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Posted: 29 July 2017
Summary: For the challenge - treachery. This is a true story, apparently, although the names are made up.
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"So you see, chaps, just what a ticklish problem we have here" said Captain Travers, standing at the head of the table with legs apart, hands behind his back. "We need to find out Jerry's strength in this particular bit of the coast, and how many outposts they have so we can plan our assault on the radio transmitter. But with the camp that far inland, and the surrounding landform, it's going to be dashed difficult to carry out a proper recce."
Silence. The men of 12 Commando stared at the map, shifting uncomfortably. They'd spent the best part of a year training and now what they wanted more than anything was to have a go at the enemy. The frustration hung in the room as heavily as the thick cigarette smoke that snaked around them. Disappointed in the lack of response, the captain dismissed the men, with an instruction to go to the pub and have a couple of stiff drinks, in the hope that this would lead to some inspiration.
But one of the men, Sergeant Bryce, stayed at the map, considering. At 38, Bryce was older than the captain; indeed, he was the oldest man in 12 Commando; when the war broke out he had been a successful travelling salesman. While Travers had been talking an audacious but essentially simple idea had come to him. He knew it could work. The captain took some persuading, but Bryce's enthusiasm, and his conviction that he could carry it off, won him over.
So it was that, two weeks later, Sergeant Bryce, dressed in grey flannels, a tweed jacket and crisp white shirt with regimental tie, set off, in a submarine, for the coast of Guernsey. In the darkness, 400 yards from shore, he was helped into a small dinghy by a couple of bemused sailors.
With a "Cheerio, see you chaps tomorrow" he headed for the beach. It was early summer, and the sea was like glass. It was still dark when he reached the shore, deflated the dinghy and took up residence in the centre of a large group of gorse bushes. Dawn was an hour off at least, and his accommodation was cramped and uncomfortable, but Bryce didn't mind. He found a spot that had only a few sharp roots, shifted around so they weren't sticking directly into him, and settled down to wait.
When the sun had risen fully he emerged, brushed himself down and set off for the camp, a mile distant. The morning was bright and sunny, and with a light breeze at his back Bryce found himself thoroughly enjoying the walk. The country he was walking through was classic British farmland, green and gently undulating, and the road was bordered by wild flowers. The mix of bright colours cheered him and gave an extra spring to his step. He even hummed a song as he strode along.
He stopped as he crested a rise and saw the camp laid out neatly before him. No longer humming, he took a deep breath and marched towards the entrance in best military fashion. Here we go, he told himself. You can do it, old boy. A single guard was slumped in a seat, leaning against the sentry box, smoking a cigarette. He watched Bryce approach but didn't bother to get up. Bryce stood to attention on the other side of the barrier. "I want to see the chap in charge of the kitchens. Chop chop!"
The guard stood up, cigarette hanging from his mouth. Bryce wanted to slap it away. If the chap had been a member of 12 Commando he'd have been on a charge. "What you want?" he asked, in halting English. Bryce tried again. "The sergeant in charge of your kitchen. Feldwebel. Kuche. Come on, come on, I haven't got all day!"
Reacting to the authority in his voice the guard retreated to the sentry box and spoke into a phone.
A few minutes later, a short, heavy-set man, buttoning his tunic, arrived. "Well?" he said, eyeing Bryce suspiciously.
"I'd like to do both of us a favour, old bean" said Bryce. "Who have you got supplying you with your food?"
"A Monsieur Gilbert. Why?"
"Thought so" said Bryce. "He's the chappie that supplied the camp when I was stationed here. Terrible crook. Bad meat, high prices, always ready to cheat you." The German sergeant gave an involuntary nod. Quartermasters and their like, Bryce knew, were naturally suspicious, and believed that everyone was out to fleece them. "I can supply you with all your food, for at least 10% less than you're paying Gilbert. And the quality will be top notch. How about a month's trial? There'll be a bottle of something nice in it for you, too."
"Sure, why not?" said the German. "I never liked that Gilbert. Give me a quote and I'll think about it."
This was going better than Bryce had dared hope. He took out his notebook and a pencil. "Excellent. Now, let me take a note of what you need. How many men are you catering for?"
And how many of them are officers?"
"And am I going to be supplying it all to the camp here, or will I need to be sending some of it hither and yon around the countryside?"
"No, we are all stationed here, in the camp."
Bryce tucked away his notebook, stuck out his hand. "A pleasure doing business with you old boy. I'll bring you a quote, in person, in two day's time." He turned about smartly and marched away.
Back at the beach, Bryce secreted himself once more in the gorse bushes, and sat down to wait for darkness and his return to the submarine. His plan had worked perfectly, apart from one thing. He wished he'd brought some sandwiches.
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BryanW at 12:28 on 30 July 2017 Report this post
Ross - I enjoyed this - the light touch of your writing spot on for the often eccentric 'have-a-go' approach of much of the military in the 2nd WW.
However, you're out of time I'm afraid - this was Jane's Challenge from the fortnight before. I had actually won the Challenge last week and set up a new one to be completed by midnight on 29th.The usual Winner note wasn't put up by Jane who only announced it on her reply to Challenge 647 bit.
Anyway, this week's challenge (648) I'm extending to next week.
All is not lost.
Your story could, I think, be tweaked to fit the Challenge ('The Moment ...') with less ingenuity than your Sergeant Bryce showed!
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Bazz at 16:23 on 30 July 2017 Report this post
Dashed ingenuity! Fun story Ross, does capture the make do try-anything approach to espionage you sometimes hear thrown together.
this was Jane's Challenge from the fortnight before.
A shame this has happened, I guess the most recent challenge slipped on the forum page, I'll have to watch out for that! As Bryan said, it could be tweaked slightly to fit the new challenge though...
scriever at 13:54 on 31 July 2017 Report this post
No worries, I'm just starting to recover from a fortnight in Ireland, so I probably looked at the wrong challenge! I'll have a look at 648 and see if anything floats to the top of what I like to think of as my mind..
Cliff Hanger at 15:14 on 31 July 2017 Report this post
I'm usually to blame for most mix ups but not this one.
Hope to get back to the flash at some point. Just a busy time.
Sorry Jane, my unreserved apologies - I should have said Janet when I said Jane. Can I get away with calling it a typo?
I never check what I've written and should learn from that. Anyway - I hadn't intended to blame or shame, just to try to explain - to Ross.
I'll live. Hah, hah
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Андрей Иванович Мелихов (1773—1821) — русский кораблестроитель конца XVIII — начала XIX века, корабельный мастер, построил более 40 судов различного ранга и класса для Российского императорского флота, в том числе первый колёсный пароход Черноморского флота.

Биография
Мелихов Андрей Иванович родился в 1773 году в дворянской семье.

Служба в Санкт-Петербургском адмиралтействе
В 1785 году Андрей Мелихов был принят на службу корабельным учеником 2-го класса в чертёжную мастерскую Санкт-Петербургского адмиралтейства. В 1789 году был произведён в корабельные ученики 1-го класса. В 1789—1790 годах на верфях в Санкт-Петербурге и Кронштадте участвовал в строительстве фрегатов, палубных батарей, канонерских лодок, полупрамов, шебек и других судов под руководством корабельного мастера Даниила Масальского.

Самостоятельную кораблестроительную деятельность Мелихов начал на Охтенской верфи Санкт-Петербурга, где в 1790 году построил два небольших судна — галета (легкие двухмачтовые парусники), участвовал в строительстве канонерских лодок и четырёх плавучих батарей. За проявленное усердие в период строительства был награждён годовым жалованьем. В 1791 году он участвовал в постройке двух полупрамов. В 1792 году Мелихов участвовал в постройке 74-пушечного корабля «Святая Елисавета», который строили корабельные мастера Кольман и В. Сарычев. В этом же году Мелихов был произведён в тиммерманы. В 1793—1794 годах под руководством корабельного мастера Масальского принимал участие в постройке 38-пушечного фрегата «Елизавета» и одного брига.

