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BEIJING, CHINA -- (Marketwired) -- 08/29/14 -- Mountain China Resorts (Holding) Limited (TSX VENTURE: MCG) ("MCR" or the "Company") today reported its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2014. MCR reports its results in Canadian Dollars.
Financial Results
With winter operations ended in March and summer operations to be started in July, second quarter has been the traditional slack season for MCR. For the quarter ended June 30, 2014, the Company generated revenues from resort operations of $0.001 million and a net loss of $2.12 million or $0.01 per share compared to revenue of $0.08 million and a net loss of $5.51 million or $0.02 per share in 2013. Total revenue and the net results were from resort operations with no real estate sales revenue during the quarter ended June 30, 2014. Resort Operations EBITDA for 2014 second quarter was $0.26 million compared to negative $0.85 million last year.
Resort operations expenses totaled $0.86 million for the second quarter of 2014 compared to $0.74 million in 2013. Operations expenses within the resorts are mainly attributable to snow making, grooming, staffing, fuel and utilities, which also include the G&A expenses relating to the resort's senior management, marketing and sales, information technology, insurance and accounting.
Other income totaled $1.31 million (2013: 0.09 million), which mainly consists of income of $1.22 million (RMB 7 million) of government subsidy received for the bank loan interest of Harbin Commercial Bank paid by the Company up to October, 2013. Another major components of other income include $0.09 million (2013 - $0.08 million) recognized from the deposit by Club Med for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.
Corporate general and administrative expenses ("G&A expenses") totaled $0.19 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2014 compared to $0.28 million in 2013. This amount mainly comprised executive employee costs, public company costs, and corporate information technology costs.
Depreciation and amortization expense from continuing operations totaled $1.38 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2014 compared to $2.77 million in 2013. Decrease in depreciation and amortization was mainly caused by certain properties being fully depreciated in the first quarter of 2014. Those properties including furnishing constructions of hotels and some furniture bought in the first quarter of 2009 with an expected useful life of 5 years. No renewing work are required as those constructions and furniture are still in good condition and can be used in resort operations.
The Company incurred financing cost of $1.60 million during the quarter ended June 30, 2014 compared to $1.58 million in 2013. Financing costs mainly related to the loan interests, accretion expenses of convertible bonds, and also included bank administrative fee and service charge.
Cash and cash equivalents totaled $7.18 million and working capital deficiency was $94.30 million as at June 30, 2014.
Operations Sun Mountain Yabuli
The Company's 2012-2013 Sun Mountain Yabuli Resort winter season operations commenced on November 24, 2012 and closed on March 24, 2013. In comparison, the 2013-2014 winter season operations commenced on November 29, 2013 and closed on March 23, 2014. The revenue of Sun Mountain Yabuli Resort operation comprises mainly by mountain operation, beverage, skiing-related services and hotel lodging. Skiing-related services includes rental of ski equipment, goggles, lockers, gloves, etc, sales of ski equipment and skiing training services offered in the ski school. It also includes the mountain operation which is using the facilities built in the mountain, such as sight-seeing trams, snow tubing and alpine.
As the 2013-2014 winter operations ended in March. There were no resorts operations in the second quarter. The 2014 summer operations started on July 5th, and finished on August 31th. Preparation work including staffing, procurement, sanitation and equipment maintenance were undertook in the second quarter. Management provides a more detailed analysis on revenue and future prospects in its 2014 Interim Management Discussion and Analysis.
Sun Mountain Yabuli - Real Estate Development
By the end of Fiscal 2010, the Company had finished working on the exterior decoration of the 55 villas of which three were completed with interior finishing. At this time of the reporting date, certain construction is still needed on the exterior grounds to complete lighting, roads and utility connections. The Company had not been successful in selling any of the villas. Management is of the opinion that in order to complete sales, it is necessary to first complete the exterior construction. Management estimated these additional construction costs to be at least $4.50 million.
In 2013, general political environment further affected tourism related real estate industry negatively. A few other similar projects in ski resort areas in China started marketing and the outcome were quite frustrating. Those projects include Qingyun Town in the Yabuli region, and real estate projects of Changbai Mountain. As of December 31, 2013, management was of the opinion that, even with additional costs to be invested to get the villas ready for sale, it is unlikely that the benefit will exceed the cost at this time. Therefore no further investment was made in 2013, and management did not expect any investment to be made in the near future. Judging from the current economic environment, management's opinion is that there is very limited recoverable amount associated with the villas at the moment, and an impairment of $22.80 million was provided and reduced the carrying value of properties under construction to $1 as of December 31, 2013. As at June 30, 2014, the book value of properties under construction was still $1.
Despite of the current difficulty, the Company does have confidence with its first of a kind skiing in and skiing out villas in China. And the Company will be reasonably flexible with its pricing when the market shows sign of a turn around. No other detail milestones for the above matter are available from the Company as the related government policies are set to be temporary but with durations undetermined.
Financial Highlights
Summary Financial Results
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the quarter For the quarter (in thousands of Canadian dollars except for ended June 30, ended June 30, per share data) 2014 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revenue 1 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operating expenses (861) (739) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other income 1,310 90 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- General and administrative expenses (189) (287) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Depreciation and amortization (1,384) (2,765) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operating loss (1,123) (3,619) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total non-operating income and expenses (1,000) (1,986) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deferred income tax recovery 6 99 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Results of discontinued operation - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net loss (2,118) (5,506) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net loss per share (Basic and Diluted) (0.01) (0.02) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weighted average number of shares outstanding(Basic and Diluted) 308,859,103 308,859,103 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Balance Sheet Key Indicators
(in thousands of Canadian dollars except for June 30, December 31, ratios) 2014 2013 Current Ratio(1) 0.12:1 0.14:1 Free Cash 7,181 8,293 Working Capital(2) (94,301) (93,154) Total Assets 117,825 126,907 Total non-current liabilities 21,470 24,500 Total Debt(3) 129,194 133,384 Total Equity(4) (11,369) (6,477) Total Debt to Total Equity Ratio (11.36):1 (20.59):1 Notes: (1) Current ratio is defined as total current assets divided by total current liabilities (2) Working capital is defined as total current assets less total current liabilities (3) Total debt is defined as total current liabilities plus total non- current liabilities (4) Total equity is equal to the total shareholders' equity
The Company has an accumulated deficit, a working capital deficiency and has defaulted on a bank loan, all of which cast a substantial doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Company's ability to meet its obligations as they fall due and to continue to operate as a going concern is dependent on further financing and ultimately, the attainment of profitable operations. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to the amounts and classifications of assets and liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. Management of the Company plans to fund its future operation by obtaining additional financing through loans, private placements and the sale of the properties under construction. However, there is no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain additional financing or sell the properties under construction. The Company will need to settle with Construction Bank, either by negotiating new payment terms or by obtaining other financing to repay the debt in full. If they are not successful in doing so and the bank takes possession of the assets, the Company will no longer be able to continue operating the resort.
