Clive Thompson writes an article in the June 2009, issue of Wired magazine titled, The Future of Reading. It centers around publishing books online and letting readers take it from there. I clipped Clive's article, marked it up a tad and provide a link to it and also to Wired's version below.
I cannot imagine that there is a greater book lover on the planet than me. I love the feel, the smell, the ability to mark up and write in books. I love the idea of placing books online to be read! I believe it would enhance my ability to connect with relevant content. That is, the commentary by others about what they believe to be relevant would greatly help me.
Did you ever think about how important eating is to living? Unless you haven't eaten for a while, probably not. Did you ever think about how meeting certain people in your life is important to living? Unless you haven't met someone for a while, who has made an impact, probably not. The two acts are the same. You get the eating part. You should get the people part. It's a matter of being open to teachable moments, acknowledging the teachers and placing the lesson in your shirt pocket - for life. Please allow me to unfold this piece of paper from my pocket and share some notes.
First, I'd like to introduce you to the Marinello family. Dad-Victor; Mom-Lyn; Daughter-Deanna; Son-Miles. Victor is an Area Director for Applebees. Lyn is a volunteer and author. Deanna is a recent high school graduate and Miles is about to finish up his sophomore year in high school.
What Deanna and Miles have accomplished is beyond awesome! What has really impacted me however, is their family as a unit. Deanna and Miles didn't just get beamed to Earth and instantly begin doing all this stuff. Victor and Lyn created the right environment from which their kids' core values grew. Lyn, and rightfully so, gushes over her kids and their accomplishments. But I cannot look at Deanna and Miles without seeing Victor and Lyn's accomplishments.
Lyn tells me that they have become stronger, better and less judgmental people because of what they've been through. I say that the world has become a better place because of who the Marinello family is and what they've been through.
If any of this has inspired you, please consider tuning into The All Children's Hospital Telethon this Sunday, May 31st, and plan to donate. The Marinello's will be appearing at 10:00 a.m. If you really get inspired, please consider joining one of the hospital's eight area Guild Branches. Contact Avril Osborn today!
I wanted access to folks in Florida who are involved with architectural and interior design. I was looking for a clutter-free launch pad to the designer's Web sites. So I did a Google search...and landed in fog. Yuck!
Next I visited the Florida International Magazine, August, 2008, edition and its annual designer's directory. I figured the magazine must have this information listed on line. If it does, I couldn't find it.
So I am just going to create my own directory and park it on Rothacker Reviews.
Monica Hesse of the Washington Post refers to the FreeCreditReport.com commercials as maddeningly catchy ads. This was the first time* I had read or heard anyone talk about these ads. I love them.
For someone to notice and then like a commercial, there must be something that they connect with. I can see where some women might be attracted: Catchy tune, cute guy. Or maybe someone with little ambition: "I'm not working, I'm just going to play music." Or maybe the guy who thinks his wife nags him: "Get a haircut and get a real job."
I like the commercials because the tunes are catchy and because the FreeCreditReport.com guy represents freedom and someone who is enduring obstacles along life's path while pursuing their passion. That's it.
*I originally saw the article in the TBT. I love the TBT and wanted to give them recognition for running the story(guess I just did guys). But because I am the only person on the planet who newspaper search engines will not work for, I found the original story in the Washington Post...by way of Google...their search engine couldn't produce the story either.
That was my mom when I was about fourteen. That was nails going south on a chalkboard to me. That was like something I totally couldn't relate to. Rosemary and I tell Carla this all the time. She views it as parental abuse, torture.
Today, Rosemary and I are waiting to see my doctor at USF when I look up and see a movie play out in slow motion. A ninety plus year old gentleman is pushing his same age wife in a wheelchair down a hallway from inside the doc's office. Slow is the barometer of his speed. By the way he is holding onto the wheelchair, I'm not sure if he doesn't need it more than his wife. He looks up, he looks up because I believe he has his head down to garner strength, at the seventy plus year old couple sitting next to me and says, "patience is a virtue."
That my friends, was a life moment.
Scott Savor, a human performance specialist who works with Carla, would call it a teachable moment. Well, it was and I was the student.
The persepective from which this one sentence came at me today seared its meaning into my brain. It is something that I will always cherish.
Seth Godin wrote this statement in his 2002 book titled Purple Cow. This one sentence is the very essence of the book. One could design their entire company around this one sentence. These words of wisdom will never become outdated. At one point in your life, you must read Seth's book. Period.


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray a muffin tin or line with paper muffin cups. Set pan aside.
In a medium bowl, combine Splenda brown sugar blend, unsweetened applesauce, oil, egg whites and vanilla; mix well. Set aside.
In a large bowl, combine flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and dates.
Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Add sugar (wet) mixture to dry ingredients all at once and mix well.
Stir in zucchini. Equally portion batter among the 12 muffin cups.


Many times eating nutritious or on a low carbohydrate diet can cause severe stomach bloat. This can be uncomfortable to downright painful stomach bloating and gas. You could go buy an OTC medication to ease the symptoms, but why not make it go away and lose some real weight at the same time? Through trial and error I've done this protocol a few times and 2lbs is the lowest amount I've lost in a day. Your pants will feel much looser and you'll feel more comfortable in general.
This protocol is very easy to coordinate, it's just a matter of forgetting the hunger pains to get you through the day. It's well worth it though. That's why I HIGHLY recommend drinking as much water or Crystal Light the day of the protocol. It'll help significantly with keeping you full and relieve any hunger pains. Plus it helps flush out your system and only helps with the bloat relief.
Here is the measurement of each ingredient per usage: -1 gram Glutamine -5 grams BCAA's -6 oz Apple Juice -shot glass worth of EAA's= If you'd like you can take the EAA's straight and not mix them into the apple juice with the other ingredients. Personally that's what I do and that's why the shot glass is so perfect.
You'll do 5-6 doses during the day depending on your appetite. Just make sure you do one upon waking and one right before bed. Spread the rest of the doses throughout the day. If chose to eat the 1 cup of strawberries do so late day/early evening. It'll be a great snack and I usually have them as part of the protocol.
The day following the protocol is almost just as important as the protocol day. Yes you're allowed solid food, but do not go overboard and eat junk food or bad carbs to 'reward' yourself or you'll ruin all the gains you made the previous day. Keep your food intake as clean as possible.


All my life wanting to travel India and suddenly my partner had the idea to go there. To which I quickly responded buying the plane tickets before he regretted it. Hala, was done, we were going to India after the wedding season! The next step was to hire the services of a driver there. And this is how I got in touch with Raju and Sunil, from Incredible Rural India. And so, while I was still involved with my weddings without time to breathe, they took care to organize everything I asked them, a real pleasure to work with them!
In 12 days we visited Delhi, Jaipur, Agra, Orchha, Khajuraho and Varanasi. One part by car with our dear friend Ram (undoubtedly the best driver in the area), another by train (a great experience), and finally by internal plane. We have seen hundreds of temples, forts and palaces –among them the Taj Mahal–, we have bought more than we needed and eaten to burst because Indian cuisine is wonderful! We have ridden on elephant, rickshaw and tonga. And we have been blown away by the immense freeways and the chaos of the roads. They have massaged our bodies as "if there were no tomorrow" and we have felt like celebrities with so many photos that they have asked us… We have seen sunrise and sunset in the Ganges and participated in their ceremonies. But above all, we have met great people and we have felt at home, without a doubt it is one of the most welcoming countries in which I have been. And sure more crazy too! Here you have a very small selection among the hundreds of photos we have taken. Namaste!


