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Annual Report
The following is a discussion of the Company's financial condition and results of operations comparing the calendar years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012. You should read this section in conjunction with the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes thereto that are incorporated herein by reference and the other financial information included herein and the notes thereto.
The Company's primary business is fashion model management, which is headquartered in New York City. The Company's predecessor was founded in 1967 by Wilhelmina Cooper, a renowned fashion model, and is one of the oldest, best known and largest fashion model management companies in the world. Since its founding, it has grown to include operations located in Los Angeles and Miami, as well as a growing network of licensees comprising leading modeling agencies in various local markets across the U.S., as well as in Panama, Thailand, Dubai, Vancouver and Tokyo. The Company provides traditional, full-service fashion model and talent management services, specializing in the representation and management of models, entertainers, artists, athletes and other talent to various customers and clients, including retailers, designers, advertising agencies and catalog companies.
The business of talent management firms, such as Wilhelmina, depends heavily on the state of the advertising industry, as demand for talent is driven by Internet, print and TV advertising campaigns for consumer goods and retail clients.
Wilhelmina believes it has strong brand recognition which enables it to attract and retain top agents and talent to service a broad universe of clients. In order to take advantage of these opportunities and support its continued growth, the Company will need to continue to successfully allocate resources and staffing in a way that enhances its ability to respond to these new opportunities. The Company continues to focus on cutting costs, recruiting top agents when available and scouting and developing new talent.
Although Wilhelmina has a large and diverse client base, it is not immune to global economic conditions. Wilhelmina closely monitors economic conditions, client spending and other factors and continually looks for ways to reduce costs, manage working capital and conserve cash. There can be no assurance as to the effects on Wilhelmina of future economic circumstances, client spending patterns, client credit worthiness and other developments and whether, or to what extent, Wilhelmina's efforts to respond to them will be effective.
Trends and Opportunities
The Company expects that the combination of Wilhelmina's main operating base in New York City, the industry's capital, with the depth and breadth of its talent pool and client roster and its diversification across various talent management segments, together with its geographical reach should make Wilhelmina's operations more resilient to industry changes and economic swings than those of many of the smaller firms operating in the industry. Similarly, in the segments where Wilhelmina competes with other leading full service agencies, Wilhelmina competed successfully in 2013.
With total advertising expenditures on major media (newspapers, magazines, television, cinema, outdoor and Internet) exceeding approximately $160 billion in recent years, North America is by far the world's largest advertising market. For the fashion talent management industry, including Wilhelmina, advertising expenditures on magazines, television, Internet and outdoor are of particular relevance.
Management's strategy is to increase value to shareholders through the following initiatives:
� develop Wilhelmina into a global brand;
� expand the women's high end fashion board;
� expand the WAM business;
� strategic acquisitions;
� licensing the "Wilhelmina" name to leading model management agencies;
� licensing the "Wilhelmina" brand in connection with consumer products, cosmetics and other beauty products; and
� promoting model search contests, and events and partnering on media projects (television, film, books, etc.).
Due to the increasing ubiquity of the Internet as a standard business tool, the Company has increasingly sought to harness the opportunities of the Internet and other digital media to improve their communications with clients and to facilitate the effective exchange of fashion model and talent information. The Company continues to make significant investments in technology (including developing in-house art and social media departments) in pursuit of gains in efficiency and better communications with customers. At the same time, the Internet presents challenges for the Company, including (i) the cannibalization of traditional print advertising business and (ii) pricing pressures with respect to photo shoots and client engagements.
The key financial indicators that the Company reviews to monitor the business are gross billings, revenues, model costs, operating expenses and cash flows.
The Company analyzes revenue by reviewing the mix of revenues generated by the different "boards" (each a specific division of the fashion model management operations which specializes by the type of model it represents (Women, Men, Direct, Direct 2, Runway, Curve, Lifestyle, Kids, etc.)) of the business, revenues by geographic locations and revenues from significant clients. Wilhelmina has three primary sources of revenue: revenues from principal relationships whereby the gross amount billed to the client is recorded as revenue, when the revenues are earned and collectability is reasonably assured; revenues from agent relationships whereby the commissions paid by models as a percentage of their gross earnings are recorded as revenue when earned and collectability is reasonably assured; and separate service charges, paid by clients in addition to the booking fees, which are calculated as a percentage of the models' booking fees and are recorded as revenues when earned and collectability is reasonably assured. See Critical Accounting Policies - Revenue Recognition. Gross billings are an important business metric that ultimately drive revenues, profits and cash flows.
Because Wilhelmina provides professional services, salary and service costs represent the largest part of the Company's operating expenses. Salary and service costs are comprised of payroll and related costs and T&E (travel, meals and entertainment) to deliver the Company's services and to enable new business development activities.
Analysis of Consolidated Statements of Operations and Gross Billings Year Ended December 31, December 31, Percent Change (in thousands) 2013 2012 2013 vs 2012 GROSS BILLINGS 68,546 63,657 7.7 % Revenues 65,360 54,511 19.9 % License fees and other income 584 1,864 (68.7 %) TOTAL REVENUES 65,944 56,375 17.0 % Model costs 46,242 38,395 20.4 % REVENUES NET OF MODEL COSTS 19,702 17,980 9.6 % GROSS PROFIT MARGIN 29.9 % 31.9 % Salaries and service costs 11,460 10,151 12.9 % Office and general expenses 3,658 3,376 8.4 % Amortization and depreciation 1,572 1,564 1 % Corporate overhead 1,198 1,428 (16.1 %) OPERATING INCOME 1,814 1,461 24.2 % OPERATING MARGIN 2.8 % 2.6 % Interest income 8 8 0.0 % Interest expense (61 ) (44 ) 38.6 % Equity Earnings in affiliate (7 ) 56 (112.5 %) INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES 1,754 1,481 18.4 % Current income tax (expense) (532 ) (419 ) Deferred tax benefit 2,170 - Effective tax rate -93.4 % 28.3 % NET INCOME 3,392 1,062 221.7 % |
Gross Billings
Generally, the Company's gross billings fluctuate in response to its clients' willingness to spend on advertising and the Company's ability to have the desired talent available.
