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Abiotic stress: Abiotic stress is stress that is not caused by a biological organism. In crops abiotic stress is a major factor in yield and quality variation. Abiotic stress includes stress created by: intense light, herbicides, ozone, heat, chilling, freezing, drought, salinity, flooding and heavy metals.
Acaricide: An acaricide is a type of pesticide that can be used to kill mites. Acaricides can target one or more of a mite's developmental form including eggs, juveniles and adults.
Acquisitions: Acquiring control of a corporation, called a target, by stock purchase or exchange, either hostile or friendly.
Adit: A horizontal passage or tunnel to enter an underground mine.
AGM: A mandatory yearly meeting of shareholders that allows stakeholders to stay informed and involved with company decisions and workings.
Al: The chemical symbol for the element Aluminium
Al2O3: Alumina
Alternative Investment Market (AIM): A junior market compared with the main London Stock Exchange with less onerous listing requirements so it tends to attract smaller companies that have been trading for a short period of time.
Andesite: A type of intrusive volcanic rock.
Antiferromagnetism - In materials that exhibit antiferromagnetism, the spins of electrons align in a regular pattern with neighbouring spins pointing in opposite directions. This is a different manifestation of magnetism. Generally antiferromagnetic materials exhibit antiferromagnetism at a low temperature.
Aphanitic: Rock texture where crystals are too small to be seen by the naked eye.
API: American Petroleum Institute.
Argillic: A type of alteration of rock leading to the formation of clay minerals.
Associated Companies/Joint Ventures: These are companies where the investing company hold approximately 20% – 50% of the ordinary shares. The Profit and Loss Account will include a company's share of the profits of an associated company or joint venture whilst the Balance sheet will include its share of the net assets.
Ba: The chemical symbol for the element Barium
Balance Sheet: A financial statement which provides a quantitative summary of a company's financial position at a given point in time. This takes into account assets, liabilities and net worth with the first part of the balance sheet showing all the productive assets a company owns, and the second part showing all the financial methods.
Basement: the oldest rocks in a given area; thick foundation of ancient crustal rocks.
Batholith: A large body of intrusive igneous rock.
Beta: A measure of the volatility of a given company relative to the overall market. A beta greater than 1 is more volatile than the market, less than 1 is less volatile.
Bi: The chemical symbol for the element Bismuth
Bid Price: The price at which a market maker will buy a security.
Biotite: A brown to black magnesium aluminium silicate mineral, common in most volcanic rocks
Borrowings Analysis: This is a breakdown of when a company's debt is due for repayment.
Botanical Pesticide: A botanical pesticide is a pesticide derived from one or more plant derived chemicals or extracts.
Breccia: Fragmental rock with angular components.
Broker Recommendation: A stockbroker's opinion of the investment quality of a company's shares at the time that it's reviewed in comparison to other stocks in the sector.
Bulletin Board: A place on a website where private investors can post comments and questions.
Calcrete: Surficial secondary deposit of calcium carbonate
Calcium sink: An area of tissue with a high affinity for calcium.
Called up Share Capital: Nominal value of shares of the company that are issued and fully paid.
Calm buoys: a catenary anchor leg mooring buoy – a floating structure that performs the dual function of keeping a tanker moored on a single point and transferring fluids while allowing the ship to move in accordance with wind and tide changes.
Capital Employed: is the value of the assets that contribute to a company's ability to generate revenue. This is comprised of fixed assets plus current assets minus current liabilities (excluding short term borrowings) minus other long-term creditors minus intangible assets.
Capital Expenditure per share: Net aliitions to fixed assets (after depreciation) divided by the number of shares in issue.
Carbonaceous: Sedimentary units containing carbon
Cash at Bank: Cash held by a company that is immediately available.
Cash & Near Cash – Cash held by a company that is immediately available plus cash held on short-term (under 3 months) deposit.
Cash Flow – A measure of a company's financial health. Equals cash receipts minus cash payments over a given period of time.
Cash Flow Statement – Gives a summary of a company's cash flow over a given period of time.
Cash Increase/Decrease Per Share – The net change in a company's cash balance over a given period divided by the number of shares in issue.
Cash on Short Term Deposit – Cash held by a company on a short-term (under 3 months) deposit.
Ce: The chemical symbol for the element cerium
CEMAS: A Contract Research Organisation that is GLP and GEP compliant based in Ascot, UK. CEMAS is registered to carry out trials and laboratory studies suitable for submission for pesticide registration in the EU and US.
Closing Price - The price of the last transaction for a given security at the end of a given trading session. also called close.
Corporation Tax – A tax paid by limited companies on their profits.
Costs Reimbursable: work undertaken by the Group where the amount charged to a customer is directly linked to the time spent on the project and the materials obtained by the Group for the purpose of completing the project.
Creditors – People to whom the company owes something, usually cash or a claim to services.
CRO: A Contract Research Organisation is an independent research facility that can test independently of a company.
Cs: The chemical symbol for the element Caesium
Cu: The chemical symbol for the element Copper
Current Investments – A company's investments that are not held on a long-term basis.
Current Ratio – Current assets divided by current liabilities.
Debtors – People who owe the company something, usually cash or a claim to services.
Depreciation – A noncash expense that reduces the value of an asset as a result of wear and tear, age, or obsolescence. Most assets lose their value over time (in other words, they depreciate), and must be replaced once the end of their useful life is reached. There are several accounting methods that are used in order to write off an asset's depreciation cost over the period of its useful life. Because it is a non-cash expense, depreciation lowers the company's reported earnings while increasing free cash flow.
Dextral fault movement: Where the block on the far side appears to have moved to the right.
Director Dealings – When directors buy or sell shares in their company.
Disposals – Sale of a business or business line to another entity.
Disseminated: Containing small discreet grains of sulphides.
Divalent cation: A cation is an ion having a positive charge and characteristically moving toward the negative electrode in electrolysis. Valency is the combining capacity of an atom or radical determined by the number of electrons that it will lose, ali, or share when it reacts with other atoms. A divalent cation has a valency of 2.
Dividends – A taxable payment declared by a company's board of directors and given to its shareholders out of the company's current or retained earnings, usually quarterly.
Dividend Cover – A company's ability to pay ordinary dividends to shareholders out of profits earned and is calculated by dividing the adjusted Earnings Per Share (EPS) by the total dividend per share.
Dividend Growth (Average) - this shows how well a company is paying it Dividends by comparing the amount they have paid out to the shareholders over a chosen period.
Dividend Payment Date – The date on which the most recent dividend will be paid to shareholders.
Dividend Per Share Growth – The percentage change from the previous year in the dividend paid on each share.
Dividend Yield - A financial ratio that shows how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price. In the absence of any capital gains, the dividend yield is the return on investment for a stock.
The Dividend Yield is calculated as:
(Total Dividend/ Share Price) x 100
Dividend Yield is displayed as a percentage.
DMS - Dilute magnetic semiconductors; materials that demonstrate dual-effects, such as magnetic and semi-conducting properties, simultaneously and can operate at room temperature and above.
Doping - The aliition of impurities to a specific material; the purpose is to impart some of the attributes of the doping material to the material being doped.
Drill ships: a free-floating mobile drilling platform used in very deep waters.
Dy: The chemical symbol for the element Dysperosium
Earnings Per Share – A company's profitability expressed on a per share basis and calculated by dividing the company's annual earnings after tax by the number of shares in issue.
Earnings Per Share – Basic – This is based on the actual profits and shares in issue.
Earnings Per Share – Diluted – This is based on the profits and the number of shares in issue if the company were to issue ordinary shares arising from the full conversion of any relevant stocks (eg. Convertible Loan Stock).
Earnings Per Share – Adjusted – This is the EPS provided by a company that excludes items from its profit and loss account that it considers to be exceptional and therefore distorting. This would allow a better comparison from year to year of a company's normal trading performance.
EBITDA –Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization. An approximate measure of a company's operating cash flow based on data from the company's income statement. Calculated by looking at earnings before the deduction of interest expenses, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.
EBITDA/EV - Earnings Before Interest Tax Depreciation and Amortisation divided by Enterprise Value.
EGM – If something happens within the company that requires the shareholders to meet before the next scheduled AGM, then an extraordinary general meeting is held.
EFSA: The European Food Safety Authority is the keystone of EU risk assessment regarding food and feed safety. In close collaboration with national authorities and in open consultation with its stakeholders, the EFSA provides independent scientific advice and clear communication on existing and emerging risks.
Electron - A particle that carries a negative electric charge.
Electronics - Manipulation of electrical charge to operate and control switching, and relaying data and can be used to represent and store information.
