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Whirlpool Corporation Delivers Very Strong Q1 Results and Raises Full-Year Guidance
- Net sales growth of ~24%, driven by sustained global industry demand and cost-based pricing actions
- GAAP net earnings margin of 8.1% (up 450 basis points) and ongoing (non-GAAP) EBIT margin(2) of 12.4% (up 620 basis points) with all regions delivering double digit growth across revenue and EBIT
- Delivered cash provided by operating activities of $182 million and free cash flow(4) of $132 million, driven by strong earnings and disciplined working capital management
- Raised full-year 2021 guidance; earnings per diluted share now expected to be $23.10 to $24.10 on a GAAP basis and $22.50 to $23.50 on an ongoing basis(1), cash provided by operating activities of $1.70 billion and free cash flow(4) of ~$1.25 billion
- Increased quarterly dividend to $1.40 per share on April 19, 2021, the ninth consecutive year of dividend increases
- Increased share repurchase authorization by $2 billion to ~$2.4 billion
BENTON HARBOR, Mich., April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR), the leading kitchen and laundry appliance company in the world, today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2021.
"Our Q1 results successfully demonstrate our agility and resilience in dealing with component shortages and inflationary pressure," said Marc Bitzer, chairman and chief executive officer of Whirlpool Corporation. "Sustained strong consumer demand and our recent cost-based pricing actions give us confidence to significantly raise our full-year guidance."
MARC BITZER
First-Quarter Results
As Adjusted(5)
Net sales ($M)
Net sales excluding currency ($M)
GAAP net earnings available to Whirlpool ($M)
Ongoing EBIT(2) ($M)
GAAP earnings per diluted share
Ongoing earnings per diluted share(1)
Full-Year Cash Flow
2021 YTD
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities ($M)
$(814)
Free cash flow(4) ($M)
QUARTERLY HIGHLIGHTS
Delivered Q1 GAAP and ongoing (non-GAAP) earnings per diluted share(1) of $6.81 and $7.20, respectively, driven by go-to-market actions and higher volumes
Delivered on our long-term gross debt leverage goal of 2.0x
"We generated positive cash flow in the quarter, driven by strong net earnings and disciplined working capital management," said Jim Peters, chief financial officer of Whirlpool Corporation. "We are pleased that we are expanding our share repurchase authorization by $2 billion and increasing our dividend for the ninth consecutive year, demonstrating our continued commitment to returning capital to shareholders."
JIM PETERS
REGIONAL REVIEW
Change excluding currency impact
EBIT(3) ($M)
Significant top-line growth driven by strong consumer demand
Record EBIT, with EBIT margin(3) of 19.9 percent, compared to 12.0 percent in the same prior-year period, driven by go-to-market actions
$(15)
Revenue growth, excluding currency of 25%, as volume growth outpaced industry demand
EBIT margin(3) of 1.8 percent, compared to (1.7) percent in the same prior-year period, driven by significant top-line growth and disciplined cost takeout
Top-line growth driven by strong industry demand in Brazil and Mexico
EBIT margin(3) of 8.5 percent, compared to 5.1 percent in the same prior-year period, as the impact of cost-based price increases and strong demand offset unfavorable currency
Net sales growth driven by strong demand across the region and share gains in China
EBIT margin(3) expansion in India and China driven by go-to-market and cost productivity actions
FULL-YEAR 2021 OUTLOOK(6)
Increased full-year 2021 net sales growth to 13 percent from ~6 percent growth (the impact of currency on net sales for future periods is not included)
Increased GAAP earnings per diluted share to $23.10 to $24.10 from $17.80 to $18.80
Increased ongoing earnings per diluted share(1) to $22.50 to $23.50 from $19.00 to $20.00
Increased cash provided by operating activities to $1.70 billion from $1.55 billion
Increased free cash flow(4) to ~$1.25 billion from $1 billion or more
GAAP and adjusted tax rate (non-GAAP) is unchanged at 24 to 26 percent
A reconciliation of ongoing earnings per diluted share, a non-GAAP financial measure, to reported net earnings per diluted share available to Whirlpool and other important information, appears below.
A reconciliation of earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) and ongoing EBIT, non-GAAP financial measures, to reported net earnings available to Whirlpool, and a reconciliation of EBIT margin and ongoing EBIT margin, non-GAAP financial measures, to net earnings margin and other important information, appears below.
Segment EBIT represents our consolidated EBIT broken down by the Company's reportable segments and are metrics used by the chief operating decision maker in accordance with ASC 280. Consolidated EBIT also includes corporate "Other/Eliminations" of $(67) million and $(42) million for the first quarters of 2021 and 2020, respectively.
A reconciliation of free cash flow, a non-GAAP financial measure, to cash provided by (used in) operating activities and other important information, appears below.
As adjusted reporting - effective January 1, 2021, the Company changed its accounting principle for inventory valuation for inventories located in the U.S. from a last-in, first-out ("LIFO") basis to a first-in, first-out ("FIFO") basis. All prior periods presented have been retrospectively adjusted to apply the effects of the change. The information in the tables herein have been updated to reflect the retrospective accounting change. For more information see Notes 1 and 4 to Whirlpool's to-be-filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021.
Assumes the partial tender offer by Galanz for majority ownership of the Whirlpool China business is successfully closed in Q2 2021.
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is the leading kitchen and laundry appliance company in the world, with approximately $19 billion in annual sales, 78,000 employees and 57 manufacturing and technology research centers in 2020. The company markets Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, Consul, Brastemp, Amana, Bauknecht, JennAir, Indesit and other major brand names in nearly every country throughout the world. Additional information about the company can be found at whirlpoolcorp.com.
WEBSITE DISCLOSURE
We routinely post important information for investors on our website, whirlpoolcorp.com, in the "Investors" section. We also intend to update the "Hot Topics Q&A" portion of this webpage as a means of disclosing material, non-public information and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, investors should monitor the "Investors" section of our website, in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls, presentations and webcasts. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, our webpage is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this document.
WHIRLPOOL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This document contains forward-looking statements about Whirlpool Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries ("Whirlpool") that speak only as of this date. Whirlpool disclaims any obligation to update these statements. Forward-looking statements in this document may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future financial results, long-term value creation goals, restructuring expectations, productivity, raw material prices and the impact of COVID-19 on our operations. Many risks, contingencies and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from Whirlpool's forward-looking statements. Among these factors are: (1) COVID-19 pandemic-related business disruptions and economic uncertainty; (2) intense competition in the home appliance industry reflecting the impact of both new and established global competitors, including Asian and European manufacturers, and the impact of the changing retail environment, including direct-to-consumer sales; (3) Whirlpool's ability to maintain or increase sales to significant trade customers and the ability of these trade customers to maintain or increase market share; (4) Whirlpool's ability to maintain its reputation and brand image; (5) the ability of Whirlpool to achieve its business objectives and leverage its global operating platform, and accelerate the rate of innovation; (6) Whirlpool's ability to understand consumer preferences and successfully develop new products; (7) Whirlpool's ability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights; (8) acquisition and investment-related risks, including risks associated with our past acquisitions, and risks associated with our increased presence in emerging markets; (9) risks related to our international operations, including changes in foreign regulations, regulatory compliance and disruptions arising from political, legal and economic instability; (10) information technology system failures, data security breaches, data privacy compliance, network disruptions, and cybersecurity attacks; (11) product liability and product recall costs; (12) the ability of suppliers of critical parts, components and manufacturing equipment to deliver sufficient quantities to Whirlpool in a timely and cost-effective manner; (13) our ability to attract, develop and retain executives and other qualified employees; (14) the impact of labor relations; (15) fluctuations in the cost of key materials (including steel, resins, copper and aluminum) and components and the ability of Whirlpool to offset cost increases; (16) Whirlpool's ability to manage foreign currency fluctuations; (17) impacts from goodwill impairment and related charges; (18) triggering events or circumstances impacting the carrying value of our long-lived assets; (19) inventory and other asset risk; (20) health care cost trends, regulatory changes and variations between results and estimates that could increase future funding obligations for pension and postretirement benefit plans; (21) changes in LIBOR, or replacement of LIBOR with an alternative reference rate; (22) litigation, tax, and legal compliance risk and costs, especially if materially different from the amount we expect to incur or have accrued for, and any disruptions caused by the same; (23) the effects and costs of governmental investigations or related actions by third parties; (24) changes in the legal and regulatory environment including environmental, health and safety regulations, and taxes and tariffs; and (25) the uncertain global economy and changes in economic conditions which affect demand for our products. Additional information concerning these and other factors can be found in Whirlpool's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the most recent annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K. World's leading kitchen and laundry appliance company claim is based on the most recently available publicly reported annual product sales, parts, and support revenues.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (LOSS) (UNAUDITED)
FOR THE PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31
(Millions of dollars, except per share data)
Cost of products sold
Intangible amortization
Other (income) expense
Interest and sundry (income) expense
Earnings before income taxes
Net earnings
Less: Net earnings (loss) available to noncontrolling interests
Net earnings available to Whirlpool
Per share of common stock
Basic net earnings available to Whirlpool
Diluted net earnings available to Whirlpool
Dividends declared
Weighted-average shares outstanding (in millions)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
(Millions of dollars, except share data)
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $103 and $132, respectively
Prepaid and other current assets
Property, net of accumulated depreciation of $6,534 and $6,780, respectively
Other intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of $520 and $673, respectively
