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I don't what this articulated bus was doing at Pine and Fillmore but I DO know that this driver was making a spectacle of herself:
All the local yokels could do was stare with mouths agape:
IDK, maybe she was claiming firsties on a rare empty parking space, but the lesson here is that you first need to get parallel afore you can park parallel…
Oh, I have apologized properly yet?
All right, I'll say "sorry" again.
I couldn't really tell where it started and where it ended yesterday – all number of blocks were blocked off for one reason or another. Hey, what if Sunday Streets changed the map and just used up a single street? There's an idea.
Hey now, Airbnb was there, trying to head off Prop F with all its billions:
(I think the logo looks better upside down.)
Here's what's going to happen – Prop F is going to pass, and then life will go on, and you'll still be able to Airbnb, either as a tourist or as a room letter.
And then you'll look back and say to yourself, you'll say, "Boy, Airbnbing aint what it used to be…"
Here you go:
"Due to police harassment on the SF Wiggle we have no choice but to ride Oak."
Well, let's see, there are LOTS of reasons to not ride the vaunted THE WIGGLE route and also, there are other options asides from OAK.
But let's consider Oak now. Oh, here's famous fixie-riding Andy on the left side of Oak, from all the way back in aught-seven.
And look, the dashed lines made a sort of bike lane on the left side – good times. (Unfortunately, this space for bikes is no longer there, due to subsequent restriping.)
Anywho, going straight on Oak instead of taking the Wiggle at Scott is nice because you've only got one sort of steep block. I see people take Oak all the time. Oak is good. Oak is fast. Oak is congested a lot of the time due to horrible horrible Octavia Boulevard (what was dreamed up by wealthy homeowners in Hayes Valley), so you'd spend some time weaving about, getting around drivers trying to get on the I-80 / the 101 superslabs, but that's OK. I'll add that Oak is for the adventurous, certainly.
So, Oak is far from being a ridiculous choice, a choice TO TEACH US ALL A LESSON about the dangers of the SFPD handing out citations. It's a viable option.
Or what of Oak and Baker to Fulton to Divisadero to Mcallister to Market? This is THE UNWIGGLE with no wiggling at all betwixt Divis and Market. And look, you've defeated the rich people of HV who put a 105 foot wide BOULEVARD betwixt you and your destination, 'cause Octavia is but a nothingburger walking path / federal housing project parking lot on this route – it won't slow you down at all.
Or Fulton? It's a bit hillier than McAll and you've got big old City Hall in your way, but it'll do.
Or Golden Gate? That works too.
Or Haight all the way to Fillmore, just to avoid the congested THE WIGGLE?
Notice that all these routes avoid "cycling" a bunch of people through the stop signs at WALLER and STEINER in the Lower Haight.
Those are some of your inbound routes.
As far as using Fell to go back home, well that's CRAZY TOWN, that's ill-advised. I rarely have seen that, in all my years.
IMO, the best way to get back is MCALLISTER…
…of course, there are other non-THE WIGGLE choices as well.
But feel free to do whatever you want, commiserate with this knucklehead, who lacks self-awareness, as you both deal with $238 tickets from John Law.
Just saying…
I learned long ago that you can't control what other people say about you. And that's especially true when you serve in public office.
Today, the attorneys for a man who's facing multiple felony charges tried get him off the hook by making baseless allegations against many other people, including a number of local African American leaders. The attorneys wrote:
Reverend Amos Brown, Reverend Arnold Townsend, Derf Butler, Malia Cohen, and London Breed [all African American] were all implicated in dramatic pay to play schemes including calling into doubt the efficiency and real purpose of the One Stop Career Center in the Fillmore…London Breed who is a supervisor in a district where young children join gangs and are murdered before they can ever 'pay to play.' Butler allegedly takes Breed shopping for clothes and touts himself as something akin to a pimp explaining to Jackson that you have to teach an official how to be corrupt.
