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Celebrating the arrival of our twins , Charlie & Chloe, born Jan 28th 2011 !
Another aside, I'm from Georgia and I just spent almost three years living in Florida. I know it was just an example, but I have to say something about the line regarding choosing where we vacation. We will take our children any where that we feel safe and can reasonably keep them safe. This has included Florida, rural Georgia, the Georgia mountains. It is my experience that there are stupid people, rednecks, homophobes and racists everywhere. That's not to say that sometimes they aren't concentrated, but really, you can encounter those things anywhere.
I agree that race isnt what is most important in chosing a donor.
|We figured that adding color to the palette was just going to add too much... and we do hope that they will play an active part in our child's life. It takes time to change mentalities, sometimes a progressive approach is necessary... one thing at the time ! So thats why we made our choice this way.
Of course I wouldn't intentionally expose myself and especially my children to a situation where I/we would experience bigotry either. But, I also wouldn't write off a whole area, region or even necessarily a town because of a bad experience either. That's more what I was getting at, being from Georgia and all
I suppose we have been blessed so far. The people of color we know have been very welcoming to me, and invited me into their lives. The white people we know have been wonderfully supportive of our family. But, I realize over and over and over again the "privilege" I have (and I put that into quotes not because I don't believe it exists, but because I think the term is incorrect, and normalizes sub-standard treatment of people of color) will never be available to my child, and there are times when it just makes me tired...
It's one thing for turtle and me to be denied service (which happened to us in St. Marys, GA)
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By Mel Antonen, USA TODAY
USA TODAY's Minor League Players of the Year for the other 29 organizations:
American League
Baltimore: RHP Radhames Liz, 24, has an overpowering fastball — he can hit 100 mph — with a strong slider and changeup. Liz was 11-4 with a 3.22 ERA for Class AA Bowie (Md.), throwing a no-hitter and taking another into the eighth inning before being promoted to the Orioles. Pitching for Bowie, he held opponents to a .204 average.
Boston: RHP Clay Buchholz, 23, has a devastating curveball, a low- to mid-90s fastball, an above-average slider and solid command of a changeup. He went 8-5, 2.44 in 24 games (23 starts) between Class AAA Pawtucket (R.I.) and Class AA Portland (Maine). In his second start for the Red Sox, he threw a no-hitter against the Orioles.
Chicago White Sox: LHP Gio Gonzalez, 21, who went from Philadelphia to the White Sox last offseason in the trade that sent RHP Freddy Garcia to the Phillies, has a chance to make Chicago's rotation next season after polishing his repertoire this season. He throws a fastball, curve and changeup and had gone 9-7, 3.18 with a better than 3-to-1 strikeouts-to-walks ratio for Class AA Birmingham (Ala.).
Cleveland: 2B Asdrubal Cabrera, 21, hit a combined .310 with eight home runs, 57 RBI and 25 steals at Class AA Akron (Ohio) and Class AAA Buffalo. He's a switch-hitter and an excellent fielder and plays with good instincts. He could be the Indians' shortstop or second baseman in 2008.
Detroit: OF Cameron Maybin, 20, blends power and speed. He hit .304-10-44 with 25 steals in 83 games at low-A Lakeland (Fla.) and then made the jump to the big leagues after hitting four home runs in six games at Class AA Erie (Pa.). He hit his first major league homer off Roger Clemens.
Kansas City: RHP Billy Buckner, 24, throws in the low 90s with a curveball as his out pitch. He went 9-7 with a 3.78 ERA at Class AAA Omaha after a promotion from Class AA Wichita. Buckner, who's not related to former major league first baseman Bill Buckner, had 96 strikeouts and 32 walks in 124 overall innings. He earned a September promotion to Kansas City.
L.A. Angels: OF Terry Evans, 25, had hit .314-15-75 with 40 doubles and 24 steals in 119 games for Class AAA Salt Lake and got a chance to play in the big leagues. Evans is a strong defensive player with good speed and power. He has a shot to make the Angels roster to start 2008.
Minnesota: RHP Kevin Slowey, 23, went into his third pro season with a 1.96 career ERA. He's like former Twin Brad Radke in that he has excellent control and composure. He went 10-5, 1.89 for Class AAA Rochester (N.Y.) and had made seven starts for Minnesota.
N.Y. Yankees: RHP Joba Chamberlain, 21, has a high-90s fastball and a mean slider. He was 9-2 with a 2.45 ERA with 135 strikeouts in 88⅓ innings at three minor league levels. He's projected as a starter in the future, but, in the meantime, he had thrown 11⅓ scoreless innings for New York, striking out 17 and walking four in the process.
Oakland: 1B Daric Barton, 22, a former catcher whom the Athletics got in a 2004 trade with the St. Louis Cardinals, is a pure hitter with gap-to-gap power. He had hit .293-9-70 for Class AAA Sacramento. The Athletics think his power will pick up as his body matures.
Seattle: OF Adam Jones, 22, a former shortstop, has speed and power at the plate and on defense above-average range and a strong arm. He hit .314 with 25 home runs and 84 RBI in 101 games at Class AAA Tacoma (Wash.) before the Mariners called him up.
Tampa Bay: 3B Evan Longoria, a first-round pick in 2006 who also filled in at shortstop at Long Beach State when current Colorado Rockies rookie Troy Tulowitzki was hurt, does virtually everything well. Longoria, 21, had hit .299-26-95 in 136 games between Class AAA Durham (N.C.) and Class AA Montgomery (Ala) and could be in the Devil Rays lineup for good in 2008.
Texas: RHP Eric Hurley, 22, has a chance to be in the Rangers' rotation next season, and Texas thought about bringing him up this season. Hurley, who has a fastball, slider and changeup, had gone 11-9, 4.00 in 28 games (27 starts) between Class AAA (Oklahoma City) Oklahoma and Class AA Frisco (Texas).
Toronto: OF Travis Snider, 19, a left-handed batter selected in the first round of the 2006 draft, is the Blue Jays' best hitting prospect. He's a former high school football player who projects to hit for power and average. He had hit .313-15-92 at low-A Lansing (Mich.) this season and probably will be at Class AA next season.
National League
Atlanta: LHP Jo-Jo Reyes, 22, went 12-1 with a 2.72 ERA with 110 strikeouts and 47 walks in 109⅓ combined innings at Class AA (Pearl) Mississippi and Class AAA Richmond (Va.) before he was promoted to Atlanta. He throws a fastball, curve, slider and cutter.
Chicago Cubs: OF Tyler Colvin, 22, who had hit .299-16-81 with 17 steals between high-A Daytona (Fla.) and Class AA Tennessee, is the best all-around hitter in the Cubs system. He has the speed to be a center fielder, but his arm is strong enough to play right field.
