Trimble Reports Second Quarter 2013 Revenue of $576.3 Million, GAAP EPS of $0.21 and Non-GAAP EPS of $0.38 | Trimble, Inc.
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) today announced second quarter 2013 revenue of $576.3 million, up 11 percent as compared to the second quarter of 2012.
GAAP operating income for the second quarter of 2013 was $64.9 million, or 11.3 percent of revenue, as compared to 11.4 percent of revenue in the second quarter of 2012.
GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2013 was $54.6 million, up 2 percent as compared to the second quarter of 2012. Diluted GAAP earnings per share in the second quarter of 2013 were $0.21, flat with the second quarter of 2012. The tax rate for the second quarter of 2013 was 20 percent as compared to 16 percent in the second quarter of 2012.
Non-GAAP operating income for the second quarter of 2013 was $120.3 million, or 20.9 percent of revenue, compared to $105.2 million, or 20.3 percent of revenue, in the second quarter of 2012.
Non-GAAP net income of $98.6 million for the second quarter of 2013 was up 7 percent as compared to the second quarter of 2012. Diluted non-GAAP earnings per share were $0.38 in the second quarter of 2013, as compared to diluted non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.36 in the second quarter of 2012.
Acquisition and divestiture costs of $2.5 million as compared to $7.3 million.
"We met expectations in the second quarter in spite of problematic conditions in some of our markets. Despite those challenges the Engineering & Construction, Mobile Solutions, and Advanced Devices segments all demonstrated year-to-year revenue and margin growth," said Steven W. Berglund, Trimble's president and chief executive officer. "The most significant issue for us was in the Field Solutions segment which declined year-to-year, primarily as a result of lower GIS revenues which were impacted by cutbacks in government funding. Agriculture sales declined slightly due to market conditions in the U.S., which were partially offset by strong growth in the rest of the world. We anticipate some of these market conditions to continue for the rest of the year; we nonetheless continue to expect double digit revenue growth for the second half."
Second quarter 2013 E&C revenue was $313.4 million, up 10 percent as compared to the second quarter of 2012 primarily due to organic growth in buildings and construction solutions sales and contributions from acquisitions.
Operating income in E&C for the second quarter of 2013 was $66.8 million, or 21.3 percent of revenue, as compared to 20.9 percent of revenue in the second quarter of 2012. Non-GAAP operating income was $69.7 million, or 22.2 percent of revenue, as compared to 22.1 percent of revenue in the second quarter of 2012.
Second quarter 2013 Field Solutions revenue was $115.9 million, down 6 percent as compared to the second quarter of 2012, due primarily to softer sales of Geographical Information System (GIS) solutions. Sales of agricultural solutions were also down slightly.
Second quarter 2013 Field Solutions operating income was $43.4 million, or 37.4 percent of revenue, as compared to $46.6 million, or 37.8 percent of revenue, in the second quarter of 2012. Non-GAAP operating income was $44.2 million, or 38.1 percent of revenue, as compared to $47.3 million, or 38.3 percent of revenue, in the second quarter of 2012. The slight decrease in non-GAAP operating margin was due primarily to lower revenue, as well as GIS product mix, partially offset by positive product mix and pricing in agriculture.
Second quarter 2013 Mobile Solutions revenue was $115.5 million, up 42 percent as compared to the second quarter of 2012 due to higher revenue from transportation and logistics sales, primarily due to acquisitions.
Second quarter 2013 Mobile Solutions operating income was $15.4 million, or 13.4 percent of revenue, as compared to $5.6 million, or 6.9 percent of revenue, in the second quarter of 2012. Second quarter 2013 non-GAAP operating income was $16.4 million, or 14.2 percent of revenue, as compared to $5.9 million, or 7.2 percent of revenue, in the second quarter of 2012. The increase in non-GAAP operating margins was primarily due to leverage from increased revenue, product mix and cost controls.
Second quarter 2013 Advanced Devices revenue was $31.5 million, up 10 percent as compared to the second quarter of 2012, primarily due to stronger sales of military and RFID components and subsystems.
Operating income in Advanced Devices for the second quarter of 2013 was $6.5 million, or 20.7 percent of revenue, as compared to $3.9 million, or 13.7 percent of revenue, in the second quarter of 2012. Non-GAAP operating income in Advanced Devices was $7.4 million, or 23.6 percent of revenue, as compared to $4.5 million, or 15.6 percent of revenue, in the second quarter of 2012. The improvement in non-GAAP operating margin was due to leverage on higher revenue.
