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ST LUKE's Hospital for the Clergy will take in its 100,000th patient next
week. It is a milestone in the history of a charitable hospital that, in the
words of its chief executive, John Cherry, "punches above its weight". Last
year was a record one for patient numbers at St Luke's, which has been judged
the safest hospital in the country.
St Luke's, a 22-bed hospital funded by voluntary donations, was founded in
1892, and has been in Fitzroy Square, central London, since 1907. It gives free
treatment to Anglican clergy, their widows and widowers, spouses and children,
as well as to Church Army officers, members of religious orders, overseas
missionaries, licensed theological students and their families, and licensed
lay workers.
It has 224 honorary consultants of all faiths, who operate on clergy
patients for no charge. It also has a unique relationship with local NHS
hospitals, which enables blood tests, special X-rays and scans, pathology and
histology, and the provision of certain drugs to be done for free for UK
patients with a National Insurance number.
The number of operations has doubled in recent years; the 2004 total is
likely to reach 700. There is a waiting-list of nurses who want to work at the
hospital, even though its pay rates are 10-20 per cent lower than those of the
"It's a proud boast of the hospital that we get patients back on their knees
faster than the NHS can. We get them in quicker, treat them quicker and keep
them a bit longer to improve their mobility and fitness when they get back out
into the community," says Mr Cherry.
There are no intensive-care beds at the hospital — a facility that would
cost an additional £500,000 a year. This rules out operations such as heart
surgery and hip replacements. The three Hs — "hysterectomies, hernias and
haemorrhoids" — are defined as acute surgery, but patients transferred to
specialist hospitals return to St Luke's for convalescence after 48 hours.
A care-standards report, due to be published today, judges it the UK's
safest hospital, with no MRSA in the building and a wound-infection rate of
0.02 per cent — the lowest in the country. Mr Cherry says: "We have some
significant advantages. We're a small hospital with our own catering and
cleaning staff, and we've done a lot in terms of getting dedicated people who
want to work here. Top consultants fall in love with the place."
St Luke's costs £4000 a day to run and takes private patients to offset the
costs. It serves the whole Anglican Communion, and while the conditions for
which it treats UK clergy are not immediately life-threatening, treatment can
be a matter of life and death for overseas patients who present a dilemma
because they have no National Insurance number.
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Clinton urges China to recognize environmental threats to its growth
HANGZHOU, China -- Former President Clinton urged China on Saturday to recognize the urgency of the environmental threats to its growth, and to use the Internet as a tool to surmount them. But he remained silent on the risks faced by those who use the Internet as a forum for dissent.
He warned that the energy consumption required to keep China's economy growing at its recent rate of more than 9 percent is "unsustainable."
China's oil imports have soared as it struggles to keep booming industries growing. Its continued strong growth, and that of the rest of the world, will depend on its ability to find alternative energy sources and make better use of the resources it has, Clinton said.
"If we don't do it, it will eventually impose severe restraints on economic growth and make future conflicts far more likely," Clinton said. "It's not clear to me that there will be enough oil to produce that growth according to traditional energy use patterns," he said.
Clinton, the keynote speaker at a conference hosted by Yahoo's new Chinese partner, Alibaba.com, did not respond to questions from reporters about demands by human rights activists that he raise the case of a jailed Chinese journalist with his hosts.
Just days earlier, overseas-based human rights groups disclosed that Yahoo Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd. had provided e-mail account information that helped lead to journalist Shi Tao's conviction and 10-year prison sentence on state secrecy charges.
Other Chinese journalists have faced similar charges of violating vague security laws as communist leaders struggle to maintain control of information in the burgeoning Internet era.
Despite government information-sharing requirements and other restrictions, Yahoo and its major rivals have been expanding their presence in mainland China in hopes of reaching more of the country's fast-growing population of Internet users, who now number more than 100 million.
The Internet is having "significant political and social consequences and they cannot be erased," Clinton said. He noted that public demands for information during the SARS outbreak two years earlier forced authorities to take action to stem the epidemic, amid widespread accusations of a government coverup.
But Clinton only alluded to the risks faced by Internet users who dare to speak out.
"The political system's limits on freedom of speech ... have not seemed to have any adverse consequences on e-commerce," he said. "It's something you'll all have to watch and see your way through."