Electron Spin - The property of an electron that represents its internal quantized momentum. Spin was first proposed in 1925 by Ralph Kronig, George Uhlenbeck, and Samuel Goudsmit.
Enterprise Value - This is a measure of a company's value and is often used as an alternative to market capitalisation. It is calculated as market capitalisation plus total borrowings minus cash and equivalents.
EPA: The Environmental Protection Agency is the government body that regulates pesticides in the USA.
EPC: Engineer Procure Construct.
EPIC: Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Construction.
Epidote: A yellow to green silicate mineral, formed during low grade metamorphism or hydrothermal processes
Epidosite: Rock consisting of epidote and quartz that is metamorphic or hydrothermal in origin
EPS Growth - EPS Growth shows the relative growth of a company's earnings over the last year. A negative value indicates the company's earnings fell in the last year. It is calculated as:
[(Current year EPS – Last year EPS)/Last year EPS]*100.
EPS Growth is displayed as a percentage.
Epithermal: Ore body formed at shallow depths from ascending hydrothermal solutions.
Er: The chemical symbol for the element Erbium.
Exchange traded Fund (ETF) – ETFs are a kind of collective investment fund competing with investment trusts and unit trusts for investor's money. ETFs are a lot like conventional tracker funds, pooling the cash of a large number of investors and investing it a basket of shares in companies that make up an index. ETFs are open ended but they do not usually have initial charges and their annual management charges are much lower.
Ex-Dividend Date – was created to allow all pending transactions to be completed before the record date. If an investor does not own the stock before the ex-dividend date, he or she will be ineligible for the dividend payout. Further, for all pending transactions that have not been completed by the ex-dividend date, the exchanges automatically reduce the price of the stock by the amount of the dividend.
Felsic: Descriptive of light coloured rock containing an abundance of feldspar (generally Potassium rich) and quartz
Fe: The chemical symbol for the element Iron
FET - The field-effect transistor is a type of transistor that relies on an electric field to control the shape and hence the conductivity of a 'channel' in a semiconductor material.
Fiscal Metering Skids: a metering system used on onshore and offshore petrochemical installations where oil or gas is transported from one vessel to another and has to be measured accurately to ensure correct payment.
Flare knock-out units: a unit for storing liquid gas prior to it being piped up and burned off.
Fluvial: Sediment deposited from drainage system
FPSO: a Floating Production and Storage and Offloading system.
Forecasts – These are estimates of a company's future performance in terms of sales, earnings and dividends.
Forecast Dividend Change – this is what the analysts believe the Dividend payout will increase/decrease by within a chosen period.
Forecast EPS Change – this is what the analysts believe the EPS will increase/decrease within a chosen period.
Forecast Revenue Change – This is what the analysts believe the Revenue will increase/decrease by within a chosen period.
FSO: a Floating Storage and Offloading system.
Fungicide: A fungicide is a pesticide used to kill fungi.
Ga: The chemical symbol for the element Gallium
GAP: Good Agricultural Practice involves methods of land use which can best achieve the objectives of agronomic and environmental sustainability, is described in several different codes of practice designed by producer organizations, importers and retailers consortia and government bodies representing consumers (e.g. UK Food Standards Agency). American retailers use a different standard called SQF 2000.
Gd: The chemical symbol for the element Gadolinium.
Gearing – Companies are financed by a combination of debt and shareholders equity. A gearing ratio will tell how much a company has borrowed in relation to the amount of shareholders funds in the business.
General Meetings – A meeting of the shareholders of a company usually held on an annual basis - commonly known as an AGM at which business such as the reception of the directors' report and accounts, declaration of dividends, election of directors is held.
GEP: Good Experimental Practice is an internationally recognized standard for field trials that can only be performed by accredited organizations. All trial data submitted to governmental registration bodies in a pesticide registration dossier must be performed to GEP standard. Where product/technology trials are referred to in this document, they are only to GEP standard where specifically stated.
Giant Magneto-resistive (GMR) - GMR is a quantum mechanical effect observed in thin film structures (such as a Spin Filter Barrier) composed of alternating ferromagnetic and nonmagnetic metal layers. A key effect for manipulating electrons (as in hard disk read write heads).
GLP: Good Laboratory Practice is an internationally recognized standard for laboratory experiments that can only be performed by accredited organizations. All laboratory work submitted to governmental registration bodies in a pesticide registration dossier must be performed to GLP standard. Where product/technology trials are referred to in this document, they are only to GLP standard where specifically stated.
GM: Genetically modified.
Gneiss: High grade metamorphic rock composed of alternating bands respectively rich in light and dark coloured minerals
Granite: Light coloured, coarse-grained, intrusive igneous rock; comprises large sections of the Earth's continental crust
Granodiorite: A type of intrusive igneous rock composition.
Gross Borrowings – The total borrowings of a company.
Gross Cash Flow – The operating cash flow of a company plus cash flows from investments, the servicing of finance and tax.
Gross Gearing – Calculated by dividing gross borrowings by shareholder funds.
Growth Metrics – Indicators of a company's growth potential.
Hematite: An iron oxide mineral, the principal ore of iron.
Hf: The chemical symbol for the element Hafnium.
High/Low price – The highest and lowest prices for a security over a certain period – most usually quoted for the day (intraday high/low) and for the year (52 week high/low).
Ho: The chemical symbol for the element Holmium.
Hoistem: A airborne electromagnetic geophysical survey using a hoist array.
Homogeneity: Homogeneity is a uniform state. It is sometimes economically beneficial to have homogeneity in a crop (colour, size, taste), rather than having a mixed distribution.
Hydrothermal: formed in situ by the action of hot aqueous fluids.
Igneous: rocks resulting from the crystallization of molten magma, either intrusive or volcanic.
Ignimbrite: A silicic extrusive volcanic rock.
Imidacloprid: an insectide active ingredient developed by Bayer Crop Science and used in several Bayer Crop Science insecticides marketed under brand names including Confidor, Calypso and Gaucho. Imidacloprid is now off patent and is available from generic manufacturers in China.
Index – An index is a statistical indicator representing the value of the securities that constitute it. Indices are often used to measure a market or industry's performance. An index may be grouped by market cap (e.g. FTSE 100), business type (e.g. the technology companies in the FTSE Techmark index), sector (e.g. Telecoms) or some other parameter.
Indicated Mineral Resource: that part of a Mineral Resource for which quantity, grade or quality, densities, shape and physical characteristics, can be estimated with a level of confidence sufficient to support mine planning and evaluation of the economic viability of the deposit, based on detailed and reliable exploration and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes that are spaced closely enough for geological and grade continuity to be reasonably assumed.
Inferred Mineral Resource: that part of a Mineral Resource for which quantity and grade or quality can be estimated on the basis of geological evidence and limited sampling and reasonably assumed, but not verified, geological and grade continuity, gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes.
Intangible Assets – A company's long-term assets that are usually non-physical in nature, but represent a right or expected future benefit. Examples are goodwill, brands and trademarks.
Interest – Monies charged by a bank or other financial organisation for borrowing money. This can also refer to the return earned on an investment, including money on deposit at a bank.
Interest Cover – The ability of a company to cover its finance charges. This is calculated by dividing the profit before interest payable by interest payable.
Interim Dividend - A dividend which is declared and distributed before the company's annual earnings have been calculated. These dividends are usually distributed six-monthly or quarterly.
Interim Results ("Interims") - The results reported by a company for the first six months of its financial year. Generally, interim results are made public within three months of the end of the interim period.
Introduction - When a company comes to the market without making any money on admission.
Intrusive: of a body of igneous rock that invades older rocks.
Intrusion: A body of igneous rock that invades older rocks
Invested Equity Capital – Equity shareholders' funds plus provisions.
Investment Trusts – a collective fund in the form of a listed company holding a portfolio of securities on behalf of its own shareholders. An investment trust and its shares are tradable in the same way as other companies and shares.
IOCG: A type of mineral deposit containing iron oxide, copper and gold.
IPO – Initial Public Offering, the term used for any company joining the stock market. It is a way for companies to raise cash and increase and diversify the current shareholder base.
ISIN - International Securities Identification Number. A unique international code which identifies a securities issue. Each country has a national numbering agency which assigns ISIN numbers for securities in that country.
ISO: International Standards Organisation.
Jacket: a welded steel, tubular framework used in traditional fixed steel offshore structures to support the topside facilities.
Jackup Rigs: a self-contained combination drilling rig and floating barge, fitted with long support legs that can be raised or lowered independently of each other.
Lacustrine: Shallow lake environment
Land Rigs: rigs that drill for oil or gas onshore.
