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Finest of the Four or Five Proofs Known of This One-Year Type
Ex: Norweb-Kaufman
1853 Arrows and Rays Proof Half Dollar Roster
--PR66 NGC. The present specimen. Norweb Collection (Bowers and Merena, 11/1988), lot 3159; Kaufman Collection; ANA Signature (Heritage, 8/2007), lot 1786, where it realized $130,000.
--PR65 NGC. Eliasberg Collection (Bowers and Merena, 4/1997), lot 1956; Bowers (8/1999), lot 206; Goldberg Coins (2/2002), lot 1002; Heritage (5/2003), lot 6212; Heritage (7/2003), lot 7646; Heritage (9/2003), lot 7098; Heritage (2/2005), lot 7098.
--PR65 PCGS. Lorin G. Parmelee Collection (New York Coin & Stamp, 6/1890), lot 1234; Charles Steigerwalt; William Woodin; Waldo Newcomer; Col. E.H.R. Green; Major Lenox Lohr Collection (Stack's, 10/1956), lot 753; FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2012), lot 3252.
--PR63 NGC. J. Hewitt Judd Collection; Stack's (10/1990), lot 1651; Richmond Collection (David Lawrence, 3/2005), lot 1795.
--Proof. Reed Hawn Collection (Stack's, 8/1973), lot 178. Possibly the same as the Judd-Richmond example.
--Proof. Smithsonian Institution.
Breen recorded an additional example in his Proof Encyclopedia, from a "N.Y. state specialist" (Pittman) coin, cataloged by David Akers as Mint State. Breen did not list the Reed Hawn coin or the Eliasberg proof. He also listed the Parmelee proof but described it as "badly cleaned," clearly an error on his part as that coin is now recognized as the PCGS PR65 listed above.
The description of this piece in Bowers and Merena's Norweb catalog is inaccurate. Dave Bowers called it a "one-sided proof" and graded the reverse MS64. Our opinion, and that of NGC, is full proof status for this amazing coin. The obverse is fully mirrored and the reverse is satiny, suggesting that the planchet was not perfectly prepared. Normally, each planchet intended for a proof is highly polished, and both dies are also polished. The combination provides the deep mirrors found on proof coins, as well as cameo contrast. This example shows heavy reverse die polishing lines, proving that the actual coinage die was properly finished.
The appearance of the ex: Kaufman Premium Gem is unmistakable. The obverse is fully mirrored with excellent cameo contrast, and the reverse has bright satiny luster. The reverse design stands boldly against the field. It is a sharp strike with every detail, even the minute features, boldly and completely defined. The central obverse shows brilliant silver with faint champagne color, surrounded by reddish-brown, blue, and lilac toning at the borders. A small splash of brown toning crosses just below Liberty's neck, and positively identifies the pedigree of this piece. The reverse has deeper champagne color at the center, surrounded by peripheral russet and blue toning. Census: 1 in 66, 0 finer (10/12).
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Lebanon's daring diva strikes again: Myriam Fares' most unique look yet
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Hanigan is too slow to leadoff realistically, plus he doesn't play everyday, he actually would "clog" the bases ahead of Stubbs, he has no power, and Stubbs does fine in the 2 hole if you really care to look at his numbers there although his strikeouts do drive a person batty, so Hanigan is best left where he is. Dusty simply has no one besides BP to leadoff. I am a proponent of Bruce in the four spot, damn the lefties, and let BP leadoff until they can find a better cleanup hitter. Frazier or Rolen hitting fifth after Bruce makes more sense to me than either hitting fourth and BP was a decent leadoff hitter, miles better than Cozart. Stubbs was better than Cozart strikeouts and all but BP first Stubbs second Votto third Bruce clean up Frazier/Lud/Heisey fifth Rolen/Frazier sixth Cozart seventh and Hanigan/Navarro eighth (Mes to AAA for awhile to get his stroke and confidence as a hitter back).
As to the original topic I like Dusty most of the time although sometimes he does drive me nuts. Usually when dealing with Chapman.
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I don't care if he's a slow guy hitting in front of Stubbs. Get as many people on base for Votto as possible.
You could always hit Stubbs leadoff and Hanigan second but according to redszone 2nd is the only place Stubbs can hit and not suck.
