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Military complex in heart of Jaffna unacceptable - Thamilchelvan[TamilNet, Monday, 31 March 2003, 16:28 GMT]"We are totally opposed to the re-occupation of lands in the Jaffna Municipal area and the setting up of a large military complex in the heart of the city," said Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) political head, S.P.Thamilchelvan, in a letter to Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) Minister of Defense Tilak Marapone today, sources in Vanni said. Extracts from the letter follow: "A very grave situation of civil unrest is gaining momentum in Jaffna following your Government's decision to relocate the present Brigade Headquarters located at the Gnanam and Subash Hotels to a vast stretch of territory in the Jaffna Municipal area consisting of lands belonging to the former Town Hall, Jaffna Municipal Council offices, Rest House, Police Department incorporating the Jaffna Fort and surrounding areas. The civil and political organisations of Jaffna are alarmed and concerned over the scale and magnitude of the re-location programme in the heart of old Jaffna city in close proximity of two important reputable schools, Jaffna Public Library, Thuriappah Stadium and the new court complex to be constructed in that area. "While we appreciate the decision of the Sri Lanka army to vacate the Subash and Gnanam Hotels, we are totally opposed to the re-occupation of lands in the Jaffna Municipal area and the setting up of a large military complex in the heart of the city. Our delegation at the Hakone talks registered its displeasure and warned the government of massive public protests. On behalf of the people of Jaffna, we urge you to reconsider your decision and find an alternative location outside the Jaffna Municipal environment with the consultation of the LTTE." Related Articles: 30.03.03 SLA garrison work on track amid Tamil concerns 29.03.03 SLA warns public from entering Council lands 28.03.03 New camps will damage peace process - JDCHA 24.03.03 SLA to establish camps in Council land in Jaffna |
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Maersk wins praise from perishable shippers
This annual award recognizes an individual in the refrigerated transportation industry who has made a significant contribution to the industry by fostering innovation, resolving industry issues, or improving the industry's image and efficiency.
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This annual award recognizes an individual in the refrigerated transportation industry who has made a significant contribution to the industry by fostering innovation, resolving industry issues, or improving the industry's image and efficiency.
Typically, the award is presented to an individual, but, this year, for the first time ever, the IRTA Board of Directors elected to recognize an entire company — Maersk — for excellence in refrigerated transportation.
According to IRTA spokesmen, the Danish carrier "exemplifies innovation and is changing the way we think about marine shipping."
Its fleet comprises more than 500 vessels and containers corresponding to more than1,900,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). With about 325 offices located in more than 125 countries, it serves shippers around the world.
"Maersk serves as an example of sustainability in marine shipping," spokesmen added. "The company continuously works to reduce fuel consumption and emission of greenhouse gases from its vessels. By focusing on engine design, optimization of ventilation systems, efficient hull and propeller maintenance, and research projects involving the application of fuel cells and alternative energy sources, the company has already dramatically reduced its carbon footprint in just the last decade."
IRTA also noted that Maersk is a leader in the fight against piracy, testifying before the U.S. Congress on the threat piracy poses to seafaring and international trade:
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We have breakfast at Nam Heong this morning. Situated directly opposite to Sin Yoon Loong it has a few very good stalls. Prawn Mee, CKT, Egg tarts, Kai See Hor Fun and Liu Fun. Customers come not just for the coffee but also the food. Comparatively Sin Yoon Loong depends on its toasts and coffee to generate business. As usual we have to wait next to a table for them to finish.
Nam Heong pioneered the White Coffee Mix. Off course now there are 1001 different brand figuratively speaking. Its dynamicism is not limited to trading but the children ventured into the Kopitiam franchise business. It has gone to the length of penisular Malaysia and has reached Singapore where the business was snapped by a sole franchiser. Sin Yoon Loong is happy to wheel and deal in Ipoh and not expansion minded.
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I put the final stitches in the binding of my quilt for my mom for Mother's Day! I love this little quilt! I hope my mom likes it. She is living in an assisted living apartment and I hope this quilt brightens her days. The improv violets were from a post I read on 42 Quilts blog.
The purple and green remind me of Spring. See our lovely irises?
I even put a label on it, although I often skip this step. I thought my mom might need a reminder of who gave it to her and why. Her memory of the oldest events is much clearer than her memories of current events.
I had dinner with one of my daughters, her husband, and my son last night. The other daughter took her husband and my granddaughter to the beach (where they lost their keys in the ocean sadly so my son is driving there today to give them new keys). I got some wonderful news! I will need to sew two new baby quilts for November! So exciting!
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Reba McEntire is looking forward to cooler weather and Christmas trees with the announcement of a new Christmas album, My Kind of Christmas, set to release on Sept. 2.
Reba McEntire is looking forward to cooler weather and Christmas trees with the announcement of a new Christmas album, My Kind of Christmas, set to release on Sept. 2.
Reba McEntire really is the hardest working woman in country music. The legend grew up in a rancher's household, meaning she often got more done before sunrise than some do in a week. There were some jobs that weren't for the squeamish ... OK, there's one job in particular that will make a city boy squirm, but during this episode of 'You Think You Know Country?' you'll see how holding a bucket led to holding several CMA and ACM Awards.
Reba McEntire is set to release a music video for "Just Like Them Horses," a song she cut to sing at her father's funeral in 2014.
Reba McEntire has confirmed her divorce from husband Narvel Blackstock is official. The singer shared the news on her Facebook page Thursday night.
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Reba McEntire is taking her talents back to the television screen on Monday (Sept. 28) when she stars as a guest host on CBS' The Talk.
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Small businesses get further delay in Obamacare coverage rules
Employers with fewer than 100 workers won't have to provide health insurance until 2016 under Obamacare, as the administration said it would again delay a key requirement of the health law.
Larger firms have to cover at least 70 percent of the workforce starting next year, the Internal Revenue Service said in a rule issued today.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act envisioned as a cornerstone of its expansion of U.S. insurance coverage that employers with 50 or more workers would be required to provide health benefits to their employees. Under pressure from business groups, the Obama administration has weakened that requirement since July, first by delaying enforcement of the mandate until 2015. Many firms will have even more time under the regulation issued today.
"While about 96 percent of employers are not subject to the employer responsibility provision, for those employers that are, we will continue to make the compliance process simpler and easier to navigate," Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy Mark J. Mazur said in a statement. "Today's final regulations phase in the standards to ensure that larger employers either offer quality, affordable coverage or make an employer responsibility payment starting in 2015 to help offset the cost to taxpayers of coverage or subsidies to their employees."
The rule provides employers far more flexibility than allowed by the language of the health law, which levies fines of as much as $3,000 per worker against firms that don't comply with the requirement.
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Republicans have criticized President Barack Obama for appearing to unilaterally change the terms of the health-care overhaul for select groups, including employers and insurers. They have called on him to delay the law's requirement that most individual Americans carry health insurance or pay a fine, which took effect Jan. 1. He has declined.
The U.S. Treasury secretary has broad authority under the tax code to implement laws such as the health-care overhaul in ways that will encourage compliance, including by phasing in requirements, senior administration officials told reporters in a conference call.
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
10 comments:
- limbolo said...
