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Chapter 7: Battles Open and Veiled
We returned to the house after our morning meeting with Ashidaka's widow. We had plenty of time for lunch and whatever else we might want to do for a bit before the meeting with Bayushi Korechika in the afternoon.
When we arrived, Furedu stood outside, waiting for us. Before we could enter, he glanced at Lady Miyara, but then addressed Tony. "There are five monks from the School of" ... some name quickly rattled off that I didn't catch ... "here to see you." You-Tony, not you-Miyara Miwa, was the clear message.
In Imperial, Tony said he figured it had to do with the previous day's duel. Lady Miyara didn't deny that possibility. He asked her for suggestions, and with a slight smile, she said she had none.
So we dismounted and servants took our horses away. I'm not happy with how used I've gotten to invisible servants taking care of so many things. They come and go so silently, so facelessly. And they are mostly uncomfortable with being noticed at all. I've had to stop thanking them because it makes them nervous. The nameless "them", with no distinctions. It's these little things that make me homesick, although I don't truthfully have any interest in returning home.
Tony led us in, Lady Miyara just behind him. Suddenly and silently, she was now his backup. They changed places so efficiently. Tony's attention was entirely on the five men who waited for him, and it was Lady Miyara who alertly watched them, watched the balcony, assessed the gardens and the rest of the courtyard. Lady Miyara who stood a few steps away, ready for instant battle should it be required. Tony who stepped forward and handled the situation as it required.
Anyway, when we entered the courtyard, we saw five men, all dressed in a plain brown kimono and trousers outfit. They were sitting quietly, meditatively, on the ground. The middle one stood up when Tony approached them, repeated the introduction that Furedu had given us -- and I still have no idea what the name of their school is -- and bowed to Tony, who bowed back.
"The samurai you killed yesterday was a member of our school. The master of the school has bid us to come here and test you."
"Test me or us?" I admired Tony's use of the language. Somehow he managed to imply the us was Tony plus the five monks, rather than Lady Miyara's odd collection of gaijin.
The response was immediate. The man on the far right hopped up and ran at Tony, making a flying a kick at him. The one in the middle answered verbally, "you".
I glanced at Lady Miyara, to see how she would take this unannounced attack on Tony. She seemed unsurprised, and actually took a couple more steps back, looking at the rest of us to be sure we followed suit and didn't interfere. So I supposed this was something like the duel, something between Tony and the five men alone. I noticed, however, her hands never left the close vicinity of her sword hilts, and her attention never wavered from the action. Well, wavered somewhat, since she was also on guard against possible hidden attacks from elsewhere, but that was all sort of the same thing, if you follow me. Mehli, too, played her part, and kept a close watch on everything.
Tony, in response to the threat from an unarmed man who was there to "test" him, drew his katana still in its sheath and used it in his defense. My mouth opened: I've never seen anyone fight with a sheathed sword. You would think the balance would be all wrong. And wouldn't it be awfully heavy?
It didn't seem to slow Tony down much. He ducked the initial flying kick (something else I've never seen before outside acrobatic exhibitions at a Faire). The two sparred briefly, and Tony ended by giving him a great wallop with his sheathed katana that sent the man to ground. Where he remained. I knew he wasn't dead and probably not hurt terribly, so I let him be and continued watching. In a more deadly combat, I would never heal an enemy so that he could continue his attack on any of us, of course. This was obviously non-lethal combat, and so the man was in no immediate danger anyway.
This happened three more times, with Tony swatting the guy down each time. With the third attack (over all, so three of four), the man did some complicated maneuver while dodging out of the way of his sword and Tony actually lost his grip and the katana -- still in its sheath! -- went skittering across the courtyard. Tony didn't lose a beat and simply drew his wakizashi and sheath and continued his defense with it.
Four down, leaving only the apparent leader of the group. He stared at Tony blankly a moment, then flew at him himself. That fight lasted longer than the others, and he managed to swat Tony a few times. Finally, the man danced out of the way and bowed to Tony, effectively ending the whole thing. Tony bowed back and tucked his wakizashi-and-sheath back into his sash.
"I would like to visit your school to talk with your master. Ask your master if that is possible." I could feel his eagerness to learn an unfamiliar method of combat.
The man bowed and said, "Hai". Two of the monks on the floor stood up and the three men left.
Of course, as Tony was speaking, I walked up to him, touched him, and pulled Arati into him. A moment only, and Arati transferred some of me into him and healed him of his hurts. He bowed his thanks to me, and I then did the same with the two men on the ground. Peter knelt beside me, and his Shallya fed me Peter's energy as well.
They thanked me politely and left to catch up with the others. Tony picked up his katana and shook his head at the somewhat battered-looking wooden sheath.
Sun materialized and said he'd take care of that and took charge of both swords. At this rate, we'd have to put the armorer on permanent retainer.
With that, we retired to wash up and then to lunch. As we ate, Lady Miyara pulled out the scrolls and summarized the comments of the magistrate before Ashidaka. The lady who had retired because she was apparently too upright for the job. Reading between the lines, of course.
She'd liked him less than any other Scorpion in Ryoko Owari, but felt surprisingly comfortable around him. Because he seemed so much the typical scorpion, she said: venal, slippery, dishonest, selfish. When he took power here, he took the existing Bayushi network of merchants and added new ones, taxing them until they begged to be released from his control. He was constantly jockeying for position among the merchants of the city, she said with obvious disdain, and had become a significant force in a short period of time. He seemed to have little time for personal concerns except that he collected rare foreign birds. She suspected that his real concern was opium. Which, of course, we knew to be true.
Lady Miyara paused and said the magistrate had added an anecdote about the man that was interesting. The Emerald Magistrate was arresting one of "his" craftsmen, charging with possession of liquid opium. Bayushi trumped her with a writ from the governor and the governor's chief magistrate Osaka which both claimed that since the craftsman was going to distribute it locally, it fell under their jurisdiction for questioning, and not the Emerald Magistrate's. She said, "they took him away, and of course he did not live to see the next morning. I believed that he was executed not for being a criminal, but for being an incompetent one."
And this is what one is supposed to expect from a Scorpion? Nipponese honor is more slippery than it seems, I guess.
Lady Miyara stated a preference that Tony look "imposing". He dressed in his best gaijin mercenary manner, since his Nipponese weapons were being repaired. Chain mail, a broadsword and two (two!) shortswords strapped to him, a shield. He bristled like a porcupine.
On our arrival at Bayushi Korechika's house, we were immediately led into a room. It wasn't as out-of-the-way as the room we met the governor in, but it was definitely just a room and not whatever he might have in the way of official audience chambers. There, we waited, and Lady Miyara grew impatient. When he arrived, we hadn't waited a very long time, but it was obviously just a trifle longer than she thought was necessary.