The Company experienced a 21% increase in gross billings across the core modeling business during the year ended December 31, 2013, which were partially offset by a significant decrease in the gross billings of the WAM business, when compared to the gross billings across the core modeling and WAM businesses for the year ended December 31, 2012. Gross billings of the WAM business decreased due to reduced fixed payments earned under a product licensing agreement (per the terms of the contract) and due to the expiration of another product licensing agreement (per the terms of the contract), which the Company was a party to, with a former talent. Management expects gross billings and operating results from the WAM business to continue to decline in 2014 as compared to 2013, as a result of expiring product licensing agreements. Gross billings of the WAM division represented approximately 5% of total gross billings for the year ended December 31, 2013, compared to approximately 16% for the year end December 31, 2012.
The increase in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2013, is attributable to the increases in gross billings of the core modeling business, partially offset by a decline in revenues from the WAM business (as discussed above).
License Fees and Other Income
License fees and other income include the following:
� Product licensing agreements between the Company, its clients and talent, whereby the Company participates in the sharing of royalties. During the year ended December 31, 2013, royalties from these licensing agreements totaled approximately $180,000, compared to $1,252,000 for the year ended December 31, 2012. As previously mentioned, fixed royalty payments earned have declined under a product licensing agreement (per the terms of the contract) and due to the expiration of another product licensing agreement (per the terms of the contract), which the Company was a party to, with a former talent. Management expects royalty payments earned to continue to decline in 2014, as a result of expiring product licensing agreements.
� An agreement between the Company and an unconsolidated affiliate to provide management and administrative services, as well as sharing of space. For each of the years ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, management fee and rental income from the unconsolidated affiliate amounted to approximately $110,000.
� Franchise revenues from independently owned model agencies that use the Wilhelmina trademark name and various services provided by the Company. During the year ended December 31, 2013, franchise fees totaled approximately $298,000, compared to approximately $274,000 for the year ended December 31, 2012.
� Fees derived from participants in the Company's model search contests, events and television syndication royalties.
Gross Profit Margin
Fluctuations in gross profit margin, between periods, are predominantly due to the following:
� The mix of revenues being derived from talent relationships, which require the reporting of revenues gross (as a principal) versus net (as an agent). Model costs consist of costs associated with relationships with models where the key indicators suggest that the Company acts as a principal.
� An increase or decrease in mother agency fees, relative to model costs.
� An increase or decrease in the rate of recovery of advances to models (for the cost of producing initial portfolios and other out-of-pocket costs). These costs are expensed as incurred and repayments of such costs are credited to model costs in the period received.
Gross profit margins were lower during the year ended December 31, 2013, when compared to the year ended December 31, 2012, as a result of the following:
� Royalties earned in the WAM business are reported on a net basis and have decreased significantly, as previously discussed.
� The rate of recovery of certain costs advanced to models (which causes margins to increase) declined slightly during the year ended December 31, 2013 when compared to the year ended December 31, 2012, as a result of the Company's continued efforts to develop new talent. In addition, mother agency fees measured as a percentage of core gross billings increased slightly, as a result of increased scouting efforts.
Salaries and Service Costs
Salaries and service costs consist of payroll and related costs and T&E (travel, meals and entertainment) costs required to deliver the Company's services to its customers and talent. The following factors contributed to the increases in salaries and service costs when comparing the year ended December 31, 2013 to the year ended December 31, 2012:
� The Company hired additional key personnel to execute the Company's strategy to increase value to shareholders through the initiatives discussed in the "Strategy" section above.
� During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company experienced an increase in T&E costs in connection with delivering services to its customers and models.
The increases in salaries and service costs for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to the year ended December 31, 2012 were partially offset by the fact that during the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company paid compensation costs of approximately $540,000 in connection with certain non-compete and contractual arrangements of former employees.
The amount of salaries and service costs as a percentage of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2013 declined to 17.4% from 18.0% for the year ended December 31, 2012.
Office and General Expenses
Office and general expenses consist of office and equipment rents, advertising and promotion, insurance expenses, administration and technology cost. These costs are less directly linked to changes in the Company's revenues than are salaries and service costs.
During the year ended December 31, 2013, office and general expenses increased, when compared to the year ended December 31, 2012, due to costs associated with legal and professional fees, technology, and leases associated with equipment and property. The Company continues to invest in technology, equipment and property to improve delivery of model management services to its talent.
The amount of office and general expenses as a percentage of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2013 declined to 5.6% from 6.0% for the year ended December 31, 2012.
Operating Margin
Operating margins increased for the year ended December 31, 2013, when compared to the year ended December 31, 2012, as a result of an increase in revenues from the core modeling business and the results of certain management initiatives to decrease operating expenses as a percentage of revenues.
Amortization and Depreciation
Depreciation and amortization expense is incurred with respect to certain assets, including computer hardware, software, office equipment, furniture, and other intangibles. During the year ended December 31, 2013, depreciation and amortization expense totaled $1,572,000 (of which $1,432,000 relates to amortization of intangibles acquired in connection with the Wilhelmina Acquisition), compared to $1,564,000 of depreciation and amortization expense during the year ended December 31, 2012 (of which $1,437,000 relates to amortization of intangibles acquired in connection with the Wilhelmina Acquisition). Fixed asset purchases totaled approximately $421,000 and $102,000 during the year ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Approximately $270,000 of the fixed assets purchases during the year ended December 31, 2013 related to leasehold improvements and new fixtures in the New York office. In accordance with the New York office lease (office located at 300 Park Ave South), the Company is entitled to a reimbursement from the landlord of approximately $190,000 of leasehold improvements. The Company received reimbursement from the Landlord in early 2014.
