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Springfield Park
Springfield park is a local park which is located between the towns of Heywood and Rochdale in the city of Manchester. The park is relatively small in comparison to other Manchester parks but still has some great qualities.
In the center of the park is a lake which is home to geese, ducks and other small birds. There is a small fence around the lake and visitors are encouraged not to climb over this but the birds and geese can still be fed. There is a children's play area and usually an ice cream van on site.
There are Tennis courts and a small football court which can be used completely free of charge and over the hill of the park looking downwards there is a running track.
I come here often to walk my dogs and is beautiful in the winter months when the lake is frozen over, it is also very nice in the summer too.
There is no entrance fee to the park and there are many car parking spaces too which are free of charge. As the park is located on a main road you would also be able to get there by bus too. You could get here using the bus 471 from Rochdale bus station and you could get from Manchester Shudehill to Rochdale bus station on the number 17 bus.
It is a nice little place to stop if you are in and around the area and you want to see some town folk.
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Hollingworth Lake
Hollingworth Lake was built in 1804 to supply water to the Rochdale Canal, the lake is surrounded by a vast country side which includes lots of hiking trails, camping sites and a water activity centre.
There is an old rumour that the lake was built over the top of an old town and when the lake starts to evaporate in the hot summer months people have said that they have seen the top of the old church spire starting to pierce through the water.
Hollingworth Lake is very dog friendly and most people walking round the lake will be accompanied by a dog, the walk around the lake itself is 1 and a half miles long and as you walk further around the leg you will find yourself in a woodland area where you can stroll off the main walk into some of the purpose built bird watching areas.
The Water Activity Centre on Lake Bank caters for groups and individuals wanting instruction in windsurfing, dinghy sailing and other water-based sports, and also arranges training for groups in mountain biking and climbing.
The wider Country Park has plenty of walking routes, from easy strolls around the lake shore to sturdier trecks in the surrounding hills. Guidebooks can be bought at the visitors centre which will show you all of the different walks available.
Parking at Hollingworth Lake can sometimes be quite difficult, there are 2 main car parks which are pay and display. This means that you have to purchase your parking ticket when you park up your car, stick it to your car window and be back in your car before the ticket expires. The main car park is in the Fayre and Square pub which you will probably see first as you come to the lake.
2nd car park - Continue forward towards "The Wine Press" pub (Bikers pub) and turn left just before you get to it - there is the 2nd car park.
I would highly recommend NOT parking on the main road near opposite the lake or in the residential streets beside the lake as ticket wardens are almost guaranteed to be there especially on sunny days and at the weekend.
You can get the number 452, 455 & 456 bus from Rochdale bus station to Hollingworth Lake. You can get the number 17 bus from Manchester Shudehill to Rochdale bus station if you are coming from the city centre.
You can get the buses 452 & 455 if you are coming from Littleborough.
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The Pioneers Museum
In 1832 the Rochdale Friendly Co-operative Society was founded by local weavers.In 1833, inspired by the enthusiasm for the ideas of Robert Owen, the society opened its own shop at 15 Toad Lane. This first shop only lasted two years before it was forced to close.
In 1844 the Rochdale economy was in another of those dizzying nose-dives that once again led to wage reductions which in turn triggered strikes. Unemployed weavers meeting at the Socialist Institute and no doubt debating Chartist and Owenism philosophies established a new society. These Rochdale Pioneers formulated the Rochdale Principles upon which their version of co-operation were founded. These principles were:
1. Democratic control, one member one vote and equality of the sexes.
2. Open membership.
3. A fixed rate of interest payable on investment.
4. Pure, unadulterated goods with full weights and measures given.
5. No credit.
6. Profits to be divided pro-rata on the amount of purchase made (the divi).
7. A fixed percentage of profits to be devoted to educational purposes.
8. Political and religious neutrality.
With money raised from the original 28 subscribers, a shop was founded in a warehouse at 31 Toad Lane and it was equipped and stocked.
The shop opened on the 21st of December, 1844. By 1848 the Co-operative had 140 members. At first only a few basic commodities like butter, sugar, flour, oatmeal and candles were sold.
That shop, situated in the conservation area around Toad Lane in Rochdale, has now been converted into a museum. Inside the original building you can see museum room displaying original documents and artefacts Upstairs, in a room used by the Pioneers used for educational purposes, is an assembly room for meetings and exhibitions.
The beehive, which used to stand atop the now demolished Central Store of the Co-Operative Society at 45-51 Toad Lane, has been preserved and incorporated into the outside wall of the museum. The beehive was used to symbolise industry.
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Touchstones Museum
The Touchstones museum is a lovely little museum dedicated to life in and around Rochdale over the centuries. There is a nice collection of artifacts and memoribilia that span the years and bring the memories of Rochdale people to life.
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St Chad's Church
Records for this Church go as far back as 1194. In 1840 the churchyard was the scene of a violent dispute between John Bright and the vicar Rev J Molesworth about Church rates. At a further meeting the Riot Act was read and the vicar was smuggled away by the military. In the chuch yard you will find some stocks which were last used in 1822.
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The Pioneers Museum
The Pioneers museum tells the story of a group of men who got together in 1844 to form a co-operative which provided affordable food for the communities of Rochdale. The co-operative was a huge success with many co-operative stores still trading throughout the UK. There is a small charge for this delightful little museum although the kind lady working there at the time of our visit did not charge us because one or two of the exhibition lights were not working.
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Rochdale Borough Council's Award winning arts and heritage centre located in Rochdale town centre just two minutes from town centre shops and bus station. Here you will find a 'hands on' museum for all the family, four splendid art galleries, local studies centre, cafe and shop. It is also home to Rochdale Tourist Information Centre. The museum has some great exhibitions and artefacts on display together with many interactive and hands on exhibits.
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Rochdale Town Hall
Rochdale Town Hall is a Victorian-era municipal building. It is a great looking building and has been recognised as being one of the finest municipal buildings in the country. It is rated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. The Town Hall functions as the ceremonial headquarters of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council and houses local government departments, including the borough's civil registration office.
Built in the Gothic Revival style at a cost of £160,000 it was inaugurated for the governance of the Municipal Borough of Rochdale on 27 September 1871. The architect, William Henry Crossland, was the winner of a competition held in 1864. Upon completion, the Town Hall had a 240-foot clock tower topped by a wooden spire with a gilded statue of Saint George and the Dragon. The spire and statue were destroyed by fire on 10 April 1883, leaving the building without a spire for four years. A new 191-foot stone clock tower and spire in the style of Manchester Town Hall was designed by Alfred Waterhouse, and erected in 1888 as a replacement.
During our visit we had a look inside to admire the lavishly decorated foyer. This is the only area open to the public with the exception of Fridays when there is an organised tour which will take you to see some of the other rooms of this delightful building. (Ring number below for details of tours).
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Rochdale Castle
Rochdale had a motte and bailey Castle that was built in the early post Norman Conquest period and stood on what is now Castle Hill. The Castle was abandoned in the early 13th century.
The mound, is some 100 feet across at the base and flat topped and the bailey was to the South and an irregular square shape and was quite large at approximately 120 feet by 100 feet and was surrounded by an earth rampart with a ditch. The rampart is still intact on the east, west and part of the south sides
The castle was abandoned in the early 13th century.
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Hollingworth Lake
The Rochdale Canal opened over its whole length from Manchester to Sowerby Bridge in 1804. This made it the first Trans-Pennine canal, beating the Huddersfield Canal by 7 years and the Leeds and Liverpool canal by 12 years. The original concept for the Trans-Pennine portion of the Rochdale Canal had proposed a 1.6 mile tunnel between Walsden and Sladen. In the end the tunnel was dropped as a navigation option and replaced by a large number of locks which took the canal over a summit level of 600 feet.
Whilst the canal took advantage of the routes created by natural waterways, it did not interfere or draw water from the natural rivers and streams. Water for the canal was provided by a series of reservoirs. Operating the 92 locks over the summit required a constant and copious water supply. A number of reservoirs were constructed on the Blackstone Edge, including the 90 acre White Holme Reservoir north-east of the village of Summit.
Without question the most famous of the reservoirs, built to supply water to the canal, was Hollingworth Lodge which lies a short distance from Rochdale at Smithy Bridge. The term Lodge referred to the fact that this was a storage place for water. The water body soon became known as Hollingworth Lake.
