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This article was published 26/8/2013 (1457 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Eric Robinson said his comment about the "ignorance of do-good white people" may have been inappropriate, but it wasn't racist.
And Premier Greg Selinger refused, when questioned on Monday, to judge whether the remark was racist, saying that would be up to the Manitoba Human Rights Commission.
Robinson, 60, a 20-year MLA who has been in cabinet since 1999, said he regretted using the word "white" in an email to a staffer who had raised concerns that a burlesque show was being organized to raise funds for the Osborne House women's shelter.
But he stood by his criticism of the event Monday, saying it was "not thought out thoroughly." He said a burlesque show "dehumanizes women" and is unsuitable as an event to raise money for an organization that provides a safe haven to exploited women.
'I'm regretful for a couple of things: the term 'white' for one thing, white do-gooders. I am also regretful that the event occurred' -- Eric Robinson
Robinson issued a written apology for his choice of words on Friday but did not face the media until Monday.
"I'm regretful for a couple of things: the term 'white' for one thing, white do-gooders. I am also regretful that the event occurred," he told reporters.
Robinson also said despite his initial defence of his comments, he was not forced to issue his written apology late last week. He said he simply decided to take the "high road" in the matter after discussing the issue with the premier. "Nobody twisted my arm, nobody threw me to the ground. Nobody forced me to say anything. It was a statement that I wrote... myself," he said.
Robinson, however, would not admit that his controversial comment -- made in November but which only came to light last week -- was racist. "I don't think so. I've heard worse things said about me. And I still do."
He categorized his remark as "a general statement" that was "not directed at anybody."
Pressed for clarification, Robinson spoke of his experiences with racism at the hands of non-aboriginal people.
"As a 10-year-old boy I remember my late mother, who was a person who died when she was 31 years old on the street getting beaten by her non-aboriginal boyfriend and I did my best to try to help her out. Of course, I did not succeed because the guy was a full-grown man and he knocked me out. But still to this day I committed myself to working with aboriginal women. And my record stands for itself...."
Robinson's views on "do-good white people" came to light after the director of Osborne House, Barbara Judt, received a copy of the Nov. 22 email through a freedom of information request. She said she has filed a complaint with the provincial human rights commission. Reached by the Free Press on Sunday, she also rejected the cabinet minister's earlier apology, calling it insincere.
On Monday, Selinger rejected Conservative Opposition demands that he drop Robinson from cabinet over the issue, noting that his minister had already apologized for his poor choice of words.
"He was concerned about burlesque being used as a fund-raising activity for a domestic violence shelter, but he also acknowledged that he could have made a better choice of his words and he apologized. And I accept that," Selinger said in facing the media for the first time since the remarks became widely known on Friday.
Although Selinger disciplined a government backbencher recently for a homophobic comment in the legislature, he said he will not mete out any punishment to Robinson.
The difference, he said, was that Robinson's statement was made in a "private communication" to a staffer.
"It was never intended for public consumption nor was it intended to single out anybody in the community. So it's quite a different set of circumstances," Selinger said, adding Robinson is a national leader in raising the issue of missing and murdered aboriginal women.
Asked what his response would have been if Robinson had made the disparaging remark about members of a different race, Selinger reiterated Robinson had apologized for the statement and withdrawn it.
"My response would be the same, in that he acknowledged it and apologized for it and I respect him for doing that in the context of... advocating about the concerns of people being possibly victimized ...."
In calling for Robinson's removal from cabinet, Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister called the minister's comment "racist in nature" and "disrespectful."
"It's not acceptable," Pallister said. "It doesn't reflect the values of Manitobans who oppose racism in all its forms. It is beneath contempt and the minister needs to be removed from his position."


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Mike Jenkins, first-round draft pick?
Looks like Mike Jenkins made a smart decision by not bolting for the NFL Draft last spring. USF's success on the field would make that an easy judgment, but Jenkins is helping himself in terms of his draft position, if ESPN's draft experts are any indication.
Mel Kiper Jr., chatting on ESPN.com this week, said Jenkins "has a chance to be a mid-first rounder," adding that fellow corner Trae Williams could go as high as the second round. He considers linebacker Ben Moffitt a late first-day pick, with defensive end Jarriett Buie, receiver Amarri Jackson and tackle Walt Walker as potential second-day picks. When you consider that rookie Falcons linebacker Stephen Nicholas is the only USF draft pick in the last three years, that's an impressive statement.
Kiper's latest "Big Board" rankings, which are also available only through ESPN's "Insider" premium offering, have Jenkins as the No. 10 player overall, up five spots from his last ranking. "He has excellent recovery speed and the toughness you look for in a cornerback," Kiper writes. "His size allows him to match up with an opponent's No. 1 wide receiver."
USF has never had a first-round draft pick, and just to give a sense of how much money that could mean, we'll use Michigan cornerback Leon Hall, who was picked by Cincinnati with the 18th pick in last year's draft. His rookie contract included a reported $8.2-million in guaranteed money. The only Bulls alum who's gotten a bigger deal would be cornerback Anthony Henry, who got a $10-million signing bonus when he signed with the Dallas Cowboys.
Scouts Inc., which supplies ESPN with draft analysis, has Jenkins as the No. 17 senior on their draft board and the first defensive back overall. They list his 40-yard time as 4.49 seconds, a time bested by only four other players in their top 32.
I'm always iffy about pulling quotes from premium content on other sides, but there's a news aspect to what I'm writing about, and it could generate more premium subscribers for them, so ethically, I think I'm on solid ground here.

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A particular type of VAT (Value Added Tax) fraud is continuing to distort the UK's trade deficit by millions of pounds, it was revealed this week.
The seriousness of the scam can be seen in the fact the warning has came from both HM Revenue & Customs and the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
One is dealing with the problem at the sharp end and the other has been forced to point out how serious its effects could be to UK plc.
So prevalent is the scam that the ONS has cautioned that the latest upbeat trade figures - which showed a marked £71m improvement in the difference between what the UK exports and imports - may have been wrongly exaggerated by the fraud, and could eventually need to be revised.
But what exactly is the VAT fraud in question, and how could it be distorting official UK trade figures?
Overseas partners
The fraud is called "missing trader fraud", and in simplest terms it involves a fraudulent UK firm importing goods such as mobile phones VAT-free, then selling them in Britain with the VAT price added, only to fail to pay the VAT to HM Revenue & Customs.
They then simply import the goods back into the UK from their overseas business partners, sharing both the eventual profits and the VAT monies that should have gone to the UK exchequer.
As the ONS uses VAT receipts to help it determine imports into the UK, it is all to easy to see how its figures can be distorted by missing trader fraud.
Further afield
While the scam is far from new - it first surfaced in 2000 - it has returned as a problem because the fraudsters have entered new overseas markets to try to keep ahead of customs officials.
Where previously the scams would involve UK firms exporting and them importing goods to and from other nations within the European Union, such has been the success of HM Revenue & Customs in clamping down on the illegal trade, the fraudsters have now turned their attention to countries outside the EU.
The fraudsters are now said to favour using Dubai, Hong Kong, and Singapore in particular. This could be a major contributing factor why exports to Dubai rose by £500m between May and June, while exports to France dropped by £300m.
A HM Revenue and Customs spokesman said the organisation was "well aware" of the missing trader fraud, and "had been successfully tackling it since 2000".
"As often happens when tackling organised crime, our success has prompted changes to the fraud including, in this case, changes to the underlying pattern of trading," he said.
"We are analysing recent trade data to determine if this impacts on balance of trade figures."


