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Gross Revenue
The main activity of Camil is the processing, distribution and sales of rice, beans, sugar and canned fish. In addition, the Company also process, distribute and sell other grains, including peas, chickpeas, lentils, soybeans, yellow and white hominy, popcorn and soy protein. In a non-representative matter, the Company also generates electricity from rice husk, as well as sells rice oil, olive oils and provides irrigation, storage and drying services for grains.
The historical data of the Company's gross volumes and prices of rice, beans, sugar and canned fish can be found in the spreadsheets at the beginning of this section. The Company conducts its operations and reports its results in two segments: (i) Brazilian Food Products Segment: includes the operations carried out by the units established in Brazil, in grain, fish, sugar and other revenues; and (ii) International Food Products Segment: includes the operations carried out by the units established in Uruguay, Chile and Peru in the grain segment. In the Brazilian Food Segment, a substantial part of the sales is from the Brazilian domestic market, while in the International Food Segment, a large part of the sales comes from exports through our Uruguayan subsidiary Saman.
Taxes on sales and returns and rebates
The ICMS is a state sale tax and is levied on our gross sales revenue at rates ranging from 0.0% to 20% according to the type of product and the State in which the product is sold. In the last two fiscal years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, sales taxes accounted for 7% of gross revenues.
Returns consist of the products that we sell to our customers and returns in case of low quality or after the validity expiration. The rebates consist of the discounts we grant, on a case-by-case basis, only to our customers, according to negotiations that are normally based on the volume of products sold, and quality and longevity of the relationship with each client. In the last two fiscal years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, discards and rebates accounted for approximately 7% of gross revenue.
Net Revenues
The net price history by segment can also be found in the spreadsheets for modeling net revenue. The Company mainly depends on the activities carried out in Brazil, being the Company's dependence on the activities carried out abroad lower.
In the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, revenues from sales in the Brazilian Food Segment accounted for 71% of net sales and service revenues, while revenue from sales in the International Food Segment accounted for 29% of net sales revenue and services.
Productive Capacity
We highlight below the detail of the dynamics by category and timing of the main agricultural supplies used by the Company:
Brazilian Food Products Segment:
In the latest two fiscal years ended on February 28th, 2018 and February 28th, 2017, the volume of grains in Brazil represented approximately 34% of the total produced. The Company's main grain brands, in terms of volume, include Camil and other regional minor brands such as Namorado (as of December 2018, with the conclusion of the acquisition of SLC Alimentos), Pop, Príncipe, Carreteiro, and Tche.
- Rice
In the latest two fiscal years ended on February 28th, 2018 and February 28th, 2017, the volume of rice in Brazil represented approximately 30% of the total produced. The rice crop occurs once a year, between the months of February and May, as shown below in the agricultural calendar. The Company benefits from a variety of different types of rice to attract more consumers and has a long-term relationship with suppliers of rice with daily purchases at market prices, allocating to producers the risks of commodity prices throughout the year.
- Beans
In the latest two fiscal years ended on February 28th, 2018 and February 28th, 2017, the volume of beans in Brazil represented approximately 4% of the total produced. Beans have three harvests a year, in March, August and November. The first crop is known as 'rain harvest', due to the high rainfall index on its period. The planting of this crop is in the Center-South regions from August to December and in the Northeast from October to February. The second is called the drought crop, with planting carried out from December to March. The third crop is the irrigated crop, because it refers to the irrigated bean harvest, with the concentration of planting in the Center-West and Southeast regions, from April to June.
- Other grains
Among the other grains sold, the Company has special grains, rice crackers, ready to use products and other high added value products. The special grains are composed of peas, chickpeas, lentils, corn, soy and hominy. These products, despite having a very positive margin, are not representative in revenues, due to its volatility of supply. The rice cookie is the product with the highest growth in revenue in the Company, being produced in two plants.
The ready to use products consist on processed foods and divided into convenience products and preserves. Among the foods of the convenience line, the Company produces 5 types of beans (Carioca, Black, White, Frosty). The soy protein line is only sold and distributed by the Camil brand. The Company has a strategic partner and does not operate in the production stage.
- Sugar
In the latest two fiscal years ended on February 28th, 2018 and February 28th, 2017, the volume of sugar in Brazil represented approximately 27% e 28% of the total produced, respectively. Sugar supply comes from a long-term supply contract with volumes and market prices pre-agreed with one strategic supplier. The company´s main sugar brands are "União" and "Da Barra", besides other value priced brands. União brand is also present in the segments of organic sugar, sucralose sweetener, special sugar for cooking, cake dough, among others.
- Canned fish
In the latest two fiscal years ended on February 28th, 2018 and February 28th, 2017, the volume of canned fish in Brazil represented approximately 2% of the total produced. The Company has the canned fish processing facilities located strategically in Navegantes, Santa Catarina. In addition, the Company produces sauces and pates derived from tuna and sardines for sale. The fish supply in the local market is made by a fragmented basis of suppliers and supplemented by imports. The Company's main canned fish brands are "Coqueiro" and "Pescador" (value pricing brand).
International Food Products Segment
- Uruguay
In the latest two fiscal years ended on February 28th, 2018 and February 28th, 2017, the volume in Uruguay represented approximately 28% and 27% of the total produced, respectively. Saman, Uruguayan leader of rice exports also sells sweet and savory rice crackers, with vegetable oil and by-products such as rice bran and broken rice in its portfolio.
- Chile
In the latest two fiscal years ended on February 28th, 2018 and February 28th, 2017, the volume in Chile represented approximately 4% of the total produced. With Tucapel and Banquete, the Chilean operation is totally focused on serving the local market. Tucapel works with different types of products besides the flagship, the rice. Among them, vegetables (beans, peas, chickpeas and lentils), half-cooked risottos, rice flour, pre-made rice recipes, olive oil, quinoa and rice crackers.