His party matched ours exactly, in numbers, although he had more bushi with him. He had only one obvious shugenja. I briefly wondered if they considered Grieg, Peter, and I shugenja or priests. There's no telling what they'd make of Mehli, who is armed and armored much more lightly than a bushi, but certainly more heavily than either shugenja or priest. I didn't ask. I just listened, and watched.
The tension was almost visible, although Miyara Miwa and Bayushi Korechika utterly ignored it and chatted in an almost friendly manner. However, every word they spoke merely veiled their true meanings, and it was not a friendly conversation. Tony stared uneasily at the shugenja, who obviously saw and relished his discomfort.
Venal, slippery, dishonest, selfish. Those words seemed to apply to the whole group of them, not just Lord Bayushi. It's hard to set aside the picture that Asako Kinto painted for me of a nest of swarming scorpions.
I had to listen carefully to hear the real conversation between Lady Miyara and Lord Bayushi. His first foray was lengthy, wordy, and utterly, completely polite and friendly. His meaning was something else entirely. Underneath the flowery words, he clearly communicated to Lady Miyara that he felt this audience with her was a total waste of his time. His last words masked a very impolite question: what do you want? He addressed her as "Daughter of Phoenix", ignoring her claimed position as Assistant to the Emerald Magistrate. Which was something she'd planned on downplaying anyway.
If he'd said any of that openly and honestly, she'd have taken his head. With her sword, not with words. By their standards, if he'd said it openly, she'd've had every right to do so. But since he hid behind obvious lies, perfuming his meaning with clearly insincere words, she'd be in the wrong to take open offense at his insults. Uneasily, I realized he and every man with him was eager for her -- us -- to make some slight mistake they could pounce on.
Lady Miyara, of course, gave them nothing. Her words matched his perfectly: wordy, polite, friendly, and they merely floated on top of the "real" conversation, which was not nearly so kind. I hid a smile as her response played up her position as daughter of the Phoenix Champion. Her rather bored-sounding reply to his masked implications of her "wasting his time" was an agreement of sorts: she was just here following social protocol -- as required and expected -- and found it equally a drain on her time. It was almost a rebuke: this was the proper thing to do, so why was he making a fuss about it?
His gaze on her sharpened, and his manner changed. Her skill at his game apparently changed his attitude towards the meeting. I think she was not what he expected at all.
Not that that changed the double-edged conversation, of course. He politely asked after her father, and she politely answered him. Utterly inconsequential, and only there to lead into a Scorpion's sting. I think I'm getting the hang of things here. I can't repeat his words when he asked about Lady Miyara's mother, which seemed on the surface to be as bland as his question about her father. But something indefinable turned his simple "how is she" question into a question laced with "of course I know that she's in a lot of trouble right now, but besides that, how is she?"
It was hard for me not to snap a look at her, but I didn't. And she continued throwing his games back into his face. With no tone that indicated she caught his meaning at all, she gave him the same meaningless answer as to her welfare that she did for her father's. It even made me wonder if she knew something, so that his question wasn't the surprise it was to the rest of us. But no, I'm sure that's not the case.
Since his sting failed, Bayushi moved the conversation into small talk about Winter Court. He never mentioned any of the interesting things we were mixed up in, just generalities and personalities and such that had little to no connection to us.
While the conversation droned endlessly nowhere, my attention wandered. It was brought back sharply by the sounds of a woman somewhere else in the house, crying, sobbing, weeping as though her heart was breaking. There was more than a touch of fear in it, as well.
For just a moment, Lord Bayushi's concentration was broken. For just a moment, he was clearly disturbed. Then he continued on as if nothing had happened, as if someone wasn't crying her life out somewhere nearby, and Lady Miyara took no notice of it at all.
I had no part to play here, except as a silent member of Lady Miyara's retinue. I'd been trying something new, and this seemed like a good time to do it for real.
I decoupled my spirit from my body, but I didn't entirely leave this world for the spirit world. Instead, I kept myself on this side. Walls, ceilings, and floors became unsolid in this new view, and the people in the room seemed somewhat unreal. The woman's cries came from above us, at least a couple of floors, I thought. I floated up through the ceiling to the floor above, but that was as far as I could reach. I could feel my body pulling my spirit back, and it took a constant effort to remain even that short distance away: not more than the height of a tall man. It was like standing on a tightrope with two people at either end pulling me where I didn't want to go. It was equally hard not to simply cross the veil into the spirit world and not to snap back into my body in this world.
I was in a room, not a hall as I'd hoped. I could hear some movement outside the room, but I couldn't leave the room and find anything else out.
So I discovered nothing important, and I discovered a great deal. With some effort, I could send my spirit a short distance away, and it was as though I was standing in that room above us instead of the room my body was actually in. I came back to myself, with a feeling of triumph. With practice, surely I'll be able to extend my reach beyond six feet.
The world re-shaped itself, and this room came back into its proper focus when my spirit melded with my body again. The shugenja was staring at me and whispering. As he realized I saw him, he ceased whispering, but his sharp look stayed on me. He wanted me to know he'd noticed that I was doing something -- I'm sure he thought I was doing something magical, like he would. He probably meant for me to feel threatened, maybe even frightened a little.
I'd come back into a room filled with tension, all centered around me. I set it aside for the moment and dealt with the shugenja trying to stare me down.
I flashed him as naive a smile as I could manage and winked at him. His answering smile was blatantly meant to intimidate me. I could almost see his own vision of himself, as a cat staring down a mouse he was about to pounce on.
Silly, really, although I didn't laugh in his face. I just used my smile to tell him I didn't share his estimation of himself, or of me. He's welcome to view himself as a cat if he'd like to, but it has little to do with how others see him, and none at all on how others see themselves. Perhaps he's more used to people simply accepting his view of the world.
Lady Miyara and Lord Bayushi were still droning on, saying nothing on either level of the conversation. The tension around me abated a bit after my silent exchange with the shugenja. I could pretty easily piece together what had happened.
The shugenja surely noticed when I left my body. When he began staring at me and whispering under his breath, Tony would certainly have reacted. With his dislike of sorcery, he must surely have tensed, ready to act against the shugenja if he tried anything. Mehli would have noticed at once and been likewise ready to act on my behalf. (And maybe just because she was probably as eager for action as Lord Bayushi's men.) The rest of the room would have readied themselves in reaction.
So I returned to my body in a room filled with people on the edge of violence. All except the two main actors, whose attention was solely on their own verbal battle, although I was certain they were both ready to explode into violence if it turned necessary. I watched Mehli relax her stance, last of all to do so, and reluctantly it seemed. She gave a brief nod of acknowledgement to her opposite.
