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Originally posted by Invariance
Gotta Love Linux! I'm a happy penguin enjoying the Ubuntu distro. You can ALWAYS find free stuff simply by Googling your distro and free game (ex Ubuntu free game) and BAM, thousands of sites!
I like Battle For Wesnoth, 3D chess, ACM Ariel Combat Simulator, Airstrike, Angry Drunken Dwarves, Atomix, Beneath A Steel Sky, Billiard-GL, Bomber, Chinese Chess, Cultivation, Defendguin, DFArc (Free Dink Zelda-like game), Egoboo, Ember, Enigma, Extreme Tux Racer, Exult (Ultima 7 Engine), Five or More, Four in a Row, Freedroid RPG, ***FROZEN BUBBLE*** (fav), GFCE Ultra NES Emulator, glTron, Gnome Breakout, Gtkboard Borad Games, Hedgewars, Kiriki (like yahtzee), KMahjongg, Lincity-NG, Micropolis, OpenTTD (Transport Tycoon Deluxe), Pacman, Pingis, PyScrabble, Quadrapassel, Shisen-Sho, SuperTux, SuperTux Cart, Tetravex, and Geweled
Good luck!
edit: and Wine opens up a whole new door too!edit on 27-4-2011 by Invariance because: Forgot about WINE! O.O
Originally posted by j4k312
Wolfenstein enemy territory works very nice and is a FPS check it out at wolf et download and info
you will also want to install the 2.60 patch u can get it at this page it says demo but it is a full game they released it for free. patch
i have had decent success running many games in linux using wine. it is a windows emulator also.
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Originally posted by scraze
Yay for this thread!
Of the open source & native linux games, three of my favorites that are really fun to play with others (locally): liquidwar, a strategic yet envigorating conquest of pixels; jumpnbump, gory mayhem with bunnies; and armagetron. which is like glTron. For single-player games, used to play tuxracer quite a bit, sliding Tux on his belly down the (3D) slopes. Seems it's now branched into extremetuxracer and planetpenguin-racer. Also enjoyed Pingus, a Lemmings-type of game (2D).
I didn't expect this post to be so boring, but it appears that most games I play are closed source & non-free (both native and emulated) - shame on me! The OP seems to be asking about packages in a major linux repository (Ubuntu's?), which means at the very least free, and preferably open-source - so I'll refrain from garbling up the thread with a list of unwanted games. If I'm mistaken, I'll gladly post the rest of the games I play on Linux - but until then, this post remains a bit of a snooze.
Occasionally I take a look at The Linux Game Tome to see if something new has come along. Just wanted to put it out there, hope it's new to some of you!edit on 28-4-2011 by scraze because: should learn to count


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Oh wow, it's been four years
Posted on 2012-07-20 23:21:38
Time flies. And this website still looks neat. It's a shame it never truly became anything. Maybe some day it'll get the second wind that it deserves.
Like sands through the hourglass...
Posted on 2008-08-11 19:18:12
Not all projects are completed in the time frame we would like to see. Sadly, GuardedCode is one of these projects. However we haven't abandoned it. Instead, we have spent our time working on various other sites/projects (I think we have about 12 between us) and like always when time permits we will get back into developing at some point in the future.
So stay tuned, one day we will be finished!
Big Things To Come In The Future
Posted on 2008-03-13 14:23:56
There have been quite a few updates in the past weeks to the new codebase we've been working on. Unfortunately, neither of use have had time to really put a lot of work in to it. Fortunately, March 21 is when I start my spring break and I intend to put a lot of time into GC while I'm not having fun in non-programming activities (Spending time with girlfriend, playing Starcraft, hanging out with friends).
We're really close to being able to begin writing modules, and once we're at that point, things will go by really fast. Hopefully, we'll get a module or two written by the end of spring break. (cross your fingers!)
GuardedCode 2.0 Coming Along
Posted on 2008-02-18 00:11:06
I've been putting a lot of time in to the new GuardedCode. Basically, if I'm not spending time with my beautiful girlfriend or doing homework, then you can bet that I'm putting a good 60% of my time in to programming. So here is where we stand right now. We have a very good template parser worked out that is A LOT more efficient than the current implementation. The only problem with it right now is that it doesn't do any caching, but it's very extensible, so if it turns out to be worth it, we can implement that later. I also finished a session manager factory. It allows for simple communication with session data, and since it's implemented through the factory pattern, then other versions (such as a database driven type) can easily be added on later. I also worked with the theming, and now it is no longer db-based. I was surprised how much more efficient it'd make it. This also allowed for some more exotic styles to be implemented such as icons.
All in all, the project is going along incredibly smoothly. I hope that we can start writing up modules soon. The only thing left to do is set an end-date since I ported over the text encoder earlier today.
Code Updates Officially Halted
Posted on 2008-02-10 02:03:48
With the new direction that we've taken, there will be no new code updates to the current site between today and when we have the new site go live. We, however, will continue to post news updates regarding our progress or anything else we want to bring to attention.
Please note that I updated a few items on this site for the last time. I made the ad at the bottom larger and placed a new one on the left panel. I also fixed a small rendering issue with the input buttons. Finally, I fixed up the RSS feed so I suggest everybody subscribe to it! :-)
Not big updates, but I felt that since they're the last that they were worth mentioning.
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Life after serving the Navy seal could only go two ways – tough or tougher. That is why when we retire, we make sure to find a way cultivate an activity that would help us cope with the post-trauma, and help us recover ourselves and become normal and happy citizens again.
I have shared the story of a retired navy seal who turned into a plant lover just so he can fully be happy with his life after the seals.
Now, I will share the story of another friend of mine from the seals who now lives Chicago who has turned to winery as his path to a fresh start, and has started a small wine business.
While we chitchatted about life, we came to discuss about his business, wherein I got to learn a lot of things.
On a funnier note, he told me the story of why the biggest enemy is wine is water. If water is mixed with wine, the taste of the wine will be affected, making it lose its beauty and exquisiteness in taste, he said.
Of course, he also shared that this is not an absolute case, because there are wines that are placed in ice before it is served while there are wines that needed to be kept in room temperature and free from all types of moist and dew. However, when the wine is not yet set to be opened, the wine should still be kept in a room that is not too humid nor too cold, to prevent the bottles from sweating or from accumulating dew. Even if it is the type of wine that needs to be placed on ice before serving, proper temperature for it should still be achieved, because once you put it on top of ice, you should serve it all up soon after. You can never go back to storing it again after exposing it to too much moisture, because the taste of wine will never be the same again. People who do not fascinate themselves in the craft of wine making and wine tasting may not be able to taste the difference. But for those who are passionate about wines, a single change in water content of the wine can already trigger a change of taste and they will be able to distinguish it.
