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November 11, 2002,
New York — Still bumping down a rocky road in a punishing retail environment, five public home fashions suppliers turned in a mixed-bag performance during the third quarter, with two of the biggest players, WestPoint Stevens and Pillowtex, both losing money. And three, including those same two major mills, recorded big declines in sales.
But while most of the industry was still having its problems, one clear victor raced ahead of the pack, emerging textiles powerhouse Mohawk Industries Inc. It parlayed an acquisition into a 35 percent increase in sales and stronger sales and wider margins into a 46 percent jump in profits.
The only other player to record gains in both sales and earnings during the period was decorative fabric producer Quaker Fabrics, which scored an earnings rebound as profits more than tripled and sales improved by 6 percent.
Another key player launched an earnings turnaround during the third quarter, diversified textiles producer Dan River Inc., where earnings jumped up by 159.3 percent as stronger margins and lower interest costs offset a 7.5 percent drop in sales. With its operating profits almost quadrupling — riding high on sharply stronger margins — the company's operating margin approached the double-digit mark, at 9.8 percent.
Still acting as a drag and putting crushing pressure on profits at two of the industry's biggest players, WestPoint Stevens and Pillowtex, was the industry's four-letter word — D-E-B-T.
Only months after emerging from bankruptcy — and wiping out most of its debt in the process — still-troubled Pillowtex rang up a $9.3 million loss as sales skidded down by 10.2 percent. Shucking most of its debt load, Pillowtex reduced its interest expense by more than two-thirds, 66.9 percent, from year-ago levels. But even so, it generated an operating loss during the period and couldn't begin to cover even that reduced level of debt service.
Ditto WestPoint Stevens, with long-term debt of roughly $1.4 billion the company now owes almost one dollar for every dollar of sales it will record during all of 2002.
Illustrating the choking impact of all that debt, WestPoint's interest expense in the quarter totaled $33.7 million — more than twice as much as it threw off in cash flow, with an operating profit of just $15.2 million.
That's precisely one of the things that makes Mohawk Industries so strong — its relative lack of long-term debt. Indeed, its interest expense during the third quarter was the lowest among the publicly held companies — just 11.5 percent of cash flow.
If the industry continued to do one thing right almost across the board, it was working down its stockpiles. Only one producer, Dan River, recorded inventories that exceeded quarterly sales, by 2.7 percent, and even then only because of the drop in sales. In the leading position, once again, was Mohawk, whose inventories totaled only 60.7 percent of third-quarter sales.
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If this was a liberal group trying to out some shenanigan by a business - let's say dumping toxic waste in a community water supply - I suspect that the court would find that different kinds of speech are entitled to different kinds of protection. Thus, while NDAs might be sufficient to override the minimal First Amendment concern about business speech - for which proposition there is Supreme Court authority - when we are talking about a matter of public concern, the Court cannot enforce an NDA since that would violate the absolute bar of the First Amendment vis a vis a core concern of the First Amendment.
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Haiti: What to Do with a Nation of Amputees
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"...'People are going to think I'm a freak. I wanted to be an electrical engineer. How will I ever get a job now?'"
"...Still, even Mary is more sanguine about change, given that victims like him and Boulevard are now far less alone in Haiti. "People will be forced to think about it," he says. Mary was one of only five among 16 engineering students in his classroom who survived when the quake sent their five-story university building crashing down on them. But he also realizes that many postquake amputees like himself are educated — and that they can be part of the solution, perhaps as prosthetic designers. "I know that I can still be a good electrical engineer," Mary admits. And Haiti can't afford to ostracize any engineers right now."
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Sanguine, indeed. Imagine that, just when we think we have read everything under the sun, there comes yet another blow to our lethargic routines. Never did we think that there was opprobrium to be heaped on the disabled in the earth-shaken nation.
Not so strangely though, dear writer, have you not noticed that only recently in your country, Brazil, changes are being incorporated to accommodate the needs of the wheelchair-bound? Hopefully, we will get to a point where they are driven about by those snazzy vehicles we often see in the United States where the well-off, physically handicapped can be as independent as they can possibly wish.
Meanwhile, in tropical lanes and byways, they will have to do with giving themselves and "arm forward" for they are far from that dream. It's a beginning, however.
Now, in the country mentioned in this article, where we imagine things aren't quite as "developed" for want of a better word, it's understandable that people should despair and be at a loss, literally, for their future.
Again, sounds horrible to say so, but tragedies have their day in court and who knows they might teach a collective lesson and people might just as well regard their fellow Human Beings with more compassion and long-suffering now that the cataclysm has rammed these bitter pills down their throats.
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Challenging and hopeful - two attributes that would come time and tide again with Haiti!ReplyDelete
Mauro, I remember reading, long ago, that it was in the wake of several wars, the first world war, the second, onwards that advances in wheelchair, prosthetic design, and accessibility began to be addressed both here (U.S., Colorado here) and in places like Great Britain.ReplyDelete
As more veterans survived, amputees, people confined to wheelchairs were a greater percentage of the population. Having a mandate to make buildings, washrooms, etc. accessible in public areas did come after that -- but at least the technology and advancements will be readily available.
Just saying, that although it is a tremendous tragedy, that engineering student misspoke -- she won't be considered a freak. Maybe before, but not in the wake of the quake, where it will be a more common fate.
It is all very tragic, but I agree with you, and then I also got a certain sense of ...hope, I guess...from the realization that, really, the time where amputees were considered not worthy of being hired, or "freaks" is soon to be in the past for Haiti.
As tragic as the reason is -- that's actually progress for the society.


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Report says that new Apple iPad sales are sluggish after that strong start
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A report from China cites Foxconn employees as saying that they are assembling a smaller number of Apple's third-generation tablet each day; one employee was quoted as saying that after producing 150 to 180 iPads per hour, the workers at the plant sometimes can't even get 5 days of work in during a week...
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1. remixfa (Posts: 14597; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
26. TROLL.ISAHA (banned) (Posts: 535; Member since: 28 Mar 2012)
What good news...... whoa!
