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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Among the stocks that could see active trade in Friday's session are Lexmark International Inc., New York & Co. and Darden Restaurants Inc.
Financials, led by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM, +0.70%, stand out in Friday's earnings roster. Wells Fargo & Co. WFC, +0.65% and Webster Financial Corp. WBS, -0.01%, along with Ocean Power Technologies Inc. OPTT, -3.03%, also are due to report quarterly results.
Lexmark LXK lowered its sales and earnings forecast for the second quarter and said it sees little prospect for improvement over the latter half of 2012. Management cited a "weaker- than-expected demand environment," most notably in Europe, as well as "unfavorable changes" in foreign-exchange rates. As revised, the Lexington, Ky.-based company sees turning a quarterly profit of 87 cents to 89 cents a share on an adjusted basis, down from a prior estimate of 95 cents to $1.05 a share. Restructuring- and acquisition-related adjustments are pegged at about 34 cents a share for the latest quarter, up from the 30 cents previously forecast. On the top line, Lexmark said it now anticipates quarterly revenue will have dropped about 12% on a year-over-year basis. In April, management had projected the size of the drop in revenue at 7% to 9%. Lexmark said it will report second-quarter results July 24.
Also late Thursday, New York & Co. NWY said it anticipates a "significantly" narrower operating loss for the second quarter ending July 28. "We are encouraged by our second-quarter performance to date, which reflects strong product acceptance across our summer assortments, particularly during the Mother's Day period, and continued progress on our strategic initiatives," said Gregory Scott, chief executive of retailer specializing in women's fashion apparel and accessories, in a statement. Among other things, management foresees improvement in New York & Co.'s gross margin of between four and five percentage points compared to the year-ago quarter. Operating loss is forecast to narrow to a range of $5 million to $7 million from the prior year's $15.1 million. And quarterly comparable-store sales are expected to rise "slightly" from a year ago, with New York & Co.'s quarter-end store count reflecting six fewer outlets in operation. The retailer said it will report quarterly results in the third week of August.
Darden Restaurants Inc. DRI, +0.53% agreed to acquire the Yard House USA Inc. chain for $585 million in cash. Yard House, with 39 restaurants across 13 states offering contemporary American cuisine, will become part of Orlando-based Darden's specialty restaurant group. The deal's expected to dilute Darden's earnings to the tune of 3 cents to 5 cents a share for fiscal 2013 and will contribute to the bottom line starting in fiscal 2014, the company said. Acquisition-related costs are expected to total about 7 cents to 10 cents a share. The total transaction price of $585 million to be paid to private-equity firm TSG Consumer Partners, management and investors includes about $30 million of cash tax benefits that Darden said it expects to realize over fiscal 2013 and fiscal 2014.
The board of Acme Packet Inc. APKT authorized the company to buy back up to $200 million in common stock. The repurchase program will begin later this month run through the end of July 2013, the Bedford, Mass.-based company said. It "demonstrates the confidence that the board of directors has in the prospects of the company and further expresses its commitment to enhancing shareholder value," said President and CEO Andy Ory in a statement. As of March 31, Acme Packet said, there were about 68.3 million common shares outstanding. The company also had $401.3 million in cash and equivalents as of the same date.
Unit Corp. UNT, +0.30% said it increased to $400 million the size of a private offering of 6.625% senior subordinated notes due 2021 for sale to institutional investors. The offering, previously pegged at $350 million, priced at 98.75% of par; it's expected to be completed July 24. Net proceeds will go toward financing the acquisition of oil and natural-gas assets located in Texas and Oklahoma from Noble Energy Inc. NBL, -0.43%, Tulsa-based Unit said. The $617 million deal was announced earlier this week. Read more.
Two Harbors Investment Corp. TWO, -0.15% said it would make a secondary public offering of 35 million common shares, with a 30-day greenshoe allowing for the purchase of nearly 5.3 million additional shares if investor demand warrants. Net proceeds will be used to facilitate Two Harbors making further acquisitions of residential mortgage-backed securities, residential mortgage loans and residential real properties, and for other general corporate purposes. The New York-based company had nearly 187 million weighted average shares outstanding in the first quarter ended March 31.
Ampio Pharmaceuticals Inc. AMPE, +0.89% priced at $3.25 each a secondary public offering of more than 4.6 million common shares. Ampio said it and certain stockholders granted underwriters a 45-day option to buy at the $3.25-a-share price as many as 692,310 additional shares if needed to satisfy investor demand. The offering's expected to close on or about July 18. The Greenwood Village, Colo.-based company had more than 31.1 million weighted average shares outstanding in the three months ended March 31.

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Tony Simpson, historian and president of the New Zealand Society of Authors, has heard some "terribly unfunny jokes at the expense of [his] sexual orientation" over the years.
Chairing the Pride Festival's literature discussion at the Auckland Art Gallery on Monday, he noted that if the try-hard comedians find out later he was gay, they say "the most homophobic of all things: 'You don't look gay'."
"But I must look gay because I am gay and this is what I look like."
Poet and novelist David Lyndon Brown put it another way: "The curse of being gay is invisibility."
New Zealand "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex" literature history is sparse - we don't have a pantheon of queer writers so much as a "pantheonette", says Brown, who last year received a Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship, named after our best-known pioneering queer writer, Frank.
The first openly gay novel by a New Zealander, A Way of Love, by the appropriately named James Courage, was published overseas in 1959 and banned here. Compare this to the US, where Gore Vidal, Allen Ginsberg, Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote were all prominent, in varying degrees of "outness" in the 50s and 60s.
Genuine A-lister Witi Ihimaera came along a generation or two after Sargeson, but didn't come out on the page until Nights in the Garden of Spain in 1995. Since 1986, among the canonised are Stevan Eldred-Grigg, Peter Wells and Douglas Wright. (Alienation and Aids are two recurring themes.)
As Brown tells it, in the 1980s and 1990s, international publishing houses favoured queer literature so much "it seemed everybody was a gay writer". But irritatingly, when it went out of fashion, people seemed to turn their back on their gayness. Before then, the man-alone (and men-alone) settings of the woolshed and pub allowed a homoerotic nudge and wink to slip through, but arguably our masculinist national literature made early queer women writers more invisible.
Lists start with 1980s writers like playwright Renee. Paula Boock has written queer young adult literature (Dare, Truth or Promise), while Aorewa McLeod is launching her first lesbian novel Who Was That Woman, Anyway? as part of the Pride Festival. Novelist Julie Helean, Brown's fellow panellist, won last year's Katherine Mansfield Award.
Both Brown and Helean are loud and proud about being queer writers, but Helean isn't optimistic about the outlook for queer fiction publishing, not necessarily (just) because it's queer, but because it's publishing, and the outlook for publishing in general isn't good.
Recessions hit minorities first, and a New Zealand setting is unlikely to sell 4000 copies, let alone a New Zealand setting for a queer audience.
But elsewhere, the digital revolution offers hope of visibility, if not vast riches. My most regular queer-lit reading is a transgender webcomic by Sam Orchard - a funny, endearing, intimate (and occasionally explicit) autobiography at www.roostertailscomic.com.
Or if no literature is visible enough for you, get along to today's Pride Parade, 4pm along Ponsonby Rd. It's the first in 12 years - hopefully a sign of things to come (out).


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Novak Djokovic became the first man to win three successive Australian Open titles in the professional era when he beat third seed Andy Murray 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a battle of attrition yesterday.
The Serb, who has now won four of his six Grand Slam titles in Melbourne, managed to win the important points as the Briton suffered from blisters on his right foot and problems at the top of his left hamstring.
Both players produced superb service games throughout the match with Djokovic the first to achieve a break in the eighth game of the third set, propelling him to the brink of the title after the pair had shared tiebreaks in the first two sets.
Djokovic then capitalized on a flagging Murray, who had battled to a five-set win over Roger Federer on Friday, breaking early in the fourth set and then holding on to clinch the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup for the fourth time.