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Q: Java: Have String Constant match its value Is there an easy way in Java 8 to have String Constants match its value, instead of doing this repetitively?
public static final String PATIENTID = "PATIENTID";
public static final String CREATEDDATE = "CREATEDDATE";
public static final String PREFIX = "PREFIX";
public static final String FIRSTNAME = "FIRSTNAME";
public static final String MIDDLENAME = "MIDDLENAME";

A: You could use an enum:
public enum Field {
    PATIENTID,
    CREATEDDATE,
    PREFIX,
    FIRSTNAME,
    MIDDLENAME;
}

and when you want to use one of your strings, you can use for example Field.PATIENTID.name(), which will return the string "PATIENTID".

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Actress Lori Loughlin, 54, and her husband Mossimo Giannulli, 55, have sensationally decided to plead not guilty in the college admissions bribery scam.
Lori and her fashion designer husband said in court documents filed today that they are waiving their right to appear in court for an arraignment and plead not guilty.
This comes after fellow Hollywood actress Felicity Huffman and 12 other parents agreed to plead guilty, after taking a plea deal.
Lori and Mossimo, who are charged with paying $500,000 in bribes to get their daughters admitted to the University of Southern California as crew recruits, even though neither is a rower, were hit with another charge just last week after they refused the plea deal.
The Fuller House star and her husband face up to twenty years in jail each if they are convicted.
According to a report the couple turned down the plea deal because they thought prosecutors were 'bluffing' that they would have to do jail time.
'To her, it wasn't egregious behaviour. Was it entitled and perhaps selfish? Perhaps. But she didn't see it as being a legal violation,' the source said.
'From the beginning, she didn't want to take a deal, because she felt that she hadn't done anything that any mom wouldn't have done, if they had the means to do so,' the insider continue adding that Lori truly did not understand 'the seriousness of the allegations'.
Last week Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman apologized for taking part in the scheme, saying in a statement that she accepts full responsibility for her actions and 'will accept the consequences that stem from those actions'.
'My daughter knew absolutely nothing about my actions, and in my misguided and profoundly wrong way, I have betrayed her,' she said.
She will appear in Boston's federal court on May 24 to plead guilty, where she is likely to be sentenced to between four and ten months.
Her husband William H. Macy was not charged, despite being heard on a tape recording agreeing to the payment.


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Pedagogy is inherently collaborative. Our work as teachers doesn't (or shouldn't) happen in a vacuum. In "Hybridity, pt. 3: What Does Hybrid Pedagogy Do?," Pete and Jesse write, "Teaching is a practice. Good teaching is an engaged, reflective, and generous practice. Pedagogy is not just talking and thinking about teaching. Pedagogy is the place where philosophy and practice meet (aka "praxis"). It's vibrant and embodied, meditative and productive." There is an important distinction here between teaching and pedagogy, between work that is productive and work that is productive and also reflective.
Members of the #transformdh collective, notably Adeline Koh, have critiqued "more hack, less yack," as a form of tacit understanding. According to Koh, "we need to invest in the creation of a metalanguage that will allow us to see the ideological foundations that undergird our 'common sense.'" Natalia Cecire makes a similar point by appealing to "students who may have not had the luxury of developing their 'tacit knowledge' by way of unlimited access to a computer." We cannot hack databases or create Omeka sites without access to technology, just as we have trouble understanding postmodern capitalism without access to Fredric Jameson. Indeed, the question of how to instill in students the values of cultural analysis that are so central to a humanities education is difficult to answer, especially in a turbulent academic environment where scholars in the digital humanities are given grants while philosophy departments are cut.
As Bethany Nowviskie points out in a thoughtful response to Koh, the invective "more hack, less yack," originated at THATCamp as a "rallying call for a different kind of conversation-having — not a desire to shut down conversation." At its best, THATCamp has the potential to become a place where we have a nice (but also challenging) mix of productivity and reflectivity, more hack and more yack. For that reason, THATCamp has become a productive place for improving our pedagogy. A good pedagogue doesn't use tools for the sake of using tools. (See the GoogleDoc from a THATCamp Southeast 2012 session Leeann organized about the "Technology of Human Interaction.") Setting up "more hack / less yack" as a dichotomy ignores the fact that teaching frequently involves both: we must hack our lesson plans while also reflecting on the specific cultural and social situations from which we hack.
DIGITAL HUMANITIES: (rhetorical opportunity) reflexive engagements w/ digital tools and methods to investigate the human.
DIGITAL TEACHING: Using digital technology to teach.
DIGITAL PEDAGOGY: engaged and reflexive practice and scholarship of teaching and learning through digital technologies.
Almost immediately, the discussion turned toward what was missing: their "plural, disruptive, and collaborative natures" and "the sense of building a learning community with shared values." Terms like "digital humanities" and "digital pedagogy" are shifting and idiosyncratic. While we might be unable to nail down their relationship via consensus, such discussions remain useful, allowing each of us to develop our perspectives by rubbing them against the perspectives of our peers. In this way good DH and good pedagogy are metonymic and relational; thus, many digital humanists are also innovative digital pedagogues. The "digital" in "digital humanities" and "digital pedagogy" refers less to tech and more to the communities tech engenders and facilitates.
At THATCamp Southeast 2011, Robin proposed a session called "Where are the digital humanities in digital pedagogy?". Framing the context for that question, she turned to Alex Reid's "The Digital Humanities Divide." He observes that some rhetoric and composition specialists have been studying how writing and writing pedagogy have evolved in the wake of digital technology since the PC arrived on the scene nearly 30 years ago. At the point he was writing in 2011, though, one wasn't likely to find computers and composition studies in DH journals or at DH conferences, suggesting a disconnect, or at least a less than productive relationship between what some might argue are complementary disciplines.
In the year since Robin asked her question, digital pedagogy has gained more traction within the digital humanities. With THATCamp Pedagogy, we saw what was perhaps the first digital humanities un-conference organized entirely around pedagogy. With the inclusion of sessions on digital pedagogy at MLA 2012, a seminar at the University of Victoria's 2012 Digital Humanities Summer Institute, and another week-long workshop at the inaugural Digital Humanities Winter Institute sponsored by MITH, digital pedagogy is clearly emerging in more formal channels as a central topic in the digital humanities. For the session on Digital Pedagogy at DHSI, Katherine D. Harris, Diane Jakacki, and Jentery Sayers assembled an extensive collection of notes and resources that show the breadth of the field. As the above definitions suggest, digital pedagogy can be an even broader, more inclusive category than digital humanities, because pedagogy in any discipline has the potential to be digital. For this reason, digital pedagogy may offer one of the best opportunities for the digital humanities to inform — and be informed by — other disciplines.
THATCamp provides space for exactly this sort of interdisciplinary collaboration. Librarians, teachers, scholars, and technologists learn from one another, building valuable academic resources through productive (and public) collaboration. During a session on Gamification at THATCamp Pedagogy, several participants emphasized one of the differences between gaming systems and educational systems: games are built by a conglomerate of programmers and designers, while classes are built by individual teachers. Gamification in the classroom can hardly be successful as long as individual minds are competing with collective minds. The question that emerges is: Why do teachers continue to teach alone? While professors have all kinds of institutional support in the form of curriculum designers, boards of education, and textbook writers, they continue to carry the burden of classroom design and practice alone. With the evolution of digital pedagogy, collaboration among professors is becoming more possible — and more imperative.
It is not incidental that we have assembled such a large group of official and unofficial authors for this article. Crowdsourcing as an intellectual strategy is an important point of convergence between digital pedagogy and digital humanities. We build our pedagogies from the pedagogies of others, not out of convenience, but because teaching and learning thrive in community. So, how does THATCamp and the un-conference format (Edcamp is another model) help facilitate this sort of work?
Networking is a primary function of most conferences, but the work of an un-conference can turn that networking on its head, forcing sudden and intimate interactions, when like minds turn toward shared goals. At THATCamp Southeast 2011, Brian Croxall, Miriam Posner, and Stewart Varner encouraged attendees to skip a session if they found collaborators for an interesting project. They cited "Hacking the Academy," a book proposed at THATCamp CHNM 2010 and crowdsourced in one week. Another example is the "More Hack Guide," which was conceived and composed by a group that went rogue during a single session at THATCamp LAC 2012. The suspension of traditional conference culture at THATCamp opens productive space for experimentation. The unruly format of the un-conference encourages attendees to question their tacit understandings about what academia — and learning — should be.
Good pedagogy is also insubordinate. In "Notes Toward a Deformed Humanities," Mark Sample writes, "I want to propose a theory and practice of a Deformed Humanities. A humanities born of broken, twisted things. And what is broken and twisted is also beautiful, and a bearer of knowledge." While this notion of the deformed humanities is not explicitly about pedagogy, it can serve as a useful metaphor. Teaching must also be remade in light of our current digital intersections — NOT to resemble a data-driven educational utopia, but because the game has changed, and old and new variables need to be resituated, made to mean new things.
@HybridPed#THATCamp provided an easy place to find others interested in digitally enabled pedagogy, see models of new (uses of) tools.
Moving from a traditional classroom practice to a constructivist one is disruptive, as is moving from being a static digital consumer to a dynamic digital prosumer; both Hybrid Pedagogy and THATCamp collect audiences that want to tap that disruptive, deformed, insubordinate energy.
It seemed fitting to us, then, that this fledgling journal, itself an experimental academic project, should host its own THATCamp. On October 20 and 21, 2012 in Portland, OR, THATCamp Hybrid Pedagogy brought together teachers, librarians, coders, historiographers, students, and the other assorted hybrid citizenry of the academic world. We worked to continue the conversation and cultivate a community of critical digital pedagogues.
Leeann Hunter (@ldhunter) teaches 19th-century studies, women's literature, digital technology, and professional culture at Washington State University.
Roger Whitson (@rogerwhitson) is Assistant Professor of English at Washington State University. He writes about DH, pedagogy, W Blake, and Steampunk.