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BRUNSWICK, Maine — Until a couple of years ago, Brunswick High School senior Lukas Schipper was more accustomed to lifting a javelin over his head than a leotard-clad dancer, and more practiced running the 4-by-400 relay than dancing and singing on stage.
These days, his practice energy is directed at a stage instead of a track.
George Rowe, another senior athlete, rehearsed his role as Jets leader Riff while clad in a Brunswick Dragons T-shirt and shorts. Between scenes, he grabbed a lacrosse stick and threw a ball against the brick wall outside.
Schipper and Rowe are among a handful of Brunswick High School athletes who bowed out of various varsity sports in recent years to join popular drama productions such as this spring's "West Side Story."
This year, that means trading weight training and speed drills for a quick course in ballet.
"It's time-consuming," Rowe said of the nightly three-hour rehearsals, which will become five- to 12-hour stints during "Hell Week" just before the show opens March 20. "We have to put in a lot of work."
Lilly Gardiner, a 16-year-old sophomore who plays "wannabe Jet" Anybody's, has danced for 13 years. She's amazed at how much the guys have improved. And by joining the Brunswick Players, she said, "They broke down the cliques."
That barrier-breaking could be seen Thursday, as the cast rehearsed musical numbers such as "Gee, Officer Krupke!" Adams Carney, 15, who plays Sharkboy, has trained in dance for 10 years. Carney said he likely wouldn't have interacted with some of these athletes had they not joined the theater productions.
"They're the school celebrities," he said. "But this makes it much easier to talk to them."
And, he said, the athletes have become really good at dance.
"They tried something new and they're really killing it," Carney said.
Elliot Boyd, 17, another Jet, gave up a spot on the varsity basketball team last year to join the school's production of "Grease."
"The type of people you meet in theater are different people," Boyd said. "They're more outgoing in a way … they're more open to new things — I don't know — to different people, especially."
At Brunswick High School, the annual spring production is so popular that some 80 students auditioned for about 60 parts. And competition was fierce, Gardiner said, with "lots of tears after the audition."
"We have a really, really strong program," said Pamela Mutty, director of the Brunswick High School Players, who has led the drama productions for 20 years. "We try to cast everybody who tries out, but the stage wouldn't hold them all."
Last year's production of "Grease" sold out the 600-seat Crooker Theater for all four performances.
"It's exciting to see that many boys, and they're excited, which makes everyone else excited," musical director Ashley Smith said.
"We're really lucky that it's cool to be in theater here," Mutty said.


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Steve P.wrote a review of Skullcandy Lowrider Headphones - 2011 on February 2, 2011
Not for riding, but still good
I wouldn't wear these while riding, I could easily see them falling off if you bail. Also there's no volume control so you'll have to park them around your neck or dig out your ipod if you need to hear something other than your tunes.
Other than that though I've been pretty impressed with the lowriders - decent sound quality for the price, and I love that they collapse and fold up for storage in a backpack or pocket. They're pretty comfy to wear but after a couple of hours straight they start to hurt my ears a little because they sit right on the ear, but that's to be expected of any headphone that's not "over the ear" style.
Overall, pretty sweet 'phones.


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I try to be involved in my religious community. I am a Polytheist (believe in more than one god). I promise not to press my religion on you, but I am always willing and able to talk about it if you have any questions.
Aside from religious stuffs, I like to do charity/volunteer work, listening/playing music, write short stories, watching movies, hiking and hanging out with friends. It might be worth noting that almost all of my friends are guys. I'm a more lady-like version of one-of-the-guys. Oh and since they took away the three words to describe yourself, I'll put them here- "I am dorky, witty and intelligent".
Movies- (in no particular order) Donnie Darko, Fight Club, Kids, Trainspotting, The Namesake, Super Troopers, Interview with the Vampire, Queen of the Damned, Requiem for a Dream, Saw I and II (only), Braveheart, Boondock Saints, Memoirs of a Geisha, Pirates of the Caribbean, Rory O'Shea was Here, Jarhead, Born on the Fourth of July. The Matrix (only the first one), Leon the Professional, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, American History X, Gattaca, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Shimtsuma Monogatari (Kamikaze Girls), Everything is Illuminated, The Dreamers, SLC Punk, Thank you for Smoking, Bee Movie (and other kids movies) and many more
Music-I know everyone says "Oh I listen to everything", but I really do. If you have some music you think I'd like, let me know. This is a list of some genres I listen to- Indie (rock, pop and rap/hip hop), ambient, Happy Hardcore, Goa Trance, Industrial, anything electronic, Hardcore, anything from most of the 80's, various 'waves (darkwave, new wave, etc etc), old school punk/old school style punk, Viking death metal, really standard "alt rock", mash-ups, folk, Blue-eyed Soul, things dorky kids play in band (band geek since 5th grade!)
Food-It depends on my mood
2. Helping people and The Gods
3. Music
4. A computer, preferably with internet access
5. Tea (standard black, white, red, herbal.. green tea makes me sick for some weird reason)
6. My glasses (because college has made me too lazy for contacts and I'm now too blind to see well a foot in front of me)


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Fayette Corners (GNIS FID: 1284174) is a populated place located within the Commissioner District 2, a minor civil division (MCD) of Fayette County.
The elevation of Fayette Corners is 420 feet. Fayette Corners appears on the Whiteville U.S. Geological Survey Map. Fayette County is in the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours).
Fayette County: Subdivisions (MCDs) | Cities & Towns | ZIP Codes | Features (airports, churches, hospitals, etc.)
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Data Source - USGS GNIS FID: 1284174
BOUNDARY MAPS: Commissioner District 2 | Fayette County
Whiteville, TN
(4.3 miles SE)
Somerville, TN (11.6 miles SW)
Stanton, TN (12.8 miles WNW)
Toone, TN
(14.5 miles E)
Bolivar, TN (14.7 miles ESE)
Mount Moriah, TN
(2.4 miles SSW)
Cedar Chapel, TN (3.4 miles NE)
Miller, TN (4.3 miles WSW)
Eurekaton, TN
(4.7 miles N)
Dancyville, TN (5.6 miles WNW)


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" Brand: Decleor / Cleanser / Type: Body Lotion / Subcategory: Lotion / Contents: 400ml / Skin type: for all types / What it does: Moisturizes, Cleanses, "
* Prices may differ from that shownMore Offers
Decleor Aroma Cleanse Tonifying Lotion (75ml)
I received this product as part of an Aroma Cleanse trial size kit that was priced at just over £20, so this product is not the full size version. This is the first Decleor product I have tried and I really like it - just not the price!
- Product description (from feelunique.com)
"This soft pink toning lotion immediately refreshes the complexion and is essential to be used after cleansing to complete the effective removal of make-up and impurities from the skin."
- About the product
As this is a trial size it is only 75ml or 2.5 fl oz which is a really good size for a sample but this product can reach 400ml. This product is a toner and it is to be used after cleansing and before your moisturiser. The main/active ingredients in this product include: Lavender, Petit grain Essential Oils, Orange, Kiwi, Mallow and Lime Tree Essential Water.
- Using the product and results
I have been using this product for the almost the past three weeks as a toner after my cleanser, and before my moisturiser/serum. The first thing I notice about this toner is that even though it is called a lotion, it isn't actually a lotion - it looks and feels like water or any other toner on the market. I really don't understand why it is called a lotion when clearly it isn't. This product has a very watery, thin, runny consistency like every other toner I have used. Another thing that I notice about this product is that it is scented - as I say with every skincare review, I do not like skincare products that are scented as I have sensitive skin (although it is nowhere near as bad as it was earlier in the year) and I find that some scented skincare products can irritate my skin. This toner doesn't though even though it does have a really strong scent to it.
The scent is really quite nice actually; it is sweet, fresh and floral. To use as a toner I have been dispensing some of the product onto a cotton pad and then sweeping the cotton pad over my face and neck - with this packaging I find that it is not very easy to dispense a small amount so I did end up using a little bit more than I needed to each time. This toner applies nicely and it feels light and fresh on the skin; it works really well as a toner as it cleans my skin without stripping it or leaving any residue. The product also dries fairly quickly so I can then apply my moisturiser. The toner is really nice and it does leave my skin feeling clean, fresh and comfortable but I have used toners that are a lot cheap and that work just as well - for example, Lush Eau Roma Water.
- Price and availability
I received this as part of a set which was just over £20 a few months ago and it can be purchased individually from feelunique.com for £18.90 for a large 400ml bottle which is a little bit expensive in my opinion. This product can also be bought from amazon, Hqhair, bathandunwind.co.uk (for £17 for 200ml) and you may also be able to find this product on eBay.co.uk.
*Quick and easy to use
*Doesn't irritate my skin or cause any spots to develop
*Leaves my skin clean, fresh and comfortable
*Works well as a toner and it doesn't leave any residue on the skin
*Strongly scented
Thank you for reading my review
Active Ingredients: Lavender, Petitgrain Essential Oils, Orange, Kiwi, Mallow and Lime-Tree Essential Waters / This soft pink toning lotion immediately refreshes the complexion and is essential to be used after cleansing to complete the effective removal of make-up and impurities from the skin / Alcohol-free it is suitable , gently rebalancing and preparing the skin for further skincare products / Directions for use: Apply to face and neck with a cotton pad, every morning and evening after the Cleansing Milk or Cleansing Cream, or at any time of the day /