29. RazaAsad (Posts: 100; Member since: 24 Nov 2011)
I hate it when people write "first" but for the first time I had a smile for a "first" because it is you. I learned that you are an old user of the web site and always come up with impartial and good comments which I like to read. so for the first time thumbs up. I like apple ipad (not more than Samsung n Asus) but I guess this new tab didn't bring something remarkable to boast off. I didn't think that it would cause low sales (apple fans would buy anything from apple) but no long lines on launch day gave a clue of lower future sales. If a tab with win8 does not meet my expectation (my expectation also include a reasonable price) I will go for Samsung tab with a pen :).
53. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
ha impartial?
and as for ipad there have been analysts from 13 mill and below… i think it will be a typical apple launch-- not a record breaking one though
66. JeffdaBeat (unregistered)
I don't get why this report from an anonymous source holds any more truth than the sources that swore they were making a smaller version of the iPad or the ones that said the iPhone 4S would have a larger screen.
Again, I know hating Apple is the fun thing to do, but be consistent. A rumor is a rumor. Everyone threw their hands in the air, praising God that there weren't a lot of lines for the new iPad when it launched and that the stores had the iPad in stock. Everyone thought, the iPad isn't selling well. Turns out, most folks bought the damn thing online and Apple actually had stock. Plus, Apple sold a record number of iPads.
I'll be written off as making excuses for Apple, but I don't think that's fair. Don't shun one rumor and then turn around and act as if another rumor is gospel.
71. remixfa (Posts: 14597; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
normally i dont put much stock in rumors, but when you couple that with the fact that there were almost no lines at all, no one ran out of stock for the first apple mobile device EVER, and junk like that... it makes it very believable.
Yea, people bought online. But there are also normally lines down the road waiting to get an ipad. Its not like they had that much more in store than normal. Instead of having like 5-10 per store, they had 10-15. Any regular apple launch line would have eaten that.
Normally the projections for apple's sales are quite kind and high.
72. remixfa (Posts: 14597; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
thanx raza.
yea, the first thing is annoying, so when i get a chance i throw it back at them. :) lol
Im not very excited about the tab2. its not much of an upgrade. I cant chastise apple for that crap and then praise samsung for the same thing. The Note 10.1 is a much more reasonable purchase if the price isnt sky high.
75. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4888; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
C'mon remixfa, I wouldn't expect that from you! lol
76. remixfa (Posts: 14597; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
lol :) im allowed to goof off from time to time too :) besides, it kept someone else from doing it. :)
81. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4888; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
Well at least it was some light hearted fun! Not like some people who make it their life's work to say FIRST! lol
82. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
wait im kind of confused.. im not saying that the 13 million one is accurate-- or any of them actually... im trying to say that there were rumors of up to 13 million and below meaning no one really knows..
and i agree about the online thing-- it has been rumored that apple produced a large amount more as well
were u replying to me or making a general statement.. cause im not trying to diminish or inflate the ipad 3 launch-- i think it will just be a typical one
3. remixfa (Posts: 14597; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
ok, waiting for the usual iDefence team to rush in. Tell us about sales and all that stuff.
You cant win every round. In fact apple rarely won a round until the iphone. They've had a hell of a run though. If only they would have done it ethically. Maybe the word is finally out and people are becoming disenfranchised by it? One could only hope.
Then again, rereleasing the same item over and over again with a minuscule change and a monster price tag cant keep you on top for too long.
PS, love the graph on the bottom about the loss of tablet dominance. That should be its own article though. Be great for the board mudslinging which keeps the post count high . lol
7. tedkord (Posts: 13235; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
I assume the argument will follow basically the same evolution the smartphone one did. Smartphones went like this:
1) Android is just vaporware
2) Android will never sell as much as iOS.
3) Apps are what matter, Android will never have a huge app market
4) There's only one iPhone, Android is only winning in market share because there are hundreds of Android phones, and they give them away for free and besides most Android phones are returned and Google is lying about how many activations they get every day and most folks who buy and Android phone think they're buying an iPhone because Android is a direct copy of iOS what with the rectangle shape and icons...
So, I'm assuming we're going to ship step 1, go from step 2, which we've already passed, to a brief step 3 and on to step 4, the rationalization phase, in which we're educated about how Android winning has nothing to do with the Android experience, but is all due to iOS being so awesome that only the richest and smartest are worthy enough to buy it.
10. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
Or for example: "Android is winning only becase Apple is losing..." LOL!
13. rf1975 (Posts: 259; Member since: 01 Aug 2011)
Now people have lot of option out there. These days lot of people look for cheap and best TAB. That 44.6% android thanks to Kindle fire.
14. HTCFreak (Posts: 156; Member since: 17 Jul 2010)
And i was waiting for all the android users to critique everything about apple...
24. RamyRamz69 (Posts: 390; Member since: 12 Dec 2011)
Yeah thing is, most of the Android Devices are much more capable and reliable than Apple.
Xperia S and Galaxy S2/Note VS iPhone
Sony Tablet S, Galaxy Tab and Transformer Prime vs iPad
Walkman Z and Galaxy Player 5.0 vs iTouch
Yes, they are all better. Don't you even start comparing a company like Crappl to legends like Sony and Samsung...
36. ILikeBubbles (Posts: 525; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
honestly i'm surprised anyone went for the iPad 3 at all... from everything i heard there's really nothing different than the iPad 2...
46. eaxvac (Posts: 328; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
yeah right, fandroid.
59. ph00ny (Posts: 1396; Member since: 26 May 2011)
I don't know about you but "New iPad" is an interesting device
Apple addressed my main gripes about the first two
Lack of ram and low resolution screen. Now if they can do something about the stagnant iOS design
60. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
Galaxy player and Walkman z sucks
Tablet and phone yes you made a point cause I am getting bored of iPhone
But the iPad still have a larger ecosystem
That's why my father is waiting for the iPad 3 to be launched in Malaysia so he can get one
62. frydaexiii (Posts: 1471; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
Sure, enjoy your overheating piece of crap then...