Accrued advertising and promotions
Noncurrent liabilities
Postretirement benefits
Total noncurrent liabilities
Common stock, $1 par value, 250 million shares authorized, 112 million shares issued, and 62 million and 63 million shares outstanding, respectively
Treasury stock, 50 million and 49 million shares, respectively
Total Whirlpool stockholders' equity
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Accrued expenses and current liabilities
Taxes deferred and payable, net
Accrued pension and postretirement benefits
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities
Proceeds from sale of assets and business
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities
Net proceeds from borrowings of long-term debt
Net proceeds (repayments) of long-term debt
Net proceeds (repayments) from short-term borrowings
Repurchase of common stock
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of year
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION - CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(Millions of dollars except per share data)
We supplement the reporting of our financial information determined under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) with certain non-GAAP financial measures, some of which we refer to as "ongoing" measures, including earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), EBIT margin, ongoing EBIT, ongoing EBIT margin, ongoing earnings per diluted share, organic net sales, adjusted effective tax rate, sales excluding currency and free cash flow. Ongoing measures exclude items that may not be indicative of, or are unrelated to, results from our ongoing operations and provide a better baseline for analyzing trends in our underlying businesses. Sales excluding foreign currency is calculated by translating the current period net sales, in functional currency, to U.S. dollars using the prior-year period's exchange rate compared to the prior-year period net sales. Management believes that sales excluding foreign currency provides stockholders with a clearer basis to assess our results over time, excluding the impact of exchange rate fluctuations. Management believes that adjusted tax rate provides investors with a meaningful, consistent comparison of the Company's effective tax rate, excluding the pre-tax income and tax effect of certain unique items. Management believes that free cash flow provides investors and stockholders with a relevant measure of liquidity and a useful basis for assessing the company's ability to fund its activities and obligations. The Company provides free cash flow related metrics, such as free cash flow as a percentage of net sales, as long-term management goals, not an element of its annual financial guidance, and as such does not provide a reconciliation of free cash flow to cash provided by (used in) operating activities, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, for these long-term goal metrics. Whirlpool does not provide a non-GAAP reconciliation for its other forward-looking long-term value creation and other goals, such as organic net sales, EBIT, and gross debt leverage (gross debt/ongoing EBITDA), as such reconciliation would rely on market factors and certain other conditions and assumptions that are outside of the company's control. We believe that these non-GAAP measures provide meaningful information to assist investors and stockholders in understanding our financial results and assessing our prospects for future performance, and reflect an additional way of viewing aspects of our operations that, when viewed with our GAAP financial measures, provide a more complete understanding of our business. Because non-GAAP financial measures are not standardized, it may not be possible to compare these financial measures with other companies' non-GAAP financial measures having the same or similar names. These ongoing financial measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for reported net earnings available to Whirlpool per diluted share, net earnings, net earnings available to Whirlpool, net earnings margin, net sales, effective tax rate and cash provided by (used in) operating activities, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. We also disclose segment EBIT as important financial metrics used by the Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker to evaluate performance and allocate resources in accordance with ASC 280 - Segment Reporting. GAAP net earnings available to Whirlpool per diluted share and ongoing earnings per diluted share are presented net of tax, while individual adjustments in each reconciliation are presented on a pre-tax basis; the income tax impact line item aggregates the tax impact for these adjustments. The tax impact of individual line item adjustments may not foot precisely to the aggregate income tax impact amount, as each line item adjustment may include non-taxable components. Historical quarterly earnings per share amounts are presented based on a normalized tax rate adjustment to reconcile quarterly tax rates to full-year tax rate expectations. We strongly encourage investors and stockholders to review our financial statements and publicly-filed reports in their entirety and not to rely on any single financial measure.
FIRST-QUARTER 2021 ONGOING EARNINGS BEFORE INTEREST AND TAXES AND ONGOING EARNINGS PER DILUTED SHARE
The reconciliation provided below reconciles the non-GAAP financial measures ongoing earnings before interest and taxes and ongoing earnings per diluted share, with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, net earnings available to Whirlpool and net earnings per diluted share available to Whirlpool, for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Net earnings margin is calculated by dividing net earnings available to Whirlpool by net sales. Ongoing EBIT margin is calculated by dividing ongoing EBIT by net sales. EBIT margin is calculated by dividing EBIT by net sales. The earnings per diluted share GAAP measure and ongoing measure are presented net of tax, while each adjustment is presented on a pre-tax basis. Our first-quarter GAAP tax rate was 26.5%. The aggregate income tax impact of the taxable components of each adjustment is presented in the income tax impact line item at our first-quarter adjusted tax rate (non-GAAP) of 25.0%.
Earnings Before Interest & Taxes Reconciliation:
Net earnings (loss) available to Whirlpool
Net earnings (loss) available to noncontrolling interests
Earnings before interest & taxes
Net earnings margin
Results classification
Earnings per diluted share
Reported measure
Restructuring costs(a)
Income tax impact
Normalized tax rate adjustment(b)
Ongoing measure
Ongoing EBIT margin
Note: Numbers may not reconcile due to rounding
Earnings (loss) before interest & taxes
(5) As adjusted reporting - effective January 1, 2021, the Company changed its accounting principle for inventory valuation for inventories located in the U.S. from a last-in, first-out ("LIFO") basis to a first-in, first-out ("FIFO") basis. All prior periods presented have been retrospectively adjusted to apply the effects of the change. The information in the tables herein have been updated to reflect the retrospective accounting change. For more information see Notes 1 and 4 to Whirlpool's to-be-filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021.
FULL-YEAR 2021 OUTLOOK FOR ONGOING EARNINGS BEFORE INTEREST AND TAXES AND ONGOING EARNINGS PER DILUTED SHARE
The reconciliation provided below reconciles the non-GAAP financial measures ongoing earnings before interest and taxes and ongoing earnings per diluted share, with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, net earnings available to Whirlpool and net earnings per diluted share available to Whirlpool, for the twelve months ending December 31, 2021. Ongoing EBIT margin is calculated by dividing ongoing EBIT by net sales. EBIT margin is calculated by dividing EBIT by net sales. The earnings per diluted share GAAP measure and ongoing measure are presented net of tax, while each adjustment is presented on a pre-tax basis. The aggregate income tax impact of the taxable components of each adjustment is presented in the income tax impact line item at our anticipated full-year adjusted tax rate between 24.0% and 26.0%.
Twelve Months Ending
Earnings before interest & taxes*
Earnings (loss) per diluted share
Reported measure*
(Gain) loss on sale and disposal of businesses(c)
(Gain) loss on sale and disposal of businesses
*Earnings Before Interest & Taxes (EBIT) is a non-GAAP measure. The Company does not provide a forward-looking quantitative reconciliation of EBIT to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, net earnings available to Whirlpool, because the net earnings available to noncontrolling interests item of such reconciliation -- which has historically represented a relatively insignificant amount of the Company's overall net earnings -- implicates the Company's projections regarding the earnings of the Company's non wholly-owned subsidiaries and joint ventures that cannot be quantified precisely or without unreasonable efforts.
RESTRUCTURING COSTS - In the first quarter of 2020, these costs were primarily related to actions that right-size and reduce the fixed cost structure of our EMEA business and certain other restructuring events. In the first quarter of 2021, these costs were primarily related to actions that right-size and reduce the fixed cost structure of our EMEA business, attributable primarily to the current macroeconomic uncertainties caused by COVID-19.
NORMALIZED TAX RATE ADJUSTMENT - During the first quarter of 2021, the Company calculated ongoing earnings per share using an adjusted tax rate of 25.0% to reconcile to our anticipated full-year effective tax rate between 24% and 26%. During the first quarter of 2020, the Company calculated ongoing earnings per share using an adjusted tax rate of 22.5%, to reconcile to our anticipated full-year 2020 effective tax between 20% and 25%.
(GAIN) LOSS ON SALE AND DISPOSAL OF BUSINESSES - On March 31, 2021 Galanz launched its partial tender offer for majority ownership of Whirlpool China. The Company's subsidiary has tendered shares in the offering and expects that it will hold approximately 20% interest in Whirlpool China if and when the transaction is closed. If the partial tender offer is successful, the Company expects to recognize a book gain of at least $150 million in the second quarter income statement.
As defined by the Company, free cash flow is cash provided by (used in) operating activities after capital expenditures, proceeds from the sale of assets and businesses, and changes in restricted cash. The reconciliation provided below reconciles three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2021 full-year free cash flow with cash provided by (used in) operating activities, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Free cash flow as a percentage of net sales is calculated by dividing free cash flow by net sales.
~$1,700
Capital expenditures, proceeds from sale of assets/businesses and change in restricted cash*
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities**
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities**
*In 2020, restricted cash represents contributions held as part of the Company's Charitable Foundation which was consolidated as of September 30, 2020.
**Financial guidance on a GAAP basis for cash provided by (used in) financing activities and cash provided by (used in) investing activities has not been provided because in order to prepare any such estimate or projection, the Company would need to rely on market factors and certain other conditions and assumptions that are outside of its control.
For further information: Whirlpool Corporation: Media: 269/923-7405, Media@Whirlpool.com, Financial: Roxanne Warner, 269/923-2641, Investor_Relations@Whirlpool.com


