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See the first pictures of the Fiat 500 Prima Edizione here at Fiat500USA, the US source of all your Fiat 500 news
Vote for the what optional engine should be offered in the North American Fiat 500. Use this poll to voice your opinion.
Here is an up to date list of US Fiat dealers. Not official, but pretty well documented. Keep checking back, because this list is frequently updated.
Fiat 500 Cinquecento 'Prima Edizione' Registry announced on Fiat500USA.com, the online source for all Fiat 500 news in the US.
The Fiat 500 Abarth is the darling of women, hardly an only partially interested in cars can be cold, the little lady retro-Italian with the big eyes and the childlike chubby body.
Learn more about the award winning factory that produces the Fiat 500. Lots of great pictures of the Fiat 500 being made and some cool videos, too...
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Villa Noves provencal house w/ pool
Спальные места6
Ванные комнаты1
Площадь180 м²
Этаж №0
- Интернет
- Балкон/терраса
- Возможность проживания семьи/детей
- Камин
- Кухня
- Парковка
- Бассейн
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Адрес | Chemin du hebon, 13550 Noves, Франция |
Тип жилья | Дом |
ID жилья | B7NMX9XE |
Процент подтвержденных запросов брони | 56% |
Время ответа | Несколько часов |
Календарь обновлен | Вчера |
Be enchanted by the magnificent exteriors of this holiday house and amazed by its interiors, boasting elegant design but all the modern equipment needed for an ideal holiday in the South of France.
Amenities include a washing machine, dryer, fans, heating, an indoor fireplace and entertainment such as a flat-screen TV, DVD-player, CD-player and radio, plus free WiFi. Settle down comfortably in the lounge or explore the fully-equipped kitchen, including a gas stove, hobs, toaster, coffee maker, dishwasher and fridge-freezer, and note that the dining table seats six people.
There are four beautiful bedrooms, two with queen-size beds and two with two singles each (one with an ensuite shower room), while the separate bathroom has a tub, shower and toilet. Two cots are also available at a small fee.
Head out to your garden to enjoy a barbecue, game of petanque or dip in the 10 x 5 m pool, or why not indulge in a game of table tennis, foosball or go on the swings?
Welcome to picturesque Provence – you couldn't pick a better place to explore it from than the idyllic town of Noves, where you'll find gorgeous, winding streets, lush nature and friendly locals eager to show you around!
Activities on offer near the house include tennis, golf, hunting, hiking, horse riding and visits to interesting museums, the closest bars, restaurants and grocery shops are 3-5 km away and golfers can tee off at Avignon, 6 km from the house.
You'll find beaches in Marseille and Sainte Marie, 75 km from the property, and don't miss a trip to the famous Pont d'Avignon, 12 km away.
• Air: Avignon airport is 6 km away
• Train: Avignon station is 15 km away
• Sea: Marseille harbour is 75 km from the house
• Road: The A7 (exit 24) is 5 km away
Правила Проживания
End cleaning, linen and towels are included in the rental price.A car is essential and there is free, private parking on the property. Pets are not welcome, smoking is not allowed and parties are not permitted.
Цены |
Цена за неделю (вплоть до 6 гостей) | 114924 руб. |
Подробности |
Заезд после | 18:00 |
Заселение до | 20:00 |
Отъезд до | 11:00 |
Политика Отмены Брони |
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Absolutely brilliant! Apartment is located in fantastic touristic area, full of restaurants, bars and shops. Very close to the seaside promenade which bring you on several beaches. Very close to the bus stops (if you would like to travel aroud the island). Apartment is modern, very comfortable, clean, and with amazing views! Absolutely recommend this place!
The place is really nice. Ilu cooks very good Balinese meals and she is really friendly. It's important to eclair from the beginning all the prices with the manager, including meals for not being surprised.
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Very nice place. Beautiful house and wonderful surroundings. The landlord was a nice lady trying to make things easier for us during our stay. She even made a cake for us, which was delicious. Thanks to her for our nice stay.
Great stay in Jonquières - close to both Orange, Avignon and the hole Rhone district.
Also close enough to a visit to Mont Ventoux (apron. 1 hour)
The apartment is both spacious, stylish interior and with all necessary appliances. There are well working WiFI.
The landlord, Jérôme was both friendly, perfectly english speaking and very helpfull.
In additon, he owns a wineyard in the Vaucluse area and offered a guided tour to the facilities. Very exiting and instructive.
We can certainly recommend a stay in this great place.
This is such a lovely house!
We stayed here last week, the village is very quiet (no bakery etc.) . There are no shops, but in 15 minuted drive there are some big supermarkets.
The house is surrounded by a large garden and the surroundings are beautiful.
There is a large kitchen, where you'll find everything you need.
The living room has a fire place and 3 benches, there is no t.v. or internet, but that wasn't a problem for us.
It has 3 bedrooms, 2 bedrooms for adults en 1 for children. The master bedroom is very nice with a bathroom an suite. We were with 6 adults, the 2 beds in the children bedroom are 2 single beds, one of them is only suitable for persons no longer then 170 cm. The second bedroom is also very nice, and it has a bathroom around the corner. The only problem was that if you're sleeping in the children's bedroom, you have to walk true the other bedroom to reach the bathroom.
The house has a cozy interior and it has central heating.
We couldn't find the tennis court at first, but you have to walk around the other house in the back to find it.
The only thing that could improve the stay even more would be a table and chairs to sit in the garden.
It is a 20 minute drive from the D-day landing beaches and villages, museum and the impressive American Millitary Cemetery. It's also nice to visit Bayeux or Caen, and there are farms that sell Calvados.
We had a great time here.
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Northrop Grumman Announces Webcast, Conference Call of Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results
- Northrop Grumman Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results to be Webcast Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time
Oct 08, 2012, 15:37 ET from Northrop Grumman Corporation
FALLS CHURCH, Va., Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) will announce its third quarter 2012 financial results on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. The company's conference call will be held at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time the same day.
Wes Bush, chairman, chief executive officer and president, and Jim Palmer, chief financial officer, will review the financial results, and the conference call will be webcast live on Northrop Grumman's website at http://www.northropgrumman.com.