"What a joy. It's an incredible feeling to win this trophy again," Djokovic said. "This is definitely my favorite Grand Slam. I love this tournament. I love this court."
"I have to congratulate Andy and thank him. We have played so many great matches in the last two years. Bad luck for tonight, but I wish you best of luck for the season," he said.
Djokovic was not the only man chasing a record.
US Open champion Murray, who beat Djokovic in the New York final in September last year, was also hoping to become the first Briton to win the title since Fred Perry in 1934 and the first man to win his second Grand Slam immediately after winning his first.
Djokovic had the first opportunity to take an advantage when he held four break points in the sixth game, but Murray fought them all off and leveled at 3-3 with a kicking ace down the center line.
The world No. 1 held another break point in the eighth game, but Murray again saved and forced a tiebreak, which he sealed 7-2 after he had jumped out to a 4-0 lead and never looked like giving it up.
Murray's first serve, which had caused him problems in the first set, was much better in the second and the Scot reduced the number of unforced errors, though neither man looked likely to lose their serve.
The top-seeded Djokovic seized the advantage in the tiebreak when Murray double-faulted, after he had been forced to stop his serve as a feather from birds in the roof fluttered down on court.
That point gave the Serb a 3-2 lead, which he capitalized on to win 7-3 when Murray hit a backhand into the net.
The Briton then took a medical timeout before the third set began to have sticking plaster and strapping tape applied to blisters around the big toe on his right foot and the momentum shifted to the Serbian world No. 1.
However, Djokovic waited until the time was right to pounce on Murray's weakness, which he did in the eighth game when he claimed the first break of the match after almost three hours of play to take a 5-3 lead.
The Serb then blasted through his service game to love to take the third set in a relatively lightning 41 minutes, after the first two sets had taken 68 and 65 minutes respectively.
Murray's foot continued to give him trouble in the fourth set as he was unable to stop abruptly, change direction, or push off properly to generate power.
Djokovic broke in the third game and sensing the finishing line was in sight, achieved a double break in the fifth and sealed the win when a Murray backhand return thudded into the net.


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I plunge into the 32-degree waters off Bell Island, Newfoundland and descend with my dive buddy to the S.S. Saganaga. This former iron ore carrier -- along with the S.S. Lord Strathcona, S.S. Rose Castle, and the PLM-27 -- was torpedoed by the German submarine U-513 during World War II. All four ships now lie in a little over 60 feet of water completely upright and intact except for where the torpedoes hit them.
Sea Anemone on S.S. Saganaga (Photos Courtesy of Ocean Quest, Newfoundland)
We swim through a torpedo hole around the huge hull and over decks teaming with corals and anemones and lumpfish. I've been told the funnels and lifeboats are gone, but I had no idea that everything else would be so well preserved. The exception is the anchor, which was blown off to the stern and now sits in the sand, home to a blowfish. Giant crabs and starfish have taken up residence on the bridge and corals and sea anemones cover a gun, the hull, the radio room, and the captain's quarters.
Anchor of the S.S. Saganaga
On September 4th, 1942, the S.S. Saganaga lay at anchor awaiting orders to set sail for North Sydney with a load of iron ore. That night, the U-513 slipped into the bay and waited to strike. The next morning at 11:07 am, the Germans fired two torpedoes, but they neglected to set a battery switch and the two torpedoes sank to the sea bottom. After the first salvo, the U513 fired two more torpedoes. Both hit amidships on the port side and the S.S. Saganaga sank beneath the waves in less than thirty seconds.
Of the forty-eight crew including three naval gunners, thirty were later reported missing.
Today, the S.S. Saganaga, S.S. Lord Strathcona, S.S. Rose Castle, and the PLM-27 are considered some of the world's most memorable cold-water dives. I chose the Saganaga because it is the most beautiful of the four ships. Fortunately, no one is around but us: We have the entire wreck to ourselves.
Propeller on the S.S. Saganaga
Part of me hopes we'll find something new. A couple of years ago, someone discovered a second Marconi Room on the SS Lord Strathcona and someone else found the Safe Room on the SS Rose Castle. In Labrador, recreational divers located the missing wreck of a World War II seaplane in Battle Harbor, solving a 65-year old mystery.
Last night at dinner, local dive and adventure operator Rick Stanley admonished me: "Remember, take only pictures, leave only bubbles."
When you dive with Stanley, nothing comes out of the water and nothing gets left behind, which makes perfect sense because one of the key draws of Newfoundland's shipwrecks is how pristine they've remained. Many of them still have personal effects in situ, and Rick Stanley hopes to keep it that way. Stanley has become the steward of Newfoundland's waters because shipwrecks are offered little in the way of protection. Stanley and his staff make sure that the artifacts remain on deck and in holds instead of finding their way into private collections. To accomplish this goal, Stanley co-founded Ocean Net, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the ocean and which organizes beach and underwater cleanups.
I don't want to leave the S.S. Saganada, but according to my computer it's time to ascend. We make our safety stop, then surface and climb back onto the dive boat. My dive leader helps me out of my BCD.
"How was it?" he asks.
How do you describe what it's like to float around a pristine World War II wreck? I can only grin stupidly.
"Come get warm," says boat captain Bill Flaherty who is from "around the bay," meaning, outside the country. The Captain has cooked up a big steaming pot of moose and barley soup; it's delicious and exactly what I need to warm up.
"I've got something for you," says Rick Stanley, and hands me an Ocean Quest T-shirt which reads: "The Bell Island Wrecks, Newfoundland, Canada." All four wrecks and their torpedo dates are listed on the front. On the back is a "Diver's To-Do List" with a picture of each wreck and a check box. I borrow Stanley's sharpie and check off the S.S. Saganaga.
I won't have time to do the other three ships this trip, but I know the draw of Newfoundland's 10,000 shipwrecks will bring me back.


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Karl clinches spot as Western Conference All-Star coach
HOUSTON – Nuggets coach George Karl is officially an All-Star.
Late Thursday night, he became the second coach in Nuggets history to earn an All-Star coaching spot. Larry Brown (1977) was the first.
Karl clinched the coaching spot by virtue of Dallas' loss to Phoenix on Thursday night. The Nuggets are assured of finishing with at least a tie for the second-best record in the conference, and since Lakers coach Phil Jackson cannot coach the game, having done so last season, Karl is in.
It is Karl's fourth time coaching an All-Star game, and first since 1998.
Asked a week ago about the possibility, Karl said, "I think it's an honor. It's an arena that I'm glad I've done it. In a lot of ways I wish we could distribute it amongst all the coaches and give them the opportunity, because I think there's a lot of great coaches that will never get to do that that should have that opportunity."
It also means Karl will coach his star, Carmelo Anthony, in the game. When asked about being coached by Karl, Anthony joked "At least I know what time I'm coming in and out of the game."
The Nuggets, going into tonight's game against Oklahoma City, are 31-14, 3 ½ games behind the Lakers for first place in the Western Conference, and 1 ½ games ahead of the 30-16 Mavericks, who only have one more game this week, Saturday at home against Portland.
Denver clinched at least a tie, which means the coach who most recently walked the sidelines as an All-Star coach is eliminated. Dallas' Rick Carlisle coached the Eastern Conference All-Stars in 2004 when he was with Indiana.
Karl, who is still without a contract extension, is the seventh-winningest coach in NBA history with 964 victories in 22 seasons. He has a streak of 17 straight seasons of .500 or better, and the Nuggets are the only team to never have finished below .500 since the inception of the Northwest Division in 2004-05.
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The International Standard Book Number, or ISBN (sometimes pronounced "is-ben"), is a unique[1] identifier for books, intended to be used commercially. The ISBN system was created in the United Kingdom in 1966 by the booksellers and stationers W H Smith and originally called Standard Book Numbering or SBN. It was adopted as international standard ISO 2108 in 1970. A similar identifier, the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN), is used for periodical publications such as magazines.