FYI, Both the Galaxy Player and Walkman Z are music players, and as music players, they deliver music way better than any iPod or iCrap available, so yeah, they do own the iTouch hands down. If you're looking for a multimedia device, I don't see why you shouldn't get the PSVita instead.
63. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
I just live the design of the iTouch
65. RamyRamz69 (Posts: 390; Member since: 12 Dec 2011)
If you think both PMPS suck then you are lying....
Both have better audio quality, both have better processors, better design, better headphones bundled and a lot more
Loled @ larger ecosystem. Ever heard of Kies and Sony Entertainment Network?
Oh you are buying a portable music player because it looks good? Lol...
67. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
Kids sucks and the design of the player makes me Think WTF ? The Sony has a not bad design but I still like my iTouch more
68. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
Btw my dad sync his gs2 with iTunes
70. RamyRamz69 (Posts: 390; Member since: 12 Dec 2011)
Well guess what, I have an iTouch 3Rd generation, and I WISH I had a Walkman Z or a Galaxy Player.
Not only do both use Android, and have proper processors for games like Shadow Gun + Games from Tegra Zone, they have a much much better sound quality than an iTouch, more expensive headphones bundled, and have a true design unlike a brick.
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the additional ram was only put in to cope with the higher display it will result in very little difference in performance.


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Me and my friend walked until the light started to fade fast as the sun vanished beyond the horizon, in the last few moments of light we found a clearing relativly clear of snow and so we picketed our mules and set camp up and relativley quickly he had a fire going. In the flickering firelight i looked at the map and guessed that we were roughly two days walk from my uncles estates. Or the outer fringes at least. Folding the map and putting it back in the bag i looked round at the woods, i`d spent nights in the woods before so i was no stranger to its wild ways but something this night was niggling away at me. Raising my primal fear of the dark. A little voice in my mind told me we were not alone...
Two days later me and my friend arrived at the fringes of the estate as i had estimated. I was instantly recognised by a resident farmer and he immediatly took us into his house and we were plied with all manner of foods whilst his eldest rode into the town to tell a guard of my arrival. Even though it was now daylight, and we were in the safety of the village i was still unnerved about my feelings that i had that night in the woods. However my thoughts were broken by the sound of galloping hooves and as i looked out of the window i saw the farmers son dismount followed by a guard that i recognised instantly.
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"its a long story Aesc, but i`m sure that my Uncle will let you listen in." Aesc pulled out a purse and gave the farmer several gold coins talking to him in Saxon and the farmer nodded gratefully accepting the coins, "My bounty?" i joked laughingly, "or just payment for being good little peasants and not robbing my noble behind?"
"Peasants aren`t easily kept young Raven, you`ll learn that when you`re master of the estates" he laughed as he mounted his horse. I found that there were two more horses waiting and Aescmontioned us to climb onto them, then i realised that it would be dark soon and the roads would be haven for the people of the night.
We arrived at the main keep just as they were shutting the gates for the night, "Ah ya nearly didn`t make it Aesc ya fool" called a gatekeeper
"Ah shat up you fat oaf" Aesc replied still leading us on to the keep. Looking around the main frontage of the keep where my Uncle resided i noticed a large number of lamps and remembered that he only used them when he was having a large gathering,
"Looks like i came at a bad time" i told Aesc
"Bah, you`re Uncle loves you like a son. More than c`n say bout that bastard brother of yours." I chuckled and i heard my friend chuckle too. We shared a united hatred for my older sibling. He was my fathers pride and joy even though he was down in the parish register as a bastard "borne of a witch". I had to laugh when a village girl showed it to me. But then she had been a girl that i`d liked for some time but knew had no chance of being with her. However, after finding my father`s will it became clear that i had been all but disowned by him, left to the "tender mercy" of my sibling. Ha, a joke. My brothers mercy would have been the creation of false charges of treason and me doing the hangmans jig. No better i escaped quickly while my neck was still the length God had made it.
"Yah dreamin` again m`lord?" Aesc's voice broke my thoughts,
"sorry Aesc. just thinking" i replied as i dismounted. Aescchuckled as he rattled in his armour walking up the steps to the main entrance. The guards allowed him and myself through but barred my friend until Aesc threatend to knock their heads together. Useful guy. We walked through the elaborate building my friend bug-eyed with amazement and myself calmly reminding myself of my happy times here. Suddenly Aesc stopped,
"Well m`lord here i leave you till another time." he smiled and with a smart salute he walked off back down the hallway. After watching him disappear i turned to face the large wooden doors infront of me and the two halbardiers guarding them, straightning my leather jerkin i took a deep breath and walked forward. The doors opened slowly but silently to reveal the large throne room where my Uncle spent a majority of his time. As i entered my nerve immediately failed me as i saw numerous other members of the nobility in the room, i`d walked in on something but my Uncle was not fazed by my entrance, if anything he relished it.
"well lords and ladies i think that is enough misery for today. I shall let you all retire and get changed for tonights festivities" and with a smile he watched them leave. Some of the nobility greeted me but a vast majority just walked past, nothing new as many had been assossiates of my late father. Once the last of them had left the doors shut and my Uncle spread his arms wide smiling, "Raven my dear boy, how are you?"
"I`m well Uncle. I didn`t ruin anything did i?"
"Not at all. I heard you walked all the way from your fathers estates on the otherside of Mercia. God be blessed you made it in one piece. Its been a long time since i last saw my brother, you must tell me your story" then unlike the gentleman his position said he pulled out two chairs and put them on the dais in front of his own and motioned for me and my friend to sit, "There is plenty of time, but not alot to do my boy so tell me all that has happened since my last visit" he asked and as bid i launched into recounting all that had happened in my life and in the keep. Only interupted once by food being brought in to suffice us until tea.


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"So I was thinking that if you didn't mind, Lilah and I would crash here for two or three more weeks? I'm hoping one of the jobs I've interviewed for will have come through by then. And then the munchkin and I can find our own place and get out of your hair." She'd settled on the couch a foot or two away from him, propping her feet onto the coffee table in classic Sam fashion.
