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Holiday weekend schedule!!! Saturday normal hours!!! (Thank you Tiff) Sunday closed Monday 9am ONLY!!! Rest of the week normal ❤CFY staff Happy 4th of July Remember why we celebrate!
CFO WOD: Partner Up 30 Rounds partners alternate through movements 3 Muscle Ups or 3 ring dips 3 Box Jumps 30/24 3 Deadlifts 275/185
As you know, our Iron Bar Gym community is strong and one of the best around..... I'm asking you to participate, if you can, in helping out a member of our bigger CrossFit community, Northwest Iron in Dupont. We have a connection with Northwest Iron in that one of our former members is now one of the owners there (Lando Holt) and one of their members was involved in a tragic accident while celebrating Father's Day that has left him without the ability to move his legs and is facing a long road ahead with many medical expenses. A few local gyms are coming together this Saturday to participate in a workout in his honor and to help raise money to support his family. We will do the workout at 9:15am on Saturday during our regular CrossFit class and there are two ways you can help: Donate directly to his Recovery Fund account or purchase a shirt from Pillage with $17 from each shirt sale going to the family. If you can, please help as we'd want our community to do the same if, heaven forbid, something were to happen to one of us. Any amount is appreciated and if we all do a little, we can make a big impact! https://www.youcaring.com/ryan-cooper-588179
On Friday, Ryan was involved in a tragic quad accident while celebrating an early Father's Day with his bride-to-be, Shalene. An ambulance took him from the site of the crash to Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay, OR. He was then airlifted to Oregon Health & Science University Hospital in Portland and...
Upcoming holiday weekend schedule: 7/2 (Saturday) - We will be having our 4th of July workout. Same Saturday Suck set up, we open at 9:30am, let's be ready to 3..2..1..GO! at 10am sharp!!! 7/3 (Sunday) - Dawn's party. Details have been shared in our members only CF138 FB page. (If you are not able to see the members only CF138 FB page, please let Dawn or Michelle know.) 7/4 (Monday) - We are CLOSED. Enjoy your holiday!!
Come to our Handstand Clinic this Saturday at 9 am for more tips on HSPU! This will benefit everyone!
There's no doubt the handstand pushup (HSPU) is one of the hardest functional fitness movements to master. Along with muscleups and pistols, handstand pu
Hey All, we're coming up to the end of our 10 week cycle and will begin testing/assessment to see where we're at soon! As we mentioned earlier we've been emphasizing the Military Press, Deadlifts, Pull Ups, and rowing over the last 10 weeks. We'll be testing the following movements on the following days: Friday July 1st - Military Press 3 rep max Sunday July 3rd - Pull Ups max reps Wednesday July 6th - Deadlift 3 rep max Friday July 8th - 2000m Row Come in well rested and see how that hard work has paid off!
CROSSFIT MOUNTAIN BIKETHURSDAY, 30 JUNEMOBILITY:scrape (at home 0:00-4:00), forearm (4:00-end)STRENGTH:Box Squats Jump 3×5 (add 5 lbs to last workout) WOD:3 Rounds40 Jumping Lunges10 KB Push Press (53/35)Farmer Carry Around Fastenal (2x25/15)
CFO WOD: For Time: 21-18-15-12-9-6-3 UNBROKEN Thrusters 95/65 *if you break a set you must run 200m then continue to end of set. There is no run in between sets
Thursday's WOD is available on the website! Awesome job to everyone so far in this weeks training! Keep up the awesome work.
06.30.2016 Posted on June 30, 2016June 30, 2016 by CrossFit Amethyst Great Job Amethyst Athletes! Everyone put forth a great effort in their 400m runs and there were a ton of personal bests set. Today we are back to squatting! Warm-Up and Mobility Front Squats 15-12-9-6-3 Hang Squat Snatch (95/65) B...
Who wants a free CFX hoodie? (Pick your own color and size). All you need to do is simply share our upcoming Masters X-Camp Class or X-Camp event on your wall. (Look under events) In a short sentence explain what you love about CFX. Make sure to tag us so we see your post. Everyone that does this by July 4th at midnight will be entered into a drawing for a new CFX hoodie on July 5th! Get after CFX!
Look who made CrossFit's main site. Our very own Tag Team Siblings.
With a pair of 45-lb. dumbbells, 4 rounds for time of: 50-meter weighted lunge 350-meter farmers carry Post time to comments.
ATTENTION• JULY 4th - 9 am CLASS ONLY! Come sweat, and then spend the rest of the day with family and friends!!!!
Good stuff here! We can't wait to learn more about how we can better serve our community at Guido Van Ryssegem 's upcoming event hosted right here at Mahoney CrossFit on August 6th & 7th! Interested in expanding your knowledge and perception around movement practice and corrective exercise strategies alongside me and the MCF crew? Join us by registering at this link: https://mahoney-crossfit.triib.com/events/kinetic-integrations-workshop/register-new/
There is a lot of talk these days about the difference between Mobility and Stability when we discuss movement. I believe they are intimately related and are not opposites. Consider the following: The objective of mobility is to create and control forces to produce movement, right? Mobility therefore is directly related to instability - the more demanding the movement, the greater the demand to control forces that have the potential for instability. In Sum: Mobility = Controlled Instability = Dynamic stability
Wednesday's Bridgetown CrossFit WOD: Hex Bar Deadlift build up to heavy 7 THEN 5x3 21-15-9 Hex Bar Deadlift (80% of 7) Calorie Row Double KB Squat http://bridgetowncrossfit.com/bridgetown-crossfit-wod/06/hex-bar-deadlift-13/
Wednesday's Bridgetown CrossFit WOD: Hex Bar Deadlift build up to heavy 7 THEN 5×3 21-15-9 Hex Bar Deadlift (80% of 7) Calorie Row Double KB Squat
Wednesday's Bridgetown CrossFit WOD: Hex Bar Deadlift build up to heavy 7 THEN 5×3 21-15-9 Hex Bar Deadlift (80% of 7) Calorie Row Double KB Squat
Olympic Weightlifting Program Bridgetown Barbell Club Week 14 Day 3 Clean and Jerk (% Jerk) 55/2+1 65/2+1 70/2+1 75/2+1 80/2+1 84/2+1 78/ 2x 1+2 Clean Deadlift (% Clean) 85/5 90/4 95/3 100/2 105/3x2 95/2x5 Power Clean + Clean Pull 70/2+3 75/4x 1+2 RDL (%Clean) 80/8 90/6 95/4 100/3x3 http://bridgetowncrossfit.com/weightlifting/06/week-14-wednesday-3/
Olympic Weightlifting Program Bridgetown Barbell Club Week 14 Day 3 Clean and Jerk (% Jerk) 55/2+1 65/2+1 70/2+1 75/2+1 80/2+1 84/2+1 78/ 2x 1+2 Clean Deadlift (% Clean) 85/5 90/4 95/3 100/2 105/3×2 95/2×5 Power Clean + Clean Pull 70/2+3 75/4x 1+2 RDL (%Clean) 80/8 90/6 95/4 100/3×3
Olympic Weightlifting Program Bridgetown Barbell Club Week 14 Day 3 Clean and Jerk (% Jerk) 55/2+1 65/2+1 70/2+1 75/2+1 80/2+1 84/2+1 78/ 2x 1+2 Clean Deadlift (% Clean) 85/5 90/4 95/3 100/2...
Sorry for the late notice!!! Our normal child care tomorrow Wednesday 6/29 will be cancelled sorry for the late notice.
A)Strict Press Take 20 min to find 1RM 5-5-3-3-1-1-? *Rest as needed b/t sets B) 5 Rds. For Time: 50x Double Unders 30x Wallballs (20/14)
WOD: 6/29/16 EMOTM for 30 minutes: 1: Deadlift 3 reps 2: Max reps Burpees 3: Rest *Score is your heaviest weight lifted and your number of cumulative burpees. Youth Class? With so many of our CrossFit Train members having families and one of our primary focuses is to build a family within…
RXD 5 Bear Complex (135/95lbs) 800m Run 5 Bear Complex 400m Run 5 Bear Complex 200m Run Fitness 5 Bear Complex 800m Run 5 Bear Complex 400m Run 5 Bear Complex 200m Run
We will be closed for the long 4th of July weekend. No classes July 2-4.
Tick-tock-tick-tock 10 days until The Battle In The Berg registration deadline. Only a few spots are left. Visit our events page and sign up today!