В 1794—1800 годах Мелихов неоднократно выезжал за границу в Англию для обучения кораблестроению. За предоставление всевозможных чертежей, отчётов и записок о командировке поощрялся денежными премиями: в 1796 году ему было объявлено «благоволение» от Государственной коллегии Адмиралтейства, в 1798 году — за присылку из Англии моделей, планов и заметок, касающихся кораблестроения, получил в награду 50 фунтов стерлингов, в 1800 году — за присылку из Англии чертежей и записок на заготовку леса вновь получил в награду 50 фунтов стерлингов. С 1795 по 1798 годы в Санкт-Петербургском адмиралтействе Мелихов совместно с корабельным мастером В. Сарычевым строил 38-пушечный фрегат «Богоявление Господне» (заложен 7 марта 1795 года, спущен на воду 24 сентября 1798 года), а с 1796 по 1800 годы — совместно с мастером П. Васильевым строил фрегат «Эммануил».

В 1799 году Мелихов переведён в корабельные подмастерья 12-го класса Табели о рангах. В 1800—1805 годах продолжал работать в Санкт-Петербургском адмиралтействе под руководством корабельного мастера В. Сарычева, совместно с которым заложил в августе 1802 года 74-пушечные линейные корабли «Твёрдый» и «Скорый». В том же году был командирован в Новгородскую губернию для осмотра передаваемой в казну дачи, вернувшись в Санкт-Петербург продолжал постройку «Твёрдого», параллельно в 1803 году в Главном гребном порту построил десять канонерских лодок, тридцать иолов, восемь плавучих батарей и пакетботов. В 1804 году за строительство корабля «Твердый» получил в награду 300 руб. В 1803—1804 годах находился под начальством интендантской экспедиции, с 1804 служил под руководством директора кораблестроения Брюн де Сен-Катерина и произведён в 11-й класс Табели о рангах. В 1805 году достраивал и 18 июля спустил на воду линейный корабль «Твёрдый», осуществил проводку его на камелях до Кронштадта, за что ему от Государственной коллегии Адмиралтейства была объявлена благодарность.

В 1806 году Мелихов построил и спустил на воду два 14-пушечных катера и два пакетбота, исправил и достроил шлюп «Диана», за что получил благодарность от Государственной коллегии Адмиралтейства. 14 марта 1801 года Мелихов был произведён в корабельные мастера 6-го класса Табели о рангах. В 1807—1808 годах строил два бомбардирских судна, заложил и совместно с Брюн де Сен-Катерином и И. В. Курепановым строил 88-пушечный корабль «Смелый», а также 48-пушечный фрегат. В 1808 году построил и спустил на воду два бомбардирских судна. В это же время осуществлял ремонт кораблей гребного флота, построил два люгера, двадцать пять ластовых судов, два брига, один из которых бриг («Меркурий») и спустил их на воду. Находился при проводке на камелях корабля «Смелый», фрегата «Валера». За постройку и спуск вышеуказанных кораблей ему было объявлено «благоволение» от Государственной коллегии Адмиралтейства, а также дано право на объявление такого же «благоволения» его подчинённым, находившимся при строительстве. От исполнительной экспедиции Мелихов был представлен к награждению орденом Святого Владимира четвёртой степени и за особое усердие в работе и награждён премией в 500 рублей на путевые издержки.

Служба на верфях Черноморского флота
17 февраля 1809 года Мелихов был командирован на Черноморский флот, сначала в город Николаев, а 6 июня в Севастополь. По поручению Черноморской исполнительной экспедиции в Феодосии осматривал брандвахты. 29 августа 1809 года был направлен в Керченский порт для осмотра канонерских лодок. В 1809—1816 годах находился в распоряжении Севастопольской конторы. В 1809 году в Севастопольском порту осуществлял ремонт судов, в том числе 11-пушечных кораблей «Ягудиил» и «Победа», которые ранее были признаны негодными к плаванию. За восстановление этих кораблей получил «благоволение» от Главного Черноморского департамента и «письменную признательность» от начальника Севастопольской конторы адмирала Сарычева и контр-адмирала Галла. В 1810 году достроил и спустил 18-пушечный корвет «Крым». В 1812—1813 годах продолжал руководить ремонтом кораблей флота, построил и спустил на воду 16-пушечный бриг «Мингрелия». В 1815 году руководил строительством второго стапеля на севастопольской верфи, в том же году построил и спустил на воду 24-пушечный корвет «Язон» и заложил 14-пушечную шхуну «Севастополь», которую спустил на воду 16 мая 1818 года.

В 1816 году руководил ремонтом кораблей Черноморской эскадры, направляемой в поход, а затем был переведён в Николаевский порт, где 21 мая 1817 года приступил к постройке 74-пушечного линейного корабля «Норд-Адлер», который достроил и спустил на воду 24 мая 1820 года. В этом же году был награждён орденом Святого Владимира четвёртой степени. 27 апреля 1817 года А. И. Мелихов заложил в Николаевском адмиралтействе 8-пушечный тендер «Андрей», который спустил на воду 9 октября 1817 года. В 1817—1818 годах Мелихов руководил капитальным ремонтом эллинга адмиралтейства с заменой большей части деревянных свай. В 1818 году за постройку и спуск в Николаевском порту 44-пушечного фрегата «Флора» Мелихов получил от Его Императорского величества бриллиантовый перстень. Впервые в отечественном кораблестроении при строительстве фрегата «Флора» Мелихов применил систему набора корпуса по методу Сепингса — с диагональными сваями-ридерсами. В 1819 году Мелихов построил и спустил на воду военный транспорт «Мария» и канонерскую образцовую лодку «Дерзкая».

В 1820 году провёл через мелководную реку Буг построенный 74-пушечный корабль «Норд-Адлер», построил и спустил на воду бриг, пароходное судно, военный транспорт большого размера, которые также провёл через мелководье Буга. 24 мая 1820 года в Николаеве Мелихов спустил на воду построенный им первый колёсный пароход «Везувий» из дубового и частично соснового леса с двумя паровыми машинами по 16 л.с., который строился по указанию командующего Черноморским флотом вице-адмирала Грейга для доставки корабельного леса из Херсона в Николаев.

В 1820—1821 годах построил 44-пушечный фрегат «Поспешный» (спущен на воду 2 ноября 1821 года), 22-пушечные бриги «Ганимед» (1820) и «Орфей» (1821), яхту «Утеха» и транспорт «Ингул». Для морского училища спустил на воду корвет. В 1821 году в Херсонском Адмиралтействе построил 110-пушечный корабль «Император Франц». Все суда, построенные Мелиховым на верфях Черноморского флота участвовали в боевых действиях в русско-турецкую войну 1828—1829 годов.

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Theranos was once touted as a company that had the power to change the world. Founded in 2003, the health startup promised to make phlebotomists extinct and put vital health information into the hands of average people. This boiled down to a small (and very secretive) box-like machine called the "Edison," named after Holmes' favorite inventor.