"You think you'll be ready to leave that soon?"
"Soon? A month and a half of an unwanted, unannounced guest AND baby? You'll be begging me to leave."
He smiled as she leaned forward and stole his bottle of River Dew off of the table. He teased, "Well, you, maybe, but Lilah's a pleasure to have around."
Sam swallowed her gulp of soda and stuck her tongue out at him.
"Nice to see you haven't grown up too much."
"I think being back here brings out the kid in me. There are memories in every corner of this apartment." She watched Lilah on her hands and knees rocking back and forth, not quite ready to crawl, but, oh so close.
not wanting to freak her out but needing to be honest, Spencer admitted: "Actually, it's been great having you here. You bring back some great memories for me too. And, damn woman! Can you cook!"
Sam grinned, for the past two weeks she'd taken over kitchen duties and Spencer had spent the whole time raving about the food. She may not have done a spectacular job in high school, but she could cook up a storm. And it was nice to have someone, other than herself to cook for."Wait till you see what we're having for dinner."
He groaned in anticipation before adding, "Tell you what, why don't you and Lilah plan on staying here indefinitely? I mean, you can look for an apartment if you want to, but, when you get a job, don't feel you have to rush out. You can even pay a little rent here if it makes you feel better." He glanced at her. He wanted her to stay. It was nice… really nice having someone in the apartment with him again. And Lilah, stinky diapers and all, the little girl was just amazing. "You can pay a little rent and feed me like a king."
Sam busted out laughing.
"King Spencer?"
This time, he stuck his tongue out at her.
Spencer ran in to the apartment slamming the door and calling excitedly for Sam at the same time. "Sam!"
"Yo… Saaaaammm!"
Sam came bounding down the stairs, baby monitor in hand, "Samster? Nuh uh, that one has to go."
"There you are!"
"Yup, here I am." She put the monitor down on the coffee table and peered at the clearly excited Spencer. "What's the what?" She plopped down on the couch.
"Remember Socko?"
"Of course I do. I actually kinda thought you and he were… uh… boyfriend and boyfriend for a while there."
Spencer stopped bouncing. "Socko? And me?"
Sam tilted her head to the side and shrugged.
"Socko and me? Me and Socko?" Spencer furled his brows and made a 'yuck' face. "I like girls, but even if I didn't like girls. Socko? So not my type. I'm more a Zac Effron or" he lifted his head in thought, "Neil Patrick Harris. He's good looking… and funny. He's a funn—" Spencer stopped speaking at the look on Sam's face. "But I reiterate, I like girls. Women." He waved his hands through the air in the shape of an hourglass figure. "Women." Sitting on the edge of the couch he shook his head, "How'd we get on this topic again?"
"You were excited and bubbling over with Socko news."
"Oh yeah. Yeah! So Socko knows this guy who knows this woman, who has a new restaurant, and she's looking for an assistant cook, and Socko thinks he can get you in for an interview. Or a performance, or whatever it is that cooks do to show other people that they know how to cook."
Sam sat up. "Are you kidding me?"
"Would I kid you?"
"I hope not. Not about food. Not about cooking." She stood up. "Seriously, are you kidding me?!"
"Spencer! That's great! That's amazing! I can cook! I mean, I can cook! So this, this would be a great job. I mean… what kind of restaurant is it? Where is it? When do I go? Oh God! What do I cook?"
"You're channeling Carly."
Sam stopped babbling and squirreled her eyes in Spencer's direction. "That…, was just mean."
He shrugged.
"Okay, for that, you're getting a nipple noogie." She slipped her hands in her back pockets. "You won't know when, you won't know where, but… yeah… there will be nipple noogieness happening."
Spencer lifted his hands to his nipples covering them protectively. "Can I take it back? The Carly comment? If I take it back will that make things better?"
"A ham sandwich might make it better." Sam sat back down and stretched out, feet on the coffee table.
"One ham sandwich coming up!" Spencer hopped up. "Uh, the number is in my bag, for the restaurant woman I mean."
As he headed into the kitchen to make them a snack, Sam clambered off of the couch and moved to the ratty leather satchel that Spencer seemed to carry with him everywhere. Digging through the bag she found pens, a couple of art magazines, a chocolate bar - which she confiscated, an X-men comic book, some loose wires and screws, and a sketch pad.
Assuming the number was in the pad somewhere, she started flipping through it.
She flipped through more pages impatiently before stopping on a page near the end of the pad. Another sketch. Only this one was different. It was a drawing of her. Her and Lilah, napping.
Her daughter was beautiful. She knew that, and she wasn't surprised to see that reflected in the sketch, but… the way Spencer had drawn Sam… the sketch of her? It was as if she was beautiful too. At least on paper. In his eyes.
"Oh wait, just a sec," Spencer came out of the kitchen, "I put her number in my pock—"
He froze at the sight of Sam holding his sketchpad. Crap!
"When did you do this?" Her voice was low and she didn't look up at him.
"A week or two ago." 6 days and 11 hours ago to be exact, but, who's counting?
Sam nodded her head and continued to stare at the drawing.
"Do… do you like it?"
Like it? Like it? It's beautiful! Amazing! Do you really see me – this way!? She finally looked up and smiled. "You don't have to worry about any nipple noogies any more."


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First holiday memory?
A caravan holiday in Northern Ireland when I was three, with my cousins. I have a very clear memory of it – there were visits to the circus and ice-cream. It was great fun.
Best holiday?
A holiday two years ago with my family in New Zealand, drinking in dramatic landscapes in Lord of the Rings territory. I have a friend who is half Maori and used to be a metal worker for me in London. He went home and always wanted me to visit.
Favourite place in the British Isles?
County Kerry in south-west Ireland. I love the rugged scenery, beautiful beaches, brown bread and soup, and a pint of Guinness. There's a great hotel there called the Parknasilla, where Justine and I got married.