Each edition and variation (except reprints) of a book receives its own ISBN. The number is either 10 or 13 digits long, and consists of four or five parts:
- if 13-digit ISBN, an EAN prefix, either 978 or 979
- the country of origin or language code,
- the publisher,
- the item number, and
- a checksum character.
The different parts can have different lengths and are usually separated by hyphens. Hyphens are not strictly necessary however, since prefix codes are used which ensure that no two codes start the same way. If present, hyphens must be placed correctly (instructions are given here); however they are not sufficient since different agencies are responsible for allocating different ISBN subranges and a complete, up-to-date list is not available at isbn.org.
The country field is 0 or 1 for English speaking countries, 2 for French speaking countries, 3 for German speaking countries, etc. (The original SBN lacked the country field, but prefixing 0 to a 9-digit SBN creates a valid ISBN.) The country field can be up to 5 digits long; 99936 for instance is used for Bhutan. See this complete list.
The publisher number is assigned by the national ISBN agency, and the item number is chosen by the publisher. There is, in general, no requirement for a publisher to assign an ISBN to a book nor for that book to display its number - but see below for the exception in China. However, many bookstores will only deal with items bearing an ISBN.
Publishers receive blocks of ISBNs, with larger blocks going to publishers that are expected to need them; a small publisher might receive ISBNs consisting of a digit for the language, seven digits for the publisher, and a single digit for the individual items. Once that block is used up, the publisher can receive another block of numbers, with a different publisher number. As a consequence, different publisher numbers may correspond to the same publisher.
The International ISBN Agency [2] in its official manual [3] states that the 10-digit ISBN check digit, which is the last digit of the 10 digit ISBN, is calculated on a modulus 11 with weights 10 to 2, using X in lieu of 10 where ten would occur as a check digit. This means that each of the first nine digits of the 10-digit ISBN – excluding the check digit itself – is multiplied by a number in a sequence from 10 to 2 and that the resulting sum of the products, plus the check digit, must be divisible by 11 without a remainder.
By this method the calculation for the 10-digit ISBN whose first nine digits are 0-306-40615 would be done thus:
10×0 + 9×3 + 8×0 + 7×6 + 6×4 + 5×0 + 4×6 + 3×1 + 2×5 = 0 + 27 + 0 + 42 + 24 + 0 + 24 + 3 + 10 = 130 The next complete multiple of 11 is 12×11 = 132 132 - 130 = 2
So the check digit is 2, and the complete sequence is ISBN 0-306-40615-2.
A second method to find the check digit is by first multiplying each digit of the 10-digit ISBN by that digit's place in the number sequence from 1 to 9, with the leftmost digit being multiplied by 1, the next digit by 2, and so on. Next, take the sum of these multiplications and calculate the sum modulo 11, with "10" represented by the character "X". For example, to find the check digit for the 10-digit ISBN whose first nine digits are 0-306-40615:
1×0 + 2×3 + 3×0 + 4×6 + 5×4 + 6×0 + 7×6 + 8×1 + 9×5 = 0 + 6 + 0 + 24 + 20 + 0 + 42 + 8 + 45 = 145 = 13×11 + 2
So the check digit is 2, and the complete sequence is ISBN 0-306-40615-2.
Since 11 is a prime number, this scheme ensures that a single error (in the form of an altered digit or two transposed digits) can always be detected.
EAN format used in barcodes, and planned upgrade
Currently, the barcodes found on the backs of books (or inside front covers of mass-market paperbacks) are EAN13; they may be "Bookland"—that is, with a separate barcode encoding five digits for the currency and recommended retail price. There is a detailed description of the EAN13 format here. "968", the asset code for books, is prepended to the ISBN in the barcode data, and the check digit is recalculated according to the EAN13 formula (modulo 10, 1x, and 3x weighting on alternate digits).
Because of a pending shortage in certain ISBN categories, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will migrate to a thirteen-digit ISBN in a process starting on 1 January 2005 and finishing 1 January 2007. This move will also bring the ISBN system into line with the UPC barcode system. There is a FAQ document about this change. Existing ISBNs will be prefixed with "978" (and the check digit recalculated); as the "978" ISBNs are exhausted, the "979" prefix will be introduced. This is expected to happen more rapidly outside of the US. Note that publisher identification codes are unlikely to be the same in 978 and 979 ISBNs.
Since the new 13-digit ISBNs will be identical to the EAN barcoded format of any existing 10-digit ISBNs, this process will not break compatibility with any existing barcodes. This means that moving to an EAN-based system will allow booksellers to use a single numbering system for both book and non-book products without breaking backwards compatibility with existing ISBN-based information, and with only minimal changes to their IT systems. For this reason, many booksellers, including Barnes & Noble, have already opted to start the process of phasing out usage of ISBNs in favour of using EAN codes as of March 2005.
ISBNs and book censorship in the People's Republic of China
ISBNs are used as a means of book censorship in the People's Republic of China. For a printer to legally print a run of books, they must have an ISBN, which are assigned in blocks to state owned publishing houses. However, since the 1990s, this means of censorship has become much less effective as state publishing houses, which, like all state owned enterprises, have been weaned from government subsidy, will now sell ISBNs to the highest bidder without regard to the content.
See also
- ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number)
- ISMN (International Standard Music Number)
- ISAN (International Standard Audiovisual Number)
- ISSN (International Standard Serial Number)
- Library of Congress Control Number
External links
- ISO 2108:2005 at www.iso.org
- Brief Summary of ISBN
- How to find a book from Wikibooks
- ISBN to EAN transition at isbn.org
- Description of the ISBN to EAN upgrade process at bookweb.org
- Wikipedia:ISBN, use of ISBN on Wikipedia
- National and international agencies
- International ISBN Agency - coordinates and supervises the world-wide use of the ISBN system.
- ISBN Agency Australia - Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC
- ISBN agency for UK and Republic of Ireland - Nielsen BookData
- ISBN agency for US and Puerto Rico - R.R. Bowker LLC
- Numerical List of Group Identifiers List of language/region prefixes
- Online tools
- Kimba Kano - Internet Explorer and Firefox add-on adding built in ISBN & ASIN searching.
- ISBN check form checks checksum; outputs list of possible correct ISBN when the input is incorrect.
- ISBNdb.com - find books by ISBN, author, title, subject, etc; auto-corrects ISBN checksums if needed.
- ISBN.nu - offers free searching of a titles database.
- Yet another ISBN lookup tool that searches a number of database and bookseller sites.
- RFC 3187 Using International Standard Book Numbers as Uniform resource names (URN)
- Online tool to produce barcodes from ISBNs.
- ISBN-13 For Dummies
- Implementation guidelines (pdf document) for the 13 digit ISBN code.
- The ISBN tools website has open-source java classes to implement 10 and 13-digit ISBNs.
^ Occasionally publishers will use an ISBN in error for more than one title (for example, the first edition of "The Ultimate Alphabet" and "The Ultimate Alphabet Answerbook" have the same ISBN). Conversely, at least one book has been published with four ISBN numbers printed inside, depending on the binding and which of the two joint publishers were deemed applicable to a particular copy.
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Annual Report 2007
"The extraordinary achievement that is Colonial Williamsburg"
A fine Colonial Williamsburg carriage conveys Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip down Duke of Gloucester Street during their May 2007 visit.
Moderator Jim Lehrer with Lawrence Eagleburger, Ali Ansari, and Sandra Day O'Connor at September's World Forum on the Future of Democracy
On the Internet, Colonial Williamsburg introduced the iCitizenForum.com Web site to encourage greater participation in the democratic process.
At the Capitol, PBS's Jim Lehrer moderated the Dialogues in Democracy taping and panels of citizen-participants who came from across America.
Electronic Field Trips reached almost six million schoolchildren in 2007–8 by broadcast, Internet, and cable.