6/29/16 Wolfpack members Vicki Harris and Bonnie Martin completing the Pacific crest Tri, Congrats ladies. Strength Bench Press Establish a 1RM Conditioning 7 min AMRAP Ring Dips *Every time you drop off the rings 15 cal row L1 Strict Ring Dips L2 Kipping L3 RIng Push-ups Slap me in the FACE! http://crossfitevviva.com/2016/06/28/62916
6/29/16 Wolfpack members Vicki Harris and Bonnie Martin completing the Pacific crest Tri, Congrats ladies. Strength Bench Press Establish a 1RM Conditioning 7 min AMRAP Ring Dips *Every time you dr…
Workout of the Day Warmup: 3 x 30/30 Double Unders Handstand Hold Skill: Turkish Get-up Strength: Turkish Get-up WOD: "Nancy" 5
Alright guys... this is the LAST week to sign up for our Painful Eight Anniversary Competition! This is going to be alot of fun... great wods, tees and tanks for competitors and a BBQ provided by BCF afterwards! So sign up now... I think if you don't you will regret it! Use the link below and select Painful Eight, sign in with your Wodify login and VOILA! You are signed up. Teams will be announced mid-July. Any questions or problems, email email@example.com
Arena Ready athletes out & about this past weekend!
Track Day Saturday On Saturday morning forty of our Arena Ready athletes made their way out to the track for a morning workout in the sun with friends new & old. It was a blast getting outside the gym and enjoying some exercise in the sunshine among trees, grass, and a beautiful track. Thanks to e...
8am. Lift: Back Squat 10-10-10-10, add 5-10lbs to each of your sets from last week Notes First set = +5-10lbs from last week's first working set Second set = +5-10lbs from last second working set Third set = +5-10lbs from last week's third working set (top set) Fourth set = -10% from today's heaviest set If the athlete did not perform last week's workout, perform that instead. Each For Time: @ 0:00 50 Burpees @ 6:00 60 Calorie Row OR 60 Calorie Assault Bike @ 12:00 15-12-9 Burpees Row OR Assault Bike Calories #crossfit #crossfitwest #crossfitReady #burpees #burpees #whyWouldYouDoItIfITWasEasy
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New Royal Rumble Match announced
Jan 24, 2011 - by Steve Gerweck
As announced on Raw earlier this evening, WWE divas champion Natalya will defend her title against LayCool (Layla or Michelle McCool) at Sunday's Royal Rumble.
As a reminder, will be doing our annual Royal Rumble pools, giving away a variety of prizes, stay tuned.
Also, as always, we will be providing LIVE coverage of this weekend's WWE Royal Rumble PPV, starting at 8PM ET.
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If I have a connected, simply connected nilpotent lie group given by the commutators between the elements of a basis of its Lie algebra how can I recover the left invariant vector fields?
For example I have a Lie group $G$ whose Lie algebra $g$ has dimension 4, with basis $X_1,X_2,X_3,X_4$ and only non zero commutators
i.e. the Engel algebra.
An explicit representation of the vector fields in $\mathbb{R}^4$ is $X_1=\partial_1$, $X_2=\partial_2-x_1\partial_3+\frac{x_1^2}{2}\partial_4$ ,$X_3=\partial_3-x_1\partial_4$, $X_4=\partial_4$.
How can i prove this, and what does it mean? I know that for such types of groups the exponential map is diffeomorphism therefore I can identify the lie group and the lie algebra. Then the lie algebra sholud be isomorphic to $\mathbb{R}^4$ as vector spaces, so why do I represent the vector fields as they were on $\mathbb{R}^4$?


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Perfect for the office, Tupperware's Smooth Chopper ($59; tupperware.com) let's you chop, blend, whisk and emulsify without using any electricity. The secret is in the embedded cord, which you repeatedly pull (as if you're starting a lawn mower), to turn one of two attachments. Use the blades to chop and the paddle to whisk. If you keep the mini blender at home, it's also great for making omelets, dips and salad dressings.
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From March to November Austin is the home to over a million Mexican bats and one of the major attractions to see when you visit Austin. They can travel up to 10,000 feet in altitude at over 60 MPH. These bats help the Austin insect population stay low by eating anywhere from 10,000-30,000 insects nightly. Although these bats have amazing interesting facts, they are also a featured attraction when visiting Austin.
Congress Street bridge is the most popular spot to watch these bats blanket the sky. You may also watch them on a kayak, on a segway, or upon a capital cruise. Austin holds a batfest every year with crafts, food, and music to celebrate these great creatures.
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There are extras all over this site.
Most are book-related extras to enhance your reading experience, but also some insight into the writer's experience. This page is your index to all of my extras. What else would you like to see? I hope you enjoy!
Photo at right: Stephanie looks like she is hard at work writing her novel, but what is really going on is a bunch of Extras work: A) She is searching on Google Maps for the perfect fishing village on the Mozambique coast in which to hide a nuclear weapon, B) Uploading photos from Malawi to her Flickr page, C) Determining the difference (if any) between a garter belt and a corset girdle in New York's dominatrix subculture, or D) Playing Lexulous on Facebook. You decide.
I've always written to - and found inspiration for writing - through music.
Why soundtracks for individual books? Well, I love music - I love how you can listen to a song you loved ten years ago and immediately, it can bring you back to where you were and who you were with at that time. It centers you, cements memories and allows you to recall them immediately.
Music drives me, and I wanted to share the soundtracks for each of my books with you. Follow this link, listen now (through your iTunes) and enjoy!
Why the African settings? I love Africa and have been several times. My husband grew up there and it's so rich in culture and possibilities for this writer's mind. I have zillions of photos. I add to my Flickr page all the time.
Too Hot to Hold Maps | Hard to Hold Maps | Sydney's Maps
I love to set my stories in fabulous far away places, usually in various African spots. Here are maps to help you locate and visualize places mentioned in my books. More to come as more books hit shelves. Click on any map thumbnail to get a closer look (a new window will open).
Too Hot to Hold Maps
The DRC (aka the Congo), Africa
Hard to Hold Maps
Djibouti, Africa
Zimbabwe, Africa
Sydney's Maps
Sydney's books all head to New York at some point. Here is a map to help you find the places mentioned in my books.
Catskill, NY
Character Lists
Eternal Wolf Clan series: Dire Warning, Dire Needs
Hard to Hold series: Hard to Hold, Too Hot to Hold, Hold on Tight
Shadow Force series: Lie With Me, Promises in the Dark, In the Air Tonight, Night Moves
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At first it seems that crystal meth addicts Hector and Derena have reached rock bottom. Willing to break the law by stealing drugs and planning to sell them, they head to their friend Merl's abandoned house in the woods. All alone, they think they are safe to cook up a major batch of crystal meth that will fill their wallets for months.
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– Ted DiBiase was pulled from last night's WWE live event in Fargo, North Dakota. DiBiase was injured on Friday night and while his condition is unknown, Cody Rhodes claimed in a promo last night he broke DiBiase's hand.
While DiBiase hasn't commented on the injury, he Tweeted the following:
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— Ted DiBiase Jr. (@TedDiBiase) January 21, 2012
The verse reads, Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds
– Dave Batista's "House of the Rising Sun" will premiere on Cinemax on Saturday, February 4, 2012. (Thanks to WNW reader Shannon for sending this in.)


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Sept. 8, 2009
Weekly Football Press Conference Quotes - Sept. 8
Kill, Adamski, Skarb and Wilson preview the Western Illinois Game
DEKALB, Ill. - Northern Illinois head football coach Jerry Kill spoke at Tuesday's weekly press conference at the Jeffrey and Kimberly Yordon Center to review the Huskies' game with Wisconsin and preview Saturday's match up with Western Illinois. Joining Kill were center Eddie Adamski (Kildeer, Ill./Carmel), fullback Kyle Skarb (Hawthorne Woods, Ill./Lake Zurich) and safety Tracy Wilson (Harvey, Ill./St. Francis DeSales). Below are excerpts from the press conference.
NIU Head Coach Jerry Kill
On learning from Saturday's game versus Wisconsin
"I think that missed assignments and missed alignments will beat you long before mismatches. Up front, they were 40, or 50 pounds heavier per man, but I thought we played hard, we played physical and I thought we did some good things. There's no question about that, but we made some mental errors. Our biggest emphasis for Saturday is to play hard and play smart. Pretty simple. We went toe-to-toe with Wisconsin. After we came back and watched the film, and I'm sure Wisconsin is saying the same thing, we left some plays out on the field."
"Overall, I was pleased with our effort. There were some guys that surprised me. I thought Brian Lawson played outstanding football for a guy that's never played in a game. Alan Baxter played a great game for a freshman. Our two receivers played very well for being true freshmen. We took a lot from the game, now we have to move on."