Leaching: Leaching is the movement of nutrients (both chemical and natural sources) through the soil profile and ultimately into groundwater. Leaching of nutrients (in particular nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium) from agricultural land has been responsible for environmental problems.
Limonite: A brown hydrous iron oxide.
Lloyds List: a publication that consists of the latest news regarding shipping matters.
LTIs: Lost Time Incidents.
Lump Sum: work undertaken by the Group where the amount charged to a customer is independent of the time spent on the project and the materials obtained for the purpose of completing the project.
Mafic: Descriptive of rocks containing major proportions of magnesium and iron silicate minerals
Mag Anchor: a type of anchor.
Magmatic: An accumulation of igneous rock.
Magnetic Coupling - Also called Inductive Coupling. The transfer of energy from one circuit component to another through a shared magnetic field. A change in current flow through one device induces current flow in the other device.
Magnetics: Measurement of the earth's magnetic field and the magnetic character of the rocks.
Major Shareholders – Shareholders in a company owning more than 3% of the ordinary shares.
Manganite: Manganese oxide hydroxide, iron grey to black in colour, formed at higher temperatures than other common Manganese minerals, and usually associated with other manganese oxides.
Manto: Vein, seam or lode spread horizontally (from the Spanish for blanket).
Market Capitalisation – The market value of a company, calculated by multiplying the current share price by the number of shares in issue.
Measured Mineral Resource: that part of a Mineral Resource for which quantity, grade or quality, densities, shape, and physical characteristics are so well established that they can be estimated with confidence sufficient to support production planning and evaluation of the economic viability of the deposit, based on detailed and reliable exploration, sampling and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes that are spaced closely enough to confirm both geological and grade continuity.
Mesoproterozoic: Geological period in time of around 1000 - 1600 my
Metallogenic: Pertaining to the origin of ore deposits.
Micronutrient: nutrients that are required by plants in very small quantities, but if not available will restrict growth and quality of crops. Micronutrient deficiencies are common in agricultural crops and are corrected by application of micronutrient fertilizers.
Mid Price – The price in-between Bid and Offer price.
Mineral Resource: A Mineral Resource is a concentration or occurrence of minerals in or on the Earth's crust in such form and quantity and of such a grade or quality that it has reasonable prospects for economic extraction.
Mineralisation: Anomalous concentration of mineral matter in rock; viz along faults, or close to deep igneous bodies.
Mineralogy: The science of the study of minerals
Minority Interest – Where a subsidiary is not wholly owned, this represents the share of the assets or the share of profits of subsidiaries that belong to someone else.
Mn: the chemical symbol for the metallic element Manganese.
MODUs: Mobile Offshore Drilling Units.
Moiety: A term used in patents to describe a molecule or chemical entity.
Molybdenum: Molybdenum (Mo) is a transition metal. The pure metal is silvery white in colour, fairly soft, and has one of the highest melting points of all pure elements. In small quantities, molybdenum is effective at hardening steel.
Monovalent Cation: A cation is an ion having a positive charge and characteristically moving toward the negative electrode in electrolysis. Valency is the combining capacity of an atom or radical determined by the number of electrons that it will lose, ali, or share when it reacts with other atoms. A monovalent cation has a valency of 1.
MOPUs: Mobile Offshore Production Units.
MRAM - Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory.
MSR: A Member State Rapporteur is a national pesticide registration body of an EU member state that pursues registration (through mutual recognition) for a pesticide in other EU states following granting of registration in its own state.
Mt: Million tonnes.
Mud process system: a system used to mix the required fluids, circulate that mixture downhole, clean and store the returned fluids.
Mutual recognition: Mutual recognition is a system whereby once registered in one EU state, national registration bodies in other EU member states can accept registration of pesticides without further work. Mutual recognition is discretionary.
Muva Supergroup: Upper Basement sedimentary sequence present in Central and Eastern Zambia.
Nb: The chemical symbol for the element Niobium
Nd: The chemical symbol for the element Neodymium.
Nematicide: A nematicide is a type of pesticide used to kill nematodes (a phylum of worms). Nematicides can target one or more of the developmental forms in a nematode's life cycle.
Nematodes: A nematode is a worm belonging to the Phylum Nematoda, nematodes include animal parasites such as roundworm and also plant parasites. Plant parasitic nematodes are microscopic and are a major cause of economic damage to a wide range of agricultural crops.
Net Assets – The total figure for all assets less all liabilities.
Net Asset Value – The value of the shareholders interest in a company, calculated by subtracting liabilities from assets, deducting intangible assets and dividing by the number of shares in issue.
Net Asset Value (Funds) – The price of each share of a mutual fund. It is calculated by subtracting the fund's liabilities from its total assets, and dividing that figure by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV is the amount of money that an investor would receive for each share if the mutual fund sold all of its assets, paid off all of its outstanding debts, and distributed the proceeds to shareholders.
Net Borrowings – Total borrowings excluding cash and near cash.
Net Cash Per Share – Cash and near cash plus short term listed investments divided by the number of shares in issue.
Net Gearing - is the Total Debt net of cash & equivalents as a percentage of the Total of Shareholders' funds and Debt funds. This ratio is calculated as:
[ (Total Liabilities– Cash at Bank & in Hand)/Shareholder Funds ] *100
Net Gearing is displayed as a percentage.
Net Interest – Interest payable net of interest received.
New Issue – Also known as IPO or Initial Public Offering, the term used for any company joining the stock market. It is a way for companies to raise cash and increase and diversify the current shareholder base.
Next Year Dividend Yield - Estimated figure for the annual dividend per share that the company will pay out next year. This is a consensus figure calculated from a range of analysts that produce investment research on the stock.
Next Year EPS Estimate - Estimated figure for next year's Earnings Per Share figure. This is a consensus figure calculated from a range of analysts that produce investment research on the stock.
Next Year Forecast P/E Ratio - Estimated figure for next years Price to Earnings ratio. This is a consensus figure calculated based on the EPS figure expected from a range of analysts that produce investment research on this stock.
NPK: Nitrogen Potassium Phosphorus fertiliser.
Normalisation - This is the accounting method that takes out exceptional items from the profit & loss account. These exceptional items are considered one-off occurrences during the financial year that the company believes is outside its daily operations. Therefore to reflect the company's underlying performance, the company will strip out these exceptional items and provide accounts that it believes is more reflective of the company's financial performance.
NVRAM - Non-Volatile Random Access Memory. The memory inside a flash-memory stick, or MP3 or personal video device that does not use a hard disk drive. Typically all the data in memory remains when the device is turned off. This is the MRAM target market Packing density - The ability to pack in a highly dense manner very small electronic components (such as gates or transistors). Packing density Is inversely proportional to the physical space required for an electric or electronic component to operate properly. Hence, the less physical space is required for the component to operate, the more of them can be packed into a limited space.
OFEX – A British share trading and information service that enables investors to buy and sell shares in companies whose shares are not traded on the London Stock Exchange.
Offer Price – The price at which a market maker will sell a security.
Official List – The UK Listing Authority's list of all listed securities.
Operating Cash Flow Per Share – This is the cash generated from operating activities divided by the number of shares in issue.
Operating Margin – This is the trading margin for each period reported, showing trading profit as a percentage of sales, or total trading revenues.
The calculation is as follows:
Trading profit/total sales x 100 = margin (%)
Operating Profit/Loss – A company's profit after deducting operating costs from gross profits. It is the profit before net interest, investment income and share of associated companies/joint ventures profits.
Orogen: A belt of deformed rocks.
Ovicidal: An ovicide is a chemical agent that kills eggs, especially the eggs of insects, mites or nematodes.
P: The chemical symbol for the element Phosphorous
P/E Ratio - Also known as the Price to Earnings ratio is the most common measure of how expensive a stock is. The P/E ratio is equal to a stock's market capitalization divided by its after-tax earnings over a 12-month period, usually the trailing period but occasionally the current or forward period. The value is the same whether the calculation is done for the whole company or on a per-share basis. For example, the P/E ratio of company A with a share price of £10 and earnings per share of £2 is 5. The higher the P/E ratio, the more the market is willing to pay for each dollar of annual earnings.
Digital Look uses the adjusted EPS figure for this calculation.
Palaeo-channel: Ancient river drainage system
Payment Date – The date when a dividend becomes payable.
Pb: The chemical symbol for the metallic element lead
PCT: The Patent Cooperation Treaty was concluded in 1970, amended in 1979, and modified in 1984 and 2001. It is open to states party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883) ("Contracting States"). The Treaty makes it possible to seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in each of a large number of countries by filing an "international" patent application. Such an application may be filed by anyone who is a national or resident of a Contracting State. It may generally be filed with the national patent office of the Contracting State of which the applicant is a national or resident or, at the applicant's option, with the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation in Geneva.
