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February 07, 2013 17:00 ET
Customer base up 11% and future embedded margin up 14%, year over year; Gross margin decreases 3% in the quarter and up 9% year to dateAdjusted EBITDA decreases 18% in the quarter and down 6% year to dateDividend reduced from $0.10333 to $0.07 per month effective the April 30, 2013 payment to fund future growth initiatives and debt reduction
Customer base up 11% and future embedded margin up 14%, year over year;
Gross margin decreases 3% in the quarter and up 9% year to date
Adjusted EBITDA decreases 18% in the quarter and down 6% year to date
Dividend reduced from $0.10333 to $0.07 per month effective the April 30, 2013 payment to fund future growth initiatives and debt reduction
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 7, 2013) - Just Energy Group, Inc. (TSX:JE)(NYSE:JE), a competitive retailer of natural gas and electricity, today announced results for its third quarter of fiscal 2013.
Key 3Q Highlights:
1 Profit for the period includes the impact of unrealized gains (losses), which represents the mark to market of future commodity supply acquired to cover future customer demand. The supply has been sold to customers at fixed prices, minimizing any realizable impact of mark to market gains and losses.
Commenting on the quarterly results, CEO Ken Hartwick stated: "Just Energy's third quarter was another strong quarter of growth as reflected in our 341,000 new customers resulting in 10% year over year growth in our base and 14% year over year growth in our future embedded gross margin. We were able to generate this growth despite a challenging commodity environment, heightened competition and poor economics for our ethanol business, all of which contributed to weaker year over year margin and adjusted EBITDA. These results contributed to the increase in our payout ratio to levels above our targeted range. With an embedded margin of $15.19 per Just Energy share to end the quarter, there is a solid underpinning to our equity and evidence of our future financial strength which will allow us to continue executing on our long-term growth strategy.
"Our management team and Board of Directors regularly review Just Energy's debt levels and our payout ratio. Management's recommendation to the Board was based on the quality of Just Energy's investment opportunities and the available access to the capital markets for funding our continued growth. The conclusion was that the long term interests of shareholders would be better served by a reduction of the current dividend to $0.84 per year, an amount which should allow us to reduce our payout below 100% in fiscal 2014, fund our growth and build a cash reserve to pay down our debt on maturity. This new dividend level still leaves Just Energy as one of the highest yielding investment options in our industry and in the markets in general."
Executive Chair Rebecca MacDonald added: "Our Board of Directors reviews our dividend policy and capital allocation annually. In the review for the coming year, they considered the best long term interests of our shareholders and the management's recommendations for use of capital. In line with this effort, we have elected to reduce our dividend rate effective the April 30, 2013 payment and reallocate our capital priorities toward what we believe to be high return investments that have and will continue to increase the future embedded margin in our contracts. As this margin is realized, we expect our payout ratio on funds from operations to fall into the target range of 60% to 65% by the end of fiscal 2015."
Third Quarter Operating Performance
The third quarter financial results showed continued strong growth in Just Energy's core business as reflected in both number of customers and the future embedded margin those customers will generate. Both measures were up double digits from a year earlier. A challenging commodity price environment combined with poor markets for the non-core ethanol business resulted in weaker than expected margin and EBITDA from the Company.
Customer additions in the third quarter were 341,000, up 10% from fiscal 2012 and the second highest total registered in Just Energy's history. The overall customer base, including National Home Services ("NHS") installations, grew to 4.3 million, up 11% from a year earlier.
New additions were solid in all segments of the business led by 150,000 new residential customers, up 34% from the 112,000 added in the third quarter of fiscal 2012. Commercial additions totaled 191,000, down slightly from the record 198,000 added in the prior fiscal year. NHS saw a 44% year over year growth in total installations growing to 222,000 customers.
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The Company maintains its focus on the preservation and profitability of the energy customer base. A total of 241,000 customers were lost during the quarter and replaced by new additions. This compares to 195,000 lost a year earlier and 297,000 lost in Q2.
In addition to the 341,000 new customers added to offset this, a further 203,000 customers renewed their contracts during the quarter. The Company's traditional salesforce was augmented by strong results from telemarketing, internet sales and network marketing. With the opening of new markets such as the U.K., Just Energy's sales capacity remains at its highest level in history. The recent U.K. supply agreement with Shell shows the progress being made in Europe.
The attrition rate was 13% on a trailing 12-month basis, down from 14% in the prior year period, with U.S. gas markets higher and U.S. electricity markets lower. Canadian attrition was unchanged at 10%. Overall attrition remains at target levels.