What have you learnt from your travels?
I've learnt to pack as little as possible and also to arrive with some local currency or dollars – except in Cuba – in case nothing is open because of a delayed flight. Then when you arrive and need a taxi, you've got cash.
Ideal travelling companion?
Justine and our daughter, Eppie. We travel together whenever possible and although Eppie is only three, she is a great traveller.
Beach bum, culture vulture or adrenalin junkie?
I'm not really a beach person, but I love swimming in the sea. I enjoy culture in terms of architecture and wandering through cities. I also love leaf-peeping – chasing the different colours of autumn foliage through southern New Zealand in May and June.
Greatest travel luxury?
Turning left on a plane. I travel all the time and the ability to fold a seat into a bed is the one thing that makes it bearable.
Holiday reading?
My current favourites are murder-mysteries by Minette Walters, or lighter reads by Anita Notaro.
Where has seduced you?
For all the clichés, Venice is the most extraordinary city in the world. Staying at the Danieli out of season beside St Mark's Square and wandering the alleys is sublime.
Better to travel OR TO arrive?
To travel, because you are full of the hopes, possibilities and excitement of the trip.
Worst travel experience?
I didn't have a great time in Tahiti. It was expensive, nobody local seemed to care if you were there or not and, unluckily for me, I brought Irish weather with me in the middle of summer.
Worst holiday?
A holiday last January in New York, which is a city that I adore. I ended up ill with pneumonia and streptococcus.
Worst hotel?
The worst hotels are always attached to conference centres. They can charge a fortune, the service is often deplorable and they have no inherent character or charm. It's a toss-up between one whose name I don't recall in Louisville, Kentucky, where I was talking at a conference last year, and a hotel beside the NEC in Birmingham. It was a disgrace.
Best Hotel?
The Gore in Kensington, west London. It was recommended to me by friends and I have recommended it to others. It has a gentle Edwardian feel, a home-from-home atmosphere. I also have a great fondness for the Parknasilla Hotel in Kerry, where I got married. It has old-fashioned charm in a stunning location.
Favourite walk/swim/ride/drive?
Again, I love walking in the grounds of the Parknasilla in Kerry, through a rocky, undulating landscape, looking out over the Atlantic. My favourite swim would be off the island of Monserrat in the Caribbean; we went for two weeks over St Patrick's Day and we swam in the warm water as the sun was going down, miles away from rainy Ireland. My favourite trek was through the Cuban countryside and my favourite drive was with my wife through the desert, heading for Las Vegas.
Best meal abroad?
Chinatown in Manhattan, for the combination of the food and street theatre.
First thing you do when you arrive somewhere new?
Put the bags in the room, then wander outside to get my bearings and have a beer in a local bar.
Dream trip?
I am about to undertake it: we're spending three days in Los Angeles, two weeks in New Zealand and two days in Hong Kong. Justine, Eppie and I are going to New Zealand to see the spectacular annual leaf colour changes – we will be focusing specifically on places such as Central Otago, Christchurch and Marlborough.
Favourite city?
Dublin. No matter how often I travel, it's lovely to come home.
Where next?
After I have completed my garden at the Chelsea Flower Show in May, I am off to the States and New Zealand. Then it's Tanzania and Kenya, and, six weeks after that, I am going to explore Chicago for the first time.
Diarmuid Gavin is supporting Air New Zealand's leaf peeping campaign this year (April-June). The airline flies twice daily from Heathrow to Auckland via both Hong Kong and LA and is the only carrier to circumnavigate the globe from London (www.airnewzealand.com)
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Friday's launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis was one of the most anticipated space travel events in decades. But unlike other high profile space adventures such as landing on the Moon, sending a probe to Mars and building a space station, this one was noted for marking an end, rather than a beginning of space exploration.
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana admits this is a hard transition for the space agency.
"Change is hard. And we're going to have more folks walking out the door here in a few weeks and they were and are performing their job absolutely flawlessly right up to the end, and that says a lot for them — it speaks to that professionalism. Change is difficult, but you can't do something else, you can't do something better unless you go through change. And all this talk about NASA's adrift, we don't have a plan — we do have a plan."
The mission now is to develop strategies for living and traveling in space for long periods of time.
NASA's Associate Administrator for Space Operations Bill Gerstenmaier says the International Space Station is at the core of that mission, serving as a living lab of sorts where NASA can document human survival in space.
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Still it can be difficult to let go of the past.
Some of NASA's most famous personalities have criticized the new vision. Former moonwalkers Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan and former Flight Director Gene Kranz are among the space heavyweights who have expressed their disappointment and concern over the future of NASA.
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In July, I led what I anticipate will be the last MOPS Bible Study on Biblical Mothers. With the start of a new MOPS year, it is time to move onto another topic (soon to be announced). There are still several Biblical Mothers that I want to study. Earlier I sent this list to the MOPS Moms to see what they wanted to study: Sarah – infertility, manipulation and letting go Hagar – hearing from the real God about her son…
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Lessons learned about Mothering from Mary – Jesus' Mother
I have been promising to publish my Bible Study outline on Jesus' Mother, Mary for some time and today is the day. I actually write and talk on Mary quite often (see the post from December 14,2007 titled Treasured Moments of Mary, Jesus' Mother). The scriptures tell us twice how she treasured her mothering moments in her heart which of course corresponds with the message the Lord has given me to recognize and remember. One fact that I brought out…
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Lessons learned from Jochebed (Moses' Mother)
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Once again in May, I was privileged to lead our MOPS Bible Study on the life of another Bible Mother ~ Bathsheba. What an interesting life she lead! We typically only remember that she committed adultery with King David, yet she was the mother of 5 sons – including who died at birth and one who has been called the "wisest man in the world". I continue to be so encouraged as we study these Biblical Moms because they are…
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Laura Ashley, the stalwart of British floral fashions and home furniture retailing, announced yesterday that it was selling the bulk of its remaining European branches to a Dutch company for just €2, the equivalent of £1.39 and barely enough to purchase a Belgian waffle.