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UC-Santa Cruz Doubles Win Championship By The Books
May 30, 2010
FEATURE: Brothers Make NCAA Championship A Family Affair
By Marty Gitlin
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OBERLIN, Ohio - It's called textbook doubles. In the sport of tennis, it wins championships.
It's low, hard, cross-court service returns. It's crisp volleying. It's nailing a high percentage of first serves. And it's winning the big points.
It's exactly what the University of California-St. Cruz tandem of Marc Vartabedian and Brian Pybas achieved in the finals of the NCAA Division III Men's Doubles Championships Sunday afternoon. And because of it, they emerged with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over the plucky Trinity (Tex.) duo of Bobby Cocanaugher and Cory Kowal.
Meanwhile, the singles crown was earned by Washington University of St. Louis senior John Watts, who toppled Emory (N.Y.) sophomore Chris Goodwin in the title match, 6-1, 6-2.
The Santa Cruz doubles team, however, proved to be the most dominant of the event in either side of the draw. Vartabedian and Pybas were the only players who never lost a set during the four-day tournament. They defeated Cal-Lutheran's Andrew Guiffrida and Nick Ballou in the semifinals, 6-3, 6-2, earlier on Sunday while Cocanaugher and Kowal were stunning the top-seeded Middlebury (Ver.) team of Andrew Lee and Andrew Thomson, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
Vartabedian and Pybas performed superbly, particularly on serve, where they staved off a number of break points and never lost. The most impressive stretch occurred when they trailed 3-4 in the second set. Vartabedian fell behind 0-40 and faced five break points in the game, but fought back to win. They then broke serve for the first time in the second set before Pybas served out the match.
The Santa Cruz duo remained aggressive from beginning to end, poaching off returns of their own serve, smashing service returns and attacking the net. It was a formula for success.
"We wanted to be that aggressive team rather than the team that put the ball back into the court and tried to out-rally them," Vartabedian said. "Every point you win, it's on to the next one. But when we finally won the last one, it was like, 'Whoa! Wow!'"
Pybas, a fifth singles seed who fell to the eventual champion Watts in the quarterfinals, expressed his joy after winning the doubles title.
"It's pure happiness," he said. "I just lost in singles and I was a little bit down about that. Marc and I played doubles together a little bit when I was a freshman, but not again until this year. So we've been waiting for this moment for three years."
Cocanaugher and Kowal were also waiting for such a moment, but simply couldn't outperform the brilliance of their opponents.
"They just played better than we did today," said Cocanaugher. "They definitely came up with big shots when they needed to, but we missed some volleys."
That was not Goodwin's problem on Sunday. He had performed flawlessly from the baseline throughout the tournament, but missed shot after shot, particularly on his forehand side, against Watts. Watts simply remained steady and Goodwin eventually missed.
Both players appeared a bit tight early, but after Goodwin broke serve to cut his first-set deficit to 1-2, he lost the next four games and the set. In fact, he didn't win a service game until after falling behind, 1-3 in the second set. He attempted a number of drop shots from the baseline that fell short, including one on match point.
Watts lost only one set in the tournament. Aside from that 0-6 defeat in the first round, he outscored his opponents in games, 61-22. He was particularly dominant on Sunday.
"This just feels awesome," said Watts, who was soaking wet following a celebration water bucket bath from his teammates after clinching the championship. "But I don't think I was any more deserving than a lot of other players.
"(Goodwin) and I have very similar games. Both of us like to be defensive and pick our spots to be more aggressive. Sometimes I might miss more and sometimes he might miss more. This was my lucky day."
It certainly wasn't Goodwin's. He couldn't find his game on Sunday.
"I played poorly today," he said. "There's no getting around it. But (Watts) makes a lot more balls than everyone else I played in this tournament. But if I had been on my game, I think I could have beaten him."
The same couldn't be said in the doubles draw. After all, the Trinity tandem played well. But Vartabedian and Pybas were simply stupendous.


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The River City Writers Series (RCWS) is one of the longest running reading series in the nation, serving the University of Memphis and Mid-South community since 1977. The series welcomes prominent authors to campus to participate in a public reading, an interview hosted by our MFA program and often, an intensive workshop for select MFA students. Past speakers have included Gwendolyn Brooks, John Updike, Seamus Heaney and many others.
The series not only serves the local literary community, but also is a key component in our Creative Writing program. MFA graduate, Jenny Lederer notes, "I've been fortunate enough to interview one of my personal favorite authors. It's really a great opportunity to interface in a very intimate setting with these writers who you normally wouldn't have access to."
Cary Holladay, Creative Writing professor, explains that students have the opportunity to have a chance to not only have a conversation with acclaimed authors but also learn the business side of a writer's craft as they help organize and publicize the series, useful skills as students look to become literary professionals. "It's always been really inspiring and helpful to be exposed to a lot of working artists," says Lederer. "It's very inspirational to see people actually making their dreams into a career and learn from them and the value of their experience."
The RCWS is sponsored by Student Event Allocation, the English Department, the Creative Writing Club, Sigma Tau Delta, the National Endowment for the Arts and South Arts. All events are free and open to the public.
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Jo Ann Beard
Jo Ann Beard is the author of In Zanesville, a novel, and The Boys of My Youth, a collection of autobiographical essays. Other work has appeared in magazines, literary journals, and anthologies. She is the recipient of a Whiting Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her MFA is from the University of Iowa, and she teaches at Sarah Lawrence College in New York.
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Even Modest Upward Mobility Matters for Low-Income College Students
Fellow Policy Shop blogger Matt Bruenig has just put together a thoughtful analysis of Pew Economic Mobility data showing that someone born rich who does not earn a college degree will end up better off than a poor person who earns a college degree.
The born rich group here is made up of those whose parents were in the top fifth of all earners. The born poor group is composed of the bottom fifth of all earners. Bruenig makes the point that 25 percent of the "rich" children who do not earn a college degree will stay in that upper economic group throughout their lives. Meanwhile, only 10 percent of poor children who earn degrees will climb into that upper economic group. As Bruenig sums it up:
You are 2.5x more likely to be a rich adult if you were born rich and never bothered to go to college than if you were born poor and, against all odds, went to college and graduated...
Writing for The Atlantic, Matthew O'Brien takes Bruenig's analysis a step further. O'Brien suggests that American economic mobility is dying, and that our attitudes and expectations toward higher education -- as well as the ways low-income, first generation students attempt to pursue college - may in some ways be helping to kill it. His point is that many high achieving low-income students sell themselves short and limit their mobility by not applying to elite colleges where they can get the generous financial aid and make the social connections they need to climb into the upper economic stratosphere.
