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For a guy who doesn't particularly like to shop, Peter Dixon spends a lot of time hanging around the mall. As manager of the $536 million Fidelity Select Retailing fund (ticker: FSRPX), prowling around stores and flipping through fashion magazines is all part of the job.
"It's important to get out there to see if the companies are actually doing what they say they're doing and see how consumers are behaving," says Dixon, whose fund boasts annual gains of 11.6% over the past five years, better than 99% of its consumer cyclical peers. "I look at where they're shopping first, what bags are they carrying."
Dixon isn't new to consumer behavior—or to enviable (relatively speaking) research assignments. Prior to taking over the retail fund in 2010, he ran Fidelity's Select Leisure fund (FDLSX), where research included visiting Midwest casinos and checking out resorts in Macau. Before that, he spent lots of time in grocery stores covering packaged goods as an analyst on Fidelity's consumer staples team.
This is a big week for Peter Dixon, manager of Fidelity's Select Retailing fund. He'll be watching how others shop. Jason Grow for Barron's
As one might imagine, Black Friday is a busy day for Dixon, 36. Last year, he got up early and made his way from Boston to Connecticut, visiting different stores and chatting with their employees along the way, before ending the day with a 9:45 p.m. stop at Target. He plans to follow a similar script this year, paying attention to where people go first, how many bags they're toting, and the size of sale displays.
As for this coming Friday, "It would be a bad sign if people didn't go out shopping," he says. Still, Dixon is quick to point out that what he sees over the weekend, or the rest of the year, for that matter, only compliments his research. "It's highly unlikely that I would walk out and sell a stock because of something I saw, but it would get me to dig in and take a second look," he adds.
Dixon is generally optimistic about retail's prospects for the coming year. That said, he thinks retail investors can make money in any environment. "There are always going to be winners and losers," he says. Consider $29 billion TJX Companies TJX -0.8611825192802056% TJX Cos. U.S.: NYSE USD77.13 -0.67 -0.8611825192802056% /Date(1462303315814-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1182728 P/E Ratio 23.12574850299401 Market Cap 51549582087.9852 Dividend Yield 1.3464526152252718% Rev. per Employee 143264 More quote details and news » (TJX), which the fund has owned since late 2004. "They managed to grow same-store sales even in calendar 2008," says Dixon. After accounting for a two-for-one split, the stock has quadrupled since the end of 2008 and is up nearly 45% this year alone.
Dixon thinks consumers will continue to be value-focused, even as the economy improves. The stocks, meanwhile, are still suffering from compressed valuations. For example, Nordstrom JWN -1.744524132583834% Nordstrom Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD50.69 -0.9 -1.744524132583834% /Date(1462303297565-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1446427 P/E Ratio 15.993690851735016 Market Cap 8920942731.92139 Dividend Yield 2.9191321499013805% Rev. per Employee 199131 More quote details and news » (JWN), which just reported an 11% jump in third-quarter same-store sales, trades at a discount to J.C. Penney JCP -2.079002079002079% J.C. Penney Co. Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD9.42 -0.2 -2.079002079002079% /Date(1462303317561-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6584372 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 2952224070.71487 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 120238 More quote details and news » (JCP), which reported a 26% decline in same-store sales. (Dixon doesn't own either stock.)
While Dixon can't help but pay attention to big-picture trends, he's a bottoms-up manager. He keeps a fairly concentrated portfolio of about 40 names; his top 10 holdings currently account for 64% of the fund. He looks for dominant brands and strong earnings growth. "I don't have any hard-and-fast rules on financial metrics, but I generally try to think of all stocks within a risk-adjusted-return framework," he says. If two stocks have similar growth potential but one has greater downside risk, he'll go for the less risky of the two.
Price is obviously a concern, which is why Dixon keeps a shopping list of his own. When the stocks go on sale—usually because the consensus is overly bearish—he pounces. "Retail is volatile, but with patience you can buy stocks at compelling prices," he says.
For example, he scooped up French luxury goods company PPR (PP.France) this past summer when the stock stumbled over concerns that a weaker Chinese economy would dampen growth. (Dixon invests overseas, but limits foreign stocks to 20% of the fund.) The $21.6 billion PPR owns some of the top names in luxury and sports apparel, including Gucci and a majority stake in Puma. "Luxury goods have significant pricing power and a high barrier to entry," he says. The key is buying when investor sentiment is low. No matter what happens in China, he says, "there's tremendous growth potential in Asia, where demand for luxury goods has been very strong and the population of wealthy consumers is growing." Meanwhile, PPR is taking steps to improve its portfolio and unlock value by unloading its less-profitable divisions.