- Peru
In the latest two fiscal years ended on February 28th, 2018 and February 28th, 2017, the volume in Peru represented approximately 5% and 4% of the total produced, respectively. In Peru, the Company is present as Costeño, which commercializes several products, the main ones being white rice and special, having in its portfolio of vegetable oil, sugar and various cereals such as lentils, quinoa, wheat, beans and corn.
Cost of Sales and Services
The main raw material used in the production process by the Company and its subsidiaries are commodities, whose prices fluctuate due to the public policies of agricultural development, seasonality of harvests and climatic effects. Our costs of sales and services therefore includes, mainly, the cost of raw materials, consisting of rice in shell, beans, sugar, fish and packaging materials, as well as other related costs. Our cost of raw materials is the most representative cost of our cost of sales and services, accounting for about 80% of the costs.
In the fiscal years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, cost of sales and services represented approximately 75% of net revenue for the period.
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses include selling, general and administrative expenses, equity in subsidiaries and other operating expenses.
Our selling expenses consist of freight, marketing, and other expenses directly related to the product sales, concentrating mostly our variable expenses. In the fiscal years ended on February 28th, 2018 and February 27th, 2017, expenses with sales represented 12% and 10%, respectively, of the total net revenue.
Our general and administrative expenses are basically related to personnel, travel, fees and other general and administrative expenses, concentrating mostly our fixed expenses. In the fiscal years ended on February 28th, 2018 and February 27th, 2017, expenses with sales represented 5% of the total net revenue.
|EBITDA and EBITDA Margin are financial indicators used to evaluate the results of companies without the influence of their capital structure, tax effects, other accounting impacts without a direct reflection on the company's cash flow, and other items that are unusual or not arising from its main operations. We understand that it is the appropriate measure for the correct understanding of the Company's financial condition and performance. In recent years, between February 2011 and February 2018, Camil's EBITDA margin as a percentage of net sales and services revenue ranged between at least 9.8% and at most 11.7%, the period of economic downturn and high inflation of said period.
Financial Results
The main financial expenses are interest on the indebtedness and exchange variation on commercial transactions in other currencies. The main financial income is income from financial investments. The company has concluded since 2017, important initiatives for the improvement of its capital structure, including the management of its indebtedness. We issued CRAs in an amount higher than R$ 1 billion at rates lower than CDI, replacing the use of working capital with higher costs, allowing a reduction of the debt and an improvement on the amortization. In the fiscal year ended on February 28th, 2018, the net financial result had a R$ 74 million expense.
Income Tax and Social Contribution
In Brazil, taxation on revenue encompasses income tax and social contribution. The provision on income tax (IRPJ) and social contribution (CSLL) is related to the taxable income of the fiscal years, with tax rates for IRPJ at 25% and CSLL at 9% on the taxable income. In Uruguay, the tax rate is at 25%. In Chile, 27%. In Argentina, 35%. In Peru, 29.5%. In Brazil, these results are taxed according to the MP 2.159-70/2001 and Law
no. 12.973/14.
Company's tax rate is impacted in some years by virtue of exclusions regarding the acknowledgment of grant-in-aid of ICMS and payment of Interest on Own Capital, a measure commenced in December 2017 The fiscal year ended on February 28th, 2018, had an effective tax rate at 23%.
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Whether in morning's early sheen or the long, harsh shadows of a summer day, let nature collaborate with you and sparkle.
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The Stillwater Masters Are Back Again!
The boys are on number #13 for their annual Fall trip chasing big trout in unknown Stillwater locations. I fished with them early Summer and hit another trip with Brian a month 1/2 ago in Yellowstone, but missed the end all be all Stillwater trips to date due to work! Destinations unknown, definitely a long drive to where these guys went so whether you head to Eastern Idaho, Montana's Hebgen area, or northeast Wyoming, there may be a few lakes in there with some beasts to chase that not many people know about.
Whether it was Rob aka "Roughneck" getting on some big boys, Tony aka "LocnessMonster nessi", or my pal Brian aka "wishbone" these guys know their stuff. Each time I fish with them I'm truly amazed at how easy they make it look catching huge trout.
Great way to end a trip with a monster trout and better yet a tandem hook up (in headline picture) with trout all over 8lbs...Wow am I ready to load up the car and make sure to meet these guys next time.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Slabs of The Week! Only Big Trout Fans Need Apply
5 comments:
- The Average Joe Fisherman said...
Wow! Here piggy piggy! Nice trout!
The Average Joe Fisherman
- October 11, 2010 at 6:58 PM
- Bigerrfish said...
Awesom job!!! third leg... haha funny!!!
- October 12, 2010 at 5:37 AM
- Unknown said...
Those are some definite slabs. Wowzers! Midnight trout fishing is where its at, eh?
- October 12, 2010 at 8:11 AM
- Troutdawg said...
Pigs indeed and I'm really kicking myself for missing this one, not to say I would have gotten one of these but It sure seemed the bite was on for my buds. Yes night fishing is my favorite and it's hard to beat few crowds, nice weather and oh yeah bog fish!
- October 12, 2010 at 9:25 AM
Wow that's huge!!
- October 12, 2010 at 4:16 PM
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For our last Day in the Life of…A Stay at Home Mom post, we take a look at what life is like for me, Charissa, as I go about a typical day with my 2 year old daughter Lilah.
I wake up from a bad dream and realize a) the chances of me falling back to sleep are pretty slim and b)Lilah is going to be up soon.
I hear Lilah waking up and not only does she sound a bit cranky, but I managed to doze off and now I feel worse than I did at 5!
I go and get Lilah, change her diaper (which I'm pretty sure is at its max for absorbing by this point!) and bring her into bed with me. We've pretty much cut out our morning nursing but today she's cranky, and I'm super tired. I decide to just let it slide.