PEG Ratio - is a valuation metric for determining the relative trade-off between the price of a stock, the earnings generated per share (EPS), and the company's expected future growth. A stock's price/earnings ratio divided by its year-over-year earnings growth rate. In general, the lower the PEG, the better the value, because the investor would be paying less for each unit of earnings growth.Br />
The PEG is calculated as P/E Ratio/EPS Growth and is expressed as a number.
Pegmatite: Very coarse-grained igneous intrusive body, usually granitic, usually in dyke or sill form
Photovoltaic (PV) - The property of certain materials which generate electrical current when light is shone upon them. Photovoltaics is a solar power technology that uses solar cells or solar photovoltaic arrays to convert light from the sun directly into electricity.
Piezoelectric - The property of certain materials to generate electric charge and induced voltage under external stress, and vice versa (the material becomes strained under an external electric field).
Piles: pillars supporting offshore structures.
Placing - A form of issue of securities in the UK, typically with a predetermined number of non-retail investors.
Plems: a pipeline end manifold.
Pliocene: Geological period in recent time circa < 5my ppm: Parts per million
Plagioclase: Plagioclase is an important rock-forming mineral and occurs widely, primarily in igneous rocks such as basalts.
Polymetallic: Mineralization with more than one type of valuable mineral.
Porphyry: Texture in an igneous rock, type of copper deposit associated with igneous intrusions.
Portfolio – A collection of investments all owned by the same individual or organization. These investments often include stocks, which are investments in individual businesses; bonds, which are investments in debt that are designed to earn interest; and mutual funds, which are essentially pools of money from many investors that are invested by professionals or according to indices.
ppm: Parts per million.
Preference Shares - Fixed dividend shares that rank above ordinary shares if a company is wound up. Preference shares represent partial ownership in a company, although preferred stock shareholders do not enjoy any of the voting rights of common stockholders.
Preliminary Results – Listed companies have to announce the annual financial results for the company, also know as prelims or finals. They are considered preliminary until they are reviewed, adjusted and approved by audit. They also have to announce interim results and some companies also announce quarterly figures.
Pre-Tax Profit – A company's operating profit before tax is deducted.
Pre-Tax Profit per share – A company's profit after expenses but before tax divided by the number of shares in issue.
Price to Cash Flow Ratio – This provides a measure of how the market views the future financial health of a company calculated by dividing the price by the gross cash flow per share.
Price to Research & Development Ratio – A measure of the relationship between a company's value and the amount spent on research and development.
Price to Tangible Book Value Ratio – A measure to compare a company's market value to its book value calculated by dividing the price by the net asset value.
Process barges: a long, large and usually flat-bottomed vessel used for transporting freight that is generally unpowered and towed or pushed by another vessel.
Profit after Tax - A company's profit after tax has been deducted.
Profit and Loss account - The profit and loss account provides a record of a firm's trading activities and whether it has made a profit or lost money over a particular period of time. It differs from the balance sheet that records the financial position of the business at a particular snapshot moment in time.
Profit and Loss Account – Normalised – This shows profits and key financial data excluding the effects of items that considered to be exceptional.
Profit and Loss Account – Unadjusted – This shows profits and key financial data based on the figures as presented by the company.
Profit Before Tax - A company's operating profit before tax is deducted.
Profit Growth (Average) – this shows how well a company is growing by comparing the net profits to the past net profits over a chosen period.
Profit Warning – When a listed company expects profits to fall below analysts' forecasts by more then 10%, the directors are required to issue a profits warning through the London Stock Exchange.
Provisions – When a company uses a clause or stipulation in an agreement for a future potential liability,
PSD: The Pesticide Safety Directorate is the government body responsible for persticide regulation in the UK.
Public Offer –The making available of a new securities issue to the public through an underwriting also called offering. The public can ask for a prospectus and apply to buy shares prior to the companies admission.
Pyritisation: Introduction of pyrite (iron sulphide) into a rock during alteration and mineralization.
Quick Ratio – Current assets (excluding stocks) divided by current liabilities.
R&D: Research and development.
Radiometric: Measurement of radiation. An airborne radiometric survey may distinguish different rock units on the basis of their inherent radioactive minerals
RAM - Random Access Memory. The memory inside the PC or other device that is lost when the device is turned off. The data access method of the memory is considered random-access, as opposed to serial-access.
Rb: The chemical symbol for the element rubidium
Record Date – The date established by a company to determine who should receive a dividend.
REE: Rare earth elements
Regulatory News Service – Also known as RNS, a means by which UK listed companies make announcements to the London Stock Exchange.
Reserves – In asset-based lending the difference between the value of the collateral and the amount lent. Also, funds set aside for emergencies or other future needs. Reserves can arise from the retention of profits or from events such as the issue of shares at a premium or the revaluation of assets.
Return on Equity – Equity shareholders' earnings divided by the invested equity capital.
Revenue Growth (Average) – this shows how well a company is growing by comparing the Revenue from the historical Revenue over the chosen period.
RiskGrade – Helps investors measure and compare the risk of financial investments to other companies at the same point in time. Visit http://www.riskgrades.com/retail/what_is/what_is.cgi to learn more about RiskGrades.
RIT (or KTH in Swedish) - The Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan).
ROCE – (Return on capital employed). This is a measure of the return from invested and borrowed capital. The return is the pre-tax profit earned before net borrowing costs divided by net assets (excluding intangibles). Where detailed annual data is available the return is measured by dividing the profit before interest payable by net assets excluding intangibles but before deducting provisions and total borrowings.
Rock Chip Sampling: Systematic collection of rock samples at a series of different locations in order to study the distribution of rock geochemical values
Roll Front: Style of secondary uranium mineralisation
S: The chemical symbol for the element Sulphur
Sales Per Share – A ratio that shows the total revenue earned per share over a 12-month period. This ratio can be compared to the company's share price to understand the value that the markets are putting on a unit of the company's sales.
Scintillometer: Instrument used for measuring radiation
Sectors – A distinct subset of a market, society, industry, or economy, whose components share similar characteristics. Stocks are often grouped into different sectors depending upon the company's business.
SEDOL - The Stock Exchange Daily Official List number, a code used by the London Stock Exchange to identify stocks, especially those that aren't actively traded in the U.S. and don't have a CUSIP number.
Semiconductor - A material whose conductive state (conducting or insulating) can be controlled. Silicon is one such material.
Semi-submersibles: a mobile drilling platform with floats or pontoons which have been submerged to give stability while operating. These tend to be used in deeper waters down to 360 metres or more and are kept in position by anchors or by dynamic positioning.
Separation modules: a unit used in connection with the separation of oil and gas "slot rig" a rig where the drilling part operates through rig slots rather than through a cantilever.
Shares – A unit of ownership that is a proportional amount of a company. The standard class of shares are usually referred to as "Ordinary Shares" but a company may have more than one class of share, including Preference Shares.
Share Premium Account – Surplus of proceeds from share issue over the nominal value of shares issued.
Shareholder Funds – The sum of all company assets less all liabilities.
Shares in Issue - This is the number of shares currently issued for that company.
Shear: A zone in which rocks have been deformed, primarily in a ductile manner, as a result of applied stress
Si: The chemical symbol for the element Silicon
SiO2: Silica (silicon oxide)
Silicification: Introduction of silica into a rock during alteration and mineralization.
Sinistral: Fault movement where the block on the far side appears to have moved to the left.
Skarn: Rocks composed of calc silicates and ore metals derived from an intrusive.
SnO2: Cassiterite (tin oxide)
Speccularite: A type of hematite with a metallic lustre.
Spin Filter Barrier (SFB) - A device that blocks electrons with one spin-type while letting the electrons of another spin-type to pass through. Created by stacking thin films of various materials and semiconductors.
Spintronics - A technology that utilizes the spin of an electron in aliition to its charge to process and store information.
Spread – The difference between the Bid Price and the Offer Price of an investment.
SRAM - Static Random Access Memory is memory that can retain the data as long as it has access to a continual small electrical charge.
Stacking - The binding of one material to another to create a layered stack of materials. A Spin Filter Barrier - is a layered stack of different materials that will segregate the incoming electrons according to their axial spin.
Stock Exchange – is an organization of brokers and investment bankers which has the purpose of providing the facilities for trade of company stock and other financial instruments - usually a central location and recordkeeping. The trading of stock on stock exchanges is called the stock market.
Stocks – The combined value of raw materials, work in progress or under construction and finished goods held.