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HRH Prince Sheikh Selim El Chemor officially confirmed as head of the Royal House of Ghassan in Lebanon
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The official decree from the Lebanese Ministry of Interior and Municipalities General Directorate of Political Affairs and Refugees – Number: 814/4/2022 has recognized the international appointment decree by HIRH Prince Gharios El Chemor, the international head of the Royal House of Ghassan, appointing his cousin, HIRH Prince Sheikh Selim El Chemor as the head of the Lebanese branch of the Sovereign Imperial and Royal House of Ghassan, effective immediately.
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The Sovereign Imperial and Royal House of Ghassan was officially recognized by the government of the Lebanese Republic by the presidential decree #5800/2019
His Royal Highness, the new head of the Royal House in Lebanon, is the oldest son of the legendary HIRH Prince Sheikh Antonious El Chemor, one of the forefathers of the modern Ghassanids
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FOUR PAWS included in the EU Commission's Platform on Animal Welfare.
Pierre Sultana, Director of the European Policy Office of FOUR PAWS said that "FOUR PAWS has been asking for the creation of this platform for months. It is now time for the European Union to take a new start in leading improvements for the welfare of animals in Europe and abroad. The EU will have to take bold decisions in the future, and consider the work that has been done already but also the work which has to be done still. We are looking forward to contributing actively in this journey".


And this is one of my favorite instrumentals from one of my top 10 favorite moves. F-in BADASS!
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Here's a Deadmau5 song I first came across the other day. Easy listening, a smooth song with enough boom to rattle your soul if you need it to.
Awesome video; really awesome song.
This song is cool, but the video is just as cool!
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Dj premier instrumentals are better than the songs... Not too many rap lyricists were good enough to keep up with his beats IMO.
I really like this song from number 1 DJ in the world Armin van Buuren.
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Live-action marsupilami feature to debut April 4 in France
Posted by Fred Patten on Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 02:26 — Edited by GreenReaper as of 02:26
Cartoon Brew reports that a 'live action' marsupilami feature, On the Trail of the Marsupilami, is coming to France on April 4.
The marsupilami (marsupial friend in French) was created by André Franquin in January 1952 as an incidental character in the long-running Belgian Spirou et Fantasio weekly comic strip.
Although the marsu never took over Spirou et Fantasio, he became popular enough that fans complained when he was absent. When Franquin left Spirou et Fantasio in 1968, he took the marsupilami with him.
Franquin started a new publishing company in 1987, Marsu Productions, to publish new marsupilami stories by himself and other writers and artists. (Franquin died in 1997. The series is continuing with new creators.)
Disney bought the rights to star the marsupilami in an animated cartoon series in 1992, but the cartoons were very unfaithful to Franquin's work; and Disney did so little with the character that Marsu Productions sued for lost profits and won more than $8,000,000. [The Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game wasn't much better.]
Now there is the movie. Unfortunately, it looks pretty bad. The marsupilami only appears in the last two seconds of this trailer.
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dronon — Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 12:47
Yeah, this movie snuck up out of nowhere; I hadn't heard anything about it being in the works! I've never read the original comics or watched the Disney series, but I did see one of the later comics Franquin did. It had the marsupilami with four babies, being extremely frustrated trying to untie their tails which had all bcome tangled together in a huge knot. But this movie looks really low-brow. I hope the lead actor finds better work; I really liked him as the grocer's assistant in Amelie.
On the brighter side, there's a 2D French animated film being worked on, based on some kids' books - don't know much about it, but it looks charming! Ernest & Celestine - but it won't be out until December 2012 or early 2013, plus a delay until the DVD release.
Fred — Tue 27 Mar 2012 - 13:14
I am not familiar with Ernest & Celestine, either, but from the drawings of the bear & mouse, it certainly does look charming! I will await this with all the eagerness that I don't have for "Houba! On the Trail of the Marsupilami". I do recommend the original marsupilami cartoon-art books by Franquin, though (to those who read French).
Fred Patten
Rakuen Growlithe — Wed 28 Mar 2012 - 09:57
None of the names sound familiar but that character does seem familiar. I'm not sure where I saw it though.
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Fred — Wed 28 Mar 2012 - 10:52
Maybe you got a letter from France during 2003 with the French marsupilami postage stamp. http://dominique.hochereau.free.fr/bd/marsupilami.htm
Heh, no. It must have been on TV. If it was a show that I watched often I would've remembered though. Probably just saw it a few times when going through channels.
Sonious — Wed 28 Mar 2012 - 16:25
Hoobah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFyecDHSY-o
GreenReaper — Wed 28 Mar 2012 - 18:52
The voice reminds me of Um Bongo.
Ugh! Um Bongo is better than Disney's animated Marsupilami. The Marsupilami stories were set in the South American jungles. Disney added a gorilla and an elephant to the cast. As almost all the critics pointed out, gorillas and elephants are not South American wild animals. "This would never have happened if Walt Disney were still alive!"
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In 1984, after more that 25 years of research, John Ratzlaff produced this compilation of 100 newspaper and magazine articles, written in Nikola Tesla's own words. With pieces spanning the years 1888 to 1939, at the time of publication this was--and still is--the most comprehensive collection of Tesla's writings available in a single volume. Included are the following: "On the Dissipation of the Electrical Energy of the Hertz Resonator," "Application of Tubes of High Illuminating Power to Photography and Other Purposes," "The Transmission of Electrical Energy Without Wire As a Means for Furthering Peace" and "Nikola Tesla's Plan to Keep 'Wireless Thumb' on Ships at Sea" just to name a few. A must for any student of Tesla's work.