The first part of that statement would indicate that you're asking players to play above one's talent level. Do you know for a fact that the players right now aren't giving it their all? That's kind of insulting to the Reds to accuse players of not giving it their all when you're not in the club house. I never get the sense that the Reds clubhouse is equivalent to the 2011 Boston Red Sox club house.I never mentioned playing above one's talent level. I mentioned motivating players to play better and give all they have. Maybe, talking to Stubbs about his approach at the plate would change the 150K's per year, instead of the "swing the damn bat" mentality that Dusty has. Last year's STL had no business being in the playoffs let alone the world series. The Reds had no business not being in the playoffs. I guess y'all are satisfied with the underachievement which is certainly your prerogative.
To assume that because a player is struggle indicates he isn't giving it his all is just flawed. Baseball is a sport based on failure in which even the elite players fail 70% of the time. To think that every player on the team can succeed all the time is just unrealistic. In the famous words of Ron Washington "That how baseball go".
No, I'm not satisfied that teams underachieve. Your putting words in my mouth considering that I expect the Cards to play to the level that won the World Series the year before. In no way am I glad the Cardinals played horrible in May. That said, I never once questioned that they're giving it their all. That was never an issue in my mind.
I will save my debate for Reds fans. If I am putting words in your mouth, then you are most certainly putting words into mine. I don't like Dusty and I have my reasons. You are a Cardinals fan and like Dusty, and I understand that! J/K.
Where I thought he was probably too patient with last year's team in the summer months, I think he's learned he needs to keep the foot on the peddle with this team. He's also got better players through acquisition and development. This is team he knows can win, I hope Walt is still stirring for another player or two.
Crazy idea that popped into my head: Keep the lineup the same, except flip BP and Cozart. BP leading off, Cozart hitting cleanup. Crazy enough to work?
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
Regardless of who you hire, people aren't going to be happy. I saw it all the time with TLR. He would have 130 some odd lineups every year and people wanted him fired for it. When batting the pitcher 8th and trying to think outside the box to score runs, people would literally have heart attacks over it in St. Louis. The manager is a no win job. I think on a whole, the Reds could do far worse than Dusty Baker. I actually think the Reds would regret letting go of Baker unless Francona is a guarantee to be Reds manager. The managerial talent out there is simply bare.
And I'm not apologizing for Dusty. He can drive me nuts with lots of things, but any manager is going to do that to some extent. I'm simply saying that what he says to the press is not necessarily what he's saying to his team. And even then, the fans take what he says to the press and twist it to suit their current Dusty-rant. We get it, you don't like Dusty. Lots of people don't. So why is it that his players never say a bad thing about the guy? Ex-players too?
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Joe Wikert calls for a way to subscribe to an author's collected output
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By Chris Walters
"Why can't I subscribe to an author?" asks O'Reilly's Joe Wikert in a post on his personal Kindleville blog last week. He points out that while you can gather all the RSS feeds, Google alerts, and hashtag searches you like, it's not the most efficient way to follow a specific writer's work.
Here at Teleread we've highlighted a couple of websites that offer a related service. Book Buzzes watches Amazon and alerts you when an author has a new book coming out, while BookWatch is an iOS app that performs a similar service for iBooks. But those are linked to single bookstores and don't watch for articles, posts and tweets.
Wikert thinks Amazon should just roll out a Kindle product that addresses this need:
Why not just have an author feed subscription via the Kindle? Yes, Amazon sells blog feed subscriptions, but that's a ripoff and I'm looking for more. I don't want something I can get via an RSS reader for free. I want a combined feed of the author's blog, their Twitter activity and any publication/website they write for. All in one. I'd be willing to pay a modest amount for this ($10/year?), at least for the 4 or 5 authors I care most about. And heck, go ahead and include some advertisements in it if necessary.
The easy solution, if you're an author and you want to do this, is to do it yourself by setting up a catch-all blog that you maintain. But of course the more interesting problem is figuring out a way to create this service for every author, not just the ones good at self-promotion and social networking.
Could a service like Google's authorship markup help provide the basis for a more automated and scalable solution? The Google approach currently isn't much help here at solving Wikert's problem, because all authorship roads lead back to a Google Profile page, and a typical Google Profile is frequently cluttered with third-party content the person finds interesting. But I think it points to a possible solution.
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I was surprised to find Amazon didn't have a feature to "notify me about new titles from this author". Fictionwise had it for years (until B&N bought them and stripped the stock and features to remove competition with their own site), Thanks for the info about BookBuzz: I'll check it out. But what's stopping Amazon including a link like this on each Author page? It could take you to your Amazon settings, which would then accumulate a list of authors you could enable or disable by ticking or unticking the box next to each name. This worked well for Fictionwise: it's simple and easy to understand. Amazon, please do this. I'm finding I miss new titles by preferred authors. And no, I don't have the time or inclination to follow all their blogs. I'm interested in new titles only: not what's on their mind on Thursday.


