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It's easy. Stop being a douche bag.
Getting the police involved will further ostracize this kid.
But Dad should definitely get involved by teaching and encouraging his son to fight back.
Would it be a distressing report if the 12 year old was black and being bullied by a dozen white kids? I'm sure it will be a distressing report in three weeks when SPD responds to a shots fired at a school by student who was bullied.
My dad thought the same way that you did so I never felt like I could go to him with all of my bully problems. Instead I constantly hid in plain site, faked stomach aches to go home, and generally did shitty in school.
So Charles, do your potential offspring a favor and don't have them.
Fucking idiot.
Gimme your lunch money, Charles.
Oh, my God. Charles.
As a professional working in mental health services, I have seen the results of bullying's effects on some kids and it's not pretty. It is the reason why many children miss attending school everyday across the nation. We all need to teach children to solve their problems without using violence. Otherwise they will grow up and become presidents.
Chaz...just because your parents didnt do something doesnt mean you should lecture parents on how they do things. especially if you are an indication of your parent's rearing.
Just to make sure: my #1 comment was aimed at Charles and his past, not the boy discussed.
When I fought back my dad beat me, so I was getting it at school and getting it at home. Better to get your ass beat than become a bully yourself.
You have to be kidding me? What if this kid is always singled out and bullied, its never an exchange? Perhaps he's a different race, or more fem, or just odd. The dad shouldnt have called the cops, but gone to the school hell yes. You can't just let bullying continue to "build character" because some kids get pushed too far and they push back with violence on a massive scale. Charles, please don't have children until you spend more time with children. I bet if that boy told you his story you wouldnt tell him to buck up and spit out the blood.
As a Dad, I can related to the whole "this is how it was for me as a kid, so this is how it should be for my kids" view of parenting. Fortunately for my kids, my wife is smart enough to convince me how fucking stupid this line of reasoning is.
I have to say this. Sometimes I think you think you think so well and so much that basically you aren't thinking at all. Like, ever.
the funniest thing is, if this kid went on to kill someone, charles put some ridiculous marxist spin on it.
I used to think along similar lines because I never had a serious problem with bullying as a child. But when I was working on the anti-bullying bill a few years ago, I kept hearing all these stories from adults who were STILL traumatized and seething with rage about their children tormentors. On one radio call in show, the caller basically said--in a suddenly shaking and emotional voice--that if he could find the bully today he would torture him to death. So clearly, not everyone holds the same "kids will be kids...it's no big deal" view as Mr. Mudede. Just ask the victims of Columbine or other school shootings were bullying was a likely cause for the adolescent angst.
Anyway, I've always thought it was amazing that adults could be so dismissive of this kind of violence. If someone chased you around and gave you a "knuckle sandwich" I'm pretty sure you wouldn't laugh it off. You would probably call the police and they would probably charge the offender with assault. If the law protects adults in this way, we should certainly do the same for kids.
on second thought, this might be a cultural thing. first, there were no guns in my boyhood world, so fighting wasn't so dangerous. next, i went to a boy's school, and so fights were very common and usually ended in strong friendships.
This might be a cultural thing? Just admit you're wrong for a change.
chaz, im sure you thought they were friendships. all that is the most chicken shit escape i have ever seen from a terrible almost indefenseble position ever.
I think it's great the dad's getting the police involved. Bullies need to learn at a younger age they can't get away with beating the crap out of people. Maybe juvenile intervention will keep these bully kids from growing up into bully adult (assholes). I was bullied in the 6th grade by a group of boys. You know who stuck up for me? Elain Sturgis, that's right a girl. So yeah I'd rather have the police do it. That would certainly be less humiliating for the boy...
The father and/or mother should be available for consultation and advise their offspring to fight back either with words or deeds. Doing nothing just invites more bullying.
Bullying completely sucks.
The authorities should never intervene in any assaults, beatings, or domestic violence. As long as the combatants get to work on time, meet production deadlines, and get good grades, leave them alone to sort it out on their own. The ones who survive will feel much better about themselves and the police will have more time to protect the shrubbery.
I have respect for parents who take their kids to martial arts classes that teach their kids how to defend themselves.
And we are a nation of pussies that breeds pussies.
ALL THAT SAID, I have to wonder why the school allows said bullies to run after and pound up this kid day after day without having taken any action whatsoever. The dad's not necessarily questioning his son's manhood as much as questioning why the fuck school officials aren't doing shit about this recurring problem.
My father's advice about school fights was simple and effective:
Win or lose, land at least one good punch.
Any loss became a win; I never had to go a second time with anyone once they got a bit of the knuckle sandwich put back on their plate. And then there was Billy Cahill who, to my amazement, when his constant bullying pushed me to the point of my starting to swing one day, crumpled like a lawnchair under my underdog counterpunching. Pivotal moment for him in front of everybody. I smile typing this.
Happy Father's Day, dad.
@22 and when karate class doesn't work is that when Dad should buy the first handgun? or does that come after the switchblade?
Charles- Seattle doesnt have much of a gun culture/problem. But I think you're right in that its a cultural difference.
Im sure it was different for you growing up in Rhodesia, but its always different for those of us who fought back and those that are either too scared or feel too weak.
I grew up in Philly, specifically in Camden on the Jersey side, and there you were "called out" by bigger boys in elementary school, and you better fight back or you were in for a long miserable childhood.
I think Seattle is not as predatory, and I think dads should teach kids how to fight back or stand up for themselves. If the kid is too weak or too much of a recluse, than the dad should enroll him in a Brazilian jiu jitsu class. The dad shouldnt back off. He should raise hell in school, he should demand that they enforce their anti bullying policy. If anything the kid will feel protected even if he is getting whupped. But I think a dad should Teach your kid how to fight,its just as important as fractions. A few licks and the little chumps will back off.
"But, honestly, how can a father have such a low opinion of his son? A mother, yes. But a father?"
oh charles.
While I think school officials should have been contacted before police, some adult damn well should intervene. I know that it's unlikely we'll have a Columbine event in Seattle, we do have suburbs.
Holy Crap Mr Muende...
How much do you charge for rent in that empty skull of yours.
Mr. Poe is SO right.
A side note: I love it when morons with NO children start lecturing people WITH children on how to raise them.
Perhaps Charles your mother and father stayed out of your getting your ass kicked all the time because deep down, they knew what a fucking asshole you are.
ecce homo: i have two kids, a boy and a girl. the boy is 11. because he has some size to him, he has no bullying problems.
Maybe he is a bully. That wouldn't suprise me in the least. Or wait till high school. That'll be funny.
And weren't you some badass child soldier? Toting a gun and waxing some serious ass?
The biggest threat a bully has is the threat of violence. When a bully looks around and picks YOU, the most humiliating thing a bully can cause through action is a) to have no one intervene, and b) to have someone else intervene on your behalf.