Bravo Luc,
Ca, ce sont les couloirs des Arenes d' Arles... - February 14, 2007 at 11:59 AM
- Luc Desmarchelier said...
Merci Limbolo,
It may well be, now that you mention it. Although I don't know Arles very well, I visited 'les arenes de Nimes' as a kid and remember these cavernous corridors under the benches.
Cheers. - February 14, 2007 at 12:21 PM
- Ben Mauro said...
luc, what project(s) have these last few pieces been for?
- February 14, 2007 at 6:09 PM
- Luc Desmarchelier said...
Hi Ben,
Those were done in the early visual development stage for 'Shrek' at a time when it was going to be made using motion capture and the main character was to be played by Chris Farley.
Rocky beginnings.
Cheers. - February 14, 2007 at 6:56 PM
- Ben Mauro said...
its interesting to see the early stages of that franchise, especially with all the changes that were made along the way, to the eventual success it has come to be.
Thanks again for putting these up, that 'Tower' image is just really striking a cord with me, really inspiring. - February 14, 2007 at 11:20 PM
- sourgrapes said...
The paintings and drawings on your blog are amazing! Beautiful lighting in this one.
- February 16, 2007 at 2:51 AM
- Luc Desmarchelier said...
Thanks Sourgrapes, that was sweet.
Cheers. - February 16, 2007 at 5:47 PM
- Mark McDonnell said...
Great stuff Luc. How long did you work for Dreamworks . . .and do you still work freelance for them as well or is that forbidden where you work right now?
MAC - February 17, 2007 at 6:42 AM
- Luc Desmarchelier said...
I was at Dreamworks for eight years. I don't usually work in freelance when I already have a full time job.
Cheers. - February 20, 2007 at 11:40 AM
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12/08/14 Monday Mashup: MCD, KKD and More
12/08/14 MCD: Weakest U.S. Comps in Over a Decade
12/08/14 SBUX: Will the Big Bet Pay Off?
12/08/14 Restaurant Sales, Traffic Dip in November
12/09/14 YUM: Hiccup Aids the Bull Case
12/12/14 Knapp Sales Weak, Reiterate Short DRI
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Tuesday, December 16th
- BLMN Analyst & Investor Day
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This Morning
- BOBE announced CEO Steve Davis has stepped down by mutual agreement with the board, effective immediately. The board has established an interim office of the chief executive (CFO Mark Hood, BEF President Mike Townsley) to provide ongoing leadership and oversight while they search for a new CEO.
- DRI was upgraded to market perform from underperform at Telsey Advisory Group with a $54 PT.
- COSI announced completion of its previously announced right offering. Cosi anticipates issuing 13.3 million common share for gross proceeds of $20 million.
Monday, December 8th
- JMBA announced it has engaged Peak Franchise Capital to lead its refranchising efforts. The company plans to refranchise up to 114 stores during 1H15, while simultaneously focusing on future growth initiatives as well as cost cuts. Management believes it will achieve its target of at least 80%+ franchise-to-company owned stores in the next twelve months.
- PLKI announced that Central Michigan will square off against Western Kentucky in the inaugural Popeyes Bahama Bowl. The game, which will be played on December 24th at Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium in Nassau, will be nationally televised in the US on ESPN and will be broadcast on ESPN radio. During the game, Popeyes will unveil its newest LTO.
- BWLD launched the Million Dollar Bowl Pick'Em Challenge which will run through December 19th. Guests are encouraged to visit the GameBreak gaming platform in restaurants, or on their mobile device/desktop, to pick winners of all 39 college football bowl games. If a guest accurately predicts all 39 winners, they could win $1,000,000.
- EAT announced Scarlett May has been named Senior VP, General Counsel, and Secretary of the company. May most recently served as Senior VP, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary for Ruby Tuesday.
Tuesday, December 9th
- CAKE announced the opening of its two newest restaurants in Bay Shore, NY and Fort Worth, TX. The restaurant in Bay Shore has an approximately 8,100 square-foot dining room that accommodates 210 guests, while the restaurant in Fort Worth has an approximately 8,700 square-foot dining room that accommodates 230 guests.
- THI shareholders approved the transaction with BKW. Upon close of the transaction, shares of Restaurant Brands International will trade on the NYSE and TSE under the symbol QSR.
- YUM guided FY14 EPS growth in mid-single-digits versus prior guidance of 6-10%. It also guided to FY15 EPS growth of at least 10%, well below the 17% the street had been projecting.
Wednesday, December 10th
- EAT was downgraded to hold from buy at Miller Tabak with a $59 PT.
- COSI extended its rights offering deadline to December 12th.
- MCD announced it will trim its menu by eight items in January and will cut the options for EVMs from the current 16 to 11.
Thursday, December 11th
- GMCR announced it has renewed its partnership with Caribou Coffee through a new 10-yr agreement for the "manufacturing, marketing, distribution, and sale of Caribou Coffee in Keurig pack formats." The companies will also begin offering Caribou Coffee in carafe formats for the Keurig 2.0 brewing system and Keurig Bolt carafe brewing system.
- YUM dealReporter commented that 3G Capital could be considering a Yum! Brands takeover.
- LOCO announced a new credit facility, closing on a new five-year $200 million senior secured credit facility that will replace its existing $205 million credit facility. Upon completion of the refranchising, the company will have approximately $165 million of total debt outstanding.
Friday, December 12th
- QSR Restaurant Brands International announced the successful completion of the Tim Hortons and Burger King transaction.
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The XLY (-2.1%) outperformed the SPX (-3.5%) last week. In aggregate, casual dining stocks outperformed while quick service stocks underperformed the XLY.
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Chinese President Xi dates confirmed – Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to attend a gathering in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Dec. 19-20 for the 15th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland, authorities said on Sunday. Experts believe Xi's tour is expected to enhance cooperation between Macao and the mainland and guarantee that the great cause of "one country, two systems" can be passed on by generations to come.
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Takeaway: We expect awful GGR numbers this coming week as high profile gamblers would not want to be seen in Macau during Xi's visit.
MGM – There are major rumblings that The Light Group (TLG) reportedly has been booted from MGM Resorts properties in Las Vegas. While TLG still oversees, for the time being, Light nightclub and Daylight dayclub at Mandalay Bay, gone are its operating roles at 1 OAK in the Mirage, the Bank in Bellagio, Deuce Lounge, Gold Lounge and the new Alibi Lounge in Aria and more. A high-ranking MGM Resorts executive has ordered the move after recent sexual-harassment allegations and has decreed that the Hakkasan Group take over management.
Article HERE
Takeaway: We understand Hakkasan will now manage 20 Light Group venues in a transition that began more than two weeks ago.
PENN – The former Argosy Sioux City's operator has asked the Iowa Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that upheld a series of state regulatory decisions that led to the gambling boat being replaced by the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City. The Argosy operator, Belle of Sioux City, a subsidiary of Penn National Gaming Co., filed its notice of appeal with the Supreme Court on Friday. The notice sets in motion a lengthy appeal process that legal experts say could take more than a year to resolve.
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Takeaway: When will shareholders begin to take notice PENN is spending shareholder capital on appeal after appeal after appeal, in hope of a sympathetic ear?