New York-based Human Rights in China and the Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without Borders sent an open letter to Clinton urging him to bring up the case of Shi, the jailed journalist, during his visit to China.
According to Reporters Without Borders, court papers show that Yahoo Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd., part of Yahoo's global network, gave Chinese investigators information that helped them trace a personal Yahoo e-mail to Shi's computer.
It said Shi, a former journalist for the financial publication Contemporary Business News, was convicted for sending notes on a government circular spelling out restrictions on the media in the e-mail. He was seized in November at his home in the northwestern province of Shanxi.
Yahoo has defended its move, saying it is obliged to comply with Chinese laws and regulations.
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, who also appeared at the forum, said the demand for the information was "a legal order" and that the company gets such requests from law enforcement agencies all the time, not just in China.
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Notes in hand, I headed home and cleaned up the machine.
To delay removal, I drafted a mysterious "don't worry, it is being handled" note and affixed it to the front.
Loaded in the car, I planned my entrance. Walking in with this contraption under my arm was going to look suspicious.
Worse, if I avoided walking through anchor stores, the shortest path to the center court brought me right past the concierge desk, staffed by two comely but bored young women.
There was no hope they wouldn't see me, but I took a chance that they would just assume I was doing something I was supposed to be doing. Otherwise, why would I walk right past them?
I steeled my nerves and went for it.
I should have brought a dolly. By the time I walked past Ruth's Steak house, my arm was tired, and as I trudged in through the automatic doors, I had to shift my hold on the enameled case to avoid dropping it.
I stared straight ahead as I walked past the concierge desk. I hugged the opposite wall, making it less likely that they would shout over to me from behind their counter. I really didn't think they would jump up and come after me.
Then I saw the security guard.
He was walking in my direction, but he wasn't looking at me. He was looking past me, his eyes on the door I just walked through.
I made it.
I walked onto the Hyundai carpet, squeezed past this guy and plopped the time machine down next to the flat panel T.V.
Immediately I took out my phone and pretended to answer a call. I didn't want to give anyone there an opportunity to start a conversation.
Still chatting on the phone, I pulled out my camera and snapped some pictures. My jerk boss apparently didn't trust me to get the kiosk placement just right.
It looks great and completely at home in the Hyundai Microshowroom. Hopefully I've created a situation where the mall people think it is a Hyundai thing, and the Hyundai people think it is a Mall thing.
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The deal that will see the Government take over the Education Ministry's troubled Novopay payroll system is a fudge that will leave many dissatisfied.
OPINION: That's even though it may be the best outcome for all concerned.
It may have appeared Novopay's Australian developer Talent2 suffered a spanking.
Steven Joyce, the Minister Responsible for Novopay, announced Thursday that the privately-owned firm would "pay" the Education Ministry between $18 million and $22m to exit its obligations.
But only $7m of that is in cash, with the rest comprised of "intellectual property" and discounts.
The Education Ministry will pay $9.6m to Talent2 for the "support and maintenance" of Novopay's software over the next six years, so in real terms the dollars will continue to flow from taxpayers to the Australian firm, even though that flow has now been stemmed from a tide to a trickle.
The deal will see the establishment of a new Crown-owned company called Novopay that will offer jobs to the 90 Talent2 staff in Wellington and Christchurch that run the payroll system.
It may well have been the best arrangement the Government could reach, but it doesn't feel like a pound of flesh.
Once Novopay is in government hands on October 17, more answers may be forthcoming as to why the project went so wrong.
Too much has been made of made of the complexity of teachers' pay. The payroll system may be the largest and one of the more complex in New Zealand, but payroll itself is hardly a tough computational challenge.
District Health Boards don't seem to have trouble paying doctors and nurses, who also work shifts, do overtime, have complex pay bands and the like.
Poor training was an issue. The Education Ministry clearly erred in relying too heavily on online training provided to school administrators.
The business case for Novopay was partly based on trying to reduce the amount of hand-holding previous payroll provider Datacom had been offering schools. There was a degree of wishful thinking about what was realistically achievable in that regard.
But the length of time it has taken to iron-out the kinks in Novopay suggests there is a more fundamental problem.
Novopay is built on a technology called Oracle Forms. Don Christie, co-chairman of information technology industry body NZ Rise, said in March that was a much-overlooked failing as the technology, created in the 1990s, was "never going to be flexible or modern enough for a complex, distributed, process that was due to stay in use past 2020".
