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First Forum of the Standing Committee - Meeting documents
Date: 28 May 2013
Venue: Fira Barcelona, Hall 5 - Palau de Congressos
Information for participants (398 kB)
List of participants (116 kB)
The recording of the first Forum can be found here.
09:00 to 09:45 "Strategic perspectives on climate
09:45 to
11:00: "Financing and investment drivers
for mitigation activities"
ExpectationsDiscuss the underlying opportunities, challenges,
barriers and factors that determine investment decisions and/or the allocation of financial resources in
mitigation activities, including a brief overview of current trends. Among other key questions,
participants will have an opportunity to reflect on why investments in clean technologies still lag behind
those in fossil fuel intensive technologies.
Panel compositionForm: e.g. Roundtable discussion with a Q&A session between the
audience and the panel.
Syed Mujtaba Hussain; Deputy Secretary, Government of Pakistan
Hugh Sealy; Vice-Chair, Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board – Professor, Department
of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, St. George's University, St. George's,
Dr. Hugh Sealy is
Canadian by birth and Barbadian by descent. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) from McGill
University, Montreal, Canada. He completed a Master of Science in Environmental Pollution Science at Brunel
Middlesex, U.K. and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Environmental Science at the University of Liverpool, U.K.
He is the recipient of a Barbados Scholarship and a Commonwealth Scholarship.
Dr. Sealy is a consultant with over 25 years of experience as a project manager, a professional engineer,
an environmental scientist and a university lecturer. He has managed development projects, particularly in
relation to energy, water supply,
wastewater treatment and integrated solid waste management and conducted numerous environmental studies
throughout the Caribbean region.
He was the Chairman of the Barbados National Energy Policy Committee and the Chairman of the National
Commission on Sustainable Development for the Government of Barbados. He was responsible for the
development of the Barbados National Energy
Policy and for monitoring the implementation of the National Sustainable Development Policy. He assisted in
the development of national energy policies, which include low carbon development strategies, for Dominica
and for Grenada. Dr. Sealy served as
Energy and Sustainable Development Advisor to the Government of Grenada from 2008 – 2012.
In January 2008, Dr. Sealy was elected as a Member of the Executive Board of the Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Dr. Sealy served
as one of two representatives for Latin
America and the Caribbean until January 2011. In December 2011 Dr. Sealy was reelected to the Executive
Board of the CDM to serve as the Member for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). In January 2013,
Dr. Sealy was elected as Vice Chair of
the CDM Executive Board.
Currently, Dr. Sealy is a Professor in the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine in the
School of Medicine at St. George's University in Grenada. Since 2007, Dr. Sealy has served as a
senior negotiator for the AOSIS Climate Change Technical
Negotiating Team at the Conferences of the Parties under the UNFCCC.
Abyd Karmali; Managing Director, Global Head of Climate Markets, Bank of America Merrill
Abyd Karmali is
Managing Director and Global Head of Carbon Markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and serves on the
firm's Environment Council which steers the bank's USD 50 billion environmental business
initiative. Mr Karmali has worked for more than twenty years on climate change, carbon markets, and climate
finance. He is currently Honorary Special Advisor to the Climate Markets and Investment Association after
serving as its elected President from 2008-2013. Over the past six years, his teams have won several
awards for innovative climate finance transactions. Mr. Karmali holds a MS in Technology and Policy from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Vikram Widge; Head, Climate Finance & Policy, International Finance
Vikram Widge heads
climate finance & policy at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector affiliate
of the World Bank. The unit supports development and deployment of innovative market-based solutions
to help mobilize private capital for climate-smart investments in emerging markets. Prior to this he
built IFC's carbon finance business that he continues to manage. He also leads IFC's
engagement externally and provides leadership internally on climate policy, climate risk and adaptation,
and greenhouse gas accounting and related metrics.
Vikram has over two decades of experience in developing and financing projects that deploy clean
technologies in emerging markets, including renewables, waste-to-energy, fuel cells and electric
vehicles. He also structured and managed an off-grid solar PV fund for six years. Vikram has a
bachelor's in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi and a master's in
resource economics from the University of Maryland, where he was a Graduate Fellow. After working in
the private sector for 10 years, he has been with IFC since 1994.
Jose Juan Gomez; Lead Financial Markets and Climate
Change Specialist, Capital Markets and Financial Institutions Division, Inter-American Development
The role of national development banks (3244 kB)
The role of national development banks (Spanish version) (3367 kB)
11:15 to 12:30 Group A: "Innovative approaches and
case studies by national, bilateral, regional and multilateral organisations and by the private
Show-casing of concrete experiences in developing and implementing policies, strategies and activities, as
well as necessary measures or steps to accelerate the mobilization of finance for mitigation at the
national and regional level.
Discussion of cases of private sector engagement and partnerships to support mitigation activities.
Panel composition
Form: Brief presentations from panellists, followed by round table discussion with a Q&A between
the audience and panellists.
Neeraj Prasad; World Bank Institute
Neeraj Prasad is
Manager of the WBI climate change team, which focuses on capacity development and practitioner networks on
sustainable energy, climate-smart agriculture, sustainable cities and low emissions development. Before
joining the World Bank in 1996, Mr. Prasad was a member of the Indian Administrative Service, with
assignments as a development administrator, in the federal Finance Ministry, and as Assistant to
India's Executive Director in the IMF. In the World Bank, he supported and led Environment sector
operations in Asia, including its single largest Carbon Finance transaction, the China HFC-23
project. He supported the management of its Carbon Finance Unit.
He has co-authored a number of climate change analytical pieces and handbooks, and has spoken on the topic
at seminars and workshops across the world.
Mary Gomez-Torres;
Corporacion Andina de Fomento (CAF)
• Industrial
Engineer, with specialised studies in Finances and Economy matters. Wide experience in corporate financial
areas, planning, and environmental financing. Working experience in multilateral banking, public sector,
real sector firms and higher education.