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By Emma Gallegos
If it's lunch hour, my coworkers and I are probably at Hong Kong Plaza in West Covina, even though the plaza has gotten emptier and emptier over the course of the year.
It's been a trying year for restaurants and anyone else angling for customers' waning expendable income. The year was especially tough for businesses at Hong Kong Plaza, which is awaiting the arrival of a new supermarket called HK2 owned by a younger generation of the family that owned the Hong Kong Supermarket that used to fill the gaping vacancy in the middle as the plaza's anchor.
But we still have a few expendable dollars, so at least once a week we're back at the plaza visiting old favorites like Krua Thai or the 1+1 Dumpling House.
It helps to plan ahead and figure out what we're doing, but we still feel confident winging it and driving around the empty parking lot blindly and picking our next culinary adventure: Should we try Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Malaysian, Korean or Thai?
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None of the dishes' flavors are bland or halfway: They're spicy, salty, oily and sometimes tinged with a splash of wine. When the food went wrong, it went too far in this direction.
There was a BMW parked out in front of Beijing Cuisine Garden and men in business suits inside the restaurant, but for those of us in a different tax bracket there are lunch specials, ranging from $4.95 to $6.95, that include rice and a soup of the day.
The waiter recommended the dishes in kung pao style, and, indeed, the dish that blew me away (and made me forget subsequent mediocre dishes) was the Kung Pao Shrimp ($6.95). Fresh shrimp tossed in with a flaming mix of bell peppers, onions and red peppers.
The Kung Pao Beef ($5.95) had the same addictive spicy sauce, which would have been a recipe for success except that the beef was a little tough.
There's nothing that cools the palate like a plate of spiced cucumbers – unless of course you decide to add some jalapenos, as was the case with the Peking Cold Cucumber with Parsley and Hot Pepper ($2.95).
The dishes that had enough liquid to qualify as stews were weaker bets.
I mostly enjoyed Fish Fillet in Hot Bean Sauce ($6.95), juicy medallions of white fish and strips of tofu submerged in a red hot sauce with a hint of a rice wine. It could have stood to have a little less oil and salt.
My coworker could barely eat the Hot and Spicy Vegetable with Beef ($8.50), which came in a thick, brown broth that she said was also just too oily and salty.
Avoid the submerged dishes but try something new in Hong Kong Plaza. You don't have to have a BMW. All you have to do is literally go the extra mile from the Westfield West Covina for something that won't be bland, boring or overpriced. And, for now, there's no traffic.
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Soundgarden will be touring after all of Pearl Jam's currently scheduled shows are complete, so it's not known who will be drumming in the latter half of 2014. Stay tuned!
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They didn't want to reprint those "Chris & Kim & Ben & Matt" shirts.ReplyDelete
It would have made more sense if Cameron just stayed with SG and Chamberlain filled in for PJ, no?ReplyDelete
I wonder how Chamberlain will affect their sound? Matt Cameron's drumming style is integral to the SG sound, IMO.ReplyDelete
He will do just fineReplyDelete
here are just a few of the cds matt chamberlain has played on. So I think he'll do just fine with soundgarden. http://www.mattchamberlain.com/?page_id=1186ReplyDelete


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Antipasto Salad with Parmigiano-Reggiano Dressing
Posted By Sara Moulton On August 27, 2012 @ 10:37 pm In Entrees,Featured Recipe,Recipes | No Comments
This is the perfect lazy-day summer salad, since you don't have to use the oven. You could buy the blanched broccoli or cauliflower and prepared pasta salad at the salad bar and never even turn on the stovetop. But this salad would be equally good on any night, summer or winter, when you are pressed for time. Feel free to substitute other meats or cheeses for the ones suggested below.
4 ounces smoked mozzarella, provolone, or Italian fontina, or a mix of these cheeses cut into 1/2-inch cubes
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Meanwhile, combine the parsley, oil, Parmigiano-Reggiano, vinegar, and mustard in a blender; puree until the dressing is smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste and set aside.
Ladle 1/2 cup of the boiling water over the tomatoes in a small bowl. Set them aside to soak for 10 minutes or until softened; drain and pat dry.