"You try to look at what we need to do to execute better on both sides of the ball and in the kicking game. If you have to eliminate some stuff, you have to eliminate it. Sometimes we get caught up in, well, we had some success last year, we're going to build off that and you move faster than we normally would. We have a younger team than we had a year ago. Sometimes, as a coach, you move faster than the kids can move. It's not about what we know; it's about what the players know and what they can do. We're still trying to find that out. When you're an 18 or 19 year old who's never played and your first game is in front of 80,000 people, you find out a lot about those kids. I'm excited about those younger players that played, who have never played college football and how they responded. They did a pretty good job."
"You are never going to be mistake free in football. We just have to be able to overcome some of them, but you're never going to be mistake-free. You don't want to beat yourself if you don't have to. We are going to make some mistakes because we're a young team, that's just part of it. As long as you're not making the same mistake over and over, you'll be all right. If you're making it over and over, than you probably need to play some else. We also have to understand Wisconsin is a good team and they create some mistakes. You just have to give them credit also."
On concerns of Western Illinois
"Defensively, they're unique. They may play with three down linemen, they may have four or five standing up, they move all over the place. They'll be the most unique defense we'll see. To be honest, at Southern, we struggled with them. We were able to win some games, but we struggled with what they do. I'm glad we have played them. That helps us a little bit. Offensively, coach Patterson is a product of Hayden Fry, and he has a system. He knows his system very well. He's great during game day making adjustments on what you do. It makes them hard to defend. We certainly understand what they do, but they're very good on game day. That's what makes them special."
On if he was surprised Western has beat NIU three straight times
"No. I knew that from playing Northern when I was at Southern. I kept track of those things. I do my studying. To be honest with you, it wouldn't matter who we were playing this week. We need to concentrate on us getting better. When we walked into the locker room after the game against Wisconsin, we started teaching immediately for the next game. I didn't even wait. My postgame speech was to talk about what we needed to do to get better. We've just got to teach and coach and be consistent."
On the speed difference against Western
"It's hard for me to tell until we play them. They're athletic, I can tell you that. They're as athletic as many teams in our conference. Their receivers could run; they're tall. They're quarterback, who we played against when I was at Southern, is athletic. They're an athletic football team."
On the importance on Saturday's game being home
"Every game is important. This is definitely the most important game we've played all year because it's the next one and it is at home. You need to win at home. You need to defend your home turf. If we had won a couple more at home, we would have been sitting better last year. To me you've got to win at home. We need to emphasize that."
On Western's quarterback Matt Barr
"I know a lot about him. We played against him when I was at Southern when he was younger. He's a left-handed kid. He moves around well in the pocket. He reminds me of Nick Hill who I had at Southern. He's a shifty guy, can get out of trouble. He's what I call a designated scrambler where can step up in the pocket, slide out of it and throw the ball deep. He's very gifted, has natural instincts. He knows how to win. He's proven that. I have a lot of respect for him."
On Cory Hanson's progress
"I'm proud of Cory. I remember when I was at Southern, preparing for Northern, we prepared for Cory. He was light in the pants when he played a couple years ago. He's gotten stronger; he's a more physical player; he's a better player against the run. There's nothing like experience. You either buy in or you buy out. He's bought in to what we're doing and playing well.
On the contract extension
"It was not about money, it's just an extension. I told Dr. Peters and Mr. Compher I want to be able to get the program built back up to exactly where Joe Novak had it and continue on. To do it right, you can't do it the quick fix way. You can't take 15, 18 transfers, you have to build it along. We're playing some freshmen now that I'd like to redshirt, but we can't. To build a good program you need a little bit of time. I think they feel good about the progress we're making. Basically, I think they like the direction we are going. It's very rewarding to me because I`m excited about being here and I want to do it the right way."
"With a new athletic director coming in, you don't know how that's going to mesh. Jeff came in and looked at what we were doing and wanted to make sure it's the philosophy that fit with him and what he expected. I had an idea we would be a good mesh because of who he's been with and what he stands for. If it didn't mesh, I probably wouldn't have gotten an extension. We're all trying to go the same direction and have the same beliefs.
Eddie Adamski, Center
On what the team took away from playing at Wisconsin
"Experience. To start of [the seson] with a Big ten opponent, you get a lot of exposure and get to play in front of a big crowd. It was a great way to start the season. We really wish we could have had a win up there. It's a great start for us. We played well as a team and it will carry through to the rest of the season."
On the advantage of playing Western Illinois at home this weekend
"It does help to play a home game. It's tough every time you lose any game. You get a bad taste in your mouth. The only thing you can do is just come back the next week, practice hard, stay focused and look forward to the next opponent."
On the offensive success in the 4th quarter
"Coach Kill pulled us to the side sometime in the second half and just told us to go out there and play football. Don't think about anything, go out there and have fun and see what happens. Go out there and have a good time. It worked. In the second half, we were pretty successful. We just need that throughout the whole game and we can be pretty good up front and as an offense."
Tracy Wilson, Safety
On possible concerns about WIU and the passing attack
"They have a very strong passing game. They have some playmakers at wide receiver. We need to make sure our defensive backs know all our responsibilities. They have a decent running back and their quarterback brings in a lot of experience. We are just going to try and focus in this week and make sure we line up right."
On what to improve on for this week
"We need to stop the big plays in the passing game. We were on the field for a long time, so we need to get off the field quicker to give the offense more of a chance."
Kyle Skarb, Fullback
On the locker room atmosphere after Wisconsin
"There wasn't a lot of smiling. A lot of the team council members came forward and picked us up after the game, and it was really nice to see them take responsibility to pick us up."


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Operator: Hello and welcome to the Hertz Global Holdings' Fourth Quarter and 2012 Earnings Conference Call.
The Company has asked me to remind you that certain statements made on this call contained forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance, and by their nature are subject to inherent uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially. Any forward-looking information relayed on this call speaks only as of this date, and that Company undertakes no obligation to update that information to reflect changed circumstances.
Additional information concerning these statements is contained in the Company's press release regarding its fourth quarter results issued this morning and in the Risk Factors and Forward-Looking Statements section of the Company's 2011 Forms 10-K and 2012 Quarterly Reports. Copies of these filings are available from the SEC, the Hertz website or the Company's Investor Relations department.
I would like to remind you that today's call is being recorded by the Company and is available for replay starting at 12.30 pm Eastern Time and running through March 11, 2013.
I'd now like to turn the conference over to your host, Leslie Hunziker. Please go ahead.
Leslie Hunziker - IR: Good morning. You should all have our press release and associated financial information. We've also provided slides to accompany our conference call that can be accessed on our website at www.hertz.com on the Investor Relations page.
Today we'll use certain non-GAAP financial measures all of which are reconciled with GAAP numbers in our press release and at the back of the slide presentation, those of which are posted on our website. We believe that our profitability and performance is better demonstrated using these non-GAAP metrics. Our call today focuses on Hertz Global Holdings Incorporated, the publicly-traded company. Results for the Hertz Corporation differed only slightly as explained in our press release.
With regard to our IR calendar, we'll be presenting at the JPMorgan Leverage Finance Conference in Miami tomorrow, the JPMorgan Gaming and Lodging Conference in Las Vegas on March 8 and the CSFB Global Services Conference in Phoenix on March 11, and then on April 2, we'll be hosting our 2013 Investor Day and Financial Modeling Workshop in New York City. The agenda and registration information will be sent out later this week.
This morning, in addition to Mark Frissora, Hertz's Chairman and CEO; and Elyse Douglas, our Chief Financial Officer, on the call, we have Scott Sider, Executive Vice President and President of Vehicle Rental and Leasing, The Americas; Michel Taride, Executive Vice President and President of Hertz International; and Lois Boyd, Executive Vice President and President of Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation. They'll be on hand for the Q&A session.
Now, I'll turn the call over to Mark.
Mark P. Frissora - Chairman and CEO: Good morning, everyone and thanks for joining us. 2012 was a remarkable year for Hertz on many fronts. Through organic initiatives and acquisitions, all of the strategic pieces of our portfolio are now in place.
Let me start on Slide 5, from our strategic perspective, we have four sizable growth businesses that recorded another year of double-digit revenue improvement exceeding their respective markets growth rates. Leisure value rental car on Slide 6 is the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. airport market. It's a segment where we've wanted to operate on a national level for some time.
In 2012, after an unusually drawn out regulatory process we finally were able to acquire Dollar Thrifty which closed on November 19. As we worked through the early stages of the integration, we found a well-run company, with strong human resources and opportunities for additional synergies, particularly in the areas of fleet and IT which I'll talk about in a minute.
These brands have a lot of potential for Hertz and therefore, we expect to continue to generate double-digit growth in the Value segment, as we did with our recently divested Advantage brand. Despite little to no investment in 2012 Advantage U.S. revenues were up more than 25% and it's adjusted pre-tax income nearly doubled the scale and brand cache of Dollar Thrifty, along with its higher price point and national scope upgraded our position in the airport value segment, while presenting new opportunities off-airport and overseas.