Cincinnati: OF Jay Bruce, 20, who had hit .319-26-89 in 133 games over three levels, could be the best hitting prospect in the minor leagues. He can hit to all fields and has above-average speed. He could play center field, but he has a strong arm, so his best position might be right field.
Colorado: 3B Ian Stewart, 22, who in 2003 became the first high school position player ever drafted by the Rockies in the first round, earned a late-season promotion to Colorado after hitting .304-15-65 with 11 steals for Class AAA Colorado Springs. He's a strong defensive player and a gap hitter who's developing more power.
Florida: RHP Gaby Hernandez, 21, made an impression with the Marlins during spring training, then went 9-9, 3.54 in 26 starts at Class AA Carolina (Zebulon, N.C.). Next spring, he'll have a chance to make the major league rotation. The Marlins like his poise and his ability to pitch inside. His fastball registers in the mid-90s, and he has an above-average changeup and curve.
Houston: C J.R. Towles, 23, had played at three levels in the organization, hitting .284-11-62 in 99 games. He is one of the best overall defensive catchers in the minors, and the Astros are intrigued that he's athletic enough to steal bases. Injuries have slowed him the last two years, but he could be playing in Houston in 2008.
L.A. Dodgers: At 19, LHP Clayton Kershaw had gone 8-7, 2.95 with 163 strikeouts in 122 innings between Class AA Jacksonville and low-A Great Lakes (Midland, Mich.). He has excellent control of a mid-90s fastball, a curveball and a changeup. The Dodgers like his durable build (6-3, 210 pounds), composure and intense competitiveness.
Milwaukee: RHP Jeremy Jeffress, 19, the Brewers' first-round draft pick in 2006, combines a high-90s fastball with an above-average slider, though his changeup is a work in progress. He had gone 9-5, 3.13 with 95 strikeouts in 86⅓ innings at low-A (Charleston) West Virginia this season.
N.Y. Mets: RHP Kevin Mulvey, a second-round pick in 2006, went 11-10, 3.32 in 26 starts for Class AA Binghamton (N.Y.) before a promotion to AAA. Over 151⅔ innings for Binghamton, the 22-year-old, who features a low- to mid-90s fastball and a cutter, struck out 110 and walked 43.
Philadelphia: RHP Carlos Carrasco, 20, started at high-A Clearwater (Fla.) and was promoted to Class AA Reading (Pa.), and he had gone a combined 12-6, 3.86 in 26 games (25 starts). His fastball averages 91-92 mph, but his changeup is his money pitch. He could be in the majors in the second half of 2008.
Pittsburgh: 1B Steven Pearce, 24, an eighth-round pick in 2005, is a right-handed batter who played at three minor league levels this season, hitting a combined .333-31-113 with 14 steals. He was promoted to Pittsburgh, and the Pirates might try him as their right fielder next season.
St. Louis: OF Colby Rasmus, 21, had hit .275-29-72 with 18 steals in 128 games at Class AA Springfield (Mo.). Rasmus is also a top-quality defensive player who probably will start at Class AAA next season, and might join the Cardinals in the second half.
San Diego: 3B Chase Headley, 23, is a switch-hitter who bats best from the left side. He had hit .325-20-77 with a .433 on-base percentage for Class AA San Antonio and spent some time with the Padres.
San Francisco: OF Nate Schierholtz, 23, a converted third baseman, plays above-average defense and has a strong enough arm for either corner outfield position. He hit .333-16-68 with 10 steals in 109 games at Class AAA Fresno and got promoted to San Francisco.
Washington: After two pro seasons, LHP John Lannan, 22, started at high-A Potomac (Woodbridge, Va.) and wound in the major leagues. Lannan, a control pitcher, had gone 12-3 with a 2.31 ERA in three minor league stops. In the majors, he struck out Barry Bonds when Bonds was sitting on 755 home runs.
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Imperial Geopolitics
Environmental Security
regularly supervise graduate students in Geography and
in International Affairs on a wide range of topics and
theoretical approaches. I have prepared a document entitled
A RESEARCH ESSAY OR THESIS" which I feel
students might find useful.
is a list of completed supervisions to date:
"What is Water? The History and Crisis
of a Modern Abstraction" Geography, defended 25
September 2006.
(Co-supervision with Fiona Mackenzie) "Recovering
Borealia: The Social Nature of Canada's Boreal Forest" Geography,
defended 17 March 2006.
"Food Rights, Riots, Constitutions and
Corruption in Zimbabwe 1997-2002: A Geographic Interpretation
of the Law and Development Movement", Geography,
defended 16 August, 2003.
"Ban Landmines; The social construction of
the international ban on anti-personnel landmines 1991-2001",
Political Science, defended 15 May, 2002.
"Taking Charge of the Bras d'Or: Ecological
Politics in the Land of Fog" Geography, defended
29 June, 2001.
"The State, Elites and Organized
Crime Groups" Political Science, defended 21 August,
(Co-supervision with Fiona Mackenzie) "Nearby
and Natural": Towards a Differential
Geography of Organic Farming in South-Eastern Ontario" Geography
defended 7 June 2006.
"Prophetic Eyes: The Theatricality
of Mark Hitchcock's Apocalyptic Geopolitics" Geography,
defended 3 May 2006.
(Co-supervision with Derek Smith)
"Decolonizing Geographic Information Systems" defended
7 December 2005.
(Co-supervision with Michael Jemtrud) "The Architecture(s)
of Nation Building" Architecture, defended 19 May
"(In)Security: Political Identity and
the Cycle of Violence" Legal Studies, defended
18 May 2005.
(Co-supervision with Ruth Phillips) "Il
n'y a pas de 'Potentially Hot Issues': Paradoxes of
Displaying Arab-Canadian Lands Within the Canadian
Museum of Civilization after 9.11" Political
Economy, defended 26 April 2005.
(Co-supervision with Fiona Mackenzie) "'Sure
There's Nothing in There Only Water': Environmental
Ethics in the Gisborne Lake Debate", Political
Economy, defended 27 June 2003.
"As Healthy as Possible in the Circumstances"
International Affairs, defended 28 April 2003.
"On Geography and Technology" Geography,
defended 21 August, 2002.
"Beyond Marxian Nature Theory: Understanding
and Contesting Japanese Social-Environmental Relations
1955-1985" Geography, defended 23 April, 2002.
