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Thinking Out Loud ~ Once In a While

I don’t know what to write about. Well, there is a lot to write about though. The month of December 2018 brought in so many new experiences in my life, that I ought to write about them. But I don’t know where to begin. Well, for one, I am afraid. I am afraid that the tumultuous emotions that I have been long evading, ignoring, shutting out could overwhelm me before I could even attempt to put them in words coherently. I am afraid that the more I try to reason things, make sense of events that occurred, the more I would confuse myself. Maybe that’s the reason it has been difficult to write all these days, even when all I wanted to do was write- jot down all those thoughts that trespassed my conscious mind. I still don’t know what to type, where to start, but I’ll make an honest attempt. A vulnerably honest one.
The sound of typing feels so familiar. I wonder why I had been away from words and blogging for so long. Certain someone had said that I reside too much inside my own mind and t…

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How to write a manifesto

In my local Manifesto workshops this is the question that often stumps many people. It’s easy to be connected with the things that are fun about you, the things that other people notice and you are proud of, but the convictions that you hold deep in your heart may be harder to bring out into the light.

There are two common extreme types of people that I have seen in my classes, extreme and polarized personality traits.

Which one are you?

1~ There are people who are so outspoken that it is hard to get a word in. There are no opportunities to discuss opposing opinions either, their way is THE way and there is no room for debate. Either that or the others are crushed in a debate with this person. These people have ‘fight.

2~ There are the people who have their values tucked so deep within themselves. Desiring to keep the peace and no debates because they are afraid that their lack of confidence in speaking out will be overshadowed (and it usually is.)  These people often are afraid to excavate their true opinions because they don’t want to fight. They are turned off by the ‘fight.’

Which one are you? Most of you will fall somewhere between these examples, but think about it, how close are you to either being extremely passive, or extremely aggressive? The truth may surprise you.

We each have a bit of both in our basal selves.

What would you fight for?

Is it abortion?

Animal cruelty,

Traditional diets (heavy in animal foods?)

Do you just hate people who are oppositional and disrespectful of others’ opinions?

Are a staunch atheist?

Are you a charismatic Christian?

 Do you feel strongly against the current government administration?

Does the current health care system burn you up?

What about crystals and vibrational healing, do you believe they can heal?

 Do you hate traditional (allopathic) medicine?

Are you for breastfeeding in public in a hostile world?

Are you a homebirth supporter in a world where some people feel it is irresponsible?

What is it?

How do you want to live your life?

With love for all sentient beings? taking personal responsibility? Do you believe in destiny? creativity? that passion is all you need? That passion isn’t the only factor and you need more? Structure? Spontaneous action? One mate for life? Detachment? You get the idea?

There are so many examples, so many things we can feel strongly about. Do you connect with anything, or is a part of you turning your back on the fight?

In writing your manifesto it is important to at least have these things straight in your head.

I will pass out a sheet in my workshops with many word prompts of examples of traits and values that can touch on these deep places.

This part of the process usually takes time, and usually need to me meditated upon. Writing down and choosing a few is a great start. Standing up for them in a group or in public is a powerful to get closer to the way you really feel.

~ Being connected to your deep inner values makes you a more effective and confident person.

~ Being connected to your deep inner values helps you connect with relationships that are more fulfilling.

~ Being connected with your deep inner values will bring you more business (and connect you with clients who you really want to work with.)

~ Being connected with your deep inner values helps you write and create from an authentic place.

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You are able to spread open the fan, but when your spectator tries, it splits into several separate sections!
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After being in the same family for decades, the former Fish Pond Sporting Camps located in Moxie Gore has just hit the market. This private retreat on 48 acres features 4 log cabins each with a porch, metal roofs and furnishings. With 1135' of owned frontage on Fish Pond and not a neighbor in site, this compound offers many possibilities both commercially or a private family compound. An additional 40 acre parcel near the Kennebec River abuts the property and is for sale as well. Both parcels would be ideal for the outdoor enthusiast!

  • Amenities: Furniture Included, Outhouse/Privy, Porch, Porch-Screened
  • Appliances Included: Cooktop, Refrigerator
  • Basement: Crawl Space, None
  • Bedrooms: 4
  • Construction: Log
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  • Exterior: Log Siding
  • Fireplace: 1
  • Floors: Wood
  • Foundation Materials: Block, Pillar/Post/Pier, Stone
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  • Gas: Bottled
  • Heat Fuel: Wood
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  • Listing Status: Active
  • Location: Interior Lot, Rural
  • Lot: 27
  • Lot Size: 48.0000
  • Parking: 5 - 10 Spaces, On Site
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8 Android Apps You Must Have For Your Outdoor Camping Trip

Vacationing is a great way to spend some downtime and recharge yourself. In my opinion, one of the cheapest and most fun ways to vacation is camping. Even though you may want to detach as much from your everyday world as you can, you will still bring your phone.

The number of apps geared toward the camping and outdoorsy crowd. Below is a varied list of different Android apps to help you plan, track activities and survive if something disastrous happens.

1. Camping Trip Planner

We don’t usually recommend paid Android apps here, but Camping Trip Planner is an exception. One of the hardest parts of any trip is planning it. Well worth the 99 cents. When you are just starting out or haven’t been camping in a while, you are bound to forget something important. Using the Camping Trip Planner, it gives you lists of things to consider and a check box to mark them complete. Lists like “Before leaving” have great tips such as turn off the water to your home and give handheld radio codes to friends or family in case you are lost.

Camping Trip Planner

2. Camping Recipes!

When you’re out in the wild, why eat the same old stuff you make at home? Camping Recipes is a collection of about 100 recipes to make your meals outstanding. This app is more than just recipes though, it’s actually more of a camping resource. There are links to online courses and videos too. To get the recipes, click on the camping recipes ebook option.

Camping Recipes!

3. U.S. Army Survival Guide

Sometimes taking a wrong turn can really make for a bad vacation. Being lost in an area you aren’t familiar can be pretty scary. The limited amounts of food and water are in your backpacks but what if it runs out? The U.S. Army Survival Guide app helps you make shelters, finding food and different survival techniques based on the climate.

U.S. Army Survival Guide

4. Tiny Flashlight + LED

This a simple to use flashlight app with a few different options. Aside from the flashlight, there is a morse code signal. Type in what you want to say and the app converts it.

Tiny Flashlight + LED

5. Compass

Since Google Maps isn’t going to be able to route you back to your camp, you may need to go old school and use a compass to find your way. Compass gives you a spot to make notes and also add places. By adding a place, you can see if you are headed in the right direction even without a map. So save your campground and you should be able to find your way if you get lost.

6. Sky Map

The stars seem so much brighter when you are out of the city. Using Sky Map, you will be able to tell what constellations you are seeing. Information about the night sky from years past is searchable in Time Travel mode. On the nights a planet is visible, you can enter in the planet or group of stars you’d like to see and Sky Map will point you in the right direction.