WYNN – Somerville filed a lawsuit last week against the state Gaming Commission, asking a state court judge to void the Wynn license. The city argues regulators should have disqualified the company or at least required it to abandon its proposed site after it became public that a convicted felon had a financial interest in the land deal, a violation of state law. Meanwhile, the gambling commission's staff last week disclosed it is conducting an inquiry after the Wall Street Journal reported that the IRS's Criminal Investigation Division requested information on Wynn's clients, domestic and overseas marketing offices and internal controls. The newspaper said federal authorities are probing whether the Las Vegas-based gambling giant violated money laundering laws.
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RCL – announced it had refinanced its deal in place for Brilliance of the Seas by terminating the lease and buying the ship outright for $275 million. Royal Caribbean leased the ship when it was built back in July 2002 under a 25-year operating lease. The move today eliminates that lease obligation by purchasing the ship. Royal Caribbean funded the purchase through drawings under their revolving credit facilities. Royal Caribbean also indicated they will not recognize any gain or loss in connection with this refinancing deal.
Article HERE
RCL – Royal Caribbean is informing passengers set to embark on this week's Freedom of the Seas cruise that the ship, "is currently experiencing a small restriction on her top speed." As a result of the speed reduction, the ship will have to change the Eastern Caribbean itinerary. The ship will skip a port call at the company's private island of CocoCay and reduce the time the ship will spend in St. Maarten. There is no word on what caused the propulsion problems. Freedom of the Seas is scheduled for a dry dock session in January 2015. Royal Caribbean is also giving all passengers an undisclosed amount of onboard credit. A letter with the credit amount will be delivered to each stateroom.
Article HERE
Neptune's Cheung More Details – As Beijing's crackdown on corruption continues, top figures in Macau's casino junket sector are coming under scrutiny ahead of a visit to the city later this week by President Xi Jinping. After a week in which the starkest warnings yet were delivered by senior mainland figures that Macau must move away from its over-reliance on gaming revenues, it has emerged that Hong Kong police have frozen the assets of key casino junket operator Cheung Chi-tai. Cheung - who was alleged to be a triad member during the money-laundering trial of Carson Yeung Ka-sing, the former owner of soccer club Birmingham City - is wanted for questioning by detectives in Hong Kong investigating offences under the Organised and Serious Crimes Ordinance. Cheung's name has also appeared in court documents in Las Vegas in an ongoing illegal bookmaking case there with strong links to Macau and Hong Kong. A photocopy of Cheung's passport was found by the FBI during a raid in July on three luxury Caesars Palace villas, believed by federal authorities to be the headquarters for an illegal multibillion-dollar World Cup betting scheme. The passport copy was labelled under the file name "HK Boss".
Article HERE
Macau Protests To Increase – The New Macau Association (ANM) is seeking to organize a demonstration next Saturday advocating for universal suffrage. The city is commemorating the 15th anniversary of its handover to China on Saturday, and Chinese president Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit. The association has already filed a request with the Public Security Police to organize the protest, but has not yet received a reply. The New Macau Association has been advocating for the implementation of universal suffrage in the next Chief Executive elections in 2019.
Article HERE
Takeaway: Unlike the protests in Hong Kong, we expect any public protests in Macau to be very small and quietly kept out of the news and away from President Xi.
Macau Smoking Violations – From January through the end of November, In 2014, the majority of people smoking in prohibited areas were males (6,730) accounting for 92.9% of the 7,247 infractions, while females accounted for 7.1% of the infractions (517 cases). Macau residents accounted for 61.1%, while tourists accounted for 35.4% and non-residents accounted for 3.5%. The majority of breaches of the tobacco control law occurred in cyber cafés with a total of 1,300 cases (17.9%), video game parlors 1,282 (17.6%), followed by parks/public gardens and other leisure places 847 occurrences (11.6%). In relation to the smoking ban inside casinos, it is worth noting that in October the law was tightened, as it is now prohibited to smoke on mass market gaming floors. From January 1, 2015 the more restrictive tobacco control law will be applied to bars, dance halls and sauna parlors, where smoking will be completely prohibited. Breaching this law will result in a MOP400 fine.
Article HERE
Cypress Casino Gaming – Last Wednesday, the Cypriot government approved casino legislation to regulate the establishment, operation, supervision and control of casinos for the first time in Cyprus. Thirteen potential investors have shown keen interest according to sources familiar with the project, including Las Vegas heavyweight Caesars and international resort operator Kerzner.
Other potential investors showing interest come from Greece, the Czech Republic, Atlantic City and Macau.
Article HERE
Saipan Integrated Resort Viability Questioned – Gaming industry analysts have raised doubts about the proposed $7.1 billion investment by Imperial Pacific in Saipan's first large-scale integrated resort. The company was granted a 25-year license to build and operate a casino on the Northern Marianas island in August, with an option to extend for a further 15 years. The following month it more than doubled its budget to $7.1 billion, with plans for 4,200 hotel rooms and 1,600 gaming tables.
Article HERE
Takeaway: Since Day 1, we have been outspoken critics of Saipan as visitation and airlift does not support the hotel room count.
Revel Tribulations – A bankruptcy court judge on Friday voided the proposed sale of the former Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City to a Canadian firm. Judge Gloria Burns granted a request by Revel Entertainment to cancel the $110 million. The judge scheduled a hearing for Jan. 5 to consider Revel's request to award the sale of the casino to Straub.
Article HERE
Takeaway: Glenn Straub gets his opportunity to buy Revel.
Connecticut Casinos Redux – In an attempt to fend off new competition from the currently under development properties in Everett, Springfield, and Plainville, Foxwoods is re-inventing itself. For the reinvention of Foxwoods, CEO Rappaport looks to modern-day Las Vegas, where successful resorts now make more money on nongambling amenities, including rooms, restaurants, and nightclubs, than they do on profits from slots and table games. Foxwoods still makes about 80% of its money on the games but he wants to grow nongambling revenue and make the resort "stickier" by adding attractions to encourage guests to come more often and stay longer. The average stay at Foxwoods is 1.4 days, he said, less than half the four-day average in Las Vegas.
Article HERE
Takeaway: Unlike Las Vegas, gamblers across the Northeast do not need to spend the night due to their close drive-in proximity.
FBI Investigates Russia Nationals On Slot Machine Fraud – Four Russian nationals have been indicted on charges of conspiring to travel to the United States to cheat on a certain type of slot machine in casinos there. The defendants are accused of conspiring to cheat at casinos in Missouri, California and Illinois using an electronic device that communicates with a foreign server, allowing them to predict the behavior of the Aristocrat Mark VI slot machine game.
Article HERE
Hedgeye Macro Team remains negative Europe, their bottom-up, qualitative analysis (Growth/Inflation/Policy framework) indicates that the Eurozone is setting up to enter the ugly Quad4 in Q4 (equating to growth decelerates and inflation decelerates) = Europe Slowing.
Takeaway: European pricing has been a tailwind for CCL and RCL but a negative pivot here looks increasingly likely in 2015. Following CCL's F3Q 2014 earnings release, we recently turned negative on those stocks based on the negative European thesis.