"The Internet as Space: Shifts in Territoriality"
Geography, defended 22 July, 1999
"Cartography and the Geometry of Space: Reimagining
the Legacy of Claudius Ptolemy" Geography, defended
21 July, 1999
"A General Model of Refugee Migration:
Home, Displacement, and Host-Related Factors in the Resettlement
of Somali Refugees in Ottawa" Geography defended
7 May 1999
"Environmental Stewardship on Canadian Military
Training Areas: Rhetoric or Reality?" Geography,
defended, 17 September, 1998
"Inter-Group Attitudes and International Trade:
A Study of Vancouver's Attitude Towards the Japanese"
Geography, defended 16 September, 1998
"Environment, Security and 'Natural'
Disasters: Contesting Discourses of Environmental Security"
Geography, defended 19 May, 1998
"An Application of Foucault's Analytic
of Power/Knowledge to the Okanagan Water Basin Study Public
Involvement Program" Geography, defended 29 April,
1998. (Co-supervision with Fiona Mackenzie)
"Border Crossings: Africadia, the Caribbean,
Pan-Africanism" Geography, defended 11 November,
"They've Got No Stake In Where
They're At": Radical Ecology, The Fourth World
and Local Identity in the Bella Coola Region" Geography,
defended 15 May, 1997.
"Correlation or Causation? Environmental
Scarcity and Violent Conflict: The Case Studies of South
Africa and Rwanda" International Affairs, defended
19 September, 1995.
Research essays:
"Why Not Water? Hydronationalism
and Canadian Resistance to Freshwater Exports"
International Affairs, defended December 2004.
"Contesting the War on Drugs: Drug
Politics and International Insecurity" International
Affairs, defended April 2002
"Contested Landscapes of Power: The Political
Economy of Golf Course Development in Eastern Asia"
International Affairs, defended May 1999
"Nomadic Bodies and Environmental Degradation:
A Lefebvrian Response to the Scarcity-Conflict Methodology"
Political Economy, defended May 1999
"The Role of Intellectuals in the Press
and Canadian Foreign-Policy Formulation: A Case Study"
International Affairs, defended August 1998
"The Relationship Between Environmental Scarcity
and Conflict in Haiti" International Affairs, defended
May 1998
"Trade and Environment:
A Rendezvous with the Maquiladora Assembly Plants
Along the U.S./Mexico Border" International Affairs,
defended November 1997
"Divine Kin: Exploring the Special Relationship
Between the United States and the State of Israel'
International Affairs, defended September, 1997
"Sustaining and Containing the Displaced:
In Country Protection as an International Response to
Refugees and Others Forcibly Displaced by Armed Conflict"
International Affairs, defended, July, 1997
"The Passive Revolution in Post-Soviet Russia:
A Gramscian Analysis" International Affairs, defended
September, 1995
"State Sovereignty and Ethnic Identity:
The Case of Mongolia and Southern Mongolia" International
Affairs, defended September, 1994
"Blue Vans in Green Europe:The Determinants
of Acid Rain Policy in the European Community" International
Affairs, defended February, 1994


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In light of getting let out early due to the second wave of a snowstorm headed our way, I thought back to the past snowstorms I have endured. I am a big fan of snow and try to take as many photos as possible as snow lends a certain sort of beauty to nature. It's similar to a caramel topping on a wonderful sunday. Here are some of my favorite snowstorm/cold weather photos. All of these photos were taken in Ithaca, NY.
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A VICAR is counting the cost after thieves stole lead from the roof of his church.
St Andrews Church, in Preston, has been damaged by water leaking through the part of the roof the lead was taken from.
Reverend Tim West said he noticed the damage after heavy rain hit the area.
He said: "The downpour made it quite clear something was going on.
"We have got waterproofing up there to protect us from any further leaks.
"There's been water damage on the inside of the building."
Rev Tim West said 'about three strips' of lead had been taken from the south aisle of the church, with no visible damage from the outside.
He added: "The church building means so much to people over the years because of all the events that have taken place.
"It's a mystery why someone should cause so much damage for a little money.
"On the second hand market, it's probably worth about £100 ."
Police believe the lead was stolen between midnight on February 28 and 6.30pm on March 2.
A long line of thefts from churches in the county took place towards the end of 2012.
Three strips were taken from St Mary's Church in Frampton in April, after the church was targeted for a second time.
Churches in Stinsford, Broadwindsor, Symondsbury and Powerstock were also raided in the same year.
Dorset Police recently carried out a successful operation to tackle criminals involved in metal theft and the disposal of stolen goods.
Officers from Dorset Police and the Environment Agency staged stop-checks last Friday at Ferndown Industrial Estate targeting those involved.
The procedure was part of Operation Tornado, a nationwide initiative which aims to reduce metal theft.
Detective Sergeant Mark Jenkins said: "Operation Tornado is an ongoing nationwide operation which Dorset Police is supporting.
"The ultimate aim of the operation is to reduce the amount of metal stolen and sold at scrap metal dealers."
If anyone has any information relating to the latest incident involving St Andrews Church, please contact Dorset Police on 101 or Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111 quoting Crime Number 008721.
Alternatively, people can contact the church directly on 01305 837 147.


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Serving Today's Buyers with Yesterday's Values
October 1, 2012
SPECIAL FEATURES | Strategies & Practices, Operations, Channels, Close-Ups
Going the Extra Mile
Newman Replacement Windows
Carlsbad, Calif.
Being British gives Duncan Newman and his wife, Natalie, an interesting take on the American Dream. The couple views the 1950s as the heyday of customer service and aims for that wholesome feel of Americana in every aspect of their Southern California window and door dealership.
Whether serving homeowners or contractors—and the company does a mix of both—Newman Replacement Windows sets itself apart with attention to details that reflects a bygone era. "What is it about America that makes America so great? It was the 1950s," says Duncan Newman. "It was 'Leave it to Beaver' and dressing nicely. People were polite. Service was king."
|Newman Replacement Windows aims to create a customer service experience that is consistently delivered. The team draws inspiration from a bygone era of 1950s America.
The Duncan commitment to service is so pervasive that it ends up being a key differentiator for the company against its competitors. With two locations in San Diego County and a third serving the southern part of Orange County, the Newman approach to customer service has supported the company for nearly 20 years. "We show up in a uniform and we drive uniform trucks," says Newman. "We do everything in a way that is repeatable so that people know what they're getting. It's like Starbucks or McDonald's. We don't let people down."
The company employs a patient, educational approach to sales and a detailed, customer-centric approach to installation. The result is a business model that resonates with consumers, particularly given that this type of home improvement project is a significant expense involving an industry that doesn't always have the best reputation, Duncan points out. The impact, he says, is notable.
"They were such nice, professional guys that worked well together," recalls customer Dee Chenowth, a Ramona, Calif., customer. "My home was treated with respect, floors were covered, no mess at all. They did a beautiful job of installing and finishing the windows. When the job was done, they explained how to clean the frames and windows and how they worked. Be sure I have already, and will continue to recommend Newman."
"I applaud the people that make up [the] company," shares another customer, Lynne Seabloom, of Carlsbad, Calif. "Everyone from Newman Windows that I was in contact with during the event exemplified what customer service is all about."