Moving to the next slide, another recent acquisition is already generating double-digit growth, we fully integrated Donlen Leasing business in 2012 cross-training our respective sales forces, launching five new products and services and securing run rate revenue of about $45 million from new accounts. As a result of Donlen's total revenue increased 16% to $471 million last year, exceeding the commercial leasing markets 4% estimated growth rate.
Off-airport rental car on Slide 8 is another significant opportunity for us. It's an $11 billion market growing anywhere from 5% to 10% annually depending on the segment. We had 348 net new off-airport rental car locations last year for a total 2,523 supporting the brand and broad demographic coverage of our national insurance customers and expanding our accessibility to neighborhood renters. Insurance replacement in the U.S. revenues grew 14.3% in 2012.
Moving to Slide 9; our equipment rental revenue outpaced the industrial recovery and also benefited from our tuck-in acquisition strategy. Last year, we benefited from the acquisition of three rental companies that extended our reach into new geographic and end-user markets like oil and gas, entertainment services and pump and power.
U.S. equipment rental revenue finished the year, up roughly 20% on double-digit volume improvements and sequential year-over-year quarterly price increases. In addition to revenue initiatives, strategic cost initiatives are driving performance. If you turn to Slide 10, you will see that 154 of our global rental car and equipment rental locations had gone through our Lean Six Sigma efficiency programs as of December 31, 2012. This represents about 42% of total revenue. We're building a culture of continuous improvement throughout the organization.
In addition to the process efficiencies, we're lowering our fleet costs as you can see on Slide 11. In the U.S., we sold 17% more used cars in 2012, as a result of the higher risk vehicle mix, a shift to lower cost vehicles and the expansion of our used car sales force. Of those sales 53% were through higher return dealer and consumer direct channels versus 44% in 2011. These actions supported an 11.8% decline in U.S. monthly depreciation per vehicle for 2012. In total, we generated $483 million of cost savings in 2012 through process improvements and consolidated revenue per employee increased 1.8% over 2011.
Moving to Slide 12, our sources of high margin growth are hitting on all cylinders, and as a result, we're driving earnings like never before. In fact in 2012, we had our best year ever across all profit measures. For the consolidated company, adjusted pre-tax incomes was up 32.5% on an 8.7% revenue gain driving 180 basis point expansion in adjusted pre-tax margin.
Corporate EBITDA increased approximately 18% driving a 140 basis point improvement in margin, and adjusted earnings per share was up $1.33, up 37% over 2011. Benchmarks were also set in U.S. rental car last year, this is on Slide 13. Full year record revenue of $4.9 billion was up 9.6% over '11 driven by strong off-airport revenue, the double-digit increase in Advantage revenue and a month and a half of incremental Dollar Thrifty.
Total transaction days reached an all-time high in 2012 increasing 12.6%. The volume was partially offset by 3.1% decline in rental revenue per day for all U.S. rental car, but the trends are improving. For example on Slide 15, in December our Hertz brand rental revenue per day for both commercial and leisure airport rentals was up 1.6%. The positive pricing continued with 6% growth in January.
You can see on this slide the Dollar Thrifty also saw a positive year-over-year pricing in recent months. The mix of revenue favorably supported a 2.2% increase in rental length last year. This in part helped drive fleet efficiency up 40 basis points year-over-year to 80.3% the highest annual rate since becoming a publicly traded company.
You can see that on Slide 16 in the U.S. rental car monthly depreciation it reached a record low of $225 per vehicle. In 2012 as a result of more diversified fleet our ability to share fleet between brands and selling more used cars in the higher return channels. The higher revenue and lower operating costs led to a record $876 million of adjusted pre-tax income and an all-time high 17.9% margin for U.S. rental car.
In Europe it was a tough year all around, tougher than we expected, however on Slide 17 you can see that European rental car represents only about 16% of total company revenue and just about 5% of total company adjusted pre-tax income, so it's impact isn't as significant today and while there was no good news in the majority of the European economies there were several positive developments at Hertz that helped us in 2012 and should set the stage for growth in 2013.
We open 14 Advantage locations bringing the total to the 37 sites for value brand. Advantage revenue in Europe increased 86% year-over-year excluding foreign exchange. Going forward our plan will be to rebrand the existing Advantage locations. Also, following the U.S. lead we launched dealer direct and retail sales platform online in six countries.
We are already starting to see a benefit from these higher contribution channels and most significant was the franchising of our operation in Switzerland to the Emil Frey Group at the end of September last year. In order to get an apples-to-apples comparison of the operating metrics we've taken out the Switzerland results for the 2011 fourth quarter.
With that in mind adjusted European rental car revenue for 2012 fell 4.3% excluding the impact of foreign exchange with transaction days down 2.7% and pricing down 2.9%.
Excluding Advantage in the currency impact, pricing was down 1.1%. Despite low residual values across much of the continent, we believe our fleets are fully aligned with demand. Industry fleets however are still relatively loose causing continued pricing pressure, and yet we expect that easier year-over-year comps, incremental revenue from Dollar Thrifty, lower-priced new fleet, and continued process improvements will position us for earnings growth in 2013 for Europe.
On the next Slide our North American equipment rental business which represents 92% of worldwide equipment rental revenue delivered strong results in 2012. It was especially encouraging to have closed out the year with a 25% increase in rental revenue in the fourth quarter, but the full year was equally impressive in North America. Equipment rental revenue increased 19% over the prior year. Pricing was up 4% over 2011. Volume increased 13.5%. Fleet age was down 11% to about 42 months and time (yield) improved by 370 basis points, even with 11% more fleet in 2012.
Finally, dollar utilization was up 260 basis points. It was quiet year considering that non-residential construction hasn't yet recovered from the recession. On the domestic front, U.S. revenues grew 20.4% year-over-year, pricing was up 5.1% in '12 tampered in part by National Accounts. U.S. non-contract pricing was up 7.3% with National Accounts pricing up 3.2% for the year. On a worldwide basis, equipment rental corporate EBITDA increased 20%, with margin up to 90 basis points over 2011.
Now let's talk about cash flow because it's become a key focus for the Company, now to our portfolio of products and services is complete and major acquisitions are behind us.
On Slide 19, in 2012 we delivered corporate cash flow before acquisitions of $226 million, about $300 million greater than 2011, higher earnings before depreciation and proceed from franchising Switzerland more than offset fleet growth expenditures. We spent $2.4 billion on acquisitions and acquisition-related cost last year included Dollar Thrifty which is the largest acquisition in the Company's history. We also invested new fleet for both equipment and car rental last year. But we are more prudent with demand outpacing fleet expansion in both businesses.
In 2013, we'll reduce our gross investment in equipment rental feet by about 20% compared with 2012. The pace of recovery in equipment rental is steady and we expect another double digit volume increase this year. In rental car, our new fleet cost in both the U.S. and Europe are expected to be down slightly versus last year. Organic growth and lower fleet investments will create significantly higher corporate cash flow trends going forward.
With that, let me turn it over to Elyse, so she can give you some details around the fourth quarter and other capital management initiatives.
Elyse Douglas - EVP and CFO: Thanks Mark. Good morning everyone. Let me begin on Slide 21 by reviewing our fourth quarter financial results. On a consolidated basis, we achieved a record fourth quarter revenue of $2.3 billion, an improvement of 15.1% over the prior year. This record stands even if we exclude the 45 days of revenue earned from the November acquisition of Dollar Thrifty.
On a GAAP basis, we recorded a pre-tax loss of $40.3 million in the fourth quarter which includes $144 million of acquisition cost related to the Dollar Thrifty acquisition and sale of Advantage. These costs represent $0.24 per share on a GAAP basis. If you back out those costs instead of $0.09 loss it would be $0.15 of earnings. Adjusting for these cost and other non-cash and one-time items, we delivered record adjusted pre-tax income of $213.5 million, an increase of 29.3% over the similar 2011 quarter.
In addition to the benefit from revenue growth, we improved depreciation expense as a percent of revenue by 230 basis points as monthly depreciation per unit for worldwide rack was 14.5% lower than the fourth quarter of 2011. Direct operating expense increased slightly as a percent of revenue reflecting the addition of Dollar Thrifty. We also had a difficult comp in the 2012 fourth quarter due to a large property sale gain in the prior year.
Adjusted net income was up 35.5% resulting in adjusted earnings per share of $0.33 a share, an increase of $0.09 or 37.5% over the 2011 fourth quarter. The 2012 three-month earnings were calculated using 421 million shares. In instances, where we have a GAAP net loss we are required to use a basic share count. The opposite is true when we record GAAP net income. So for example, the full year share count is fully diluted for all four quarters, even though the first and fourth quarters reflected a GAAP loss.