• Seven-year working experience at the Andean Development Corporation (CAF), a Multilateral Banking
institution engaged in business deals involving the sale of carbon emission reductions for the Kyoto
Protocol and voluntary markets, and funding of renewable energy projects. Nowadays, Head of Climate
Change Unit.
• Consultant Experience: Environmental funding, with a focus on the Kyoto Protocol's Clean
Development Mechanism (CDM) and business plans to get foreign investment involved in environmental business
• Seven-year experience in managerial positions at the Colombian Ministry of the Environment's
Planning and Funding Area. Working experience in the design of economic and financial tools in the field of
environmental management, with an emphasis on pollution rates, water resource management funds, and
water-resource use rates. Sector studies on environmental expenditure and financial strategy for
environmental investment in Colombia. Design and direction of programmes and strategies for green markets
in Colombia. Design and starting-up of operations with multilateral banking and technical co-operation.
Participation at the National Strategy for the Clean Development Facility Study in Colombia, and setting up
of the National Agency for Climate Change.
• Teaching experience in the financial and management control systems area. Teaching Experience in
environmental finance.
Marc Stuart;
Private Equity Investor, Allotrope Ventures
Avril Benchimol;
Interamerican Development Bank
Avril Benchimol is the
program coordinator of a US$ 7 million regional facility at the Multilateral Investment Fund, a member of
the Inter-American Development Bank. The facility provides technical assistance grants to microfinance
institutions (MFIs) in Latin America and the Caribbean to develop green lending products aimed at
facilitating MFI clients' access to both clean energies and energy efficiency as well as adaptation
strategies to climate change.
In 2011, she received her Master's degree from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service,
where she graduated with honors for academic excellence.
Prior to her graduate studies, she spent six years in investment banking in London, Madrid and Brussels
working for Morgan Stanley and Fortis Bank. Her main areas of expertise include origination of equity and
debt transactions as well as sales and structuring of equity derivatives. She has an undergraduate degree
in business administration from ICADE (Spain). She is originally from Madrid and speaks fluent English,
French, and Spanish.
Mobilizing finance for the Private Sector, Innovation in LAC (1971 kB)
David Rodgers; Senior Energy Specialist, GEF secretariat
GEF's Intervention Models for Private Sector Engagement (149 kB)
13:30 to
14:45: "Financing and investment drivers
for adaptation activities"
Overview of existing opportunities, challenges, barriers and factors that determine financial flows for
adaptation activities, including a discussion on the overall financial needs, as well as possibilities for
increased private investment involvement.
Panel composition
Form: Brief presentations from panellists, followed by round table discussion with a Q&A between
the audience and panellists.
Naderev Saño; Co-Chair, UNFCCC/LTF work programme
Juan Hoffmaister; Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bolivia; Adaptation Committee
member and representing the Chair of the Committee
Mr. Juan P.
Hoffmaister is a specialist on international governance and law, with expertise in adaptation, disaster
risk reduction, and development. He works for the Universidad de la Cordillera, La Paz and as a
senior advisor to the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also serves as negotiator for the Group of
77 and China in multiple issues related to adaptation. Mr. Hoffmaister is a member of the UNFCCC Adaptation
Committee, representing Latin America and the Caribbean. He has postgraduate studies in international law,
a masters in international governance and ecosystems, and a bachelors on ecology and environmental policy.
He has authored and co-authored multiple peer-reviewed publications on adaptation finance and the use of
development instruments for achieving climate co-benefits.
Carlos Fuller; International and Regional Liaison Officer, Caribbean Community Climate Change
Mr. Carlos Fuller is
the International and Regional Liaison Officer of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, an
intergovernmental organization established to coordinate CARICOM's response to climate change. Mr.
Fuller's primary responsibility is to coordinate the region in the international climate change
negotiation process. He is a meteorologist, and prior to joining the Centre, he was the Director of the
National Meteorological Service of Belize. He was the country's chief climate change negotiator from
1990 until his retirement from the government service in 2008. In that capacity he participated in
negotiating the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol. He
also represented Belize at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), the United
Nations Small Island Developing States Conference (UNSIDS), the World Summit on Sustainable Development
(WSSD), the UN Conference on the Ten-Year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action (SIDS+10) and the
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). Mr. Fuller was awarded the George Price
Lifetime Award for Emergency Management and the Officer of the Order British Empire (OBE) for public
Smita Nakhooda; Research Fellow, Climate and Environment Programme, Overseas Development
Smita Nakhooda is a
Research Fellow in the Climate Change Environment and Forests Program at ODI where she leads work on
international finance to help developing countries address climate change. This includes efforts to monitor
the climate finance, and to understand its effectiveness.
She was previously a Senior Associate in the Institutions and Governance Program at the World Resources
Institute , where she led research and engagement programmes on the governance of electricity in major
developing countries, and on the environmental impacts of development finance. She also developed a program
of work addressing governance of forests in the context of global efforts to reduce emissions from
deforestation and degradation. In 2010 she was a Senior Research Associate of Idasa, an African democracy
institute based in South Africa, working with civil society and independent research institutions to inform
and influence emerging policies and plans in the electricity sector. Earlier in her career she worked on
rural electrification in East Africa with the United Nations Development Program.
Smita holds an MSc in Environmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics and Political
Science (UK), and a BA in Government and Environmental Studies from Dartmouth College (USA).
Saliha Dobardzic; Climate Change Specialist, LDCF/SCCF Secretariat (GEF)
14:45 to
16:00: Group B: "Innovative approaches and case studies by national,
bilateral, regional and multilateral organisations and by the private sector in providing funding and
investments for adaptation"
Show-casing of concrete experiences in developing and implementing policies, strategies and activities, as
well as necessary measures or steps to accelerate the mobilization of finance for adaptation at the
national and regional level.
Discussion of cases of private sector engagement and partnerships to support adaptation activities.
Panel composition
Form: Brief presentations from panellists, followed by round table discussion with a Q&A between
the audience and the panel.