Renewal rates were near target at an average 69% for the last 12 months. Canadian consumer renewals were weak, at approximately 50% while the U.S. was over 80%, better than target. Management believes that there is an opportunity for further improvement in renewal rates, however, commercial renewal rates can be volatile on a quarter to quarter basis.
Operating profits lagged the overall Company growth during the quarter. Gross margin for the quarter was $142.5 million, down 3% from $147.4 million in fiscal 2012. Adjusted EBITDA was $72.5 million, down 18% from $88.5 million in the prior year. This resulted in payout ratios of 62% on Adjusted EBITDA versus 50% well above target levels, and 124% on Base Funds from Operations versus 88% in the comparable quarter of fiscal 2012.
The following factors drove quarterly profitability:
Gross margin and Adjusted EBITDA are tracking below targeted levels with margin up 9% and Adjusted EBITDA down 6% year to date. On a quarterly basis, the operating costs deducted in Adjusted EBITDA are relatively unaffected by margin fluctuations. Accordingly, the lower level of realized margin has a significantly larger percentage impact on Adjusted EBITDA.
Just Energy has taken several steps toward creating value through targeted growth expenditures over the last two years. As announced last week, the signing of a five year supply agreement with Shell gives our new U.K. platform a base to add profitable growth. The work to establish smart thermostats as a long term access point to consumer's commodity needs requires capital financing and will bring the solid returns Just Energy investments have traditionally generated. Hudson Solar creates profitable, tax advantaged green projects raising the Company's profile. The success and return on capital from continued investment in NHS is reflected in its results. These businesses do not require large amounts of capital (or, in the case of NHS and Hudson Solar, are non-recourse funded) and the future of Just Energy will benefit from focused profitable investments like these.
Management believes that a broadening of the customer relationship is the next step in the evolution of Just Energy. While the funding platform for NHS supports this growth in Canada, there is a need to provide the capital to expand the business in the U.S. This step will contribute to an increasingly profitable customer relationship less impacted by natural gas prices.
Past growth expenditures have created clear tangible long term value for shareholders. Management believes that a key measure of this value is embedded gross margin. Embedded margin is an estimate of cash flow from existing contracts based on the spread between contract price and underlying supply. The table below shows the increase in this value over the quarter and the last year.
Dividend Policy
Dividends were $0.31 per share in the quarter, unchanged from those paid a year earlier. Payout ratio on Adjusted EBITDA increased to 62%, up from 50% a year ago. The Company's dividend obligations will exceed Funds from Operations for the year.
Payout ratio remains an area of focus. As highlighted in the second quarter report, both Adjusted EBITDA and Funds from Operations ("FFO") were trending below forecast and that trend remains. Payout on Adjusted EBITDA is 65% over the past 12 months, versus 60% a year earlier. Payout ratio on FFO is 172% for the same period up from 96%. It is clear that the payout ratio on FFO will remain well above 100% for the fiscal year and, in all likelihood, the year to come based on current forecasts and dividend levels.
Just Energy remains focused on its debt level and the need to refinance notes coming due in fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2018. In December 2012, the Company was able to access the capital markets raising $105 million through a private placement of debt during the quarter. While the based on the liquidity provided by this issuance, both corporate growth and the dividends can be financed from these proceeds. However, management believes that there needs to be a focus on profitable growth and debt reduction as well as dividends.
Management and the Board of Directors has concluded that it would be appropriate to reduce the dividend effective April 2013 to a level which would allow the funding of necessary growth capital expenditures and the cash repayment of the entire fiscal 2015 $90 million convertible debenture issue if necessary. In addition, the new level of dividend will allow Just Energy to build a cash reserve to potentially purchase a portion of its other outstanding convertible debentures. The Company plans, subject to Toronto Stock Exchange approval, to commence a normal course issuer bid for its three issues of convertible debentures listed on the TSX as well as its shares.
At its regularly scheduled February meeting, the Board of Just Energy has implemented a new dividend policy effective with the April 30, 2013 dividend payment which calls for a monthly dividend of $0.07 per share. That is an annualized $0.84 versus the current $1.24 per share. This level of dividend is intended to fund growth, reduce debt and will target a payout ratio for Funds from Operations of between 60% and 65% in the future.
By creating a more stable financial platform and balance sheet, Just Energy expects to generate continued growth and income for its shareholders.