Note that this is also the American term for 'shares'.
Stockwork: Rock mass interpenetrated by small veins of random orientation.
Stratiform: Having form of layers, ore body in layer within sediments.
Stratigraphic: Correlation of sedimentary or volcanic rock within beds over a sequence in time
Strontium: Strontium is a rare alkaline-earth metal
Structural: Pertaining to geological structure; including folds, faults, shears, cleavage, and joints. Structures range from regional scale to microscopic
Subduction: Process where one tectonic plate passes beneath another over-riding plate.
Suction anchor: a type of deepwater anchor.
Sulphidation: Introduction of sulphide minerals into a rock during alteration and mineralisation.
Supergene: Enrichment of minerals due to weathering and descending water table.
Ta: The chemical symbol for the element Tantalum
Talus: Accumulation of fallen material at the foot of a slope.
Tb: The chemical symbol for the element Terbium
Tangible Assets – Physical assets owned by a company or individual that can be seen or touched such as buildings, goods for sale or machinery.
Tangible Fixed Assets Analysis – A detailed breakdown of the movements in fixed assets, split between property and other fixed assets over the period.
Tax Rate – This is arrived at by dividing the total group tax (excluding associated companies/joint ventures) by the profit before tax (excluding associated companies/joint ventures).
Tender Rigs: a mobile offshore drilling rig designed for production drilling from platform rigs.
Th: The chemical symbol for the element Thorium
Ticker - The three or four letter trading symbol assigned to the share (and some types of fund – investment trusts and ETF's) by the exchange on which it trades. Investors often refer to shares by their ticker symbols because of their brevity and because they often remain the same even if a company's name changes.
Time and Sales - The official record of trades executed on a stock exchange during the day.
Topsides: the oil, gas and water processing facilities of an FPSO.
Total Assets – The sum of all company assets; both fixed and current.
Trading Statement – A statement made by a company regarding current business activities and sales experience.
Tungsten: Tungsten (W) is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite. It is a very hard, heavy, steel-grey to white transition metal. The pure form is used mainly in electrical applications but its many compounds and alloys are widely used in many applications.
Tunnel Junction - An insulating barrier between two conducting electrodes.
Turnover – Also known as sales, the amount derived from the provision of goods and services falling within a company's normal activities after the deduction of trade discounts, VAT, etc. For banks this is represented by the total operating income, for insurance companies it is represented by gross premiums and for investment trusts it is represented by investment income in the Revenue Account.
Turret: the main part of the FPSO mooring system.
U: The chemical symbol for the element Uranium
U3O8: Uranium Oxide
Uraninite: The chief ore mineral of uranium. Uraninite has the idealized chemical composition UO2, uranium dioxide. Thorium and rare earths, chiefly cerium, are usually present in variable and sometimes large amounts. Lead always is present by radioactive decay of the thorium and uranium present
Value Metrics – Indicators of a company's value.
Vein: A thin sheet-like intrusion into a fissure or crack, commonly bearing quartz
Volcanic: Pertaining to volcanoes, process or rock derived from a volcano.
Volume – The number of shares traded over a given time period, usually one day.
Vuggy: Rocks with many cavities (vugs).
VWAP (Volume weighted average price) - A measure of the price at which the majority of a given day's trading in a given security took place. This is calculated by dividing the value of trades executed by the volume of shares traded over a given period.
Y: The chemical symbol for the element Yittrium
Zn: The chemical symbol for the element Zinc
Zr: The chemical symbol for the element Zirconium


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Last week, ITVS filmmaker Ilana Trachtman joined the mariachi band comprised of students featured in the LPB-supported film Mariachi High for a performance at the Naval Observatory Residence for the fourth annual reception in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month (running Sept 15 – Oct 15). The documentary, which kicked-off PBS's Arts Festival last year, spent a year in the life of top-ranked members of Zapata High School's championship mariachi ensemble on the Rio Grande in South Texas. Mariachi High director Ilana Trachtman offered BTB this report from the event.
As documentary filmmakers, we always hope that our stories will take exciting and unexpected turns while our cameras are rolling. It's pretty exciting when the unexpected happens during outreach as well.
A serendipitous series of events brought 18 of the current mariachi musicians from Zapata High School to the Naval Observatory Residence, to play for Latino leaders across the country at Joe Biden's annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebration.
The Vice President's social secretary was looking for a student mariachi to play at the party; he happened to call one of Mariachi High's advisors, who told him that while there are no D.C. student mariachi groups, the Texas All-State champions happened to be coming to Washington for the screening of the film at National Geographic's All Roads Film Festival. The rest, as they say …was history.
The same star quality that led us to choose the band for Mariachi High shined brightly for Biden and all the guests. The highlight for me was when five-foot tall high school senior Ashley Guzman introduced Vice President Biden with so much poise, humor, and cleverness that Biden spent the first 90 seconds of his talk applauding Ashley, and asking if she'd coach him for his upcoming debate!
Read more about the Vice President's Hispanic Heritage celebration from the White House blog. http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/09/27/celebrating-hispanic-heritage-month-naval-observatory


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President Obama said his decision to send 100 special forces troops to the central African nation of Uganda was a difficult one.
The troops will be helping in the country's battle against the Lord's Resistance Army. The president told ABC News that the LRA has vicious killers who terrorize villages. He added that there's been strong support for the move across the political spectrum.
Misleading information has led some to believe the LRA is a Christian organization.
But CBN News International Correspondent Gary Lane said that's far from the truth. He explained that the group has engaged in a campaign of murder, rape, and kidnapping for the last two decades.
"It has nothing to do with Christianity. It is a cult," he said.
Read more on Gary Lane's blog on why the U.S. has joined the fight against the LRA.
Lane said the group's leader, Joseph Kony, "has a very twisted sense of the Bible, the Ten Commandments and so forth."
"He is not a good guy," Lane said. "He has been wreaking havoc on this area for about 20 years now." The White House and human rights groups have charged the LRA with kidnapping children and forcing them to become soldiers or sex slaves.
Why US Troops are Joining the Fight against the LRA
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I don't think, I'm the only one, who thought, this expression was epic. The only thing missing, was a "Squee".
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wheres the freckles?
Wheres her freckles?.. thats the joke, half the time they're missing on the show XD
Applejack's freckles are technically behind her eyes, so you wouldn't see them even if they were there. That's what I know.
You're the third one, who recogniced that.
Is it okay if I use this and credit you?
What Episode?
It took me literally 30 minutes to stop freaking out over this moment and 15 more minutes to gain my composure.
Y'know, I don't think we've ever heard A.J. squee in either the first or second season. I wonder what it would take . . .
Anyway, great job vectoring her!
Anyway, great job vectoring her!
There was one in the finale of Season. At S2E25 11:51. That was really surprising.
Lol! I forgot about that! For Applejack to squee, considering she's a down-to-earth farm gal, it is pretty unusual.
Where are her dots? Those white things on face she always have XD Fragles were they called? Sorry I dont know english word for those
Unfortunately this scene lacks them. :/
Their Called "Freckles".
That's a big smile! So cute! ^^
No freckles. :V
AJ Squees, are a rare thing.
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Children and parents are welcome to sing in choir for VBS service on June 30th
Choir welcome to wear technicolor. Ministers please wear black and white.
Please bring your Congregation Hymnal and Celebration Hymnal. Words for remaining songs will be posted on the screen.
Rehearsal at 9:30AM
Before Service at 10:15:
1. Love the Lord - Director: Russell
- Full Choir with children and parents sing entire song
2. This little light of mine - Lead singer: Diana
- Steve Drums
- Choir with children and parents join during the chorus
3. VBS Video
Opening Hymn:
All Creature of our God and King - Entire congregation to the following arrangement in youtube:
After Text:
191C - Father I Adore You (sung in a round) - Director: Russell
- Full Choir with children and parents
Between Servants:
Shall we gather at the river - Piano: Allie
- Soloist to sing with Full Choir
Hymn of Repentance:
Come Ye Children
- Solo: Katelyn
Communion Hymn(s):
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Yesterday, Alfie Crow at Big Cat Country floated the idea that Jack Del Rio, barring a disastrous 2011 campaign, could likely be back in 2012. Crow argued that Del Rio may benefit from playing a rookie quarterback at some point in 2011 and be the benefactor of a "free pass" for playing Gabbert. I like Del Rio as a coach, but there won't be anything resembling a free pass this year.