ONE OF THE EXCITING ASPECTS of investing in the consumer space, he says, is you can really see what's happening and how trends unfold. That said, some of Dixon's favorite stocks aren't household names. One such company is $699 million G-III Apparel Group GIII -0.9446397188049209% G-III Apparel Group Ltd. U.S.: Nasdaq USD45.09 -0.43 -0.9446397188049209% /Date(1462303309165-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 146639 P/E Ratio 18.39430894308943 Market Cap 2073208337.49924 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 304711 More quote details and news » (GIII). Its core business is in designing, manufacturing, and distributing licensed apparel for brands such as Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, as well as its own labels. Because more than half of sales come from outerwear—and primarily in the second half of the year—investors gave it the cold shoulder after last year's warm winter. Dixon bumped up his G-III holdings last March, when the stock, now trading at $34, was less than $25. "Stocks that have seasonal risk can suffer, but they're taking steps to decrease the seasonality," he says. In August, the company acquired Vilebrequin, a global luxury brand that sells men's swimwear and is expanding into women's lines.
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Not everything in Dixon's portfolio can be found at the mall. In addition to owning the likes of Amazon.com AMZN -1.6355926007165313% Amazon.com Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD672.665 -11.185 -1.6355926007165313% /Date(1462303325269-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3479949 P/E Ratio 977.5797101449275 Market Cap 311213045123.555 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 463631 More quote details and news » (AMZN), Home Depot HD -0.9691289966923925% Home Depot Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD134.7315 -1.3185 -0.9691289966923925% /Date(1462303326509-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1882257 P/E Ratio 24.714285714285715 Market Cap 170265632182.291 Dividend Yield 2.0453534904401955% Rev. per Employee 229919 More quote details and news » (HD), and Priceline.com PCLN -0.7230833867722177% Priceline Group Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD1346.88 -9.81 -0.7230833867722177% /Date(1462303309917-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 428145 P/E Ratio 27.176222088111043 Market Cap 67314885609.4088 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 595096 More quote details and news » (PCLN), Dixon also counts $14 billion auto-parts and accessory store AutoZone AZO 1.4555214328111694% AutoZone Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD786.26 11.28 1.4555214328111694% /Date(1462303276070-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 134320 P/E Ratio 20.67639327024185 Market Cap 23140126657.3789 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 128724 More quote details and news » (AZO) as a top holding. "They sell what people need," he says. The company, which the fund has owned since 2007, has been a dominant player on the do-it-yourself side. Recently, however, it has been gaining market share on the professional side. Because there are so many parts from so many manufacturers, he says, garages don't hold a lot of inventory and are willing to spend more to get parts quickly. That also gives Autozone a wide economic moat. "It's an incredibly complex business to know what inventory you need to hold," says Dixon, adding that AutoZone has been growing earnings faster than the market overall and using its free cash for stock buybacks. Plus, it has been opening stories in Mexico and just announced it will be cruising into Brazil.
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Volume 29, Issue 12, 01 December 1958
Calculations on the Shape and Extent of Space Charge Regions in Semiconductor Surfaces29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723012View Description Hide Description
The shape and extent of space charge regions in semiconductor surfaces are briefly discussed. Curves describing the potential as a function of distance inside the semiconductor are obtained by numerical integration of the Poisson equation. The curves apply to all semiconductors. They show the effects of different resistivities and the increased depth of the space charge regions expected in pure III‐V compounds over those encountered in Ge and Si.
Effect of Proton Irradiation Upon Hydrogen Reduction of NiO29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723013View Description Hide Description
It is shown that the reduction of a metal oxide such as nickel oxide by hydrogen gas is strongly influenced by nuclear irradiation. The initial induction period is shortened and the subsequent reduction accelerated. The effects anneal out at higher temperatures. A probable mechanism of this acceleration is suggested.
Effect of Torsional Stress on the Electrode Potential of Copper29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723014View Description Hide Description
The emf of a galvanic cell which consisted of a stressed metal electrode and an unstressed metal electrode was measured. The experimental data showed that for low torsional stresses there was a parabolic relationship between the emf and the torsional stress.
It was observed that the stressed electrode was more anodic with respect to the unstressed reference electrode in agreement with the majority of the previous investigations.
Experimental data of emf and torsional stresses for B & S gauge 12, 14, and 16 hard‐drawn copper wires are presented.
Revealing Dislocation Sites in Aluminum by Transmission Electron Microscopy29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723015View Description Hide Description
The occurrence of dislocation sites along grain boundaries is shown by transmission electron microscopy. Small thin sections of aluminum for these studies were obtained by electrolyticoxidation, with subsequent dissolution of the oxide. Dislocation sites along grain fragments in cold worked aluminum have been observed which, by Cottrell's formula, indicate grain orientation differences greater than 2° of arc. This method of examination makes possible the observation and analysis of dislocations in metals where boundaries are at other than extremely low angles of crystal misorientations. Also, it has been found useful for following the movement of dislocations within grains of the material and their migration to grain boundaries.
Dielectric Relaxation Spectra of Lithium Borosilicate Glasses29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723016View Description Hide Description
The dielectric relaxation spectra of a system of lithiumborosilicate glasses have been investigated over the frequency range 0.01 cps to 500 kc and temperatures between 25°–350°C. The spectra of the samples exhibit well‐defined peaks in the dielectric loss factor and dispersion in the dielectric constant. The activation energies associated both with the lithium ion mean relaxation frequency and the lithium ion dc conductivity (zero frequency conductivity) are constant with temperature; their difference for each sample appears to be an indication of the distribution of activation energies of the sample. The experimental data show that an analytical function proposed by K. W. Wagner adequately describes the distribution of relaxation times associated with the lithium ion relaxation process in the glass network. The distribution originates from a spread in activation energies for low lithium concentrations and a spread in the period of vibration of the lithium ions about their equilibrium position for higher concentrations.