Please do not express any thoughts that you nkow would go against our mushy Seattle views.
Especially if they are about gender roles.
Peace, peace, peace, genders are the same, the same, the same, peace, peace, peace, ommmmmmmmmmmm...Now, isn't that better than all that comparing/observing/thinking and oh my golly, debating and arguing that seems to go on in Rhodesia and Phildelphia and all those yucky non-Seattle places? Ok now that you believe what we all believe -- we are cool. peace out.
Oh yes, lets further the stereotype that boys should be rough fighting dickwad's in hierarchical system of the oppressed and oppressors. So little Johhny, that bloody nose is just the way things are, dog eat dog and all that jazz.
I was never physically abused in school, but I do know what it's like to be singled out and ostracized. This father is simply at his wits end trying to protect his child. If this were girls no one would ever think to say the things you said in your post.
God, you sound like fucking Ward Cleaver only full of more shit.
#30: How would you know?
Builds character, that's what my dad always said. I totally agree, so I like to spend my free time going around the elementary schools and beating the crap out of a few random boys. Little fuckers think they're tough until they meet up with me and my friends Hillerich and Bradsby. The ones that survive will at least know they can take a beating.
In other words, Charles, you're insane.
its funny how chaz does that 34. he hates a system where the strong (a large definition of strong) survive and the weak dont; capitalism, but then he is all for letting his son get beat up wholesale.
For all we know the father did go to school officials and they refused to do anything or their actions had no effect.
I'm more than happy to see violent bullies locked up for their behavior. Force the sniveling brats to see that their actions have consequences. Bonus points if it forces their parents to realize that their precious angels are neither.
I was teased in an all girls school until I slapped one tormenter in the face,real hard, and astonished everyone. The incident made me more comfortable getting aggressive when I felt threatened, and most of the time it has helped. Later, when my little brother was bullied I took his assailant- 6 years younger than me, and shook the hell out of him. No more bullying. The world isn't a pretty place most of the time and parents can't always be there to help. Just another point of view.
Charles, My dead chap, the other key difference is that you obviously went to a private British styled priviliged school. I'm sure your neighbours and school mates looked different than the public academies in Zimbabwe. Perhaps in other schools defence was not an option for other lads.
What was it like for the poor in Harare? A lot to which you obviously did not belong to.
I bet a lot worse than you had it.
I hate to agree w/ Charles and Bellevue Ave, but how are boys going to learn that assault is accepted and rewarded if they don't learn it young. If some guys coming at you on the floor of the exchange and you don't swing that board with the nail through it with some force, you are going to get your skull cracked open (oh, and you'll never get your trade executed). To paraphrase Adam Smith 'it's a fucking jungle out there.' Or was it 'the invisible hand should be clenched in a fist'?
Dear God. Just fire him. Please. That's all we ask...
You don't even need to fire him. Just stop paying him.
i didn't agree with chaz at all veggie. perhaps you're purposely being stupid or you just can't read.
Oh, man, being bullied sucked, but if my parents had gone to the school or police about it, it would have been so much worse. Why do people in this country think that parents need to fix everything for their kids?
who wants to start a petition to fire chaz?
I think veggie was practicing a little biting sarcasm.
When you raised 'capitalism', I thought you were comparing our murdering of innocents and war profiteering to the bullying of kids in an implicit approval. Unfortunatley, I fear that the corrupt strong in this 'capitalist' society who started this war will be resting comfortably on a beach somewhere when the Suadis, Chinese and Japanese decide that some part of the bill for this fiasco has come due.
the japanese had their chance twice. they failed both times. the chinese wont do shit because they need us as bad as we need them, and the saudis? they arent going to kill the goose that keeps laying eggs.
capitalism rocks, bullying doesnt. because in bullying there is no mutual benefit to the actions.
Respect for taking my response better than I probably would have and your view on bullying. WRT your views on economics, 1) you can't run the trade deficit that we're running with China and 2) you only spend trillions protecting against 1,000 guys living in caves if the military industrial complex is out of control (due to lax ethics rules and when they get they're hands on all the e-mails from those 88 govt official accounts that the RNC was running, we'll all see how true that is - a huge bombshell report out today http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=494.)
I'm with you, Charles. I used to get molested by my teacher every day after school, but thank goodness my dad didn't help me sort out my "tight little situations", and I'm still in therapy as a result! Parents shouldn't meddle in their little boys'/girls' worlds.
Should girls who get bullied punch back, too, and suck it up and be "men"? Or are these values only applicable to boys?
I like Charles, and I don't want to see him fired (not that our petition would hold weight, anyway). But jeez, ya, in this culture we can't tolerate bullying for all of the above reasons. Good for Dad. My parents found me a new school. I hope that kid survives, like I managed to.
#37 says it all for this post. Let us keep looking at #37, and wait for Charles and his moron reply.
Also, look at #51.
But I'm sure he has some bullshit asinine reply for that one, compliments of boy vs. girl in his simple, small, banjaxed brain.
dont get me started on the idiocy of the budget deficit and military spending. I hate both.
The trade deficit isn't that bad depending on who you are. I like to see china improving themselves, and it's nice to know that it will equalize eventually. I don't want to deprive china or the chinese people of the ability to improve their lives greatly versus the small loss of quality of life for people who have so much privilege and opportunity but squander it, or think they can have it all.
also, I dont dislike you veggie, I just like giving you crap! :)
If you fire Charles I'll stop reading the paper AND Slog.
I wish I had tits. God I could be such a hot chick. I just wanted to say that.
Nobody is going to fire Charles. Jesus Christ.
If you fire Chaz who will I pick on at The Stranger? Josh? Jen?
No, Chaz fulfills the stupid whipping boy role quite fine.
I still think we should make a petition to fire Chaz just to let him know where he stands.
He knows were he stands. I think Freaky Friday took care of that.
It's late, and I'm horny. I'm going to go annoy the shit out of my husband.
Im going to annoy the shit out of my special lady friend. while im in the bath tub drinking PBR stationed on top of a red bucket.
I am totally convinced that "Charles Mudede" is in fact not a real person, but instead an invented character (a la "Ed Anger" from the Weekly World News), who exists solely to advance the stereotype that Africans are ignorant, culturally backward savages.
#65: I wish you were an "invented character" rather than one more run of the mill racist A-holes.
Fuckin' A Chuck. Mixed martial arts and PBR to curl the hair on your boy's chest. Fuck all these uptight Seattlite pussies, there ain't nuthin' like a good ol' playground brawl to determine a sixth grade pecking order.
Fuckin' A Chuck. Mixed martial arts and PBR to curl the hair on your boy's chest. Fuck all these uptight Seattlite pussies, there ain't nuthin' like a good ol' playground brawl to determine a sixth grade pecking order.