Hedgeye Macro Team remains negative on consumer spending and believes in muted inflation, a Quad4 set-up. Following a great call on rising housing prices, the Hedgeye Macro/Financials team is decidedly less positive.
Takeaway: We've found housing prices to be the single most significant factor in driving gaming revenues over the past 20 years in virtually all gaming markets across the US.
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1. CFTC Net Futures and Options Positioning CRB Index: The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) releases "Commitments of Traders Reports" at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday. The release usually includes data from the previous Tuesday (Net Positions as of Tuesday Close), and includes the net positions of "non-commercial" futures and options participants. A "Non-Commercial" market participant is defined as a "speculator." We observe the weekly marginal changes in the overall positioning of "non-commercial" futures and options positions to assess the directionally-biased capitulation risk among those with large, speculative positions.
- The WHEAT, SOYBEANS, AND SILVER markets experienced the most BULLISH relative positioning changes week-over-week
- The SUGAR, COTTON, AND COFFEE markets experienced the most BEARISH relative positioning changes week-over-week
2. Spot – Second Month Basis Differential: Measures the market expectation for forward looking prices in the near-term.
- The SUGAR, CORN, AND LEAN HOGS markets are positioned for HIGHER PRICES near-term
- The HEATING OIL, COCOA, AND ORANGE JUICE markets are positioned for LOWER PRICES near-term
3. Spot – 1 Year Basis Differential: Measures the market expectation for forward-looking prices between spot and the respective contract expiring 1-year later.
- The SUGAR, BRENT CRUDE OIL, AND COTTON markets are positioned for HIGHER PRICES in 1-year
- The LEAN HOGS, LIVE CATTLE, AND COCOA markets are positioned for LOWER PRICES in 1-year
4. Open Interest: Aggregate open interest measures the amount of opened positions in all actively traded futures contract months. Open interest can be thought of as "naked" or "directionally-biased" contracts as opposed to hedgers scalping and providing liquidity. Most of the open interest is created from large speculators or participants who are either: 1) Producers/sellers of the physical commodity hedging their cash market exposure or 2) Large speculators who are directionally-biased on price.
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Takeaway: Macau posted the worst comp in almost 2 years.
The latest numbers from Macau continue to reach new weekly lows in 2014. While this was expected given the forthcoming visit by the Chinese President this Friday/Saturday, estimates will continue to be revised lower until the bleeding stops.
We remain below the Street for Q4 and 2015 for all the operators. The good news is that the Street is finally cutting estimates but the bad news is that the Street is still not low enough.
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Takeaway: The Athletic Black Book-call details and time change. Hedgeye Retail Idea List (LULU, ZQK, RL, WSM, WMT). PETM pods justify multiple.
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Specific names include Nike (NKE), Adidas (ADDYY), UnderArmour (UA), Foot Locker (FL), Hibbett (HIBB), Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS), and Finish Line (FINL) - which collectively offer up a good mix of longs and shorts.
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We made the following changes to our idea list this week.
- LULU: Still on our Best Idea list, but the stock is up 35%, and the reality is that the management team has really done little to deserve it. We're taking it down a couple of notches on our list below RL and NKE for now. We should be seeing better growth in the business as LULU laps its product and PR gaffes from last year. We still think that there will be big changes at the company, which will likely come after the new CFO starts (within 3 months). We rarely put so much stock in one individual, but for several reasons, we think it makes sense with LULU. See our note LULU - Long, But On A Short Leash from last week for more details.
- ZQK off of our Long Bench. We've been holding out hope that what once appeared to be a rock star management team would start to deliver, and that a $2 stock would prove to be a great call option. But the reality is that this team can't get it together. Not worth our time.
- RL: moved it two notches higher on our idea list. No change in the model, but the risk/reward relative to other names on the long sheet is looking better.
- WSM: moved two notches higher on our Short Bench, as we're getting that much closer to the point where RH will begin to compete with WSM in kitchens. Perhaps not a negative earnings event for WSM immediately, but it won't help the multiple.
- WMT: Off our Short Bench. No reason other than the fact that it has been on our bench for most of 2H14. We don't see a company-specific reason to press this one, and with oil in a free fall, it only helps WMT.
PETM - Consortium led by BC Partners to Acquire PetSmart for $83.00 per Share in Cash
Takeaway: Nothing unexpected here given all the activism over the past year, and the fact that the stock spiked to the high-$70s in mid-November. What's interesting is that the take-out is about 9x EBITDA, which at face value looks cheap compared to other bids like what we've seen at FDO -- a lesser quality company but with bids as high as 12x EBITDA. That said, PETM is one of the select few retailers that never put up a negative annual comp. But it's on track to break that trend this year -- with negative comps in 2 of the three quarters-to-date. At the same time peak productivity is rolling over, the company is sitting at peak Gross Margins, trough SG&A margins, and obviously peak EBIT mgns. With that context, the 9x EBITDA multiple seems a lot more fair.
H&M - November Sales +10% vs Consensus +7%
AMZN, AAPL - Apple Heads to Court Monday in E-Book Appeal
DG, FDO, DLTR - Delayed merger vote is all about the almighty 'Dollar'
AMZN - Amazon.ca Expands Delivery Options; Introduces Amazon Pickup Points for Customers Across Canada
Jim Wiggett Named Chief Executive Officer of bebe stores, inc.
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- 1 Inquiry about Hedge fund structure ongoing discussion
- 2 Note Talk:Fazhengnian
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- 4 Hedge fund follow-up
- 5 Looking for a project?
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- 7 I could use more eyes
- 8 Dispute resolution noticeboard
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Inquiry about Hedge fund structure ongoing discussion[edit]
Hi there, TSATF, since you were a thoughtful interlocutor on the Hedge fund page earlier this year, I'd like to see if I can draw your attention to another (long) discussion about a suggested rewrite of the same article's Hedge fund structure section.