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7. AllTrails – Hiking & Biking

Exploring nature is the whole reason for camping. Knowing where some great hiking trails are can really make or break a trip. All Trails offers locations and guides for trails near you. When you know a little more about the history and other possible activities, you can plan more of your day and make sure you don’t miss out on any of the possible fun.

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8. Where’s My Droid

Outdoor activities can cause you to be a little more careless with your phone. You could drop it on a trail or a furry woodland creature could sneak up behind you and carry it off. Regardless of how you lose your Android, you need a way to find it. Where’s My Droid is one of the best options to help you find your phone. Sending your phone a text message can activate the ringer or send back a GPS location.

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Final thoughts

Getting out and breathing in some of that fresh air is good for you as long as you come prepared. Other than your phone, you can leave your life behind for a few days and just enjoy being disconnected from your everyday world.


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Tuesday, 5 May 2015

The Best of British Bingo

I have to be honest, I always saw Bingo as something that old people went and played. No offence to anyone it's just I imagined lots of elderly women, like my nan, all sitting around listening (or at least trying to listen) to the numbers being called out. You know the classics like, "two fat ladies, 88".

My opinion happened to change when a couple of my friends admitted to attending bingo with their dobbers in hand and not just girl friends but friends of the male variety too, that's right ladies and gents bingo is not gender specific I'll have you know!! It seems this is the new place to be when it comes to socialising.

And a fun fact for you all, bingo is actually good for your brain, studies in the past have proven that people who play bingo fare better at certain mental activities than non bingo players. Maybe this is the key to ridding myself of my baby brain ;)

Really bingo has evolved over the last few years because like with most things, it can now be found on plenty of sites online too, so if you're like me and still feel a bit embarrassed about the prospect of stepping into a bingo hall (I've not mananged to take that step yet), you can play along in the comfort of your own home.

But how do you know which sites to use??

I get overwhelmed with so many of them offering things like free plays, deposit so much and get money back. We all want the best deals right?

This is where Great British Bingo steps in.

Their aim, to not only find the best bingo sites but to find the best deals on these sites too.  They compare UK bingo sites, checking out registrations, game play, ease of use etc. They even negotiate with other sites to bring you even more deals and promotions that you won't find elsewhere.

The site itself is easy to navigate and caters for all budgets so whether you are doing it for fun like myself or trying to win a bit of extra pocket money, you will be able to find a bingo site perfect for your needs.

Will you be joining the 3 million people in the UK that already play bingo??

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Judges announced for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize

20 July 2018

The judges for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize are announced today, 20 July 2018, as submissions for the 2019 prize open.

Chaired by Bettany Hughes, award-winning historian, author and broadcaster, the panel consists of: writer, translator and president of English PEN Maureen Freely; philosopher Professor Angie Hobbs FRSA; novelist and satirist Elnathan John; and essayist and novelist Pankaj Mishra.

2019 will be the fourth year of the evolved Man Booker International Prize, which was originally launched in 2005. The 2019 judging panel will be looking for the best work of translated fiction, selected from entries published in the UK and Ireland between 1 May 2018 and 30 April 2019.

The 2018 prize was won by the Polish author, Olga Tokarczuk, and her translator, Jennifer Croft, for Flights, published by Fitzcarraldo Editions. The £50,000 prize was split equally between author and translator. Flights sold over 10,000 copies in the week following the winner announcement.

In her acceptance speech Olga Tokarczuk thanked Jennifer Croft for her efforts in getting the English edition of the book published, and commented on the translator’s talent: “She conveyed my work in such a fragile, beautiful way that it is really [as though we were] witness to a miracle; that a story written in one language can be so read in another language.”

Bettany Hughes, Chair of the judges for 2019, comments: “As a species we are motivated not by systems but by stories. I see this in play from the very beginning of human society. Today it matters what stories we imagine, share, listen to. I’m truly delighted to have the chance to celebrate the most inspirational work from across the world – it will be an honour to read each and every one of the books submitted.”

Fiammetta Rocco, Administrator of the Man Booker International Prize, adds: “The judges of the 2019 Man Booker International Prize are readers, writers, broadcasters, academics and translators. They are united by their global outlook, their curiosity about what fiction can accomplish and their passion for literature in translation.” The “Man Booker Dozen” of 12 or 13 books will be announced in March 2019 and the shortlist of six books in April 2019. The winner will be announced in May 2019.

The prize is sponsored by Man Group, an active investment management firm that also sponsors the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Both prizes strive to recognise and reward the finest in contemporary literature. I @ManBookerPrize I #MBI2019 #FinestFiction

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Greater Manchester Tourism Conference 2018

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8.45am – 9.30am. Arrival and networking

9.30am – 12.30pm. Morning session

Welcome Sheona Southern, MD Marketing Manchester

Destination UK: Tourism for the Future Sally Balcombe, CEO Visit England and VisitBritain

City Comparator: Marketing Berlin Burkhard Kieker, CEO Visit Berlin

Building Europe’s Biggest Garden Project: RHS Bridgewater, Salford Sue Biggs, CEO Royal Horticultural Society

11am Coffee and networking

Culture Club: Manchester’s Cultural Ambition – Chair Paul Bristow, ACE; Dave Moutrey, Director and Chief Executive HOME and Director of Culture Manchester City Council; Helen Palmer, Co-Director Creative Tourist and Co-Director Palmer Squared; Fiona Gibson, Business Director Octagon Theatre Bolton; and Chad McGitchie, Head of Visitor Teams – Manchester Museum & The Whitworth, University of Manchester.

New Tourism Product Tasters – 5-minute updates on new cultural attractions and venues that will be opening in 2019/2020. Morning sessions are Manchester Jewish Museum and Oldham Cultural Quarter.

What a year! A review of 2018 and looking forward to 2019 – Nick Brooks-Sykes, Director of Tourism, Marketing Manchester

12.30pm-1.30pm Lunch and networking

1.30pm – 16.30pm Afternoon session

GM Visitor Economy Talent Alliance – how can this help your business? Michael Sheldon, GM Clayton Hotel Manchester Airport and Jack McDougall, Head of Sales and Recruitment – Growth Company, Education and Skills.

A choice of workshops including; Working with The Factory, opportunities for collaboration; Understanding International Distribution Channels, VisitBritain; and the new GM Business Tourism Strategy, Marketing Manchester.

Tea and coffee will be served in the workshops

New Tourism Product Tasters – 5-minute updates on new attractions and venues that will be opening in 2019/2020. Afternoon sessions are Band on the Wall and Manchester Museum.