The group has agreed the sale of 11 branches across Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg to Laben Holdings, which has signed a renewable four-year franchise agreement with the company.
The move leaves the company with just a handful of stores remaining in Europe, which will all be closed or sold as franchised to complete the group's exit from Europe by the end of the year.
Since January Laura Ashley has closed 33 of its stores across continental Europe after sales of clothing plummeted.
The company is agreeing final terms for the franchise of six stores in Austria, Switzerland and Italy to EDMI, reducing its Continental arm to just six stores in France, four of which are to close by November, with the remaining two also planned to go into franchise.
In a meeting with analysts in May, announcing its preliminary full-year results, the company reported a fall in its European turnover of £2.3m to £16.7m, with like-for-like sales over the previous two months falling by 13 per cent. The company has been particularly hit by the recent economic problems in Germany, where the bulk of its European operation, 20 stores, have been closed this year.
David Cook, chief financial officer for Laura Ashley, said: "A couple of years ago we were talking about Europe as a potential route for expansion - that is still possible, but will be done through franchise partners, who are closer to the action on the ground." The 11 branches being sold had a combined turnover of £6.7m in the year to 25 January, running up pre-tax losses of £2.2m.
The company has also been hit at home by a decline in tourism after the 11 September terrorist attacks in the US.
In its preliminary result, the company reported that its UK business had suffered a 6 per cent fall in fashion sales, despite a 2 per cent increase in overall sales due to its strong home furnishing business.
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If there's one thing almost (almost) guaranteed to make me feel sorry for an MP – a pretty unlikely sentiment, I know – it's Question Time. It has a nature documentary's appeal; David Dimbleby's wry asides stand in for David Attenborough's commentary, while the crowd of big cats chews on some unfortunate, pinstriped zebra.
It may be a form of direct democracy, but the function of Question Time is rarely to inspire reasoned debate; it's to give members of the public an opportunity to shout at politicians without said politicians being able to back into their ministerial limousines waving and grinning inanely.
Ten days ago, 3.8 million viewers tuned in to see Margaret Beckett torn limb from limb in Grimsby – 400,000 more than in 2003, just after war was declared on Iraq. And last week the BBC brought the programme forward to 9pm to capitalise on the bloodlust.
A few years back, all an audience member had to do to elicit a round of applause from his or her fellow cabbage-throwers was sprinkle their indignant questions with one of a series of keywords: "Bush", "Oil", "Poodle", "WMDs" and so on. Over the next six months, standing ovations will be awarded to anyone who yells "hanging basket!", "trouser press!" or "ginger crinkle biscuit!" loud enough to be picked up by the roving microphone.
It's disconcerting when the only person on a panel to escape the attacks of the morally outraged is a chief executive of McDonald's, as was the case with the Grimsby edition. Even the man from the Telegraph, whose newspaper gave us this wonderful excuse to be outraged in the first place, got booed – for refusing to reveal the vast sum his employers presumably paid for the information.
The crowd tittered loudly when David Dimbleby suggested Beckett had been "fingered" by the media. I tittered, too. But then I had to close my mouth and swallow to prevent my dinner coming back up.
In Salisbury on Thursday a bumper panel of six – including squeaky-clean minister Ben Bradshaw, squeaky-clean Lib Dem Vince Cable and squeaky-clean Conservative William Hague (as well as Martin Bell, who's so squeaky clean that he hasn't felt the need to change his suit for about 15 years) – faced an audience who'd had a little more time than their Grimsby counterparts to focus their outrage into serious questions. Cable, Bradshaw and Hague had the good sense to defer to their accusers, rather than tell them, as Beckett had, that they simply didn't understand her poor colleagues, their duck houses and their dinners at Quaglinos.
In every Question Time audience you have the incorrigible shouters; the deep thinkers undone by nerves; and the people who want to be on telly, but don't have anything useful to contribute, so end up spouting a whole bunch of nothing and having to be cut off by Dimbleby in the middle of a six-part question.
But then there are the cabbage-throwers who cut to the quick – either by dint of having done sufficient research to visibly unsettle their target; or simply by capturing, coherently, the mood of the masses. Over the past couple of weeks, they've frequently been Lumleyesque ladies whose middle-class mores are temporarily toppled by the fact that they're so very, very angry. Hear them roar! (Like imagining oneself into the Big Brother house, I often wonder whether, were I a cabbage-thrower, I'd contribute something lucid and sophisticated to the debate. In truth, I'd probably break into a cold sweat, stumble over my words, and eventually resort to a cry of "patio heater!" or similar.)
The BBC is always asking its viewers to vote in pointless news polls, email our snow day photos, tell it what we think about, like, stuff. But Question Time remains the only televisual forum in which our leaders actually have to sit and listen to the led, however banal or brilliant their questions.
At times like these, the only interviewer a politician fears more than Paxman is the people, lots of people; angry, unpredictable, unabashed – and ungoverned by any stringent BBC guidelines.
Most of the time, the vast majority of the electorate lies back and lets its party or constituency representatives bat the issues back and forth among themselves in the House, or on Newsnight. It's uncommon that the entire political class finds itself in opposition to all the rest of us.
But suddenly Question Time is the most vital current affairs show on television again because, just as in 2003, it's the only one where the masses and their MPs meet, in public, to slug it out.
