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UNDERDOG: Douglas's stunning victory over the supposedly invincible Tyson in Tokyo is part of boxing legend
- Get Big Pic BUSTER DOUGLAS This one really was the biggest upset of them all. The only
odds that were posted on the fight in Las Vegas were at the Mirage casino hotel,
where Tyson was a 45-1 on favourite. Most people were talking about a two or
three-round fight. But the
29-year-old challenger from Columbus, Ohio, drew strength from the loving memory
of his mother, Lula, who had died from leukaemia at only 46 not long before
Douglas had left for Tokyo. "I dedicate
this fight and the rest of my life to my mother," he said. "She always
believed in me." Douglas's
manager, John Johnson, admitted to British boxing writer Neil Allen, covering
the fight for the London Evening Standard, that it had been difficult to
motivate the challenger in the past. "He'd kinda loaf through training,"
Johnson said. But not this time. This time, Douglas had trained intensely. He
believed in himself, telling Allen that he believed his left jab could keep off
the shorter Tyson and that his right hand could knock out the champion. "It's all
part of the dream," he said. "You'd better believe it." But, outside of
his own camp, few did. There was the memory of Douglas running out of gas and
virtually giving up in the 10th round against Tony Tucker three years earlier.
His gameness was questioned. Tyson, it was
thought, would walk right through him. The undefeated champion, with 33 KOs in
his 37 consecutive wins, was already scheduled to meet Evander Holyfield in a
blockbuster event at Atlantic City on 18 June. Douglas was seen as nothing more
than an easy-money tune-up. But the
23-year-old champion was overconfident to the point of disdain. He simply was
not taking Douglas seriously. There were
reports that Tyson was dropped in sparring with former champ Greg Page in Tokyo,
eerily reminiscent of stories coming out of Las Vegas that Lennox Lewis had been
floored by sparmate Lamon Brewster while training for the fight with Hasim
Rahman. Dave
Anderson, a veteran sportswriter for the New York Times, was one who sensed that
it might not be a formality for Tyson. Reports from Tokyo, he wrote, indicated
that not only had Tyson been dropped by Page but that he had been looking
sluggish in workouts. Kevin Rooney,
fired as Tyson's trainer to be replaced by the relatively untried Aaron
Snowell, who would be working with Tyson for the first time in Tokyo, told
Anderson: "I'm not really concerned by the knockdown and the sluggish
workouts; by all rights Mike should take Douglas out within two rounds. But it
shows Mike's got a bunch of amateurs around him." Tyson's
ex-manager, Bill Cayton, also told Anderson that the knockdown in sparring did
not necessarily mean anything. Tyson had been dropped in training before, by
Oliver McCall and Mike Williams (a big, muscled heavyweight from Texas), he
said. But Cayton felt that the 6ft 4ins Douglas had the style and the left jab
that could bother the five-inch shorter Tyson for perhaps six rounds. "Douglas
has a reputation for never having trained very hard," Cayton said. "But a
well-trained Douglas could well be a different opponent." And Douglas
was indeed a different opponent. He was not intimidated, and from very early in
the fight it was clear that his stiff left jab was proving to be a serious
problem for Tyson. Although
Tyson kept coming forward he was being punished and his left eye swelled
alarmingly. In the corner, trainer Snowell ineffectually pushed what looked like
a bag of icy water against the eye instead of using the cold-metal Enswell
device. It looked as if Snowell and assistant Jay Bright — a longtime Tyson
buddy — were out of their depth as things started to go badly wrong. Tyson seemed
to be looking to land one big punch at a time, and in the eighth round he
produced a right uppercut that floored Douglas. But Douglas got up and, instead
of folding, he fought back, hammering Tyson in the ninth round. And in the 10th
a tired, disorientated Tyson was beaten to the canvas by a series of punches and
counted out by Mexican referee Octavio Meyran as he groped on the canvas for his
fallen gum shield and dazedly pushed it partway back in his mouth where it stuck
out almost comically. As had been
the case with Sonny Liston against the-then Cassius Clay 26 years earlier,
Tyson's cloak of invincibility had been torn away. Tyson, wrote
the late Phil Berger in the New York Times, "seemed a ghost of the forward
marching, hard puncher he had been before. Technically and emotionally, he was
not into the fight." The stories
began to surface just how ill-prepared Tyson was for the Douglas fight. The late
Las Vegas gym owner Johnny Tocco told reporters how Tyson had been cut over the
eye in a sparring session with Greg Page during the two weeks he trained at
Tocco's gym. Tocco had been dismayed at Tyson's sloppy performances in the
gym. "It was the worst I've seen him," Tocco told Earl Gustkey of the Los
Angeles Times. "He was having a rough time with Greg Page, he could do nothing
with Trevor Berbick and even Oliver McCall gave him a bad time one day." Las Vegas
matchmaker Bruce Trampler said Berbick had called him from Tokyo to say that
everyone was beating up Tyson in the gym. But still,
the result seemed unbelievable. Tyson's
promoter at the time, Don King, tried to get the result voided because, he said,
Octavio Meyran had given Douglas a "slow count" when the challenger went
down in the eighth. He said the video showed that Douglas was on the floor for
longer than 10 seconds. But while
Meyran seemed to have picked up the count incorrectly from the timekeeper, the
fact of the matter was that Douglas had done what he was supposed to do and
beaten the count, getting up at nine, whereupon the round ended. Initially,
WBC president Jose Sulaiman seemed quite prepared to go along with Don King's
"no contest" proposal. But the International Boxing Federation announced
immediately that it considered Douglas to be the new champion. The World Boxing
Association later announced it, too, would recognise Douglas. The WBC belatedly
followed suit. It was learned that Sulaiman faced a withdrawal from the WBC by
top U.S. commissions and the British Boxing Board, among others, if his
organisation had failed to validate Douglas's victory. Michael Marley of the
New York Post wrote that Sulaiman reportedly told a confidant: "I made a
mistake. I feel sick," in reference to the WBC delay in recognising Buster as
champ. But referee
Meyran quietly faded from the scene. Initially, in
Tokyo, Tyson had seemed all too willing to have his title restored on a
technicality. But when Tyson returned to New York he said: "I had a pretty bad
performance but I'm not going to make excuses. I've lost more than I've
won in life, so believe me I'm pretty much understanding of the situation and
I can deal with it. I can deal with adversity." And Tyson was
to be champ again, after his prison term for a rape conviction. Meanwhile,
Douglas, back to his old, lazy ways, overweight and undermotivated, was to
collapse in three rounds when Evander Holyfield clipped him with a right-hand
counter punch just eight months after his seemingly impossible win over Tyson. EVANDER HOLYFIELD There were those who feared for the safety of Evander
Holyfield when he went into the ring to challenge Iron Mike Tyson in a fight
that should have taken place six years earlier. Holyfield had
been unimpressive in a five-round win over Bobby Czyz, a blown-up cruiserweight,
in his last fight. And in the fight before that he had been knocked out by
Riddick Bowe in their rubber match. How, then,
could he survive against the crunching blows of Tyson? Iron Mike
seemed to have rediscovered his zest for the game after his incarceration on a
rape conviction, sweeping to four consecutive victories in a total of eight
rounds, which included the third-round bludgeoning of Frank Bruno to win back
the WBC title and a one-round blowout over a terrified Bruce Seldon to become
WBA champion. Yet Holyfield
seemed serenely confident, not only guaranteeing a victory but even suggesting
that people who were down on their luck should bet on him. Tyson said coldly:
"I'm going to have fun in this fight." The
oddsmakers installed Tyson as a 25-1 on favourite but money coming in for
Holyfield brought the odds down to 16-1 by the day of the fight. But
while there were, clearly, Holyfield believers out there, the vast majority of
the fans and the writers saw this as an early night for Tyson. Hugh McIlvanney
of the Sunday Times was one who thought that Holyfield might need protecting
from his own bravery, writing: "It may be alarmist to suggest that his helpers
will need more advanced medical skills than are usually called for in a
boxer's corner, but the general air of apprehension associated with this fight
indicates that it will be stopped the moment Holyfield is seen to be in
trouble." Colin Hart
wrote in The Sun: "I think Tyson will be more ferocious than ever, and I take
him to blast Holyfield away in less than two rounds." Another
longtime boxing writer, Ken Jones of The Independent was of similar opinion.