Now let's move to Slide 22 where I'll briefly review the fourth quarter results for the business units. Worldwide rental car revenues increased $1.9 billion, up 14% in the quarter, which included Donlen revenues of $124 million. In the U.S. rental cars total revenue in the fourth quarter increased 24.5%, reflecting only one and a half months of Dollar Thrifty revenue and favorable volume offset by decreased pricing. Rental revenue per day was down 1.7% year-over-year and sequentially better than the third quarter of 2012. The good news is that December delivered strong revenue per day as Mark mentioned. Volume increased 25.4% reflecting double-digit increases in both airport and off-airport businesses.
Rental length expanded for each of our businesses in U.S. rental car culminating in a total increase of 4.1%. Longer length rentals drive utilization up and operating costs lower. Revenue for Hertz On Demand our hourly car rental business grew 30% globally with transactions increasing 33% over the prior year. Membership also grew in the fourth quarter increasing 40% over 2011.
These revenue and efficiency drivers led to an adjusted pre-tax income increase of 39.2% over the prior year fourth quarter and a margin improvement of 180 basis points. An important contributor to the strong earnings results was a 20% decline in the monthly depreciation per vehicle achieved through all the strategic initiatives that Mark outlined. The fourth quarter marks the 14th consecutive quarter of year-over-year reduced depreciation per unit expense in the U.S.
Moving to Slide 25; Europe's rental car revenue for the fourth quarter declined 9.8% or 6.6% excluding the impact of foreign exchange. Franchising our Swiss operations accounted for about three points of the year-over-year decline. But on a positive note, in the challenging European economic environment, revenue for our leisure value brand grew about 66% in the fourth quarter excluding FX. Pricing and volume were down for the fourth quarter over the prior year, but through fleet strategies we improved efficiency 60 basis points and reduced monthly depreciation per vehicle by 1%.
Now let's discuss the equipment rental results on Slide 26 through 29. Our North American business performed well in the fourth quarter delivering strong revenue growth of 25% over the prior year with pricing and volume increases of 4.1% and 15.9% respectively.
Our worldwide equipment rental revenue grew more than 21% in the fourth quarter. The increase reflects 3.8% higher pricing and 14.6% volume expansion. The solid performance in North America drove a 25.7% improvement in worldwide equipment rentals corporate EBITDA and 160 basis point margin improvements. Adjusted pre-tax income in the fourth quarter was up roughly 33% while the margin increased to 190 basis points. Margin improvements reflect revenue growth, improved dollar utilization of 350 basis points and reduced maintenance associated with the younger fleet.
Our full year gross spend was about $773 million of which roughly $120 million was spent in the fourth quarter. On a net basis, the capital expenditure was approximately $588 million. For fully year 2013, we expect gross fleet investments to be between $600 million and $700 million.
At year-end our fleet age averaged 43 months compared to 48 months at the end of 2011. Younger fleet drives demand at improved pricing levels and reduced maintenance cost. Corporate EBITDA flow through was about 54% for the quarter. For 2013, we're expecting flow through in the range of 55% to 60%.
Moving to Slide 30, the fourth quarter consolidated cash interest was relatively flat versus the fourth quarter of '11 despite incurring $12 million of post-acquisition interest on $1.9 billion of Dollar Thrifty acquisition financing. On a full-year basis cash interest was $20 million below 2011 despite higher fleet levels and the additional acquisition financing. This reflects the continued reduction in rates as we refinanced our debt.
At year-end 2012 our weighted average interest rate was about 4%, down 65 basis points from year-end 2011. Other expense of $35.5 million for the full year primarily was the result of a loss in the sale of the Advantage and expenses associated with the Dollar Thrifty divestitures.
Moving to Slide 31, due to the higher concentration of U.S. profits as a result of the Dollar Thrifty acquisition, our normalized tax rate will increase to 35% from 34% in 2013. Cash flow from operations in the fourth quarter was $799 million, up by $133 million when adjusted for the Dollar Thrifty acquisition. Corporate cash flow was negative $1.6 billion in the quarter, reflecting the completion of the acquisition on November 19.
The total cash outlay for Dollar Thrifty was $2.175 billion as outlined on Slide 32. Excluding acquisitions corporate cash flow for the quarter was positive $526 million. To fund the transaction we raised $1.95 billion through permanent financing and the remainder was funded with cash from Dollar Thrifty in our liquidity. We expect the acquisition to be credit neutral in one year.
We continue to maintain a healthy liquidity cushion as shown on Slide 33.
At December 31, we had almost $1.7 billion of corporate liquidity available. Our net corporate debt to corporate EBITDA ratio was 3.6 times at year-end. However, if we include a full year of EBITDA for Dollar Thrifty, the pro forma ratio would be approximately 3.1 times. If we also include the full run rate of synergies the debt ratio drops to 2.7 times.
The fourth quarter and first quarter debt related activity is summarized on Slide 34. You can see, we are continuing to reduce our borrowing costs and improved financing terms. We have a strong balance sheet with no meaningful near-term maturities and will continue to pursue opportunities that improve our debt profile as you can see on Slide 35.
With that I'll turn it back to Mark.
Mark P. Frissora - Chairman and CEO: Thanks, Elyse. As you can see, we made substantial progress on the actions we outlined last year to further penetrate equipment rental end-markets, generate revenue synergies with Donlen, expand our insurance replacement network, and add a national value brand in rental car. We've never been a better position strategically in the rental car business.
We've long enjoyed the number one premium preferred brand and now we've added two established value brands which we can grow across Europe and through our travel partnerships and use to accelerate our off-airport business, and in the off-airport business, we'll also be incorporating and rolling out new technologies that enhance our car sharing model this year.
Company-wide, we'll drive growth and further improve profitability by continuing to make smart investments. While very disciplined approach to capital spending in 2013, we expect to invest in new disruptive technologies for rental car that are in line with our asset-light strategy and will ultimately reduce costs and drive revenue through greater customer satisfaction.
Additional investment will be made to grow our equipment rental fleet, sales force and location network as the cycle continues to advance. Of course in 2013, we'll also be spending on the integration of Dollar Thrifty which we now think can deliver and estimated $300 million in cost synergies and another $300 million of revenue synergies. The additional $100 million of cost synergies will take longer realized than two years, because a good portion of them relate to technology opportunities that have a longer implementation period. Timing of revenue synergies are tougher to forecast, because we're only just beginning to test the waters.
Now let me walk you through the rest of the guidance and talk about some of our other assumptions. I am starting on Slide 38. With two months behind us, we estimate consolidated revenues will increase 20% to 21% year-over-year to between $10.85 billion and $10.95 billion. This includes a shift of about $20 million of corporate revenues to franchisees. Our franchise strategy has been modified as many of the lower performing corporate locations that have been targeted for franchisees are now in line with or exceeding the division's pre-tax margin. Therefore franchising becomes more about filling wide space, expanding our brand and leveraging asset-like growth in about selling corporate locations.
The revenue forecast also assumes total revenue per day for worldwide rental car to be essentially flat this year. We expect continued pricing pressure on contracted rates year-over-year, however, we made a strategic decision to minimize our participation with less profitable commercial accounts. In January, commercial revenue per day was actually positive compared with the prior year and while contract rates continued to improve from 2012 levels, we still expect pricing of this segment to be slightly down overall this year.
Volume for worldwide rental cars is estimated to be up 21% to 23%. For worldwide equipment rental, we're modeling a price improvement of 2% to 3% on 10% to 12% higher volume. In terms of adjusted pre-tax income, we expect growth of between 40% and 48% and corporate EBITDA improvement of 35% to 38% versus last year. You can see on Slides 39 and 40, that among other things these profit estimates assume investments to modernize facilities increase the video kiosk globally, and additional spending on in-car technologies. (8,100) million of cost synergies from the Dollar Thrifty acquisition are also included and we've further improved our 2013 estimate for rental car monthly depreciation per unit.
In the U.S. monthly depreciation per unit is expected to be down 4% to 5% this year. The improvement will be significantly weighted towards the first quarter, which has the easiest comp. The second and third quarters will be more difficult as comps, as we make adjustments to depreciation in each of those quarters last year. The 2013 depreciation per unit assumes 46% more used cars sold versus 2012, 110 basis point increase in cars sold through retail and dealer direct channels and lower new car prices in the U.S.
In Europe we expect monthly depreciation per unit to decline about 2% on an easier comp and lower new fleet prices. We expect worldwide rental car depreciation savings to continue into 2014. Corporate free cash flow on Slide 41 is expected to come in between $500 million and $600 million in 2013. This is higher than previously projected but the key areas of investment are the same.