The One Stop Center exists to help people in my community find stable, quality jobs. The statement about children being murdered is as callous as it is offensive. And the only thing I've learned from this sad episode is that you should be very skeptical of what you read in the news, especially when it comes from an accused felon looking for anyone but himself to blame.
I'm not angry. It's just very sad."
There's also this:
Serial entrepreneur Derf Butler, purportedly told an FBI agent he "pays Supervisor [London] Breed with untraceable debit cards for clothing and trips in exchange for advantages on contracts in San Francisco." She denied this claim to the Examiner.
Welcome to 'Merica, Dude:
I'll tell you, I'm not a big fan of the vaunted The Wiggle bike route and here's why:
That's why. This was my stab at promoting the Northern Wiggle,* aka the McAllister Pass,** aka the Hastings Cutoff. *** Some people listened, but most did not, oh well.
Anyway, aside from this route being a third of a mile shorter and faster and safer and relatively ped-free, it NEVER gets any SFPD Bicycle Enforcement Actions, the way, say, the intersection of Waller and Steiner gets.
Speaking of which, now more people are joining the SFPD, to "referee the Wiggle," if only for a short time.
While 95% of cyclists using the Wiggle are really incredibly respectful of other road users, there is that small minority who give us all a bad name. I've always wanted to dress as a referee and hand out yellow and red cards to bad cyclists (and maybe some cars and peds too) and I'm using NOW! as my excuse!
Come join me in shaming the few bad cyclists out there and making the Wiggle just a little bit safer and more courteous!"
*I, myself, wiggle from street to street north of the Panhandle on my way inbound to Fulton and Scott – it depends on traffic.
**The pass over Alamo Heights, which the Southern Wiggle route mostly avoids by generally following the route of the former creek what used to drain the kind of valley where the Golden Gate Park Panhandle sits now.
***Named for Landsford Hastings, a distant cousin, surely, of UC Hastings' Justice Serranus Clinton Hastings.
This one from SPUR – San Francisco Planning & Urban Research Association is hard to believe:
The San Francisco Planning and Urban Renewal Association (SPUR) produced a report entitled "Prologue to Action" arguing that, to enable the city to compete effectively, city government should influence growth so that San Francisco's population "will move closer to 'standard white Anglo-Saxon Protestant' characteristics." (Hirten, Farrell, and Weese 1966)
And here's the actual document itself, from our California Historical Society at 678 Mission Street:
Here you go, under "Issue B"
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It's, as always, the prospect of a "provincial" SF versus a world-class SF. What SPUR wants is to take tax and fee payer money and give it to … SPUR, so it then can advocate spending more tax and fee payer money on whatever flavor of the month development program its members stand to make money from. Why does SFGov give any money at all to SPUR?
What's actually changed at SPUR the past four decades, aside from them saying that the UR in SPUR no longer stands for "Urban Renewal?"
What a horrible organization.
Man, that's a mouthful.
Anyway, here's some recent "outreach" for the WANAPCOSC in the Fill'mo[re]:
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Yr old and myself. I have no intentions of changing that ever.
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I trust my kids immune systems more than I do vaccines.
We use dr. bronners for Aiden, although sometimes dd buys some shampoo for him, not sure what it was called, but it was a good one.
I put him in the tub, put a bit of dr. bronners in the water and let him play for awhile. I also will have the bar soap, either bronners or kirks. Either one works fine for him.
When to switch? I don't know, just whenever you feel like it. Aiden knows it will burn his eyes, so he knows to tilt his head up. Maybe that would be a sign of when to change. It all depends on your pocketbook and your child.
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I personally use minimal products. Just switched to Dr. Bronner's baby mild soap for most soap purposes. That stuff is good for the whole famly. Both me and my son are no-poo. For him that means I pretty much just don't wash his hair, like ever. Unless it's actually grimey or oily, which is rare.
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We use Dr. Bronner's too, but honestly I use his California Baby products on myself and I love them! Haven't tried earth mama angel baby but I plan too
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Everytime you make a typo, the errorists win.
