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Someone who reads my articles asked me this question:
I know Warren Buffett looks for companies with good returns on capital. So, I recently calculated Wal-Mart's return on invested tangible assets. I used a normalized free cash flow number and the invested tangible assets are based on the most recent fiscal year results.
The ROITA I get for Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) is 6.46% — normalized FCF of 10,745 divided by tangible invested assets of 166,205.
You recently told me that your minimum acceptable level for this measure is 10%. So, why in the world would Warren Buffett continue to own WMT stock with this terrible ROITA number?
Warren Buffett is interested in a company's return on net tangible assets.
I've never heard Buffett say exactly how he calculates "unleveraged return on tangible equity."
But I can give you a pretty good approximation. It'll work for almost any company. And it has the added benefit of focusing you on the business rather than how the company is financed.
The best approximation of unleveraged return on tangible equity — for Buffett — is probably something like:
EBIT/(Receivables + Inventory + Property, Plant and Equipment) - (Accounts Payable + Accrued Expenses)
Wal-Mart's Return on Investment
I'll use the 2011 and 2012 numbers for Wal-Mart. We'll average them:
Receivables: $5.089 billion and $5.937 billion averages out to $5.51 billion
Inventory: $36.318 billion and $40.714 billion averages out to $38.52 billion
PP&E: $107.878 billion and $112.324 billion averages out to $110.10 billion
Accounts Payable: $33.557 billion and $36.608 billion averages out to $35.08 billion
Accrued Expenses: $18.701 billion and $18.154 billion averages out to $18.43 billion
So, Wal-Mart's average net tangible investment last year was: ($5.51 billion + $38.52 billion + $110.10 billion) - ($35.08 billion + $18.43 billion)
Which works out to $100.62 billion. This is a lot less than your estimate of $166 billion in invested tangible assets.
That's because it's the net investment that matters. Some of those assets are offset by current liabilities — payables and accrued expenses — that Wal-Mart does not have to pay interest on.
These liabilities don't cost shareholders anything. And they allow Wal-Mart to finance over $50 billion in productive assets.
Without this ability, retailing would be a pretty lousy business. There are a few exceptions. Some retailers can make money even if they paid everyone instantly. But that's not usually the case. And, luckily, no one expects instant payment.
If you look at Wal-Mart's net tangible investment – you'll notice it's not working capital. The stuff they aren't funding through current liabilities is all really property, plant and equipment.
Many companies that compete with Wal-Mart do not own as much PP&E as Wal-Mart does. They lease it.
The same rule applies here that I mentioned with Copart (NASDAQ:CPRT) in an earlier article. Although Wal-Mart is an inferior business to Copart from a pure ROI standpoint, it's still earning good returns on its investment.
Whether you are earning 17% on your unleveraged tangible equity or you're earning 27% on your unleveraged equity (Copart is closer to 27%) — you're obviously earning way, way more than the kind of unleveraged returns folks make by owning real estate.
So the fact Wal-Mart owns a ton of its properties is interesting. It's worth noting. But is it a good reason for increasing your estimate of what the business is worth?
Wal-Mart may be a safer investment because it owns property. But it isn't necessarily a more valuable business.
Why not?
Because Wal-Mart's properties are being put to better use inside the Wal-Mart system than they would be if they were sold to someone else.
By counting the company's earnings, you are already valuing the real estate at its best use.
That doesn't necessarily mean Wal-Mart couldn't operate more efficiently by owning less of its properties. But we're really talking about financing here. It's the same discussion we'd be having if we were asking whether someone should borrow at 5% for 30 years simply because they can arrange that today. Maybe they should. But it's not a business discussion. It's a finance discussion.
Let's leave corporate finance out of this for now.
Wal-Mart's EBIT last year was $26.56 billion. So, that's $26.56/$100.62 = 26.40% pre-tax return on net tangible assets. Assuming about a 35% tax rate, this would leave Wal-Mart with a normal return on unleveraged tangible equity of about 17%. This is probably an accurate estimate of the company's earning power.
So, why do you get such a low number when you calculate the company's return on invested tangible assets?
Well, for one thing you use free cash flow. Free cash flow is good. But some value investors focus on it too much. The idea is to build wealth over time. Usually, a business that produces free cash flow is going to compound wealth quite well compared to a business that doesn't.
And, personally, I have some doubts about Wal-Mart's long-term ability to sustain its ROI. I am much more negative on all retailers with physical locations than most people. Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has such a clear future. And it is not a good future for guys with stores.
I would not invest in retail stores. We obviously have too many of them in the U.S. We have too much offline retail capacity. This is not good for the long-term returns in the retail business.
Anything that can ship, doesn't spoil quickly, and doesn't need to be bought every few days to a week — anything like that is something where Amazon can eventually beat you both on price and definitely on customer experience.
Unless you are a grocery store or Nebraska Furniture Mart — eventually Amazon is going to hurt you a lot.
Target (NYSE:TGT) and Wal-Mart are going to lose ground to Amazon over time.
So I have more doubts about their future ROIs than a lot of investors do. These companies reinvest a lot. So, it's kind of a huge question for shareholders to ponder — what kind of returns on investment will I be getting in 2022? This stuff matters.
But if you have reason to believe a dollar retained by a business is worth as much as a dollar paid out to you — and in Wal-Mart's case it clearly is for now — then why would you prefer free cash flow to retained earnings?
If a company makes $1 and it retains that $1 and it increases next year's earnings by 15 cents because it retained that $1 — isn't that $1 better off in the company's hands than it would be in your hands? Do you really think you will — on average — make more than 15 cents for every dollar of dividends you get from a company?
Most investors will make nowhere near 15% on the money they themselves invest. If they manage to make 10% a year — starting today — over the long term, I will be surprised. Stocks are not priced for double-digit returns.
So, reinvestment in businesses with sustainable double-digit ROIs is a better place for your money than dividends paid into your brokerage account.
I know a lot of people don't feel that way — they always like dividends better — but the math is the math. If you can't earn 10% and the companies you own can — you should leave your money with them. Not ask for it back.
Warren Buffett is interested in compounding his wealth — not necessarily in free cash flow. He has often bought businesses that generate more cash than they can redeploy. This is an unfortunate fact. He'd rather find companies that can redeploy that capital. But it's not easy. It's usually much, much easier to find a company that earns a high return on its unleveraged tangible equity than it is to find a company that earns a high return on its unleveraged equity and can increase the size of that tangible equity meaningfully over time.
That's not easy. And so Berkshire has often had to redeploy capital from great businesses that can't use a lot of capital growth to somewhat less great businesses that can use a lot of capital growth. That tends to be the pattern. It is hard to find businesses that generate high returns on capital and can continue to reinvest in their business for a long time.
The first number you should look at when you're worried about return on invested tangible assets is:
EBITDA/(Receivables + Inventory + PP&E) - (Accounts Payable + Accrued Expenses)
This tends to put companies on even footing. If you can go back 15 to 20 years or so and find the range of that number, the median, etc. and how much of these EBITDA tends to be converted into net income and/or free cash flow you will have a very good idea of how profitable a business it is.
Now, Buffett himself disparages EBITDA. And he's not wrong to do that. EBITDA is definitely not net income (or free cash flow).
But this is a complicated issue. Buffett is thinking about something called owner earnings. Well, free cash flow is not owner earnings. If you only count the cash that is generated after a company grows, you will be punishing companies that grow 10% a year so severely that you will pass on many good, growing businesses simply because they are growing.
That's not a good idea.
So Buffett may not like EBITDA. But he doesn't pay a lot of attention to reported earnings either. You want to get at the economic reality of the situation. Something like owner earnings. Which is basically EBITDA minus what you need to grow the business (both in terms of cap-ex and additional working capital).
So, it's okay for some companies not to produce a lot of free cash flow.
Having said that, it's only okay if they are earning good returns on their investment. Really good returns. When in doubt, err on the side of actual free cash flow today over dreamt of profitable growth tomorrow.
You need to see a gap between the return on net tangible investment the company tends to earn - in my view the long-term median figure is more useful because reliability is key and high ROIs are really only interesting to the extent they are backed up by consistency or moats — and the hurdle rate you have for your own investments.
If you think you can make 10% a year in your own investments, then it does not make sense for you to invest in companies that are earning less than let's say 15% a year after-tax on their unleveraged tangible equity. Without a gap like that, it's hard to see why you would prefer retained earnings to paid out earnings.