Replays of the call will be available on the Northrop Grumman website for a limited period of time. Presentations will be supplemented by a series of slides appearing on the company website. Listeners are encouraged to view these materials in conjunction with the call. The third quarter 2012 earnings release will be posted on the home page of the website.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cybersecurity, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide. Please visit www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
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Violet Trefusis née Keppel was an English writer and socialite. She is most notable from her lesbian affair with Vita Sackville-West, which was featured under disguise in Virginia Woolf's Orlando: A Biography.
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"You are my lover and I am your mistress and kingdoms and empires and governments have tottered and succumbed before now to that mighty combination."
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As the new year 2015 starts, Apple implements the changed EU VAT requirements.
Category Archive for 'Apple'
iPhone Downsizing
I admit it, I belong to the group of people who use their iPhone singlehandedly. That is, a single-thumb-typer. Also, I scoffed at the idea of a super-sized iPhone 6+. But I am somebody to apply the scientific method for examine the validity of your own beliefs. So I purchased and used an iPhone 6+ (Gold, 128 GB) for almost 2 months. Here's my verdict as well as an intro do size classes.
Xcode 6 drops armv7s
The latest Xcode update no longer builds for the armv7s architecture by default. Is it planned obsolesce or an oversight?
Happy New Year, Young Steve Jobs!
When toymaker Legendary Toys announced that they'll do a new run of Steve Jobs action figures I know that I had to have one. There once was a very life-like "Old Steve Jobs", but they got legal problems with the SJ estate. This is also why some of the figures you can still get are named "CEO Action Figure". They look more or less like Steve, but they don't dare to use the name.
Apple Product Non-Placement
A German TV movie (based on a Katie Forde novel) has a scene where a protagonist views from photos taken with a Canon camera. Though there are several things wrong here that cause Apple buffs to wince.
I'm a Game Studio!
Until today I had only every tried my hands on a UIKit-based game, a clone of the Wheel of Fortune game show. Unfortunately Sony Entertainment asked Apple to ban this from the app store. So I had to take it offline.
Whenever an independent game developer had a success I would feel jealousy boil up in my stomach. If only I could also make games. But I was too busy mastering Objective-C and Apple's frameworks (on iOS and Mac) to be able to devote time to learning Cocos2D.
This has entirely changed last week, when Apple announced the new Sprite Kit framework.
iOS 7 Icon Squircle
Apple is not only revamping the look of iOS 7 apps to be kind of flat, also most app icons will have to get a redesign.
Over the recent years we could see a trend that some app designers felt that they had to add a border to their icons to make them "pop more". So they they enabled the "Icon already includes gloss effects" setting to avoid the application of the trademark shine and used a photoshop template for make the border fit.
We followed this trend with the icon design for our most recent app Urban Airship Commander which also has a chrome border. Because frankly, without this border, we feared that a phosphorous radar screen might look too boring…
And it is Flat After All!
On the first day of WWDC we finally got to see the result of Jony Ives' plastic surgery on iOS 7. The new approach tries to build on familiar actions, but simplifying their visual representation. As is normally the case with such a broad redesign, it is polarizing.
Some individuals are already calling it a failure, while others feel that this again results in a leap ahead that reasserts Apple's position as a leader.
Best Road Trip Ever
On the Sunday before WWDC 2013 was spent in good company, on a road trip to Cupertino. But before we took that, we got ourselves registered. Apple successfully pioneered a new system to streamline the registration process.


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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ruled that the Bonneville Power Administration discriminated against wind interests by cutting back on wind production at times of high hydroelectric generation. FERC gave the BPA 90 days to come up with a new program. BPA announced an "environmental redispatch" policy last May in an effort to balance supply and demand and comply with salmon recovery goals in the region. After high river flows last spring, which were potentially harmful to salmon, BPA curtailed some wind generation in favor of hydropower. The wind generators sued, claiming the shutdowns cost them more than $2 million in tax and renewable energy credits. Click here to read more.
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The Indonesian Government has suspended the business licences of several plantation companies in Sumatra which are accused of being responsible for the forest fires. Environmentalists in Sumatra say almost all the fires which broke out at the beginning of this month were started deliberately by these companies. It is a traditional method to clear more land for cultivation and used every year. But since the disastrous fires of 1997 which covered much of south east Asia in smog, burning has been made illegal - vat least in theory. Now though the government has taken action by suspending the licences of four companies.
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Intimacy doesn't completely give rise to insight in Better than Something: Jay Reatard, a loving, if largely for-fans-only, posthumous portrait of the Memphis-bred punk rocker who died at age 30 in 2010. Directors Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz are fortunate to have spent considerable time with their subject in 2009, and the footage from that period gives their documentary its up-close-and-personal quality, with Reatard candidly and self-deprecatingly discussing his upbringing, his against-the-grain musical and life philosophies, and the angry persona that defined his career. That volatile antagonism made him, depending on one's perspective and/or encounters with him, a wretched prick or a kick-ass iconoclast dedicated to standing up for his own particular DIY ethos, which not only extended to his ragamuffin everyday lifestyle but also to his tireless work ethic, resulting in incessant recording in a wide variety of rock styles. What Better than Something does best is capture the artist in all his duality, with the film getting at the root character of the troubled, furious, and yet personable Reatard through its juxtapositions of never-before-seen concert footage (from 1999-2009) of raging intensity and heart, and lengthy chats in which he thoughtfully and humorously reflects on himself and his music.
Greater examination of Reatard's actual songs would have been more fertile ground to till than just delivering a host of talking-head friends and admirers waxing poetic about the shaggy-haired Reatard after his untimely drug-overdose passing (which is, somewhat dubiously, never specifically addressed). Additionally, Better than Something is lacking a coherent narrative, or something astute to say, about the punk rocker, despite Reatard's frank talk about fears of death and the way in which misery (far more than happiness) inspired his creative impulse. Instead, it merely offers up a compelling, if too-often lightweight, portrait of a rebellious man driven by outsider fury and a staunch belief in his own musical abilities, with the doc—shot in a functional, grungy off-the-cuff style that's in tune with Reatard's attitude and the poor environments from which he came and embraced—never pushing past the surface to reveal something unexpectedly true. That's most glaring during the film's strongest scene, in which Reatard, while taking the crew around his old derelict neighborhood, recounts a story of living in a two-family house where, one night, he and his sister could hear a bunch of crackheads raping a woman—a tale that seems to speak volumes about Reatard's subsequently enraged, hostile career, and yet ultimately is left to simply hang in the air, unexamined.


