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A few things come to mind, flavor-wise, when I think of my priest (shadow/disc).
WoW priests are *called* priests, and so very well might function as priests in the traditional sense of the term. In an RP scenario I can imagine the priest actually praying for the raid, for instance. They sometimes do very morally ambiguous things, like hurting others to heal their own party, and various mind-manipulation (Mind Blast, Mind Control), but then they can use their own strength of will to keep people alive (Pain Suppression, Power Word: Shield, etc).
It all seemed like a confused jumble to me, too, until I thought about Shadow Word: Pain and Shadow Word: Death, and all I could think about was the Dune series, and how Paul's name became "a killing word." With just a word, someone could die. (Shadow Word: Death.) WoW priests are like the Bene Gesserit "witches" in the Dune series! I'm not sure they were the inspiration for the class, but they have a lot of similarities. (For those who don't know, the Bene Gesserit did seem to serve as actual priests, or "reverend mothers," but also did shady things like breed certain bloodlines of humans to create a messiah that they could then control. (Political intrigue and manipulation in a sci-fi epic = fun times!)
I also imagine the priests in WoW might function like priests portrayed in movies about ancient Egypt. (I'm not saying anything about how Egyptian priests really were, but how I've seen them in film & TV.) The idea being you went to priests for healing, and for help with luck or conceiving a child or whatever. But then pissing a priest off might get you cursed or killed. So basically a priest wasn't just good or bad, but both sides of the coin. Egyptian priests were revered, very tight with the pharaoh, scholarly, etc, and knew the secrets of life and death. Very WoW priest-like, right?
I like to think my priest is practical. That's what I like about the class. When I want to get some herbs on the way from Dalaran to the Tournament Grounds, there are some undead and some human mobs that get in the way. I bubble, Mind Soothe the human, Shackle the undead, get my herb, and kill the undead without touching the human at all. The undead can cast some annoying slowing spell on me, which I can then dispel. I can also heal myself if I need it. WAY more fun and intricate than just smacking everything til it stops moving, which I do on my destro warlock (my old main).
tl;dr - WoW priests are Bene Gesserit/Egyptian priests/practical/scholars, and I'd like to add, I want someone at Blizzard to tell me what the hell it is my Blood Elf priest is actually worshipping (besides herself). (The sun, I hope.)
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now you made me remember how disappointed i was when i started leveling my priest, embraced the idea of changing a world by magical words and then realized the blizz didnt play out the idea... instead of holy word: heal all we have is... heal. I always loved the concept of cantations and any kind of linguistic magic. I think it works well with priests. But then lets not stop halfway, plz!


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Well, it was there briefly but now sold out, but the Iris and Striped Aura Pullover was uploaded today. I briefly considered getting it but $68 seems a bit steep.
Black Dance Studio Crops were uploaded. I tried these on but decided one pair of Wrens was enough for me.
The pretty long sleeve Swiftly in Clarity Gra/Lilac Snow and Classic Sport Gray/Black were uploaded.
The Violaceous Scuba was uploaded, too. I wonder why the Snorkel version wasn't also uploaded.
Oooh, the Sprinkler Pace setter pullover was just uploaded. I think this upload is better than last week's. I like this one a lot but I've spent so much this month I will hold off on this.
Oooh, the Iris and Snorkel Pacesetters also showed up. I put the Iris in my bag but restrained myself from ordering it. I am so tempted, though.
The black Run: Jog Skirt was also uploaded. Better get one quick. Jog skirts are selling out in hours, if not minutes.
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In a nut-shell: In the heart of the Lincolnshire Wolds, Cadwell's "mini-Nurburgring" is one of the most picturesque and dangerous circuits in the UK.
The Mountain is one of the most famous features in British racing, with so many bikes becoming airborne after its peak that it hardly seems worthwhile surfacing the succeeding yards.
Key to a good lap: Gearing is straightforward, relying as it does on the top straight. Accelerating hard with full lean to get round Chris Curve is important, though takes some getting used to.
Mastering the twisting descent of the Gooseneck will keep the pace up through a naturally slow section.