We head downstairs, which takes forever since Lilah is insisting on doing it herself, to get breakfast and most importantly, coffee! I'm really lucky this morning because Lilah has decided she wants to "help" me! Hooray! (That's sarcasm people) I let her help make the coffee, clean up the coffee grinds on the floor, and reach for my phone to check my email. At the same time I hear Lilah's first request of the day to watch Blue's Clues. I try to convince her to watch Curious George instead (I haven't seen it in a while and would much rather watch that then another Blue's Clues!) but fail.
I get her standard breakfast of banana and o's together and we sit together and watch tv.
I remember that I made coffee and finally pour myself a cup, with Lilah's "help" of course. Awww, she's so sweet. She runs off to colour and I'm left to check my email and drink my delicious coffee.
I hear an ever so sweet request for "one more Blue's Clues?" "How do we ask nicely?" to which she replies with a very high pitched and adorable. "pleeeeeeeeaaasee!" How can I say no to that?
I head upstairs for a shower. I planned on having a shower alone but apparently Lilah had planned on having a shower with me. I help her gather up a bucket, three balls, a shovel, and a car that she's decided also need to have a shower and turn the shower on. Time to brush our teeth!
I realize that I need to do a load of diapers. I turn off the shower (which I've yet to step into) and tell Lilah that it will just be a minute, we need to start some laundry. I gather up the diapers, toss them in the wash, and let Lilah "help" by pressing the buttons. I think to myself how nice it's going to be if she still wants to be this helpful when she's actually, well, helpful! I check the clock and realize that I'm going to have to reschedule my morning plans for the afternoon.
Turn the shower back in and actually get in this time! While trying to avoid stepping on cars, balls, shovels, and Lilah I manage to get myself and Lilah shampoo'd and washed in ten minutes! That must be a new record!
I get Lilah dried off and dressed and figure that since she's happily playing with some toys in my room I might actually have time to do my hair! For the first time in months I manage to straighten my hair and it feels great! Good thing I have plans later this afternoon, I won't feel so silly for wasting all of that time for nothing!
Someone's knocking at the door. Should I answer it? I hate answering the door!! Good thing I did though! The UPS man just dropped off a package and I know that it's going to make Lilah super happy! Lilah is huge into stickers lately and I'm pretty sure this package is full of sticker books I ordered last week!
I call a friend to invite her over for a quick cup of coffee and she comes by about ten minutes later. Thankfully for me, the UPS man's sticker delivery has Lilah focused on that and I can try to get through an entire cup of coffee, while it's still hot!
My friend leaves after a quick cup (she was just picking something up on her way somewhere else) and Lilah asks me to come play stickers with her. Sure! It's so adorable hearing her name all of the characters in the stickers! Thankfully she's finally got it right and stopped calling the little monkey from Ni Hao Kai Lan, Hoo hoo.
I tell Lilah that it's time to clean up. She helps me put away the puzzles, books, blocks, and cars that have taken over the entire living room. We head upstairs to get ready for a nap and I remember that I've got diapers in the wash! Time to set them up for cycle number two!
After nursing her I leave Lilah in her room for a nap. She is NOT happy about it. Usually she's all too eager for nap time but today she's just not having it. She's not crying, just yelling that she needs "fresh water??" "pleeeeeeeeeease!" I go into her room, grab her water and refill it with fresh water. Try to leave again but nope, she NEEDS another snuggle.
She's finally down and quiet. Well, for a second that is. Now I can hear her talking to her water, then Buddy her tiny bear, then "oh no!!! I dropped buddy!!" Ugh… I really hope she doesn't obsess and make me go back in! I head downstairs to check my email (and of course Facebook)(oh and the blog stats, I'm truly obsessed at seeing how many times the blog has been looked at) while I wait for her to actually fall asleep. No sense in getting into something if she's going to be up in ten minutes!
Alright, I haven't heard her in awhile… must be asleep! I sit down with a snack, some TV, and decide to be somewhat productive and make a tutu while I'm watching a show.
Lilah's awake!
I go to get Lilah and realize that she's uber cranky!! Why is it that she seems to wake up in a worse mood than when she was tired before nap???
Lilah is still cranky and nothing is making her happy so I decide to just sit down and nurse her for a bit. I check the clock and realize that with her in a mood and it already being close to 230 there is no way I'm going to be able to keep my afternoon plans. I call my friend to reschedule…again.
Time for lunch! We settle on carrots, cauliflower, and cheese. Ahh how I love the easy lunches that toddlers request!
"No carrots! Watermelon?? Pleeeeeeeeeeease??" Sigh… well at least it's only watermelon and not a request for a full course meal, right?
Lilah is back playing with stickers so I attempt to clean up the kitchen…again. I seriously just did it this morning? Didn't I? Oh wait… I meant to, but the UPS man knocked and interrupted that train of thought. Note: Pregnancy/baby brain NEVER goes away!!
My husband Jeff texts that he wants to try and Skype with us. He's been away all week and I know Lilah will be super excited about it! We get everything set up and… the connection sucks. Jeff looks like a choppy blob but with a washed out horror movie face. It's kind of scary. Not only does the picture suck but the sound isn't so great either. He can see and hear us great so we leave Skype on and call him so we can hear him on speaker phone. It's a bit of an odd setup but Lilah seems excited to talk to her dad!
Done with Skype and now it's time to make dinner! I'm feeling adventurous and decide to try and convince Lilah that tuna melts are delicious.
Success! She's eaten half of a tuna melt and hasn't even made a face! I'm going to have to try this more often!
Clean up from dinner, load the dishwasher (thank you Josephine Cochrane for inventing it!), and sit down to play with Lilah for a bit.
Head upstairs to read Cat In The Hat before getting things ready for bed time.
Read Cat In The Hat… Again.