A dollar paid out to you can be reinvested — we'll ignore taxes here for a minute — at let's say a 10% return. This is not a guarantee. I think making 10% a year may be harder today than most investors think. The number you can actually make is probably lower (I'd say no more than 7%). But it's definitely not higher — for investors as a group — than 10%.
The value of money depends on the rate you can compound it at. So, a dollar in your pocket can compound at 10%. Well, if a dollar in Wal-Mart's pocket can't compound by more than 15% a year — we have a problem. Several actually.
The problems are:
1. You probably know yourself better than Wal-Mart
2. Wal-Mart's past is probably better than its future will be
3. Net income probably overstates owner earnings
To sum these points up: No margin of safety.
Generally, if you are investing in a business for its profitable future growth you want that future growth to be something like 150% of the annual growth you think you could provide using the same money. This extra 50% provides you with a margin of safety in your future compounding.
Now, of course, that is not enough. You also want to focus on businesses where you feel the ROI is not only high but reliable.
Reliability is key.
So, if you think Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB) has a very reliable business, than DNB at 12 times earnings or 9 times enterprise value divided by EBITDA — or whatever — is a lot more attractive than some other businesses trading at the same multiples. It's like the difference between a safe bond yielding 6% and a very risky bond yielding 6%. They both offer the same return — in theory. Yeah, they pay the same amount this year. But, they do not both offer the same reliability.
Over time, the more reliable return will compound better than the less reliable return.
So, you want to find a company with an ROI that is — I would say — at least 1.5 times the return on investment you yourself think you can achieve. And you want that ROI to be as reliable as possible.
The most reliable ROIs tend to be in businesses built around a habit. A cigarette company has a highly reliable ROI. Starbucks has a highly reliable ROI.
Sure, they can screw things up. Any business can. But if you go to the same Starbucks every morning you'll notice everybody's brain is on auto-pilot. There is not a conscious decision being made in that store.
Other things equal, that's the kind of business to bet on. One where the customers don't think. They just do.
A habit is usually the best way to insulate a customer from competition. Habits are the first line of defense in business. When you lack a habit (which is the best — most personal form of customer protection) you have to rely on less effective competitive strategies like defending an entire market from entry.
To use an analogy, this is like protecting a VIP with a perimeter instead of a bodyguard. I'm not saying it can't work. I'm just saying it's not the only strategy to consider.
Industry-wide defenses are often the only competitive strategies economists and investors talk about. But such a wide defense is far from ideal. It's really a fall back plan for when direct defense of customers is prohibitively expensive.
The best businesses often have more direct defenses like:
- Defending specific customers (we will retain the P&G account, we will be the place where Bob gets his morning coffee)
- Defending specific locations (we will dominate the Omaha furniture market, we will dominate the West coast boxed chocolate business)
- Defending specific times (we will account for the majority of U.S. box office on the 1st weekend of May, we will get a large number of sci-fi fans into theaters on one weekend in February)
Durability: Warren Buffett Style
As you know, Warren Buffett basically invests in two kinds of businesses:
- Those with pricing power
- And those with low costs
One reason I don't like the cell phone business is that I think companies tend to share these three things — potentially — if not actually. I think a hit phone has rather similar economics to different companies. And I feel customers are definitely willing to entertain the idea of switching phones (much more so than say carriers).
The point is that these qualitative factors combine with a quantitative margin of safety to give you a certain view of a company's return on investment.
In the case of Wal-Mart, I think Warren Buffett believes the company's domestic business has low costs. And it has a reliable ROI because of those low costs. Basically, it can operate profitably at gross margins where its competitors can not.
Obviously, I'm less comfortable with Wal-Mart than Warren Buffett is. I personally am buying more and more things from Amazon that I used to buy from Wal-Mart (and I literally pass a Wal-Mart on the way home from work — so that's a pretty clean test of my shopping preferences).
Here's my problem. Over the next five years, Wal-Mart's customers will increase purchases from Amazon at a faster rate than they will increase purchases from Wal-Mart.
I'd be willing to make that bet today.
When your best customers are flirting more and more frequently with a competitor — that's an awful sign.
Buffett is a lot more comfortable with retailers than I am. I feel their competitive advantages can vanish pretty fast. Now, he tends to focus on some very specific retailers like Nebraska Furniture Mart that are pretty unique. They sometimes have very big cost advantages. He doesn't usually buy retailers for any other reason besides big cost advantages.
So I'm sure he calculates Wal-Mart's return on investment as being in the teens and being very reliable. That is why he likes the stock.
Also, he is getting a good earnings yield. That is critical.
Your return in a good business — if you hold it forever — is going to depend on:
- Growth
- Return on Investment
- Earnings Yield
· What quantity of earnings are you purchasing today?
· How much room is there for reinvesting those earnings in the future?
· And what will you earn on those reinvested earnings?
That's what Warren Buffett cares most about. Not just how much a company is earning today. He cares about the value of the earnings they retain.
He wants every dollar of retained earnings to be worth more than a dollar. Not less.
Now, obviously, buying Wal-Mart's earnings today is not very expensive.
For every $1 you pay, you get 7 or 8 cents of earnings.
That may not sound like a lot. Don't many companies trade around 13 times earnings?
But it's the reliability of that equity "coupon" that Buffett is getting in Wal-Mart and the belief that each dollar of reinvested earnings will be worth at least a dollar.
So, you are buying a 7% or 8% bond with a safe coupon and low reinvestment risk. That is how Buffett sees Wal-Mart.
That's an attractive combination.
Bought: Dun & Bradstreet
I bought Dun & Bradstreetyesterday for the same reasons.
The earnings yield is now high enough to justify an investment. I think it has a safe equity "coupon." And I think the reinvestment risk is low. Basically, you are buying something that yields around 10% in terms of normal free cash flow where I think whatever earnings they retain will not be worth less than it would be if they didn't retain it.
It's the same logic Buffett applies to Wal-Mart.
I should point out that while DNB's free cash flow is high — it would definitely not be worth less to me if that free cash flow was lower. In fact, I'd love for DNB to have the opportunity to produce less free cash flow while reinvesting more earnings in its core business.
But it can't. The prospects for reinvestment at DNB are absolutely minimal.
Free Cash Flow Is Not Everything
That's not the end of the world. It's not like Berkshire has grown See's a lot in real terms.
If you can retain customers, raise prices, and not add capital to a business — you can make a lot of money without having much real growth.
The fact that these businesses need very little additional investment to expand is good. But the fact they aren't expanding is bad. You'd always rather a highly profitable business was growing.
Buffett would've loved to take See's cross country. If he did that, it would've had less free cash flow for a while. But the business would've been worth more over time.
Coke (NYSE:KO) is a brand that travels. See's is not. Coke is certainly not worth less because it invests in growth. It is only worth less to the extent it invests in growth that doesn't add more value than you could using the same money in your own brokerage account.
So, don't just look at free cash flow and assets.
Look at earnings and net tangible assets.
In the future, if you want to understand Buffett's investment decisions I'd start by looking at:
EBIT/(Receivables + Inventory + PP&E) - (Accounts Payable + Accrued Expenses)
Rather than just Free Cash Flow/Total Assets.
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What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and you watch the first theatrical trailer for "Conan the Barbarian."
After getting a very flimsy teaser, we finally get our first real look at the reboot of the iconic Robert E. Howard character, starring Jason Momoa in the title role, Stephen Lang as the bad guy (as if you couldn't have guessed that) and Rachel Nichols as a mysterious priestess.
There are swords, there is sorcery, and there is a distinct lack of shirts. In other words, pretty much what you'd expect, right?
U.S. & World
We don't mean to nitpick, but is anyone else bothered by the fact that Nichols calls him "Co-NIN" as in "Conan O'Brien" rather than "Co-NAN" which, you know, seems more fitting for the character?
In any rate, her pronunciation will no doubt lead to some great video mashups. Have at it, internet.
"Conan The Barbarian" opens everywhere August 19th.

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- 1 pound shrimp shells and/or heads
- 1 cup coarsely chopped yellow onions
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped celery
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped carrots
- 3 garlic cloves, smashed with the side of a heavy knife
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- Rinse the shrimp shells and heads in a large colander under cold running water.
- Put all the ingredients in a heavy medium stockpot. Add enough water to cover by 1 inch. Bring to a boil over high heat, skimming from time to time to remove the foam that forms on the surface. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Simmer for 45 minutes.
- Strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a large bowl. Cool completely. Cover and refrigerate. (The stock can be refrigerated for up to three days. Or freeze in airtight containers for up to two months.)