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Q: Estimating unknown response variable in JAGS - unsupervised learning I am attempting to estimate response values of percentage cover (COV) from known distribution parameters. I can do this by specifying the response data as NAs in OpenBUGS (e.g. the code below) but JAGS won't allow this. Does anyone know how I can achieve this in JAGS?
I think this falls into the category of 'unsupervised statistical learning'
model {
  for (i in 1:n.sites) {  # loop around sites
    # specify prior distribution forms for effectively unknown percentage  cover
    COV[i] ~ dbeta(a[i], b[i])T(r1[i], r2[i])
  }
}

# DATA
list(n.sites=5, COV=c(NA, NA, NA, NA, NA), a=c(7.1,2.2,13,10,13),
     b=c(25,11,44,27,44), r1=c(0.05,0.1,0.2,0.1,0.2),
     r2=c(0.15,0.3,0.6,0.3,0.6) )

# INITS
list(COV=c(0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.2, 0.4))

A: If you just want to simulate values for COV that are consistent with your truncated beta distribution, then you can omit COV from your list of data. For example:
library(R2jags)

cat('
model {
  for (i in 1:n.sites) {
    COV[i] ~ dbeta(a[i], b[i])T(r1[i], r2[i])
  }
}', file={M <- tempfile()})

dat <- list(n.sites=5, a=c(7.1, 2.2, 13, 10, 13), b=c(25, 11, 44, 27, 44),
            r1=c(0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.1, 0.2), r2=c(0.15, 0.3, 0.6, 0.3, 0.6))

j <- jags(dat, NULL, 'COV', M, 1, 10000, DIC=FALSE, n.burnin=0, n.thin=1)

Here are the top few rows of the matrix of 10000 simulated COV vectors...
head(j$BUGSoutput$sims.list$COV)

##           [,1]      [,2]      [,3]      [,4]      [,5]
## [1,] 0.1169165 0.2889155 0.2543063 0.2083161 0.2426788
## [2,] 0.1494647 0.1430956 0.2867575 0.2410594 0.2795923
## [3,] 0.1200414 0.2093230 0.2736719 0.2189734 0.2469634
## [4,] 0.1472082 0.1442609 0.2911482 0.2625216 0.2714883
## [5,] 0.1403574 0.1100977 0.2556352 0.1918480 0.2353231
## [6,] 0.1310404 0.1677148 0.3011752 0.1974136 0.2131811

EDIT
Since you're just sampling from a known distribution, you can also do this in pure R (the distr package provides some functions that help with sampling from truncated distributions).
library(distr)
n <- 10000 # How many samples?
COV <- mapply(function(shape1, shape2, min, max) {
  r(Truncate(Beta(shape1, shape2), min, max))(n)
}, shape1=c(7.1, 2.2, 13, 10, 13), shape2=c(25, 11, 44, 27, 44),
   min=c(0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.1, 0.2), max=c(0.15, 0.3, 0.6, 0.3, 0.6))

Above, you should pass equal-length vectors of shape1, shape2, min and max to mapply, which will generate n random beta-distributed variates for each shape1 and it's corresponding shape2, min and max in turn.
We can compare the kernel densities of the columns of COV (our pure-R samples) to those of the columns of j$BUGSoutput$sims.list$COV (our JAGS samples).
par(mfrow=c(3, 2), mar=c(3, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5))
sapply(1:5, function(i) {
  djags <- density(j$BUGSoutput$sims.list$COV[, i])
  dr <- density(COV[, i])
  plot(djags, lwd=4, col='gray80', main='', ylab='', xlab='', yaxt='n',
       ylim=c(0, max(djags$y, dr$y)))
  lines(dr)
})
plot.new()
legend('topleft', c('JAGS', 'R'), col=c('gray80', 'black'), lwd=c(4, 1), bty='n')