With some surprise, I heard the conversation turn to birthday wishes. Lord Bayushi was wishing Lady Miyara a happy birthday? It was her birthday? She never mentioned that. There was a tone in his voice that was slightly off, and I knew, as usual, there was something else going on under the surface that I didn't understand.
Then Lady Miyara answered. It was not, in fact, her birthday, and she corrected him ever-so-sweetly. I don't know how she managed it, but she even asked how he could possibly have made such a stupid mistake, without offering any sort of (open) insult to him. Really, it's amazing how these people can twist their words around.
Mehli's nod to the shugenja caught his attention towards the end of that exchange. Without missing a beat, he took in the state of the room, and turned the conversation adroitly to another direction entirely: food. He maneuvered around, mentioned some strange delicacy I'd never heard of, and asked Lady Miyara if she liked it. His words were casual, his meaning was not. But I had no idea what he was talking about.
Lady Miyara said merely that although this whatever-it-was wasn't her favorite, she found it interesting, and perhaps even unusual.
And that was the end of the audience. Well, the conversation itself meandered on for a while as they took leave of each other, but it was really over then. He and his retinue left, and servants arrived to escort us out of the house.
The woman's weeping continued all the while. It greatly disturbed my spirit, and although everyone else ignored it, I looked around me as we wound through the house. But everything was shut up, and I saw nothing more than the single group of us. Did no one care? What was happening to the woman? Thinking back to the description of him in the retired magistrate's report, I felt very uneasy about it all.
On the way back to our house, I discovered that the last bit of Lord Bayushi's discussion was actually asking Lady Miyara how she might feel about a dinner invitation. Not an actual dinner invitation, but sort of an invitation to an invitation. I suppressed a shudder. Something about the man left me on edge. Venal, slippery, dishonest, selfish. Not a man I'd want to share a meal with.
The shugenja can pretend to be a cat all he likes. His master is a viper.


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Isabel Blount Carter Worthy
Published 10:12 am Saturday, October 9, 2021
Isabel Blount Carter Worthy, 90, died peacefully at her home in Raleigh, NC on Tuesday, October 5, 2021.
She was born in Washington, NC on November 10, 1930, to Marjorie Blount Hoyt Carter and Henry Clay Carter, III. Throughout her life, she was an irrepressible optimist – a "Pollyanna," as she liked to call herself – who always looked for the positive in people and in life's opportunities. She grew up during the Great Depression – surrounded by a loving, extended family in Washington and at Summer Haven alongside the Pamlico River, where she never learned to swim. Instead, she read – voraciously. At age 16, she graduated from Washington High School, where she was valedictorian of her class, literary editor of the Packromak, and a member of the debate team. While in high school she earned the Curved Bar Award, then the highest award for Girl Scouts. She was one of two recipients statewide of a four-year, full college scholarship awarded by Pepsi-Cola Company. At Saint Mary's Junior College (now Saint Mary's School) in Raleigh, she won the Niles Medal awarded to the graduate with the highest scholastic average during her tenure at the school. She was presented at the North Carolina Debutante Ball in 1949. In 1951 she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and afterwards she taught English and served as a librarian at Bath High School and Washington High School.
None of these early achievements ranked above her focus on her family. In 1954 she married Ford S. Worthy, Jr., whom she had first fallen for as a teenager in Washington, where her family owned and operated J. K. Hoyt's Department Store less than a block away from his family's drugstore on West Main Street. She and Ford moved from Washington to Charlotte after he changed careers to take a job with the city mortgage department of The Equitable Life Assurance Society, and several years later they settled down for good in Raleigh, where Ford went to work for J. Willie York, the developer of Cameron Village. After her husband started his own company, Worthy & Wachtel, Inc., Isabel took accounting courses at N.C. State University, becoming an early adopter of computers and then-cutting edge accounting software, which she used to support her husband's different business ventures.
Isabel devoted herself to raising her four children, Ford, Isabel, Carter and Marty. She was an inspiring presence in every corner of their lives, teaching them to believe they could accomplish anything they set their minds to, encouraging them from the bleachers and on the stage, and supporting them through the many challenges of growing up. As one of the "founding mothers" of the Alamance Drive neighborhood, she also nurtured her children's friends, who were often in and out of the Worthy home as if it were their own. Her famous "Cookie Day" – a practically all-day affair of decorating Christmas cookies with colorful icing and other trimmings – became a treasured holiday memory for the neighborhood children. Later, she carried on this same tradition with her nine grandchildren. In addition, she was a Girl Scout leader and she served on a variety of community committees and boards, including the Raleigh Little Theater, the Junior League of Raleigh and the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. She was active as a parishioner at St. Michael's Episcopal Church, and she also attended services at St. Francis by the Sea in Salter Path, NC and Saint Peter's Episcopal Church in Washington, NC.
She loved nothing more than spending time with her family and her friends – through travel, bridge, cruises on a succession of "Seaworthy" boats, holiday dinners, tailgate get-togethers before Carolina football games, and gatherings of a legion of social clubs. With her husband, she delighted in engaging with people of all ages at the Carolina Country Club and the Washington Yacht & Country Club, and with the High Noon Book Club and The Assembly, among her favorite groups. For her, a highlight of any day at the beach was convening at the "sittum," the deck overlooking the Atlantic Ocean where she and Ford and their Beachwalk friends could be found raising a glass just before sundown. She also loved settling in with a good book – while surrounded by piles of other books waiting to be read. To her grandchildren she was known as The Book Lady, from whom they could always count on a specially chosen book for special occasions.
Isabel is survived by her husband of 67 years, Ford S. Worthy Jr., and their four children: Ford Stedman Worthy and wife Allison, Isabel Blount Worthy Mattox and husband Steve, Marion Carter Worthy and husband Tom Hester, and Marjorie Hoyt Worthy and husband Malcolm Lewis; her nine grandchildren, Alexander Stedman Worthy and wife Nealy, Sophie Spencer Worthy, Isabel Spencer Mattox, William Blount Mattox, Henry Thomas Hester and wife Caitlin O'Neil, Ford Worthy Hester, Emilie Walton Lewis, Hoyt Worthy Lewis, and Clay Carter Lewis; her two step-grandchildren, Ashley Mattox Wood and husband David and their son Thomas and David's children Ira and Evan, and James Mattox and wife Reston and their children, Powell, Emma, Turner and Miller. She is also survived by her sister Peggy Carter Fowle; her niece Margaret Fowle and partner Scott Boulette; her nephew David Fowle, Jr. and wife Liz and their daughters Catherine Fowle O'Day and husband Tom, and Caroline Fowle; and her nephews Jennings Bryan Freeman and Ford Worthy Freeman.