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Subject: | More Finnish Names |
Author: | Liisa (guest, 188.8.131.52) |
Date: | January 13, 2002 at 4:17:36 PM |
I posted a message a while ago with Finnish names and I now have more to add. Please post them in the next update if possible.Eveliina (f)-Finnish form of Evelyn.
Tellervo (f)- Finnish form of Deborah.
Jari (m)- Finnish form of Jerry.
Piia (f)- Finnish form of Pia.
Tiia (f)- Finnish form of Tia.
Saara (f)- Finnish form of Sarah, along with the name Sari.
Kaarin or Kaarina (f)- Finnish forms of Katherine, along with the name Karin.
Leena (f)- Finnish form of Leah.
Vitaari (m)- Finnish form of Victor.
Risto (m)- Finnish form of Richard.
Taimi (f)- A very old Finnish name meaning "Little Flower" this was my grandmother's name.
Salli (f)- Finnish form of Sally, a short form of Sarah.
Erikka (f)- finnish feminine from of Erik.
Lyydia (f)- Finnish form of Lydia.
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THANKS!Liisa :)
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See Brent's response above as to checking charge during winter. If he confirmed the filter-driers had no blockages and ensured everything else was normal (hopefully using the chart -- and you still have heat -- I think you're in good shape. :)
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Finally someone mentioned it..the temperature right now is way to cold to properly check a system.
Like Brent said, it needs to be at least 55+ out to use SH and SC
There is a chart for checking a HP in the heat mode but those are really just general guidelines
Yup, that's pretty much what he said. Think it was 48F or so out when he checked, and again, it was in heat mode. Everything seemed perfectly fine to him, and he lamented the fact he's been telling people for years that you can't go by Subcool when the system is in heat mode. Though I think he did say if it was REALLY low, or REALLY high, that could mean something (sounded like if it was REALLY low, like, 4, it could prevent the TVX from functioning, but that could just be what I heard, and not what he meant).
Thanks everyone for the input. I'm just glad it's all clear, and like good peeps, I didn't get charged since nothing was wrong. =D
And lol, page two: http://www.bayareaservice.com/wp-con...vice-Facts.pdf
He did say he's seen systems where the install happens in the winter, and some noob installer uses subcool to gauge charge, and ends up WAY overcharging the system to get to the 10°F number... if the customer was lucky, he just ends up draining some come summer, if they're unlucky, it's a compressor swap. =/
BTW, this Service Facts is extremely useful. Awesome to know what they're called so I could look them up. Thanks!
Yup. And best of all, he had no problem with me watching over his shoulder and asking questions, chatting, etc. Can't say I've ever had a problem with a contractor or inspector that's been open about what they're doing, and why they're doing it. That's why this site is so useful as well. =)
He also seemed to confirm that the foreman that was out, supervising, on the service call that originally said there was an issue was not the most reliable when it came to stuff like this. =P Maybe they just got back from the southern hemisphere, and forgot what season it was. =P


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Not long after people began to roam around, we began to hear the sounds of the Atlanta Sedition Orchestra. This is the reason I wanted to go. These folks were so much fun to watch. A group of radical musicians wailing out in the middle of the room, leading parades through the chairs and forming semi-circles of inspired sounds reminiscent of a time in my live that I have fond memories of. Then, the marched back out the front door as loudly and ambitiously as they had arrived.
The Atlanta Sedition Orchestra is really a revolutionary art in motion. Amazing to watch and makes you dream of better days.
My internet is back, no thanks to anyone but myself. DIY or DIE I suppose, or at least go without the internet. The good news is that despite the wrench in the works, I still did not miss a Vegan MoFo post! That makes 19 in a row! Given that this is a MoFo post I thought I should show what I ate for dinner before we head out to Eyedrum.
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Quoting fallinstorms:The sea is too dry, eh? Is the ice too hot? Is the air too heavy? |
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 8:40 PM GMT on July 23, 2010
Tropical Depression Bonnie is nearing the end of its traverse of South Florida, and passage over land has significantly disrupted the small storm. Satellite images show almost no heavy thunderstorms near Bonnie's center of circulation, and the center is now exposed to view. Radar-estimated rainfall from the Key West radar shows that Bonnie dumped very little rain on South Florida--maximum rainfall amounts from the storm were about four inches over a small region southwest of Miami. Water vapor satellite loops show that Bonnie is embedded in a large area of dry air, thanks to an upper level low to the west over the Gulf of Mexico. This low has brought an increasing amount of wind shear to Bonnie today, and shear has increased from 20 knots this morning to 25 knots this afternoon. Surface observations in South Florida currently don't show any tropical storm force winds. Bonnie's top winds today were at Fowey Rocks, which had sustained winds of 46 mph, gusting to 53 mph, at 10:45 am EDT.
Figure 1. Satellite image of Bonnie from NASA's MODIS instrument, taken at 17:10 UTC July 23, 2010. Image credit: NASA/.
Track Forecast for Bonnie
The latest set of model runs from 8am EDT (12Z) are very similar to the three previous sets of runs, and this degree of consistency gives me confidence that Bonnie will stay within the cone of uncertainty depicted on the track forecast images. The projected track will take Bonnie over the oil spill region, and the storm's strong east to southeasterly winds will begin to affect the oil slick on Saturday morning. Assuming Bonnie doesn't dissipate over the next day, the storm's winds, coupled with a likely storm surge of 2 - 4 feet, will drive oil into a substantial area of the Louisiana marshlands. However, the current NHC forecast has Bonnie making landfall in Louisiana near 9pm CDT Saturday night. According to the latest tide information, this will be near the time of low tide. This will result in much less oil entering the Louisiana marshlands than occurred during Hurricane Alex in June. That storm brought a storm surge of 2 - 4 feet and sustained winds of 20 - 30 mph that lasted for several days, including several high tide cycles. The latest oil trajectory forecasts from NOAA (Figure 2) predicts potential oil impacts along a 150-mile stretch of Louisiana coast on Sunday.
Figure 2. Oil Trajectory forecast for Sunday for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Image credit: NOAA.