Parametric Amplification of Space Charge Waves29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723017View Description Hide Description
By modulating a beam strongly with a high‐level signal, called the ``pump'' signal, a low‐level space charge wave of another frequency imposed on the beam can be parametrically amplified. With the pump frequency twice the signal frequency, 13‐db gain per plasma wavelength has been observed in a movable cavity experiment. Over a 10‐in. length of beam the signal has been observed to increase 41 db. When the imposed signal wave's frequency is not exactly half the pump frequency, the beam generates another wave called the ``idler'' such that ωsignal+ωidler=ωpump with both signal and idler growing exponentially with distance along the beam. In another experiment with the pump frequency lower than the signal frequency, the signal was observed to increase by 30 db over a 9.2 in. length of beam.
Generation of High‐Velocity Projectiles29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723018View Description Hide Description
A technique of controlling the shape of detonation wave fronts in high explosives by inert wave control inserts was applied to generate discrete ultrahigh‐velocity pellets. Tests to determine the most suitable pellet shape as well as the optimum charge configuration are described, and velocities up to 7600 m/sec were realized for 0.95‐g aluminum pellets. The mechanism whereby pellets are accelerated by ``shaped'' waves is discussed, and the conclusion is reached that a simple model based upon the transmission of shock from the detonation wave to the pellet is not applicable.
Dynamic Fatigue of Glass29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723019View Description Hide Description
An analytical model, which is applicable to static fatigue of lime glass, has been extended to account for dynamic fatigue of the same glass. The model successfully predicts the room temperature strain rate sensitivity of the failure process in lime glass and indicates a method by which the stress concentration relationship, applicable to microscopic flaws on glass surfaces, may be obtained by experiment. Resulting experiments showed that the stress concentration relationship proposed by Inglis is valid.
Arc Cathode Movement in a Magnetic Field29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723020View Description Hide Description
An arc cathode spot in a transverse magnetic field may move either in the Amperian (forward) direction, or in the opposite (retrograde) direction. Experiments are described which show that forward continuous motion is caused by magnetic fields at the cathode surface, as is the case with retrograde motion, and that both of these motions depend upon the material and surface condition of the cathode. Forward cathode velocity both when continuous and when moving in a stepping process is independent of arc current over a wide range.
The theories so far suggested for retrograde motion do not appear to be able to account for the dependence of retrograde cathode movement on the nature of the cathode surface.
Thermometric Study of the Frozen Products from the Nitrogen Microwave Discharge29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723021View Description Hide Description
Thermometric observations have been made of the phenomena accompanying the stabilization and the recombination of free nitrogen atoms in a solid molecular nitrogen matrix at liquid helium temperatures. Condensation from the gas phase may occur at temperatures considerably above the 4.2°K coolant temperature as the result of the normal change in heat content and the heat of atom recombination. Estimates, made from the latter effects, of the free atom concentration in the gas phase were as high as 4 atom %. Qualitative confirmation of the presence of an energetic species stabilized in the solid phase was made by detection of heat release upon warmup. From the latter effect a minimum nitrogen atom concentration in the solid of 0.03 atom % was estimated. For the conditions used the initiation of atom recombination occurs at a temperature of about 9°K. The upper limit of about 36°K for stabilization coincides with the known thermal transition in solid nitrogen. The data suggest that at least above 9°K diffusion of nitrogen atoms occurs throughout the solid matrix during deposition from the gas phase. If recombination during warmup is diffusion‐controlled, unusual dependence upon temperature is indicated.
Analysis of the Emissive Phase of a Pulsed Maser29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723022View Description Hide Description
The operation of a pulsed solid‐state Maser consists essentially of alternate periods of spin inversion and stimulated spin emission. Inversion can be accomplished by a short driving pulse or an adiabatic rapid passage. In the emission phase a weak signal field causes the spin system to spiral back coherently and radiate. The emissive phase can be treated by equations which for finite relaxation times can not be solved in closed form, but which are amenable to machine computation. Such numerical solutions giving the transverse moment, output field, output power, and power gain as a function of time were computed for various relaxation times, input fields, and values of the oscillation parameter. The results are interpreted with respect to applications of both regenerative and superregenerative modes of operation.
Production of Dislocations in Germanium by Thermal Shock29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723023View Description Hide Description
Dislocations introduced into single crystals of germaniumgrown by the Czochralski technique have been studied. It was found that most of the dislocations do not originate during growth, but are produced after growth as a result of thermal shock. Thermal stresses resulting from nonuniform temperature gradients during growth seem to have little or no effect on the dislocation density and distribution.