She was predeceased by her parents, her brother-in-law David Fowle, her sister-in-law Marion Worthy, and her nephew Paul Freeman.
The Worthy family is grateful for the support provided by Transitions LifeCare, and for the devoted care given by Martha Davis and her team, with special thanks to Mia Smith and Kathy Bryant for their compassionate assistance over the past year.
A memorial service was held at St. Michael's Episcopal Church on Friday, October 8, 2021, after which the family welcomed guests at a reception at the home of Carter Worthy and Tom Hester in Raleigh. A private burial at Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh preceded the memorial service.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Saint Mary's School, 900 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27603.
Services were handled by Brown-Wynne, Saint Mary's St., Raleigh.


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Both crude benchmarks retreated from near four-year highs after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States would consider requests from some countries to be exempted from sanctions on Iranian oil. Also, Suncor Energy said its 360,000-barrel-per-day Syncrude facility would resume some production in July, earlier than expected.
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Meanwhile, cash differentials for gasoil with 10ppm sulphur content were at a discount of 18 cents a barrel to Singapore quotes, compared with a discount of 14 cents on Monday.
The July crack is higher at $ 13.50 / bbl with the 10 ppm crack at $ 14.45 /bbl. The regrade is higher at $ 1.60 /bbl.
The August crack is at $ 13.60 / bbl with the 10 ppm crack at $ 14.50 /bbl. The regrade is at $ 1.30 /bbl
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Fuel Oil
Asia's fuel oil crack slipped for a second straight session on Tuesday, pulled down by higher crude oil prices. The August 180-cst fuel oil crack to Brent crude was trading at a discount of about $5.69 a barrel on Tuesday, down from minus $5.10 a barrel on Monday.
Despite the widening fuel oil crack this week, fuel oil refining margins were relatively strong given the rise in crude oil prices. Since May, the fuel oil market sentiment has been boosted by tight supplies of finished grade fuel oil, lower arbitrage arrivals into Asia as well as firm demand for the fuel from the power generation and shipping sectors.
The July crack is steady at -$ 1.95/ bbl with the visco spread down to $ 1.00 /bbl
The August crack is at -$ 2.35/ bbl with the visco spread at $ 1.20 /bbl
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Anara Tabyshalieva "a Kyrgyz native is a specialist on issues of conflict prevention and religious problems in Central Asia. She worked for the Institute for Regional Studies, one of the foremost NGOs in Kyrgyzstan, and managed projects on political and social developments in Central Asia. She was a senior fellow of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). Currently she is involved in the project on religious and ethnic tolerance in Central Asia supported by USIP. Her research on the status of women in Central Asia was supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. In addition to thirty articles and numerous reports, she has written books on religion, democratization and gender issues in Central Asia. Among her recently published articles are "Civil Society and Democracy Ideologies," "Central Asia and the Caucasus," "Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures," Family, Law and Politics," (Vol.2, Brill: Leiden-Boston, 2005); "Conflict Prevention Agenda in Central Asia" (Albrecht Schnabel and David Carment eds., "Conflict Prevention from Rhetoric to Practice," (Vol. 1 Organizations and institutions, Lanham: Lexington Book, 2004); and "Political Islam in Kyrgyzstan" (OSCE Yearbook, 2002, Institute for Peace and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg: Baden-Baden, 2003). Anara is a co-editor of two books: Volume VI of History of Civilizations of Central Asia, 1850-1991 (UNESCO, Paris), and Challenges of Rebuilding Post-Conflict Societies and the Need for Woman and Child-Sensitive Peacebuilding Policies/Approaches (UN University, Tokyo)." (Keynote speakers at the same conference this biography is from included Andrew S. Natsios, Anwar Ibrahim, Gretchen Birkle, Lorne Craner, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Carl Gershman, Anisa Mehdi, and S. Abdallah Schleifer.) [1]
She conducted research for a 1999 study "during her 1996–97 Jennings Randolph fellowship at the United States Institute of Peace. Currently [in 1999] she is director of the Institute for Regional Studies and a lecturer at Kyrgyz-Slavonic University. In 1995 she was the recipient of a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in support of her research on "The Women's Question in Central Asia: Historical Roots of Contemporary Contradictions," and a grant from HIVOS (Holland) for researching a group project entitled "Kyrgyzstan: Factors of Destabilization and Stabilization of Ethno-Religious Peace."" [2]
- Director, Central Eurasia Studies Society [3]
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- ↑ Anara Tabyshalieva, 2005 Conference, accessed September 10, 2007.
- ↑ he Challenge of Regional Cooperation in Central Asia, USIP, accessed September 10, 2007.
- ↑ Overview, Central Eurasia Studies Society, accessed September 10, 2007.


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While there are thousands of free apps, many of the best apps come with fees. Although app fees are typically not going to blow your budget, they can add up quickly.
You may not want to stop buying apps because they are useful and fun, but you probably want to stop seeing the money disappear every month.
There are ways to download apps for free — apps you'd normally have to pay for. Let's take a look at some of the ways that you can download paid apps for free.
Company | Description |
AppsFree | Showcases apps that are free for limited time |
Amazon App Store | Offers free app every day |
Google Opinion Rewards | Earn credits to get free apps |
How to Get Paid Android Apps for Free
There are millions of Android apps available. It might seem overwhelming to find free apps, but it doesn't have to be.
The good news is that there are plenty of places to find free Android apps. You just need to know where to look.
1. AppsFree
📱Google Play 4.4
AppsFree is an Android app that maintains a comprehensive list of free apps for a limited time.
It is a great resource for anyone looking for free apps. Instead of scrolling through the store on your own, you can just take a look at the list.
The relatively high rating indicates that this app may be worth downloading. One honest user review said, "Does what it says and then some."
Tip: Learn how to get free Google Play credits here!
2. myAppFree
📱Google Play 4.3
myAppFree was originally known as "App of the Day." Although the name has changed, the basic principle has not. You will be able to find free paid apps through this app every single day.
According to the app, some daily offerings are not completely free. The company claims that each discounted app will only cost 10 cents.
The fact that you will have to pay sometimes makes the app's title somewhat misleading. However, many of the offerings will be completely free.
myAppFree curates different selections based on your preferences.
3. AppSales
📱Google Play 4.3
AppSales is an app that keeps track of Android app sales. The developers have a manual review process that optimizes discounted and free app lists.
After the developers review the daily app sales, they highlight only the apps with the deepest discounts or go free.
Another great feature of AppSales is that it allows you to look at the price history of an app. This information will be able to guide your decision to download an app.
