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This is the tour for you who wants to experience a long dog sledding expedition into the true arctic land, but still sleep comfortably inside.
This is the tour for you who wants to experience a long dog sledding expedition into the true arctic land, but still sleep comfortably inside.
DAY 1: Your guide will meet you in the reception at your hotel at 10 am. You will get a briefing before packing the personal items and heading towards the Trappers Station in Bolterdalen. Here you will meet all our 90 happy Alaskan Huskies eager to get on the trip. The guide will show you how to harness the dogs and how to mush your own team. Everyone will take care of their own team with guidance from the guide. You will harness, feed and look after your own dogs. After the training, it is time to head out to the wilderness. We will drive over vast valleys and through the white landscape to Sassen valley and Tempelfjorden. We will enjoy expedition lunch on the way. In the afternoon we will arrive to our expedition camp. In heated tent with cots and warm sleeping bags, we will spend the nights in tents they today use at the North Pole camp; "Barneo". After taking care of the dogs, the chef invites you to the dining tent for a delicious dinner.
Dinner and accommodation in tent.
DAY 2: After breakfast, we will harness our teams and start our second expedition day. While standing on the frozen fjord the dogs are eager to lead us even further into the arctic land. Before the evening falls we will draw closer to the magnificent Nordenskiöld glacier located right next to the Nordenskiöld Lodge. Here at the glacier moraine we will fasten our teams safely for the night. After feeding the dogs, we can prepare our well-earned dinner. Now we can relax, enjoy the dinner and the magnificent view over the glacier.
Expedition dinner and accommodation in double rooms at Nordenskiöld lodge.
DAY 3: In the morning when the dogs start to get restless, we head out to the wilderness. If the ice in the fjord is strong enough we will make a daytrip to Pyramiden, the abandoned Russian mining town. Once in the ghost town we will make a tour around and enjoy expedition lunch before returning back to the lodge. After a long day outside we can warm up a sauna and enjoy good dinner. Expedition dinner and accommodation in double rooms at Nordenskiöld Lodge.
Day 4: We will make a tasty expedition breakfast both for dogs and people, and then it's time to say goodbye to your faithful dog teams and the Nordenskiöld Lodge. We will get a boat transfer back to Longyearbyen and the civilization. Arrival to Basecamp Hotel during the afternoon. We have to warn you; by the time you are back at the town you might be bit by the Svalbard bug! For those who are yearning for more, we offer a seven or ten days dogsledding expedition for next year!
PRICE: NOK 24.990 per person
MINIMUM & AGE LIMIT: 3 persons & 15 years
INCLUDED: The price includes activities, equipment, accommodation, and meals according to the program.
IN ADDITION: Flight tickets, CO2 investment of NOK 250, airport shuttle, drinks with meals and accommodation in Longyearbyen.
NOTE: During longer dogsledding trips, you need to be in good physical condition. As part of the expedition, you will participate in taking care of the dogs and setting up camp. This trip is not suitable for people with back problems. Pregnant women cannot participate in any of Basecamps dog sledding trips.
Combine your stay with accommodation at the most unique hotel at Longyearbyen – Basecamp Hotel.


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It may be a case of which is faster, a horse or a bicycle. But when the rider on the horse is a cowboy with a lasso, the cowboy wins over the bicycle-riding thief every time.
Victorino Arellano-Sanchez allegedly attempted to steal a woman's bicycle in the Walmart parking lot in Eagle Point, Oregon. Robert Borba rode his horse to the store to buy dog food when he heard the commotion of a woman screaming someone stole her bike.
Borba, 28, mounted his horse and gave chase. The cowboy reached for his rope and lassoed both Arellano-Sanchez and the stolen bike, and held him until the Eagle Point police arrived.
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The police department shot photos and uploaded them to its Facebook page with the caption, "'Local hero lassos criminal!' Can't make it up folks, a would be bicycle thief was lassoed in the Eagle Point Walmart parking lot and taken into custody for theft. The bicycle was returned to the owner. Thanks Robert!"
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Photos show Borba mounted on his horse with Arellano-Sanchez tied around the feet with Borba's long rope. Pressure on the rope seems to indicate the thief had been dragged a bit and Arellano-Sanchez is seen holding on to a hitching post in an attempt to remain in one place. The story quickly went viral, with the Facebook post being shared more than 6,700 times.
The Eagle Point Police Department has yet to respond to Western Journalism's inquiry as to whether authorities plan on deputizing Borba.
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Arellano-Sanchez, who police say is a transient from Seattle, was arrested on theft charges.
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Founded in 2015 and led by CEO Chris Reichardt and CTO Bruno Putzeys, Kii Audio has, in a very short period, established itself as a leading manufacturer of high performance monitors. The first product from the company is the Kii THREE digital speaker system.
Having worked with both Reichardt and Putzeys in previous collaborations, we knew that their new foray into the loudspeaker world would be good. What we didn't know is that it would be this good.
Early evaluations of the Kii THREEs in our facility at Grace left us picking our jaws up off the floor. Subsequent evaluations at some of the bigger commercial studios around the region have reinforced these impressions. These speakers are unlike anything else available, especially with their cunningly compact size and stunningly enormous sound. They have gone up against speaker systems costing twice as much and have come out the favorite. So when the opportunity arose to help represent these great people and their superlative products, we were all in.
Big Little Speakers - Kii THREE
Kii's mission for the THREE was to break the sonic mould of compact speakers. Powerful small speakers with deep bass have been around for a while now but none so far sounded like a big speaker. The THREE is built to fix that. Basic acoustics tells us that a classic box speaker only directs sound towards the listeners from the midrange up while bass frequencies are radiated all around. The frequency where this change happens depends on the size of the box front (the "baffle"). The smaller the baffle, the higher the frequency at which bass is still radiated all around instead of directed towards the listener. That in short is why big speakers have so far delivered much more precise timing and detail in the bass and low mids than small speakers: the room gets less chance to interfere. And that is what Kii has now managed to make a compact speaker do.