Comparison between the Linear and Nonlinear Steady‐State Behavior of a Heated Tube29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723024View Description Hide Description
The range of applicability for the solution of the linearized diffusionequation is discussed for a particular case—heating of a homogeneous tube by internal energy generation. The range is defined by comparisons of series solutions of the linear and nonlinear diffusionequations (constant material propertiesvs variable material properties). Two sources of errors in the constant‐property solution are evaluated and a criterion for the limits of applicability of the linear solution is derived.
Dislocation Model of Low‐Temperature Creep29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723025View Description Hide Description
A low‐temperature dislocation creep model of the exhaustion type is proposed to account for the temperature independent activation energies which are found in recent experiments. Logarithmic creep can be obtained from the model if a Gaussian distribution function of Frank‐Read sources is assumed. The theory is applicable under easy glide conditions but should not be used when extensive double glide occurs. The theory can be extended into the liquid helium temperature range with the aid of Glen‐Mott quantum‐mechanical dislocation tunneling.
Magnetostriction of Low‐Density Cobalt Rondel29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723026View Description Hide Description
A dimensional change that simulates magnetostriction can be expected when a porous or spongy ferromagnetic body is placed in a magnetic field. Such an effect has been observed. Polycrystalline cobalt with a density less than 50% of normal developed a strain of −139×10−6, whereas cobalt of normal density developed a strain of −28×10−6. This finding appears to open the way for the development of materials with enhanced values of strain in a magnetic field.
Microwave Faraday Rotation: Design and Analysis of a Bimodal Cavity29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723027View Description Hide Description
The design and analysis of a bimodal cavity for the observation of microwaveFaraday rotation is presented. An equivalent circuit of lumped elements is developed and the coupling between degenerate cavity modes is expressed in terms of the elements of the susceptibilitytensor of the material producing the rotation. The theory is checked against experimental results with a paramagnetic salt and substantial agreement is obtained. A cavity of this type when used in conjunction with superheterodyne detection appears to provide a high sensitivity spectrometer for the observation of magnetic resonance.
Shape Distribution of Magnetic Powders29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723028View Description Hide Description
In work reported earlier, the average length‐to‐diameter ratios determined magnetically did not agree with those observed under the electron microscope; this was thought due to magnetic interactions. This paper describes further shape determination measurements on γ‐Fe2O3 samples of increasing dilution by the original method and by two analogous methods described by Wohlfarth. The results show a slight increase of mean length‐to‐diameter ratio with dilution and a considerable broadening of the distribution toward large length‐to‐diameter ratios. The different methods of measurement described do not yield the expected congruent curves at very low concentration. This indicates a deviation from Stoner‐Wohlfarth rotation in these particles. The details of the mathematical methods are also described.
Noise in Oxide Cathode Coatings29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723029View Description Hide Description
Noise measurements have been performed on oxide‐coated cathodes at frequencies of 8 Mc and of 30 cycles. At 8 Mc, where thermal noise and shot noise predominate, the measurements show thermal noise at high cathode temperatures (pore conduction region) and at low cathode temperatures (grain conduction region) with a pronounced noise peak caused by shot noise in the temperature range where pore conduction switches over to grain conduction.
Noise measurements at 30 cycles where flicker noise (with a 1/fnoise spectrum) predominates, indicate that the pore noise corresponds to the flicker noise expected for a semiconductor with a voltage‐independent conductivity, whereas the grain noise corresponds to the flicker noise expected for a semiconductor with voltage‐dependent conductivity. The measurements also show that the pores are inherently noisier than the grains at low frequencies. The results agree with a qualitative theoretical analysis.
Electrophotoluminescent Amplification29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723030View Description Hide Description
Alternating electric fields can modify the time distribution of luminescent recombination in sulfide‐type phosphors with the expenditure of less electrical energy than is contained in the fluctuating component of the emitted visible radiation. Within the range of excitation and electrical signal input conditions where this is true, the phosphor sample may be regarded as an amplifier deriving its power from incident radiation, which can convert an applied electrical signal into an output light signal with energy gain and frequency fidelity.
Modified Rotational Model of Flux Reversal29(1958); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1723031View Description Hide Description
A nonuniform magnetic configuration for rapid rotational flux reversal in square‐loop ferrite cores is analyzed. It is shown that the demagnetizing effects due to the boundary of the toroid are, to a good approximation, negligible for toroids with cross‐sectional radii as small as 2.5×10−2 cm. A basic assumption of an earlier rotational model of flux reversal was that these demagnetizing fields could be neglected. The predictions of this modified model at high drives are similar to those of the earlier model. The possibility of correlating H c (the intercept of the extrapolated linear region of the inverse switching time versus drive field plot) with more basic parameters through a model of this type is indicated.


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I've been a lurker here, but I figured it's about time I posted. Everyone else here seems to be supportive and I guess that's what I need now more than anything.
So, my story is pretty complicated. I'm 26 and 27 weeks pregnant with twins -- a boy and a girl that should *hopefully* be here in late December/early January.
I am gay. Or at least, I thought I was gay. That's another part of this ridiculously complicated story.
My xDuF and I were together for 5 years and had known each other for 7 -- since I was 19 years old. We flirted and kissed a few times and by the time I turned 21, I was head over heelsfor her. We got engaged in 2008. Valentine's Day, in fact. Right on the ocean at sunset. Complete with a fire and a ring and everything.