Fuckin' A Chuck. Mixed martial arts and PBR to curl the hair on your boy's chest. Fuck all these uptight Seattlite pussies, there ain't nuthin' like a good ol' playground brawl to determine a sixth grade pecking order.
I'm with fnarf @ 57
even though I usually don't agree with Mudede's random, opinionated slogging... he's just damn fun to read. But this particular post-- I kind of GET where he's coming from. The people that are getting their panties in a wad over this post are probably forgetting that this father called the PO-LICE about a schoolyard bully... I don't know the specifics of the situation-- like say if they actually threatened the kid's life, then my view would be different. But as it stands with this brief description, I think it's ridiculous. A kid being chased around and occasionally punched is not a fucking police matter.
I propose a new theory: that this bullied young man is merely another (for lack of a better word) casualty of Reason's cunning in the progression of world history.
Jamey @ 70, yeah, we don't know the specifics of the situation, and unless we read the police report ourselves, the best we're going to get is a very slanted view from Mudede. I'm willing to bet, though, that the boy really did feel his life was threatened. If another adult attacked me, I would feel the same way.
In the adult world, beating up other people is generally considered wrong, but Charles seems to think it's ok if boys do it to each other. Is it also ok for boys to beat up other boys because of their sexual orientation? Or because they are of a different ethnicity? How about if a boy beats up a girl? Will she come to accept that this is just part of life and "boys will be boys"?. What if that girl is his daughter?
The misery of being bullied without recourse may build character, but that's no reason to wish it upon anyone.
For one thing, there is no guarantee of what kind of character it will build.
Look what kind of character building resulted from Charles getting his ass kicked all the time. Totally crippled inside.
jesus, did the dad really have to call the cops? clearly, no one likes a bully. but, no one likes a snitch, either.
that kid's really gonna get the business now on the playground.
Please, please stop. I can't handle reading any more opinions about breasts, or how little boys should be tough, or how gross old people are, or breasts, or how gross pregnant women are. Or breasts. I just can't deal with reading these same opinions over and over.
Charles: I couldn't agree with you more. This is why I endorse betting on your children in schoolyard fights. Nothing gets a child more motivated to kick ass than knowing Daddy's got a $20 riding on him.
Dude, I finally get why I can't hate Charles. Because of the shit he writes I get to sit here for 20 minutes and read the shit you guys post in response and HOWL with laughter. hahahahahaha
If the bullying gets bad, the parents contact the teachers and the principal's office. Otherwise, let your kid make a self-confidence-affirming attempt to learn to deal on his/her own. Kids, after all, have to make the leap into the world of peerdom, to try to find their initial place there. It's an early, big test for kids to find out what they're made of, and the less that parents (or anyone else) has to meddle in that process the better, right?
Some sloggers are just plain loony. Fire Charles? For an opinion?
He is one of the most original writers on that rag. And a fine rag tis.
Hell, I say, Charles for school board!!
Diana at #73 says it all. You can't decide for anyone else what he or she can take or what it will lead to. If the school isn't doing its job, then the police should be called in. It's ionic that underage kids are penalized for consensual sex but excused for definitely NONconsensual abuse.
Um, I meant "ironic," not "ionic."
I don't have kids, so probably have no place posting here. That said, I think there must be a middle ground between Mudede's and the people saying that calling the cops was a good idea.
Maybe I'm crazy but from what I remember of school and bullies, calling the cops to sort out a playground issue will likely be much more damaging to this kid in the long run. This poor kid is going to be ostracised by his peers, all of them- not just the bully, because of what his dad did. I certainly agree that violence isn't the ideal answer, but having someone else stand up for you isn't necessarily right either.
It's been a decade plus since I was there, but when I hear this story I think that the reason this kid is getting beat up is more a lack of confidence than anything. Otherwise it'd be someone else getting beat up because surely there is a weaker, weirder kid on the playground to pick on.
So, I guess my point is that if this kid could build some confidence (it seems that Charles would argue that the way to do this is fighting back) he could deal with it himself rather than being an ostracised snitch. Personally, I was in Karate for a few years and it did wonders. I wasn't in many fights as a kid- but I haven't been in a single one since I took martial arts. It builds self-confidence and self-knowledge which helps someone avoid being a victim.
A bully looks for weakness. If they're facing someone who is capable of hitting back they're more likely than not to move along to the next kid.
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High-latitude peatlands are important soil carbon sinks. In these ecosystems, the mineralization of carbon and nitrogen are constrained by low temperatures and low nutrient concentrations in plant litter and soil organic matter. Global warming is predicted to increase soil N availability for plants at high-latitude sites. We applied N fertilizer as an experimental analogue for this increase. In a three-year field experiment we studied N fertilization effects on leaf litter decomposition and N dynamics of the four dominant plant species (comprising >75% of total aboveground biomass) in a sub-arctic bog in northern Sweden. The species were Empetrum nigrum (evergreen shrub), Eriophorum vaginatum (graminoid), Betula nana (deciduous shrub) and Rubus chamaemorus (perennial forb). In the controls, litter mass loss rates increased in the order: Empetrum < Eriophorum < Betula < Rubus. Increased N availability had variable, species-specific effects: litter mass loss rates (expressed per unit litter mass) increased in Empetrum, did not change in Eriophorum and Betula and decreased in Rubus. In the leaf litter from the controls, we measured no or only slight net N mineralization even after three years. In the N-fertilized treatments we found strong net N immobilization, especially in Eriophorum and Betula. This suggests that, probably owing to substantial chemical and/or microbial immobilization, additional N supply does not increase the rate of N cycling for at least the first three years.
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- Nitrogen supply differentially affects litter decomposition rates and nitrogen dynamics of sub-arctic bog species
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Volume 146, Issue 4 , pp 652-658
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Save images in collections Photoshop CS6
Saving images in collections
Review mode offers another advantage over the full-screen preview, and that is by enabling you to create a collection of your images when you exit the Review mode. So a collection is just another way that you can save your selects, or your favorite images, and quickly access them at another time. So let's go ahead and do that. The collection that I'm going to create is going to be based on images that I just think would make great textures. Now, I do a lot of compositing so I often need a texture to composite more than one image together.
So I'm just holding down the Command key-- it would be the Ctrl key on Windows--to select the images here that have a lot of texture in them, and then I'll go into Review mode by using Command+B or Ctrl+B. So I'll move through the images and if I don't think they'll make a good texture, I'll just use the down arrow. We'll just quickly go through these. And I think I want maybe a collection of the top maybe eight images from here. So these are the images that I want to create a collection out of.