The Company's published guidance calls for 10% to 12% gross margin growth and 8% to 10% Adjusted EBITDA growth for fiscal 2013. Although overall margin is up 9% year to date, management does not expect it to reach the 10%-12% target range projected for the fiscal year. Continued weak results from the TGF ethanol business and delays in the positive cash impact of colder winter temperatures causes management to currently estimate no more than 8% margin growth for the fiscal year.
Administrative and sales and marketing expenses are growing more quickly than margin as the the expenses more closely track the number of customers in our base. Therefore, roughly flat fourth quarter margins, which is the current forecast, would result in Adjusted EBITDA remaining in the current range of 6% less than the prior fiscal year. The major factors that will continue to impact margin and EBITDA in the fourth quarter will be stabilization of commercial margins around the $64 per RCE level seen in Q3 and the reduced seasonality of the Company's business overall as the percentage of natural gas customers in the overall base declines. As well, the initial margins received from new Momentis independent representatives will slow due to amended compensation plans.
"We remain cautious about the near-term as challenging market conditions have resulted in mixed results across our portfolio of businesses," Hartwick said, commenting on the outlook for the Company. "While these conditions persist, our growth and the resultant growth of our embedded margin indicate that Just Energy's future is bright. As in the past, we have adjusted our business model to market reality and are working to ensure that customer and margin growth lead to bottom line results. Strategic investment today will lead to a stronger balance sheet and higher returns in the coming years."
Earnings Call
The Company will host a conference call and live webcast to review the third quarter results beginning at 8:30 AM eastern daylight time on Friday February 8, 2013 followed by a question and answer period. Those who wish to participate in the conference call may do so by dialing (866) 200-6965 and entering pass code 93743454#. The call will also be webcast live over the internet at the following link: http://event.onlineseminarsolutions.com/r.htm?e=571721&s=1&k=D89F120F34C16CBA5AFFDCF5F4FE57C2.
About Just Energy Group Inc.
Established in 1997, Just Energy is primarily a competitive retailer of natural gas and electricity. With offices located across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, Just Energy serves close to 2 million residential and commercial customers (4.3 million RCEs) through a wide range of energy programs and home comfort services, including fixed-price or price-protected energy program contracts, the rental of water heaters, furnaces and air conditioners and the installation of solar panels. The Company's JustGreen®products provide consumers with the ability to help them reduce the environmental impact of their everyday energy use. Just Energy is the parent to Amigo Energy, Commerce Energy, Hudson Energy, Hudson Energy Solar, National Home Services, Momentis, Tara Energy and Terra Grain Fuels.
Just Energy's press releases may contain forward-looking statements including statements pertaining to customer revenues and margins, customer additions and renewals, customer attrition, customer consumption levels, general and administrative expenses, dividends, distributable cash and treatment under governmental regulatory regimes. These statements are based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to, levels of customer natural gas and electricity consumption, rates of customer additions and renewals, rates of customer attrition, fluctuations in natural gas and electricity prices, changes in regulatory regimes and decisions by regulatory authorities, competition and dependence on certain suppliers. Additional information on these and other factors that could affect Just Energy's operations, financial results or dividend levels are included in Just Energy's annual information form and other reports on file with Canadian securities regulatory authorities which can be accessed through the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com, on the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov or through Just Energy's website at www.justenergygroup.com.
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TOLEDO, Ohio — The battle for the Republican presidential nomination spread out across the country Wednesday, as a relieved Mitt Romney talked economics and a feisty Rick Santorum portrayed himself as the field's bona fide conservative.
As the GOP race expanded to 11 states — Washington, which holds a caucus on Saturday, followed by 10 voting on Super Tuesday March 6 — Republican candidates began crisscrossing the country, tearing into each other as well as President Barack Obama.
Romney, the winner of Tuesday's Michigan and Arizona primaries, spent his day in pivotal Ohio, which votes next Tuesday. At rallies in Toledo and Bexley, he branded Santorum an "economic lightweight" and insisted that he and Obama have sharp differences.
Often criticized for being stiff and scripted, Romney got unusually personal. Responding to questions from a Bexley audience, he talked about being a congregation leader in the Mormon church, reminisced about his father and talked about the joy of having grandchildren.
Santorum, the insurgent former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania who has roused social conservatives, campaigned in Powell, Tenn., with his trademark candor.
He called Obama a know-it-all and Romney a faux conservative. He claimed Michigan was a moral victory, because he and Romney appeared to come away with the same number of convention delegates from Romney's boyhood home state.
"This is a huge win for us," Santorum said. "Let's play it the way it is, don't give Romney all the spin. We went into his backyard. He spent a fortune, money he had no intention of spending, and we came out of there."