Add the broccoli to the boiling water and cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until crisp-tender. Transfer it with a slotted spoon to a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking.
Meanwhile, add the pasta to the same water and boil until al dente, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain the pasta and toss immediately with the dressing, broccoli, chickpeas, artichoke hearts, salami, tomatoes, and salt and pepper to taste. Cool slightly, then stir in the cheese and serve.
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Ok as a part of my "I'm finally going to learn to do this stuff…"
I plan on creating something so going to start researching the flow. Usually once I do something once, I pretty much got it.
So the idea is to make like socks or underwear from start to installation that I can use. (I assume, and that could be wrong, that even though the approach is basically the same that doing socks or underwear would be a lot simpler than let's say a ballroom dress).
I do plan on trying it for Genesis. I do have all the older stuff too but find I hang out more with Genesis than before and apart from not having a lot of clothing and stuff I would like I really like the Genesis shape more.
It would be cool to be able to make a complete person eventually. I usually buy everything (spend a lot lol) but it would be great to say, "Hey, I did that."
I'm installing Hexagon tonight. I know I'll need a modeling program so maybe scrounge around and find some tutorials. I've already been looking.
And I've seen a lot of buzzwords like template, UV, Mesh, etc. I have no idea how all of those fit together but it should be fun finding out. I also do tutorials at work so once I find out the basics I can make myself a How to guide. I'm getting older so memory isn't as good as I would like any more.
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Two hundred and fifty elderly people suspected to be witches in Kilifi have been killed since 2008 - 2012, the chairman Malindi District Cultural Association Emmanuel Munyaya has said.
Speaking to the Star yesterday, Munyaya said most of them are from Ganze, Kilifi, Bungale, Magarini and Kaloleni areas. "We have received several cases and the number could be higher because many have been killed in the recent past and we have not added them," he said.
Hes said most elderly people are killed because of their property and not because they are witches. He said that in most cases the suspects are killed by members of their family, especially their children.
"When the Mzee has become old you find the youth pressurising him or her to give them land and when they refuse then they called 'witches' so that they can be eliminated," he said.
Munyanya said that most youth kill because they have not gone to school or are idlers. He decried the sense of entitlement that causes the youth to sit around doing nothing, then make demands which he endeavors to achieve no matter the cost.
He challenged the youth to use their energies constructively so as to earn a living. Munyanya said it is not only ungodly to kill one's parents but its taboo in African society and could hamper the development of such an individual.
He urged residents not to participate so eagerly in 'witch burning' since this is encouraging growth of the vice. "We are doing all we can to address this issue but we need government's intervention because it is now becoming a disaster," he said.


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Turkish Embassy in Asmara was opened in November 2013. Eritrea's Embassy in Doha is accredited to Turkey. Eritrea does not have an Honorary Consulate in Turkey.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey H.E. Ahmet Davutoğlu visited Asmara on 16 November 2012 and had talks with his counterparts on bilateral issues as well as regional matters.
Turkish-Eritrea bileteral trade volume is 1,4 million USD in 2013. The main export products from Turkey to Eritrea are electrical household goods, foodstuff and apparels. On the other hand, Turkish imports from Eritrea are at insignificant levels.
There is no Turkish company operating in Eritrea. Three higher education scholarships have been provided to Eritrea for the 2012-2013 educational terms.


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I imagine every disinfonaut will be wanting one of these… Josh Dzieza reports on the OFF Pocket for Daily Beast:
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Haute couture usually makes you stand out, but Adam Harvey and Johanna Bloomfield imagine a future where it can help you hide.
The newest item designed by Harvey, an artist with a background in mechanical engineering, and Bloomfield, a fashion designer, is called OFF Pocket, a metallic-fiber pouch designed to block all wireless signals to your phone. Bloomfield calls it a "privacy accessory." For the next month, it will sit alongside other examples of counter surveillance chic from Harvey's company, PRVCM, in a "privacy gift shop" at New York's New Museum.
Harvey and Bloomfield's first collaborative project, Stealth Wear, a line of futuristic looking streetwear that shields the wearer from thermal imaging cameras, debuted this January at the fashion boutique Primitive London. Stealth Wear was more of a "provocation" than a consumer fashion line, Harvey says, designed to make people aware of how invasive thermal imaging could be, and the sort of counter-measures that would be required to block it.