Despite of the financial difficulty posed by the overdue debts and continued loss, management is confident in the development of both the industry and the Company in the future. The government of Heilongjiang Province had demonstrated strong incentive to support the skiing industry and the Company by increasing local infrastructure investment. In June, 2014, the Company received $1.23 million (RMB 7 million) government subsidy for loan interest. Revenue from ClubMed in winter season has been growing steadily, and the Company will be the official partner and playing field of 2016 World Championships of Snowboarding. Management is also working on various means to attract new investments into the Company to complete the construction of villas and improve the capital structure of the Company.
(in thousands of Canadian dollars) June 30, December 31, 2014 2013 Accumulated deficit $340,570 $335,431 Working capital deficiency $94,301 $93,154
There has been no substantial subsequent event up to the reporting date.
Sun Mountain Yabuli Resort Prepared for its Third Summer Operations
As the 2013-2014 winter operations ended in March. There were no resorts operations in the second quarter. The 2014 summer operations started on July 5th, and finished on August 31th. Preparation work including staffing, procurement, sanitation and equipment maintenance were undertook in the second quarter.
Updates on China Construction Bank Loan Defaults
In March, 2014 the Company defaulted on its fourth principal payment of $8.61 million (RMB 50 million) under its $43.03 million (RMB 250 million) loan agreement with the China Construction Bank ("Construction Bank"). According to the Loan Agreement between Yabuli and Construction Bank, Construction Bank has the right to accelerate Yabuli's obligation to repay the entire unpaid principal plus interest immediately and to take legal actions to enforce on the security. The Company received a statement of claim demanding repayment in June 2013.
On April 22nd, 2014, the Company received a decision from the Higher People's Court of Heilongjiang Province stating that (1) the Company is obliged to pay off the principle of $39,583 (RMB 230 million) within 10 days of receipt of the decision; (2) the Company is obliged to pay off the accrued interest of $6,314 (RMB 36.69 million) which was accrued up December 21, 2013 within 10 days of receipt of the decision; (3) the Company should pay off the accrued interests between the actual settlement date and December 21, 2013; (4) If the Company did not pay off the debts within the required time, China Construction Bank will have the priority to recover the debts from the sales of pledged land use rights, property and equipment. As of June 30, 2014, the principal and interest owing was $47.70 million, and the collaterals associated with the loan agreement are made up of the Company's land use rights and property and equipment with a carrying value of approximately $54.23 million.
The Company has been negotiating with the bank to arrange for a debt restructuring plan, and as of the reporting date, no consensus has been arrived yet. Although the bank informally expressed their intention to maintain normal operations of the Company, there is no assurance that they will not take further actions in the future.
Updates on Harbin Commercial Bank Loan
On February 14, 2012, the Company secured a bank loan for the amount of $24.09 million (RMB 140 million) from Harbin Commercial Bank (the "Original HCB Loan").
In order to improve the capital structure, management of the Company negotiated with the bank to extend the repayment schedule. In August 2013, the Company was notified by Harbin Commercial Bank that the bank had approved to extend the repayment schedule from three years to ten years (the "Adjusted HCB Loan"). According to the new arrangement the loan will mature in December 2022. The first installment of $0.52 million (RMB 3 million) was repayable in August 2013, and thereafter the Company will need to repay $2.41 million (RMB 14 million) each year for eight consecutive years (RMB 0.2 million in December and 13.8 million in February), and $4.30 (RMB 25 million) in the final year (RMB 0.4 million in December and 24.6 million in February). On February 28th, 2014, the company made payment of $2.37 million (RMB 13.8 million) as the third installment.
Updates on MLE Loan Restructuring
On February 8, 2012, the Company entered into a Debt Settlement Agreement with Melco Leisure and Entertainment Group Limited ("Melco" or "MLE") for the settlement of a loan in the principal of US$12 million (the "MCR Loan") and a loan in the principal of US$11 million (the "MCRI Loan") made by Melco to the Company and MCRI. MCR Loan and MCRI loan (together "Melco Loans" or "MLE Loan") were borrowed in 2008. On May 29, 2012, the Company and Melco entered into Amended and Restated Debt Settlement Agreement ("the Agreement") to clarify details of the loan settlement mechanism and procedures to implement the settlement of the Melco Loans. On July 10, 2012, during the Company's Annual General Meeting, the Company obtained Shareholder Approval on the Agreement. The transactions contemplated under the Agreement have been approved by the TSX Venture Exchange.
Detailed settlement arrangement can be found in Note 14 of 2013 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements. Settlement procedures were started in the second quarter of 2013, and the Company paid $3.01 million ($2.5 million of loan principal and $0.51 million of interest) to MLE on May 31, 2013 as a partial fulfilment to its cash repayment obligation specified in the Agreement. The Company also filed for issuance of 20,600,000 (the "Issuance I") and 19,444,444 (the "Issuance II") common shares to its subsidiary MCRI on July 2, 2013 and July 23, 2013 respectively. Subject to the Agreement, the 20,600,000 shares issued in Issuance I are proposed to be transferred to MLE for full satisfaction of the MCRI Loan with the new principal amount of USD $14.9 million. According to the Company's initial contact with MLE, the US$3.5m Principal would be settled by conversion into 19,444,444 shares. Issuance II was then made for the purpose of settlement. However, after a series of negotiation, it is probable that management of MLE will choose to take up to the maximum of five villas on the basis of USD $0.7 million per villa as part of the settlement. Therefore, it is probable that the Issuance II will be later canceled accordingly. Furthermore, there is discrepancy in calculation of number of shares in relation to the Issuance II. As of the reporting date, the Company is still in negotiation with MLE on the details of the settlement.
Update on Changchun Resort
On November 17, 2010, the Company announced its updates with respect to certain developments that have taken place with respect to its Changchun Resort. The government of Erdao district of Changchun city in the Jilin province of the People's Republic of China (the "Erdao Government") holds the view that the Changchun Resort, is still owned by the government and it may, through Changchun Lianhua Mountain Agricultural Project Development Company Limited ("CCL Agricultural"), manage the same to the Company's exclusion. The Company disagrees with the Erdao Government's position. The Company had engaged Global Law Office, a reputable law firm in PRC, to do legal due diligence on the assets before they were acquired by the Company. Global Law Office had advised the Company that the assets acquired are not state-owned assets and the same may be validly transferred to the Company. Because of CCL Agricultural's and the Erdao Government's action, the Company has been deprived of management of the Changchun Resort. The Company has engaged in discussions with the Erdao Government, Changchun Lianhua Mountain Sports & Travel Development Company Changchun Sports and CCL Agricultural with an aim of resolving this matter. As a result of the foregoing, the Company has lost control of the company itself and has therefore written off the full value of the assets and liabilities of Changchun Resort and reported it as a loss from discontinued operations as of December 31, 2010. In 2011, the Company commenced legal actions against the Erdao Government in an effort to regain control and ownership of the assets and operations.
The Company's legal department has sent three letters of formal complaint to the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China in June 2012, the Erdao Government, and Jilin Lianhua Tourist Committee. Recently, the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China has assigned the case to the relevant authority called the Economic and Technological Cooperation Department of Jilin Province for handling. After a series of negotiations made and no consensus arrived as at reporting date, management had decided to start formal administrative prosecution process against the government. As at June 30, 2014, management had sent several letters of notice, but no formal prosecution has been started.