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2020 Half-Year Results
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Sales: 13.07 billion euros
-11.7% like-for-like [1] and based on reported figures
Growth continues in China: +17.5% [1]
Strong growth in e-commerce: +64.6% [2]
Operating margin at 18%
Earnings per share [3] at 3.82 euros
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Commenting on these figures, Mr Jean-Paul Agon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of L'Oréal, said:
"The L'Oréal group has shown great resilience during this first half of 2020, marked by the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Group's first priority during this period was to ensure the health and welfare of its employees everywhere in the world, to protect its small clients and suppliers with credit and payment facilities, and to be in solidarity with healthcare workers with the donation of more than 15 million units of hand sanitiser gel and moisturising hand cream.
The consumption of beauty products over the period was strongly impacted by the closure of millions of points of sale (hair salons, perfumeries, department stores, airport stores, etc.) which caused a real crisis of supply, rather than demand, with consumers temporarily unable to purchase products and services.
In these exceptionally difficult circumstances, each Division of L'Oréal has demonstrated great business resilience. The Active Cosmetics Division has managed to maintain good growth. The Consumer Products Division limited the impact on sales despite its heavy weight in makeup, which was the category that slowed the most. The L'Oréal Luxe and Professional Products Divisions were remarkably successful at maintaining relatively solid activity, thanks to e-commerce, despite the closure of almost all of their points of sale. As a result, the Group overall has managed to outperform the beauty market over the period. It has seen its activity accelerate month after month since April, and is progressively returning to growth.
This business resilience was made possible by several key strengths of the Group. First of all, our lead in the field of digital and e-commerce, which proved to be crucial during the crisis and is now even bigger, with e-commerce growing by +64.6% [2] over the first half. L'Oréal's performance in mainland China was also decisive, with growth in the second quarter of +30% [1]. Finally, the power of our brands and our major products, which are a true refuge for consumers in these troubled times. We must also underline the tremendous mobilisation and remarkable agility of our teams throughout the world.
At the same time, the Group was able to deliver results that demonstrate solid resistance: profitability at 18% close to the annual level of 2019, limited decline in earnings per share, and overall a very well preserved profit and loss account, with a high gross margin, lower costs, and investment in research and business drivers maintained in relative value.
We approach this second half with lucidity, confidence and resolve. Lucidity because the global health crisis is unfortunately not over. Confidence because consumers' appetite for beauty is intact, access to points of sale should be easier going forward, and e-commerce will continue to get stronger. And finally resolve because in this second half of the year, we are embarking on an aggressive plan of new product launches and business drivers to stimulate, in partnership with our retail partners, the return of the consumption of beauty products. We are therefore determined to outperform the market, find again the path to growth if the sanitary conditions allow it, and deliver solid profitability."
2020 Half-Year sales
Like-for-like, i.e. based on a comparable structure and identical exchange rates, sales of the L'Oréal group was at -11.7%.
The net impact of changes in the scope of consolidation was +0.3%.
Evolution at constant exchange rates amounted to -11.4%.
Currency fluctuations had a negative impact of -0.3%. If the exchange rates at 30 June 2020, i.e.
€1 = $1.121, are extrapolated until 31 December 2020, the impact of currency fluctuations on sales would be approximately -1.5% for the whole of 2020.
Based on reported figures, the Group's sales at 30 June 2020 amounted to 13.07 billion euros, i.e. -11.7%.
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2nd quarter 2020
1st half 2020
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- 17.4%
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Active Cosmetics
+ 4.3%
Group total
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New Markets, of which:
- Eastern Europe
- Africa, Middle East
Summary by Division
At the end of June, the Professional Products Division is at -21.3% like-for-like and -21.7% reported.
After a good start to the year, particularly with its biggest brand, L'Oréal Professionnel, the Professional Products Division saw its activity penalised by the health crisis, with the sudden closure of hair salons worldwide. Towards the end of the quarter, the Division's performance progressively improved. With the gradual reopening of hair salons, many countries returned to growth, particularly the United States, Germany and China. Kérastase continued to outperform the market, thanks to the successful launch of Genesis and its omni-channel development.
E-commerce posted record growth in the first half, confirming the acceleration of the Division's digital transformation. The support provided to hairdressers during the crisis, by freezing debts, providing online education and making masks and hand sanitiser gels available, has strengthened L'Oréal's position as both the market and industry leader.
The Consumer Products Division is at -9.4% like-for-like and -10.4% reported in the first half.
The health crisis triggered a sharp deceleration in the makeup market, with a negative impact on the performance of Maybelline New York and NYX Professional Makeup in particular. The Division's business overall is stable excluding makeup. In haircare, Fructis maintained its strong growth thanks to Fructis Hair Food. In face care, L'Oréal Paris continued to grow and outperformed the market, thanks to the launch of serums in the Revitalift range. Furthermore, the Division made market share gains in the highly dynamic home-use hair colour market. The Division delivered an excellent performance in China, particularly with 3CE Stylenanda in makeup, and made market share gains in most of the major European countries. The good performance in Brazil, which ended the first half in positive territory, is also worth noting.
The Group's digital leadership has enabled it to make the most of e-commerce all over the world, in China for example, but also in the United States, where online sales more than doubled in the first half.
All the geographic Zones have drawn up a powerful acceleration plan for the second half, focused on three priorities: accelerating the pace of innovation, major "Back to Beauty" initiatives, and the intensification of media investments to stimulate demand.
The L'Oréal Luxe Division ended the first half at -16.8% like-for-like and -14.9% reported, in a luxury beauty market that contracted by some 23%.
The Division continued to make market share gains, harnessing the power of its top brands, especially those with strong positions in skincare, such as Kiehl's, Lancôme and Helena Rubinstein. The latest fragrance launches, such as Libre by Yves Saint Laurent, also performed strongly, alongside the historic pillars. Makeup remains the category most affected by the crisis.
L'Oréal Luxe is making market share gains across all Zones, with the sole exception of North America. At the end of the first half, the first encouraging signs of upturn were confirmed in the major luxury markets, particularly in Asia and especially in China, where the Division returned to growth of more than 30% [1]. But this is also true of Western Europe (France, Germany) where Mother's Day and Father's Day triggered an upturn in consumption.
The Division has continued to see very strong growth in e-commerce, which worldwide has increased by more than 65% [2]. Travel Retail however continues to be severely affected by the low level of air traffic.
The gradual reopening of brick-and-mortar outlets and the sustained plan of major global launches in the second half should enable L'Oréal Luxe to benefit from the rebound in business and to outperform the market.
In a sluggish dermocosmetics market, the Active Cosmetics Division posted sustained growth at +9.0% like-for-like and +6.0% reported, at the end of June.
In the second quarter, the Division produced a robust performance at +4.3% [1]. This was the result of the strong mobilisation of the teams, who used digital leverage to intensify brand activation and strengthen relationships with prescribers and consumers. The Division benefited from its expertise in e-commerce, which became the number one growth driver in all Zones. The Division's performance was particularly strong in Asia and in North America, where CeraVe, SkinCeuticals, and La Roche-Posay posted double-digit growth and new market share gains.
These same brands have also produced an excellent performance on a global level. CeraVe, in particular, the number one brand in terms of contribution to the Division's growth, posted double-digit growth in all Zones.
Summary by geographic Zone
The Zone is at -16.1% like-for-like and -15.6% reported. The market in Western Europe has been heavily impacted by lockdown measures, and by the closure of hair salons, department stores and perfumeries in almost all countries. Since mid-May, the market has started to pick up, particularly in the haircare and skincare categories. The upturn is however more gradual in makeup and sun care. The southern countries, such as Spain and Italy, have felt the strongest impact, because the lockdown there was longer and e-commerce structurally less developed, while Germany, the Netherlands, and the Scandinavian countries proved more resilient.
In this difficult context, the Consumer Products Division doubled its online sales, and performed very strongly in home-use hair colour. Garnier strengthened its positions, with a particularly good start for the Fructis Hair Food line. L'Oréal Luxe outperformed its market, especially in fragrances and in skincare with Biotherm. At the end of June, the Active Cosmetics Division posted growth for its brands La Roche-Posay and SkinCeuticals. CeraVe accelerated very strongly, but Vichy has been held back by a contraction in the anti-ageing market. The Professional Products Division has been hit by hair salon closures, but the recovery is encouraging. E-commerce was very dynamic in the second quarter at +91% [2], even after lockdown measures were eased.
The Zone is at -15.2% like-for-like and -13.1% reported. The second quarter was severely impacted by lockdown measures. If the market is showing encouraging signs of recovery since the progressive re-opening of points of sale, uncertainty remains due to a contrasted sanitary situation between different States in the United States. The most notable achievement is the considerable e-commerce acceleration in all Divisions that remains very dynamic even after point of sales reopening.
The Consumer Products Division was penalised by its strong footprint in makeup. It reinforced its leadership in hair colour and accelerated in skincare thanks to L'Oréal Paris Revitalift Hyaluronic Acid Serum and 10% Pure Glycolic Acid Serum. The Division had strong market share gains online with triple digit growth. L'Oréal Luxe mitigated the impact of store closures with an acceleration of its skincare, thanks to Kiehl's, Lancôme and IT Cosmetics, and e-commerce which more than doubled in the second quarter. The Professional Products Division suffered during April and May, but saw a rebound in June with the reopening of the hair salons. The Division reinforced its partnership with hair salons through financial support during the crisis, especially through SalonCentric with double-digit growth in June. The Active Cosmetics Division continued to record double-digit growth and significant market share gains. CeraVe had great momentum at more than 50%, supported by digital investment. SkinCeuticals also posted double-digit growth.
Asia Pacific: the Zone is at -3.9 % like-for-like and -3.4 % reported, most countries still being impacted by the pandemic during the second quarter.
Mainland China is at +17.5% like-for-like and +16.2% reported.
The Chinese beauty market rebounded into positive territory in the second quarter. The appetite of Chinese consumers for big brands, quality, and products they can trust, remains very strong. Various shopping festivals, online and offline, also helped to stimulate the rapid recovery of the market. L'Oréal China accelerated its growth in the second quarter, outperforming the market, and gained market shares in all Divisions and in the skincare, makeup and haircare categories. Following a strong first quarter, online sales remained dynamic. Since May, sales in department stores and boutiques also returned to growth. During the important online shopping festival on 18 June, L'Oréal gained significant market share, thanks to its expertise in digital activation. L'Oréal Paris and Lancôme took the top two positions in the Tmall shopping day ranking.