Stefan Agne; European Commission
Monica Araya; Senior Advisor, Costa Rica
Ana Fornells; Former Chair and current member of the Adaptation Fund Board / Daouda
Ndiaye; Secretariat of the Adaptation Fund Board
Daouda, a Senegalese
national, is an Adaptation Officer at the Adaptation Fund Board Secretariat, which he joined in November
2010. His main responsibilities include the review of projects and programme proposals and monitoring of
the Fund portfolio, as well as support the Board in the preparation of policy and strategic documents of
the Adaptation Fund. Prior to this position, Daouda worked for three years in the Environment & Energy
Unit of the UN Development Program's regional centre in Dakar, covering Western and Central Africa. His
main responsibility was to provide support to UNDP country offices in mobilizing funds from the Global
Environment Facility, designing and supervising the implementation of biodiversity and land degradation
projects. Prior to that, he worked for one year at the Ecological Monitoring Centre in Dakar, Senegal, as
an expert and research officer in soil carbon sequestration, agriculture, and land degradation.
Daouda has seven years of experience in the design, implementation and management of environmental research
projects dealing with the biological regulation of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations both in
Senegal and the US, including a three-year research associate position at the University of Louisville in
Kentucky. He has authored several scientific publications and communications on the topic. Daouda holds a
PhD in Ecology from the University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) and a master's degree in Business
Administration from the University of Bourgogne in France.
Alexander Froede; Environment and Climate Change Division, Competence Centre for Climate Change,
Alexander Fröde
is the Project Director of GIZ's "Global GCF Readiness Programmes" which supports a set of
countries worldwide in the preparation for GCF. He also coordinates the activities on climate finance in
GIZ's Competence Center for Climate Change. He and his team supports GIZ's projects on climate
finance world-wide and is responsible for the development of tools, such as GIZ's "Ready for
climate finance approach" and the CliFAssess tool.
He is landscape ecologist with a specialization in international environmental law and environmental
ethics. Prior to his current work in GIZ headquarter he was based in Harare where he worked practically on
adaptation to climate change in savannah dry land in Zimbabwe and neighbouring countries.
It's not just the
money: institutional strengthening of national climate funds (1326 kB)
Capacity development for
direct access to climate finance (1156 kB)
Climate Finance Readiness - Preliminary approach and insights from efforts in Southern Africa (308
Andrea Kutter;
Senior Program Coordinator, Administrative Unit, CIF
A physical geographer
by training, Andrea Kutter has been since 2009 the Senior Program Coordinator for the Forest Investment
Program (FIP) and the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) in the Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
Administrative Unit. Prior to that, she was the Senior Natural Resources Management Specialist in the
Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). She has also worked as a Technical Officer for
Deutsche Gesellschaft für InternationaleZusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Argentina focusing on sustainable land
management in dry zones, and she began her career in the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) working
on Agenda 21 and land use planning.
Jorge Barrigh; General Manager of Ecoressources
16:15 –
17:30: Group C: "The role of local
investors in mobilizing additional climate finance"
Discuss which actions of the GCF, MDBs, NDBs, as well as local governments, would be considered most
helpful by local investors. The presentations as well as the discussion will be guided along a set of
questions and the main opinions.
Panel composition
Form: Brief opening statements by the facilitator and panellists, followed by round table discussion
with a Q&A between the audience and the panel.
Ulf Moslener; Frankfurt School of Management
Ulf Moslener is Member of the Standing Committee on Finance. He is professor for sustainable energy
finance at the faculty of Frankfurt School of Finance and Management in Germany. As Head of Research of the
UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate and Sustainable Energy Finance his current fields of research are the
economics of climate change, financing sustainable energy systems and climate finance. He was deputy head
of the department of "Environmental and Resource Economics and Environmental Management" at the
Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim, Germany. His main areas of interest were
international climate policy, the analysis of carbon regulation, carbon emissions trading, and policy
instruments to promote renewable energy. Thereafter he joined KfW Development Bank, where he was dealing
with the practice of financing renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing and newly
industrialized countries within the German development co-operation, in particular related to the German
contribution to the Clean Technology Fund. Ulf Moslener holds a Diploma in Physics and a PhD in economics
from the University of Heidelberg.
Presentation Ulf Moslener (527 kB)
Global Trends in Energy Investment 2013 (4927 kB)
Case study: the Thai Energy Efficiency Revolving Fund (1001 kB)
Case study: Guyana REDD-Plus Investment Fund (GRIF) (659 kB)
Case study: The Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCTF) (520 kB)
Kwame Parker; Head of Project Financing, Standard Bank Nairobi
Jessica Jacob; Director for Social and Environmental Responsibility, Findeter, Colombia
Findeter - Supporting Sustainable Development (2294 kB)
Colombian Green Protocol (476 kB)
Diann Black-Lane; Ambassador, Government of Antigua and Barbuda; and Konrad von
Ritter; Consultant on climate change and cities
Dirk Forrister; CEO, IETA
Konrad von Ritter has over 25 years of experience in sustainable development, of which 20 years with the
World Bank. He is currently an independent consultant working on climate change and cities, as well as on
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and climate oriented crowd-funding and micro-finance. He
is also a Director at WEnergy, a Singapore based start-up company offering renewable energy solutions
focused on East Asia. As a manager at the World Bank, he created the climate change practice at the World
Bank Institute, pioneered a Cities and Climate Change learning program, and initiated a NAMA Practitioner
Dialogue. As a project leader he helped introduce economic instruments in environmental management in the
Philippines, and started up the first Ozone Depleting Substances phase out projects in Malaysia and
Thailand. Konrad holds master degrees in economics and in political science from the FU Berlin,
Crowdfunding for Climate Change (321 kB)
Dirk Forrister;
President, IETA
Dirk Forrister is
President and CEO of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA). Previously, he was Managing
Director at Natsource LLC, the manager of one of the world's largest carbon funds. Earlier in
his career, Mr. Forrister served as Chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force in the Clinton
Administration and Assistant U.S. Secretary of Energy for Congressional, Public and Intergovernmental
Affairs. Previously, he was legislative counsel to Congressman Jim Cooper of Tennessee. He was
also Energy Program Manager at Environmental Defense Fund. Forrister now serves on the Board of
Directors of the Verified Carbon Standard and as a member of the Advisory Boards of the National Center for
Atmospheric Research and the American Carbon Registry.