Spending for both rental car and equipment fleet is estimated to be lower this year than in 2012, and as I mentioned, we'll be stepping up our non-fleet investments this year to upgrade and modernize rental facilities, add new equipment rental locations and continue to advance our technology initiatives are greater fleet and operating efficiencies and capitalize on customer relationship management.
Finally, on Slide 42 we show a table that highlights the performance of key metrics over a five-year period. This provides you with a quick snapshot of the growth and value we've delivered since the downturn. It's quite a turnaround. We've solidly beaten every prerecession measurement and are poised to further accelerate returns.
From my perspective, this Company with synergies from Dollar Thrifty and all the other key growth initiatives has three years of solid double-digit earnings growth ahead of us. We'll look forward to detailing our long-term plan with you at the upcoming Investor Day in April.
With that, let's open it up to Q&A, operator.
Operator: Brian Johnson, Barclays.
Brian Johnson - Barclays: I just want to drill down on a pricing a housekeeping question and then kind of a market temperature question. On the housekeeping, when you say worldwide pricing flat year-over-year, is that through as reported Hertz Corporation or racked or is that to as if you owned DTG and had divested Advantage?
Mark P. Frissora - Chairman and CEO: It's just everything. I mean everything, Brian. So, it relates to all the above and it's saying that in the Europe and it's as reported I guess, that would be the best way to define it. Anyone else in the room want to…?
Elyse Douglas - EVP and CFO: It's just RPD year-over-year.
Operator: Michael Millman, Millman Research.
Michael Millman - Millman Research: Regarding prices; well, you said January was up 6% for Hertz, and for the year, you are kind of talking about flat, so could you talk about whether you think that January basically easy comp and not continuing or you're being super conservative or is it something else that we should be aware of?
Mark P. Frissora - Chairman and CEO: Well, I guess, you know in terms of our assumptions, we built that into our assumptions and then you can judge what you want. I mean, obviously January is was a high watermark, but what you need to understand about January is that we finished the year with longer fleet rentals in the strong holiday season, so the actual revenue per day actually kind of flowed in January as well, so it kinds of inflates January a little bit more than what January probably actually was and that's true of all rental car companies. So, while January looked really great, we would expect some of that was artificially inflated. February, we believe is strong as well, Where this things goes, no one knows and so you know we're always try to be conservative on pricing because what we don't want to do is miss lead investors. So, the assumptions are what they are and its' based on what we see going forward and hopefully environment is more positive than what we see. So, at this point, it's a positive environment and we're hopeful as I have said in the past, usually when fleet cost go up, pricing goes up with it. Usually when residuals go down, pricing goes up, so we're hopeful the overall environment continues to be positive.
Operator: Christopher Agnew, MKM Partners.
Christopher Agnew - MKM Partners: Good to see you emphasizing the free cash flow story and I just wanted to dig into you '13 guidance. Can you talk about raising non-fleet investments, can you quantify how much above what would maybe be a normalized pace are those non-fleet investments in '13? Then very quickly, any update on your go investment-grade?
Mark P. Frissora - Chairman and CEO: I think we're spending probably a couple hundred million dollars more year-over-year than we normally would spend. So in terms of investment grade I guess I don't know. We feel like we still have the two to three-year trajectory where we will be investment grade statistic wise maybe faster than that depending on the free cash flow. We think the company I mean if you were to get rid of some of the investments that we're going to be making this year and next year, absent that we're probably an $800 billion a year free cash flow company. We expect to get at that level in the near-term -- future near-term be in the next two to three years. So, feel pretty excited about cash flow generation of the company and while we make these strategic investments a lot of them are asset-light and actually get us more profit and revenue than the existing business model does. So, they're investments but they will pay back in the higher ROI way than some of our traditional capital investments do.
Operator: Richard Kwas, Wells Fargo.
Richard Kwas - Wells Fargo: I'll sneak two in. Mark, first of all what's the U.S. GDP assumption for the year? The second question is on '14 CapEx I know you're not going to give guidance for '14 for just how do you think about Hertz gross CapEx that's going to be down in '13 year-over-year if there is a non-res pickup later this year, and do you feel like you have to spend a significant amount of more money – significant more money to get the fleet right sized for resumption of growth in the non-res sector.
Mark P. Frissora - Chairman and CEO: Okay, so the U.S. GDP growth assumption was about 1.5% or for this year. In terms of the Hertz fleet growth. I'm trying to get the exact number here for you, but…
Elyse Douglas - EVP and CFO: For '14?
Mark P. Frissora - Chairman and CEO: Yeah.
Elyse Douglas - EVP and CFO: I don't have the number for '14, but what we're going to do is work both on really watching the market and also on utilization – our utilization metrics to really improve performance around fleet.
Mark P. Frissora - Chairman and CEO: In terms of fleet growth, we're really trying to drive more productivity on the assets rather than grow, we're actually just – as you will kind of build – fulfill the dreams, hope we throw fleet at it and hope they come. So, it really depends on the non-res construction growth. If non-res comes back hard, obviously we're going to fund that growth. But at this point, again pretty modestly fleet growth this year, in fact actually less than last year and we'll see what '14 holds depending on the non-res opportunity.
Operator: Afua Ahwoi, Goldman Sachs.
Afua Ahwoi - Goldman Sachs: Just switching targets a little bit. On the Dollar Thrifty, $300 million revenue synergy, I understand, you're still early in the process, but could you maybe help us identify some of the buckets you've have found to get to you that $300 million number?
Mark P. Frissora - Chairman and CEO: Well, yeah, I mean, some of the big buckets would be, obviously, the travel partnerships that we have. They all want Dollar Thrifty, so we have a high share of airline partners, a high share hotel partners, a high share of AAA, all those partners will get Dollar Thrifty in one way or another and so those partnerships represent 30% of our revenues today at Hertz. Now, we don't expect them necessarily to represent 30% of Dollar Thrifty's but again that will be an area of synergies. Second area of synergies will be the number of locations that we have today. Some of them will get Dollar Thrifty as brands. So, today we have 3,000 locations in the U.S. and Europe probably 1,000 to 1,200 and we're not going to put them in every location, but a lot of our off-airport locations will have it and then there is the brand that we had which was advantage and that brand in Europe is certainly being replaced by another brand. Its' going to be Dollar Thrifty in some cases, so we expand in Europe significantly this year with the Dollar Thrifty brand. I guess the only other thing in terms of the revenue synergies that we're adding that I think is kind of noteworthy is the fact that we'll be giving some technology to Dollar Thrifty which the fleet policies we have with them and the way we work Hertz and the technology solution two companies is going to drive revenue growth. We're already seeing Dollar Thrifty grow significant off of their base rate the last couple of years. Their growth today is probably triple what the growth was in the fourth quarter and very strong growth rates. And our fleet sharing is helping that. The fact that we're over fleeted on the weak ends and that they are – that's their peak, that's really driving revenue growth and that's going to accelerate we think this year as we come up with our interim IT solutions. So, that's going to be a big area of just plain organic growth for Dollar Thrifty with the fleet sharing that we're doing between the two companies and they have counter cyclical kind of fleet demand levels.
Operator: Fred Lowrance, Jr., Avondale Partners.
Fred Lowrance, Jr. - Avondale Partners: Two part question here. Just Mark you already mentioned your fleet costs are going to be down in 2013, but then you've also done a good job in recent quarters and here on this call, you're noting that generally when fleet costs are up, pricing is up and vice versa. So, with the backdrop of fleet costs being down this year, one, how much of that year-over-year decline is just a mix shift on Dollar Thrifty if you could quantify that? Then secondly, when you've got at least one of your peers greatly incented to push pricing higher this year because of a huge fleet cost headwind, how are you thinking about where you are on a market share basis at this point and how that might have impact your strategy on pricing?