The Kii THREE delivers true "big speaker performance" from a decidedly small box. To achieve this, Kii invented Active Wave Focusing, which is a combination of a special 4-way DSP crossover filter with drive units mounted front, side and back that "throws" the sound towards the listener instead of bathing the room in it. While cardioid beam forming as a technique of dispersion has been previously achieved, the Kii THREE radically improves on it by maintaining a cardioid response over the full audio band. The wave front appears as if radiated from a single point just in front of the speaker, meaning that the time coherence of the wave front is fully maintained on and off axis. This translates to an impressively wide sweet spot and spacious stereo field with pinpoint accurate imaging.
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Mohism & Legalism
By Sasha, Joe, and Juius
Basic Understanding
Mohism - Mohism was a philosophy that flourished during the Warring States era (479 - 222 B.C.E). Mo Di or "Mozi," and his followers searched for reasonable arguments about their philosophical views. Mozi was introducing a "universal love" to end the Warring States Era. Repudiating Confucius, he rejected the proposed ideas: family relations, and social equality. Instead, he proposed ideas of consequentialism and the golden rule "treat others as they themselves wished to be treated."
Siting, Bibliography
Today we look into the mind of Mozi and Han Fei/Hsun Tzu.
Basic Concepts of The Philosophy Mohism
1. Political
2. Ethical
3. Religion
4. Doctrines and Fa
Connections, and Moism Today
A Battle of Wits (2006) was a movie that came out about Mohism.
On the useless tree, a website holding ancient Chinese thought in Modern Day, compares Mohism to the Republicans.
Jin Guantao, Fan Hongye, and Liu Qingfang, argued that without Mohism Chinese sciences would be totally different today..
A Step into the Past was a television show in 2001 about Mohism.
There are barely any Mohist followers today, but their philosophy sti clings.
Compare and Contrast Mohism vs. Confucianism
- Hierarchy based 0n relationships. Due to this a bureaucrat government.
- Both believe in education and heaven being the highest rank.
- Moist believe in consequences/free will because they believe heaven is bad only because of unjust rule.
Confucianism believes the heaven is predestined.
- Mohists believe that things like music, and rites were not as important. Confucians though these were the backbone of a prosperous nation.
- Mohist don't like anything tat doesn't benefit the people hence they hate offensive warfare. Confucians were more focused on family, so they didn't have a preference on warfare.
- the educations differed - Mohists believed in practical learning - trade, and commerce. Confucians valued literacy, and art.
Historical Influence And Decline
Legalism For Dummies
Legalism was a philosophy solely on government.
Also, popular during the Warring States Era.
Repudiated a government that allowed freedom.
It was government manipulation! Legalism praised the idea of applying force after persuasion failed. (#HungerGames)
Government was to restrain "evil selfishness" of the people.
Main ideas consisted of: censorship, education differing for social class, and excluding any reform of independent ideas.
Mohists believe there was a violence social disorder between disagreement of self interest and yi (morality).
Yi - each person thinks differently of their moral values.
The root of chaos was a political leader who put an end to contention. The goal was to install a wise leader unifying one moral code,
The main purpose of the government was to establish a stable social order by unifying moralities.
The government was a hierarchical society.
Political Standpoint of Mohism
Son of Heaven
picks 3 dukes to appoint states.
the son of heaven is the solution
The 3 Dukes
they appoint leaders to each state
they run defense, public security, and social welfare.
Leaders of the States
they would appoint leaders to the villages.
If they did well, they were praised highly.
If not, usually punished. There qualifications consisted of moral wisdom, and virtuous character.
Leaders of the Villages
They had little to do with the government.
They watched over the mini villages.
They would model themselves after the leader above them, in their state.
Ethical Theory
When the Mohists were arguing doctrines, they created a 'loose' form of consequentialism.
- fa (model standard)
- jian ai (inclusive care)
- li (benefiting each other)
they thought they had to establish and develop some knowledge of what was right and what was wrong.
Ethical theory is not individual but 'dao' (way) - a way of life.
There job was to identify what the dao (way) of humane and right.
For example, "the more injuries, the greater inhumanity, and the more severe crime."
There were 10 doctrines created..
Example: #10
Heavens Intention
The God "Zhi" played a huge role in the ethical theory. Zhi meant order.
1. moral standards
2. peace and social harmony
3. proper social roles
4. Community, charity
Inclusive Care - moral for all, "benefit the world," and a universal love.
impartial focus for benefit of all
community practices
web of social relations
Accustomed with social and political systems the Mohists needed a way to incorporate relations with nature.
- to share the natural world.
they sometimes used elements/deities from other dynasties:
- Tian (Zhou Dynasty) meant the heavens, sky, and nature.
- Di (Shang Dynasty) meant the ghosts and spirits.
the Gods would enforce morality through punishment and rewards.
Tian was at the top of the hierarchy of Gods
- He created humans, the sun and moon, crop success (by creating 4 seasons), and established government; hence the son of heaven (tian). The son of heaven was the "police" of the world.
There was no afterlife. You would become a ghost.
Arguments against Mohist thought of Tian rewarding and punishing on Earth rather than in the dead, like many other Western Cultures.
This thought related to Confucius and Daoists.
Growth, Belief, Why, and Now
Growth began during a huge collapse in authority during that time period (225 - 400 B.C). They felt the need to reestablish a sense of authority in the people.
They believed that people are selfish and evil; therefore, laws were set to indorse strict rules of what is good and bad. This was restraining parts of life. Communism...
It was an excuse to for using excessive force and manipulation of the government.
Legalism today is present in China. China has strict rules and a harsh censorship, "The Great Firewall of China (also known as the golden Shield project).
Socialistic Legalism in the USSR
Fidel Castro also used Legalism, as setting a harsh rule of law, and unyielding against warfare. JUevos Rancheros...
Communist China
Mao consciously, used many Legalism techniques
first ethical and political theories in China.
first form of consequentialism.
However, they did not achieve the moral code that they wanted.
Or prominent dominance in China.
Yet, Mencius, the greatest Confucian thinker, believed "Mo Di and Yanh Zhu (rival) fill the world."
They influenced Mencius, Xunzi, and Daoists, and the legalist political thinkers.
they either developed similar ideas or they argued against them to stimulate new ideas.