In April, we went through our first cycle of IVF and got pregnant with twins, using my best friend's (he's bisexual and currently in a relationship with a guy) sperm. Everything was fantastic. He wanted to be involved to a certain degree, but agreed that we would be the parents, raising our children together. Everything was perfect, or so I thought.
At 24 weeks, I was put on bedrest due to an insufficient cervix. I was having contractions and when I went to the hospital, they said I was about 2 cms dialated. They were able to stop labor (obviously).
Exactly a week ago today, xDuF came to me and said she had a surprise. So, she got me up out of bed and brought me into the twins' nursery and showed me the wonderful paradise of a nursery she had created. It was absolutely GORGEOUS. I couldn't help but cry and tell her how much I loved her and that I was so glad we were doing this together.
The following day before she went to work, she came into our bedroom and sat me down and said that we needed to talk. She had a duffel bag full of her stuff with her and she said that things were simply not working. I was completely floored and didn't know what on EARTH she was talking about. That's when she admitted it. She was having an affair with the secretary in her office and they had been going at it since JULY. Yes, JULY!! AFTER the IVF, after she knew we were starting a family together...
She went to work and never came back home. I haven't seen or heard from her in over a week and I stopped calling her after she never answered my phone calls.
I immediately called my BFF/sperm donor and he was PISSED. Here he thought he was giving us DNA to start a family (we've been friends since 6th grade) and xDuF just turned around and walked out, leaving me 26 weeks pregnant with twins and on bedrest!
He came right over cheered me up, told me everything would be okay. He's also stayed at my house with me since I'm high risk and he doesn't want something happening to me and the babies. He stayed at my place until I got put into the hospital this morning for contractions. Now he's going back and forth between his place and the hospital... but spending more time with me at the hospital than anyplace else.
The last few days, a lot has changed. I decided to let him sign the birth certificate and he said that he doesn't want to have "his" children raised by a single mother. Now he wants to co-parent. Strangely, I'm not as opposed to this as I thought I would be. I even told him that if I have a C-section (which is looking likely at this point), he could be the person allowed in the OR with me, seeing the babies being born.
At this rate, I'm letting him have as much leash as he wants. We've both agreed that I will have primary custody -- the twins will live with me and will spend the majority of their time here.
The hardest part is that I THOUGHT I was gay and now I've developed some sort of feelings for BFF/SD. I'm not really sure if it's because we're having kids together or if he's been there for me lately, but when he's gone, I miss him. He cheers me up, he makes me laugh, he gives me a hug when I need it and we're both SO excited about the imminent arrival of "our" babies, as he likes to call them.
I guess the hard part is thinking about what could have been and what I could have done. Had my parents not been so mad about me being gay and hating xDuF, maybe she wouldn't have left. If I had stood up more for our family, would she have left? Had I been a better partner, more understanding, more compassionate, would things have turned out differently? I still miss her and I know what she did was wrong and inexcusable, but I still find myself thinking about the family we were supposed to have...
Idk... just needed to get this out. <3


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text: A photograph of a group of people crowding around a basket taken by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (1853-1941) in about 1905. This photograph was probably taken at a fish auction in the market. There are fish lying on the ground next to the crowd. Presumably this is what is in the basket attracting the attention. The man in the centre of the photograph is wearing traditional fisherman's clothing. Frank Meadow Sutcliffe is best known for his naturalistic and spontaneous style of photography especially his portrayals of Whitby's fishing community. He was a founder member of The Linked Ring Brotherhood and was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society in 1941.


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Sunday, February 26, 2012
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The Last Days of Tolstoy's People
Leo Tolstoy so admired the Doukhobors, a remote pacifist sect in the highlands of Georgia, he tried to shield them from the modern world. Now only 500 of them remain.
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GORELOVKA, Georgia—The July sun had yet to shake the night chill from the air, so the men stood hunched with their hands in their pockets, watching the appointed soup makers stir two large cast-iron caldrons full of borscht and lapsha. The two men worked over a brazier of tezek, bricks of dried manure that are the favored fuel in a land that has few trees but many cows. They were preparing the food for a Doukhobor wake that would mark 40 days since another member of their religious sect, a carpenter named Vladimir Smorodin, was taken by old age. More than 80 Doukhobors would gather that day in the sod-roofed home to pay their respects.
The wake might as well have been for the Doukhobors themselves. After 300 years of tumultuous history, this remote strain of pacifists, who have called the mountain highlands of Georgia their home since Tsar Nicholas I exiled them in the 1840s, is about to disappear. A splinter from the Russian Orthodox Church, their way of life rests on the brink of extinction, as the few who remain either pass away or return to Russia, leaving their life in the mountains behind. Their numbers in Georgia today have dwindled to 500; here in Gorelovka, once their spiritual center, there are 145 left. Their ineluctable exodus north, to cities in modern Russia, could spell the end of an entire culture, something akin to what would happen if all the Amish slowly moved to Pittsburgh. Removed from their villages, they would be swallowed whole by the modern world.
