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This Pricing Strategies document provides extensive information for a company to develop an optimal pricing strategy. A well-devised pricing structure will earn the company profit and reflect the realities of the marketplace. Some of the topics covered in this document include: how to improve performance, what pricing should do, questions associated with pricing, and The 9 Laws of Pricing Sensitivity. This document is a useful tool for any company that provides services or sells products, and wants information for devising a pricing strategy.
This Pricing Strategies document provides extensive information for a company to develop an optimal pricing strategy. A well-devised pricing structure will earn the company profit and reflect the realities of the marketplace. Some of the topics covered in this document include: how to improve performance, what pricing should do, questions associated with pricing, and The 9 Laws of Pricing Sensitivity. This document is a useful tool for any company that provides services or sells products, and wants information for devising a pricing strategy. Pricing Strategies for Marketing Pricing Strategies For Marketing 2010 Table of Contents Executive Summary......................................................................................................................... 4 Learn How to Improve Performance .............................................................................................. 5 The Breakeven Analysis ............................................................................................................... 6 What Pricing Should Do .................................................................................................................. 8 Pricing Strategies ............................................................................................................................ 9 Questions Associated with Pricing ................................................................................................ 13 The 9 Laws of Pricing Sensitivity ................................................................................................... 16 Pricing Definitions ......................................................................................................................... 18 Common Pricing Mistakes ......................................................................................................... 21 Pricing Tactics ............................................................................................................................ 21 © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 3 Executive Summary P ricing is one of the most important ingredients of the marketing blend. It is the only ingredient that produces a turnover for the company. Many companies do not view their pricing strategies as a part of their overall marketing strategy. Because pricing strategies have a profound impact on a company's overall profit margin, they should be given the same consideration as the promotion and advertising strategies. A price that is higher or lower can dramatically alter gross margins and sales volumes, which indirectly affects other expenses like reducing storage costs, or establishing opportunities for volume discounts with suppliers. The four "P's" of marketing are: 1. Pricing 2. Product 3. Promotion 4. Place Setting prices is very hard. There are costs associated with producing, designing and promoting a product line. The product's pricing has to incorporate the expenditures for all of those components into its overall price. It needs to support the relationship between supply and demand. If a product is priced too high or too low, it could wind up being a loss of sales for the company. The company that prices by instinct is more likely to fall behind their competitors irregardless of how good their products and services are. This is particularly true for the agencies that are viewed as strong performers. They do extremely well at conceiving, building and distributing products; but because they haven't gotten their pricing structured properly, they are not adequately compensated in their markets, either in profits or in share price performance. The companies that master their effective pricing efforts do so because they quickly adopt modeling tools that are data-driven, and they use those tools to monitor, assess and modify their prices. They examine the impact of the many variables so as to optimize the product's price. These companies are using cutting edge technology-enabled strategies to © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 4 manage and optimize their pricing structures, which enable them to adjust and fine-tune their prices much faster. The companies that take a scientific approach to defining their pricing structures usually out perform the agencies that don't. The top performing agencies will include advanced pricing strategies, and the supportive technologies in their pricing strategy. Learn How to Improve Performance By putting together a pricing strategy that is powerful and structured. The main question that businesses will have about their pricing strategy is, "How am I supposed to know what price I should charge?" Prices are set by: Calculating your costs Estimating the benefits to consumers Comparing your products, services, and prices to others that are similar. Establish pricing by looking at how much it costs to produce the product or service and then adding a fair price for the benefits that the customer will enjoy. Taking a look at what others are charging for similar products or services will help to guide you when you are deciding what a "fair" price would be for these benefits. Developing a pricing strategy that is adequate entails finding out just how much to charge for your product or service. The pricing must be competitive enough to allow for a reasonable profit. The important word here is "reasonable", keeping in mind that there is a limit to how much consumers are willing to pay. There are other factors that will establish your pricing strategy and that will make it the best possible. Think about the five forces that influence the other business decisions, and realize that pricing needs to take into account these same factors: 1. Company objectives © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 5 2. Competition 3. Fixed and variable costs 4. Proposed positioning strategies 5. Target group and willingness to pay If a premium item is priced too low, customers will not believe the quality is good enough. On the other hand, if the selling price is too high customers will purchase the competitors' goods that are priced lower. The Breakeven Analysis The pricing strategy that you outlined in your marketing plan is a very useful way of collecting the information that you will need, and should answer the following questions: What is the cost of your product or service? Be sure to include all of the fixed and variable costs when calculating these figures, for example: ─ the cost of labor ─ the cost of materials ─ freight costs ─ administrative costs ─ costs associated with marketing the product How does the pricing of your product or service compare to the market price of similar products or services? Explain how the pricing of your product or service is competitive. ─ If the price you plan to charge is lower, why are you able to do this? ─ If it were higher, why would your customer be willing to pay more? This is where the "strategy" part of the pricing strategy comes into play; will your business be more competitive if you charge more, less, or the same as your competitors and why? What return on your investment (ROI) are you expecting to have using this pricing strategy, and within what time frame? © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 6 © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 7 What Pricing Should Do Pricing structures that have been well devised should accomplish three things: 1. Accomplish the company's financial aspiration which is to earn a profit. 2. Match the realities of the market place by ensuring that the consumers will pay the price. 3. Support the product's positioning and be consistent with the other variables in the marketing composition a. Pricing is influenced by the kind of distribution channel utilized, the type of promotions used, and the quality of the product. i. Pricing will be high if manufacturing costs are and distribution is exclusive, and if the product is supported by in depth advertising and marketing campaigns. ii. A lower price can be an acceptable alternative for product quality, effective promotions, or an energetic selling effort by distributors. An efficient price is one that is closely aligned with what consumers are willing to pay. It is a price that shifts most of the consumer surplus to the producer. A good pricing strategy would be the one that can balance between the pricing below which the company winds up with losses (the price floor) and the pricing beyond which the company has a no demand situation (the price ceiling). © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 8 Pricing Strategies A company can adopt a number of pricing strategies all of which are based predominately on the company's overall objectives. A company that makes use of these pricing strategies will see their bottom line rise! Bundling and Quantity Discounts Another method of rewarding customers for making larger purchases is through quantity discounts, or bundling. Examples: Make the per-unit price lower when a customer purchases a quantity of five instead of just one. Charge less when a customer purchases several related items at the same time. Bundle overstocks with popular items to avoid having to have a closeout. Bundle established items with a new product to help build awareness. Closeout This technique is useful