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|Reviews for Red Light Green Light
| forestofmyown chapter 1 . 9/12/2012
Love that last line! Pure gold :)
| GoldenRoya chapter 1 . 9/12/2012
Raw genuinely cracks me _crazy_ up. Your version of him is seriously spectacular!
Glitch: "Rhythm!"
Ambrose: "Ouch."
Glitch: "I got rhythm, I got music..."
Raw: "DG missed her grab..."
Cain: "I could ask for a whole lot more!"
Say, any chance for DG roping in a couple of friends for a musical? I'd suggest the title song of "Oklahoma," but it would be hard to stretch out "OoooooZee" quite that long...
| Bookworm Gal chapter 1 . 9/12/2012
Hehehe. I think that this is a game that the Tin Man can definitely enjoy and one that Glitch certainly is destined to fail at. And I am becoming more and more attached to Raw's commentary on the stupidity of some love-struck people. Not to mention Cain's comment about never seeing a Viewer that surprised before. Great work. Keep it up.
| katdemon1895 chapter 1 . 9/12/2012
so much fun! love it, especially the idea of DG confusing raw's vision
| KLCtheBookWorm chapter 1 . 9/12/2012
*Passing the empath a beer.* Unless getting drunk makes one more open to everybody.
And my mind has descended to the gutter and taken root there. Because when I saw this title, this was not the first game that popped in my mind. Though on principle, not so different.
| Dreamingdreams chapter 1 . 9/12/2012
(laughing) Does that mean DG wanted Cain to win? Yes I believe she will be very disappointed is right Raw.
Ya ya such a fun game & he was so close to winning and maybe grabbing DG & admitting your feelings to her & oh maybe yourself without denying it.
Poor Raw maybe he ought to lock them together in a room or someplace Cain can't escape from.
Another great one! Keep up the great stories!
| Lcsaf chapter 1 . 9/12/2012
Too bad Cain didn't grab her fast enough. All he had to do was pull her forward, and I'm sure she'd figure it out...
| Queen Isabella chapter 1 . 9/12/2012
Finally! A game Wyatt stands a chance in hell of winning! Except for that whole 'infatuation with the princess thing'. That may present a problem.
Remind me what happens at the end of Red light, green light again? I'm assuming it's something that would piss off Wyatt should anyone else be doing it with DG other than him.
I'm always amused at the OZ substitutions for Otherside terms in the game night series, I hope you have fun with them too!


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ASADA wasted no time in drug-testing Brad Fittler after the rugby league great's comeback was cleared by the NRL.
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency testers swooped on Fittler's house in Sydney on Thursday night, just a day after the NRL announced Fittler had been given the green light to play for the Sydney Roosters at the Auckland Nines.
NRL head of football Todd Greenberg announced at a promotion for the Nines on Wednesday that Fittler's return to rugby league after 10 years had been ratified after the former Kangaroos skipper had passed a series of physical tests.
A night later Fittler revealed he had been paid a visit by ASADA testers.


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YOUNGSTOWN, O (Jan. 25)
Predicting that all Europe will go Fascist or Communist in the next decade, Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver of Cleveland, speaking at Rodef Sholem Temple under the auspices of the men's club, vigorously opposed the United States' policy of leading the world peacc movement.
"We should have learned that we should not play the Messiah to other nations of the world because that is too costly," Dr. Silver contended. "No nation has ever successfully played that role.
"We should cooperate with the nations toward an everlasting peace and economic program but we should not in the future seek the position of stage director.
"Europe is today willing to let us play that role if we are willing to pay enough, but we are not willing. We must play a humbler role in international affairs. The armies of democracy, flanked on either side by the armies of Fascism and Communism, will rise in the years to come to encompass the world because none of the achievements of the other armies justify the price that was paid."
Nothing that has been accomplished in Russia, Italy or Germany, he stressed, "justifies the conclusion that those forms of government are more productive of social good than a democracy."


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Getting the services of a mobile disco company will make your event more fun. Nonetheless, even this easy party add-on has to be well-planned so as to prevent future issues from interrupting the event. This is why finding the best mobile disco company to hire in UK is as crucial as selecting the invitation, decorations and menu to use for your party.
The first thing you should consider while looking for this company is the price of their services. There is nothing wrong with doing so even though you should ensure that you get quality services. A lot of people mistakenly select the wrong mobile disco company because they take the charges more important. Quality should be your focus more than price.
The quality of their services, like http://www.davedeediscos.co.uk/ should also be considered. This involves checking a lot of things such as the equipment they are using, the staff they will assign to the event and even the DJ. You will be forced to pay more if the company you consider hiring will use top of the line light and audio systems, give you a huge staff and a good DJ. The good this is that you will be offered first-class services.
Testimonials from previous customers can also be helpful when you are looking for a good mobile disco company for hire. You can read reviews or even speak to previous clients. From them, you will assess if you will need the services of this company or not.
However, for the event to run smoothly, it is always good that you speak to the provider one on one and give him or her ideas. This will allow them to know your expectations and it will help them to come up with an outline. For instance, you can tell them some of the songs you need played or give instructions on the timing of the songs to be played.


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One Great Hour of Sharing: Part of a Lenten series, learn about alleviating hunger through missions at 11 a.m. Sunday at Keystone Presbyterian Church, 7509 Van Dyke Road. Call (813) 920-5180.
Buddhist meditation: Cate White teaches a Buddhist meditation class from 4:30-6 p.m. Sunday at Sacred Grounds Coffee Shop, 4819 E Busch Blvd. $9. Call (727) 797-9770.
Lenten mission: Jason Kotecki, author and cartoonist, uses humor to talk about finding purpose and peace of mind in life during Hide & Seek: Living and Loving With a Childlike Faith Lenten Mission; 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church, 9724 Cross Creek Blvd., New Tampa. All ages are welcome Tuesday. Ages 14 and up are welcome Wednesday and Thursday. Teenagers must be accompanied by an adult. Call (813) 907-7746.
Men's Bible study: The group meets Mondays at 7 p.m. at Victory Tabernacle, 4411 Kelly Road. Call (813) 886-8247.
Questions about Catholicism? Be part of the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults inquiry meetings, 7:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays, at St. Timothy Catholic Church, 17512 Lakeshore Road, Lutz. The meetings are for adults interested in becoming Catholic. (813) 968-1077, ext. 244 or email@example.com.
Bible study: Meet up for "spiritual relaxation" and discussion at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Keystone Presbyterian Church, 7509 Van Dyke Road, Odessa. Call (813) 920-5180.
12 Steps and the Bible: Use the same 12 steps as AA to find a path to spirituality from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays at Wellspring United Methodist Church, 10701 Sheldon Road. (813) 854-4630.
Send religion information to North of Tampa, 14358-B N Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa, FL 33618; fax to (813) 269-5310; call (813) 269-5316; or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com two weeks before the event.