Mohism was also usually compared to Confucius to create Ru- Mo.
Chinese, though, turned to Han, away from Mohism, This leads us to think that Mohism was just a ''splinter' movement.
Following the Qin dynasty, the Mohist movement declined.
It disappeared fully by 206 BC - 24 CE.
- The Mohist lost all political influence due to their expertise: Which was defense specialist and expert craftsman. Used in the Warring States Period.
- Most of their ideas were largely absorbed by the other schools.
- No one could read thir language, and they were recorded in difficult language. Further, this led to corruption because no adherents could read it.
- Their political and opposition to warfare had been adopted also.
- Just like the reading and writing some of their ideas and government were so out of the norm that Mohist thought could not fuse with anybody leading Vanishing.
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You can sure tell it's April in Athens. On the roster this week: The Boybutante Ball, Dance Athens 2002, Willie Nelson (who'll be at the Classic Center Thursday, April 11 for a sold-out show), a new performance of ''The Vagina Monologues''. To boot, here's more (this week I'm divvying things up by day):
Today, April 11
more Jordan columns
movie reviews
At 7:30 p.m. (and 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 12-13), Athens Academy presents ''A Mid-Summer Night's Dream'' at Presentation Hall, Bertelsmann Foundation Building, Athens Academy, Spartan Lane (off Hwy 441 S); donations will benefit the American Cancer Society and Habitat for Humanity; call (706) 549-9225.
Friday, April 12
From 5-7 p.m. The Heart's Eye Gallery, 1680 S. Lumpkin St., will host a reception to highlight it's latest exhibit titled ''Branches, Blooms, Boats,'' which features work by local artists Kelly Stevens, Scott Drucker, Charlene and Norm Olsen, Lance Moses, Bill Miller, Gwen Nagel, Judith Kniffin, Ella Salt, Larry Forte, Anna Eidsvik, Margaret Agner and Greg Benson. The show will be up through May; call (706) 227-3080.
Saturday, April 13
From 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. the Lyndon House Arts Center, 293 Hoyt St., will be the site of a workshop titled ''Imaging and Re-Imaging God -- A women's day apart.'' Susan Olson, Jungian analyst, will explore the divine in dreams, visions and creative endeavors; Diane Barret, art educator/artist will share goddess images and explore their meaning; Lee Ann Pingel will look at the mystical experience in a historical context and how it relates to us presently; and Anne Harper will present body-centered prayer as meditation. You can register for whole- ($10) or half-day ($7) and child-care will be provided for a cost of $5/child; call (706) 546-7553.
At 1 p.m. budding photographers can learn how to shoot like a pro at the Ladyfest South Photography Workshop in the photojournalism laboratory at the University of Georgia Henry Grady School of Journalism. Sign-up begins at 12:30 p.m. and $5 buys a raffle ticket for a to-be-announced prize. Ladyfest South is a not-for-profit women's arts festival set for Oct. 10-13 in Atlanta and Athens. For more information, visit www.ladyfestsouth.org.
Doors open at 9 p.m. at the Georgia Theatre to welcome back the New Orleans-based Dirty Dozen Brass Band. The last time these crazy cats played the Theatre, they were joined by Widespread Panic's Dave Schools on bass, and after the show they marched into the street, leading the crowd in a New Orleans-style street parade. They also recorded a live DVD of the sold-out show. Saturday the band returns, DVD completed and in hand (titled ''Down & Dirty'') and will be signing copies at 3 p.m. at Schoolkids Records, 264 E. Clayton St. There'll be freebies, including tickets to the show and advance copies of the band's new CD, ''Medicated Magic'' (Ropeadope Records), scheduled for release April 23, which features Widespread Panic's John Bell, among others. Tickets for the show are $8 and available in store or by phone at Schoolkids Records, (706) 353-1666 ($.50 surcharge per ticket), and Junkman's Daughter's Brother, 458 E. Clayton St. (706) 543-4998 (no surcharge) or online at www.georgiatheatre.com.
From 2-10 p.m. there'll be a Battle of the Bands at Athens Music Factory, 420 E. Clayton St., in recognition of REALTORS Care Day titled ''Dreams Come True.'' Bands on the roster include, among others, Mike Watson and the Blue Bones (featuring Dale Wardlow), Instant Kharma and Squeeze Bucket (featuring Todd Burton). The winner will be chosen by a panel of judges, though part of the score will be determined by audience reaction. Tickets are $10 ($5 with student ID), and available at the Athens Area Association of REALTORS Inc., 540 Prince Ave., or call (706) 353-1126.
Sunday, April 14
At 3 p.m. there'll be an opening reception at Ashford Manor Bed & Breakfast, 5 Harden Hill Road, Watkinsville, for an exhibit of works by the late local photographer A. Jane Sultan. This is the first exhibition of work by Sultan, who died in October at the age 38 after a four-year fight with breast cancer. The show features more than 120 photos taken during her 20-year career, and most will be for sale (with framed prices ranging from $40 to $500 and matted from $20 to $300) to benefit a local charity. Sultan, who lived in the Athens area for 18 years, was a nature photographer and her art emphasized color and light. She traveled the world, bringing back images from Africa, Alaska, Hawaii, the Okeefonokee Swamp and more. The show will be on display through the end of the month. For more information call (706) 769-2633 or (706) 338-8024.
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Thursday, April 11, 2002.
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H and G Trailer (2013)
"All they have is each other." 28 September 2013 95 mins
A girl and boy. Brother and sister. Living in poverty and neglect. Lost in the woods. They see a house, rush toward it... it is magical. Full of good food, soft sheets, love and care. But in this house, danger lurks. And all they have is each other. The Brothers Grimm fairy tale Hansel and Gretel takes a modern, neorealistic twist in H&G.
Watch the official H and G 2013 trailer in HD below or find more H and G videos on Vidimovie.


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London, United Kingdom (PressExposure) October 10, 2009 -- HolidayClick, one of the leading travel specialists in UK today announced the special holiday offer for all inclusive holidays to Taba Heights. Offering a Red Sea Offer at the price of £399pp, this new holiday seasonal offer is yet another package by HolidayClick to provide each vacationer a best accommodation facility in the Hyatt Regency at the most economical price.