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Posted 17 December 2012 - 11:13
Because they plaster it with FREE FREE FREE FREE everywhere, and then once you start actually using it they say "Actually we meant that it is FREE for PERSONAL user, not really FREE, but we got you stuck on it anyway" followed by "COMMERCIAL USE SUSPECTED - Now your sessions will only last 10 seconds until you pony up the cash". Yes I switched to LogMeIn and stay away from TeamViewer after that trick for being so deceitful.
LogMeIn is the most reliable and easy to use i have come across. I cant stand TeamViewer and i get a shiver down my back everytime someone mentions it.
Posted 17 December 2012 - 12:25
Well logmein needs to be installed and associated with a logmein account. Join.me is token based and can have 250 people join the session to view. Logmein can be used prior to logon, the computer needs to be on. Join.me needs a user to be in front of the computer.
What's the difference between join.me and logmein? (Looks like join.me is made by logmein.. just a fancy domain maybe?)
Posted 20 December 2012 - 23:32
If you call teamviewer up they will fix your account, I used to use it at Uni.. Got flagged.. Called em up saying wtf and they sorted it in like 5 mins.
Splash top is best though, can even game over it.. It's that smooth
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Teamviewer hands down, they just added audio, fluid video playback (It really works!), and remote printing. Free sessions are limited to 3hrs. You can just reconnect when it disconnects you thoe.
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I use the lanyard as an extra safety when I clip my phone to my motorcycle. Though I have never had an issue with the RMS on my bike, its nice to have the extra little safety of the lanyard. Its also great for when you're taking pictures in precarious places and don't want to lose your phone into an infinite abyss!
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This lanyard has been a great way for my preteen to keep a good hold on his first phone. Used it all summer but now the cord is fraying where it attaches to the phone case. Big bummer. The rest of the lanyard in perfect condition.
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There was a near stampede at the Likoni crossing channel yesterday as panicking commuters jumped off from one ferry into another after a mishap.
MV Harambee had "overshot" the ramp on the mainland side of the channel. Kenya Ferry Services said the vessel got stuck after the water levels suddenly declined.
"There were spring tides, meaning the water levels increased and ebbed out very fast," explained KFS public relations officer Francis Magomati.
Unfortunately, by the time MV Harambee was picking up commuters and vehicles to cross them over to the island side, the water had ebbed out, leaving the vessel stuck.
A lorry carrying wood from Tanzania got stuck while attempting to board the MV Harambee which was already lifting its prow. Panicking commuters started dangerously jumping off the MV Harambee into another ferry that had been brought to help the situation.
Three more ferries had to be used to ferry commuters from either side but the movement speed was reduced due to construction works near the ramp at the mainland side. Normal services resumed six hours later at around 2pm.
This comes barely two days after the KFS managing director Hassan Musa assured ferry users of improved services as he announced an increase toll charges for vehicles from January.
Likoni residents are now calling for more permanent solution saying the area is a disaster in waiting. "It's very unfortunate. The people living on the mainland side of Likoni have to risk their lives daily to eke out a living," said Wafula John, who uses the ferry daily. Magomati said nobody was injured in the mishap.


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Posted by Anonymous on 07/31/2013
I went to high school right around the corner from Riggoletto's and was in love!!! I then went to college... and after college moved to Park Slope. People had been telling me that since it moved to the 72nd street location the quality had gone down down down hill which broke my heart a bit. I just recently moved back to the upper west side and out of curiosity looked up the menu... and my heart jumped when I saw the fiesta pizza! The pizza I got every day for 4 years! So i decided to ditch the diet... and call for delivery. Upon doing so I was told by a rather unfriendly woman that if I wanted my pizza delivered to 85th street (as the delivery range is only to 83rd) I'd have to pay an extra $7.. ! You'd think after all the bed reviews they'd take all the orders they can get... I will NOT be ordering from Riggoletto's.
Posted by Easy Side on 06/15/2013
Rigoletto is the best! I travel every weekend with my family to the west side to grab their Maestro slice! The freshest and best
Posted by UWS on 04/20/2013
Rigoletto is a Must have. Thought they closed, just moved! Delicious!! Try the Maestro! To die for
Posted by local and lost on 04/18/2013
They have relocated to 72nd St and the place is lovely but what happened to the pizza? Rigoletto used to have the best slice around- my friends from out of town would make a 'b' line for the place. It's flavorless and not memorable at all. Is it the sauce? Where has the good pizza gone?