After working in the construction industry for many years, Duncan Newman was frustrated about the reputation of many companies doing business in Southern California. "I found that I was horrified by what I saw in the construction industry," he recalls. "I think contractors were looked at like car salespeople."
So with construction experience under his belt and a desire to capture the type of service that defined a different time in America, Newman and his wife started Newman Replacement Windows in 1993. "We're both from England, originally, so we come from a different view of this country," he explains. "We started our business and knew that we were going to have that 1950s approach to customer service. We are going to sell what we believe in and follow through with our promises."
For Newman, this isn't just lip service. He and his team focus on the details to help capture what they define as solid customer service. "When we walk up to a customer's house, if the newspaper is on the driveway or a kid's bicycle has fallen down, we pick it up on the way to the house," he says.
Serving both homeowners and contractors, Newman has invested considerable time and money into developing three showroom locations. This serves the company's business model well, given that many customers want to see the quality of the product before they make final decisions about their orders. To offer an even higher level of customer service, however, Newman has incorporated into its approach a way to take the showroom to the customer if he or she prefers to do business at home. "Our most common process is that the customers want us to come to their house," Newman says. "We have to go there to measure, anyway, since all of our products are custom made. Our trucks are customized with camper shells so that we can take several [full-size] window displays with us. Depending on what our customers are looking for, most of the time we can take the [showroom] displays with us and show them in the home."
Newman also employs a team of customer service reps to make sure that clients are reminded of appointments and fully apprised of what to expect during an in-home consultation. "We do not give windows of time for an appointment," Newman says. "We give on-the-hour, on-the-minute appointments and we show up on time."
Newman believes strongly that much of a home improvement company's customer service reputation can be tied directly to the installation process. The work itself—and how a company's employees behave in a customer's home—is often the most nerve-wracking part of the experience for homeowners, but it can also be a company's opportunity to shine, he notes. "The installers have a greater impact than anyone in the company on our repeat and referral business," he contends. "We have weekly meetings with the installation team and I have two installation managers who visit every job every day to make sure the quality we expect is there. The installers, who spend more time in the home than anyone in sales does, have the ability to make the most lasting impression with customers."
|"The Newman Advantage" puts the customer first in every step of the process, from the initial consultation through the final install and clean-up.
Newman starts with using only company-employed installers and paying by the hour, not by the window. "There's no incentive for them to cut corners and finish early," he explains. "I pay them to do the job the way I would want it done."
The company also makes sure that the vast majority of its team is certified in InstallationMasters and follows specific procedures pertaining to communicating with customers, completing the work efficiently and taking extensive steps to clean up the resulting mess. "Our goal is to leave the house in better condition than when we got there," Newman says.
The installation crew is also armed with informative leave-behind materials pertaining to window care and maintenance issues. "We take through the windows so they know how to operate them, clean them and take the screens out," he says. "Then we ask the customer to fill out a survey of how we did."
The result—Newman scores a 10 out of 10 points 99 percent of the time.
To execute a business model that is predicated on customer service requires a partnership with window and door companies that uphold Newman Replacement Windows' values, Newman says. From the very beginning, the company has had a strong working relationship with Milgard Windows & Doors, and also offers lines from Jeld-Wen, Anlin, Magic, and L&L Entry Doors. "The reason I do more business with Milgard than any other company is that their philosophy to customer service and warranty is exactly in line with mine," Newman says. "They never let me down. They may make a mistake, but they step up to the plate. Their customer service is the best in the business."
And with top-notch ratings with the Better Business Bureau and the California League of Homeowners and an increasing involvement with the National Association of the Remodeling Industry, being able to address any challenges that arise is important to the Newman Replacement Windows way of doing business. For the mistakes that happen from time to time, Newman aims to resolve issues immediately. "We start by apologizing," he explains. "We are not perfect and we do make mistakes. In 20 years, we've ordered some windows the wrong size, with the wrong colors and with grids that shouldn't have had them. But I truly believe the public appreciates an apology more than excuses and ignoring the problem."
Whether the complaint pops up in person, via phone or email, or with a post on a social media site, Newman tackles the problem head-on. "We deal with it right away—immediately," he notes. "We apologize and make it right. And then we apologize again."
The resulting image in the marketplace is what has come to be known as "The Newman Advantage," explains Charles Clare, a senior sales rep with Milgard. "The customer is treated as a true VIP," he says. "A large portion of the new customers that Newman Replacement Windows has are from customer referrals that are confident in recommending a company that puts the customer first."
With Newman's 50+ employees engaged in the company's approach to customer service, Newman notes that he took advantage of moderated lease pricing in the commercial real estate market to secure optimal retail space for the company's showroom locations. With a platform for growth that takes advantage of current market opportunities and based on a customer service approach from the past, Newman is confident that the company has a bright future ahead. "I'm eternally optimistic and I think the market is coming back," he says. "You know, customer service works. I really don't understand why more people don't do it."


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Rory Scovel (Zach Stone Is Going Be Famous) has been added to TBS' comedy pilot Ground Floor. Written by Bill Lawrence and Greg Malins and directed by Gail Mancuso, Ground Floor is an office take on Romeo and Juliet and centers on Harvard grad Brody (Skylar Astin), who falls hard for feisty and intelligent maintenance supervisor Jennifer (Briga Heelan), whose education ended after high school. Scovel, repped by CAA, Mosaic and Isaac Dunham, plays Harvard, who got his nickname because he attended community college, the only one of his associates to pursue education past high school. He's a classic know-it-all who harbors a secret crush on his ground-floor co-worker Jennifer (Heelan).
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I'm a male Nigerian who writes deeply inspired poetry of many forms and themes, transversing politics and love, to spirituality and philosophy. An eclectic poet indeed. I believe that poetry is not an art form intended to be written just for the fun of it, (though it is definitely meant to enjoyed, hence its beauty) but with a wider view to enlighten and heighten social consciousness. So I always say to the modern poet: 'Keep it conscious, if you lose it, your poetry's dead...unconscious.' I also perform spoken word poetry.
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Those sultry nights, those salty thighs she parted for me, Her own pearly gates, wrapping me and giving me a taste of heaven, Sadly, it was all pearls before swine, for I was undeserving.
What's wrong with being wrong? We do wrong a strong wrong By painting it so wrong For wrong is what we call wrong
Tonight I Sleep With Mother Earth
Seventy more years must pass, To plus these ones gone past, My eyelids, before they may close Before Mother Earth opens up her core
It Was Me
The false hoods with which she adorned her speech, he wishes she hadn't 'cos he loved her. Ignore the tense, he still does...though his feelings are no longer anywhere near as intense As they used to be. He's still trading time for hope to his heart...that maybe someday, Her eyes will open and see that his eyes were not closed, all the while her mouth was open,
Why Should I?