I haven't tried dr. Bronners but will eventually. Nice to know that kiddos are using "baby stuff". The baby circle friends we have are totally not crunchy or safe and in all conversation I'm always he weird one. To each there own choice but sometimes I can't help but to raise my eyebrows ...
Thanks for the reassurance. We will stick with earth mama for now. Love the smell of it.
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My lil one (born at 35 wks) seemed behind at first, but at 9 months was already walking! Now at 15 months has quite a vocabulary! :)posted 08/02/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
For preemies, you go by an 'adjusted age'. If your baby was a month premature, then you basically take a month off of his/her age and use that to determine proper height, weight, head circumference and milestones. As long as the first 3 are in normal range, and they are making progress, don't worry about how quickly they make that progress, just enjoy it!posted 08/02/2011 by AMIG359
My daughter was born 4 weeks early and we saw a very slight delay at her 2 month appointment as she should have been smiling but she wasn't. By 4 months she had already made up the time and then some and was developmentally where a 5 1/2 month old should be. Of course some of this I think has to do with the fact that she did not have to got to the NICU, did not have to stay extra time. Being early did not effect her.posted 03/03/2010 by dywags
I don't think it matters much. my son was born 2 weeks early and he is 7 months old and crawling and has 2 teeth. I know a lot of people that their baby was born on-time and now 9 months old and cn't even roll over. It all depends on what you do with your childs develpoment. I showed my baby how to crawl. And I think my cat's had some helping too : ) anyways I dont go by timelines because my son is wayyyy more devoloped then they say he's supposed to be.posted 04/15/2010 by mrsluther2010
In the beginning it may seem like your child may be "behind", but remember that they were born well ahead of their due date. For the first two years, that plays a big role on developmental mile stones. My son was born 10 weeks premature and for the first two years they had to adjust his mile stones to his due date. He seemed behind at first, but now he is right on track at age 4.posted 03/13/2011 by candiscorey307
My son was born 4 weeks early, but seems to be on track with most of the milestones. I try to keep in mind that he was early if for some reason he doesn't reach a milestone right away. I also keep in mind that every baby is different and develops in their own time anyway. You only need to get concerned if your baby appears to be several weeks behind in development. Then I would talk to your ped.posted 07/01/2011 by Crystal132
If you start using speech and doctors as fast as possibile she might have nothing when she gets olderposted 06/30/2011 by miriyum0629
My son was born 4 weeks early and has no sign of delays and my doctor and I go by his birth date and he is fine. A friend had her baby 3 days before my son and he was born 2 days late and they are developing the same. Both are 8mths and are holding themselves up trying to walk and are rollling around. I think it depends on the baby and what they want to do.posted 06/29/2011 by lmh_81188
My son was born 4 weeks early and has no sign of delays and my doctor and I go by his birth date and he is fine. A friend had her baby 3 days before my son and he was born 2 days late and they are developing the same. Both are 8mths and are holding themselves up trying to walk and are rollling around. I think it depends on the baby and what they want to do.posted 06/29/2011 by lmh_81188
My daughter was 4 weeks early as well and she was just 4 pounds 14 ounces. they told me to be very careful with her and to watch her developmental skills. my daughter will be 9 months in 9 days and she is already doing things at a one year old level, such as trying to walk and she can pronounce hi and bye bye very well. I thinkit is a time thing and i think it is also up to the baby.posted 06/10/2011 by sophiapowell98
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Bo Pelini, the last man on Nebraska's team bus after Saturday's game at Minnesota, was met by two men ready to give their reaction to the Huskers' 34-23 loss.
It's not what you might think.
They were cheering and offering encouragement, said Pelini, who shared the story Monday at his weekly news conference.
"My son looked at me and said, 'Dad, those are two great fans,'" Pelini said. "I said, 'You know what, Patrick? That's the 99 percent.'"