Watch out for: The climbs and descents of the track combine demanding twisty woodland sections with long fast curves on the downland summit. Cadwell is also is very narrow, requiring inch-perfect lines which the notorious bumps and jumps do their very best to upset.
The Mountain is a natural threat, but Charlies can be troublesome too: it's a fast, blind, double apex right-hander on which too-eager riders can come unstuck.
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Over the years, my boyfriends have feared my dad. He's a Vietnam vet -- combat wounded -- and rides a Harley. Even with a squirrel tattooed on his bicep, there is plenty to fear, mostly because of the size of said bicep. My dad and I have talked about some of those old boyfriends and who he liked and didn't like, but never once did we talk about sex. Oh gosh no. Burn my eardrums! Granted I'm a woman of a certain age and realize that perhaps the newest generation of parents of kids who are of the having sex age have a different set of "rules" when it comes to that kind of thing. Enter Ferrett Steinmetz, dad and blogger.
Anyone with the name Ferrett has to be cool, but I am a fan of unusual names so I'm partial. But Ferrett really is cool -- he is daring to say something that's profound to some and totally amazing to me. He wrote an open letter to his daughter in a blog post titled: "Dear Daughter: I Hope You Have Some F*c&ing Awesome Sex."
Now I cannot imagine my own father even writing such a thing 457 years ago when I was starting out on my sexual crusades, but I can imagine myself writing this same kind of letter to my kids when they get older. I know it's different though because I'm a mom and Ferrett's a dad and there's just something intrinsically different when it comes to dads talking to their daughters about sex. It has an ick factor that I need to stop icking about because I'd like to think I'm current and with it and I certainly don't want to create any unnecessary hang-ups for my kids. I've also written a sex book. I hope my kids would want to read it someday. But that may be a whole other ick factor ... for them.
Ferrett's open letter, however, is the antithesis of the notion that SEX IS BAD! It will kill you and boys will use you. Instead, he's essentially saying, Go on, girl. Find love. Feel love. Enjoy love. His words:
Look, I love sex. It's fun. And because I love my daughter, I want her to have all of the same delights in life that I do, and hopefully more. I don't want to hear about the fine details because, heck, I don't want those visuals any more than my daughter wants mine. But in the abstract, darling, go out and play. Because consensual sex isn't something that men take from you; it's something you give. It doesn't lessen you to give someone else pleasure. It doesn't degrade you to have some of your own.
See? Ferrett is so cool! I love my mom, but when she found out I was having sex 457 years ago, she told me I was just another notch in his belt. It made me feel like crap and that sex was a very bad thing that I shouldn't be doing. She may have been right in some ways (I haven't always had the best taste in men), but it also made me think that sex was just for his pleasure and clearly not my own. Granted that's a whole other issue many of us women have, and perhaps our hang-ups originate from these kind of notions. (*Scratches head*) Maybe that's why women don't hit their sexual peak until we're in our 30s (or 40s) because it takes us that long to get over all the nonsense our heads were filled with about how SEX IS BAD! Nice girls don't have sex. Nice girls certainly don't enjoy sex. These are lies. Lies. Lies. Lies I do not want to perpetuate to my own daughter.
Maybe Ferrett is exactly the kind of dad we need to have a new kind of sexual revolution. The way our parents are to us when we were younger, and the way we are to our own children as they grow up, shapes everything in their lives. This includes their sex lives. We want them to grow up with healthy thoughts about sex. Because sex is a part of life -- it gives us life in more ways than the obvious. He writes:
But I won't tell you sex is bad, or that you're bad for wanting it, or that other people are bad from wanting it from you if you're willing to give it. I refuse to perpetuate, even through the plausible deniability of humor, the idea that the people my daughter is attracted to are my enemy. I'm not the guard who locks you in the tower. Ideally, I am my daughter's safe space, a garden to return to when the world has proved a little too cruel, a place where she can recuperate and reflect upon past mistakes and know that here, there is someone who loves her wholeheartedly and will hug her until the tears dry.