Several editors have been involved; early appraisals were positive, then more critical views were expressed, and I've been working along through them to revise my proposed draft. It has been a week since any of the others responded, so I have just pinged them and, if you are able, I'd like to see what you think. For ease of catching up:
- Here's the current proposed version of my draft: User:WWB_Too/Hedge_fund_structure
- Here's the first request I posted last month: Talk:Hedge_fund#Updates_to_the_Hedge_fund_structure_section
- Here's the latest comment I posted last week: Talk:Hedge_fund#New_draft_incorporating_previous_comments
I hope you'll have a moment to take a look and comment. However, if it all looks like too much, I'll certainly understand. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 17:42, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks WWB - why should it be too much? It shouldn't be. Better to discuss it thoroughly than edit war. The only thing more offputting than lengthy discussions is no discussion at all, right? TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 17:51, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
- Quick update here: I've agreed to other editors' suggestion that we take this subsection by subsection, and earlier this week I posted the first in a series of requests aiming to get consensus around these updates. This should be easier to process, and I'd love to get your input. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 14:01, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
Note Talk:Fazhengnian[edit]
User:Edouardlicn has been actively (to some including me, aggressively) in editing content on Falungong-related content in both Chinese and English version of Wikipedia. I have encountered many personal attacks by him when I tried to convince other Wikipedians that the article on Fazhengnian should be deleted on the grounds that it is not supported by any primaryreliable secondary sources. I believe that I made myself clear that if any secondary sources exist, the article may be able to stay. Not a supporter of Falungong or any religious or political group myself, I have been attacked personally because of my opposition to his viewpoint. Now s/he (not sure about his or her gender, my guess is a man) filed for contested deletion, kept on arguing that Chinese government and Falungong sources are enough to support an encyclopedia article. This message is just a heads up from me, a concerned Wikipedian. --Hanteng (talk) 08:02, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks. In my experience it is important not to waste time or brain power on people who make very clear that they're worth neither. When I've got a sec later I will propose the article be speedily deleted, and if that doesn't work then perhaps another AfD process. I don't think there is any point trying to have an intelligent discussion or argument with Edouardlicn. The article is not really a major concern anyway. In fact, if it means that all his disruptive energies are focused on one small, obscure pocket of the encyclopedia, then I would prefer it be left for a sandpit. I am not sure that is likely, though. TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 17:26, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Your take is wanted on this template discussion[edit]
Happy new year! There is a discussion to properly rename the Template_talk:Primary_sources#Propose making the contents match the title so as not to conflate the issue of using primary sources and the issue of lacking third-party sources. I hope that you can express your view there. --Hanteng (talk) 06:38, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
- I will review that. Had to euthanize that Falun Gong specimen before it became more of a tesseract for the hordes over on zh.wikipedia. Better to keep them over there than open up a portal, if you know what I mean. TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 04:16, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
Hedge fund follow-up[edit]
Happy New Year, TSATF! I could really use some help, if you have time, with on some changes I've proposed to the Hedge fund article. As I mentioned the last time I commented here, I agreed with other editor to split up the discussion of Hedge fund structure by sub-section, and proceed accordingly.
We got through about half of them before the editor who had taken the lead decided he was more concerned about the article's overall length, complexity and US-centrism than the factual and verification problems I've sought to address. I replied that I saw merit in his points, and that could be the basis of further work, though I'd still like to address what we can now, based on what I've prepared. The editor suggested that would be fine, but he'd prefer to let someone else do it.
Where it stands now: Discussion derailed around my proposed revision for The legal entity sub-section, and you follow that discussion here. Would you be willing to look at this? I'm going to ask one other editor who had expressed interest in helping, and I'd be thrilled if I could get both your views on the page. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 17:46, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
- OK. I will look. I have to scrape together 30 minutes a day for Wikipedia and pick what best to use it on. I'll tell you what I like: writing articles. The last thing I like is engaging in difficult and protracted and complex discussions. All I'm thinking is: gee, I could be writing an article right about now. But you are polite and insistent and I am sure it's for a good purpose that you ask for my lowly opinion. The truth is, too, that so few people seek my opinion these days - my children stopped doing so long ago - that I'm willing to invest that time just to stay in that spotlight a little bit longer. TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 04:13, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
- I totally understand this is volunteer time I'm asking after, so if you find it's not something you want to spend time looking at, then feel free to let me know. But you've given sound input on the page before, so I'd like to have it again if possible. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 16:38, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
- OK. I will look. I have to scrape together 30 minutes a day for Wikipedia and pick what best to use it on. I'll tell you what I like: writing articles. The last thing I like is engaging in difficult and protracted and complex discussions. All I'm thinking is: gee, I could be writing an article right about now. But you are polite and insistent and I am sure it's for a good purpose that you ask for my lowly opinion. The truth is, too, that so few people seek my opinion these days - my children stopped doing so long ago - that I'm willing to invest that time just to stay in that spotlight a little bit longer. TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 04:13, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
Looking for a project?[edit]
I've been doing a bit of work on Mo Yan over the last few months, but am thinking about doing something more ambitious with it. I seem to remember you had a certain familiarity with contemporary Chinese literature, and thought you might like to help out. Have you read Perry Link's article on him in the New York Review of Books? If you're interested, I'll tell you more about what I have in mind. Homunculus (duihua) 01:48, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
- My next big project will be an article about Chinese local government debt. There is no article on this currently. It's a huge topic. Keep an eye out. TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 03:03, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello TheSoundAndTheFury. In the light of the recent article substantial changes and improvement in sourcing, would you mind to withdraw the AfD? AgadaUrbanit (talk) 02:35, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
I could use more eyes[edit]
Hi there. I'm wondering if you could take a look at this page, where I'm in disagreement with another editor who I understand you have some history with. I wrote up a big thing spelling out the points we disagree on, and could use some outside views. I'm probably asking a lot, but the page is being considered as a "Did You Know,"[1] and if a consensus can't be reached, then it might not run. TheBlueCanoe 13:18, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
- Fair enough. TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 18:30, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
Dispute resolution noticeboard[edit]
Hello. I am a dispute resolution volunteer at the Wikipedia dispute resolution noticeboard. There is an open case at DRN titled Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard#Concerns and controversies over Confucius Institutes
Because you were involved in a previous DRN case, I am inviting you to join this one. Please note that there is no requirement that you get involved, but you are more than welcome if you should choose to do so. You can answer here -- I am watching this page -- and if you wish to participate I will add your name and make a place for your initial statement. Thanks!