Corporate Overhead
Corporate overhead expenses include public company costs, director and executive officer compensation, directors' and officers' insurance, legal, audit and professional fees, corporate office rent and travel. Corporate overhead decreased for the year ended December 31, 2013, when compared to the year ended December 31, 2012, due to a decline in stock exchange fees, executive search fees and travel.
Asset Impairment Charge
Each reporting period, the Company assesses whether events or circumstances have occurred which indicate that the carrying amount of an intangible asset exceeds its fair value. If the carrying amount of the intangible asset exceeds its fair value, an asset impairment charge will be recognized in an amount equal to that excess. No asset impairment charges were incurred during the year ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
Interest Expense
The increase in interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2013, when compared to the year ended December 31, 2012, is the result of an increase in average borrowings under the Credit Agreement.
Income Taxes
Generally, the Company's combined effective tax rate is high relative to reported net income as a result of certain amounts of amortization expense and corporate overhead not being deductible or attributable to states in which it operates. Currently, the majority of taxes being paid by the Company are state taxes, not federal taxes. The Company operates in three states which have relatively high tax rates: California, New York and Florida. The Company's combined (federal and state) effective tax rate would be even higher if it were not for federal net operating loss carryforwards available to offset current federal taxable income. After adjusting for taxable income in 2013, the Company had federal income tax loss carryforwards of approximately $3,000,000, which begin expiring in 2019. A portion of the Company's federal net operating loss carryforwards were utilized to offset federal taxable income generated during the year ended December 31, 2013. Realization of the Company's carryforwards is dependent on future taxable income. As of December 31, 2013, management determined that the deferred tax asset ("DTA") valuation allowance of approximately $2,500,000 should be reversed. The decision to reverse the DTA valuation allowance is based on the sustained profitability by the Company in recent years and management's expectation of sufficient profitability in subsequent years which will utlize the net operating losses. As a result of the DTA allowance reversal, net income for the year ended December 31, 2013 increased by approximately $2,170,000.
As defined in the Internal Revenue Code, ownership changes may limit the amount of net operating loss carryforwards that can be utilized annually to offset future taxable income.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company's cash balance increased to $2,776,000 at December 31, 2013, from $1,145,000 at December 31, 2012. For the year ended December 31, 2013, cash balances increased as a result of cash flows from operations of approximately $2,932,000 before the payment of approximately $454,000 in settlement of foreign withholding tax claims for tax years 2006 and 2008. The Company offset approximately $454,000 of its remaining approximately $509,000 Miami earnout obligation (as of December 31, 2012) for losses incurred in the settlement of these foreign withholding claims for tax years 2006 and 2008.
Cash flow from operations were also utilized during the year ended December 31, 2013, to make payments under the Credit Agreement with Amegy of $450,000, to repurchase 2,263,110 shares of the Company's Common Stock, totaling approximately $410,000 and to purchase approximately $421,000 of fixed assets. As previously discussed approximately $270,000 of the fixed asset purchases related to leasehold improvements and fixtures in the New York office, of which $190,000 were reimbursed by the Landlord in early 2014.
The Company's primary liquidity needs are for financing working capital associated with the expenses it incurs in performing services under its client contracts. Generally, the Company incurs significant operating expenses with payment terms shorter than its average collections on billings.
Amegy Credit Agreement
On October 24, 2012, the Company executed and closed a second amendment to its revolving Credit Agreement with Amegy (the "Second Credit Agreement Amendment"), which amended and replaced the terms of the Credit Agreement, as previously amended. Under the terms of the Second Credit Agreement Amendment, (1) total availability under the revolving credit facility is $5,000,000, (2) the borrowing base is 75% of eligible accounts receivable (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and (3) the Company's minimum net worth covenant is $22,000,000. The maturity date of the facility is October 15, 2015. Under the terms of the Second Amended and Restated Promissory Note evidencing the Company's obligation to repay advances under the facility, the interest rate on borrowings is prime rate plus 1%.
As of March 31, 2014, the Company had no outstanding borrowings under the Credit Agreement.
The Credit Agreement contains certain representations and warranties and affirmative and negative covenants. Amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement may be accelerated and become immediately due and payable upon the occurrence of an event of default. All indebtedness and other obligations of the Company under the Credit Agreement are secured by all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, provided, however, that the collateral does not include the intellectual property of the Company or the stock or equity interests in the Company's subsidiaries.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had $222,000 of restricted cash that serves as collateral for an irrevocable standby letter of credit. The letter of credit serves as additional security under the lease extension relating to the Company's office space in New York City that expires February 2021.
Effect of Inflation
Inflation has not been a material factor affecting the Company's business. General operating expenses, such as salaries, employee benefits, insurance and occupancy costs, are subject to normal inflationary pressures.
Critical Accounting Policies
See Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the audited financials statements included herewith.