This is exactly what our kids need to know. Ferrett ends the letter wishing his daughter: "A bold life filled with big mistakes and bigger triumphs. Now get out there and find all the things you fucking love, and vice versa." Those are words to live by. For all of us -- old, young, father, son, mother, and daughter.
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At least you're willing to admit that you're a sexist. Perhaps, you'll work on that bigotry one day.
My dad told me he wanted me to enjoy sex when I grew up. Not in front of the whole world like this douche but appropriately when the subject came up. I told him I wanted to wait for marriage to have sex. He sighed (I thought happily) and then he totally shocked me by telling me he thought that was a horrible idea. It was my 19th birthday and we were making a six hour drive and the subject just came up. He said he was glad that I waited to have sex since I admitted there was no one I'd wanted to have sex with and then he just layed out his opinion for me. That he felt sex was for love but that he's been in love more than once. He then compared waiting for sex until marriage to buying a car before you test drive it (gotta love dad's and their metaphors.) I still laugh to do this day when I think about him earnestly saying that 'you might think you love a car but once you drive it you could find out its the worst ride of their life or worse that it doesn't know how to get where you need to go.' Then red cheeks a mummbled 'someday you'll know what I mean' before he abrutly changed the subject. That's the last time we ever had a talk about sex but it did change how I looked at it. Yes good girls can like sex, heck they should love sex but I still don't think that means she shares it with EVERYBODY.
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The latest Scholar Athlete of the Week is making her mark in three sports and the classroom. NY1's Jon Weinstein filed the following report.
Richmond Hill High School's Marfray Hernandez says she's motivated to succeed every day by one special person in her life.
"My mom, she's a single mother, she does a lot work, a lot of bills, time isn't easy right now and she inspires me, she's my Wonder Woman," says Marfray.
Marfray is undoubtedly making her mother proud. Her favorite class is "leadership" where her teacher says she's almost always the first to raise her hand and participate. Even in a class full of the school's best, she stands out.
"She just stands up for what she believes in, and I must say shes very outspoken and I've been very enamored with her behavior and the way she interacts with the class and the way she presents herself," says Carinne Hackshaw, Marfray's leadership teacher.
It's clear these qualities come naturally to Marfray, she's the captain of three separate sports teams: Bowling in the Fall, basketball in the winter and softball in the spring. She's constantly encouraging and motivating her teammates.
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"You have captains that are rude and obnoxious, not me. I'm down to earth with my teammates, I joke around and then there's a time and place to get serious and they know that," says Marfray.
Marfray also contributed to her family's income by working a part time job. She worked as an intern with the Queens district attorney's office. She's also a member of the National Honor Society and the Key Club.
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Comic-Con 2013: Movies preview
'Elysium,' 'Catching Fire' and 'The Wolverline' likely to have a big presence
this year
By Don KayeSpecial to MSN Movies
The 2013 edition of San Diego's annual Comic-Con International is
around the corner, which means that studios, TV networks, game publishers, comic
book sellers and many more are preparing to promote their wares to more than
125,000 eager fans at the annual four-day pop/geek-culture blowout. Comic-Con
kicks off this year on Thursday, July 18, and wraps on Sunday, July 21, and
during that stretch hundreds of exhibitors and retailers will unveil their
upcoming goodies; countless panels, interviews and presentations will fill the
halls and conference rooms; and thousands of fans will clog the San Diego
Convention Center with glee.
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What can we expect to see this year in terms of movie presentations, which
are primarily held in the cavernous Hall H? As usual, the full schedule won't
come out until around two weeks before the show, but based on the information
we're starting to get from publicists, as well as poring over release dates, we
can make some pretty educated guesses as to which movies will get their day in
court with the 6,000 lucky fans gathered at any time in Hall H.
Related: Comic-Con 2013: TV
preview | TV shows at Comic-Con 2013
There are always certain presentations we look forward to -- Marvel, Warner
Bros., Sony Pictures -- but all we know for sure is to expect the unexpected,
and to be open to some genuine surprises. Here's a breakdown of what we'll be
looking for, studio by studio. See you there!