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Close call as driver loses control, veers into oncoming Sooke Road traffic
Posted: Jan. 21, 2020 3:41PM
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A dark SUV narrowly avoids colliding with multiple vehicles after veering into oncoming traffic on Sooke Road Tuesday morning.
Dashcam footage shows a scary moment for multiple vehicles on Highway 14 as an SUV veers across the centre line.
In the public Facebook group, "Meanwhile in Sooke", Julie-Ann Woods posted a video that shows in a four-lane stretch of Highway 14, an SUV passes in the outer right lane.
The passing vehicle then gets closer to a car from behind and the driver turns on the left signal light, as the right merge lane is nearing an end.
As the driver of the SUV attempts to pass in the left lane, control of the vehicle is lost and it veers into the oncoming lanes.
The driver is able to swerve the vehicle back towards the right side of the centre line, just as four vehicles are coming from the other direction, narrowly missing a collision with the first two.
The out of control SUV eventually comes to a stop on the shoulder of the highway, taking out a road sign in the process.
CHEK News spoke with the driver of a white SUV that was almost struck in the oncoming lanes, who said if she had not turned her wheel at the last second, things would've ended very differently.
There were no injuries from the incident.
West Shore RCMP investigating homicide in Langford Monday night
Victoria victim out $6,000 as fraudsters pose as bank members

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Однополые браки были легализованы в Норвегии 1 января 2009 года, после одобрения соответствующего законопроекта парламентом страны в июне 2008 года. Таким образом, Норвегия стала шестой страной в мире, предпринявшей подобный шаг.

История вопроса

Регистрируемые партнёрства
Уже начиная с 1 августа 1993 года в Норвегии однополым парам стали предоставлять право заключать регистрируемые партнёрства (законопроект был одобрен 30 апреля 1993 года). Норвегия стала второй решившейся на подобный шаг страной в мире после Дании.

В своем первоначальном варианте закон о регистрируемых партнёрствах предоставлял однополым парам те же права и обязанности, что и брак, кроме права на усыновление и искусственное оплодотворение. Однако, уже в 2002 году однополые пары получили право на усыновление.

По информации Рейтерс, около 150 однополых пар зарегистрировали свои отношения в 2002 году. Среди них — бывший министр финансов Пер-Кристиан Фосс. Как известно, закон об однополых браках является заменой регистрируемым партнёрствам, но не имеет обратной силы. Таким образом, однополые пары, вступившие в регистрируемое партнёрство до легализации однополых браков, имеют право либо сохранить свои отношения в данном статусе, либо повысить их до брака. С принятием закона об однополых браках однополые партнёрства больше не заключаются.

Легализация однополых браков
18 ноября 2004 г. двумя членами парламента от Социалистической Левой партии было выдвинуто предложение изъять упоминание о половой принадлежности лиц, вступающих в брак, и, таким образом, отменить существующие гражданские союзы. Далее это предложение было заменено прошением изучить суть вопроса на национальном уровне. Консервативный кабинет министров, в ту пору пребывающий у власти, отклонил данное прошение. Годом спустя премьер-министром Норвегии становится Йенс Столтенберг с правящей коалицией в парламенте, сформированной из центристов и Социалистической Левой партии. Законопроект об однополых браках был принят на рассмотрение и уже 16 мая 2007 г. состоялись публичные слушания по этому вопросу.

Первые парламентские слушания состоялись 11 июня 2008 г., в ходе которых нижняя палата одобрила законопроект 84 голосами за при 41 против. Законопроект получил поддержку правящей коалиции, состоящей из Рабочей партии, Социалистической Левой партии и Партии центра, а также двух оппозиционных партий: Консервативной и Либеральной. Против выступили Христианско-демократическая и Партия прогресса. 17 июня 2008 г. верхняя палата одобрила законопроект 23 голосами за при 17 против. Вскоре после этого король Норвегии дал своё монаршее одобрение. Закон вступил в силу 1 января 2009 г.