Why should I abstain? What do I stand to gain From denying myself The pleasures of the flesh?
I Must Fly
I am trapped and bound Shackled and chained to the ground I am locked shut in this dark dungeon Buried in this gaol, all alone
Saline floods rolling down the cheeks Releasing pent-up emotions caged for weeks A cathartic stream, that's catarrh-tic too The weak weep for weeks, for them it's a process
I lie in my bed, savoring my dark solitude Listening to the buzz of the mosquitoes, The crickets and the croak of the toads This is all I do, this is my nightitude...
I Need Red
He sees red. In a snap, He frees head He flings it, away with all decorum. A quorum, his mental faculty cannot form His mind is at once deformed into the form,
Across The Bridge
For many months we journeyed, Through too many moments of horrid Scenes, flashing at a pace so torrid, paddling through, alongside tall reeds
The Poetry Flows
Like the fat of fast food blocking my arteries So was the blockade of debris obstructing my poetry My floetry failed its name, and then fell in stock, 'Cos like water through a closed tap, it was stuck,
The Bar-Ttle
The Bar-ttle indeed is ahead of us, Like cattle, a head of course, And we're set to it devour I can hear the applause, the devoirs
In my pursuit of happiness, I took detours, But at each turn, I found sorrow,
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Those sultry nights, those salty thighs she parted for me,
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Sadly, it was all pearls before swine, for I was undeserving.
Through those lonely cold dusks she gave her dawn to me,
Warming my loins with the pore in her core - the furnace in her oven,
Those sultry nights, those salty thighs she parted for me.
Her care, her love and her trust she forever lavished on me,


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Ulster (17) 17 Tries: Dawson, Danielli Cons: Wallace (2) Pen: Wallace
Ulster failed to secure their first Heineken Cup win on French soil despite leading for most of Friday night's Pool Two match away to Bourgoin.
Three days after the departure of coach Mark McCall, Ulster made a strong start and tries by Kieron Dawson and Simon Danielli had them 17-9 up at half-time.
But they could not maintain their form, and poor tackling let Arnaud Tchougong and Jean-Francois Coux in for tries.
Ulster clung on for a losers' bonus point but are still bottom of the pool.
The Irish province, under the guidance of acting coach Steve Williams, had a great opening 30 minutes with those converted tries.
But the French hosts, who began the season well domestically, found their feet and gradually inched their way back into an intense clash at the Stade Pierre Rajon.
Having lost heavily to Gloucester at Ravenhill, Ulster's Heineken Cup hopes look over after two games.
They went into the lead against Bourgoin on 12 minutes with winger Tommy Bowe making a good run before feeding inside to Paddy Wallace.
With just full-back Florian Denos to beat, the fly-half drew in his man before passing for Dawson to score.
Danielli pierced the home defence for the second try in the 23rd minute.
The Scot took Wallace's pass and skirted the attempted challenge of Boyet to go over in the left corner.
The conversion from Wallace made it 14-3.
Bourgoin hit back with their first try on 57 minutes as captain Julien Frier powered through flimsy tackles by Wallace and Mark Bartholomeusz, before offloading to Tchougong, who trundled over from 10 yards.
Six minutes later winger Coux to went in on the left wing for the try which put Bourgoin into the lead for the first time.
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Ulster: M Bartholomeusz; T Bowe, A Trimble, P Steinmetz, S Danielli; P Wallace, I Boss; J Fitzpatrick, R Best (c), B Young; M McCullough, C del Fava; N Best, K Dawson, R Wilson.Replacements: N Brady, D Fitzpatrick, R Caldwell, D Pollock, K Campbell, N O'Connor, R Dewey.
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A flood of illegal immigrants are pouring into Texas to produce anchor babies straining hospital resources and costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
Socorro Gonzalez, seen in this photo, is an undocumented immigrant who just gave birth to her fourth child on U.S. soil, said she and her husband aren't trying to abuse the health care system. ''I don't see why they should deny a medical service if we're here struggling for this country."
Houston Chronicle, 'Border baby' boom strains South Texas
RIO GRANDE CITY — First it was a trickle, now it's a flood.
Rising numbers of undocumented immigrants from Mexico and Central America are streaming into Texas to give birth ...
Doctors and health officials say they are overwhelmed by both the new arrivals and those immigrant mothers who already are in the state. Even Houston's feeling the pinch. An estimated 70 percent to 80 percent of the 10,587 births at Ben Taub General Hospital and Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital last year were to undocumented immigrants, administrators say.
The above problem seemed intractable until I received this email from my friend, BW:
The other day, I needed to go to the emergency room. Not wanting to sit there for 4 hours, I put on my old Army fatigues and sewed a shoulder patch that I had downloaded off the internet onto the sleeve of my shirt.
When I went into the E.R., I noticed that three-quarters of the people got up and left.
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By Michelle Singletary Syndicated Columnist
It's not nice to tell people "I told you so." But if anybody has the right to say that, it's Nina Olson, the national taxpayer advocate.
Olson recently submitted her annual report to Congress and top on her list of things that need to be fixed is the complexity of the tax code, which she calls the most serious problem facing taxpayers.
Let's just look at the most recent evidence of complexity run amok. The Internal Revenue Service had to delay the tax-filing season so it could update forms and its programming to accommodate recent changes made under the American Taxpayer Relief Act. The IRS won't start processing individual income tax returns until Jan. 30. Yet one thing remains unchanged: the April 15 tax deadline.
The IRS said more extensive changes could result in some people not being able to file their returns until late February or into March.
Because of the new tax laws, the IRS also had to release updated income-tax withholding tables for 2013. These replace the tables issued on Dec. 31. Yes, let's just keep making more work for the agency that is already overburdened. Not to mention the extra work for employers, who have to use the revised information to correct the amount of Social Security tax withheld in 2013. And they have to make that correction in order to withhold a Social Security tax of 6.2 percent on wages following the expiration of the payroll tax cut in effect for 2011 and 2012.
Oh, and there was the near miss with the alternative minimum tax that could have delayed the tax filing season to late March. The AMT was created to target high-income taxpayers who were claiming so many deductions that they owed little or no income tax. Olson and many others have complained for years that the AMT wasn't indexed for inflation.
"Many middle and upper-middle-class taxpayers pay the AMT, while most wealthy taxpayers do not, and thousands of millionaires pay no income tax at all," Olson said.
As part of the recent "fiscal cliff" deal, the AMT is now fixed, a move the IRS was anticipating. It had already decided to program its systems on the assumption that an AMT patch would be passed, Olson said. Had the agency not taken the risk, the time it would have taken to update the systems "would have brought about the most chaotic filing season in memory," she said in her report.