16:15 to 17:30:
Group D: "Tracking climate finance"
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The Hunter is a military attack helicopter featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and Grand Theft Auto V.
3D Universe
The Hunter is based on the Boeing AH-64 Apache. In GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories, the Hunter is an aesthetically correct AH-64A, though in VCS, it is technically a YAH-64 as the helicopter did not formally enter service with the United Stated Army until 1986. The version featured in GTA San Andreas has a similar design, however it omits the co-pilot's seat, uses an eight-bladed tail rotor and has a canopy that swings open vertically, as with the Hydra jet.
A deadly aircraft, the Hunter is armed with a self-targeting chin-mounted gun and dual rocket launchers, which can launch two unguided rockets simultaneously. Like the Rhino and the Hydra, both weapons have unlimited ammunition. In addition, it is highly resistant to damage, but is by no means indestructible. Despite being an army vehicle, it is never used by the military or hostile factions in any game outside scripted circumstances.
Notable appearances in missions
The Hunter's most notable use is in the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories missions Over The Top and Last Stand, when Victor Vance steals a Hunter (in Over the Top) in order to attack the Mendez Cartel (in Last Stand). It appears too in a previous mission, From Zero To Hero. It also appeared in Learning to Fly, race event Heli Hell and two flown by NPC in Up, Up and Away! (part of casino heist mission) from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City it makes one single appearance in the mission All Hands On Deck.
Although it isn't considered a mission, the Hunter appeared in a multiplayer match for the PSP version of GTA Vice City Stories named "Might of the Hunter".
Skywolf Mission
The Skywolf mission is a side mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories available after Last Stand, it is activated by simply entering the Hunter at Escobar International, the mission requires the player to use the Hunter's weaponary and destroy a certain amount of targets while flying through some rings. The targets are actual boats, cars and for the last part, another helicopter. Completion of the mission gets the player a step closer to 100% Completion
- Though it does not appear within the game, leftover Hunter files from Vice City are present in the code of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. With the aid of third-party trainers, a fully functional Hunter can be spawned. It has the same design as the Vice City model, but cannot be used for vigilante missions nor is named in-game.
- In GTA Vice City, San Andreas and Liberty City Stories, the player is able to play the game's radio stations while flying the Hunter. However, this ability was removed in GTA Vice City Stories. The default radio stations for the Hunter are V-Rock in GTA Vice City, K-DST in GTA San Andreas.
- The Hunter is the fastest helicopter in the series, but has the widest turning radius. This isn't true for San Andreas, though, as the Sea Sparrow, Sparrow, and News Chopper are all faster.
- In GTA Vice City the Hunter's machine gun has a firing sound like the M-60.
- In GTA San Andreas, using the turret to destroy any vehicles does not attract police attention, but killing people on foot using the turret or firing rockets, unless they hit ground, a structure, directly at criminals spawned by vigilante mission or explode in the air, does attract a wanted level.
- One must be careful when shooting the rockets from the Hunter in Vice City Stories because if the helicopter strafes too much, the rockets will hit the chopper immediately after firing, thus, destroying it in the process.
- In San Andreas if the player fits a Hunter into a Pay n' Spray it will be sprayed and if you have a wanted level the stars will flash. (Note: it is extremely difficult to fit a Hunter into a pay n' spray' so you'll have to squeeze as much as you can into the garage until the door closes)
- GTA Vice City
- Fort Baxter Air Base - Inside the base after completing either Keep Your Friends Close or collecting all 100 hidden packages.
- Ocean Beach - At the helipad next to Lance Vance's house after completing both, the 100 hidden packages collect and Keep Your Friends Close.
- GTA San Andreas
- Easter Basin, San Fierro - On a helipad inside the Easter Basin Naval Station after completing Flight School with all golds. The player instantly gains a 5 star wanted level upon entering the base and therefore will be assaulted by two NPC Hydras firing heat-seeking missiles.
- Verdant Meadows, Bone County - At the airstrip after getting gold on all flying school tests. (Note: When both the Hunter and Leviathan are unlocked at Verdant Meadows, only one of them can spawn at a time. Arrive from the west to spawn the Hunter and arrive from the east to spawn the Leviathan.)
- Used in Heli Hell - instead of completing the course, take the Hunter to the aircraft hangar in Verdant Meadows.
- Can be spawned by inputting the cheat during gameplay.
- GTA Vice City Stories
- Escobar International Airport - At the southern part of the airport near the Biplane after completing Last Stand. Starts the "Skywolf" side-mission automatically upon entrance.
- Grand Theft Auto V
See also
- Sea Sparrow, a similarly armed helicopter.
- Annihilator, GTA IV equivalent.
- Buzzard

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|"Are you a wizard or not?"
The title of this article is conjectural. Although it is based on canonical information, the actual name is conjecture and may be supplanted at any time by additional information released from canonical sources. If this occurs, please move this page to the appropriate title.
- "Do you tell me where you bought your dress, Mrs Mason..."
- —Petunia Dursley practicing compliments for Mrs Mason.[src]
Mrs Mason was the wife of Mr Mason, a builder whom Vernon Dursley was hoping to get a big drill order from. On 31 July, 1992, the couple were dinner guests at the Dursley home. Their evening was nearly ruined when the dessert Petunia Dursley had made crashed to the floor (an incident blamed on Harry Potter though it was Dobby's fault). The evening could have been rescued were it not for the barn owl that flew through the open window to deliver a letter of warning of a breach of the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery for Harry. The owl dropped the letter on Mrs Mason's head, and due to her extreme fear of birds she "screamed like a banshee" and ran from the house, followed quickly by her husband.