80 years in the Sky: the remarkable story of Manchester Airport Andrew Cowan, CEO Manchester Airport

In Conversation’ – Sheona Southern MD Marketing Manchester in conversation with Joanne Roney, CEO Manchester City Council

16.30pm Drinks reception and networking, sponsored by the Manchester Hoteliers Association.

Tours of the new Crowne Plaza & Staybridge Suites Manchester – Oxford Road will be available.

NB. The programme may change and Marketing Manchester reserves the right to amend the conference programme as necessary. There will be several networking opportunities throughout the day including a drinks reception at the end of the day.


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100 block of Abbeyfeale Road — A 21-year-old woman was charged with possessing drug abuse instruments Monday after she was found to be in possession of syringes after a traffic stop.

200 block of West Fifth Street — A woman told police a dog bit her on the left wrist Tuesday morning. The woman had been with her dog when another woman with a dog passed her house. The two dogs began to fight before one of them bit her wrist. The woman was taken to OhioHealth MedCentral Mansfield Hospital.

30 block of South Linden Road — A 22-year-old man was arrested on assault charges after he allegedly caused injuries to a woman during an argument Tuedsay. Police noted the woman had a bruise under her left eye with scratches on the right side of her neck. The man told officers he was upset with the woman for coming to the apartment with an item and the woman may have bumped her face on the floor while they wrestled.

300 block of Central Avenue — A woman told police another woman stole her clothes, shoes and other personal items then sold them to Plato's Closet in Ontario on Tuesday. Store employees gave police the customer's identity and the woman was issued a summons for theft.

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Beth Graczyk is a choreographer, a performer and a scientist. For the past 17 years, Graczyk has performed throughout the United States and internationally in Japan, Ecuador, France and India. Concurrently, she has contributed to 9 science publications in the field of cancer research, including a first author paper in Analytical Biochemistry. Graczyk co-directed the Seattle-based company Salt Horse (2008-2016) with Corrie Befort and Angelina Baldoz. In addition, Graczyk collaborates as a choreographer with Danish director Torben Ulrich and with composer/palliative care doctor Hope Wechkin. READ MORE

Salomé Lamas (1987, Lisbon) studied cinema in Lisbon (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema) and Prague (Filmová a Televizni Fakulta Akademie Múzick’VCHV Praze), visual arts MFA in Amsterdam (Sandberg Instituut, Gerrit Rietveld Academie) and is a Ph.D candidate in Contemporary Art Studies in Coimbra (Universidade de Coimbra). READ MORE


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Being an Eighth Grade Girl Sucks—and Sundance's Best Movie Knows It

Eighth Grade captures with excruciating and beautiful detail the pain of being a middle school girl.

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When I was young, a boy used to flip his eyelids up—exposing their red undersides—to torture me. I never failed to scream. My parents said that he did that because he liked me, but it was still a living nightmare.

There's a brief shot of a kid performing the same disgusting trick in Bo Burnham's Eighth Grade, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival on Friday. The scene comes and goes quickly, but I had an instant flash of recognition the moment it happened. That's the beauty of this movie. It captures with excruciating detail the horror of being a 13-year-old girl. The film is so accurate, it's almost hard to believe it was written and directed by a man.

Eighth Grade centers around Kayla (Elsie Fisher), who's finishing her last week of, well, eighth grade. In her spare time, Kayla posts vlogs in which she gives pep talks on topics like "being yourself." Her vlogs are filled with little hesitancies—"likes" and "ums"—but otherwise she presents herself in them as someone who has all the answers. She doesn’t. Around her schoolmates, Kayla's a shell of the person she appears to be on screen. She speaks so little that quietness is her defining characteristic.

"Eighth Grade brilliantly elicits gulps of horrified recognition as it recreates the experience of being a teen."

Burnham—whose career first took off on YouTube—has a savvy understanding of the way social media has warped what’s "cool." In fact, when Kayla does talk, "cool" is her favorite word and her guiding light. She desperately wants to be whatever "cool" is—even if it's at odds with her personality. Or perhaps she just hasn't figured out what her personality is yet. Kayla dutifully follows YouTube makeup tutorials and scrolls through the perfectly composed selfies of the school's Queen Bee. She'd be happy if she could hide all the time behind an Instagram or Snapchat filter, concealing her visible acne and her social anxiety.

Bo Burnham and Elise Fisher promote Eighth Grade at Sundance Film Festival.
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But even though Kayla is consumed with screens, her concerns are still relevant to viewers who grew up in a time when fifth graders didn't have Snapchat. (Can you even imagine?) Eighth Grade brilliantly elicits gulps of horrified recognition as it recreates the experience of that first teenage year. Consider a scene at a pool party: The aforementioned popular girl's mother forces her daughter to invite Kayla, and Kayla goes reluctantly. After changing into her bathing suit—an ill-fitting one piece, while most of her peers wear bikinis—Kayla walks through the performative fun with her shoulders hunched. She has no friends there, but is obligated to participate in the ritual present-opening and picture-taking. As the plot rolls along, Kayla's main objective is to try and better herself so high school won't suck as horribly as middle school.

"Kayla is experiencing what it's like to be a woman in the world, and it stings for both her and the viewer."

Her journey has moments of humor (as one might expect from a writer-director known for his on-point musical comedy), but is also acutely painful. It's devastating to see Kayla try to brag about her nonexistent sexual prowess to her dickish crush, a thoughtless boy solely concerned with access to nude pics. It's even more heartbreaking to watch as Kayla encounters a high schooler who tries to pressure her into a hookup and then shames her when she refuses. For the first time, Kayla is experiencing what it's like to be a woman in the world, and it stings for both her and the viewer.

But for all of the cringe-worthy moments—expect memories of bad skin and worse bullies to come flooding back—Eighth Grade is also a genuinely lovely story about a young woman not quite finding herself. Through a mix of camera work, an innovative electronic score, and Fisher's stellar acting, Kayla proves herself a complex, deeply empathetic character—even as she tries to bury herself in BuzzFeed quizzes and Tumblr posts. I found myself wanting to tell her that it will be okay. I also thanked the heavens that I didn't have Instagram in middle school.

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July, 2019

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Published: Aug 7, 2013 6:07 p.m. ET

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Commentary: Can group-buying site keep up improved pace?

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Groupon Inc. made solid progress in the second quarter toward turning itself around, with good growth in sales of daily deals via mobile devices and a quicker-than-anticipated resolution of its CEO question.

Eric Lefkofsky at Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, last summer.

On Wednesday, the group-discount company reported a net loss for the second quarter, but revenue of $608.7 million was better than expected, and shares GRPN, -0.88%  soared in after-hours trading.

The company said nearly 50% of its transactions in North America were conducted on mobile devices in the month of June, up from 30% a year before — showing improvement in an area that’s crucial for a company aiming to ingrain itself in on-the-move consumers’ decision-making processes.