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A long-time Knoxville Police officer is celebrating a historic achievement.
Chief David Rausch has promoted Captain Nate Allen to Deputy Chief over the Criminal Investigation Division. He is the first black man to hold that position with the Knoxville Police Department.
Chief Allen has worked for the department for 28 years.
In his new role, he plans to help with recruiting minorities to the department.
"That's always been a very difficult field. For the past 28 years we've bee recruiting trying to get minorities into the police department, especially up the ranks. It's one thing to get minorities within the police department, especially African-Americans, but getting them in the supervision positions is a challenge," said Deputy Chief Allen.
"It's a wonderful opportunity and I think it also shows that our community is progressive and it is open and willing to recognize the strengths of individuals regardless of their race, religion, creed.. Regardless of that," said Chief Rausch.
Deputy Chief Allen will be officially sworn in during a ceremony on Thursday, at 4 pm at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum Ballroom.
Also on Wednesday, the Knoxville Police Department honored several officers and a civilian employee for their efforts on and off the job. The list of achievements includes drug arrests, saving a choking woman, and data analysis that helps reduce crime.
The Safety Education Unit also received special recognition for its anti-bullying campaign. In April, KPD teamed up with WBIR and Knox County Schools to host a town hall meeting on bullying as part of that initiative. Visit our Stop Bullying page for more.


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Is it me or is this year absolutely flying by? How can we already be in March?
I have no idea how, but here we are.
I wanna share with you a story about my Tuesday, this past Tuesday.
My terrific Tuesday began at my kitchen counter, sipping warm lemon water (delicious), and hot sweet coffee (delicious). Both mugs were at precisely the right distance from my computer so that when I picked either one up, I could steady my tired hand before the mug passed over said computer. I neither wanted nor needed to fill in any "lemon water/coffee meets computer keyboard" incident forms.
From my computer came the sound of the voice of Rob Bell, a long time, long distance pastor and mentor of mine. His Nooma videos introduced me to entirely new ways of reading and understanding the Bible. His books, especially Love Wins, changed the way I think about God and love and hope and those of us who claim to be followers of Christ. And I am looking forward to the imminent release of his next book, What is the Bible? Recently, my daughter discovered his "Robcasts" - his podcasts. Not long before her discovery, a dear and wise friend of mine recommended that I listen to his podcasts. I'm a firm believer that if a message comes to me several different times from several different people who don't know about what someone else has recommended, then I need to take the hint and check out whatever is being suggested. So there I sat at my kitchen counter on Tuesday morning, sipping and listening, taking furious notes, and rejoicing that I had rediscovered someone who has taught me so much in the past ten years.
After losing track of time listening to Rob, I leapt up from my seat, and ran upstairs to get dressed and ready to go meet up with a friend I hadn't seen in more than seven years. A hairdressing friend who had come to our home years ago when my daughter was sick and had done her hair here at the house. No extra charge. Nothing but joy and tenderness, hospitality and kindness. A mutual friend recently re-introduced me to her via Facebook - and we met up at a bakery at 10 am this past Tuesday. Three hours later, we hugged each other, bid farewell, and promised that it won't be seven years before our next get together.
As we sat together there, we talked about parenting, food stamps, pediatricians who overstep their bounds, marriage, learning to love our mothers-in-law, healthy eating, her podcasts, money, prayer, meditation, and yoga (she's an African American yoga teacher whose classes I cannot wait to start attending. Care to join me?) for starters. She is a beacon of beauty and light, of hope and determination, of power and messiness. She is aglow with joy and grace and dignity and love. She is exactly what I want to be when I grow up - and she's at least ten years younger than I am. What a gift!
After saying good-bye to her, I drove a few blocks to my favorite prayer space - 24-7. I was only there for half an hour, but it was long enough to eat the soup I had brought from home for lunch, to finish a green juice I had made, and to take several deep breaths, all while giving thanks to God for the wonder-filled day I had already experienced... and it was only 1:15 or so in the afternoon.
Then it was off to an upper floor of an upper crust office building in uptown Charlotte, where I sat for an hour with a friend who is waking up. Waking up to injustice and fear, to racism and privilege, to powerlessness and vulnerability. Waking up to his own dreams, his hopes for himself and his family and his city and his world. Waking up to the justice work that has been happening for centuries and the justice work that still needs to be done. He is waking up to his own misunderstandings and blind spots. He is full of questions and doubts, despair and sorrow.
What he doesn't yet see is how far he has already come. How much of an influence he already has on the people around him. He doesn't yet see how much of an encouragement he is to me, how much his questions challenge me and others to think more deeply about how to respond, how to welcome, how to encourage, and how to push people like him deeper into the darkness, into the pain, into the suffering of others - all in order to work together and walk together towards the Light, towards the future, towards peace, liberty, and justice for all.
Sitting with him, I was reminded that there is good coming out of the Tr*mp fiasco.
There are hearts that are being broken.
Eyes being opened.
Fears being unearthed.
Injustice being exposed.
And there's a lot of new energy in the arena.
New participants in the long march to wholeness and healing,
folks who had no idea just how sick we are as a nation and as a community
and had no idea just how much healing we need to do.
We sat there for an hour, asking questions, encouraging each other.
Fighting despair, pleading with God and each other for new direction and new hope.
We hugged one another and said our farewells -
once again, promising that it wouldn't be our last conversation.
There is so much work to do -
but the only way forward, the only way out, the only way up
is together.
I literally ran from that office building to my church, just one block away, for a 3 pm meeting.
For the next hour, I sat with someone I deeply respect and thank God for on a regular basis -
and we dreamed together.
We dreamed about hope and a future. A next step.
The body of Christ growing. Expanding.
Something new. Something daring. Something beautiful.
Something hard. Something painful. Something dangerous.
But we kept coming back to the question - "What if?"
But what if this dream is possible?
What if a few of us really can work together to create a community that looks different than anything any of us has experienced before?
What if God really is in the resurrecting business - and things that look dead or dormant, can be raised to new and abundant life?
What if this seminary journey I'm on is all about preparing me for this new thing,
this new place, this new adventure, this new life journey?
What if my whole life, all the challenges, all the trips, all the joys, all the brokenness,
all the failures, all the dreams come true -
what if all of it has been leading me to this moment in time?
For such a time as this?
What if?
Do I dare dream this big?
Do I dare not dream this big???
How dare we not dream in big ways?
Do we or don't we serve a huge God, one who is able to do over, above,
and beyond all that we can ask or imagine?
I am reminded of the passage in John 11 where Jesus is standing with Martha four days after the death of Martha's brother, Lazarus. She said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." What huge faith. What a challenge to the one in whom she had placed her faith. She believed Jesus could have prevented the death of her brother - and she told him so. Jesus can handle the truth. Jesus responded, "Your brother will rise again." To that Martha consented: "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day." In other words, I get it, but that's way down the line at some unknown and unpredictable moment. Jesus quashes that thought with: "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
It's that final question from Jesus to Martha that has stumped me and stopped me and challenged me over the past few years. I have read the Bible a lot. I have prayed a lot. I have taught the Bible a lot. But the question is this: "Do you believe this?" Do I believe this? Do I believe that new life is possible here and now? Do I believe that borders can be crossed and walls broken down in the work of reconciliation in the world and in our city? Do I believe that new connections are possible, that new relationships can be forged in a world and at a time when so many are calling for rejection and expulsion? Do I believe that there is reason for hope at a time of despair and desperation for so many? Do I believe that resurrection still happens in the world - resurrection of dying marriages, of churches on the decline? Resurrection of communities that seem hellbent on destroying themselves and others? Resurrection of people with hard and calloused hearts that no longer break because of the violence that they themselves perpetuate? Do I believe in the resurrection of all that is good and beautiful, peace loving and restorative? Do I believe that resurrection is already happening, right here and right now?
Do you believe in resurrection? Do you?
From one office in the church, I walked to another office in the church. In the second office, I was given a chance to look at the church's new website - it will be launched next Monday, March 13th. It is quite a revision, a renewal, dare I say a resurrection of something that desperately needed a makeover (click here to see the old site before March 13th. If you are reading this after the13th, click over and check out the new site)?!? So much creativity and light and beauty. Information and formation. A place of welcome for newcomers and welcome back for those who are already part of the church community. I was enormously grateful to have been invited for a preview and I was enormously excited about how this new portal will be used as a point of entry into our faith community, a faith community that we hope will grow both wide and deep "for Christ in the heart of Charlotte."
From there, I staggered down to the church library where I sat in awe at the beauty of the day. After a few moments of stunned silence, I pulled out one of my seminary books and began to study, to read, to jot down notes in anticipation of a paper that is due before class on Saturday. Somehow the note taking felt different Tuesday afternoon after all the conversations I had had. Somehow studying felt like it might actually be preparation for an actual call into actual ministry of Word and Sacrament for the actual people of God here in Charlotte, NC. No longer simply abstract thought about an abstract future, what swirled in my head and heart as I pondered a book chapter entitled "The New Community" (how perfect is God's divine timing in the coordination of my theology class syllabus and my terrific Tuesday!) were deeper questions about how we move, how I move from theological discourse in a comfortable seminary classroom to getting my hands dirty and wrinkled and stained and weary in the work of community building and strengthening. I felt a clear sense of direction to and a more visible goal for my thinking and my writing that I had not experienced before in seminary.
I didn't spend a long time there in the library because I was scheduled to meet up for tea with two new friends, two African American Muslim sister friends I met a month and a half ago. One had recently returned from a trip to Mecca and she overflowed with stories and showed the us dozens of photos of her time in Saudi Arabia in Medina and Mecca and Mt Arafat. She spoke about the spiritual uplift that came from being at the religious home of the Prophet who is central to her faith. She spoke of the crowds, the prayers, the mosques, the food, the beauty, the deep and abiding peace she felt. Her joy was palpable, as was her yearning to return there sometime in the not too distant future.
What a gift it was to meet them a few weeks ago and what a gift it is to get to know them, to listen to their stories, and to tell them mine. To speak and live and grow together. To knock down the barriers that others are trying to build between people of different faith practices. To defy all calls for fear while heeding all calls for peace and for prayer.
I had the privilege of telling them about when my daughter and I stood outside of the Muslim American Society center here in Charlotte with 15 or so other people almost two weeks ago, holding up signs of support and peace and love for the several hundred Muslims who were entering their mosque space for Friday prayers. Some of our signs said - "Peace be with you" "Peace" "You are what already make America great" "Christians from The Grove love you" Some of the folks who had come for worship came over to us and hugged us, thanked us for being there, for the encouragement, and some asked if they could take pictures of us. Needless to say, I spent most of the half hour or so we were standing there as a welcome team with tears in my eyes. Such a simple act made such a profound difference for them - and for us.
Neither of my two new friends had been able to attend prayers that Friday, but they were overjoyed that we had been there for their faithful friends. Grateful that there were so many who wanted to express our love and support at a time when there is so much venom and fear and hatred being spewed in their direction and in the direction of so many other undeserving folk. Given the chance to spread a different message, a message of peace, of community, of openness of heart, we have to take the chance. We have to extend the right hand of fellowship, of shalom, of salaam. We must. How dare we not?
It was raining when we left the coffee shop on Tuesday night. But the chilly rain could not dampen or chill the warmth that had been fanned between the three of us. Nothing could stop us from planning our next tea date, from hugging each other, and from promising that we would lift one another in prayer. No fear mongering, no "alternative facts" about who is and who is not really a Muslim, no sideways stares at their colorful and regal hijabs, none of that had or has the power to defeat or diminish our newfound love one for another.
That night, as I drove home in the rain, I was reminded that, in the end, love wins.
Love has already won.
Love is winning.
Love will win.
It may not look that way at the moment;
in fact, in many corners of the world and of this nation and of this city,
even in some of the corners of my own home,
it feels like love is on the retreat.
It feels like hate and fear and despondency are winning.
Like exclusion and derision and lying are a new way of life.
But I have not, I will not, and I cannot give up hope.
Love wins.
This past Tuesday, in my little life, love won.
Over and over and over.
In one conversation and exchange after the other.
Love won.
Thanks be to God.