Behind the scenes
- Mrs Mason was portrayed by Veronica Clifford in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the dessert, levitated by Dobby, crashed down on Mrs Mason's head, ruining the dinner party and causing Vernon Dursley to lock Harry in his bedroom.
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Dudley eats the pudding off Mrs Mason's head.
- In a deleted scene, when Petunia Dursley says to Mrs Mason that she had a nice dress, she says that all her dresses were tailor-made. This was her only line in the film, but was cut from the theatre version.


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Jelly-Legs Curse
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- "Jelly-Legs Curse: Point your wand directly at your enemy and shout Locomotor Wibbly!'"
- —Vindictus Viridian, Curses and Counter-Curses.[src]
The Jelly-Legs Curse, also known as the Jelly-Legs Jinx (Locomotor Wibbly) is a spell that causes the victim's legs to collapse.[1]
Known Uses
- Hermione Granger used this spell on Harry Potter while he was practicing the Shield Charm for the Third Task of the Triwizard Tournament.[3]
- Vincent Crabbe was hit with this jinx, in combination with Furnunculus, by Harry and George Weasley, causing little tentacles to sprout all over his face.[3]
Behind the scenes
- The Jelly-Legs Jinx seems to share some similarities with Tarantallegra, although the effects as described are slightly different; Tarantallegra makes the victim's legs thrash about uncontrollably, whereas this spell makes their legs shake.
- In the GBC video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, this spell is used to immobilize the opponent until they are hit with another spell.
- This may possibly be related to the Leg-Locker Curse.
- It is currently unknown whether this is a jinx or a curse, as it has been referred to as both.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Name only)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Pottermore
- A Very Potter Musical (AVPM)
- A Very Potter Sequel (AVPS)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jelly-Legs Jinx practice screen on Pottermore (see this image)
- ↑ Jelly-Legs Curse described on Pottermore (see this image)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
|Spells included in the book: Full Body-Bind Curse · Leg-Locker Curse · Jelly-Legs Curse · Pimple Jinx · Stickfast Hex · Tickling Hex · Tongue-Tying Curse · Hair Loss Curse


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If your zoning review is fine, next you go to permitting. Here you will submit plans (drawings) of what was built. If you do not have these plans, consider hiring an Architect to generate As-Built drawings for this use. Hopefully the plan review comes back with no changes, or you will alread know your addition is not in compliance and may face rebuilding. Depending on the type of construction, your zoning and your local building requirements, you will be required to have inspections of your foundation / footings, the framing, the electrical, mechancial and HVAC systems, etc. affected by the work.
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As you can see, you have to hope beyond belief that the builder constructed everything correctly and that the building officials will work with you to minimize the amount of deconstruction necessary to inspect the work.
Also, you will be charged all the fees associated with plan review and permitting, and you will be charged for each inspection visit (as your builder would have been charged initially had they followed the law).
As for value, here is the real concern: If your home burns down or faces some similar disaster, your home owners insurance will balk at paying; they will blame the illegal construction as the cause. As for the value of your building, not having a permit will make any buyer have a difficult time getting their own insurance, thus harder to sell. The room itself will add value to your property, if it isn't a hazard (IE permitted).
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You may wish to contact a local, licensed Architect who works with the local building department. They will know the personel, know which forms you need to fill out first and how to protect you from an overzealous Building Official (there are exceptions and options within the Code that the Building Official may forget or ignore that an Architect can request be used to prevent tear down or damage). Next time you go to build get the Architect first to protect yourself from what this construction firm did to you.
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If you are having a friendly divorce you might want to know what doing the repairs would add to the sale price. I think your best bet would actually be to talk to a realtor as to what they think the difference would be. Then get a couple of estimates from a local contractor or contractors.
Being in a divorce situation I would think sell as is and move on as quickly as you can. Renovation of a home can be a stress on a good marraige and it would probably be worse if in divorce proceedings.
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The all-important race to finish as year-
end No. 1 appears to be a two-man affair heading down the stretch.
Five-time year-end ace Roger Federer and last year's No. 1 Novak Djokovic
will determine this year's top dog over the next month-and-a-half.
The Fed currently leads the rankings with a slim 835-point lead over the
Djoker, with both men lacing them up at the Shanghai Masters this week, along
with world No. 3 power and two-time defending champion Andy Murray.
Federer simply continues to amaze, even at the age of 31. The supreme Swiss
has piled up no less than six titles this year, including a seventh Wimbledon
championship back in July. He's also crossed the finish line first at a trio
of Masters events -- Indian Wells, Madrid and Cincinnati -- and was a silver
medalist at the Olympic tennis tournament, which was staged at "his house,"
better known as the All England Club.
The Swiss hero would appear to have the inside track to another year-end No.
1, but Djokovic will also have a say in the matter.
Federer is typically no stranger to skipping Shanghai, which means his entry
this week clearly indicates a strong desire to finish 2012 at No. 1. He needs
to defend a ton of points (3,000 of 'em) from his undefeated run on the
circuit last fall, when he ruled in his native Basel, Paris and the Tour
If Federer fails to reach the quarters this week and Djokovic titles in
Shanghai, the Serb would overtake the Swiss at the top.
Djokovic, who landed in the year-end No. 1 spot last year after capturing
three of the four major championships, has had another brilliant year...
just not one as good as last year.
The Belgrade native won the Australian Open for a third time in January;
reached his first-ever French Open final in June; secured a bronze medal at
the London Olympic Games in August; and was the U.S. Open runner-up to Murray
last month.
The 25-year-old has also tallied titles at Masters events in Miami and
Toronto and was last week's big winner in Beijing (where he's now won three of
the last four titles). He's also been a five-time runner-up in 2012, including
Masters tourneys in Monte-Carlo, Rome and Cincinnati in addition to his
second-place finishes at the U.S. and French Opens.
Murray was still in contention for the year-end top spot before his campaign
took a major hit last week when he was upset by rising Canadian Milos Raonic
in a semifinal in Tokyo, where Japan's own Kei Nishikori was the stunning
eventual champ.