The company’s decision to name Lefkofsky, who with co-founder Brad Keywell holds a controlling interest in Groupon, was not a huge surprise. Lefkofsky had been acting as interim CEO since fellow founder Andrew Mason was ousted earlier this year. Lefkofsky, like Mark Pincus at Zynga ZNGA, -0.32% has a vested interest in seeing the company, and its shares, turn around.

‘We are happy with the strides we made this quarter.’
Eric Lefkofsky

Lefkofsky explained the removal of “interim” from his CEO title by saying Groupon has too much to do at present to deal with transition at the top. He’s agreed to stay on as CEO for the next few years.

“We are happy with the strides we made this quarter,” Lefkofsky told analysts in a post-earnings-report conference call. He described Groupon as operating at a sweet spot in mobile local commerce, with a capacity to offer local deals on mobile devices. “We are all carrying a virtual shopping mall in our pocket,” he said.

The company also saw a jump in sales at its Groupon Goods operation. Some analysts have expressed concern about that trend because of shipping costs and because of the lower profit margins associated with the direct sale of merchandise.

Its international operations, still a drag on earnings, are another cause for concern. Declines in Europe and other geographies outside the U.S., in fact, offset Groupon’s growth in North America.

Whether the company, under Lefkofsky’s leadership, can continue to make the sort of progress achieved in the second quarter — circumventing those margin and international challenges, as well as the daily-deals fatigue some customers report — will dictate the success or failure of its ongoing turnaround bid.

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This is off set though by:

  • Lower waste. The quantity of waste does vary significantly according to the initial quality of the batten. In ALL cases there will be waste when using battens.  Even with BS5534 graded battens there is the need to trim back to the nearest rafter and to ensure joints are staggered as specified in BS8000;Pt6.   It has been suggested that this process of trimming back to the next rafter acts as a grading mechanism in cutting out the defects. This is only the case if the defect is in the last section of batten. Defects can be randomly distributed and it is just as possible to end up with 100% waste if there are, say, 2 defects about 1.2m in from each end.  This would result in batten that was too short to use!
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The positive impact of ESG integration

Environmental, Social and Governance

25 September 2018

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Against a backdrop of shrinking investment horizons, we believe it is important for fiduciaries to champion long-term value creation

Flows into environmental, social and governance (ESG) themed funds – whether under the ‘impact’, ‘sustainable’ or ‘responsible’ banners – have been very strong in recent years, underscoring a strengthening consensus that these factors really matter in an investment context. But the proliferation of labels may create the impression that asset managers who ‘only’ integrate ESG – without explicitly marketing their products as such – are somehow less impactful.

We take a different view. To us, financial returns and ESG impacts are fundamentally intertwined over the long term and, as a result, we place a significant emphasis on the latter in our research and active-ownership efforts. In other words, while we integrate ESG first and foremost to protect and grow our clients’ capital, we believe the attendant signals – and influence on corporate behaviour – contribute directly to a healthier and more sustainable economic and financial system.

Thinking about stakeholders

Businesses generate a wide range of impacts, both directly through their operations, and indirectly – for instance, through their supply chains. These may be negative or positive, and involve many different stakeholders, including employees, customers, governments and communities. Many of these impacts will not be directly captured by traditional accounting practices and this is a central reason non-financial notions of capital, such as social and natural capital, have entered the mainstream investment vocabulary. What's more, historically, a clear bias towards 'hard' financial information in reporting frameworks, has tended to make ESG impacts more of a footnote in companies' narratives about themselves. Today, such narrow accounts are thankfully becoming rarer, in no small measure due to the efforts of organisations such as the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) – which we are supporters of.

Increasingly, companies are under pressure to tell the 'complete' story of how they create value, which means being transparent about all the resources – and potential externalities – involved. Indeed, major international initiatives, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reflect a broad consensus that a greater premium should be placed on sustainability than has traditionally been the case.

...historically, a clear bias towards 'hard' financial information in reporting frameworks, has tended to make ESG impacts more of a footnote in companies' narratives about themselves.

These highly ambitious goals (of which there are 17 – with an additional 169 sub-targets) may rely heavily on government efforts, but are clearly unattainable without significant private-sector participation. A practical implication for investors is that they need to think more seriously about the signals they are sending, and take a more proactive approach to ensure the businesses they invest in are not misaligned with the imperative of sustainability.

Sustainable corporate activity

So, as an asset manager, where do we fit into the scheme of things? Well, we too have direct and indirect impacts on many stakeholders, through our investment decisions, active ownership and, more broadly, in how we behave as a business. To us, it is a given that corporate activity conducted at the expense of any stakeholder is unsustainable, even if it can take place without a material performance penalty over shorter time horizons. Conversely, businesses that are sensitive to the interests of all parties don't just inoculate themselves against many risks (including those of a regulatory and reputational nature), but should benefit from greater customer loyalty and potential pricing power. We think of it as a virtuous circle, where ESG integration helps us identify – and engage with – companies that are more likely to manage their impacts wisely, in turn strengthening the chances of long-term value creation, which of course loops straight back to our own performance as a business.

Catalysing change

Stewardship is a critical part of our investment philosophy. As mentioned in the previous two papers in this series (The Value of ESG and Accessing the True Value of ESG), we do not take an exclusionary (screening out companies) approach, nor are we fixated on 'best-in-class' firms, but are instead interested in a company’s direction and pace of travel, even if it is from a lower starting point. This approach is supported by industry research showing companies with strong positive ESG momentum performing better than those that are already highly rated.

Broadly speaking, there are four interconnected aspects of our stewardship:

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A most precious resource

Water stress is one of the most emblematic challenges the world faces, exacerbated by climate change and the needs of a growing and increasingly wealthy global population. The agricultural sector is a major protagonist in this story, accounting for some 70% of the world's fresh water consumption. And the evident materiality of this issue (to many stakeholders) is a central reason we joined a two-stage PRI collaborative initiative on water risk in the agricultural supply chain in 2014 – leading the engagements with a number of the companies targeted. The first phase of engagement concluded in 2017, with encouraging results, including 84% of the 32 businesses benchmarked improving their water-related disclosure*. Importantly, besides driving positive company change, this project has provided useful engagement frameworks, as well as helped us better integrate water data into our company analysis and valuations.

*Source: PRI, March 2018.

During our conviction-building process, we are looking to understand the extent to which companies take impacts seriously, and are embedding such considerations both at the strategic and operational level. Besides our voting activity, engagement is an important tool with which we try to nudge companies towards best practice. And, in our view, this is best achieved in a spirit of collaboration and sharing, both with businesses themselves and other investors.

From time to time, we will join up with like-minded investors when trying to spur change at companies, and we continue to participate more widely in efforts to raise standards. Recent joint initiatives we have participated in include antibiotic use in the food sector, water risk in the agricultural supply chain, as well as cybersecurity and tax responsibility – areas where many businesses need to find a more sustainable path, and where we feel a more proactive stance by investors and asset owners is therefore called for.