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This is how the American Dream ends. Not with a bang, but a whimper of elite school applications by poor kids. Like it or not, the Ivies and other top schools are our conduit to the top, and far too many low-income students who should be there are not.
O'Brien's essay is well measured, worth reading and offers good policy and practical suggestions for improving educational attainment for low-income students.
But there is a conclusion that can easily be drawn from what Bruenig and O'Brien suggest that needs to be questioned.
Is the goal of increasing college access (and completion rates) for low-income, first generation students all about making them rich? Does it need to be in order to have college be worthwhile for this group?
True, only 1 out of 10 low-income students who go to college end up among the richest Americans. But this is not to say that college is not an engine of mobility for the rest. The same Pew study shows that 47 percent of the poor kids who do not go to college remain in the lowest income bracket for their adult lives. In contrast, 80 percent of those poor kids who earn a college degree move up economically into the middle-income brackets. Add in the 10 percent who go on to be the highest earners, and a total of 90 percent of those poor kids who graduate from college experience economic mobility.
Moving 9 out of 10 kids out of poverty into the middle class or better is a good result, and continues to be a worthwhile goal. If you ask anyone who works directly with youth and college access issues, they will tell you the same. The prize is not just to move the highest achieving students into the upper economic echelons, it is much more basic: To move poor kids out of being poor and closer to a wider range of life options, financial and non.
Maybe it is not as glamorous to focus on enabling a young person to become a CNA (certified nursing assistant) versus becoming a CEO or Supreme Court Justice. But it is progress and a true accomplishment just the same.
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Fabrice Dumas has been working in sales for more than 20 years. He will now be responsible for managing the recently formed sales and marketing team and for maintaining the sales growths of the company.
"Fabrices experiences and network of past clients will be a great asset to Spairliners and the best filling for the leading sales position", Sven-Uve Hueschler, CFO at Spairliners added. With the recent expansion of the company's portfolio, Spairliners re-established a team dedicated to extended sales activities consisting of experts in International Sales, Product Sales & Development and Marketing.
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Kim Kardashian is less famous for her outfits than she is for her posterior. We wish we didn't focus so much on the fact that she has one, but let's face facts. It's a defining voice in fashion, and LOVE magazine just teased a comical photo of Kim Kardashian inviting you to get a good look at what you'd see if she dropped body wash in the shower.
Our own fascination with backsides is not new, even if Vogue would love you to believe it is. This particular portion of the human body has long been a powerful marketing tool. Bare or just highly visible, it is one effective way to push an agenda. Whether it's featured with a person attached to it or not, it works. Some major moments stand out. Here are the truly memorable times artists and fashion embraced the natural asset.
2014: Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit IssueThe confident group shot butt.
2014: Cara Delevingne's Tom Ford fragrance adUnderwater butt.
2014: Paper magazine's Kim Kardashian coverThe oil-slicked high-concept butt.
2014: Nicki Minaj's Anaconda album coverThe throwback butt.
2014: J. Lo and Iggy Azalea's "Booty" coverThe butt that was possibly cryogenically frozen in time in 1999.
2013: American Apparel Leggings AdThe "I'm waiting for Liam Neeson to save me from this basement" butt.
2004: American Apparel whatever Dov is attempting to do with thisThe no one asked for this butt.
2001: The Strokes Is This It album cover
The slick butt.
1993: Snoop Doggy Dogg's Doggystyle album coverThe dog butt.
1992: Sir-Mix-a-Lot's Baby Got Back album coverThe body-positive anthem butt.
1984: Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA album coverThe American butt.
1959: The Coppertone GirlThe protected butt.
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But getting the perfect wildlife picture may be harder than you think. Wild Adventures under Suffolk's Skies run regular photography days in cooperation with RSPB Havergate Island, providing wildlife enthusiasts the chance to get up close and personal with the resident animals and birdlife and capture them on camera.
We spoke to one of the tutors Kevin Sawford to get his top tips for taking the perfect wildlife shot...
1. Learn to be in control of your camera, come off the automatic controls and become familiar with it's functions so you can react and change settings quickly when needed.
2. Learn how the changing of the ISO and Aperture effects your shutter speed.
3. The more you learn about the behaviour of the wildlife you are photographing, you can anticipate what it is going to happen and be ready to photograph it.
4. If possible get down low to be at eye level with your subject.
5. Use the weather conditions of the day, you don't have to have the sun out to capture excellent images.
6. Your background and foreground are as important as the subject. Don't just focus on the subject look around your frame to see how you are framing the subject.
7. If you cannot get close to the subject, show it small in the frame to show it in it's environment.
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There are more than 50 museums in Suffolk. Each one is unique, and they are all packed with fascinating stories and objects.
The Tide Mill has stood on the banks of the River Deben for over 800 years. The earliest record of a tide mill on this site by the River Deben is in 1170.
Discover the rich military and maritime heritage of Landguard Fort, one of England's best preserved coastal defences, with a history spanning almost 450 years.
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Age Of Tyrants: Stretch Goal Expansions & Future Plans
February 16, 2016 by crew
This article is a preview of the expansions for our massive scale miniatures game, Age of Tyrants.
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As we're funding the production of Age of Tyrants via a Kickstarter campaign, release of these expansions is tied into to stretch goals, so the more funding milestones we reach, the more of these expansion sets will be in the game.
Heroes of the Age
Heroes of the Age adds two named captains to each faction, one an infantry captain and one a tank commander. Each of these captains has enhanced command capabilities and access to their own special order cards that allows them to pull off signature moves.
The Junkers get the ruthless Infantry Tribune Severina Lucilla Tertia and scavenging expert Loricatia Tribune Marcus Secundus. Viridians get the Legendary Shock Marine commander Major Tom "Buzzsaw" Flint and rising tank command star Major Kate "Tornado" McCann.
The Syntha get a couple of new prototypes for the battlefield in the form of Psyche, an new Artemis class biomech, and a Kallista command tank featuring the most advanced SPOMM deployed to date on the battlefield. Finally VASA get Suppressor Commissar Victor Orolv, the Eagle of Kernos, and Tank Commissar Mariya Volkova, the Winter Wolf.
In addition to the named heroes we're adding a new, off table command element in the form of the Battalion HQ. Designed with bigger battles for more than one company in mind, the Battalion HQ can give orders to any bases on the table and also gets new special order cards.
Urban Warfare
Urban Warfare adds CLAUs (Capital Light Assault Units) to the mix, and you can field platoons of them just like other platoons. A CLAU Team consists of two large battlesuits supported by infantry. As the main component is armour, it counts as a materiel target, but can move on difficult terrain like a unit on foot. There are also new rules for occupying and attacking buildings and a new terrain table for urban combat zones.