The tax code contains almost 4 million words. Since 2001, there have been about 4,680 changes, or an average of more than one change a day. What else troubles Olson (and most of us)? Here's what:
•Nearly 60 percent of taxpayers hire paid preparers and another 30 percent rely on commercial software to prepare their returns.
Many taxpayers don't really know how their taxes are computed and what rate of tax they pay.
The complex code makes tax fraud harder to detect.
Because the code is so complicated, it creates an impression that many taxpayers are not paying their fair share. This reduces trust in the system and perhaps leads some people to cheat. Who wants to be the sucker in this game? So someone might not declare all their income, rationalizing that millionaires get to use the convoluted code to greatly reduce their tax liability.
In fiscal year 2012, the IRS received around 125 million calls. But the agency answered only about 2 out of 3 calls from people trying to reach a live person, and those taxpayers had to wait, on average, about 17 minutes to get through.
"I hope 2013 brings about fundamental tax simplification," Olson pleads in her report. She urges Congress to reassess the need for tax breaks we know as income exclusions, exemptions, deductions and credits. It's all these tax advantage breaks that complicate the code. If done right, and without reducing revenue, tax rates could be substantially lowered in exchange for ending tax breaks, she says.
But of course it's not that simple. "The perennial challenge in enacting fundamental tax reform is that while most taxpayers support a simpler tax code in concept, many of us are reluctant to give up our existing tax breaks." In other words, we want other people's tax loopholes to be eliminated.
Still, Congress should make it a priority to simplify the tax code. I know I'm tired of Olson telling us so while year after year nothing gets done to truly push for change.
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deliever me from 100$ basketball shoes, deliver me from 150$ pants made to look thrift stylish, deliver me from Ecco, Exco and Tommy.
Deliver me from Hugo, Gillette, an Herbal Essences, which will inhance my performance,smell and texture to "standard" smoothiness.
Tyler deliver me from rooms with 30 occupants all worried with what university they'll get into, what mark they'll get returned to them, but most of all if their Levi's jeans match their "BITCH" marked tank top. Deliver me from flashy cars, thumping music, and "ghetto" people.
Deliver me Tyler, deliver me.
Deliver me from hockey, deliver me form basketball, deliver me from football and rugby. Deliver me from everyone who thinks im too cool for them and that im anti-social. Deliver me from all the anti-socials who think im too popular for them. Deliver me from all of those who think I care.
Deliver me from internet insults, cyber text messaging, email, networking, mainframes, megabytes, mouses and fonts that have shown me ten variations of red.
Oh Tyler deliver me.


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* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': Daniel is the GodEmperor of Avalon, an Empire which spans a chunk of TheMultiverse. He is the BigGood of his realm, powerful, ancient, and ever-concerned with protect his subjects and help people in need. He is also "quirky" to say the least. It's deliberately invoked, however, since interacting with people in a friendly and lighthearted manner helps him keep in touch with humanity; that, and anytime Shinji and Asuka see him he is usually "off duty", making culture pop jokes or wearing Hawaiian shirts while sunbathing.
* ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'': Mari is ''nuts''. She is an Music/ElvisPresley fangirl, sings and makes "Pew, pew" noises during the battles and she will forget about an ongoing mission to try to beat a strong [[TheRival rival]]. And still she is good enough to give the base's [[AcePilot top pilot]] a run for her money.
* In ''FanFic/TiberiumWars'', GDI Commander Karrde finds Lieutenant Kirce James to be pretentious, self-important, and overly dramatic, which annoys him to no end. At the same time, she's able to whip up squadrons of Firehawks, an Ion Cannon, an entire division of GDI Marines, and [[spoiler: a ''thousand'' Mammoth Tanks]] for him on short notice, so he doesn't complain at ''all'' when it comes to the results.
* Dr. Kaminko from ''[[Fanfic/PokeWars The Pokémon They Carried]]'' has a habit of naming his military hardware after Pokémon. Command lets him keep doing this because ''he's just that damn good'' at designing weapons.
* ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'' has [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Trixie]] playing as the prosecutor; she goes to court in [[RobeAndWizardHat a magician getup]], [[ThirdPersonPerson refers to herself in third person constantly]] and [[SmallNameBigEgo has an ego bigger than the courtroom]] -- Yet she's well versed in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' prosecutor tricks, and she's very capable of being a huge thorn on Phoenix Wright's side.
* Between his incompetence at the digimon card game, lack of experience, inability to make effective plans and shy nature, it's easy to write off Takato from the ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries'' as weak excuse for a Tamer. but his outward awkwardness masks an astonishing degree of comptetance.
** FridgeBrilliance time: It is actually the above weaknesses that make him so dangerous, his lack of long term thinking is made up for by his impressive skill at using surprisingly effective IndyPloy's, making him an unpredictable and dangerous opponent
* Sunny Breeze is absolutely this in Fanfic/RacerAndTheGeek, even if he's relatively less quirky than many of the examples here. Switches constantly between the three languages he speaks, knows more about firearms than the rest of the bank security outfit put together, drinks spirits like water, personally owns enough gear to outfit a fireteam, is afraid of talking to girls, and is a ShellShockedVeteran with an itchy trigger finger. He keeps his job for two reasons. Firstly, he is one of the few who can do the job. Secondly, His boss is his longtime friend. Thirdly, he is a very competent fighter with amazing instincts and a strong sense of honor. Fourthly, he hasn't crossed the line so such an extent as to demand something be done about him. In one chapter, they discuss that Sunny is likely one single WhamEpisode away from being terminated, should anything happen that even being friends with the boss can't settle. Think of it this way: Sunny's idea of what to do if being a guard doesn't work out is to return to being a freelance mercenary! Being a BEL in this fic is not a good thing whatsoever.
* The ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' fanfic ''Fanfic/GirlDays'' revealed that the Kuno family was full of BunnyEarsLawyers, such as a WWII fighter pilot who wore a sailor fuku, or a samurai who fought with a live rabbit strapped to the top of his head. The current generation, though, are simply nuts.
** Actually the current generation is pretty impressive. Tatewaki is a swordsman of such caliber and skill, he can use a bokken (bamboo training sword) and perform feats that surpass what is usually considered possible with a proper metal blade. Principal Kuno is a master of disguise, stealth, and using electric razors as weapons and has techniques that can cause weapons to split like banana peels. Kodachi is a mistress of poisons and rhythmic gymnastics combat. Despite delusions of grandeur, Tatewaki is actually considered quite handsome, and is very skilled in romantic gestures, just a bit misguided in who he directs them towards and oblivious to certain facts (mainly that female and male Ranma are the same person, despite Ranma transforming in front of him, both directions, on multiple occasions, including at least once while he was embracing female Ranma). Kodachi is completely psycho crazy, but she is actually pretty tactically skilled, and able to hold her own in fights with Akane, Shampoo, and Ukyo... sometimes simultaneously. The difference between the current generation and the previous ones is that the quirks of the previous generations never directly impacted anyone other than themselves.