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text: On The Media Published by On The Media The Paper Boy Always Rings Twice Download this audio Want to embed this player? Use the code below. More info. <iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="no" height="130" width="100%" src="https://www.wnyc.org/widgets/ondemand_player/otm/#file=/audio/json/129344/&share=1"></iframe> Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email a Friend Summary Transcript Summary Last year, it was revealed that a number of prominent newspapers were exaggerating their circulation numbers to boost advertising revenue. Faced with a crisis, some of those newspapers assigned their own newsrooms to the story unfolding in their boardrooms. Others stayed mum. Bob speaks with media reporter James Madore of Newsday, one of the papers that chose to report on its own dirty laundry. Transcript BOB GARFIELD: From WNYC in New York, this is NPR's On the Media. I'm Bob Garfield. BROOKE GLADSTONE: And I'm Brooke Gladstone. In these days of intense media scrutiny, newspapers are quick to offer apologies and fire reporters who breach the ethics of journalism. But when the business side screws up, newspapers are not always so forthcoming. Case in point, last year, a major circulation scandal broke when it became known that a number of prominent newspapers, a growing number, had long been misreporting and, in some cases, wildly exaggerating their circulation numbers to boost advertising revenue. Faced with a crisis, some papers reported on themselves, but others barely mentioned the scandal. BOB GARFIELD: One of the papers that did opt to cover itself was Newsday. The Long Island newspaper appointed a five-member team - four reporters and an editor - to do an exhaustive study of the paper's business practices. Eighty articles and 55,000 words later, they continue to do that work. Newsday's media reporter James Madore is a member of that team. He described how they worked together. JAMES MADORE: We really used a two-pronged strategy - one, try to get ahead of the daily developments, particularly the investigations of the newspaper by various federal government agencies. There also are a series of lawsuits. And then the second approach was to dig into - what happened here? Each of the reporters developed an expertise in portions of the circulation operations, so we could learn about how it was supposed to operate, and then figure out how it broke down. And, when one of us would get enough information on one particular area of the story, then we would all devote our energy to getting that piece of the story in the paper as thoroughly and as quickly as possible. BOB GARFIELD: When you first tackled the story, did the editor give you any kind of marching orders? JAMES MADORE: We were most concerned about getting stories in the paper as quickly as possible, because literally, the day after Newsday disclosed that it had inflated its circulation, the district attorney announced an investigation. There were already ongoing internal investigations by Tribune Company, as well as an investigation by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, which is the independent monitor of newspaper and magazine circulation across the country. All of these investigators were trying to talk to the very same people we wanted to talk to. So we were, frankly, most focused on getting to these people as quickly as possible and trying to convince them that we would actually publish the ugly information they were telling us about our employer. BOB GARFIELD: What you discovered was some pretty sleazy behavior on the part of your employer. JAMES MADORE: We discovered that the circulation department of Newsday was delivering papers to dead people, construction sites, burned out buildings, people who had never ordered the paper and did not want the paper. The initial report on June 17th, said that Newsday had inflated its circulation by 40,000 - weekday; 60,000 - Sunday. Those numbers were revised later, upwards, to approximately a hundred thousand copies weekdays, and a hundred thousand copies on Sundays. That's about 15 percent of Newsday's paid circulation. BOB GARFIELD: Okay. Now, I've worked for quite a number of news organizations that have been, in various ways, very aggressive in reporting the malfeasance of others, but the moment they've become subjected to the media glare themselves get very squeamish, and suddenly editors and lawyers and publishers come from nowhere to start peeking over your shoulder as you're preparing your stories. To what extent were people peeking over your shoulder as you covered the Newsday scandal? JAMES MADORE: Newsday has a tradition. We have the oldest investigations team in the country. And there was a lot of pressure, both internally and externally, to pursue the story wherever it might lead. I know of no instance where someone told my editors or their bosses, "We can't publish this." Newsday, and Tribune Company, which is the parent of Newsday was limited in what it would tell us, in large part because the paper is being sued by a number of different advertisers, and now shareholders. We would request information; we would have questions, and oftentime the responses would come back as prepared statements. Now, I will say that there are people we contacted in the circulation department who didn't want to talk to us. There were people who were vendors or distributors of Newsday who were afraid to talk to us because they didn't know what it would mean for their relationship with Newsday. But frankly, I didn't see any different attitude or approach than with any other business that comes under fire. BOB GARFIELD: Often enough, in the midst of a scandal like this, police or prosecutors or potential litigants will leak information to reporters for a variety of reasons. At any point did you think that people outside of the newspaper were perhaps being cautious about speaking to you because they thought you might be some sort of mole for the business side? JAMES MADORE: That was something we ran into numerous times. I'd be a very rich man if I had a dime for every person who told me "I don't believe you're ever going to put any of this in the paper. They're going to shut you down." Our readers, the community, could not believe what we were publishing about the place we work. I got a number of emails, telephone calls and letters from people who told me that it reinforced their confidence in the paper to report about the community - whether it be the Catholic Church or county government. If we can't report truthfully about ourselves, why should we expect our readers to believe what we report on others? BOB GARFIELD: So you're the media reporter. Kicking yourself for not having picked up the signs earlier that you were, literally, [LAUGHS] sitting on top of a major story? JAMES MADORE: Yes. I've said to myself - I should have figured this out, because our circulation reports, the 6-month reports that we would submit to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, always showed an increase of about the same amount - about a thousand copies. And I think one of the things that's interesting about covering yourself is that we journalists know very little about the business side of our companies. BOB GARFIELD: All right, James, thank you very much. JAMES MADORE: Thank you. BOB GARFIELD: James Madore is the media reporter for Newsday.


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Activism: Gorsuch: Beware The Constitutional Convention
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Activism: Another Alternative Win for The Republicans
Ed Pinned. Fresher posts below. O- Another alternative win for the entire Republican Party. Thanks to the paste eaters in the freedom caucus. From The Guardian… Obamacare repeal thwarted again as Mike Pence fails to reach deal Less than two … Continue reading
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I don't think that word means what you think it means.
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Activism: People We Like
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Activism: ACA Repeal: We Won The Battle
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Ditching Dooley comes with a price for UT
The decision to fire Derek Dooley from his football coaching position at the University of Tennessee will not be a cheap one, according to John Vrooman, a sports economist at Vanderbilt University.
Because Dooley's contract runs through 2016 with a $5 million buyout clause, and because of instability at the UT athletic department, the new coach is likely to request a similar guarantee in a contract, Vrooman said. This comes on top of the UT athletic department's $3.98 million deficit for the 2011-2012 season.