In the rest of the Asia Pacific Zone, the situation remains contrasted in most countries. The countries and regions least hit by the pandemic such as South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam, were back to growth in the month of June, while Japan and South Asia were still affected by their high exposure to the makeup category. Due to the total absence of tourism, Hong Kong (SAR) remains significantly under the 2019 sales. The evolution of the pandemic in India remains progressive and is affecting consumption significantly.
Despite this overall difficult situation, the L'Oréal Luxe and Active Cosmetics Divisions gained market share in all major markets, especially in the skincare category.
E-commerce is, for all the Divisions and markets, another strong growth driver achieving close to 60% [2] growth across the Zone.
Latin America: the Zone is at -13.9% like-for-like and -25.0% reported, with contrasted situations by country. It is worth noting the good performance of the Consumer Products Division in Brazil, and the Active Cosmetics Division, driven by CeraVe. After a widespread lockdown in April and May, there were signs of recovery in all of the Zone's markets in June. This was driven by a gradual reopening of points of sale, but also by the acceleration of e-commerce in the second quarter, which posted triple-digit growth. Skincare growth was strong. Hair colour recorded sustained growth in the Consumer Products Division, whilst the Professional Products Division was held back by the closure of hair salons in most countries throughout the second quarter. The Active Cosmetics Division was stable. L'Oréal Luxe continued to gain market shares in the Zone.
Eastern Europe: the Zone is at -12.1% like-for-like and -14.2% reported. While the health situation is improving in Central Europe, where most retail channels are open, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine are still facing an acceleration of the pandemic, and have threfore been more impacted by the crisis. Only the Active Cosmetics Division posted growth in the second quarter, while the other Divisions saw sales decrease, especially the Professional Products Division following the closure of hair salons. In June however, there were very encouraging signs of an upturn, especially for the L'Oréal Luxe and Active Cosmetics Divisions which both increased sales. E-commerce was dynamic, accounting for more than 16% of sales.
Africa, Middle East: the Zone is at -17.4% like-for-like and -19.1% reported. The Middle East continues to be affected by the pandemic, particularly Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Pakistan, where retail outlets have been facing recurring point of sales closures. The pandemic started later in Sub-Saharan Africa, but accelerated strongly in May and June. All the Divisions are feeling its impact, with Active Cosmetics being the one least affected.
Important events during the period 1/4/20 to 30/6/20
On 14 May, L'Oréal announced the appointment of Myriam Cohen-Welgryn, who joined the Group as President of the Active Cosmetics Division and thus became a member of the Executive Committee. She succeeds Brigitte Liberman, who elected to retire at the end of the year, following 34 years within the Group.
On 18 June, L'Oréal announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Thayers Natural Remedies, a US-based natural skincare brand, from Henry Thayer Company. The brand will be integrated into L'Oréal's Consumer Products Division.
On 25 June, L'Oréal launched its new sustainability programme "L'Oréal for the Future", laying down the Group's latest set of ambitions for 2030. In view of increasingly urgent environmental and social challenges, L'Oréal is accelerating its transformation in the fields of sustainability and inclusion.
On 29 June, L'Oréal finalised the sale of the Roger & Gallet brand to the French investment holding Impala, following the announcement on 4 February 2020
On 30 June, the Annual General Meeting of L'Oréal was held behind closed doors. All the resolutions were approved, including the dividend at 3.85 euros per share, the same as 2019.
The limited review procedures of the half-year consolidated accounts have been completed. The limited review report is being prepared by the Statutory Auditors.
Operating profitability at 18.0% of sales
Consolidated profit and loss account: from sales to operating profit.
In € million
As % of
H1-2020
vs. H1-2019
-3,988.5
R&D expenses
Advertising and promotion expenses
-150 bps
Gross profit, at 9,564 million euros, came out at 73.1% of sales, stable compared to the first half of 2019.
Research and Development expenses, at 455 million euros, came out at 3.5% of sales.
Advertising and promotion expenses came out at 30.5% of sales, an increase of 30 basis points.
Selling, general and administrative expenses, at 21.1% of sales, have increased by 80 basis points compared to the 2019 first half.
Overall, operating profit came out at 2,357 million euros, an increase of 150 basis points compared to the 2019 first half, at 18.0% of sales.
Operating profit by Division
% of sales
Total Divisions
before non-allocated
Non-allocated [4]
The L'Oréal group is managed on an annual basis. This means that half-year operating profits cannot be extrapolated for the whole year.
The profitability of the Professional Products Division has gone from 19.1% to 10.4%.
The profitability of the Consumer Products Division improved by 60 basis points at 21.3%.
L'Oréal Luxe posted a profitability of 20.4% compared to 23.8% in the first half of 2019.
The profitability of the Active Cosmetics Division increased again to achieve a very high level at 28.9%.
Net profit excluding non-recurring items
Consolidated profit and loss account: from operating profit to net profit excluding non-recurring items.
H1-2020 vs. H1-2019
Financial revenues and expenses
excluding dividends received
Sanofi dividends
Profit before tax and associates
excluding non-recurring items
Income tax excluding non-recurring items
of equity consolidated companies
Non-controlling interests
Net profit excluding non-recurring items,
after non-controlling interests [5]
EPS [3] (€)
Diluted average number of shares
Overall financial expenses came out at 36.5 million euros.
Sanofi dividends amounted to 372 million euros.
Income tax excluding non-recurring items came out at 547 million euros, i.e. a tax rate of 20.3%, lower than the 2019 first half.
Net profit excluding non-recurring items after non-controlling interests came out at 2,144 million euros.
Earnings per share, at 3.82 euros, has decreased by -12.7% compared with the first half of 2019.
Consolidated profit and loss account: from net profit excluding non-recurring items to net profit.
Non-recurring items
other income and expenses
tax effect
Net profit after non-controlling interests
Non-recurring items amounted to 322 million euros, net of tax, of which 407 million euros other income and expenses, principally made of:
Asset depreciation for 90 million euros,
Restructuring charges of 133 million euros,
And costs generated by the sanitary crisis for 140 million euros, including health protection measures for employees and expenses derived from the decisions made by the different government authorities, to impose a sudden and total closing of some of our businesses due to lockdown measures over a defined period of time..
Operating cash flow and balance sheet
Gross cash flow amounted to 2,668 million euros. Its evolution is in line with the net profit.
The change in working capital amounted to 889 million euros.
Investments, at 504 million euros, represented 3.8% of sales.
Operating cash flow amounted to 1,274 million euros.
At 30 June 2020, after taking into account finance lease liabilities for 1,858 million euros, net cash amounted to 2,161 million euros.
"This news release does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy L'Oréal shares. If you wish to obtain more comprehensive information about L'Oréal, please refer to the public documents registered in France with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, also available in English on our Internet site www.loreal-finance.com.
This news release may contain some forward-looking statements. Although the Company considers that these statements are based on reasonable hypotheses at the date of publication of this release, they are by their nature subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated or projected in these statements."
This is a free translation into English of the 2020 Half-Year Results news release issued in the French language and is provided solely for the convenience of English-speaking readers. In case of discrepancy, the French version prevails.
Contacts at L'Oréal
Individual shareholders and market authorities
Mr Christian MUNICH
Financial analysts and Institutional investors
Ms Françoise LAUVIN
Ms Domitille FAFIN
Switchboard: +33 1 47 56 70 00
For further information, please contact your bank, stockbroker or financial institution (I.S.I.N. code: FR0000120321), and consult your usual newspapers or magazines or the Internet site for shareholders and investors, www.loreal-finance.com,the L'Oréal Finance app or call the toll-free number from France: 0 800 66 66 66.
Appendix 1: L'Oréal group sales 2019/2020 (€ million)
First half total
Nine months total
Full year total
Appendices 2 to 6 are available in the full PDF version of the news release which can be downloaded below.
[1] Like-for-like: based on a comparable structure and identical exchange rates.
[2] Sales achieved on our brands' own websites + estimated sales achieved by our brands corresponding to sales through our retailers' e-commerce websites (non-audited data).
[3] Diluted net earnings per share, excluding non-recurring items, after non-controlling interests.
[4] Non-allocated expenses = Central Group expenses, fundamental research expenses, stock options and free grant of shares expenses and miscellaneous items. As a % of total Divisions sales.
[5] Net profit excluding non-recurring items, after non-controlling interests, excludes mostly capital gains and losses on disposals of long-term assets, impairment of assets, restructuring costs, tax effects and non-controlling interests.
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Celebrities congratulate Abdullah Siddiqui on international recognition
Singer Abdullah Siddiqui has made it to Forbes' 30 Under 30 Asia list in the Entertainment and Sports category. "I'm completely stunned and so incredibly grateful," he said. "To everyone who helped me get here, thank you." Photo: Instagram/Abdullah SiddiquiTwenty-year-old Abdullah from Lahore began producing English-language electronic music at the age of 11 and started […]
Quad meet: India, US, Oz, Japan discuss China's growing power
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The foreign ministers from the Indo-Pacific nations known as the Quad group — the US, Japan, India and Australia — were gathering in Tokyo for their first in-person talks since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Sindh Govt ranked the lowest in taking initiative and resolving complaints
The Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan was presented with a compilation report today of each province and how well they performed in resolving the complaints received on the state-managed application, 'The Citizen's Portal'. Federal government at the top for resolving most number of complaints received on the portal, sent by common citizens.Federal Institutes and […]
Government fully committed to overcome financial crisis: Samsam Bukhari
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Samsam Bukhari, provincial information minister of Punjab on Friday slammed opposition for doing politics to safeguard a man who is detained after the court found him guilty in corruption references. Talking to media in Okara he said that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have exposed themselves by joining hands. He said, […]
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Sultan, Ali Raza, Akmal Hussain and Nabeel Raza performing Naat
Finding work-from-home jobs now easier on Google
Google has made it easier to find work-from-home jobs, almost a year after it began adding more job search features to its search engine. "To help employers and recruitment platforms connect with candidates who need more flexibility, today we are announcing an improved job search experience that allows our customers to make remote work opportunities […]
British voters say: Give us a strong leader and reform the Brexit-fatigued system
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British voters want a strong leader who is willing to break the rules and force through wide scale reform after three years of Brexit crisis pushed confidence in the political system to a 15-year low. The 2016 referendum revealed a United Kingdom divided over much more than EU membership, and has sparked impassioned debate about […]
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Orange Line train construction companies ordered to pay Rs1b to court
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Eradication of corruption is first and foremost priority: Chairman NAB
Chairman National Accountability Bureau, Javed Iqbal says eradication of corruption is first and foremost priority of NAB and the Bureau is strictly committed to the policy of 'Accountability for All'. In a statement, he said incidents of corruption reduced to reach 99 in 2018 comparing with 107 last year. Javed Iqbal said improvement in Pakistan's […]