Unlike the reservoirs constructed in the deeply incised valley of the Pennines, Hollingworth Lake posed some construction problems since there was no natural depression. The normal method of reservoir construction, involving one dam across the mouth of a valley, would not work here. In fact, three earthen walls or embankments were constructed. The Hollingworth Bank cut off the Ealees Valley which runs to Littleborough. The Fens Bank runs across the northern shore. The third embankment was the Shaw Moss Bank which marked the southern boundary of the lake. In all the lake created covered 120 acres, including about 40 acres of low-lying marshland in the vicinity of Rakewood.
It is now a popular place for walking or Hiring of rowing boats.. There are many cafe's shops and restaurants
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Town Hall
Rochdale Town Hall was opened on September 7th, 1871 with a ceremony befitting this fine Victorian building designed by William Crossland. When proposed in 1864 it was recommended that £20,000 be spent on a suitable building. When it was completed, the remarkable building with its 240 foot high wooden spire topped by a gilded statue of St. George, cost £155,000.
It is still highly regarded for its outstanding stained glass window, grand staircase and the hammer beam roof in the Great Hall.
Twelve years after it was opened a fire, visible 10 miles away, destroyed the tower. The building remained spireless for 4 years before Alfred Waterhouse, the architect responsible for Manchester Town Hall, completed a fine stone replacement.
Rumour has it that Adolf Hittler (had he managed to invade and conqour England) was going to have the Town Hall dismantled and rebuilt in Germany
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Parish Church
There has been a church on the top of Sparrow Hill looking down on the River Roch since the 12th Century. The first vicar, Geoffrey, the Dean of Whalley, was appointed in 1194. The building that you see today is much changed from that original structure. Much of it dates back to Saxon times but there have been further revisions. There is an unsuported legend that St. Chad, to whom the church is dedicated, visited Rochdale in 669 or 670.
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Vanishing Mustangs: Are America's Wild Horses In Danger of Disappearing?
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A small band of mustangs lopes around their pasture at feeding time at Return to Freedom Wild Horse Sanctuary.
Wild horses have roamed the western United States for hundreds of years, ever since Spanish conquistadors brought them over during early explorations in the 1500s. But really, the horse has a far longer history on this continent. The horse actually evolved on the North American continent and did not die out until about 10,000 years ago. The more modern horses that arrived with the Spaniards were, in a way, returning home.
Since those new arrivals escaped or were turned loose, the wild mustang has become an iconic figure in American history. Their role in Native American culture, their status as a symbol of freedom and power, and their history in the founding of the west are all part of what makes this animal particularly special.
Yet, the mustang is disappearing from the west, and sadly it is with the help of the American government.
Finding Sanctuary In The WestNestled in the hills of the central coast of California is a 300-acre ranch that is home to bands of wild horses. Return to Freedom, a non-profit wild horse sanctuary based in Lompoc, rescues mustangs that have been rounded up by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the government organization in charge of the federal lands on which wild horses reside as well as the care and management of the wild horses themselves. Here at the sanctuary, pastures have been carved out of the rolling hills and in each are small herds of wild horses driven from their home ranges across the west.
Founded in 1998 by Neda DeMayo, Return to Freedom focuses on allowing mustangs to exist freely on the sanctuary in family bands as they would in the wild, and in keeping horses from the same areas together in herds. For example, mustangs rescued from a round-up in Hart Mountain, Oregon remain together in one pasture, while those rescued from a round-up from the Challis Herd Management Area in Idaho stay together in another.
As I walked through the sanctuary's pastures, it was evident the diversity of mustangs to be found in different areas -- this band showing traits of their Spanish origin with dun coloring featuring black-tipped ears and faint zebra striping on their legs, and that band with their taller stature and red roan coloring showing the results of intermingling with various stock and draft horses turned loose by ranchers and farmers over the decades. The term "mustang" is truly an umbrella term with many unique strains having evolved over centuries in isolated areas, and Return to Freedom strives to maintain the varied heritages.
A State of Semi-Wildness
Without being forced to interact with people, the herds maintain varied states of wildness. Opening the gate and entering one pasture, I might be met with standoffish horses that would move off if I came too close or tensing up if I made a strange movement. But in another pasture I might have a horse walk right up to me, eager to see what I was doing, nibble on my cameras and perhaps receive a few pats on the neck. It is the horses' choice how much interaction they have with visitors, and even those in the smallest corrals have enough room to keep their distance.
Meanwhile, older or injured horses are looked after by the sanctuary's equine manager, a happy but task-oriented woman who was forever running around the ranch catching up a foal for medication, or looking into how a mustang with strained triceps was doing in the barn where wounded horses heal, or fixing a busted pipe that fed the water troughs. Under the care of a concerned staff, there are certainly benefits to living here that the rescued horses would find no where else. Yet, the sanctuary cannot provide what wild living can: huge tracts of land over which to graze, migrate, form new bands and be truly wild. Even at this haven, the bands are in relatively small pastures and are fed hay twice a day for lack of free-growing forage.
While Return to Freedom is currently too small an operation to provide the vast acreage needed to mimic a wild habitat, the goals of the sanctuary are larger than just housing and re-homing wild horses, a monumental task in itself. The focus of Return to Freedom is educating the public about the plight of mustangs and creating a model for more sustainable mustang management that can be used by the BLM for wild horses. The ultimate goal of the sanctuary, no matter how idealistic, is exactly as the name suggests: to return a state of wild freedom to mustangs which has been etched away by decades of poor government management.
The Mustang ProblemWhile mustangs might be an idyllic part of the American landscape, they are also a deeply controversial subject. Horse lovers and many conservationists want these animals to remain part of the western ranges, but cattle ranchers view mustangs as competition for free-range forage for their cattle while still others view mustangs as a non-native, feral species destructive to fragile habitats. Caught in the middle of the debate are the dwindling numbers of wild horses still living across the west.
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A mustang watches her band move through scrub brush.
As late as the 1800s, there were an estimated 2 million wild horses across the western states alongside tens of millions of bison and other grazing species. Meanwhile, livestock production began to skyrocket in the 1850s and 1860s. As numbers of domestic cattle reached 35-40 million head, mustang numbers plummeted alongside numbers of other grazing species and predator species.
Eventually the use of planes and helicopters to run horses off the range and into holding pens became common. Forced to run at full speed for long periods of time, many horses didn't survive round-ups and those that did were torn from their family bands and badly injured. It wasn't until 1971 that Congress passed the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (WFRHBA) giving legal protection to mustangs and sparing them from capture, harassment, branding and death. Or at least, that what it says on paper.
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A mustang stallion in the early morning sunlight.
Difficult and cruel round-ups continue to this day as pressures against wild horses persist. Decades after it was recognized that the wild horse was in danger of disappearing, the mustang is still on the chopping block. Since the WFHBA passed, rangeland designated for wild horses and burros has declined by 21.5 million acres. Today, there are fewer than 35,000 wild horses on some 27 million acres of federally managed land while millions of head of privately-owned cattle graze across some 245 million acres of public lands, including those acres designated for wild horses.
Privately-Owned Cattle Vs Wild Horses
An argument for this skewed ratio is that cows and sheep grazing on public lands are used for human consumption. They are an economic benefit, and a commodity. Wild horses are not necessarily either so don't cattle and sheep take priority? But again, these are public lands, not lands owned by ranchers -- public lands where other species should find refuge in a country where there is less and less human-free space in which to exist.
While the idea of mustangs as competition might have been a leaky but possible argument for managing herd numbers 150 years ago as the cattle industry was taking off, today it is an argument that cannot hold water at all. In fact, the reverse could be argued that cattle ranching is direct competition for the few mustangs left in the wild. Yet, the Bureau of Land Management has primarily bent to the will of the loud and powerful voice of cattle ranchers, offering a fault-filled program for managing mustangs that includes using tax-payer money to conduct annual round-ups that are often fatal for many of the horses captured.
The Wrong Round UpPerhaps the most controversial subject surrounding wild horses, and the topic that gained widespread public interest in the plight of mustangs in the 1950s, is the methods and results of round-ups. Wild horses rounded up are often separated from their family bands, badly injured, strained by the intense running and stress of the journey, malnourished and dehydrated. But the problems for these wild horses merely begin here. If they make it through a round-up, they are kept in short-term and long-term holding pens.
Once here, the BLM attempts to adopt them out. This process could take years for some horses, especially those with a more fiery spirit that are deemed to be difficult or dangerous. The BLM has authority to sell horses over 10 years old (a still fairly young age for a horse that can live as long as 30 years) or younger horses that could not be adopted out after three tries. Often, these sold horses go straight to slaughter houses in Canada and Mexico for horse meat markets in France, Belgium, China and Japan.