"Three rounds maximum, probably sooner," he wrote. In a
pre-fight media poll in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, 47 of 48 writers picked
Tyson to win by knockout, with Wallace Matthews of the New York Post, James
Lawton of The Express and Steve Springer of the Los Angeles Times all going for
a first-round blowout. Only Ron
Borges of the Boston Globe went for Holyfield, by ninth-round TKO. He felt that
Holyfield would rise to the occasion and, by sheer determination and willingness
to endure, would withstand Tyson's early fury and come on to wear down and
dishearten a champion who had not faced any serious retaliation in any of his
comeback fights. The quiet
words of confidence spoken by Holyfield in the build-up to the bout also
impressed Borges. Holyfield,
34, had always believed that Tyson, 30, was not the same force when an opponent
stood up to him and fought back. "A fighter who is considered great is tested
through trials and tribulations," he told Jon Saraceno of USA Today. "We're
not talking about personal life, we're talking about boxing. How many trials
has this man had? He had one, Buster Douglas. This man has been tested one time
— and he lost." And so to the
fight itself. The packed 16,000 crowd and millions watching on worldwide
pay-per-view television saw Holyfield give one of the greatest displays of
boxing, fighting and indomitable will in heavyweight history. Covering the
fight at ringside for Boxing Monthly, I wrote: "Instead of being able to
impose his will, to dominate and bully an opponent, Tyson found himself being
hit cleanly and crisply for the first time since coming out of confinement." Holyfield
dropped Tyson in the sixth, pounded him in the 10th and then overwhelmed him in
the 11th, with the referee, the late Mitch Halpern, waving it off after 37
seconds of the round as the underdog landed a series of punches without reply. I wrote at
the time: "It was a triumph of dedication, self-belief, the professional
application of superior technical resources and, as Holyfield said afterwards,
spiritual strength." JAMES J. BRADDOCK In a victory described by legendary New York sportswriter
Edward J. Neil as "one of the most dramatic moments in the history of the
prize ring", unheralded challenger James J. Braddock was declared winner by
unanimous decision over Max Baer to become heavyweight champion before a crowd
of 30,000 at the Long Island Bowl outdoors in New York. Braddock, a
29-year-old father of three from New Jersey, had been an unemployed victim of
the Depression. He had been on what the Americans called "relief" (public
assistance) just a year earlier. But the so-called "Cinderella Man" gamely
took the fight to the bronzed, big-punching Californian Baer, jabbing, trading
punches when he had to do that, never backing down. And the huge crowd got
behind him and seemed to be willing him to victory. Baer, a crude
swinger but heavy-handed, had smashed former champion Max Schmeling into defeat
on his way to the title and cruelly battered the huge Primo Carnera to become
champion. He had been expected to blast Braddock out of the fight. But Baer, who
was so confident he had told reporters he was afraid he might actually kill
Braddock, was outboxed, outfought and outgamed. It was not a
thrilling fight but it was an occasion of drama and poignancy, a victory against
the odds for the common citizen of America. Edward J. Neil wrote that as
Braddock methodically ploughed his way to victory "you could feel the tension
increasing, feel breaths shortening, until the hair stood up on the back of your
neck". Braddock's
jabs flattened Baer's nose, and the champion had three rounds taken away —
for low blows and back-handing. He tried to intimidate Braddock by sneering and
clowning, doing his famous rubber-legged routine, exaggeratedly adjusting his
trunks — even waving to the crowd. But Braddock was steady and earnest, and he
was scoring points while Baer posed. Afterwards,
Braddock said: "I knew as early as the third round I was going to win.
That's when Baer hit me on the chin with his Sunday punch and I took it. I'm
the happiest guy in the world. Nobody knew what that fight meant to me. Money,
security, education for my children, financial aid for my parents. If ever a guy
went into the ring with something to fight for, I was the guy."