Intensity Forecast for Bonnie
Bonnie has been disrupted by its passage over land, and it will take at least six hours for the storm to reorganize once it moves over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico tonight. This process will be hindered by the large upper-level low to its west. If the low remains in its present location, relative to Bonnie, it will bring high wind shear of about 20 - 30 knots to the storm. This will allow for only slow intensification, or may even destroy Bonnie. Bonnie is unlikely to intensify to more than a 50 mph tropical storm, and I give a 30% chance it will dissipate over the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall. The GFDL model predicts Bonnie could hit the Gulf Coast as a 50 mph tropical storm, but the other major models such as the HWRF, GFS, ECMWF, and NOGAPS show a much weaker storm. I don't give Bonnie any chance of becoming a hurricane. NHC is putting the odds of Bonnie being a hurricane at 2 pm Saturday at 4% (5pm advisory.)
If you are wondering about the specific probabilities of receiving tropical storm force winds at your location, I recommend the wind probability product from NHC. The latest probabilities of various locations getting tropical storm force winds, 39 mph or higher, from the 5pm EDT advisory:
Buras, LA 30%
New Orleans 28%
Mobile, AL 37%
Pensacola, FL 30%
Resources for the BP oil disaster
Map of oil spill location from the NOAA Satellite Services Division
My post, What a hurricane would do the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
My post on the Southwest Florida "Forbidden Zone" where surface oil will rarely go
My post on what oil might do to a hurricane
NOAA's interactive mapping tool to overlay wind and ocean current forecasts, oil locations, etc.
Gulf Oil Blog from the UGA Department of Marine Sciences
Oil Spill Academic Task Force
University of South Florida Ocean Circulation Group oil spill forecasts
ROFFS Deepwater Horizon page
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery from the University of Miami
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I'll have an update Saturday morning.
Jeff Masters
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Quoting fallinstorms:The sea is too dry, eh? Is the ice too hot? Is the air too heavy? |
i forgot how it goes.... dude (short) = c'mon duuuuude (long) = what are you thinking duuuudddde = party time |
Quoting atmoaggie: For the SW Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico -1.8mb is a pretty dang good 9-month average anomaly. What matters more is the shape and location of the below-normal pressures. It's entirely believable that 2010 could have lower pressures than the analog years....but the overall pattern is similar. And I'll post this image again from the CPC, the typical positive NAO pattern in the summer is more of a tripole pattern that actually favors lower pressures over the tropics. The numerical index of the NAO is not a cut and dried indicator of the pattern in the Atlantic during the hurricane season. The pattern is much more flexible and the oscillation can take many forms. Furthermore, I can't really see there being anything but lower than normal pressures in the tropical Atlantic with SSTs as warm as they are, can you? Pressures are already way above normal in the Pacific like they should be due to the cold water. That has to be balanced out in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans where the water is warm. |
Quoting Patrap: LOL...the hood. ............................................... Here's the eastern Atlantic view on the latest ECMWF through Aug. 2nd....Link |
T-Storms moving, looks like a wet one tomorrow. Mobile Radar |
I don't understand the thought process of all the posters claiming this season is some sort of bust, but I also don't understand why they continue to garner responses from our more knowledgeable and responsible contributors. Give these attention hounds a big fat -, or report them in extreme circumstances, then simply ignore them. My list is 200 strong and growing. In fact, the ability to ignore nuisance posters is the only real reason I set up an account... I think you will find that this method provides for a more sane and enjoyable WU experience, and drastically reduces the xanax and thorazine budget. |
Quoting homelesswanderer: Perfectly stated. |
Quoting atmoaggie: LOL! |
Quoting EtexJC:And because it is for Californians, it isn't usually friendly... (yeah, kidding again, somewhat) |
Quoting TexasHurricane:I have to agree TH. Late May gave us some strong tropical waves, June a bit of a lull, July we had Alex, almost Bonnie south of La., Bonnie, almost Collin in the BOC. Warnings, shots across the bow. Get yourselves ready for whats to come. We have been warned. |
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AUG 10 NEXT NAMED storm imo |
Quoting CaptDanny: What'd ya think the snow's for? ;) |
Quoting Tazmanian:Oh, right, Bonnie. Forgot about the former wet-spot. (j/k) |
Ike ..I best get my Garage Sale stuff in.., But now the Work day folks in da hood are showing up with dollars and py-rooting thru da clothes. Decisions,decisions.. |
Quoting Levi32:Is it the averaging? Nothing close to the -3 mb anomaly in your 2010 plot..... And, ehh, may be a decent connection. But, you well know that patterns *can* change as fast as 2 weeks. all it takes is a large fluctuation in the NAO and *poof*. |
Quoting IKE: Here's the run...12Z ECMWF... |
Quoting Tazmanian: Dude Chill |
Quoting homelesswanderer: so true... :) |
Quoting atmoaggie: Bonnie |
Quoting seflagamma: Lolol. |
am forcasting a foot of snow for FL |
Quoting atmoaggie: Bonnie and that ULL....never could get away from each other. A lot of experts were saying it probably would, but it never really did. |
Quoting Tazmanian:Who? |
Quoting StormW: Makes sense to me (and not a lot does) LOL. If I can understand anyone can. And I believe the poofers do too. But they have no patience. And don't realize that sometimes you have to wait to get what you want. If ya want an active season just wait you'll get it. |
Quoting gbreezegirl: Thundershowers all around. |
Announcer: We are gathered here today...to witness the cremation of a storm named Bonnie. *Public sobs* *ULL walks in, rips Bonnie apart* Public and announcer: O_o ULL: :P EDIT: *Spirit of Bonnie comes, slaps ULL in the face.* Public: Yay! |
yes, as Pat would say... You have been "Mommed" LOL |
Yes...it is getting quite active in the panhandle... |
Quoting atmoaggie: and where is Bonnie |
Quoting StormW: Thanks storm ......here comes August,September and October. |
#263, StormW, that just about says it all. I agree with you, some people do not get it. and most of those I have on ignore so I would not even see their silly comments if you folks would stop quoting their post! LOL j/k.. you can do what you want... |
Hey, look. It's an ULL. And a mid-lev trof. |
Quoting StormW: See My response StormW comment#253 |
Quoting MiamiWarnings: I didn't see any through Aug. 2nd. |
In Fort Lauderdale Beach the worst part of Bonnie came thru about 12:45-1:15 pm this afternoon with heavy winds out of the SE 25-35 mph gust hitting 40 mph. Several palm frowns were blown down but other than that just couple of squall lines came thru during the morning the last one came thru about 2pm. |