"You wouldn't get Google or Facebook building their business on that," he said. Talent2 declined to comment on that claim at the time.
Joyce says the Government doesn't have any intention of replacing Novopay within the next six years. "The system is running pretty well and most of the errors are operator errors.
"We are where we are. We signed up to the technology in 2008 and I don't think anybody in the school system would be thanking us for doing another major change now," he says.
But it is not hard to find other technologists who reckon Oracle Forms is past its use-by. United States commentator Eric Berg says in his blog that a common complaint with Oracle Forms applications is that they are using "old, outdated user-interfaces, resulting in low-user adoption and poor user-satisfaction".
"The business logic contained within these apps has been hard-coded, which makes them difficult to update. There is a risk that users are left dissatisfied when changes cannot be made or delivered on time," he says.
Novopay's reported symptoms do seem to match that general diagnosis.
Noel Reid, the chief executive of Auckland payroll firm Advanced Management Systems, suggests the Government should set up an advisory panel of local software providers to work with the new Novopay business "to help ensure the software capabilities are maximised".
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UTRECHT and EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, November 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
This is a joint public announcement by TMC Group N.V. ("TMC" or the "Company") and Time Acquisition B.V. (the "Offeror"), a newly incorporated 100% owned subsidiary of funds managed by Gilde Buy Out Partners ("Gilde"), in connection with the recommended all-cash public offer by the Offeror for all the Issued and Outstanding ordinary shares in the capital of TMC. This announcement does not constitute an offer or any solicitation of any offer to buy or subscribe for any securities in TMC. Reference is made to the offer memorandum dated 12 November 2012 prepared by TMC and the Offeror (the "Offer Memorandum"). Capitalised terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Offer Memorandum. Any offer is only made by means of the Offer Memorandum. This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution, in whole or in part, in or into, directly or indirectly, the United States of America, Australia, Canada, or Japan.
- The Offer is an all-cash public offer by the Offeror for all Issued and Outstanding ordinary shares of TMC not held by or already sold to the Offeror at an offer price of EUR 18.75 per Share.
- The Board of Directors of TMC fully supports the Offer and unanimously recommends Shareholders to accept the Offer.
- Major Shareholders representing approximately 81% of all Issued and Outstanding Shares have irrevocably committed to tender their Shares or to sell their Shares to the Offeror.
- The Acceptance Period under the Offer commences on 13 November 2012 at 09:00 hours CET and will expire on 10 December 2012 at 18:00 hours CET, unless extended.
- TMC will hold an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on Wednesday 28 November 2012 at 14:00 hours CET at TMC's office in Eindhoven, during which, among other matters, the Offer will be discussed.
- The Offer is inter alia subject to fulfilment of the Offer Conditions as further set out in the Offer Memorandum.
- The Dutch competition authority (Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriteit) has granted unconditional clearance to the Offeror for the transaction contemplated by the Offer.
With reference to the joint press release of TMC and the Offeror of 22 October 2012, TMC and the Offeror hereby jointly announce that the Offeror is making a recommended all-cash public offer to all holders, save for the Offeror, of Issued and Outstanding ordinary shares with a nominal value of EUR 0.08 each (the "Shares", holders of such Shares other than the Offeror being referred to as "Shareholders") in the share capital of TMC to purchase for cash the Shares held by them subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions contained in the Offer Memorandum (the "Offer").
Strategic rationale
The Offer provides several advantages for TMC, its Shareholders, employees, customers and other stakeholders: (i) Gilde endorses the overall strategy of the management of TMC, (ii) Gilde will enable TMC to accelerate its growth strategy, both through organic growth and acquisitions, by providing financial and management support, and (iii) the Offer provides existing Shareholders the opportunity to sell their Shares at an attractive premium and directly realise the potential future value of their Shares.
The Offer
The Offeror is making the Offer on the terms and subject to the conditions and restrictions contained in the Offer Memorandum. Shareholders tendering their Shares under the Offer will be paid, on the terms and subject to the conditions and restrictions contained in the Offer Memorandum, in consideration of each Share validly tendered (or defectively tendered provided that such defect has been waived by the Offeror) by such Shareholder and delivered (geleverd) to the Offeror, a cash amount of EUR 18.75 (eighteen euro and seventy-five euro cents) per Share (the "Offer Price") without interest and subject to any required withholding of taxes. The Offer Price shall be decreased by an amount per Share equivalent to any cash or share dividend or other distribution declared in respect of the Shares on or after the date hereof but on or prior to the Settlement Date, and provided that the record date for such cash or share dividend or other distribution occurs on or prior to the Settlement Date. The Company has committed not to declare any dividends or distributions on Shares prior to the Settlement Date.