About MCR
MCR is the premier developer of four season destination ski resorts in China. MCR is transforming existing China ski properties into world-class, four seasons luxury mountain resorts with excellent real estate investment opportunities for discerning buyers. In February 2009, the Company's Sun Mountain Yabuli Resort was awarded Best Resort Makeover in Asia by TIME Magazine. Yabuli is also the permanent home of the China Entrepreneur's Forum the leading and most influential community of China's most distinguished and successful entrepreneurs and business leaders with over 5,000 members from across a variety of key industries.
The TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
The TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Information in this press release that is not current or historical factual information may constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of securities laws, and actual results may vary from the forward-looking information. Implicit in this information are assumptions regarding future operations, plans, expectations, anticipations, estimates and intentions, such as the plans to develop the ski resorts in China. These assumptions, although considered reasonable by MCR at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect. Readers are cautioned that actual future operating results and economic performance of MCR are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including general economic, market and business conditions, uncertainty relating to land use rights in China, adverse industry events for the ski and real estate industries, real estate prices in general in China, MCR's ability to make and integrate acquisitions, the requirements of recent Chinese regulations relating to cross-border mergers and acquisitions, the inability to obtain required approvals or approvals may be subject to conditions that are unacceptable to the parties, changing industry and government regulation, as well as MCR's ability to implement its business strategies, dispose of assets or raise sufficient capital, MCR's ability to obtain additional financial resources and sufficient working capital, MCR's ability to complete the announced non-brokered private placement, seasonality, weather conditions, competition, currency fluctuations and other risks, and could differ materially from what is currently expected as set out above.
Forward-looking information contained in this press release is based on current estimates, expectations and projections, which MCR believes are reasonable as of the date of this press release. MCR uses forward-looking statements because it believes such statements provide useful information with respect to the operation and financial performance of MCR, and cautions readers that the information may not be appropriate for other purposes. Readers should not place undue importance on forward-looking information and should not rely upon this information as of any other date. While MCR may elect to, it does not undertake to update this information at any particular time except as required by applicable law.
Throughout this news release we use certain non-IFRS measures such as the term "EBIDTA" to analyze operating performance. We define EBITDA as operating revenues less operating expenses from continuing operations and therefore reflect earnings before interest, income tax, depreciation and amortization, non-controlling interest and any non-operating and non-recurring items. These non-IFRS measures do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. These non-IFRS measures are referred to in this news release because we believe they are indicative measures of a company's performance and are generally used by investors to evaluate companies in the resort operations and resort development industries. Figures used in calculation of EBITDA are in compliance with IFRS, therefore no reconciliation is needed.
Mountain China Resorts (Holding) Limited
Mr. Han Gang
Chief Executive Officer and Director
[email protected]
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The wedding is a union of two souls which continues even after their death. On this auspicious day, make a choice by ordering wedding cakes in Dum Dum to provide all your well-wishers with the best cake in Dum Dum that delights them and they remember the ceremony with huge fondness and tenderness.
- Anniversary cakes in Dum Dum
The coming together and counting of the years of their life spent together is a special feeling. This feeling should be seen and felt through a celebration accompanied by the best cakes in Dum Dum, where your family enjoys and demonstrates gratefulness to have their couples happy throughout the bitter-sweet moments in their life. If there's an anniversary in your family, just order the online anniversary cake in Dum Dum and we'll look after the rest of your worries.
Our anniversary cake delivery in Dum Dum is the best in town. We provide you with all the options and variety of cakes to choose from and deliver anniversary cake in Dum Dum just in time. Dum Dum fellows, order anniversary cake online, our delivery team is best in their service.
-Valentine's Day cake in Dum Dum
Valentine's Day is a special day for all the couples and has been celebrated from time immemorial all over the world. The couples celebrate their togetherness and affection towards each other. On this occasion Candy, flowers, cakes and gifts are exchanged between the loved ones to share their feelings in Dum Dum. It is best to celebrate this occasion with a cake in Dum Dum.
These are all the 6 events that precede Valentine's Day. You can always add flowers and chocolates on these days in Dum Dum, especially Rose day when you can give a bouquet of roses to celebrate and chocolate day when you can gift loads of chocolates to your beloved.
-Rose day
Gift a rose to your beloved
-Propose Day
Celebrate this propose day with a cake and flowers in Dum Dum.
-Chocolate Day
Your love is as sweet as these chocolates. Give your darling loads of chocolates in Dum Dum.
-Teddy day
A teddy day needs to have cakes and flowers to celebrate it in Dum Dum.
-Promise day
Promises are meant to be kept.
-Hug Day
A hug is the demonstration of your love.
-Mother's day cakes in Dum Dum
Your mother has always been there for you. She wakes up before you to look after your school essentials. She has always rushed up for you. Be it your homework, holiday homework, or any project – she has always helped you. Teacher or the many roles she plays at home and outside in Dum Dum, make her amazing. She does not get any pay cheque for all the things she does. Make this day special for your mother in Dum Dum and let her know that she is acknowledged for her work.
Eid is an auspicious day for all Muslims over the world. They celebrate this day with great enthusiasm as it marks the end of Ramadan, which is a holy month for fasting.
Wish Eid Mubarak to your friends by celebrating it with a cake in Dum Dum.
-Father's day
Your father is the backbone of your home. He's the pillar of your family. Your super dad has always been there for you whenever you got into any trouble. He may be passive in expressing and showing his love but he loves you immensely. He plays with you whenever he gets time. He may not be able to give you a lot of time and attention but he is always there for you.
Show your gratitude to your father with Dum Dum cakes, chocolates and flowers.
-Rakshabandhan cakes in Dum Dum
Raksha Bandhan or simply Rakhi is a pious celebration of the brother and sister relation in India. The thread that the sister ties around her brother's wrist forms a bond of protection. The brother is supposed to protect her sister in any dire circumstance.
The sweetening of the mouth could be done by uniquely made cake in Dum Dum instead of just common sweets. Your brother is supposed to have something unique.
-Children's day cake in Dum Dum
Children are a symbol of innocence. It is an age when we are clean and unaware of the world's cruelty and harshness. We are always amazed by this world and see things without any biases and discrimination. Children's day is the most amazing day in Dum Dum.
Jawaharlal Nehru's birth is celebrated as children's day because he used to love children a lot. This is not just a day to celebrate the children but also to celebrate in Dum Dum the inner child hidden in all of us.
It goes without saying that kids love cakes the most. Gift your kid i.e. the kid that you might have or the kid that resides in you, the kid that comes to the surface when there's rain, a cake. Gift your inherent innocence a cake to relish in Dum Dum.
-Friendship day
Our friends are our family. They have seen us go through our ups and downs and have stayed regardless of the phase we have been in.
Friendship is the celebration of this bond. It is commonly celebrated with tying friendship band around our friend's wrist, which marks its endless duration.
Share the sweetness of this bond with cakes and chocolates in Dum Dum.
-Teachers' day
Teachers' day is the day on which all the teachers are appreciated and honoured for their work and encouragement in making us become great in our chosen field.