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Independent Investment Trust PLC
16 January 2002
Results for the period from 30 August 2000 to 30 November 2001
16 January 2002
Chairman's Statement
This report covers the period from 30 August 2000, when the Company was
incorporated, to 30 November 2001, but funds did not become available for
investment until October 2000. Over the period from 18 October 2000, the day
before we started investing, to 30 November 2001, the net asset value per
share rose from 98.4p to 109.0p, a gain of 10.8%.
The objective of the Company is to provide good absolute returns over long
periods, uninhibited by the straitjacket of a formal benchmark. Nonetheless,
shareholders will want to know whether we have done well or badly compared to
the markets in which we have been invested. Since we have been almost
entirely invested in UK equities from inception, the most appropriate
yardstick is the FTSE All Share Index, which fell by 14.6% between 18 October
2000 and 30 November 2001.
The satisfactory if not striking absolute gain in the portfolio was achieved
in generally difficult stockmarket conditions. At the start of the period,
equity valuations were high and the earnings on which those valuations were
based were close to a peak. A combination of higher oil prices and interest
rates, a collapse in spending on telecommunications and technology and a
developing sense that the protracted Wall Street boom might have run its
course were about to tip the US economy into recession and thus to damage the
prospects for other economies.
Against this background, we benefited from our freedom to ignore large areas
of the market. The worldwide equity bull market which peaked in the spring of
2000 was so dominated by the new economy that it was able to accommodate a
bear market in the old economy, companies committed to which were jettisoned
by investors seeking to enjoy the momentum of TMT. The bear market in the old
economy bottomed in March 2000, but there were still attractive values to be
found by the time we were able to invest. General factors that were helpful
to us were: the modest valuations of many of our holdings; the relative
resilience of their earnings; a bias within the portfolio in favour of
companies likely to benefit from falling interest rates; and a certain amount
of luck on the takeover front.
By the end of May we had drawn down £12m of our £20m facility with the Bank of
New York Europe Limited. However, we decided to reduce our borrowings after
the terrorist attacks of 11 September and ended the period with net debt of
£2.5m. Some £3.5m of our gross borrowings at this time was in dollars and
acted as a hedge against our dollar assets, principally the holding in Rodamco
North America. It remains the case that, as a group, the investments against
which our borrowing has been earmarked, which are relatively high yielding,
have performed significantly better than the portfolio as a whole. We shall
continue to balance our enthusiasm for the principle of borrowing to finance
part of our equity portfolio with a consideration of prevailing market
Our housebuilding holdings, which had done so well over our interim period,
have had a more subdued performance since the end of May; we have made some
reduction in our very large position to reflect the greater uncertainty
surrounding the short term prospects for the industry, but we continue to
believe that this unfashionable sector offers excellent value. Our retail
portfolio has benefited from strength in New Look, Signet and DFS, partially
offset by further weakness in the Carphone Warehouse share price. Our
technology holdings have caused us more pain since the end of May, but the
additions we have made to them have been profitable. The most significant
recent field of investment for us has been the insurance sector. For a
detailed review of developments within the portfolio, please see the Managing
Director's Report .
Earnings per share for the period were 3.60p. As foreshadowed in the
prospectus, we are proposing to combine a basic dividend, at a rate which we
think likely to be sustainable, with a special dividend. In addition to the
interim dividend of 1.0p per share, a special interim dividend of 1.0p per
share has been declared on 15 January 2002 and a final dividend of 1.0p per
share is recommended for approval at the AGM. The undistributed earnings of
0.6p per share would establish a revenue reserve to shelter the basic rate of
dividend in future years.
I should like to comment on a small but sensitive wrinkle in the accounts. At
the launch of the Company, options were issued to four founding shareholders,
who included three directors. These options can only be exercised at full NAV
at the point of exercise. It is therefore a matter of simple arithmetic that
the exercise of these options cannot dilute NAV for the other shareholders,
hence no diluted NAV is shown in the accounts. FRS14, however, requires us to
disclose diluted returns per share in the statement of total return because
the share price stood at a premium to NAV for most of the period. We consider
this application of FRS14 to be inappropriate in the case of an investment
trust such as Independent, whose assets consist almost entirely of quoted
securities and cash.
Our expenses for the period (other than finance costs) amounted to £423,000.
Excluding the reimbursement of set-up costs incurred before the formation of
the Company, expenses for the period ran at an annual rate of £0.33m, 0.6% of
the proceeds of the placing. From the start, the day-to-day management
arrangements have run smoothly. I should like to thank our office manager,
Vivien Watson, whose job description is all-embracing, and Baillie Gifford &
Co., whose experienced investment trust department has provided a flawless
secretarial service. The performance of the managing director has been all
that we hoped for.
Since flotation, our shares have tended to sell at a premium to net asset
value. This is a satisfactory development and it has enabled us to make
issues of new shares, raising £0.6m at a premium of around 10%. We should
also be prepared to buy in shares at a discount to net asset value. Such
activities are anti-dilutive and help to iron out anomalies in the market.
For much of the time since the launch of the Company we have been running up
the down escalator of the markets. Since the terrorist attacks of 11
September the US authorities have redoubled their efforts to improve economic
conditions with aggressive interest rate cuts and fiscal easing, but serious
imbalances remain from the boom of the nineties, such as an overhang of
capital investment, a low savings rate, a wide trade deficit and a highly
valued equity market. Recovery in the rest of the world will probably depend
on developments in the USA; in the UK the consumer has been rallying to the
flag, but his borrowing has risen to record levels in the process. At The
Independent we have to take account of general economic and market trends, but
our focus is very much on the quality and valuation of the individual
businesses in which we are invested, and in these terms the present portfolio,
which bears no resemblance to any index, is reassuring.
Managing Director's Statement
Over the period 18 October 2000 to 30 November 2001, The Independent
Investment Trust achieved an NAV total return of 13.8%, which is equivalent to
an annualized rate of 12.3%. Judged in isolation, this must be regarded as a
modest start to our campaign to produce 'good absolute returns over long
periods of time'. However, it can be placed in a more favourable light
through comparison with the annualized return of -11.0% registered by the All
Share Index over the same period.
Our biggest industry position throughout the period under review has been in
housebuilding. Our initial investment in the industry amounted to £13.2m; we
have made net sales amounting to £5m; and our remaining holdings were valued
at £13.6m on 30 November. Underlying our enthusiasm for the industry is a
belief that political constraints on the planning system have acted to keep
the level of new housing completions in recent years well below the level of
underlying demand. The idea of an industry with a fairly predictable level of
underlying demand confronted by artificial but apparently durable restrictions
operating to keep the level of supply well below that level of demand is one
we find appealing. We also seem to hold a higher opinion of the managements
of many housebuilding companies than is commonly held in the City and we have
been struck by the cheapness of many of the share prices in relation to
current earnings and tangible net asset values. Obviously, the strong
performance of the sector since our original purchases has weakened some of
the valuation arguments and we have kept in mind the fact that this is a
cyclical industry which may be facing more difficult trading conditions in the
immediate future. However, we do not yet regard either of these factors as
significant enough to detract from the longer term arguments for the sector.
We consider Persimmon, with one of the strongest recent records of performance
within the industry, a long landbank bought on favourable terms and
considerable rationalization benefits to come from its acquisition of Beazer,
particularly attractive.
Our two biggest retail holdings, Signet and DFS, have made major contributions
to our overall performance. We were drawn to Signet by the strength of its US
operations, which contribute the bulk of the company's profits. At the time
of our original purchase, and for much of the period under review, the market
has viewed Signet as particularly vulnerable to a slowing US consumer sector,
whereas we have considered the long term potential of a strong competitor in a
fragmented market a more important attribute. The strength of the share price
is the product of an unexpectedly resilient fundamental performance against a
difficult industry background. The attraction of DFS lay in its superb
operating ratios, its prodigious capacity for cash generation and a valuation
that owed more to the image of its industry than to its own characteristics
and achievements. The strength of the share price since our purchases has
weakened the power of these arguments, but not altered the nature of them.
The modest reduction in our holding reflects this as well as recognizing the
likelihood that the valuation of the shares would be affected by any
unexpected increase in interest rates. Our holding in New Look would have
been quite the biggest contributor to our overall performance had we been
sensible enough just to leave it alone after purchase. As it was, our
confidence in the company's recovery was shaken by an unexpectedly poor
trading experience last winter and we made poorly timed reductions in the
holding. More recent trading has shown a big improvement and the share price
has risen to more than double our book cost. Carphone Warehouse has
inevitably felt some impact from the weakness of the market for mobile
telephones, but still shows every sign of being a strong competitor in its
markets. We regard William Morrison, which we bought towards the end of the
period, as a formidable competitor in the food retail market.
We have chosen to delegate much of our investment in the technology sector to
Katie Potts and her team at Herald through purchases of Herald Investment
Trust and Herald Worldwide Fund. While these have yet to demonstrate their
potential in absolute terms, their performance must be considered creditable
in the context of a particularly difficult environment for technology shares.
Our principal direct holdings in the sector are Sage, Nokia and ARM. ARM has
actually exceeded our expectations in fundamental terms, while Sage has come
close to matching them and Nokia has provided ample evidence of the dominance
of its market position. Encouraging though all this is, the fact remains that
we would have been better off without any technology shares.
The same is true of our holdings in the recruitment sector, Michael Page and
Robert Walters. We feel less defensive about having bought these when we did
(we take the view that trying to predict short term earnings trends in
recruitment companies in an uncertain economic environment is a pointless
exercise), but feel angry with ourselves that we did not capitalize on the
weakness of the share prices in the wake of disappointing earnings
announcements by buying more. The share prices have risen sharply from their
lows despite the absence of any evidence of an end to deterioration in the
short term outlook for their businesses.
In the printing and publishing sector, we have taken holdings in Johnston
Press and St Ives. It has been pleasing that our expectations of resilient