PROGNOSTIC DISCUSSION FOR 6 TO 10 AND 8 TO 14 DAY OUTLOOKS Link NWS CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS, MD 300 PM EDT FRI JULY 23 2010 6-10 DAY OUTLOOK FOR JUL 29 - AUG 02, 2010 TODAY'S ENSEMBLE MEAN SOLUTIONS SHOW GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE EXPECTED MEAN 500-HPA CIRCULATION PATTERN, FEATURING TROUGHS ALONG THE WEST COAST AND ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CONUS, A SUBTROPICAL RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES, A POSITIVELY-TILTED TROUGH EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST ALASKA TO SOUTHWEST ALASKA, AND A RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE BERING SEA. RECENT ENSEMBLE FORECASTS SHOW A WESTWARD RETROGRESSION OF THE PATTERN, SUPPORTED BY MODEL FORECASTS OF A LARGE POSITIVE HEIGHT ANOMALY CENTERED OVER THE NORTHEAST ATLANTIC. THE ENSEMBLES DISPLAY MINOR DIFFERENCES IN THE AMPLITUDE AND POSITION OF THE RESPECTIVE TROUGHS ALONG BOTH COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA. TODAY'S MANUAL BLEND IS WEIGHTED ENTIRELY ON THE ENSEMBLE MEAN SOLUTIONS, AS TODAY'S GFS AND ECMWF OPERATIONAL MODEL SOLUTIONS ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE ENSEMBLE MEANS. A PATTERN SHIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE MEAN TROUGH FAVORING NEAR TO BELOW-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES IS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHEASTERN CONUS. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK POSITIVE HEIGHT ANOMALIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AND CONSISTENCY FROM THE TOOLS SUPPORTS A FORECAST FOR ENHANCED PROBABILITIES FOR ABOVE-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE PLAINS, WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND SOUTHEASTERN STATES. ENHANCED PROBABILITES FOR BELOW-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST ALONG THE WEST COAST DUE TO THE EXPECTED TROUGH AND BELOW-AVERAGE SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES. So the pattern shift they speak of, The trough in the northeast Won't extend south enough to turn storms away if one threatened? Just trying to see the pattern shift. But maybe they mean something out west for all I know. :) |
I think some are misunderstanding the word "hyperactive" season If I remember right the "hyperactive" part is due to the ACE; meaning we will see well above the average in ACE for the season. We have a long way to go folks, those down-casting the season are mostly trolls looking to just get a rise out of people Those who actually know about the tropics are fully aware that we have a long way to go in this season and many many storms still to track. |
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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Commissioners to meet Tuesday
Wayne County commissioners will hold a public hearing Tuesday morning on a request by Methane Power Wayne for an extension of its lease with the county allowing the company to extract methane from the county landfill. The lease also...Published: Sep 30, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story
Jazz month gets under way tonight at WCC
The Foundation of Wayne Community College, Downtown Goldsboro Development Corp. and the Arts Council of Wayne County will be serving up a hefty portion of "Jazz Gumbo" over the coming weeks. "It's going to be a fun month," said Emily...Published: Sep 30, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story
October blood drive schedule
The following is the October blood drive schedule for the Wayne County chapter of the American Red Cross: * Oct. 1 from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at SPX Transformer Solutions Inc. * Oct. 3 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m....Published: Sep 30, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story
Armed robber sought
Investigators with the Goldsboro Police Department believe they have identified the man responsible for two armed robberies committed over the weekend. Samuel Keith Best Jr., 33, is wanted for first-degree burglary, robbery with a dangerous weapon, second-degree kidnapping, possession of...Published: Sep 30, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story
Wayne Regional Agricultural Fair daily winners
Saturday, Sept. 28 Open Junior Market Lamb Show Grand Champion -- Tanner Bentley, Kenly Reserve Champion -- Rachel Garrou, Elm City Showmanship Ages 5-8 -- Anna Brooke Taylor, Princeton Ages 9-13 --Tanner Bentley, Kenly Ages 14-19 -- Samantha Bynum,...Published: Sep 30, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story
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Alexander Wang Open Knit Sweater...Retail Price: $672 Now On Sale: $467
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I love both of these geometric color block sweaters from Alexander Wang and Charlotte Russe. However, I personally think the pastel color color block knit sweater from Charlotte Russe is adorable and you can't beat that price. Of course we would all love to own the Alexander Wang sweater but that price is ridiculous. Charlotte Russe also has this sweater in a black and royal blue combo that you must check out. Let's face it ladies not all of us are made of money, so I always like to save some dollars and get more clothes instead.
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I came up with this recipe one day when I didn't have many groceries in the house. My kids named it Hobo Hash because it didn't have a lot in it and could be cooked in one pan.—Linda Hendershott, St. Joseph, Michigan
How to Cook in Foil Packets
- 1/2 pound sliced bacon, diced
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 5 medium potatoes, peeled, cubed and cooked
- 1 can (10.-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
- In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels to drain, reserving 3 tablespoons drippings.
- Saute onion and mushrooms in drippings until onion is tender. Stir in the potatoes and soup. Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle with bacon. Yield: 4 servings.
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Anti-mine protesters 'not going away'
Venture Minerals has questioned the credibility of groups lobbying against its proposed mines in Tasmania's north-west.
Yesterday, 40 protesters from the Tarkine National Coalition and Groundswell Tasmania protested for two hours at the site of Venture Minerals' proposed iron ore mine near Rosebery.
Four activists entered the site and unfurled a banner reading 'Stop the misadventure'.
Last week the Tarkine Coalition launched a legal challenge to the federal approval of Shree Minerals' iron ore mine at Nelson Bay River.
Spokesman Scott Jordan says yesterday's action was directed at Venture's investors.
"Venture Minerals needs to understand that this campaign isn't going away," he said.
No-one from the company was at the site during the protest.
A Venture spokesman says the company does not respond to groups that lack credibility.
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You are right beautiful and only $400 but maybe they really need the money.
Times are hard and the quilt won't pay the bills or buy groceries, maybe they have come upon hard times. So sad to see them have to sell it. It would be nice if someone in their family could stop up and buy it.
Life is SEW great!!!!!!
It is a lovely family quilt.
Beautiful quilt!
If a woman's work is never done....why start?
I don't understand people selling beautiful old quilts. Rather than sell it they could give it to a museum that would love to have it. Selling it for $400.00 is sad after the family has kept it so many years.
I vote for the museum too or I'd probably search the internet until I found another descendant who would cherish it.
It does not look like a quilt to me, but a handwoven bedspread.