The new platoons include six general purpose Neros and two close assault specced Scorpios for the Junkers with attendant legionaries. The Viridian CLAU platoon has six long range Sabres and two close range anti-materiel Tomahawks.
The Syntha have four anti-materiel Talons and four long range Pyros in their CLAU platoons. Finally VASA have four long range, anti-materiel Executioners and four shorter range Pacifiers.
You may also designate one of the CLAU lieutenants as an Ace. Aces have enhanced command capabilities and their own special order cards.
Recon Ops
Recon Ops is all about fast, light and stealthy troops, so we're adding a few old favourites to the roster from Urban War and Void. You can add these as platoons to your companies, just like any other platoon. There are also new rules for flank moves and marking targets.
The new platoons include Saurian Riders and Jaguar Strike Craft for Viridians, Sandrunners and Dune Raiders for Junkers, HK-2000s for the Syntha (scout themed platoon and heavy themed platoon), and Viper Wings and Archangels for VASA.
You may also designate one of the recon lieutenants as an Ace. Aces have enhanced command capabilities and their own special order cards.
Air Superiority
The Air Superiority set, as I'm sure you've worked out, adds fliers to the game. They work in an abstract way, being based off table, but coming on to carry out close support, aerial bombardments and strikes, and transport missions. While they are on the playing area they are vulnerable to enemy intercepts and ground fire. While off the table, the fliers and any bases they are transporting automatically recover a point of suppression for each full turn they remain out of play.
Each faction gets two new platoons, one containing attack craft and the other transports, which are also capable of defending themselves just as ground based transports can. Junkers get Maw Lifters and Mars Bombers, Viridians get Mustang Fighters and Falcon Transports, Syntha get Ghost Attack Craft and Spectre Transports and VASA get Liberator transports and Skyhammer fighters.
You may also designate one of the flier lieutenants as an Ace. Aces have enhanced command capabilities and their own special order cards.
Future Plans
Beyond these four expansions we have others planned if the Kickstarter goes well including allies for the existing factions, which are Triads for VASA, Gladiators for Junkers, Prosthenes for Syntha and an expanded selection of saurians for Viridians.
There will also be an amphibious assault set, a set of fortress and bunkers and a tank hunting themed expansion. We also have two full factions in the works, the alien Koralon, and the superhuman Neo-Iskandrians.
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Responsible tourism: Coasteering weekend in Wales
Since so much of the time spent coasteering is on, near or in the water one cannot help but develop an awareness of the nature of the relationship between ourselves and our unique coastal zone environment. With this in mind, each coasteering session includes the opportunity to hear more about the wildlife that populates our rocky shores.
We ensure that our impact on the coastline is as positive as possible, working in conjunction with the local authorities to ensure that specific areas of the coast remain untouched, and by carefully managing the traffic along our shore in the most sustainable way possible. In view of its long term commitment to remaining an economic force for the sustainable use of wilderness areas, we have adopted their local beach through the Marine Conservation society, and undertake regular beach cleans and monitoring of the shore environment.
To try to maximize the 'low impact' nature of our trips we endeavor to use adventure venues close to our base we accept that we often have to travel short distances in our bus and in view of this we opt to utilize bio diesel, in the form of recycled chip oil!
We are a founder member of the Pembrokeshire Outdoor Charter group, and by following the Pembrokeshire Marine Code we ensure that your adventure activities do not damage the environment, or disturb the wildlife. Our adventure guides will explain the concept of the code at the start of your adventures, and the guidelines will be followed throughout.
All of our adventure guides live locally, and will be able to share their extensive knowledge or the flora and fauna of the coastline with you, and will be able to offer you the chance to get a real feel for this beautiful stretch of coastline.
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Reviewed on 20 Jun 2011 by Helen Morrell
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The coasteering half day event.
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Take ear plugs as noise from other rooms and late comers does travel although it was not a major problem. Be aware that there is no mobile phone coverage at lodge.
3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, and minimized impacts on the environment?
4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
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text: MARANELLO, Italy - Ferrari's Fernando Alonso has responded to Red Bull's Helmut Marko's jibes. In an interview by Red Bull's in-house Red Bulletin magazine, Marko, the team's motor racing chief, spoke of the differences between 2012 champion Sebastian Vettel and runner-up Alonso.Marko said Alonso was caught up in "politics", "funny comments" and "psychological skirmishes", showing he feels the "stress" of the title battle.'I'M FLATTERED'Alonso interpreted the jibes as an acknowledgement by Red Bull that Ferrari would again be the main contender in 2013. He wrote on Twitter: "I enjoy reading that Red Bull still think we will be the strongest rival for 2013! And this even before testing!"I'm flattered." Alonso, however, was not the only driver in Marko's sights. He also reserved some criticism for Vettel's team mate Mark Webber who, according to speculation, could be replaced at the end of 2013.Marke said: "It seems to me that Webber has on average two races per year where he is unbeatable but he can't maintain this form throughout the year."As soon as his prospects start to look good in the World championship he has a little trouble with the pressure that this creates. In comparison with Seb's rising form, it seems to me that Mark's form somehow flattens out."


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Like everyone else in Garden America, the woman working the counter of the Pleasant Valley Garden Center on Saturday morning looked stricken when we mentioned the black walnut tree.
"They kill everything," she said. "I'm going to call Melody. She helped someone with a vegetable garden this morning, so she'll be able to help you."
Finally, an expert. Someone paid to traffic in plants.
"Melody? Melody to the front for customer assistance?" The redheaded woman at the front counter called over the P.A. out into the greenhouse, and in minutes, a perky woman with her hair in two low, side ponytails, appeared from somewhere out back.
We explained to Melody what the problem was, and no surprise, her face fell, too.
"Those trees are poisonous," she said. "I don't think anything grows under them."
I tried to hold my information close to my chest, partially because I didn't want to appear like a know-it-all, and partially because I knew the chances that I didn't know what I was talking about were fairly high. "I've heard there are a few plants that can make it, but we're trying to figure out whether we can even save the plants we have."
"Tomatoes, right? And peppers?"
We nodded.
"You can definitely do those in containers," she said. "I'd recommend just transplanting them so you can locate out of the way of that tree." She shook her head sadly. "But as for the plot, I don't think anything will grow there."
"Well, we have some stuff growing there that's doing fine," I said. "I think there are plants that can tolerate what comes off the tree."
Her eyebrows rose. "You know, let's go look that up." She turned on her heel and headed toward a desk in the back corner of the store. I followed, and Steve trailed behind me.
She sat at a computer terminal, and pulled up Internet Explorer. "I love Google," she said. "It's the best thing ever."