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Africa Access: AIDS Activists Organizing Burkina Faso Summit on GenericsInterview with Paul Davis and Asia Russell
March 30, 2001 A note from TheBody.com: The field of medicine is constantly evolving. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information! Earlier this year Paul Davis and Asia Russell traveled to Paris to help plan the Summit on Generics, a meeting for health ministers from developing countries and others, originally scheduled for May 3-7 in Burkina Faso, West Africa -- shortly before the important World Health Assembly in Geneva. Activists from Paris and from Burkina Faso had organized the generics meeting. We asked Paul Davis and Asia Russell, both members of ACT UP Philadelphia and of the Health GAP Coalition, to tell our readers what was happening. This interview took place in early March. Paul and Asia made changes on April 5. Russell: Every year in May the top government health officials from around the world meet in Geneva, at a conference called the World Health Assembly. This year the U.S. delegation will be headed by Tommy Thompson, the new Secretary of Health and Human Services appointed by President Bush. All countries that are members of the World Health Organization can send a delegation. Last year a few AIDS activists from the U.S. and elsewhere went to the World Health Assembly meeting, and found that delegates from poor countries were at a big disadvantage. The U.S. delegation had almost 30 members, but many small countries could only afford to send one, two, or three. So the agendas of the rich countries -- mostly set by big pharmaceutical companies -- were the ones the meeting served. Davis: For example, one of the important issues for poor countries is to get the World Health Organization to give them practical help by compiling a database of worldwide prices for high-quality drugs. But pharmaceutical companies are strongly opposed; they want to sell their drugs at their prices to countries that do not have the resources to compile this information themselves. So last year at the World Health Assembly, people were lured away to parties and receptions and meeting rooms, and the United States in one unseemly maneuver convened a meeting of mostly wealthy countries to make decisions that included this database of drug prices around the world. They killed this database at a closed-door meeting when most of the delegates were absent. So we ran around to inform the delegates from the global South [the world's poorer countries] to attend this meeting, that it was happening right then, and they were being excluded from the decision making. They were very angry when they found out what had happened. AIDS Treatment News: What is being done differently this year? Davis: This year ACT UP Paris and African and other AIDS NGOs [non-government organizations, usually called nonprofits in the U.S.] have organized a pre-meeting for health ministers, people with AIDS, activists, health care providers and others in Burkina Faso, in early May, shortly before the World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva. The Burkina Faso meeting builds on the experience last summer at the World AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, where ACT UP Paris called a very successful meeting of health ministers and generic drug manufacturers to talk about drug availability and procurement. At Burkina Faso the participants will have a chance to talk and strategize among themselves, and then bring their own agendas, including access to high-quality affordable medicines, to the World Health Assembly in Geneva. The World Health Assembly meeting, in turn, will set the mandate for the World Health Organization for the next year. The meeting in Paris that Asia Russell and I just attended was a planning session for the Burkina Faso meeting, which will be called the Summit on Generics. AIDS Treatment News: Who else is helping organize the Summit on Generics? Davis: ReMeD (Réseau Médicaments et Développement / Drugs and Development Network) a rational drugs use agency which is doing a lot on the ground in Africa, has been partners with ACT UP Paris in organizing this meeting. RAP+ (African Network of People with AIDS), Health Action International, which has many local groups in Africa, Women Fighting AIDS in Kenya (WOFAK) and many other groups were also helping in Paris. MSF (Doctors without Borders), and Oxfam GB, are also sponsors of the Summit on Generics. Davis: This meeting has several purposes:
We hope this summit can serve as a pre-meeting to strategize, and prepare an agenda, because in the past the people who came with an agenda were mainly pharmaceutical-company representatives. Russell: In the fight for treatment access, generic drugs for HIV treatment need to be talked about as a key tool that poor countries can use to translate the desire for sustained access to affordable medication into reality. Especially in Africa, some key medications are patent protected, while others are not currently patented -- so there is a lot of information about intellectual property law and the recourses countries have, such as compulsory licensing, that will be shared and discussed at this important Summit on Generics. Even countries where there is little patent protection currently, and where generics could provide low cost, quality access, are facing dramatic new restrictions to their domestic patent laws, thanks to the rules of the World Trade Organization. Now is a critical time to be strategizing with an array of activist and health care organizations about coordinated efforts to fight for access to affordable medication. To listen to the brand-name pharmaceutical companies, generics amount to no more than "piracy." Much of this summit will be cutting through some of the myths with facts, and talking in a hands-on way about the resources people need and next steps people can take in order to make access to affordable medicine a reality. Note: The Web site for the Summit on Generics is http://www.genericsnow.org. Note: We have received word that the Summit on Generics may be postponed due to scheduling difficulties. For more information, check the Web site or contact ACT UP Paris: Sylvain Coudret, Planet Africa, Commission Nord/Sud, Act Up-Paris, BP287 - 75525 Paris Cedex 11; fax: (011) 33-1-48- 06-16-74, email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Copyright 2001 by John S. James. Permission granted for noncommercial reproduction, provided that our address and phone number are included if more than short quotations are used.
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Mounting the MIC suspended cable system is certainly not as easy as peeling potatoes but is definitely doable; you should be sure not to cap off the wire cable until you are really sure of the length required. In addition, it is a good idea to mount the ceiling mount first so that you can establish the exact position of the floor mount by sounding in the manner of a plumb line establishing verticality (let it hang!).
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One reason we have chosen the MIC suspended cable system for our assortment is that it works great with the presentation panels that we developed ourselves called Quadrat hoch zwei but there is no reason that it cannot also serve as the means for anyone desiring a tautly mounted cable between the ceiling and the floor or between two walls in order have a cool place to attach a brochure holder, panel or whatever.
According to the manufacturer, the system is capable of supporting as much as 80 kg when it is properly installed. By this they mean that the cable and the metal components are easily capable of supporting that kind of weight; the question, of course, will always be just how strong the walls, ceilings and floors are? On this question you are on your own! The cable is made of stainless steel, the mounts of aluminium: rusting components are therefore not a concern! The track-to-track version has the further advantage that you can use as many screws and screw anchors as you need.


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Students at a Dyker Heights school showed off their history knowledge and their arts smarts with the dedication of a moving 9-11 memorial mural on May 16.
Some 70 middle schoolers at William McKinley on Fort Hamilton Parkway spent months under the oversight of teachers Thomas Buxton and Roma Karas creating the 150-foot tribute to the heroes and victims of the World Trade Center attacks in a wing of their building. At the same time they also learned about the events of that fateful day and about Renaissance and art deco painting. Buxton said the curriculum he and Karas designed was inspired by the frightening ignorance their students displayed about 9-11.
"We have a whole generation of kids who are too young to really know anything about it," Buxton said, suggesting that many teachers avoided bringing up the subject because it was still too painful to discuss.
Starting on the 10th anniversary of the attacks, Buxton and Karas had both survivors and those who lost loved ones come in to address their classes. Meanwhile, their students studied the works of Michelangelo and Donatello, as well as the painting and sculpture of the 1920s and '30s. As a result, their mural took inspiration from everything from the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel to the frieze on Buffalo's city hall. The kids also composed 700 original poems about those killed when the Twin Towers fell, which they added to the mural. Buxton said the idea was to blend different subjects.