It's the 1 percent that Pelini warns his players to shield themselves from. The 1 percent that is significantly more vocal and critical, especially on social-media outlets, such as Twitter.
"We live in a day and age where it's pretty hard to ignore it," Pelini said. "You have to work hard to stay away from it. You have to discipline yourself to stay away from it. It's out there. It's a distraction. It's noise. It's outside noise that you want to try and control."
Offensive tackle Jeremiah Sirles said his Twitter mentions were "probably 99 percent positive" after Saturday's game.
"Then you have those one or two people who sit at home in their basement, on their couch, and think they're the best football coach in America, and they tweet you things they have no idea what they're talking about," Sirles said. "You just have to ignore those people. Sometimes after a loss, it's tough. I mean, it's hard, it's emotional."
Sirles' philosophy: Don't give glory to the 1 percent.
"You want to give the glory to those 15,000 people that came to Minnesota," he said, referring also to the Husker fans last year at Northwestern and UCLA. "Those are the Husker fans that we enjoy."
* PADDING UP: Nebraska began practicing on Sundays following its first loss, Sept. 14 against UCLA. Those days are usually lighter workouts, where players are in helmets, shirts and shorts.
Not so last Sunday. Players were told to pad up.
"It was a little different, a little bit more physical than we're used to on Sunday," defensive end Randy Gregory said. "But like I said earlier about us not playing physical on Saturday, I think that played into the fact that's why we were in pads."
Sirles had no qualms.
"Sometimes it's nice to do something familiar after a loss like that," he said. "Sometimes it's nice to get the pads on, go out there and hit someone, get some frustration out, get back in the groove of things."
Pelini was pleased, saying the team got some good fundamental work in, as well as an introduction to this week's opponent, Northwestern.
"I think if the guys could've played last night, they would've played last night," Pelini said. "I like the way they responded yesterday."
* GETTING IN SYNC: Nebraska allowed more sacks against Minnesota (four) than it had all season before Saturday (three).
What went wrong?
Well, if you want the short answer, a better question might be what didn't go wrong.
"Just things that haven't happened all year just kind of happened," Sirles said. "I gave up a pressure because they did an inside stunt, I stepped in, I went to kick back out and me and Jake Cotton's foot got caught with each other."
Assignment-wise, Sirles said, players were right almost every time.
"Pass protection comes down to technique and want-to," he said. "There were times we got beat a couple of times, and it's just hard. It's hard to let up sacks like that, because it doesn't matter what quarterback's back there, no quarterback's going to feel comfortable in the pocket getting hit as much as Taylor (Martinez) did."
Pelini said at times, Nebraska was simply beat up front, and other times, Martinez held on to the ball too long. But adding to the problem was too many long-yardage situations.
"The game becomes a lot easier, and it's a lot easier to become efficient when you are having success on first down," Pelini said. "That wasn't necessarily the case. When we stayed ahead of the sticks, we were pretty good the other day. When we took lost-yardage plays and got behind in the count, that's when you kind of struggle."
* INJURY UPDATE: Pelini said junior receiver Jamal Turner didn't practice Sunday because of a lower calf injury. Turner had just returned to full health after battling hamstring injuries over the first half of the season.
Pelini said Turner is day-to-day. That's the same status Pelini gave for tight end Jake Long, who's missed Nebraska's last two games with a hamstring injury.


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The Trip From Purr and Rumble to Rattle and Roar
By DUDLEY CLENDINEN
Published: May 19, 1999
THE man who invented Gatorade, Dr. Robert Cade, had a thing for old Studebakers. By the early 1970's, of course, there were no new Studebakers. The company was as extinct as a dodo. But Dr. Cade had seven or eight of them roosting around his house, near the University of Florida medical school, like a flock of molting birds: Golden Hawks and Silver Hawks and Sky Hawks from the mid-50's, their beaked noses rusting gently against one another's tired fenders.