Now, we know that if I tap the Escape key, that will just take me back to Bridge, but in the lower right-hand corner here, there is an icon to create a collection, which I really like, because when you hit Escape you're really in kind of that fragile state where you just have the selection and if you don't do anything immediately to that selection, you may lose that selection, whereas if I simply click on this Collection icon, it'll ask me to make a collection. So we'll just call this Texture and then click Save. That takes me back to Bridge, and look over here on the left-hand side, we've got a Collections panel and I now have my texture collection with my eight images in it.
The important thing to know about a collection is that it's virtual. You'll see up here in the path that I'm not actually looking at a specific folder; I'm looking at this collection. In fact, if I click the back arrow button here, that will take me back to the actual folder inside the Exercise Files. But if I want to get back to that collection quickly, all I need to do is click on it in the Collections panel. I think it's really fantastic that I can have like this little grouping of images that's always accessible to me and it doesn't take up any more space on my hard drive. Because it's virtual, because it's just part of Bridge's knowledge about these files, there is no duplicating the files.
There is no moving files from folders. There is no having to keep track of multiple actual copies of the files. So I only have one image on the hard drive. It's only taking up whatever space that one image does, but I can put that image into as many collections as I want. And in fact, if we hit the back button again, if I wanted to add another image to that collection at any point in time, I could just select that image here in Bridge and drag it onto the collection.
The image doesn't even have to be in this folder. I could navigate to a different folder, find another texture, and then drag that into my texture collection. So really, this is just kind of the tip of the iceberg when it comes to collections. Down here at the bottom of the Collection panel, I can click on this first icon here and create another collection. Now, I don't want this image to be a part of the collection, so I'll select No. And then we'll just type in Best of Road Trip, navigate back one folder in order to go back to all of my images, and then if I select maybe these images and I really like these and this one here and here, I can drag them into that collection.
I can go down and select additional images and add them to the collection at any time, and then we can quickly go back and forth between my collection of textures and my collection of the best images from that road trip. Remember collections are virtual, so you can make as many as you want by just dragging your files into them. It doesn't duplicate the files on your hard drive, so it doesn't take up any extra space and you can quickly see if images are going to work together in order to tell your story.
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As a recent convert to antivenin therapy for snakebite, I anxiously read Russell's new book on the treatment of snake venom poisoning. He has attempted to write a general reference and treatment guide for physicians treating snakebite, and I believe that he has done a good job in fulfilling this goal.
Those merely seeking the "true path" for treatment of snakebite will find a large portion of the book's 500+ pages to be devoted to basic zoology and toxicology.
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Book your room at Holiday Inn Express Elmira - Horseheads
Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Horseheads with free breakfast and free airport shuttle
Situated near the airport, this hotel is 1 mi (1.7 km) from Museum at the Depot and within 6 mi (10 km) of Eldridge Park and Mark Twain Study. Wings of Eagles Discovery Center and Elmira College are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
Along with an outdoor pool, this hotel has a 24-hour fitness center and a 24-hour business center. Free buffet breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle. Additionally, coffee/tea in a common area, conference rooms, and dry cleaning are onsite.
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Holiday Inn Express Elmira - Horseheads2666 Corning Rd Horseheads NY 14845
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Holiday Inn Express Elmira - Horseheads features an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This hotel offers access to a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Event facilities measuring 2520 square feet (227 square meters) include conference space. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests (available on request). This business-friendly hotel also offers coffee/tea in a common area, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Holiday Inn Express Elmira - Horseheads has designated areas for smoking.
- 24-hour business center
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- 24-hour front desk
- Free airport transportation
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Computer station
- Conference space
- Conference space size (feet) - 2520
- Conference space size (meters) - 227
- Designated smoking areas
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Free breakfast
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 2
- Number of meeting rooms - 5
- Outdoor pool
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Total number of rooms - 99
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Microwave
- Outdoor pool
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Cable TV service
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free newspaper
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Daily housekeeping
- Desk
- Free local calls
- Free WiFi
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Microwave
- Pay movies
- Phone
- Premium TV channels
- Refrigerator
- Television
Where to Eat
A complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6 AM and 9:30 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 25
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
- Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Noise-free rooms not guaranteed
Optional extras
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 15.00 per night
Hotel Name
- Elmira Holiday Inn
- Holiday Inn Elmira
- Holiday Inn Elmira Hotel
- Holiday Inn Elmira Hotel Horseheads Express
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Dooleys Hotel Waterford City, Waterford (county)
- Free WiFi
Main amenities
- 113 smoke-free guestrooms
- Restaurant and bar/lounge
- Breakfast available
- Internet in the lobby
- Conference center
- Airport shuttle
- Childcare
- Daily housekeeping
- Conference space
- Wedding services
- Tour/ticket assistance
For families
- Babysitting or childcare
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Private bathroom
- Television
- Free toiletries
What's around
- Heart of Waterford
- House of Waterford Crystal (0.6 mi / 0.9 km)
- Waterford Treasures Museum (0.1 mi / 0.1 km)
- Garter Lane Arts Centre (0.1 mi / 0.2 km)
- Reginald's Tower (0.2 mi / 0.3 km)
- Holy Trinity Cathedral (0.2 mi / 0.3 km)
Dooleys Hotel Waterford City, Waterford (county)
Hotel Info: 01 65 69 441from €70
- Family Room
- Double or Twin Room
- Triple Room
- Double Room Single Use
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 113 rooms
- Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out time is 11:30 AM
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- Up to 2 children (12 years old and younger) stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- No cribs (infant beds)
- Babysitting/childcare *
- No pets or service animals allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available 24 hours) *
- No parking
- Discounted offsite parking
Other information
- Smoke-free property
Nearby Three Star Waterford (county) hotels
In the hotel
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Full breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Golfing nearby
- Number of meeting rooms - 7
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms
- Conference center
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Wedding services
- Accessible bathroom
In the room
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Cable TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
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Special features
DiningThe New Ship Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in Irish cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
The Dry Dock Bar - This pub specializes in Irish cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Dooleys Hotel Waterford City, Waterford (county)'s small print
Also known as
- Dooleys City
- Dooleys Hotel
- Dooleys Hotel City
- Dooleys Hotel Waterford City
- Dooleys Waterford City
- Hotel Waterford City
- Waterford City Hotel
- Dooleys Hotel Waterford
For transfers, guests must contact the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Optional extras
Parking is available nearby and costs EUR 3 per 24 hours
Breakfast costs between EUR 7.50 and EUR 18.95 for adults, and EUR 2.50 and EUR 7.50 for children (approximately)
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge
High-speed Internet access (wired) is available in public areas for an extra charge
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
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AUSTIN (September 30, 2013)--Michael Jay Smoltich, 23, remained in the Travis County Jail Monday facing a list of charges after an SUV plowed into a carport where a birthday celebration was underway, killing one man and injuring a second.