when you have a surplus of inventory. Offer the inventory at a huge discount to get around having to sore it or even throw it away. The objective is to minimize your losses instead of making a profit. Competitive Pricing Using the competitor's retail or wholesale pricing as a benchmark, establish a pricing structure that is comparable to theirs. Depending on your positioning strategy, your price may be slightly below, above or exactly the same as your competitors. You must collect your competitors pricing information using methods that are legally sanctioned. Cost plus Markup The opposite of competitive pricing, it requires you to look at your own cost structure instead of looking at the market. You decide the profit that you want to make, add that to your costs, and then decide on a selling price. This method will assure a certain per-unit margin; © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 9 however, it may leave you with prices that are out-of-sync with customer expectations, which can hurt your profit overall. Loss Leader This is a viable short-term promotional technique. The practice involves selling items at or below cost to attract customers, who will also purchase high-profit items. This concept is a useful if you have customers who typically purchase several items at one time. Membership or Trade Discounting This is one manner of segmenting customers in that you attract business from profitable customer segments by giving them special prices. It could be by means of: Charging less for certain items. Offering a blanket discount. Offering free product rewards. Optional Pricing The company sells optional extras along with the product to maximize its turnover. This strategy is most commonly used in the auto industry. Penetration Pricing The company establishes a low price to increase sales and their market share. Premium Pricing The price set is high as an indication of the product's exclusiveness. Examples would be: Bentley etc. Chanel First class transport services Gucci Harrods Mercedes Rolex © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 10 Product Line Pricing This concept began back with the five and dime stores. Everything in those stores would cost either 5 or ten cents. The underlying rationale is that consumers viewed those amounts as suitable pricing points for a whole range of products. The advantage was the ease of administration. The disadvantage was that the pricing was inflexible during inflationary times; or when prices were unstable. Another way to look at product line pricing is when different products are priced within the same product range at different price points. For example, a DVR manufacturer offers different DVR recorders with different features at different prices. The greater the features and benefits derived, the more the consumer is willing to pay. This form of price discrimination helps companies to maximize their turnover and profits. Promotional Pricing This is where the pricing plays a major role in the marketing composition. Price Skimming At first, the company establishes a high price and then slowly lowers it to make the product available to a wider market. The objective is to skim market profits layer by layer. Psychological Pricing The seller reflects on the psychology of price and the positioning of price within the market place. Instead of charging $1000 for an item, their price will be $999. Versioning Versioning is commonly used with services or technical products. Vendors sell the same general product in two or three configurations. A very basic version may be offered on a 'trial' basis. For example, during the trial period, the item may be offered for free, or for a nominal cost. Upgrades or additional services are made available to the consumer at a higher price. © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 11 © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 12 Questions Associated with Pricing The following are the typical kinds of questions that need to be asked when developing pricing structures: How much should be charged for a product or service? This is the general starting point for discussing pricing; however, a better question to ask is "How much to consumers value the product, services or other intangibles that the vendor offers". What are the pricing objectives? Should profit maximizing pricing be used? How should the pricing be set? ─ Cost plus pricing ─ Value based pricing ─ Rate of return pricing ─ Competitor indexing Should there be single pricing or multiple pricing? Should prices be modified for certain geographical areas (zone pricing)? Should there be discounts for quantity purchases? What are the competitors charging? Should one of the following strategies be used? ─ Price skimming ─ Penetration pricing What image should the pricing convey? Should psychological pricing be utilized? How important are consumer issues relating to pricing sensitivities? ─ Sticker shock ─ Elasticity © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 13 Should real time pricing be used? Is price discrimination or yield management suitable? Are there any legal restrictions on: ─ Retail price maintenance ─ Price collusion ─ Price discrimination Have price points already been established for the product category? Keeping in mind that the more competitive the industry is, the less flexibility there will be, how flexible can the pricing be? ─ The price floor is determined by certain production factors like: Costs (many times only variable costs are considered) Economies of scale Marginal costs Degree of operating leverage ─ The price ceiling is determined by: Price elasticity Price points Are there any transfer pricing considerations? What is the likelihood of getting involved in pricing wars? How visible should the price be? ─ Neutral (not important) ─ Highly visible (to aid in promoting a low priced economical product or to reinforce the prestigious image of a quality product) ─ Hidden (to allow vendors to generate an interest in the product without pricing considerations) © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 14 Are there any joint product pricing factors to consider? What are the non-price costs of purchasing the products, for example: ─ Travel time to the store ─ Store wait time ─ Disagreeable elements associated with the purchase of the product for example: Going to the Dentist equates with some kind of pain Being near a fish market equates with odors What kind of payment processes will be utilized? ─ Cash ─ Check ─ Credit card ─ Price bartering © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 15 The 9 Laws of Pricing Sensitivity 1 In their book, "The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing", Thomas Nagle and Reed Holden outline 9 laws or factors that influence a buyer's price sensitivity with respect to a given purchase: Law Number One: Reference Price Effect Buyer's price sensitivity for a given product increases the higher the product's price relative to perceived alternatives. Perceived alternatives can vary by buyer segment, by occasion, and other factors. Law Number Two: Difficult comparison Effect Buyers are less sensitive to the price of a known / more reputable product when they have difficulty comparing it to potential alternatives. Law Number Three: Switching Costs Effect The higher the product-specific investment a buyer must make to switch suppliers, the less price sensitive that buyer is when choosing between alternatives. Law Number Four: Price - Quality Effect Buyers are less sensitive to price the more that higher prices signal higher quality. Products for which this effect is particularly relevant include: image products, exclusive products, and products with minimal cues for quality. Law Number Five: Expenditure Effect Buyers are more price sensitive when the expense accounts for a large percentage of buyers' available income or budget. 1 Information source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pricing © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 16 Law Number Six: End Benefit Effect The effect refers to the relationship a given purchase has to a larger overall benefit, and is divided into two parts: Derived demand: The more sensitive buyers are to the price of the end benefit, the more sensitive they will be to the prices of those products that contribute to that benefit. Price proportion cost: The price proportion cost refers to the percent of the total cost of the end benefit accounted for by a given component that helps to produce the end benefit (e.g., think CPU and PCs). The smaller the given components share of the total cost of the end benefit, the less sensitive buyers will be to the component's price. Law Number Seven: Shared - Cost Effect The smaller the portion of the purchase price buyers must pay for themselves, the sensitive to pricing they will be. Law Number Eight: Fairness Effect Buyers are more receptive to the price of a product when the price is outside the range they view as "fair" or "reasonable" given the purchase context. Law Number Nine: The Framing Effect Buyers are more sensitive to pricing when they perceive the price as a loss rather than a forgone gain, and they have greater price sensitivity when the price is paid separately rather than as part of a bundle. © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 17 Pricing Definitions Pricing The method of deciding what a company will receive in exchange for its products. Pricing factors are: Manufacturing cost Market place competition Market condition Quality of product Effective Price The price the company receives after accounting for: Discounts Promotions Other incentives The Price/Quality Relationship The perception by most consumers who believe that something with a high price tag is the sign of high quality. The belief in this relationship is most important with complex products that are hard to test, and with