The Appalachin (SP?) people still do these; you can buy them by the roadsides in the mountains of NC.
GramMER to eighteen, plus two great-granddaughters and four adopted greats soon we hope!
It's called a coverlet and it is woven. Generally, they are wool and I'm sure they were quite warm. Our guild did a coverlet documentation last year and we got many beautiful ones to document, but they are all so heavy and scratchy -not at all cozy and soft like an old quilt. I imagine if you don't have space to hang it, the options are limited. Our family has one, and I don't even like to put it over a chair and lean back on it, it's so scratchy. So it's in the cedar trunk until my children have to decide what to do with it
Looks more like what is known as a coverlet. Many times they are dated & might have a name and place {city &/or state} Just saw a beautiful one down near Lancaster, PA & it was dated 100 years before the year of my birth {will not tell!}but it was $900.00+ dollars. Oh well, maybe next time !!


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A 16-year-old Lawrence boy was taken to a Topeka hospital early Friday after he lost control of his mother's 2012 Porsche just northwest of Lawrence and struck a tree, a Douglas County Sheriff's spokesman said.
Sgt. Steve Lewis said Josh Boisen was driving north on East 1100 Road, an extension of Folks Road, about 4 a.m. when he lost control of the car, struck the tree and totaled the vehicle. It occurred at the intersection of North 1700 Road, which turns into Peterson Road.
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical workers extricated the injured Boisen from the vehicle, and he was flown to Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center.
A Stormont-Vail spokeswoman said Friday hospital officials were not authorized to disclose his condition because of the hospital's patient privacy policy.
Lewis said officers believe speed was a factor in the crash, but it was still under investigation Friday morning.
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Celestica Inc:Intends to file with the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) a notice of intention to commence a new normal course issuer bid (NCIB) during the first quarter of 2016.Says this notice is accepted by the TSX, the Company expects to repurchase for cancellation, at its discretion during the 12 months following such acceptance, up to 10% of the "public float". Full Article
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Recover lost XP product key from unbootable system
There are tools for legitimately licensed Windows users who have lost their license sticker and don't want to get burned. But what about people who have no license sticker and can't boot Windows? Here's a technique that will allow you to extract and decode the product key for a non-working Windows XP installation.
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tool from Nir Sofer called ProduKey.
This tool is a boon for legitimately licensed Windows users who have lost their license sticker and don't want to get burned. But what about people who have no license sticker and can't boot Windows to use ProduKey?
The folks at DagonDesign, a site that offers scripts, plug-ins, articles and other resources, describe a technique which, paired with a few of their own utilities, allows you to extract and decode the product key for a non-working Windows XP installation.
For this trick to work, you'll need to have access to the unbootable machine's SOFTWARE Registry hive (usually located in \%SystemRoot%\System32\config\software). The hive must also be loadable into Regedit. If it can't be read, you may want to try and recover a backup copy of the SOFTWARE hive from the System Restore archive on that computer.
The authors of this technique have provided two utilities for extracting the product key. The first tool allows a Registry hive to be mounted interactively; you need to have Regedit running when using this tool. (If you already know how to mount a hive and edit it, you won't need this.) The second tool, which runs as an executable or through a Web form (see their website), decrypts the hex-code version of the key and renders it as the 25-character keycode as found on the Windows license sticker.
This technique can be used on any legitimate XP installation with a license key; it doesn't matter if it's an OEM or over-the-counter edition of Windows. Needless to say, this technique should not be used to attempt to circumvent Windows's licensing restrictions, but only to recover a legitimately lost product key.
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Brownsville Studio 59 ReviewsI bought it new at Sam Ash in Clearwater, FL. for $169.00 and the reason was for the way it looks! Almost a piece of art! If you want to see one, go to www.sweagle.com. It seems that Brownsville is only a logo from Samsontech and Eagle makes most of their guitar line. This would not even be a good guitar for a beginner. It needs too much work right out of the box, and the finish is so pretty that without the pickguard, I'm sure it'll scratch up really fast. Bill C. rated this unit on 2003-01-31.More Brownsville Electric_Guitars |
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War and Peace - Cyclical Phenomena?
This paper demonstrates how the analysis can differ dramatically between two common modeling approaches to conflict. The first approach uses a one-period setup and associates positive investments in arms with conflict, see, for example, Skaperdas[1992]. The second approach has two periods, where arming decisions are taken in the first period, and the decision on wheter to go to war is taken separately in the second, see, for example, Brito and Intriligator [1985]. The second approach is then used to suggest a new possible explanation for the outbreak of war by showing how myopic players may end up in (Edgeworth) cycles of war and peace.
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The WSF report "Go Out and Play: Youth Sports in America" illustrates that African-American and Hispanic girls are doubly hit by both gender and race disparities in sports. Girls in these demographics are less likely to play sports than boys and less likely to play sports than their Caucasian peers. They also enter sports at a later age and drop out earlier. The Women's Sports Foundation wants to empower communities, and organizations like yours, to reverse this alarming trend and teach girls the foundational benefits of sports: leadership, self-esteem, confidence, and perseverance."