The Offer Price of EUR 18.75 per Share is higher than the highest price ever paid for a Share on Alternext Amsterdam and implies a premium of approximately 25% on the closing price per Share on 19 October 2012, the last trading day before the Offeror publicly announced its intention to make a recommended cash offer for the Company and a premium of approximately 47% based on the average closing priced over the twelve-month period ended on 19 October 2012. More detailed information on the rationale behind the Offer Price is provided in Section 4.3 (Rationale behind the Offer) of the Offer Memorandum.
The Board of Directors of TMC (the "Board") fully supports the Offer and unanimously recommends Shareholders to accept the Offer. Reference is made to the considerations described in detail in the position statement published by the Board on 12 November 2012 (the "Position Statement").
Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
On Wednesday 28 November 2012 at 14:00 hours CET, an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the "EGM") will be held at TMC's office in Eindhoven, during which meeting the Offer will be discussed. In addition, certain resolutions will be proposed to the EGM in connection with the Offer. Reference is made to the Position Statement and the Offer Memorandum, providing further information to the Shareholders and the agenda for the EGM.
Committed Shares
Shareholders including Mobion Holding B.V., TMB Holding B.V., Just-Us-2 B.V., Comnaar Investments B.V., S.P.Y.N. Holding B.V. and Todlin N.V., together representing approximately 81% of all Issued and Outstanding Shares, have irrevocably committed to tender their shares or sell their shares to the Offeror. Mobion Holding B.V., TMB Holding B.V., Comnaar Investments B.V. and the management of TMC have also committed to participate in the capital of the Offeror when and on the condition that the Offer is successfully completed. Mobion Holding B.V., TMB Holding B.V. and Comnaar Investments B.V. have, as an inducement for the Offeror to make the Offer at the Offer Price, accepted to sell all (in respect of Mobion Holding B.V. and TMB Holding B.V.) or part (in respect of Comnaar Investments B.V.) of their Shares to the Offeror for a purchase price of EUR 17.75, i.e. one euro less than the Offer Price. See Section 4.6 (Committed Shareholders (other than affiliated with members of the Board)) and Section 4.7 (Shareholdings of the members of the Board) of the Offer Memorandum.
The Offeror will finance acceptances under the Offer through a combination of committed debt and equity funds. The Offeror has sufficient funds available to satisfy its obligations under the Offer as evidenced by commitment letters for debt facilities arranged by ING Bank N.V. and Coöperatieve Rabobank Eindhoven-Veldhoven U.A. and equity financing being made available by funds managed and advised by Gilde (the "Financing Commitments"). The Financing Commitments are subject to certain conditions precedent which are in line with conditions under the Offer and/or with market practice. The Offeror has no reason to believe that these conditions precedent under the Financing Commitments will not be satisfied on or prior to the Settlement Date.
Acceptance Period
The acceptance period under the Offer (the "Acceptance Period") commences at 09:00 hours CET, on 13 November 2012 and will expire on 10 December 2012 at 18:00 hours CET (such time and date, as may be extended in accordance with the Offer Memorandum, being referred to as the "Acceptance Closing Time").
Shares tendered on or prior to the Acceptance Closing Time may not be withdrawn, subject to the right of withdrawal of any tender during any extension of the Acceptance Period in accordance with the provisions of the Offer Memorandum. In case of an extension of the Acceptance Period, any Shares previously tendered and not withdrawn will remain subject to the Offer.
Acceptance by Shareholders
Shareholders who hold their Shares through an institution admitted to Euronext Amsterdam (an "Admitted Institution") are requested to make their acceptance known via their bank or stockbroker no later than 18:00 hours CET on 10 December 2012, unless the Acceptance Period is extended. Custodians, banks or stockbrokers may set an earlier deadline for Shareholders to communicate acceptances of the Offer in order to permit the custodian, bank or stockbroker to communicate its acceptances to the Settlement Agent in a timely manner.