Since taking over the Jaguars in 2003, Jack Del Rio has a combined record of 65-63. The Jaguars are, for our purposes, a .500 team under Del Rio. I like the fire that he brings to the table. He takes risks that most coaches wouldn't take, and he's benefitted from those risks from time to time. For all the times the Jaguars have had things go their way under JDR, they've never been able to assemble a complete team. That's something that seems to get closer with every season under GM Gene Smith, and I think Del Rio deserves to get a chance to coach a complete roster, but that doesn't mean he'll actually have that opportunity.
Only Wayne Weaver knows what is expected of JDR in 2011. Maybe it will be a playoff birth that will save Del Rio's job, but that sort of talk is all speculation. We do know that Weaver sent a message when he said that the Jaguars would be in the playoffs in 2011, or heads would roll. Granted, he has since backed off somewhat from a playoffs or bust stance, but I think 9 seasons (at the end of 2011) should be more than enough time to determine whether Del Rio is the guy to lead the team going forward.
It's really early to start asserting that one guy is safe, and another guy is toast. Going into 2010, who thought the Vikings, Titans, and Cowboys would all be awful? Who thought that Wade Phillips and Brad "Chilly" Childress would be out of their jobs before the conclusion of the regular season? I don't see a scenario where the Jaguars aren't competitive in 2011.
So, I guess it's time that I make a Del Rio prediction. Here it is. If the Jaguars are in the playoff hunt, and they don't collapse late in the year, Del Rio will be the head coach of the Jaguars in 2012. If the Jaguars are either not in the playoff race, or drop the ball in December again, the Jaguars will be talking to potential head coaches in January and February of next year. I, for one, hope Del Rio is the coach for a long time, but it sure would be cool to get Coach Cowher out retirement. Just a thought.


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UPDATE: Darryl Williams has decided to postpone his announcement. He hasn't given a timetable on when he will make his college decision.
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Darryl Williams is the next in-state recruit ready to get the live stream treatment.
Two days after AL.com covered the commitment announcements of St. James School tight end Jalen Harris and Southside-Gadsden offensive lineman Tyler Carr, Williams will announce his college decision Thursday morning at 9 a.m. on this website.
Williams has narrowed his list down to Auburn, Florida State, Kentucky and Mississippi State. He is rated a three-star prospect and the nation's No. 3 center, according to 247Composite. The 6-foot-3, 300-pound linemen was a 2013 Birmingham News All-Metro first-team player. He impressed recruiting analysts during a Nike Football Training Camp in March when he matched up favorably against Shades Valley defensive lineman Daron Payne.
Stay tuned to AL.com for live coverage of the announcement, check out our predictions for where Harris will go and vote in our poll below.
Josh Bean | Prediction: AUBURN
I'll go with Auburn. It's hard for a young man who has grown up in the state to go away, and Alabama apparently hasn't offered. Auburn just sent Greg Robinson to the top of NFL draft boards, and Williams' versatility will be prized in an Auburn offense that incorporates plenty of old-fashioned wing-T techniques into its high-falootin' spread offense. I suspect he will be the third in-state player to pick Auburn this week.
Matt Scalici | Prediction: AUBURN
Williams decides to make his decision just one day after another offensive lineman (Tyler Carr) joins Auburn's 2015 class. The signs point toward Williams looking to move quickly before the Tigers' rapidly growing recruiting class runs out of room. Williams is an elite center who is an excellent fit for the Tigers at a major position of need.
Jeff Sentell | Prediction: Auburn over Kentucky
John Talty | Prediction: AUBURN
The timing of Williams' decision - two days after Tyler Carr committed to Auburn - points me to the Bessmer City center also committing to Auburn. Spots are running out at Auburn and Williams decides he wants to get on the "Gus Bus" and commits to the Tigers. He gives the Tigers their fifth offensive linemen commit and yet another talented in-state prospect.


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Charleston Moves and the 1,666 citizens who signed a petition to support opening the Legare Bridge over the Ashley River to all citizens, not just automobiles, are proud of City Council's recent vote to move forward on the bike/ped lane retrofit. Council showed real vision and leadership, despite knowing that there are and will be many naysayers, as there always are in the face of uncertainty and change.
The eight "yes" votes were supporting a practical transportation solution and were cast by reasonable, thoughtful members of the Charleston City Council who understand this retrofit will ultimately benefit everyone - motorists, bicyclists, pedestrians alike.
Reaching the decision to cast a "yes" vote may not have been easy, and it's not difficult to understand the traffic concerns some citizens are expressing. But Mayor Riley and our City Council understand that this project will contribute profoundly to the quality of life of all of us, that this lane is not a frivolity benefitting a few.
People who study how cities work - what makes them run smoothly and contribute to health and happiness - are supporting multiple transportation modes. As close as Greenville, Spartanburg and Asheville, leaders have seen that civic choices like this reduce auto congestion, address parking problems and contribute to public health and the quality of the air we breathe.
At the individual level, this vote supports budget-conscious, healthy daily choices: Why burn a gallon of gas and sit in traffic when you can get to work while getting some exercise and enjoying the beauty of Charleston?
This is especially true for countless people who'll be able to make the short hop over the Ashley by bike or on foot from their homes in West Ashley to their jobs on the peninsula. This includes hundreds of MUSC employees and students, as well as Citadel students and Wagener Terrace residents who will now have safe, easy access to grocery stores and businesses a short distance away over the Ashley River.
For another group, it may not be a matter of personal choice; their budgets dictate that they rely on using a bicycle or walking. These fellow citizens are now put at risk as they hug the margins of our streets, roads and sidewalks. They carry their lunches, their groceries, or a briefcase, paintbrushes, a tool box. It is not fun and games.
Now that the major stretches of the West Ashley Greenway have been paved, usage is soaring, and it's on its way to its role as a part of the Savannah Highway Transportation Corridor. The missing link is connecting it to downtown Charleston, just as is planned with this project. This will be a boon to West Ashley.
Times have changed. A significant number of people understand that bicycling offers a much more pleasant way to move around, and that more cars is not the answer to traffic issues. Some consciously opt out of driving. Many of them are precisely the kind smart and tech-savvy young people we want in here in Charleston working with us, or for us.
Eighty percent of auto trips are between one or two miles in length - our destinations are within easy range by bike or on foot. But because they don't feel safe, many drive such short and easy distances, when riding or walking would be their preference. Because it is fun, easy, economical, healthy and convenient, riding a bicycle is becoming the "new normal" in cities across the country, and in Charleston. Have you noticed? Bicycles are everywhere.
Charleston has serious traffic and parking concerns, and the only long-term solution is to begin to reduce the number of cars.
A car occupies at least 300 square feet of real estate, whether parked or moving down the road. As our population grows, it'll be impossible to add another car for each newcomer. We have already paved over enough of the beautiful Lowcountry.
Mayor Joe Riley is an excellent student of what makes a city great. And the seven members of City Council who supported him deserve credit for listening, for understanding the common sense practicality of the Legare Bridge bicycle and pedestrian lane.
Soon, all of us will see it as another contribution to the greatness of our city.
Tom Bradford
Acting Director, Charleston Moves
State Street
Stephanie Hunt
Board Chair, Charleston Moves
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Sparks will fly at the finale!
On Thursday, The X Factor revealed its top three acts, who will perform next week in the final night of competition – in hopes of taking home the $5 million recording contract.
Simon Cowell said it would take a miracle to get his girl group, Fifth Harmony, to the finale after they performed Shontelle's "Impossible" and Ellie Goulding's "Anything Could Happen" on Wednesday. Keep reading to find out if their dream came true ...
Apparently, miracles do happen! Fifth Harmony was the first act to be sent through to the finale.
They will compete against departing judge L.A. Reid's country singer, Tate Stevens, and Britney Spears's only remaining contestant, Carly Rose Sonenclar.
That means Simon's promising boy band, Emblem3, are out of the running for the big prize.
"This is the way it goes on competitions," Simon said. "I'm gutted really for them ... But it happens."
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As talk of how to resize/downsize/shrink dominates public discourse, community development professionals are quietly inventing the idea of a smaller, greener, arguably cooler Detroit. Their vision is a city that will be dense and spacious at once. It will be industrious, but green. It will be "a city like no other," and the largest city in America to confront is shrinkage: 140 square miles, 900,000 or fewer people.
Community development organizations for years have assumed the arduous task of rebuilding their neighborhoods, often competing with each other for financial resources. Now they are working together and setting aside turf conflicts to build a new city.
For over a year, more than 80 representatives of Detroit community development organizations, as well as representatives from the City of Detroit, University of Michigan, foundations, and other community groups, have sorted through the intricate details of redefining and resizing the city. The result is a report the Community Development Advocates of Detroit (CDAD) released in February.