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Mustangs are able to maintain their herd dynamics when living at the Return to Freedom sanctuary.
All signs point to the fact that this is done to make room for cattle. The less competition for forage from horses, the more there is for cows and sheep. However, while it is true that proper management of horse populations is necessary, it is not the case that horses stand up as serious competition for cattle, nor do they cause the amount of damage to ecosystems that is often claimed as an excuse to further reduce numbers.
Misplaced Blame for Habitat Destruction
According to American Wild Horse Preservation (AWHP), "But reports by the General Accounting Office and the National Academy of Sciences dispute such claims: BLM has never presented any evidence that horses destroy habitat, nor that their population levels are what it claims they are. In fact, reducing horse populations in a given area has a negligible effect on range conditions: after massive wild horse roundups, herd areas show little or no improvement, especially in instances when cattle numbers remain the same (or increase)."
Though mustangs' impact on an ecosystem depends on many factors such as the number of animals and type of ecosystem, it is not often that wild horses live up to the blame placed on them as destructive forces. AWHP notes that the biology of the horse from the way it clips the grass with its teeth to the way it digests forage to the way it ranges farther away from riparian habitat than cattle illustrates the way it is less destructive to ecosystems than cattle. Even in the arid desert ecosystems of the southwest, horses have both positive and negative impacts. The negative includes soil compaction along established trails, yet the positive includes increased native plant diversity near the trails and anywhere feces was left by roaming horses.
The more animals per acre, the more problems occur, but with wild horse numbers at just a minute fraction of the numbers of cattle on these public lands, it's not likely horses are the species causing the most damage.
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Return to Freedom tries to preserve family bands while rescuing rounded-up mustangs, however some herds like the one above form after arrival at the sanctuary.
Native? Non-Native? Does It Matter?
A problem for mustang conservationists is that most experts do not regard the mustang as a native species and it is regarded as a feral, not wild species. There are still wild horses in the world that have not been domesticated, such as the Przewalski's horse, and breeds that have been feral for centuries such as the Koniks in the United Kingdom that help keep marshlands healthy through their grazing patterns, or the white Camargue horses of southern France, which are thought to be one of the oldest breeds in the world and have lived wild for perhaps thousands of years. Yet, the species is known primarily as a domesticated species, and those running free are merely escapees. This perception of the horse as belonging in paddocks on farms and not roaming free is often what keeps people questioning if the mustang is a species worth protecting. Indigenous species, or rather those that have been roaming free across North America longer than the horse once it arrived again, are protected first even at the expense of the mustang.
For example, as recently as two months ago on September 2, the Las Vegas Review Journal reported that "Federal officials have approved a final management plan for the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Nevada that calls for the removal of all wild horses and burros from it within five years." This is because the reserve was created for pronghorn antelope and mustangs are thought to have a negative impact on the habitat, though horse advocacy groups say that the reverse is true, that horses and burros have lived in the area well before the refuge as created and help to minimize wildfires through their grazing. Currently, there are over 2,500 antelope in the refuge and nearly 1,000 horses.
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Mustang stallions gather at a water trough.
Indeed, there are often times when wild horse populations are not only neutral in impact on other wildlife but serve to help other species. As AWHP notes, " Another positive effect of wild horses on biodiversity was documented in the case of the Coyote Canyon horses in the Anza Borrega National Park (California). After wild horses were all removed from the Park to increase big horn sheep population, bighorn sheep mortality actuality skyrocketed: mountain lions, wild horse predators, compensated the loss of one of their prey species by increasing their predation on other species."
Rebuilding Support for Mustangs
While the arguments against wild mustangs are loud and clear, also worthy of attention are the arguments for wild mustangs, but the voices behind the horses do not tend to be as loud as those behind freeing space for cattle. Even if one places indigenous species above mustangs, should not the mustangs be placed above domesticated and privately-owned cattle on the scheme of how public lands are used?
Not only is it not entirely (or at all) the fault of wild horses for degradation of public lands or impacts on other grazing species, but the existing protections put forward decades ago to keep mustangs as part of the west are, for the most part, ignored or countered to the point that the breed remains in decline.
"Despite the BLM's claims to the contrary, there are not too many wild horses and burros on public lands; there are too few. To put the issue in perspective, the BLM currently manages 245 million acres of land; wild horses and burros are currently managed on under 32 million of these acres -- a mere 13 percent of all BLM lands. Meanwhile wild horses and burros have been reduced to 1 percent of their population at the turn of the 20th century. While millions of cows and sheep graze on public lands, the BLM -- capitulating to the political pressure of the livestock industry -- set the upper population targets for wild horses and burros for FY 2009 at a paltry 23,663 and 2,915 respectively," reports Managing for Extinction.
Today, there are more mustangs in government holding facilities than there are in the wild, costing tax payers some $60 million a year. Everyone on both sides of the debate around mustangs agrees that the current methods used by the BLM to manage wild horses is expensive and ineffective.
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One of the biggest challenges for wild horses is having enough land to roam. A primary goal for Return to Freedom is to buy a plot of land large enough to be self-sufficient in both water and forage for rescued bands of mustangs.
In a document on feral horses (PDF), The Wildlife Society reports that, "The total cost of rounding up and maintaining feral horses has been rising rapidly, from $38.8 million in FY07 to $63.9 million in FY10... Costs are projected to increase in the coming years if the program does not change, especially as adoption rates are slowing. Given continuing feral horse population growth, looming federal deficits, budget reductions, and other priority needs for conservation, this program is likely unsustainable."
No one on any side of the debate is against utilizing management strategies. It is clear to everyone that letting wild horses roam without population control or outside of public lands would be a mistake. Yet there are smarter, more cost-effective, humane and sustainable strategies for managing wild herds put forward by wild horse advocacy groups.
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Caring for the mustangs is a 24/7 job, including feeding twice a day as the sanctuary doesn't have enough free-growing grass, especially in fall and winter, to support the herds.
Sustainable Mustang ManagementReturn to Freedom works to establish and promote more sustainable herd management strategies. Not only is maintaining family bands and the natural behaviors of wild horses important to the sanctuary, but so too is providing a haven for unique strains of mustangs.
For instance, in a corral in the center of the ranch are two small bands, each consisting of a stallion and his mares. These two bands are from Sulpher Springs, in the Needle Mountain Range of Southwestern Utah, and their bloodlines are directly traced back to Spanish origin. Though blood testing was conducted, simply looking at them makes the connection clear -- they are sorrel, grullo or dun in coloring, and many have two-toned manes, black-tipped ears that curve slightly inward at the tips, zebra striping on their legs and a dorsal stripe running down their backs, all traits that go back to the ancient breed.
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Return to Freedom specializes in rescuing unique strains of mustangs that have evolved in relative isolation over hundreds of years, such as this mare from the Sulphur Springs herd, one of the few strains able to claim direct Spanish Heritage.
Meanwhile, in a large pasture near the front of the property lives a small herd of Choctaw ponies, small horses that are as friendly as the family dog. Their markings are varied as varied as their conformations, though all are hardy and strong for their size. Once a driving force in the lives of the Choctaw Indians, there are fewer than 150 of these iconic ponies left after more than 12,000 were killed on the Trail of Tears and thousands more killed in a poorly devised tick eradication program.
These, and other unique strains have a safe haven at Return to Freedom, where they would otherwise face the prospect of being "zeroed out" or utterly eliminated from ranges, and from the face of the earth.
Return to Freedom offers a refuge for rescued mustangs but this is not its primary purpose. Beyond being a home, the sanctuary works to be a model for better management practices that it wants to see the BLM adopt, and that includes fertility control.
Fertility Control Strategies
With a shortage of natural predators in herd management areas, wild horse populations can double in as little as four years without intervention. A primary method for controlling herd sizes at the sanctuary is the use of non-hormonal birth control, a drug called PZP, that is administered to the mares. It is between 60-95% effective, is safe and reversible, and can dramatically reduce the population growth of wild horses.
The sanctuary uses this method at a cost of $300 per mare. To administer PZP, one only needs to get within shooting range and fire a dart gun. To the horse, the dart feels equivalent to a mosquito bite. Records are kept of each and every mare that is darted and the process happens annually. Because PZP is not 100% effective, there are foals born each year at the sanctuary, but the numbers are far, far fewer than would exist without their use. The positive results of PZP use here and at other wild horse sanctuaries can be extrapolated to the larger mustang population, and PZP does meet BLM standards for a fertility control drug.