Approval by the Dutch competition authority (Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriteit)
The Dutch competition authority (Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriteit) has on 9 November 2012 granted unconditional clearance to the Offeror for the transaction contemplated by the Offer.
Declaring the Offer unconditional (gestanddoening)
The Offer shall be declared unconditional (gestanddoening) by the Offeror if the Offer Conditions are satisfied or, as the case may be, waived (to the extent permitted by law or by agreement). The Offer Conditions include, amongst others: (i) that at least 95% of the Issued and Outstanding share capital of TMC is tendered under the Offer or otherwise committed to or held by the Offeror and (ii) that no Material Adverse Change with respect to TMC occurs.
No later than on the 3rd (third) Business Day following the Acceptance Closing Time, the Offeror will determine whether the Offer Conditions have been satisfied or waived and announce whether (i) the Offer is declared unconditional, (ii) the Offer will be extended in accordance with Section 5.6 (Extension of the Acceptance Period) of the Offer Memorandum, or (iii) the Offer is terminated, as a result of the Offer Conditions not having been satisfied or waived, all in accordance with the Offer Memorandum.
Shareholders who have accepted the Offer and Shareholders who have tendered their Shares for acceptance pursuant to the Offer prior to or on the Acceptance Closing Time will receive on the Settlement Date the Offer Price in respect of each Share validly tendered (or defectively tendered provided that such defect has been waived by the Offeror) and delivered (geleverd), at which point dissolution or annulment of Shareholder's tender or delivery (levering) shall not be permitted.
Liquidity and Delisting
The consummation of the Offer will reduce the number of Shareholders and the number of Shares that might otherwise be traded publicly and could adversely affect the liquidity and market value of the remaining Shares not tendered and not held by TMC.
If and when the Offer is declared unconditional (gestand wordt gedaan), it is the intention of the Offeror to terminate the listing of TMC on Alternext Amsterdam as soon as possible. Such termination will further adversely affect the liquidity of any Shares not tendered. In addition, the Offeror may initiate any of the procedures as set out in Section 4.9.4 (Possible Measures by the Offeror to obtain 100% of the Shares) of the Offer Memorandum, including procedures which would result in the termination of the listing of the Shares (including Shares not being tendered).
Post Acceptance Period
The Offeror may within 3 (three) Business Days after declaring the Offer unconditional (gestanddoening), announce a Post Acceptance Period to enable Shareholders who did not tender their Shares during the Acceptance Period to tender their Shares under the same terms and conditions applicable to the Offer. Any such Post Acceptance Period will commence on the 1st (first) Business Day following the announcement of a Post Acceptance Period and will remain open for a period of no longer than 2 (two) weeks. If the Post Acceptance Period is announced, the Offeror will continue to accept for payment all Shares validly tendered (or defectively tendered provided that such defect has been waived by the Offeror) during such period and will pay for such Shares within 3 (three) Business Days following the end of the Post Acceptance Period or as otherwise set forth in the announcement.
Announcements in relation to the Offer, including announcements in relation to an extension of the Offer past the Acceptance Closing Time will be issued by press release. Subject to any applicable requirements of the Merger Rules and without limiting the manner in which the Offeror may choose to make any public announcement, the Offeror will have no obligation to communicate any public announcement other than as described above.
This announcement contains selected, condensed information regarding the Offer and does not replace the Offer Memorandum and/or the Position Statement. The information in this announcement is not complete and additional information is contained in the Offer Memorandum and the Position Statement.
Shareholders are advised to review the Offer Memorandum and the Position Statement in detail and to seek independent advice where appropriate in order to reach a reasoned judgment in respect of the Offer and the content of the Offer Memorandum and the Position Statement.
Digital copies of the Offer Memorandum and Position Statement are available on the website of TMC (http://www.tmc.nl).
About TMC
Since its foundation in June 2000, TMC has focused on mobilising highly educated technical specialists. We distinguish ourselves by supplying rare competencies needed for the development of complex products and projects. Our focus lies with projects that are of vital importance to our clients. In addition, we contribute to the project continuity and flexibility of our clients and we are able to continually supply them with strategic knowledge.
In 2006 TMC was the first Dutch enterprise to be listed on the NYSE Alternext - Euronext, at which time TMC Group N.V. was established. In 2007, TMC acquired Adapté B.V., which is now called TMC Construction. At mid-2012 TMC has 15 business cells and 503 Employeneurs.