With 99 percent of Michigan precincts reporting, Romney had 41.1 percent of the vote to Santorum's 37.9 percent. Trailing were Texas Rep. Ron Paul, with 11.6 percent, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich with 6.5 percent.
Romney won Arizona handily, with 47 percent to Santorum's 27 percent. Gingrich got 16 percent and Paul 8 percent. Romney won all 29 Arizona delegates. Thirty were at stake in Michigan; of those decided so far, Santorum and Romney each have 13.
A total of 1,144 delegates are needed to nominate, and 419 are at stake on Super Tuesday. An Associated Press count of delegates to date gave Romney 165, Santorum 85, Gingrich 32 and Paul 19.
Gingrich campaigned Wednesday in Georgia, his former home state, which he said was a "key building block" to reviving his lagging campaign. Paul was in Washington, D.C., for a hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Paul wants to end the Fed.
Key battlegrounds in the next week are likely to be Ohio — traditionally an important swing state — and the conservative states of Georgia, Tennessee, and Oklahoma.
Santorum said Wednesday he needs to do well in Ohio, where he will aim his pitch to the same kind of fed-up blue-collar conservatives who rallied around him in Michigan. He also plans efforts in Tennessee and Oklahoma, where his social-conservative message is likely to resonate, as well as Washington state.
Romney has no personal events planned in the South this week. Instead, he's hoping for a win in Washington on Saturday to sustain momentum. He's also mounting a push in Ohio, which has a history of electing center-right Republicans, and a host of smaller states. He plans to visit North Dakota and Idaho on Thursday.
The candidates' pitches Wednesday mirrored the themes they'll push all week.
"We're out here heading to Super Tuesday with some wind at our back," Santorum told supporters at Tennessee's Crown College.
As some audience members uttered "Right" or "Amen," Santorum alternately attacked Romney and Obama, claiming that the president is a know-it-all, federal government-first threat to individual and religious freedom.
He labeled Romney a conservative who as governor of Massachusetts fathered a near-universal health care program similar to the 2010 federal health care law, which Republicans abhor.
"Why, as Republicans, who don't believe in mandates, who believe in free markets, who believe in bottom-up — why would we even consider nominating someone who supported government mandates, who supported top-down government control of the health care system?" Santorum said, alluding to Romney without naming him.
Santorum also offered a broader message.
"It's always about who has the power in America," he said. "I want to return that power that's gone to Washington to the American people. Contrast that with a president who doesn't believe in you."
In Toledo, Ohio, Romney talked jobs and fiscal responsibility.
"The people who said the economy and jobs were the number one issue, they voted for me overwhelmingly. That's one of the reasons I'm running," Romney said.
According to network exit polls, 55 percent of Michigan voters cited the economy as their number one issue, and Romney won 47 percent of their votes. Santorum got 30 percent.
Romney blasted Obama for the nation's budget deficits and the sluggish economy, saying, "You want someone in the private sector who understands where jobs come from? I know how we're going to get America working again."
At a rally in Bexley, Romney got the endorsement of Mark A. Smith, president of Ohio Christian University.
"We need a Reagan leader, and that's more than being divisive, and just focusing on more than one or two issues," Smith said.
(Douglas reported from Tennessee.)
For more McClatchy politics coverage visit Planet Washington
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Chamberlain trial drawings slideshow
The Veronica O'Leary collection of courtroom drawings from the 1982 trial of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain feature key figures and moments from one of the most high-profile criminal proceedings in Australian history.
Although she was eventually exonerated Lindy Chamberlain was convicted of murder and imprisoned for more than three years.
The ink and pencil drawings are the work of artist Veronica O'Leary. Reprography by Jason McCarthy.
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'Michael Chamberlain takes the stand'
'Lindy Chamberlain being cross-examined'
This drawing depicts Lindy Chamberlain giving evidence in court, with her husband Michael listening in the foreground.
Lindy was questioned over an entire day. Minor discrepancies between her answers and her original account of events were given much attention. For example, in cross-examination Lindy was questioned for 90 minutes on how many centimetres the moving dingo's nose protruded from the tent when she first saw it, in an attempt to discredit her evidence and disprove her story.
It was claimed that Lindy lied about Azaria wearing a matinee jacket, not originally found with Azaria's jumpsuit, to explain why there was not more evidence on the jumpsuit of a dingo (such as saliva).
The discovery of the matinee jacket, years after the trial, eventually led to the royal commission being called.