"We wanted to layer literature, history, artwork, and student work," he said.
The school invited local leaders, the police and fire departments, and the Police Benevolent Association to join them at the dedication ceremony. Each agency gave the school a special gift as a token of thanks, with the Police Benevolent Association going so far as to create individualized plaques for every student who contributed to the mural. Association spokesman Al O'Leary echoed Buxton's concern about young people forgetting their history and said that the union wanted to pay tribute to the students' efforts.
"It was a no-brainer. It's such a wonderful project, and it's something sorely needed to remind kids of what happened that day," said O'Leary.
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LEADING A GREAT NATION, AS BARACK OBAMA confessed in his review of his first hundred days as president, is no piece of cake. Whether it's the Taliban running wild in Pakistan or the Republicans running wild in Congress, the Iraqis shooting each other up in Baghdad or Joe Biden shooting off his mouth in D.C., erstwhile world-class banks begging for handouts, the swine-flu epidemic, the dented remnants of our auto industry desperately embracing bankruptcy or flirting with it -- it's one darn stressful thing after another.
And we haven't even mentioned trying to settle into still-unfamiliar digs with both a new dog and a mother-in-law.
The ceaseless pressures, of course, come with the territory, and not only for Mr. Obama. Recession and its attendant miseries are rife around the globe and putting great strain on leaders virtually everywhere. Our new president ought to thank his lucky stars he has a smart and spirited spouse to help meet the monumental challenges confronting him.
The importance of such a helpmate is too often neglected in the calculations of political pundits, regardless of whether they lean left or right or simply wobble in the center, as they assess the performance of various leaders. But the leaders themselves, to judge by their actions, are highly conscious of it.
Which explains, for instance, what easily could be misconstrued as the erratic, even naughty, behavior of Silvio Berlusconi, the prime minister of Italy -- behavior, we might add, that prompted his wife to write a scathing letter complaining about it to an Italian news service. More specifically, she objected, and not for the first time in a public forum, of his consorting, as the New York Times put it, "with young and chesty women."
Far from acting on any salacious impulses, we're sure it is merely Mr. Berlusconi's way of catching his wife's attention (she, incidentally, is 20 years younger than he and extremely attractive), to remind her how much he needs her to share the burdens of office. We can only infer that the Italian citizenry was quick to grasp his true motives, since the airing of his wife's suspicions hasn't diminished his popularity one bit (eat your heart out, Bill Clinton).
In like vein (or is it vain?), Jacob Zuma, about to become president of South Africa, has gone to great lengths to be prepared for the rigors of his new post by having two wives (the second married only last year) and, according to The Wall Street Journal, is eyeing a third, in keeping with his insightful recognition that you can never have too much help in coping with the multitude of economic, political and social problems that confront a country's leader these days.
As the Journal piece notes, there is still the thorny question as to which of the trio will be South Africa's First Lady, Second Lady or Third Lady. Maybe they'll take turns.
Except for those who are keen on foreign affairs, the denizens of Wall Street are apt to give scant notice to heads of state and their trials and tribulations, much less their spousal arrangements. And who can blame them? After all, no one ever got rich worrying whether a president or a premier of some alien country was faithful or a philanderer.
For that matter, the only marriages Wall Street has ever paid much heed to are the nuptials -- bereft of even a hint of romance -- known as mergers. And there has been a notable paucity of those of late as tough times in the economy, the credit markets and the stock market sharply curbed the corporate urge to merge.
Comes now the shotgun wedding -- proposed but not as yet consummated -- between bankrupt Chrysler and the Italian auto maker Fiat, with a grim Uncle Sam as matchmaker and dowry donor. It's hardly the kind of arranged joining together that sends shouts of "Whoopee!" jubilantly echoing through the Street.
And for several good reasons, not the least of which is that the lenders -- JPMorgan, JPM -0.11442956860052637% JPMorgan Chase & Co. U.S.: NYSE USD87.29 -0.1 -0.11442956860052637% /Date(1490389226482-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 15566269 AFTER HOURS USD87.32 0.0299999999999869 0.03436819796082025% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 526968 P/E Ratio 14.101777059773829 Market Cap 311796643992.886 Dividend Yield 2.291213197388017% Rev. per Employee 421060 More quote details and news » Citigroup, c 0.034453057708871665% Citigroup Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD58.07 0.02 0.034453057708871665% /Date(1490389305248-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 13062743 AFTER HOURS USD58.09 0.00999999999999801 0.034441191665231616% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 441703 P/E Ratio 12.290987596833594 Market Cap 160555709139.14 Dividend Yield 1.1021181332874117% Rev. per Employee 383699 More quote details and news » Goldman Sachs, gs -1.5049590340664079% Goldman Sachs Group Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD228.41 -3.49 -1.5049590340664079% /Date(1490389209207-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6329403 AFTER HOURS USD228.54 0.129999999999995 0.056915196357427436% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 57938 P/E Ratio 13.961491442542787 Market Cap 90859217308.4961 Dividend Yield 1.1383039271485487% Rev. per Employee 1059850 More quote details and news » Morgan Stanley ms -0.30523597088518434% Morgan Stanley U.S.: NYSE USD42.46 -0.13 -0.30523597088518434% /Date(1490389222408-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10641566 AFTER HOURS USD42.48 0.047103155911446065% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 173780 P/E Ratio 14.54109589041096 Market Cap 79237365850.0686 Dividend Yield 1.8841262364578426% Rev. per Employee 684638 More quote details and news » et al. -- who provided Chrysler with $6.9 billion in supposedly secured debt -- are to get back only $2.25 billion, or roughly 33 cents on the dollar. A small bunch composed mostly of hedge funds that bought some of those loans from the banks at a sharp discount balked at the offer and find themselves, for the moment, out in the cold.
The holdouts huff that their rejection of the government's offer is based on principle. Perhaps they mean principal, since reportedly they were willing to accept 36 cents on the dollar. Chrysler debt had been trading for less than half that much, so maybe the better part of wisdom would have been to take the money and run.