About Gilde Buy Out Partners
Gilde Buy Out Partners is one of the largest mid-market private equity investors in continental Europe, with assets under management of over € 2.0 billion. Through local offices Gilde is active in the Benelux and the neighbouring economies of France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Since its inception in 1982, Gilde has invested in over 250 companies across a diverse range of sectors.
The most recent fund is Gilde Buy Out Fund IV which will include TMC and contains total assets of € 800 million, committed by more than 30 leading international financial institutions, pension funds, government funds and specialised investment funds. Previous investments by Gilde Buy Out Fund IV are Teleplan, Roompot, Eismann and Spandex.
The Offer is being made with due observance of such statements, conditions and restrictions as are included in the Offer Memorandum. The Offeror reserves the right to accept any tender under the Offer, which is made by or on behalf of a Shareholder, even if it has not been made in the manner set out in the Offer Memorandum.
The Offer is not being made, and the Shares will not be accepted for purchase from or on behalf of any Shareholder, in any jurisdiction in which the making of the Offer or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities or other laws or regulations of such jurisdiction or would require any registration or approval with any regulatory authority not expressly contemplated by the terms of the Offer Memorandum. Persons obtaining the Offer Memorandum are required to take due note and observe all such restrictions and obtain any necessary authorisations, approvals or consents (to the extent applicable). No actions have been taken (nor will actions be taken) to make the Offer possible in any jurisdiction where such actions would be required. In addition, the Offer Memorandum has not been filed with nor recognised by the authorities of any jurisdiction (including the AFM). The Offer is neither subject to the provisions set out in chapter 5.5 of the Netherlands Financial Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht), nor to the provisions set out in the Decree of Public Offers Wft (Besluit openbare biedingen Wft, the "Takeover Decree"). Consequently, the AFM has no jurisdiction to either approve or disapprove and has neither approved nor disapproved the Offer or the Offer Memorandum. Neither the Offeror, nor TMC nor any of their respective advisers accepts any liability for any violation by any person of any such restriction. Any person (including, without limitation, custodians, nominees and trustees) who forwards or intends to forward the Offer Memorandum or any related document to any jurisdiction outside the Netherlands should carefully read Section 1 (Restrictions and Important Information) of the Offer Memorandum before taking any action. The release, publication or distribution of the Offer Memorandum in jurisdictions other than The Netherlands may be restricted by law and therefore persons into whose possession the Offer Memorandum comes should inform themselves about and observe such restrictions. Any failure to comply with any such restrictions may constitute a violation of the law of any such jurisdiction. Each Shareholder which questions its position shall immediately consult an appropriate professional adviser. This public announcement is also published in Dutch; the English version will prevail over the Dutch version.
Forward-looking statements
The Offer Memorandum includes forward looking statements that involve risk and uncertainty. Generally, words such as may, will, expect, intend, estimate, anticipate, believe, plan, seek, continue or similar expressions identify forward looking statements. Although the Offeror and TMC believe that the expectations reflected in such forward looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions and are, to the best of their knowledge, true and accurate on the date of the Offer Memorandum, no assurance can be given that such statements will be fulfilled or prove to be correct, and no representations are made as to the future accuracy and completeness of the forward looking statements. Any such forward looking statement must be considered together with the fact that actual events or results may vary materially from such forward looking statements due to, among other things, political, economic or legal changes in the markets and environments in which the Offeror or TMC do business, to competitive developments or risks inherent to their respective business plans and to uncertainties, risk and volatility in financial markets and other factors affecting them.
The Offeror and TMC undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable laws and regulations or by any appropriate regulatory authority.
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The Illuminati was made a offer they couldn't refuse.
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These dudes may have tried. But even then, its hard to know what might have come.
In any case, contrary to what some would say, history is important to study. I have enjoyed this thread, page 322 has some good stuff as well.
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Statement issued December 14, 1925 by RABBINICAL COURT OF THE ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF EDAS YESHURUN, City of Kaszica, Hungary
It is our obligation to make a public announcement because we know the extent to which the issues are important. Despite all its propaganda,
the Zionist movement stands in total opposition to the foundations of the Jewish faith transmitted to us throughout the generations. Zionism itself rejects the Jewish religion.