trading from the former have been borne out despite a difficult industry
background and that this began to be reflected in the share price towards the
end of the period. More surprising has been the equanimity with which the
market has accepted a steady deterioration in the latter's immediate trading
We have been able to unearth a couple of interesting property companies,
Haslemere and Rodamco North America. They are respectively the UK and North
American components of the Dutch property company, Rodamco. Both appear to be
sound companies and look very cheap in relation to their assets and their
declared dividends. We have heard it suggested that the main reason for this
is that their natural appeal should be to investors in the countries in which
their assets are to be found, but such investors are unwilling (or in some
cases unable) to buy the shares since they are not included in local
stockmarket indices, being quoted in Amsterdam. If true, this is an example
of the sort of absurdity created by current institutional attitudes to equity
Finally, we are intrigued at the prospect of a sustained period of favourable
operating conditions in insurance markets in the wake of damage done to the
industry's capital position in 2001 by a combination of weak equity markets
and losses incurred as a result of the destruction of the World Trade Center.
We have bought a holding in the highly regarded insurance broker, Jardine
Lloyd Thompson, to supplement our longstanding holding in Royal & Sun
Alliance, and we have invested in the Hiscox Insurance Portfolio Fund in order
to benefit from the specialist knowledge of Alec Foster, who runs the fund and
who has spent the best part of a lifetime in the insurance industry. We are
also actively considering possible opportunities in the reinsurance industry.
Results for the Period 1 June 2001 to 30 November 2001
We are bound by the listing requirements to disclose the results for the six
months 1 June 2001 to 30 November 2001. During that period, the net asset
value fell by 5.9% while the FTSE All Share Index fell by 10.6%.
The following is the unaudited preliminary statement for the period from 30
August 2000 to 30 November 2001 which was approved by the Board on 15 January
2002. The directors of The Independent Investment Trust PLC are recommending
to the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on 28 February 2002
the payment of a final dividend of 1.00p per ordinary share which, together
with the interim already paid and the special interim declared, makes a total
of 3.00p for the period ended 30 November 2001.
(unaudited and incorporating the revenue account*)
For the period from 30 August 2000 to 30 November 2001
Revenue Capital Total
£'000 £'000 £'000
Realised gains on investments - 2,620 2,620
Unrealised appreciation on investments - 2,507 2,507
Currency losses - (8) (8)
Income 2,927 - 2,927
Administrative expenses (423) - (423)
Net return before finance costs and taxation 2,504 5,119 7,623
Finance costs of borrowings (527) - (527)
Return on ordinary activities before taxation 1,977 5,119 7,096
Tax on ordinary activities (70) - (70)
Return on ordinary activities after taxation 1,907 5,119 7,026
Dividends in respect of equity shares (1,592) - (1,592)
Transfer to reserves 315 5,119 5,434
Return per ordinary share: (note 1)
Basic 3.60p 9.67p 13.27p
Diluted (FRS 14) 3.54p 9.51p 13.05p
Dividends per ordinary share (note 2) 3.00p
* The revenue column of this statement is the profit and loss account of the
All revenue and capital items in the above statement derive from continuing
at 30 November 2001
Fixed tangible assets 18
Fixed asset investments 61,140
Net liquid assets 6,156
Total assets (before deduction of bank loans) 67,314
Bank loans (9,506)
Called-up share capital 13,263
Capital reserves 44,230
Revenue reserve 315
NET ASSET VALUE PER ORDINARY SHARE (note 3) 109.0p
For the period from 30 August 2000 to 30 November 2001
£'000 £'000
Acquisitions of tangible assets (27)
Acquisitions of investments (90,107)
Disposals of investments 34,094
Realised currency loss (80)
Issue of shares 52,691
Expenses of share issue (317)
Bank loans drawn down 9,578
Increase in cash in the period 7,038
Bank loans drawn down (9,578)
Exchange movement on bank loans 72
30 November 2001
1. Return per ordinary share
Revenue return 1,907
Capital return 5,119
The returns per share are based on the above returns and on 52,930,837
shares, being the weighted average number of shares in issue during the
period from 18 October 2000 (the date the share flotation proceeds were
received) to 30 November 2001.
The diluted returns per share are based on the above returns and on
53,837,855 shares, being the weighted average number of shares in issue
during the period plus the notional number of shares that would have been
issued for no consideration using an average share price of 114.0p and an
average exercise price for the options of 105.2p.
2. Dividends per share Pence £'000
Interim dividend paid 5 September 2001 1.00 531
Special interim dividend declared payable 6 April 2002 1.00 531
Proposed final dividend payable 6 April 2002 1.00 530
3.00 1,592
The special interim dividend, declared today, and the final dividend (if
approved) will both be paid on 6 April 2002 to all shareholders on the
register at the close of business on 15 March 2002.
3. Net asset value per ordinary share
The net asset value per share is based on net assets of £57,808,000 and on
53,050,000 shares, being the number of shares in issue at the period end.
4. The financial information set out above does not constitute the Company's
statutory accounts for the period ended 30 November 2001. The statutory
accounts to 30 November 2001 will be finalized on the basis of the
financial information presented in this preliminary announcement and will
be delivered to the Registrar of Companies following the Company's Annual
General Meeting.
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DESTRY-DESTINY-DYNASTY: I want to talk about my special friend Lisa, who like Destry, wins heroic respect in unfamiliar territory, and like La Forza del Destino, swirls out with another new novel, Dreams of Joy, while awaiting the opening of the motion picture version of her best selling novel, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.
Lisa See is the first daughter of my childhood friend, the renowned writer Carolyn See. Carolyn married Richard See while still a college student. They went to Paris in the mid-50s and came home with baby Lisa. I've known Lisa as dreamy child with silken red hair and fair complexion, lovely and practical. She attended Loyola Marymount University where her mom, by then Dr. See, was an English professor. In my memory, Lisa loved the diverse dancing opportunities there, and was a tremendous help when Carolyn put on Literary Seminars with famous authors sharing their wisdom with the lucky students.
An unforgettable imprint was the time we spent with a guru of sorts called Leo Sunshine. Motivational mantras and marching around rooms declaring, "I deserve the very best," and "Yes, I know!" while chewing on money, feeling prosperous and being Radiant Beings, while releasing victim-hood. It was a dopey time, but you know, it didn't hurt. I didn't think of Lisa as a writer, just a beautiful and smart young woman. Then a few stories trickled into magazines and suddenly Lisa See was West Coast correspondent for Publishers Weekly! Then came the time when Lisa joined her mom and John Espey, writing under the pen name Monica Highland and publishing three books: Lotus Land, 110 Shanghai Road, and Greetings from Southern California.
In the meantime, Lisa married the superbly darling and totally supportive Richard Kendall and had two precious sons, Alexander and Christopher. And now, as fine young men, they attended a glorious book party at the Broad Theatre Patio last weekend along with family, friends and fans to celebrate Lisa and her new Dreams of Joy.
It seems like just time moments ago, in the early 1990s, when Lisa dropped by my house for an interview of my memories about the early days of the See family. The Chinese side of her family has had a great impact on her life and work. Little did I dream that this would be a part of her painstaking research for her masterpiece non-fiction book, On Gold Mountain. From this best seller, came an opera (Lisa wrote the libretto), and has helped develop the Family Discovery Gallery for the Autry Museum, which depicts 1930s Los Angeles from the perspective of her father as a seven-year-old boy. Her exhibition "On Gold Mountain: A Chinese American Experience" is now at the Smithsonian!
It's tricky to fathom the depth of Lisa's success, from On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family, and the novels Flower Net, The Interior, Dragon Bones, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love and Shanghai Girls (2010 New York Times bestseller list) — so much seriousness from the light hearted girl who had a wedding shower in my backyard a few dreamy years/(decades) ago. And now as a reader, I'm eager to follow Pearl and May, the sisters from Shanghai Girls, and the adventurous strong-willed teen daughter, Joy.
Quoting Lisa See, "What mother hasn't worried when she's seen her child making a life-changing mistake? What mother hasn't tried to 'fix' things for her child, only to make things worse? (But we make things better most of the time, right?) What mother hasn't at some point had to hide her sadness, anger, and grief, as Pearl does?" Yes and Oy.
Speaking of making things better, David sends regrets that the name of the superb country house hotel was misspelled in our last travel column. Google it, for a look at its wonders. For the record, it is STON EASTON PARK.
Ending with a toast of praise and pride to my dearest Lisa See.
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Judge Brown Named Chief Judge of Eighth Judicial District
Des Moines, December 6, 2012— The Iowa Supreme Court has appointed District Judge Mary Ann Brown, Burlington, as Chief Judge of the Eighth Judicial District. Judge Brown succeeds Chief Judge James Q. Blomgren who retired December 6, 2012.
"Judge Brown is an excellent judge with experience as an attorney and on the bench," Chief Justice Mark Cady said. "The supreme court is confident she has the skills needed to be a fine chief judge and a strong leader in the Eighth Judicial District."
Judge Brown was appointed district judge in September 2001. She received her bachelor's degree from Drake University in 1981 and her law degree from the Drake University School of Law in 1984. Judge Brown worked as a prosecutor for the Des Moines County Attorney's Office from 1985 to 1990. She was in private practice with Bauer, Schulte, Hahn, Swanson & Brown from 1990 to 2001. Judge Brown is a member of the Iowa Judicial Qualifications Commission, The Eighth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services Board of Directors, the Iowa Judges Association, the Iowa State Bar Association, the Des Moines County Bar Association, and served as past chair of the Iowa Board of Examiners of Shorthand Reporters. She is also a member of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa/Western Illinois Board of Directors and, in 2000, she received a Bar Association Community Service award.
"I am honored and humbled to have been selected a Chief Judge for the Eighth Judicial District," Judge Brown said. "As Iowans we can all be proud of the outstanding court system in this state. It will be a privilege to have this opportunity to work with all the outstanding, hardworking judges and other court staff in this judicial district. Working together we will successfully meet the ever changing challenges to efficiently and effectively serve the legal needs of our citizens."
As chief judge, Judge Brown will supervise all judicial officers and court employees in the district, supervise the performance of administrative and judicial business in the district, set the times and places of holding court, designate presiding judges, and serve on the judicial council, which advises the supreme court on administrative matters affecting the trial courts. In addition, she will continue to preside over cases.
The Eighth Judicial District is located in southeast Iowa and comprises 14 counties: Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee (with two county seats—Fort Madison and Keokuk), Louisa, Mahaska, Monroe, Poweshiek, Van Buren, Wapello, and Washington. The district has 11 district judges, seven district associate judges, one associate juvenile judge, four senior judges, 13 part-time magistrates, and 156 employees, with an operating budget for the current fiscal year of approximately $14.2 million. A total of 73,056 cases were filed in the Eighth Judicial District last year.