LEON SPINKS "The only thing that makes this fight a big fight is his
age and my age," the 36-year-old Ali said before taking on the 24-year-old
Spinks, the gap-toothed Olympic light-heavyweight gold medallist who had fought
just seven times as a pro. The
oddsmakers agreed. Ali was 10-1 on favourite for the fight at the Vegas Hilton. Ali was
making his 11th defence of the title since regaining it from George Foreman. At
6ft 3ins he was one-and-a-half inches taller than Spinks and at 2241/4lbs (16st
01/4lbs) he outweighed the former marine by 27lbs. But while Ali
had the size, the experience and the savvy, Spinks had the youth, the energy,
the enthusiasm and the stamina. He simply swarmed all over Ali for much of the
fight. It was clear
from very early on that this was going to be a tough night for Ali. By the
second round he had blood inside the mouth and Spinks, far from being overawed,
grinned at the older man as he waded in and let his punches fly. Ali used his
rope-a-dope tactic of covering up on the ropes and seemed to be hoping the
younger man would punch himself out by punching arms and gloves. But Spinks just
kept banging, hitting the champion when and where he could. There were
times when Ali was able to jab and land the right cross, but Spinks was the
busier fighter. In the 10th
it looked as if Spinks might be wilting, and Ali landed several clean right
hands. But Spinks rallied. After 12
rounds it was an even fight, with Ali in front on one judge's scorecard,
Spinks on another, while the third judge had the bout dead-level. But it was Ali
who faded in the closing rounds. Spinks had a
big 13th round, catching Ali with several hard shots to the head and wobbling
him. The sellout crowd of 5,298 (among them Leon's brother, Michael, who had
won on the undercard and was cheering for Leon from ringside) sensed a huge
upset was unfolding. And Spinks kept punching in the 14th. A weary Ali
gamely tried to stage a big finish in the last round, in which each man seemed
to rock the other. But Spinks would not be denied, and Ali looked older than his
36 years at the end. Judge Art
Lurie had Spinks winning, 143-142, but the two other Las Vegas judges, Lou Tabat
and Harold Buck, saw it in favour of Spinks by scores of 145-140 and 144-141
CASSIUS CLAY Menacing ex-convict Sonny Liston was the 7-1 on favourite
over flashy, cocky but relatively untested Cassius Clay — but the future
Muhammad Ali, in his own words, shocked the world to win the heavyweight title. Most of the
American writers thought that the 22-year-old Clay, the 1960 Olympic
light-heavyweight gold medallist who had won all his 19 professional bouts —
15 inside the distance — boxed too much like an amateur, especially the way he
held his hands low and pulled back from punches. And in his last bout before
meeting Liston he had been dropped by a left hook from Henry Cooper in London,
although he came back to stop a bloodied Cooper in the next round. Liston,
meanwhile, had stopped 25 opponents in winning 35 of 36 fights and had twice
crushed Floyd Patterson in the first round in championship bouts. Clay boasted:
"I'm so fast that not even slow-motion pictures can catch me." He said he
would crawl across the ring and kiss Liston's feet if the champion — the
"Big Ugly Bear" as Clay called him — won the fight. But New York
Times sportswriter Arthur Daley summed up the prevailing opinion in his fight
preview: "This evening the loud mouth from Louisville is likely to have an
awful lot of vainglorious boasts jammed down his throat by a ham-like fist
belonging to Sonny Liston, the malefic destroyer who is the champion of the
world. The irritatingly confident Cassius enters this bout with one trifling
handicap. He can't fight as well as he can talk." Clay, though,
proved the experts wrong. Not only younger and quicker he was also, at 6ft 3ins,
two inches taller than Liston, although the champion was, at 218lbs, or 15st
8lbs, the heavier man by seven and a half pounds. In answer to
critics who said he could not punch, Clay said: "It will be steady taps like
drops of water and that's been known to drive a man crazy. When I hit him like
that, something's gotta give." And just as
the "Louisville Lip" had predicted his speed, mobility and quick punches had
the heavier-fisted champion looking slow and clumsy. Liston went
forwards but wasn't able to land any solid blows. In the third
round Liston suffered a cut under the left eye, but then in the fifth it looked
as if Clay was on the verge of bailing out as he retreated in confusion,
blinking furiously. (He said something in his eyes had caused a burning
sensation). But trainer
Angelo Dundee sponged out Clay's eyes at the end of the round, the crisis
passed, and in the sixth he dominated a tired, dispirited Liston, hitting him
with snappy, sharp punches to bring roars from the crowd of about 8,000. There were
boos, though, when Liston stayed slumped on his stool as the bell rang for the
seventh round. His corner said that the champion had hurt his left shoulder. The
Florida commission was not so sure and withheld Liston's purse until the
shoulder was examined by doctors, who were satisfied there was an injury. Looking back
we have the impression that Clay outclassed Liston but in fact the judges had it
even after six rounds: one vote for Clay, one for Liston while the third judge
had the fighters all-even. But Clay looked on target for the eight-round victory
he had predicted, and Liston surely sensed that, too. Yet Clay
admitted he was on the verge of quitting when he came back to his corner at the
end of the fourth round with his eyes watering and his vision blurred. He
believed Liston's corner had tried underhand methods. "It was
some kind of a trick they had planned," he complained to the press after the
fight. "It had to be. You can't tell me they didn't try something. It was
some kind of liniment or grease off his gloves." He said he
told Angelo Dundee he wasn't going out for the fifth round. "I told Dundee:
'Cut my gloves off.' The only reason I came back out was Angelo pushed me
out," he said. "I just
didn't want to go out and get knocked out. I'm human. I knew if he hit me he
would knock me out. I'd rather quit and show the world why I quit." But it
didn't come to that. Clay said all
he could see was a blur of Liston in the fifth, but he kept moving and held the
champion off with his left arm extended. Liston won the round with pressure and
body punches but was unable to land a big punch to the head. "I held my
hand out so I could feel him," Clay said. "I knew as long as I could touch
him I was all right." In the
immediate aftermath of his astonishing triumph, Clay had yelled at ringside
reporters: "Eat your words." And there was grudging acceptance that the
young man just might be able to fight. Arthur Daley
of the New York Times wrote: "At long range, the swift Clay kept moving away
from the dread left hook. He jabbed with disturbing effect, keeping Sonny
bothered and off balance. He moved in with rights and lefts that few thought he
possessed. It was a highly competent performance. "Among
other things he did — discounting the knockout finish — was to destroy the
myth of Liston's invincibility." Clay shouted
in the exultant moments following his victory: "I am the greatest." It seemed
preposterous at the time, but not in years to come.
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Annual Report and Accounts 2007/08
Financial review
Financial summary
A summary of the reported financial results for the year ended 2 February 2008 is set out below:
2007/08 £m |
2006/07 £m |
Increase/ (decrease) |
Revenue | 9,364 | 8,676 | 7.9% |
Operating profit | 457 | 501 | (8.8)% |
Profit before taxation | 395 | 450 | (12.2)% |
Adjusted pre-tax profit | 386 | 397 | (2.8)% |
Basic earnings per share | 11.7p | 14.4p | (18.8)% |
Adjusted earnings per share | 11.3p | 11.9p | (5.0)% |
Dividends | 7.25p | 10.65p | (31.9)% |
Underlying Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) |
7.0% | 6.9% | 0.1pps |
A reconciliation of statutory profit to adjusted profit is set out below:
2007/08 £m |
2006/07 £m |
Increase/ (decrease) |
Profit before taxation | 395 | 450 | (12.2)% |
Exceptional items | (4) | (49) | (91.8)% |
Profit before exceptional items and taxation |
391 | 401 | (2.5)% |
Financing fair value remeasurements | (5) | (4) | 25.0% |
Adjusted pre-tax profit | 386 | 397 | (2.8)% |
Income tax expense on pre-exceptional profit |
(125) | (120) | 4.2% |
Income tax on fair value remeasurements | 2 | 1 | n/a |
Minority interest | 2 | (1) | n/a |
Adjusted post-tax profit | 265 | 277 | (4.3)% |
Reporting period
The Group's financial reporting year ends on the nearest Saturday to 31 January. The current year is for the 52 weeks ended 2 February 2008 with the comparative financial period being the 53 weeks ended 3 February 2007. This only impacts the UK operations with all of the other operations reporting on a calendar basis as a result of local statutory requirements.
The effect of the 53rd week on the results of the Group's comparative period was an increase of £79 million revenue. It has no significant impact on operating profit. So that the results are more readily comparable, all of the UK like-for-like analysis has been calculated comparing the 52 weeks against 52 weeks last year.
Total reported sales grew 7.9% to £9.4 billion on a reported rate basis, and 8.0% on a 52 week constant currency basis. During the year, an additional 80* net new stores were added, taking the store network to 765 (excluding Turkey JV). On a LFL basis, Group sales were up 2.6%.
* excluding Turkey JV and discontinued operations
Operating profit before exceptional items grew by 0.2% to £453 million and fell by 8.8% to £457 million after exceptional items.
The net interest charge for the year was £62 million, up £11 million on the prior year as a result of higher annualised interest rates and movements in exchange rates. This was partially offset by an increase in net interest return on the defined benefit pension scheme.