--Guy Macon (talk) 07:56, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for April 9[edit]Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Jean-Jacques Augier, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page French (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 19:27, 9 April 2013 (UTC) Hmmm. TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 23:02, 9 April 2013 (UTC) Hello, from a DR/N volunteer[edit]This is a friendly reminder to involved parties that there is a current Dispute Resolution Noticeboard case still awaiting comments and replies. If this dispute has not been resolved to the satisfaction of the filing editor and all involved parties and no further comment is made at the opened filing, it may be failed and suggested that the next logical course of action be request for comment. Please take a moment to add a note about this at the discussion so that a volunteer may close the case as "Failed". If the dispute is still ongoing, please add your input. Guy Macon (talk) 22:50, 14 April 2013 (UTC) --Guy Macon (talk) 22:50, 14 April 2013 (UTC) Hedge fund question[edit]Hello there, TSATF! It's been awhile, and I hope all is well. I wonder if you'd be willing to look at a discussion that's been ongoing a few weeks on the Hedge fund Talk page? Back in May, I'd suggested some changes to the Systemic risk section, and discussed some revisions with User:Wildfowl. While he is supportive of the changes generally, we haven't been able to agree on how to handle a sentence that reads:
I'd prefer to add more context (for which I've offered suggested language) or remove it. Wildfowl doesn't think so, and would prefer to leave it. Alas, we've had trouble finding another viewpoint. Let me know if you think you can! Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 14:17, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Bo Xilai[edit]I don't quite see what's going on at BXL, or the problem with my edit, and in any event your "revert" seemed to have had absolutely nothing to to with what I had done. I'd appreciate a bit more care when you use Twinkle. Regards, -- Ohc ¡digame!¿que pasa? 08:33, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
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View Poll Results: Best Thar Hardtop? | |||
Bimbra | 26 | 17.33% | |
Hyderabad Short | 43 | 28.67% | |
Hyderabad Tall | 25 | 16.67% | |
Performance | 35 | 23.33% | |
Italian HT | 18 | 12.00% | |
Roplas HT | 3 | 2.00% | |
Voters: 150. You may not vote on this poll |
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25th February 2013, 16:11 | #1 |
BHPian | The most practical & best looking Hardtop - Mahindra Thar Now that we have a few contenders for the Hard top, there is however no consensuses on how these hard tops fare or which one to go for. This thread is to determine which is the best looking and yet most particle hard top for the Thar. Keep in mind that the Thar is a 3 door and has no front foldable seat entrance like the Gurkha if we add new seats, So the back seems to be blocked and becomes impractical without major alteration for people and particularly families to use. So the best option still is the inline seating, which requires head room. So i feel the Bimbra offers best of everything but does not look that great. Your views are all welcome. Please vote on. Last edited by Monster_BHP : 25th February 2013 at 16:15. |
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25th February 2013, 16:46 | #2 |
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| Re: Most praticle & best looking Thar Hardtop(Vote) This could also make the cut http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/modifi...ml#post2932495 (PICS : Tastefully Modified Cars in India) |
25th February 2013, 17:14 | #3 |
BHPian | Everyone has seen all the pics of the above mentioned Hard tops.. So why bother with Pics! If anyone want they could add it here. However i dont get how the Performance Hard top is good? I know it looks good but i heard it leaks and also the back becomes useless with that top. In other words its impractical. Last edited by khan_sultan : 25th February 2013 at 17:32. Reason: One logical post |
25th February 2013, 18:03 | #4 |
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Infractions: 0/1 (5) | Re: Most praticle & best looking Thar Hardtop(Vote) @Monster_BHP, thanks for this thread, I was thinking of this for long however its all depend on your personal choice and fisibility. Now for me, I like Italian however it is way costly, then I like Performance Auto however waiting for details and it is 1.5K kms away from me so if something happens its hard to go back for maintance however still working on the options. For me Hyd HT is best deal as it is just 600 kms from my place so I can visit them anytime, second is this HT is bolt on so other work. Have a look on the comparison pictures below (Performance Auto HT pictures are not in comparison because I got them yesterday). Hyd HT Performance Auto HT Bimbra HT For more pictures of Bimbra HT see here I am more toward not breaking authentic jeep look so comparing my stock Thar with the red one which is posted on Hyd HT thread picture. Note: The pictures of Performance Auto HT Thar are taken from Mahindra Adventure group on FB and credit goes to Nitin Yadav the amazing photographer. The pictures of Bimbra HT are taken from their FB group. All other pictures are from TBHP. Thanks, Vishal Last edited by Thar4x4 : 25th February 2013 at 18:11. |
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25th February 2013, 22:11 | #5 |
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Infractions: 0/1 (5) | re: The most practical & best looking Hardtop - Mahindra Thar For Armadillo hard top (Armadillo - A Hard Top for the Mahindra Thar) Raised Hyd HT Detail review (Hyderabad Hard Top (Thar)) Italian HT clean view (Call of the wild - Mahindra Thar CRDe) BTW It will be good if Noida based TBHPian visit the Performance Auto and share some details. I got Raj Kapoor's number today and going to call him on weekends. I am voting for Hyderabad short top because: 1. It is compact and maintain the soft top look. 2. It has 2 open to sky windows which will be used for fresh air without opening whole HT. 3. This HT has outer as well as inner finish so looks nice without carpeting etc. 4. Contain MS plate between 2 layers so secured. 5. It has heat absorbent between 2 layers. 6. Most important is, this HT is bolt on so one can revert back to soft top without and back without damaging vehicle. (Warranty will be intact) The only drawback it its very straight from rear, it would have been nice if there is bit tilt like Wrangler HT. Thanks, Vishal Last edited by Thar4x4 : 25th February 2013 at 22:30. |
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26th February 2013, 10:21 | #6 |
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| re: The most practical & best looking Hardtop - Mahindra Thar Dear Monster BHP and all- the name of this thread should have been "Most practical and best looking Thar" and not "Thar hardtop". Then all of you know which vehicle I would choose! Maybe we should start a different thread on the vehicle if this one is for the hard top. Best regards, Behram Dhabhar |
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26th February 2013, 11:26 | #7 |
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| re: The most practical & best looking Hardtop - Mahindra Thar I would add to BD's title "Most Practical, Functional and best looking Thar". But this is a good thread, atleast for Thar owners who want to have a functional Hardtop on their jeeps and are looking for options. Saying that I give my 2 Cents to Bimbra's Hardtop. One because of the sturdy build and secondly for the practicality. It does not require any cutting/damage to the Thar's body. I am using one and with insulation/upholstery on the roof, it is a wonderful addition. Reduces, heat/cold and sound quite a bit. Yes I agree, there is Scope for Improvement in Fit/Finish, which, I had also bounced with Taran. The PA Hardtop looks sleek however, i am not in favor of cutting/tampering with the bodyline. |
26th February 2013, 13:26 | #8 |
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| Re: The most practical & best looking Hardtop - Mahindra Thar Voted for the Hyderabad Short. It looks great ,not too happy with the rear , but livable . The finish is great and the polyurethane foam insulation is superb . Lack of headroom is a negative . The rear glass has no lock , hence we might have to use one hand to hold the glass while opening the rear door. Expensive too. |
26th February 2013, 14:42 | #10 | |
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A nice thread and innovative idea for prospective HT owners, who can compare in one thread than jump from one to the other. Rightly pointed out by you about the inconvenience of getting in with a front facing rear seat. The primary reason for designing two tops (Hyderabad, Tall and Short) to suit the two requirements, namely front facing and side facing seats. The front facing seat does not require head room as much as the stock side facing seats do, for this the short one was designed. It gives the buyer a choice of a low inline with 'B' pillar height, thus not raising the height more than the stock vehicle. The stock side facing seats require about 4" additional head room, for this was designed the tall HT. The top most features in both the tall and short Hyderabad HT are, It is double layered which sandwiches a injection PUF fill, that ensures and keeps out an unbelievable amount of (outside) sound and equally important keeps the heat from getting in making an a/c more effective or an non a/c Thar, less hotter from within. The unique top opening panels were thought about as, Thar would be used as an out door, weekend vehicle too. One does not need to go through the rigors of removing the whole HT every weekend. Should one need to remove the whole HT, it is a simple bolt-on concept. No extra holes drilled, no alterations in the stock vehicle. It comes in four options: Front and rear roof opening panels. Front roof opening panel. Rear roof opening panel. Fully sealed roof (non opening). It can be flat shipped to you anywhere in India with all the required fasteners, silicone tube, gun and a simple step by step DIY CD. The idea in this design did not stop just at looks but its practicality and comfort, backed by prompt service and response. Regards, | |