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- Dish Type: Entree


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Watching a documentary about Belgian singer Arno, I discovered he could yodel ! I had to do some research to find the title of the song but I found it.
Arno Hintjens is a belgian singer who began his career in the beginning of the seventies. It is with his first group, Tjens Couter that you can hear him yodel on Honey bee. With his next group TC Matic, he made a kind of rock music mixed with blues and new wave. The group is still a reference in European rock with songs like Putain Putain (an alternative European hymn). Since 1996, he sings mostly solo an has played in different films.
He has a broken voice a bit like Tom Waits and his lyrics are written in dutch, french and english. He is also known for his covers of songs like the very touching Les filles du bord de mer (originally by Adamo).
As you hear the beginning of Honey bee, you wouln't imagine there is a yodel in the song. It begins like a ballad, and then changes into a reggae beat where Arno tries to yodel. As he does it, you can hear is typical flemish (Ostend) accent.
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If you are wondering, "Who are the actors from Falcon Crest?" or "Who starred on Falcon Crest?" then this list will help you answer those questions.In most cases you can click on the names of these popular Falcon Crest actors and actresses to find out more information about them. If you're looking for a particular Falcon Crest actor or actress, then type their name into the "search" bar to find them directly.


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Thank you all for the encouragement to keep with my CHS alphabet. Seriously I was ready to toss it aside for greener (actually snowy) pastures, but with so many ready to do some happy dancing with me, I felt I couldn't let anybody down. So the alphabet made its way back on the stitching hoop and W for Willow got finished off last night. Then I moved right on over to 'X'.
Lookee what the mailman brought home this week - my Quaker Friendship RR, completed! Isn't it gorgeous! Everyone did a fantastic job stitching on it. I used a DMC variegated thread for the centre motif and asked everyone to chose one of the matching threads to stitch their section. I really wanted to see the change-over from each person who stitched on it and I think it turned out beautifully. This poor RR group has had some issues with someone who left the group and absconded with 3 people's pieces and threads! Unbelievable to have someone drop off the face of the earth and keep others' RR's. We were so lucky to have lovely Valerie step in and take over and unfortunately then get swamped with RR's. Thanks Rowyn, Edgar, Donna, Carol and Valerie for stitching on this beautiful keepsake for me!!
And finally ~ I've been tagged by Melissa to name 5 addictions. And if you haven't dropped by Melissa's blog, be sure to swing over that way and check out her gorgeous stitching (and knitting :0D)
5 addictions (well, I'll name the top 5, or we'll be here for a while)
1. Stitching ..... of course!
2. Quilting.
3. Blog reading.
4. My doggies.
5. and my newest downfall ~ Honey Ginger Green tea (President's Choice brand).
Have a great stitchy weekend!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Moving on!
Thank you all for the encouragement to keep with my CHS alphabet. Seriously I was ready to toss it aside for greener (actually snowy) pastures, but with so many ready to do some happy dancing with me, I felt I couldn't let anybody down. So the alphabet made its way back on the stitching hoop and W for Willow got finished off last night. Then I moved right on over to 'X'.
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Labels: CHS Alphabet, Quaker Friendship RR
Monday, January 26, 2009
January Stitching
What have I been stitching on this year? My Carriage House Samplings Alphabet series....started (gasp) in 2006. I am determined to get one of my BAP's out of the way this year and I have been plodding away at this lovely series since the new year started and making some great progress. Until the past week that is...and I feel my resolveto finish this first hedging, and more and more I have been eyeing my lovely pile of stash waiting impatiently for just the first few stitches.
Why, oh why, can't I just see this one through to the end? I'm so close, just a couple more letters and then the 2 signature areas...and the border. But February is looming and some lovely Valentine freebies are out there aching to be stitched. Its like starting a diet for me, and that goal to see it through quickly gets sidelined by the lure of sweet goodies just around the next corner.
Well here it is Monday and I made it through the weekend, with the help of my Saturday afternoon Quilting Club start and something fresh to brighten up these dreary cold winter days.
So I'll leave you with some pictures of my CHS alphabet
As of January 2007 - stitched on 40 ct antique white Newcastle linen, using a combination of DMC and GAST threads.
As of January 2008 - a little more done.
And the latest scan in January 2009 - down to the bottom!
And a couple of pics of Bella modelling her new coat, lovingly sent to her by her doggy nieces, Maddy and Maisie (Kelly's doggies)!
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Labels: Bella, CHS Alphabet
Sunday, January 11, 2009
More Christmas stitching....late I know :-D
More Christmas stitching??? I know the season is well and over as the deep cold outside is reminding me, but I didn't get a chance to update my blog very much last month, so I'm going to force a couple more pics. Well these were actually Christmas presents so I couldn't show them beforehand anyways.
This is Prairie Schooler's Winter Wind, on 32 ct Antique white linen. I made this into a flatfold for a Christmas present for Kelly. My first flatfold, using the lovely Vonna's detailed instructions!
And 2 days before Christmas I put the finishing touches on the set of Shepherd's Bush ornaments, 8 of them from the JCS Ornament issues. These were really fun to stitch and so quick too. I used some brushed cottons from my stash to finish them up, and simple jute for hangers. These were a present for Carrie! Bella is settling in very well at home, and becoming my little shadow. She teases me when I'm coming down the stairs by taking little nips at my legs, to remind me that she is there. But by far her favourite game is to race about the house as fast as she can. She will race up the stairs, run about the hall to our bedroom and then back again around and down again. She does this about 5-6 times before she collapses in a heaving little ball on the floor, waits until she catches her breath, and then she's off again. If only I had a little of that energy.
Until next time!
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CRESTVIEW � Arr, me hearties, there will be no official local recognition tomorrow of International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
CRESTVIEW � Arr, me hearties, there will be no official local recognition tomorrow of International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Still, residents should feel free to observe the lighthearted "holiday" in their own ways, community leaders say.
"It's due to financial cutbacks that we won't be able to have a celebration this year," Mayor David Cadle said jokingly. "But if you want to do it, go ahead."
Cadle punctuated his comment with a hearty, "arrgh," in best pirate fashion, unaware that the word he was seeking was actually "arrr."
"Arrgh," according to International Talk Like a Pirate Day founders Mark "Cap'n Slappy" Summers and John "Ol' Chumbucket" Baur, is "the sound you make when you sit on a belaying pin."
Some local schools will use the holiday as an opportunity to make learning fun. Fifth-graders in Glenda Nibert's class at Riverside Elementary will observe the occasion with a special project.
"Our class will be doing a creative writing assignment with Pirate Lingo Vocabulary," Nibert said, adding her students' words list will "set sail with 'arrr' class."
The all-in-fun holiday was founded in 1995 as "a �whimsical alternative� to all the serious things that were making the news so depressing," according to talklikeapirate.com.
"In other words, silliness is the holiday's best selling point."
Humorist Dave Barry brought the holiday to the nation's attention in September 2002, writing in his Miami Herald column, "talking like a pirate will infuse your everyday conversations with romance and danger."
Cadle said that with recent tax rises � for county, city, school and gas � there was no need for the city to encourage more pirates in town.
"We don't need them around 'arrr' streets," Cadle said.
However, as Dave Barry reminded his readers, come tomorrow, "You have the buckles, darn it: Don't be afraid to swash them!"
Want to celebrate, matey?
International Talk Like A Pirate Day is Thursday. Visit www.talklikeapirate.com for more on the holiday�s history, a link to humorist Dave Barry's column and suggestions on how to talk like a pirate.
Contact News Bulletin Staff Writer Brian Hughes at 850-682-6524 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cnbBrian.


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L'Oréal signs new exclusive license agreement with Image Metrics for new makeup services
Clichy, 9 March 2016 – L'Oréal Paris and Image Metrics are very proud to announce they have entered into a new phase of their partnership regarding the augmented reality app Makeup Genius.
Launched in 2014, to critical acclaim, Makeup Genius is a mirror that relies on innovative technology – developed by Image Metrics. With the support and strong expertise of L'Oréal Research and Innovation, Makeup Genius was a milestone to make our vision of connected beauty concrete. The app can monitor each user's unique facial features and allow virtual makeup to be applied in real-time on their face flawlessly.
As almost 20 million users worldwide have downloaded Makeup Genius to try on products and amazing looks and to help them make their choice before buying, L'Oréal Paris and Image Metrics have decided to go further by signing a new and exclusive partnership.