Adjusted pre-tax profit fell 2.8% reflecting challenging trading conditions in the UK and China only being partially offset by positive performances in France and Poland.
The effective rate of tax on profit has increased from 25% in the prior year to 31% reflecting an increased level of tax on exceptional items net of a release of provisions in respect of prior years. The effective rate of tax on profit before exceptional items and excluding prior year tax adjustments and the impact of rate changes is 32% (2006/07: 32%).
The Group effective tax rate is calculated as follows:
Effective tax rate calculation 2007/08 | Profit £m |
Tax £m |
Effective rate |
Profit before tax and tax thereon | 395 | (123) | 31% |
Less exceptional profit and tax thereon | (4) | 14 | |
Less prior year adjustment – exceptional | (16) | ||
Less prior year adjustment – non-exceptional | 9 | ||
Less adjustment attributable to rate changes | (9) | ||
Total | 391 | (125) | 32% |
The Group effective rate of tax is affected by the varying tax rates in the different jurisdictions in which it operates, the mix of taxable profits in those jurisdictions, the rules impacting on deductibility of certain costs and the non-recognition of tax losses in start-up jurisdictions. Whilst the headline tax rates in some of the jurisdictions in which we operate are reducing, there is also an increased focus on tax as a means of raising revenue for the local economies and therefore the tax cost of multinationals is tending to increase over time. We will continue to plan our tax affairs efficiently.
The statutory tax rates in the jurisdictions in which the Group operates for this financial year and expected rates in the next financial year are as follows:
Jurisdiction | Statutory tax rate 2007/08 | Statutory tax rate 2008/09 |
France | 34.43% | 34.43% |
Poland | 19% | 19% |
Rest of Europe | 12.5% – 37.25% | 12.5% – 35% |
Asia | 17.5% – 33% | 17.5% – 25% |
Taxation risk management
Kingfisher seeks to organise its tax affairs efficiently and in a way which enhances shareholder value whilst balancing the tax risks it faces. Tax risks can arise from change of law, differences in interpretation of the law, changes in tax rates and the failure to comply with the tax law and associated procedures. The Group manages and controls these risks through use of local management, its Group tax department and takes appropriate advice from reputable professional firms. Where disputes arise with the tax authorities the Group addresses the areas of dispute promptly in a professional, open and constructive manner.
Exceptional items
The Group recorded a £4 million pre-tax exceptional income in the year. Net profits on property disposals of £39 million and £5 million income on previously written off loans have been offset by exceptional costs in Asia of £40 million.
Costs of £13 million have been expensed on the closure of B&Q Korea and the Asia head office, which will close during the first half of 2008/09. The Group also sold its B&Q Taiwan 50% stake for £50 million recording a gross profit before goodwill of £27 million and net loss on disposal of £5 million. The £32 million goodwill was allocated to B&Q Taiwan on the acquisition of Castorama's minority interest in 2002/03. A further £22 million loss has been recorded as a result of restructuring the B&Q China business.
In total the B&Q China restructuring is anticipated to cost approximately £33 million of which £9 million will be a cash cost.
Earnings per share
2007/08 | 2006/07 | |
Basic earnings per share | 11.7p | 14.4p |
Exceptional items (net of tax) | (0.3)p | (2.4)p |
Financing fair value remeasurements (net of tax) | (0.1)p | (0.1)p |
Adjusted earnings per share | 11.3p | 11.9p |
The Board has proposed a final dividend of 3.4p per share, making the total dividend for the year 7.25p per share, down 31.9% on the prior year. This dividend is covered 1.6 times by adjusted earnings (2006/07: 1.1 times).
The final dividend for the year ended 2 February 2008 will be paid on 13 June 2008 to shareholders on the register at close of business on 18 April 2008, subject to approval of shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting, to be held on 5 June 2008. A dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) is available to all shareholders who would prefer to invest their dividends in the shares of the Company.
The shares will go ex-dividend on 16 April 2008. For those shareholders electing to receive the DRIP the last date for receipt of electing is 22 May 2008. Dividend cheques and tax vouchers will be posted on 11 June 2008. Certificates for shareholders electing for the DRIP will be posted no later than 26 June 2008.
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
ROIC is defined as net operating profit less adjusted taxes (adjusted operating profit excluding property lease and property depreciation costs less tax, plus property revaluation increases in the year) divided by average invested capital (average net assets less financing related balances and pension provisions plus property operating lease costs capitalised at the long-term property yield).
Following the transition to IFRS, the Group elected not to revalue properties from 1 February 2004. However, property appreciation is an integral part of a ROIC measure and therefore Kingfisher continues to include revaluation gains and the current market value of our properties in ROIC calculations.
ROIC declined from 8.7% to 6.5%, compared to the Group's weighted average cost of capital of 7.6%, up 0.2 percentage points on last year primarily due to higher costs of debt.
Underlying ROIC increased from 6.9% to 7.0%. Underlying ROIC assumes properties appreciate in value at a steady rate over the long-term. When calculating the underlying ROIC, short-term variations in property values more or less than the long-term mean are excluded.
ROIC excluding goodwill
Kingfisher's sales, invested capital and underlying ROIC excluding goodwill are disclosed below by geography:
Retail Sales £bn1 |
Proportion of Group sales % |
Invested Capital (IC) £bn2 |
Proportion of Group IC % |
Returns % (ROIC)2 |
France | 3.2 | 34% | 1.7 | 18% | 12% |
Other international | 1.8 | 19% | 1.6 | 17% | 10% |
Group total | 9.4 | 100% | 9.4 | 100% | 9% |
The Group generated £465 million of cash from operating activities in the year, down £94 million on the prior year. The year on year change is mainly as a result of a cash outflow recorded in working capital of £36 million, whereas in 2006/07 a cash inflow of £124 million was recorded. Inventory at £1,873 million was £342 million greater than last year reflecting an increased number of stores, extra inventory from the revamp programmes at B&Q UK and Castorama France, the effect of exchange rates (£118 million) and buying ahead as a result of the timing of Easter.
Net capital expenditure was £411 million (2006/07: £216 million) which has risen year on year as a result of a rise in the level of acquisitions within the Group's portfolio and a reduction of disposals.
The Group received £50 million net consideration on the sale of B&Q Taiwan.
The resulting year end net debt was £1,559 million (2006/07: £1,294 million).
Capital expenditure
Following the appointment of a new Group Chief Executive the capital allocation and approval process has been tightened with the aim of prioritising a lower rate of annual capital investment towards the highest and fastest returning projects:
- The management team will draw up new three year operating plans which lead into the budget process for the following year. This process drives the key strategic capital allocation decisions and the output is reviewed by the Board, twice a year.
- The capital expenditure committee will now be chaired by the Group Chief Executive and will include the Group Property Director as well as the Group Finance Director. It will review all projects between £0.75 million and £15.0 million (including the capitalised value of lease commitments). Projects above this level are approved by the Board although all projects above £0.75 million are notified to the Board.