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26th February 2013, 17:15 | #11 | |
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Hyderabad HT, Tall and Short (same manufacturer) have gone through intensive R&D, prototypes and scraps before they finally made it to the retail. As I have pointed out in my previous post, the short was designed for the front facing, rear seat passenger. There is about 5" of headroom above the rear passenger. Since side facing seats sit on the tyre wells, there is no way one can reduce their height lower than the stock position, hence the Taller version HT was introduced for this very purpose, so that the rear, side seat facing passenger need not sit in a slouched position but also his head should not hit the roof on rough roads, 4" headroom here. Which top to go for, depends on your seating arrangement and your choice of external aesthetics. The rear glass is lockable from inside, and can be opened from out side too, through the (open) tailgate. Why? Since there is a lock on the tailgate there was no point in adding another lock from the outside, when anyways you need to open the tailgate first, to open the rear glass or it touches the spare wheel, just like on all HT's (with a spare wheel). You don't need to hold the glass while opening the tailgate as the tailgate opens first and also the glass slowly (jerk free motion) swings up and supports itself by a pair of telescopic shocks. As for the price, It is value for money, but due to bulk manufacture the price has reduced and the margins now are being passed on to the customer. The top end model (3 opening roof panels, as on the Orange Thar), selling at Rs. 80,000+14.5% (tax)+Rs. 7,500 (Packing & shipping) was totaling to Rs. 99,100. Now, (on a bulk order of 5 numbers or plus). 1. Top end model: Rs.68,000+14.5% (tax)+Rs.7,500 (Packing & shipping), now totals to Rs. 85,360. (If 'C' form' is provided by the buyer, a tax of 2% can be calculated instead of 14.5%) and the accumulative cost that can be arrived at for the top end model, would be Rs. 76, 860. 2. Front opening roof panel: Rs. 63,000* 3. Rear opening roof panel: Rs.63,000* 4. Fully closed (without any roof opening panels): Rs. 58,000*. *Applicable taxes+packing & shipping. Regards, Last edited by fazalaliadil : 26th February 2013 at 17:19. | |
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| Re: The most practical & best looking Hardtop - Mahindra Thar Fazal sir, thanks for the detailed clarification . I was under the impression that the rear glass has no lock at all , so unless you unlock the rear glass it's not going to pop up when the tailgate is opened. I spoke to Prabhu at the initial stage and was waiting for the HT to evolve, Great to know that about the new prices . Last edited by slalom : 26th February 2013 at 18:06. Reason: additon |
27th February 2013, 19:29 | #13 | |
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There is a clarification that I need to make here, I was under the impression that a proposed change was done on the final product, but due to some technical deliberation, simplicity in design and maintenance, following is the set up regarding the rear glass locking mechanism. Since the tailgate needs to be opened first due to the spare wheel obstructing the lift up glass, there are two ridges (marked in red) moulded in the lift up glass frame, which locks up with the tailgate, thus eliminating one extra lock. So, if you need to lift the tailgate glass, the tailgate needs to be opened first and the glass pops up about an inch or two upwards and has to be assisted from there further on to complete open position. There is a rubberized beading in between the ridges and the tailgate to avoid noise caused by vibrations. note: telescopic shocks not fitted yet when the below pic. was taken. You were correct, my apologies for the incorrect information. Regards, Last edited by fazalaliadil : 27th February 2013 at 19:31. | |
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Thanks for the info , it's cumbersome to fix a locking mechanism for the tail glass, as long as the glass does not spring up when you open the tailgate ,it's a win win situation . cheers ! | |
28th February 2013, 14:57 | #15 | |
BHPian | Re: The most practical & best looking Hardtop - Mahindra Thar Quote:
Is there any way to fix roof rails for either of the HTs? Also when i spoke to Prabu the prices where diffrent, however i will check again. Thanks. | |
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Porcupine Tree
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Porcupine Tree was a musical project created by a time lord who originally went by the name of Lord Boddington in the early 17th century, where he invented the question mark, the glottal stop, and the trachea. He changed his name to Steven Wilson after he realised there was a fox named after him.
edit Origins
After Lord Boddington acquired his new title of Steven Wilson in the late 1960's, he decided it was his duty to become the new Buddha. So he sat under the Bodhi tree for two days without food until he got a vision which he describes as this:
I was sitting on the lab (he meant tree) late one night
When my eyes beheld an eerie sight
For my tree from his slab began to rise
And suddenly to my surprise
He did the mash
He did the porcupine mash
The porcupine mash
It was a prickly smash
He did the mash
The French for cow is vache
He did the mash
He did the porcupine mash
~ Steven Wilson on seeing his band for the first time
Steven Wilson then saw Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers fall from the SKY and translated this event into the monster mash in order to warn everyone of this evil tree. Steven decided to sue them as he invented everything and was omniscient, the trial lasted one Porcupine Tree song (seven years) and resulted in Steven causing the Wall Street Crash.
Steven then decided to as a private joke between Steven and himself create a band under the name Porcupine Tree. He made the joke even funnier by pretending there were actual band members on the same page as Steven. Timothy Tadpole Jones died of unknown causes; he walked up the stairs and never EVER returned.
After this Steven decided to share his voice to the world the only way he could: he had to steal Elvis Costello's glasses so people would feel sorry for him. When he put these glasses on he had another vision: this vision told him he was the messiah and should start writing the music that he hears when he closes his eyes for it is the word of the creator.
Since then Steven Wilson would create songs in contradictory time. The songs are stupidly long, but this is only because people just aren't clever enough for Steven Wilson. And if you try to be your head will explode. (This is called the Syd Barrat effect, where "I've got a bike" really means "I've got a patriarchal society that wants to steal my Beatles albums.") Porcupine Tree as a band gradually morphed as time went by. As they started to care less and less about their band until you could actually tell them apart from Pink Floyd.
edit Court case 2: Lyrical profanities
Steven Wilson was sued in 2007 by Microsoft for advertising their X-Box as a god in the album Fear of a Blank Planet Without Steven Wilson. This court case resulted in Steven Wilson having to guitar battle Lemmy who was owned by Microsoft.
However, when Steven returned to his time it appeared that the fans (Steve Wilson and Wilson the Steven) were suing him for selling out on his Stevenwilsonia style. The evidence was shown by lyrical contents from his old and newer albums:
1. Radioactive Toy from On the Steven Life
I Run through forests on a hot Summer day because I am better than you!!
I'm trying to break down walls but my fist isn't strong enough!!
Give me the freedom to destroy you all!!
Give it to me, you radioactive toy
Later on in the following years he realized he was gay when he found himself in the preserve. He fell in love with an asian egg named Raymond Raymon Ruang. They made beautifully hideous babies which in turn had altered facial features;which had the most dishonor in the country, and bred the most severe case of cancer ever known to man. Eventually they were hunted down by the United Governement Committee (UGC) raped, stripped of resources, and forced into slavery by President Nixon in the 70's. The rest is well classified in international government files and will never be realeased to the public, but it is rumored they haven been turned into gorilla sex slaves. (seventy-four hour instrumental)
Taste the water from a stream of running death
Eat this apple, EAT IT NOW IMPERATIVE ATTACK!!! and cough a dying breath.
Like a snake crawling from his hole, she came out to meet the LORD of it all.
Trembling in terror at his presence, licking the dust like a serpent
Feel the sun burning through your black skin
Pour me into a hole, inform my next of kin
Run through graveyards on a dusty Winter day
Spit the dirt out and try to say...
(twenty-seven days instrumental)
Do you get my point now you ignoramus?
If not you clearly are stupid and you have no anus!!
Because this track clearly shows that euthanasia is wrong?