experiential products that cannot be tested until used (like most services). The greater the uncertainty involving a product, the more consumers rely on the price/quality hypothesis; and the more of a premium they are prepared to pay. The classic example of this is the pricing of the snack cake Twinkies, which were perceived as low quality when the price was lowered. Note, however, that excessive reliance on the price/quantity relationship by consumers may lead to the raising of prices on all products and services, even those of low quality, which in turn causes the price/quality relationship to no longer apply. © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 18 Premium Pricing Also referred to as prestige pricing, it is the strategy of consistently pricing at, or near, the high end of the possible price range to help attract status-conscious consumers. A few examples of companies that utilize premium pricing in the marketplace include Rolex and Bentley. Consumers will buy a premium priced product because: 1. They believe the high price is an indication of good quality; 2. They believe it to be a sign of self worth - "They are worth it" - It authenticates their success and status - It is a signal to others that they are a member of an exclusive group; 3. They require flawless performance in this application - The cost of product malfunction is too high to buy anything but the best as in the example of purchasing a heart pacemaker. Goldilocks Pricing2 This term commonly describes the practice of giving a "gold plated" version of a product at a premium price to make the next-lower priced option appear to be more reasonably priced as in the example of encouraging consumers to see business-class airline seats as a good value for their money by offering an even higher priced first-class option. Another example would be a third-class railway carriage in Victorian England are said to have been built without windows, not so much to punish third-class customers (for which there was not economic incentive) as to motivate those who could afford it to purchase second-class seats to pay for them instead of taking the cheaper option. This is also known as a potential result of price discrimination. 2 Information source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pricing © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 19 The name comes from the story of Goldilocks. Goldilocks chose neither the hottest nor the coldest porridge; she chose the porridge that was "just right". More technically, this kind of pricing exploits the general cognitive bias of aversion to extremes. This practice is known academically as "framing". By providing three options (i.e. small, medium, and large; first, business, and coach classes) you can manipulate the consumer into choosing the middle choice and thus, the middle choice should yield the most profit to the seller, since it is the most chosen option. Demand Based Pricing Any pricing structure that uses consumer demand based on perceived value as the central element. These include: Bundle pricing Geo Penetration pricing Premium pricing Price discrimination Price lining Price points, Price skimming Psychological pricing Value based pricing Yield management Pricing factors are: manufacturing cost market place competition market condition © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 20 quality of product Multidimensional Pricing When a product or service is priced using multiple numbers. In this practice, price no longer is a single monetary amount such as in the sticker price of a car. Instead it consists of various dimensions: down payment monthly payments number of payments Research shows that this method can significantly influence a consumers' ability to understand and process pricing information. Common Pricing Mistakes Many companies make regular pricing mistakes. Bernstein's article "Supplier Pricing Mistakes" outlines several which include: Cost-Up pricing Inadequate systems for tracking competitor selling prices and market share Paying sales reps on dollar volume vs. addition of profitability measures Price increases poorly executed Weak controls on discounting Worldwide price inconsistencies Pricing Tactics Micromarketing is the practice of tailoring small, specialized products and brands also known as micro brands. Their promotions are designed to suite the needs and wants of much smaller segments within a market. It is a kind of market customization that involves pricing customer or product © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 21 combinations at the store or consumer level. © Copyright 2010 Docstoc Inc. 22
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- 2 whole(s) eggplant
- 1/4 cup(s) fresh basil
- 8 clove(s) garlic
- 1 cup(s) grated Parmesean cheese
- 2 cup(s) Italian seasoned bread crumbs
- 1 cup(s) olive oil
- 16 shrimp, medium
- 6 ounce(s) smoked mozzerella
- 1 cup(s) white wine
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Halve and then scoop out the flesh of the eggplants, chop, and reserve. Coat shells with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper; set aside.
- Heat 1/4 cup olive oil in a large, deep skillet over medium high heat. Peel, devein and chop shrimp. Saute shrimp, chopped basil and garlic until shrimp turns pink, about 1 minute. Stir in the reserved chopped eggplant and spinach. Season with salt and pepper. Pour in wine, and cook 5 minutes.
- Transfer to a large bowl, and mix in the bread crumbs and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. If mixture is dry, stir in more olive oil. Stuff mixture into eggplant shells, and cover top with slices of smoked mozzerella.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until eggplant is tender.
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Hester has brought back a punt 81 yards for a score in the second quarter against the Washington Redskins on Sunday. It is Hester's 13th punt return for a TD, extending his own record in that category.
He also has returned five kickoffs and one missed field goal for touchdowns.
Hester had not scored on a return in nearly two years, since Nov. 13, 2011.
The Redskins have allowed a punt return for a touchdown in two consecutive games.
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The Tilt Display prototype has nine screen components that move and tilt individually to physically represent what is on screen
The Tilt Display's nine screen components move dynamically when displaying video
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The Tilt Display in two user (left) and four user (right) configurations
Its creators claim the Tilt Display has a number of potential applications
The Tilt Display is around half the size of a standard tablet
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There are a number of different display technologies that provide the illusion of 3D images on a 2D screen. A team of researchers led by the University of Bristol has offered a new take on things by creating "Tilt Display" – a prototype screen that's split in a 3x3 configuration with the nine individual sub-screens physically moving and tilting up and down to physically represent the three dimensional content being displayed.
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Slightly Overweight Have Longer Lives
The heath risks of obesity have always been something that experts knew about, but a new Japanese study notes that those considered very skinny are even more at risk, and that slightly overweight people have longer lives.
People who are rotund at age 40 have six to seven years longer to live than extremely thin people, whose life expectancy is about five years less than people who were obese, the study noted.
"We found skinny people run the highest risk," stated Shinichi Kuriyama, an associate professor at Tohoku University's Graduate School of Medicine to AFP.
"We had expected thin people would show the shortest life expectancy but didn't expect the difference to be this large," he added.
The study was conducted by a health team led by Tohoku University professor Ichiro Tsuji and surveyed 50,000 people between 40 and 79 in a 12-year research project in the northern Japanese area of Miyagi.
"There had been an argument that thin people's lives are short because many of them are sick or smoke. But the difference was almost unchanged even when we eliminated these factors," Kuriyama said.
A few reasons for the briefer life spans include their increased susceptibility to diseases like pneumonia and the delicate nature of their blood vessels, he noted.
However, Kuriyama stated explicitly that he was in no way encouraging people to overeat in any way.
"It's better that thin people try to gain normal weight, but we doubt it's good for people of normal physique to put on more fat," he said.
The study separated people into four groups according to their body mass index, or BMI, which is determined by dividing weight in by their squared height.
A normal BMI is in the 18.5 to 25 range, while those with a BMI under 18.5 is considered thin.
A BMI of 25 to 30 was considered mildly overweight and an index higher that 30 is considered obese.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Thick smoke hung over the skyline of New Orleans on Monday.
About 10 miles east of downtown, a massive marsh fire is burning just west of Bayou Sauvage. Firefighters say a lightning bolt may have started the fire late last week.
Robert Ruffin lives in the smoke-filled Oak Island subdivision in New Orleans East.
'This morning it was so heavy that I could barely get to my car,' he said. 'I thought my roof was on fire. It has so much smoke.'
Ruffin and his neighbors want to know why firefighters can't put out the blaze.
'Helicopters and water bags should do it, man. Boy, you can put fire out with water, so what's the problems? They have helicopters and they have water bags.'