- Investment criteria and hurdle rates have been revised with more challenging hurdle rates for IRR (Internal Rate of Return) and payback and the introduction of a new target for year three returns versus initial cash investment.
- An annual post-investment review process will continue to review the performance of all projects above £0.75 million which were completed in the prior year. The findings of this exercise will be considered by both the new Retail Board and the main Board and directly influence the assumptions for similar project proposals going forward.
Gross capital expenditure (excluding business acquisitions) for the Group was £528 million (2006/07: £467 million). £227 million was spent on property (2006/07: £220 million) and £301 million on fixtures, fittings and intangibles (2006/07: £247 million). A total of £117 million (2006/07: £251 million) of proceeds from disposals were received during the year, £115 million of which came from property disposals.
Payments to acquire businesses in the year amounted to £1 million (2006/07: £2 million) which related to the purchase of minorities in China.
At the year end, the Group had undrawn committed bank facilities available of £675 million. The Group has no significant debt maturities until 2010. The maturity profile of Kingfisher plc's debt and financing arrangement is illustrated at: www.kingfisher.com/investors/debtinvestors/debtmaturity
Kingfisher aims to smooth the maturity profile of its debt by issuing debt with different maturities and by utilising committed bank revolving credit facilities to provide additional liquidity.
In March 2007, the Group obtained new committed revolving credit facilities totalling £275 million with a number of banks and a £25 million committed term bank loan facility. These facilities mature in March 2010 and are available to be drawn to support the general corporate purposes of the Group. In July 2007, the Group extended the maturity of its £500 million syndicated bank revolving credit facility by one year, such that it now matures in August 2012.
The terms of the US Private Placement note agreement and the committed bank facilities require that the ratio of operating profit to net interest payable must be no less than 3:1. The Group comfortably complied with this covenant. The interest rates paid by the Group under these financing arrangements are based on LIBOR plus a margin. The margins are fixed and are not subject to change in line with credit ratings.
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Financial risk management
Kingfisher's treasury function has primary responsibility for managing certain financial risks to which the Group is exposed, details of which are provided in note 25 of the accounts.
Capital risk management
The Group's objectives when managing capital are:
- To safeguard the Group's ability to continue as a going concern, so that it can continue to provide returns for its shareholders and benefits for its other stakeholders; and
- To maintain a balance between the higher returns that may arise from a higher level of borrowings and the advantages of a strong credit profile.
The Group manages its capital by:
- Making an assessment of the return on invested capital;
- Monitoring the impact on the Group's net debt; and
- Reviewing the level of dividends.
The Group is subject to certain externally imposed capital requirements as follows:
- Kingfisher Insurance Limited and Kingfisher Reinsurance Limited, wholly owned subsidiaries, are subject to minimum capital requirements as a consequence of their insurance activities.
- Certain direct and indirect subsidiaries of B&Q (China) B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary, are subject to minimum capital requirements under Chinese statute.
The Group complied with the externally imposed capital requirements during the year.
The values are based on valuations performed by external qualified valuers where the key assumption is the estimated yields. The average income yields used were 6.3% in the UK (2006/07: 5.5%), 6.5% in France and Italy (2006/07: 6.7%), 6.9% in Poland (2006/07: 6.8%) and 7.7% in China (2006/07: 7.7%).
During the year the Group disposed of properties for cash consideration of £115 million including £73 million on the sale of its national distribution centre in Worksop, which it retained the right to lease for 24 years. This is consistent with the Group's policy of recycling property when economically attractive. The proceeds of the transaction were used to repay existing debt and to invest in Kingfisher's worldwide store opening programme, including further freehold acquisitions.
The Group owns a significant property portfolio, most of which is used for trading purposes. If the Group had continued to revalue this it would have had a market value of £3.6 billion at year end, compared to the net book value of £2.7 billion recorded in the financial statements. This represents a £386 million increase against the prior year and a £76 million increase on a constant currency basis.
Property market value by segment
The Group holds a net pension surplus of £77 million in relation to defined benefit pension arrangements including an asset of £110 million in relation to its UK Scheme. In 2006/07 the Group held a deficit of £55 million. This increase was as a result of additional payments to the UK pension scheme (£101 million was paid compared to a normal contribution of around £45 million per annum) and increases in the discount rate used to calculate the defined benefit obligation from 5.3% to 6.2% as a result of increases to corporate bond rates over the year. This was partly offset by an increase in the inflation rate assumption from 2.9% to 3.3% and changed mortality rates. The mortality change increased the obligation by approximately £34 million and ensures that these assumptions remain in line with current market best estimates. Further disclosures of the assumptions used (including mortality assumptions) are provided in note 27 of the consolidated financial statements.
It is worth noting that the pension valuation is dependent on a number of assumptions which although they have been applied consistently and sensibly, may change, which could have a significant effect on the overall surplus.
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High-level Brainstorming Workshop for MEAs on Mainstreaming Environment beyond Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 7
13-14 July 2005, Nairobi, Kenya
Web archive: Wednesday, 13 July
On Thursday, 14 July, participants to the High-level Brainstorming Workshop for Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) on Mainstreaming Environment beyond MDG7 continued their discussions, focusing on identifying a medium and longer-term strategy for a possible plan of cooperation between the UN Millennium Project and MEAs, as well as on the Agreed Chairman's Summary on the outcome of the meeting. During the discussions on the Agreed Chairman's Conclusions, participants made a number of comments in restructuring and improving the text, which will be finalized and circulated to participants at a later stage. The text include issues discussed during the meeting and ways to address these issues. It also includes a section outlining goals for the future and measuring progress. In his closing remarks, Bakary Kante, UNEP, said that the objectives of the meeting have been met, which are to generate ideas how to cooperate more among the MEAs and with MDGs. The meeting closed at 6:30pm .
Identifying a mid-term strategy for a possible plan of cooperation between the UN Millennium Project and MEAs
Jerry Velasquez, UNEP-GEF, A.H. Zakri, Director, UNU-Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS), Bakary Kante, Acting Director, UNEP Division of Environmental Conventions (DEC) and Director, Division of Policy Development and Law (DPDL), Alex Alusa, Deputy Director, DEC, and Philip Dobie, Director, Dryland Development Centre, UNDP
On identifying a medium term strategy for a possible plan of cooperation between the UN Millennium Project and MEAs, participants considered: linking MEA's mandates to MDGs; providing human and financial resources for MDG activities; building institutional capacity at national level; conducting dialogue between MEAs' national focal points and UND and its national offices; using adaptation for climate change and protected areas for biodiversity as starting point for such cooperation; and having UNEP act as facilitator to promote linkages between MEAs and MDGs.
A.H. Zakri, Director, UNU-Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) (left), chaired the session on identifying a mid-term strategy for a possible plan of cooperation between the UN Millennium Project and MEAs. He said that the challenge is to build strong bridge between MEAs and MDGs, noting two options of partnership: partnership between MEAs and Millennium Project, and partnership between Millennium Project and UNEP.
Bakary Kante (right) said that some MEAs do have competent mandates to implement MDGs at the national level, and with the MOU between UNEP and UNDP and the Bali Strategic Plan for Technical Support and Capacity Building, he said UNEP is ready to support such activities. He said adaptation to climate change can be an avenue to begin. He stressed that the partnership between Millennium Project and MEAs would not exclude any organization.