The irony is that the Doukhobors never wanted to leave Russia in the first place. They emerged in the 1700s in the Tambov region of Russia, a Christian sect that believed God resides within every person, rendering the need for the church and all its trappings—icons, buildings, rituals, even priests—unnecessary. These views did not endear themselves with the Russian Orthodox Church, and in 1785 an archbishop gave them the name Doukhobors, which means "spirit wrestlers." It was meant as an insult, but they embraced it. The sect rejected the authority of the state, refusing to pay taxes or serve in the military, and by the 1840s became such an irritant that Tsar Nicholas I exiled nearly 5,000 of them to the edge of the Russian empire. Many of the Doukhobors died on the treacherous 70-day wagon journey.
They founded eight villages—the largest of which was Gorelovka—in the distant peaks of what is now the Republic of Georgia's Javakheti region, near the border with Turkey and Armenia. They flung themselves into creating a place for themselves in this new inhospitable climate—the winters are harsh and long in the mountains here—by tilling the rocky soil and taming the land to build a tidy town of sod-roofed homes with whitewashed walls and carved wooden shutters that are painted cheerful shades of blue. As the Doukhobors don't have churches, Gorelovka's spiritual and civic life is centered around the orphanage, a mint green building that was built in the 1800s. Every Sunday a dozen Doukhobors still meet there for prayers.
In the summer, white storks with clattering beaks stand atop their huge nests, which are balanced precariously on the sod-roofed houses and utility poles. (Armenians call the town Aragilneri Gyugh, stork village). The village still feels a part of the 19th century, despite the satellite dishes, cellphones, and 18-wheelers that pass through the town's one paved road on their way to Armenia or Turkey. The remaining roads are no more than rutted dirt paths, spackled with cow patties from the twice-daily cattle drives up the nearby hills and back again. "The Doukhobors, we made all of this ourselves," says Nikolai Sukhorukov, 59, a village elder of sorts with an inquisitive face and a long white beard.
The Doukhobors eked out a relatively quiet existence here until 1895, when they rounded up all the weapons in the villages and burned them in protest of the Tsarist government's military draft. They paid dearly for their principles: Some were deported to Siberia, others were imprisoned and tortured. But they gained an unlikely savior in Leo Tolstoy, the famed novelist who was undergoing a spiritual renewal in the later years of his life. Tolstoy admired the Doukhobors' pacifism and met their leaders at his estate in Yasnaya Polyana, in what must have been one of history's great beard-summits. He engaged in a furious letter-writing campaign on their behalf, including one missive sent to Sweden suggesting the first Nobel Peace Prize be awarded to these remote people. Eventually he donated the profits from his final novel, Resurrection, to resettle a group of more than 7,500 Doukhobors from the Caucasus to Saskatchewan in 1899. Some 25,000 of their descendants still live in Canada, but the majority of them have assimilated. For those left behind in Georgia, Tolstoy sent money to build a school in Gorelovka that still bears his name.
The school is a well-maintained, whitewashed building with a black-and-white portrait of its famous benefactor hanging in the office. However, as with the rest of the town, the school's future is uncertain. "We're trying to save the school," director Tatyana Kirova told me as she led me down the building's single dimly lit hallway, showing me the classrooms each heated by their own stove. Hand-lettered posters in Russian and Georgian hung on the walls alongside educational posters from the Soviet era. When Kirova graduated from the school in 1992, it had 300 students. Today there are 32. Most of the town's children attend the Armenian school down the road.
"There are no more young people here," lamented teacher Irina Tamilina, 43, as we sat in her kitchen later that day, drinking tea and eating watermelon. She handed me a creased photocopy, flecked with brown stains, of a letter Tolstoy wrote in 1898 to a newspaper about the plight of the Doukhobors. "The government of the Caucasus has surrounded the whole rebellious population with a magic circle, and this population is slowly dying out. In another three or four years, it's possible there could be no Doukhobors left," the novelist cautioned. (That last sentence had been underlined in black pen.)


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Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) trading down 65 points (-0.4%) at 16,380 as of Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,832 issues advancing vs. 1,123 declining with 123 unchanged. The Transportation industry currently sits down 0.4% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.2%. Top gainers within the industry include Con-way ( CNW), up 5.5%, United Continental Holdings ( UAL), up 4.0%, Southwest Airlines ( LUV), up 1.7%, Canadian Pacific Railway ( CP), up 0.8% and Delta Air Lines ( DAL), up 0.6%. TheStreet would like to highlight 5 stocks pushing the industry higher today: 5. Old Dominion Freight Lines ( ODFL) is one of the companies pushing the Transportation industry higher today. As of noon trading, Old Dominion Freight Lines is up $1.25 (2.3%) to $54.94 on heavy volume. Thus far, 581,341 shares of Old Dominion Freight Lines exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 601,700 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $54.52-$56.54 after having opened the day at $55.21 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $53.69. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. operates as a less-than-truckload (LTL) motor carrier primarily in the United States and North America. It provides regional, inter-regional, and national LTL services. Old Dominion Freight Lines has a market cap of $4.6 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 23.0, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 1.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 7 analysts who rate Old Dominion Freight Lines a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold. TheStreet Ratings rates Old Dominion Freight Lines as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, impressive record of earnings per share growth, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. Get the full Old Dominion Freight Lines Ratings Report now. 3x UPSIDE POTENTIAL: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more.Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link. All three major indices are trading down today with the
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STAND-TO! Edition: Thursday April 10, 2014
Today's Focus:
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What is it?