When driven, they creaked. They rattled. They groaned. Wheezing down the street with him one day, I noticed that he kept one nervous eye on the rear-view mirror, afraid that he was about to be arrested for an expired license plate, brake lights that didn't light, turn signals that didn't blink.
What was the appeal, I wondered. Why does a man end up with so many old cars? Well, now I know.
Being of the Southern purr-and-rumble set, I had always aspired to new. I had had a 1957 Oldsmobile 88 two-door sedan, which I bought in college for $125 when it was 10 years old; a 1961 Chevrolet Impala four-door hardtop, a gift from my family upon the death of the Olds; a $1,400 1965 Impala convertible when I could afford to shed the not-so-sexy family hardtop, and a silver 1961 Jaguar Mark IX sedan purchased for $1,675 when the convertible was stolen.
It was the Jaguar's passion for moody, expensive mechanics and its habit of incinerating its own wiring system that drove me to new cars. They were a 1973 four-cylinder Audi sedan bought for $4,100 -- no one had told me the car was designed for German grandmothers -- and before that, a much more satisfactory 1970 Impala hardtop coupe, which the bank and I bought for $3,400. On a yearly salary of $7,500, it was a giant expense. But it had howling air-conditioning and a quiet, solid feel at 90 miles an hour -- a dream car for Florida roads.
By 1977, my driving had worn the Audi out, and when I started looking for something new, I got a shock. Cars suddenly cost $10,000. Not my cars. Not on my salary. Spending the rest of my days in an aging Audi was beginning to seem incredibly glum, when lust intervened. A neighboring couple discovered they were expecting again. They needed a station wagon. I decided I needed their 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme convertible, black with a white top, black dashboard and carpeting and white vinyl seats, the one in which they had floated through the French Quarter when they lived in New Orleans, giddy and young.
They could now haul children. I would stay young. I bought it from Skip and Sue, joyfully, for $1,200. I washed it. I waxed it. I parked it and reparked it, admiring the angle. I put the top down and drove through the night. I loved the engine's gurgle, the silky feeling of the wind. It was faster than my previous convertible, heavier, built to last. I talked my mechanic into bolting a chrome bulldog onto the hood for a scout. I was infatuated. For $944.65, I had the dents and rust spots removed and the car repainted a glossy acrylic black. I paid Mr. Chelo, an old Italian man who worked in his garage in the Ybor City section of Tampa, $273.52 to sew on a new white top.
My wife, Nancy, had her own cars, a series of them, sporty at first and then station wagons after our daughter, Whitney, was born in 1980. But I kept the Cutlass. Oldsmobile had already stopped making convertibles, so by the end of the 1970's it had become a conversation piece. People gave it longing looks and asked if it was for sale. Not a chance.
I had found my car. I would keep it, maintain it, drive it forever. When we moved to New York, I left it with my parents in Florida. When we moved to Boston, where I was a national correspondent for The New York Times, the paper thoughtfully provided me with a Saab. Nancy bought a Volvo wagon. I had the Cutlass shipped up. When someone smashed its rear end, I had it repaired. New bumper, fenders, trunk lid, too. The back was a little corkscrewy, but I didn't care. For $450, I bought an old four-cylinder Volvo to slide through the salty, slushy winter roads. I liked buying cars.
WHEN we moved to Atlanta, The Times thoughtfully provided us with a new Buick Century sedan. Nancy bought a Toyota station wagon. I had the Cutlass shipped down. In a parking garage there, in 1987, after about 97,000 miles, the timing chain, which synchronizes the movement of the valves and pistons, broke. The valet, trying to start the car, bent the valves and ruined the engine. For $2,635.92, I replaced it. And the top and upholstery for $880. And had it repainted for another $1,500. At the age of 17, it glittered and flowed. In the Southern mountains in late fall or early spring, with the top down, the windows up and the heater on, it felt snug at 40 degrees. In late spring or summer, with the top down and the air-conditioning on, it was cool, and a handyman's pickup truck.