Philip Dobie, Director, Dryland Development Centre, UNDP, stressed the need to get to tell people on the ground, especially policy makers, where and how environment is affecting poverty and how to solve the problem. Noting that MDGs are shifting international development assistance from project and programme support to budgetary support for country-set priorities, Dobie drew attention to the UNEP/UNDP poverty and environment initiative as a practical tool to mainstream environment in development strategies, which is expected to expand. He also said that, in the framework of the memorandum of understanding between UNEP and UNDP, an initiative will be started in September to deliver to UN country teams tools on how to mainstream environment into country strategies, and proposed an involvement of MEAs in this endeavor.
Identifying a longer-term strategy for a possible plan of cooperation between the UN Millennium Project and MEAs
On identifying a longer-term strategy for the possible plan of cooperation, the following recommendations were made: undertaking some concrete country level activities; exploring new ways in which the environment can become part of the international effort to change the development paradigm; publicizing best practices in MEAs; involving industries, academics, scientists and celebrities in the MDGs and MEAs cooperation; and engaging celebrities in showing the importance of ecosystem services for combating poverty.
Emil Salim, WSSD, chaired this session on a long-term strategy, and asked participants to focus on activities at national level, coordinating with the UN and development agencies. He also called for focus on mainstreaming environment beyond the 2005 World, and said that at national level environment must be considered a mainstream in the government systems, and on the long run, environment should be considered part of the broader human development process. He called for new ways in which the environment can become part of the international effort to change the development paradigm, with Philip Dobie, UNDP, acknowledging a systemic failure in integrating the environment into the development progress both by multilateral and bilateral development agencies.
Mahendra Shah, Senior Scientist, Land Use Change, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) (left), said stressed the need to notify the UN and governments that efforts are needed on environment even beyond 2015. He suggested assigning a small group of people the responsibility to draft a strong message or statement for submission to WS calling for mainstreaming environment into the MDGs.
Shah with Schiko Kuwabara-Yamamoto, Executive Secretary, Basel Convention (right)
On identifying a mid-term strategy, Guido Schmidt-Traub, Policy Advisor, UN Millennium Project (left), stressed the need for systematically scaling up the support to countries' MDGs-based strategies, and suggested a coordinated approach by UNEP and UNDP to involve MEAs in responding to country-driven requests for assistance, to be announced at the September Summit.
David Runnalls, IISD, and Emil Salim (center)
Discussion on the Agreed Chair's Conclusions
In the afternoon, the Secretariat presented an Agreed Chairman's Summary as an outcome of the meeting. Chair Sampson invited general comments on the text, noting that the summary is designed for the ED to bring the message to the 2005 World Summit. Participants commented on the text, and taking the comments and suggestions into account, presented a revised text. Participants expressed satisfaction with the revised the text, which included the issues discussed during the meeting, and the way to address these issues, and goals for the future, as well as ways to measure progress.
During the discussions on a long-term strategy, specifically on international environmental governance, David Runnalls, President, International Institute for Sustainable Development (left), remarked that UNEP and MEAs can take some anticipatory steps to show that MEAs can coordinate their work without additional structures, in order to shape the debate at the 2005 World Summit. He also suggested that UNEP institutionalize the Millennium Assessment (MA) to report regularly, and suggested that UNEP's Executive Director engage celebrities in showing the importance of ecosystem services for combating poverty. .
Peter Bridgewater, Secretary-General, Ramsar (center), proposed that UNEP liaise with MEAs to bring the MA process forward, as well as creating a common platform for better communication, education and awareness raising.
Bakary Kante thanked all participants for their attendance on such short notice, which he said demonstrated a strong willingness to meet the objectives of the meeting. He said that this process has helped everyone to better understand the link between the MEAs and MDGs/Millennium Project. He said that UNEP will be supporting MEAs in providing technical supports to governments for achieving MDGs.
Relevant Links:
UNEP Homepage
Draft outcome document for the 2005 World Summit
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Report from the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change
Millennium Project Sachs Report
Secretary-General's Report: In Larger Freedom
Millennium Summit
Millennium Summit+5
Millennium Development Goals
Millennium Project
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IISD coverage of related events:
Development Forum: 14–15 March 2005,
Preparatory Meeting for the ECOSOC 2005 High-Level Segment: 16–17 March 2005
Community Commons
High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development (27-28 June 2005)
ECOSOC 2005 High-level Segment (28 June-1 July 2005)
13th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-13) April 2005
International Conference on Environment, Peace and the Dialogue Among Civilizations and Cultures (May 2005)
Websites for the Environmental Conventions:
Convention on Migratory Species Convention on Biological Diversity Covention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flaura and Fauna Basel ConventionMontreal ProtocolPOPs ConventionPIC ConventionUN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)UN Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD)Ramsar Convention on Wetlands World HeritageConventionAfrican – Eurasian Waterbird AgreementAgreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas (ASCOBANS)Agreement on the Conservation of Bats in EuropeAgreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS)
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Hefter, G., May, P.M. and Sipos, P. (1993) A general method for the determination of copper(I) equilibria in aqueous solution. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications (22). pp. 1704-1706.
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Copper(I) equilibrium constants can, for the first time, be studied routinely in aqueous solution by potentiometric titration using CuI solutions produced by reduction of CuII with an excess of copper and stabilized by chloride.
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Lord of Galloway
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The Arms of the Realm and Ancient Local Principalities of Scotland [1] |
The lords of Galloway consisted of a dynasty of heirs who were lords (or kings) and ladies who ruled over Galloway in southwest Scotland, mainly during the High Middle Ages. Many regions of Scotland, including Galloway and Moray, periodically had kings or subkings, similar to those in Ireland during the Middle Ages. The Scottish monarch was seen as being similar to a high king (Ard-Righ in Gaelic). The lords of Galloway would have either paid tribute to the Scottish monarch, or at other times ignored him. The Lords of Galloway are fairly well recorded in the 12th and 13th centuries, but the records are incomplete or conflicting at other times. Later on, the kings were known as "lords" at the Scottish court, and "kings" at home, finally becoming "lords" in both arenas.
The boundaries of the Kingdom of Galloway were ill defined, and varied over time. During many periods Galloway was much larger than it is today, and took in parts of southern Ayrshire, such as Carrick, Upper Douglasdale and Nithsdale. The area appears to have been the main bastion of Scottish Gaelic culture south of the Highlands in medieval times.
Kingdom of Galloway[edit]
Suibne mac Cináeda (d.1034) is the first recorded king of the Gall-ghàidhil, the people of Galloway, although it is not until about 1138 that the succession is properly recorded. The Dynasty of Fergus appears to have continued until 1234 and the Laws of Galloway remained in force until 1426. It is thought that these laws originally derived their authority from the kings of Galloway.