The app also allows you to create a personalized watch list. This list shows all the discounts and gone-free sales for apps you want to buy. Instead of looking up each app separately, all the information is in one place.
4. Aptoide
Aptoide is a similar marketplace to GetJar. The site has hundreds, if not thousands, of free app downloads available. The apps are in various categories, so you can likely find something worth downloading.
In addition to a large selection of free apps, Aptoide carries many discounted paid apps you might be interested in.
5. Google Opinion Rewards
📱Google Play 4.6
Google Opinion Rewards is a creative way to get Android apps for free. Once you download the app, it will ask you simple questions through the app. As you answer each survey, you will earn up to $1 in Play credit. Over time, these credits can add up.
Eventually, you can use those credits to purchase paid apps. Although this method is not exactly free, it gives you an easy way to earn free apps. The surveys are simple and shouldn't take more than a few minutes to complete.
The app's rating on the Play Store is 4.6 of 5 stars. The main complaint seems to be the infrequency of the surveys.
One app reviewer said: "I've had this app for almost three years. At first, I got a consistent amount of surveys. Sometimes 2-3 a day. But lately, I've been lucky if I get a survey once a month. It was nice while it lasted, though."
6. Amazon Appstore
You may not realize it, but Amazon has an app store dedicated to Android apps. It offers a free paid app every day to entice people to use Amazon's app instead of the Google Play store.
To access the Amazon store, you'll need to download the app directly from the Amazon website. Then, you'll need an Amazon account to access the store.
If you have difficulty installing the app, you will likely need to adjust your device's security settings. In the settings menu, choose "unknown sources" and enable that feature.
In other words, you need to verify that you are comfortable with the risks of unknown apps before your phone will allow you to continue. Once you have installed the Amazon app store, you can download one free app daily.
7. Mistplay
📱Google Play 4.1
Mistplay pays you to play online games. This Android app can be found on the Google Play store and is free to download.
When you open the app, you will find a list of games to play. The more you play, the more points you earn.
Redeem your points for gift cards or cash rewards. If you want more apps like this, check out these Mistplay alternatives.
8. Use the Google Play Return Policy
You may not be ready to buy a paid app without a trial. It can be hard to know whether the features will be useful until you install and use the app. One way to deal with this dilemma is to use the Google Play store refund policy.
According to the policy, you can return apps just like unwanted purchases from a regular store. You have to do so within 48 hours of an app purchase. Although there are some restrictions, the policy seems to be very comprehensive.
If you are on the fence about buying a paid Android app, then this is a great way to test the waters. Instead of committing to the purchase, this test run could help you determine whether or not the app is a good fit for you.
Ways to Get Paid iOS Apps for Free
Apple has sold over a billion iPhones over the past ten years. Needless to say, it is an extremely popular phone.
Because of that popularity, many apps have been created. Lots are free, but many of them require a fee. Check out these methods to download iOS paid apps for free.
9. AppAdvice
AppAdvice will help you find iOS apps for free. It's a resource that filters through the millions of apps available each day in the Apple App Store.
It offers articles on the best apps for specific uses, for instance, the best travel apps. It also has information about apps offered at a discount and paid apps gone free.
The amount of resources available on this website is very impressive. Plus, AppsAdvice is available as a free iOS app itself.
When you open the app, it takes a while to load. Maybe in a future update, they will make it faster to load. I love this app so much, and it has the potential to be much better than this."
Ways to Get Android and iOS Apps for Free
You may own both devices or have a house divided among iPhones and Android phones. In this case, you may want simple methods that will work for both types of smartphones.
The following option is a good resource for anyone using an iPhone or Android smartphone.
10. Freapp
Freapp offers a free downloadable app every day. In addition, the company also monitors available discounts at both app stores.
The apps and games can be either for Android or iOS, but sometimes, they are incompatible with both operating systems.
Freapp has a website, plus Android and iOS apps. With the app, you can receive push notifications about free and discounted apps each day. This is a good option if you want to try many apps for free.
Frequently Asked Questions
Before you start downloading apps, keep in mind a few words of advice.
Can you legally download paid apps for free?
Yes, there are many ways to download apps to your smartphone for free. However, lots of them are not legal. It's best to keep things on the legal side.
For instance, when downloading apps from illegal sites, you may also unwittingly install malware on your device. Free apps are not worth the potential cost of getting hacked.
Think of all the personal information on your phone that could be compromised if your phone was hacked.
Plus, you don't need to steal potentially hacked apps from the internet when there are many free, legal ways to download apps to your smartphone.
How do you find apps that are already free?
The Apple App Store and the Google Play Store have many useful apps that are already completely free.
Instead of hunting for a paid app with the same functionality, you may want to find a comparable free app. In some ways, this is the simplest method.
However, you should know that many free apps have in-app purchases that increase prices over time. Before you decide to download an app, check to see if there are any in-app purchases. It may be best to avoid an app with many in-app purchases.
If a paid app is free, should I always download it?
Once you start searching for free apps, you will find many options. Although it may be tempting to download every single app, you should probably avoid the temptation.
Too many free apps will clutter your phone. Plus, they'll take up precious storage space on your phone.
If you're anything like me, you're constantly running out of storage. Use your storage space on things that matter to you, like pictures, not a bloated collection of apps you don't use.
Free apps are always fun to try out. However, if you know you won't use an app, don't bother downloading it.
Why do some paid apps become available for free?
Developers give away their paid apps for free to market their apps. Without the enticement of a free download, there are many apps that you would never consider downloading to your phone.
The developers of the apps are hoping that you will like their app. You may even decide to review it. These reviews are very important to the continued success of an app. Due to this marketing strategy, new free apps will always be available to download legally.
As you look for free apps to download, remember you have many choices. Free is always good, but limit your downloads to only apps that interest you.
If you can't find something you like one day, you may just need to wait until the right app comes along.


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Manchester United have offered Borussia Dortmund Alexis Sanchez in part exchange for Jadon Sancho, according to reports.
Sanchez is currently out on loan at Inter Milan and United are eager to offload the massive earner from their books.
The Chilean pockets £500,000 a week as a United player and has experienced the same fitness and consistency issues in Serie A as he did in Manchester.
It is no secret United are desperate to sign Sancho from Dortmund, but the winger is valued at well over £100million by his club.
Sancho has two years left on his contract and is keen for a new challenge, although the ongoing coronavirus pandemic might force the Englishman to delay any transfer move for another year.
Mundo Deportivo United are trying to reach an agreement with Dortmund and have offered the German club several players as part of the deal.
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Sancho is yet to start in the two games Dortmund have had since restart of the Bundesliga due to a calf injury.