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A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While GlobalSecurity.org takes utmost care to accurately report this news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.
On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was suddenly and deliberately attacked by land, naval and air forces of Russia, igniting the largest European war since the Great Patriotic War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" (SVO - spetsialnaya voennaya operatsiya) in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The military buildup in preceeding months makes it obvious that the unprovoked and dastardly Russian attack was deliberately planned long in advance. During the intervening time, the Russian government had deliberately sought to deceive the world by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.
"To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]
Former adviser to the US Secretary of Defense, Colonel Douglas McGregor, in an interview for an Australian TV channel, said that Ukraine had lost 70-80% of its personnel army killed and wounded and was trying to compensate for these losses with untrained reservists, which leads to "monstrous" casualties among them. The colonel called Ukraine a failed state and predicted its disappearance.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with leaders of party factions in the State Duma and gave an assessment of the situation in Ukraine and the international situation. As the head of state noted, Russia has not yet started anything in earnest in Ukraine. "We do not refuse peace negotiations, but those who refuse should know that the further, the more difficult it will be for them to negotiate with us," he said.
"We are told that we started a war in the Donbass. No, it was unleashed by this very collective West, organizing and supporting an unconstitutional armed coup in Ukraine, and then encouraging and justifying genocide against people in the Donbass," he explained. "Today we hear that they want to defeat us on the battlefield. Well, what can I say? Let them try," he said.
"But the truth and reality is that the peoples of most countries do not want such a life and future. They really strive not for formal, decorative, but for substantive, real sovereignty. And they are simply tired of kneeling, humiliating themselves in front of those who consider themselves exceptional. Moreover, to the detriment of oneself to serve their interests," the Russian leader stressed.
"The ruling classes of Western countries... realizing that their policy is increasingly divorced from reality, from common sense, from the truth, began to use frankly despotic methods," Putin said. Nevertheless, the destruction of the old world order has already taken place, and attempts to impose a new one are doomed to failure, the president added.
The UK Ministry of Defence reported that on 06 July 2022, heavy shelling continued along the Donetsk front line, but with few advances being made by Russia. Russian units involved in last week's gains are now likely re-constituting. On 05 July 2022, a law proposed by the Russian government on 'special economic measures' passed its first reading in the Duma. The legislation is likely to be adopted and will give the authorities special powers over labour relations; the reactivation of mobilisation facilities; and to release assets from state reserves. The legislation is likely an attempt by the Kremlin to put into place economic measures to support the 'special military operation' without a formal declaration of state mobilisation, which remains politically sensitive. It also allows Russia to avoid acknowledging that it is engaged in a war or its failure to overcome Ukraine's military that was outnumbered and outgunned.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the one hundred and thirty-fourth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian nation to the Russian military invasion continues. No changes in the condition, composition and nature of actions of units of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus were noted in the Volyn and Poliske directions. There is still a threat of missile and bomb attacks from the territory of this country. In the Siverskyi direction, the Russians, in order to demonstrate their presence, Russians shelled the areas of Vovkivka, Kindrativka, and Myropyllya of the Sumy region with artillery. In addition, they carried out airstrikes near Esmani and Myropyllya.
In the Slobozhansk direction, the Russians continues to concentrate efforts on holding positions and preventing the advancement of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine deep into the temporarily occupied territory. During the day Russia used tanks, barrel and rocket artillery for shelling settlements of the Kharkiv region along the contact line. Ukraine soldiers nullified all the Russians's attempts to advance in the direction of Sosnivka. The assault was repulsed, and the occupiers retreated to their previously occupied positions.
In the east of Ukraine, the Russians were still trying to establish complete control over the territory of the Luhansk region. In the Slavic direction, the occupiers again unsuccessfully stormed Bogorodichne, trying to capture it completely. Ukraine soldiers harshly suppressed this next attempt. The Russians carried out fire damage with barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Suligivka, Chervone, Nikopol, Novopavlivka, Karnaukhivka, Adamivka, Krasnopillya, Bogorodichne, Mazanivka, Dibrivne and Dolyna. Near the latter, he used attack and army aircraft for strikes.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Russians made unsuccessful attempts at assaults in the Hryhorivka and Verkhnokamyansk directions. The occupiers shelled the areas of Mayaki, Siversk, Serebryanka, Hryhorivka, Verkhnokamianske, Zolotarivka and Zvanivka settlements with barrel and rocket artillery. A Russians airstrike was recorded in the Serebryanka area. In the direction of Bakhmut, Ukrainian soldiers inflicted losses on the Russians when they tried to improve their tactical position near Vershyn and Berestovo. The Russians retreated in panic. The areas of the settlements of Vyimka, Ivanodar'ivka, Spirne, Berestovka, Bilogorivka, Pokrovske, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Klynove, Vershina, Kodema, Mayorsk, and New York were shelled with barrel artillery and rocket salvo systems. Used army aviation near Shumy. It is fixed on the outskirts of the settlement of Spirne.
In the Avdiyiv, Kurakhiv, Novopavliv and Zaporizhzhya directions, mutual shelling from barrel and rocket artillery continued along the contact line. The Russians attacked with attack aircraft near Kamianskyi. The situation in the South Buz direction has not undergone any significant changes. Russians units continue to hold occupied positions and fire at the positions of units of Ukraine troops with available weapons.
The statements of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation about the alleged death of Ukrainian soldiers who were cleaning and installing Ukrainian flags on Zmiiny Island are not true. In the waters of the Black and Azov seas, the Russians kept up to six carriers of high-precision weapons ready for use. The total number of sea-based cruise missiles of the "Caliber" type can be up to 40 units.
The Russians continues to suffer significant losses of personnel, weapons and military equipment on the territory of Ukraine. Thus, according to available information, the command of the Central Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is forced to withdraw units from the 35th separate motorized rifle brigade. Instead, he is trying to attract unmotivated units of the 74th separate motorized rifle brigade.
Forced mobilization of personnel in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region continues. The mobilized have weak training and unsatisfactory equipment with means of protection. At present, the current shortage of units of the 2nd Army Corps of the 8th Combined Arms Army of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is about 8,000 people.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation during the morning briefing stated that the aerospace forces, using high-precision weapons, attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Soledar direction. The losses of the 24th Ukrainian brigade are about 2.5 thousand people, which is approximately 60% of its personnel. The 79th Airborne Brigade lost over 80% of its strength.
Near Bakhmut, the points of deployment and warehouses of the 14th and 72nd, 10th brigades were hit, as a result of which up to 350 enemy servicemen and 20 pieces of equipment were destroyed. Soldiers of the 80th brigade are deserting en masse. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian command issued an order to reduce the time spent by the wounded in hospitals. In addition, they will be sent to service without a rehabilitation period.
On the night of July 7, Ukrainian soldiers arrived on a motorboat on Zmeiny Island, where they took pictures with a blue and yellow flag. They were hit by an air strike, as a result of which some of the "paratroopers" died, and the survivors urgently retreated by boat.
The high-precision weapons of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed six command posts, three warehouses with weapons and ammunition in a day, and also hit 14 areas where enemy forces were concentrated, including the stationing point for foreign mercenaries in Posad-Pokrovsky and the training base near Ochakovo.
As part of the counter-battery fight in the Donbass, three platoons of Grad multiple rocket launchers (MLRS), four artillery batteries and a cluster of Giacint-B howitzers were destroyed. At the same time, army aviation and artillery covered 142 enemy deployment areas.
Over Nikolaev and Adamovka, Ukrainian MiG-29s and Su-25s were shot down in air battles, and air defense intercepted 17 drones, six Tochka-U missiles and 12 MLRS shells over the liberated territories.
During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an artillery strike on Svetlodarsk in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), using four Uragan MLRS shells. Damage is specified. At the same time, by 18:00 today, the enemy fired 229 ammunition of various types in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), including the BM-21 Grad MLRS, as well as artillery shells with a caliber of 155, 152 and 122 mm. Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive. Today, the punitive nationalist battalion "Kraken" refused to comply with the order to move from Kharkov to the task force "Soledar".
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Q: How to view the cron jobs on linux I want to view the all cron jobs in linux.
Whats the command

A: varies by distro, varies by cron software, varies by usage.
this should cover everything on rhel/centos/fedora:

/etc/crontab
/etc/cron.d/*
/etc/cron.daily/*
/etc/cron.hourly/*
/etc/cron.monthly/*
/etc/cron.weekly/*
/var/spool/cron/*

A: cat /var/spool/cron/*

A: Another way...
As root, you can use the -u parameter to crontab mixed with -l to view that users crontab entries. Something like this:
cat /etc/passwd |cut -d ":" -f 1 | while read narf; do  crontab -u $narf -l; done

That will get every username in your passwd file -- grabbing the first field (-f 1) using ':' as a delimiter (-d ":") with cut, and then calling crontab -u  -l for each user in the passwd file.
Often there is also a file /etc/crontab with the system-wide jobs.