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>>WRCNEW ZEALAND S EBASTIEN Loeb proved a point in New Zealand. He got both his revenge for his narrow defeat on the NZ event last year from Marcus Gronholm, and for suffering from Ford's tactical approach to rallying. His win in New Zealand, however welcome, was not straightforward. It was thanks the culmination of drama right through the three-day event, in which he only held the lead after three of the 18 stages, and in which Fords'1-2 domination ended abruptly and humiliatingly on the penultimate stage. This was a rally that Ford really had to win, and maximise its championship points over Citroen, to retain any hope of winning the world title again. And it really looked like things would go their way … Loeb further proved that he is spending his time on the ragged edge of his luck. He had an off- road excursion on the first stage, but it was, somehow, damage- free. He apparently had a starter motor failure later that day, which actually served to favour his running order situation for Day 2. Exasperated by the way that Ford played the rule book to gain optimum starting order positions, he himself was forced to follow suit and slow down on the final stage of Day 2, forfeiting the lead he had only just gained. The pressure on him continued when he uncharacteristically made a driving error on the first stage of the final day, and it really looked like we would see a podium without him. Then the most amazing and unexpected fortunes came his way. Rally leader Jari-Matti Latvala damaged his car and retired, his rival Hirvonen was delayed with a puncture and an off-road excursion, and he overtook his team-mate Dani Sordo to take a most unexpected lead. Such is the way that even the greatest champions gain their success. The weather in New Zealand was the centre of the tactic problems. Heavy rains before the event damaged the roads, but when the rally world arrived in the South Pacific, a spell of good weather dried out the roads and the running order debate became serious. Anyone who was first on the road would suffer badly, anyone running many cars down the field had a ball. Henning Solberg, for an extreme example, ran well on Days 2 and 3 because he ran further back after delays on Day 1 with power steering trouble. He was the fastest driver overall on both the Saturday and the Sunday and won seven stages, more than anyone else. He had only previously scored one stage scratch time in almost the last six months... While New Zealand witnessed a furious battle between the Ford and the Citroen drivers, others were far behind. For a long time Francois Duval, substituting for the injured Gigi Galli in a Stobart car, held fifth place, before retiring on the penultimate stage, letting Petter Solberg a lonely and frustrated fourth in the new Subaru. Unlike his brother, Petter was unable to capitalise on his favourable starting position. Solberg's Antipodean team-mate Chris Atkinson had a torrid event, crashing twice and retiring, leaving the privateer Urmo Aava to finish a splendid fifth in front of the two Suzuki SX4s, which scored their best team positions to date. Matthew Wilson had gearbox failure early on in the event but came back and made fast and safe times. Conrad Rautenbach was another penultimate stage retirement when he had engine induction troubles. Championship hopes look slim for Ford with two of Citroen's favourite asphalt events (Catalunya and then Corsica) to follow in October, before the two remaining gravel rallies in Japan and Britain. No amount of clever tactics look capable of achieving their hopes of retaining the Manufacturer's title for a third consecutive year. They need a major injection of good luck, which will inevitably mean correspondingly bad luck for their rivals. 39
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Charles Hart (c. 1625 – 18 August 1683) was a prominent British Restoration actor.[1]
A Charles Hart was christened on 11 December 1625, in the parish of St. Giles Cripplegate, in London. It is not absolutely certain that this was the actor, though the name was not common at the time.. Hart began his career as a boy player with the King's Men; he was an apprentice of Richard Robinson, longtime member of that company. Hart established his reputation by playing the role of the Duchess in The Cardinal, the tragedy by James Shirley, in 1641.[2] He served as a soldier in the English Civil War, and was an officer in Prince Rupert's regiment of cavalry, along with fellow actors Nicholas Burt and Robert Shatterell. Hart and the others most likely saw combat at the battles of Marston Moor and Nasby, and perhaps at Edgehill as well.[3]
Hart then returned to acting; evidence suggests he was with other displaced English actors in Europe in 1646.[4] In 1648, Hart, Walter Clun and eight other actors, were involved in an attempt to restart the King's Men company during the Puritan Commonwealth, which, perhaps unsurprisingly, did not succeed. On 5 February 1648, at the Cockpit Theatre, Hart and other King's Men were arrested for violating the ban against theatrical performance; they were caught in the midst of a performance of Rollo Duke of Normandy (in which Hart played the character Otto). Hart and the others were imprisoned for a short time, then released.[5]
Just before the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, acting resumed on a larger scale, and Hart seems to have been then a member of a company performing at the Cockpit playhouse, led by Michael Mohun. As soon as the King's Company was formed in 1660, Hart became one of its leading men; he specialized in playing the male half of witty, bantering couples. This type of dialogue in Restoration comedy was largely influenced by the talents and personalities of Hart and Nell Gwyn, in plays like James Howard's The Mad Couple; Gwyn was his mistress before she became Charles II's. Hart's natural dignity in playing royal roles was also often commented on by contemporaries, and in the heroic play he "was celebrated for superman roles, notably the arrogant, bloodthirsty Almanzor in John Dryden's Conquest of Granada."[6]
When Hart played in Euterpe Restored in 1672, Richard Flecknoe composed the following lines:
- Beauty to the eye, and music to the ear,
- Such even the nicest critics must allow
- Burbage was once and such Charles Hart is now.[7]
Throughout his Restoration career, Hart filled a range of noteworthy parts. He was Cassio in early stagings of Shakespear's Othello; after 1669 he played the title role. He played roles in revivals of plays by Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and John Fletcher —
- Hotspur in Henry IV, Part 1
- Brutus in Julius Caesar
- Mosca in Volpone
- Demetrius in The Humorous Lieutenant
- Michael Perez in Rule a Wife and Have a Wife
- Arbaces in A King and No King
- Amintor in The Maid's Tragedy
- Rollo in Rollo Duke of Normandy
- Welford in The Scornful Lady
- Don John in The Chances
— and in contemporary dramas, by John Dryden —
- Marc Antony in All for Love
- Porphyrius in Tyrannick Love
- Aurange Zebe in Aurang-zebe
- Celadon in The Maiden Queen
- Wildblood in An Evening's Love
- Cortez in The Indian Emperour
- Aurelian in The Assignation
— and by other dramatists —
- Horner in Wycherly's The Country Wife
- Manly in Wycherly's The Plain Dealer
- Phraartes in Crowne's The Destruction of Jerusalem
- Massinissa in Lee's Sophonisba, or Hannibal's Overthrow
- Alexander the Great in Lee's The Rival Queens
- Ziphares in Lee's Mythridates, King of Pontus
- Lord Delaware in Boyle's The Black Prince.[8]
In 1682, when the King's Company joined with the Duke's Company to form the United Company, Hart retired due to poor health, with a pension of 40 shillings per week.[9] The well-known story that Hart was the illegitimate grandson of Shakespeare's sister Joan is largely discredited.
- ^ Philip Highfill Jr., Kalman A. Burnim,, and Edward Langhans, Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660–1800, 16 volumes, Carbondale, Illinois, Southern Illinois University Press, 1973–93.
- ^ Alois M. Nagler, A Source Book in Theatrical History, Courier Dover, 1959; p. 160.
- ^ John H. Astington, "Actors and the Court After 1642," Early Modern Literary Studies, Special Issue 15 (August 2007), pp. 1-23.
- ^ Judith Milhous and Robert D. Hume, "New Light on English Acting Companies in 1646, 1648, and 1660," Review of English Studies, New Series, Vol. 42 No. 168 (November 1991), pp. 487-509. See pp. 488-90.
- ^ Milhous and Hume, pp. 491-2.