What about Martin Currie itself? It would indeed be curious if we did not hold ourselves to the same exacting standards that we expect of others. Whether it be our charitable work, the way we treat our own employees or manage the company's carbon footprint, we want to be transparent about what we are up to and why we believe this is in our clients' best interest.

ESG and long-term value creation

Against a backdrop of shrinking investment horizons, and ever-greater reliance on passive approaches to investing, we believe it is important for fiduciaries to champion long-term value creation and this cannot be done without thinking more broadly about impacts. ESG integration is a critical part of stewardship as we see it, and helps ensure that the businesses we invest in on behalf of our clients operate in a manner that is in harmony with the interests of all stakeholders.


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Patricia A. Sweeney

Patricia A. Sweeney: Attorney with McKee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C.

Pat Sweeney is an Intellectual Property Attorney with over 30 years experience in obtaining patent protection and counseling clients on intellectual property matters. Since 1986, she has worked with clients ranging from small start-up companies to multinational corporations in the biological science field through development of intellectual property strategy, building patent portfolios and prosecuting patents, competitive analysis, licensing and other transactional intellectual property matters. Her experience includes the fields of biotechnology, plant biology, agriculture, biofuels, veterinary and human biologics.

Pat was the first female patent attorney in Iowa, beginning her practice at the firm in 1985. She then joined Pioneer Hi-Bred International as Intellectual Property Counsel and became Chief Patent Counsel before returning to private practice. After graduating from law school, Pat was law clerk for the Chief Judge of the Iowa Appeals Court followed by working as an assistant county attorney.

Pat was awarded her law degree, with honors, Order of the Coif, from Drake University Law School and has a double major in Botany and Journalism from Iowa State University. She is an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association. Pat was recognized as a Top Rated Intellectual Property Attorney in Des Moines, Iowa by Super Lawyers in 2018.

Areas of Practice (2)

  • Biotechnology Patents
  • Licensing

Education & Credentials

Contact Information:
515-288-3667  Phone
515-288-1338  Fax
515-288-1338  Fax
University Attended:
Iowa State University, B.S., Botany and Journalism, 1978
Law School Attended:
Drake Law School, J.D., with honors, 1984
Year of First Admission:
1987, U.S. Patent Bar; 1988, U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals; 1984, Iowa; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa; 1986, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa
American Intellectual Property Bar Association; American Bar Association; Iowa State Bar Association

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Caring for your Hardwood Floors over the Holidays

It’s that festive time of year when families gather together to celebrate the Holidays and the beginning of a New Year.  This usually means there will be lots of hanging out in the kitchen and living room for entertaining, snacking on Christmas cookies and even trying out that skateboard or bike that someone may get for Christmas.   Your flooring and in particular your hardwood flooring is about to undergo heavy wear and tear. We’ve put together some simple hardwood floor care tips that will help ensure that your hardwood floors not only survive, but will continue to look beautiful throughout the holidays and beyond.

At Martin’s Flooring, we understand that the average homeowner is much busier than usual during this season, especially during the holidays.  That’s why the floor care tips we have developed are simple, not time consuming and mainly preventative, so that your hardwood flooring remains brilliant for years to come.

Here are our simple suggestions to keep your hardwood floor looking new:

  • Clean up spills promptly using a soft cloth and manufacturer-recommended cleaning product.  If you are not sure what products to use, please give us a call at Martin’s Flooring at any of our locations, and our store associates will help guide you.
  • Placing area rugs in heavy traffic areas will help reduce the wear of your hardwood floor.  Right now, all of our in stock area rugs are available at 25% off.  Strategically placed, inexpensive area rugs are invaluable for protecting your floors.
  • Trim and clean pet’s nails and paws.  Hardwood floors will scratch and dent.  Keeping your pets paws trimmed will help.
  • Vacuum your floor once a week using a soft brush or felt head.

Extra foot traffic is not the only thing issue you may have with your hardwood floors during this season.  This is also the time of year that temperatures and humidity levels are changing on a weekly or even daily basis. It is important to realize that hardwood is a natural product containing moisture and will react to environmental changes such as humidity fluctuations. Maintaining humidity levels of 45-55% and room temperatures of 68-72 degrees will help stabilize your flooring’s atmosphere, keeping your floors looking great for many years to come.

If you have any questions on floor care, please give us a call at 877-445-7799.


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Placement Advice

Students who have enrolled in the calculus sequence Math 135-136 or Math 135-138 sometimes switch to a major which requires Math 251, the third term of calculus. In particular, biology majors who have taken Math 135-138 sometimes change major to biochemistry, which requires Math 251. These students should switch to the Math 151-152 track as soon as possible.

Math 135 to 152

For someone who has already taken Math 135, the transition to Math 152 is not too difficult. However one should check with the Head Advisor when planning such a switch. Here is a study guide, which is out of date as the syllabus for 135 is presently closer to the 151 syllabus, making the transition easier. On the other hand as the syllabus for 135/6 and for 151/2 may change slightly as we change textbooks, it is always best to consult the Head Advisor (or our course material pages) in such cases.

Transferring From 135 to 152 (pdf)

Math 136 or 138 to 251

The transition from Math 136 or Math 138 to Math 251 is quite difficult. Math 136 or Math 138 cannot be substituted for Math 152 as a prerequisite for Math 251. Students wishing to take Math 251 after having taken 136 or 138 should take Math 152 for E credit.
Occasionally students who took 136 learn the missing material (mainly infinite series) on their own and take a proficiency exam for 152. Here is a study guide for that transition. This is not available to students who have taken Math 138 as that course is targeted exclusively to biology majors and covers very different material from Math 152.

Preparing for the transition from Mathematics 640:136 to Mathematics 640:251 (pdf)


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/, Plumbing Services/How to choose your commercial plumber

How to choose your commercial plumber

A Commercial Plumber requires a bit more than your general residential plumber.

Here is a list of questions you should be asking before you hire a commercial plumber and why

  1. Does your plumber have a commercial plumbing license for the required work you require?
  2. What class of license do they have and for what scope?
  3. Do they have Insurance coverage?
  4. Experience – do they have commercial experience?
  5. For new builds – do they have a white card?
  6. For existing facilities that work with children – Do they have a blue card?
  7. Do they have great reviews & recommendations?
  8. What are their hours of service?

1. Does your plumber have a commercial plumbing license?

This should be the very first question you ask. As a company who service commercial properties nationwide. We are very familiar with the code and compliance required for plumbers in each state, the biggest being licenses. Each state has their own regulators and industry bodies.