The Humane Society of the United States economic model shows that should the BLM use PZP as a fertility control for wild horse populations, they could reach management goals with 12 years while saving tax payers $200 million by eventual reduction or even elimination of round-ups and reducing or eliminating mustangs kept in long- and short-term holding facilities.
Putting a real effort behind fertility control strategies would be more cost-effective for the BLM and tax payers who fund BLM's management of wild horses, and of course they would be less traumatic and invasive for wild horses themselves.
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Population control measures are taken at the sanctuary, so only a handful of foals are born each year such as this handsome foal born into the Hart Mountain herd.
Finding Land and MoneyThough mustangs do not necessarily have a significant impact on an ecosystem when small numbers range across many acres, the state of Return to Freedom's sanctuary also underscores the importance of providing that large amount of land to controlled numbers of mustangs in order to avoid negative consequences for the habitat. The demand for a safe place for mustangs stripped of their freedom is never-ending, and as DeMayo pointed out to me, the sanctuary was filled to capacity within the first year and has been over capacity ever since. But as a result, the pastures for the horses contain little if any plant life, especially now in the fall of a dry year.
As we walked over a dirt hillside terraced with horse trails, I asked Samantha, a representative with the sanctuary, if grass ever grows across the hills. She said no, and even in the spring only a little grass is able to grow on the north side of the hills for a short while. The problems this causes with erosion is not lost on the sanctuary's team, which is actively working with experts to find solutions. The issues from overgrazing illustrates that wide tracts of land are needed for mustangs. They cannot be expected to live on less and less land, as the current trajectory of BLM's management is forcing them to do.
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The cost of caring for the horses is one of the biggest challenges for the sanctuary. Roughly $40,000 a month is spent on hay alone for the 400 horses under the care of Return to Freedom.
With what little land the sanctuary has to house these horses, the team does its best with a water catchment system, a planned manure composting system, and plans for erosion control. But it is a constant, and losing, battle to keep the effects of many horses on a relatively small parcel of land from showing. Though mustangs can have a negligible impact on an ecosystem when roaming across millions of acres, the sanctuary with its deeply overgrazed hills exhibits the consequences of overpopulation of horses.
Sitting her office on the sanctuary, I asked Jessica Scheley, a coordinator with Return to Freedom, about how the ranch might deal with the shortage of space and thus the shortage of free-growing forage. With an earnest nod, she said, "Rotational grazing and holistic management would be a wonderful addition to the program here but at the moment with the size of the property in respect to the size of the herds it's pretty difficult to do that. It's actually not happening. There's too many horses to move...we don't have enough space to take horses off [land] for a certain amount of time."
A solution is moving some bands of horses to smaller paddocks for a few months to allow beardless barley grasses to grow high in their usual pastures. The bands are then re-released to enjoy a short period of plenty in their green paddocks.
Land Enough To Be Self-Sufficient
The bigger goal of Return to Freedom is the purchase of a tract of land large enough to be self-sufficient for protected herds, providing enough forage and water to sustain wild bands, with space left over for growing hay to supplement the feeding of older horses or those under special care; a place where populations are controlled humanely and round-ups are unnecessary. The team is currently fundraising and searching for the right patch of land.
"The hope is that once there's a larger reserve for them to go, once some of the horses leave here, we'll have a much better chance to develop a holistic management plan, reintroducing native grasses and rotational grazing methods," says Scheley.
For this 300-acre patch of land on the Central Coast of California, 30-70 horses is an ideal number to live here. The sanctuary is currently trying to house over 300 horses on this property and another 100 or so on a property in northern California -- and the demand for rescuing horses never stops. Because of the number of horses and the inability for this amount of land to support them, the sanctuary must do year-round supplemental feeding with hay, which is one of the biggest costs to the non-profit at an average of $40,000 per month.
Essentially, not only is Return to Freedom working to provide a model for more sustainable management of herds but it is also inadvertently highlighting the amount of support still needed to protect these animals. Fundraising is a constant struggle and it is money that holds the non-profit back from its larger goals for providing a safe, sustainable, self-sufficient habitat for more wild herds that will otherwise be rounded up by the BLM and put in tax-payer-funded holding pens or sent via an obscured route to slaughter.
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A wild horse feeds along a ridgeline at sunset at Return to Freedom Wild Horse Sanctuary.
The Wild Horse As An IconIs the wild horse a native species? Is its multi-century status as a feral animal make it wild enough again to push for its conservation? Does it even matter if it is wild or feral or native when it is considered such an iconic part of the western US? And what of the deep connection we feel to horses as an inseparable part of our evolutionary history, with the equine as companion and fellow worker? Is the wild mustang a breed worth preserving, and do we in some way owe it to them to provide them with space to roam? These, and many more, are the questions conservationists must address in the push to protect wild horses. Despite the squabbling over "wild" versus "feral" or whether or not horses are competition for cattle on public lands, one thing is certain: a west without the mustang feels unimaginable to anyone who has read a history book.
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A benefit to the stallions on the sanctuary is they keep their mares far longer than they would in the wild. Chief, who is roughly 18 years old, likely would have lost his mares to a younger stallion long ago.
Mustangs As Ambassadors
Return to Freedom knows the attraction wild horses present to the general public is and makes hands-on education part of the strategy for gathering support behind mustang preservation. During educational tours, guests are able to visit Spirit, a Kiger mustang that was used as the model for Dreamworks film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron; and Diamonte, a Wilbur-Cruce Mission Horse, a descendent from those horses brought to the Americas by the Spaniards beginning in 1493 and lived in relative isolation, making it a rare and historically important breed. These handsome stallions help to spark and interest in those who meet them and the beginnings of a bond with mustangs may be formed. Guests can also watch bands of mustangs and witness their behaviors and interactions, connecting with the wild horse and learning about the plight of the mustang.
The steps taken by Return to Freedom to educate the public is an important part of advocating for the wild horse. As Velma Johnston, or Wild Horse Annie, proved in the 1950s with her campaign to create protections for mustangs, there is no force more powerful for creating change than the voice of the general public. It is perhaps up to the public again to decide if wild horses will remain part of the landscape of the west.
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Mustangs are allowed to keep their wildness on the sanctuary. This stallion was taken out of the wild after a rancher complained of him stealing mares, and he put three cowhands in the hospital during his capture. Later adopted by Return to Freedom, he is allowed to live with little direct human contact, save what is needed for any medical attention and of course the admiring stares from visitors.