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Saugus, MA: Pu Pu Platters, Wings, and Scorpion Bowls at Kowloon
A weekly profile on a favorite New England dish.
A couple months ago, an email popped in my inbox with the following subject line: "Summer. Kowloon. Rum. Pork."
It was from my friend Bailey, who was rallying a bunch of us to, as she went on to explain, "spend a summer Friday on Route 1, playing keno, inhaling exhaust, and eating neon pink meat."
Translation: She was inviting us to have dinner with her at Kowloon, Route 1's palatial tribute to the kind of Chinese food people aren't supposed to like anymore: greasy crab rangoons, egg rolls, thick-skinned Peking ravioli, spareribs the color of nail polish, and batter-fried chicken strips drenched in salty-sweet, glowing orange goo.
I was in. As a Boston-area resident who'd never experienced Kowloon, I considered this a rite of passage, and it had been on my bucket list for years. Besides, whether or not anyone admits it, most of us who grew up on suburban Chinese food have a soft spot for this stuff.
Our group was 10 strong, and we all had the same fried food agenda. Pretty soon, the lazy Susan was weighed down with a double order of the Peninsula Pu Pu Platter ($20.50), each one overloaded with all the classics: egg rolls, spareribs, chicken wings, fried shrimp, pork strips, and crispy wontons. Truth be told, all the dough-wrapped and batter-fried items blended together after a few bites, but the spareribs came back to me in all their salty-sweet, chewy, magenta glory.
The Kowloon Special Saugus Wings ($8.75) were also a must-order. Dark and lacquered in some sort of sweet, garlicky glaze, they were a bastardized breed of teriyaki and exactly the kind of sticky, saucy finger food that you want to gnaw on while downing scorpion bowls.
That was just the appetizer round, and by the time we'd polished off the bulk of the platters and wings, most of us were hitting the wall. But there was no way we were leaving without an order of the quintessential Americanized Chinese-food classic: Crispy Spicy Tangerine Chicken ($12.25). Craggy strips of meat doused in a viscous sauce laced with dried chiles and tangerine peels: if there is a more perfect union out there, I don't know it.
The only downer of the evening was that we were wrapping up dinner before the dance floor ever got going. As luck would have it, though, this was also the night Magic Mike premiered in theaters, so obviously we drove directly from the Kowloon parking lot to the best possible place to see this movie: the Showcase Cinema de Lux movieplex in Revere. Picture a theater packed with middle-aged woman who screamed in unison as soon as Matthew McConaughey appeared half naked and uttered the word "lawbreaker." I couldn't have dreamt up a more perfect ending to the night.
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LocationNews » St John Cymru Young Achievers Recognised at Royal Reception
Badgers, Cadets and young people from St John Cymru were recognised for their outstanding achievements on Wednesday 13th November, at a reception held at Priory Church in London.
In total, 14 young people from St John Cymru were recognised for their achievements at the reception hosted by HRH Princess Anne.
Among those who attended the Young Achievers Reception were 17-year-old St John Cymru Cadet of the Year, Rhiannon Svenson, Badger of the Year, Amy Jones.
County Cadets of the Year were also in attendance and, due to their overwhelming achievements, Cadets have been instrumental in creating a St John Cymru Young People's Committee.
The Young People's Committee is formed of young people aged between 11-18 who guide the Trustee board and make important decisions on behalf of youth volunteers in St John Cymru.
Cadet Maisy Evans from St John Cymru Newport who is also a member of the Welsh Youth Parliament said:
"I was honoured to visit Priory Church in London and meet HRH Princess Anne. The opportunity was truly unforgettable and I can't thank St John Cymru enough."
National Cadet of The Year, Rhiannon said:
"Young Achievers really highlighted to both myself and my fellow Cadets exactly how important and valued our work is as part of the St John community. It was a great opportunity to meet up with Cadets from across the UK in a setting where we could all see the heritage of the organisation and create memories and positive experiences which we will all treasure for many years to come."
St John Cymru Acting CEO, Helen Smith said:
"We're extremely proud of all our young people who are so dedicated and have a real passion for helping others.
"Our youth volunteers are incredibly invested in making the opportunities and experiences of young people equal and consistent across Wales.
"We're really excited our Cadets were invited to take part in this unique opportunity and we hope it inspires them to continue to work towards making a difference and setting an example to young people in St John Cymru and in their local communities,"
she added.
Full list of attendees included:
National Cadet of the Year – Rhiannon Svenson
Deputy National Cadet of the Year – Tarig Sharaiha
National Badger of the Year – Amy Jones
County Cadets of the Year:
Grace Jacobs
Rachel Cunningham
Joel Silbor
Rachel O'Connell
Daniel Smith
Abigail Hier
Matthew Watkins
National First Aid Competition Winners:
Jessica Davies
Katie Phillips
Young People's Committee Member:
Tyrr Evans
Welsh Youth Parliament Member:
Maisy Evans
Photos of the event available here
Professor Jean White praised their "collective dedication and commitment," and acknowledged our nurses' influential work; inspiring the next generation of lifesavers.
Thousands of hours of support and care were given by our staff and volunteers assisting Wales' frontline response to the virus.
A woman living with Secondary-Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (SPMS) is taking on a gruelling personal challenge to raise money for St John Ambulance Cymru.
An epic fundraising challenge taken on in memory of Gerallt has raised over £3,000.
Today (July 15th 2020) marks UNICEF World Youth Skills Day
St John Ambulance Cymru has been given £1,000 thanks to nominations from the public.
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Ieuan Healan as our new Deputy Chief Volunteer.
Our volunteers are supporting a Welsh Government initiative delivering vital medications to people shielding and self-isolating due to Covid-19.
This Volunteers' Week, six of our volunteers were invited to a conference call with HRH The Duchess of Gloucester, the Commandant-in-Chief for the Priory for Wales.
Morgan Gillette, one of our Badgers from Bridgend, walked 26 miles to raise money for St John Ambulance Cymru.
Players from Pontarddulais RFC are running, walking and cycling a total of 10,000 miles to fundraise in memory of St John Ambulance Cymru volunteer, Gerallt Davies MBE.
A boy from Newport has raised over £200 for St John Ambulance Cymru after creating his own fundraiser and riding his scooter as part of the Two Point Six Challenge.
A group of five and six-year-olds from Llantrisant will be lifting spirits across the town during lockdown as they take part in their inspiring 2.6 Challenge.
St John Ambulance Cymru volunteers will work side-by-side with NHS Wales, Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust and other organisations to deliver front line assistance at the new Principality Stadium Field Hospital Ysbyty Calon y Ddraig – Dragon's Heart Hospital.
Today we heard the sad news that one of our long-serving and dedicated volunteer Mr Gerallt Davies CStJ, MBE has passed away.
We are excited and proud to announce we have changed our brand name and identity from St John Cymru to St John Ambulance Cymru as of today (2nd April).
Wales' leading first aid charity, St John Cymru, has stepped-up front line services to help support the NHS as Wales battles the coronavirus outbreak.
Please help us continue to provide frontline and community care at this time of need and beyond.
Since COVID-19 was first identified, we have been working closely with other healthcare organisations including Public Health bodies, the NHS and the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust to seek regular advice.
Felicity Kent was out with her Mum, Jenny, 37, Sister Juliet, 2, and their Nan, Janet, when Juliet fell and hit her head.
The Welsh Women Awards, now in their second year, will recognise and celebrate female talent across the length of Wales at a glittering event at The Exchange Hotel, Cardiff, on 19th March.
St John Cymru Cadets travelled to South Africa in Janaury to compete in the International Cadet Competitions 2020. Cadet of the Year, Rhiannon, shares her experience.
Secretary of State for Wales Simon Hart visited St John Cymru Ferryside Lifeboat crew yesterday (Thursday 20 February) following the announcement of a £1 million UK Government funding boost for search and rescue teams.
The Prior for Wales and Priory Chapter Board send congratulations to all those who have been honoured for their service to St John in Wales
Throughout February, we will be urging people to become more aware of defibrillators, when one should be used and where to find one as part of their 'defib-aware' campaign.
St John Cymru Cadets travelled to South Africa in January to compete in the International Cadet Competitions 2020. Cadet of the Year, Rhiannon, shares her experience of competition day.
Proposals to include life saving skills and first aid in the new schools curriculum have received a cautious welcome from leading health charities in Wales.
A plaque commemorating long-serving St John Cymru volunteer, Ewart Harse, was unveiled in his hometown of Tredegar last week, Friday 10th January.