The 25-year-old Murray is currently 3,715 points off Federer's pace and 2,880
points behind Djokovic. In addition to his huge U.S. Open and Olympic titles,
the British star was a runner-up to Federer at Wimbledon and to Djokovic at
the prestigious Miami event.
Not in the equation this time around is two-time year-end No. 1 Rafael Nadal,
who has been sidelined since late June because of a knee injury that will
probably keep him out of action until late December, or well after the 2012
ATP World Tour season has concluded.
Part of the incredible "trivalry" that includes the 17-time Grand Slam
champion Federer and five-time major titlist Djokovic, the 26-year-old seven-
time French Open champion and 2012 Aussie Open runner-up Nadal currently rests
at No. 4 and will now finish a year outside the top two for the first time
since 2004. Seven straight years inside the top two!? That's astonishing. The
11-time Grand Slam champ was No. 2 behind Djokovic last year and has finished
second behind Federer on four occasions.
It's hard to say who's gonna come out on top when all the smoke clears next
month, but we can probably expect a surge from Federer when he hits some of
those indoor events in Europe.
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A Wonderful Hat
19 comments:
- Bela Monstro said...
The fact i liked the most in this pic is the lady's lively eyes :D
- December 16, 2011 at 9:32 AM
- sacramento said...
She inspires me too.
You have open a door of hope, magic and wonders for all of us, my dear friend.
- December 16, 2011 at 9:43 AM
- Lauren said...
Oh, yes it is a wonderful hat. My eye is also drawn to the dark green gloves she's carrying with her bag.
The Styleseer
- December 16, 2011 at 9:51 AM
- Absolutely Mrs. K said...
that is my mission for 2012! people should wear more hats
- December 16, 2011 at 9:56 AM
- Joni James said...
Very classy and sassy at the same time!
- December 16, 2011 at 10:06 AM
- marly said...
It appears that the very chic Maria is wearing Kenneth Jay Lane's beautiful shell-design earrings. Good choice.
- December 16, 2011 at 1:45 PM
- Style Guru said...
This woman is utterly stunning! She is truly stylish & beautiful - exactly like you & your blog! Rebeccaxo
- December 16, 2011 at 1:53 PM
- Lonestarcasie said...
I think I have decided it is a universal law that if you want to remain vibrant and fabulous, you MUST wear lipstick. It just makes you look like you care. The lovely ladies on your blog seem to know this rule. I am always impressed with how put together they are.
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- December 16, 2011 at 6:49 PM
- Arslan said...
nice hat!
- December 16, 2011 at 11:11 PM
- Michelle Lee said...
Amazing look so elegant :)
- December 17, 2011 at 3:46 AM
- Esmeralda said...
It is wonderful indeed!!!
- December 17, 2011 at 1:26 PM
- Alisia said...
Love the entire ensemble!
- December 17, 2011 at 10:02 PM
- Mireia Béjar said...
I want to be like she when i become older:)
- December 18, 2011 at 12:05 PM
- Proserpina said...
I love the ladies so well-groomed, dressed and made-up
I follow you :)
- December 18, 2011 at 12:37 PM
- Motherkitty said...
This hat is marvelous! I agree with Absolutely Mrs K, more people should wear hats. I have a nice collection started, and find that whenever I wear one, I get noticed. ;-)
Maria, your gorgeous.
- December 18, 2011 at 2:48 PM
- O D Y S S E Y said...
hooray for hats! they add such character.
- December 18, 2011 at 8:18 PM
But why does stylish have to be so skinny? At any age?
- December 18, 2011 at 9:38 PM
- Ahka Vintage said...
Hmmm... to anonymous above I don't think you follow this blog regularly enough - if you did you would see that Ari photographs ALL types of women - and this is the first skinny one I've seen for a while! (p.s. this comes from one who is not in the 'skinny' category herself!)
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Leaf Style (木ノ葉流, Konoha-Ryū, Literally meaning: Tree Leaf Style) could refer to any of the following techniques used by shinobi of Konohagakure:
- Dance of the Crescent Moon (三日月の舞, Mikazuki no Mai, Literally meaning: Dance of the Three Days' Moon), also known as Leaf-Style Dance of the Crescent Moon (木ノ葉流三日月の舞, Konoha-Ryū Mikazuki no Mai, Literally meaning: Tree Leaf-Style Dance of the Three Days' Moon), a technique used by Hayate Gekkō.
- Human Bullet Tank (肉弾戦車, Nikudan Sensha), also known as Leaf-Style Taijutsu: Human Bullet Tank (木ノ葉流体術・肉弾戦車, Konoha-Ryū Taijutsu: Nikudan Sensha, Literally meaning: Tree Leaf-Style Body Technique: Human Bullet Tank), a technique used by Chōji Akimichi and Chōza Akimichi.
- Leaf-Style Willow (木ノ葉流柳, Konoha-Ryū Yanagi, Literally meaning: Tree Leaf Style Willow), an anime-only technique used by Kosuke Maruboshi.


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It was just 30 minutes before Gov. Paul LePage presented his liquor bill to members of the Legislature that Democrats unveiled a competing plan to pay back the nearly $500 million in Medicaid debt owed to state hospitals. While LePage's plan would use proceeds from state liquor sales to pay the debt, Democrats say their plan more effectively harnesses the state's liquor contract to pay the bill and also improve health care. Patty Wight reports.
One of the weaknesses of Gov. LePage's plan, according to Senate President Justin Alfond, is that the state would borrow money to pay the hospital debt through issuing a bond. The Democrats plan is safer, says Alfond, because it requires the winning bidder of the state liquor contract to pay the bill.
"There is no risk associated with this because we are using the private sector - the experts in the liquor industry - to pay back the state of Maine, so we can pay back the hospitals," Alfond said.
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"We are proposing that the state of Maine accept the federal dollars to expand health insurance to 70,000 Mainers while saving $690 million," Eves said.