Статистика
В первые годы действия закона о зарегистрированных партнёрствах большее число партнёрств заключалось между двумя мужчинами, начиная с 2006 года — между двумя женщинами:

Ниже приведены данные Центрального статистического бюро Норвегии о числе заключённых однополых браков и разводов:

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Норвегия
Права ЛГБТ в Норвегии

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One of the most impressive repurposed military bunkers is the Bahnhof Data Center, built inside an old Cold War era nuclear bunker 99 feet (30m) below the surface of Stockholm, Sweden. When Bahnhof, a Swedish internet service provider, purchased the bunker, they decided that with such a uniquely eccentric location at their disposal, they might as well design it to harmonize with that, frankly, villainous ambiance.
Ed Peden (a schoolteacher) had drained the silo of decades worth of stagnant floodwater, shoveled out mountains of scrap and slag, and converted 604 square meters of the massive bunker into a veritable mansion, where he now lives with his wife. Their living space only encompasses a third of the entire site. Their whole house is underground except for a small sunroom on the surface.
Germany has many bunkers and bomb shelters and the German architect named Rainer Mielke is doing his part to contribute to a solution by recycling some of them into apartments.
The Tea House On Bunker in Vreeswijk, The Netherlands beautifully proves that bunker renovation doesn�t need to stick within the boxlike confines of the original structure.
The once-derelict tower sits on the picturesque coast of Suffolk, England, and for the longest time it was preserved by the English Heritage and Suffolk Coastal District Council as a national monument.
The best part about the home is that�except for the wooden lodge above it�the entire structure is underground. And like any good bunker, it was built to withstand a nuclear attack.
The massive underground space (7,000 square meters, or 75,000 square feet) was designed so that 3,000 military officials could survive for three months without resupply. Now, it�s a bar, club, and restaurant.
The Shelter is an underground nightclub that was built inside the framework of a 600 square meter bunker in the Xuhui district of Shanghai.
In 2010, Rietveld Landscapers cut through one of the remaining bunkers, Bunker 559 (there were 700 in total), giving tourists a cross-section view of the inside�a slice of history, so to speak.
The bunker itself is the square concrete block on the bottom of the picture above, and the recording studios are located in the section built on top of it.


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A few weeks in the streets
Nathan Schneider January 23, 2012
As we approach the first anniversary of the Egyptian revolution on January 25, a lot of us could stand to refresh our memories of just what happened. Maybe, while being under our various rocks, we even missed some of it the first time around. That's why I was grateful to come across Ashraf Khalil's Liberation Square, hot off of St. Martin's Press. The book makes the revolution about as exciting as one would think a revolution should be, and perhaps almost as much as this one actually was. Pick it up, and you'll find yourself engrossed in "movement time"—which is to say, regular time seems to go on hold until you're done. But the book also inadvertently serves as a reminder that, in such "movement time" euphoria, even a person apparently right in the middle of it all might not quite understand what's going on.
The initial chapters acquaint the outsiders among us with a gist of what it's like to be an urban, educated and hopeless young Egyptian in the early 21st century. It doesn't sound very appealing. Indeed, Khalil's chief explanation for what drove so many young males over the edge was the pent-up anxiety that they'd never get to have sex; low job prospects meant low prospects of leaving their parents' houses and low prospects of getting married. Fair enough. To an ignorant reader like myself, Khalil gives the impression that he has spent enough time haunting Cairo's cafes to have quite fully plumbed the souls of this restive demographic. Which is illuminating. But sexual frustration alone does not make a revolution.
As he brings us up to January 25, Khalil makes some seemingly dutiful nods to the April 6 movement and Kefaya, the youth organizations that ultimately provided the framework for what would follow. He does helpfully describe scenes from much smaller, earlier protests, which the author seems to have made a habit of attending, and at which he became accustomed to tear gas. But the narrative mainly sticks to general cultural trends, especially the lightning rods around which public opinion rallied: Khaled Saieed, the young man brutally murdered by police outside an Internet cafe, and Mohammed ElBaradei, pre-revolutionary Egypt's possible messiah. Much is said about the club of international reporters who hang around Cairo, which sometimes affords a perceptive look at the manufacture of media. There are few glimpses, however, into how the marvelous energy conjured in public opinion was actually marshaled by determined organizers into what would become a highly effective movement.
For the bulk of the book, Khalil plays the war correspondent, reporting from the front lines where protesters battled with police, venting their rage from years on end of abuse. (It's a useful reminder, for all those who complain about the evolving messaging of other movements, that the revolution which eventually called for Hosni Mubarak's departure began as a protest against police brutality.) He gives little credence to the conventional wisdom—which we at Waging Nonviolence have been eager to uphold, of course—that this revolution was a nonviolent one. We follow him through scene after scene of carnage. There are detailed accounts of crowds moving through the streets of Cairo, outmaneuvering and beating back police and other Mubarak goons. Almost absent, though, are the images we saw constantly during those days of a spirit of nonviolence infusing the life of those in Tahrir—unarmed people crowded around military tanks, showing their power not by threatening harm but through the utopian encampment they created there.
The endgame, from Khalil's vantage point on the streets of Cairo, is almost entirely mysterious: "a coup." That's about it. We watch among the protesting hordes as Mubarak comes on TV promising to be good, after which the hordes throw their shoes. What we don't see are the coordinated labor strikes that were taking place around the country, threatening to further debilitate its economy; we don't gain any new insight into the almost certainly crucial role of the United States in the Egyptian generals' decision to depose their longtime patron; nor do we, therefore, really understand why exactly the thousands upon thousands of people who wouldn't leave Tahrir Square were able to change at least part of the structure of power in their society.
This is fine, I suppose. Khalil tells a good story, and I enjoyed reading it. But he doesn't really capture or explain what moved the Egyptian people from simple frustration to the competence and capacity to build a movement capable of actually expelling a dictator, or how that movement finally proved decisive. What we have instead is a sometimes thrilling account of what it is like to be a relatively well informed participant-observer on the ground during an important protest. This book reveals one part of what exploded onto the streets of Egypt last year on January 25, but it shouldn't be mistaken for the whole.
Nathan Schneider
Nathan Schneider is a journalist and assistant professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. He co-founded Waging Nonviolence and served as an editor in its early years. His most recent book is Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition that Is Shaping the Next Economy, and his articles have appeared in publications including Harper's, The Nation, The New Republic, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Catholic Worker, and others. Follow his work on social media at @ntnsndr or at his website, nathanschneider.info.
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Pidgin IM is a multi-protocol IM (instant messaging) app that is basically developed for the Linux environment, but with also a version for Windows. With Pidgin, you can log on to your numerous accounts using the same interface and communicate with different protocols, like AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo, IRC, MSN, ICQ, Jabber and many other IM and chat networks. It is a great tool for heavy communicators with popularity across the networks and even for office environments. Pidgin is open-source and therefore free.
Back in 2007, GAIM (GTK+ AOL Instant Messenger) was renamed Pidgin after complaints from AOL. Pidgin has since then been very popular as a communications tool for the Linux platform, although facing competition from tools like Ekiga and Empathy. There is now a version of Pidgin IM for Windows, Unix, BSD and many distributions of Linux. Mac users have not been served, though.
Pidgin is not primarily a VoIP application under Windows, but there are numerous ways in which it can serve well as such. One way is through SIP – Pidgin does not offer the SIP service, that can be obtained from many SIP providers for free, but it does offer the possibility to configure the app for SIP calls. Another way of using VoIP is through the installation of third-party plug-ins for the purpose. As for Linux, there is integrated VoIP support through the Jabber/XMPP protocol. This includes voice and video over IP.
Pidgin IM manages no less than 17 protocols, and by the time you read this, more may have been added. Some of the protocols supported: Yahoo! Messenger, XMPP, MySpaceIM, MSN Messenger, IRC, Gadu-Gadu, Apple Bonjour, IBM Lotus Sametime, MXit, Novell Groupwise, OSCAR, Omegle, SILC, SIMPLE, and Zephyr. You can have a separate access/account on the app for each protocol.
Skype is not (yet?) supported, but it can be used through the installation of third-party plug-ins. An example is Skype4Pidgin. A Skype plug-in will be useful for many as Skype is not something to sacrifice these days. Besides, it keeps us wondering why Skype is left out.
The installation file is relatively light (around 8 MB) and when it runs, it is not greedy on resources. The interface is quite light and easy, and it keeps discreet on the desktop, without claiming much of the real estate, as Skype would do for example. The download is free from pidgin.im and installation is a breeze.
Once installed, the Pidgin app has customizable interfaces and options that make it very flexible. You can organize contacts, custom smileys, customize file transfer and group chats. Moreover, you can set preferences for any feature you normally use in apps of this kind, including the look and feel the connection, audio, presence, and availability, chat logging etc.
The Purple plug-in pack. This pack consists of no less than 50 plug-ins, some of which are very useful (some are quite useless too).
Guitifications. A plug-in for notifications of all kinds.
On the downside, Pidgin IM is absent from the Mac platform. Also, Skype is not supported. But what bugs me more is that it is not natively a VoIP app. That would make it a great tool for VoIP, which the new way to go for voice and video communication.