Romantic and practical, I thought. The perfect car. So much more character than those new ones, which all resembled petroleum blobs. Still, I began to wonder, now and then, whether I might have got old enough for a Cadillac. Not a new one. That would feel weird, and cost a ton. No. An old one.


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UNITED NATIONS, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Egyptian ForeignMinister Nabil Fahmy said on Saturday the transitional phase ofgovernment in Egypt should end "by next spring," replacingleaders appointed after the army ousted elected presidentMohamed Mursi in July.
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I wear hearing aids and am not an audiophile. I wanted to improve the sound from my bedroom 22 inch TV which only has optical digital audio out. The TV is also used as a monitor for the grandson's computer and we view it from a sofa at a distance of about 5 ft. The rear speaker wires run under the carpet to each side of the back of the sofa. I made a disk of a Dolby Surround sound trailer to test the sound system. It sounds great to me. It also replaces the computer speakers we were using. I am sure it is better than the more expensive sound bar I was thinking of buying.
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I bought my system a year and a half ago, to start, when I got it we couldn't get it to connect to my wifi, after a 2 hour phone call to customer service we discovered we had a defective unit but they were quick to send us a new system right away. The problem I have with it is it acts like a smart phone that has far too much stuff saved on it, its really slow to accept input from the controller even after pressing a function 5 or 6 times it often doesn't work. the Netflix function on it is as equally aggravating by rarely connecting to my wifi on the first try, I have to turn it off and back on everytime I try to access Netflix. The process of turning off and back on and accessing Netflix take almost 5 mins to do. The DVD player part of it does work good but again the controller input has any where from a 3 to 7 second delay which to me is very aggravating. I've never had a DVD player that acted so slow. My advise would be to steer clear of this one and buy a better system altogether
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Ad Age has a new comprehensive report on Apple's shifting strategies in advertising and marketing, claiming the company is "madly building an internal agency that it's telling recruits will eventually number 1,000." The article starts with an anecdote about a pitch from Apple's longtime ad agency partner TBWA/Media Arts Lab being spurned in favor of an Apple in-house ad. That's by design, as Apple is reportedly creating more direct competitions between TBWA/MAL and its own internal agency "with 'jump balls' to mine the best creative ideas, a controversial tactic with outside agencies, let alone an internal one." One source said Apple has always used such techniques, but they've become more obvious since Apple's internal agency is now winning most of those "jump balls." Apple is also inviting other agencies to make pitches on major projects.
While Apple has poached a few top advertising names — including a number of recruits from the noted Portland, Oregon-based ad firm Wieden & Kennedy — candidates still have concerns, including skepticism about the company's creative direction. "I don't feel that energy from Apple," said a top agency exec who was approached by Apple. "The revolution has come and gone, and I'm not sure a job at Apple would be a creative opportunity. If I were going to go brand-side, there are a lot more interesting companies I'd rather work for, like Coke or Pepsi." Another executive cited the high cost of living in Cupertino as an issue. The article adds a tremendous amount of background to a recent report noting Apple was now producing more ads in-house; the move wasn't completely surprising considering Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller's vocal displeasure with Media Arts Lab, as seen in January 2013 emails released in an April report.