A: In order to be complete, we mustn't forget anacron:
/etc/anacrontab


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Okay, I might just be a little envious!! Wow, what a fabulous learning opportunity as well as a splendid family holiday. It must have been amazing to see all these places only previously read about. Glad to have you back!
I know – I am so appreciative of my wonderful parents-in-law for taking us all! I hadn't really anticipated before we went that we would get the chance to visit quite so many historical places – partly because I remembered from our last cruise that children's tolerance for sightseeing in August Mediterranean temperatures can be somewhat variable!
Thank you for the warm welcome back. I am still looking forward to catching up properly with your blog!
Wow! What beautiful photos. It looks like you had a very special holiday. I hope you've returned rested and ready to jump back into learning… and blogging! I've missed you. I was thinking about you earlier today and hoping you'd come back soon.
Thank you so much, Lucinda!
Now how did I manage to write 'Claire' instead of 'Lucinda'? I got it right at the end! I must have been thinking how lovely it was to see Claire on your blog too!
How funny, Sue! That's exactly the kind of thing I would do. Last Friday I bumped into an old acquaintance while we were swimming at the river. I was so pleased at remembering her name that I used it liberally throughout our lovely chat. It was only later that I realised I'd got her name slightly wrong! I was rather embarrassed, but then I decided that it didn't detract from our nice chat, and perhaps I even made her feel slightly better about similar mistakes she's made!
Thank you, Sue! It was such a treat to catch up on everything you've written over the last month. I'm sorry to inundate you with all my comments at once – I find it hard to resist joining in the turkey conversation!
And thank you for your kind words about my holiday snaps. I took away my brand new camera, without the instruction book (or internet access) so everything was done on full auto mode – and I didn't manage to figure out a few basics, like how to use the flash (!), but I managed to record some very happy memories anyway.
It's taken me a little while to get back into the swing of blogging and to start to catch up with all my online friends, but I'm getting there – and very glad of it!
I'm soooooo incredibly jealous! Beyond all the words I can say I want to do this.
I hope you get to do it one day, Ticia – I highly recommend it!
It was. I'm not sure how we top it, really!
Okay, after reading this and your cruise post from last year I'm so ready to plan a European vacation and even to consider a cruise. Vacations are incredible opportunities for learning!
Hi there! You have showed me my dream vacation. I am planning a trip to Greece with the family traveling to 3 Islands. Cruising it sounds devine so I have to see what ships are available. Thanks for sharing I am visiting from Weekly Wrap Up.
Hi Nita, Your vacation plans sound wonderful! Which islands are you thinking of travelling to? We would like to go to Corfu, to visit the places we've read about in Gerald Durrell's Corfu trilogy that we love.
I think the first thing I have learnt is that I am utterly jealous, Lol! Joking aside, your holiday looks spectacular and what a brilliant learning opportunity for your lovely children.
My boys would delight in the chance to visit the sites of Ancient Greece and I so hope that we can save up enough to go before they leave home!
Take care and I look forward to watching your continuing adventures.
Thank you for your lovely comment, Prudence. I'm sure your boys will jump at the chance to visit the Ancient Greek sites, no matter how old they are!
That looks like fun. I enjoyed all the photos and the things that you learned along the way. We went to Switzerland recently.
Your blog post was a little walk down memory lane for me – we took our kids on a similar trip (though not on a boat) – we went to Turkey, Italy and Switzerland. When in Venice we were so surprised to see these big cruise ships so close to us on the walkways. Very strange sight really! The Hagia Sophia was one of my highlights. How exciting to be able to do such an amazing trip with your young ones.
Belinda, the Hagia Sophia was a huge highlight for me, too. Such an enormous amount of history and culture in one building! We've been lucky enough to visit Turkey a couple of times in the last year, and I've been pleasantly surprised by how much it has to offer – not just in terms of culture but also the friendliness of the people, not to mention the delicious food!
Sounds, and looks!, like a wonderful trip – what a great opportunity for everyone!
It was so good. I'm ready for another one now I think!


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Westworld–New trailer shows next evolution of cybernetic organisms in sci-fi
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Westworld was writer/director Michael Crichton's original high-tech vacation theme park-turned disaster blockbuster film, from 1973. Twenty years before Jurassic Park's dinosaurs went on a murderous rampage, it was a sideshow automaton from the Old West pavilion that turned on the tourists. We showed you the first teaser trailer for the new series Westworld (discussed here at borg.com) and now we have a fuller look at the newest incarnation of borgs Hollywood has created for us in HBO's latest trailer for the series.
Jonathan Nolan, brother of The Dark Knight series' Christopher Nolan, is directing the return of the sci-fi classic, also the latest J.J. Abrams production. The original Westworld starred Yul Brynner as the cool and unflinching Gunslinger, with Richard Benjamin running for his life, along with appearances by James Brolin and Majel Barrett. The new series stars a great, comparable actor to Brynner as the Gunslinger–Ed Harris, as well as Anthony Hopkins in a role like Richard Attenborough's mastermind in Jurassic Park, plus a host of genre actors: X-Men's James Marsden, Jimmi Simpson (Psych, House of Cards, Zodiac), Thandie Newton (Mission: Impossible II, The Chronicles of Riddick), Ingrid Bolsø Berdal (Hercules, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters), Star Trek's Clifton Collins, Jr., Veronica Mars' Tessa Thompson, Prince Caspian's Ben Barnes, and James Bond's Jeffrey Wright.
But it's Evan Rachel Wood's character Delores who takes center stage in this trailer–and hopefully the entire series, which looks to hone in on what it takes to be human. It's a theme we love to see in the best borg shows, from the mind of Philip K. Dick in Blade Runner to Star Trek: The Next Generation's Data to Terminator Genisys, and the BBC series Humans last year. We ask the question all the time here. Are the creations in the new Westworld just updated automatons? Merely androids? Or will the biological meet high-tech to give us something else?
Check out the latest trailer for the series Westworld:
Tags: androids, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Barnes, borg, Clifton Collins, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, HBO, Humans, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, James Marsden, Jeffrey Wright, Jimmi Simpson, Jr., Michael Crichton, Tessa Thompson, Wayward Pines, Westworld, Westworld series, Yul Brynner
First look–Westworld series is coming soon with a great cast
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Do androids dream of a surreal town in the Old West?
Known for one of the most bizarre characters ever played by actor Yul Brynner, 1973's Westworld was writer/director Michael Crichton's original theme park-turned disaster. Twenty years before Jurassic Park's dinosaurs went on a murderous rampage, it was sideshow automatons from a high-tech vacation spot that turned on the tourists. Now we have a fuller look at the revival series with a preview released this week by HBO for its new Westworld series.
Jonathan Nolan, brother of The Dark Knight series' Christopher Nolan, is directing the return of the sci-fi classic. The original starred Brynner as the cool and unflinching Gunslinger, with Richard Benjamin running for his life, along with appearances by James Brolin and Majel Barrett. The new series stars a great, comparable actor to Brynner–Ed Harris, as well as Anthony Hopkins, James Marsden, Jimmi Simpson, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Star Trek's Clifton Collins, Jr., and James Bond's Jeffrey Wright.
The new trailer creates a world that feels very much like the trapped, askew community in Wayward Pines, and unlike the original film the series delves into what it's like to be an android or borg as was so nicely handled in the series Humans.
Check out the first teaser for the series Westworld:
Tags: androids, Anthony Hopkins, borg, Clifton Collins, Ed Harris, HBO, Humans, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, James Marsden, Jeffrey Wright, Jimmi Simpson, Jr., Michael Crichton, Wayward Pines, Westworld, Westworld series, Yul Brynner
First look–Make Westworld your next vacation spot
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Known for one of the most bizarre characters ever played by actor Yul Brynner, 1973's Westworld was writer/director Michael Crichton's original theme park-turned disaster. Twenty years before Jurassic Park's dinosaurs went on a murderous rampage, it was sideshow automatons from a high-tech vacation spot that turned on the tourists. Will HBO's new series Westworld also add in the other theme parks (like RomanWorld) as in the original? We'll know soon.
Jonathan Nolan, brother of The Dark Knight series' Christopher Nolan, is directing the return of the sci-fi classic. The original starred Brynner as the cool and unflinching Gunslinger, with Richard Benjamin running for his life, along with appearances by James Brolin and Majel Barrett. The new series stars a great, comparable actor to Brynner–Ed Harris, as well as Anthony Hopkins, James Marsden, Jimmi Simpson, and James Bond's Jeffrey Wright.
Tags: Anthony Hopkins, borg, Christopher Nolan, Ed Harris, HBO, James Brolin, James Marsden, Jeffrey Wright, Jimmi Simpson, Jonathan Nolan, Majel Barrett, Michael Crichton, Richard Benjamin, Westworld, Westworld series, Yul Brynner