Posted by L on 03/26/2013
The Best Pizza the best value! Love Rigoletto. They have been open for 20 years now and still amazing!
Posted by R on 03/21/2013
I just paid almost nine bucks for two plain slices and a can (not bottle) of soda. I wouldn't mind if the pizza were truly exceptional. It's not. It's good pizza. Good, overpriced pizza.
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Always friendly and FAST delivery too. Since their relocation they have improved everything! Rigoletto is a must! Held my daughters Bday there with 18 screaming girls! Accommodating to say the least!


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I'm thinking there's a way to do this but can figure it out. If there isn't, I must be mixing it up with MS Word.
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GCC hotel revenue poised to hit $25 billion by 2016
Issac John / 19 July 2013
Hotel revenue in the GCC is expected to soar to $25 billion by 2016 from $17.83 billion in 2011, driven by a projected surge in international tourist arrivals.
At a compound annual growth rate of 6.93 per cent, the revenue jump reflects the region's steadily improving business prospects as well as leisure tourist demand, Kuwait Financial Centre, or Markaz, said in its GCC Hospitality report.
The average occupancy rate for GCC, which was 68 per cent for the year 2012, is expected to reach an average occupancy of 73 per cent by 2016, said the report.
"The GCC is home to high percentage of luxury hotels and its pipeline is also dominated by many high profile projects," it said.
STR Global in its Construction Pipeline Report for June 2013 said that the Middle East/Africa hotel development pipeline comprises of 491 hotels totalling 120,795 rooms.
Dubai, region's key market reported the largest number of rooms under construction with 10,391 rooms. Five other markets reported more than 1,000 rooms under construction: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (5,598 rooms); Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (3,727 rooms); Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (2,213 rooms); Cairo, Egypt (1,744 rooms); and Amman, Jordan (1,547 rooms).
Markaz report said the Average Daily Rent (ADR) for the year 2012 is estimated at $204, which is relatively on the higher side in comparison with other regions. "While issues like political unrest and oversupply affected the OR and ADR in the past, the forecast for both these metrics is positive with increasing business as well as leisure tourist demand."
The report argued that although there were several growth factors driving the hospitality industry in the GCC, international tourism has to be the most significant one.
"The GCC region is home to some of the finest hotels in the world and people visit the region for niche tourism offerings such as cultural, religious tourism as well as sports and event based tourism. The region is increasingly seen as a Mice destination.
"The improving economic condition, government's support to the private sector, the strategic location of the GCC as an ideal transit point along with the better reach from the airline industry fosters well for the hospitality industry," said the report.
Markaz pointed out that skewed supply of hotel rooms towards upscale and luxury segment is a key trend in the hotel industry. "These hotels provide services including spa and gymnasium facilities for which the demand is on the rise. Also, some of the big international hotel chains are increasingly showing willingness to form tie-ups with local players and the latter are being recognized for their remarkable and novel services. Service apartments have grown in the GCC region with the rise of business travellers and expatriates who look for longer stays at reasonable prices."
The report, however, cautioned that the possibility of a negative shift in the socio-economic and political instability of countries in the Middle East could impact the revenues of the region's hospitality industry. Other issues like oversupply in countries like UAE, Qatar and some parts of Saudi Arabia affected the OR and ADR values in the region.
"The high employee turnover and the labour laws in the region are a cause of concern for the hoteliers. The rising cost of construction coupled with stringent lending policies is some of the other key challenges in the industry," it said.
Both Dubai and Abu Dhabi hotels posted significant growth in gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR) this year, the latest HotStats survey reveals.
Tourist arrivals in the UAE are forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.3 per cent between 2012 and 2022, with hotel supply also expected to increase from the current 96,992 hotel rooms in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, to a total of 125,383 hotel rooms in 2016.
The latest Ernst & Young Middle East Hotel Benchmark Survey shows that Dubai's hospitality market witnessed positive growth on all key performance indicators through the first quarter 2013 compared to the same period last year. During 2012, approximately 3,500 new branded hotel rooms were added to Dubai's hotel supply.
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Tools that allow you to pre-schedule any type of content for your social media accounts often come under harsh scrutiny.
Those who have strong opinions about social media, and how it should be used, believe that nothing should be scheduled and everything should be done live. We agree that social media users should be engaged and present but we disagree that you can't use some tools to facilitate the sharing of content.
The thing to note is that you still need to be mindful of what you are scheduling. This isn't about choosing any content and this isn't about "setting it and forgetting it." You want to pick content that you've actually read, enjoyed and know your audience will find useful and you need to be engaged enough to converse about the shared links as they go live.