"We'll still be industrious," predicts Maggie DeSantis, Futures Task Force chair and president of the Warren Conner Development Coalition. "It's just a matter of what kind of industry. We can re-industrialize with green industry. We can repurpose vacant land to be productive."
The creative potential of this critical moment is endless, suggests Samuel Butler, executive director of Creekside Community Development Corp. "You can create a city unlike any other. There are a lot of European examples of density with a quick transition to wilderness ... Perhaps Detroit can be the best American example of something like that."
He sees Detroit being a model for the post-industrial city. "All we're talking about is bringing (the city) back down to what it once was. ... nothing short of the reverse of the industrial revolution."
While many look at Detroit's shrinkage from an aerial distance, examining maps, statistics, and economic trends, the community development groups are at street level, looking closely at neighborhoods, vacant lots, and people. Whatever the city decides, many people will have to move -- the trick is getting them to want to move. The task force's report approaches the dilemma with a creative and more humane touch than the forced relocation and urban renewal plans of the past.
"It's not about winners and losers. It's about what's a realistic direction and how do we frame it so that it doesn't have a value judgment placed on it," says DeSantis. "Detroit has experienced example after example of forced relocation. ... We're specifically suggesting that this can and should be done, not by force, but by conversation, by good planning, by relying on data, by on the ground house-to-house conversation. There's a way to frame it, a way to do it, using incentives and other kinds of parameters to help people understand that very difficult changes have to be made but it's possible to make them in a way that's just and humane."
When it's evident which neighborhoods will survive, DeSantis says, "you'll see a lot of marketing going on." There will be efforts to lure residents from one area to another, working with banks or foundations to help fund the gap financing needed to allow the move to work, she adds.
Sandra Yu, of Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice, warns of conflict if relocation isn't handled sensitively. Several resident groups have expressed fear about the prospects of relocating Detroiters. "You get people scared because of what's happened in the past. Access to information will help create meaningful dialogue, and people will help influence solutions," she says. "It's important for community residents to be part of creating this process for whatever is going to happen."
Relocation also would have serious implications for youth. Talking to members of her organization's youth program, Yu says that some told her, "There's no way I would want to move to this neighborhood or that neighborhood. We would have gang fights. There are perspectives in the community that need to weigh in on what this process is."
Doing it the right way would be painstaking, but an opportunity to build community, often where it wasn't to begin with, she adds. "You may know people on the street but you may not interact with them. Just because they're a neighborhood doesn't mean that there's community," says Yu.
The hard work is yet to come
The report was not "an academic exercise," says Kristine B. Miranne, executive director of the Southwest Detroit Development Collaborative. "This is hands-on driven with recognition of the hard work yet to come."
No one else has been looking at this with the detail and sensitivity of the CDAD group, Miranne says. "Other folks seem to be tied up with what is and how we rid ourselves of blight, versus what these neighborhoods could be if we look at them through this classification lens." The CDAD method, she says, gives "every inch" of the city purpose, "even if it is to return to grasslands and to be held for potential development."
Community development groups, she says, "know how to bring residents and businesses to the table and to really hear what they have to say as to what will add value to their individual communities."
The task force recommends creating a stakeholder group to direct the resizing and ensure that decisions are community driven.
It remains to be seen if and how the city will work with the community. A spokesman for Mayor Bing said in a statement that the city has reviewed the task force recommendations and will incorporate them into the city's land use plan.
Resizing the city is about "being intentional, not reacting to a crisis," explains Anita Lane, director of CDAD programs. "If we're intentional about what we want our future to be and we act along those lines, we'll create a much better outcome."
A decade from now, Detroit will be "entirely different than it was," Lane says. It may very well be viewed as the "greenest city in America," if the CDAD organizations have anything to say about it.
For CDAD's complete report, click here.
Dennis Archambault lives in Detroit and writes for Model D. Dennis recently wrote about Capitol Park's development potential. Send feedback here.


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Full Name: Nixon Alexei McNamara McLean
Born: July 20 1973 , Stubbs, St Vincent
County: Somerset
Other teams: West Indies, Hampshire
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
The West Indian played for Somerset in 2004, capturing 43 wickets at 26 apiece, and was re-signed for 2005 when Albie Morkel could not fulfil the second overseas position at Taunton due to ankle trouble. McLean also struggled with injury in 2005 and was released midway through the season. A tall athletic all-rounder who has also played for Hampshire, he returned to the international arena for the 2003 World Cup after an absence of two years but has not played at that level since. Bowls at over 85 mph and has taken 44 wickets in 19 Tests, but has not been as effective in his 45 one-day i...


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Indians Re-Sign Jason Giambi
Jason Giambi's coaching career will have to wait a bit longer.
The Indians announced that they've re-signed Giambi to a minor-league contract with an invitation to spring training.
Giambi hit just .183 for the Indians at age 42, but did manage nine homers in 186 at-bats, including several big bombs, and drew constant praise for the vibe he brought to the clubhouse.
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Russell Cryer is family man, business man, blessed
By: Angela Becnel - Staff Writer
CROWLEY – Russell Anthony Cryer was born in Crowley January 16, 1966 to the late Casey and Mary Cryer. He was nine years younger than his siblings, Kathy and Casey. He attended St. Michael's and graduated from Notre Dame in 1984 and USL in 1989. He moved, but returned to Lafayette in 1991 when he began working in the oil and gas business and married Charlotte Busch in 1995. After having their first baby, the couple started Caroline and Co., a 6500 square foot retail shop, successful in its 14th year and named after their first daughter. Russell and Charlotte also have a son, William, and daughter, Anna Catherine.
Russell currently travels to Texas and North Dakota, representing his company, Safety Management Systems. He also plays golf, hunts, travels and particularly enjoys attending sporting events.
"I take pride in the fact that I grew up in Crowley," said Russell. "I wouldn't change my childhood. It was great. I have fond memories of fun at the Crowley Recreation Department, playing sports at Notre Dame and driving up and down Nth Parkerson."
He and Charlotte, active with their kids, are members of Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Parish, although they attend mass regularly at various Catholic churches in Lafayette.


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The English Kingdom of Wessex opposes the Danish Vikings in a series of battles: Englefield, Berkshire (31 Dec. 870); Reading (4 Jan. 871), Ashdown (8 Jan. 871), Basing (22 Jan. 871), Merton (22 March 871), Wilton (May 871). At Ashdown the English win their first significant victory of the war; nonetheless, it proves impossible to recapture Reading. Wessex, like the other English kingdoms, makes peace with the Danes, and rule over England is divides between the Danes and the Kingdom of Wessex, now ruled by Alfred (the Great).
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Friday, March 27, 2009
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Looking for James Martin Hillhouse Taylor
Very little is known of this gentleman, who is my husband's gggrandfather. He arrived in Australia before 1847. He was said to have come from Bristol, England. He resided in Morpeth NSW and had a bond store in this town.
Any information relating to his life in Bristol or in Morpeth would be much appreciated.
on 2012-11-05 00:49:15
miffy1932 has been a Family Tree Circles member since Oct 2012.
Looking for this threw up that there was a James Martin Hillhouse of Bristol who built and completed the 'Severn' warship for the Royal Navy in 1786.
I would say that this is probably the Maternal grandfather of your James Martin Hillhouse Taylor.
Some indication of YOB would be helpful; this would help narrow the possibilities.
James died in Morpeth NSW on 23rd December 1875 and was about 61, so this would mean he was possibly born about 1814.
He died Christmas morning at his home, which was beautiful Marlborough House, 75 Swan Street. He built the house and it's still there. There should be a photo of it online somewhere.
Here is his obituary;
The Maitland Mercury,Thursday 30 December 1875.
At about four o'clock on Christmas morning Mr. James Taylor, J.P. of Morpeth, paid the last debt of nature.
We understand that Mr. Taylor had been under medical attendance for about a fortnight previous to his death. The funeral took place at nine o'clock on Sunday morning the remains of the deceased being interred in the Church of England division of the Morpeth cemetery.
The deceased gentleman had been a resident of Morpeth for thirty-five or thirty-six years, and for several years after his arrival he very efficiently performed the duties of agent to the A.S.N. Company, besides carrying on his business as a merchant at the same time.
Mr. Taylor arrived in the colony about the same time as the three steamers of the A.S.N. Company, known as the Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrock.
As a man of business Mr. Taylor was possessed of sterling qualities, and was highly respected for the honorable and straight forward character of all his transactions.
As a magistrate, too, the deceased gentleman was much respected by his fellow citizens. He was noted for what may be called a thoroughness in his work and his labours, whether devoted to building or to laying out his gardens, show him to have been a man of great refinement of taste.