Crucial to the deal is Chrysler escaping quickly from the clammy grip of bankruptcy, and quickly, in this instance, means several months, not the years it took airlines in a similar bind to emerge.
Once it does, the company will be 55% owned by the United Auto Workers' retirement fund and something between 20% and 35% by Fiat, with Washington a heavy presence on the liberated company's board. Fiat is bringing its know-how on making small, gas-efficient cars -- but no dough -- to the party.
That expertise, and even more so, its line of agricultural and construction equipment, have stood the company in very good stead in recent years. But in the first quarter of '09, they proved no match for the one-two punch of recession and the big skid of the global auto market. Fiat wound up in the red, its car sales off 18% from the like year-earlier quarter.
Even if the stay in bankruptcy is brief and the merger goes smoothly -- and those are big ifs -- the great unknown is whether Americans will go for a small non-gas-guzzler. And on that score, history and a continuing infatuation with jalopies that boast size and muscle stack the odds against it.
In short, the road ahead for this latest incarnation of Chrysler looks bumpy, especially if, as we suspect, the economy is likely to take its own sweet time getting back in the groove. But, for all that, we still wish it a bon voyage.
THE INCOMPARABLE STEPHANIE POMBOY, no stranger to this space, week in week out spices her intriguing insights with sprightly irreverence. But she was really in top form in the latest edition of her worthy MacroMavens commentary. So we thought we might pass along some of her bon thoughts and bon mots that enlightened and tickled us.
Under the elegant title "Burping Out Loud," Stephanie stands the conventional wisdom on its head on corporate profits and the stock market. We should warn you that recovery isn't currently a prominent part of her lexicon.
For openers, she doesn't buy the growing conviction that what we've been witnessing is more than a bear-market rally.
And her Exhibit A is the amount of financial pain being priced into the credit markets. She readily grants that spreads have narrowed, but notes that they remain "far, far wider than they were at the 2003 cycle lows."
The complacent reaction among the investment cognoscenti is that the credit markets are wildly oversold. More likely, she sniffs, it has something to do with the fact that "an overwhelming portion of some $8 trillion in mortgage debt (or 80% of the total) is teetering on the edge of, or in some state of, negative equity."
As to the Fed's claim that the equity of homeowners as a group stands at 43%, she points out that what the Fed neglects to tell you is that roughly a third of them have their houses free and clear. Lo and behold, some basic arithmetic reveals that 67% of homeowners with mortgages have equity of less than 15%. That, Stephanie comments drily, suggests the "destruction priced into the credit markets hardly seems out of whack with potential reality."
And while, thanks to "the transfer of toxic assets to taxpayers" and the magic of accounting legerdemain, the scarred financials to some significant extent may be spared further pain, the same, alas, can't be said for the nonfinancial sector. Little recognized, she insists, is how much the extraordinary gains in domestic nonfinancial profits from the low in 2001 to the peak in 2006 -- a stunning rise of 388% -- owed to the housing bubble.
"Who in his right mind," she asks, "would believe that explosion in profits during the housing-bubble stretch a mere coincidence and, therefore, in no way subject to the same inexorable decline?" Since we delight in answering rhetorical questions, we'd reckon not more than 95% of the folks who contend we're in a new bull market.
Absent the powerful stimulus provided by the unprecedented boom in housing, she sees a huge hit still in the offing for nonfinancial corporate profits. A worst-case analysis is that such profits would sink to 2003 levels, a further decline of $450 billion, or 54%. Under a less exacting (and frightening) estimate, using their relationship to GDP, they would return to their pre-bubble percentage of 3.5%, which translates into a drop from here of $340 billion, or 41%.
At the end of the day, earnings, to state the obvious, are what makes the stock market go up -- and down. The prospect that they are in for a fresh drubbing is all the more ominous because it's unexpected. As Stephanie reflects, "bear-market rallies come and go, but what makes this one so noteworthy is just how far removed perception is from reality."
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After waiting for 2 mo. for my 328i to arrive,finally got it 2 weeks ago.For the last week it has been in the dealer repair shop b/c according to the mechanic "after working back and forth w. BMW they told us the problem might be in the transmission oil tank.....first one to see w this situation at this BMW" A new transmission will be send within the next week.
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Get an overview of this hotelLuxury Riga hotel in Old Town, walk to St John's Church
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Located in Old Town, this luxury hotel is steps from Latvian National Opera, Laima Clock, and St John's Church. Cathedral Square and Riga Castle are also within 10 minutes.
Hotel Features
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a bar/lounge and a sauna. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Other amenities include a rooftop terrace, a 24-hour business center, and coffee/tea in a common area.
Room Amenities
All 65 rooms offer free WiFi and free wired Internet, plus minibars and LCD TVs with satellite channels. Other amenities available to guests include room service, hair dryers, and safes.
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Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 4.5-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and a meeting room. This luxury hotel also offers a sauna, a rooftop terrace, and spa services. For a surcharge, the property provides a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) and an area shuttle.
Old City Boutique Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- Computer station
- Luggage storage
- Train station pickup (surcharge)
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Number of floors - 7
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- Total number of rooms - 65
- One meeting room
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- Year Built 2009
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- Number of buildings/towers - 2
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Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Access via exterior corridors
- Phone
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- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
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- Free WiFi
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A complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast is served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Old City Restaurant - This fine-dining restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open daily.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
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- Golfing nearby
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- Manicures and pedicures
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
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Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time ends at noon
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
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- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! One child 12 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 20 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
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- Pet fees vary based on length of stay
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Neighbors in serious need
I heard about this family via email from town council member Tracy DiFlorio. Unless you had a child at the school, you might not have heard about this local family in need at an unbeliveably difficult time in any family's life. For them to be dealing with unemployment *and* stage 4 cancer is too much for any one family to bear, let alone two little boys. Details at the end of the blog on how you can help just by attending Chil-E-Fest.