Our Swansea Help Point volunteers will be urging people to look out for one another this Christmas.
Throughout December nextbike will be donating £5 to St John Cymru from every subscription during their For Charity campaign
The partnership will offer exclusive discounts across St John Cymru's extensive range of training courses, event cover and first aid supplies; an essential part of at work and leisure space.
We're pleased to announce the appointment of Helen Smith as our new Chief Executive Officer.
Badgers, Cadets and young people from St John Cymru were recognised for their outstanding achievements on Wednesday 13th November, at a reception held at Priory Church in London.
Nearly every year 7 pupil across Anglesey is now equipped with vital lifesaving first aid skills following a successful, island-wide partnership.
We're reminding people ahead of Bonfire Night celebrations to be aware of being safe around fires and fireworks with issued advice on how to treat some of the more common injuries which occur at this time of year.
We're excited to announce we have been shortlisted as a finalist for this year's Welsh Charity Awards - organised by Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA).
Prior for Wales, Sir Paul Williams OBE, issues condolences after passing of Former Lord Prior for the Order of St John, Sir Malcolm Ross.
St Illtyd's Catholic High School, Cardiff, welcomed the return of St John Cymru, teaching enthusiastic pupils lifesaving skills.
An appeal to train over 6,500 potential lifesavers in Wales saw an increase of over 28% this September as 9,306 people were trained in lifesaving first aid in just one month.
The epic challenge began with a 21-mile swim at Dover District Leisure Centre before cycling 200 miles from Dover to Clarence House, London, where he received a letter of congratulations from HRH the Prince of Wales, and then completed his challenge with a 160-mile run back to the Principality Stadium.
The three-hour awareness course has been specifically designed by Training in Mind for St John Cymru and will cover a wide range of topics
A donation made by Penparcau Community Youth Forum has been used to purchase a training defibrillator, a device which can be used to train others in how to help someone in cardiac arrest.
The exercise, which will see 80 volunteers take part, will explore the internal processes and responses currently in place to help ensure the best response possible if a major incident were to happen in the Gwent area.
St John Cymru, were delighted to welcome, Lord Prior for the Order of St John, Professor Mark Compton, to Wales this week.
St John Cymru, are hoping to train more people than ever in lifesaving first aid during September as part of 'Save a Life September'.
17-year-old Rachel Cunningham was on her way home from volunteering at the Rhyl Air Show when she was approached by a stranger for help.
Volunteers and first responders from St John Cymru are a part of the first in Wales to join the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust (WAST) in the implementation of the GoodSam App, to improve survival from out of hospital cardiac arrest in Wales.
St John Cymru volunteers and colleagues will once again stand shoulder-to-shoulder to celebrate and support the LGBTQ+ community at this year's Pride Cymru.
A woman from Swansea has thanked St John Cymru volunteers for helping her after an accident at NRTFest.
Volunteers from St John Cymru provided medical assistance across the Royal Welsh Show at two of the event's busiest locations; the Young People's Village and the event's Help Point
A total of 122 people were treated for a range of medical conditions including heatstroke and dehydration with volunteers giving 796 hours of their free time across the three days to support the event.
First aid volunteers from across Gwent will come together this weekend (27, 28, 29 July) to demonstrate simple skills people can use to help someone in a potentially life threatening situation.
Businesses and communities surrounding the Abergele training centre area will also benefit from the installation as the defibrillator will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the public to use in an emergency.
St John Cymru volunteers, Gerallt Davies, from Swansea, and Glyn Thomas, from Caergwrle) have been honoured by Her Majesty The Queen in the Birthday Honours list announced today, Saturday, 8 June 2019.
18-year-old Mitri Sharaiha has topped over 200 applicants to become one of 10 finalists for CVQO Westminster Award
Swansea Volunteers Prepare for World Record Attempt
Find out who the lucky winners of our First Aid Competition are...
An 18-year-old from Undy is trekking the Welsh border across 10 days to raise vital funds for St John Cymru
To celebrate the opening of its brand new training centre, Wales' leading first aid charity, St John Cymru, is giving people the opportunity to win free first aid training.
Join people across Wales by being all it takes in 2019 to help save a life!
A campaign which ran throughout February saw over 1,400 people trained in how to locate and use their nearest public access defibrillator.
The Prior for Wales and Priory Chapter Board send congratulations to all those who have been honoured for their service to St John in Wales.
By getting Hands on for Hearts you're raising awareness and funds for life saving equipment and training that can help in an emergency like a cardiac arrest.
By wearing something orange on Friday 22nd March and donating just £1, you'll be helping towards ensuring Ferryside Lifeboat, a division of Wales leading first aid charity, St John Cymru, can continue to help save lives at sea.
Volunteers from St John Cymru will come together from across Dyfed to provide lifesaving first aid training to Young Farmers in Carmarthenshire as part of its centenary celebrations.
Our Bader of the Year Amy, takes the time to introduce herself and share with us her aspirations for 2019
Our Cadet of the Year Rhiannon, takes the time to introduce herself and answer 20 questions about....
St John Cymru has been announced as a finalist for this year's Cardiff Life Awards
The winners of the St John Cymru National Youth Awards 2019 have been announced!
St John Cymru are asking people to get involved this Defibruary in one of three ways...
We're delighted to announce we've got 25 FREE places...
A Christmas Message from C.E.O Julia Hobbs
Nearly 300 people gathered at the
City Parish Church of St John the Baptist
in Cardiff on Friday 14th December
to celebrate the story of Christmas
and to raise vital finds for
The St John Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group.
The loved ones of families from across Wales
who have saved the lives of others through
organ donation have been posthumously honoured
at Principality Stadium in Cardiff.
St John Cymru Staff Member personally
thanked for her "dedication" and "patience"
while transporting a patient.
A year-long project run by Wales' leading first
aid charity saw over 26,000 people trained in
communities across Wales.
Badgers, Cadets and young people
from St John Cymru were recognised
for their outstanding achievements
at a reception held at
Priory Church in London.
Following Wales' sensational match against
Tonga on Saturday St John Cymru has once
again teamed up with the
Welsh Rugby Union to deliver first aid training
to school children.
St John Cymru is reminding the public about
safety around fires and fireworks this Bonfire
Warren Gatland Event Raises Thousands
for St John Cymru
Charity Campaign Sees Record Numbers of Lifesavers Trained
St Fagans National Museum of Welsh Life was transformed for an evening of glitz and glamour on Friday as it played host to St John Cymru's Centenary Charity Ball.
With World Mental Health Day today, 10th October 2018, Wales' leading first aid charity, St John Cymru is urging businesses to take ownership in their workplace and train their staff in mental health first aid.
Author and medical broadcaster Dr Hilary Jones GP has been announced as host of St John Cymru's Centenary Charity Ball.
As part of our centenary celebrations we're delighted to announce a very special guest for our 'Audience with Warren Gatland' event
Attend a free, local first aid awareness session and learn lifesaving skills which could potentially save a life.
St John Cymru show support for LGBTQ+ Community with Rainbow Epaulettes at Pride Cymru's Big Weekend
We're on the lookout for 100 people to put their best foot forward and run this year's Cardiff Half Marathon for us.
Our Cadet of the Year takes the time to introduce herself and thank those closest to her for their support so far...
We've had a packed summer of events and there's even more to come!
We're delighted to share with you our 2018 award winners!
11-year-old Milly Roberts shows us that first aid really can be for everyone.
A Cardiff mum has expressed her thanks to St John Wales after using her first aid training to save her son from choking.


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New years frequently inspire people to consider making changes–break bad habits, establish new good habits, re-evaluate choices, and reflect on the good and the bad. We can then learn from all of those things in an effort to turn our lives around from any negative influences and move forward into healthier, happier lifestyles that include pursuing our dreams we may have put off for any number of reasons.
It's Women With Intention Wednesday again… which means focusing on something INTENTIONALLY, one step at a time.
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Deliberately, purposely, knowingly**
Since this new year has arrived, I thought I would share a resource I have found especially helpful. Considering the arrival of winter and the changes going on in Maine (manifesting as snow and ice, and cold, crisp temperatures), it seemed appropriate to me to discuss a resource that focuses on change and turning our lives around.
In fact, the name of this book is Turn Your Life Around, written by Dr. Tim Clinton, who is a Christian professor, counselor, and President of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC). It was actually this book (or God using the anointed message in this book) that helped me work through the pain, anger, and confusion over losing my Dad back in 2002, and the sense of loss and loneliness that lingered for years.