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Orient Paper, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2012 Results PR Newswire BAODING, China, Nov. 8, 2012 BAODING,China, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Orient Paper, Inc. (AMEX: ONP) ("Orient Paper" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of diversified paper products in northern China, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012. Financial Highlights: US$ million 3Q 2012 YOY Change 9M 2012 YOY Change Revenue 37.7 1.6% 107.6 -3.8% Corrugating medium paper 24.3 126.1% 64.9 114.3% Offset printing paper 11.5 -52.8% 37.4 -50.3% Digital photo paper 1.9 -5.9% 5.3 -16.8% Gross profit 6.8 -14.7% 20.4 -17.2% Gross margin 18.1% -3.5pp 18.9% -3.1pp Corrugating medium paper 18.9% -8.7pp 19.9% -9.3pp Offset printing paper 15.3% -2.7pp 16.3% -1.7pp Digital photo paper 24.8% -7.3pp 25.4% -9.3pp Operating income 6.2 -18.2% 18.0 -20.0% Net income 4.4 -19.4% 12.7 -21.5% EBITDA 8.3 -3.7% 24.2 -6.1% Note: Pp represents percentage points. Key Highlights for Third Quarter 2012: oReduced profitability amidst continuing weak pricing environment oCorrugating Medium Paper sales volume up 157.6% YoY as ramp-up of new production line (360,000 tonnes) accelerates oPlan upgrade production facilities and phase out legacy line to reinforce cost-leadership position in North China oSeek future expansion to capture higher value and high growth tissue paper business oBoard implements regular dividend payout on top of quarterly cash dividend of $0.0125 per share declared in September 2012 oDownward revision of FY2012 guidance in view of current headwinds Mr. Zhenyong Liu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Orient Paper, commented, "In the third quarter, the paper industry continued to suffer from a weak pricing environment, which affected the margins of all our products. Coupled with the production disruptions that occurred from the second quarter to early part of the third quarter that have impacted our revenues in August particularly, our results have declined and fallen short of expectations. In view of this, we have revised down our full year guidance. "However, we are pleased to have resolved all these operational interruptions, and to be able to ramp up the new production line to achieve of over 72% utilization in September. The Company will continue to focus on enhancing our operational efficiency together with maintaining our position as the cost leader in Northern China with our stringent cost management discipline. "Looking ahead, we will expand our business further to higher value products including tissue paper which potentially offer high gross margins and will be a key future growth driver to the Company. With the rise of growing consumerism in China, the currently low penetration of tissue paper in rural areas of North China offers us tremendous potential for growth." Commenting further on the future of the Company, Mr. Liu said, "Orient Paper is still in the investment stage but we have confidence in its future prospects riding on our unique market position as the cost leader in North China, demonstrated by our industry leading margins and strong cash flow. On behalf of the board of directors, I reiterate that there are no plans for privatization and in fact, the Board is pleased to approve the payout of dividends to shareholders on a regular basis." Financial Review: Third Quarter ended September, 2012 Financial Results compared with quarter ended September,2011 Changes in revenues, sales volumes, and Average Selling Prices ("ASPs") for 3Q 2012 are presented as follows: Sales Revenue ASP Volumes YOY YOY YOY (Tonne) Change (US$ Change (US$) Change million) Corrugating Medium 66,956 157.6% 24.3 126.1% 363 -12.1% Paper Offset Printing 16,295 -45.1% 11.5 -52.8% 706 -14.0% Paper Digital Photo Paper 480 -3.2% 1.9 -5.9% 3,865 -2.8% Revenue Total Revenue in the third quarter of 2012 was $37.7 million, increased 1.6% from $37.1 million. Corrugating Medium Paper oRevenue from corrugating medium paper in the quarter increased 125.1% to $24.3 million, representing 64.5% of total revenue. The increase was a direct outcome of the ramp up of the new production line. oVolumes sold during the third quarter were up 157.6% to 66,956 tonnes, of which 47,091 tonnes, or 70.3%, of total corrugating medium paper sold in the third quarter of 2012 were produced by the new production line. oThe ASP for corrugating medium paper decreased 12.1% year-over-year to $363/tonne in the third quarter of 2012. The decline in ASP was mainly attributable to overall contraction of the manufacturing sector in China due to the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, as well as the Chinese government's effort to cool off domestic construction activities. Offset Printing Paper oRevenue from offset printing paper in the quarter decreased 52.8% to $11.5 million, representing 30.6% of total revenue. oVolumes sold during the quarter were down 45.1% to 16,295 tonnes. oThe ASP for offset printing paper decreased 14.0% year-over-year to $706/tonne in the third quarter of 2012. oThe decrease in revenue from offset printing paper was mainly due to softening demand for printing paper in the North China region, and production interruption in the month of August 2012 due to the installation and official inspection of the new boiler. In view of the very low ASPs that would have squeezed the margins substantially, the Company have suspended trading activities of offset printing paper since the first quarter this year. Digital Photo Paper oRevenue from digital photo paper in the quarter decreased 5.9% to $1.9 million, representing 4.9% of total revenue. oVolumes sold during the quarter were down 3.2% to 480 tonnes. oThe ASP for digital photo paper decreased 2.8% year-over-year to $3,865/tonne in the third quarter of 2012. The decline was mainly due to softening customer demand resulting from the weakening economy. Cost of Sales Cost of Sales in the third quarter of 2012 was $30.8 million, up 6%, primarily due to the increase in sales and revenue of corrugating medium paper in the quarter, while costs per tonne for corrugating medium paper edged down by 1.7% to $294, as a result of increased economies of scale derived from the ramp-up of the new production line. Gross Profit Gross profit in the third quarter of 2012 was $6.8 million, down 14.7% from $8.0 million. The decline was mainly due to the falling average selling prices of the offset printing paper and corrugating medium paper. Overall gross margin in the third quarter of 2012 was 18.1%, down from 21.6%. Gross profit margins for corrugating medium paper, offset printing paper and digital photo paper for the third quarter of 2012 were 18.9%, 15.3% and 24.8% respectively. Selling, General and Administrative Expenses Selling, general and administrative expenses ("SG&A") were $0.7 million for the third quarter of 2012, up 52.6% from $0.5 million. The increase was mainly due to the currency exchange gain/loss between inter-company transactions and increase in depreciation of properties and land use rights amortization, and the increase in wages and salary in the third quarter 2012. Income from Operations & Operating Margin Income from operations was $6.2 million for the third quarter of 2012, down 18.2% from $7.5 million, primarily due to weakened demand, lowered ASPs and sales. Despite the difficult operating environment, the Company achieved a respectable operating margin of 16.4%, compared to 20.3% a year ago, which continues to lead the industry, reaffirming its cost-competitive edge in this sector. EBITDA Excluding the impact of interest expenses, income tax expenses, depreciation and amortization, EBITDA, a non-GAAP measurement, was $8.3 million, down 3.7% from $8.7 million. *(Refer to Table 1 for a discussion of non-GAAP financial measures, including the reconciliation EBITDA to net income.) Net Income Net income was $4.4 million, down 19.4% from $5.4 million. Basic and diluted earnings per share for the third quarter of 2012 were $0.24 compared to $0.3 for the corresponding period of 2011. Weighted average shares used in the calculation of diluted earnings per share were 18,459,775 in the third quarter of 2012 compared to 18,350,186 in the corresponding period of 2011. Cash, Liquidity and Financial Position The Company is now better capitalized and highly liquid with strong cash flows from its operating activities compared to the financial position at the end of 2011, and its cash position has reverted to normal levels after the construction of the new production line. As of September 30, 2012, cash and cash equivalents were $13.2 million, compared to $4.2 million at the end of 2011. Working capital was $14.4 million at the end of September 30, 2012. Short-term debt was $4.3 million, and long term debt was $1.6 million. As of September 30, 2012, shareholders' equity totaled $140.6 million, compared to $127.5 million at the end of 2011. In the first nine months of 2012, Orient Paper generated net cash flow from operating activities of $19.6 million, representing a decrease of 9.8%, from $21.7 million for the corresponding period of 2011. The Company incurred $11.4 million in cash expenditures for the construction of employee dormitories, ancillary facilities of the new 360,000 tonnes-per-year production line, facilities to house the new 75-tonne boiler, and additional power substation equipment. Recent Developments Operation Updates Production Line Ramp Up Orient Paper has resolved all operational issues involving its boiler and water treatment and has successfully completed installation of its new 75 tonnes/hour boiler in August 2012, which is expected to accelerate production speed of corrugating medium paper significantly. For the month of September and October 2012, the new 360,000 tonnes/year production line installed in December 2011 achieved an operational run rate of 72.5% and 73.7% of the monthly design capacity. Ramping up further, the Company estimates annual production output for the new line to reach 178,000 to 179,000 tonnes for the year of 2012. Renew Production Lines - Phase out old line and Rebuild new line In anticipation of increasing regulatory concerns on energy efficiencies and to further upgrade the strength and quality of its corrugating medium products, Orient Paper has taken the strategic decision to voluntarily phase out the 150,000 tonnes/year corrugating medium paper line, which was built back in 2000. At the current stage, Orient Paper plans to submit a renovation scheme to the Chinese government to the phased out