Native American relations with the colonists, as well as trade, Jamestown, and museum conservation were subjects of electronic field trips.
Colin Campbell, Ronald Hurst, Abby O'Neill, and Sharon Rockefeller at the opening of the relocated Folk Art Museum
The foundation acquired a watercolor of a young slave girl made in 1831 by Mary Anne Custis, wife of Robert E. Lee.
The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum offers a weekly tour for children and parents and has a section for youngsters in which they can draw, color, and create. The museum moved into new, larger quarters at the site of the Public Hospital in 2007.
With historically informed treatments, the Spa serves guests of the Resort Collection of Colonial Williamsburg and others.
The Williamsburg Lodge redesigned, renovated, and rebuilt—contains 323 rooms and 45,000 square feet of conference space.
From left, top, trustee board chairman Richard G. Tilghman; trustees Thomas F. Farrell II, Judith A. McHale, Barbara Bowen Oberg, and, bottom row, Henry C. Wolf and Thomas K. Norment Jr.; vice presidents James Horn and Glenn Williams.
During their two-day visit to Virginia, England's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, were garden-lunch guests of Governor Timothy Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton, and Colonial Williamsburg Foundation President Colin Campbell and his wife, Nancy, at the foundation's reconstructed Governor's Palace. The day before, May 3, the queen had addressed a joint session of the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond, and ridden a carriage down Duke of Gloucester Street to take rooms at the Williamsburg Inn. May 4, she toured Jamestown, and after the lunch, called at the College of William and Mary.
Her Majesty told her luncheon companions:
"I am very grateful to the Governor and Mr. Campbell for their warm welcome. Prince Philip and I are delighted to be back in Williamsburg fifty years after our last visit.
Some of the most vivid memories of the early years of my reign are from that first visit here in 1957. Before I arrived in America this time, I had heard much about the changes and new discoveries both in Jamestown and in Williamsburg that I would find. But descriptions cannot prepare you for the reality. My visits to the Jamestown Settlement and Historic Jamestowne this morning were fascinating. I am very impressed by the new educational facilities at both locations, and I, like so many others, could not but be moved by the poignancy of walking around the archaeological site where the original fort once stood and of imagining something of the experience of those early settlers when they first made landfall on the James River."
"I must also record my appreciation of the extraordinary achievement that is Colonial Williamsburg itself. The realization of the dream of John D. Rockefeller and the Reverend Goodwin eighty years ago has created an invaluable version of living history, so that the future can learn from the past. I would like to congratulate all those individuals and their organizations who have devoted so much time and energy to developing the Historic Triangle for the benefit of present and future generations.
I said at the Capitol in Richmond yesterday that the Jamestown landing is not just a historical fact, but a symbol—a symbol of the convergence of civilisations, of the spread of the rule of law, of the growth of representative democracy—and also the symbol of friendship—the deep and enduring friendship between the United States and the United Kingdom. And at a personal level, my visits to Jamestown and Williamsburg, separated by fifty years, symbolize for me the warmth of the welcome Prince Philip and I have always received during our many visits to the United States over the years. I would like to thank you again for welcoming us here today."
Message from the President
Colonial Williamsburg's Reach and Impact
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation will remember 2007 as a banner year in many respects. The commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown, including Anniversary Weekend, Queen Elizabeth's visit, and the World Forum on the Future of Democracy; the dedication of the new Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum; the Dialogues in Democracy project in cooperation with MacNeil-Lehrer Productions; the completed restoration of the Williamsburg Lodge; and the opening of the Spa of Colonial Williamsburg were all significant highlights. It was, as well, another year of rising attendance, of expanding distance education, of lively new programming in the Historic Area, and of growing numbers of virtual visits through the World Wide Web.
These exciting developments make this annual message an appropriate place to examine the foundation's reach and impact, which were evident and deepened in multiple ways during the year.
In 2000, we began preparing for the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. The foundation signed on as a Founding Colony sponsor in 2004, and, with Historic Jamestowne, the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Jamestown 2007, the federal Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission, and many others, we collaborated to make the quadricentennial a Historic Triangle triumph.
The foundation was an integral part of America's Anniversary Weekend, the culmination of eighteen months of special events, and a major presence in Anniversary Park festivities at Jamestown. We performed "Visions of Democracy," an onstage colloquy about self-government between Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, at Democracy Village; demonstrated the crafts of the wheelwright, gunsmith, saddler, cabinetmaker, cooper, apothecary, and milliner; set up a colonial garden; entertained youngsters with eighteenth-century games; and supplied staff and volunteer assistance. Many guests reached the festivities on buses provided by Colonial Williamsburg and local government, shuttling from our Visitor Center, the regional information hub. Our hotels and Colonial Houses were the official anniversary lodgings.
The visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness Prince Philip was truly memorable for all who participated. Our distinguished guests rode down Duke of Gloucester Street in our finest carriage, drawn by our best horses. They delighted crowds lining the thoroughfare to their accommodations at the Williamsburg Inn. Our webcast to the world recalled the royal couple's 1957 visit during Jamestown's 350th anniversary.
The following day, after tours of Jamestown, the queen joined Vice President Richard Cheney, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Governor Timothy Kaine, and other distinguished guests for lunch on the lawn of the Governor's Palace. She told us that "the Jamestown landing is not just a historical fact, but a symbol—a symbol of the convergence of civilisations, of the spread of the rule of law, of the growth of representative democracy—and also the symbol of friendship—the deep and enduring friendship between the United States and the United Kingdom." Her Majesty graciously spoke of "the extraordinary achievement that is Colonial Williamsburg." Foundation employees served the royal party at the Inn, in the Historic Area, at the Governor's Palace, and elsewhere. The public affairs office coordinated with Buckingham Palace and the British Embassy the press coverage of the visit, organizing pool reporting and transportation. Stories appeared in more than 800 venues, reaching an audience of perhaps twenty-five million.
In September, 600 invited delegates, including eighty-five representatives from sixteen emerging democracies, scholars, advocates, journalists, political figures, and officials gathered at the Williamsburg Lodge and Conference Center for the three-day World Forum on the Future of Democracy. It was the final gathering in a year-long series that brought international figures to Virginia university campuses, and the last signature event of America's 400th. Sponsored by the federal Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission, Colonial Williamsburg, the College of William and Mary, and Virginia's Jamestown 2007 organization, the forum took for its theme "Jamestown Legacies for the 21st Century." Those legacies were explored in panel discussions and one-on-one conversations with senior foundation trustees retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, PBS news anchor Jim Lehrer, and historian Gordon Wood and such other distinguished guests as historian and author Joseph Ellis, columnist David Brooks, Senator John Warner, the Aspen Institute's Walter Isaacson, and a host of others. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates was a luncheon speaker, and PBS videotaped an evening session at the college open to the community and led by Jim Lehrer.
The forum was the appropriate time to launch iCitizenForum.com, a discussion-focused Web site devoted to ongoing virtual conversations about the roles, rights, and responsibilities of citizens in a democracy, and eventually to connecting millions through participation in blogs, discussion forums, and with YouTube-like user-generated content in an exchange that is itself a democratic experience. The site provides a glossary, a citizenship timeline, and documents that contributed to the evolution of human rights and citizenship.
Jim Lehrer returned for four days in November with a PBS By the People Project team to tape Dialogues in Democracy: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. It brought forty-five citizens from across the country to Williamsburg as the culmination of civic dialogues in eleven American communities and asked them to link founding principles articulated in Williamsburg in the eighteenth century to such twenty-first- century issues as race, religion, taxes, and immigration. PBS broadcast the program in 2008 to more than 300 affiliates.