Hi Grace,
The following letter is posted on the Churchville Chili school district web site. I have recently found out about this family and it breaks my heart. The two boys are twins going into 1st grade next year. I have been told the mom has stage 4 breast cancer and dad lost his job last year. Several of the families with children in the class, along with their teacher have really rallied around this family. They are selling candy bars to raise money and will be running a booth at the Chil-e fest. They haven't worked out all the details, but I believe they will be doing patriotic tatoos and accepting donations. I thought maybe you could "spread the word" to our community to stop by the table and offer their support to this family in need. Let me know if you need any additional information.
"We have 288 patriotic tattoos that we are going to give out with a $1 donation. We have 200 red, white and blue glow necklaces that we are giving out with a $2 or more donation. We also have leftover candy bars that we are going to sell. "
I don't have any more specific information. They are trying to organize a fundraising dinner in the fall, but are trying to find a "sponsor" organization like the Lions. It is difficult to get companies to donate to a specific individual so they need a sponsor. I will keep you posted as I get additional information.
Tracy DiFlorio
A CRS Family in Need
A letter from Miss Burnett:
I am Morgan Yasol and I am William Yasol.
We are in Miss Burnett's kindergarten class. Unfortunately our mom has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She is very sick and very worried she may not have much time left with us. The doctors have told mom not to tell us that she will be o.k. but to explain the cancer to us and share the facts about her treatment.
Our mom wants to say THANK YOU for taking such good care of us! She is thankful C.R.S. is such a warm and caring place. She has expressed to Miss Burnett that knowing we will have support here at school is the most important thing to her.
Miss Burnett knows our dad lost his job. Miss Kurlan is working to connect us with agencies that can help us. We were truly touched to find gift cards in our home folders from those of you who have heard our story and want to help. This is an amazing community! There is now an envelope in the main office. If you would like to make a donation just see Mrs. Stowe.
Thank you for reading our story and supporting us during this challenging time (a smile, kind words, listening ear…)!
Sincere thanks! Miss Burnett
Please, Chilites, stop by the booth and purchase a tattoo or a glow stick to help out. Please, Chilites, if you are a member of or know folks in an organization like the Lions or Kiwanis or Knight of Columbus who might be able to help this family by helping to organize and host a benefit dinner, get in touch with either myself or Tracy DiFlorio so we can pass the information along to the right folks.


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Monday, September 21st, 2009
By Gary R. Rasberry
Cavalier girls pick up a win in first home match
COLDWATER - The debut season for the Coldwater girls soccer team has been one counted in miles.
Not only miles in the strides the team has made through the season, but, more to the point, miles put on the school bus traveling to matches.
The first five matches this season, the Cavaliers have played on the road, with no true facility in Coldwater to hold them. Among the trips the team has made this season so far have been Van Buren, Napoleon, Bath and Elida with trips to Greenville and Bluffton still on the horizon.
That changed Saturday as the Cavaliers hosted their first girls soccer game, facing the New Knoxville club team.
The day was made brighter as the Cavaliers improved to 2-3-1 on the season with a 3-2 win to avenge an earlier loss to the Rangers.
The game was played in a field near the village offices, a retention field that gave it a bowl-like atmosphere, with hills surrounding the playing area. Even before the game, coach Scott Brinkman was working to put the final touches in setting up the nets properly.
"It's good for their friends to see this," said Brinkman about the importance of having at least one game in town. "It's good for our players because this is the atmosphere we haven't seen yet this year. There were (at least) 200 people out here rooting for us. All these games we've been going to, we'd get a handful of parents to show up. It's good for these kids to see their friends and family members roar them on to victory."
An e-mail by the school this week invited fans to be a part of history and attend the game. Fans, a number of them athletes and coaches from other sports at Coldwater as well as teachers and other school employees, brought lawn chairs or sat on the hills and formed a nice crowd.
"It's really exciting," said Cayla Wood, one of three Cavalier seniors on the roster who got the honor of having a Senior Day before the match. "All week people were talking about it. We asked our friends to come. It was like, everyone is coming. We were excited for us to show everyone what we've been working on."
"It felt like we've been having this sport forever," said senior Katelyn Severt of the crowd support. "The support was awesome for everybody. I think that's what pumped us up."
"I think, regardless of the sport, you're going to get that support here in Coldwater," said Brinkman. "Football game, volleyball game, basketball game, even a soccer game. Given it's 75 (degrees) and sunny, it really helps. You can't ask for better weather. ... Where else can you sit on the ground, get a blanket or lawn chair and watch 80 minutes of soccer. It's the first time people in this community got the opportunity to see this level."
Bedecked in home whites, the Cavaliers gave the fans early excitement as Carly Schlater and Kaitlyn Obringer scored two goals in the first half, but the Rangers also scored twice to make it 2-2 after the first 40 minutes of play.
"I thought the atmosphere was awesome," said senior Brooke Gillis. "I remember the first goal. I was down in the goal area and I saw the crowd go crazy for that first goal. It got me excited."
The Cavaliers gave their fans one last big surprise in the last half of the second half, where Schlater scored her second goal to put Coldwater up 3-2. The Cavaliers had several big chances for insurance, but were able to celebrate as the final horn sounded with the win.
While Brinkman was happy that his team won its home opener, his main focus is building for future play.
"Certainly you play to win, but that's not our number-one priority all the time," said Brinkman. "We want to just continue to improve as soccer players. Our work ethic is what carries us. Skill level isn't where we would like it to be. It's going to be a while before it gets there. But our work ethic carries us there."
The Cavaliers head to Delphos to play St. John's today, then face Celina's junior varsity on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
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The Bench ruled that Reddy Pharma deliberately adopted the impugned mark, 'Reddy', to deceive the public
Singapore: Leading India drug maker Dr Reddy's Laboratories Limited has won a trade mark dispute related court case filed against New Delhi based Reddy Pharmaceutical Limited. Hearing the case, the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) ordered the Registrar of Trademarks to remove the registered trade mark 'Reddy' from the latter's title.