A licensed plumber has a higher standard of knowledge and experience than a plumber who is registered or in training. Licensed plumbers are able to issue consumers with a compliance certificate, which certifies that their work complies with the relevant plumbing standards, codes and regulations. And they hold insurance that protects consumers when their plumbing work is found to be defective.

2. What license class does your plumber require?

Each state is different; however, the majority are broken down by the following class licences which are either main, restricted or specialised

  • drainage
  • gasfitting
  • mechanical services
  • roofing (stormwater)
  • sanitary
  • water supply
  • irrigation (non-agricultural)
  • fire protection.
Restricted plumbing classes:
  • gas fitting: Type A appliances
  • roofing (stormwater): Class 10a buildings
  • water supply: Domestic hot water services
  • fire protection: Hydrants or hose reels, residential/commercial/ industrial or domestic fire sprinklers, fire system pump sets
  • mechanical services: Refrigerated air-conditioning, solid fuel heaters, duct fixing, split systems.
Specialised plumbing classes:
  • backflow prevention
  • Type A gas appliance conversion
  • Type A gas appliance servicing
  • Type B gasfitting advanced
  • refrigerated air-conditioning.

Generally, you will find a plumber with have a combination of the main so just double check before you choose.

3. Does your plumber have Insurance coverage for commercial purposes?

Plumbers must be insured for adequate public liability protection for a minimum of up to $10 million. Mathiou Services are insured for $20 million in public liability – covering us for all damage to property or persons.

4. Experience – What is their plumbing commercial experience?

There is a large gap between commercial and residential plumbing experience. Not only are the regulations for buildings different but each plumber has experience in a type of work and less in the other, make sure your plumber has worked on the type of work scope you need.

5. Why is it important for my commercial plumber to have a White Card on a new site?

It’s not just plumbers, anyone who enters a construction site on a regular basis needs to receive general construction safety training, known as The White Card, in order to fulfil a federal mandate.  It’s all about the construction site and the insurance policy of the site, you need to have completed this training and received this card as part of health & safety of the construction site you would like to go onto. You can read more here.

Standard employment requirement for all Mathiou Services plumbing technicians is to have their white card.

6. For existing facilities that work with children – Do they have a working for children check?

The purpose of the working for children check is to contribute to the creation of safe and supportive environments for children and young people when receiving services and participating in activities which are essential to their development and wellbeing, such as child care, education, sport, and cultural activities.

It is a standard employment requirement for all Mathiou Services plumbing technicians to have their working with children check.

6. Do they have great reviews & recommendations?

They say the best plumbers come well recommended. Check out your plumber’s reviews online or ask them. You never know what you find and if it’s a big project you need work on, it’s peace of mind you will forever be grateful for.

Need help unblocking a drain?

Mathiou Services have fully licensed plumbers, we are insured and have our white and working for children’s checks phone us on 1300 363 423.

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Maxol Sponsored Maritime Festival 2015

In June we sponsored the Irish Maritime Festival in Drogheda where tall ships, pirate battles, dragon boat races, live music took place and fun was certainly had by all. Why not take a look above at the Morgenster ship sailing into the Drogheda port on the Friday 19th of June and see if you can spot any familiar pirates! And if you did attend yourself, check out our photo gallery here: https://goo.gl/1bblqj

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  • EC Combined 53.3mpg
  • Extra Urban 62.8mpg
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  • Road Tax (12 Months) Band F £160.00

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The swelling from meningitis typically triggers symptoms such as headache, fever and a stiff neck.

Most cases of meningitis in the United States are caused by a viral infection, but bacterial, parasitic and fungal infections are other causes. Some cases of meningitis improve without treatment in a few weeks. Others can be life-threatening and require emergency antibiotic treatment.

Seek immediate medical care if you suspect that someone has meningitis. Early treatment of bacterial meningitis can prevent serious complications.

Early meningitis symptoms may mimic the flu (influenza). Symptoms may develop over several hours or over a few days.

Possible signs and symptoms in anyone older than the age of 2 include:

  • Sudden high fever
  • Stiff neck
  • Severe headache that seems different than normal
  • Headache with nausea or vomiting
  • Confusion or difficulty concentrating
  • Seizures
  • Sleepiness or difficulty waking
  • Sensitivity to light
  • No appetite or thirst
  • Skin rash (sometimes, such as in meningococcal meningitis)

Signs in newborns

Newborns and infants may show these signs:

  • High fever
  • Constant crying
  • Excessive sleepiness or irritability
  • Inactivity or sluggishness
  • Poor feeding
  • A bulge in the soft spot on top of a baby's head (fontanel)
  • Stiffness in a baby's body and neck

Infants with meningitis may be difficult to comfort, and may even cry harder when held.

When to see a doctor

Seek immediate medical care if you or someone in your family has meningitis symptoms, such as:

  • Fever
  • Severe, unrelenting headache
  • Confusion
  • Vomiting
  • Stiff neck

Bacterial meningitis is serious, and can be fatal within days without prompt antibiotic treatment. Delayed treatment increases the risk of permanent brain damage or death.

It's also important to talk to your doctor if a family member or someone you work with has meningitis. You may need to take medications to prevent getting the infection.

Viral infections are the most common cause of meningitis, followed by bacterial infections and, rarely, fungal infections. Because bacterial infections can be life-threatening, identifying the cause is essential.

Bacterial meningitis

Bacteria that enter the bloodstream and travel to the brain and spinal cord cause acute bacterial meningitis. But it can also occur when bacteria directly invade the meninges. This may be caused by an ear or sinus infection, a skull fracture, or, rarely, after some surgeries.

Several strains of bacteria can cause acute bacterial meningitis, most commonly:

  • Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus). This bacterium is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in infants, young children and adults in the United States. It more commonly causes pneumonia or ear or sinus infections. A vaccine can help prevent this infection.
  • Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus). This bacterium is another leading cause of bacterial meningitis. These bacteria commonly cause an upper respiratory infection but can cause meningococcal meningitis when they enter the bloodstream. This is a highly contagious infection that affects mainly teenagers and young adults. It may cause local epidemics in college dormitories, boarding schools and military bases. A vaccine can help prevent infection.
  • Haemophilus influenzae (haemophilus). Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) bacterium was once the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in children. But new Hib vaccines have greatly reduced the number of cases of this type of meningitis.
  • Listeria monocytogenes (listeria). These bacteria can be found in unpasteurized cheeses, hot dogs and lunchmeats. Pregnant women, newborns, older adults and people with weakened immune systems are most susceptible. Listeria can cross the placental barrier, and infections in late pregnancy may be fatal to the baby.

Viral meningitis

Viral meningitis is usually mild and often clears on its own. Most cases in the United States are caused by a group of viruses known as enteroviruses, which are most common in late summer and early fall. Viruses such as herpes simplex virus, HIV, mumps, West Nile virus and others also can cause viral meningitis.