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Associate Professor, Teachers College, Mary Lou Fulton (MLFTC)
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Associate Professor, CLAS-SS: American Indian Studies
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MA, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque
BA, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque
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Genealogies of language loss and recovery: Native youth language practices and cultural continuance
McCarty, T. L., Romero-Little, M., Warhol, L. & Zepeda, O., Dec 1 2013, Indigenous Youth and Multilingualism: Language Identity, Ideology, and Practice in Dynamic Cultural Worlds. Taylor and Francis, p. 26-47 22 p.
Globalization From the Bottom Up, Inside Out, and Outside In: Indigenous Language Planning and Policy From an Indigenous Perspective
Romero-Little, M., Jan 1 2012, In: International Multilingual Research Journal. 6, 1, p. 79-81 3 p.
"I'm speaking English instead of my culture" portraits of language use and change among native American youth
McCarty, T. L., Romero-Little, M. & Warhol, L., Jan 1 2011, Ethnolinguistic Diversity and Education: Language, Literacy, and Culture. Taylor and Francis, p. 69-98 30 p.
Indigenous language policies in social practice: The case of Navajo
McCarty, T. L., Romero-Little, M. & Zepeda, O., Jan 1 2008, Sustaining Linguistic Diversity: Endangered and Minority Languages and Language Varieties. Georgetown University Press, Vol. 9781589014169. p. 159-172 14 p.
Language policies in practice: Preliminary findings from a large-scale national study of Native American language shift
Romero-Little, M., McCarty, T. L., Warhol, L. & Zepeda, O., Sep 2007, In: TESOL Quarterly. 41, 3, p. 607-618 12 p.
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US Department of Education (DOEd)
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American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Research Center
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The Impact of Native Language Shift and Rentention on American Indian Students' English Language Learning and School Achievement
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Earlier this week I got an email from Miguel de la Torre. He helps generate the cdsavoia video project, which creates short films presenting the work and personality of creative individuals in five fields — music, fashion, fine art, wine, and design.
As many of you already know, winemaker Abe Schoener and I have kept a sort of on going conversation. Both of us originate as professors of philosophy that somehow left that world to enter the world of wine. The trouble and promise of philosophy, however, is that it never leaves you. The on going conversation, then, has been based partially in Schoener and I sharing the compulsion of purposefully choosing sensual (that is, bodily) life with thought, of educated pleasure, of unbridled but directed curiosity.
Because of previous write-ups I've done on Abe, Miguel wrote to share the new video cdsavoia has just produced on the work and world of Abe Schoener, and offered me the chance to release the video here on my site as well. I took a watch before accepting, but it's worth the view — charming, smart, well made, and a bit irreverent (the combination I look for in anything I do).
If you've got time, take a look at their other video interviews too. They've got another recent one on winemaker Matt Dees of Jonata, the Hilt, and Goodland Wines too.
Thank you to Miguel de la Torre.
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Oh, I adore this video! It dives right into the joy of a curious, thoughtful life spent in a creative pursuit. Bravo!
Inspiring, intriguing, and entertaining. Thanks for sharing!
The video of the crushpad @ Tenbrink reminded me of the slightly madcap afternoon I helped Abe crush the 2006 Sylphs. Beyond that, I'm sworn to secrecy!
The cdsavoia film on Abe is fantastic! I just discovered this treasure trove of inspiring, creative and beautifully executed short (All seem to be 5 minutes or less) films.
Great video. All the videos on CDSAvoia video project, are very interesting. Can't. Stop. Watching….


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A Bad Penny is the third memory in Sequence 06, and can only be attempted once all other memories have been completed. Jacob prepares to enter the Bank of England, top the robbery, and eliminate Twopenny.
It's time for a good ol' fashioned bank heist - except instead of robbing the bank, you'll be robbing the robber of his life. There's more than one way into the bank, and to kill the target - so here are a few choices you can make.
Start by ziplining down towards the bank and locating the head of security with your Eagle Vision. He'll often patrol an empty hall that conveniently has an open window just above. Drop in and hop from the chandelier to the second floor, and silently make your way down as the head of security enters and inspects a locked door. Get up behind him and interrogate him to learn of Twopenny's lust for art. Knock out the poor sod and keep moving.
While not necessary, if you want to cover all your bases, you don't want this guy shutting you out from the main entrance and exit. Stay in the hall the chief of security was in and lean up against the doorway leading to the main hall. Give a whistle, and he should be the only one who comes to inspect the source of the noise. Then you get to kill him for doing his job. Tragic.
Watch the bank manager as he shows a guest into the main vault room, then exits and moves into his personal office for a moment. Your objective is to get into those quarters. Thankfully he has an open window, which means you can exit the bank the way you came in, and move around the exterior until you find the window, then hide in the hiding spot in his office until he comes in. When he stands in front of his desk, hit him from behind. If a guard comes to investigate - just stay out of his way, as he'll think nothing of you and the manager being really good friends off in the corner, as long as you don't get near. Now you just need to slowly guide the manager to the vault, and the guards will move away to allow you in.
There's more than one way into the bank, if you can find it. Exit the bank and run along rooftops until you find a large dome with an open window. Carefully drop down out of view of the guards, and look for an open doorway into a mostly abandoned room with a single patrolling guard.
Inside the room, head to the second floor to find an open elevator shaft leading down into the vault. This will lead you straight into the vault Twopenny is raiding by sliding under a small opening.
What you do here is up to you. There are several guards here, and many that patrol the upper level can be picked off one by one without raising any alarms. Twopenny will be patrolling the lower vault and running from one end of the floor to the other, while most of the other guards are busy packing and moving loot. Pick off any guards that might get in your way, and make your move. If you got the info from the head of security, sneak into one of the small chambers in the lower vault and hide behind a painting until Twopenny shows up for a private viewing.
Lucky for you, a new exit has just opened up. From the room full of paintings, make a hard left into another empty elevator shaft, and zip all the way up. A row of locked gates are now opened and guarded by Blighters waiting for the bank heist in progress. Kill them all and make your escape, as Freddie arrests the stragglers. So much for discretion.