By providing online air tickets booking facility for flights that departure from Manchester and London Gatwick and matching it with significantly reduced hotel rates, HolidayClick is promising the best holiday deals to Taba Heights. All that a vacationer requires is to apply and book before the 17th October 2009 and avail some of the best advantages of an offer, like:
⢠Free Sea View upgrade ⢠Half Board ⢠15% off Food & Beverage* (excludes happy hours) ⢠25% off Spa Treatments*
Being one of the top travel agencies in UK and having tie-up with the Hyatt Regency for 4 precious years, HolidayClick has constantly played an important role in attracting vacationers and offered finest offers to enjoy the food and accommodation service time after time. This holiday season, the agency is once again looking forward attracting more vacationers and aims to record all time highest holiday booking in comparison to past few years.
With just few days to go, HolidayClick guarantees this holiday season offer to be one of the best and feasible options as it will let vacationers relax or enjoy a pleasant stay along with an exciting touring experience. Staying in the beautifully designed Hyatt Regency, vacationers can not just enjoy various activities within the hotel grounds, but even visit the nearby attractions including the Red Sea classics like camel riding and Bedouin nights. There are also alternatives like quad biking and of course the snorkelling and scuba diving which is one of the best in the world. Besides this, this offer will even let vacationers have a great choice of dinning options including Limoncello a daily themed buffet restaurant or Breeze pool side restaurant that serves grilled food and snacks and sea food dishes in the evening.
"Over the past few months we have witnessed a big demand in vacationers seeking holiday bargains. The entire month of October is mostly renowned for being a busiest and expensive time to travel to Taba. Keeping this factor into consideration and acting like a big prize for those who are looking for an ideal holiday trip to Taba must book quickly as these offers won't last long. Announcing this offer at right time, we are giving the people of the United Kingdom more feasible choices in the way they could spend vacation with entire family or friends and will continue to do so in the coming months. Vacationers can get a holiday that can be their most memorable experience", said Maria Reilly the Sales Director of HolidayClick


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Just got back from a week in London where I drank and dined till I could drink and dine no more (no mean feat I can tell you).
Arrived on Saturday and had a light lunch at the Carlton Tower, Kinghtsbridge. I love this hotel and the food in the lounge downstairs is a great way to chill after a 9 hour flight. Club sandwich was good (I needed something simple as I was out with clients in the evening to :
The Red Fort. Really good food but Im afraid the service is now tired. They were trying to turn too many tables too quickly and the eveing was rushed as a result. The Lamb Biryani though is a must and the tandoori monkfish delightful.
Lunch the next day was a trip to the Ivy. After tee many martunis the night before I opted for a satisfying sausage and mash while my dining partner had the shepards pie. The food is good but lets face it, that is not why people go to the Ivy.
Dinner was at The Wolsey on Piccadilly with clients. I love this place, possibly the most English high quiality and consistent restaurant in London. The eggs and hollandaise never dissapoints although my client allowed me one or two of her snails which were perfect. My main was seabass as they had taken the faggots off the menu. (faggots are meatballs consisting of various bits of offal and spices).
Dinner the following evening was at E and O in Notting hill. This is a great spot. cool atmosphere and good servce as well as being reasonably priced. The chilli squid appetizer was one of the best squid dishes Ive had and the braised pork belly (huge in the UK at the moment) was fabulous.
Tuesday took me to Vasco and Pierros in Poland street. Great Italian with fresh light and pure italian food.
Wednesday was Arbutus, nice atmosphere and decor but the service was poor. Booked a table but they put us at the bar. The rabbit was over salted and the menu frankly uninspiring.
Then headed to the country for a few days of pub food.......As a brit now living in North America I needed to stock up on carbs and warm brown flat beer. It was all that I wished for and so much more!


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Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by autumn oddity, Apr 15, 2016.
Who are you leaning towards?
Same dogs.... different collars...
I going to put on a Hillary tee-shirt and vote ten times for Trump.Lawyers slice up wealth;businesspersons create wealth.
Trump cause that will be the most fun.
Twump will Thwump Hillawy. Cwuz wont win
AAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! I vote for Jesus. HE is the only 1 worth voting for
I know..but someone has to run the country.. I'm voting Bernie
I doubt he will be running in the general.
Why? If not I'm going for Hillary
Could you tell me why?
Glad I can't vote!!
As christians, I believe it is biblical to vote for Christian leaders. Seeing that there are none running, I'm probably not going to vote.
All of them are evil men, so I'll let the world vote for them and simply keep on keeping on in the faith.
One of them is an evil woman.
Consider this, a non vote is as good as a vote for the democrats. The democrats have the least respect for Christian values than anyone else. We should try to preserve what we can. You can't expect the candidates to be perfect as they couldn't be. This world is not perfect.
Also consider this, do you want all the churches replaced with mosques?
I'm not expecting any candidate to be perfect, a practicing christian is all I ask for. And sure, if I don't vote, hilary might be elected, but it doesn't really make a difference in light of eternity. If all the churches become mosques, then so be it, I pray it only strengthens my walk with God.
I have nothing against voting, america, or being involved in politics. But if we spent half the amount of time talking about politics as we do about God, I think we'd see a large revival in America.
Because the rest are terrible, if trump is elected in moving to Canada.
Why not Mexico? Everybody says they will move to Canada. What do you have against Mexicans?
Oh and by the way, Hillary is as terrible as they come. Look up the facts.
Everyone says they're move if so-and-so is elected, but no one does, so why say such a thing? The only thing that IS happening right now, are those Americans already overseas are renouncing their citizenship because the US Government is forces foreign banks to report to the US Government all the funds they have in their banks or suffer sanctions. As a result, banks are rejecting US citizens from using their services. I know, because I got the notice from my bank when I lived in Brussels. Thanks Uncle Sam. For those that live overseas permanently, they are suffering because of Uncle Sam's reach. No matter who is the president, no one has all the power everyone seems to credit them, the power and lack thereof is Congress. The balances have broken down to uselessness and "We the people" have become apathetic and non-responsive except when paid by some PAC system. Watch what Soros is doing and he's trying to destroy the US dollar and thereby the country.