Embedded within U.S. Army North (Fifth Army), Task Force 51 (TF 51) is a deployable command post designated to assist local, state and federal responders with disasters in the United States. TF 51 matured from an additional duty to becoming a full-time all-hazard and specialized chemical, biological, nuclear response task force with far-reaching capabilities to provide mission command of Department of Defense (DOD) forces in support of a lead federal agency responding to disaster.
What has the Army done?
In 2005, TF-51, as a concept of a deployable headquarters to command and control DOD forces responding to a disaster in the homeland, was created. This concept was tested when Hurricane Katrina devastated communities along the Gulf Coast and the city of New Orleans.
The successful DOD response to Katrina has been well documented. One of the key lessons learned was the need for a task force that could deploy quickly to command and control DOD's efforts in support of a lead federal agency. Since Katrina, TF-51 has deployed under different concepts anticipating state and local needs following natural disasters -
- 2007 - Wildfires in the southern part of California
- 2008 - Hurricane Gustav, Louisiana
- 2010 - Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill, Louisiana
- 2011 - Hurricane Irene, New Jersey
- 2013 - Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey
In 2012, TF-51 assumed mission command for the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Response Element Alpha. The C2CRE-A is part of the nation's tiered response to CBRN incidents and is able to employ and sustain specialized DOD forces.
What continued efforts does the Army have planned for the future?
The Army supports TF-51 with the personnel and equipment necessary to maintain the only standing all-hazards response force focused on the homeland. ARNORTH continues to upgrade systems used by TF-51 to maintain interoperability with its Federal and State partners along with the subordinate units who support operations. It's in collaboration and cooperation with other DOD agencies to ensure the right response, at the right time, is provided. Twenty major exercises supporting more than 52,000 reserve-component Soldiers in fiscal year 2014.
Why is this important to the Army?
Although its size and composition has evolved since its conception, the one constant for TF-51 is the ability to quickly deploy and support local, state and federal officials where catastrophic disasters exceed their capabilities.
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The number-one concern of our Soldiers relates to the work of Department of Defense and Congress on the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Committee.
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- CACC's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 3.2%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 11.6%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
- Investors have apparently begun to recognize positive factors similar to those we have mentioned in this report, including earnings growth. This has helped drive up the company's shares by a sharp 29.58% over the past year, a rise that has exceeded that of the S&P 500 Index. Regarding the stock's future course, our hold rating indicates that we do not recommend additional investment in this stock despite its gains in the past year.
- The gross profit margin for CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORP is rather high; currently it is at 67.83%. Regardless of CACC's high profit margin, it has managed to decrease from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, CACC's net profit margin of 36.30% significantly outperformed against the industry.
- Although CACC's debt-to-equity ratio of 2.15 is very high, it is currently less than that of the industry average.
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$200 non-refundable deposit will hold your room and the balance is due a week before the workshop begins. Full payment is due upon sign up if within 8 weeks of workshop. .
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Sally Carley is a yoga teacher and yoga therapist with 10 years of experience working with students of all ages. Sally's teaching provides instruction in various styles, including Yin Yoga, Yoga for 50+, and advanced classes for more experienced practitioners. Working privately with students with all kinds of challenges is her real love, and she works with students living with a wide gamut of concerns, including depression, anxiety, cancer, obesity, injuries, and issues relative to aging. Her style is lighthearted, and deeply rooted in yogic principles.
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Kalani is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) charity. Your stay here supports our educational mission, preservation of ancient Hawaiian cultural sites, and the development of a model sustainable community.
Special package rates are available for the Puna Culinary Festival - a tremendous value!
All of Kalani's packages include the following:
- Accommodations in a lodge room with private bathroom. A very limited number of room upgrades remain for the festival – please inquire for details.
- Puna Culinary Festival Passes (a $325 value) which include all Featured Culinary Dinners, Cooking Classes, and 10 PupuPalooza tickets.
- Complimentary entry to all evening events held on Kalani campus.
- Full complimentary access to more than 50 community arts classes at Kalani, including yoga, meditation, tai chi, dance, volleyball, Hawaiʻian culture, Hula, weaving, art, Watsu and more.
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* Not Included in Packages: Airport transfers and flights to/from Hilo airport (ITO.) Additional nights can be added to the beginning or end of these packages at regular rates. Culinary Festival Passes do not include Farm Tours. Farm Tours may be purchased separately through (Kalani Guest Services) or via the (Tickets & Reservations) page.
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Carrie Rowell spent her childhood in Oahu and has been fascinated by all aspects of the Hawaiian culture ever since. She has studied various forms of dance and martial arts and has trained with several Hawaiian masters of the healing arts over the last 15 years. Since 1998 she has traveled the world teaching Lomi Lomi, sacred dance and women's workshops. She is a continuing education provider in several countries and her style is fun and technical with an emphasis on hands-on work.