Warner Bros. Pictures: Last year Warner Bros. (and its
producing partner, Legendary) blew the roof off the place with a three-hour
presentation that included amazing first looks at "Man of Steel," "The Hobbit," "Pacific Rim" and even a short glimpse of "Godzilla." "Pacific Rim" opens the week before the
show, but we certainly expect to see some marketing for it happening at the
convention (and of course Guillermo del Toro is likely to be there, as always).
James Wan's highly hyped new horror movie, "The Conjuring," opens that same weekend, so it's
very possible that the studio might squeeze in a presentation or even a
screening to get the word of mouth happening.
As for upcoming releases, we expect the WB to give the big push to "Gravity" (Oct. 4), the stranded-in-space thriller
from director Alfonso Cuaron that stars George Clooney and Sandra Bullock. We don't anticipate seeing either
star in Hall H, but we hope to get an eyeful of new footage. Look also for "The Seventh Son" (Oct. 18), a supernatural dark
fantasy starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore. We also imagine that Peter
Jackson and company will return to give us a peek at Dec. 13's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug."
Looking even further ahead, we might get early looks at "The Lego Movie" (February 2014), "300: Rise of an Empire" (March 2014) and "Transcendence" (April 2014) -- although that last
one is directed by Christopher Nolan's cinematographer, Wally Pfister, so don't
be surprised if the famous Nolan Cone of Silence remains intact around it. And
then, of course, there's "Godzilla" (May 2014), which is filming now. Will
Comic-Con be where we get our first glimpse of what the big green lizard looks
like? Fingers crossed ...
Disney, Marvel and LucasFilm: Disney has become the umbrella
company now for such huge fan-centric properties that we have to take each one
individually. The big question, of course, will be about "Star Wars: Episode VII." Will a title be
announced? A star? What about Marvel? Will we get some footage from "Thor: The Dark World" or some news on Phase 3?
Related: Will Marvel announce 'Doctor
Strange' at Comic-Con?
Sadly, it looks like we won't be getting anything from Walt Disney Pictures
itself or LucasFilm: Disney has its own expo called D23 every other August, and
since it's happening this year (down in Disneyland), film marketers are most
likely going to preview upcoming releases like "Maleficent" (July 2014), "Need for Speed" (March 2014), "Muppets Most Wanted" (March 2014) and "The Good Dinosaur." (May 2014) at that event.
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Has anyone else heard about this one?
The guy is Ronald Weinland: "first and foremost the pastor of God's Church. He has been a minister in the Church of God for more than twenty-five years. Every Saturday he speaks to a church congregation, but generally in different locations across the United States…
His book blurb says:
"The year 2008 marked the last of God's warnings to mankind and the beginning in a countdown of the final three and one-half years of man's self-rule that will end by May 27, 2012.
"On December 14, 2008, the First Trumpet of the Seventh Seal of the Book of Revelation sounded, which announced the beginning collapse of the economy of the United States and great destruction that will follow. The next three trumpets will result in the total collapse of the United States, and once the Fifth Trumpet sounds the world will be thrust into WW III.
"The Seven Trumpets of the Seventh Seal, as well as the Seven Thunders of the Book of Revelation (which the apostle John saw but was restricted from recording) are revealed in this book.
"Many of the prophecies of the Seven Thunders are being fulfilled and will continue to increase in strength and frequency throughout this final three and one-half years of man's self-rule on earth.
"The prophecies revealed in this book explain the demise of the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, and much of western Europe, which will be followed by man's final world war. This last war will be the result of clashing religions and the governments they sway. Billions will die! The destruction of this time will far exceed the very worst times of all human history.
"As these events unfold, the world will increasingly become aware of the authenticity of the words in this book and realize that Ronald Weinland has been sent by God as His end-time prophet.
"This book is primarily directed to the people of the three major religions of the world (Islam, Judaism and Christianity), whose roots are in the God of Abraham. Ronald Weinland has been sent to all three."
there's a link here:
Google throws up a lot of hits — more than one might reasoably have expected…
I am automatically suspicious of any book of "prophecy" which trumpets the glories of the prophet ("As these events unfold, the world will increasingly become aware of the authenticity of the words in this book and realize that Ronald Weinland has been sent by God as His end-time prophet.") or uses secret revelations (the Thunders which John was restricted from recording). I wonder if he's started working on the second edition that will be released to foretell a new date when this one passes uneventfully.