In India, the teachers' day is celebrated on 5th of September which is S. Radhakrishnan's birthday.
Our teachers help us live our life in accordance with rules but at the same time teach us to trust our gut feelings. They are our mentors, apart from our parents.
This teachers' day, gift cakes and flowers in Dum Dum, to all the teachers that influenced you to live a successful life.
-Christmas day
Christianity is the religion which is majorly followed all over the world. It celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ as Christmas, which is usually observed on 25 December. It is a national holiday as is celebrated by the vast majority of people in Dum Dum.
Christmas is a day of celebration when you believe in Santa Claus who leaves gifts for you in the socks and under the Christmas tree.
Enjoy this magical day with a cake along with your family in Dum Dum, all the little ones and elders.
-New Year's Day cake in Dum Dum
New Year days are filled with resolutions. Most common of them is to avoid sugar in all forms, at all rates. We all know how long we can resist sweet.
So indulge in a cake and chocolates in Dum Dum just the day before your resolutions begin.
Celebrate your new way of living, with flowers in Dum Dum, which will motivate you to do your best and get the result that you desire.
-Independence Day
At the break of dawn, our country got independence and it is celebrated with all the romp and pomp.
Celebrate Independence Day with your country men with a designer Indian flag cake. Let your patriotism speak through your actions and cake in Dum Dum.
In a student life, Independence Day is considered vaguely as freedom from exams. So celebrate this freedom from exam by cutting a Dum Dum cake.
Types of Cakes
- Heart shape cake in Dum Dum
Show your heart feelings with these heart shaped cakes. They say best what lips fail to say. Heart shape cakes in Dum Dum is a wonderful concept of connecting hearts. So be it a proposal day, valentines' day, anniversary or wedding. Not just that, you can have this cake for your mother, father, sister, brother or your dear friend. Anyone you love and gift this cake to, in Dum Dum will immediately feel and acknowledge your love.
-Eggless cake in Dum Dum
If you are a vegetarian then we have an option for you too. We offer pure vegetarian cakes to our customers in Dum Dum. Our vegan customers appreciate its eggless texture.
-2 tier cake or multi-tier cake
The big occasions demand a big cake. A more fascinating way to answer your queries would be to order 2 tier cake or multi-tier cake in Dum Dum.
Fondant cake
Fondant cakes are a piece of art. They look so wonderful that you won't want to eat it. Yes, besides flavour there is a new emergent type of cake i.e. Fondant cake which is eye-catching and alluring to eat. Eat this imaginative and creative cake in Dum Dum to understand better of what I'm telling about.
- Fruit cake
Fruit cake delivery in Dum Dum is the best alternative, if you want to choose healthy and nutritious cakes. Everyone enjoys cakes with the added advantage of fruits. This is a must if you are conscious of your diet.
- Designer cake
Designer cake in Dum Dum online makes our imagination run wild. That is the beauty of designer cakes; you can be very creative with it. But if you don't have time to use your thinking faculty or you are already in a busy schedule, then choose from our plethora of Dum Dum cake options. We have our culinary experts who have designed many wonderful designs which you might like for your special occasion.
Online designer cake delivery in Dum Dum is the best you will find in Dum Dum. The customized cake delivery in Dum Dum helps you give personalized cakes in Dum Dum to your loved people. The best designer cakes are over here.
- Photo cake
Photo cakes are very interesting and compelling cakes in Dum Dum. They make for a way of celebrating the existence of an individual on their special day or for a couple as their anniversary cake or wedding cake in Dum Dum.
Photo cake in Dum Dum can also be interpreted as cutting your older self and have a new beginning in your life with a fixed motive and a focused purpose in life. Birthdays are often a time of realization and introspection of the self. Have a happy realization with cutting your photo cake in Dum Dum.
Delectable Flavors and tastes
- Best chocolate cake in Dum Dum
Everyone loves chocolate cake. It is endearing to everyone ranging from kids to elderly. It satiates our taste buds like nothing else. We have a variety of best online chocolate cakes delivery in Dum Dum to choose from.
- Chocolate with cream cake
- Chocolate cake
- Frosty chocolate cake
- Rich Chocolate Delight Cake
- Best Chocolate Truffle Cake in Dum Dum
- Creamy Chocolate Cake
- Cherry on Chocolate Cake
- Choco Caramel Cake
- Best Forest Cake in Dum Dum
These are not all. They are just the tip of the iceberg. Visit our "chocolate cake in Dum Dum" section to find more exciting and thrilling cakes to please your taste buds with healthy and well-crafted cakes.
- Best vanilla cake in Dum Dum
We provide you with best birthday cakes in Dum Dum. If you have someone who lives in Dum Dum, then on your behalf we can send birthday cake in Dum Dum. Buy birthday cake online in Dum Dum and have the satisfaction of gifting a box of joy to Dum Dum inhabitants. This online birthday cake delivery in Dum Dum offers a lot of variety for every occasion. For e.g.: Birthday cakes for boyfriend, birthday cake for brother, birthday cake for mom, birthday cakes for boys, birthday cakes for girls, birthday cakes for husband, birthday cakes for kids, birthday cakes for men or birthday cakes for women.
- Pineapple cake
Pineapple has many benefits for our health as you all know. Make the most of this seasonal fruit in Dum Dum and have this cake which incorporates the tropical fruit in your dessert. This cake optimizes the value of pineapple and children will love to have this pineapple cake with cream. This makes your work easy as children become readily eager to try this tropical cake. This is the best cake for kids.
This summer stand up tall and high and wear your crown just like a pineapple does with the pineapple cake in Dum Dum.
-Rich Red velvety cake
Red velvet cake in Dum Dum has become familiar with the Dum Dum crowd and people are looking forward to eating this unique flavour in town. We make the best Red Velvet Cake you'll find. We use enriching cream which makes the cake distinct and delectable. We have a wide variety of Red Velvet cakes, which are made available at your home by red velvet cake order online. You can order the style which best suites you.
-Butterscotch cake
The butterscotch cake is a tasty flavour and everyone loves it in Dum Dum. For a general party, for e.g. an office party or a community party, where you are not acquainted with people's preferences' and tastes and there are people whose taste may vary, then butterscotch is the safest and cordial option in Dum Dum.
The soft butterscotch flavoured sponge, covered with whipped cream and nuts, which can give a smile to their face just by tasting it once. This round shaped butterscotch flavored cake can raise the temperature of any Dum Dum occasion by its look and taste. Do not think too much just order it now and bestow this luscious treat upon your loved ones in Dum Dum.
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As the early fall days grow cooler, I am eagerly reaching for butternut squash and other autumn vegetables, ready to turn them into silky purées and hearty stews, dreaming of spicy curries and creamy soups. And in these plans for fall cooking, there's one key ingredient, a magic touch, that I always make sure I have stocked. Coconut milk is a pantry staple that adds richness and luxury to everything it touches, gilding vegan stews with a sweet tropical touch, and lending its creamy goodness to puddings, breakfast dishes, and other sweets.
If you have a can of coconut milk you'd like to put to good use, or need some hearty and delicious inspiration for your fall kitchen, start here. Just one little can — so many delicious ways.