- ^ Peter Dixon, ed., William Wycherley: The Country Wife and Other Plays, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1996.
- ^ Andrew Gurr, The Shakespeare Company, 1594–1642, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004; p. 229.
- ^ Edwin Nunzeger, A Dictionary of Actors and of Others Associated with the Representation of Plays in England Before 1642, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1929; p. 176.
- ^ Nunzeger, p. 177.
External links
- "Hart, Charles". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.


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But increasingly, would-be suppliers are starting to mutiny against the conditions and bullying tactics imposed upon them by the big multiples. More often, producers and manufacturers are viewing the chance to do business with these food retailing giants as a poisoned chalice. Through a system of disguised payments (variously known as 'product support packages', 'listing allowances', 'promotional packages' and 'multi-buy agreements'), levied at different stages of the trading procedure, food retailing multiples are ensuring that they make the highest profits of any supermarkets in the world, while the supplier foots the bill.
This week Tesco declared half-year pre-tax profits of pounds 253m. In May, the Argyll Group, which owns Safeway, reported record profits of pounds 364.5m. In the same month Sainsbury reported pre-tax profits of pounds 628m, with operating margins of 8 per cent - three or four times higher than typical US or continental grocers.
UK supermarkets extract a deal from suppliers that effectively insures them against risky or untested products. This system of payments is standard practice in the food trade, with every major British supermarket chain involved. It is not just a British practice either: supermarkets in France and the US operate in the same way. The system seems to militate against the small, innovative producer on a modest budget and against true variety for the consumer. How does it all work?
Imagine you are a producer of a new and interesting foodstuff, hypothetically, a farmhouse cheese. The cheese has been well received in specialist shops and has attracted critical acclaim. What you need now is more sales. The first door you must knock on in order to approach a supermarket is that of the relevant buyer or 'trading controller'. You make your pitch and come away after several meetings with an expression of interest. Before you proceed you will have given assurances that you will conform to rigorous safety and hygiene requirements (which may in themselves involve expense). The more detailed points of the financial agreement are to be thrashed out thereafter. That is when the trouble starts.
'We were really cock-a-hoop that Supermarket X was going to stock it - until we saw its terms. The first shock was a preliminary fee, the so-called 'listing allowance'. It was looking for a figure which approximated to 5 per cent of the anticipated turnover, just to put the products on the shelves,' says one producer in the north of England. Further investigations suggest that this particular supplier did rather well - a more typical rate for listing (or 'slotting') allowances being 12 per cent. Only this month, a big supermarket chain was accused of demanding up to pounds 200,000 from one supplier before it would stock its products. The store would not comment on the case in detail but said any contributions would be towards promotions that were linked to the product.
The story continues. 'It was made clear to us that in addition to a listing allowance, we would give the company a straight profit margin of 30 per cent. That seemed OK until we cottoned on to the fact that we would be expected to take part in what is known as 'compensation'. In other words, the supermarket would offer 'price saver' and 'extra value' cut-price promotions to the consumer, funded at our expense. It insists on maintaining its DPP (direct product profitability). So with cut-price deals we had to agree to sell the product for less yet allow the company to make the same profit on it while representing that as a 'good deal' to the consumer. We did our sums and there was just no way we could meet all the demands without making a loss.'
There are other ways in which supermarkets demand money from their suppliers. One common method is promotions, often centred round one-page newspaper advertisements, in-store leaflet drops, and special display cards in supermarket aisles, in which the supplier's product is given the opportunity to be included. But that comes at a price: one which usually runs into thousands of pounds. 'It wasn't offered as an optional extra, you got the feeling that if you didn't agree to play ball, they might not continue to do business with you,' said one jam manufacturer. In an even more extreme case, a drinks manufacturer was asked to pay a sizeable sum to be included in a promotion, even though his product was already on the same supermarket's shelves.
Another strategy is selling 'advertorial' (advertising thinly disguised as editorial) in the store's magazine, which is distributed to customers. One Scottish chain, Wm Low, charged one supplier pounds 1,500 for inclusion. There are also relatively trivial bones of contention. One is the routine 'breakages' allowance, also funded by the supplier. Another is Asda's 'invitation' to suppliers to come up with a 'contribution' to support promotions around the opening of every new store.
But a more serious matter is payment to terms. Only Marks & Spencer and Waitrose are known in the trade to pay suppliers within 30 days. Other large chains, despite being paid in cash by consumers, insist on being given longer to pay - 60 to 90 days is not unheard of. Having bought your way in, promoted, compensated and advertised, you cannot breathe a sigh of relief. If your product sells better than anticipated, the supermarket comes back to you retrospectively for a bigger cut. The producer takes the risk, yet the supermarket reserves its right to take the profit. If you are unlucky and the product does not sell well, you can expect to be peremptorily delisted - dropped. (As yet in Britain, you do not have to pay for being ditched. In the US, apparently, it costs.)
Nobody denies supermarkets the right to make a profit. There is a 93 per cent failure rate for new product launches and there is no reason why supermarkets should operate in an altruistic way. But what is disingenuous is that supermarkets continue to represent their services and prices to the consumer as good deals, afforded out of the generosity of their hearts. When an advertisement says prices are being slashed by 10 per cent in leading stores this week, the invisible sub-text is that suppliers are cutting their prices while the chain maintains its profit margin.
When asked to comment, J Sainsbury issued this statement: 'It is Sainsbury's policy never to disclose its suppliers, nor to discuss its arrangements with them.' Safeway echoed this sentiment: 'We don't discuss questions of terms and conditions with suppliers.' But when asked directly whether or not suppliers were ever asked for money up front, Safeway's spokesman replied: 'Even the Government has to put money behind getting arms deals into countries.'
With 65 per cent of the British food sales market sewn up, the big food retailers have enormous power in the matter of deciding what foods they will make available. If suppliers are required to pay through the nose to be allowed into the club, then consequently it is only the big players, those with tidy promotional budgets, who can afford to play the game. That is bad news for all those who would like to see more genuine choice, more local and more artisan products on supermarket shelves.
Speaking to suppliers, it is clear there is room for negotiation. If your product fits in with the company image - for example, super-green and right-on - then payments may be waived for the sake of the good press that will follow. But generally you will be expected to pay up. One European supplier, resigned to coughing up a huge down-payment to the Masonic Order of supermarkets, puts it this way: 'You hate it, but you have to play along with it. If not, you're finished.'
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