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Tudou's Hybrid Approach to Online Video
If popular online video Web site Tudou.com makes good on its goal of breaking even by next year, the feat could put China ahead in the race to monetize the expensive business of user-generated video.
Like YouTube, Chinese video-sharing Web sites have turned many into overnight video producers, but the companies seem to have realized that professionally produced content may be the better way to go.
Tudou, which says it will invest 100 million yuan ($14.6 million) in producing original Internet videos—like Internet Millionaire, produced in partnership with Nokia, (http://n97.tudou.com/) —and acquiring other content in the coming year, streams 100 to 120 million videos daily, compared with the billion-plus daily clip-views on Google Inc.'s Youtube.
In its earlier days, Tudou was all about user-generated content (UGC), and was home to video clips of Chinese Internet sensations like the Back Dorm Boys. But these days, Tudou estimates as much as 40% of its content is premium, non-UGC content, like popular television shows from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Tudou may be wise to let this percentage grow, since Chinese regulators have clearly been especially nervous about UGC-heavy Web sites this year (e.g. the shutdown of microblogging Web site Fanfou this year and the continuing blocking of Facebook in China).
Asked how much of Tudou's content consists of licensed television shows and films, Anita Huang, Tudou community and marketing vice president, says licensed and acquired programming will grow from a total of 2,300 hours at the beginning of this year to approximately 37,000 hours by the end of 2010. "Original production is still a tiny fraction in terms of total lengths," she said.
She says Tudou is taking "a hybrid content strategic approach," layering premium content, original production and user-generated content going forward. "We still believe in UGC sharing and open community talents a great deal," she said "We plan to further our growth in both areas."
Victor Koo,CEO of the other leading Chinese online video Web site Youku.com, said the ratio of professional content to UGC on his Web site is 70/30. But he thinks this is specific to the industry in China. "The video content environment has always been very different from the U.S.," he said. "Professional/traditional video media content from TV stations and Film/TV/music production companies is highly fragmented in China … Youku serves as a media syndication platform of content."
Mr. Koo said part of the reason is that the use of video cameras has had a shorter history and lower penetration in China than the U.S. "The quality and quantity of [user-generated video] still need to be fostered," he said. Youku currently has 160 to 170 million unique visitors per month, who spend an average of about an hour a day on Youku.
"To be a leading video Web site, you definitely need to balance professional and user-generated video content," Mr. Koo said.
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A really great girl. A rough past has made her a strong woman. She loves people and loves to help. Likes to joke and lighten the mood. Brittany has always tryed to be a people fixer and every relationship she has been in has been with someone she considered "broken". As much as She denies it she enjoys the finer things, Brittany definately feels like she must work for everything she has or wants. Over all one of a kind girl.
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Ramya has become the first celebrity guest to grace the popular game show, Kannadada Kotyadhipati hosted by Puneet Rajkumar. In a quick interview with OneIndia, the actress, who made her debut opposite Power Star in Abhi, shared her excitement, challenges and many more...
How was your experience on Kannadada Kotyadhipati?
I had a lot of fun. It was also a learning process for me. It's a show that tests your knowledge and you also get paid for it, the challenges, the tension, the excitement, everything that comes with it make it all the more interesting. The team and Appu made me so comfortable and took such good care of me that I had a blast.
Previously, you shared screen-space with Puneet Rajkumar in a few films. But this time around you have teamed up with him for a completely different ball game. How different was it?
Appu will always be one of my favourite persons. He is not only a great actor and good human being but also an excellent host. He is completely at ease, he has the talent to gauge the other persons mood, emotions and that's what makes him more endearing as he strikes a chord with you immediately. I must say he makes the show much better than what it is.
Having made your debut opposite Power Star, you have become the first celebrity guest of Puneet Rajkumar's Kannadada Kotyadhipati. Who suggested your name and was there any special reason behind it?
You have to ask them why they invited me (Laughs). Well, it was Appu and the team head Anup, who decided together to rope me in as the guest.
How much have you won?
Watch the show...
We hear that you are donating the winning amount to some of the trouble-hit families of Sandalwood. Is that true? If yes, what made you to do so?
There are many stalwarts, Kannada cinema legends, artists in the industry, who have made us and our cinema proud. It is true that when the going is good, there are people around us and when times are bad, nobody will come to help. In cinema, although we say its like a family, we tend to forget our family members. I want to change that. I want to show my gratitude to these people for their invaluable recognition to cinema and of course that there will be some people, who, maybe, we never meet them but we can show our presence in their life by helping them when they are in need.
Note: Her special episode will be aired today evening between 8 and 9.30 PM on Suvarna.