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For most cities, landing a baseball team after years of effort represents a great civic triumph, a mark of authenticity, something that identifies the community as a formidable American metropolis. Think Phoenix. Think Seattle. Think Tampa Bay. Think, for that matter, of Montreal.
But Washington is not a city that needed anyone to pat it on the head and say, "You're all grown up, now." It started to get over its inferiority complex in the 1870s, when Boss Shepherd decided that sewer lines and paving would be appropriate. Two world wars and the Depression boosted the power of the federal government, and now there's tech money in the mix, and about 6 million people when you count the suburbs. The city is overrun with politicians, diplomats, media big shots, millionaire lobbyists and various other would-be masters of the universe. It's not like the city needed a team to boost its ego.
"We're not like Milwaukee or Kansas City that desperately need their franchises to stamp them as big-league cities," said Hanbury.
It's something of a mystery that baseball stayed away so long. The Orioles and their dyspeptic owner, Peter Angelos, didn't help matters, nor did the fussiness of baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and the other members of the cartel known as Major League Baseball. But it's also a matter of record that when the city had a team it often didn't have many fannies in the seats.
Brotman remembers those days. The problem wasn't the fans, it was the team, he says.
"In the past, Washington has had, unfortunately, a less than terrific baseball team," he says. Things got so bad that as the 1964 season approached, Brotman suggested a slogan that would honestly and directly address the team's firm grip on last place: Off the Floor in '64. Management loved it.
In the later years of the Senators, the team would get a full house on opening day as Brotman introduced the president of the United States to throw out the first pitch. But the second day, he said, hardly anyone would show up.
But Brotman and Hanbury said yesterday that the city has changed so dramatically, demographically, that history won't repeat itself. The suburbs have boomed since the 1960s, and the Washington metropolitan area now ranks near the top of a list of the most affluent communities in America.
"We have twice the number of people in the region today as we did 30 years ago. A much more affluent constituency now. And right now, Washington, D.C., has the strongest economy in the country," Hanbury said.
The buzz is that baseball needed Washington more than Washington needed baseball. The nation's capital not only has lots of people and boodles of money, but by placing a team here, Major League Baseball can try to reclaim the lost fan base among African Americans.
"Kids in the inner city are not playing baseball right now, as a whole," said Brendan Sullivan, co-director of Head First Baseball, a company that runs baseball clinics for youngsters. "The reality is, if you go down into parts of the inner city, we'll run a clinic and ask kids, name a Baltimore Oriole, and a lot of times no one in the group can name a single one."
But that's now. Spring training is only five months away. On opening day this may not only feel like a baseball town, but feel like a great baseball town. It'll be a hot date for singles, and dads will think they're heroes for taking their kids to the ballpark. And as the game goes into the bottom of the seventh inning, everyone in the stadium will stand and lustily sing, "Take me out to the ballgame."
They actually sang it yesterday at the big announcement. Brotman led the way, belting it out with gusto, swaying on stage. But most of the people in the place didn't appear to know the words.


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Bihar's controversial topper in Class XII exams for the Arts stream, Ruby Rai, who wrote a one-line 'essay' on the saint-poet Tulsidas during a re-test, said today that she had "no idea" how she scored such good marks in the exams.
According to Hindustan Times, Rai, who was arrested by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) when she emerged from a re-test of the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB), said, "Hum dehaat ki ladki hain, humko nahi pata hum kaise top kar gaye (I am a village girl. I don't know how I topped the examination)."
"The BSEB took the decision to cancel the result of the Arts topper on the basis of report of experts team on her performance in Saturday's re-test," Anand Kishore, the new chairman of the board, told PTI.
"She could not answer many of the questions which had been asked in the examination in which she (Ruby Rai) was declared the topper," he added.
Reportedly, Rai also told the police that the principal of the Vishun Roy college in Vaishali, where she was studying, was a distant relative. However, while maintaining that she never had any direct contact with Bachcha Roy, the alleged kingpin of the 'topper' scam, she did not rule out the possibility that her father might have interacted with him, reported HT.
Rai's dubious distinction first came to light when she told a TV channel that "prodikal science" (political science), a subject she had topped in, was about cooking.
Rai's Class XII marks were reportedly the result of a racket in which students paid ₹15 lakh to have their names declared in the state toppers' list.
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Sunspot Prison was a space-bound penitentiary maintained by the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War. Owing its name to a nearby sun that bathed the facility in warmth and bright light, the penitentiary hosted many prisoners, including Imperial spies, mercenaries, war criminals, and even an Imperial Moff or two. Its existence was a well-guarded secret, and even most members of the Alliance knew nothing about it. The Prison was protected by the sun at its back, and by a sea of ion cannons in front of it. Doctor Aphra, a rogue archaeologist who had been a servant of Darth Vader, was incarcerated there after being captured by Leia Organa and Sana Starros.
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New Art Annuale 2015
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New Art WM initiative showcases contemporary art and artists from the West Midlands
Vanley Burke, Graham Chorlton, Chris Clinton, Corey Hayman, Yvonne Hindle, Lucy Hutchinson, Paul Newman, Bruno Grilo, Elizabeth Rowe, Barbara Walker, Matt Westbrook, Corey Whyte, Barbara Witkowska, Rafal Zar
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•New Art WM initiative showcases contemporary art and artists from the West Midlands
•Annuale exhibition includes new paintings, sculpture and photography from 14 artists
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The first New Art WM: Annuale exhibition will take place from 20 March to 15 April 2015 at Article gallery on Margaret Street, Birmingham. It includes paintings, sculpture, drawing, photography, video and digital artworks by 14 artists who live and work in the West Midlands. All the work on show will be on sale, with price-tags ranging from £100 to £3500.