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Věra Pytlíčková
The relative of a political prisoner
1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d'état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops
House searches
"Well, the house searches were drastic. They started with them a week after father's arrest. When they officially announced that my father had been arrested, they started with the house searches. Fortunately , the scouting things had been burnt so my mother was relieved. I don't know where she hid the things – but they just looted our flat. Not my aunt's. And it was hard. Even after my father had been given the prison sentence – for example in January we were ill and we were in one room because my aunt was looking after us. My mother had pneumonia and we had tonsillitis. They arrived at 2 o´clock in the morning and they drove us from beds. They messed our children books and they threw me into the corner because I was holding a doll and a book. It was rather tough."
My father rescued some people at the end of the war
"When the Russians were coming near in the spring of 1945, we had to move away. We lived on the High Street and the Germans had established their headquarters in our house. However, it was terribly dangerous for our family because my father was hiding some Jews and other families in the cellar. When the Russians arrived, they wanted to get there using violence. But my father told them to leave."
The first visit to father in Jáchymov
"The first visit was horrendous. There was a long corridor and there were one-metre wide boxes with 20-centimetre glass. There was a prisoner on the one side and on the other side there were the visitors. There were warders from both sides. It was in 1954. We were walking down the corridor – it was dark and we almost couldn't see and we didn't notice my father because he had lost about 45 kilograms. But he recognized us and so he called at us. Well – he had his own eyes but the rest was a ruin. I just remember his clothes – it was a terrible nettle-green-grey colour. His slim neck was stretching out of that and he didn't have his curly hair, just several grey hairs and glasses. I was crying all the time because I loved my father and he was my example. My mum had told us not to ask about anything. It all depended on the warder, who could end the visit. So my father was just asking. There was my father's sister too. My mother was very brave and my father was encouraging us not to cry. But, you know, you can't tell that to 10 or 12-year-old children, especially when they see such a thing. So we didn't talk much then. I have never understood how they managed to discuss so much important information. The prisoners knew what Radio Free Europe had announced. So he was able to tell mother – who was free – what was happening in the world. I still don't understand how they managed to talk about that. The first visit lasted about twenty minutes and it was not interrupted. When we were going out there was the warder Vašíček and he was standing at the door. I remember he hit me saying not to cry and that my father was a swine. So I told myself, ´You will never see me cry again.´ So I never cried during the visits."
The cultural life in Vyškov
"It was quite a rich town. A small town, but rich. It was quite a cultural town. There was a choir called Haná, where my father used to sing, and amateur dramatics – they also played some more difficult pieces and operettas. And my father invited a lot of people – he used to travel a lot and because of books he went to publishing companies and so on. So he invited a lot actors and other people. There was Oldřich Nový and Jára Pospíšil – I remember that." Interviewer: "So he was involved in cultural life?" "Yes, a lot. But he was mainly involved in scouting. He was a regional scout leader and I remember that on Sunday mornings, well not all Sundays but many, children arrived to our house and they lined up before they left for a trip or other activities. And my father greeted them looking out of the window and I liked that very much so I used to get up early to see it. "
A letter from her father for her 14th birthday
"I will read a letter which I received on my 14th birthday from my father. My dear Věruška, I would like to write to you several lines as your fourteenth birthday is approaching. We were so happy when you were born. I would like to tell you something about the beauty of a human being. Well, what I acknowledge as the beauty of a human being is the behaviour. How you behave, how you treat your parents, grandparents, brother. How can people be good if they do not treat their parents well or are able to say something wrong to them? Many wrong words? How will one treat other people when they do not respect the one who gave them life? How can such people teach their children to love their mothers? Can I respect weaklings and talkers? Today they say one thing and tomorrow they do not know what they said a day before. Only people who tell the truth and keep their words can accept the truth from other people. Věruška, if you want to assess the beauty of other people, you must first assess their acts and behaviour. Not their appearances. I know it is important for you – young people. However, this is just temporal – and physical beauty disappears like April snow. But something remains – the inner beauty. If you always behave to respect other people and not just your own wishes, then there is something like a character. Dear Věruška, the main thing that contributes to the beauty and dignity of a human being is that you are able to accept other peoples' wishes despite your own ones. It is a great pity that these days I have to live separated from you all. I would love to explain some things to you. But there is one person that can explain to you all the things – it is your mother. You cannot imagine how glad I would be to help you with studying. Our time is the time of machines and technology. Keep doing sports and physical exercises – it makes your spirit more cheerful and healthy. There is the Tyrš's quotation, ´There is a healthy spirit in a healthy body.´ Concentrate on your future job, too. I wish you loads of good health. We all need goodness, smile, love, satisfaction. Watch all the things around you and get inspired by the good examples only. You are my beloved one and I believe you will not forget me in the future and you will not condemn me as a criminal. I wish you a happy birthday. I am holding your hand as your father. I am embracing you and giving you a kiss. I am looking forward to meeting you again."
Nationalisation of the bookshop
"Your bookshop was nationalised in January 1949. Was it all of a sudden? They just arrived and took all your property?" - "I just remember I was getting myself ready for school. Suddenly, a group of men went through the yard and took a million-crown property that had been built for fifty years. My grandmother collapsed because she really started it all from scratch and she was an old lady. She was seventy years old. She gave the company to my father in 1945 but she still loved it very much. She was absolutely perplexed. We, being children, didn't understand that very much. We just saw everybody crying and sad and my grandmother was totally lifeless. We called her the ´general´of the family – she was a short lady but enjoyed great respect. So we, their grandchildren, tried to amuse her but she was still very sad. But my parents were ´fortunate´ because they were allowed to work there."
Why Jaromír Indra did not want to emigrate
"My father didn't want to emigrate illegally. First, there were a lot of informers and secret police members in the groups that took people across the border – then they caught them all on the border. … He also did not want to leave his homeland and he couldn't imagine the terrible things the communists were able to do to their own nation."
Olomouc, 08.10.2010
Kavárna domě U Kamenného zvonu, Praha, 25.02.2011
media recorded in project A Century of Boy Scouts
The only thing they didn't steal from me was my honesty
Věra Pytlíčková in her childhood
photo: www.dcery.cz
Věra Pytlíčková, née Indrová, was born on 13 February 1942 in Olomouc. She spent a large part of her childhood in Vyškov, where her family owned a well-known bookshop, which was, however, nationalised in January 1949. Her father, Jaromír Indra, was an important citizen of Vyškov; he was a member of the Scouts there. He was arrested in August 1953 and then sent to prison for 10 years for illegal activities of the Scouts and treason. He spent seven years in uranium mines in Jáchymov - he was released in 1960 because of general amnesty. Also his family was persecuted - Mrs. Pytlíčková's mother, Božena, had to go to the secret police twice a year and she was forced to divorce her husband. Věra and her brother Jaromír were bullied at school by both pupils and teachers. After finishing lower secondary school they were forbidden to receive further education. Her father died of a heart attack in October 1969 and his funeral became a manifestation of the Scouts against the current politics. Luckily, Věra Pytlíčková finally graduated from secondary school and then she worked for Czech Railways for many years. She lives in Olomouc at present and she participates in discussions with students because she does not want them ´to experience the same things.´ She is a member of the Confederation of Political Prisoners and ´Dcery 50. let´(Daughters of the Fifties).
Jaromír Indra befor and after the prison sentence
photo: archiv pamětníka
Jaromír Indra (photos made by the secret police)
Věra Pytlíčková in 2007
Věra Pytlíčková in Olomouc in September 2010
photo: Vít Lucuk
Jaromír Indra during the Scouts parade.
photo: archiv pamětnice
Svědectví dcer politických vězňů
Mene Tekel
Beseda s hostem
ZŠ Zeyerova
Mgr. Hana Kramářová
Věra Pytlíčková v olomouckém rádiu. Program ženský svět.
Vůdece Junáka se nepodařilo komunistům nikdy pokořit
Vyškovské noviny
Šárka Dubská
Neřvi, ten otec je darebák aneb Příběh Věry Pytlíčkové-Indrové,
dcery.cz
http://media.rozhlas.cz/radionaprani/archiv/_audio/00241274.mp3
A Century of Boy Scouts (JUNAK – ASSOCIATION OF SCOUTS AND GUIDES)