* ALL of the scientists in the ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ProjectTatterdemalion'' fall under this trope: Urahara, Yoruichi, Tessai, Isshin, Masaki. The only reason they're still employed after all their insane prank wars, bizarre personal quirks, and failure to obey military protocol is that their scientific work is unimpeachable.
** Shunsui does a much better job of keeping it under wraps but he's pretty eccentric for a high-ranking security officer.
* {{Discussed}} in ''Fanfic/TheWrongReflection''. Prior to the fic Eleya avoided being cashiered for gross insubordination (cussing out Rear Admiral Tuvok and several dignitaries) because she helped save Earth Spacedock and Qo'noS from the Undine immediately after that. She kept her command and even got a medal, but she also ended up with a black mark on her service record that means she'll probably never make admiral (not that she wants to). [[http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=19317651&postcount=96 The author explains the thought process here.]]
* Ichigo in ''Fanfic/TheWorldInBlackAndWhite''. He's a bizarrely child-like, candy-obcessed Hollow, who is up to something involving notebooks, while still being every bit as overprotective and capable of kicking ass as his canon self.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9474142/6/The-Circle The Circle]]'' Xenophilius Lovegood is considered an excellent political tutor despite such personal quirks as sniffing the top of Harry's head and asking Neville if he likes pudding as much as Luna does.
* ''FanFic/PacificWorldWarIIUsNavyShipgirls'' has Maury, Chester, and Helena. The first is a Captain America {{expy}} who carries around an American flag everywhere she goes, the second a WomanChild who treats other peoples' weapons like toys, and the third [[GoingCommando doesen't even bother to wear underwear]] [[TheTease when going around.]] Yet all three of them are some of the most skilled among the American ship girls.
* In ''FanFic/SonicXDarkChaos'', this trope is the pretty much the only reason Sonic and friends even let Eric anywhere near them. Despite being an IdiotSavant CloudCuckoolander, he's got the technical skills of Tails with the fighting skills of Sonic - and he's genuinely good (most of the time) under all his insanity. This is also the reason why Sonya deeply loves him despite his craziness.
* Cynthia in ''Fanfic/SecretDreamer'' is just as eccentric as she is in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]],'' but she shows herself to be a capable commander during an unexpected skirmish with the Risen, deftly managing the recruits and striking more than a few decisive blows of her own.


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The firm, which last year made a number of other new finds in the Rajasthan area, said the latest discovery could lead to large gas volumes.
However, chief executive Bill Gammell cautioned that additional evalution was first needed at the site.
Cairn has also been granted approval to extend its Rajasthan exploration area.
This approval has come from the Indian government.
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A spokesman said the company's decision to carry out further investigations at the new find showed that it believed there was significant gas.
But he added: "It's still too early to say what the extent of it is."
Cairn's string of finds in Rajasthan last year saw it elevated to the FTSE 100 index of the UK's leading listed companies.
The company had bought the rights to explore in the area from oil giant Shell.
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CHARLOTTETOWN – The Discover Your Neighbour's Faith Series continues on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. at the Martha Spirituality Centre in Charlottetown.
The fifth presenter in this series is Rick Martijn who has been a member of the Shambhala Buddhist global community, which is based in Halifax, since 1991.
Shambhala Buddhism was founded in the early 1970s by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a Tibetan Lama, who fled Tibet when it was invaded by China in the mid-'50s. The community has over 170 centres and groups around the world, including the local P.E.I. Shambhala Meditation Group in Charlottetown.
Shambhala has rural practice centres in Colorado, Vermont, upstate New York, Nova Scotia, and France where week and month-long retreats and intensives for students at all levels, as well as weekend programs, are offered.
Martijn will introduce some of the fundamental Buddhist teachings, invite questions and lead discussions with those wishing to participate
This presentation is open to the public, but the centre has a limited capacity, so those interested are asked to call 367-3103 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to register. A goodwill offering will be accepted to support programming at the centre. This series will continue in March.
The Martha Spirituality Centre is located at SDU Place, 45 Great George St., Charlottetown. Guests can access the centre from the back entrance.


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Wicked Witches & Dead Weeds (Part 1)
Three children sat in their secret place, hidden from the world under the old bridge. Bamboo grew tall on either side of them, further filtering the weak sunlight – a small stream flowed here during the winter but the rain hadn't been heavy enough to flood it. They were surrounded by mud, soggy weeds and the occasional frog. The children sat like a council of elders with Pawlu (who was in fact the eldest) at the head and Katya, his cousin, to his right. One other boy completed their number. They were the only children in the village between the sprawling white mess of Mosta and the fields further north, up to the sea.
"Of course she's a witch," Pawlu said. "That's what my father says."
Katya rolled her eyes and thought back on all the things she'd heard her uncle say. She remembered the wine bottles he broke in the kitchen last Easter, and the bruises on both her aunt's arms. Stifling a yawn Katya swung back and forth on a loose rock, snapping several supple bamboo shoots. Peering through, she took stock of the endless twists and turns where the stream would eventually flow.
Tumas, the younger boy, was picking his nose. "But she doesn't even do magic, not really."
He was hungry and their meeting had dragged on longer than usual. Pawlu said there was something important he would show them, but so far they'd done nothing but play a game of marbles (and as usual Pawlu won and took two of his best) and talk about the fireworks at last week's festival.
"She wasn't at the festa," Tumas said. Pawlu sat back and pursed his lips as though this were indisputable evidence of some evil inclination.
Katya said, "She's so old miskina she can barely cross the road. Why should she go to the festa?"
Pawlu dismissed his cousin with a wave of his hand.
"She's a witch and I'll tell you why. Don't you ever look at her roof? Every month she's got something up there. My father works in the fields all day and we don't always have something but that old woman, who cant even walk to the church for the festa, makes food grow without any effort. It's magic."
"Maybe she cursed your family," said Tumas, his fingers now busy tying knots in a blade of grass.
Walking along the bridge, the old woman's house was plainly visible across a series of unkempt fields and indeed, her roof was crammed with vegetables. Other farmhouses displayed pumpkins, marrows or vines heavy with grapes depending on the season and that year's rainfall. But no matter the season or how favourable (or not) the weather, her roof was always full of produce. When other roofs went bare, hers burst with life and her trees were heavy with delicious things. Jealousy found fertile soil where crops had failed.
"So what are we going to do?" said Tumas.
Pawlu smiled and reached into his back pocket. Out came a scuffled book, its front cover missing.