What Do Kids Put On Their Resumes When They've Never Held a Job?
Honestly, I'm not a helicopter parent anymore, but I am more than happy to jump in and offer my opinion and guidance to my two 20-something-year-old kids.
Our son went to his first career fair a year ago and it led to opportunities and eventually a full-time "real job" where he pays his rent and his bills. Our daughter is nearing the end of her college career and I suggested she attend a career fair—sooner rather than later. She wasn't thrilled but after pushing a little, she agreed and picked a date from her school's career fair calendar.
I suggested several times to go to a group hour-long prep meeting for the career fair that was scheduled last week. I think she finally agreed to get me to stop with the "suggesting" but she didn't go. Instead, she set a one-on-one appointment with a career counselor. Unfortunately, the counselor double-booked her appointment and my daughter received zero prep from her school.
This is the part I'm really proud of. My son took over. He helped her write a resume, coached her on an elevator pitch and even went so far as to help her select professional clothes. Since he's been through the process, we were all relieved. Also, reading resumes on a daily basis is part of his job working for a high-tech placement company that specializes in software engineers in Dev Ops for the Cloud.
Today is the career fair. I'm excited for my daughter and proud of my son. I want her to be relaxed and enjoy the experience. I reminded her that this is her first career fair and she has more opportunities ahead. She can look at this one as a learning experience to better prepare for the future.
Her main concern was the resume and what should she put down for experience when she's been swimming her entire life and has only worked a few months as a lifeguard and swim instructor.
Her part-time job as a lifeguard was pretty impressive. She saved a toddler's life.
Her favorite memory of college was not the year she dropped 20 seconds on the mile, but rather last year when she was throwing up in her hotel room, sick as a dog with the flu, and rallied to swim the mile—because her team needed her to score points. She didn't include this fact on her resume, but it will be a good story to tell in an interview.
My kids a few years ago with Angus.
Parents can offer a lot of help and support on the road to finding the right college. But, don't take over and do it all for your kids. I can't tell you how tempting it can be to lead the college hunt—if you're a parent who helps out on a daily basis—like driving forgotten lunches and papers to school when they're in high school. Yes, guilty! I know one parent, whose son failed miserably out of college after college. This parent admitted that he had written all the college essays and filled out the applications. He begged me not to do the same for my children.
On the other hand, someone needs to keep track of what's going on and that your child is meeting deadlines. The junior and senior years can be really tough with crazy, hectic schedules, proms, AP tests, etc.. We can't back off at this critical moment and expect our 16 or 17-year-old to know instinctively what to do. Also, you can't count on your high school to get your child into college. Not all high counselors are created equal. Some are really good at talking to kids and helping them through the process, while other counselors might not see it as their responsibility. They may have so many kids on many different tracks that they can't offer one-one-one college counseling.
1. Set up a master calendar. It's a good idea to get a big, giant calendar or white board for your student and mark down all the important dates like SAT, ACT tests, college visit, deadlines for applications, FAFSA, etc.
—Official transcripts from all secondary schools attended.
—One letter of recommendation from an adult guidance/college counselor, coach, employer etc.
—One letter of recommendation from a teacher who can speak about academic ability.
3. Review the essays. Don't write them, but read them with a critical eye and get some feedback from other adults who you admire in terms of their writing or smarts.
4. Research schools. You can do initial research into schools' majors, costs, and find out what their admission standards are. Every college has a website and if you dig deep into the admissions sections, you can find out the ranges of grades and SAT scores.
5. Make sure your child is taking the necessary classes and keeping the grades above a C. Don't nag, but don't let them slack, either.
6. If your child needs help with testing, enroll them in a SAT prep class. I did this for my daughter, who is not a good test taker and although she hated going, she thanked me afterward. She said the class, taught at a local high school over the summer, really, really helped.
7. Stay calm. This can be a bumpy road with pot holes and rocks along the way. Your teenager may procrastinate or suffer from anxiety over getting the college applications done. Parents can set the tone and keep the stress at bay, or they can add to it.
How do you think parents can help their kids through the college application process?
My son's high school graduation.