'Professor Cameron demonstrates with doll'
The forensic odontologist who gave evidence at the first inquest, Kenneth Brown, was unhappy with the coroner's finding and sent Azaria's clothing to Professor James Cameron, a forensics expert in London, for further examination.
Cameron found that the damage demonstrated human involvement, particularly a bloody handprint on the back of the jumpsuit. His findings resulted in the first inquest being quashed and a second inquest being called.
Cameron testified at the trial and is seen here demonstrating how he believed the baby would have been held, on a doll wearing a similar jumpsuit. The royal commission later demonstrated that the so-called handprint was in fact red sand.
Chamberlain trial jury
The anonymity of jury members is the primary reason why photography has not been allowed in courtrooms. It is unlikely that a member of a jury would be recognisable from a drawing.
Drawings such as this were used repeatedly during the news coverage, as they depict the general scene rather than a particular moment in the trial.
'Pastor Kennaway told the jury'
Pastor Mervyn Kennaway was one of the few people who knew Azaria. He 'visited the Chamberlains at their home in Mount Isa to perform a little ceremony to celebrate the birth of Azaria.' He also testified that Michael Chamberlain habitually drove with a camera bag under the driver's seat.
On the night Azaria died Michael drove the car to a motel in Alice Springs. A passenger noticed the camera bag at his feet and offered to hold it so that it would not be in his way. As he was used to driving with it in the footwell he refused, but this was seen to be evidence of his knowledge that Lindy had concealed Azaria's body in the bag.
Evidence was presented in court that the camera bag was blood-stained but this was later proven to be copper dust from Mount Isa, where the Chamberlains then lived. The camera bag is now in the National Historical Collection.
'Blood analysis expert Joy Kuhl'
Joy Kuhl was a forensic scientist at the New South Wales health office, where many of the items taken in evidence were tested. Her testimony was crucial to the prosecution case that Lindy Chamberlain had killed Azaria in the family car and this was the only explanation for there being blood from a baby under three months of age in the car.
Kuhl's evidence was closely scrutinised in the royal commission. Commissioner Trevor Morling QC concluded that Kuhl was not sufficiently qualified or adequately supervised to test the material associated with the case, especially given the difficulty in dealing with blood that had been exposed to the extremes in temperature of a car that was parked in full sun in Mount Isa for over a year before it was tested.
In particular Morling found that there was no blood on the area underneath the dashboard:
The fact that [Kuhl] could come to such a conclusion about something which was, very probably, sound deadener casts doubt upon the efficacy of her testing generally and upon the accuracy of her other results.
This dashboard panel from the Chamberlain's car is also in the Museum's National Historical Collection.


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Something Borrowed (novel)
Cover of most recent edition
|Emily Giffin
|United States
|Chick lit, Romance, Comedy
|St. Martin's Press
Publication date
|March 10, 2005
|Media type
|Print (hardcover and paperback), Audiobook, Ebook
Something Borrowed is a 2005 chick lit novel by author Emily Giffin. The novel concerns morals regarding friends and relationships. It addresses the stigma against single women in their thirties and the pressure that society places on them to get married. "This is a realistic situation that women face in today's society", according to one book review.[1]
The title comes from a "Something old, something new", a traditional nursery rhyme concerning a bride's attire.
Something Borrowed became an international bestseller and was placed on The New York Times Best Seller List, among others. It was developed into a film by Hilary Swank's shared production company.
Plot summary[edit]
The novel centers around the protagonist and narrator, Rachel White, a thirty-year-old single woman who is a consummate good-girl. She and Darcy Rhone have been best friends since childhood, and hard-working Rachel is often in the shadow of flashy, sometimes selfish Darcy. Then, after a night of drinking on Rachel's thirtieth birthday, she sleeps with Darcy's fiancé, Dex.[2] After this turns into an affair, Rachel explores the meaning of friendship, true love,[2] and ethics.[3]
Awards and honors[edit]
The novel, along with two others by Giffin, was an international bestseller, and it got many honors, including being on both The New York Times Best Seller List and USA Today's Top 150 list.
Hilary Swank and Molly Smith acquired the rights to co-produce a film based on the novel Something Borrowed. Warner Bros. (USA/Canada), Entertainment Film Distributors (UK), Summit Entertainment, (International) Alcon Entertainment developed the project along with 2S Films and Wild Ocean Films.[4]
The film was directed by Luke Greenfield. Actress Ginnifer Goodwin played the lead role of Rachel.[5] Kate Hudson was cast as Darcy, Rachel's best friend.[6] John Krasinski played Ethan, Rachel's friend and confidant in both Something Borrowed and Something Blue. Colin Egglesfield played Darcy's fiancé, Dex,[7] while Steve Howey played Marcus.[8] Warner Bros. released the film adaptation on May 6, 2011.