line, which includes the building of a new 250,000 tonnes/year production line on the same foundation in Q1 2013. The Company estimates total renovation cost to be up to $20-$25 million, which is expected to be funded by a leasing company and cash flows generated from its own operations, as well as certain government subsidies. Business Updates Expansion into tissue paper segment To take advantage of the rapid industry consolidation as well as the upside potential of the tissue paper sector on the back of rising affordability, penetration, urbanization and lifestyle changes in China, Orient Paper is seeking to build new production capacities, which will allow the Company to enter the tissue paper businesses. China's tissue paper consumption volume per capita has increased substantially in the last few years to 3.9 kg in 2011 but penetration is still very low compared to other regions in the world (10 kg for Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau, 15 kg for Japan and western Europe, and 25 kg for North America) and hence represent a key driver for future growth of the Company. Orient Paper intends to enter into a long-term industrial-use land lease of 250 mu (approximately 16.7 hectares) in a new location with an unrelated third party, which will allow the Company to build two 15,000 tonne-per-year production lines and infrastructures for tissue paper over the next two years respectively. Total estimated cost of the project is up to $43.5 million, which would be financed by a mixture of cash flow from operating activities and debt financing. Orient Paper will announce further details when all agreements are finalized. Regular Dividend Policy On September 4, 2012, the Company announced another quarterly dividend of $0.0125 per share, with record date on September 14, 2012. The dividends were paid on October 1, 2012. Considering the earnings, strong cash position and confidence in the future prospects of the Company, the Board of Directors also approved that quarterly dividend of $0.0125 per share will also be paid in the next two quarters on such dates as the Board of Directors shall determine. Litigation updates On June 21, 2012, the Company reached a proposed settlement of the securities class action lawsuit with the plaintiffs. The terms of the proposed settlement call for dismissal of all the defendants from the action in exchange for a $2 million payment from the Company's insurer. The Court granted preliminary approval of the settlement on November 5, 2012, and the Company expects final settlement approval by the court during the first Quarter of 2013. The management believes that the proposed settlement, if approved, should have no material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements. Regarding a separate complaint filed by Tribank Capital Investments, Inc. ("Tribank") initially on March 30, 2011 against the Company and its Chairman and CEO Mr. Zhenyong Liu (the "Tribank Matter"), Tribank subsequently filed a notice of appeal with the court on August 5, 2011 and filed an opening brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, to which the Company filed an answering brief on August 31, 2012. The Company continues to believe that the complaint has no merit and intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit. While certain legal defense costs may be later reimbursed by the Company's insurance carrier, no reasonable estimate of any impact of the outcome of the litigation or related legal fees on the financial statements can be made as of date of this statement. Investor Communications Initiatives The Company has also appointed Fleishman-Hillard as its investor relations firm to strengthen its investor communications. Together with the firm, Orient Paper will be conducting a revamp of all its communication vehicles, such as IR website, presentations, frequently asked questions, factsheet, in the coming six months to enhance further investor understanding and communications of the Company and its businesses. Business Outlook The overall outlook for the paper industry remains soft with slowdown of China's economy, coupled with the correction of the construction and real estate market in North China. Pressure on prices will remain low with continuing weakened demand and structural overcapacity, which the Company believes, will lead to further consolidation within the industry in the coming 12 months. While the combined effect of increased sales and production volume, as well as increasing economies of scale generated from the ramp-up of the new production line can partially offset the downward pressure on prices, the Company has prudently revised down its full fiscal 2012 guidance in view of the current headwinds. Revenues are now expected to be in the range of between $146 million and $148 million, gross profit to be between $26 million and $28 million, net income to be between $15 million and $17 million, and basic and diluted earnings per share to be between $0.90 and $0.92. Conference Call The Company will host a conference call at 8:30 am US Eastern Time (5:30 am US Pacific Time/9:30 pm Beijing Time) on Friday, November 9, 2012, to discuss its quarterly results and recent business activities. To participate in the conference call, please dial the following number five to ten minutes prior to the scheduled conference call time: China: 400-120-0654 Hong Kong: 800-903-737 United States: 1-855-500-8701 International: +65-6723-9385 Passcode: 6384 4920 A replay of this conference call will be available by dialing: China: 400-120-0932 / 800-870-0205 Hong Kong: 800-963-117 United States: 1-855-452-5696 International: +61-2-8199-0299 Passcode: 6384 4920 The replay will be archived for 14 days following the earnings announcement until November 22, 2012. This conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed by all interested parties by clicking on http://www.orientpaperinc.com/. Please access the link at least fifteen minutes prior to the start of the call to register, download, and install any necessary audio software. A replay will be archived for one year shortly after the call by accessing the same link. About Orient Paper, Inc. Orient Paper, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, Shengde Holdings, Inc., controls and operates Baoding Shengde Paper Co., Ltd. ("Baoding Shengde"), and Hebei Baoding Orient Paper Milling Co., Ltd ("HBOP"). Founded in 1996, HBOP is engaged in the production and distribution of products such as corrugating medium paper, offset printing paper, and other paper and packaging-related products in China. The Company uses recycled paper as its primary raw material. Baoding Shengde, founded in June 2009 located in Baoding, is engaged in the production and distribution of digital photo paper. As one of the largest paper producers in Hebei Province, China, HBOP is strategically located in Baoding, a city in close proximity to Beijing where the majority of publishing houses are based. Orient Paper is led by an experienced management team committed to diversifying the Company's product offering and delivering tailored services to its customers. For more information, please visit http://www.orientpaperinc.com. Safe Harbor Statement This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact in this announcement are forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, anticipated revenues from the digital photo paper business segment; the actions and initiatives of current and potential competitors; the Company's ability to introduce new products; the Company's ability to implement the planned capacity expansion of corrugate medium paper; market acceptance of new products; general economic and business conditions; the ability to attract or retain qualified senior management personnel and research and development staff; and other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about the companies and the industry. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or to changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that its expectations will turn out to be correct, and investors are cautioned that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results. Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures The Company has included in this press release certain non-GAAP financial measures. The Company believes that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing the performance of the Company and when planning and forecasting future periods. Readers are cautioned not to view non-GAAP financial measures on a stand-alone basis or as a substitute for GAAP measures, or as being comparable to results reported or forecasted by other companies, and should refer to the reconciliation of GAAP measures with non-GAAP measures also included herein. For investor and media inquiries, please contact: Investor and Media Contacts: Orient Paper, Inc. E: email@example.com Reconciliation of Net Income to EBITDA (Amounts expressed in US$) For the Three Months Ended For the Nine Months Ended September 30 September 30 2012 2011 2012 2011 Net income $ 4,379,071 $ 5,431,760 $ 12,671,552 $ 16,145,634 Add: Income tax 1,570,098 1,884,909 4,670,726 5,860,066 Add: Net interest expense 219,263 222,742 644,898 489,797 Add: Depreciation and 2,171,851 1,122,519 6,222,600 3,311,618 amortization EBITDA $ 8,340,283 $ 8,661,930 $ 24,209,776 $ 25,807,115 ORIENT PAPER, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED September 30, 2012 AND 2011 (Unaudited) ThreeMonthsEnded NineMonthsEnded September30, September30, 2012 2011 2012 2011 Revenues $ 37,651,354 $ 37,074,759 $ 107,582,025 $ 111,834,364 Cost of Sales (30,831,301) (29,080,624) (87,223,136) (87,259,264) Gross Profit 6,820,053 7,994,135 20,358,889 24,575,100 Selling, general and (703,877) (461,312) (2,434,679) (2,041,277) administrative expenses Gain (Loss) from disposal of property, 45,242 (460) 45,242 (69,628) plant and equipment Income from 6,161,418 7,532,363 17,969,452 22,464,195 Operations Other Income (Expense): Interest 7,014 7,048 17,724 31,302 income Interest (219,263) (222,742) (644,898) (489,797) expense Income before 5,949,169 7,316,669 17,342,278 22,005,700 Income Taxes Provision for (1,570,098) (1,884,909) (4,670,726) (5,860,066) Income Taxes Net Income 4,379,071 5,431,760 12,671,552 16,145,634 Other Comprehensive Income: Foreign currency (263,772) 1,161,028 498,063 3,617,082 translation adjustment Total Comprehensive $ 4,115,299 $ 6,592,788 $ 13,169,615 $ 19,762,716 Income Earnings Per Share: Basic and Fully Diluted $ 0.24 $ 0.30 $ 0.69 $ 0.88 Earnings per Share Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding – Basic and 18,459,775 18,350,186 18,455,776 18,349,044 Fully Diluted ORIENT PAPER, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2012 AND DECEMBER 31, 2011 (Unaudited) September30, December31, 2012 2011 ASSETS Current Assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 13,216,171 $ 4,165,446 Accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $74,187 and $76,752 as of 3,689,553 3,820,696 September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively) Inventories 9,084,316 10,007,928 Prepayments and other current assets 4,303,233 5,071,215 Total current assets 30,293,273 23,065,285 Prepayment on property, plant and equipment - 7,241,472 Property, Plant, and Equipment, net 127,342,238 114,651,107 Deferred tax asset 384,648 - Total Assets $ 158,020,159 $ 144,957,864 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Current Liabilities Short-term bank loans $ 4,346,795 $ 2,833,619 Current portion of long-term debt from credit 4,157,117 - union Loan from related parties 2,308,688 2,499,312 Accounts payable 1,135,377 2,766,554 Notes payable 553,228 - Accrued payroll and employee benefits 237,409 308,290 Other payables and accrued liabilities 1,667,896 1,589,541 Income taxes payable 1,445,077 1,744,253 Total current liabilities 15,851,587 11,741,569 Loan from credit union 1,556,943 5,690,852 Total liabilities 17,408,530 17,432,421 Commitments and Contingencies Stockholders' Equity Common stock, 500,000,000 shares authorized, $0.001 par value per share, 18,459,775 and 18,350,191 shares issued and outstanding as of 18,460 18,350 September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively Additional paid-in capital 46,135,975 45,758,020 Statutory earnings reserve 5,863,442 5,863,442 Accumulated other comprehensive income 11,940,630 11,442,567 Retained earnings 76,653,122 64,443,064 Total stockholders' equity 140,611,629 127,525,443 Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity $ 158,020,159 $ 144,957,864 ORIENT PAPER, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2012 AND 2011 (Unaudited) NineMonthsEnded September30, 2012 2011 Cash Flows from Operating Activities: Net income $ 12,671,552 $ 16,145,634 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities Depreciation and amortization 6,222,600 3,311,618 (Gain)/loss from disposition of property, (45,242) 69,628 plant and equipment (Recovery from)/allowance for bad debts (2,882) 12,179 Stock-based expense for service received 378,065 30,369 Deferred tax (385,166) - Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Accounts and notes receivable 149,802 (294,494) Prepayments and other current assets 789,462 (112,098) Inventories 965,723 3,921,066 Accounts payable (1,644,669) (278,873) Notes payable 553,973 - Accrued payroll and employee benefits (71,853) 49,844 Other payables and accrued liabilities 325,358 (1,030,876) Income taxes payable (306,701) (95,535) Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities 19,600,022 21,728,462 Cash Flows from Investing Activities: Prepayment/deposit for purchase of property, (3,927,667) (133,314) plant and equipment Refund of prepayment for purchase of 3,109,418 - property, plant and equipment Purchases of property, plant and equipment (10,747,083) (29,392,070) Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and 175,416 748 equipment Net Cash Used in Investing Activities (11,389,916) (29,524,636) Cash Flows from Financing Activities: Proceeds from related party loans 890,000 - Repayment of related party loans (1,090,000) (2,080,636) Proceeds from bank loans 4,352,643 8,345,664 Repayments of bank loans (2,849,003) (4,975,033) Dividend paid (461,494) - Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities 842,146 1,289,995 Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash and (1,527) 103,213 Cash Equivalents Net Increase/(Decrease) in Cash and Cash 9,050,725 (6,402,966) Equivalents Cash and Cash Equivalents - Beginning of 4,165,446 11,348,108 Period Cash and Cash Equivalents - End of Period $ 13,216,171 $ 4,945,142 Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information: Cash paid for interest $ 417,712 $ 512,748 Cash paid for income taxes $ 5,362,593 $ 5,955,602 SOURCE Orient Paper, Inc. Website: http://www.orientpaperinc.com
Orient Paper, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2012 Results
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It's time for another bi-weekly development release of Wine and this time we have the v1.1.41 release, which brings some particularly interesting changes. Wine 1.1.41 offers up a "wide range" of Direct3D improvements, support for SHA-256/SHA-384/SHA-512 algorithms, more MSHTML fixes, support for MP3 decoding on Mac OS X, widl improvements, more typelib fixes, and OLE storage improvements. There's also the usual variety of bug-fixes.
19 March 2010 - A Range Of Them - 8 Comments
Wine 1.1.40 Brings Wordpad Improvements
Wine 1.1.40 is now available with a variety of improvements. The official highlights for this bi-weekly release of Wine include support for Wow64 registry redirection, increased coverage of MSI standard actions, various Wordpad improvements, many shell fixes for better IE support, improved support for typelibs, better OpenGL card detection, and the usual variety of bug-fixes. The better OpenGL card detection comes from now offering real GL vendor detection and adjusted quirk handling.
5 March 2010 - And More - 9 Comments
CodeWeavers CrossOver Office 9.0 Released
CrossOver Office 8.1 came last year, but today CodeWeavers has announced the release of CrossOver Office 9.0. The 9.0 release of this popular software based upon Wine that allows running Windows applications on Linux and Mac OS X, brings a new user-interface and the ability to utilize installation "recipes" when installing new applications from their remote database.
2 March 2010 - New CrossOver Office Release
Wine 1.1.39 Brings More Fixes, Improvements
Two weeks have passed since the release of Wine 1.1.38 and so now the 1.1.39 release is available to provide more fixes and improvements. This bi-weekly development update delivers on support for registry symbolic links, many MSI fixes, build process improvements, MSXML clean-ups and fixes, many MSHTML improvements, and various bug-fixes.
19 February 2010 - New Wine Release - 8 Comments
Wine 1.1.38 Brings Various Fixes
It's time for another bi-weekly development update of Wine. This time around there is better support for memory allocations debugging, improved MIDI support, a wide range of Direct3D fixes, OLEDB fixes, improved debugger support on x86_64, many MSI fixes, and various bug-fixes.
6 February 2010 - Development Update - 10 Comments
Wine 1.1.37 Released With MSI, MSXML Fixes
Just this morning we talked about a Direct3D 9.0c state tracker for the Gallium3D driver interface that could greatly benefit the Wine project. This afternoon we now have more Wine-related news, and it's actually a new development release. Wine 1.1.37 is this new release and it carries a variety of fixes, but nothing to do with this Direct3D state tracker. There is, however, a variety of Direct3D improvements to its own software layer, some of which impact the rudimentary Direct3D 10.0 support.
22 January 2010 - New Wine Release
Wine 1.1.36 Released With Better SM 4.0 Support
Version 1.1.36 of Wine has been released to provide in a released version all of the development work done to this major free software project over the past two weeks. Wine 1.1.36 does carry some interesting changes, including better Shader Model 4.0 support, completion of 16-bit separation, fixes for many memory leaks, improved debugging for MinGW, MSHTML fixes, and various other bug-fixes.
9 January 2010 - Shader Model 4.0 - 11 Comments
Wine 1.1.35 Offers Modest Improvements
Two weeks have passed since the release of Wine 1.1.34 that brought support for the digital rights management in the Left 4 Dead 2 game, MSHTML improvements, and other fixes, but now Wine 1.1.35 is out the door to replace that development release.
18 December 2009 - Holiday Release - 3 Comments
Wine 1.1.34 Brings Many More Fixes
It's Friday and it's time for a new bi-weekly development release of the Wine software. Wine 1.1.34 this time around brings a lot of changes, but a few that are noteworthy. This newest Wine release carries many fixes for crypto certificates support, MSHTML, support the Left 4 Dead 2 DRM, OLE marshalling, and ListView. That's it though for the official release highlights.
4 December 2009 - All Over The Place - 18 Comments
CrossOver Games 8.1 Released, Supports L4D2
CodeWeavers had released CrossOver Games 8.0 back in September, but now this morning they have put out CrossOver Games 8.1. The main addition in CrossOver Games 8.1 is support for Left 4 Dead 2, the much-anticipated Windows game created by Valve Corporation that was actually just released yesterday as the sequel to Left 4 Dead. Though if you are a faithful Phoronix reader you would have known since last month that this new CrossOver Games release was coming soon and with support for Left 4 Dead 2. Besides the support for Left 4 Dead 2, CrossOver Games 8.1 carries some directory permission fixes for running World of Warcraft with Ubuntu 9.10 and a number of fixes for running Guild Wars. However, that's it for the change-log.
18 November 2009 - Plus Few Other Fixes - 11 Comments
Wine 1.1.33 Gains More Direct3D 10 Functions
It was a year ago that Wine developers began working on Direct3D 10.0 support and then in March developers at CodeWeavers began working on the Direct3D 10 support too. Recent Wine releases in particular have brought better Direct3D 10.x coverage and this work has continued with the just-released Wine 1.1.33.
13 November 2009 - Plus More - 6 Comments
CrossOver To Receive Profiles Support, Left 4 Dead 2
The next version of the Wine-based CrossOver application has been codenamed "Snow Mallard" and the next release of CrossOver Games has been codenamed "Zombie Mallard", reports CodeWeavers' Jeremy White. This announcement was made in honor of the one year anniversary of giving away CrossOver for free for one day.
26 October 2009 - New Features - 1 Comment
Wine 1.1.32 Brings Multiple Improvements
Wine 1.1.32 is now out, but unlike Wine 1.1.30 and Wine 1.1.31 there are not any Direct3D 10 improvements specifically mentioned for this release. However, the highlights for Wine 1.1.32 include many crypto fixes (particularly targeted at the 64-bit architecture), improved DVD access on Mac OS X, several improvements to common controls, HTML support improvements, DIB optimizations, and various other bug-fixes.