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Q: May you reopen my account? https://stackoverflow.com/users/1020386/dreamchaser
My account is suspended. I like this site very much, and many people are kind and helped me a lot. Sometimes, I also want to help others, but my programming skills are too limited, so I couldn't help others.

A: No, the suspension can not be lifted at this time. Your account was suspended because the quality of your writing needs substantial improvement. While we do not expect a drastic improvement within 48 hours, we do hope that the action taken will trigger you to want to improve the way you communicate.
Here are some things you can do, beyond the resources you were given when you were contacted:

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*Read. Read the other highly up-voted questions on Stack Overflow. What's different about them and the questions you have asked so far?

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*Converse. Find a patient native English speaking friend and practice conversationally using instant messaging.
We don't require perfection, we realize that not everyone is a native English speaker and English is a difficult language to learn. However, we need a best effort attempt from you so that our editors can add the final shine to what you write.
Stack Overflow is successful because of the knowledge our community has, and the quality of how that knowledge is conveyed. We must, at all costs, keep that bar as high as possible. Forcing you to become a better communicator is in essence forcing you to become successful, so look at it as an opportunity.

A: Urr, the idea of your suspension for low-quality contributions is to let you realise that the quality of your posts need to be improved.
Judging from the quality of this question however, you still haven't learnt your lesson. Blaming the limitations of your programming skills on your poor quality contributions is not a valid excuse.
Does your programming ability affect your use of the caps lock or shift key, to enable you to use capital letters?
Looking at some of your questions, you should also look at the formatting help page, to show you how to use lists, format code and the like.

A: The purpose of the suspension was to give you the opportunity to consider the content.  It was not personal; we concentrate on the behavior, not the user.
What concerns me most about what you were doing was asking other users to visit other websites to debug and to replicate behaviors for you.  This is not acceptable for a number of reasons.  One among them is the fact that our users consider this a form of spam (artificially driving traffic to other websites for personal profit).  If you attract enough spam flags, your account can be permanently blocked from StackOverflow.  Other measures will prevent you from re-joining.
As Tim said, we don't expect you to be perfect, but we do want you to know that you are doing some things that aren't acceptable here, and we'd appreciate it if you didn't do that.


Canadian particle accelerator centre TRIUMF and nuclear science and technology organisation Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) have agreed to pursue a strategic partnership around the commercial production of medical radioisotope actinium-225 - nicknamed "the rarest drug on Earth".
Ac-225 is an alpha-emitting isotope with a short half-life which can be combined with a protein or antibody that specifically targets cancer cells, creating a revolutionary treatment that is extremely effective at killing cancer cells without doing damage to surrounding, healthy cells. This approach is known as targeted alpha therapy. However, supplies of the radioisotope currently support only an extremely limited number of patient treatments, according to CNL, hence the isotope's nickname.
The partnership will see TRIUMF's high energy proton beam used to manufacture the isotope, with the material processed by CNL's nuclear-licensed handling and production facilities. This is expected to increase global supplies to levels that could permit hundreds of thousands of treatments every year.
Kathryn Hayashi, CEO of TRIUMF Innovations, the laboratory's commercialisation arm, said the partnership has the potential to transform the lives of people who suffer from "untreatable" cancers. "This agreement will allow TRIUMF to leverage one of our core assets, the 520MeV cyclotron, and our scientists and engineers, to produce this isotope on a scale that would enable more clinical development to make treatment available for patients with a wide spectrum of cancers that we can't fight effectively using today's technologies," she said.
CNL president and CEO Mark Lesinski, said the agreement with TRIUMF was a "natural evolution" of the organisation's decades of experience in nuclear medicine production. "Given the complementary facilities and expertise at both CNL and TRIUMF, this partnership is a perfect fit," he said.
Given the strong market demand for Ac-225, the agreement is designed to establish unparalleled production capacity of the isotope using TRIUMF's high energy proton beam and CNL's handling and processing facilities, the organisations said. Among other objectives, the CNL and TRIUMF will collaborate to develop and refine the production processes, and to identify research and distribution partners for Ac-225 and other alpha-emitting isotopes.
TRIUMF, located in Vancouver, is a national centre owned and operated as a joint venture by a consortium of universities, with funding from the National Research Council of Canada.