Wallace L. Sorrells, 49, was killed.
The father of five was holding his 22-month-old son when the SUV hit him.
Family members say the boy suffered only minor scrapes and bruising.
A 56-year-old man also in the carport was hospitalized with injuries including broken bones.
Smoltich is charged with driving with an invalid license, leaving the scene and three counts of failure to stop and render aid.
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PASEO DE LA REFORMAPOOL+GYM+SPA+PCMexicoDistrito FederalCiudad de México
About this listing
Big Loft just in the best Av in Mexico City , Paseo de la Reforma the most important av just like 5av in NY or Champs Elysees in Paris, fits 5 people and you can walk to all major must see places.FREE POOL,GYM,SPA,PARKING.
Space where guests can cook their own meals
Towels, bed sheets, soap, and toilet paper
The Space
If this is booked my wife has a new brand apartment in historic center 2 bedrooms 59 us
New Apartment in this luxury building, ideal for a romantic getaway,small families,business trip or small groups,in the most secure area in the City , this is the financial area all the major hotels cost here around 300 us and up. Fancy Restaurants,Starbucks,Historic center,Condesa, everything is walking distance. And relax with all the free amenities!
The Apartment:
·Full Kitchen
·One Bedroom with one King Size bed,Zara Home Sheets and Egytian Cotton and a LCD TV with cable channels.
·Big bathroom and walking closet,includes clean towels,shampoo,and soap.
·Business Desk with a PC
·Sofa Bed that fit 2 people
·Futon fit one people
·Guest Bathroom
·Dinner Table
·LCD TV with cable channels
·Amazing views
·Laundry Room
·Coffe Machine
The Area:
Just in the most important av , walking distance to Angel de la Independencia ,US Embassy,Malls,Historic Center,Zocalo,Bellas Artes and Condesa.
Down the building you can find Starbucks,and restaurants. Also in this building 2 floors are hotel same room and charges 300 us per nigth.
On Sundays they closed the st for biking and walk in the av.
Also is great to take the red city bus to see all the attractions just in front of the building.
also metro,metrobus,taxis is jus a few meters.
Guest Access
Free Access to all the amenities of the building, Spa,Gym,Pool,Kids Area,Lounge Terraze and free lot parking.
Interaction with Guests
My work is closed, but the check in is very smooth , i know that you want privacy so for that i make everything easy for you.
The check in only you ask for your card with the guard and in the apartment you only type a password and thats it!
The Neighborhood
·Bellas Artes 10 min
·Zocalo 15 min
·Monumento a la Revolucion 2 min
·Mall 222 8 min
·Angel de la Independencia 15 min
·Us Embassy 13 min
·Senator Building 4 min
Also ECOBICI bikes the station is down the building
Getting Around
The best way from the airport is by taxi (300) pesos or you can come by metro also.
Other Things to Note
I speak english, and if you need some recomendation for restaurants,etc i can help you with that
Your Host
Love music,travel,dinner enjoy life!


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It all began in Alpirsbach-Peterzell in the heart of the beautiful Black Forest and the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg in 1984, when Wolfgang and Klaus Riegert once manufactured vendor parts for regional industry. Today the family-owned company has 65 employees and has successfully built up a worldwide sales network for recycling and processing plants. ARP success ...
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We are a locally owned, managed and operating business, specialising in on-site document management. Many organisations in South Africa are not aware that such convenient and cost effective services are available to them. The ones that are aware of these services, have certainly benefitted from them. Not only did we save them the frustration of dealing with office ...
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I have a problem with Mingle Forum, there is an setting in the Settings page that says: "Require registration to write" (Note: I am using the swedish translation, it might not say that. Its roughly translated by me...)
When I have that unchecked, I thought that I would gain access to the forum category and forum logged out. But when I am logged out, I see an empty forum that asks me to login.
Do I need to add something to that user group I am using? Edit* Tested to delete the user group to see if it was working... still the same. :/


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I installed privoxy as a transparent proxy on a gateway machine, and I have Sonic for an ISP. I'm seeing a lot of requests to http://updateservice.sonic.com/Ping.asp when I'm browsing random pages.
Does anybody know what that's about?
I have an unconfirmed guess that this is some sort of Microsoft CDN solution so they don't have to have a server cluster somewhere with a few Gbps of bandwidth to answer update queries every 10 minutes for every computer on the planet.


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NC woman saved by 911 call from car trunk
Published: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 1:47 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 1:47 p.m.
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina woman who was kidnapped at gunpoint and forced into the trunk of a stolen car has been found safe, thanks to the GPS tracking of her cell phone.
The Winston-Salem Journal reported the Kernersville woman was kidnapped early Wednesday by two men in a residential area.
Forsyth County sheriff's Maj. Brad Stanley said the woman called 911 from the trunk, which allowed authorities to use GPS data from the call to track the general location of the car.
Without that call, Stanley said authorities would have had no information to go on in the search.
A Kernersville police officer tried to pull the car over, but the driver sped away. The car was later found crashed in a driveway in Kernersville. The suspects had fled, the woman was found unhurt in the trunk. Her name hasn't been released.
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The Rudder High School FFA Chapter competed at the 85th annual Texas FFA State Convention in Dallas July 8th through the 12th.
There were 108 entries total participating in this year's fair, and Rudder was named as a 5th place gold-level chapter for the esteemed Golden Horizon award.
Nathan Cervenka and MaryFrances Fazzino placed first in the convention's Agriscience Fair. Cervenka and Fazzino participated in the Animal Systems category, and tested various types of fly control measures used with livestock.
Gretchen Vilas also placed first in the Power, Structural and Technical Systems category. Vilas' project tested various types of protective clothing for its ability to provide fire protection and spark resistance.


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I rented a 3 bedroon, 3 bath unit thru Redweek.com, for the week after July 4th, and was quite pleased. The unit was quite spacious, with updated upholstered furniture and all the bedding was new, Summer weight down comforters and thin coverlets. All bedrooms had ceiling fans and sufficient closet space. Bathrooms, likewise, were large and roomy. Hallways wide and maneuverable.
Our unit overlooked the pool and although we walked just around the corner to Marriott's Barony (owners) for pool and beach, we did make use of the activites around the pool. The corn hole area was a pleasant surprise. They also had a few fun social activities at the pool.
The kitchen was fully functional, but missing a few items,(bring your own outdoor grill tools if you plan to use one of the many grills). The stackable W/D unit is in a large closet to the side of the kitchen. This is one area that needs updating. The sliding wood doors are heavy and because they jump track so frequently, high caution is required. Another thing that needs attention/updating/replacing are the dresser/chest furniture. Outdated and old, evry piece was missing at least one drawer pull, rendering the space useless. A small, but inconvenient matter.