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Hilton Files for $1.25B IPO Amid Lodging Boom
TheStreet) -- Blackstone (BX - Get Report)-owned Hilton Worldwide has filed a $1.25 billion initial public offering that could return the international luxury hotel chain, one of the biggest private equity takeovers of all-time, to public stock markets.Hilton's prospective IPO comes amid a rise in revenue the firm generates from each of its hotel rooms, which has helped to push overall profits higher in recent years. The move comes as publicly traded competitors such as Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT - Get Report), Marriott Worldwide (MAR - Get Report), Hyatt Hotels (H - Get Report) and Wyndham Worldwide (WYN) test multi-year share price highs. Blackstone's decision to offer Hilton shares to the public could put it in a path to monetize a key pre-crisis buyout investment. However, for now, the offering is being used as a means to repay some of Hilton's about $15 billion in outstanding debt. Blackstone has invested about $7 billion in equity from its various private equity and real estate funds into Hilton. The PE firm bought the hotel chain in a 2007 buyout that valued the firm at $26 billion, including debt. In its filing, Hilton did not offer details on how many shares it will offer to the public or at what price. The $1.25 billion share sale amount referenced in the prospectus is used to calculate registration fees that could change. Deutsche Bank (DB), BofA Merrill Lynch (BAC), Morgan Stanley (MS) and Goldman Sachs (GS) will be arranging the IPO, according to a prospectus. Hilton operates its business through a management and franchise segment, an ownership segment and a timeshare segment. Hilton's franchise business is responsible for much of the company's recent earnings and cash flow growth, Ryan Meliker, a senior analyst on MLV & Co.'s REIT research team, said in a telephone interview. The management and franchise business has grown its total room count 39% since June 30, 2007, representing 98% of Hilton's overall room growth at virtually no capital cost, Hilton said. In total, Hilton licenses its brand to 3,843 hotel franchises globally, which are owned by third parties. Meliker credits the strength of many Hilton brands for the performance of its management and franchise business. He noted that Starwood, Marriott and Choice Hotels have also moved in a similar direction, in recent years. Hilton's owned properties, however, still contribute significantly to the company's earnings, generating roughly 50% of overall revenue. Hilton's financial picture became muddled after its debt-laden buyout, which came just ahead of the 2008 financial crisis. The company continues to hold about $15 billion in long-term debt to go with its $2.1 billion in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) in the 52-weeks ended on June 30. Still, amid a sharp tumble in interest rates commanded by high yield bond issuers, the company has been able to dramatically reduce its annual interest expense. According to Hilton's filing, it has paid $562 million in interest on its debt in the past 52-weeks, down over 40% from 2010 levels when the company's interest expense neared $1 billion. Hilton is currently in the process of refinancing about $13.5 billion in debt, according to Bloomberg. Meliker, the MLV & Co. analyst, said Blackstone was wise to repurchase and refinance some of Hilton's outstanding debts in 2009 and 2010, in a move that added significantly to the company's equity value. "I think [Blackstone] will absolutely look at it as a success," Meliker said of the 2007 buyout. Hilton's falling interest expense has also coincided with a pickup in demand for the firm's hotel rooms. Revenue-per-available-room has risen to $98.69 in the six-months ended on June 30 from $86.16 in 2010, while occupancy has risen from 68.4% to 72.3%. The company said in its prospectus it has added the most new rooms of any major lodging company since its 2007 buyout. Hilton has increased the number of open rooms in its system by 34%, or 170,000 rooms. Adjusted EBITDA at its franchised business, meanwhile, has grown by about 30% over that time period, Hilton said. "Our business has grown during times of economic expansion as well as during global economic downturns," Hilton said in its filing. The near-100 year old hotel chain owns or franchises 4,041 hotels, resorts and has timeshare properties comprising 665,667 rooms in 90 countries and territories. The company owns or leases interests in 157 hotels. Hilton's brands include Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts and Conrad Hotels & Resorts, DoubleTree by Hilton and Embassy Suites Hotels, in addition to Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Inn, Homewood Suites by Hilton and Home2 Suites by Hilton. The company's timeshare brand is Hilton Grand Vacations. -- Written by Antoine Gara in New York Follow @antoineGaraUpdated from 8:26 a.m. with analyst commentary throughout. NEW YORK (
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OU football notes: Safety Tony Jefferson surging; Cornerback competition continues
Safety Tony Jefferson surging
Wide receiver Kenny Stills isn't the only freshman making a push for significant playing time.
So is safety Tony Jefferson, a fellow Californian.
"If we started today we would play Tony Jefferson as our starting nickel back," said defensive coordinator Brent Venables.
Like Stills, Jefferson enrolled early to participate in spring ball and made an instant impression with his unique blend of speed and power.