Great. Another predicition. They're hard to keep up with. Thanks for letting us know, Mike (gee, thanks). I have to add though, that the more and more unstable the world seems (and it certainly is), the more these guys can exploit people's fears and make money off of it. I mean, if he really is a prophet, I'd liek to know why he needs to turn a buck off of it? Really. He won't need it anyway, will he? I wish noone would give them any media attention. It's bad " energy".
Weiland appears to be the founder of the "Church of God - Preparing for the Kingdom of God". He doesn't seem to be connected to the "major" Church of God denomination(s).
"In case of rapture, headbutt"
--FBI agent
Here's a docu on the bloke (NSFW -- cool stuff starts at around :32)
Many thanks to all of my clients.
You will note that Para 177c on your insurance contract points out that premiums are non-refundable if the end of the world failed to eventuate on 27 May as predicted — I, personally, was amazed — but think how happy you'd be if it had.
I regret that I am now no longer at the pre-Armageddon address you have for me.
I hope you'll renew our relationship when the End-of-the-World is next predicted. I'll be in touch then.
In the meantime, remember you are living on borrowed time.
Perhaps we should not be laughing so hard. Perhaps May 27th was the start of the Zombie Apocalpse.. After recent news events in the US, the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, put out a denial because of so many people asking about a Zombie apocalypse. Zombies and Zombie Apolopsyse were trending in the top 20 serach items on Google. Also we know when big US governemnt types are forced to put out a denial that something is happening, they are usually covering up the truth
So perhaps May 27th was just the begining of the end.
.Be prepared
The Center for Disease Control has this FAQ Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse
I wonder if these guys, http://www.aftertherapturepetcare.com/, signed up any more contacts last month?
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My week 2 layout - I decided to create a memorial page for my son. He never gave up; I won't give up on figuring out this challenge!
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Dear Christina,
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I´d to calm down before going into myself.
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This is prompt2 _ I love the quote and wish I´d heard it earlier !
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Took me forever to work out what to do with the paper edges. I added the zigzag accent to the top and bottom then a stroke and used a brush to soften the hard edges - Not sure about it. Then there's the wordart....It'll do for the moment...I used Mom's typewriter and changed letter colours to match ...I'm still building up my skill levels on WA.
The 'milk accent, from the Stash Builder 2, fits in perfectly with my mindset theme of the page.
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It opens by noting that as we grow to maturity, society enforces on us the need to "take care," to "forego opportunities" of making mischief, noise, and trouble, or of getting hurt. "Personal development is the process by which the individual learns to forego these opportunities voluntarily, even while his capacity to destroy the world immediately around him increases. And this foregoing is usually so well-learned that students of social life fail to see the systematic desisting"—isn't that a wonderful phrase for self-control?—"that routinely occurs in daily living, and the utter mayhem that would result were the individual to cease to be a gentleman. Appreciation comes only when we study in detail the remarkable disruption of social settings produced by hypomanic children, youthful vandals, suicidals, persons pathologically obsessed by a need for self-abasement, and skilled saboteurs."
The social benefits of peace and quiet are obvious. Yet, notes Goffman, by arranging our lives to avoid what he calls the "eventful," "fateful," or "consequential," we inevitably neglect the cultivation of some important qualities. In particular, the more active virtues—those encapsulated in the Greek term arete—can neither be demonstrated nor earned by playing it safe. "Serious action"—gambles and risks—thus offers "a means of obtaining some of the moral benefits of heroic conduct without taking quite all of the chance of loss that opportunity for heroism would ordinarily involve. But serious action itself involves an appreciable price."
In the end only those who engage in "fateful" activities can truly test their characters, discovering in themselves and simultaneously revealing to others such qualities as courage, a game spirit, self-discipline, presence of mind, poise. Grace under pressure, Goffman reminds us, can only be shown during "action," as he demonstrates with anecdotes about the coolness displayed by professional gamblers, pool hustlers, and even those condemned to the gallows. To live by the toss of the dice or to accept death with aplomb requires a consummate self-possession, which is the essence of character. No one becomes a hero by staying at home, going to the office, and attending church.