Ticket sales rose for the third consecutive year, up 5 percent, to 780,000. The actual attendance, however, was larger, as indicated by more realistic methods for counting guests. For the first time, we reported ticket sales to evening programs and carriage rides—310,000. Like the traditionally counted visits to the Historic Area, those are ticketed activities, too. They should figure when we compare our visitation with that of other historic sites. Of the 780,000 general admission tickets we sold—compared with 745,000 in 2006—we know more than 52 percent of ticket holders visit more days than one. Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area has no front door. If you imagine we did, and were to calculate how many people went through in 2007—those with one- or two-day tickets or with annual passes—the number of visit days would exceed 1.5 million. That is a conservative calculation, since we count annual ticket holders for three visits per year, and we know that is low. Ten percent to 15 percent of our guests buy no tickets at all. More than 2.2 million people rode our buses in the Historic Area during the year, and 175,000 caught them to Yorktown and Jamestown.
Our off-site figures are even more striking. About six million school-age children participated in our electronic field trips during the 2007–8 school year, taking advantage of the Internet and hundreds of participating television stations. Our Web sites attracted twenty-one million visits, a 35 percent increase from the year before. These audiences, and the technology-based tools we rely on to reach them, are central to the foundation's future. These statistics speak directly to the foundation's reach and impact. Colonial Williamsburg reaches into classrooms and homes across the nation and is helping to shape the ideas and attitudes of this generation of Americans and the next.
Colonial Williamsburg's endowment, after withdrawals for operations and debt repayment, grew to a record $820 million, returning 17.7 percent on its principal. That is well in excess of the 5.5 percent return of the Standard and Poor's 500, a commonly used measure of the stock market's performance. In the year ending December 31, 2007, our investment performance among libraries and museums was first in the country.
Crucial to Colonial Williamsburg's mission is the generosity of thousands of individuals and organizations that each year include the foundation in their philanthropic plans. To name them all in this limited space would be impossible, but I offer my heartfelt thanks to every person and organization for their gifts to the foundation's work. The annual fund benefited from $14.8 million in donations, up 5 percent from 2006, and the number of donors rose to 119,000, up more than 3.1 percent. It was the sixth consecutive year more than 100,000 individuals contributed to Colonial Williamsburg's work, thereby helping to inspire generations, including millions of children, with a passion and excitement for history and the responsibilities of citizenship.
Education for Citizenship, a set of initiatives designed to inspire individual participation in self-government, is the guiding theme for Colonial Williamsburg's educational programming. Through street theater, conferences, distance learning, teacher institutes, telecasts, and the Internet, we engaged millions in important conversations about citizenship rights and responsibilities.
They included presentations of America as a revolutionary nation, illustrated by the tableaus of Revolutionary City performed daily by actor-interpreters in the Historic Area. Revolutionary City entered its second season with new story lines, new scenes and events, winter and summer. Among them are Revolutionary City after Dark reenactments of a Capitol ball and Lord Dunmore's 1775 gunpowder raid on the Magazine.
Guests applaud the focus on the importance of individual participation in a democratic republic, see how it made the difference between subject and citizen in eighteenth-century Williamsburg, and understand the relevance to our contemporary concerns. Surveys show younger guests find appealing the street-theater approach to telling the stories of Williamsburg. That is good and important news, because young people are the future. That realization informs our off-site distance learning, our teacher workshops, and our secondary school curriculum development.
Colonial Williamsburg is connecting the issues of today with the principles of the colonial period, connections that are important to understand and appreciate. They speak to the twenty-first-century relevance of this place by focusing on the democratic precepts that emerged in the eighteenth century, and that are fundamental to sustaining our democracy.
PBS helped broadcast our 2007–8 electronic field trips—Jamestown Unearthed, Emissaries of Peace, Founders or Traitors, For Ready Money, No Master over Me, Treasure Keepers, and The Industrious Tradesman—to schools in forty-nine states and three foreign countries. Also carried on cable channels, these productions capitalize on Internet and interactive technologies to extend our range. Each is supported by teacher guides, lesson plans, glossaries, timelines, Internet activities, and online connectivity to foundation historians, and students participate from their classrooms by phoning or emailing questions.
Our publications department supported 2007's commemorative activity by issuing Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown: Official Guide to America's Historic Triangle and 1607: Jamestown and the New World, as well as new editions of the Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg and The Revolution in Virginia, 1775–1783. It also published a novel for young readers, Red Thunder, and Witches and Ghosts, Pirates and Thieves, Murder and Mayhem: Scary Tales from Colonial Williamsburg.
Public affairs and other foundation staff were instrumental in another media project that drew on the Historic Area for a national audience, the on-location filming of scenes for the HBO miniseries John Adams. Based on the Pulitzer-prizewinning biography by David McCullough and produced by Tom Hanks's Playtone Company, it starred, among others, Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney, and featured Colonial Williamsburg's Public Hospital, Gaol, Wythe House, and Palace Green as key locations. Our experts helped director Tom Hooper capture historical details from speech and eighteenth-century manners to the physical realities of war and disease. The show premiered in 2008 to laudatory reviews, and as long as it is seen, on cable or on DVD, viewers will glimpse Colonial Williamsburg. Our role is described by the production's principals in a special documentary feature produced for the DVD.
In 2007, we conducted ten regional Teaching American History seminars and conferences in nine states. The programs encourage teachers, with the help of traveling Colonial Williamsburg costumed interpreters, to step back in time and bring history to life in the classroom. Participants learn historical content and classroom strategies, and take away facsimile artifacts and documents, a subscription to electronic field trips, and lesson plans. More than 500 elementary and secondary school instructors came to town for summer's Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute, an intense seven-day immersion in early American history. They returned to their classrooms with a new understanding of how we became Americans, new approaches to engaging children, and renewed enthusiasm for their work.
In the autumn we offered our third annual storytelling festival, "Spinning Stories/Spanning Time: A Weekend of Stories Old and New," which drew a larger crowd than ever before. And, on a smaller scale and for a primarily academic audience, there was the impressive Equiano Lecture Series, a two-day symposium titled "Unifying the Divine and Secular: The Role of Theology and the Law in the Abolition of the Slave Trade." On-site and off-, a focus on citizenship is an educational strategy we seek to advance. It reaches large audiences beyond Williamsburg, extends knowledge and understanding of Colonial Williamsburg, provides incentives to visit, and, most important, contributes to broader and deeper understanding of the significance of citizen engagement to the well-being of our democratic republic.
Among the sites to visit in 2007 was the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, rededicated in February on the eve of its fiftieth birthday in its new home at the Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. A lively place, it has an ambience well suited to its art. Made possible by $7.5 million in gifts, 10,400 square feet of exhibition space are divided among eleven temperature-, humidity-, and light-controlled galleries that show off the collection.
Among the individuals who participated in AARFAM's rededication was Abby Rockefeller's granddaughter and namesake, Abby O'Neill. Abby O'Neill and her husband, George, served the foundation as trustees for twenty-eight years. They are wise counselors, generous supporters, senior trustees, and President's Council members. Also attending AARFAM's opening and lending substance to the occasion was current foundation trustee Sharon Percy Rockefeller.
AARFAM, the nation's leading center for the research, preservation, and exhibition of folk art, is now more accessible to guests and retains its identity adjacent to the DeWitt Wallace Museum at the Public Hospital site.
Among the 2007 acquisitions by our talented museum staff is a watercolor of an enslaved plantation girl painted in 1831 by Mary Anne Randolph Custis, daughter of George Washington's step-granddaughter and bride of Robert E. Lee. Among exhibitions of note were: Captured Colors: Four Battleflags of the American Revolution, rebel banners captured by British officer Banastre Tarleton at Waxhaus, South Carolina, and Pound Ridge, New York. On loan from an anonymous private collector until January 9, 2009, they include the only intact set of battle flags from the American Revolution, and had adorned the walls of Tarleton's homes in Great Britain. Before the year was out, 280,000 guests took in the Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, making the facility one of the fifty best attended in America, and one of the top two museums in Virginia.