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[In The] Contemplation Sūtra, that said [on, 'It] is [the] mind [that] becomes Buddha, [and it] is [the] mind [that] is Buddha', [these] two sayings, [were] especially [by Great Master Chèwù] repeated, requesting [for] thorough [understanding], thrice devoting attention [to them in this collection, as highlighted in the three sections below].
([By] Triple Gem's disciple Chéng'ān remembered clearly)
[5] [On the] Contemplation Sūtra's '[It] is [the] mind [that] becomes Buddha, [and it] is [the] mind [that] is Buddha', [these] two sayings, comparing [with that] of [the] Chán Tradition's [saying], 'directly pointing [at the] person's mind, seeing [one's] nature [to] accomplish Buddhahood', [the first is] especially straightforward [and] joyfully [satisfying].
Why? With 'seeing [one's] nature' difficult and 'becom[ing] Buddha' [with the mind] easy thus.
What is 'seeing [one's] nature'? Departing [from the] mind, thought [and] perception, [with Buddha-nature's] spiritual light entered [and] revealed, then is 'seeing [one's] nature', thus [is this] difficult.
What is 'becom[ing] Buddha'? Upholding [the] Buddha's name, [or] contemplating [the] Buddha's circumstantial [and] direct [rewards], immediately is 'becom[ing] Buddha', thus [is this] easy.
[Note 1: Mindfulness of Buddha with his name and, with contemplation (i.e. visualisation) of his forms and Pure Land's attributes, are different practices, not taught to be practised simultaneously. The first practice using his name is easier and safe, as generally recommended by the Pure Land Patriarchs, while the second practice is not only more difficult, but also potentially dangerous if practised wrongly, if not according to the strict and detailed teachings in the Contemplation Sūtra.]
[The Contemplation] Sūtra says, 'when you [and] others [have] minds [with] thoughts [of the] Buddha, this mind is the same as [his] thirty-two forms, [and] eighty appearance-following excellences'.
How [is this] not with [the] thought of Buddha immediately as 'becom[ing] Buddha' [then]?
[Note 2: Even with only mindfulness of the Buddha's name, it is also 'becoming Buddha', as in becoming one with the Buddha in essence, as represented by his name, with varying degrees of alignment, according to the depth of practice.]
Those [who] accomplish Buddhahood are Buddhas, [in] principle without two [who are not] identical.
Yet 'seeing [one's] nature' [and] 'becom[ing] Buddha', [are with] difficulty [and] ease, greatly different [from] each other in this way [above].
How [is it] not [then, that] mindfulness [of] Buddha, comparing [with that] of [the] Chán [meditative] contemplation, [is] especially straightforward [and] joyfully [satisfying]?
One [tradition] is [based upon] Patriarchs' words, [and the other] one is [based upon the] Buddha's words [in the Contemplation Sūtra].
[Note 3: The first is the Chán Tradition (禅宗), that mainly uses its Patriarchs' records for reference, as Patriarchs' Chán (祖师禅) teachings, while the second is the Pure Land Tradition (净土宗), which also uses many other Pure Land sūtras for reference, as taught by the Buddha.]
Which [is] heavier [and] which [is] lighter [in weightiness]? Which [should be] obtained [and] which [should be] relinquished, [if having to choose one for practice, especially if due to lack of time in this life]?
Scholars only should [with their] utmost relinquish old habits [of theoretical speculation and such], humble their minds, calm their minds, [and] try [mindfulness of Buddha] once, ponder [its] subtleties, and examine it.
[They] will definitely [with their] heads [nod in] approval, [as] this said is not erroneous.
[19] [On the] Contemplation Sūtra's '[It] is [the] mind [that] becomes Buddha, [and it] is [the] mind [that] is Buddha', [these] two sayings, since raised, thus [also] say [that] outside of [these, 'If the] mind [does] not become Buddha, [the] mind is not Buddha. [If the] mind becomes [the] nine realms, [the] mind is [the] nine realms. [If the] mind [does] not become [the] nine realms, [the] mind is not [the] nine realms.' These other meanings [are] together evident.
[Note 4: The Ten Dharma realms (十法界) are the Six Ordinary (六凡) Dharma realms (法界) of hell-beings (地狱), hungry ghosts (饿鬼), animals (畜生), human beings (人), asuras (阿修罗) and heavenly beings (天人), with the Four Noble (四圣) Dharma Realms of Voice-Hearers (声闻), Pratyekabuddhas (辟支佛), Bodhisattvas (菩萨) and Buddhas (佛). The Nine Dharma Realms (九法界) are all the above without the Buddha realm (佛法界). In principle, when one realm arises in the mind, all other realms fall away in the moment. As the mind can only have a thought in each moment, when not mindful of Buddha, one is mindful of one of the lesser realms by default, just as when mindful of Buddha, one is not mindful of any of the lesser realms by default. This is why it makes great sense to be as mindful of Buddha as possible. Aligning to Buddha through his name sincerely also tunes to one's Buddha-nature.]
Yes! If understanding this principle, [of] those yet still not mindful [of] Buddha, then [am] I certainly [with] no way [to] handle [them].
[20] [On the] Contemplation Sūtra's '[It] is [the] mind [that] becomes Buddha, [and it] is [the] mind [that] is Buddha', [these] two sayings, [are] not only [the] Contemplation Sūtra's one sūtra's guiding principles' Dharma essence, [but] truly [also] is Śākya[muni] Thus Come [One's] one lifetime's teachings great Dharma [teachings' main] guiding principle.
Not only [is it] Śākya[muni Buddha's] one Buddha's Dharma treasury's [main] guiding principle, [but] truly [also] is [the] ten directions' three periods' all Buddhas' Dharma treasury's [main] guiding principle.
[With] this [main] principle since penetrated, what [other] principles [and Buddhist traditions are] not [also] penetrated?
[With] this Dharma [essence] since understood, what [other] Dharma [teachings are] not [also] understood?
[This is] so-called [with] learning although not [being] much, [yet being] able [to be] equal [to that of] superior virtuous [ones].
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Padraig Harrington took route 66 to jump straight into contention on day one of the inaugural Scottish Championship near St. Andrews.
Harrington, wrapped-up under four layers, snatched seven birdies in a six-under par score to be sharing fourth place and four adrift of Spaniard Adrian Otaegui.
Otaegui, 27 is a two-time European Tour winner and posted 10 birdies in his sizzling round on the Torrance course at the Fairmont Resort just to the east of the Auld Grey Toon.
Harrington finds himself tied with three English golfers including new ASI Scottish Open winner, Aaron Rai.
Europe's Ryder Cup Captain is back in Scotland for a second in three weeks having finished T9th behind Rai on the opposite side of the Firth of Forth at the Renaissance Club near Gullane.