Contrary to some popular conceptions, there is no evidence that Galloway was ever part of the Kingdom of Strathclyde. Thus Galloway (west of the Nith at least) lay outside of the traditional area claimed by the Kingdom of Alba, Strathclyde's successor state in the area. Galloway, often defined as all of the area to the south and west of the Clyde and west of the River Annan, lay outside of traditional Scottish territory. Though it formed part of the northern mainland of Britain, Galloway was just as much a part of the Irish Sea; part of that "Hiberno-Norse" world of the Gall-Gaidhel lords of the Isle of Man, Dublin and the Hebrides. The ex-King of Dublin and Man, Echmarcach mac Ragnaill, had the title Rex Innarenn ("King of Rhinns") attributed to him on his death in 1065. The western sections of Galloway had been firmly aligned with the Isle of Man, and Norse and Gaelic-Norse settlement names from the 10th and 11th centuries are spread all along the coastal lands of south-western "Scotland" and north-western "England."
Magnus III[edit]
In the late 11th century, the Norwegian King Magnus III Berrføtt ("Barefoot") led a campaign of subjugation in the Irish Sea world. In 1097, he sent his vassal, Ingimundr, to take control of the Kingdom(s) of Man and the Isles. However, when this man was killed, Magnus himself launched the first of his two invasions, the campaigns of 1098-1099 and of 1102-1103. In the former campaign, he took control of the Western Isles of Scotland, and deposed King Lagmann of Man. (Incidentally, this campaign also brought him to Wales, where he killed the Earl of Chester and the Earl of Shrewsbury, who were at war with the Prince of Gwynedd). In this campaign, Magnus almost certainly brought Galloway under his suzerainty too. Magnus, moreover, gained the recognition of these conquests from the then-king of Alba, Etgair mac Maíl Coluim.
On his second campaign, Magnus went to Man, and with a huge fleet attacked Dublin and attempted to bring the submission of Muircertach mac Toirrdelbach, the Uí Briain King of Munster. The campaign resulted in an alliance between the two kings, and the arranged marriage of Magnus' son Siguðr to Muircertach's daughter Bjaðmunjo. The alliance mitigated the threat of Domnall Ua Lochlainn, King of Ailech, bringing stability to the Irish Sea world, and security to Magnus' new Irish Sea "Empire." However, it all went wrong when Magnus was killed on his way back to Norway on a minor raid in Ulster. Much of Magnus' work lay in ruins.
Fergusan Dynasty[edit]
Fergus of Galloway took the throne of Galloway some time between 1110 and 1120. When he died in 1161 Fergus left Galloway to his two sons, Uchtred and Gille Brigte (Gilbert). In 1174 Uchtred died after being brutally blinded and mutilated by his brother Gille Brigte and Gille Brigte's son, Máel Coluim (Malcolm). When Gilla Brigte died a few years later, it was Uchtred's son Lochlann (Roland) who took possession of Galloway. Gilla Brigte's surviving son Donnchad (Duncan) was made 1st Earl/Mormaer of Carrick.
Lochlann married Helen, the daughter of Richard de Moreville, Constable of Scotland, and inherited his father-in-law's title. Their son Alan of Galloway was the most powerful of the lords and upon his death in 1234, his holdings were divided between his three daughters and their husbands. However, an attempt was made, within Galloway, to establish Alan's illegitimate son, Thomas as ruler, but this failed when King Alexander II of Scotland broke the line of rejected such claim for an illegitimate son to take over. In response Gille Ruadh led a revolt against Alexander. The attempt failed resulting in Galloway being divided amongst Alan's three living daughters who were married to the Frenchmen, Roger de Quincy (married to Ela), John de Balliol (married to Derborgaill) and William de Forz (married to Cairistiona). Galloway's period as an independent political entity eventually came to an end with John de Balliol delegated as Lord.
Douglas Lords[edit]
In 1369, Archibald the Grim, had been appointed Lord of Galloway by David II of Scotland, "becaus he tuke git trawell to purge the cuntrey of Englis blude". Later he would construct his mighty fortress of Thrieve, near present day Castle Douglas.
- Archibald Douglas, Lord of Galloway
- Archibald Douglas Lord of Galloway
- Archibald Douglas, Lord of Galloway
- Margaret Douglas, Fair Maid of Galloway
List of Lords of Galloway[edit]
Rulers | French Name | Reigns |
?Suibne | --- | d. 1034 |
- | --- | - |
?Echmarcach | --- | d. 1065 |
- | --- | - |
Fergus | --- | d. 1161 |
Uchtred | --- | 1161–1174 |
Gille Brigte | Gilbert | 1174–1185 |
Lochlann | Roland | 1185–1200 |
Alan | --- | 1200–1234 |
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Everybody has one — an inner voice that advises us, congratulates us on accomplishments and sometimes scolds us for failures.
For most people, that voice provides reasonable and kind guidance and can lead to important life changes and lessons.
Everybody has one — an inner voice that advises us, congratulates us on accomplishments and sometimes scolds us for failures.
For most people, that voice provides reasonable and kind guidance and can lead to important life changes and lessons.
Robert Firestone created Voice Therapy, a five-step process for conquering your critical inner voice. From Psychalive.org, the steps are:
Identifying what your critical inner voice is telling you
In order to challenge their negative attacks, people must first become aware of what their critical inner voice is telling them. They can do this by identifying an area of their lives where they are especially critical of themselves and then pay attention to what the criticisms are. As a person discovers what the self-attacks are, it is valuable to articulate them as "you" statements. For example, instead of saying "I feel so lazy and useless," a person would say "You are so lazy. You're useless." When people utilize this format, they are encouraged to express their critical thoughts as they hear them, and this often leads to them accessing the hostility that underlies this self-attacking system.
Recognizing where your voices come from
After people verbalize their critical inner voices in this manner, they often feel deeply, and they have insight into the source of their voice attacks. They have unusual clarity, as they begin to recognize that the content and tone of their voice attacks is old and familiar; their voices are expressing attitudes that were directed toward them as children. They will often say things like, "That's what my father used to say" or "That's the feeling I got from my mother," or "That was the atmosphere in my home." Recognizing where their voices originated helps people develop compassion for themselves.
Responding to your critical inner voice
In the third step of voice therapy, an individual answers back to the voice attacks. People who have thoughts like, "You're so stupid. No one wants to hear what you are thinking. Just sit in the background and keep your mouth shut!" may respond with statements like, "I am not stupid! What I have to say is valuable and worthwhile. A lot of people are interested in me and care about what I think." After responding, it is important for people to make rational statements about how they really are, how other people really are, and what is true about his or her social world. They may say something like, "The world isn't a place where everyone else is brilliant and I'm the only stupid person. I'm not in elementary school anymore; no one is grading us. The truth is that people aren't all that smart, and I'm not stupid. We are basically the same: Interesting people who have interesting things to say about what they are thinking and experiencing."
Understanding how your voices influence your behavior
After expressing and responding to their voices, people are naturally curious and eager to understand how these patterns of self-defeating thoughts have influenced their past and impact their present-day behaviors. For example, the person with the voice that says he or she is stupid may recognize times when he or she acted less capable or confident as a result of having heard that self-attack. Having this understanding of how the critical inner voice has affected their actions is helpful when people want to change specific self-limiting behaviors.