With the richness of his kaleidoscopic thought, there are few better interpreters of modern metropolitan life than Erving Goffman: every day in our cities people play their ever-changing roles, then gripe about them in dark bars at the end of the working day. We all try to "pass," or desperately scramble to protect our secrets; each of us suffers sudden disappointments that require consolation, and to every man or woman there eventually comes a moment of decision and the chance to act with courage or generosity. To Erving Goffman we human beings are all on the same merry-go-round, but each of us displays a different attitude to the ride. In the meantime, around and around we go!


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Unanimously Adopts Resolution 1606 (2005)
Unanimously adopting resolution 1606 (2005) this afternoon, the Security Council requested the Secretary-General to initiate negotiations with the Government of Burundi and consultations with all Burundian parties concerned on how to implement his recommendations regarding the creation of a mixed Truth Commission and a Special Chamber within the country's court system, and to report back by 30 September 2005 on details, including costs, structures and time frame.
The Council took that action in the wake of an open briefing on
15 June 2005, during which Ralph Zacklin, Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, presented the report of a Secretariat mission to . That mission recommended the establishment of a two-part mechanism to clarify the historical truth regarding the conflict in that country, investigate the crimes committed, and bring those responsible to justice. Burundi
The mission, led by Tuliameni Kalomoh, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, recommended that the proposed Truth Commission be set up under existing national law with a mandate to establish the historical facts of the conflict, determine its causes and nature, classify the crimes committed since independence in 1962, and identify those responsible. The Special Chamber would have the competence to prosecute those bearing the greatest responsibility for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
According to the mission, the experience gained in establishing parallel judicial and non-judicial accountability mechanisms in
and Sierra Leone East Timorwould be helpful in determining the relationship between the Truth Commission and the proposed judicial accountability mechanism. The expeditious establishment of a Truth Commission would ensure that, by the time a Special Chamber was established, the results of the Commission's investigations could be shared with the prosecutor of the Special Chamber.
During the same briefing,
's Justice Minister, said his Government supported the mission's recommendation, but pointed out that the distinction between the national Truth Commission and an international judicial commission of inquiry requested in July 2002 by then-President Didace Kiganahe, Burundi Buyoya was not clear, and that there was a clear risk of overlap. He said the national judicial structure was unable to deal with complex cases of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Pierre
However, the Minister said the mission's recommendations had met the dual concerns of the political negotiators in Arusha and the people of
, which was to establish the truth and then to bring to justice and punish the guilty. Furthermore, the Government also wished that, beyond establishing truth and justice, reconciliation should be placed at the heart of peace and national unity. He noted also that the reconciliation aspect of the proposed Truth Commission was not adequately emphasized and cautioned that the very credibility of the system being put in place would depend on its enjoying adequate funding during its entire operation. Burundi
Today's meeting began at and ended at
Council Resolution
The full text of resolution 1606 (2005) reads, as follows:
"The Security Council,
"Reaffirming its support for the process of the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement for
, signed at Arusha on Burundi 28 August 2000,
"Convinced of the need, for the consolidation of peace and reconciliation in Burundi,to establish the truth, investigate the crimes, and identify and bring to justice those bearing the greatest responsibility for crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Burundi since independence, to deter future crimes of this nature, and to bring an end to the climate of impunity, in Burundi and in the region of the Great Lakes of Africa as a whole,
"Emphasizing that appropriate international assistance to
is to help the Burundian people end impunity, promote reconciliation, and establish a society and government under the rule of law, Burundi
"Having taken note of the letter addressed on 24 July 2002 by the then President of the Republic of Burundi, Pierre Buyoya, to the Secretary General to request the establishment of an international judicial commission of inquiry, as provided for in the Arusha Agreement,
"Having also taken note of the report transmitted by the Secretary-General to the Security Council on
11 March 2005(S/2005/158), following on the assessment mission he had dispatched to , from 16 to Burundi 24 May 2004, to consider the advisability and feasibility of establishing such a commission,
"Having heard the opinion of the Transitional Government of Burundi, presented by its Justice Minister, Didace Kiganahe, on 15 June 2005, on the recommendations contained in this report, which aim at the creation of a mixed Truth Commission and a Special Chamber within the court system of Burundi,
"Acknowledging the crucial importance of reconciliation for peace and national unity in
and sharing the view that a future Truth Commission should contribute to it, Burundi
"1. Requests the Secretary-General to initiate negotiations with the Government and consultations with all Burundian parties concerned on how to implement his recommendations, and to report to the Council by 30 September 2005 on details of implementation, including costs, structures and time frame;
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Don't Get Too Excited by the Prospects for the Dollar Stores
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Investors can be forgiven for thinking that all is well with the outlook for the dollar stores after Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) rose sharply in post-earnings trading. However, in reality, there were some warning signs for the economy in the report. Moreover, the underlying story in these earnings is of how well the company is adjusting to weak market conditions. Dollar General (NYSE: DG) and Dollar Tree(NASDAQ: DLTR) were marked up in sympathy, but it would be a mistake to assume that they will report in a similar manner to Family Dollar.