The other thing to be mindful of is that when using a pre-scheduling tool, you're going to want to still pay attention to current events and news. If something major is happening – ie: a natural disaster, a major news story, etc. – you'll want to get into that tool and cancel your pre-scheduled pieces so that you don't seem insensitive to what is happening in real-time.
That said, we think that tools, like Buffer, have a place in the market and can really enhance your social media experience when used correctly.
For those unfamiliar with Buffer, here's a quick overview of how it works:
As you can see, the tool still allows you lots of control to ensure that you're personalizing the content and choosing the platform that it most makes sense to share it to.
Here are three reasons why we love Buffer as a pre-scheduling tool for our social media.
I don't know about you but I spend a lot of time with my head down, completely focused in on my work. However, there are at least three times in my day where I stop what I am doing to browse through some of my favourite news and tech blogs.
To give you an idea of how many I browse through at that time, here's a snapshot of what my Chrome bookmarks bar looks like:
If I were to share the articles I find interesting within those three time periods, my followers would get about three to five (or more!) articles spammed at them quickly and then I'd go back to my work and my accounts would go quiet again.
By sharing the articles I've found interesting through a service like Buffer, I can share them on a pre-determined schedule and at regular intervals. Instead of a link spam fest, I can share one link three – four times per day and those links are spread out over the course of many, many hours.
When I'm reading articles and browsing websites, I don't always also have Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+ open yet each of them are fantastic outlets for some of the content I want to share. Oftentimes, each of the sites I'm browsing offer limited share icons, which makes choosing the platform I want even trickier.
When I use Buffer, I can curate the content to the right social media platform and ensure that the message I'm sending to each is specific, for those people and makes sense for the platform.
For example, I send mostly business-only articles to LinkedIn. I don't share super awesome videos of amazing cellists nor do I share about the latest Kickstarter toy that I'm drooling over. However, I'd likely share that type of content on Google+ and Twitter. Facebook tends to be, for me, a place where I share more tutorial or practical information. Twitter is a mixed bag.
Once you know how you want to use each platform and the audience at each, Buffer makes it easy to push the content out to the right people and at intervals that won't overwhelm.
Often times when you are using social media to share information about your business, as well as to share content and have conversations, marketing material comes into play. Sharing your marketing messages (aka self-serving content) is something that I encourage people to do but there needs to be a good balance between content and marketing messages.
With Buffer, we can get a really good view of what is going out, and when, and ensure that we have a healthy mix of content vs. marketing. This ensures that we deliver a lot of value and interesting content with a mix of marketing so we don't annoy any of our social media connections.
Any of our real-time, in-the-moment Tweets and updates are done by us and not through Buffer. Anything where we've typed something out and we're not sharing a link is sent manually. Buffer becomes our tool for mostly curating and sharing content.
What are your thoughts? Do you use Buffer or any other scheduling tool? What's your opinion on social media scheduling in general? Leave it in the comments below.
I think you make two very important points;
1) what your RT or link to is what you say… just like bio disclaimers don't really protect the brand you are associated with, posting any content attaches a measure of agreement to it so as you say "be mindful"
2) monitor the real world for your scheduled posts – too many examples out there to prove the point about timing
All I would add is that scheduling can be useful but might depend on who you are or what stage your account is in. If you are established and your audience knows you dip in and out of being there in real time the exposure for scheduled tweets is less. If you are never there than they are probably a sure sign of a declining audience but I know you are not a proponent of that.
For a new user to any platform I think the risk of scheduled tweets is missing the chance to interact live with your audience. I don't think anything breeds growth in your audience than being present and if you are not at least monitoring your may miss an opportunity…
The only "don't" I would suggest is an auto-reply attached to the scheduled post. At least for me those auto-replies are just plain annoying!
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The event will feature handmade holiday crafts, gifts and decorations, greenery, pinecone wreaths, angel trees, bird feeders and other items.
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Until this summer, Nick Lessins had owned a quiet little pizzeria called Great Lake in Chicago. Then Alan Richman named his mortadella pie the best pizza America. Now Nick has lines around the block, and more demand for his locally sourced, painstakingly crafted pizza than he can he can possibly supply. But he seems a little conflicted about those crowds gathering outside his place of business.
Nick, that's what we call a First-World Problem. We're gonna say 'you're welcome' anyway.