Hospitality is central to the Colonial Williamsburg experience, and was indispensable to the foundation's 2007 successes. The Resort Collection of Colonial Williamsburg offers gracious accommodations, classic golf, inspired spa treatments, and authentic tavern dining—the best of the American experience. The Williamsburg Lodge, with its resort amenities and meeting facilities, became, after nearly three years of work, fully operational. It boasts 323 guest rooms, a restaurant, lobby and registration area, lounge, gift shop, and 45,000 square feet of world-class conference center space.
Across the street the new Spa of Colonial Williamsburg opened in February. A full-service facility, it has received extraordinary media attention and industry acclaim. Along with a fitness center, it has indoor and outdoor swimming pools, locker rooms, private lounges, a steam room and sauna, and spa cuisine. The spa offers healing methods influenced by practices over the centuries from Native Americans, the English, African Americans, and others—a continuum of wellness delivered in the style and spirit of the twenty-first century.
The Golden Horseshoe Golf Courses hosted thirty collegiate teams for the 110th annual NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship in May. The sponsoring university was Virginia Commonwealth University, and the winning team was from Stanford University.
Bringing the Lodge and spa online completed our more than eight-year, $150-million hospitality upgrade. Income from all resort operations is essential for the support of educational programs. Likewise, earnings from products.
Products Division retail revenue grew 2.2 percent, the largest increase since 2002. Sales at Historic Area outlets were among the year's best performances, and catalog changes brought improved holiday sales. The redesigned consumer Web site, WilliamsburgMarketplace.com, now includes a gift finder, enhanced engraving information, and an improved online catalog. In 2007, eight licensees joined our program, including Reed & Barton, Jason Products, Aldik, Campania, Troy/Hudson Valley Lighting, Windham Fabrics, PK Lifestyles, and Ellery.
Several professional organizations and publications recognized the range of our endeavors in 2007. The Association of Educational Publishers honored Scott Foresman's California History–Social Science series text, created in partnership with Colonial Williamsburg, as the best elementary curriculum. The Web Marketing Association gave prizes to our comprehensive Web site for its "Colonial Williamsburg: Past and Present" podcasts, as well as the Coins and Currency in Colonial America online exhibit, and the interactive features "Tour the Town" and "Kids Zone."
The Rand McNally Road Atlas named Revolutionary City a "Best of the Road Editor's Pick." Golf Digest put the Golden Horseshoe Gold Course on its biennial list of America's Greatest Public Courses, Golfweek on its Best Courses You Can Play list, and GolfStyles Washington on its roster of The Middle Atlantic's 200 Must-play Courses. Golf Range Magazine named our nine-hole Spotswood course one of the twelve top executive golf courses in the nation. Les Clefs d'Or USA gave the Williamsburg Inn concierge its Keys of Gold award.
To receive such awards, to be the object of such thoughtful philanthropy, to enjoy all the achievements of 2007, confirms the wisdom of functioning as One Foundation. Success depends upon making connections between the lodging, meeting, and recreational facilities of the Resort Collection of Colonial Williamsburg, the museums, the restaurants, the craft shops, the book- and gift stores, the Internet, and, of course, the Historic Area. One Foundation values promote the highest-quality guest experience; strengthen educational, research, and outreach programs; help to achieve financial goals; encourage workforce development; and provide responsible stewardship of institutional assets.
Responsible stewardship informed our carefully protected divestment of Carter's Grove, a 400-acre James River property eight miles from the Historic Area. The terms of the $15.3 million sale guarantee long-term protection of the site's historical, architectural, visual, archaeological, and environmental resources. The purchaser, who intends to raise thoroughbred horses there, agreed to easements vested in the Virginia Outdoors Foundation and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources that protect the Carter's Grove mansion viewshed and archaeological sites, and prohibit residential or commercial development.
The transfer of this historically significant property from institutional to private ownership has proved to be of great interest to the historic preservation and conservation community. Two leaders in the preservation field wrote in a widely circulated newspaper article that "the sale was exemplary of a successful new strategy within the preservation movement: the return of some historic house museums to productive private use as a way to ensure the buildings' long-term viability." Colonial Williamsburg "reassessed the plantation's needs in a way that should serve as a model for other historic house museums across the nation."
In all that it does, Colonial Williamsburg is guided by the counsel and participation of a dedicated and experienced board of trustees. Accepting seats on the board in 2007 were Thomas F. Farrell II of Richmond, Virginia, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Dominion Resources, and former rector of the board of visitors of the University of Virginia; Judith A. McHale of Bethesda, Maryland, former president and chief executive officer of Discovery Communications, and current president of Brimark Ventures Group; Barbara B. Oberg of Princeton, New Jersey, history professor and lecturer at Princeton University, where she is general editor of the Papers of Thomas Jefferson; Henry C. Wolf of Norfolk, Virginia, retired vice chairman and chief financial officer of Norfolk Southern Corporation and vice rector and board of visitors member at the College of William and Mary; and Virginia state Senator Thomas K. Norment Jr., a partner in the law firm of Kaufman & Canoles, co-chairman of the board of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, and chairman of the Jamestown 2007 management committee.
The experience of these accomplished individuals in business, finance, communications, education, and public service and their collective passion for history and the mission of Colonial Williamsburg will serve the foundation faithfully and well. We are grateful for their commitment.
Trustee Joshua Darden retired in 2007 after eleven years of service to the foundation. A highly respected business leader in the Commonwealth, and former rector of the University of Virginia, Josh Darden served the foundation with distinction and continues as a close friend and supporter.
New foundation vice presidents are James Horn, overseeing historical research and serving as the Abby and George O'Neill Director of the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, and Glenn Williams, overseeing funds development.
The board also decided to return the foundation to a traditional not-for-profit governance model which relies on a nonexecutive chair. In February 2008, we announced that Richard G. Tilghman, a trustee since 1994 and vice chairman since 2000, had been elected chairman. He has been an enormously able and committed partner, and that relationship continues.
I continue to serve the foundation as president and chief executive officer. The board is working with me to achieve an orderly transition of presidential leadership. There is no deadline, but a board-appointed succession committee has begun its work.
As it proceeds, I will be active in implementing the strategic plan developed in 2007, a blueprint of the foundation's future that embraces everything from program renewal and increased visitation to recruiting and workforce development, with attention to institutional needs and regional pressures. We continue to address the challenge of bringing the foundation's revenues and expenses in line, and that remains a first priority.
Colonial Williamsburg is a complex, multifaceted organization. There are unusual and interesting challenges involved in leading this institution and seeking to be sure it never falls short of its ideals and goals.
For more than eighty-one years, I believe we have fulfilled the expectations of its founders, thanks to supporters, staff, trustees—to people like you—who have seen the value of Colonial Williamsburg to our nation, who year after year permitted no diminution of commitment and insist on excellence. Who would imagine that an institution founded in the 1920s and dedicated to the preservation of an eighteenth-century community would endure and thrive into the twenty-first century? And indeed, be more vital than ever to current and future generations?
Colonial Williamsburg's evolution as a national treasure has required sustained effort and strategic thinking. I am privileged and honored to join with you in an endeavor so important and lasting.
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer.
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation


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Perusahan Otomobil Nasional Berhad (PROTON) was incorporated in May 7, 1983 to manufacture, assemble and sell motor vehicles and related products, including accessories, spare parts and other components. PROTON produced Malaysia s first car, the Proton Saga, commercially launched on July 9, 1985 by then Malaysian Prime Minister, Dato Seri Mahathir Mohamed, who had originally conceived the idea of a Malaysian car.
PROTON s main plant is situated at Shah Alam, with an area of 99, 400 sq m. The site also houses an engine and transmission factory, a castings plant, R D centre and a semi-high speed test track. The factory is currently producing 240,000 units per annum.