More margin pressure
In common with Dollar General, Family Dollar is seeing margin pressure as its sales mix shifts towards lower-margin consumables and away from higher-margin discretionary items. In fact, the share of consumables rose to 72.5% of total sales, compared to 68.9% last year. In contrast, Dollar Tree managed to benefit from margin expansion by growing its sales mix in the other direction. However, this appears to be an isolated case amongst the mass market retailers.
Family Dollar actually highlighted industry data that suggested that its typical consumer was spending less in the marketplace, but more at its stores. This is not a great sign for the economy. This data also implies that if there is growth to be generated, it will come at the expense of its competition. Family Dollar is likely taking share from the supermarkets within the grocery category. Unfortunately, consumables like tobacco and groceries are not really high-margin items. So even as Family Dollar expands sales in these areas, it will not see gross margin expansion.
These trends are nicely illustrated with a look at the company's sales and margin trends over the last few years. Note the company's forecast for the next quarter is for an anemic-looking 2% same store sales growth. This is a bit disappointing, because even though the first quarter was weak for most retailers due to a number of issues (payroll tax increases, tough weather comps, tax refund delays and the sequester), the second quarter was supposed to be a more favorable environment.
On the other hand, the positive news is that gross margins were forecast to be almost flat in the next quarter, much to the liking of the markets.
Why the market likes these results
The real takeaway of these results is how Family Dollar is adjusting to a slower sales environment. Gross margins were predicted to be almost flat in the fourth quarter, and in the conference call, the management discussed the possibility for them to be flat in 2014 as well. There are a number of reasons for a more positive outlook for both gross and operating margins:
- The company has adjusted to the slower sales environment and is now highly focused on reducing things like freight, distribution center, and advertising costs.
- It is starting to lap the unfavorable mix shift movements from last year, so comparisons will get easier.
- Management spoke of some recent improvements in its core discretionary businesses and spoke of the beginnings of stabilization.
The last point is the key, because Dollar Tree has already managed to do this in 2013, while Dollar General was punished by the market in early June when it lowered guidance thanks to weakness in its discretionary sales. In addition, Family Dollar is somewhat playing catch-up because its discretionary merchandising decisions were below par in 2012. In short, Family Dollar tried to increase sales with discretionary items like clothing, but found it a tough sell to its customers.
Why you shouldn't get too excited
In putting these points together, it's hard not to be puzzled as to why the market dragged the other two dollar stores up in sympathy. Family Dollar didn't have many good things to say about the economy. In addition, if it really is winning market share, then the other dollar stores could be missing out.
Also, the dollar stores have tended to report similar trends in same store sales (as shown in the graph below), but they have tended to differ in how they deal with sales mix issues and getting their discretionary sales right.
In conclusion, if these results were all about Family Dollar adjusting to a slower sales environment, then there isn't a strong reason to think that Dollar Tree and Dollar General are about to shoot the lights out in their next reports. Don't get too excited.
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