The dining room table and chairs, again, with generous size. Four TVs, and even a nice little stereo unit.
In these times of tough economy and societal upheaval my husband and I appreciated the double door secuity layout and monetary value.
We travel frequently thru our hotel points and timeshare exchanges, and as one of our home resorts is on HH, this property is a definite keeper on our list.
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text: Home/ IFS Workforce/ Get Hired Get Hired Get Hired Get Hired is Connecticut's largest insurance and financial services career fair for college students. The latest event was held Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at the Hartford Marriott Downtown. In three hours, a record 515 students turned out to market their talents before 25 IFS employers with operations or headquarters in Connecticut. Get Hired 2017 will be held Wednesday, January 4 in Hartford. About the Event Get Hired gathers regional, national and globally recognized insurance and financial services companies in a single Hartford venue to meet college students seeking opportunities in Connecticut's IFS industry. Students from academic institutions across Connecticut turn out to market their talents and many attendees hail from colleges and universities beyond Connecticut's borders. Executive Roundtable Discussion Senior industry leaders representing different aspects of IFS provided insight into new and exciting projects across the industry. CT IFS Executive Director Susan Winkler moderated the panel, which also focused on how students can distinguish themselves in the eyes of employers. The following executives joined CT IFS at Get Hired on January 5: James Bedard - CFO, Northeast Region, UnitedHealthcare Nancy Fitzgibbon - VP Middle Markets Underwriting (Quality & Training), The Hartford Jim Hatch - VP Product Management and Engineering, Insurity Dave Shepherd - VP and Corporate Auditor, The Phoenix Companies, Inc. The Bottom Line Don't miss this invaluable opportunity to market your talents and expand your professional network - hear from those who recently Got Hired. "Everything was very well organized, and there was a lot of information provided about the participating companies that allowed me to pinpoint which ones were actively hiring in my field so I was able to prioritize visiting those booths. Within a few weeks after the event, I was beginning the interview process for this amazing opportunity at Phoenix after getting the chance to introduce myself at their booth." - Cameron L. "At Get Hired, I was able to introduce myself to some of Connecticut's best employers and I landed an internship at UnitedHealthcare for the summer!" - Rachna R. "The Get Hired career fair is the one to attend if you want to work in the insurance or financial services industry in Connecticut! Attending this fair will open doors to future employment options." - Michael T. "The Get Hired event brings the real world job search right to you and can be very eye opening. For those who always hear how competitive the job market can be but never realize the full spectrum of candidates and various backgrounds that are out there, it begins to put things into perspective and allow you to see first-hand what so many hear on a day to day basis at school. Every day I'm thankful for this event and how beneficial it turned out to be." - Henry A. Chime in via social media: @CT_IFS #GetHiredCT CT IFS Members


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Looking to get into the Sweetlife Festival without having to shell out for a ticket? Put your crafting skills to good use and volunteer with Cult Gaia. The boho-chic brand is seeking help to make floral crowns for concert VIPs and artists, and the gig comes with an awesome view of headliners like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Kendrick Lamar. Email Cult Gaia to offer up your DIY skills (Cult Gaia)
This weekend, get some vintage goodies with a side of cocktails at Butler & Claypool's spring pop-up. The fashion collective will be hawking all sorts of treasures (custom, upholstered furniture and housewares, along with the usual clothing and accessories), and serving up St. Germain sippers. (Butler & Claypool)
It's official: We found the most mouthwatering grilled cheese of all time. And the best part? You don't have to leave your house to indulge — this sammy comes with a super-easy recipe. (Sweetsonian)
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The Kentucky Derby is here, which means it's time to celebrate in style. Consult this handy video for everything you need to know about whipping up the tastiest mint julep this side of Churchill Downs. (Brightest Young Things)
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- Studio: Music Box Films
- Release Date: Jun 5, 2009
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What makes Seraphine, directed and co-written by Martin Provost, so exceptional is that it neither condescends to nor romanticizes its subject.
The scene is so emotionally ravishing that it breaks you apart. The peacefulness that finally descends on Séraphine in the film's final moments is more than a balm. It's a benediction.
It "explains" nothing but feels everything. It reminds me of two other films: Bresson's "Mouchette," about a poor girl victimized by a village, and Karen Gehre's "Begging Naked," shown at Ebertfest this year, about a woman whose art is prized even as she lives in Central Park.
Among the best of its kind, thanks in no small part to the utterly believable, vanity-free performance of Yolande Moreau in the title role.
Séraphine is one of the most evocative films about an artist I've ever seen--and in its treatment of madness one of the least condescending.
Provost and cowriter Marc Abdelnour explore the mutable boundaries between spirituality, naivete, genius, and madness, showing how the two outsiders and polar opposites cultivated a mutual understanding.
What Moreau does with this role is as inscrutably moving as anything Séraphine Louis painted.
With exquisitely simple images and minimal dialogue, Seraphine is both haunting and humane.
Séraphine's dependence on her patron--a cultivated but emotionally detached homosexual, who knew a fellow outsider when he saw one but came and went in her life without warning--is almost as unbearably moving as her inevitable unraveling--when money and fame cut the artist off from her creative wellsprings and drove her over the edge.
The mystery of Séraphine de Senlis -- who died in a mental hospital in 1942 and whose work survives in some of the world's leading museums -- is left intact at the end of Séraphine. Rather than trying to explain Séraphine, the film accepts her.
Writer-director Martin Provost tells much of Seraphine's true-life story without words, lingering here on the process by which she makes paints, there on the obsessive single-mindedness she brings to her art.
The line between madness and genius is thin. Not to mention more than amply explored in any number of films about tortured artists. But to look at the almost religious ecstasy on Moreau's face is to feel the artist's passion and be inspired by it.
Yolande Moreau's most impressive costars are the extraordinary compositions of Seraphine Louis.
It is an actors' showcase, without being showy, and Moreau and Tukur reveal radically different personalities with just enough in common to make things interesting.
We don't get a good look at a painting until 35 minutes into the film biography of Séraphine de Senlis, the early 20th-century French painter discovered by German art collector Wilhelm Uhde. The film Séraphine is not about paintings.
It's a movie about a scrubwoman who paints - so don't expect lots of sex scenes or car chases. Just expect a great performance by Moreau, who will convince you that she painted every one of those paintings - and lived them all before she painted them.