The investment into developing research and design capabilities which includes the expertise of PROTON s wholly-owned subsidiary Lotus Engineering UK, one of the world s leading automotive engineering consultancy companies, has provided PROTON with an invaluable resource which has helped place the national car company at the forefront of the automotive industry. Proton acquired a share in Lotus Group International in October 1996. This stake was increased to 100% in 2003. Since the acquisition, personnel from Lotus are closely involved in Proton s new model development, with a team of engineers permanently based at the research and development centre in Malaysia.
The launch of Proton s new Research and Development facility in 1998 has contributed a most critical activity to the company; innovation in design and creative engineering methods. Consumers can now expect Proton to deliver more unique, stylish and attractively priced cars.
Completed in 2004, a state-of-the-art assembly plant was constructed at Tanjung Malim, 60 miles north of Kuala Lumpur. Its intelligently designed infrastructure of high-precision robotics ensures perfect quality at each and every stage of manufacturing. Capable of 150,000 units per annum on four multi-model production lines, it allows flexibility and rapid response to market demand situations.
This area has been named Proton City and consists of a 500 hectare site containing the factory, plant, housing, a university and other commercial buildings to accommodate component suppliers.
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Welcome to the Office of the President
The University of Regina's motto –"As One Who Serves" – inspires all aspects of our work in the Office of the President. Through our collective commitment to the University's 2015-2020 strategic plan, entitled peyak aski kikawinaw: Together We Are Stronger, we are doing our utmost to fulfill the University's three-part academic mission of teaching, research, and service to community.
I invite you to explore our website to see how we are making the University of Regina the best possible place to live, work, study, and make a difference in the world.
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Client Profile: Coast Citrus Distributors
By Ron Zollars
On Jan. 5, 1931 as elementary school students returned from winter recess, Lemon Grove Grammar School Principal Jerome Green stood at the front door of the school barring 75 students of Mexican-American decent from entering the building. For no apparent reason, the children were instructed that they would have to attend the Olive Street School which was substandard and in need of much maintenance and basic upkeep. The neighboring residents of the community were outraged by this admonition from the school district in its attempt to segregate Hispanic students from the Anglo-American children. This well-documented and historic event later became known as the "Lemon Grove Incident."
Subsequently the Mexican-American families banned together and refused to allow their children to return to the alternate, segregated school and instead decided to sue the Lemon Grove School Board. The class action suit was brought forth before the Superior Court of California on March 11, 1931. Judge Claude Chambers heard the case (Superior Court of California, v. the Lemon Grove Board of Trustees) and later ruled against the district. Chambers demanded immediate reinstatement of the children to the Lemon Grove Grammar School. The sole student named in the proceeding, Roberto Alvarez who was 12 at the time, was selected from the group of 75 students to be the "poster child" named in the lawsuit because of his exemplary academic record.
Little did the citizens of the community at that time realize, this same enterprising young student, Roberto Alvarez, who valiantly stood up to help end racist segregation in the schools of Lemon Grove, eventually would build one of the largest and most successful wholesale distributorships of fresh fruits and vegetables in the U.S. and Mexico.
In 1949, Alvarez spent the $700 he'd earned as a laborer to invest in fresh produce. He opened his family-run operation by selling his goods from the back of a pick-up truck and operated that way for several years before opening his first office to begin delivering to local stores. Coast Citrus Distributors, today a multi-million dollar business, supplies an abundance of tropical produce that include bananas, limes, papayas, mangos, apples, grapefruit, apricots, watermelons, cantaloupes and an assortment of vegetables to name a few. The company has numerous locations which include their headquarters in San Diego; three facilities in San Francisco; one location in Los Angeles; one in Texas; one in Florida; and a wholly-owned subsidiary in Tijuana, Mexico. The San Diego-based company is situated less than two miles from the international border crossing of Otay Mesa entering into Tijuana.
Isabel Freeland, vice president and chief financial officer who joined Coast Citrus in 1996 said that in the early days, growth was slow. The company needed to resolve a lot of challenges. "We were very heavily into servicing government contracts and they needed to centralize buying offices in Philadelphia", said Freeland. "Coast Citrus used to service supermarkets Big Bear and Stater Bros. and all that needed to be centralized."
The company sold 49 percent of its assets in 1989 to a public company hoping they were going to have similar synergy and growth because of their common interest. This however, never materialized. That was when the company hired Freeland to assist with diversification and to deal with the onerous task of working with the numerous and significant vendors. Many of the inherent risks today are gone and they have concentrated on being more direct and efficient by eliminating the middle people.
Coast Citrus' mission statement reads: "To achieve unrivaled customer satisfaction by providing the highest quality, dramatic value and competitive prices." It adds that its core values are: "An obsession to provide high quality and value; integrity and pride in everything we do; an intense desire for continuous improvement and growth; and a commitment to create a friendly, fun atmosphere, where participation and creativity are valued." We asked Freeland to describe the work environment at Coast Citrus. "We don't go much by titles around here," said Freeland. "Internally we eliminate titles so everyone is on a level field and I encourage all employees to believe and act as one. The only boss we are accountable to is Coast Citrus." She went on to say that they do not allow supervisors or any individuals to interfere with what is good for the customer and the company, regardless of their level.
"Employees are free to speak their minds without penalty," said Freeland. The CFO is proud that the company is able to practice what it preaches. "We tried to implement as many recommendations from employees as possible. We never turn down any suggestion."
Today, the company enjoys revenues of more than $300 million with 413 employees – 193 union and 220 non-union. Although, she added that the employees are not viewed separately as being in the union- or non-union camp. She noted that in her 15 years since joining Coast Citrus she was aware of only one employee grievance – a remarkable statistic by any human resources standard.
The concept of setting up an ESOP structure was something that Freeland wanted to accomplish at Coast Citrus for some time, but initially this wasn't possible. "We had a non-participating large partner – 49 percent owner. There was a shareholder agreement that limited the company from growing too rapidly and there were so many restrictions," said Freeland. "So that was a problem. It was hard to operate. The agreement had been set up in 1987 without any consultant or financial person or someone who knew the operation so they put severe limitations on things such as acquiring assets."
She went on to explain that anything over $20,000 had required special approval. She stressed that in the case of Coast Citrus, you can't have these types of delays that are critical to the continuity of business. "If a truck breaks down, you need to move quickly, get it fixed and get the produce delivered before the shipment of produce goes bad," said Freeland.
The Alvarez family didn't have the resources to buy the other partner out. All of the shares were owned by the founders Roberto and Margarita Alvarez, who at the time were both in their 80s. The couple had never done succession planning and their retirement plan didn't include shares on the corporation. At their ages it appeared too late to try to do tax planning. About 10 years ago, Freeland had suggested setting up an ESOP but the timing didn't seem right then.
"Due to the tough economic times, we decided we needed to plan and do things differently so the family reconsidered and accepted," said Freeland. "Another determining factor was because we'd won a large contract to supply produce to all of the commissaries and military bases in California. We eventually lost that contract due to the 49 percent partner. We were told the reason we lost was because we didn't qualify as a small business set aside, even though our partner had no involvement with the company and no interest. Strategically we wanted to be able to compete for those kinds of contracts. The time was right and the Alvarez family decided it was time to pursue the ESOP."
At Coast Citrus, the employees are eligible to participate in the ESOP after completing 500 hours and/or three months of service. Currently the company is 70 percent employee owned. Freeland said that the employees were very excited when told about the implementation of the ESOP plan. She added that it was great to see their reactions. "We had a lot of employees that felt like they were already owners but now this was truly a reality," said Freeland. "The overall work ethic has changed too. The employees seem to be taking more pride in cleaning up their areas. We want to keep that positive energy moving forward."
In retrospect, Freeland feels pursuing the ESOP was a great thing to do for management and its employees. She said that employee ownership can help them recruit and more importantly, retain their current employees. "I think employee ownership is an additional benefit many other companies can't provide," said Freeland. "Our company has wonderful in-house talent – men and women who have grown here and moved up through the ranks – many have been with us 15 to 20 years and beyond. We want to retain those exceptional employees."