He was level par through five holes thanks to a birdie on two but a bogey on three before birdies at the sixth and ninth holes moved him to two-under par.
Harrington then birdied four of his closing seven holes and after missing the cut in his return to competition at the recent Irish Open, Harrington has since been a picture of consistency.
"I couldn't be happier with how I'm playing at this stage," he said.
"It's just a mental thing when you haven't been on the golf course. I liked what I saw the first three weeks, that's why I'm here for the fourth week.
"Today, it was pretty steady as I drove the ball well, so you're going to have opportunities if you do that.
"I also hit my irons well, which I hadn't been doing. I didn't chip well. A couple of those short par fours on the front nine, the dropped shot on the third hole, were all poor chip shots. I made up for it later in the round.
"My back nine, certainly my last ten holes, I scored nicely on. Those first eight holes I probably hit four or five weak chips but then I just need to try to be a bit more committed tomorrow.
"That would normally be my strong point, but whatever. Hopefully that's not going to be the way for the next three days and I'll chip it a bit better.
"There are plenty of opportunities on these par fives and par fours to get the ball in and around the green in one under regulation, so if you hit a good chip you're making a birdie".
Next best of the five Irish is Jonathan Caldwell after posting a two-under 70 in his first event back on the Tour since the Irish Open.
Gavin Moynihan reached the turn at three-under par but then dropped three shots over his inward half in a level par 72, with Cormac Sharvin, who was two-under at the turn, eventually signing for a 74.
And Niall Kearney was off to a horror start in dropping to five-over after just four holes in an eventual 73.
Spain's Otaegui is the man to catch and takes a three shot lead into the second round after an impressive bogey-free opening round of 62.
A hat trick of birdies at the beginning of both nines helped the two-time European Tour winner set a target of ten under par at Fairmont St Andrews, with Englishman Matt Wallace and Bryce Easton of South Africa his closest challengers at seven-under par.
"Almost everything worked today," he said. "I started with three birdies and I played very well from tee to green, felt confident and relaxed. Almost everything went well today. 62 is really, really good.
"I felt like a good round could come, I didn't know how good but the last two weeks, even if the results were not very good, I was playing very well from tee to green and feeling good. But the putting wasn't there. Today the putting did go well. Same putter, just changed my stance and my grip a little bit.
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it seem that when users are not able to "browse the page" i get some retrassmission at both client and server side ( attached ) and finally i get a rst/ack from client.
the network seem stable because i've also runt a pingplotter that pools the destination server and i have no packet drop ( 3rd immage )
any idea what could cause the problem
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Joe Maldonado, co-owner of Luna's Groceries, announced his campaign for Fitchburg's Common Council yesterday.
The announcement took place at Luna's Grocery, a full-service grocery store he opened alongside his wife Mariam Maldonado on Madison's southwest side this summer. Luna's Grocery offers accessible fresh food within the Allied Drive – Dunn's Marsh neighborhood.
"I've got three priorities in my run for Fitchburg Alder District 1, Seat 2. The first is youth development. I believe strongly in our young people and I believe they're assets, not liabilities," Maldonado said.
He said his vision for young people includes cultivating a safe community which allows opportunities for leadership development. Maldonado, who brings over a decade of experience working with youth, hopes for youth to succeed academically.
In his current position, Maldonado works as the Director of Community Impact – Academic Success at the United Way of Dane County where he collaborates with more than 20 local agencies and oversees a $2 million budget. Maldonado also spent five years at the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County as a coordinator for the AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination) and TOPS (Teens of Promise) programs.
"Fitchburg is one of the most diverse cities and one of the wealthiest that refuses to serve people of color," said Wanda Smith, who is supporting Maldonado and who previously ran for alder.
She ran a campaign for the same seat, now held by Fitchburg Common Council member Anne Scott, about two years ago. Smith said she is excited to see the support for Maldonado's campaign.
Maldonado said his second priority is collaboration and that he would like to see schools work together with non-profit agencies, businesses and local government agencies to help students succeed.
"I've been in many different spaces and had the blessing of being in places where different institutions are collaborating together to make positive results for young people," he said.
Lastly, Maldonado would like to see economic development for people of color. When he and his wife opened Luna's Groceries, the business was able to carry products made by locally owned businesses. He said he would like to see more community members of color own their own businesses as well as have access to good-paying jobs.
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We had a very busy and interesting week last week. This was so even though we didn't have any major macro news coming out.
As early as the start of last week, BTC showed weakness. It started rotating to the downside after range-trading on the weekend and was pressed down throughout the day. Sellers were not able to finish the day below key support at $29,200.
That gave the market a relief rally early on Tuesday to cover the whole Monday down-move and BTC started consolidating.
This time, buyers couldn't push the market further up. It started looking heavy and then on Wednesday, huge market sell orders came to the market sending it aggressively down.
BTC closed below $29,200 on Wednesday, a bearish sign. It kept being pressed down until the end of Friday with occasional flashes down. On weekends, the market took a breather trading sideways, eventually finishing the week almost $3k lower than it started.
We've seen quite a big change in how the market is trading since last week. We've had sellers in control stepping in lower and lower, selling aggressively at the market and absorbing any slightest attempts to push it higher.
It looks like a repositioning of big players, creating waves of sudden sell-offs and shallow retracements. If this pattern continues, it will be reasonable to trade from the short side but mindful that the longer it continues, the bigger probability of deeper retracements.
It's reasonable to trade with current momentum instead of trying to find the bottom. For now, the market is trading in the $27,100-27,900 range. It seems more likely to unfold eventually to the downside with $26,500 as the next important support before $25,300-25,000.
On the other hand, daily close above $27,900 would be bullish but we would like to see the subsequent acceleration to the upside to stay long there.
If instead, we see the market grinding up we would be cautious and ready to flip short if there is any rotation to the downside.
As always, be ready for different scenarios, not stubborn but flexible to change your bias. As the market keeps on trading, it shows you more pieces of the puzzle so you can make more informed decisions on what's more likely to come next.
The focus on the macro front will be on FED's preferred inflation measure - PCE on Friday.
Although it's not very likely to affect FED's rate decision next week with an 80% of 25bp hike, it will play a role in shaping market expectations for FED's further actions.
Some other data points to watch:
Tue: CB Consumer Confidence, New Home Sales
Wed: Durable Goods Orders
Thu: GDP, Jobless Claims, Pending Home Sales
Fri: Chicago PMI, Michigan Consumer Sentiment
Bear in mind that we have BOJ rate decision with the new governor late on Thursday, so watch out for potential hints on policy shifts. Also keep an eye on earning reports throughout the week which can affect the market.