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Ohio Supreme Court holds statute of repose and subrogation statutes facially constitutional
Full text of the Ohio Supreme Court decision
On February 21, 2008, the Ohio Supreme Court issued a significant decision -- upholding, on its face, the statute of repose applicable to product liability actions enacted in S.B. 80. Groch v. General Motors Corporation, Slip. Opinion No. 2008-Ohio-546, syllabus paragraph 2. The Court also held that, as applied to the facts before it, the statute was unconstitutionally retroactive due to the unreasonably short period of time (34 days) between the date of Plaintiff's injury and the effective date of the new statute of repose. In addition to addressing the statute of repose for products liability actions, the Court addressed Ohio's workers' compensation subrogation statutes. The Court held that R.C. 4123.93 and R.C. 4123.931 do not violate the takings clause, the due process and right to remedy clauses, or the equal protection clause of the Ohio Constitution.
The 55-page majority decision was authored by Justice O'Connor, with Justice Pfeifer dissenting. Justice Lanzinger concurred in the answers to the certified questions, and wrote a separate concurring opinion. Justice O'Donnell concurred in the answers to the certified questions only.
The Statute of Repose at Issue
The statute at issue -- R.C. 2305.10 -- provides a ten-year statute repose for products liability claims as follows:
[N]o cause of action based on a product liability claim shall accrue against the manufacturer or supplier of a product later than ten years from the date that the product was delivered to its first purchaser . . . who was not engaged in a business in which the product was used as a component in the production, construction, assembly, or rebuilding of another product.
This statute of repose, which includes exceptions for fraud, warranties that exceed ten years, and other matters, became effective on April 7, 2005, as part of S.B. 80, a tort reform bill
Facts and Background
Groch was injured on March 3, 2005, in the course and scope of his employment with General Motors, when a trim press manufactured by Kard Corporation and Racine Federated, Inc. came down on his arm. After April 7, 2005, Groch filed an intentional tort action against General Motors and a product liability action against Kard and Racine. Kard and Racine asserted that they are immune from liability based on the statute of repose for products liability claims. Groch raised numerous constitutional challenges to the statute of repose.
Groch came to the Ohio Supreme Court on nine certified questions from the Northern District of Ohio. Five of the certified questions involved constitutional challenges to the statute of repose for products liability claims, three involved constitutional challenges to workers' compensation subrogation provisions, and one was a single-subject challenge to S.B. 80.
Summary of the Majority Opinion
1. Constitutionality of the Statute of Repose
Groch's arguments largely were based on past decisions of the Court finding other statutes of repose unconstitutional. The Court made clear at the outset that its decisions relating to other statutes of repose did not necessarily mean that the statute of repose at issue would meet the same fate. Id. at ¶100. Citing to its recent decision in Arbino v. Johnson & Johnson, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2007-Ohio-6948, the Court reiterated "key points" pertinent to its analysis in Arbino and Groch:
The legislative branch of government is the ultimate arbiter of public policy, and in fulfilling that role, the legislature continually refines Ohio's tort law to meet the needs of its citizens. Arbino, at ¶21.
"[E]ven considering the numerous opinions by this court on this issue, the basic constitutionality of tort reform statutes is hardly settled law. . . . We have not dismissed all tort reform as an unconstitutional concept."
"We will not apply stare decisis to strike down legislation enacted by the General Assembly merely because it is similar to previous enactments that have been deemed unconstitutional."
Groch, at ¶¶102-104.
Much of the Court's analysis focused on its previous decisions in Sedar v. Knowlton Constr. Co. (1990), 49 Ohio St.3d 193, and Brennaman v. R.M.I. Co. (1994), 70 Ohio St.3d 460. The Sedar Court upheld the constitutionality of a former statute of repose applicable to construction contractors and others involved with improvements to real property. Four years later, this same statute was held unconstitutional in Brennaman.
With respect to the open courts/right to remedy challenge, the Court first criticized its previous decision in Brennaman and rejected the argument that all statutes of repose are unconstitutional under Brennaman. Groch, at ¶139 ("The constitutionality of the statute at issue here certainly is not governed by the broad but hollow Brennaman analysis.") As a result, the statute at issue warranted a "fresh review" of its individual merits. Groch, at ¶147. The Court adopted the rationale of Sedar which recognized that foreclosing claims against certain defendants does not mean that a right to remedy is extinguished. The Court recognized that although R.C. 2305.10(C) may prevent suits against product manufacturers, in many situations an injured party will be able to seek recovery against other parties, such as those who control and maintain the product. Groch, at ¶152. The Court held that the statute of repose, on its face, does not violate the Ohio Constitution's open courts and right to remedy provisions.
In connection with the due process and equal protection challenges, the Court applied a rational basis test because neither a fundamental right nor suspect class is involved. The Court found that the legislative findings, set forth Section 3(C) of S.B. 80, "adequately demonstrate that the statutes bear a real and substantial relation to the public health, safety, morals, or general welfare of the public and are not unreasonable or arbitrary." Groch, at ¶¶ 162-172. The Court concluded that the statute of repose, on its face, does not violate the principles of due process or equal protection.
The Court rejected the argument that R.C. 2305.10 deprives a person of property under the takings clause as follows:
[T]he statute of repose at issue in this case involves a cause of action that never accrues and thus is prevented from vesting once the ten-year repose period has passed. Because there is no property right, there can be no taking.
Groch, at ¶177.
Lastly the Court addressed Petitioner's argument that the statute is unconstitutionally retroactive as applied to him. The Court noted that the statute applies to all actions brought on or after its effective date (April 7, 2005) and that Petitioner's injury occurred on March 3, 2005. The Court applied the two-part test used to determine whether a statute is unconstitutionally retroactive. Van Fossen v. Babcock & Wilcox Co. (1988), 36 Ohio St.3d 100. The Court first found that the General Assembly expressed its clear intent to apply the statute of repose retrospectively and went on to determine whether the statute is substantive or remedial.
The Court stated that "whether a statute is remedial depends upon its operation and not upon a label placed upon it by the General Assembly." Groch, at ¶187. Here, the statute operated as a very short statute of limitations that cut off Petitioner's right to bring suit 34 days after he was injured, on a cause of action that had accrued. Groch, at ¶189. Based on other provisions of R.C. 2305.10, the Court concluded that a reasonable period of time to commence suit would have been within two years of the date the cause of action accrued (as two years is generally the statute of limitations applicable to bodily injury claims). Groch, at ¶198. The Court held that, as applied to Petitioner, the statute of repose was unconstitutionally retroactive.
The Ohio Supreme Court's holding that the statute of repose for products liability actions is facially constitutional is a significant step toward ensuring that manufacturers are not subjected to never-ending liability.
Even though the statute of repose will not apply to all actions filed on or after April 7, 2005 (in light of the Court's retroactivity analysis), it should apply to the overwhelming majority of those filed after April 7, 2007. Generally, a plaintiff will not be able to successfully argue that the statute of repose is unconstitutionally retroactive in any case that was not filed on or before April 7, 2007.
2. Constitutionality of Workers' Compensation Subrogation Statutes
The Ohio Workers' Compensation Subrogation Statutes became effective in April, 2003, after the Supreme Court in the case of Holeton v. Krauss Cartage Co. (2001), 92 Ohio St. 3rd 115, 748 N.E. 1111, struck down the previous Ohio Workers' Compensation Subrogation Statutes in 2001. After much negotiation and compromise, the Ohio legislature enacted Senate Bill 227, which was an attempt to follow the Court's ruling in Holeton so that the statute would meet constitutional muster. The Court in Groch has written in great detail a decision which demonstrates that the rewritten Ohio Workers' Compensation Subrogation Statutes meet constitutional muster.
The questions certified to the Ohio Supreme Court concerning the Subrogation Statutes were whether they violated the takings clause (Section 19, Article I), the due process and remedies clauses (Section 16, Article I), or the equal protection clause (Section 1, Article I), of the Ohio Constitution. The Court responded in each instance that the statutes were facially constitutional.
In the Holeton case, the Ohio Supreme Court determined that there was an unconstitutional taking of an injured worker's property or denial of remedy by due course of law in that the former subrogation statutes allowed for reimbursement to the statutory subrogee from proceeds that did not constitute a double recovery. In addition, the Court determined that the subrogee could receive proceeds that would exceed what the injured worker might expect to receive.
The Court also found that in Holeton an injured worker who settled his claim was in a different position that one who received a verdict based upon interrogatories to the jury. In other words, the full amount of the settlement could be applied to subrogation whereas, interrogatories to the jury in a trial could distinguish between amounts claimed under subrogation versus amounts in the verdict that applied to pain and suffering.
The new statutes developed a formula which the Court found to be constitutional and therefore did not violate the takings clause nor the due process and remedies clauses unconstitutional. Plus, injured worker has the option of establishing a trust to avoid the consequences of overestimating future benefit values. Under the former statute, the statutory subrogee could retain any overpayment, whereas the current trust option ensures the return to the claimant of all funds remaining after the final reimbursement of the subrogee. The Petitioners argued that the subrogee still may take a portion of the non-duplicative damages so that the current statutes remain unconstitutional. In order to refute that assertion, the Court used examples to demonstrate that the subrogee does not recoup any portion of the claimant's attorneys fees, costs, expenses or punitive damages, as the formula referred to above excludes those amounts from the amount recovered by the claimant.
The Court went on to demonstrate that the procedure described above is facially constitutional and does not constitute an impermissible taking or violation of due process in as much as the claimant then and subrogee share in the pro-rata division of the net amount received. The Court stated that the compromise between the claimant and the subrogee constitutes a sharing of the burden equally between the two.
In determining that the equal protection section of the Ohio Constitution is not violated, the Court reviewed the statutes under the "rational-basis" test. In Holeton, the Court found that the former subrogation statute violated the equal protection clause by distinguishing between claimants who received a verdict after trial and those who settled. The Court stated at page 20 of its decision that "such disparate treatment of claimants who settle their tort claims is irrational and arbitrary . . . " That disparity was remedied by the legislature when it developed in the new statutes a formula to determine the division of the net amount recovered. Moreover, the claimant and the employer or the Bureau of Workers' Compensation, as a subrogee, can enter into an agreement to divide the amount available on a fair and reasonable basis. In addition, there could be a conference with the Bureau of Workers' Compensation administration to mediate the division of an award or settlement. Finally, the parties could submit the issue to an alternate dispute resolution process. In the new statute, the formula for dividing the net amount recovered, applies to both claimants who settle their claims and those who recover after trial. Therefore, the Court determined that the rational-basis test was met.
Interestingly, the Court, referring to the brief of the State of Ohio, pointed out that the current legislation represents a compromise between business interests and plaintiff's interests. It also indicates that there was input from the Bureau of Workers' Compensation and many other interested parties prior to the final drafting of the legislation. Thus, it demonstrates that the Court understood the effort expended by al stake holders to ensure that the most recent statutes met the standards established by the Court in Holeton.
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