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The Dreaming Jewels
by Theodore Sturgeon. Here is an effective and fair review of the book by Michael J Mazza on the Amazon website:
' "The Dreaming Jewels," a novel by Theodore Sturgeon, is a well-written and moving blend of science fiction, horror, mystery, love story, and coming-of-age tale. It tells the story of Horton "Horty" Bluett, a young boy who lives unhappily with his abusive adoptive father. The boy's only "friend" is a jack-in-the-box with glittering, jeweled eyes. To escape the abuse, Horty runs away and joins a traveling freak show, where he is befriended by an extraordinary trio of midgets. Ultimately, Horty's odyssey leads him to seek the mystery behind a strange and marvelous life form that is unlike any other species on earth.
'"Jewels" is a fascinating story. A key theme is the notion of being a "freak," an outcast. Sturgeon effectively explores the emotional ramifications of this theme, and vividly depicts his outcasts' search for love and community. He makes good use of the carnival setting in his narrative. Although the story's villainous characters are a bit shallow, the other characters are complex and well-developed.
'Other important themes in "Jewels" include education, masquerade (including gender-switching), transformation, and communication in its many forms. Sturgeon explores both individuals' desire to dominate and abuse others, as well as the capacity for love and tenderness. Sturgeon's prose style is well suited for the complex task of this book. Overall clear and economical, his prose is at times richly descriptive, at times quite poetic.
'At one point Charles Fort, the tireless documenter of strange phenomena, is mentioned in the book, and that reference is quite resonant. In "The Dreaming Jewels," Sturgeon embraces and celebrates those who are seen as weird or deviant, and discovers the humanity behind the freak show exteriors.'
The book is available for Kindle and can be purchased here: {where you can read other reviews too}
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28pc of U.S. women have kids by more than one man
Washington, April 2: An American study of the prevalence of multiple partner fertility has found that 28 percent of all U. S. women with two or more children have children by more than one man.
"I was surprised at the prevalence," said demographer Cassandra Dorius, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.
"Multiple partner fertility is an important part of contemporary American family life, and a key component to the net of disadvantage that many poor and uneducated women face every day," he said.
While previous studies have examined how common multiple partner fertility is among younger women, or among women who live in urban areas, the research by Dorius is the first to assess prevalence among a national sample of U. S. women who have completed their child-bearing years.
Dorius analyzed data on nearly 4,000 U. S. women who were interviewed more than 20 times over a period of 27 years, as part of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.
The data included detail on individual men in each household, capturing what demographers call "relationship churning."
For nonresidential relationships, Dorius triangulated information from mother and child reports to establish common paternity.
She found that having children by different fathers was more common among minority women, with 59 percent of African American mothers, 35 percent of Hispanic mothers and 22 percent of white mothers reporting multiple partner fertility.
Women who were not living with a man when they gave birth and those with low income and less education were also more likely to have children by different men.
But she also found that multiple partner fertility is surprisingly common at all levels of income and education and is frequently tied to marriage and divorce rather than just single parenthood.
The study will be presented April 1 in Washington, D. C., at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America. (ANI)
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