"It's in the Bible," he said triumphantly. "It must be true."
"What must be true?" said Katya.
"Read there, that line," and his fat little finger smeared one page in particular.
Katya read the words slowly and carefully. "He must pay the bride-price for virgins…you shall not suffer a witch to live."
Pawlu's face darkened with purpose and Tumas visibly shuddered. Katya stood up and raised her voice, suddenly angry. "Have you gone crazy Pawlu? She's just an old woman, that's all."
"But she does have that strange bird," said Tumas.
"Strange bird? It's a seagull, an old seagull. She found near the beach a couple of years ago, when she could still walk that far. If I ever catch you two throwing stones at it I'll kill you myself."
Katya gave the boys a look of contempt (the first of such looks they had ever received, which every boy must get used to sooner or later) and walked through the bamboo cage out of their hidey-hole. She resolved never to speak to either of them again.
"Girls," said Pawlu and he spat in the mud. "She'll probably become a witch herself one day."
Tumas nodded and they leaned together. The sun set while Pawlu laid out his secret plan, a plot to be rid of the witch and thus prove to the world (especially Katya) that they'd been right all along.
"Good always wins!" said Pawlu with a smile, patting the book like a pet dog. Tumas reached out to place his hand on the book, and they both laughed.
…to be continued (and this time, I mean it)…
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britons will spend less this Christmas than a year ago as falling disposable incomes temper the traditional urge to splash out, according to a report published on Thursday.
Retail research group Decipher forecast retail spending would fall 0.6 percent year-on-year in December, or about 200 million pounds ($319 million), with a 1.4 percent rise in food sales offset by a 2.2 percent drop in spending on general merchandise products, particularly electrical goods.
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The second Monday in October is reserved for Columbus day in the United States, but in Canada it coincides with the Canadian Thanksgiving or Harvest festival. Canadians have plenty of reasons to be thankful -- low government debt, unemployment rate of about 7%, strong real GDP growth, and one of the soundest banking systems in the world, according to the World Economic Forum. Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY), one of the largest banks in Canada, is a company that provides exposure to the strong Canadian economy as well as to selected international markets. The bank has strong fundamentals, well-diversified businesses, and strong growth initiatives that should provide investors with a good long-term investment opportunity. Let's look at its fundamentals first.
Royal Bank of Canada or RBC has 1.44 billion shares outstanding and a market capitalization of about $84 billion, making it the largest bank by market capitalization in Canada. The next two largest banks by market capitalization are Toronto Dominion Bank (NYSE:TD) and Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE:BNS) with market capitalizations of about $76 billion and $65 billion, respectively. RBC currently pays a quarterly dividend of $0.60 per share for an annual yield of about 4.1%, compared to 3.8% and 4.2% dividend yields for Toronto Dominion and Bank of Nova Scotia, respectively. For comparison, the major U.S. banks, which had to be rescued by the U.S. government during the recent financial crisis, have dividend yields of less than 3%. JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) has the highest dividend yield of 2.9%, followed by Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) with 2.5%, and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) with 0.5%. In addition, the largest U.S. banks have to meet the Federal Reserve stress test in order to distribute dividends and/or buy-back shares.
Some highlights from the company's latest quarterly (July 31, 2012) performance report include a strong balance sheet with an estimated Basel III Common Equity Tier 1 ratio of 8.3%, a Canadian Banking net interest margin of 2.91%, and quarterly earnings of $2 billion (18% higher than the same quarter last year) on revenue of $7.6 billion (25%+ net income margin). For comparison, Toronto Dominion reported a Basel III Common Equity Tier 1 ratio of 7.7%, net interest margin of 2.86%, and quarterly earnings of $1.7 billion (14% higher than the same quarter last year) on revenue of $5.9 billion (28%+ net income margin). Net income margins for two U.S. counterparts, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase, are at about 20% and their Basel III Common Equity Tier 1 ratios are 7.9% and 7.8%, respectively. It is interesting to note that Wells Fargo has a net interest margin of 3.9%, which should imply a better not worse profitability than its Canadian counterparts.
In terms of valuation, RBC has a price to earnings ratio of about 11, which is inline with that of other Canadian Banks (TD and Nova Scotia) and a price to tangible book value ratio of 2.7, which is also at par with the sample. Compared to U.S. banks, RBC has a richer valuation, as Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase trade at price to earnings ratios of about 10 and 8 and price to tangible book value of 1.8 and 1.2, respectively. A richer valuation for RBC, compared to it U.S. counterparts, implies a better management and business prospects.
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In times when most banks are selling some of their businesses, RBC is able to enter new businesses and fill financing gaps. Recently, the company expanded in aviation finance. Aviation finance is an area that is seeing an increase in demand as discussed in a recent interview with RBC Capital Market head of aerospace and defence group, Jay Caldwell.
RBC Capital Markets is also seeing an increased demand for its services in merger and acquisition transactions as the company is among the top 20 global financial advisors in transactions. Expectations are that it will be able to gain from weak European banks. Year-to-date, as of September 30, 2012, RBC ranked 15th worldwide in announced deals, up from 22nd the year before. Importantly, it was first in both deals announced and completed with the involvement of a Canadian company.
The company also operates mainly in a country where there is a growing population, as Canada has one of the most robust legal immigration growth rates in the world. The influx of hard-working people who are prone to saving money benefits Canadian banks including RBC. On the lending side, Canada has exposure to many industries that are capital intensive such as oil and gas exploration, mining, logging, tourism, and manufacturing.
In addition to strong base of depositors, RBC is able to access the debt markets at reasonable terms. Moody's, S&P and Fitch rate the company Aa3 (very low credit risk and stable outlook), AA-(very strong capacity to meet financial commitments and negative outlook), and AA, respectively. These ratings are the same or favorable compared to the S&P ratings for TD, Bank of Nova Scotia, Wells Fargo, and JPMorgan Chase of AA-, AA-, A+, and A, respectively. Most recently, RBC was the first company in the world to register with the SEC a covered bond issue backed by mortgage loans (different from mortgage backed securities), which further lowered the cost of capital for the bank.
Canada has one of the most robust economies in the world fueled by a number of factors such as access to natural resources, democratic government, easy access to the U.S. market, immigration policies that encourage legal and skill-based immigration, and good infrastructure. The country's banking system has weathered the financial crisis well and its banks are healthier than their European and even U.S. counterparts. RBC is Canada's largest bank by assets and market capitalization and is well diversified across businesses as well as internationally. A dividend yield of over 4%, exposure to the Canadian economy, and solid fundamentals are reasons that make RBC a good long-term investment. Shares are traded in Canadian dollars and U.S. dollars on the Toronto and New York Stock exchanges, respectively. Happy Thanksgiving Canada and RBC!
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