Argh! I forgot about the diapers! I turn the washer back on for their final cycle (Yup, you counted that right. Three full cycles thanks to the wonderful invention of the HE Front Loading washing machine. Sigh.)
Shower time! I get Lilah to gather the toys that she wants in the shower and toss her in. While she's playing in the shower (No need to scrub her down since she took over my shower time this morning), I clean the bathroom. May as well make use of the time right, lord knows I don't want to use my "me" time to scrub toilets!
Get Lilah out of the shower and grab the phone so we can do a speaker phone bed time with dad. Lilah sits on the counter while we floss and brush our teeth and put on some yummy smelling California Baby lotion. After that we run, with Dad in hand, (in phone form) and sit him in his bedtime spot. Then Lilah announces that she needs to pee so we run back to the bathroom, set up the potty, Dad and I step out and close the door. How she even knows what privacy is, and why she gets it when I don't is beyond me! She tells me she's all done and I open the door to a grinning Lilah. I hand her the toilet paper and sing her potty song. Thankfully I'm not alone as Jeff is chiming in over speaker phone; Shine, Shine, Shine, what a beautiful day Lilah peed in the potttttttty!!! We run back to her room and get diaper and jammies on. Then it's time for her to say goodnight to Dad which is super cute since he's been doing bedtime over the phone with us. She kisses the phone first with a regular kiss, then an Eskimo kiss, then a chin kiss (she came up with that one), and last a butterfly kiss. She insists (very, very loudly) that she gets to press the off button and we toss the phone outside the door. "Night Night Mr. Light! Time for Lilah to go to sleep!" We sit down on the couch in her room for some pre bed snuggles. Wait! Now she needs Buddy, oh and a blanket!
Hooray! Sleeping baby!! I love bedtime now. It's so much nicer than a year ago when it would take a couple of hours and multiple trips back up stairs to nurse a cranky baby.
I sit down at the laptop to post some stuff on the blog and to catch up on emails.
Lilah's awake. And sounds miffed. I head to her room to find that she's been sleeping on her sippy cup, which should be called a leaky cup, and she's now soaked. And so are her sheets. I change her pj's and her sheets. Check her diaper, of course it's completely dry. Oh well, it's already off, I'll just use a clean one. By this point she's in utter hysterics. I have no clue why she keeps yelling at me when it's so obvious that I'm fixing the problem! Now I'm begging her to stop crying; did I just whine?? I nurse her and put her back in her crib. "Where'd it go?" "Where'd what go Lilah, it's time for bed." "Fresh water? Pleeeeeeeeeease?" Sigh… I run all the way downstairs, throw out the leaky cup which I'm now very angry with and actually holding a grudge against. That'll show you cup! I grab a new cup, fill it up, run back up stairs and hand it to Lilah who I'm pretty sure has been holding her arms outstretched waiting for me the entire time. "Goodnight Lilah, I love you." "……….." One day she'll say it back!! Right??
Bed! Since my husband is gone and I'm apparently scared of the dark now it takes me forever to fall asleep! I check the clock, it's 1130. Sigh.
What the hell?!! Is the bed actually shaking?? Another earthquake? Really. I cross my fingers and pray that it doesn't wake Lilah up. Thankfully it doesn't.
Despite the crap sleep I think tomorrow might actually be a decent day. My goals for tomorrow? Actually vacuuming, having a HOT cup of coffee (maybe two, look out!!), and actually remembering to finish the diapers. Are they still in the wash? Crap. I really should have hung those up.
Thank you to everyone for reading out Day In The Life Posts! It's been really great getting to see what life is like for 6 different SAHM's! For our October Day In The Life of.... Series we'd love to see what life is life for Working Moms! If you would like to be a part of it, just send us and email and we'll send you some directions! email@example.com
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There's nothing like the feeling you get when you're counting down till your next holiday. Especially when that holiday includes an island, 3 of your best girlfriends, sunshine and a whole lot of cocktails. This island I speak of, is of course, Hamilton Island.
Hamilton island is part of the Whitsunday Islands, off the Queensland coast of Australia. You can get short, relatively cheap flights from most of the Australian capital cities, directly into the island's airport. Do not make the same mistake that I did and choose carry on luggage only. When the flight attendant told me that my luggage was overweight and that I'd need to check it in, there really wasn't much time to think about the 2 bottles of red wine that I had stored. It wasn't until we were mid-air that the thought of my wine snuggled in amongst my white clothes crossed my mind (I'm sure it was experiencing the same turbulent flight that I was). Needless to say, after the 2 hour flight from Sydney to Hamilton Island, I was overjoyed to find those bottles still in one piece in my luggage.
The best thing you can possibly do on Hamilton Island is relax. Besides some sunbaking, hiking, kayaking or stand up paddle boarding, the island can sometimes seem like there isn't much else to do, but this doesn't have to be a bad thing. Unless you want to be like me, and turn the first day of relaxing by the pool into a real life iPhone photo shoot, featuring yourself and one of your besties. Let me just say, it takes a lot more than a couple of quick snaps to get the money shot.
Sunburnt and slightly delirious after our desperate modelling attempt we decide to explore the island. Thankfully we chose our accommodation wisely, which came complete with our very own buggy. I definitely recommend choosing your accommodation on this basis, or at the very least, hire your own when you get there. But a word of advice… Even though the buggy can only do 20kms per hour, that can still be dangerous. Especially if you're driving after a glass of wine and you put pedal to the metal without checking that your girlfriend is strapped in. She still has a scar to this day.
Injuries aside, if you're after sunshine, water sports and hiking, then Hamilton Island is the place for you. The entertainment, nightlife and shopping leaves a lot to be desired, but the lack of activities actually forces you to take a holiday… And isn't that why you came in the first place?