23 October 2009 - New Wine Devel Release - 10 Comments
Wine 1.1.31 Continues With Direct3D 10 Work
Wine 1.1.30 was released two weeks ago with Direct3D 10 improvements, but Wine 1.1.31 is now out today and it too contains more Direct3D 10 work. Beyond enhancing the Direct3D 10.x support in Wine, which is critical for supporting some newer games, this release also carries improved monthcal control, performance improvements for DIB sections, several sound driver fixes, the start of ActiveX support in JScript, 16-bit dlls split off to separate modules, support for attachments in MAPI. Of course, there's also a number of bug-fixes in this new Wine release too.
9 October 2009 - And More - 7 Comments
Wine 1.1.30 Supports OpenAL, More Direct3D 10
The developers of Wine have come out today with their first development release in over three weeks. Wine 1.1.30 has arrived, and this release has brought a few great improvements. Finally with Wine 1.1.30 there is support for OpenAL, the open, cross-platform, multi-channel audio API. Besides the Open Audio Library support in Wine, the 1.1.30 release also brings more Direct3D 10 work, which has been an area Wine developers have been working on since last year but there's still a ways to go in implementing this support even as Microsoft is ready to bring Direct3D 11.0.
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Beginner's Guide To E-Mini Futures Contracts: E-Mini Characteristics
Certain characteristics help define the e-minis and make them attractive trading instruments.
Volume refers to the number of shares or contracts that are traded during a specified period of time. The average daily volume (ADV) is the number of shares or contracts that are traded, on average, during a particular time period. The e-mini S&P 500 is the world's most actively traded stock index futures contract, with over 2.2 million contracts traded on average per day. According to the CME Group's "Leading Products Q4 2011" publication, the average daily volume for e-minis during the last three months of 2011 included:
Figure 2 shows a comparison of the daily volume for the ES, NQ, TF and EMD. While the volume levels in the histogram may look similar across the contracts, note the actual volume figure in the bottom right corner of each chart. The ES dominates the volume with more than 2,000,000 contracts on certain days.
Figure 2: Price and Volume Charts
Market liquidity describes the ability to execute orders of any size quickly and efficiently without causing a substantial change in the price of a given instrument. Liquidity can be measured in terms of:
- Width - How tight is the bid-ask spread?
- Depth - How deep is the market (how many orders are resting beyond the best bid and best offer)?
- Immediacy - How quickly can a large market order be executed?
- Resiliency - How long does it take the market to bounce back after a large order is filled?
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- Filled with minimal slippage
- Filled without substantially affecting price
SEE: Understanding Financial Liquidity
Volatility is a measurement of the amount and speed at which price moves up and down in a particular market. When a trading instrument experiences volatility, it provides opportunities for investors and traders to profit from the change in price - whether rising prices in an uptrend, or falling prices during a downtrend. Any change in price creates an opportunity to profit: it is difficult (if not impossible) to make a profit if the price remains the same.
Traders can use technical indicators to determine the average range in price over a specified period. One easy way to do this is to apply a standard moving average to a price chart (placing the moving average in the panel below the price panel works best). To find the average price movement over the last 10 trading days, for example, set the moving average length input to 10, and the Price input to High-Low (usually, the moving average uses Close - or the closing price - as the price input). This will calculate the average range (High-Low) over the last 10 trading sessions. Figure 3 shows this method applied to a daily chart of the TF.
Figure 3: Daily Chart TF
The average daily range is not static. We can see in Figure 3 that the TF traded with a higher range during December 2011, than throughout April of 2012. E-mini traders often keep an eye on this range to determine if their strategies are viable and appropriate for current market conditions. The average daily range of all of the e-minis is attractive to active traders hoping to exploit intraday price movements.
SEE: A Simplified Approach To Calculating Volatility
24-Hour Trading
The e-minis trade virtually round the clock on all-electronic platforms. This is appealing to traders across time zones or who have obligations that would prevent them from trading during regular market hours (i.e. 9:30 am to 4:00 pm EST). Trading hours for the five primary e-mini index futures contracts are shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4: Exchange trading hours
Traders can gain exposure to the indexes without the financial commitment required to enter a position in a full-sized contract. The e-minis offer attractive margin rates, meaning that traders can enter positions with relatively small trading accounts. Different contracts have various margin rates, and these are adjusted frequently to reflect current volatility. The CME Group, for example, lowers margins in less volatile periods and increases margins during more volatile environments.
Initial margin is the margin that market participants must pay when initiating a position; maintenance margin is the level at which traders must maintain their margin over time. Depending on the margin requirement of the broker, one e-mini contract can be traded with as little as $500.
Long and Short Trades
Traders can enter long and short positions with equal ease in the e-mini markets. In a long position, a market participant buys to enter the trade, and sells to close the trade, hoping to profit as prices climb. In a short position, the trader sells to enter the trade and buys to close the trade, with the expectation that prices will fall. This means that the potential for profit exists in both rising and falling markets. While many investors and traders choose to only enter long positions, the e-minis are well suited for executing both long and short trades and profiting from any market moves. As long as there is volatility (changes in price), traders can theoretically make a profit.
SEE: Short Selling Tutorial Beginner's Guide To E-Mini Futures Contracts: E-Mini Specifications
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The Class of 2013 Spree Committee (Friends of Ingraham Spree) thanks the Ingraham community, Ingraham PTSA and the King County Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Program with funds from the Washington State DSHS Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery Services for all the donations and grants that made it possible to lower the out of pocket cost for seniors to attend their senior activities (Prom, Senior Breakfast, Spree). A record number of seniors and their guests attended Prom in May and we are expecting a big crowd at Breakfast and Spree on June 11th. (It's so much more fun when ALL your friends show up.)
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Each year, Seniors build memories by enjoying three Senior Activities: Prom, Senior Breakfast and Spree(the much anticipated all night graduation party). In order to participate in any of the three Senior Activities, each senior must purchase a Senior Card.
The Senior Card is now $80. Clink on the link to use the Senior Card order form.
Prom will be held at the EM fine Art Gallery on Friday, May 17th, from 8:30 to 11:30 pm. Seniors take care of all organization and preparations, however, this year, Parents and Guardians are stepping in to off-set budget restrictions by donating refreshments. To sign up, please contact Amy Chinn at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Senior Breakfast takes place at 9:30am at The Canal in Ballard the morning of graduation. The event is organized by the Senior Class. After the Breakfast, students are to attend graduation rehearsal at Ingraham or they will not be allowed to participate in the ceremony.
Spree is a substance-free chaperoned all-night party after Graduation starting at 9:00 PM on June 11 and ending at 6:00 AM on June 12. Spree offers a mix of venues and activities kept secret for safety, that is a fun, exciting and memorable event to celebrate their achievements!
Give the Class of 2013 a gift for Spree!!
Traditionally, the cost of the Senior Card has been $120 to $150 in order to pay for all the events. To keep the cost of the 2013 Senior Card low and to put on a great party, we need donations in addition to Class of 2013 fundraising and Senior Card sales. Your support will also help build a Senior Card Assistance Fund for low-income students. Unused funds will roll over each year. Friends of Ingraham Spree has the mission to provide support for every senior class.
In order to make your donations fully tax deductible, we fundraise through the Alliance for Education, a registered 501(c)3,tax ID #91-1508191. The Alliance charges no fees for this service--100% of the funds you donate will go to support Ingraham Spree. If you wish to donate online, please click on the Donate button at the top of the page. You will be taken to a secure form hosted by the Alliance.
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Parents and guardians can help by:
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Thank YOU for your support! Ingraham Spree Committee
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Now is the time to turn in your packet for ordering your cap and gown and invitations. Extra order packets are in the Main Office or the Activity Center - or you can go on-line to http://www.nationalachiever.com order from their site. Please do not delay in ordering. The deadline is Dec 15th for all orders from Ingraham High School. The basic package you need for Graduation is the Cap/Gown/Stole/ Tassel - all other items are optional.
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This second-story restaurant, located above midtown spot Sugiyama, is small and packed with a predominantly Japanese clientele, who crowd in after work for a taste of authentic yakitori fare. Claim one of the few wooden tables or sit behind the bar (where the chefs work the grill right in front of you) and order a round of Japanese beers, sake or shochu cocktails. Chicken is the focus here, skewered and grilled in a wide variety of forms. Pick from crisp chicken skin and gizzards to wings and chunks of chicken breast with wasabi and salt. Warning: The cooking style is classic Japanese, meaning your chicken might be a little pink. There are other skewers as well, like garlic, prawns and enoki mushrooms wrapped in bacon. If you don't feel like eating anything off the grill, you can always choose from rice and noodle dishes, homemade tofu and much more.—Keith Wagstaff