The Annuale is curated by Rachel Bradley, Head of Art Market at New Art WM. She explained the idea behind the exhibition: "The Annuale will allow anyone who is interested in contemporary art to see exciting new work that is being created here in the West Midlands. As all the work is on sale, it's a great chance for anyone interested in buying art to connect with artists and build a collection of their own."
Co-Curator Mona Casey, Director of Article Gallery, added: "We visited artists' studios across the West Midlands before settling on the 14 artists who will exhibit in the Annuale. The mix of artworks on show reflect distinctive trends in contemporary art right now – we are seeing new ways of portraying landscape, both real and imagined, urban and rural, but also we will show art that looks at global issues such as identity, religion and gender."
The exhibiting artists include photographer Vanley Burke, who presents new prints from a classic series showing life in urban Birmingham. Elizabeth Rowe – currently artist in residence at The New Art Gallery Walsall – will present collages intricately rendered from newspaper, and the winner of New Art West Midlands 2014 Rafal Zar will show new paintings and sculpture. Other artists showing their work include Graham Chorlton, Lucy Hutchinson, Corey Hayman and Matt Westbrook.
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Curvy actress Sara Rue has been named diet firm Jenny Craig's new celebrity spokeswoman - and she's already enjoying big success just five days after she started using the weight-loss plan.
The U.S. TV star, who won acclaim for her role as a Stevie Nicks superfan in cult 2001 film Gypsy 83, will take over from Valerie Bertinelli as Jenny Craig's leading diet role model.
Rue, who was officially named the new spokeswoman on Wednesday (02Dec09), began her latest diet at the weekend (28Nov09) - and she's already seeing results.
She explains, "I started on Saturday because I didn't have any distractions. I didn't have to be anywhere. I could just focus on planning my meals and getting a good start on the weekend.
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Tall Tall Trees Shares "SeagullxEagle" Video On Relix
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"While his principal instrument is the banjo, he draws in many more elements and effects on Freedays."
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"The LP's title track is one of the more ethereal cuts on the album."
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" (CLC) Written partly from within the forest, the hauntingly beautiful tune cycles through moods and colors. Savino pines for a simpler life, alternating gentle, precision plucking with washes of dissonant, twisted-up realities."
Relix has premiered the video for Tall Tall Trees newest single "SeagullxEagle". It is the fourth single off of the recently released album 'Freedays', out now via Joyful Noise Recordings. Prior to "SeagullxEagle" Tall Tall Trees released three singles, "Being There", "Freedays" and "Backroads". Dates for the upcoming tour are listed below.
Tall Tall Trees – 2017 Tour Dates
04/10/2017 – High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI
04/11/2017 – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL
04/12/2017 – Calvin College – Grand Rapids, MI
04/13/2017 – A&R Music Bar – Columbus, OH
04/14/2017 – 20th Century Theater – Cincinnati, OH
04/16/2017 – Rex Theater – West Pittsburg, PA
04/18/2017 – Pearl Street Nightclub – Northampton, MA
04/19/2017 – Port City Music Hall – Portland, ME
04/20/2017 – Signal Kitchen – Burlington, VA
04/21/2017 – The Ballroom at Outer Space – Hamden, CT
04/22/2017 – Columbus Theatre – Providence, RI
04/23/2017 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY
04/25/2017 – NorVa – Norfolk, VA
04/26/2017 – Jefferson Theatre – Charlottesville, VA
04/27/2017 – The Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC
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To say that Mike Savino is an innovator would be an understatement. Touring under the moniker Tall Tall Trees, the banjo-wielding bard has reshaped the landscape of what is possible with the instrument. On stage and in studio, Savino breaks down the banjo into its most basic iteration, reminding audiences that the banjo is, at root, a drum. Coupled with his mastery of electronic effects, loops, toy ray guns, and heaps of spontaneous creativity, Tall Tall Trees has been encapsulating audience members worldwide with his mystifying solo shows, as well as playing alongside fellow innovator Kishi Bashi.
His latest album 'Freedays' is, in a way, his debut album. Having recorded two previous albums in a traditional collaborative band setting, 'Freedays' is the first album Savino wrote and recorded as a solo project. Beginning in 2015, Savino took a much-needed respite from New York City, where he had spent a decade and a half honing his craft, and assumed the role of sole caretaker at an abandoned health retreat nestled in the green mountains of northern Georgia. The Bird's Nest, as it was called, completely surrounded by national forest, provided the freedom and space to work without time constraints or interruption.
Composed and recorded over a period of eight months, 'Freedays' tells the story of a man in transition and documents an artist alone at the crossroads of the life he has and the one he wants. The album begins with "Backroads", which drops the listener into a darkened forest amidst a chorus of wailing coyotes and quickly takes off on a midnight drive. Tracks like "Being There", "A Place to Call Your Own", and "CLC" provide an honest look into the author's thought process and decision making. Although it's often hard to imagine, most of the sounds on the album are experiments with the banjo, and they all reflect the innovative musings of one of the freshest sounds to come out of the Appalachians in decades.
Freedays Track Listing:
1. Backroads
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Character is traditionally viewed as a description of a fictional person. As a construct, it is made up of verbal or visual statements about what that fictional person does, says and thinks and what other fictional characters and the author of the text say about him or her. The reader, listener or viewer fleshes out these statements to imagine a person-like character, sufficiently individualised and coherent to establish the sense of an identity. In this way, representation of a 'real' person invites personal identification and judgements about the character's morality and value to their society. This kind of analysis can contribute to shaping one's own sense of a moral and ethical self and so becoming a way of enculturation.
Characters may also be created and/ or read as representations of ideas, of groups of people or of types that serve a function in a narrative genre. Questions of characterisation then focus on the ways a character is constructed both by the responder and the composer and its function in the text.
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Character is an important concept in narrative as a driver of the action, a function in the plot, a way of engaging or positioning a reader or as a way of representing its thematic concerns. The way character is read is an indication of particular approaches to texts, be it through personal engagement or critical response.
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Students understand that characters trigger an imaginative response through identification.
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Students understand that characters are represented in such a way as to have motives for actions.
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- are constructed in a such a way as to invite an emotional reaction such as identification, empathy or antipathy.
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Students understand that characters are composed of imagined thoughts, words and actions.