New Orleans Fire Department Superintendent Charles Parent said firefighters can't put enough water on the blaze to extinguish the flames.
'It's a deep-seated fire,' he said. 'We believe that's it's gone underground because of years and years of dead vegetation. It builds up in New Orleans East. So, it actually burns underneath.'
Neighbor John Adams said the smoke is aggravating his asthma.
'This is the machine that I have to use. All these different medications and it's even worst now, even worst,' Adams said.
Adams said letting the fire burn itself out should not be an option.
'We pay our taxes and we demand from the mayor and whoever it is, we demand some justice out here in taking care of this fire,' he said.
According to firefighters the extended drought in the New Orleans area is now helping to fuel that giant marsh fire. The plants are dying because the lack of rain, and the grass is nothing but tinder.
The fire chief is now hoping for rain.
'That will greatly assist us in extinguishing this fire,' he said.
As of 5 p.m., firefighters say, the fire is still about 2000 yards from any populated area. At this time they do not believe it to be any immediate threat to any of the neighborhoods near Bayou Savage.


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NEW ORLEANS Running back Justin Fargas could possibly be the Saints first offseason acquisition.
A Saints official confirmed to Eyewitness Sports on Wednesday the eighth-year pro was in New Orleans for a visit with the team. Eyewitness Sports reporter Juan Kincaid first reported the visit, which began with a dinner at Emeril's in the Warehouse District on Tuesday night.
Fargas, 30, is a 6-foot-1, 220-pound power running back who could take the place of Mike Bell, who signed an offer sheet from Philadelphia on Tuesday.
It was Bell's second visit this offseason after the Saints tendered the running back at the lowest possible compensation. New Orleans has seven days to match the Eagles' offer.
In 2009, Fargas played in 12 games, compiling 491 yards and three touchdowns.
In seven seasons with the Oakland Raiders, Fargas rushed for 3,369 yards and 10 touchdowns on 827 carries. He fumbled 10 times, losing only four.
But Fargas missed the final two games of the 2009 season with a knee injury and the Raiders cut ties with him this offseason, citing his inability to pass a physical.
Fargas, though, disputes that and he has taken visits this offseason, including with the Browns and Eagles..


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Tiger's stumble opens door for lesser-known hopefuls like Snedeker
Now that Tiger Woods has lost his Martian citizenship and scientists have determined he's at least temporarily of the human race, it's getting more and more difficult to predict who's going to win these golf tournaments — at least on Sunday mornings.
It remains easy going into the week, as it was before this Farmer's Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Despite playing lead tenor in 2010's celebrity soap opera, Tiger was favored. Tiger's always chalk. And it will remain difficult to back off Mr. Woods. The only time in his life he hasn't been favored to win something was, where, in divorce court?
But for the moment, at least, he's mortal — even at Torrey, which he can read like "Green Eggs and Ham." And that means there's a crack of light, a chance for other guys who swing it for a living to come in out of the shadows.
You never know with Tiger, but after Saturday's 74 in the Farmer's third round — astonishingly, the second round of Tour golf he's shot over par here — it figures he will have to climb over too many folks who no longer cower in his presence to win this one for the seventh time.
Maybe it will be one of the co-leaders, homeboy Phil Mickelson and Bill Haas, 12-under (8 in front of Tiger). Or Jhonattan Vegas, 9-under, who won last week's Hope. Or Bubba Watson (eagle Saturday on 18) or Hunter Mahan (ditto on 18), or Anthony Kim.
Maybe it will be Brandt Snedeker. Who? Sure, the PGA Tour's Opie Taylor. He's but five shots back after Saturday's disappointing (for him) 70, a bogey 6 on 18 really ticking him off. It's a hill, sure. He has some names in front of him, but the San Diego crowd knows him and appreciates him, and he's cased this joint.
When the 30-year-old Nashville native comes to Torrey, it feels as though he's playing a course he designed. He felt at home from his first visit, in 2007, when he opened with a 61 on the North course and finished third. He was second a year ago. He finished ninth at the 2008 U.S. Open here.
"Yeah, I love this place," said Snedeker, whose wife, Mandy, is due with their first child, a girl, on March 16. "I don't know what it is about it. I think it's just being comfortable some place makes a big difference; knowing where you can and can't miss it, and being comfortable on the greens is the most important thing.
"These greens are very tricky. They can get guys out of their comfort zone real quick. Having confidence on them makes a big difference. I putted great the first three days; if I can find a wedge to hit some greens, I'll be OK."
Asked how having a child will affect him, Snedeker said: "Hopefully, it helps me right now. I want to beat my head in.
"I hit the ball real well. I putted great — until the back nine. I had a few screw ups there coming in, which is frustrating, but I'm putting fantastic and I really drove it great today. So if I do that tomorrow, I'll have a good day."


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MICA's Nagesh Rao believes that great companies are run not just by number crunching but on the back of strong communication skills
Nagesh Rao, MICA's President and Director, is amazed to find that the conversation around how crucial communication skills are in any business or other organisation, hasn't changed much. Greater focus on finance, marketing, production and their recognition as "essential management skills" continue. This is largely so because communication is taken-for-granted for both personal needs and career goals. The assumption then, as now, was that you either have it or don't. "Even today, the conversation around communication as a soft skill is a little surprising, and I laugh about it because it is one of the harder skills to really master. But the field of communication itself is relatively new," he says. If management literature is about 100 years old then communication literature is only 50 years old, he adds.
The other problem is seeing a direct connection between communication and profit, either financial or human capital. So its value is hard to measure. Rao, who returned to India after exploring the specialty of communication in the US, to first teach communication at IIM-A, recalls a student telling him candidly: "When we join an organisation like the IIM-A for an MBA, finance is at the top, because we want to get into a Goldman Sachs and so on. Then come operations and marketing. And if organisation behaviour is like a step child, communication is like an illegitimate child." Recalling this story Rao adds, "The funny, or not so funny, thing is that every recruiter who comes to MICA or any of the IIMs, if you ask them for the top three important things they look for while recruiting, communication is at the top." So it's an interesting paradox that while at one level corporates understand its value, the absence of specific tools to measure its actual impact tends to lessen its value.
But the recognition of communication graduates is better in the US, Europe or Australia… the awareness is higher as more alumni with communication backgrounds from business schools have taken top positions. And when they hire, communication gets much more importance, says Rao.
At MICA, his mission is to make communication and its importance a way of life. In its initial avatar, MICA created leaders in the advertising industry. Today, the two-year flagship program has specialisations in brand management, research and analytics, advertising management and account planning. This year, MICA became the first institute in South Asia to offer a specialisation in digital communication management. The curriculum focus is on profit, planet and people — as Rao emphasises, "You cannot teach ethics in a class; it is an attitude and needs to become a way of life."
Coming to placement, its students get 100 per cent campus placement with 40 per cent getting into the communication industry… major print media companies hire its graduates on the management side as do other electronic media companies. "And now, because we have focussed on marketing and brand management, about 30 per cent of the recruiters come from FMCG companies like Procter and Gamble, Nestle and L'Oreal."