This is the position of our great and pious rabbis in the past and the present, in the Holy Land and abroad, without exception.
In the early years of Zionism, when it pretended to express love for the Holy Land and the holiness of the opportunity to live there, a few rabbis were caught in its snare. Today, however, when Zionism shows its true face as a false messianic movement, our rabbis stand at war against it just as rabbis of former generations had opposed the false messiahs of their times, including during the time of the
false messiah Shabtai Zevi, may his name be obliterated, and the later movement of the Frankists.
Association with the Zionists is forbidden according to the Torah and our tradition. Zionism is a disgusting abomination.
This announcement is based on all aspects of Jewish law. Every Jew who fears G-d will certainly accept our statement under the Code of Jewish Law and shall not stray from it to the left or the right.
May those who follow it be blessed.
December 14, 1925, Kaszica, Hungary
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"Is there really any good reason why, just because iTunes exists in the wild west internet land of Facebook and Twitter, it can't provide some aspect of these services to the artists whose work it bleeds like a digital vampire Northern Rock for its enormous commission?", he asked at the 2011 Radio Festival in Salford.
Townsend recommended that Apple give free computers and advice to the 500 artists that it felt needed the help the most, and said it would then be working like a traditional music label, one that spends money as well as makes it.
Townsend has not spoken up about the internet for a while now, but since he had the ear of the audience he also took time to discuss illegal downloading and suggested that its increase is a sign that society is decaying.
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"I once suggested that people who download my music without paying for it may as well come and steal my son's bike while they're at it." µ
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Buckley suffered life-threatening injuries when a speeding taxi hit him while he was crossing a street in Leeds in January 2012.
He was in a coma for several weeks, and had to re-learn how to speak and walk.
A loyal Coldplay fan, he also taught himself how to play the piano all over again.
Martin was so touched by his story he gifted the young man a signed copy of his lyrics.
The rocker then bought the music back for $16,400 at an auction for Nordoff-Robbins.
The charity provides music therapy to thousands of people like Buckley every year.
Martin was brought to tears at the auction.
"It was incredible meeting him," he said.
"He's just a good guy and it puts things into perspective, hearing what he's been and is going through."
Buckley was training to be a commercial pilot when the tragic accident occurred.
His mother, Caroline, admitted at the time even doctors had a very grim outlook for the young man's future although the family remained positive about his recovery.
"We've been told three times in the last 12 weeks he was going to die," she told the Welwyn Hatfield Times in April 2012.
"It's such a tragedy but we are very hopeful and positive, we have to be."
Buckley gave thanks to Martin and to all of those who believed in him at the event.
"I would like to thank Nordoff-Robbins for everything they have done," he said.
"Nobody believed that I would ever be able to play piano again."
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John McCain returned to Baghdad today, as part of his major Mideast trip, to inspect the progress of the surge, and declare it good. There was just one hangup. His favorite market had been taken over by Sadr's forces.
Remember his visit to the Shorja market and the happy calmness he found last April -- as helicopters twirled overhead and hundreds of troops protected him? Meanwhile, Rep. Mike Pence was comparing it to a farm fair in the Midwest and Lindsay Graham was bragging about getting a good price on some rugs.
Lindsay went along on the latest trip, too. Maybe he was just looking to pick up some more rugs for a few friends. But sorry, no: market off-limits. Even the best Army money can buy might not be enough to protect them. Damn that spike in bombings and killings this week.
So let's return to that April 2007 visit here.
Here is an excerpt from a chapter on the visit in my new book, So Wrong for So Long: How the Press, the Pundits -- and the President -- Failed on Iraq.
Unwilling to play tourist during Sen. John McCain's open-air stroll in Baghdad, reporters quickly revealed the extraordinary security that surrounded this purported "typical day" at the Shorja market.
Then, over the next two days, they went back and interviewed some of the merchants, who have thoroughly repudiated the sunny accounts of the visit offered by McCain and his congressional sidekicks.
In short order, McCain went from the ridiculous to the maligned.
But the most revealing and chilling episode featured Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.). He was widely quoted in the initial accounts declaring that he found the Shorja bazaar "like a normal outdoor market in Indiana in the summertime." Pence later described one rug merchant who kept patting his heart and refused to take his money: "His eyes, like so many others, radiated with affection and appreciation." Pence said he was "deeply moved" by this.