I could just about hear Steve snorting behind me. "I'm going to go look around," he muttered, clearly disgusted with the fact that the "expert" wasn't any better versed in this stuff than we were. But me? I was determined. I was sticking with this, even if it meant I had to watch Melody look up search terms like "black walnut underplant," which does not mean anything, and therefore yielded no usable search results.
"Maybe I need to try something else," she said, typing furiously. "Ah, yes, here we go. OK, so it says here that the poison is called…hmm…juglone. Interesting."
I strongly considered taking off my sandal and beating Melody with it. But I gritted my teeth and smiled. "Yes," I said. "Interesting."
"Oh!" She turned and glanced at me over her shoulder, a big smile on her face. "There's a list here of plants that grow under black walnut trees!"
Yes, Melody, I thought. We found that page with Google on Friday. Again, I smiled through clenched teeth. You go, girl.
"Squash, beans, cantaloupe, corn, onions and carrots," she said. "I know we don't have all of those, but we do have some, and all our veggie seedlings are two for one!"
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As I've said before, every year, my internal debate is a "repeat" of what it was the year prior. My common sense, realistic self tells my movie-loving self there's no need to watch the show. Why?? Because every year, the show is a wash, rinse, repeat cycle of the same mantra. It's a tired imitation of what an award show should be like. Make it about the entertainment, not a political statement.
(Although in and of itself the entertainment industry IS a political statement.)
Something to that affect is often my thought process when it comes to this over styled, overpriced, PC, overlong extravaganza. But usually that doesn't stop me from turning on the TV. I gather my laptop and sit in front of the television to watch 2+ hours of the glamorous show. Why I do is a mystery, but I think the primary reason is, it's just way too fun to poke fun at the ludicrous nature of the show.
As is the usual case for the nominees, most are of films I have absolutely NO interest in seeing (for reasons I don't want to get into). The one I have seen is the fabulous La La Land. Though I am interested in Florence Foster Jenkins, Allied, Hidden Figures (because period dramas!), am marginally curious about Arrival (because Amy and Jeremy!), and Loving looks like a poignant, bittersweet drama. Below I'm listing some of the "big award" nominees (best actor, best actress) and the role they are nominated for, and sharing the nominees for an award we period drama aficionados might be interested in.
Best Costume Design
The powers that be say Jackie is set to win this one. I have no opinion either way, but it seems fitting that a period drama should walk away with the win.
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Considering I've only seen on one of these ladies in the role for which she's nominated (Emma Stone for La La Land), two in other roles, and two I have no clue who they are, I don't know who to pick for this. Saying this without knowing anything of Huppert, I'll give the edge to Ruth Negga. Predictions say it'll be Stone (or a slight chance for Huppert), but I'm not 100% sure though I would be thrilled if it were Emma!
Best Picture
- Arrival
Everyone seems to predict La La Land will win. I'm not convinced. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't argue against its win, but with films it was nominated against (films that were clearly made to fuel agendas), I'm not confident it'll make the cut. That said, purely from an entertainment standpoint, I think La La Land does have everything else beat.
- Ok. Let's get some random thoughts, updates in.
- Not even five minutes in (for me), and the PC speeches begin. *sigh*
- YAY (and thank goodness) for the shift to Best Animated Film. Go Zootopia!
- Congrats, Zootopia and Disney.
- Production Design winner is... La La Land
- Visual Effects winner is... The Jungle Book
- Film Editing winner is... Hacksaw Ridge
- More political jokes. *goes back to project aka writing*
- Cinematography winner is... La La Land
- Original Score winner is... La La Land
- Best Original Song winner is... La La Land ('City of Stars')
- Best Original Screenplay winner is... Manchester by the Sea
- Best Adapted Screenplay winner is... Moonlight
- Best Director winner is... La La Land
- Best Actor winner is... Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
- Best Actress winner is...Emma Stone (La La Land)
- Best Picture winner is... La La Land
- Awkward... Best Picture winner (actually) is Moonlight
*Awkward mistake via the Academy Awards*
Check back during the latter portion of the show when I'll be "live blogging" (using the term loosely) in the above section of the post about the good, bad and ugly. In the interim, I'd love to have you share any thoughts YOU have about the show thus far. The comment section is yours.


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Sony blog posts $205M earnings as scaled down mobile company quits bleeding money
There's a silver lining to Sony Mobile's efficiency however it is currently at breakeven. Slowing down development as well as raised competitors in the mobile phone market had actually considered on Sony's previous financials, with the mobile phone company alone in charge of a $544 million loss in the last fiscal year. It is fairly noteworthy that its mobile interactions department uploaded a really slim 400 million ($4 million) operating earnings for the quarter and can I send a fax with email.
Various other variables besides the quake, Sony claimed, consisted of the solid yen an element Nintendo pointed out in its profits the other day the degeneration in investment efficiency of its Sony Life company, as well as the downsizing of its mobile phone company, which generated 33 percent much less earnings compared to one year previous.
Exactly how Pokemon Go could aid AR's company case
Currently AR is really going to end up being a house phrase as the buzz-o-meter freaks out or even Nintendo shares obtain a lift. I can't claim I saw that advancement occurring. As AR comes to be the innovation of Pikachu, those business-use instances will certainly speed up.
Allows obtain genuine: Augmented truth (AR), which was spoken up by Microsoft with its HoloLens, had a great deal of possibility, however was a little bit rickety. There were good-use situations in production, staff member training, as well as supply chain to call simply a couple of. The ordinary staff member had not been going to be on board with AR out of the entrance.
Venture programmers will certainly be able to explain their applications as something comparable to Pokemon Go. Workers will certainly obtain it as well as training expenses will certainly boil down. Throw in some analytics right into the AR atmosphere, and also instantly, there's a return.
Company backs approach federalism
Entrepreneurs have actually shared assistance for the brand-new managements approach a government system of federal government, yet they were worried regarding the opportunity of political empires reinforcing their hang on their particular bailiwicks under this framework.
The target was for the suggested government system to be in position when the nation chooses its following President in 2022.
In short, what (House Speaker Pantaleon D. Alvarez) explained looked excellent. We will certainly have 11 or 12 government states crafting their very own taxes regulations, their very own revenue-making (procedures) as well as whatever system they intend to use to bring in even more international straight investments to their particular government states. He likewise pointed out that he wished to restore both celebration system in a government system which will certainly be a good idea for us, Pe clarified.