"That's got to be a guy who has a little bit different skill set in regards to some coverage ability as well as blitzing ability, playmaking, playing in the box at times," said Venables, referring to the position Keenan Clayton played the last two seasons.
Jefferson will vie for playing there with sophomore Joe Ibiloye.
Cornerback competition continues
One of the big challenges for Venables will be replacing cornerbacks Dom Franks and Brian Jackson.
But so far, Venables likes what he has seen from their apparent replacements, junior Jamell Fleming and sophomore Demontre Hurst.
Fleming, a special teams star the last two years, has been capitalizing off finally getting an opportunity in the defensive lineup.
"Jamell Fleming is probably as talented as anyone we have on the defensive side of the ball," Venables said. "With his ability to run, jump and change direction, he's a very explosive athlete. He's been in the program and for us we felt he played really well in the spring, made consistent improvement and looked good yesterday. He plays with confidence, he's very sure of himself on the field because he's been here now and this is his fourth year."
Hurst was solid as OU's third corner last year, which has given the Sooner staff confidence he's ready to shoulder a starting role.
"Demontre Hurst is a young guy who played last year if for no other reason was his confidence and love to compete," Venables said. "He's a very competitive young guy and did not get overwhelmed. He thinks football is just football. Lancaster against West Mesquite is just like Oklahoma versus Texas. Some guys are that way and some get in the deer in a headlights realm. He loves to compete and loves to be coached."
For backup roles at corner, the Sooners are looking at Gabe Lynn, Marcus Trice, Lamar Harris and Owasso freshman Aaron Colvin, who has turned heads.
"We feel good about those guys," Venables said. "(Safety) Jonathan Nelson is also competing there, and a freshman who has looked terrific up to this point is Aaron Colvin. He is 185 pounds, and can really run, has great coverage skills, makes a lot of plays on the ball and is an instinctive guy."Chaisson not practicing
OU defensive lineman Justin Chaisson is currently not practicing with the Sooners as he deals with a personal matter.
Chaisson, a native of Las Vegas, redshirted as a freshman last season.
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Aaron Norvell played linebacker at Wisconsin, where their father played and where Jay was on the staff when Aaron played.


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Not enough firms file tax returns online, say MPs
Far too few firms are filing their tax and VAT returns on time and taking advantage of online facilities to do so, according to a report published by the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
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Far too few firms are filing their tax and VAT returns on time and taking advantage of online facilities to do so, according to a report published by the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
Edward Leigh, chairman of the PAC, said, "HM Revenue & Customs must ensure its online services for VAT and company tax returns are not only sufficiently robust and secure, but also offer facilities which sell the idea of electronic communication and online filing to businesses. And the department must go further than it plans at present to lighten the administrative burdens associated with compliance."
HM Revenue & Customs spends more than £9m a year on processing some nine million VAT and company tax returns, and incurs further costs in chasing businesses for overdue returns and correcting errors.
Since the Revenue introduced online filing for VAT returns in 2001 and Company Tax returns in 2003, take-up by businesses has been low, said the Public Accounts Committee.
The department does not expect to meet its Public Service Agreement target to get 50% of VAT returns filed online by 2007/08.
Its plans for introducing mandatory online filing have been put back to 2010 for VAT and 2011 for company tax returns.
The Public Accounts Committee report says HM Revenue & Customs expects online filing to save most of the £9m a year it currently costs to process paper returns. It estimates that a typical business will save £5 per VAT return and £20 per company tax return by filing online.
Online filing also brings added benefits because the potential for error in the returns is reduced, said the PAC.
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Distance from Pine Bluff, AR to Arkadelphia, AR is 78Miles or 126 Km. You can get this distance about 1 hour 32 mins. If you want to planning travel with plane, you can get this distance about 37 mins .
A car with an average MPG will needs 3.61 gallons of gas to get the route between these points.
The estimated cost of gas to get between Pine Bluff, AR and Arkadelphia, AR is $8.19.
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