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Students understand that characters in imaginative texts are visual, verbal and aural representations of people who participate in the narrative.


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Outraged French journalists demanded on Friday that supporters of embattled President Nicolas Sarkozy apologise for branding coverage of a party funding scandal as fascist.
Government ministers went on the attack this week after a news website reported that an accountant had accused France's richest woman of handing out cash in brown envelopes to Sarkozy and his campaign treasurer.
Xavier Bertrand, the current chairman of Sarkozy's UMP party, said the Mediapart site had stooped to "fascist methods" and two ministers said the reporting recalled "the tactics of the 1930s".
Families Minister Nadine Morano accused the subscription-only site of mounting a stunt to line its pockets, and Prime Minister Francois Fillon accused reporters of becoming "self-declared judges".
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"Sarkozydom is trying to find sacrificial lambs to cover up its own carelessness," declared the magazine Marianne, which itself published copies of Bettencourt ledgers confirming a series of mysterious cash withdrawals.
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Marianne editorialists demanded that the government apologise, while the editor of the left-wing daily Liberation, Laurent Joffrin accused the UMP figures of "totally unwarranted and outrageous insults".
Pressure group Reporters Without Borders, which normally finds itself called on to defend press freedom in developing world autocracies, issued a statement condemning the Elysee's apparently coordinated attacks.
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Mediapart has itself threatened to sue for defamation, and its editor Edwy Plenel -- a former editor-in-chief of the respected daily Le Monde -- made a strong defence of the story, which has made headlines around the globe.
"We are professional journalists," he told AFP. "I have known attacks under other presidents of left and right, but never such low and vicious ones.
"The violence, the bad faith and excessive nature of these attacks shows that we're not dealing with rumours, but with precise facts," he said.
Media observer Dominique Wolton said the vicious tone of the clash between Sarkozy and the media reflects increased competition between new online outlets and ailing dailies.
But he said it also reflected a breakdown in Sarkozy's formerly close relationship with the media, which he has often used for political gain.
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The father of April Jones has said paedophiles who seek help before they commit an offence "deserve a chance".
The five-year-old was snatched from outside her home in Machynlleth, mid Wales more than two years ago by Mark Bridger, who was sentenced to a whole life term for April's abduction and mur der.
Her parents Coral and Paul Jones launched a high-profile campaign to highlight the growing problem of internet abuse after Bridger, 47, was found to have accessed child abuse images online just hours before her death.
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April's 19-year-old sister Jasmine told the broadcaster the family were still struggling to come to terms with her murder.
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Subscriber Peg had some interesting problems with her Windows 7 computer recently — and that's "interesting" as in "I sure didn't want THAT to happen and I wonder why it did…"
Dear Terry,
I have a problem and do not know how to solve it. In fact, I've never heard of the problem or seen reference to it on the internet or any of your news letters, which I faithfully read.
For some reason, all entries on the msconfig start menu but one have become unchecked. The one remaining checked program is "Microsoft Windows Operating System."
Some time ago I unchecked several items on the start menu because I thought there was no reason to have them run every time I opened my Dell 8100 Windows 7/64 desktop. So I just opened them when needed rather than have them run all the time. This seemed to work well, and I seldom returned to the msconfig start up menu.
On 6/26 I was downloading some Norton Anti Virus updates. It downloaded o.k. I thought, but then it changed Norton shortcut appearance and also changed the shortcut appearance of Malwarebytes. It took me quite a while to restore them. Subsequently, I was trying to download WatchESPN and for reasons I can't now recall, I went to the msconfig start up and found it changed, as described, and not by me.
So…I'm thinking that something went wrong on 6/26 and that a restore system predating 6/26 may help. Would it? Would a pre-6/26 start menu appear? Or, if not, is there anywhere the old start menu would have been filed automatically? I'm really lost on this.
While Peg's option of using an old Restore Point to restore her functionality, I'm really not sure what she's found. When I run msconfig on my Windows 7 computer, I don't find any startup reference, or check box, for "Microsoft Windows Operating System."
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This also might be a good time to use another scanner program to check for malware, as I think it highly unlikely that Norton Antivirus updates would have turned off the auto-starting of her specified programs. I would use Malwarebytes Antimalware (premium or free version) to check (http://terryscomputertips.com/malwarebytes).


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Precious little went right for Finland's Nokia Oyj. (
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From layoffs
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The biggest negative there is definitely the
massive 25 percent drop
in smartphone sales. One smartphone equals several feature phones in profit, so the feature phone dip -- due, according to Nokia, to its feature phones lacking the popular dual-SIM option in H1 2011 -- is far less troubling that the smartphone plunge.
Digging for good news amid the clouds, one can point out that in 2011 customers knew
Symbian was going to die
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By contrast in 2012 Nokia has already launched a number of attractive handsets, including the
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Discussion in 'Political Issues' started by Ruble Noon, Jul 27, 2012.
the title is misleading, not every republican is tparty backed...
Yeah, sure...they're also saying that the only President to have reduced the deficit/balanced the budget was Clinton. Riiiight...
Even a broken watch is right twice each day. In this case, they are right. True, the only reason the budget got balanced, etc. was because klinton had to deal with a Congress controlled by Republicans, but nevertheless, it happened.
The GOP tried to take credit for something that they didn't have anything to do with.
The same bunch of GOPer's that "claimed" they balanced the budget under Clinton also unbalanced it under Lil' George.
To back to 1992 and look at Clinton's campaign promises. One of the main ones was a balanced budget.
Look at all the GOPers' that "claimed" they balanced the budget and how many of them had a balanced budget campaign promise?
The answer is......... ZERO!
And today we have (among other subtractors - did I just make up a word?) a massive Healthcare Reform Bill and a pledge to increase monetary aid in the Middle East. As far as parties go, they are both fabulous.
The only president ever impeached wisely didn't stand in the way of the balanced budget express train pushed through by the majority Republican Congress.
Campaign promises from klinton? Only a fool would believe anything that criminal said.
A balance budget was one of Clinton's campaign promises in '92 and again in '96. Whether you liked Slick Willy or not he did keep his promise.