Remember however, that markets can move a lot even without major data coming out, driven by sentiment and market positioning, which we've been experiencing many times before (even last week) and expect to continue. That can be amplified by the month's end this week.
Stay vigilant and have a great trading week!
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Like any cash rich company Tesco is also looking to drive down the gearing and as we analyse past three years the company's debt ratio has decreased from 49% to 44% (See Appendix A),this shows that the company has been successful in driving down the reliance of its assets financing from the debt. Although value of debt increased slightly but the company managed to increase its equity and reserves from the healthy profits which the company has earned during these years. So it looks quite obvious that the company is going towards success in its objective of the continuity of continuous funding and to maintain its policy of smoothing the debt maturity profile so that it can arrange sufficient funding for the needs ahead and it can do so by maintaining the sufficient undrawn committed facilities from the banks.This compares favourably with Sainsbury's, whose results were 55% in FY 02/03 and rose up to 59 % in FY 04/05. Despite of the fact that the company had a massive cash inflow of Pound Sterling 1,170 million from its sale of its American based Shaw stores, which also resulted in a net profit Pound Sterling 275 million on the sale.(Source Sainsbury's 2005 annual report).
But on the other hand Tesco has been successful by driving down its Debt/Equity ratio from 62% to 50% while Sainsbury's is staying at around 40% since FY02/03. Here it is worth mentioning that the excessive reliance on debt makes the company very risky as it has to bear huge interest and principal repayments, but when deciding the optimal ratio it should also be noted that the respective tax benefits arising from the interest payments may be forgone.(See Appendix A and B ) Liquidity Companies live or die by how quickly they get in their payments relative paying their bills and by how much liquid resource they possess (Peter Temple ,First Steps in Shares), Normally 1.
5:1 ratio is considered very healthy. Tesco's Credit rating in the year 04/05 has been confirmed stable by Moody's and standards and Poor's at A1 and A+ respectively.Tesco's current ratio has also been increased from the last year by 33% in absolute terms .The nature of the Fast moving consumer goods retailing is that with the effective stock management , most of the times it will have a positive cash flow while analysing tesco's current liabilities we can see from its published accounts that the 66% of the current liabilities consist of trade and other creditors and the bank loans ,corporation tax and payment of finance lease ,which are more risky in terms of non-payment add up to only 12% of the current liabilities.
Remaining components of the creditors balance consists of deferred revenue and accruals.All the liquidity analysis suggests that Tesco is "cash comfortable"company. Its debt ratio is in the comfortable zone of 44% (See Appendix A) Comparison with Sainsbury's show that its debt ratio is in slightly weaker position than Tesco, being on 59%. Interest Cover: Tesco' initial interest cover was 8x in 02/03 but this increased dramatically to 13 x in 04/05. A few factors have contributed to the equity build-up: The policy of the group is to finance its operations by a combination of borrowings,equity and leases to ensure to continuty of the funding.Lesser amount of interest to be paid due to less borrowing , reflecting healty cash flows Continuous revenue growth (Appendix A) means that the day-to-day cash balance is increasing, in positive correlation. Sainsbury's comparison shows that Interest cover ratio was maintained at 11-12 times but it drastically fell 1x in 2005, main reason for which was the poor financial results in the year 2005.
Share Price, PE Ratio and EPS Share prices are normally evaluated on the basis of price earning ratio (PER) A high PE ratio tends to indicate strong shareholder support for the company. So by comparing Tesco and its competitors of the respective PE ratios and comparing it with the industry average we can have an Idea about the future prospects of the company. The EPS of the Tesco increased from 13.
42pence per share to 14.93 in 03/04 and 17.52 pence per share in FY 04/05 showing that it is in line with the steady increase of groups profits during these years. (See Appendix A)When we have a look at the EPS of the competitor , we see that it was healthier in FY02/03 with an EPS of 23.7, then it dropped down to 20.
7Pin FY03/04 and then took a fall down in FY 04/05 to 3.5P. This decrease in EPS seems to be very much in line with the decreasing profits of the troubled Sainsbury. ( See Appendix B) However when we have look at the PE ratio of Tesco , it is almost the lowest in the UK supermarket industry , Tesco stands at about 14.7 (march 2005), while morisson is at 17.6(march 2005) and Sainsbury is at 28.
4.(Merrill Lynch Report march 1, 2005).This shows that the share price of Tesco being on the 308.5P (March 2005) seems cheap than what it should has been when we compare it to the industry average (excluding the Sainsbury, due to its troubled scenario).
As Andrew fowler says that the " placing the UK/Eire EPS stream on 17x 2005/2006E EPS ,only a modest market premium, would justify a Pound 3 share price on its own and give international for free". The time has proven that the share price of the company has fetched greater interest of investors through time and as at 27march2006 the price of the share is 342p which is at about 19.52x.
CONCLUSIONGeneral The grocery industry is a very simple one: both produce and perishable goods are distributed and sold to customers through the normal and traditional retail channels. But in this changing environment of business through out the world face of the grocery industry has also changed, and here in UK Tesco is leading this change by creating the greater value in comparison with its competitorsThere is no doubt that the Tesco is delivering outstanding results. The above analysi that it has shown the strong performance along the board in all the geographical locations and segments and has become a leader and very strong market player among its UK rivals. PE Ratio and Share price The PE Ratio at the point of final results is directly dependent on share price which moves in relation to company performance, but is also affected by events not directly controllable by the company, such as international oil prices and international terrorism and in tesco's case they even matter more because a business segment of Tesco consist of fuel retailing also. Hence this metric is not a sound guide to the financial health of the company.However, the upward movements in the share price have increased the PE ratio, which currently stands at 19.
93 at the price of 342P showing greater investor confidence in the company. This is mainly due to the company's outstanding performance and the positive news circulating the market. "Supermarket giant". The positive movements are not always but most the times is a result of any positive news about the company like "Tesco is considering placing its 12 Billion free hold property into a real estate investment trust in a bid to enhance share holders returns" (Daily telegraph March 24, 2006)Liquidity The liquidity ratio shows that the Tesco is at comfortable level as far as the cash needs are concerned, one reason is the nature of the retailing industry where no credit sales are involved and the other can be the efficient use of its resources (as evident from the Analysis above). Although the company is making huge expansions in its national and international store portfolio and still planning ahead to expand across continents as it has been announced in the news "After months of speculation the UK's largest retailer has announced its plans to enter the united states retail market through the convenience sector" ( Source Food and Drink Europe .com, report published on Feb 09,2006) The company is paying good dividends and covering interest payment at very good levels and is still able to maintain very good liquidity ratios.


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