The State of North Carolina has had a history of excellence when it comes to the manufacturing industry. This rich history continues to grow along with the growth of the industry itself in the state. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, manufacturing in North Carolina posted a growth percentage of 2.8% in July 2015, up from June 2015 which posted 2.5% growth. There are signs of this growth continuing on in the future as many companies are expanding their operations in the Tar Heel state.
A popular manufacturer of residential building products is planning to expand their facility in Kinston, North Carolina which will add 72 jobs and a capital investment of $4.5 million over three years. Martin County is welcoming a textile manufacturer's 38 job expansion; these jobs are projected to have an average salary of $26,300. While a global plastics manufacturer is looking to add 75,000 square feet to their existing production plant in Asheville, NC. This expansion is projected to add close to 200 jobs to their workforce that is currently at 212 persons to a company that is one of the largest employee-owned companies in the world.
A major reason for these expansions is the One North Carolina Fund. This fund is in place to help recruit and expand jobs that are in knowledge-driven industries. This allows for companies who are deemed vital to the economy of North Carolina to expand easier. The fund was created and designed to increase the states competitiveness in attracting new business and keeping current operations in state.
It will be interesting to see if North Carolina can maintain their growth throughout the years to come. Currently all signs are pointing towards a linear growth, if not an exponential one, in the years to come for manufacturing in the Tar Heel state.
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Yemeni government says Hezbollah fighting alongside Houthis
| 29.02.2016 | 3:03 | В рубрике: Foreign press | tags: Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, Hezbollah, Nasrallah, Saudi Arabia, Yemeni
Yemen's internationally recognized government, which fights against Iranian-backed Houthi militias with Saudi-led coalition support, claimed that the Lebanon-based Shiite militant group Hezbollah fights alongside Houthi rebels...
Yemen's Gulf-backed government on Wednesday accused the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah of training the Houthi rebels and fighting alongside them in attacks on Saudi Arabia's border, it said in a statement carried by official media. Yemen's government and its Gulf partners have long accused Hezbollah's ally Iran of backing the Houthis and seeking to transform the group into a replica of the Lebanese militia to use as a proxy against its main regional rival, Saudi Arabia. Its latest assertion is based on «many documents and physical evidence» which Hezbollah would not be able to deny, it said, but that it did not immediately produce. Saudi Arabia is leading an Arab coalition against the Houthis and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in a bid to restore the internationally recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Although both Iran and Hezbollah have given vocal support to the Houthis, dismissed Hadi's government as illegitimate and condemned Saudi involvement in the civil war, they deny giving the group military aid.
Saudi Arabia has designated four companies and three Lebanese men as having links to Hezbollah, the Interior Ministry said on Friday. «The kingdom will continue its fight against the terrorist activities of the so-called Hezbollah in all available means,» the ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA. Saudi Arabia last week suspended aid worth $3 billion to the Lebanese army over the Beirut government's failure to sign up to statements condemning attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday urged their citizens not to travel to Lebanon, days after Riyadh cut $4 billion in aid to Lebanese security forces. The Saudi Foreign Ministry's announcement, carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency, urged citizens already there to depart or to be in contact with the Saudi Embassy in Beirut. It gave no reason for the warning other than unspecified safety concerns. The United Arab Emirates followed by saying it would pull most of its diplomats out of Lebanon and warned its own citizens not to travel there, according to a statement carried by the state-run WAM news agency. It did not elaborate or offer a reason for the decision. Bahrain issued its own statement late Tuesday, telling citizens of the tiny island kingdom of Saudi Arabia to avoid travel to Lebanon, while telling citizens already there «to promptly leave and to exercise extreme caution at all times.» It offered no reason for the order. Finally Qatar and Kuwait urged their citizens not travel to Lebanon and leave the country if they are already there.
In Lebanon's tangled political scene, Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies are staunchly opposed to Hezbollah, a political party in the governing coalition that also has a powerful militia backed by Iran, Riyadh's arch regional rival. Hezbollah fighters are playing a crucial role fighting alongside Syria's Bashar Assad's forces in the Syrian civil war. Saudi Arabia and the other Sunni Gulf Arab states are opposed to Assad. Relations between Shiite Iran and Saudi Arabia hit a new low last month when Saudi authorities executed Saudi Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, along with three other Shiites and 43 members of al-Qaida, on terrorism charges. Iranian protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in the country, leading the kingdom to cut off ties.
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Around the world, there are documented wars, battles and tensions between countries over power, money, and even women. The South Pacific, as small as the countries are, indeed have had their own conflicts that have bled into America and other areas of the world. Out of the Pacific, Tongans & Samoans have had the most tension which has surfaced in the U.S and New Zealand making them the new battlegrounds to continue the "battle." The question always has been, "Why?" The past is the past but it does not dictate our today or future. It has influenced people but not committed them to "fight." There are many who love regardless of race and advocate for others to do the same through education, exposure, and experience. Here is an insight from someone who might know a thing or two about Tongan & Samoan relations.