Nile Curtis began his career in massage 12 years ago with a focus on deep tissue as a chiropractic assistant. His extensive dance training allows him to embody the grace inherent in Lomi Lomi. Since 2005 he has assisted Carrie's classes around the globe. When not traveling the world they live and practice in Pahoa.
Fees include workshop, excursions, meals, 9 nights accommodations, and use of Kalani's facilities including pool, hot tub and sauna. Airfare to Hawaii and transportation to/from kalani is not included you can arrange for Kalani's shuttle for an additional fee.
Residential prices listed are discounted by $100 if registered by December 31, 2014. Commuter/Local rates remains the same.
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Jill Walton has dedicated her life to deep communication and work with the sacred teachings of the Earth. Her current work includes the Circle of Guardians, a sacred site of healing and visioning. Jill uses clairvoyance, chakra work, counseling and coaching techniques, energy work, ritual, expressive art therapies, dream work, inner child work, past life work, and shamanic/spiritual techniques to assist and empower her clients.
Christy Ceraso has been a wholistic practitioner of the healing arts for 22 years. Her eclectic bodywork practice specializes in facilitating the release of trauma, & the restoration of self-love, inspiration, vitality, & creative self-expression. Christy assists others to access their presence, joy, gifts and their own deep insight by connecting with the Earth, the breath, meditation, movement, & the elements of nature.
Kelley Linn is a feminine spiritual practitioner who blends yoga, sacred ritual, shamanic arts, and goddess storytelling into a transformational experience for modern woman. Through embodiment practices she guides women to their innate wisdom, encouraging them to courageously step into their own divine power. She has developed simple techniques that infuse sacred meaning into the mundane tasks of our everyday modern lives.
Kelley is RYT500 yoga instructor with over 1000 hours of training.
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Field trip to The Steam Vent Inn Volcanic Sauna is an additional $10 entrance fee.
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Stewart Blackburn is a man with a mission. He envisions great changes on Earth through the efforts of people who have come to know and express themselves fully. He is not interested in telling people how to live, his work is all about true self-empowerment. Ua ola loko, i ke Aloha – Love heals from within!
Stewart Blackburn has been studying Shamanism, as well as many other spiritual systems, for most of his life and brings together many perspectives. He is the author of The Skills of Pleasure and is ordained as an Alaka'i (minister and senior teacher) by Aloha International. He lives on the Big Island of Hawaii with his dog, Pono.
Mahalo to everyone who joined us for the 2014 Puna Music Festival. See you next year! Check out the festival gallery >
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Brian Ross has been shooting for over 25 years, and his work has been exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, the Broadway Gallery in NYC, & the Hui No'eau in Hawaii. He has a degree in Communications & Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania, and has done graduate work in Filmmaking at NYU. Brian has photographed noble laureates: HH the Dalai Lama XIV, Nelson Mandela, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and has explored contemporary expressions of spirituality and art. He has created successful fundraising art events to benefit the Nelson Mandela's Children's Fund & the Tibetan Children's Village in India. He is the author of "Lunch with Krishna", a work of fiction examining spirituality and culture in contemporary society.
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Nile Curtis began his career in massage 10 years ago with a focus on deep tissue as a chiropractic assistant. His extensive dance training allows him to embody the grace inherent in Lomi Lomi. Since 2005 he has assisted Carrie's classes around the globe. When not traveling the world they live and practice in Pahoa.
Fees include workshop, excursions, meals, accommodations, and use of Kalani's facilities including pool, hot tub and sauna. Airfare to Hawaii and ground transportation to Kalani is not included.
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wonderful city , when I was there , it just had been freshly allowed to tourists ;it was forbidden to foreigners before , when its CCCP name was Gorki
So beautiful and interesting city...it is not far away from my hometown, I have to visit it once! Thanks, the tips are really great!
so very nice city! I had an idea (twice) this year, to visit the city but both times it was delayed. your page tell me that the city is worth visiting
GReat page! Nishni NOwgorod was not open for foreign tourists, when I did the cruise from Kazan to Moscow in 1989. Danke für die Geburtstagswünsche. Ulrike
Love your emphasis on architecture, sculptures, and churches. An interesting and educational group of tips, which I enjoyed so much.
Hallo Michael, another great page of interesting tips ! I often considered to take a river- cruise through Russia, now I'm really eager to take off ! Greetings! Willy
Hi Michael, great that you were able to take a cruise to this lovely place, and had such a good translator. That "Lady with the Mirror" is a clever and unusual statue. Also the mother and son and of course the postman with his bicycle.
I deserve a "Strafe" for not visiting N.Novgorod still, ha-ha! Though "off limits rule" didn't concern me all the times! Thank you for a look at this ancient Russian city from a point of view a foreigner - some thoughts looked very touching and amusing!
I've been to that Gorki museum too! Great page about the city center. I've actually walked to the big yellow church that you saw from afar. Didn't see the giant staircase as I was standing on top! Should make my own page one day...
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