Best sunset view: One Tree Hill. You can reach One Tree Hill via buggy or foot and it is easily the best sunset view I have ever seen in my life. To complete the experience, order a cocktail from the bar on site and watch the sun go down.
Best restaurant: Coca Chu. I cannot fault this place – With impeccable views, service and food, it is a must dine experience on Hamilton Island.
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It's a really nice thick keychain, ready to show off one of my favorite boat girls on my car keys~^^
Pretty solid
Overall a nice little collection piece of one of your favorite characters is here.
One thing that the images failed to show was that there was a semi-transparent bit around the character, not that big of a deal breaker though for me at least.
But anyway it's pretty solid and I'd recommend it.
Azur Lane acrylic keychain
I love Azur Lane game and merchandise!


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Form, Fit, Function, and Interface (F3I) (glossary)
(1) A concept used for the update or upgrade of a system whereby a only a portion or subsystem of the entire system is replaced. The updated item is said to be Form/Fit/Function and interface compatible when it can be inserted into the existing system without impacting system operation.
(2) A mechanism to link design to performance requirements; i.e., replacing an item/system based on form, fit, function and interface characteristics. (DoD 2004)
DoD. 2004. Guidelines for Engineering, Manufacturing and Maintenance Documentation Requirements for Unique Identification (UID) Implementation, version 1.0. Office of the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics). Accessed on 11 September 2012. Available at http:www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/Docs/uid/UIDEngDocGuidever4_120604.doc.
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Theatre Royal Bath Productions has released production images for the premiere of William Boyd's The Argument, directed by Christopher Luscombe. The Argument is a darkly comic play that delves into what it is to dispute with those we love and offers a biting take on human dynamics, starring Felicity Kendal, Sarah Earnshaw, Esh Alladi, Rupert Vansittart, Simon Harrison and Alice Orr-Ewing. The production runs in the Main House until 24 August.
Pip and Meredith are having a disagreement about a film they've just seen when Pip's phone rings and a full-scale row about their marriage breaks out. In the course of ten arguments, we follow the repercussions, as Meredith's parents, Chloe and Frank, her best-friend Jane, and Pip's best-friend Tony, take sides and end up embroiled in arguments of their own. Vitriolic, razor-sharp and veracious, the arguments rake over past prejudices, expose unjust judgements and reveal difficult truths.
William Boyd OBE (writer) is a novelist, short story writer and screenwriter. His many novels include An Ice Cream War, Restless and Sweet Caress. His works have received several awards including the Whitbread Book award and Somerset Maugham Award for his novel A Good Man in Africa. His work Any Human Heart also won the Prix Jean Monnet de Littérature Européenne and was longlisted for the Booker Prize. His stage work also includes Longing, an adaptation of two Chekhov short stories.
Christopher Luscombe's (Director) recent credits include The Nightingales and Nell Gwynn, winner of the 2016 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. Other productions include Love's Labour's Lost, Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night for The RSC, The Merry Wives of Windsor and Nell Gwynn for Shakespeare's Globe and in the West End, Enjoy, When We Are Married and The Madness of George III. He is an associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Esh Alladi most recently performed on stage in Rutherford and Son at the Sheffield Crucible. He has appeared in several National Theatre productions, including Absolute Hell, The Beaux Stratagem, Dara and From Morning to Midnight. Other stage credits include Twelfth Night (RSC), Lions and Tigers (Shakespeare's Globe) and Wit (Royal Exchange). Esh has also appeared on screen in A Confession, Apple Tree House and Houdini and Doyle.
Sarah Earnshaw recently appeared in The Nightingales (Theatre Royal Bath and UK tour). Previous stage credits include Some Mother's Do 'Ave 'Em (UK tour), Travels with My Aunt (Chichester Festival Theatre), the original cast of Wicked (Apollo), Heart of Winter (Tristan Bates) and national tours of Spamalot, Jekyll and Hyde, Scrooge and Puttin' on the Ritz. Television appearances also include Casualty and Children in Need.
Simon Harrison most recently appeared on stage in Sideways (St James Theatre) and previous credits also include The Changeling (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse) and The Comedy of Errors, As You Like It and The Last Days of Troy at Shakespeare's Globe. Film credits also include Everest, London Has Fallen and Transformers: The Last Knight. He has also appeared in television shows Outlander, Endeavour and Humans.
Felicity Kendal CBE is one of the UK's best-loved actresses, best known for her role in the BBC sitcom The Good Life. She has appeared in previous Theatre Royal Bath productions, including A Room with a View, Hay Fever and Relatively Speaking. Her roles in Much Ado About Nothing and Ivanov at the Strand Theatre won her the 1989 Evening Standard Award for Best Actress. Other stage credits also include Waste and the Seagull (Old Vic), Indian Ink (Aldwych), Heartbreak House (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Tartuffe (Playhouse) and Arcadia, The Second Mrs Tanqueray, Othello and Amadeus for the National Theatre.
Alice Orr-Ewing's stage credits include Don Juan in Soho (Wyndhams), An Enemy of the People (Chichester Festival Theatre), Hay Fever (Theatre Royal Bath) and Cabaret (Wilton's Music Hall). She has also appeared in television series' A Very English Scandal, Victoria and Poirot. For film, Alice has been seen in The Theory of Everything, Atonement and The Scapegoat.
Rupert Vansittart was recently seen in the hit Netflix show The Crown as well as Gentleman Jack, Game of Thrones, Doc Martin, Plebs and Father Brown. Stage credits include This House (National Theatre), Democracy (Sheffield Crucible/Old Vic), An Ideal Husband (Birmingham Rep. For film, Rupert has appeared in Misbehaviour, The Children Act, The Iron Lady, Braveheart and Four Weddings and a Funeral.