When the topic of relations between the Islands of Samoa and Tonga are brought up, my mind is a whirlwind of thoughts. What is one without the other?
I feel a strong connection to Samoa.
We shouldn't deny the extremely intertwined history Tonga shares with Samoa. Tongans and Samoans only remember the animosity between the neighboring islands, but do not acknowledge the great mutual respect that formed the basis of each other's cultures. When both Islands are looked at from a historical perspective, you can see that the similarities and connections are far more deeper and respected then the surface would show. The body of ancient Tongan Kings were sacred and only Samoans were allowed to touch them in order to receive their tattoos. In ancient times, although battles were fought between Samoa and Tonga, leaders of both countries would still show respect to each other even though the fate of one of them would be a loss. The story is, when Samoa battled Tonga to reclaim their country and won, the leader of the Tongan army called to the leaders of the Samoan army and said, "Malie To'a [great warrior]. Malie e tau [great battle]," so the Highest Samoan titles Malietoa and Malietau have Tongan origin. An example of something revered in the Tongan culture with Samoan roots, is the Tongan solo dance or tau'olunga. We [Tongans] integrated the Samoan solo dance into our [Tongan] culture. I've learned that one nation gives strength to the other. As a true Tongan, I pay homage from the strength I've gained, knowing that some of the rich legacy of my country has is a result of our relationship with Samoa.
I feel a strong personal connection to Samoa starting with my name. My full name is Frederica Lupe'uluiva Fatafehi Lapaha Tuita. Lupe'uluiva, a Samoan name, was gifted to me by my late grandfather, King Tupou IV. I once asked Tooa Tosi Malietoa (daughter of High Chief Malietoa of Samoa), what was the story behind the name Lupe'uluiva. I remember sitting at her feet, looking up at her, eagerly listening to her to explain. And in Samoan and a little english she says my name means "dove with nine heads". In Samoa, there is a pool of water, Vaimo'oi'a, there hatched a dove's egg and it bore a dove with nine heads. The metaphorical meaning behind the name is one who carries wisdom and the ability to connect with their people, Aiga or [in Tongan] Kainga. Through my name, I feel an abundance of love for Samoa just as much as I do with Tonga. I believe I inherited this trait from my late grandfather, Tupou IV. He spoke Samoan and would hold conversations with the late Malietoa Tanumafili II and his aiga in Samoan. He knew the importance of good relations between Tonga and Samoa and was elated when his son, the late Prince Ma'atu, married Alaileula, the late Malietoa Tanumafili II's granddaughter.
I remember when our grandfather was in Mercy Hospital (Auckland, NZ), and shortly before he passed away there were things he would start to forget. At times when we'd sit with him, I'd wonder if he remembered us- his grandchildren, but the moment Alaileula walked into his room where we were with him, he remembered her immediately and asked about Samoa and her family there. The greatest Tongan chiefs from the first Tu'i Tonga down to the current King of Tonga are knowledgeable of the history we share with Samoa to appreciate our connections.
I often wish all polynesians shared my gratitude for other cultures, as well as, the friendly banter that I share with my Samoan friends and family. I take nothing they say negatively or to heart because they are my heart! I owe many of my fun loving traits to spending time and growing up with my Samoan friends and family. My aunt Alaileula Tuku'aho tells me the first time she saw me, I was 3 years old, and without knowing who she was I opened my arms inviting her to hug me. That story always always makes me happy and reminds me that how hate is often brought on by how we're taught and that genetically all children have the ability to love without judgement. I walk around with pride knowing that I still carry that feeling today as an adult.
I feel sadness for those who instigate hatred between Samoans and Tongans, because it isn't Fa'asamoa (the traditional Samoan way), or FakaTonga (the traditional Tongan way), to hate or bicker over things such as race. Neither culture is better or stronger than the other. Without the differences in the two cultures, Samoans and Tongans are the same.
If one were to take away an individual's culture from them what would they bicker over?
Tongans and Samoans are proud of their culture and rightfully so. If we lived their culture on a daily basis, we would know it isn't based on hate. The battle we face today isn't between Samoans and Tongans, but against the ignorance to the bias one feels towards the other.
I consider myself, not only a true Tongan, but a true Polynesian. The knowledge and respect I have for both cultures connects and grounds me to both Tonga and Samoa. I stand by and will continue to share what both culture have taught me…. to love!
Racism is a learned behavior, and one as you have pointed out is born out of ignorance. Science refutes racism genetically. Great article and very well written.
with utmost respect, I read and learn…..!!!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and insights on this subject. I thoroughly enjoyed reading your childhood account, of being surrounded by such great people and elders in our Polynesian family. To sit at their feet and gain the knowledge and understanding of who you are, really beautiful.
You might try reading "Solo O Le Va" to gain a higher understanding of Samoan culture and origin. Its available on line. Just google the name.
Beautifully said! Fa'afetai tele lava!
Your Royal Highness I am touched deeply by your kind words above. I am of Samoan lineage and I am proud of being Samoan as well as a proud Polynesian. I have many friends and families who are Tongans and I love and adore them. I grew up in the US with my family and we were raised with love, respect, and tolerance.. My Samoan mother has many families from Tonga.. Sometimes she is related to the whole island of Tonga. When your grand-father (the King) visited the Tongan community in SFO, my mother is missing from our family for the whole time the king is visiting until he is gone then she came back to our house.
I understand that there is no difference between Samoans and Tongans they are from the same parents and from the same lineage, and they should respect each other and treat each other with kindness. I am blessed to have great friends and families who are both Samoans and Tongans.