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Dec 26, 2010Not only was I pleased to learn more about an artist whose work I have seen and admired, but this film made a careful effort to be convincing.Not only was I pleased to learn more about an artist whose work I have seen and admired, but this film made a careful effort to be convincing. I believed in the portrait it made of her. The actress deserved an award. Also the
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sunflowerSep 29, 2009This was a brilliant movie regardless of its so called "slow pace". It had perfect atmosphere, perfect timing, perfect everything. I This was a brilliant movie regardless of its so called "slow pace". It had perfect atmosphere, perfect timing, perfect everything. I particularly liked the main actress and the way she brought life and a tacit mystery to the character. Seraphine was fascinating from start to finish.… Full Review »
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Skip to comments.Pissant Agrees to Return To FR, Head Sarah Palin Freeper Fundraiser
Posted on 03/31/2011 10:26:44 PM PDT by grey_whiskers
Pissant has just agreed to come back to Free Republic and spearhead what has been characterized as a massive fundraising effort, just in time for Sarah's planned announcement of her run for the Presidency.
It still March 31st here.
What do you mean *agreed to come back*?
Is that a basket full of Russian Blues on your page?
Wow, a lot of bannings lately. I didn't know about Pissant too.
You mean the 'fool' pissant? ;)
Nice try.
Who was banned recently?
For someone so abhorred you people sure seem unable to forget about him.
When the first frost hits hell.Happy first everyone.
I miss pissant!
April fools!
I didn't know he had been âbanned.â That's unfortunate, I liked Pissant and enjoyed his sometimes divergent opinions and zealous arguing. What did he get banned for, not thinking Palin was a great presidential choice? Hardly a capital offense. I think everyone loses when such an active user is âbanned.â
In other late breaking news, Non-Sequitur's account has also been restored effective today and we look forward to his post touting the righteousness of the Confederacy in the War of Yanqi Aggression.
I hadn't been on much lately and found out tonight pissant and The Comedian are both gone.
"For someone so abhorred you people sure seem unable to forget about him."
I don't think a day goes by someone doesn't mention Bubba Clinton, either. Anyone miss his sorry ass?
Oh noooo NS is a total rat troll. Pissant was likable at least to me even though he went overboard against Palin.
And in other news, Obama releases his full birth certificate showing he's actually a gray, and agrees to step down in favor of Joe Biden.
But before he does, he has agreed to appoint Robert Bork to the Supreme Court to replace Sotomayor.
Harry Reid applauds the choice. And Chris Matthews will join Fox News.
It's certainly been a news-filled FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, hasn't it?
Very well put.
I see. Still March 31 here on the west coast.
"It's interesting when people die,
Give us dirty laundry..."
I also heard that Willie Green was invited back to push for high speed passenger rail.
LOL! Good one!!
This is an April Fool's joke right..still 10:46PM here in Cali but for all you east coast freepers its already the 1st..there is no chance in hell Pissant would EVER, even with a gun put to his head, ever do anything to benefit Sarah Palin
It was a barnburner, and incredibly satisfying.
Not only that but Willie is a contributor to humblegunner's rilly l33t blog!
I knew about them but don't understand why the Comedian.
Pissant went way over the top about Palin using language and imagery that would get any of us banned.
Must have missed that.
It was raw, alluding to lesbian sex acts.
OK... ya got me.
In other news, what's this about Willie starting up something called the "John Galt Line"?
Too bad. FR needs more like him, not fewer... especially if we keep inching toward a scenario where it seems likely that the ball will go up...
Since we're on the topic, who administers the Admin Mods? Can they be impeached? LOL < just funnin', JimRob >
...maybe he was just quoting Bill Maher.
It wasn't his opinions that got him banned, it was the way he expressed them. The offending post wasn't about Palin; it was about Bachman, and was Bill Maher-like in its imagery. No loss to FR, as far as I'm concerned.
They are of the same mind.
Comedian too?!?
I recall it as being about Palin and Tammy Bruce. Regardless, I'm glad he's gone.
What happened to the Comedian?
The Comedian is gone? You sure? I thought he was a real stand-up Freeper.
I've been wondering why the Comedian is gone also.
Not "miss" per-se, but I'd much rather have Bubba getting hoovers from Monica in the White House than the current occupant. Amazing, I didn't think it was possible for anyone to be worse than Clinton.
Just goes to show you there is always a "worse".
Not "miss" per-se, but I'd much rather have Bubba getting hoovers from Monica in the White House than the current occupant. Amazing, I didn't think it was possible for anyone to be worse than Clinton.
Just goes to show you there is always a "worse".
No one who reads my comments (which aren't very interesting I admit) would call me anything other than a major Palin supporter. But I would rather pissant still be around.
If China ever pops an ICBM with a dozen self-guided warheads over CONUS Bubba's popularity will take another dive I'm guessing.
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In the slow-growing sporting-goods market, Dick's Sporting Goods DKS 1.144578313253012% Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD50.37 0.57 1.144578313253012% /Date(1469221321213-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1028991 AFTER HOURS USD50.37 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 660 P/E Ratio 17.92526690391459 Market Cap 5745598480.83935 Dividend Yield 1.201111772880683% Rev. per Employee 198011 More quote details and news » looks like a winner. Sales at the 511-store retail chain have grown by an average of 17% a year for the past 10 years, enabling Dick's to claim 8.5% of the hotly contested U.S. market.
Dick's stock (ticker: DKS) has also been a high scorer, rallying more than 60% in the past five years, to a recent $49. The shares could reach $60 in the next 12 months, if Dick's continues to post mid-teens earnings growth.
The retailer is likely to report net income of $323 million, or $2.56 a share, for the fiscal year that ended in January 2013, on revenue of $5.9 billion. It could earn as much as $3 a share in fiscal 2014. "Dick's is a good long-term growth story," says Brian Lazorishak, who bought shares in November for his Chase MidCap Growth fund.
Based in Coraopolis, Pa., Dick's operates primarily in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York. It is the leading U.S. sporting-goods retailer, followed by Foot Locker FL 0.9553053565336063% Foot Locker Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD59.18 0.56 0.9553053565336063% /Date(1469221289769-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1640363 AFTER HOURS USD59.18 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4556 P/E Ratio 15.02030456852792 Market Cap 8007587000.82672 Dividend Yield 1.858736059479554% Rev. per Employee 159128 More quote details and news » (FL), which controls about 6% of the market. Both companies have been stealing share from mom-and-pop stores and Sports Authority, which has yet to regain its footing after a buyout in 2006. Dick's counts Nike NKE -0.45622038954202493% Nike Inc. Cl B U.S.: NYSE USD56.73 -0.26 -0.45622038954202493% /Date(1469221219491-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8540711 AFTER HOURS USD56.8 0.07 0.12339150361360832% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 74035 P/E Ratio 26.26388888888889 Market Cap 95574262557.7439 Dividend Yield 1.1281508901815618% Rev. per Employee 517188 More quote details and news » (NKE) and Under Armour UA 0.4924953095684803% Under Armour Inc. Cl A U.S.: NYSE USD42.85 0.21 0.4924953095684803% /Date(1469221366448-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3973964 AFTER HOURS USD42.84 -0.01 -0.023337222870478413% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 31730 P/E Ratio 41.20192307692308 Market Cap 17536991534.3753 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 313886 More quote details and news » (UA) as leading suppliers, and is benefiting from the growth of both brands.