Well, a National Public Radio reporter returned and found that grateful merchant--and uncovered a quite different story. The carpet seller, Ahmed al-Kurdi, recalled for NPR: "I didn't accept the money. I said to myself, 'they must be guests, so I must give them a good impression of Iraqis.' After all, we are occuped by these Americans -- and they are accompanied by a lot of U.S. security."
Al-Kurdi then said that actually he favored the insurgents: "We are not against the resistance. We are with them. However, he who claims to be with the resistance must fight the occupiers, not the Iraqi people. A huge number of U.S forces came yesterday. Why didn't they shoot at them -- instead of harming us?"
So: Maybe patting the heart was a secret signal to open fire on visiting Americans?
The NPR reporter talked to another merchant who said he always keeps an employee stationed outside his shop to watch for cars carrying suicide bombers heading their way. Just like in Indiana?
Well, at least Rep. Pence got a good deal on those rugs.
It turns out snipers did open fire at the market shortly after McCain and friends left. Then it emerged today in press reports that 21 workers or merchants in that same market had been found bound and executed north of Baghdad. Was this a retaliatory action or just a example of a REAL "typical day" in Iraq?
On Tuesday, The New York Times and other news outlets published the results of their own interviews with merchants at that market, almost uniformly hostile to McCain or his views. The Washington Postt added its own quotes in the same vein today, plus some startling statistics on violence in Iraq in this supposedly improving "surge" environment.
A U.S. military official on Tuesday described McCain's comments about Baghdad's safety as "a bit of hyperbole," according to the Post. "Things are indeed better in Baghdad, for now," he asserted. "It's just a very fragile situation that could turn at any moment."
The Post pictured a merchant at the market named Hassan shutting down his shop early, worried about the threat of kidnapping. About two weeks ago, "thugs entered a neighboring shop at around this time, handcuffed the owner and took all his money," the Post reported. "Around the warren of shops in Shorja market, he was considered lucky. 'They usually ask for ransom, and then behead the hostage,' said Hassan."
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Chosen from almost 300 entries, the eight are up for hairdressing's biggest prize - Hairdresser of the Year. They join 12 finalists in three other categories - Young Colourist, Salon of the Year and the Men's Image Award. The winners will be announced in Auckland on 22 February next year.
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Maintenance factor: Low - keep the shape by keeping it trimmed.
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Ray Bradbury wrote these short stories in the late 1940s at a time when we knew almost nothing about Mars. Some scientists even thought there were probably canals and the remnants of a dead or dying Martian civilization on Mars. Written as science fiction originally by Mr. Bradbury, our growing knowledge of Mars makes these assumptions science fantasy today. But don't let that shift rob these stories of their power over you.
But Mars was just the setting for a more serious set of questions. Mr. Bradbury was concerned that the world was too full of hate, war, short-sightedness, and greed to amount to much. He despaired as to whether humans would survive the discovery of the atomic bomb. From this raw material of human excess, he stitched together a powerful vision of our choices -- to operate at our best . . . or our worst. He appeals to our better selves in a vivid way that will be unforgettable to you, if you are like me.
The development of the book has an interesting history. Mr. Bradbury was in his late twenties, and had written quite a few short stories. While visiting New York, he showed his short stories to publishers who liked them. The publishers advised him that there was a market for novels, but not much of one for books of short stories. Then one night it hit him, he had the raw material for a novel about Mars if he simply wrote a few transition stories to fit with ones he had already written. He sat up late that night writing the book proposal, and sold it the next day. That concept became The Martian Chronicles.
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Mr. Bradbury wrote a story where all of the black people get fed up with the south, and the way they are treated, load up the rocket and leave all of the bigots behind. Incredibly some paper pushing editor must have thought this story would offend our sensitivities, and took it upon him or herself to remove it from the chronicles.
Strange that the work of Mr. Bradbury, a champion of free speech, is being edited.
Do not get this version! (I got hosed, but vowed to save my fellow readers from the same fate)!
The Martian Chronicles is one such book. Famously referred to by author Ray Bradbury as "a book of stories pretending to be a novel", the disparate parts somehow come together to form something more than a novel. Like Tolkien's war of the ring, this story of the settlement of Mars and its aftermath transcends genre-fiction and somehow becomes more like fictional history -- or, in this case, a cautionary fable.
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