Today we have 17 ways to use a can of coconut milk, from tangy chickpeas and spinach, to curried carrot soup, to roast chicken in coconut milk. Coconut milk can lean sweet as well as savory, too; we show you how to make classic Thai mango and sticky rice, and give you recipes for chocolate coconut pudding and (vegan! Gluten-free!) coconut snowball cookies. Plus — the magic trick that turns coconut milk into vegan whipped cream!
As far as buying coconut milk, I personally like to buy coconut milk at the Asian grocery. I really like Chaokoh, a Thai brand. I specifically avoid coconut milk that has added stabilizers or gums, or has been homogenized or shaken. I want to open a can and see a clear distinction between the coconut milk and the cream sitting on top.
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Today marks the return of the greatest unofficial holiday in the history of unofficial holidays. It's Super Bowl Sunday, an American tradition.
Time to grab the remote, find a comfy seat and hunker down for an afternoon of chips, dip, pizza, beer and commercials, with a little football in between.
Today's gridiron festivities are a family affair. Coach John Harbaugh will guide the Baltimore Ravens against his brother, San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh.
Star Ravens linebacker and defensive leader Ray Lewis announced before the playoffs his decision to retire at the end of the season, and his team has been riding the resulting emotional wave to the season's final game and a shot at the Lombardi Trophy. The Baltimore offense is led by quarterback Joe Flacco and running back Ray Rice, a New Rochelle native drafted out of Rutgers in 2008.
The 49ers send out Colin Kaepernick under center. The second-year quarterback made his first start in week 11, after starter Alex Smith suffered a concussion, and held onto the job even after Smith was cleared to play. Kaepernick set a single-game QB rushing record with 181 yards in a divisional round win over the Green Bay Packers.
The CBS pregame show gets rolling at 2 p.m. (but really, Super Bowl preview coverage has been on virtually every channel almost nonstop for the past two weeks). Just before the game's scheduled 6:30 p.m. kickoff, you get Alicia Keys' national anthem and player introductions.
Then, finally, at long last, it's football time. But between the big-bucks ads and the Beyoncé halftime show with her Destiny's Child pals, you might want to strap on some Depends, because you won't get any bathroom breaks.
Now you're living the American dream — chips, pizza, beer, football and adult diapers. Happy Unofficial Holiday!
The vast majority of networks schedule reruns opposite The Super Bowl, but a few brave souls will be willing to watch something else, like the programs listed below.


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To find a cure for OB withdrawal, one page is not enough it seems. Just in case the other page starts to slow down from all the media, wanted to have a backup page to keep sharing our love of OB. Actually it's mostly Joowon these days. 🙂
Let's face it, moving on from OB takes some kind of herculean will power none of us has. As soon as we start a new drama, we measure it up to OB and it pales in comparison. For a while I thought maybe if JW's drama begins, we might be able to transfer some of our attention to it, but then I realized the two dramas are too different to completely take our attention away from OB. Just because you get the same actor doesn't mean you elicit the same kind of fanfare for his new drama. Between now and May when his drama starts, whatever progress we made away from OB will go out the window. From what I can see, the only possible future inevitable cure would be JW heading off to the army. I know – that thought made me stop dead in my tracks the other day. Can you imagine two years without seeing him in any dramas or movies? It's going to feel like someone slamming the door to our ray of sunlight that had been streaming into our lives. What made that thought even worse was the realization that JW, KSH, LSG, LMH, JIW, and KHJ are all the same age so they may be going into the army around the same time. There will be a drought of "talented and cute dimply faced guys" for two years and we are going to be left with guys like "hand towel" and LBH. *shudder* Thank goodness Hyun Bin will be out by then, but one great actor alone won't be able to sustain this ever growing list of fans that loves everything about JW and OB.
She tells him he worked hard cuz he came right after finishing his fan meeting. He thanks her and says it was fun. She says he must be tired but could he sing just a little bit of that song. He tells her to be careful of her ears cuz the sound will be loud. He sings for a second. She says he sang a different song last time when he came on her show, but when he sang "this is the moment" she says how it seems to fit him more. JW: it'cuz I sang this song the longest since high school when I was 16 – no – 17. I sang it since I was 17 so to me – it's the song I like the most and the song I can sing the best. She says she heard he is filming a drama now and asks him to introduce it so he explains about OB and his character –how that character expresses aegyo to his grandma but is professional at brusque at work. She talks about how he plays a detective so there are a lot of action scenes. did he do the stunt scene himself when he was hanging off the car. JW: yes. When I was filming that scene it was really hot. It was hot and on top of that I had a body ache" so she asks you had a fever then. He says "it (fever) was around 39C (102F). that day it took 15hrs to film that – just for that scene when I catch the criminal. So that is why I think it came out more real. I really thought I was going to collapse. Also I think in the end it came out well cuz of that. she says she liked that scene a lot and that it came out well so he thanks her. she asks if he did it without a stuntman and he says "yes." Then she asks him to introduce his movie SIU so he talks about that and his character. Since he played a detective and crime analyst/criminal psychologist she asks if there were any difficulties playing those roles. JW: since I was playing a different occupation than the one I have, of course it was hard but the best method was for me to think "I am the best in that role." She says with confidence. So he says: I think over 90% confidence is what I go into (the project with), if I don't have confidence I cant become that character (play that role) and I cant do well. I have to think "I really am a detective. Of course I am not a detective but I think (in my mind) there is a detective like me and (play that role) with confidence, I think it comes out better and I think people receive it well. She asks if he learned (that mentality of) having confidence from someone or did he realize that on his own through acting. JW: since I did it – I think that's the most important. If I think "I cant do this" then even those things I can do well doesn't work out. I think this is the same for everything –for singing or dancing. You always have to have confidence to do well. Also you have to enjoy it. she asks how old he is so he says 25. She says that is so young but she feels like he is mature and older (acting like a grownup/elder). JW laughs and says "I hear that a lot. So that is why normally I have a lot of aegyo (showing affection in a cute way) but with my personality I hear that a lot that I am mature and seem older but I hear often that I talk like a kid. I think of this as my attractive quality (charm) and to be honest I want to joke/kid around, but it doesn't work out well.