In other words, Democrats want the state to take advantage of the Medicaid expansion offered under the Affordable Care Act. The expansion would kick in federal money that fully covers the cost for the first three years, then 90 percent in subsequent years.
Gov. LePage, like many Republican governors, has opposed the expansion. But recently, a number of Republican governors - including some of the most staunch opponents to the expansion - have reversed their position. The thought is that if other states are going to benefit from federal tax money, their's should too.
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Bennett says just as Gov. LePage is looking for a good deal before he would agree to expand Medicaid, he's also looking for the best deal to pay back hospitals - which, she says, Democrats aren't offering. She says shifting the bill to the winning bidder of the liquor contract creates new problems.
"They have to make up that money somehow, so they're going to give the state less of a deal moving forward," Bennett says. "If we take this opportunity to manage finances, all of that revenue comes to the state and we're able to use that to our advantage to put it in different programs."
The governor's plan, says Bennett, would advance over $100 million in bonds for things like clean water and transportation projects, as well as stock up the state's depleted rainy day fund.
While Gov. LePage and Democrats disagree on just how to pay back hospitals, Jeff Austin of the Maine Hospital Association says he's just happy that both Democrats and Republicans want to pay the debt.
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Guitar Sensation - A tribute to Andres Segovia: works by Albeniz, Sor, vivaldi, Carulli, Granados / Andres Segovia & Friedemann Wuttke, guitars
2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-09-25Works: Isaac Albéniz: Suite española no 1, Op. 47; Suite española no 2, Op. 47; Piezas caracteristicas, Op. 92; Fernando Sor: Sonata, Op. 25; Introduction, Theme & Variations on a theme f...
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Lincoln Enterprises (originally known as "Star Trek Enterprises") is a mail-order catalog company started by Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett in 1967 as a subsidiary of the Norway Corporation. Lincoln Enterprises is still in business and specializes in memorabilia pertaining to Star Trek. Currently, the company is headed by Gene & Majel's son, Eugene Roddenberry Jr., and run through the appropriately-named Roddenberry.com website.
In the 1970s, they offered merchandise related to other series such as Kung Fu, Search, and other television projects created by Gene Roddenberry, such as Genesis II, Questor, Earth II and Spectre.
In 1974, Lincoln Enterprises Catalog No. 5 came out, offering scripts, storyboards, and other items related to Star Trek: The Animated Series. Available in that catalog were biographies of the two new crew members, Lieutenants Arex and M'Ress. These two biographies are no longer available from Lincoln Enterprises. However, they can be found as "supplemental biographical info" for each of the two characters at StarTrek.com.
The address for Lincoln Enterprises is:
- Lincoln Enterprises
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Greenville Police are investigating an alleged armed robbery that ended with a man shot in the leg.
Officers spoke with a man at Vidant Medical Center suffering from a gunshot wound. Police say that the victim said that he was going to a visit a female at a location on Allen Road. That location may have been Holly Glenn Apartments according to police. The man told investigators that when he got out of his vehicle, a black male in a ski mask walked up to him with a handgun and robbed him of $20. The victim says when he tried to run, the suspect shot him in the leg.
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Home List of Titles A K-band central disc surface brightness correlation with scalelength for early-type disc galaxies, and the inclination correction
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- A K-band central disc surface brightness correlation with scalelength for early-type disc galaxies, and the inclination correction
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- The K-band light profiles from two statistically complete, diameter-limited samples of disc galaxies have been simultaneously modelled with a seeing-convolved Sérsic r1/n bulge and a seeing-convolved exponential disc. This has enabled an accurate separation of the bulge and disc light, and hence an estimate of the central disc surface brightness.
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It's a tradition that spans over decades: Circle Drive Baptist Church opens their doors to hundreds during the Thanksgiving holiday.
For 25 years, the congregation has been giving out food and clothes to the community. Hundreds of people show up each year for the church's annual Thanksgiving feast, and Saturday was no exception. Copious amounts of Thanksgiving dinner staples were donated--everything from 52 turkeys to 170 pies--to feed close to 1,000 people.
"They don't go through a line, we sit them at the table and we serve them," one volunteer told 11 News, explaining how the dinner works. The event is months in the making and takes enormous manpower from the church, with almost 200 volunteers helping to ensure the event runs seamlessly.
In addition to food, Circle Drive Baptist helps those in need by providing hundreds of coats, gloves, hats and scarves. One woman, whose family had just moved to the Springs, told 11 News how grateful she was for the congregation's generosity.
"Anything helps with my family right now. He grows so fast and a jacket here in Colorado is necessary. We are from San Diego, and in the cold we need jackets."
Others were touched by seeing so many volunteers willing to reach out to the community.
"They were willing to give their time and feed so many people. People that didn't have anything to eat or people that just wanted to fellowship together," one attendee told 11 News.
"It not only helps the homeless, those with an economic disadvantage, but for me, I got to get a coat for my grandson and my own coat. I'm just really overjoyed that people can be giving like that," another said.
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About 60 firefighters will lose their jobs with North Columbia Fire and Rescue. News 12 is on your side with why Columbia County is eliminating the fire department in Appling.
One contractor will take over the unincorporated area of the county, and that's the Martinez-Columbia Fire Department.
The men met Monday night to discus their job options. Martinez-Columbia will hire nineteen. McDuffie County may also take some of the men on board. Four of the nine stations will remain, and they will be manned by three firefighters from the county.
North Columbia Fire Chief Tom McFarland said the contract is up January 1, 2006, and their last work date is still up in the air.
The chief will recommend that each firefighter going to McDuffie County will go with a full set of gear and a radio. He says there will be a lot of excess because Martinez-Columbia has its own equipment.
This only affects the unincorporated areas of Columbia County. Since Harlem and Grovetown are incorporated cities, this does not apply to them. North Columbia Fire and Rescue has a Halloween-fest for kids every year on October 29 and this month will be the last one.
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May 2006
by Lt. Gen. Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr., USAF (Ret)
As even casual observers of the defense industry can attest, the business of producing and delivering weapons systems to the military has radically changed. In the United States, we have seen our industry not only shrink substantially, but also embrace globalization much like the commercial sectors have in recent decades.