Chronic meningitis

Slow-growing organisms (such as fungi and Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that invade the membranes and fluid surrounding your brain cause chronic meningitis. Chronic meningitis develops over two weeks or more. The signs and symptoms of chronic meningitis — headaches, fever, vomiting and mental cloudiness — are similar to those of acute meningitis.

Fungal meningitis

Fungal meningitis is relatively uncommon and causes chronic meningitis. It may mimic acute bacterial meningitis. Fungal meningitis isn't contagious from person to person. Cryptococcal meningitis is a common fungal form of the disease that affects people with immune deficiencies, such as AIDS. It's life-threatening if not treated with an antifungal medication.

Other meningitis causes

Meningitis can also result from noninfectious causes, such as chemical reactions, drug allergies, some types of cancer and inflammatory diseases such as sarcoidosis.

Risk factors

Risk factors for meningitis include:

  • Skipping vaccinations. Risk rises for anyone who hasn't completed the recommended childhood or adult vaccination schedule.
  • Age. Most cases of viral meningitis occur in children younger than age 5. Bacterial meningitis is common in those under age 20.
  • Living in a community setting. College students living in dormitories, personnel on military bases, and children in boarding schools and child care facilities are at greater risk of meningococcal meningitis. This is probably because the bacterium is spread by the respiratory route, and spreads quickly through large groups.
  • Pregnancy. Pregnancy increases the risk of listeriosis — an infection caused by listeria bacteria, which may also cause meningitis. Listeriosis increases the risk of miscarriage, stillbirth and premature delivery.
  • Compromised immune system. AIDS, alcoholism, diabetes, use of immunosuppressant drugs and other factors that affect your immune system also make you more susceptible to meningitis. Having your spleen removed also increases your risk, and anyone without a spleen should get vaccinated to minimize that risk.

Meningitis complications can be severe. The longer you or your child has the disease without treatment, the greater the risk of seizures and permanent neurological damage, including:

  • Hearing loss
  • Memory difficulty
  • Learning disabilities
  • Brain damage
  • Gait problems
  • Seizures
  • Kidney failure
  • Shock
  • Death

With prompt treatment, even patients with severe meningitis can have good recovery.

Common bacteria or viruses that can cause meningitis can spread through coughing, sneezing, kissing, or sharing eating utensils, a toothbrush or a cigarette.

These steps can help prevent meningitis:

  • Wash your hands. Careful hand-washing helps prevent the spread of germs. Teach children to wash their hands often, especially before eating and after using the toilet, spending time in a crowded public place or petting animals. Show them how to vigorously and thoroughly wash and rinse their hands.
  • Practice good hygiene. Don't share drinks, foods, straws, eating utensils, lip balms or toothbrushes with anyone else. Teach children and teens to avoid sharing these items too.
  • Stay healthy. Maintain your immune system by getting enough rest, exercising regularly, and eating a healthy diet with plenty of fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
  • Cover your mouth. When you need to cough or sneeze, be sure to cover your mouth and nose.
  • If you're pregnant, take care with food. Reduce your risk of listeriosis by cooking meat, including hot dogs and deli meat, to 165 F (74 C). Avoid cheeses made from unpasteurized milk. Choose cheeses that are clearly labeled as being made with pasteurized milk.

Some forms of bacterial meningitis are preventable with the following vaccinations:

  • Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine. Children in the United States routinely receive this vaccine as part of the recommended schedule of vaccines, starting at about 2 months of age. The vaccine is also recommended for some adults, including those who have sickle cell disease or AIDS and those who don't have a spleen.
  • Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13). This vaccine also is part of the regular immunization schedule for children younger than 2 years in the United States. Additional doses are recommended for children between the ages of 2 and 5 who are at high risk of pneumococcal disease, including children who have chronic heart or lung disease or cancer.
  • Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23). Older children and adults who need protection from pneumococcal bacteria may receive this vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the PPSV23 vaccine for all adults older than 65; for younger adults and children age 2 and older who have weak immune systems or chronic illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes or sickle cell anemia; and for anyone who doesn't have a spleen.
  • Meningococcal conjugate vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that a single dose be given to children ages 11 to 12, with a booster shot given at age 16. If the vaccine is first given between ages 13 and 15, the booster is recommended between ages 16 and 18. If the first shot is given at age 16 or older, no booster is necessary.

    This vaccine can also be given to children between the ages of 2 months and 10 years who are at high risk of bacterial meningitis or who have been exposed to someone with the disease. It's also used to vaccinate healthy but previously unvaccinated people who have been exposed in outbreaks.

Jan. 08, 2019
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How many hours of sleep are enough for good health?

Answer From Eric J. Olson, M.D.

The amount of sleep you need depends on various factors — especially your age. While sleep needs vary significantly among individuals, consider these general guidelines for different age groups:

Age group Recommended amount of sleep
Newborns 14 to 17 hours a day
12 months About 10 hours at night, plus 4 hours of naps
2 years About 11 to 12 hours at night, plus a 1- to 2-hour afternoon nap
3 to 5 years 10 to 13 hours
6 to 13 years 9 to 11 hours
14 to 17 years 8 to 10 hours
Adults 7 to 9 hours

In addition to age, other factors can affect how many hours of sleep you need. For example:

  • Pregnancy. Changes in the body during early pregnancy can increase the need for sleep.
  • Aging. Older adults need about the same amount of sleep as younger adults. As you get older, however, your sleeping patterns might change. Older adults tend to sleep more lightly and for shorter time spans than do younger adults.
  • Previous sleep deprivation. If you're sleep deprived, the amount of sleep you need increases.
  • Sleep quality. If your sleep is frequently interrupted, you're not getting quality sleep. The quality of your sleep is just as important as the quantity.

Some people claim to feel rested on just a few hours of sleep a night, but their performance is likely affected. Research shows that people who sleep so little over many nights don't perform as well on complex mental tasks as do people who get closer to seven hours of sleep a night.

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Taking Your Company Public — Part V

This final article in our Taking your Company Public series examines the issue of ongoing disclosure once your company is public. In the four previous articles, we discussed the pros and cons of entrepreneurial companies "going public" (essentially, becoming companies that sell their shares into the public market, by having their shares trade on a stock exchange) and the exercise of becoming a public company (focussing largely on the importance of the prospectus as a means of informing the investing public about your company).

Continually Disclosing

Once your company is public, the disclosure does not end — indeed it is ongoing and quite rigorous. First of all, if your shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, like clockwork, you have to publish your unaudited quarterly financial statements within 45 days after the end of each of your fiscal quarters, and your audited annual financial statements within 90 days after the end of your fiscal year. If your shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, you are known as a "venture issuer" and the timeframes are a little longer: 60 days and 120 days, respectively. Woe betide you if you are late in getting out these financial statements. Investors will lose confidence in your organization very quickly if your regular financial "report card" is not promptly forthcoming when it should be. In addition, you will be required to pay late filing fees to the securities regulators and may be subject to a cease trade order.