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Small shed fire extinguished
Original post made on Oct 25, 2010
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a resident of Danville
on Oct 25, 2010 at 7:43 pm
the fire was out when FD arrived, put out by neighbors with garden hoses in the 15 minutes it took for SRFD to respond (from all of 2 miles away).
a resident of Danville
on Oct 26, 2010 at 6:59 am
Confirming the last posters comments - I was out for a run and the fire department wasn't there when the flames were shooting 20+ feet in the air...the neighbor with the hose (and the shed burning down to almost nothing) put the fire out. Thankfully the recent rain had everything damp and probably kept the fire from spreading to the beautiful house while we stood there waiting for the fire department.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 26, 2010 at 9:14 am
A reminder to us all--this ended well, but the delay in response could be because the neighbor who initially saw the smoke called 911 from a cell phone, not a land line. Those calls don't go to local dispatch and have to be rerouted to the appropriate emergency service area.
Bravo to the neighbor who saved the day (and the house!) with the hose!
a resident of Danville
on Oct 26, 2010 at 10:17 am
Remember to program your local police department's phone number in your cell phone, rather than calling 911. Like the above commenter said, the calls don't go to the local dispatch and are rerouted and the response time is longer.
Danville Police Department's phone number is (925) 314-3700.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 26, 2010 at 10:21 am
I am the homeowner. I'd like to thank all the neighbors who picked up hoses to spray, and phones to call the Fire dept. We are very lucky indeed! The fire was mostly confined to the chicken coop, which was a total loss. The wall of the house was singed, two widows melted/broke, and a bit of smoke damage.
I work in Oakland, and by the time I got home the fire was out. My wife got here sooner. She reports that while the efforts of the neighbors were helpful, the fire department did quench the blaze. It turns out that while the neighborhood crew was squirting fro the front, she ran around the back and squirted from that side until the fire department came.
As for the commentary above - calling 911 from a cell is a last resort. Always use a land line if you can. Even better, program the actual fire department and/or police department numbers into your phone. They are much faster than 911.
a resident of Diablo
on Oct 26, 2010 at 10:34 am
... and what of my cousins, the chickens?
a resident of Danville
on Oct 26, 2010 at 11:40 am
Thanks for asking!
Two chickens made it out w/o a scratch. One is recovering (thanks to Dr.Jaime Clevenger at Oak Tree Animal Hospital and my aunt Lani who got us in quick!) And two went to chicken-heaven.
a resident of Vista Grande Elementary School
on Oct 26, 2010 at 5:54 pm
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Bummer Chris, I hope the cleanup is not too complicated....thx for the update, at least you counted your chickens before they "matched"
No more smoking in the coop after Mom and Dad go to work...
Seriously though...I am a neighbor and smelled the fire, a "happy ending" to what could have been a very bad situation.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 26, 2010 at 8:04 pm
I am the neighbor who was DRIVING by and saw the fire first. My apologies for not using a land line - don't have one in my car. I beat on the door, found no one home, went around back, saw the chickens grouped in corner as far from the fire as they could be, which unfortunately was about 24 inches from the coop door, which was towards the fire. As the flames were hot enough to burn my face (which they did), I managed to open the door to the coop and scared out the rooster and one chicken, which both escaped. I'm sorry the other two didn't make it out, it was extremely hot - I tried my best.
And I will say the delay was 15 minutes, then it took another 4-5 to hook up the hoses to the hydrant and get pressure. By that time, for all intents and purposes, the fire was out (I was spraying it with the hose from the front yard over the fence, so I should know). It was hot enough to melt the vinyl windows, and I can honestly say the fire would've spread into the house had that not been wet down with the garden hose.
Incidentally, there was also a Siamese cat in the front yard in a racoon trap which I released - it was in a state of sheer panic being that close to the fire; so whoever owns the freaked-out Siamese, you know why.
Like I said, apologies to all for not using a land line. Next time I'll just drive on by. Will save me a sunburn.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 27, 2010 at 8:24 am
The SRV Fire emergency number is: (925) 838-6691 If you call that number from your cell phone it will be answered in Danville at the fire dispatch center.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 27, 2010 at 11:49 am
neighbor, no one is implying you did the wrong thing. The suggestions are to all of us as a KIND reminder to program emergency numbers into our cell phones as a way to quicken emergency response teams in these situations. You can take those suggestions in the spirit intended or brood about being singled out and not properly idolized for responding to the fire - your choice.
a resident of Diablo
on Oct 27, 2010 at 11:51 am
Chris -- I'm sorry you lost any of your pets. I've not had any chickens, but they seem to rank a Lot closer to dogs and cats in their human' hearts than to hamsters or aquarium fish.
a resident of Vista Grande Elementary School
on Oct 27, 2010 at 12:44 pm
I do not use a land line anymore, only a cell phone. Many thanks to the people who posted the information about 911 calls and our town's local numbers.


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Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova has praised David Villa following his performance in the 2-0 Copa del Rey win over Cordoba on Wednesday.
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Lionel Messi was again a double scorer for Barca on Wednesday but the first goal came from a brilliant move involving Villa who then unselfishly chose to pass to his teammate.
Villa has been reported to be discontent with life at Camp Nou after receiving little playing time since recovering from a broken leg earlier this summer but he featured for 80 minutes against Cordoba.
"I am very pleased with [Villa's] work," Vilanova said. "He provided the assist for Messi and he gave us a lot of options up top.
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This time my presentation not only included a short and personal introduction of what is China today, but also a look back at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, how it was prepared, how it went and what its legacy is today.
One of the key problems in China is the lack of mass sports: soccer, rugby and similar suffer from a shortage of players and grassroots clubs. Soccer has been plagued by scandals and corruption. A city like Beijing has only one club worth mentioning and China is nowhere in the World Cup. It is also a result of the lack of sports in the education system, due to too much emphasis on studying. As a result, the levels of obesity and myopia (80%!) among college students is alarming. The government is aware but there are many problems to change the attitude among parents and schools. And there is a great shortage of teachers qualified for physical education.