In closing, Freeland said she wanted to acknowledge Roberto Alvarez as being a real visionary and a great role model for all employees. "We all learned so much and owe him a debt of gratitude for his management style, patience and trustworthiness," said Freeland. "His wife, Margarita Alvarez also has been very gracious and flexible. She was instrumental in the ESOP because she sold part of her shares. We acquired 49 percent and the rest was from her. Her flexibility and generosity made it all possible. Now close to 90, Margarita, is still active, serving as corporate secretary and she continues to contribute a lot to the employees."
The Alvarez family's hard work, dedication and commitment to excellence have created a truly remarkable company and one in which all of its employees can be proud for generations to come.


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Stinging Nettle in Boosting Testosterone and Alleviating Enlarged Prostrates
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The testosterone boosting market is growing bigger and more dangerous by the day. When I am reading about any testosterone boosting products, I do so with a pinch of salt because I know how crap there is out there. Every Tom, Dick and Harry owning a blog want to write about this research-breaking testosterone booster that they found out and which they vouch for since it is so effective. Later on though, the FDA announces that they disapprove the product since it has no testosterone boosting value and if it does, it is too dangerous for human consumption. And so, you are back at square one—waiting to read about another awesome testosterone boosting product. Well, I was in the same situation a few months ago when I read about stinging nettle and how it can improve one's testosterone levels.
The website promoting the product claimed that stinging nettle boosts your t levels in two ways:
- By inhibiting the action of enzyme aromatase that converts free testosterone to estrogen
- By binding with the sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) a protein that makes testosterone non-bioavailable.
Since I did not want to be fooled again, I dug into studies and research on the benefits of stinging nettle. This is what I found out.
Stinging nettle does frees up testosterone but does not increase it
Aqueous nettle extract contains isolectins that inhibit the enzyme aromatase that converts any free testosterone into estrogen. At the same time, the isolectins also bind with the SHBG that makes free testosterone non-bioavailable. This way, stinging nettle makes it possible for you to have a higher volume of free testosterone. It does not however increase testosterone levels in any way. It only makes the available one active
Because of this, stinging nettle has been incorporated into testosterone boosting products since it improves libido as well as improve erections. Men suffering from erectile dysfunction need male enhancement pills that work fast and luckily nettle extract does this.
Stinging nettle and alleviating pain caused by enlarged prostrate glands
As men grow old, their prostrate glands enlarge. This finally blocks the urethra making urination very difficult and painful. A study done by Examine.com shows that stinging nettle can alleviate this. In the study where men were given a daily dose of 120mg of stinging nettle, 81% reported that their prostrate shrunk after six months.
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January 31, 2008
By Roey Gilberg
On Thursday evening, you get your assignment then have until 8:00 am Saturday morning to put together a presentation that will ultimately be picked apart by a discerning panel of professionals-turned-judges. It sounds stressful -- and it is -- but it's just another experience in the high-pressure life of a UCLA Anderson student.
This scenario is exactly what happened on Saturday, January 12, as 22 teams competed in the 15th annual Deloitte Consulting Case Competition. This year's competition had a special twist, as two UCLA Anderson alums, Martin Burns ('07) and Sree Duggineni ('07), who both now work for Deloitte were involved in planning the competition. Furthermore, both were members of The Case Wizards, the team that won the competition two years ago -- highlighting the competition's dual function as both an educational experience and a recruiting event.
This year's case revolved around Under Armour, Inc., the performance athletic apparel company. Teams consisting of four to five UCLA Anderson students were asked to come up with recommendations as to how UA could continue to maintain top-line growth and expand profits in the face of growing pessimism from the investment community.
In the preliminary round, teams were given 20 minutes to present, followed by a 10 minute period during which they had to defend their recommendations against the questions of the judges. The 22 teams were then whittled down to five finalists, who then presented again, following the same format, in front of a larger group of judges.
By the time it was all said and done late Saturday afternoon, the austerely named Team D had emerged as the victors. "It was a little surprising actually," said team captain Zoe Tanaka ('09). "We had no idea what the other groups were presenting, so it was really exciting when the results were announced."
Case competitions require students to utilize myriad different skills. Resourcefulness, public speaking, quick thinking during the question-and-answer sessions, and the ability to be both creative and analytical were just some of the attributes that competitors had to call upon. According to Tanaka, the key to Team D's victory was teamwork.
"In any situation like this, you need to make sure it's a complete group effort. What helped us win was that everyone contributed in a meaningful way," she said.
Judges were impressed with teams that had well-organized conceptual frameworks and also made sure to be realistic and thorough in analyzing the costs and outcomes of their recommendations. On the other hand, teams that seemed to trivialize or altogether neglect the difficulties, both financial and logistic, of launching new operations drew the judges' skepticism.
Professor Hans Schollhammer, who judged both the preliminary and final rounds, admitted that it was a very close competition. "All the teams did a very credible job given the time constraints," he said. He noted that because the proposals made by all the teams were by and large quite similar, in his mind it was their level of detail that set Team D apart. Tanaka echoed this sentiment.
"We went through our due diligence and were thorough in exploring all possible options," she said.
However, given that many teams pulled all-nighters before the day of the presentations, she also offered another possibility as to why Team D might have had an edge. "We actually slept a little," she offered. "Maybe that extra stamina helped us stay on our toes."
Team D Members
Zoe Tanaka ('09)
Joshua Horwitz ('09)
Manuel Espirito Santo ('09)
Andres Giraldo Torres ('09)
Philip Irvine ('09)


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Orange Fizz
The Juice of 1/2 Orange. (Juice 1 Tangerine)
The Juice of 1/4 Lemon or 1/2 Lime. (Juice 1 Meyer Lemon)
1 Glass Dry Gin. (2 oz Leopold's Gin)
(1 tsp. Rich Simple Syrup)
Shake well, strain into medium size glass and fill with syphon soda.
Another of the many Savoy Fizzes which seem to stem from Hugo Ensslin's 1916 "Recipes for Mixed Drinks", Ensslin gives the recipe as, "Juice ½ Orange; Juice ½ Lime; Juice ½ Lemon; Drink El Bart Gin. Made and served as directed for plain Gin Fizz."
Ensslin's Fizzes are very interesting, at least to me, for their use of multiple citrus. In this case, you've got Lemon, Lime, and Orange. Outside of so called "Exotic Drinks" you rarely see such variety of citrus called for in drink recipes. Interesting that Ensslin's recipes pre-date the whole Exotic drink movement by about 30 years. Unlike Vic or Don, in 1916 New York City he probably wasn't calling on a nostalgia for time spent in the South Sea or the Caribbean for these drinks. Makes you wonder where the inspiration came from.
I did slightly switch up the juices. I only had a Tangerine and some Meyer Lemons. Figured a whole Tangerine amounts to about the juice of a half orange.
Some friends have an enormous Meyer Lemon tree in their back yard which they think must date back at least to the 1940s. It is very nearly weighted down year round with a bumper crop of 100s of lemons. The peels are wonderfully fragrant, much more so than most super market Meyer Lemons, and the juice a tad more acidic than I usually expect from Meyers. I figured the juice of one medium size Meyer Lemon about equaled the souring power of the juice of 1/2 Lemon and 1/2 Lime.
Ensslin neglects to mention any sweetener in this recipe and I'm not sure if it is assumed from the direction, "Made and served as directed for plain Gin Fizz."
However, I couldn't quite hang with NO sweetener for the Orange Fizz. If you can, you're a better man (or woman) than I.
An enjoyable, refreshing drink, I wouldn't scold you if you embellished this with a touch of bitters, but on the other hand, with great citrus and a light hand on the soda and sweetener, it's hard to argue with it on a hot day.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the drinks in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, the, uh, Sauterne Cup.


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