- ^ Book Reporter: "Review: Something Borrowed"
- ^ a b Macmillan: "Something Borrowed"
- ^ Reading Group Guides: "Something Borrowed"
- ^ Dave McNary. "Swank really 'Something': Actress nabs rights to Emily Giffin book". Variety. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ "Ginnifer Goodwin to Star in 'Something Borrowed'". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ "'Something Borrowed' Movie Completes Casting With Kate Hudson As Darcy". MTV.com. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ "'Melrose Place's' Colin Egglesfield Is 'Borrowed'" Archived 2010-03-28 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ "'Back-Up Plan' Opens And A New Cast Member Joins 'Something Borrowed' In Today's Tweet Dreams". MTV.com. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
External links[edit]
- EmilyGiffin.com Something Borrowed
- Something Borrowed on IMDB
- Ginnifer Goodwin Films Something Borrowed on Park Ave
- Kate Hudson And The Something Borrowed Cast Hit The Beach
- Kate Hudson's Something Borrowed Romance
- John Krasinski, Ginnifer Goodwin And Kate Hudson On Set Of Something Borrowed
- John Krasinski and Ginnifer Goodwin move their Borrowed scenes to the beach
- John Krasinski And Kate Hudson Film Scenes For Something Borrowed


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As the next stage of his ongoing Frames for Life project, Giorgio Armani has collaborated with Rai Cinema and Luxottica to create Films of City Frames, a platform supporting the work of emerging filmmakers. As part of the project, promising students from six of the world's leading film schools – including the National Film and Television School in London – have been tasked with creating short films which narrate life, emotions and sights as seen through the lenses of the Giorgio Armani eyewear collection.
"Every city has its own unique energy, which comes especially from the young people who live there," Armani told the participating students, "Films of City Frames was created for you, in order to involve you in a project of discovery and exploration; it's an invitation to investigate freedom of expression. What always surprises and excites me about young people is the variety of their points of view – there is an ability to see things that often pass us by unnoticed."
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May 7, 2013 --Several drugs used to treat migraine headaches could have long-term effects on the babies of pregnant women.
U.S. health regulators say the drugs Depakote and Depacon are among a class of drugs which can decrease children's intelligence if taken while their mothers are pregnant.
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Man becomes greater in proportion to knowing himself and his faculties. Let him become conscious of what he is and he will soon also learn what he should be.
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For lunch, I like to have something a bit more filling. The grilled chicken sandwiches are amazing. I spread on just a smidgen of avocado with a bit of hot sauce and light ranch makes it is fit for a king! A few cucumber slices to cut the heat and round off the meal then we move on to snack time!
Who ever thought you could have chocolate on a diet. There are many chocolate choices on the menu. Chocolate cupcakes, fudge bars, ice cream sandwiches, biscotti bites, nutri-chocolates, and others. My all time favorite though has to be the chocolate covered pretzels!!!
Dinner time doesn't leave you wishing there were better choices either. With lots of delicious food to choose from everyone can find something they like. I love the pizzas! There are a few different ones to choose from and you can throw on some of your personal fresh veggies and make it just how you like it!
I have been progressing well. I have had some awful news the last few weeks with my father receiving a recent diagnosis of stage 4 lung cancer. So I have been quite busy and haven't been focusing as well as I should on my diet but I guess that is to be expected. My total weight loss with up and downs to date is about 9.2 lbs. Not great but every little bit counts!
Try to be positive.If someone asks how you are, think about it and say, "I'm good. Really good."
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Tim, all:
While I agree completely with the point that Tim is trying to make, I'ld
caution against generalizing from single examples. Microsoft, for example,
is an equally good exemplar if your metric for success is "successful use of
misleading business practices to establish a monopoly by displacing a
market-leading dunderhead" (I refer to the sale of a non-existent DOS to
The problem with this entire line of discussion is that there are a very
large number of factors that determine the success or failure of a
business -- regardless of the success metric you use. Sheer dumb luck plays
a depressingly large role.
If we are going to try to assess the business impact of open source, let's
try to do it in a more systematic way: identify some suitable number of open
source companies and do a serious evaluation of how/why/if the use of open
source helped them.
Oh. Now I see why you were hot for me to do those columns. I really wish
that I had time to do it now.