What do you mean you didn't notice that? Maybe this will explain!!!
(five year instrumental)
2. Title Track from Fear of a Blank Planet without Steven Wilson
X-Box is a god to me
A finger on the switch
My mother is a bitch
My father gave up ever trying to talk to me
I'm through with this pornography
The acting is lame
Amazon.com rated it high
But I've been castrated
Therefore arousal annulled
My life is so so so so hard
Whining is all I'm good at
Aaaaaaaaaaah a knife lol teh knife is not real lolzords!!!
My friend says he wants to die
He's in a band, they sound like Pearl Jam
Their clothes are all black
The music is crap
I guess I should try imitating them.
I am better than all of you after all!!
The evidence showed that Steven had abandoned his old style for something a lot more modern to show that even though he has no age he still has the ability to confuse everyone by just abandoning his old style and picking a style he can not do. No longer was he insulting the crowds with his intellectual ability, and this pissed off the very little fans he had. This caused the end of the world and is all explained in A Hitchikers guide to the galaxy how Steven Wilson fixed the problem.
edit Personel
edit Members
Steven Wilson - Does everything and is everything. Has the ability to play five hundred symphonies with one pair of limbs, also controls the bands: Opeth, Camel, Muse, Radiohead, Motorhead (after the polymerisation of Lemmy), Opeth II, Petho, No Man is a man without Steven Wilson, Bluefield, and The Bananna Splits.
edit Supposed other members that apparently contributed at some point
Steve Wilson - Temporarily existed when Steven decided to take the "n" off the end of his name in an attempt to sound more modern. He died in the black plague.
Stephen Wilson - Was created during the trial and error in a magazine article spelling Steven's name "Stephen". The magazine was smited by Steven's glasses with the spirit of Elvis Costello.
Richard Barbie - Played the triangle for the band for a little while until Steven realised that he was much better at making a crescendo with the triangle than he was. And therefore made him just stand in the background allowing him to pretend to play the keyboard, but all the time Steven is playing everything.
Mikael Åkerfeldt - Originally the lead singer of Opeth he and Steven Wilson are the same person. In another land there were aliens known as the Jeremy Kyle eaters also known as Oprahs when Steven Wilson discovered them he decided the best way to scare them off would be with long extended songs of shouting and chugging time shifting chords; but to avoid confusion to his perfection of Porcupine Tree he changed his name and hence created the alien of Mikael Åkerfeldt trying to save us from the Oprahs.
Robert Fripp - From an unsuccessful underground band known as King Crimson bumped into Steven Wilson in the Vietnam War. They shared stories with each other and Steven taught Robert how to play guitar. But Robert didn't understand it and was so frustrated that he asked Steven to play it for him. Hence forth everytime Robert Fripp played guitar. It was just Steven Wilson moving his eyebrows up and down. Robert Fripp experimented with this by forcibly moving Steven's eyebrows up and down. This made people believe Pluto was no longer a planet and therefore destroyed Pluto.
Dave the Bald Guy - Born to a nineteenth century dairy farmer (highly lacking in imagination) and a mute mother. Dave the Bald Guy, at the young age of thirty-two used to pluck the tails of his fathers cows. Amused by the low thumping sound created he continued on doing so, creating little tunes, such as 'Anarchy In The UK', 'I Will Survive' and 'Tubular Bells' (well known for it's use in the film, The Exorcist). One day Steven stumbled upon Dave the Bald Guy creating such wonders and decided to take him along on his travels. Though Dave the Bald Guy only played with Steven for a few short weeks (Steven soon taking over his role), Steven had grown rather fond of him. Because of this, Steven kept him on board giving him the ficticious role of 'Bass player' and a new name, Colin Edwin.
Gavin Harrison - When Steven realised Chris Maitland, the former drummer, was growing his hair so they would be longer than his, he had no choice but to kick him out to keep his status of long-hair-god. He had to find another puppet so he chose a random drummer named Harrison as nobody knew him. Little did he know, Harrison was the god of drums, who then rained his wrath upon Wilson's indulgence to add edge to the band.
edit The Famous Quotes of Steven Wilson
"...scraping microphones across the strings, feeding the resulting sound into overloaded reel to reel tape recorders and producing a primitive form of multi-track recording by bouncing between two cassette machines. Basically I just raped the system and defied nature. Aren't I clever?"
" It was a bit of fun. But of course like anything that starts as a joke, people started to take it all seriously!"
" I'm not really a big fan of trying to send messages within music. I always feel like the music should be like a mirror to what's happening in the world at any given time; you hold it up and let people make up their own minds about what they see reflected back at them."
" Sometimes you have to confront your own patterns and expectations of yourself and do away with things that you enjoy doing in order to move forward and keep evolving as a musician."
edit The Discography of the Tree
- Albums
Year | Title | Notes | |
1991 | On the Steven's Life | The first full album by Steven Wilson was so long that it could only be heard by cockraoches for 80% of the tracks. Radioactive Toy is a favourite of Steven's and is almost always played by him in every concert he's ever done about fifty times. | |
1993 | Down the upstairs up down in out and shake it all about | A distance away from the previous psychedelic outing and more towards Stevenwilsonia that Pink Floyd heavily imitated. Also known to have been the main concept for the hokey pokey. | |
1995 | The Sky moves sideways when Steven Plays like the Sea moved sideways for Moses | The first album to be released in the US and the first to have Richard Barbie playing the triangle for five seconds of the second track. | |
1996 | Signify that this isn't pink floyd is really is Steven Wilson | After another Pink Floyd reference with this album Steven Wilson decided to claim he was the father of Roger Waters and Syd Barrat. This created such confusion within the EU that they decided to create the Euro to solve the problem. | |
1999 | Stupid dream that doesn't involve Steven Wilson | The first album when Steven Wilson decides to write about himself and his feelings. Which resulted in the first 28 second track of Porcupine Tree EVER!! This album also contained seven weeks of audio therapy sessions. | |
2000 | Lightbulb Sun (this title was not ripped off a Soundgarden song...oh no...) | Exactly the same as the previous album only within the song Four chords played one million times which had the most literal title of all Porcupine Tree songs. | |
2003 | In the absentia of Steven we would be dead | A concept album about a serial killer who killed many people due to not being aware of the beauty of Steven Wilson. | |
2005 | A hospital without Steven would be known as a Deadwing | Their Grammy winning album. This involved Steven minimising the amount of instrumentals used to only seven hours. Following on the concept of the previous album explaining how the man retired to work at a hospital where he fantasised about Steven Wilson so much he committed suicide. | |
2007 | Fear of a blank planet without Steven Wilson | The sell out album that was constantly advertising X-Box and major brands of pornography. According to Steven he was explaining this is what the world would sound like if Steven Wilson didn't exist and had nothing to do with him running out of ideas. | |
2009 | The Incident Of Steven Wilson | Steven reminisces about the year he was born; the year of Sergeant Pepper's and all that jazz. | |
2112 | The end of the world because Steven Wilson says so | Collaborated with Steve Wilson and Stephen Wilson to create the ultimate Porcupine Tree album. It consists of them whispering on a constant loop on a CD that never ends speaking all the digits of pi. |