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Dr. Clinton's main focus is on overcoming pain, loneliness, and negative consequences of the past. The themes in the book include the following:
*Losing heart: the Descent into Pain
*Ambushed and assaulted
*Anger, Anxiety, Aloneness, Alienation, Arrogance
*Adulteries of the Heart and Addiction
*Alive Again!
*Accountability, Action, Attachments, Awareness, Assessment,
*Affection of God
*Recovery of the Heart: Coming Out of Pain
Here is an excerpt from chapter 2, "Anger: The Fiery Furnace of the Soul" —
"There is great hope for you–even when you feel helpless. Just as your life journey may lead you into disheartening circumstances, so the Lord God can lead you out.
Do you know someone who is filled with anger because life isn't the way it is supposed to be?
How about you? Are you fuming over something that has happened? Why? How long have you been frustrated inside? Can you see the path of anger in your own life?
What's sad is that when we don't make a course correction in our anger, life gets more complicated.
For some, the downward spiral stops here, where they confront life's challenges and bring anger under control.
For others–many others–the next dark step of descent is into deeper, more destructive anger.
Yet never forget that there is a way to come out of your pain and recover your heart!
Action Point: If you are deeply angry, face it. Acknowledge the source and seek to remedy whatever ignited this often-destructive emotion. Do you know someone who handles anger well? Ask him or her to give you some guidelines. And don't forget to ask God to help you make a course correction today, so you'll keep from traveling further down the spiral."
In this new year of 2019, I hope you are not going through any significant struggles in your life. But if you or any of your loved ones are, I hope you will consider purchasing this book. It is available at Amazon in ebook and bargain book prices — and no, this is not an affiliate link– I get nothing out of referring this book other than the reward of knowing someone's life may turn around from reading the book! 😉
So what do YOU think?
Have you ever heard of this book?
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In this story, the 78th in the series and the fourth starring Baker, The Doctor and his companions Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) and Harry (Ian Marter) find themselves on the barren wastelands of Skaro, the same planet first seen in the second Doctor Who story, 1963's The Daleks, which also introduced for the very first time the popular title menace. (The story, incidentally, was subsequently remade as Dr. Who and the Daleks, a 1965 theatrical feature starring Peter Cushing).
Anyway, back on Skaro, the Doctor is essentially blackmailed by a Time Lord (John Franklin-Robbins) into undertaking a perilous mission: stop the Daleks before they ever evolve into the merciless killers they'd soon become. The trio find themselves in the midst of an ages-old war between two humanoid races, the Kaleds and the Thals (the latter featuring prominently in "The Daleks"). There's also a third group of characters, the Mutos: radiation- and chemical weapons-scarred mutants leftover from past battles.
The Doctor, Sarah, and Harry are mistaken for Thal spies and interrogated by Ravon (Guy Siner) and later Nyder (Peter Miles), both slimy neo-Nazi types in the Kaleds' fascist regime. They also meet the Daleks' creator, the sinister Davros (Michael Wisher), not-quite-human creature with a single, cyclopsian artificial eye who, half-paralyzed, moves about with a wheelchair-type device that resembles the bottom half of a Dalek, and whose voice is likewise disturbingly Dalek-like.
Davros proved a big hit with viewers, to Doctor Who what Ernest Stavro Blofeld was to James Bond, or Professor Moriarty to Sherlock Holmes. Wisher, formerly a Dalek voice actor in previous stories, is superb: devious and unrepentantly evil yet coolly intellectual and persuasive, a formidable challenge for the Doctor. He'd return to the series repeatedly, though never again used quite this well.
The teleplay came about after the Daleks' literary creator, Terry Nation, was chastised by the show's producers for essentially recycling the same ideas in his last few scripts, and to whom they suggested something on the origins of the Daleks themselves. The result isn't especially original - it leans heavily on that old time travel chestnut: Given the chance, would you stamp out evil by destroying something innocent? Would you kill an infant Adolph Hitler to spare the world the carnage the future adult Hitler will create? Genesis of the Daleks deals with these issues in intelligent ways, however, and in any case is mostly is concerned with action and suspense, which it does rather well.
By 1975 standards, Genesis of the Daleks was considered quite grim and violent for what was still primarily a family show, though most children today would probably find it pretty tame.
Video & Audio
All six episodes of Genesis of the Daleks, running 142 minutes in all, are presented on Disc 1 of this two-disc set. Shot on a mix of videotape (for studio interiors) and film (for location exteriors) the shows look very good for their age. Unlike many Doctor Who stories which have been lost over the years, or exist only in part or were shot in color but survive only in black and white, Genesis of the Daleks is complete and entirely in color off good masters. The mono sound on all four shows is fine, and optional English subtitles are available. This reviewer's single complaint is that the long intro preceding the actual menu screens takes forever: an option to skip all the introductory material would be preferable.
Extra Features
As usual, the BBC has done an outstanding job here. Included on Disc 2 are two long documentaries. Genesis of a Classic runs 62 minutes and is presented in 16:9 widescreen. As one might expect, it's a thoroughly detailed "Making Of" featurette, with lots of great behind-the-scenes photos and new interviews Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Peter Miles, director David Maloney, and many others. (Michael Wisher, who died in 1995, discusses his role in an extensive, archived interview.) The show is long, but as with other BBC/Doctor Who features, this is extremely well done and also provides viewers an excellent primer on British television production methods of the 1970s.
Equally fun is The Dalek Tapes, also 16:9 running 53 minutes. This very entertaining documentary traces the evolution of the series' most popular menace, with clips from every series appearance, as well as the creatures' often oddball guest shots on other British shows, including Whicker's World and Blue Peter.
For those that can't get enough of Baker, Sladen, Miles, and director Maloney, an Audio Commentary Track on Disc 1 follows their reactions through all six shows and, to its credit, is pretty entertaining even after watching the story and Genesis of a Classic. The commentary can be listened to in conjunction with Information Text which appear like subtitles and provide gobs of background on both the series and this particular episode. (It's almost a book in itself, however; some may prefer reading the text, then listening to the commentary.)
Also included are six minutes worth of what's called Continuity Compilation, a set of BBC network bumpers and promos that originally aired at the head and tails of Genesis of the Daleks airings spanning four (!) decades. That this material survives at all is pretty amazing. (More recent promos from a few years back, when the program was rebroadcast on BBC 2, feature Daleks in the shape of the numeral "2." Cute.)
Excerpts from an episode of Blue Feature focus on a teenage model builder's miniature recreations of various sets and characters, while a Photo Gallery is crammed with good images. Both segments run about seven minutes.
DVD-ROM features include a Doctor Who Annual and Radio Times Billings, both in PDF format.
Parting Thoughts
Doctor Who - Genesis of the Daleks is exciting entertainment and high recommended for Doctor Who fans, while the feast of supplements make this a must-have.
Stuart Galbraith IV is a Kyoto-based film historian whose work includes The Emperor and the Wolf - The Lives and Films of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune and Taschen's forthcoming Cinema Nippon. Visit Stuart's Cine Blogarama here.


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I am trying to acquaint myself with different types of languages to understand the areas in which each one of them is extremely good at. So far, I have dabbled into C - a procedural language, C++ & java - static typed Object Oriented languages and groovy - a dynamic typed Object Oriented language.
Every programming language has probably been started to answer a need. And I presume every language is extremely good at at least one thing because of which it becomes a standard in a specific area or field. Like C, C++ have become standard in areas like browser or game development. Python in the Linux world for its easy scripting ability, Java in the enterprise world, etc.
Now I am interested to learn a functional programming language like Clojure or Lisp. So, where are functional programming languages used in real world scenarios? I don't think that one would use Clojure or Lisp for developing applications or UIs. So on what kind of projects should I indulge into after going through the basic tutorials and learning resources to get a brief understanding about the implementation of functional programming? And do you strongly recommend on One language in specific, like say clojure?


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December 18, 2011
(NaturalNews) Biotechnology giant Monsanto has been the leader in genetically modifying the planet, altering the genetic structure of crops and seeds that are consumed by individuals around the globe. Scientific research has found that GM crops and herbicides are not only leading to a number of health disorders, but they are also spawning mutated species of insects and powerful superweeds. This is only a couple of the ways that Monsanto continues to recklessly endanger human health and the environment — here are the complete 4.