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Hundreds of kids moved into barracks this week at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Miss., to experience what their military parents do while away from home for training and deployment.
Campers at the Mississippi National Guard's Kids Annual Training camp, now in its 20th year, get the full experience of life on the base – bunk checks, flag protocol, meals in the mess hall and a whole lot of marching. In formation, of course.
"The children really didn't know what their parents did when they came to military duty," Camp Director Kim Hogg said. "That's what the camp started out as ... to educate their children what their parents did when they came to drill, when they came to annual training, and then into deployment."
About 150 children, ages 9 to 12, divide up at the beginning of the week into four groups – each with its own color, marching cadence, banner and song. Campers belt out their cadences as they march between their many activities: touring the base in tanks, watching jets do a fly-over, training on simulated weapons systems and swimming, to name a few.
"It's really fun. I enjoy doing it and I enjoy meeting new people," said Emily Braswell, a second-year camper whose father is currently deployed in Afghanistan with the Air National Guard. "It teaches me how to march and what he does when he's out when he's deployed."
Along with all the fun activities, Emily said another of her favorite parts of Kid's AT is making friends with others who know what it's like to have their mom or dad deployed.
"We talk about where our parents are and how we've been since they've been deployed because we're going through the same stuff. We understand each other more."
Amber Compton remembers what it was like before she first attended the camp 10 years ago -- wondering what her dad did while on duty and worrying about him. Now 19 years old, she, like many of the volunteer counselors who return to the camp, draws from her own experiences as a military child to know what her campers need and how to best help them.
"Well, first of all, you have to let them know that their mom or dad is going to be OK. You always have to reassure them that they're going to be safe and that they know what they're doing," Compton said. The camp helps reassure the campers about their parents. "It gets their mind at ease and gives them a chance to take their minds off the stressing."
Garrett Tenney is a correspondent for Fox News Channel (FNC). He joined FNC in April 2013 and is based in the DC bureau.


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Nigerian Facebook user reveals on second wedding anniversary how his first date became his introduction ceremony.
In a love story like never before shared on Facebook on Friday, January 12 2018, Eze Udo aka Sochi Infiniti narrates how it all began between him and the love of his life.
"I saw her pictures somewhere in 2014," his story begins.
"Something [struck] my heart that she is the one but the fear of the unknown [kept] slapping my fearful face.
"Getting her attention was like passing WAEC because she never gave me the chance to come closer. A girl has never frustrated me like she did on Facebook.
"I kept pressing on but she [kept] turning me down for months with frustrations."
"I decided to come back to Nigeria and requested to see her face to face [and] she agreed but on one condition that I come to PH and see her in her father's house.
"Na so I put hand for head ayemi Temi bami
"You know we guys like to invite babes to our one corner for testing the microphone.
"Infact I vex reach down but after some days, her family travelled to the village for Xmas and to worsen the situation, she told me to come to their village so we can see briefly.
"I wanted to give up but [I was] still convinced that she is the one for me. But remember I have not seen this girl in person oo.
"I decided to take it to the next level with her."
"I called her that I would be coming with my people to see her parents but she thought I was joking.
"I called my dad and mum, Emeka Victor. We bought some drinks and my parents agreed to follow but never knew it was a blind date/ blind introduction.
"To make it short, we arrived at their compound and Inomeque Ogbupia my father-in-law came out to welcome his unknown guest. Funny, right?"
"We came in and introduced ourselves, brought out drinks and stated our mission. My wife was certainly confused because she never believed what was happening though she thought it was all a joke or a game from abroadians,
"Oh the beautiful mother-in-law Chinwe Ogbupia came out to welcome us and my wife was still confused and she was all smiling but hiding in a room.
"Omo, suspense full my body make the girl no come dey disfigured ooo.
"Finally she came out and OMG, my heart almost jumped out of my innocent body upon seeing the beauty she possessed.
"She gave her consent and hugged me with smiles.
"Remember that was the first time I saw and met her. Same day I did my introduction sharply before story go enter because I don't like what I hate.
"At that point, my kidney, lever, lungs and heart returned to their original positions."
"I left the country back to base and came back few months after for my wedding and today this beautiful woman has given me [two] beautiful children.
"She is so loyal and has never disappointed me. She is the best any man could wish for.
"In fact she is rated [number one] in my family. Men and women love her so much. My mum and dad adore her."
"Let me blow your bubbles, fam, for [three years] now, we've had no major quarrel because we are quick to corrections. No one has settled any dispute for us. (In fact, I can't remember having any dispute with her.)