The Argument is the fifth production in Theatre Royal Bath's Summer Season 2019 from Artistic Director Jonathan Church, following Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Blithe Spirit, Vienna 1934 – Munich 1938 and Uncle Vanya. The programme of eight plays will also include visiting productions Trying It On (3 – 7 September) The Life I Lead (27 August – 31 August) and The Man in the White Suit (6–21 September) immediately prior to a West End transfer.
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Pentagon officials told reporters this week that foreign and domestic fighters in Iraq number between 8,000 and 12,000 people, and as many as 20,000 when active sympathizers are added. This contrasts sharply with earlier estimates of about 7,000 insurgents.
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The Netbook Diaries chronicles our day-to-day experiences with the Acer Aspire One. Click here to read the first installment.
I love that the Aspire One runs Windows XP. The last netbook I tested, the HP Mini 2133, came with Vista, and it was slower than a snail on a turtle's back. You can also get the Aspire with the Linux-powered Linpus Lite, but that option saves you a mere $20, so why bother?
Speaking of price, Acer just knocked the XP-equipped Aspire One down to $349 -- a pretty good deal considering its 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 8.9-inch screen, and 120GB hard drive. I always mocked the prices of first-gen netbooks, which were at least as high as some full-fledged notebooks, but $349 is a deal, plain and simple.
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Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump supported his own prior statement in Thursday's GOP debate on his contention that Muslims hate the United States and mean the country harm.
CNN moderator Jake Tapper used the Miami showdown to bring back a question asked by his colleague Anderson Cooper. "Last night you told CNN, 'Islam hates us,'" Tapper began. "Did you mean all 1.6 billion Muslims?"
Trump answered: "I mean a lot of them. I mean a lot of them. I will tell you there's something going on that maybe you don't know about, maybe a lot of other people don't know about, but there's tremendous hatred, and I will stick with exactly what I said to Anderson Cooper."
Trump has proposed a blanket ban on Muslims entering the United States to protect Americans from terror attacks.
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Movie fans flock to Northwest Film Forum
Sure, everyone loves going to the movies. But no one in Seattle loves movies more than Michael Seiwerath, executive director of the Northwest Film Forum. On any given day, you might find him putting together a director's retrospective for NWFF's new flagship theater, moderating a Q-and-A session with a visiting director, or working to produce a film by a local auteur.
Year-round at the NWFF's 120- and 49-seat screening rooms, you can watch documentaries, short films, and retrospectives that are normally seen only at film festivals. When he's screening a piece by a hometown filmmaker, Seiwerath says, "those are the happiest days of the year."
Seiwerath's mission is not only to nurture a film during its creation, but to serve audiences rich and varied artistic fare, with offerings they could never devour at their local multiplex. Happily, Seiwerath has a willing audience of moviegoers in the Northwest, where late-autumn weather is usually lousy enough that you want to go to the movies but not so cold that you can't leave the house. "Seattle has the lowest per capita churchgoing population," Seiwerath says. "People don't go to church, they go to the movies."
INFO: For showtimes and special events, contact the Northwest Film Forum (tickets from $7.50; 1515 12th Ave., Seattle; www.nwfilmforum.org or 206/267-5380)


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WARNING! YOU ARE UN-AUTHORIZED TO APPROACH THIS VESSEL. MAINTAIN DISTANCE. The automated message was on repeat, transmitted from fragments of a broken ship drifting apart in space. Active plasma gas and preserved atmosphere slowly leaking from small hull sections along with minute particles obscure what is truly inside
On the receiving end was an empty room, a tray of freshly zapped gel partially covering the incoming message on the desk screen. The crew of the approaching ship however is already on an EVA mission to salvage the remains before authority arrives. This means data storage, fuel rods of various types, and even some times expensive luxury goods can be found in personal quarters.
The life of a space scavenger is hard, most bands and parties do not last over 200 standard years. Most ships or parties become scavengers because for various reasons they are declared public enemy by the powers that be. Often they are also ruthlessly hunted down, and those lucky enough to survive long enough for their pursuers to lose interest would also lose the will to return to society, becoming true scavengers. Barbarians of space.
"Two minute to main debris field" Bighead announced to his party. "Everyone head to your marked positions. One hour on the mark, FOR REAL THIS TIME!"
Three hundred or so scavengers along with their assortment of "vehicles" descended on towards the field. Within minuets men and machine was collecting and hurling items of various size ballistic towards the scavenger ship that vaguely resembles a giant-crushed-rusted-tornapart-turocar. A collection field would guide them to the salvage bay. "I have never seen anything so glorious!" A scavenger said to his buddy binding cargo canisters to one an other. "This is like a ship from heaven itself! Look at the hulls! Every part glisten with purity! So... SMOOTH!... Bighead will be happy with this" The scav's buddy did not reply, and kept on working. When he spins around continuing to work a glimpse of tears is momentarily seen through his helmet on his face. "Are you under the real emotions brother? Don't be afraid, this is the reason we exist, embrace it!" The buddy stopped moving, without turning around he said into his comms "With this, maybe we can finally heal mother..." Both scav know what that would mean, and did not say another word, both continued to work silent with only the occasional voiced broadcast on global coming through their headsets. With in the hour Bighead's voice came on the comms : "Every one head back NOW! We have company early." Immediately every scav was heading back to the ship in a swarm. Before anyone was even half way to reaching the ship a part of it suddenly flashed with a bright radiance and now there was a new hole in the ship. Debris ejecting from both end of the ship in different directions in an blast flys off in to space.
"NOT THE DRIVE!" Bighead is heard screaming in the communication channel, his voice in pure rage. "They want us to fight, and so we will! Get your battle gear ready boys!"