1. GM crops consistently linked to organ problems, other biological damage
Despite hard evidence linking the consumption of GM crops to organ disruption and a host of other health ailments, Monsanto continues to push its GM crops on developing nations under the guise of solving world hunger and empowering local farmers. In a telling review of 19 studies analyzing the dangers of GM crops including corn and soybeans, scientists reached a shocking conclusion regarding the true safety of these ubiquitous food staples. Researchers concluded that consumption of genetically altered corn and soybean products can actually lead to significant organ disruption in rats and mice.
The organ damage was specific to the liver and kidneys, two organs that are vital in the cleansing of toxins. It is important to remember that over 93 percent of United States soybeans are genetically modified, and this number is increasing. What this means is that public health is continually being threatened by the global food supply, as evidenced by the major study review.
2. Bt-containing gmo crops are spawning mutated superbugs
Going beyond the initial genetic modification process, Monsanto also offers GM crops filled with a toxic biopesticide known as Bt. Incorporated into the crops to kill insects, Bt usage has led to the development of mutated insects that are resistant to the biopesticide. Insects that are continually exposed to Bt actually begin to develop a resistance to the toxin through the act of mutation. In present day, around 8 insect populations have mutated to resist Bt. Of the 8, 2 species are specifically resistant to Bt sprays and a staggering 6 are resistant to Bt crops as a whole.
As a result of the resistance, farmers are forced to increase their pesticide use. Meanwhile, Monsanto continues to genetically manipulate the Bt-filled crops further in an attempt to overcome the powerful mutations exhibited in the insect populations. Despite heavy modification, research has found that even further modified Bt crops provided 'little or no advantage' in fighting off the insects. If Monsanto chooses to continue with this process, it will undoubtedly lead to even more pesticide spraying.
3. Roundup creating superweeds spanning millions of acres
Superweeds now infest over 120 million hectares of farmland, all thanks to Monsanto's popular herbicide Roundup. Farms across the world are being infested with herbicide-resistant superweeds that show no sign of stopping. These are the very same farms that Monsanto claims to be assisting and empowering. The super resistant weeds developed an immunity to glyphosate, a primary herbicide that Roundup contains. In 2010, experts estimated the weeds to cover over 120 million hectares across the globe, 4.5 million of which are within the United States. Nations like Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Europe and South Africa are experiencing an increase in these superweeds.
When farmers have come to Monsanto seeking aid, Monsanto denies them any warranty. On their website, the company states "Roundup agricultural warranties will not cover the failure to control glyphosate resistant weed populations."
4. Monsanto is involved in creating aspartame
A 1999 investigation by The Independent revealed that aspartame is actually created using GM bacteria. The article, entitled "World's top sweetener is made with GM bacteria" included a Monsanto spokesperson admitting that aspartame was indeed created using genetically altered bacteria. According to the report, the Monsanto rep stated:
"We have two strains of bacteria – one is traditionally modified and one is genetically modified," said the source. "It's got a modified enzyme. It has one amino acid different."
Aspartame, of course, has been linked to brain tumors and other health conditions. Amazingly, one showed that of 48 rats experimented on, up to 67 percent of all female rats developed tumors roughly the size of golf balls or larger.
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We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we cant tolerate.William James
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The Bush Administration's failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our friendship with Israel, as well as badly damaging to our standing in the Arab world.Barack Obama
Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.Henry Ward Beecher
No good friends, no bad friends; only people you want, need to be with. People who build their houses in your heartStephen King


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Dropbox Security System Doesn't Lock Down Files, Says FTC Complaint
May 17, 2011 11:03 AM PT
The cloud-based storage system Dropbox is the most recent online provider to be criticized for misleading customers in terms of of privacy and security, according to an FTC complaint filed last week.
The complaint, brought by popular security blogger and Ph.D. student Christopher Soghoian, claims that Dropbox deceived customers by making them believe that its employees did not have access to their data.
In Terms of Service posted on its website, Dropbox previously stated that "all files stored on Dropbox servers are encrypted (AES256) and are inaccessible without your account password."
Additionally, the company said that "Dropbox employees aren't able to access user files."
However, AES256 encryption doesn't mean that files are secure, Soghoian points out.
Dropbox designed its backup system to deduplicate in order to cut pricey bandwidth costs, he suggests. What that means, basically, is that if two or more users were to upload the same file, Dropbox would save just one copy. That strategy saves on space used by the company, but it also calls into question Dropbox's privacy claims. In order to deduplicate, it must have encryption access keys to user downloads, contrary to what it was maintaining in its security statement.
Blog Wars
Soghoian first identified that inconsistency in a blog post last month, which apparently prompted Dropbox to reword the language in its Terms of Service. Instead of maintaining that files are "inaccessible without your account password," the ToS simply mention the encryption key the company uses.
DropBox addressed the concerns raised in Soghoian's blog post in a lengthy blog post of its own. In its defense, Dropbox claims its terms of service are "very similar" to those of Google, Apple, Skype and Twitter.
There are "a small number of employees who must be able to access user data when legally required to do so," Dropbox acknowledged in the post -- for example, when answering a subpoena.
"We believe this [FTC] complaint is without merit," DropBox spokesperson Julie Supan told the E-Commerce Times. "Millions of people depend on our service every day, and we work hard to keep their data safe, secure, and private." She declined further comment, pointing to the company's blog post.
It's unknown yet what kind of impact this could have on DropBox's business. At least one well-known security professional, John Callas, has deleted his Dropbox account. The former chief technology officer of PGP Corporation cited security concerns and company lies as reasons for getting rid of his account in a tweet last month.
Not all experts believe this is a sign of the times. Two Dropbox competitors, Spideroak and Tarsnap, use encryption keys known only to the user, Soghoian pointed out. It costs them more storage space, but privacy is guaranteed.
Consumers Will Rise Up
This is yet another wake-up call to consumers, said Avivah Litan, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner Research.
Consumers won't stand for a lack of privacy to become a byproduct of the increasingly de-privatized digital world, she maintained.
"I think they are slowly getting a rude awakening to just how insecure and privacy-invasive online services and social networks can be," Litan told the E-Commerce Times. "Over time, consumers will demand compliance with stronger security and privacy standards by their service providers."
This is a problem that extends beyond one data storage company, she noted. "This is not unique to just DropBox."


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This time of year spurs all kinds of childhood memories – including, for some of us, recollections of the infamous 1978 "Star Wars" holiday special, filled with song and interdenominational (not to mention intergalactic) cheer.
If the memories are more fuzzy than warm it's because the campy show – which features Princess Leia singing a carol based on the "Star Wars" theme and Chewbacca settling down to a hairy holiday meal with his family – hasn't been seen in its entirety since the first airing. (Thanks to the miracle of YouTube, snippets can be found online).
Thoughts of the special-that-was came to mind with the double dose of good news for those of us who appreciate a little farce with our Force. "Robot Chicken" is set to air its third "Star Wars" parody on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim Sunday. Meanwhile, the third "Family Guy" takeoff on the movie series – a spoof of "The Return of the Jedi" – is slated to be released Tuesday.
The parodies, like "Star Wars" itself, have proven durable because they're in strong creative hands. "Robot Chicken" creators Seth Green and Matthew Seinreich and "Family Guy" powerhouse Seth MacFarlane bring a mix of childlike reverence and teenager-like irreverence to the material.
The juxtapositions of George Lucas' world and ours are key to the comedy. In "Robot Chicken," we see Darth Vader at a ribbon cutting. The new "Family Guy" installment, called "It's a Trap!," features a cameo by Osama bin Laden popping up in the sands of Tatooine.
The shows share a creative sensibility – Green is the voice of Chris on "Family Guy" and MacFarlane often lends his versatile pipes to "Robot Chicken" – but take different approaches. The "Robot Chicken" device of using action figures as stop-motion animation characters works great for the slapstick, skit-like bits. "Family Guy" employs its cast of characters – Peter as Han Solo, Stewie as Vader, etc – in a comic, but relatively linear spoof of the flicks, much like a Mad magazine parody.
Both programs owe a debt to the granddaddy of "Star Wars" lampoons, Mel Brooks' 1987 "Spaceballs," which has found new life as a cartoon series, speaking to the power of "Star Wars" as a pop cultural touchstone.
"It's a Trap!" appears to be the final trip into "Star Wars" territory for "Family Guy." But Green and Seinreich are working with Lucas on an animated "Star Wars" comedy show.
"He wants to be silly with it too! He sees us having fun with it, he says, 'I want to have fun with it,'" Green recently told The Los Angeles Times.