I forgot to take a photo of Fliss in her cardigan, a cosy green cardigan. We always had cardigans when I was a child. My mum and auntie wore them a lot too. They were handy in the summer when the weather was being a bit unsettled and handy to wear with dress too rather than pulling on a jumper. I had a very favourite red cardigan. I probably had more than one and I did have a shop bought white cotton cardigan that I wore to Sunday school. All through primary school I had a grey woollen one rather than a school jumper.
So Fliss has been slowly coming together for some time. I'm glad I didn't rush her, good things take time. I'm pretty sure though that she was hoping she would have grown long hair by now, long hair that could be put up into pigtails. Dream on little one, some of us, me included, just never manage to grow long hair.


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Dine Brands Global, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2021 Results
November 4, 2021, 6:00 AM ·22 min read
Third Quarter 2021 Domestic Average Weekly Unit Sales for Both Brands Exceed Pre-Pandemic Levels
Both Brands Outperformed Their Respective Categories for the Second Consecutive Quarter, According to Black Box Intelligence™
Company Declared Dividend for the Fourth Quarter 2021 and Announced Intent to Resume Share Repurchases
GLENDALE, Calif., November 04, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dine Brands Global, Inc. (NYSE: DIN), the parent company of Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar® and IHOP® restaurants, today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2021.
Historical Domestic System-Wide Comparable Same-Restaurant Sales Relative to the Prior Year (Graphic: Business Wire)
"This was another strong quarter for Dine Brands. We recorded a second consecutive period of both IHOP and Applebee's beating their competitive sets, average weekly sales for both brands exceeded 2019 pre-pandemic levels, and we delivered a 48% increase in quarter-over-quarter EBITDA. The strength of our two world-class brands, combined with the benefits of our asset-lite business model, is fueling the acceleration in system-wide sales growth across each of our brands and driving long-term sustainable growth in the business," said John Peyton, chief executive officer of Dine Brands Global, Inc.
Mr. Peyton added, "Our asset-light structure allows us to keep our operations lean and our movements agile; it reduces complexity, requires less capital and is a significant generator of cash. Our highly franchised model allows us to invest in what we do best—menu, marketing, and technology innovation."
Vance Chang, chief financial officer, added, "The sequential improvement in our business continued in the third quarter and helped us maintain a strong cash position and financial flexibility. While we are pleased with our progress to date, we remain focused on accelerating growth and making disciplined investments in our brands to support sustainable growth. We are confident that we have the right strategy in place to create long-term shareholder value."
Domestic System-Wide Comparable Same-Restaurant Sales Relative to the Third Quarter of 2020
Domestic Same-Restaurant Sales (Fiscal Month)
Applebee's year-over-year comparable same-restaurant sales increased 27.7% for the third quarter of 2021.
IHOP's comparable same-restaurant sales increased 40.1% for the third quarter of 2021.
Both brands outperformed their respective categories in the third quarter of 2021 relative to the third quarter of 2020, according to Black Box Intelligence™.
Applebee's year-over-year comparable same-restaurant sales increased 12.5% for the third quarter of 2021 compared to an increase of 10.5% for the second quarter of 2021.
IHOP's comparable same-restaurant sales decreased 0.4% for the third quarter of 2021 compared to a decrease of 3.4% for the second quarter of 2021.
Domestic Average Weekly Sales Comparison Relative to the Third Quarter of 2019
Average Weekly Unit Sales Recovery Comparisons
Average Weekly Domestic Unit Sales (in thousands)
% of Pre-Pandemic Sales Recovered
Off-Premise Sales Growth Comparison Relative to the Third Quarter of 2020
Applebee's off-premise comparable same-restaurant sales for the third quarter of 2021 increased by 3.3%.
Applebee's off-premise sales accounted for 27.5% of sales mix for the third quarter of 2021.
IHOP's off-premise comparable same-restaurant sales for the third quarter of 2021 decreased by 3.2%.
IHOP's off-premise sales accounted for 23.3% of sales mix for the third quarter of 2021.
Third Quarter of 2021 Summary
GAAP earnings per diluted share of $1.33 for the third quarter of 2021 compared to earnings per diluted share of $0.60 for the third quarter of 2020. This variance was primarily due to an increase in gross profit, partially offset by higher income tax expense and an increase in general and administrative expenses.
Adjusted earnings per diluted share of $1.55 for the third quarter of 2021 compared to adjusted earnings per diluted share of $0.80 for the third quarter of 2020. The increase was primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher general and administrative expenses. (See "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and reconciliation of GAAP earnings per diluted share to adjusted earnings per diluted share.)
General and administrative expenses for the third quarter of 2021 were $43.7 million compared to $36.9 million for the third quarter of 2020. The variance was mainly due to higher incentive compensation accrual.
Consolidated adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2021 was $63.3 million compared to $42.7 million for the third quarter of 2020. (See "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and reconciliation of GAAP net income to consolidated adjusted EBITDA.)
Development activity by Applebee's and IHOP franchisees for the third quarter of 2021 resulted in the opening of 11 new restaurants on a gross basis.
First Nine Months of 2021 Summary
GAAP earnings per diluted share of $4.52 for the first nine months of 2021 compared to a net loss per diluted share of $6.34 for the first nine months of 2020. This variance was primarily due to closure and impairment charges incurred in the first nine months of 2020 totaling $124.5 million primarily related to the non-cash write-downs of Applebee's goodwill and other intangible assets because of the impact of COVID-19 on the Company's operations and higher gross profit for the first nine months of 2021. There were no similar impairments in the first nine months of 2021.
Adjusted earnings per diluted share of $5.22 for the first nine months of 2021 compared to adjusted earnings per diluted share of $1.40 for the first nine months of 2020. The increase was primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by an increase in general and administrative expenses. (See "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and reconciliation of GAAP earnings per diluted share to adjusted earnings per diluted share.)
General and administrative expenses for the first nine months of 2021 were $122.9 million compared to $105.4 million for the first nine months of 2020. The variance was mainly due to higher incentive compensation accrual.
Consolidated adjusted EBITDA for the first nine months of 2021 was $193.2 million. This compares to $116.5 million for the first nine months of 2020. (See "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and reconciliation of GAAP net income to consolidated adjusted EBITDA.)
The Company generated adjusted free cash flow of $146.1 million for the first nine months of 2021. This compares to adjusted free cash flow of $35.6 million for the first nine months of 2020. (See "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and reconciliation of the Company's cash provided by operating activities to adjusted free cash flow.)
Cash flows from operating activities for the first nine months of 2021 were $145.6 million. This compares to cash flows from operating activities of $36.7 million for the first nine months of 2020. The improvement in both adjusted free cash flow and cash flows from operating activities was mainly due to a favorable change in working capital and an improvement in gross profit, partially offset by an increase in general and administrative expenses and the recognition of excess tax benefits on stock-based compensation.
Development activity by Applebee's and IHOP franchisees for the first nine months of 2021 resulted in the opening of 31 new restaurants on a gross basis.
Cash Position
As of September 30, 2021, the Company had $385.2 million of total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, of which $304.2 million was unrestricted cash. The Company believes that its asset-light business model and cash position will continue to provide strong liquidity as the recovery from the pandemic continues.
As of September 30, 2021, the Company's leverage ratio was 4.36x compared to approximately 4.94x as of June 30, 2021. As a result, quarterly principal payments on the Company's fixed rate senior secured notes are no longer required.
As of September 30, 2021, the Company's debt service coverage ratio was approximately 4.8x compared to approximately 4.6x as of June 30, 2021.
As of September 30, 2021, there were no outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility. As of September 30, 2021, $3.3 million was pledged against the revolving credit facility for outstanding letters of credit, leaving $221.7 million available.
GAAP Effective Tax Rate
The Company's effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2021 was a 24.9% tax expense compared to a 9.5% tax benefit for the third quarter of 2020. The Company's effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2021 was significantly different than the rate for the same quarter of last year primarily due to the one-time recognition of income tax benefits from the release of unrecognized tax benefits in the third quarter of 2020.
Capital Return to Shareholders
On October 29, 2021, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared and approved a cash dividend of $0.40 per share of common stock for the fourth quarter of 2021. The dividend will be payable on January 7, 2022 to the Company's stockholders of record at the close of business on December 20, 2021. The Company also announced it intends to resume opportunistic repurchases of its common stock.
As of September 30, 2021, there was $70.2 million remaining on the Company's current share repurchase authorization.
Financial Performance Guidance for 2021
The Company's guidance assumes there are no significant disruptions to its business due to COVID-19 during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021. The projections are as of this date. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement this information.
The Company reiterates expectations for general and administrative expenses for 2021 to range between approximately $168 million and $178 million. The Company expects general and administrative expenses for 2021 to be near the high end of the range.
The Company reiterates expectations for capital expenditures for 2021 to be approximately $19 million, inclusive of approximately $7 million related to the company restaurants segment.
Consolidated adjusted EBITDA is expected to range between approximately $245 million and $250 million.