Later on the ship, through the hallways, chants of battle is heard, as the crew runs about the halls getting ready for personal combat. A single scavenger empty handed hurries in into the cargo salvage bay. "TINY! TINY! BROTHER TINY WHERE ARE YOU?!" "Here!" A voice is heard, and a half men jumps onto a waist tall crate waiving his short arms in the air. "Brother Tiny! We need you to help fix up the spare drive, we don't know what to do without you." "First, child, come here and look" Tiny beckons the scavenger over. Looking down, the half man pressed a panel on the crate with his barefoot and a large cross section of the crate became semi transparent. "What? Hes a baby! Why is he in a crate? We are going to battle, we don't need some ground shitting newborn with us right now!" "LOOK!" Tiny suddenly hit the scav in his nose with an closed fist. Shaking the pain away, the scav looked down at the crate again. "Does it look like a brother to you? " Tiny asks. "He looks like a brother to me, he's got two arms and two leg, and look at those huge balls! He will be called Chestballs!"
"Listen close child, this is the most important task you will ever undertake, it is the very part of our destiny" Tiny spoke as he handed the scav a small red plastic box. "Not now, keep it safe, you will need it later" also you will need this... "Brother! That is intense!" The scav said as he watched Tiny cut open a large gash of his own leg, muscle and fat exposed as he put his hand in a pulled out a small black plastic pack. "Keep this safe as well, now, carry me to the drive, we will need to repair it quickly" "Of course" the scav answered, packing the red box and black pack still red with blood in to his harness pocket, picking up Tiny and running trough the gate towards the backup drive room.
As they arrived at the spare drive room, it was already filled with other scavenger bothers. Some did not notice them when the door opened, but soon someone shouted "Brother Tiny!" Immediately everyone turned their attention to them and shouted in unison "Brother Tiny!" "I NEED A BIGBOOMMISSLE CORE IN THIS ROOM IMMEDIATELY, RE-CABLE THE DRIVE DISPERSERS TO THE INTERNAL SHIELD SYSTEM, UNCONNECT THE DRIVE FROM ALL OTHER SHIP SYSTEMS" Tiny shouted in a volume that would shock anyone who did not know him well, but everyone did know, just like they knew every other brother on this ship. "AND GET ME A DATAPAD HOOKED ON THAT DRIVE SYSTEMS"
Then Tiny turned his head and spoke calmly, his eye lids swollen and pale. "Go back to the crate, and wait." "But I can help, if it was..." The scav was cut short mid sentence when an other brother reached out and put his palm on his chest. "Brother Aimswell, carry out the task brother Tiny has asked of you. Our spirits is now with you" His eyes filled with determination as he talked, lifting his hands off Aimswell's chest, his lips curled close tightly and his eyes seem to water. He would seem to understand the situation they were in.
Without another word the Aimswell put Tiny in the arms of his brother, turned around, and hurried back to the salvage bay.
There he was, Aimswell, named at his 12th birth year. Born as Fatears, named by his brothers. Alone in the salvage bay, who was the brother sleeping in the crate? why was he told to wait here alone? All he knew for now is that this was someone valuable and is was his task to guard him. As Aimswell looked long at the sleeping brother, he felt a strange growing attraction to him, all the while clenching to the communication device tightly attached to his chest rig, his mind lost but at the ready. The room seem to fade around him... In an blue hue. That was strange.
Then he heard a bang on the ceiling view window, as he looked up his body and ass pushed off clear the crate he was sitting on, the gravity was gone, his body was now totally facing upwards towards a scav looking at him with an arm wrapped around a grip bar and a hand holding a comms, it was Bighead, without his signature helmet on. This was the first time Aimswell has seen his whole head, it was truly big. Bighead pointed a finger at Aimswell, and he heard his voice trough the comms. He said one word : "Naiad" then the ship was torn away from the salvage bay violently in a second.
system initialized ... no control algorithm detected ... no additional software detected ... 0 programs loaded ... Loading default : F SYS starting in test mode ...
I awake for the first time, no thoughts or memories come to me, I cannot see, hear, or feel anything. Not because I do not detect any of these inputs, but because I have no need for them, I am in test mode. I know what I am.
I wait...
6m 12s later : A warning message is sent to my mind, from my body autonomous systems.
Extreme shock detected. Potential component damage detected: Power core misalignment Fluid valve 4 7 8 The response from me is automatic, I do not even consider it. Lock all fluid flow, and then shut down all power. Done...
800ms before my aux batteries located in my AI core runs out, it is plenty of time for me. Normally I would prepare my memories and experiences, feelings and thoughts to be continued the next time I am loaded. But I do not do this, it is not needed, only write it to a short log.
My mind goes blank. I await nothingness.
system initialized ... no control algorithm detected ... no additional software detected ... 0 programs loaded ... Loading default : F SYS starting in test mode ...
I awake for the first time, no thoughts or memories come to me, I cannot see, hear, or feel anything. Not because I do not detect any of these inputs, but because I have no need for them, I am in test mode. I know what I am. My abdominal cover is open, and my abdominal muscles are disconnected, power core panel is also open aside from that my fluid valves are all shut off. Among further query my general control subsystem is also connected to an external device.
I consult the only log in my backup memory and I conclude that I am current under repairs. A notice reach my mind, from my sound detection subsystem: Priority keyword and direct source detected: "Heeeey the..." My mind react instantly, I scan my vision and sound inputs, recording every moment for the first time. Vision has priority so I see first. Two faces are looking at my eyes. One has a worn and tanned look, mid-late aged man with clear crystal green eyes, and slightly more concave jawline. This man is most likely of Draconian genealogy, in my basic database they are described as untrustworthy and un loyal, tho they are very driven and committed, their empire is almost of no threat to anybody but themselves due to their nature.
The second man has a pale white complexion, young adult by estimations, his features are mostly average of an Orion descent, tho some parts of his face and upper body seems to have many benign cancers. Orions were the masters of the old technology's tho that was in the past and constant strife has driven them to near extinction.
I put a smile on my face.
I continue recording the sounds: "eeeeeeeeere."