Dick's expects to operate 900 stores before reaching saturation, almost double its current store base. Some analysts think the company could open at least 36 new stores this year, which would help power earnings growth. Wall Street's consensus forecast calls for earnings of $2.92 a share in fiscal 2014.
Lazorishak regards Dick's as one of the safest ways to invest in sporting-goods retailing, given the company's diversified merchandise mix, consistent earnings record, and strong balance sheet. Dick's boasted net cash of $272 million, or $2.16 a share, as of the end of October, after accounting for $22 million of debt and lease obligations.
Dick's trades for 17 times fiscal 2014 earnings estimates. That's pricier than Foot Locker's and Finish Line's FINL 1.0251630941286114% Finish Line Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD21.68 0.22 1.0251630941286114% /Date(1469221200341-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 671643 AFTER HOURS USD21.68 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1049 P/E Ratio 54.2 Market Cap 919947423.838195 Dividend Yield 1.845018450184502% Rev. per Employee 132798 More quote details and news » (FINL) shares, but still "reasonable" by Lazorishak's estimate. The analyst's $60 price target implies a price/earnings ratio of 21 a share, within the company's historic range.
Dick's pays a modest annual dividend of 50 cents a share, for a yield of 1%.
Dick's shares peaked last September at $54.24, amid concern that warmer-than-usual winter weather would crimp sales of outerwear and winter sports equipment. Investors also worried about the future of gun sales, after a Dec. 14 massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., provoked an outcry that could lead to congressional action banning certain types of rifles and ammunition clips.
After the shootings, Dick's announced it would suspend sales of so-called modern sporting rifles temporarily in all its stores. The worries seem misplaced as semi-automatic rifles represent an estimated 1% of total sales, and guns and ammunition in general account for a mid-single-digit percentage of sales. Not surprisingly, Dick's and other retailers, such as Wal-Mart Stores WMT 0.040805223068552776% Wal-Mart Stores Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD73.55 0.03 0.040805223068552776% /Date(1469221216679-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4249989 AFTER HOURS USD73.55 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 66644 P/E Ratio 16.27212389380531 Market Cap 229229394350.119 Dividend Yield 2.719238613188307% Rev. per Employee 210090 More quote details and news » (WMT) and Cabela's CAB 0.48426150121065376% Cabela's Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD53.95 0.26 0.48426150121065376% /Date(1469221322035-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 242609 AFTER HOURS USD54.6 0.65 1.2048192771084338% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 936 P/E Ratio 20.358490566037737 Market Cap 3682896769.15359 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 204837 More quote details and news » (CAB), have seen a spike in sales of guns and ammo since the Newtown tragedy, as gun enthusiasts fear a coming crackdown on sales of firearms.
Dick's officials declined to comment; the company reports fourth-quarter earnings next month.
DICK'S WAS FOUNDED in Binghamton, N.Y., in 1948, by 18-year-old Dick Stack, as a bait-and-tackle shop. Today the retailer is run by his son, Ed Stack, 58, who controls nearly 20% of the company, mostly through super-voting Class B stock. Dick's has grown sharply through the years, sometimes through acquisitions, including the 2004 purchase of Galyan's Trading. A 2007 deal for Golf Galaxy made Dick's the nation's largest golf-products retailer.
The Bottom Line
Dick's has rallied 60%, to $49, in the past five years, but could tack on further gains of 20% or more. The company thinks it could roll out 50% more stores before saturating the country.
The company reports results in three categories. Hardlines, including fitness equipment, comprises 52% of sales; apparel contributes 29%; and footwear, 19%. Dick's target audience includes sports enthusiasts, families, and outdoorsmen. The company's emphasis on in-store boutiques organized by brand further differentiates it from competitors. Moreover, accredited fitness trainers and golf pros are on hand to offer customers' tips.
Standard & Poor's analyst Joseph Agnese rates Dick's Hold, and worries that weak consumer spending on discretionary items will crimp company sales. Longer-term threats include Amazon.com AMZN 0.05776231479118252% Amazon.com Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD744.86 0.43 0.05776231479118252% /Date(1469221200257-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2230020 AFTER HOURS USD744.1 -0.76 -0.10203259672958677% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 47691 P/E Ratio 306.5267489711934 Market Cap 351445799350.664 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 491412 More quote details and news » (AMZN), as well as Sports Authority, which could regain some of its former muscle. Sports Authority officials weren't available for comment
In the meantime, look for an 8% uptick in sales in the current year, driven by gains in unit growth, same-store sales, and widening profit margins, the result of a continued shift to soft goods, such as apparel, from products such as fitness equipment.
Americans love to participate in sports, and the numbers suggest that Dick's suits their needs. Chances are the original Dick would be awfully proud of that.
Game's On
Dick's controls 8.5% of the U.S. sporting-goods market, versus Foot Locker's 6%. Dick's shares are pricier than competitors', but are supported by fast-rising earnings.
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Secretary-General's message to opening of the 2012 session of the Special Committee on Decolonization [Delivered by Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs]
New York, 23 February 2012
I am pleased to greet the Special Committee as it begins its work for 2012.
The creation of new sovereign nations was once described as one of the great liberating movements of history.
Yet the process of decolonization is not complete.
Sixteen Non-Self-Governing Territories across the globe -- home to nearly 2 million people -- remain to be decolonized.
In keeping with the principles of the Charter and subsequent mandating resolutions, the international community continues it efforts to make tangible progress in assisting those territories to achieve self-determination.
To do so, we will need the constructive involvement of all concerned – notably this Committee, the administering Powers and the Non-Self-Governing Territories themselves.
The Special Committee is in a position to develop innovative approaches and generate new dynamics among all concerned.
Together with the administering Powers and the Territories, suitable pragmatic partnerships leading to the full implementation of the decolonization process should be elaborated on a case-by-case-basis.
Sustained and improved official and informal communication between the Special Committee and the administering Powers will be essential.
The Secretariat, for its part, will continue to assist the Committee in implementing its annual programme of work.
I wish you every success.
Statements on 23 February 2012
- New York, 23 February 2012 - Joint statement by the Secretaries-General of the United Nations and of the League of Arab States on appointment of Kofi Annan as Joint Special Envoy on the Syrian crisis
- New York, 23 February 2012 - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the Upcoming Presidential Election in Senegal [scroll down for French version]
- London, UK, 23 February 2012 - Secretary-General's remarks to London Conference on Somalia