In his private residence at Morpeth, and in the ornamental grounds surrounding it, he has left lasting monuments of his originality and cultivated taste.
Mr. Taylor, who was sixty-three years of age, leaves a wife, five sons, and three daughters
Taken in 1974. Marlborough House Morpeth
As you can see papers wrong about age.
Just to clarify, is it 'Hillhouse' or James Martin Millhouse Taylor.
James married Mary King at Morpeth in 1847.
James Taylor headstone
at Morpeth General Cemetery, Butchers Lane.
Thanks for your reply. I have been to Morpeth but did not get to see Marlborough House but did visit the Cemetery.
Have you got a picture of the Bond Store that James built? It has now been converted to units.
Are you related to this family and if so what branch to you come from?
From what we know it is 'Hillhouse' not Millhouse, it is possible that he is related to the Hillhouse family who built ships in Bristol.


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Make it your responsibility
Martin J. Manning, P.E.
APWA President
"I have never attended an annual Public Works Congress without learning something new which has helped me considerably in my job and which has benefited my community." I overheard this comment recently at a chapter meeting. While there is nothing especially striking about the statement, it does reflect the sentiments of many of our members—that APWA is performing a vital function by making possible the sharing of ideas among public works professionals.
Those of us who have been a part of APWA for a number of years feel that we have profited greatly from our membership. From the APWA Reporter and numerous publications covering virtually every area of public works, to the InfoNOW Communities and Legislative Advocacy Task Force, to our national conferences, chapter meetings and the Click, Listen and Learn virtual workshops, APWA helps to keep you informed and make your job an easier one. The effectiveness of the association depends upon increasing the membership not only to secure the fullest possible representation and participation, but also to obtain financial support for the organization's expanding program of activities.
Last October saw the membership pass the 27,000 mark for the first time in the history of the association. As the Board of Directors set a goal of increasing membership by 6% by the end of our fiscal year (June 30), this is certainly encouraging news and a step in the right direction. I know all of you take a great deal of pride in the fine growth the association has enjoyed and you can all give yourselves a pat on the back for the wonderful job you have done. However, June 30 is rapidly approaching and we still have a ways to go to hit that 6% mark.
Our membership recruitment objective can be achieved only if we all do our part in enlisting the support of non-member public works professionals with whom we come in contact. Decide now to make it your responsibility to sign up at least one new member this month. In doing so you are making it possible for someone else to benefit from the services of APWA, and at the same time you are playing an important role in strengthening the association.
With but little imagination we can visualize a membership two or more times as great as exists today, with the expanded chapter structure and increased services that come with that additional growth. Pause for a moment and consider the potential of that additional membership in the development of improved techniques in the public works field and in APWA's influence for a better government. The picture is positively overwhelming! With the help of each of you, real progress will be made in our growth.
So you're coming to Congress
Public works professionals from all parts of the United States and Canada, as well as from many other countries throughout the world, will converge on San Diego August 24-27 to see how others are handling public works problems and to see the latest types of equipment that are available to serve the public works field. I sincerely hope that you will be among those present.
If you are fortunate enough to attend Congress, may I earnestly suggest that you come prepared to get the most out of this truly outstanding conference. Congress offers fun and good times for all as it gives us a chance to get away from our daily chores. However, its real purpose is to give us an opportunity to get some help on those problems that we leave behind—that is, until we get back to where we came from.
Therefore, it behooves us to jot down, well in advance of the conference, the questions we want answered and the problems we want aired. You may find out what you want to know at one of the educational sessions or perhaps in an informal discussion between sessions. Regardless of how or where you get them, answers coming from the combined experience of the delegates should be of considerable help to you when you get back on the job.
Conscientious students do not enter a class without having reviewed the assignment, and without having in mind questions on points they do not fully understand and want clarified. These students will go farther afield than the basic subject matter in order to gain associated or related information which will help them in their primary subject. The educational program at Congress is designed with this in mind. The subjects are varied; they cover many of the salient problems facing public works professionals today, as well as what we can expect in the future. The public works professional who approaches Congress with a definite objective in mind can harvest a wealth of ideas for the future and solutions for current problems.
Along with jotting down questions you may have, another important step is to consult your colleagues and go over the Congress program with them. Ask each of them to submit questions or problems that can be explored at the educational sessions or on the exhibit floor with the manufacturers' representatives.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, "Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time." A planned, objective approach to Congress can be a profitable exercise of time and of immense value to the community. Nor should planning stop at this point. Upon return from Congress a full report should be prepared and distributed to all key personnel. A meeting should be held so that the staff can get the answers to their questions while they are fresh in mind. Notes should be made of which presentations delivered at Congress are pertinent to local operations and problems.
Thousands of attendees over the years have recognized the opportunities Congress affords and have left the conference refreshed and inspired to use their newfound knowledge for the benefit of their respective communities. If you haven't already, it's time to make your plans to be there.


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The Library of Congress has redesigned and expanded its bilingual, multi-format English-Spanish digital library site devoted to Spanish exploration and settlement in North America from the 15th to the early 19th centuries. This cooperative effort between the National Library of Spain and the Library of Congress has added materials from the collections of the National Library. The project is part of the Library of Congress Global Gateway initiative to build digital library partnerships with national libraries around the world. The site may be accessed at:
Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier explores the history of the Spanish presence in the territories now part of the United States, from the first voyage of Columbus in 1492 to the exploration and settlement of California and the American Southwest in the early 19th century. It is intended for use by schools and libraries and by the general public worldwide. Its objective is to present important primary source materials online-maps, manuscripts, rare books, prints, photographs, and other materials relating to the history of Spain and SpainÆs role in the exploration, settlement, and development of North America.
The project grew out of a landmark agreement that was concluded in Seville in October 1999 by the Instituci¾n Colombina and the Library of Congress. The agreement established a digital collaboration aimed at making available to students, researchers, and lifelong learners unique documents from the cultural heritage of Spain and the United States. This initial step was followed by the conclusion of a collaborative agreement between the Library of Congress and the National Library of Spain. The agreement was signed on February 24, 2000, on the occasion of the visit to Washington of King Juan Carlos I and Queen SofĒa of Spain at a ceremony in the Great Hall of the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress.
Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier includes some 55,000 images from the rare book, manuscript, map, and print collections of the Library of Congress and the National Library of Spain. Among the items available on the site are ColumbusÆ letter of 1493 describing his first voyage to the New World; Naufragios [Shipwrecked], the account of the eight-year trek in the 1520s and 1530s by Alvar N·nez Cabeza de Vaca from Florida to Mexico; VillagraÆs Historia de Nueva Mexico, the first Spanish history of New Mexico; and manuscript items from the Hans P. Kraus Collection of Hispanic American Manuscripts relating to Arredondo, Las Casas, Verrazano, Vespucci, and others. The site also includes rare maps showing the voyages and discoveries of De Soto, Coronado, Father Eusebio Kino, Father Junipero Serra, and other prominent Spaniards.
The Library of Congress's Global Gateway Web site of international collections and links to international Web sites is available at http://international.loc.gov/. ōParallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier ömay be found under the link to "Collaborative Digital Libraries."
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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
About 1890
Height 28 cm
Inscribed 'Amité et hommage à M. Phillips/A. Rodin' on the front of the base
Museum no. A.24-1924
Bequeathed by Sir Claude Phillips
About 1890 Rodin made four or five sculptures on the theme of despair in connection with The Gates of Hell, and this version appears on the right-hand door panel. It is possible that Despair and The Young Mother are direct casts from the original clay sketches. This would make them closer to Rodin's own hand than the majority of his works.
Rodin gave this plaster to Claude Phillips, the first curator of the Wallace Collection, in recognition of his support and friendship, and to acknowledge a common understanding of art and its purpose. In much the same way, he gave other sculptures to the writers Robert Louis Stevenson and Arthur Symons.
The background to this gift was that many of Rodin's investigations of highly charged emotional states encompassed the erotic, but this could not be widely written about in the prevailing moral climate. Phillips, however, defended artists' special right to engage with such matters. As well as an art critic, he was a trained lawyer and so well-placed to understand the legislation then being considered to protect public decency. In 1888 he wrote an important article for The Art Magazine in which he said artists should not be accused of 'want of decency' but defended on account of their seriousness and exceptional gifts.


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Several Philadelphia business and political leaders are trying to persuade a reluctant William P. Hankowsky to leave his post as city commerce director to assume day-to-day command of the troubled Center City convention center project.
The push for Hankowsky to become executive director at the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority got under way last week, soon after city Water Commissioner William J. Marrazzo took himself out of the running by accepting a job in private industry.
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