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F. Gary Gray directed this suspenseful action thriller based on a real case experienced by police in St. Louis. The James DeMonaco/Kevin Fox screenplay follows an accused man who is forced to commit crimes in order to prove himself innocent of murder. After Chicago police hostage negotiator Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson) succeeds in rescuing a little girl menaced by her gun-wielding dad, he's praised by both the police department and the media, and he returns to his usual cop routines with his longtime partner, promising his new wife Karen (Regina Taylor) he'll make it home for dinner every night. Then his partner, who had evidence of embezzlement within the police department, is killed. Since Danny arrives at the crime scene only seconds later, he's the main suspect, and Chief Al Travis (John Spencer) asks him to turn in his gun and badge. Danny invades the Chicago Internal Affairs Division headquarters and tries to get the truth from Inspector Terence Niebaum (J.T. Walsh) while holding two assistants and Commander Frost (Ron Rifkin) as hostages. He then calls for an outsider from another precinct, hostage negotiator Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey). When Sabian arrives, the two compete for control, while Danny attempts to prove to him that he's been falsely accused. The film is dedicated to J.T. Walsh, who died not long after the production wrapped. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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I'm back in Britain after a holiday of a lifetime - several holidays rolled into one, really. I wanted to celebrate a variety of things, including my shift from being a (very) full-time partner in a law firm who does some writing to becoming a writer who does some legal work.In the past, I was never able to take three whole weeks off work simply to roam the world, but when the chance finally came, I grabbed it.
Ever since I was a small boy, and read Thor Heyerdahl's Aku-Aku, which I bought with a book token birthday present, I've been fascinated by Easter Island, alias Rapa Nui. I suppose it's because it's such a mysterious place, with such a strange, almost unknowable history - to this day, there's a huge amount of uncertainty about the island's past, although Heyerdahl's theories are now discounted by many people. If you like puzzles, there are plenty linked to the island's many legends. Why were the moai built, and why were they later (mostly) toppled? What was the appeal of the sinister Birdman cult? And...well, you get the picture.It's a truly unique place.
I've never mastered the art of writing while travelling, partly because I'm not a keen laptop user. But travel does offer a writer the opportunity to research, to read, and above all to think and imagine. Getting away from it all is good for the creative instinct, and that was certainly my experience on a tour which involved eleven flights, two rail journeys, and countless trips on bumpy roads by bus or taxi. I am certainly not a hardy or intrepid traveller, and no jungle trekking or camping was involved, but even so, by my standards, it was a truly epic trip.


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Exeter – Store 151
190/191 High Street, Exeter, Devon EX4 3DX
Woolworths first opened in Exeter on 1st December 1923 on Fore Street, in former tobacconist building H C Lloyd & Son Ltd.
In 1934 they moved on to the High Street, purchasing 190 and 191, which were Garton & King and Pinder & Tuckwell. The two buildings were put together with an impressive Monks Park Stonework facade, installed by the Bath and Portland Stone Firms Ltd, which you can see below.
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In 1976 they moved out of this building into the then new shopping centre. Today this building is occupied by McDonalds and MenKind.
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Unit 100, Guildhall Shopping Centre, Exeter, Devon EX4 3DX
The new Guildhall Shopping Centre was built in the 1970s, and Woolworths moved into a 2-storey unit in 1976. Their site was on the North Street side, with entrances on Waterbeer Street and Trickhay Street. There was a cafe on the top floor, with a third entrance/exit which led to the first floor of the shopping centre.
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The store closed in December 2008. Soon afterwards, Wilko took over the building, where it is still trading today. This is a view from inside the shopping centre.
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Geneva Motor Show: The squeezed middle
So Europe's best car show, held in glorious early spring sunshine, has come to an end. This year there was no single theme, but a number of conflicting trends.
For most mainstream European brands, the atmosphere was a lot cloudier than the weather, as the irresistible force of European over-production meets the immovable object of slumping demand.
It was not as downbeat as the 2009 show when manufacturers genuinely feared the sky was about to collapse, but it was a lot warier than the last couple of years when things seemed to be on the up.
Nowhere were the conflicts clearer than in the British contingent. Jaguar Land Rover staff were so happy they were practically bouncing off the walls. JLR now has the highest profit margins in the global car industry, and its biggest problem is growing fast enough to keep up with demand for Land Rovers and Range Rovers.
Nissan was full of news about new jobs at Sunderland to build the Note replacement, which will bring its UK production within touching distance of 500,000 cars a year.
However, Vauxhall is under a huge cloud, as the future of its Ellesmere Port plant hangs in the balance. The factory is very productive and comparatively low-cost, but GM has to slash European capacity and British workers are easier to sack than German ones, unfortunately.
In fact, Geneva was all about the success of companies at the premium end of the market and those at the value end. Audi, BMW and Mercedes are all doing very well, as are Skoda, Hyundai and Kia.
The ones that are being hammered are the ones in the middle – Vauxhall, Peugeot, Renault and Fiat.
Ford is doing a bit better (i.e. losing less money at present) thanks to a lot of new product, but the fact that, even with good cars like the Fiesta and Focus, it struggles to make money in Europe right now shows how tough things are.
Not far from the Ford stand was the nemesis of European volume manufacturers: Kia was launching its second-generation cee'd, despite the fact that the first generation model only seemed to arrive about 5 minutes ago. Apart from the Carens, the whole Kia range is now almost brand-new and the company is selling 330,000 cars a year in Europe, compared to under 100,000 10 years ago.
Add in growth at Hyundai and Skoda, and that means there are a lot fewer sales for traditional European brands to share in a falling market – no wonder they are so worried.
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Brad Dourif is a quirky character actor whose gallery of killers, sociopaths, and other bygone souls brought to life any count of contemporary horror and science fiction projects. Born March 18, 1950, in Huntington, WV, he began his finished acting career after graduating from college, honing his skills during a three-year apprenticeship with New York's Circle Repeating under the celebrated drama coach Sanford Meisner. While appearing free-Broadway in a production of When You Comin' In
Upon completing a supporting post in the 1980 small screen film Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, Dourif next surfaced in Michael Cimino's storied non-starter Heaven's Assemblage, the first in a string of big-budget disasters to which the actor was attached including Forman's Ragtime and David Lynch's Dune. A series of low-budget projects followed in advance of Dourif reunited with Lynch for a small character in the director's 1986 masterpiece Blue Velvet. However, no other offers of a similar caliber were in a jiffy forthcoming, and as a substitute for he found himself providing the make known of the evil doll Chuckie in the Boy's Play series of slasher movies. In the years which followed, Dourif occasionally reappeared in more substantial projects (including the 1988 Alan Parker cloud Mississippi Burning, the 1990 Ken Loach photograph Private Agenda, and Hanif Kureishi's 1991 directorial inauguration London Kills Me), but he remained primarily confined to miserable-budget sort work; additionally, he often roomer starred on tube, appearing in series including The X-Files, Millennium, and Star Trek: Voyager. In 2001, Dourif took a break from low-budget shock flicks to appear in a decidedly more enormous production, director Peter Jackson's eagerly anticipated Boss around of the Rings trilogy.