Mark P. Frissora - Chairman and CEO: I guess on fleet costs one of the things that I think the – just to make sure we get our point of view on fleet cost for the industry this year, we decided to try to look at the Manheim Index, MMR which was down in December and in January, down, when I say down it was down sequentially from 124 in December in '12 down to 123.4 in January 2013 it's also down year-over-year. Hertz's residual however on a year-over-year basis are up 300 basis points in January that's our residuals on the cars we sell, okay. So, we went from 71.2% to 74.4% unadjusted. So, I guess the only point I'm making on this is that while the Manheim Index and while people are kind of forecasting this headwind, we're not experiencing it. It's due to the shift in channels where we're selling the cars and how we're selling them and that's improving our fleet costs I mean it's just lowering the depreciation per vehicle. Yes, you're right, Dollar Thrifty, their fleet costs, their average rate of depreciation rate per vehicle is lower than ours that's helpful to us as well. But the other piece is our cap costs, which is what we buy our cars at in the U.S. are lower year-over-year and they are lower by over 1%. So, we bought our cars for this year. We bought them right and brought it from a wide variety of OEMs. So, our overall fleet costs are down there. That's why we were bold enough to say that 2014 is another year that we'll see fleet costs being flat to down again. This is like a one-time thing for us. Our channel shifting is helping a lot. So, we feel pretty good that we're in good shape on fleet costs for the foreseeable future and that we're bucking maybe some industry information that you see from Manheim. Second part of your question dealt about pricing. We certainly are willing to give up customers that on a commercial level are not profitable or barely profitable and we are trying to really focus on profitable customer segments and profitable customers. So, that's where we're trying to grow our shares. So, there is a lot of energy around that in our organization. So we're actually willing to give up share and retention in some cases. We're not really looking to in terms of pricing just be there where the market has taken price wherever we can and chase profitable segments going forward. So, we're chasing profitable segments last year, but we've probably raised the bar a little bit and the hurdle rate a little bit from where we were in the past.
Operator: Adam Jonas, Morgan Stanley.
Adam Jonas - Morgan Stanley: I wanted to go back to fleet costs again, you had previously guided to depreciation flat to down, 1% or 2% as recently as the Detroit Show and now expecting down 4% to 5%, just wondering specifically what drove that change over the course of the last month and I believe in your prepared comments, you said that your within the assumptions of fleet cost that new prices meaning you acquisition cost for fleet should be down, but could you be a little bit more specific on what your assumption is of the underlying used market and ex-DTG – ex the DTG mix impact, would you still be able to target lower fleet cost year-on-year?
Mark P. Frissora - Chairman and CEO: Absolutely. Yes, we would be able to target lower fleet cost year-on-year ex-DTG, no question about it and so in terms of specificity there is about 15 moving pieces. I'll try to give you that in just the last minute or so before your question, so hopefully that provided enough color for you to understand it. I gave you 300 basis points improvement in our year-over-year residuals which is not being experienced my guess is from competition or other people. So, our strategy is what's driving it and the depreciation – lower cost depreciation of Dollar Thrifty vehicles drove it as well, but probably equal parts and I don't want to give you an exact number because I guess there are a lot of moving pieces. But I feel really good that regardless of whatever happens in the next 12 months, next 18 months are going to be very good for us. So, hopefully that gives us much information we have right now that we're disclosing on.
Operator: (Jordan Hymowitz, Philadelphia Financials).
Jordan Hymowitz - Philadelphia Financials: Thanks most of my questions were answered. One quick question is, is there a limit on debt-to-EBITDA, do you guys have?
Elyse Douglas - EVP and CFO: No limitation.
Operator: Thank you, and with that, that's all the time we have questions for today.
Mark P. Frissora - Chairman and CEO: Alright. Listen, thank you all for listening in and appreciate the support that we've had from investors. Our plan is again to announce an Investor Day here this week and fill you in a little bit more and a lot more detail actually when we have our Investor Day in April. Thanks everyone.
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Young and old Disney fans were excited to walk the plank, and the red carpet at the premiere of DisneyToons Studios animated adventure "The Pirate Fairy," featuring all your favorite fairies from the "Tinker Bell" movies as well as find a few new favorites.
Official Boilerplate: From the world of "Peter Pan" comes "The Pirate Fairy," a swashbuckling new adventure about Zarina (voice of Christina Hendricks), a smart and ambitious dust-keeper fairy who's captivated by Blue Pixie Dust and its endless possibilities. When Zarina's wild ideas get her into trouble, she flees Pixie Hollow and joins forces with the scheming pirates of Skull Rock, who make her captain of their ship. Tinker Bell (voice of Mae Whitman) and her friends must embark on an epic adventure to find Zarina, and together they go sword-to-sword with the band of pirates led by a cabin boy named James (voice of Tom Hiddleston), who'll soon be known as Captain Hook himself. With laughter, heart, magic and thrills, "The Pirate Fairy" sets sail April 1, 2014.
Look for many of your teen celebrity favorites, in voice as well as face as Lucy Hale is the voice of Periwinkle, Tom Hiddleston (Thor and Thor: Dark World) as the voice talent behind Captain Hook, Jesse McCartney as Terence, Raven-Simone as the voice of Iridessa, Debbie Ryan (Jessie) as the voice of Spike, and Mae Whitman (Parenthood) returns as Tinker Bell.
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LOS ANGELES -- Audience members waiting in line for the first live broadcast of American Idol this season were greeted by picket signs and chants of protest as reality TV writers, the Writers Guild of America, the Teamsters Local 399, Professional Musicians Local 47, and Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice rallied outside CBS TV City in support of better working conditions for American Idol workers.
A crowd of 200 picketers called for American Idol's producer FremantleMedia to provide its "reality" TV writers and other workers with health care, pension benefits and other necessities that are standard for workers in the entertainment industry.
"I am a writer that has worked on a lot of reality shows. I loved working in that genre, but I had to leave it and start working on a 'scripted' TV show because I have kids and I need health care coverage," said WGAW member Wendy Calhoun.
"'Fremantle is lowering standards for workers all across the entertainment industry," said David N. Weiss, vice president of the Writers Guild of America, West. "American Idol is the top-rated show on television, and the fact that Fremantle does not compensate its writers and other workers fairly is unacceptable."
FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) is a multinational production company that produces one of the highest-rated programs on television, American Idol, as well as other primetime network programs including Million Dollar Password for CBS, Farmer Wants a Wife for the CW and America's Got Talent for NBC.
"American Idol generates billions in revenue and there is no excuse for the company not to offer its hardworking employees benefits that are standard in the entertainment industry—minimum compensation, health insurance, and pensions, for example," said Rabbi Alison Abrams, Community Organizer for Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice. "It's simply not ethical."
"Fremantle wants to pretend that writers don't exist, but we're here. We work hard, we have families, and we need to be able to provide for them like everyone else," said reality TV writer Ro Di Salvo. "As a former Fremantle writer, I'm here to show support for all the writers who work on reality shows that don't get the compensation they deserve."
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My Life As A Dad is a brand new web series created by Robert "Daddy" Nickell, founder of the Daddy & Co. line of gifts and apparel made especially for daddies-to-be and papas in all stages of fatherhood. My Life As A Dad brings wisdom, advice, and straight talk to daddy viewers everywhere.
My Life As A Dad s the first show of its kind to delve into the lives of celebrity and professional athlete dads to get their answers to important questions, such as how they feel about being a dad, their parenting philosophies, how they balance their family life with their professional life and, in some cases, how they relate their unique upbringing to being a dad today. The series features interviews with the likes of actor/comedian Tom Arnold, Dancing with the Stars winner J.R. Martinez, NCIS Los Angeles' Eric Christian Olsen, Witchblade's Will Yun Lee, and many more!
In this first episode, Daddy Nickell talks with radio/TV host Larry King, who discusses his life and relationship with his children as an elderly father. King reflects back on his first experience in the delivery room, something he had never experienced before until his last child, and how he shared that experience with his other boys. King also shares advice to new and expectant dads, such as, 'The day your child is born, your life is forever changed' and 'This is the first time in your life when you are totally responsible for someone else and have an unrequited love.' To view more life lesson nuggets from Larry King, just click on the video attached or visit the My Life As A Dad YouTube channel here.
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Do you sometimes feel like you're at the end of your rope? Do you sometimes lose patience with your kids and yell and then feel badly?
It's normal to feel different levels of emotional distress or pain in response to everyday experiences. It's normal to feel sad when you lose something important to you or to feel despair when you lose someone important to you or to feel angry when something is taken away from you or to feel afraid when you face the unknown.
As we learn and grow, most of us develop the skills to tolerate emotional distress until it passes. But sometimes strong emotions can feel like they're sweeping you away!
You can learn a lot about yourself from your strong emotions.
Being mindful of your inner experiences and not judging yourself is the first step to being able to create inner space to develop different behaviors and reactions.
Developing emotional intelligence and not avoiding feelings, but being able to feel, identify, label and accept emotionalism is a precursor to learning new emotional skills.
And developing emotional skills is the same as developing all skills: identify the skill you want to learn, learn the new skill, consciously practice and apply the skill and eventually your new emotional skills will generalize to your life, meaning that you'll be able to use them under stress.
Instead of judging yourself when you're emotionally reactive, and bringing up even more painful feelings, such as shame, try checking in with yourself.
Take a step back and check in how the emotion lives in your body and mind.