But in the last two years, says Rao, MICA has seen IT and technology companies such as Wipro, Cognizant and more recently Amazon , Google and Facebook coming for campus recruitment "because of their realisation that we do focus on the business space quite a bit." In one year, recruitment from digital/e-commerce companies has gone by 40 per cent, he adds.
The pay package averages around Rs. 9 lakh; "the IIMs and IITs are still ahead of us primarily because we combine strategic marketing and communication, people outside do not see us as a traditional B-school and in one way we're happy about it." Last year the highest salary offered was by Amazon ( Rs. 20 lakh), with HT Media snapping at its heels with Rs. 19 lakh. Rao says that while cracking the CAT is the first requirement for admission, what makes "MICA unique is that we look for somebody with not only strong analytical but simultaneously strong creative skills as well. And it's a myth to think if you have one you can't have the other.You can't run great companies by just number crunching and associated tasks, you also need strong communication skills. I won't say she has to be a slick communicator. We all bring different communication capabilities and styles, but what is required is an edge".
Skills and strategy
Another essential for a communication expert is a not only great skills but also strategy. "In terms of what are the best arguments, or given this audience before me, what is the best message I can get across and how." He warns that domain knowledge is an integral part in the success of any communication professional; so a communication person also needs expertise in management, education, journalismand so on. "A pure communication expert can cut across multiple domain functions within an organisation, but if he or she has an expertise in a particular area that combination is ideal."
Rao is certain that the leaders of tomorrow need to have strong task and relational competencies - strong IQ and EQ. To build thought leadership, MICA introduced a doctoral program — Fellow Programme in Management (Communication) four years ago. The first graduate recently took up a faculty position in a prestigious institute.
At the end of the day, his dream is to turn out students focused not only on the "practical" aspect of his education — the pay packet. "We are striving all the time to see how we can send out contributing citizens who will add value not only to corporates, but the community and the planet. That will happen not only when you use both sides of your brain but also your mind, body, heart and soul in whatever you do."


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From what I can find it can happen in any age, but it is most common in children under five. It's unusual for adults to get it because their breathing passages are larger and can accomodate the inflammation more easily. When adults do develop croup, it's not uncommon for them to need to be hospitalized.
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Published: May 31st 2011
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6 bed dorm The Park travellers lodge
Monday 9 May: we arrived in Wellington around 5 pm. I was staying in Base the next 4 nights, but was going to have dinner with Johan (Swe) and Carlos (Eng) first. Johan is a chief cook and he promised me that he was going to cook for me before he was flying out of Auckland the next day. First we walked to Downtown Backpackers which was a hostel very close to the ferry. When they were checked in we did grocery shopping and started cooking. Johan was making steak with mushroom/white wine sauce, roasted potatoes out of the oven and a salad with cucumber, tomato, feta, lettuce, avocado, red onion and carrots for us. Carlos and me helped with the cooking and were both watching Johan's cooking skills all the time, because we are both not the best cooks. When dinner was ready I enjoyed my best meal in the last 4,5 months. When dinner was finished we did the dishes and Carlos and me went to Base which was in the city centre of Wellington. I had to check in in Base first and then we went to the Basement Bar. But because it was Monday there was not
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much going on and Carlos went home. I stayed for a few drinks with a German girl called Sonja from the Stray Bus and went to bed.
Tuesday 10 May: Wellington is in my opinion the nicest city of the 3 biggest cities in New Zealand: Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington, because of its history, architecture and it's easy to get your head around it. It used to be the third biggest in population after Auckland and Christchurch, but a lot of people left Christchurch, because of the earthquakes and it became the second biggest. Wellington is also known for its earthquakes and is like Christchurch situated on a folt line. I didn't sleep very well last night, because in the dorm next to me there were a couple of English people from the Kiwi Experience partying in their room until 4 am. When I wanted to take a shower the next morning the showers were smelling like vomit so I went down to the reception to make a complaint. They said they would clean the showers within the next hour, they would ask the security to tell the people from the dorm next to us to reduce their noise
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and they gave me 4 free breakfast vouchers. I used one of these breakfast vouchers already that day and the breakfast consisted of thea, coffee, milk, orange jus, white or brown bread and cereals. After breakfast I asked a map at the reception and walked to the botanical gardens. Johan called me and we decided to meet up for guided tour in the parliament house at 1 pm. When the tour was finished Johan and Carlos went for lunch and I stayed longer to watch question time. After that I walked to the National Library of Wellington and passed the Railway Station, Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul, the Archives and the Westpac (Rugby stadium). When I arrived in the library I asked if they had free Wi-Fi and this was the case so I decided to come back on Thursday to go on internet. I walked back to the hostel (about 1 hour) through Bolton Street Memorial Park and on the way I bought a new jumper at Cotton On. After having noodles for dinner I met up with some people of the Stray Bus at Nomads at 7.30 pm for some last drinks, before they were flying out of
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Auckland. We went to a Bar called the Library, but everybody left early because most had to catch the Stray Bus the next morning at 6.45 am. I went back to Base and went to Christian and Alan's room for some drinks. Then we went to the Basement Bar again where they were showing the Master Series 1000 tennis tournament in Rome. After watching tennis I went to bed.
Wednesday 11 May: I woke up at 10.30 am, because I had to use my breakfast vouchers for 11 am every day. Then I walked to Mount Victoria for a great lookout over the city where I took some pictures. After that I walked to the waterfront, where I had lunch and after that I walked to the Te Papa Museum (NZ biggest museum). I stayed there between 2 and 5 pm and it was great. They had an exhibition about the colossal squid, other wildlife, the Maori culture, earthquakes and an art gallery. After that I walked to a 2 Degrees store (phone company) to ask if I could use my NZ credit in Fiji as well and how it was possible that some people didn't get my text
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messages. Unfortunately the office was closed and I had to come back the next day. Then I walked to the New World supermarket, where I bought egg fettuccine, minced meat and pasta sauce for that evening and the next day. When I came back in the hostel I had dinner and after that I had drinks with Christian and Alan again in their dorm. There were 7 guys/girls in their dorm and after the drinks we took the elevator downstairs. Suddenly we were stuck in the elevator and we had to wait half an hour before an engineer came to get us out. He had to pull us out from a hole in the roof of the elevator, because we were stuck between 2 floors and the doors couldn't open. We almost felt like we were playing in a movie. We heard that during the week Wednesday was the best day to go out so we started in the Basement Bar, then went to a bar called Establishment and we ended in a club called Lotus.
Thursday 12 May: I used the breakfast facilities in Base again. Then I walked to the 2 Degrees store to ask if I
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could use my NZ credit in Fiji as well and how it was possible that some people didn't get my text messages .The guy behind the counter told me that this was possible, because 2 Degrees is still a very young company and they don't have agreements with all the providers around the world. He also said I could use my credit in Fiji although the rates would be higher. Then I walked to the National Library to use the free Wi-Fi there. I had a lot of things to do on the internet so I stayed there until 5 pm. Then I walked back to Base and had the same dinner as the night before. In the evening I watched the movie " the Beach" with Leonardo di Caprio, packed my bags for next morning and went to bed.