Third Quarter of 2021 Earnings Conference Call Details
Dine Brands will host a conference call to discuss its results on November 4, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time. To participate on the call, please dial (833) 528-0602 and enter the conference identification number 1750945. International callers, please dial (830) 221-9708 and enter the conference identification number 1750945.
A live webcast of the call will be available on www.dinebrands.com and may be accessed by visiting Events and Presentations under the site's Investors section. Participants should allow approximately ten minutes prior to the call's start time to visit the site and download any streaming media software needed to listen to the webcast. A telephonic replay of the call may be accessed from 12:00 p.m. Eastern time on November 4, 2021 through 11:00 p.m. Eastern time on November 11, 2021 by dialing (855) 859-2056 and entering the conference identification number 1750945. International callers, please dial (404) 537-3406 and enter the conference identification number 1750945. An online archive of the webcast will also be available on Events and Presentations under the Investors section of the Company's website.
About Dine Brands Global, Inc.
Based in Glendale, California, Dine Brands Global, Inc. (NYSE: DIN), through its subsidiaries, franchises restaurants under both the Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar and IHOP brands. With approximately 3,440 restaurants combined in 16 countries and approximately 350 franchisees, Dine Brands is one of the largest full-service restaurant companies in the world. For more information on Dine Brands, visit the Company's website located at www.dinebrands.com.
Statements contained in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. You can identify these forward-looking statements by words such as "may," "will," "would," "should," "could," "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "goal" and other similar expressions. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results to be materially different from those expressed or implied in such statements. These factors include, but are not limited to: uncertainty regarding the duration and severity of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its ultimate impact on the Company; the effectiveness of related containment measures; general economic conditions; our level of indebtedness; compliance with the terms of our securitized debt; our ability to refinance our current indebtedness or obtain additional financing; our dependence on information technology; potential cyber incidents; the implementation of restaurant development plans; our dependence on our franchisees; the concentration of our Applebee's franchised restaurants in a limited number of franchisees; the financial health of our franchisees; our franchisees' and other licensees' compliance with our quality standards and trademark usage; general risks associated with the restaurant industry; potential harm to our brands' reputation; possible future impairment charges; the effects of tax reform; trading volatility and fluctuations in the price of our stock; our ability to achieve the financial guidance we provide to investors; successful implementation of our business strategy; the availability of suitable locations for new restaurants; shortages or interruptions in the supply or delivery of products from third parties or availability of utilities; the management and forecasting of appropriate inventory levels; development and implementation of innovative marketing and use of social media; changing health or dietary preference of consumers; risks associated with doing business in international markets; the results of litigation and other legal proceedings; third-party claims with respect to intellectual property assets; our ability to attract and retain management and other key employees; compliance with federal, state and local governmental regulations; risks associated with our self-insurance; natural disasters, pandemics, epidemics, or other serious incidents; our success with development initiatives outside of our core business; the adequacy of our internal controls over financial reporting and future changes in accounting standards; and other factors discussed from time to time in the Corporation's Annual and Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q and in the Corporation's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date hereof and the Corporation does not intend to, nor does it assume any obligation to, update or supplement any forward-looking statements after the date hereof to reflect actual results or future events or circumstances.
This press release includes references to the Company's non-GAAP financial measure "adjusted net income available to common stockholders", "adjusted earnings per diluted share (Adjusted EPS)", "Adjusted EBITDA" and "Adjusted free cash flow." Adjusted EPS is computed for a given period by deducting from net income or loss available to common stockholders for such period the effect of any closure and impairment charges, any gain or loss related to debt extinguishment, any intangible asset amortization, any non-cash interest expense, any gain or loss related to the disposition of assets, and other items deemed not reflective of current operations. This is presented on an aggregate basis and a per share (diluted) basis. Adjusted EBITDA is computed for a given period by deducting from net income or loss for such period the effect of any closure and impairment charges, any interest charges, any income tax provision or benefit, any non-cash stock-based compensation, any depreciation and amortization, any gain or loss related to the disposition of assets and other items deemed not reflective of current operations. "Adjusted free cash flow" for a given period is defined as cash provided by operating activities, plus receipts from notes and equipment contracts receivable, less capital expenditures. Management may use certain of these non-GAAP financial measures along with the corresponding U.S. GAAP measures to evaluate the performance of the business and to make certain business decisions. Management uses adjusted free cash flow in its periodic assessments of, among other things, the amount of cash dividends per share of common stock and repurchases of common stock and we believe it is important for investors to have the same measure used by management for that purpose. Adjusted free cash flow does not represent residual cash flow available for discretionary purposes. Additionally, adjusted EPS is one of the metrics used in determining payouts under the Company's annual cash incentive plan. Management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide additional meaningful information that should be considered when assessing the business and the Company's performance compared to prior periods and the marketplace. Adjusted EPS and adjusted free cash flow are supplemental non-GAAP financial measures and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Nine Months Ended
Revenues:
Franchise revenues:
Royalties, franchise fees and other
Total franchise revenues
Company restaurant sales
Rental revenues
Financing revenues
Cost of revenues:
Franchise expenses:
Advertising expenses
Bad debt (credit) expense
Other franchise expenses
Total franchise expenses
Company restaurant expenses
Rental expenses:
Interest expense from finance leases
Other rental expenses
Total rental expenses
Financing expenses
Total cost of revenues
General and administrative expenses
Impairment and closure charges
Amortization of intangible assets
Loss on disposition of assets
Income tax (provision) benefit
(15,368
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders:
Less: Net income allocated to unvested participating restricted stock
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders per share:
(6.34
Dividends declared per common share
Dividends paid per common share
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
Receivables, net of allowance of $5,852 (2021) and $15,057 (2020)
Prepaid gift card costs
Prepaid income taxes
Other intangible assets, net
Operating lease right-of-use assets
Property and equipment, net
Long-term receivables, net of allowance of $7,344 (2021) and $7,999 (2020)
Deferred rent receivable
Non-current restricted cash
Other non-current assets, net
Liabilities and Stockholders' Deficit
Gift card liability
Current maturities of operating lease obligations
Current maturities of finance lease and financing obligations
Accrued employee compensation and benefits
Accrued advertising
Deferred franchise revenue, short-term
Other accrued expenses
Long-term debt, net, less current maturities
Operating lease obligations, less current maturities
Finance lease obligations, less current maturities
Financing obligations, less current maturities
Deferred income taxes, net
Deferred franchise revenue, long-term
Other non-current liabilities
Stockholders' deficit:
Preferred stock, $1 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding
Common stock, $0.01 par value; shares: 40,000,000 authorized; September 30, 2021 - 25,003,116 issued, 17,219,847 outstanding; December 31, 2020 - 24,882,122 issued, 16,452,174 outstanding
Additional paid-in-capital
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)
(59
Treasury stock, at cost; shares: September 30, 2021 - 7,783,269; December 31, 2020 - 8,429,948
Total stockholders' deficit
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash flows provided by operating activities:
Non-cash impairment and closure charges
Non-cash stock-based compensation expense
Non-cash interest expense
Deferred revenue
Current income tax receivables and payables
Gift card receivables and payables
Accrued advertising expenses
Cash flows provided by operating activities
Principal receipts from notes, equipment contracts and other long-term receivables
Net additions to property and equipment
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
Additions to long-term receivables
Cash flows provided by investing activities
Repayment of long-term debt
Borrowing from revolving credit facility
Repayment of revolving credit facility
Dividends paid on common stock
Repurchase of common stock
Principal payments on finance lease obligations
Proceeds from stock options exercised
Tax payments for restricted stock upon vesting
Tax payments for share settlement of restricted stock units
Cash flows (used in) provided by financing activities
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
Reconciliation of net income (loss) available to common stockholders to net income (loss) available to common stockholders, as adjusted for the following items: Closure and impairment charges; amortization of intangible assets; non-cash interest expense; gain or loss on disposition of assets; and the combined tax effect of the preceding adjustments, as well as related per share data:
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders, as reported
Closure and impairment charges
Net income tax provision for above adjustments
Net income allocated to unvested participating restricted stock
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders, as adjusted
Diluted net income (loss) available to common stockholders per share:
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders per share, as reported
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