Take inventory and ask yourself:
- Where is the pain in your body? How can you reduce the body tension?
- Pay attention to your internal dialogue. Too critical? Call upon a wiser and more compassionate part of yourself.
- Pay attention to your internal language. What are you saying, and how are you saying it to yourself?
- Pay attention to your behavior. Are you screaming, crying, shaking?
- BE non-judgmental of your emotional state.
- The less you struggle with your primary emotion, and the more mindful and accepting of your emotional state that you are, the more you will be able to reduce the acute painful feelings, and self-soothe.
So remember pain and distress are part of life, the inability to tolerate emotional distress just leads to more pain in the form of guilt, shame, low self-esteem, feelings of worthlessness.
Stay tuned for the next article, Six Emotional Skills to Increase Self-Esteem
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There's a picture circulating the Internet of Mark Zuckerberg and a couple other guys with no shirts on. He looks like he's in pretty good shape. Of course he does. The gang at Facebook goes on 5K runs, and we have the pictures to prove it.
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Forget board games and dolls. When it comes to beloved childhood playtime activities, nothing beats fort-building. We've got fond memories of making off with couch cushions and bedspreads to create shadowy palaces in our living rooms. But now that we're the ones who own said couches and bedspreads, we're a little less crazy about having them torn apart every Saturday morning. With this Discovery Kids Fort Set ($25), we can treat the kids to the same fun we remember without destroying our decor.
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My kids love to snack, and I'm sure yours do as well. The biggest problem we have with snacking is trying to keep the snacks inside the container rather than all over my house and car.
When I received the Nuby Snack Keeper, I thought it looked like a great little product for my little snack monsters - and I was so right. The Nuby Snack Keeper features a sturdy plastic cup that holds 9 oz of dry snacks. The bottom has a skid-proof surface that also protects furniture when your kiddos start banging the keeper on everything.
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Bought this dress for my March wedding, and since I'm married now, I don't need it anymore. I remember how hard it was trying to scrape up the money for a nice dress, especially since I'm not sample sized, so I vowed to sell my dress at a reasonable price to someone who needs it.
With that being said, the $400 sale price will include the veil and petticoat so you have a complete outfit. No need to spend more money. The only thing I'm keeping is the bra because… it's a bra, but I do have an extra if someone needs it (I bought 2). Size 38D. Very basic white, nothing special, but it will keep the girls up.
The dress has a removable modesty panel, I chose to keep it on for the ceremony, but it is removable if you want to show a little more cleavage. It has a chapel length train and a corset back. It also has a Regency Purple sash and the sash has embroidery.
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- 14 November 2012 13:51
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Etihad Stadium to host festive markets at the centre of City Square on match days in the build up to Christmas 2012.
As nights draw in and the busy festive football calendar looms on the horizon, there's certain to be something special in the air around the Etihad Stadium heading into December.
City Square Markets are back – bigger, better and in an all-weather marquee in front of the stage
Whether it's a special Christmas gift for a loved one or a hankering after something more exotic than a pie or a burger as your pre-match meal, you'll be able to find it at City Square Markets at the Etihad.
Already signed up to the street food market are Harvey Nichols Gastronomique van, The Hungry Gecko, an Asian street food stall owned by a finalist in BBC's Masterchef 2011, Streatza (traditional wood-fired pizza), El Kantina (Mexican inspired street food) as well as the traditional German Sausages, Spanish Churros and French Crepes.
You'll also have the opportunity to do some Christmas shopping, with City merchandise, memorabilia and photography available, as well as Chocolate Toddies and mulled wine
In addition there be a fully operational bar and DJ in the marquee, making it the only place to warm up for the big match in the festive period.
There are four chances to visit this mecca of street food and festive stalls on match days before Christmas.
The marquee will be open three hours prior to kick-off and for one hour after full-time at the following games.
• Nov 21st v Real Madrid. Open: 5pm - 7.30pm and 9.30 - 10.30pm
• Dec 1st v Everton. Open: Midday - 3pm and 5 - 6pm
• Dec 9th v Manchester United. Open: 10.30 - 1.30pm and 3.30 - 4.30pm
• Dec 22nd v Reading. Open. Midday - 3pm and 5 - 6pm
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Just how much do Tennessee football fans hate Lane Kiffin? Apparently enough to where a lawyer has filed a petition to name a sewage plant located down the street from the football stadium after Lane Kiffin.
"We want to memorialize his stay here," the lawyer told HBO Real Sports.
The bitter saga has not, and maybe will not, end for Tennessee football fans. But Lane Kiffin tells reporter Andrea Kremer he has moved on from his day of pot-stirring on tonight's edition of HBO Real Sports, which will air tonight at 10 p.m. ET.
The story delves into Lane Kiffin's rise in the coaching ranks to his relationship with his dad and former Tampa Bay Bucs defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, who by-the-way hand-picked Layla Kiffin, Lane Kiffin's blonde bombshell wife, and his messy divorce from Tennessee and escape to his dream job leading USC football.
"I never once told any of those players I would be there forever," Lane Kiffin said. "I never made the statement 'I'm coming here, this is my dream job, I'm never leaving. I never once made those statements."
"Do you think that made them feel better," Andrea Kremer asked.
"No. But it's part of the business. As they get older, they'll understand it. That's why they put buyouts in contracts."
Layla Kiffin said her husband's departure from Tennessee was a frightening experience for the family. She said people were "shining flashlights through the window of their home."
"It was just scary," Layla Kiffin said.
I understand fans are passionate about their teams, players and coaches but to take any frustration out on someone's wife and children is inexcusable.
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New snow- and ice-control products showcased at the American Public Works Association's (APWA) 2014 North American Snow Conference.
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With cold and flu season in full swing and a new year upon us, many people are thinking about getting and staying healthy, and Honeywell is making that a little easier with the introduction of new air purifiers featuring True HEPA Allergen Removers to help keep the air around you fresh and clean.
"Air within the home can host a multitude of allergens and airborne particles that many consumers don't even know are there," says Dr. Ted Myatt, ScD, a microbiologist and expert in indoor air quality with Environmental Health & Engineering and the University of Rhode Island. "Homeowners concerned about their indoor air should consider dual filtration systems like the Honeywell True HEPA room air cleaner models, which meet standards of efficiency set by the United States Department of Energy. The HEPA filters effectively help capture airborne pollen, such as grass, tree and other pollen, as well as dust, smoke, pet fur/dander, mold spores, bacteria and viruses from the air passing through them. The pre-filter also absorbs odors and volatile organic compounds that result from cleaning supplies, new carpet, paint, and some types of furniture."
The Honeywell True HEPA models are Energy Star qualified, are available at a number of retailers and fit into most any budget.
The Honeywell True HEPA Tower is ideal for medium or slightly larger rooms, such as living rooms and master bedrooms, and sells for under $200. It offers ultra-quiet operation, as well as an automatic shutoff timer and filter change reminders. The simple touch controls feature four cleaning modes: General Clean, Germs, Allergens and Turbo.
Honeywell True HEPA Consoles are available in three different sizes for medium, large and extra-large rooms and offer the same convenient features – like multiple settings and auto shutoff - of the Tower model.
The Honeywell True HEPA Compact Tower is the ideal air purifier for smaller living spaces like bedrooms and offices. It still offers powerful cleaning technology with adjustable settings, but the smaller, more compact design is affordable at under $100.
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CoderChild has been developing a game called Cubit The Robot but little information about it has emerged short of a few screenshots on social media.
However, the Spanish studio has now revealed on its Twitter page Cubit will be heading to 3DS as it helpfully displayed a 3DS hashtag alongside a couple of new images.
We're unsure what type of game this will be but based on what we've seen so far it looks to be some sort of sidescroller. There's no news on a definitive publisher, but EnjoyUp is the most likely candidate as it has been involved with all of CoderChild's software in the past and has shared the following tweets.
Good morning! Cubit the Robot new level finished! #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #indiedev #3ds & ManyMore:D pic.twitter.com/VYs9vpL2Bl— CoderChild★ (@coderchild) September 13, 2013
Wonderful when one idea in the head becomes reality flawlessly. New level done! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #3ds pic.twitter.com/Wkn09kHmwM— CoderChild★ (@coderchild) September 14, 2013
Cubit The Robot: 4 levels completely designed so far! 2 more to go! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #3ds pic.twitter.com/3WEuAPgvOG— CoderChild★ (@coderchild) September 14, 2013
CoderChild has created a fair amount of content for Nintendo's handhelds, including Bugs'N'Balls, 3, 2, 1... Words Up! and Cute Witch! Runner on DSiWare. It has already ventured into the 3DS eShop with two Dress To Play titles: Magic Bubbles! and Cute Witches!.
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