Friday 13 May: I enjoyed my last breakfast at Base at 6.15 am and had a spare voucher that I gave to Sebastian (Ger). The Stray Bus to Auckland left at 6.45 am and would arrive in Auckland at 6 pm. We had 2 toilet-stops along the way as usual and stopped for lunch at the Park traveller's lodge
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in Tongariro National Park. There I met Johanna and Hein again and they joined us towards Auckland. When we arrived in Auckland I checked in in Nomads Fusion and then Johanna, Hein, Carlos, Peter (Eng), Karan (Ind) and me went for dinner at Velvet Burger next to our hostel. After that I brought Johanna to the bus stop where her airport taxi came and then I met up with Mandi in the hostel, because we decided to go to the Bay of Islands together for 2 days. We went to bed early, because we had an early start the next morning.
Saturday 14 May: Mandi and me got picked up at 7.30 am by our driver Lucky to go to the Bay of Islands. The Bay of Islands was not part of my Short Max Stray pass, that's why I had to upgrade with another pass. When we arrived in a small place called Pahia in the Bay of Islands, we checked in around 1 pm at Base Pipi Patch hostel first. We didn't have much time, because we were going on a boat cruise that afternoon at 1.30 pm to see dolphins, the islands and the hole in
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the rock. We really enjoyed that cruise, because the scenery was amazing and we took lots of pictures. We came back around 5 pm and I met Hein, Christian and Alan in our hostel. So funny to see that you keep meeting the same people over and over again. I was really tired so I took a nap for 2 hours. Then I took a shower and joined the rest for a nice bbq. At dinner we met 2 Norwegian girls (Silje and Sandra) and 2 Dutchies (Peter and Martijn) and we had a few drinks after dinner before we went to bed.
Sunday 15 May: we had to leave at 1.30 pm again towards Auckland so Mandi and me decided to take a ferry to a small place called Russell. Russell used to be the capital of New Zealand before Auckland and was famous for whaling. When we arrived in Russell we walked around the waterfront, and found out that a lot of people were dancing and singing on the street. We took a couple of nice pictures and took the ferry back. Then we took the Stray Bus back to Auckland and we arrived around 4.30 pm.
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Mandi and me did grocery shopping first and then I checked in at Nomads Fat Camel. We exchanged some pictures and after that Mandi went to a comedy show and I had noodles. After dinner I took the ferry to Devonport (a more historical part of Auckland and close to one of Auckland's volcanoes). Alana (a girl I met in Sweden during my study in Malmo in 2005) picked me up from the ferry and we went for a drink at a wine bar called Dida's. After 2 drinks she drove me around Devonport and showed me the beach, a volcano and a house that she owns with her brother. Then she brought me back to the ferry and I took a nice picture of the skyline of Auckland before I took the ferry. I walked back to the hostel and went to bed.
Monday 16 May: Mandi met me at the reception of Fat Camel at 10.15 am and we were picked up by a Stray Bus at 10.25 am for a free city tour in Auckland. We started at the Sky tower which is the highest tower in the Southern Hemisphere, then to went the waterfront and
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to the Viaduct where you find some nice bars and restaurants. After that to the Speights Brewery ,where we did some beer tasting and we ended with climbing the Auckland Harbour Bridge where we saw some guys bungee jumping. Around 4 pm the tour was finished and I promised Mandi to help her with some souvenir shopping, because she was almost leaving Auckland. Mandi went home and I enjoyed a complimentary dinner at the hostel (Irish stu). After dinner I decided to go to bed early. I didn't sleep very well the night before, because the beds where really bad.
Tuesday 17 May: I checked out and the Stray Bus picked me up at 7.30 am to go to Raglan, the most popular surf spot in New Zealand. We spotted some cows along the way and stopped at Bridal Veil Falls to look at the waterfalls. We had a supermarket stop as almost every day and our driver "Saltie" (with some help from a guy from San Fransisco called Derrick) decided to cook for us that evening and he wanted to cook bangers and mash. We all paid our driver 5 NZ dollar for dinner and I also bought
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15 Tiger beers with John (Eng) and Derrick (5 each), because the next 2 nights we would be able to bring our own alcohol to the hostels (that doesn't happen a lot in NZ, because most hostels in NZ like Australia have their own bar and any alcohol that you bring to the hostel will be confiscated). We arrived in Raglan around 1.45 pm and we had to check in quickly, because some of us wanted a surf lesson and they had to be ready at 2 pm. Me and some others had surf lessons in Australia before so we decided to rent a surfboard and wetsuit to improve our skills. It was fun to surf again after 3 months or so and I found out that it was quite tough to get back in to it. The sand on the beach in Raglan is black and the water is much colder than in Australia. After 2 hours of surfing finally I was able to stand up again and to surf some waves all the way to the beach. When we came back in the hostel we had dinner (bangers and mash) and John and I played 2 games of
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pool. After that we watched the movie "The Green Mile" with Tom Hanks and drunk a few beers. Finally we went to bed.
Wedneday 18 May: we left Raglan at 8 am and made our way towards Waitomo, famous for its caves and glow-worms. After doing a guided tour there we continued our way to Maketu, where we stayed with local Maori. We had a "Hangi" meal and learned about Maori traditions and modern day Maori in their purpose built marae (meeting house). Our driver already decided in the bus that the oldest guy on the bus (me) was going to be the chief and that meant that I was the leader (responsible) of our group. After dinner I had to tell the group to take their shoes off and then we entered the marae. The Maori tribe performed a war dance for us and after the dance the leader of their tribe would give me a challenge by putting a token on the floor (a leaf). I had to pick it up, but I wasn't supposed to step over it or let it drop and had to look in his eyes at all times, because otherwise it would
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be an insult and then the Maori tribe would attack us. The Maori man that organized the whole thing was 72 years old and he told me that the faith of my tribe was in my hands and if I made a mistake with the challenge we would leave Maketu the same evening and then we had to find accommodation in Rotorua. You can imagine that I was a bit nervous, but in the end everything worked out perfectly well. Then the boys had to learn the Haka (dance from the All Blacks) and the girls learned the Poi (Maori dance with a ball on a rope) and both groups had to show the dance to each other. Then we had a few drinks and went to bed.