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Bye-bye to Cambridge Bay, NU
November 6, 2014 June 12, 2016 / Jane George
When I arrived in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, this past September, I caught the last few warm, dry days of this year. And there were lots of snow buntings to make things lively.
The view from my friends' house — where I would end up spending nearly two months, thanks to their incredible hospitality — included a view over to Mt. Pelly, about 20 kilometres away to the east.
During those first days of this year's visit to Cambridge Bay, I took many long walks — and I visited with my many friends in the western Nunavut town of 1,700.
But I couldn't help tracking and writing stories, first for this blog, and then, finally again, for Nunatsiaq News, as I returned to work.
There was no boredom ever for me during my visit, even on weekends.
So, what should you do if you're lucky enough to visit Cambridge Bay — located a couple of hours by air north from Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories?
Here are some ideas:
• If you are around when a barge comes in, go down and watch everything be offloaded and stacked up on shore.
• Keep an eye on what's happening at the dock — that's where I met the folks from the ocean observatory and the yacht, the Latitude. Boats and ships travelling the Northwest Passage are always docked there in August and September.
• Walk to the airport and back. Have an expresso or latte at the Arctic Closet café at the airport.
On the return trip you'll get a great view of Cambridge Bay with Mt. Pelly in the distance.
And you can check out the municipal golf course, called "Many Pebbles."
You can also get a view over to the Cam Main North Warning site (what do they do there anyway?)
• Head over to the plateau on the way to Mt. Pelly to see what's happening at the construction site of the Canadian High Arctic Research Station, set to open in 2017.
After that, continue on and peek into the dump — it's probably Nunavut's best landfill, but still some of the trash is whipped around by the wind and most of what can't be reused locally is reduced by open burning.
Further on you'll find cabins as well as the cemeteries, old and new.
Then, if you cross the bridge to your right, you'll walk past the site of the old town site as well as a new park commemorating residential school students — and get a great view of the town beyond.
A little further on yet, you'll arrive at the site of the Maud, Roald Amundsen's ship, which may not be there too long if Norwegians are successful in 2015 in bringing the Maud back to Norway.
Down the road, there's the newly renovated stone church built by Catholic missionaries, which celebrated its 60th anniversary in September 2014.
And close by is the Eagle, which ended up on shore there in 1954, when missionary Father André Steinmann bought the ship — but then was transferred back east.
Near to that, you might also still find some remnants of the Loran tower, erected in 1947, to be a navigational beacon for aircraft. Many of the community's first houses were built using its plywood shipping crates. The Loran was torn down in 2014.
That's a bit of a hike but you can always wave people down for lifts back to town!
• Walk around Cambridge Bay, check out the Northern and Co-op stores and see how much it costs to eat. And look at the bulletin boards to see what's going on. There's always some meeting or activity.
• Visit the new Kitikmeot Inuit Association building.
• Go to the May Hakongak Library and cultural centre: check out the cultural displays and look for some of the many Arctic-related books I gave to the library in 2011.
Elders, who work in the back on projects, put some of their handiwork for sale, too.
• Visit the Arctic Coast visitors centre — you can find more pamphlets there on what to do.
• Go to the Elks club early Friday evening and find someone to sign you in — you'll make new friends and may be able to hang on to a drink token as a souvenir.
• Go to Sunday service (in English and Inuinnaqtun) at St. George's Anglican Church — seeing the stained glass windows are worth going to see and you'll be welcomed warmly.
• Get up early and watch the sun rise.
• Don't miss any of the sunsets (but to see them you'll have to go outside the days of 24-hour sunlight and darkness.) They're all different.
• Eat lots of Arctic char.
• Try to make friends with people who have vehicles and cabins — they'll be able to navigate the bumpy roads and take you to see Mt. Pelly or Gravel Pit and beyond. Maybe you'll see a muskox along the way.
And you won't want to miss a visit to Mt. Pelly.
From every angle, and particularly at sunset, when it catches the last rays, this flat esker of a mountain looks great.
• Arrive with good shoes, rubber boots and boots with spikes for when the roads freeze up and get slippery.
When I left Cambridge Bay in the end of October 2014, everything already looked different: the days were shrinking, temperatures often dropped into the minus 30 Cs with wind and my middle-weight parka was too light. And I was busier, too, back to work, covering back-to-back meetings, with less time to enjoy the scenery.
The view looked different from the front porch, too. But I was rewarded with amazing sights, including this pink-lit scene of ice crystals in the air at sunset as I walked back after work. Like heaven.
Can't wait to get back.
Now that I am back at work, you won't find as many new blog entries.
But if you missed previous posts, including the "Like an Iceberg" series, take a look here:
Positive attitude key to suicide prevention: Inupiaq TV star
CamBay ocean observatory stimulates local interest
My Cambridge Bay weekend
Nunavut, still Canada's youngest, fastest growing jurisdiction: StatsCan
A makeover for CamBay's ocean observatory
Canada ignores Arctic infrastructure: veteran ice pilot
New roof, new life for CamBay's old stone church
Two Arctic ships, two explorers: Franklin and Amundsen
Today, Arctic explorers take cruise ships
And from the "Like an Iceberg" series:
Like an iceberg: on being a journalist in the Arctic
Like an iceberg, 1992, "Sad stories"
Like an iceberg, 1993, "Learning the language of the snows"
Like an iceberg, 1993 cont., "Spring"
Like an iceberg, 1993 cont., "Chesterfield Inlet"
Like an iceberg, 1993 cont., more "Chesterfield Inlet"
Like an iceberg, 1994: "Seals and more"
Like an iceberg, 1994, cont., "No news is good news"
Like an iceberg, 1994 cont., more "No news is good news"
Like an iceberg, 1994 cont., "A place with four names"
Like an iceberg, 1995, "More sad stories"
Like an iceberg, 1995 cont., "No place like Nome"
Like an iceberg, 1995 cont., "Greenland"
Like an iceberg, 1995, cont. "Secrets"
Like an iceberg, 1996, "Hard Lessons"
Like an iceberg, 1996 cont., "Working together"
Like an iceberg, 1996 cont., "At the edge of the world"
Like an iceberg, 1996, more "At the edge of the world"
Like an iceberg, 1996, cont. "Choices"
Like an iceberg, 1997, "Qaggiq"
Like an iceberg, 1997, more "Qaggiq"
Like an iceberg, 1997, "Qaggiq" cont.
Like an iceberg, 1997 cont., "Qaggiq and hockey"
Like an iceberg, 1997 cont., "Brain surgery in POV"
Like an iceberg, 1997 cont.: "Masks on an island"
Like an iceberg, 1997 cont., "Abusers on the pulpit"
Like an iceberg, 1998, "Bearing gifts"
Like an iceberg, 1998 cont., "At the top of the world"
Like an iceberg, 1998 cont., "A bad week"
Like an iceberg, 1998 cont.: more from "A bad week"
Like an iceberg, 1998 cont., "Memories"
Like an iceberg, 1999, "The avalanche"
Like an iceberg, 1999 cont., "An exorcism, followed by a penis cutting"
Like an iceberg, 1999 cont., more on "the Avalanche"
Like an iceberg, 1999 cont., "Robins in the Arctic"
Like an iceberg, 1999 cont., "Fossil hunting"
Like an iceberg, 1999 cont., "Where forests grew"
Like an iceberg, 1999 cont.,"And then there was Nunavut"
Like an iceberg … the end
Arctic, Cambridge Bay, Inuit, Nunatsiaq News, Nunavut, residential school
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