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Developing a pipeline of CPA candidates is critical, now more than ever. In July, the American Institute of CPAs responded to this need by announcing the acquisition of the Accounting Pilot and Bridge Project (APBP), a training program developed by Dr. Dan Deines of Kansas State to bring higher-quality accounting curriculum to high school educators across the country. The overall goal is to expand the number of state societies educating high school teachers so that they can begin teaching early-stage accounting fundamentals in the classroom.
Still, despite all-time highs in college-level accounting program enrollment, the number of candidates taking the CPA Exam has remained flat over the past five years. And even though last year's exam numbers showed signs of life — participation was up 9 percent, according to NASBA's 2016 Candidate Performance on the Uniform CPA Examination – Jurisdiction Edition — these numbers should be taken with a grain of salt, due to the significant exam changes that went into effect in April.
How can the industry increase the number of CPA Exam candidates on a year-over-year basis? The answer is simple: Broach the topic early and often while candidates are still learning the ropes.
Considering the amount of time it takes to study for all four parts of the CPA Exam — on average, 300-400 hours — early awareness can only benefit candidates and, ultimately, the profession. If a college freshman or sophomore accounting student hears about the laborious process of earning a CPA credential after graduation, they would likely understand the importance of adopting exam-specific concepts sooner rather than later. Most students know whether accounting is their calling during their first few college years — based on family background or a specific interest in numbers — so being able to hear about the required steps and what it will take to succeed on the CPA Exam is to their advantage.
Furthermore, accounting professors are active participants in the community, and often, their work sparks students' passions for careers in accounting, making professors best equipped to prepare the next generation of accountants for what lies ahead. If accounting professors incorporated a handful of exam questions — or expanded course curriculum to include exam specifics — during each required course after the intermediate level, student confidence in their ability to complete the exam changes drastically.
How can professors help change the narrative? Here are a few high-level ideas to incorporate into classroom dialogue:
- Make it personal. Share real life stories with students that showcase positive experiences (achievements/victories) about the education to profession transition, not just war stories of the exam.
- Gold-standard license. Explain the strength of the CPA credential and why it's been the "gold standard" for decades.
- Now or later: Discuss the short- and long-term rewards of completing the exam and being able to fully focus on their career as close to graduation as possible.
There are a number of accounting programs — St. John's University and the University of California at Berkeley, to name a few — out in front of the CPA candidate pipeline issue that are already incorporating concepts at a baseline level. The starting pointing is easy: Speak up! Mentioning "The CPA Exam requires X, Y and Z and you will see 1, 2 and 3" is the most important step in the process. Planting the seed and managing expectations up front will not only allow professors to add to their expertise, but also increase their level of interaction with students.
There are a couple of easy ways that professors can add to existing accounting courses. Students in intermediate courses learn about a variety of topics they will also encounter on the CPA Exam and throughout their career — for example, the statement of cash flows. Based on the difficulty of the subject matter, students often welcome additional resources, such as video lessons and memory aids. By pairing these resources with exposure to CPA Exam questions, students are introduced to a difficult concept early on, helping expand their abilities to succeed on the exam.
In addition, the CPA Exam went through drastic changes in April, with the primary goal of ensuring that the exam better reflects the skills required of a newly licensed CPA. A great example of immediate application in the classroom has been in auditing courses and the new "Document Review Simulations." Professors are now able to present the new question types to students, while also building bridges to the topics taught to the CPA Exam.
The reality is that the CPA community hasn't seen a flat CPA pipeline like this before. There may not be a direct solution to the problem because there will always be changes that ultimately impact any industry. That said, there is a clear opportunity to bridge the concepts of the exam with the standard accounting curriculum. Encouraging early knowledge of the CPA Exam will provide students with a deeper understanding of the higher-level skills needed to make the transition from academia into the accounting business world as a CPA. After all, if students are already required to take a number of accounting course credits, why not integrate the concepts and questions that they're more likely to be asked during the early stages of their career?


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Northern Ireland women lose appeal against abortion ruling
A teenage girl and her mother, who live in Northern Ireland, have lost their case at the Court of Appeal against the Health Secretary's policy of not letting women who travel from Northern Ireland to England and Wales have abortions on the NHS.
Abortion is only allowed in very restricted circumstances in Northern Ireland, unlike the rest of the U.K. where every woman is entitled to an abortion on the NHS in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, provided two doctors "agree that an abortion would cause less damage to a woman's physical or mental health than continuing with the pregnancy."
Abortion is actually legal in Northern Ireland but, according to The Family Planning Association, 95 percent of women who need an abortion are prevented from having one. It's because the law is so vague: abortion is available in "exceptional circumstances" but these aren't defined in the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act and don't include rape, incest or foetal abnormality.
What is clear is that over 1,000 women travel from Northern Ireland to England every year, paying up to £2,000 each for a private abortion. If a woman can't afford this she may be tempted to buy dangerous, illegal abortion pills online or else she is forced to continue with a pregnancy she is unable to cope with.
More: Three mums on why they don't regret terminating a pregnancy
Last year it was ruled that women from Northern Ireland are not legally entitled to free abortions on the NHS in England. The case was brought by the girl, who can't be named for legal reasons. She travelled to England with her mother to have an abortion after falling pregnant in October 2012 at the age of 15.
The presiding judge, Mr. Justice King, ruled that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's duty to promote a comprehensive health service in England "is a duty in relation to the physical and mental health of the people of England" and that duty did not extend "to persons who are ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland," even though they are U.K. citizens, reported the BBC.
Mr. Justice King also ruled that the girl had no right under Article 8 (right to privacy and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights to a state-funded abortion and that there was no breach of anti-discrimination laws under Article 14.
The Court of Appeal ruled that devolutionary powers must be taken into consideration and that there was no case of discrimination because Northern Ireland is not covered by the 1967 Abortion Act, which applies in the rest of the U.K.
Despite the ruling the women have vowed to carry on fighting with their solicitor Angela Jackman, a partner at law firm Simpson Millar, stating that they would be seeking to take the "landmark" case to the Supreme Court and, if necessary, would apply to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg in the light of "favourable rulings" made today on human rights issues.
"The ruling and the policy of the U.K. Health Secretary only adds to the barriers women in Northern Ireland face when trying to access abortion services," Amnesty Interational's campaign manager Grainne Teggart told the Belfast Telegraph. "Up to 2,000 women per year leave Northern Ireland to access abortion services because of our highly restrictive laws and because no pathway into the NHS exists as the Department of Health is yet to publish termination of pregnancy guidance.