Thursday 19 May: we left at 8 am after having toast with marmalade, cereals and tea for breakfast and headed into Rotorua for its smell (geothermal areas). Then we went rafting the highest commercial waterfall in the world. The waterfall was 7 meters high and our raft flipped over so we had to swim back to our raft. We got really wet and had to swim in the fast moving water
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of the rapids, but it was so much fun. After that we went to Haku Falls to take some pictures and then we went for a swim in a hot spring. Really relaxing! We arrived in Taupo around 3 pm and drove straight to the Skydiving centre where I was going to do my first skydive. I decided to for 12.000 feet and to go in the same plane as Charlie. Sandra (Nor) took some great pictures, so I didn't have to buy them, because with every activity in NZ you can buy pictures but they are really expensive. The skydive was fantastic, one of the best things I have ever done. The scenic flight itself was amazing for the view over the biggest lake in NZ (Lake Taupo), Mount Doom (Lord of the Rings) and Mount Ruapehu.I can't describe the adrenaline you feel when you hang outside of an airplane at such a height. The free fall was amazing and when the parachute opened my instructor told me that I was able to control the parachute myself. When I landed we had to take our gear of and then we took a limousine back to our hostel called Urban
Charlie (Ned) and me skydiving in Taupo
Retreat in Taupo. We decided to go for a meal deal with the whole group and that was chilli con carne. I also did my laundry and we went out with the whole group and our driver to the Element Bar (Base).
Friday 20 May: we left a 9 am and drove around Lake Taupo where we stopped to take some pictures. We followed our way to the Central Plateau, then headed down a windy road into the most remote part of the North Island. Our destination was Blue Duck Lodge, a 9.000 acre high country farm that is both a working farm and an environmental and conservation leader. The activities we could do that day were jet boating on the Whanganui river, horse riding or hunting, but I was so tired of the last days that I decided to chill out, so after checking in I went to sleep for 3 hours. Blue Duck Lodge was a really nice hostel, because everything was made out of wood and the matrasses where really thick. I only went out for noodles in the evening and then I worked on my blog for a while before I went to bed.
Charlie (Ned) and me skydiving Taupo
Saturday 21 May: we had to wake up really early and departed at 6.30 am. We made our way to the active volcanoes and dual World Heritage area of Tongariro National Park. Today we had the chance to do what is rated as one of the world's best one day walks- the "Tongariro Alpine Crossing" We arrived at Admit Centre, where we could hire our equipment for the day and I needed a fleece long sleeve, hats and gloves. We all went in a bus and the bus took us to the start of the crossing. The crossing was great and we saw Mount Ngauruhoe (also known as Mount Doom from Lord of the Rings) and Mount Ruapehu. When we came back we had to bring our gear back to Admit Centre and then the bus drove us to our beautiful alpine lodge where we would spend the night. We checked in, had a bacon and beef burger for dinner and then we went in the hot tub.
Sunday 22 May: I decided to extend my stay in this beautiful hostel and to take the stray Bus the next day to Auckland. The beds (matrasses) where very comfortable and
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the hostel had a huge kitchen, restaurant, bar, widescreen TV and a hot tub as I mentioned before. I woke up early to book another night accommodation and to say goodbye to the people from the Stray Bus, because I had been travelling with them since Auckland. I also said goodbye to my favourite driver in NZ so far, "Saltie". He was really funny, new a lot about the country and arranged everything for us. I skyped with my mother, called World Ticket Centre to see if I could change my flight to Fiji (want to leave earlier, because I have seen everything I wanted in NZ and want to have a bit more time in Fiji). They said I had to call back the next day, because there was nobody there who could change my booking. I watched NBA basketball, sorted out my pictures, worked on my blog, had noodles for dinner and watched the French Open (Grand Slam Tennis Tournament in Paris) in the evening. That night we were woken up at 2.30 am, because of a fire alarm. Luckily it was false and we went back to bed.
Monday 23 May: because of the false fire
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alarm that woke everybody up in the middle of the night, the reception decided everybody could check out one hour later the next day. So I woke up at 10 am, checked out at 11 am and went on the internet for another hour before the Stray Bus left to Auckland at 12 pm. "Saltie" drove very fast and only took one toilet stop along the way, so we arrived in Auckland at 4.30 pm. I decided to stay in the YHA City hostel, because both Nomads hostels (Fusion and Fat Camel) I stayed in before were not great. I also didn't want to stay in Base again, because I already stayed there so many nights in Australia and New Zealand. Both Norwegian girls (Sandra and Silje) joined me and after dropping our backpacks I went to a Flight Centre and STA travel to see how much a one way ticket from Auckland to Nadi (Fiji) would cost me. If it would be cheaper than changing my flight to a different date (175 euro) I would have done that, but it turned out to be more expensive. After having noodles for dinner, Sandra, Silje and me went to the cinema
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to Pirates of the Caribbean 4. After that Silje went home and Sandra and me went to a 24 hour sports bar to watch the French Open till about 3 am. When I came home I called World Ticket Centre again and I asked if I could fly out the next day and they said I could and send me a pay link. Then I went to bed.
Tuesday 24 May: I woke up at 9 am, because I had to check out at 10 am and would normally fly at 1 pm and that meant I had to be at the airport at 11 am. In the morning I checked my email again and I found out that World Ticket Centre sent me an email that said that they couldn't change my ticket in the end and that they would transfer the 175 euro back to my credit card. Then I had breakfast with Sandra and Silje and went back to bed again. They went to Waiheke Island just outside of Auckland with the ferry. I slept until 4 pm, went for a run for 1 hour, came back in the hostel, did my laundry, went to the
death animal Waitomo Caves
supermarket and had noodles for dinner. At 8 pm World Ticket Centre opened again (10 hours time difference) and I asked them if they could book me on a flight to Fiji on 25 May. They said they couldn't make any changes in my booking anymore, because Quantas had taken over my ticket, since they made a change in my flight before between Melbourne and Christchurch. So I called Quantas and they were able to change my ticket to 25 May. Then I went to the Albion Sports Bar again to watch the French Open and saw Nadal beating John Isner in a long 5 set match. When I came home at 4.30 am, Sandra and Silje had to wake up, because their flight was leaving at 7 am. I said goodbye to them and went to bed.
Wednesday 25 May: I woke up at 9 am, checked out before 10 am, took the 10 am airbus to the airport and arrived at the airport around 10.30 am. I checked in at Air Pacific and bought some new headphones with my last NZ dollars at Duty Free. My flight left at 12.55 pm to Nadi.
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Film: Hazy future for underfunded FFMPitched battle between Festival des films du monde and Quebec funding agency SODEC leaves film fest's coffers nearly barren
A brief history of the Festival des films du mondeThe first edition of the FFM was held in 1977. It was the only edition in which there was no official competition. Guests for the inaugural edition included Ingrid Bergman, Jean-Luc Godard, Howard Hawks, Fay Wray, Gloria Swanson.
Bringing Up Baby: See Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, a leopard and a dinosaur on a big screenShowing real films (not DVDs) on a big screen for an audience, that's the raison d'etre of Le Cineclub The Film Society. Tonight's (Sunday, Dec.8, 2013) film is Bringing Up Baby, a so-called "screwball comedy" from 1938.
American film noir and French horror, Thursday at the Cinémathèque QuébécoiseThe Cinémathèque Québecoise is a treasure house of cinema, films that are on film (not on DVDs). If you are free this afternoon at 4 p.m. you can catch the classic film noir The Big Sleep, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.