"Facebook fam, sometimes it works here and no need to date long before you are convinced she is the one.
"I love you wify and happy anniversary to us.
"Please share and wish us well."
As per his humble request, Eze Udo's stirring love-at-first story has now amassed over 3000 likes and shared multiple times on Facebook at the time of publishing.
The love story has garnered so much attention that the proud husband has even been taken aback by all the good wishes pouring in.
In another Facebook post, he expresses his surprise when he says "I am just speechless."
Congratulations to Eze Udo and the love of his life from Pulse Weddings.


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Same vendor, different issue. How many tables in the database aren't really tables, but are actually just 2 dimensional data stores of unknown quality? Tables should have a unique index. Of some kind. If it's a formal PK, or a unique constraint or a unique index, it needs have *something* unique enforced, or it's not really a relational table, but is instead a pile of unknown quality data.
select so.name
from sys.objects so
left join sys.indexes si
on si.object_id = so.object_id
and si.is_unique = 1
where si.index_id is null
and so.type_desc = 'user_table'
order by 1
428 tables with no unique indexes. This goes with the 36 completely duplicated indexes and 50+ partially duplicated indexes.
And by the way, I checked. is_primary_key implies is_unique, and is_unique_constraint implies is_unique.
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An Attempt to Tip the Scales Bright Eyes
This is my first tab and I did it all by ear. It could get a little shaky at the one D
and G bridge part bc it might be A and G I just guessed.
Did you [D]expect it all to[F#m] stop
at the w[G]ave of your h[A]and?
Like the s[D]un is just going to d[F#m]rop
if it's ni[G]ght you de[A]mand.
Well, i[D]n the dark we are jus[F#m]t air
so the[G] house might disso[A]lve.
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Discussion in 'GBAtemp & Scene News' started by djgarf, Jul 9, 2005.
eh? is this some kinda dressing game? (the gener is Strategy lol like that has anything to do with it)
"To dress a girl"-game. Looks like something I would buy.
Why are there no girl UN-dressing-games
If you can dress them, you can probably undress them
Heheh, too right.
This is definately a popular series in Japan, I think all 5 have been dumped now...
please please eng trans
Yeah, but they're probably not wearing anything good underneath - it'd be OK if they were wearing nothing underneath
if this does get trnslated can some1 give me a link cause my little sister likes these games and also can i get links for the first 4 i only got thses in (j) but she manages 2 still play them lol thx and plz dont give me another 20% plz :'(
Hm, still wondering who would buy this crap, except for the pedo's...
man dont be sayin that you will scare the little kids from this site lol and i think jap girls would buy it and eng girls that can read jap so i think it woud sell ok if there is already 4 others out it must be doing ok
wtf what type of game is this and why does it sound familiar
Oshare = Maker ?
princess maker 5?
Nope. Oshare means someone who is hip and cool and dress fashion-consciously.


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Dear sir, I am working with a real estate builder group company, company is working for jaipur site in new delhi. i joined the company as a Assistant sales manager from Sept 17, 2013. Company has paid me two salary in december month for (sept or october salary). i am waiting to till date for my Nov or Dec month salary. i have to remind two times via email, but company has not replied. Company CEO is told me he will not paid the salary. i am outside from delhi or there is totally rented. Kindly suggest if I can take some legal action against the company.
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Strange it wont let you an easy workaround would be to save on local disk and then copy to ext drive after image has completed
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I have 2 other Win7 systems, one Home Premium 32x and one Professional 64x. Both have Windows Backup and Restore working flawlessly daily timed backups on external HDs.
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That's the 32gb chip for HD caching, correct? Is hardware accelerations enabled?
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That's the 32gb chip for HD caching, correct? Is hardware accelerations enabled?
Your previous installation was not from bootable flash stick, so it's integrity must be assured. How did you write it?
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I wrote the installation to usb using windows 7 usb/dvd download tool.. I think the problem is the way i wrote to usb.. Any other software to write it?
Yeah, i can resize the partition if i have to..
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ok, i think i have another clue..
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PS : My windows 7 is fine, just testing the recovery usb..
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How did you write the Repair CD to flash stick? Try running a few Startup Repairs from System Recovery Options on F8 Advanced Boot options menu to see if it finds any problems.
Ive never met a tech enthusiast who will run the bloated HP factory preinstall, the worst load of crapware and duplicate utilties in the industry throttling Win7 from its native instantaneous state. Most all will Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7.
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sorry for the late reply, but i solved it by disabling intel SRT..
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