Which leads us to wonder: if Lucas wants to have fun, then why doesn't he rerelease the 1978 TV holiday special? Meanwhile, we're looking forward to the latest "Star Wars" romps from "Robot Chicken" and "Family Guy." Check out the trailer for "It's a Trap!" here and here for a preview of the latest from "Robot Chicken."
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Wheelchair rugby is a team sport for male and female athletes with a mobility-related disability in at least three limbs. It is a unique sport created by athletes with a disability that combines some elements of basketball, handball, and ice hockey. The object of the game is to carry the ball across the opposing team's goal line. Two wheels must cross the goal line for a goal to count, and the player must have firm control of the ball when he or she crosses the line. All wheelchair rugby players compete in manual wheelchairs. Players must meet the minimum disability criteria of the sport and must be classifiable under the sport classification rules.
Wheelchair rugby was invented in 1977 in Winnipeg, Canada, by a group of quadriplegic athletes who were looking for an alternative to wheelchair basketball. They wanted a sport that would allow players with reduced arm and hand function to participate equally. The sport they created, originally called murderball, is now known as wheelchair rugby. One of the founders, Duncan Campbell, is on the organizing committee of 2010WWRC and is the National Co-ordinator for the Bridging the Gap Program with CWSA.
Wheelchair rugby first appeared outside Canada in 1979 at a demonstration at Southwest State University in Minnesota. The first Canadian National Championship was held the same year. The first team in the United States was formed in 1981 and the first international tournament, which brought together teams from the US and Canada, was held in 1982. Throughout the 1980s, other local and national tournaments took place in various countries. The first international tournament was held in 1989 in Toronto, Canada, with teams from Canada, the USA and Great Britain. This was a breakthrough for developing international competition and co-operation.
Wheelchair rugby first appeared at the World Wheelchair Games in 1990 as an exhibition event. In 1993, with 15 countries actively participating, the sport was recognised as an official international sport for athletes with a disability and the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) was established as a sport section of the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation (ISMWSF). Seven countries participated in wheelchair rugby at the 1993 Stoke Mandeville World Wheelchair Games. In 1994, wheelchair rugby was officially recognised by the International Paralympic Committee as a Paralympic sport. The first Wheelchair Rugby World Championships were held in Notwil, Switzerland, in 1995, with eight teams competing. In 1996, wheelchair rugby was included as a demonstration sport in the Atlanta Paralympic Games.
In 2000, Wheelchair Rugby was included for the first time in the Paralympic Games competition programme as a full-medal sport at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games. It was also featured at the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games, and the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. Wheelchair rugby is currently actively played in twenty-three countries and is under development in at least eight more. The IWRF currently includes three zones: Zone 1 (The Americas), with five active countries; Zone 2 (Europe), with fourteen active countries; and Zone 3 (Asia-Oceania), with four active countries. The next Wheelchair Rugby World Championships will be held in 2014.
Who can play
To be eligible to play, individuals must have a disability that affects both the arms and the legs. They must also be physically capable of propelling a manual wheelchair with their arms. Athletes with neurological disabilities must have at least three limbs with limited functions; athletes with non-neurological disabilities must have limited function in all four limbs. The majority of Wheelchair Rugby players have spinal cord injuries which have resulted in full or partial paralysis of the legs and partial paralysis of the arms. Other disability groups who are represented include polio, cerebral palsy, some forms of muscular dystrophy, dysmelia, amputations, and other neurological conditions such as Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Men and women are classified equally and compete on the same teams; there are no separate men's and women's competitions. However, teams are allowed an additional 0.5 points for each woman who is playing in the line-up on the court.
Athletes compete in manual wheelchairs. The rules of the sport include detailed specifications for the wheelchairs to ensure safety and fairness; in international competition, all wheelchairs must meet these requirements. To begin to play, any manual wheelchair may be used, although the game is easier when played in a specialized rugby wheelchair. Many players begin using wheelchairs adapted from wheelchair basketball. The game is played with a white ball identical in size and shape to a regulation volleyball. In addition to the ball, four cones, pylons, or other similar markers are required to mark the ends of the goal lines. A game clock is also required; any clock used for basketball, handball, or other similar sports will be sufficient.
Wheelchair rugby is played indoors on a regulation sized basketball court. Hardwood is the preferred playing surface, although other surfaces are acceptable. The playing surface must be accessible to people in wheelchairs. Any facility which can be used for wheelchair basketball will be sufficient for wheelchair rugby.


text: A man that cannot find enough compassion in his heart to forgive is a fool. We all make mistakes, but the fool continues trying to convince everybody that he is flawless. When you master the art of forgiveness you enter a safe harbour and gain peace of mind. An energy bubble surrounds each one of us. This energy field is charged by your predominant focus at any given moment in time. People can sense when anger, grief or revengeful thoughts are trapped in this energy field. You need to sanitize this invisible energy bubble that accompanies you wherever you go if you want to improve your health or lifestyle. Letting go of the past is a good place to start. The key to a clear energy field is forgiveness. Not only the forgiveness of others, but of yourself. Do not allow your past to hold you at ransom. Forgive yourself unconditionally and get on with the game of life. Even if the mistakes that you made in the past shook the world in its foundations you still need to put them behind you. Remember you are not the mistakes that you made. You are not your history. Let go of the past or unconditionally accept the current mediocre role or position that you are in. You cannot cross the bridge of life if you continue to keep your one foot on the yesterday's side of the bridge. If you want to cleanse yourself you will have to forgive yourself unconditionally. You must see past mistakes as stepping-stones. There is nothing you can do about past mistakes and poor choices that you made. Forgive yourself and learn from your mistakes. Be gentle with yourself. Only when you can become your own best friend will you begin to make real progress in life. If you want to forgive a person for what he or she has done to you, you will need to erase his wrongdoings or no real forgiveness can take place.


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'I don't view it as gun control, I view it as gun safety," says Biden.
"I don't view it as gun control, I view it as gun safety." That was Vice President Joe Biden's key message during a Google+ hangout on Thursday afternoon as his road show pitching the Obama administration's new gun proposals took to a friendly part of the web. But that's a version of what the NRA says, too, and Biden had some choice words for gun-rights advocates: "A shotgun will keep you a lot safer than an assault weapon," he said, and a shotgun is a better choice when the worst hits.
The "fireside chat" that had a noticeable lack of fire, but it kicked off with a question from YouTube star Philip DeFranco about the efficiency of Dianne Feinstein's just-unveiled gun legislation, and why Biden thinks an assault-weapons ban will be more effective than the one he helped get passed in 1994. Biden's argument was that while assault weapons don't account for a high number of murders, they are helping to outgun police officers, which he says is a major problem. "You have an individual right to own a weapon both for hunting and for self-protection," Biden said, but that doesn't mean assault rifles are the appropriate tools for the job.
Read more at The Atlantic Wire.


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...this solid pine coffin kit has an assembly time of 30 minutes with only a hammer and wood glue required for assembly.
An item being sold on Amazon.com (I just wish it was shaped like a toe-pincher coffin).
I love that it's in the Health & Personal Care section. And I LOVE this part at the bottom:
The Sandler All Wood Coffin Kit
Thanks, Wendy, for the great link.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
For A Nice Quick Burial
...this solid pine coffin kit has an assembly time of 30 minutes with only a hammer and wood glue required for assembly.
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5 comments:
- NecroBones said...
Too funny on that last part. It can still make a good prop, but I'm with you-- I really want the toe-pinchers.
- July 9, 2009 at 9:05 AM
- Wendy said...
To really really appreciate it in its fullness, one must also read the lovely customer reviews.
- July 9, 2009 at 9:11 AM
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- Sara said...
VeeGee's Mommy--you are so right! The comments are really funny.
- July 9, 2009 at 1:59 PM
- Jason-v said...
LOL!! Thats great, im actually in the very early process of making a toe pincher!!!
- July 9, 2009 at 7:05 PM
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What's got(ten) into (someone)?(redirected from what has gotten into them)
What's got(ten) into (someone)?
Why is someone acting in such an unusual or unpleasant way? What is upsetting or bothering someone? Jeff just screamed at me and stormed out of the room. What's gotten into him? What's got into Sarah? She's been avoiding me for days now. I don't know what has gotten into him lately. He just isn't acting like himself.
What's got(ten) into someone?
What is bothering someone?; What caused someone to act that way? (Past or perfect only. The has is contracted except for emphasis.) I just don't know what's gotten into her. I don't know what got into me.


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