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Chief Minister unveils statue of veteran CPI leader Baddam Yella Reddy
YSR promises to allocate five acres for memorial of Yella Reddy CPI Floor leader says a trust will be started in memory of Yella Reddy
KARIMNAGAR: The dreams of Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Baddam Yella Reddy, the first parliamentarian of Karimnagar district, will be fulfilled on completion of the SRSP flood flow canal, Yellampalli (Sripadasagar) and Mid Manair Dam (MMD) projects and by providing additional ayacut in the district.
Speaking after unveiling the bronze statue of Mr. Yella Reddy on the Karimnagar bypass road, on the outskirts of town on Monday, Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy said keeping in mind the vision of Mr. Yella Reddy all efforts would be made to provide additional ayacut with the completion of irrigation projects in the district.
Lauding the services of the late CPI leader who fought against the British and waged a war against the Nizam, he promised to allocate five acres for the memorial of Mr. Yella Reddy in the district.
Minister for Sports M. Satyanarayana Rao said Mr. Yella Reddy was instrumental in organising Andhra Maha Sabha in Karimnagar. Nalgonda MP Suvaram Sudhakar Reddy also recollected his services for the late leader.
`Proud moment'
CPI floor leader in the Assembly Chada Venkat Reddy said it was a proud moment to have the statue of Mr. Rella Reddy unveiled on the occasion of his birth centenary celebrations.


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Amy Regilman, of Hastings, Minn, will display her senior art exhibit at UW-River Falls from Nov. 15-25.
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Agbimuddin mystery: Is he in Sabah or Tawi-Tawi?
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LAHAD DATU, Sabah—The whereabouts of the 72-year-old Agbimuddin Kiram who led the armed Sulu intrusion into Tanduo village here in February remain a mystery.
Agbimuddin, the younger brother of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram, disappeared without a trace after he "fled" Lahad Datu on March 11 as Malaysian security forces recaptured Tanduo in a massive police and military offensive.
Security forces are certain that he fled to an island in Tawi-Tawi province in southern Philippines close to Sabah, but family members insist he is in Lahad Datu waging a guerrilla war.
Tawi-Tawi officials believe that Agbimuddin is with a network of sympathizers and has kept a low profile to avoid being detained by the government, which has ordered his arrest for waging a war with a foreign country.
It has also been speculated that Agbimuddin, a former assistant district officer of Kudat, Sabah, in the early 1970s, was killed by his bodyguard in Tanduo and buried in an unmarked grave sometime after the Malaysian air and ground offensive to flush out the Sulu intruders began on March 5.
Still alive
In an interview with The Star newspaper of Malaysia, Sabah Police Commissioner Hamza Taib said the police believed Agbimuddin was still alive and was hiding in an island in his home country.
"Agbimuddin is definitely not in Lahad Datu. They can fly kites if they want to keep insisting that Agbimuddin is in Lahad Datu, hiding and moving from one place to another," Hamza said when asked about the persistent claims by the Sulu sultanate's spokesman, Abraham Idjirani, that Agbimuddin is still in Sabah fighting a guerrilla war.
But Hamza did not rule out the possibility that Agbimuddin was still planning to wage a guerrilla war against Sabah.
Hamza said he suspected that Agbimuddin's family members were insisting that he was still in Sabah because he had made many promises (before the intrusion) to his followers, who were now dead or facing criminal charges in Malaysia.
"So to prevent him from being killed (in Philippines), they have to say that Agbimuddin is in Lahad Datu and still fighting," he said, adding there had been no clashes between followers of the Sulu sultanate and security forces in Sabah since the intrusion was put down in early April.
Tanduo has since been closed to the public, with a security base set up at the seaside village and the state government working to relocate more than 20 local families in the area.
Agbimuddin and about 200 followers of the sultan of Sulu crossed the Sulu Sea from Tawi-Tawi in early February to reclaim Sabah, the Sulu sultanate's ancestral land.
Hiding in forest
In a telephone interview with The Star in Manila, Idjirani, who is the brother-in-law of Agbimuddin, insisted that Agbimuddin was still "somewhere in Lahad Datu" waging a guerrilla war against Sabah.
Idjirani, however, did not know the exact location of his brother-in-law.
"I know that he is hiding in a forest and has adopted guerrilla tactics and is moving from one place to another around Tanduo," he said.
Idjirani claimed that he frequently spoke to Agbimuddin.
"In fact, I spoke to him two days ago. He called us and told us that there was an encounter between the Royal Sulu Army and the Malaysian security forces in Mile 9 in Lahad Datu on June 16 and Labian on June 18," he said.
Idjirani said he believed that Malaysian security forces could not locate Agbimuddin because he was no longer using his cell phone.
"He is no longer using his cell phone, unlike in March (during the aerial bombings). He realized that using his cell phone would lead to detection," Idjirani said.
He said Agbimuddin and his followers were seasoned fighters.
"Even though the Malaysian forces have more firepower they cannot defeat them," Idjirani said, adding that the Malaysian security forces were careful not to engage the Sulu group in direct confrontations.
35 arrested
Thirty-five followers of Agbimuddin were arrested by Philippine authorities after they returned from Lahad Datu, and recently the National Bureau of Investigation recommended various criminal charges—including waging war with a foreign country—be brought against Agbimuddin and his followers who entered Tanduo between Feb 9 and 12.
Seventy-three fighters from Agbimuddin's group were killed (59 bodies have been recovered) in the nearly eight-week armed showdown with Malaysian security forces.
Malaysian police have arrested 184 people and charged 31 with various criminal offenses, including waging war against the Malaysian king. Their cases are now in court.
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Progressive Catholic bishop Walter Sullivan dies
In the wake of the national sex abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic church, Sullivan was chastised by many for not admitting that the Richmond diocese had had priests accused of molesting children in the 1970s and `80s until after victims came forward. Three priests were ousted from the diocese in the wake of the national Catholic organization adopting new rules for dealing with allegations in 2002.
"As a bishop, he took risks to try to create an atmosphere in the church where all literally all could find their place in the Church," the Rev. Michael Renninger, now a priest at St. Mary Catholic Church in Richmond, told The Virginian-Pilot.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, who is Catholic, said in a statement that he "admired his love of life and passion to protect it, and his enthusiastic ministry to and advocacy for the poor."
Tim Kaine, a former Richmond mayor and U.S. senator-elect who is also Catholic, said Sullivan's commitment to those ignored by society inspired him.
"Today, the City of Richmond and the Commonwealth of Virginia are more welcoming, more inclusive, and stronger communities because of his work," Kaine said in a statement.
Sullivan was born in Washington, D.C., in 1928 and received his seminary education at St. Charles College and St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore.
He was ordained as a priest for the Diocese of Richmond in 1953 and received a degree in Canon law from Catholic University in 1960.
In 1970, Sullivan was ordained as auxiliary bishop for the Richmond diocese; four years later, he was installed as bishop.
Sullivan took mandatory retirement in 2003 at the age of 75.
The Diocese of Richmond is one of the oldest in the country, established in 1820 from part of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The diocese is home to 220,000 Catholics, and stretches from Virginia's Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap on the Tennessee and Kentucky borders, a distance of 535 miles.
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