"In essence the Vols are now paying twice for coaching salaries until they break out of this vicious circle," Vrooman said in an email. "The problem now is that amateur college football has become a mega-business governed by quick-fix results at the bottom line, where the quest for short-run return on investments by high-rolling donors holds little or no promise for long-run program stability. Welcome to the SEC, where football is high-stakes risky business."
The new coach will be the college's fourth in the last five years, with Phil Fulmer getting fired in 2008 and Lane Kiffin leaving in 2010 to take the head coach position at the University of Southern California.
While a new coach can generate fan interest, it can also mean unrealistic expectations, Vrooman said.
"The best way to generate fan interest is ultimately to win," he said. "In my experience, the most critical factor in winning in college sports (or any sport) is obviously overall talent, but also consistency in coaching ... conversely, discontinuity in coaching is a program killer, regardless of talent level."
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story misstated the size of the UT athletic department's deficit.


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Well, after a long absence, I have recommitted to attendance and participation, and boy is it good to be back! We met last Thursday at my house, it was great to see so many old friends.
We discussed Rebecca's chapters, and requested larger chunks of text to read for continuity and will continue to workshop it the meeting after next, August 18. We also discussed Debbie's short story, which was an amazing revision of a piece called "Cheetah" that she had shared before.
We took some time for refreshments and to thank Jessy for his irreplaceable contributions to the group as a mentor and as a writer. We all felt our hearts break a little to say goodbye. I hope to see him again soon, and wish him all the best in New York!
We also bid farewell to Debbie, it was such a fantastic piece to remember her by, I hope she keeps writing, she is truly blessed with the gift of the muse!
I am looking forward to meeting our new mentor, Austen Diamond, he has some pretty big shoes to fill, but I'm sure we will all greet him with an enthusiastic welcome. Right?
Our next meeting is scheduled at The King's English on Thursday, August 11 at 7:00pm. We will be joined by Austen, as well as Stacy Blalock from the CWC to check in, introduce herself and to do some minor paperwork housekeeping.
Chris Chambers offered to bring a piece to share, Chris S. will be bringing his "zine" productions, and I'm going to shine up a couple of poems I would love to get some feeback on.
I look forward to seeing you all there, if you haven't attended for a while, please just jump back in, it's not that hard, believe me, you'll be glad you did!
Keep writing, I love all of your voices!


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Source: Martha Stewart Living, January 2006
- 4 large egg whites, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- Pinch of salt
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 3/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 8 sour candy belts
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Put egg whites and sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until combined. Mix in flour and salt. Add butter, cream, and vanilla; mix until just combined.
Spoon 4 teaspoons batter onto a baking sheet lined with a nonstick baking mat. Thinly spread into a 5-by-5 1/2-inch rectangle. Repeat. Bake until pale golden around edges, about 6 minutes.
Transfer sheet to a wire rack. Immediately loosen cookies with a spatula; flip. Starting at 1 short side, quickly roll cookie to the halfway point using the handle of a small wooden spoon. Repeat on opposite side. Repeat with remaining batter. Transfer to a wire rack; let cool.
Cut candy belts in half lengthwise, about 3/8 inch wide. Wrap 1 candy strip around each scroll, and knot.


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The recently renovated Hotel Ella (formerly Mansion at Judges Hill) has opened their once exclusive restaurant to the general public. Goodalls Kitchen + Bar, situated between the downtown business district and the University of Texas campus, offers up traditional cocktails and bar bites with a twist.
Take your cocktail poolside and enjoy the brussel sprout fries or the burger featuring duck bacon, Boursin cheese, and a fried egg. Or head into the main restaurant for a three course meal until 10pm. Also check out their brunch every Saturday and Sunday from 11:30am 2:30pm.
Goodalls Kitchen + Bar (inside Hotel Ella) 1900 Rio Grande, Austin, TX 78705 goodallskitchen.com, 512-495-1800


text: [1] Please refer to non-IFRS measures at the end of this press release."Record first half production of 16.9 million ounces puts Silver Wheaton well on track to meet our 2013 forecast of 33.5 million silver equivalent ounces, an increase of 14% over the previous year," said Randy Smallwood, President and Chief Executive Officer of Silver Wheaton. "Production from the recently acquired Sudbury and Salobo mines was stronger than expected, and we anticipate further growth as Salobo continues ramping up and the Totten mine in Sudbury starts production in the second half of this year." "While Barrick announced that there has been an additional delay at Pascua-Lama, we remain confident in their ability to bring this world class project on line. Furthermore, given the production we continue to receive from three of Barrick's other mines, Silver Wheaton shareholders are well compensated for the delay. In the first half of the year, these other mines have produced nearly 1.3 million ounces of silver for Silver Wheaton." "Given the current volatility in precious metal prices, it is important to have a strong portfolio of high-quality, low-cost assets. At Silver Wheaton, over 85% of the production from our 19 operating mines is in the lowest quartile of their respective cost curves. These mines have the capacity to stay operational even when commodity prices are weak, and should continue to deliver silver and gold to us in all phases of the commodity price cycle. Furthermore, in light of the asset writedowns seen recently across the mining industry, we performed a detailed evaluation of all of our silver and gold streams and determined that no impairments were necessary. And lastly, with the current challenges being faced by higher-cost, fourth-quartile producers, supply side pressure should provide support for higher precious metal prices over the medium-to-long term."


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Lego pieces
In a box or in a bucket,you may find something worth of a few hours in a drainning afternoon when the sun is out for the count,or if you have this time willingness to built stuff you don`t wait for a non rainy day and with just the wright amount of effort and imagination dreams are built!
Well I think I always loved the coloured pieces.I did and the fact you can built and re-built which provides room for improvement is one of the most apealing features.
There are no great things about them apart from the fact the within you comes this force to creat a house, a building, a city,anything or just to connect them in a row.
Lego pieces have been part of my childhood and now they are yet again.I bought them for my sons.
It develops you creative side if you are willing to let it happen,it may never amount to the best you can create but still if it makes you smile isn`t worth it ??
Lego pieces that are more than just a toy.
They are part of the past,part of the present.