Since this is his 2nd trip to Japan she asks what his impression is from the first time – what's different or did he discover something new. JW: it's really great here. I feel good when I come here (in a good mood) when I hear I am going to Japan I look forward to it. the schedule this time around was rushed. After filming yesterday, I got on the plane directly and came here. Today I perform and I leave tm on the first plane. I barely managed to get out of my drama schedule to come here. even though my body is tired, I feel good. It feels like I am able to "shed the work" (as in get away from work for a short time) even though I sang today and there was a lot of work, I am really happy. So I want to keep coming here. I also told my manager hyung, next time I come here I want to come and have some leisure time. He promised me. That I could rest for one or two days when I come. Next time I want to come with more time. (he makes a baby face and regrets that he doesn't have more time to spend here). Next time he comes with more free time, she asks if there are certain things he wants to do, eat, or places he wants to go. JW: when I come I don't get to see anything. I just go to places like just in front of the hotel or around the venue (where he performs) I haven't been able to go anywhere much. I want to eat something good and meet some Japanese people. I want to walk along the beach here. it would be so nice. She says let's go together next time you come and we can walk along the beach and have the interview. JW: that would be nice. She makes him promise. He wrote down the top 3 new and says it could be included to the top news of his 25 yrs of life too. #1 is on the first day here he had 8 interviews so it was hard on him, but it was so fun to the extent that he didn't know it was hard (tiring). So he remembers it the most and really liked it. #2 is today the day of his fan meeting. I haven't had a fan meeting in korea yet. People who love me came so it was the first time standing on the stage alone. So today is a day I don't think I can forget. #3 OB – I am filming it now but I like it a lot. I like it so much. I like the hyungs so much. I also like the sunbaes so much – the ones who come out as my mother, father, and grandmother. I am so happy filming right now. So I picked these 3. She asks him to talk about 2012. JW: after doing this what I sensed is after each project, it's not like after one project my popularity erupts. (Doing) one project after another, I think that is my job. Also I think it's the way to gain popularity too. Next year too, I think I will be able to "meet" (in Korean it means to say hello in a new project) on another drama and meet on a movie too. If everything goes well I think I will be able to put out an album too. So next year I think you will be able to see me in a lot of things. It's work that I like doing. I like acting and singing so I am preparing so I can show more in the future. So next year I think I will be able to see you more so please look forward to it a lot.
Anonymous did a great job translating this cuz she knew all the hard words I didn't know like zodiac. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this for us. 🙂
He was able to travel on public transport before he debuted as an actor and unfortunately he cannot do that now. He also discussed this with his manager about not being able to travel on public transport. The person also mentioned that photos of him are also seen on the bus and Joo Won said how it changed a lot. He said when he was acting in musicals, his goal was to learn as much as he could and he did not think of being able to act in dramas nor movies. At that time, he was thinking if he continued to act in musicals, maybe one day he will become successful. So he carried this kind of hope through each of the musicals that he acted and also earned money from the musicals. While carrying this kind of hope, he thinks that being able to learn through the musicals was really lucky for him and also mentioned that 2010 is a year for him to put in what he had learnt. He was also asked if there are any plans for 2011. He said that he wanted to act both in movies and dramas (where he got both) and he sounded like kind of stressed out. So the person told him that it is ok and not to worry about it. He thinks that because 2011 is the year of rabbit which is the same zodiac as him, so he thinks that he will be in a good mood. Since 2011 is the year of the rabbit, he said that no matter what circumstances he's under, he would try his best to act confidently.
This is the same interview, but translated verbatim, but it's incomplete cuz I ran out of time cuz of Moon finale (will finish this tm night). He kept saying "something" a lot so I had to cut some of those out cuz it didnt make the sentences flow. Our cute puppy likes to break up his sentences often with that word, but we can overlook it cuz of this smile right? 🙂 Keep an eye out for how he likes to talk using his whole face – his eyebrows move or his expressions change depending on what he is saying. his face doesn't stand still – it keeps doing something constantly. Not sure if it's cuz he is nervous doing interviews or it's just who he is, but it sure is adorable. Also, maybe cuz he was born the year of the rabbit, but he seems to share the same qualities of a rabbit – doesn't have to do much but just sit there or hop around and they are still cute and cuddly looking. 🙂
"Long time ago I had to go around all day long standing and riding on the bus. I said that to my manager hyung when we passed by "this was where I used to take the bus a long time ago." The bus stops were near Daehakno (college street where live bands play on the weekends) and Chongno. A woman off camera says now JW's face is on ads on the side of the buses. JW: so a lot has changed. Back then there was so much for me to learn from doing musicals. While doing musicals, I didn't even think of (imagine) doing dramas -but something- if I keep doing this, later I can do well.I kept getting hope after each project. After each project I felt like I was gaining this much to take away. Later if I take all this (experience that I gained) that I could become a good actor. I kept getting this hope. So each day while doing musicals working hard was all of it. That's how I spent 2010 -I thought of it as an investment towards studying for my acting." She asks what his plans are for next year – what he has planned. He asks "for 2011? I will probably do a movie or a drama, but I want to do both – a movie and a drama. Maybe cuz I was born the year of the rabbit- when I do work, I think I can do it with more (don't know this word) and with good spirits. It feels like hope is getting bigger. Whatever I do – even if it wasn't the year of the rabbit, I would have done well but since it is the year of the rabbit I feel like I will do well in whatever I do. She asks if he has more confidence. "I think whatever I do it well turn out well. So I want to try doing it with confidence."
Wow – he sure is a vision in white. I swear he looks so great in uniform he makes you forget to breathe. You just inhale and forget to exhale for a few minutes. 🙂


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* Sara Taylor leads a paper on the prevalence of transient species in ecological communities out early at Ecology!
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June 2017
* We've been funded together with the labs of Morgan Tingley, Leslie Ries, Rob Guralnick and others to investigate phenological mismatch across birds, arthropods, and veg! Finally we will be able to expand and improve upon our Caterpillars Count! citizen science program!
* The Hurlbert and Matute Labs will be embarking on some cool macroecology, macroevolution, and experimental evolution work testing the tropical niche conservatism hypothesis in Drosophila, thanks to funding from NSF's Dimensions of Biodiversity!
* Former PhD student Brian Evans gets another dissertation chapter published: Dispersal in the urban matrix: assessing the influence of landscape permeability on the settlement patterns of breeding songbirds!
January 2017
* Allen gets snowbound in Chapel Hill while Robbie Burger and Sara Snell make it out to give talks at the International Biogeography Society meeting in Tucson.
September 2016
* Former postdoc James Stegen heads a paper on "Aligning the measurement of microbial diversity with macroecological theory", just out in Frontiers in Microbiology.
August 2016
* Sara Snell presents a sweet poster on her research at ESA in muggy Ft. Lauderdale.
* Allen presents in the Big Data Ornithology symposium at the North American Ornithologists' Union in Washington DC.
Summer 2016
* Tara McKinnon got a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship to conduct research in the Hurlbert Lab this summer, including helping with our Caterpillars Count! citizen science project!
January 2016
* Allen attends the ASN Asilomar meeting, and proclaims "saturated" diversity models not dead yet!
* Postdoc Robbie Burger and colleagues have a paper in PNAS on metabolic heat production and thermal conductance in birds and mammals!
* Jes's dissertation chapter on the determinants of lichen species richness at local and regional scales is online early at GEB!
November 2015
* Another stellar dissertation defense by Jes Coyle! Go Hurlbert Lab!
October 2015
* Big congrats to Brian Evans for his excellent dissertation defense! Setting the bar high!
August 2015
* Excited to kick off a new school year with incoming grad students Molly Gartland and Sara Snell, and new postdoc Robbie Burger!
June 2015
* Brian Evans' paper on avian survival along an urban-to-rural gradient is out in this month's Ecology!
May 2015
* Fieldwork monitoring avian resource phenology is underway, along with a trial of our new citizen science project Caterpillars Count! Hopefully the website will have greater functionality soon.