Changing your self-limiting behaviors
Once people have identified the areas in which they limit themselves, they can begin to change themselves. They can do this by taking two actions: not to engage in the self-destructive behavior that is being encouraged by the critical inner voice and to increase the positive behaviors that go against the recommendations of the voice. For example, a person who is shy can stop avoiding social interactions and can make a point of striking up conversations with people.


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The Gastro Non Grata folks are partnering with Fabulous Catering to present Fabulous Non Grata: The Movable Feast. The event, which takes place Jan. 8th, follows the Gastro Non Grata food + music formula, but Fabulous Non Grata is at a new location, has a wider selection of food, and a slightly higher price tag.
Here's what they're planning for food/drink:
A Duet of Bleu Cheese "Truffles" Featuring "Brews and Blues" Faribault Cheese Company Bleu Cheese made with Summit Winterfest with Toasted Walnuts and Moody Blue Smoked Gorgonzola with Smoked Paprika.Chipotle Gouda Cheese Queso Fundito with Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, served with Fresh Fried Corn Chips.
Grassfed Beef and Three Bean Chili to warm yer bones, served with Furthermore beer.
We will also be serving a Stickney Hills Chevre Fondant Bruscetta with Honey Crisp Apples and Ames Farm Honey paired with Crispin Cider. There will also be samples of the as of yet unreleased Crispin Steppenwolf cider.
To add to the fun, there will be a Build-your-own-Satay station with numerous meats for you to skewer and cover with sauces from around the world.
Beer and Cider samples will be available at each food station and a cash bar will be on-premise if you feel the need to step up and have a drink.
For music, the ukuelele band The Chord and The Fawn will play as will Dreamland Faces and Dark Dark Dark.
The event runs from 7-12ish, at Fabulous Catering (612.789.4244, 2900 13th Avenue South, Mpls.) $20 advance $25 door, call 612.789.4244 for advance tickets, valet parking will be available.
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Peek, G.J., Clemens, F., Elbourne, D., Firmin, R., Hardy, P., Hibbert, C., Killer, H., Mugford, M., Thalanany, M., Tiruvoipati, R., Truesdale, A. and Wilson, A. (2006) CESAR: conventional ventilatory support vs extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe adult respiratory failure. BMC Health Services Research, 6 (161). ISSN 1472-6963
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An estimated 350 adults develop severe, but potentially reversible respiratory failure in the UK annually. Current management uses intermittent positive pressure ventilation, but barotrauma, volutrauma and oxygen toxicity can prevent lung recovery. An alternative treatment, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, uses cardio-pulmonary bypass technology to temporarily provide gas exchange, allowing ventilator settings to be reduced. While extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is proven to result in improved outcome when compared to conventional ventilation in neonates with severe respiratory failure, there is currently no good evidence from randomised controlled trials to compare these managements for important clinical outcomes in adults, although evidence from case series is promising.
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Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) |
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Date Deposited: | 22 Jan 2007 |
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Cuckoo Rock by Phil BowenCuckoo Rock overlooks Magical Valley, the potato caves and Cuckootown. It is the most wondrous, magical place. It is where Singing Nettles are heard by the Yaffling Tree, where the band Jasper, Jade and Jet play at Sparkling Pond and where The Cuckoo Man comes to meet Ivy from Ivybridge, Cool Julie Dooley plus Bobby Bangle and Billy Bling. It is a place where they all gather to dance and sing. It is also the place where Zenna the Mermaid and the mysterious Dream Gatherer watch the hilarious Splatfish and amazing electric fish light up the glimmering aqua-marine water. But darkness is on the horizon. Demonica, the evil Queen of the Demons wants to stop all the fun. Demonica -- with her vicious cat Woof, her three threatening ghosts and the gloomy giant Ogre Rock -- all cast a menacing shadow over the whole of the valley. And they have plans to make things worse. What can be done to keep the valley good and not let it all go bad?
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GULF SHORES, ALABAMA -- With its white walls and blue dome, St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox Chapel in Gulf Shores looks as though it has been lifted from a Greek island and set down a mile from the Gulf of Mexico.
While Mobile's Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church opened its doors nearly a century ago, and Presentation Theotokos was built by the Malbis family in Spanish Fort in the 1940s, St. Athanasios is only a decade old.
Inspired by the vision and support of a Mobile businessman, Nick Catranis, St. Athanasios has become a destination for Orthodox Christians who reside or vacation in nearby beach communities.
Those numbers are growing, with ever more Orthodox moving to the coast, according to the Very Reverend Father Frank Mayernick, pastor of St. Athanasios.
This month, St. Athanasios' status becomes elevated from that of chapel to a mission church. That status is the result not only of a growing population, but also of the determination, on the part of church hierarchy, that St. Athanasios will play an enduring role in the spiritual life of the community.
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The celebration makes the building sacred — "it becomes a place of God forever," says one church official — and formalizes it as the heart of a parish.
The ceremony, explains Mayernick, involves a service in which the relics of three saints are embedded in the altar table.
The items are sealed in; the table is washed; oil is used to anoint the church.
Alexios, says Mayernick, makes the decision to consecrate the church, and only the Metropolitan can preside over such a ceremony.
"He is our shepherd," says Mayernick, "we are his flock."
As Alexios wrote to Mayernick this week: "On this glorious day that we have set aside for the consecration of your Church, I pray that all of us may be spiritually uplifted, as we celebrate this wonderful event, so that we 'also may be consecrated in truth.' (John 17:19) . . . Just as we are set aside by our Baptism and Chrismation, so the Consecration Service is the Baptism and Chrismation of the Church, setting aside this place for us to worship and serve the Lord."
In addition to Greek Orthodox parishioners, says the Very Reverend Father Grigorio Tatsis, Orthodox Christians of other national and cultural backgrounds — among them Serbs, Albanians, and Russians — attend Greek Orthodox churches.
Their religion, says Tatsis, dean of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in New Orleans, is the same despite differences in language and culture.
Tatsis also acts as head of the vicarship of the Metropolis of Atlanta's Western Conference, a smaller area that includes the Gulf Coast.
The growth of all those communities locally — from new settlers from Eastern Europe, or snowbirds who decide to relocate — has helped to swell the pews of St. Athanasios, he says.
There are factors other than sheer numbers involved in the decision to consecrate a church, he says.
"You see the history of the parish," he says, "how they have been faithful. Are they a stable parish?"
He calls consecration "a big deal."
"A church has to prepare spiritually, and financially."
The consecration of St. Athanasios represents, he says, "a maturing level of their spirituality, and of their physical abilities. It's a pinnacle."
Tatsis believes that one reason St. Athanasios is growing is an attraction that other Christians feel to what he describes as an unchanging faith.
"We're experiencing a great influx of people who are not from an Orthodox background," he says.
The Orthodox Church, he says, "is the church of the Book of Acts. Almost nothing has changed in 2,000 years."
Greek immigrants who arrived on American shores in the late 1800s, he says, felt a deep sense of cultural affiliation as part of their faith. But times change.
As each generation passed, he says, some may not even feel "connected" to Greece.
"You have some Greek Orthodox who've never been to Greece.," he says. "But the faith does not change."
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