alerter) so that you know the features work fine with your phone and service provider
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- Speak option - speaks out "New text Message" and says the sender if it can match it to one of the Contact phone # or email in your phone
- Specify the # of 'rings' for incoming text from default senders
- Specify the # of 'rings' for incoming text from a CustomContact match
- Specify a unique sound for incoming text from default senders
- Specify a unique sound for incoming text from texts that match a check
- Subject line MMS keyword exclusion(s), so you can ignore false alerts
- Subject line match 'AfterHours' so you don't get sound alerts for keywords after hours
- Message body keyword match actions based on text message content
- Specify the Reminder interval for CustomContact match
- Ringer Profile override option for message match
- Get to support the Developer!
- Very light-weight application, tiny install
- Simple easy to user interface
- Supports SMS & MMS types of text messages, including MMS via email
- Reminder feature (persistent) for a keyword match for multiple senders
- Works great for scenarios where sender has different numbers each time (If your work for example sends texts from different numbers, but all begin with 712######, then just enter 712 as search string in ContactMatch to get a match
- Can enter search string to distinguish sender(s) (Contact # or email), then apply rules against (either email if coming via email, or phone # if coming via phone). Since it's a search string you can use just a partial # such as an area code, or domain name from email, etc (Could set to get persistent reminders for all email MMS texts sent from your work, for example).
- CustomContacts show a red Notification icon, while all other texts show a green icon
- Select actions for text from custom sender: Ignore only this sender, Only alert for this sender, Alert for everyone
- Spam filter option - prevent alerts for numbers with 6 digits or less
- Select custom sounds
- In-app volume control seperate from other system volumes
- Vibrate option
- Notification LED: blinks green for default senders, red for a match
- Many other options
- Every phone and carrier is different, so make sure to test first!
- Disclaimer: Developer is NOT responsible for any missed texts!
- Within App, go into Menu Options to get Help or App info including versioning
- If you are having trouble with getting CustomContact to work, open a text from the sender you want to apply the rule to, select their message to get to message details or try to long press their actual message & click Details (differs on each phone). In there you should see the raw "From:" field. This is the field the app uses to search against for the CustomContact. Should be either a phone number or an email address.
- If you still can't figure it out, please send the Developer an email, along with the Logs (Menu Options->Email Logs to Developer)
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A1 Pager (Pro)
A1 Pager (Pro) syncs with your contacts, keeps a history of all the pages sent and it allows you to resend the same message to multiple contacts using the Replay button! (WARNING: Using the replay button too many times in succession can be deemed as sending an excessive number of pages by the paging network. They reserve the right to suspend pages from your phone to their network if this occurs. We recommend not sending more than 10 pages in a five minute time period to avoid being suspended.)
IMPORTANT: I recommend you try A1 Pager (Lite) to test whether A1 Pager supports your pager's network before purchasing the professional version. Both applications use the same technology so if you can receive a page from the Lite version you will be able to receive it from the Pro version.
Please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com to add networks, report issues, explain bugs, or with any feature requests you'd like to see in future versions.
A1 Pager supports the following major pager networks:
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Contact Communications
Cook Paging
Midwest Paging (Uses a 7 digit number)
Teletouch Paging
USA Mobility (formerly Arch Wireless and Metrocall)
A1 Pager cannot guarantee the delivery of pages being sent from mobile devices. It should not be used in an emergency where failure of delivery will cause potential harm or financial loss. This is particularly true with Midwest Paging. We are unable to verify a response from their network and you will always receive the message "Error: Page Not Accepted" when sending to a user on Midwest Paging's network even though it may be sent successfully.
The number of characters a network will allow ranges from 230 to 499 characters and the exact figure for your network is displayed in the application.
Numeric pages may work but be aware the message should be significantly shorter. This application is not specifically designed to transmit numeric pages.
Must be connected to the internet in order to send pages using A1 Pager!
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kFS requires minimal configuration, which makes it easy to use. A random port number is assigned on startup.
- User Authentication for Secure Access
- Configurable port
- Access modes to allow readonly, upload or full access
- Download files and directories
- Resume file downloads
- Upload files
- GZip individual file downloads
- Preview Images/Pictures by moving mouse over them
- Create folders
- Sort file list
- Rename files/folders
- Delete selected files/folders
- Move & Copy selected files/folders
- Touch selected files/folders
- Zip selected files/folders
- View file permissions
- Themes for file manager page
More features will be added in future releases.
* Email us your feature requests, we will try to incorporate them in our future releases.
* Please report bugs
FireAlert 2
FireAlert 2 is the further development of the now for more than two years successful SMS/MMS alarm app for Android. It is the perfect solution for Firefighters and other profession's where missing a text is not an option! It makes your mobile working like a pager.
It can be used by
- Firefighters
- emergency medical services (EMS)
- coastguard
- mountain rescue service
- Red Cross
- Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)
- and many more
Beside the rescue organistations, you can use FireAlert 2 to monitor server and control systems.
To use FireAlert 2 you must already receive SMS/MMS, Email or calls which will require your special attention.
What offers FireAlert 2?
- supports SMS and flash-SMS
- supports MMS (Beta)
- supports calls
- supports Email (only with K9 Mail client)
- display the message in a pop-up
- speech synthesis of the message (SMS/MMS)
- unlimited trigger that can be set up separatly
- use of own sounds
- play sound even when mobile is in silent mode
- different vibration pattern
- turn on phone from 'sleep mode'
- test function for each trigger
- scheduler
- saves the text messages
- widget to control some settings
- interface in german, english and french
- and more
FireAlert 2 is free and without any advertisement. FireAlert 2 is made to save life and save goods. I develope FireAlert 2 in my free-time, like we all do our job in the organisation, for free.
There is just one thing, if you use FireAlert 2, please help me to make it better! Write me your ideas and be a part of the development.
You need more informations or you have a idea. Please visit my website under http://www.b4exit.de or sent me a mail over email@example.com
Become a fan @Facebook http://www.facebook.com/FireAlert2.0
Become a fan @Google+ https://plus.google.com/110851721457306040463
Important! This is the first public version of FireAlert 2. Some people tested this version in advance already, but due to the many different devices and Android version it can come to problems at any time. Some functions are device specific and don't work on any device. The biggest problem will cause the camera flash-light. If you notice any problems, contact me over mail. Thank you very much!
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It uses the VPNService API of Android 4.0+ and requires neither Jailbreak nor root on your Telephone.
- OpenVPN is a client software to connect to an OpenVPN server and not a free VPN software. It allows to your own/company/university/provider OpenVPN server.
- Only tun mode support (Sorry no tap, with Android 4.0 only tun can be supported).
- permissions: this app ask implements a feature to import OpenVPN profiles from the SDCard/internal memory. Google categorizes this access "accessing your media and photos"
- Prerelease versions available by joining G+ group: https://plus.google.com/communities/114121831091105660092
If you want to help to translate OpenVPN into your native language look at the homepage of this project.
Please report bug/suggestions via email or at the code Google Code project. But please read the FAQ before writing me.
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Be the first to know about fires, accidents, and police activity in your area. Users are notified of emergency incidents in their area as they occur.
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New Hampshire
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New York
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BNN is looking for correspondents in these and all other states. If you monitor police/fire scanners and are interested in participating, visit www.breakingnewsnetwork.com/reporter.html
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