Pretty simple who the fool is.
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Rotimi Fasakin, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has insisted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the members of its strategy review committee headed by Prof. Jerry Gana will be decisively defeated in the 2019 general elections
The APC chieftain who said this during a media chat in Lagos berated the opposition party for strategizing to wrestle power from the APC, Daily Post reports.
According to him, the PDP needs to be schooled by the APC on how to formulate winning strategies that can unseat a ruling party.
The APC chieftain who blamed the poor state of the economy on the choices made by the immediate past government of Goodluck Jonathan urged Nigerians to give the Buhari administration more chance as changes have indeed started manifesting.
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He said: "When I heard PDP talk about strategizing for 2019, there was something in me that leapt for joy that they are coming in for a good shellacking come 2019. You know why? They need to learn one or two things from us in terms of strategy. How did we do in in unseating a party that had been in power for 16 years.
"This is a party that left so much mess. The mess they left has not cleared. We are still battling in clearing the mess.
Speaking on the overall performance of President Buhari, he said: "On the performance of President Buhari, there are many indices with which you will judge the legacies of this administration vis-à-vis this party.
"Nigerians will be asking themselves that about two years ago, the Nigerian soldiers that they knew under Jonathan, under PDP – the last administration were scampering for safety anytime they saw Boko Haram.. They were jumping into other jurisdiction. Now in two years, that same army has now been galvanized into a strong fighting force that is a pride to you and I.
"A few weeks ago, our soldiers showed up in Gambia, and the President who had shown some recalcitrance bolted through the back door, because our soldiers had arrived. Now the national pride is back, some people are saying that they want to take us back to 24 months ago.
The APC leader who also spoke on state of the economy argued that Nigeria has never had an economy.
"Talking of the economy, anybody that knows the Nigerian economy will know that Nigerian economy is import dependent, when any import-dependent country devalues its currency is looking for hyper inflation.
"Let's understand clearly that there are specific processes for getting out of our economic quagmire. Anybody that understands clearly, knows that we had never had an economy anyway. An economy in which, 80, 85, 90 percent of the money circulating in the economy is traceable to government. Is that an economy?
"The change APC promised Nigerians is a process, and it starts with the leadership. When you have a leadership that is transparent, it cascades down to the followers. We need to give the APC some time to bring the change we promised. The kind of impunity we used to have under PDP is no longer obtainable.
"I reiterate that in 2019, PDP will get proper shellacking," he said.
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Aug 15 - Fitch Ratings has affirmed Sodexo SA's (Sodexo) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and senior unsecured ratings at 'BBB+'. The Outlook is Stable.
The affirmation reflects the company's steady performance despite difficult macroeconomic conditions and demonstrates Sodexo's resilient operating model and strong geographic and end market diversification. Sodexo has a consistent history of generating positive free cash flow (FCF) as a result of its stable operating performance and the low capital spending requirements inherent in the asset-light business services industry.
The ratings are further supported by Fitch's recently revised building blocks for EMEA Business Services companies which comfortably place Sodexo in the middle of the 'BBB' rating level, although many of Sodexo's company-specific traits are aligned with the 'A' category. Overall, Fitch views Sodexo's credit profile as stable and its credit metrics continue to remain in-line with Fitch's expectations.
Sodexo's business profile benefits from a diversified customer base, consistently strong customer retention rates and a broad geographic footprint. Sodexo has been increasing its sales contribution in fast-growing emerging markets (20% of H112 sales) in recent years which have helped to offset weakness in Continental European markets. The group is also benefiting from long-term structural change towards outsourcing in the foodservices industry. The level of outsourcing remains low, notably in segments such as healthcare and education, and in regions such as Emerging Markets and Europe.
Fitch views the group's reported cash position at H112 as strong at EUR1.2bn, relative to near-term maturities. Liquidity is further supported by committed credit facilities of up to EUR600m and USD800m that mature in July 2016, of which EUR330m was drawn to help finance a few acquisitions made in H112. Debt maturities ramp up in 2013 with the amortisation of USD140m US private placement notes due in September 2013 and, subsequently, EUR500m from the 2007 bond issue due in March 2014.
Due to the substantial cash holdings, Fitch's analysis considers Sodexo's leverage metrics both on a net and gross basis. Lease-adjusted funds from operations (FFO) leverage ratios improved in FY11 to 3.4x (2.0x net of unrestricted cash) from 3.7x (2.2x net of cash) due to a debt repayment of over EUR200m. As a result of the recent draw on the revolving credit line, Fitch expects FFO leverage metrics to worsen slightly in FY12.
Sodexo has not made any share repurchases through the first nine months of FY12, but has raised dividend payments by around 6% to EUR221m. Fitch expects the company to continue to grow organically while also allocating a portion of its positive FCF generation towards bolt-on acquisitions. Fitch considers Sodexo's appetite for bolt-on acquisitions as a substitute for investments in organic expansion. The agency views Sodexo as having adequate financial flexibility to implement these cash deployment initiatives while still maintaining a financial profile consistent with a 'BBB+' rating.
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Description of the accommodation:
Rooms, services Just looking for accommodation in Springfield? Take a look at the offer of Quality Inn & Suites Springfield! The guests of the hotel may stay in 100 nicely furnished, comfortable rooms in Springfield. The hotel is happy to have you in the restaurant for a hearty lunch or a romantic dinner. You can also bring your laptop for the holiday, for there is wireless Internet connection (WiFi) available at the hotel. You can find the exact list of services provided by Quality Inn & Suites Springfield (including those for extra fees) and the exact equipment of the rooms on the information sheet below.
Payment Credit card guarantee or advance bank card payment may be required for the reservation, depending on the chosen room, date and price.
Arrival, opening hours The earliest time of check-in is 15:00, the latest time of check-out is 11:00. The personnel can speak English.
Quality Inn & Suites Springfield rooms Rooms
- Please select a date to see the proper prices!
Accommodation services
Free WiFi in shared places
- Pool (Outdoor - seasonally open)
Pet friendly, Elevator
Own restaurant
Hairdryer, Tea/coffee-maker