March 2015
* Last January's ASN debate was a blast. Now Allen and Dan Rabosky's paper arguing for equilibrial diversity dynamics is out early at Am Nat!
November 2014
* Allen and former postdoc James Stegen have a new paper on using eco-evolutionary simulation models to make inferences about diversity patterns.
* Check out this great blog post by Chris Goforth from the NC Museum of Natural Sciences' Prairie Ridge Ecostation on how we've been developing a new citizen science project for monitoring bird food!
October 2014
* Brian Evans gets his first dissertation chapter on avian survival along a rural-to-urban gradient accepted at Ecology!
* Former undergrad Spencer Scheidt has his senior thesis on population dynamics of the invasive Eurasian Collared-Dove published in PLoS ONE!
August 2014
* Allen gives a talk at the Program on Mathematical and Statistical Ecology run by SAMSI.
* The UNC Dimensions of Biodiversity group's paper testing the stress-dominance hypothesis is Editor's Choice in Ecography.
July 2014
* An amazing Gordon Research Conference on 'Unifying Ecology Across Scales'. Jes delivers a great talk and poster and is elected to organize the next Graduate Research Symposium in 2016. Allen talks about biodiversity and elephants (preprint here!), and solicits feedback via an interactive poster!
June 2014
* Allen attends the Evolution meetings for the first time. His presentation is here!
* Allen has a new paper with Frank La Sorte and Morgan Tingley on within-year temporal turnover in bird communities using eBird!
March 2014
* Jes Coyle gets an NSF DDIG! And a grant from Highlands Biological Station! You rock Jes!
* Allen gives a talk at the ECU Symposium on the Influence of Climate Change on Biodiversity
* Ben gets an NSF graduate research fellowship! Well done!
February 2014
* Allen and the UNC Dimensions of Biodiversity group get their graduate seminar project published in Ecography.
* Allen gives a seminar at the Duke University Program in Ecology.
January 2014
* Allen and Dan Rabosky debate Susan Harrison and Luke Harmon regarding the importance of ecological limits in species richness patterns at the American Society of Naturalists meeting in Asilomar, CA.
December 2013
* Allen and former postdoc James Stegen have an Ideas & Perspectives piece on energy limitation of species richness accepted at Ecology Letters!
November 2013
* Allen and Ethan White were just recommended for NSF funding for examining the distinction between core and transient species in driving richness patterns!
August 2013
* The Hurlbert Lab is excited to host three visitors from Weecology at UNC for this academic year: Ethan White, Morgan Ernest, and Morgan's grad student Erica Christensen. Let the macroecology fly!
July 2013
* Ben Morris gets a NESCent graduate fellowship! Well done Ben!
May 2013
* Jes Coyle takes 3rd place in the UNC Art of Science Competition--a true artiste!.
* Ben Morris gets a software paper on the EcoData Retriever accepted at PLoS ONE!.
March 2013
* Jes Coyle, Ethan White, and I have a cool new paper on core versus transient species online early at The American Naturalist. See the blurb here.
February 2013
* Allen speaks to the Chapel Hill Bird Club about patterns of avian biodiversity.
January 2013
* Allen speaks to the New Hope Audubon Society about large-scale lessons from citizen science.
December 2012
* Katie Becraft gives an excellent thesis defense on her research on the foraging behavior and niche shifts of three foliage gleaning birds in the southern Appalachians. And she landed a job with the Nature Conservancy to boot! We'll miss her!
* Jes, Allen and friend of the lab Ethan finally get their paper on core vs transient bird species accepted at The American Naturalist!
October 2012
* Allen visits the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology to visit the folks who do cool things like this.
* How many of you can say your first publication was on killer whales? Jes can!
* Rounding out a fine month for the Hurlbert Lab, Ben gets his first publication accepted as well!
August 2012
* The Hurlbert Lab welcomes Ben Morris, new PhD student, who comes to us from the Weecology Group at Utah State. Glad to have you, Ben!
* Allen presents at ESA in Portland, and several Dimensions of Biodiversity students gave some great talks. A lesser known Hurlbert also makes his first ESA appearance in years.
June 2012
* Allen pays respects to Jim Brown at his retirement symposium in New Mexico (in collaboration with Ethan White).
May 2012
* Allen talks about bird migration on WAMC's The Academic Minute.
April 2012
* Spencer received Highest Honors for his thesis on the spread of the Eurasian Collared-Dove, as well as the department's Coker Award for demonstrating the highest ideals of scholarship and research.
* Katie received a Martina Wadewitz Haggard Memorial Scholarship for her field work out of Highlands Biological Station.
March 2012
* Allen and Jes and two other UNC grad students return from another stimulating Dimensions of Biodiversity meeting, this time in beautiful Friday Harbor.
* Allen and Lily's research featured in Endeavors magazine!
February 2012
* Allen and former undergrad Lily Liang have a paper on shifts in avian migration phenology out at PLoS ONE! The work was featured briefly on local NPR affiliate WUNC, and in more depth on the Canadian public radio show The Current. See also this piece in the Daily Tar Heel and this on the eBird website!
January 2012
* Allen and fellow UNC prof Lauren Buckley have a new paper online at GEB comparing macroecological patterns of endotherms and ectotherms!
* Former post-doc James Stegen has a NCEAS working group paper on beta-diversity in North American birds accepted at GEB!
December 2011
* Allen, James, and Craig McClain of NESCent fame have a paper on beta-diversity of deep sea bivalves accepted at Proc Roy Soc B! That's a new biome represented in work from the Hurlbert Lab! See Craig's blog post about it here.
November 2011
* Allen and Jes return from a productive Dimensions of Biodiversity graduate seminar meeting in Washington state
October 2011
* Even carving pumpkins, Allen is a nerd
* Congrats to Brian for passing his orals!
"Ecological patterns, about which we construct theories, are only interesting if they are repeated. They may be repeated in space or in time, and they may be repeated from species to species. A pattern which has all of these kinds of repetition is of special interest because of its generality, and yet these very general events are only seen by ecologists with rather blurred vision. The very sharp-sighted always find discrepancies and are able to say that there is no generality, only a spectrum of special cases. This diversity of outlook has proved useful in every science, but it is nowhere more marked than in ecology." --Robert MacArthur, 1968


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"It became actually my career, what I wanted to be, and do," says Jeffery A. Haskins of the HIV work he's been involved with since the epidemic's earliest days. His path was not always so clear -- he'd studied business, accounting and theater management, and when an accountant position opened up at the newly formed Minority Task Force on AIDS, his journey began. But that journey was not simply as an activist, but as an activist of color -- part of a group often overlooked in histories of early HIV activism -- and, by 1993, as a person living with HIV himself.
Here, Jeffery talks about how early HIV activists organized, particularly those based in Harlem at the time; and how his role as a pastor deeply informs his life with HIV and his quest for justice. Along the way, he also talks about being an artist, how theater helped him to express himself, and how he and his family evolved together in their understanding of his sexuality and HIV diagnosis. Watch or read part two of this conversation, in which Jeffery talks about his physical and spiritual health.
This interview was conducted in October 2012.
Can you talk about when and how you found out you were HIV positive?