In your financial statements, one figure will be of particular interest: your earnings. With some entrepreneurial companies other metrics can be important, at least for a time, such as subscriber growth (or loss) for mobile communications operators. But ultimately, earnings rule, and many a public company stock has been punished because earnings were below the market’s expectations.

To Forecast or Not to Forecast

How the market’s expectations about your earnings are set comprises a fascinating exercise in collective soothsaying. Different analysts at the various brokerage houses opine periodically on your company’s immediate past performance, current situation and most importantly, short- and medium-term prospects. Then a financial information firm aggregates all these analysts’ predictions into one composite expectation for your next quarterly results.

Some companies (especially smaller US companies listed on the NASDAQ exchange south of the border) add fuel to this interesting fire by periodically giving guidance about their own future earnings. This is a dangerous activity, and one fraught with risk. It requires being ever-vigilant about market conditions, and at the earliest signs of softening (or even increasing) sales, announcing further earnings guidance to recalibrate the previous forecast downward (or upward). If the result is a sell-off of your shares, it is not uncommon for a class action lawsuit to follow, alleging on behalf of those who bought your shares just before your latest announcement that, had you given the guidance earlier, these investors could have avoided losses.

Of course this is an invidious situation for your company, because there will always be a group of investors who purchased your shares before your revised earnings guidance. So, why give earnings guidance at all? Why not just stick to publishing your quarterly and annual financials after the fact, and let the market make its own decisions based on actual results, rather than on predictions about the future?

This is indeed sound advice, and many Canadian companies follow it. Those, however, that have their shares listed on the NASDAQ in the US (in addition to the TSX in Canada) often feel compelled to give earnings guidance because their American counterparts do so. And these smaller American companies seemingly have to give earnings guidance because in the large US investment market they often have difficulty getting analyst coverage if they do not.

Here’s the bottom line: Canadian public companies would do well to avoid giving earnings estimates, especially if they are in a particularly volatile space like semiconductor products, where quarterly swings in revenues, and therefore earnings, can be quite pronounced. On the other hand, a software company with a substantial installed base of customers from which it draws a steady and fairly predictable recurring maintenance revenue stream can more easily predict earnings from quarter to quarter. Nevertheless, even they should avoid the exercise, particularly in Ontario where we have a stricter legal regime for dealing with material misstatements (or material omissions) by companies and their officers.

Disclosing Material Changes

That is not to say Canadian public companies need only disclose quarterly financial results. Far from it. Every material fact relating to your company and every material change experienced by your company needs to be reported promptly. This explains the practice, for example, of issuing a press release whenever you sign an agreement to acquire another company (M&A activity being very common in the entrepreneurial space).

In fact, the Ontario Securities Commission has indicated that a press release and a related material change report may be required even before the signing of the definitive purchase agreement. For example, in certain circumstances, the disclosure may be required at the stage a non-binding letter of intent is executed between the parties if the parties are committed to proceed with a transaction (as evidenced by their actions) and there is a substantial likelihood that the transaction being discussed will be completed.

As a result of this OSC decision, it is important to record, on an ongoing basis, what material issues remain outstanding among the parties in the period leading up to the execution of the definitive agreement, and in particular, whether final senior management and/or board approval has been given by either side. In all likelihood, the widespread practice of only announcing publicly a deal when the definitive merger agreement is signed will continue, but parties will have to remain vigilant for exceptions to this rule.

Moreover, if you are acquiring a company that is large relative to your own size, then you also have to file a "business acquisition report" within 75 days of closing the deal. This report will generally require you to attach audited financial statements for the target for its last two years, as well as pro forma financial statements of your company which give effect to the acquisition. While often this is not a problem (where the target was a stand-alone business and has audited financials), it can be more of a challenge where the target is actually a division of a larger company, and therefore doesn’t have stand-alone audited financial statements. In such a case, you need to address this issue in your purchase agreement for the target.

Disclosing Material Contracts

In addition to disclosing material changes, public companies must disclose certain material contracts even when they are entered into in the ordinary course of business. Most material contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business do not have to be disclosed, but the following types of contracts (in addition to a couple of others) do have to be disclosed:

  • a continuing contract to sell the majority of the company’s products or services;
  • a licence agreement to use a patent, formula, trade secret, process or trade name;
  • certain financing agreements; and
  • a contract on which the company’s business is substantially dependent.

It is possible to redact certain provisions of such publicly filed agreements to comply with confidentiality undertakings or if failure to do so would be seriously prejudicial to the interests of the company. However, you cannot black out certain provisions, including those relating to: debt covenants and ratios in financing or credit agreements; events of default or other terms relating to the termination of material contracts; and other terms necessary for understanding the impact of the material contract on the business of your company.

You cannot avoid the application of the material contract disclosure regime merely by putting some provisions in a "side letter." The rules are quite clear on this, and stipulate that a material contract generally includes a "schedule, side letter or exhibit referred to in the material contract."

Keep in mind that the above discussion does not cover all the areas of ongoing disclosure for your public company. For example, you will have to prepare proxy circulars for your annual meeting of shareholders, an annual information form (not a requirement, if you are a venture issuer, although many companies do one) and a "management discussion and analysis" which provides more colour and context to your financial statements, to name a few. Also, while strictly speaking not an obligation of your company, certain of your directors, officers and others considered "insiders" will have to report their trades in your company’s shares.

Taken together, these rules stipulating extensive disclosure are important and require not insignificant resources within your company to ensure compliance. And that brings us full circle, to the discussion about the pros and cons of going public canvassed at the beginning of this series of articles. Some entrepreneurs will sell their private company to an already public company in order to avoid the various responsibilities of being a public company; others will find these burdens are outweighed by the advantages of being a public company. Whichever way you decide, it’s important you make the decision in an informed manner.


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I adore this couple and family and they welcomed me in as one of their own.  Here are a few of my highlights:

  • Garden tomato and mayo sandwiches were offered to anyone that entered the house.
  • The family dog knew something big was happening and needed extra reassurance that it was all a good thing.
  • I loved their ring of flowers in the ceremony.
  • They served cocktails and hors d'ouvers before the ceremony. A very nice touch.
  • Father Hugh was so entertaining and chatted with the group before the ceremony, making everyone laugh.
  • The day was a big family affair and many friends and family pitched in their talents to make it so memorable.
  • I loved the toast from Cari's friend who said she was representing the 1st grade memories.
  • The last photo... photographer Katie caught me chatting it up towards the end of the wedding. The photo makes me laugh.

Thank you:

Venue: Griffith Woods, Santa Rosa

Catering: A La Heart

DJ: Perfect Day Music

Officiant: Father Hugh Stevenson

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