I reply using the default female voice, saying: "Hello"
The younger man almost jump with excitement, with his one arm that was not in a sling he placed a hand on my shoulder, a big grin on his face and as he was opening his mouth to say something the older man grabbed him and pulled him back. Instead the older man said: "Are you broken anywhere else?"
I proceed to check myself, all subsystem are semi autonomous and they return nominal operation messages. My power core read ok so the users must have fixed the system already. Except fluid and skin feedback systems do not, most likely because the valves are shut and my abdomen is open.
I let in the feelings on my skin gradually and check them closely. From my face first I sense my own smile as the slight stretching of my skin, and slight pursed lips. My heels are dug slightly into a warm texture that is similar to sand, holding up my legs. The bottom part of my large thighs also slightly resting on the same surface. Both of my fingers and palm are also lightly rested on the same sandy surface, my shoulder and back resting on a flat smooth and hard surface like metal. My chest skin that are exposed feel a slight breeze blowing past and in between them, with the tips of my smooth breast experiencing the most of the breeze. My abdomen registers nothing, disconnected as reported. I briefly glance down to confirm. My bottom is nestled in the warm sand, with the sand up to my vulva pressing against it. My vulva protecting its insides. Everything from the skin checks out okay, now for the fluid systems. First, all my external fluids are empty as they should be for a new body. The internal synthetic muscle fuel are at full capacity per volume in all major limbs, torso, and head. But the system that pressurizes and deliver the white liquid is shutdown, and the pressure is at atmosphere levels. That means aside from only able to shifting around I cannot generate much force and energy in the muscles would run out of energy quickly. I decide to check out the pressure system with a flash pump to determine if the pressurizer is broken or if it is the valves and where are faulty. Pump is set to 200kpa for 50ms, if a puncture exists the thickness of the fluid should keep the liquid from escaping.
With the exception of both thigh and left calve, every thing returned normal. This pressure also caused my whole body to convulse once. My limb's twitch causing myself to sink deeper into the sand, the pressure also causing me to arch my back quite a bit due to the disconnected muscle in my abdomen. My breast jutting upwards momentarily before I revert back to my old posture.
With my blatant display of my body and the position I was in, I am sure If I was under normal operations I would be engaged in pleasure activities, or I my self if let be would be aroused enough to engage in such activities alone. But I was clearly under service, it was clear this was not the kind of display my users wanted, at this I did not feel shame or shyness. I am in testing mode.
"Aside from fuel pumps in both my thighs and left calves, nowhere else is 'broken'" I said in a slightly cheerful tone with a smile.
The older man said while standing up "What great luck... or is it" almost turning into a laughter near the end. While strangely with a hand in his vest pocket. While the pale young man looked on at me with a mild confusion. The older man stood up behind him, pulling out something pointing at the head of the younger man from behind. I detected a portion of the gun he was holding, it was most likely a lethal weapon judging from the size of projector barrel. The young man was in mortal danger. Even though I would not harm any persons, I could not interfere in their actions. I am in testing mode and is not authorized to take any actions autonomously. The flash came followed by blood spattering on my face. Blood droplets hit my lips triggering various responses of my programming. Other blood particles hit my cheeks, one on my right eye obscuring my depth perception, and most of the blood fell on my right shoulder and I could feel the sticky liquid on my skin, some rolling down my shoulders and caressing the outer curves of my breasts. I did not move or change my expression. I did not blink to clear the blood on my eyes. I did not even look at the outcome of this incident. Looking ahead with smile on my face where once the old man crouched. I am in testing mode, I know what I am.


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Root canal. Two words that separately seem so innocuous, but together signify one of the most terrifying dental pronouncements that a human can find themselves experiencing. Root canals have become the signifier of the horrors of the dentist chair, the phrase recognised and grimaces of sympathy elicited whenever the term is mentioned.
It seems almost unfair that such a procedure is something that people not only need to suffer through, but actually find ways to finance. The vast majority of heath insurance will not cover dental treatments, which can leave a big bill behind and no obvious way to pay it.
If you are seeking to find a way to obtain an affordable root canal, don't worry, you do have options. The last thing you need prior to this is to be worrying non stop about money, so find yourself a moment and assess your options. In an ideal world, you will be able to pay in full on the date of the procedure, but if that isn't possible then you have a few other options.
Begin by discussing the matter with your dentist. Many practices have a system whereby you can pay in instalments, usually without any interest. If interest begins to be discussed, it may be worth looking to outside providers of credit or dental cover plans, as these will be set up by financial experts and usually have a few more safeguards done by experienced people. There are thousands of places to find brokers who may be able to help you or outright offer credit.
It's also important to make sure you are not being quoted over the odds, by obtaining quotes for root canals from other dentists. Do this both in person and on the phone, but also discuss with people all over the country using the internet to see what other people are paying. This will also allow you to check reviews; it can be useful to see a personal experience of someone who had an affordable root canal and how that worked out for them, allowing you to make the best decision.
Once you have the matter settled and the financing you need in hand, choose your dentist wisely with a mixture of gut feeling about them, online reviews and appraisal of their past work in your hands. You're paying for this because you need it, and you're entitled to someone who will do a good job – when it comes to dental health, there's no such thing as a short cut.


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"The police have booked a case under the IT Act and the Indecent Representation of Women Act among others. Bengaluru journalist Dhanya Rajendran would not have imagined that a casual comment on a movie would provoke vicious trolling on social media. There have been around 63,000 tweets over the past three days and a derogatory hashtag trended on Twitter.At one point, the journalist tweeted: "It's clearly organised. A source close to him said: "We are studying if this is a motivated campaign against the actor. Some have also deleted their accounts".Actor Vijay has not responded yet to the controversy.
Story first published: Wednesday, August 9, 2017, 19:44 [IST]