Basically, you know, there were many years where people were dying. And you're so busy working in AIDS for 21 years that you're burying your dead. You don't think about yourself and your health. And my lover died. But we had been practicing safe sex. He had gotten HIV from his former lover.
So then I thought about it, and I said maybe I should go get a test. It was July of 1993. I did go get the test. My best friend took me. And he's the person that I told that I had it.
In 1993, you had already had a lover who was positive, and who had passed away?
Yeah. He passed away actually in March of '92. And then I just came to a decision in '93 to go do it.
What did you think and feel when you first found out that you were positive?
It was like being hit by a boulder, or a ton of bricks. It was numbing. But, because I was in the field, I had to process it quickly. I had to keep things going. And so I think I had some loss around my health, and some grief around that HIV got me, you know: It didn't get my best friend, but it got me. So there was some sadness, and there was some remorse, and there was pain around it, because now I had to say, "I'm an HIV-positive person." Well, first, I had to come to terms with it for myself.
How did you do that?
I just read more and got educated, and talked to other people who were HIV positive about how they were dealing with it. I knew people that were. So I just really observed them more and started to see that they were OK, I guess, at that time. They had to take their medicine. You know, that had to start for me. So now you have a new ... chore, a regimen, of pill-taking. So you've got to get that down. That's a science that you gotta learn how to get down to a routine, and regularly do it.
Did you start taking meds right away in '93?
Yeah, I did.
How did that go? What kinds of options were available, as far as treatment?
Well, I was on AZT [Retrovir, zidovudine], which was not a good option. It was toxic. It was hard. It was the first drug that I took -- just to get my system ready, because the protease inhibitors were coming out -- the new line of drugs were in the pipeline. So, you had to get your system ready to take new medicine. It was kind of brutal: the diarrhea, the nausea. Just brutal. It was brutal. It was painful-brutal.
How long were you on just the AZT monotherapy before other medications became available?
I can't really remember. It all kind of gets to be a blur after a while. But it wasn't long; I do know that. Because then it was going on to the protease inhibitors.
How was the experience different between AZT and these newer drugs?
Well, it was less toxic. The protease inhibitors seemed to work better. When the first ones came out, you had to take them with food so your stomach was coated. If you took it on an empty stomach, you knew you would have the kinds of conditions you had with AZT. And so you would remember to eat first, then take the medicine. So you got into a system, and it kind of got you into a regular routine -- that basically would keep you alive.
We were still at the point, in '93, where people were still dying. Less were dying, but still; we were still going to funerals, as I recall.
Going back a little bit, you mentioned that you were practicing safer sex with your partner who had passed on.
Do you have a sense of when you came in contact with HIV?
It would have to be in the '80s. I mean, we've always done that: who it was; when it was.
I came out in, what year was that? Was it '73? So, yes, my first year of college, away from home.
You came out at Howard University [in Washington, D.C.]?
No. The first year I went to Xavier University in New Orleans.
Was everybody accepting? Did you experience any backlash for coming out as gay in either of these places?
Well, we weren't so obvious about it back then. I mean, the women were in the women's dorm; the men were ... It was separated. It wasn't coed dorms. Those that knew they were gay: We kind of like came together, and then we admitted it one day. And then we sort of hung together.
You know, the biggest thing in New Orleans was Mardi Gras. So, on Mardi Gras day, you would dress up in drag and be fabulous. Nobody would know or think who you are, and what you are doing. Everybody dressed up. I mean, Mardi Gras is sin day. You can have fun. You can have sex on the street. Which is interesting, because all kinds of things get passed on Mardi Gras. You know? So that's an interesting thing.
But we were very much in our clique, I would say.
So you were out to each other?
Yeah. We weren't out to the school. There was none of that.
No LGBT club, or anything like that.
None of that. When I went to school, in the dinosaur age, that was pre-everything. You know? Because I'm a civil rights baby. I'm the first generation. I'm a baby boomer, a civil rights baby, a NOW woman's baby, a fight-the-Vietnam-War baby. Coming from Washington, D.C., it's all political. So, every one of the struggles, my parents were at, and they were advocates, and they took me too. And they taught me. You know, the Martin Luther King Day bill; the march on Washington for gay rights; the AIDS Quilt. You name it. ACT UP! ACT UP! Fight AIDS! You know, all of that, just, advocacy.
HIV is a social justice issue. We were doing the advocacy to, first of all, make AIDS known; and then the advocacy around black gay men. Because black gay men -- you know, people wanted us to be invisible. But black gay men had a voice, and we started our organizations. It was black gay men I was burying. When we say, "bury your dead," it was black gay men.
It was not, in the beginnings of it, in New York City that I first heard of AIDS. I first heard of it in D.C., and it was black gay men in D.C. So it was in my community. AIDS was present. My community wanted to do "silence" -- but "Silence Equals Death." And we were like, no, we have to talk about it. We are ostracized. We're oppressed. They say it don't exist in our community. We say yes, it does. Because I have no friends. You've got sons and daughters.
We went to funerals. Pastors wouldn't talk about it. There was nothing said about what they died of. Rare blood disease? No. AIDS. And that was the going time, in the '70s, '80s.
And until Rock Hudson and Magic Johnson came out, the white man and the black man, in the '80s and early '90s. Then, all of a sudden, President Reagan's like, "OK, I'll go to the event and address them." Years into the epidemic. No wonder why they were booing him. Because you didn't do nothing! The federal government did nothing.
So, with that, and forcing them to do that: It became actually my career, what I wanted to be, and do. I had to make a decision. Yes, I wanted to be on Broadway. I didn't go to Columbia University and get a master's in theater management with the intention of working in AIDS, to have my first job be at the Minority Task Force on AIDS in Harlem, and then to go to People of Color in Crisis in Brooklyn.
I wanted to be not the performer, but the manager of the show. That's what I studied to be: the producer. And we even had our theater company, the Rainbow Repertory Theatre, founded and directed by Reginald T. Jackson. We did over 80 LGBT shows in a 12th-floor loft theater space. I served as the managing director and handled all the business matters of the theater. So I was working in it.
At the same time, I had two passions -- I had three passions, actually, going on at the same time: I had the theater; I had AIDS service; and I had church. You know? I had church. Which ended up with me becoming a minister, with me becoming a pastor, and trying to bridge all of them together.
What happened was that, because of the AIDS crisis, you had to be creative. So, as an outreach worker, you had to get creative with creating stuff. You had to get creative with storytelling. You had to get creative with role-playing. You had to get creative with performances. And so I was able to develop my one-man show, called The 26 Project. The reason it's The 26 Project is because my lover died on the 26th. He died on March 26. My lover's name was David Dawud Edwards. My best friend was Rory Buchanan, and he died on Nov. 26. And then my good girlfriend was Craig G. Harris, and he died on Nov. 26. So it became The 26 Project.
It was a one-man show talking about my experiences with AIDS, living with HIV, and doing that. And what I did with it was take it to different places and raise money, and give it to the AIDS organizations. The proceeds covered the expenses of the show, what it cost, and maybe gave me a meal and a bus ticket back, you know, but most of the money went to the organizations.


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