Unfortunately, many of the rules that govern defense industry remain stuck in the Cold War. Protectionist laws such as the Berry Amendment are a case in point. Although initially enacted to protect the domestic textile industry during World War II, the revised legislation in place today is proving to have detrimental effects on American contractors and their ability to meet the needs of their military customers.
The 1941 legislation, named after Congressman E.Y. Berry, prohibits the Defense Department from spending any appropriated funds on items made with non-domestic materials. Of particular concern to industry is the requirement that specialty metals used in the components of a weapon system have to be certified as being of U.S. origin. A recent Defense Contract Management Agency directive would withhold payments to contractors who cannot comply with that certification.
Military hardware manufacturers contend that they cannot possibly certify where the metal in each bolt and screw came from. Prime contractors, as it turns out, are not bearing as much of the brunt of this rule as the sub-tier suppliers who provide most of the components used in aircraft, ships and ground vehicles. These subcontractors often buy scrap metal in bulk quantities, so they have no reasonable way to identify where each type of metal came from.
Companies such as Texas Instruments and National Semiconductor recently announced that the specialty metals used in the devices they provide to the Defense Department have foreign-metal content and therefore cannot comply with the Berry rule. "To the best of our knowledge, no other semiconductor manufacturer currently is capable of meeting that standard," wrote Gerry Fields, vice president of National Semiconductor.
The specialty metals clause has been in place since 1972 — when lawmakers worried about protecting domestic sources of materials for the Vietnam War. But it has only been recently that the Defense Department has been pressured by lawmakers to crack down on contractors who don't fully meet the certification requirements.
The pro-Berry movement also has been fueled by the titanium industry, which has tenaciously lobbied to keep aircraft manufacturers from buying titanium from foreign suppliers.
Companies such as Boeing have contended that the realities of the marketplace have to be taken into account. A growing demand for commercial airliners, in addition to pressing military orders, makes it necessary for aircraft makers to resort to foreign sources. There are only two major U.S. producers of titanium and, according to industry estimates, they have a two- to three-year backlog in their U.S. orders.
The Berry Amendment is a valid example of an anachronism that served a legitimate cause when it was enacted, but no longer applies to the realities of the global marketplace.
Under the "Buy America" banner, supporters of this amendment call it a patriotic duty to ensure our domestic industry is protected from foreign competition. Clearly, the nation's industrial policy must take that into account. But it also has to accommodate the needs of our weapons manufacturers that need raw materials and, at times, find that domestic sources are insufficient.
The Defense Department, to be sure, has the right to issue waivers to contractors so they can purchase materials in the international market, but increasingly those waivers are being denied to prevent political backlash.
At this point, much discussion is taking place on this issue in the Defense Department, on Capitol Hill and in corporate boardrooms.
Obviously, there is much at stake in this debate. On the one hand, a number of American firms face the possibility of not getting paid for their work. That, in itself, would not be acceptable.
On the other hand, the Defense Department has to worry about the prospect of not being able to obtain the hardware that the war-fighter needs because suppliers are not able to acquire the raw materials domestically in a timely fashion. That scenario also would be objectionable.
This month, the Defense Department introduced a proposed revision to the Berry Amendment, which would exempt dual-use products that are made both for the military and the civilian markets. If Congress agrees to this proposal, it would mark a step in the right direction, but still would not solve the problem.
We have not yet reached a crisis point, but it's appropriate to begin raising red flags now. If a reasonable solution is not achieved soon, American firms — those same firms that the Berry Amendment sought to protect — will likely bear huge financial burdens if they are not paid for their products. More importantly, the nation's military forces could see shortages of critical equipment that the industry cannot deliver because outdated regulations stand in the way.
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What To Hold: 4 Hold-Rated Dividend Stocks BWP, LINE, EEP, WPC
While plenty of high-yield opportunities exist, investors must always consider the safety of their dividend and the total return potential of their investment. It is not uncommon for a struggling company to suspend high-yielding dividends and subsequently result in precipitous share price declines.
TheStreet Ratings' stock rating model views dividends favorably, but not so much that other factors are disregarded. Our model gauges the relationship between risk and reward in several ways, including: the pricing drawdown as compared to potential profit volatility, i.e. how much one is willing to risk in order to earn profits?; the level of acceptable volatility for highly performing stocks; the current valuation as compared to projected earnings growth; and the financial strength of the underlying company as compared to its stock's valuation as compared to its stock's performance.
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The following pages contain our analysis of 4 stocks with substantial yields, that ultimately, we have rated "Hold."
Boardwalk Pipeline PartnersDividend Yield: 8.70% Boardwalk Pipeline Partners (NYSE: BWP) shares currently have a dividend yield of 8.70%. Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP, through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of integrated natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs) pipelines, and storage systems in the United States. The company also transports, stores, gathers, and processes natural gas and NGLs. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.07. The average volume for Boardwalk Pipeline Partners has been 632,500 shares per day over the past 30 days. Boardwalk Pipeline Partners has a market cap of $5.9 billion and is part of the energy industry. Shares are down 4.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday. TheStreet Ratings rates Boardwalk Pipeline Partners as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, increase in net income and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, disappointing return on equity and weak operating cash flow. Highlights from the ratings report include:
- BWP's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 5.6%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 1.8%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry average, but is less than that of the S&P 500. The net income increased by 7.0% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, going from $58.20 million to $62.30 million.
- The company's current return on equity has slightly decreased from the same quarter one year prior. This implies a minor weakness in the organization. In comparison to the other companies in the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry and the overall market, BOARDWALK PIPELINE PRTNRS-LP's return on equity is significantly below that of the industry average and is below that of the S&P 500.
- Net operating cash flow has decreased to $116.80 million or 10.01% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing the cash generation rate to the industry average, the firm's growth is significantly lower.
- You can view the full Boardwalk Pipeline Partners Ratings Report.
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