"Northern Ireland's highly restrictive abortion laws are in significant breach of the U.K.'s international human rights obligations and force women pregnant as a result of rape and incest and whose pregnancies have been given a fatal foetal diagnosis to continue with those pregnancies or pay privately for service provision to which they should be entitled."
For abortion advice contact Marie Stopes UK on 0345 300 8090.
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KeyCorp finally returned its bailout money last week, but the bank is still behind its Midwestern rivals.
U.S. Bancorp, Fifth Third Bancorp, Huntington Bancshares Inc. and others that paid back the government sooner have greater means to buy banks or steal customers. Why? KeyCorp's shares are less valuable than those of its rivals, and it is less efficient in generating revenue.
The inefficiencies give KeyCorp, of Cleveland, less room to lower borrowing rates to attract customers, experts say. The weak share price, relative to tangible book value, makes doing acquisitions harder because stock is the primary deal currency.
Fixing those problems, analysts said, will be the top priority for Beth Mooney, the $92 billion-asset lender's former community banking head and now chief-executive-in-waiting. She is scheduled to succeed Henry Meyer 3rd as the chairman and CEO in May.
Meyer — in returning the $2.5 billion of federal aid on the eve of his retirement — has bought his handpicked successor time to prove whether KeyCorp can be a consolidator and market share winner in the increasingly cutthroat Midwest, experts say. There are signs that the region's manufacturing sector is poised for a rebound, which raises the stakes for KeyCorp to get its house in order in time to go on the offensive.
Fred Cummings, the president of the financial services-focused investment firm Elizabeth Park Capital Management Ltd., said Mooney probably has up to 18 months to make strides before KeyCorp's board feels pressure from investors and an expected consolidation wave to find a buyer or a partner in a merger of equals. There is almost constant speculation that KeyCorp will be taken over by U.S. Bancorp, Toronto-Dominion Bank or another relatively healthy bank.
For now, however, "they aren't going to be a forced seller from a position of weakness," Cummings said. KeyCorp, like a number of other big banks that were early to struggle and late to rebound from the crisis, has "an opportunity to execute," he said.
The big question, Cummings said, is: "How much momentum have they lost as they've been internally focused?"
Cummings and other investors and analysts are modestly optimistic about KeyCorp's prospects for a number of reasons. Though it has a reputation as one of the industry's problem banks, it actually has a number of things going for it that various rivals don't. Its core capital levels are among the highest in banking, and its levels of delinquent loans are among the lowest.
KeyCorp, which earned $390 million last year after losing more than $3 billion in 2008 and 2009, is more diverse than Huntington and Fifth Third. It is involved in more nonlending businesses like investment banking and asset management. So it has more chances to sell the same clients loans and other services like corporate advice or wealth management. It also has unusual geographic reach for a company of its size, with more than 1,000 branches scattered across 14 states. That means it has more opportunities to pick and choose where it wants to take share from smaller banks by opening branches, trying to buy them or by hiring relationship bankers.
"Key has a fabulous market presence in banking, both in lending and underwriting and advisory services to middle-market" real estate investors, said Jeff Davis, an analyst with Guggenheim Securities LLC.
KeyCorp officials are bullish on their ability to grow from New York to Seattle.
"We will look for opportunities to be a potential acquirer," Mooney told The Plain Dealer of Cleveland in February.
"With three consecutive profitable quarters and continued signs of increased economic activity … we believe that we are positioned well to compete with other businesses," KeyCorp said in its annual report filed in March with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mooney refused to comment for this article.
Analysts say KeyCorp has work to do to even the competitive landscape for deals and acquisitions.
Bolstering its efficiency would add to its earnings power, which would in turn benefit its stock valuation.
Its earnings potential looks weak: A reliance on relatively high-priced deposits and a shrinking loan portfolio has squeezed its margins, which are narrower than at most of its immediate rivals. The downside to its considerable number of fee-based businesses is unstable revenue.
Its efficiency ratio is worse than most of the other big banks going after new business in the Midwest. Those include Huntington, U.S. Bancorp, Fifth Third, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co. What that means, basically, is that KeyCorp has to spend more than all of them for every dollar of revenue it generates.
That problem can be fixed by lowering the cost of loans to rev up revenue, but right now KeyCorp doesn't have much room to compete on price, experts said. At the end of last year, KeyCorp was spending 66 cents per every dollar of revenue; U.S. Bancorp, in turn, was spending about 54 cents. U.S. Bancorp increased its commercial and industrial loan book last quarter by about 2%, in part because it lowered rates. KeyCorp kept rates steady and its similar portfolio of loans shrank by 2%.
Charging people lower rates can hurt the efficiency ratio in the near term but improve it down the line by bringing in new customers. That's something KeyCorp might find difficult because its ratio is already relatively high. The ways to lower it are to boost revenue, reduce expenses or both. A KeyCorp spokesman said in an email that it has been aggressive in both areas, reducing expenses by $228 million since 2008 while increasing revenue in 2010, "despite reducing its loan portfolio by exiting riskier" loans. KeyCorp is targeting another $72 million to $147 million in cost-cutting in 2011 and 2012.
The spokesman declined to comment beyond the email, or provide executives for interviews, because the company doesn't speak to the media before releasing earnings. It is scheduled to report first-quarter earnings April 18.
KeyCorp's other big hurdle is its relatively weak share price, which increased about 2.5% in the two weeks since it announced plans to get out of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. It did so March 30 after raising $625 million in equity and $1 billion of debt.
Getting out of Tarp eased some, but not all, of the pressure on its shares, which closed Monday at $8.92. That was essentially equal to the value of its tangible book. U.S. Bancorp trades at nearly three times book, according to data from Guggenheim. Huntington and Fifth Third were trading at close to one and a half times book each.
This is a problem for KeyCorp because those are the banks it will have to compete with to do deals, experts say. Right now, they can afford to handily outbid KeyCorp because their stock is worth more.
The main thing holding back KeyCorp's share price is that it needs to show muscular growth in revenue excluding taxes and bad-loan costs. While loan costs are expected to keep falling after declining sharply in 2010, the outlook is murkier for the revenue it can collect from loan interest and fees. KeyCorp's loan portfolio — and therefore, interest income — is expected to keep shrinking because it has a lot of construction, maritime and student loans running off its books. Regulatory changes that curb fees it can collect in the retail side of the business may offset any gains in the corporate bank.
One thing working in KeyCorp's favor is that it is poised for some easing of its borrowing costs. It has about $7.6 billion in high-cost certificates of deposit maturing in 2011, which could save $54 million to $106 million over the course of the year, JPMorgan Chase analyst Steven Alexopoulos said in a research note on March 23.


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