For the third quarter of 2013 Trimble expects revenue between $555 million and $565 million with GAAP earnings per share of $0.18 to $0.20 and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.36 to $0.38. Non-GAAP guidance excludes the amortization of intangibles of $42.0 million related to previous acquisitions; anticipated acquisition costs of $4.5 million and the anticipated impact of stock-based compensation expense of $9.3 million. Both GAAP and non-GAAP earnings per share assume a 16 to 18 percent tax rate and 261 million shares outstanding.
Trimble will hold a conference call today, July 30, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. PT to discuss its results. The call will be broadcast live on the Web at http://investor.trimble.com. Investors without Internet access may dial into the call at (800) 528-9198 (U.S.) or (702) 928-6633 (international). A replay of the call will be available for seven days at (855) 859-2056 (U.S.) or (404) 537-3406 (international). The pass code for all calls is 19870023. The replay will also be available on the Web at the address above.
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We believe this measure is important to investors evaluating our non-GAAP spending in relation to revenue. Non-GAAP operating expenses exclude restructuring costs, amortization of purchased intangible assets, stock-based compensation and acquisition costs associated with external and incremental costs resulting directly from merger and acquisition activities such as legal, due diligence, integration costs, and acquisition bonus payments from GAAP operating expenses. We believe that these exclusions offer investors supplemental information to facilitate comparison of our operating expenses to our prior results.
We believe our investors benefit by understanding our non-GAAP operating income trends which are driven by revenue, gross margin, and spending. Non-GAAP operating income excludes restructuring costs, amortization of purchased intangible assets, stock-based compensation, amortization of acquisition-related inventory step-up and acquisition costs associated with external and incremental costs resulting directly from merger and acquisition activities such as legal, due diligence, integration costs, and acquisition bonus payments. We believe that these exclusions offer an alternative means for our investors to evaluate current operating performance compared to results of other periods.
We believe this measure helps investors evaluate our non-operating income trends. Non-GAAP non-operating income, net excludes acquisition and divestiture gains associated with unusual acquisition related items such as adjustments to the fair value of earn-out liabilities and gains or losses related to the acquisition or sale of certain businesses and investments. These gains are specific to particular acquisitions and divestitures and vary significantly in amount and timing. Non-GAAP non-operating income, net also excludes foreign exchange loss specifically associated with a hedge for one of our acquisitions. We believe that these exclusions provide investors with a supplemental view of our ongoing financial results.
Acquisition / divestiture items. Included in our GAAP presentation of operating expenses, acquisition costs consist of external and incremental costs resulting directly from merger and acquisition activities such as legal, due diligence, integration costs and acquisition bonus payments. Included in our GAAP presentation of non-operating income, net, acquisition / divestiture gain includes unusual acquisition or divestiture related items such as adjustments to the fair value of earn-out liabilities and gains on divestitures of certain businesses and investments. Although we do numerous acquisitions, the costs that have been excluded from the non-GAAP measures are costs specific to particular acquisitions. These are one-time costs that vary significantly in amount and timing and are not indicative of our core operating performance.
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How to write a strong villain who isn't really present?
I've been working on a quite large story for a while now, but going through my drafts I noticed one weakness: My villains are very underdeveloped / weakly characterized.
I'll try to generalize the question & example, to keep it relevant for other cases as well:
The main protagonists are not directly facing a villain, but are facing the results of the villain's actions (for example, war). So, they don't really face 'a villain' in the classic "hero vs evil overlord" sense, but instead face the situation and eventually the villain's troops or other minor odds.
This creates a large problem for the story: My protagonists face "faceless" soldiers but are never involved with the (charismatic? power hungry? misguided? manipulated?) leaders. Why would they want to? It would only cause more problems.
I tried to remedy this problem by giving the "other side" a voice, basically a protagonist that is involved in the bigger (background) conflict - but that just feels artificial (at least so far).
It's not that the protagonists are not heavily involved - the problem just is that with a certain command structure, it wouldn't make sense to involve a leader who should delegate, not run around and do it himself.
Example: (and my problems with it)
A large war between two faction breaks out.
Anna, for some reason, has the key (let's say, a magical artifact?) to make one side win over the other at the expense of her life. She doesn't want either side to win but can't leave the area either, so she tries to stay under the radar.
Both sides make it a priority to hunt Anna down - whoever finds her first and brings her back gains a huge advantage.
Now, I would say the leaders of the two factions do the only thing reasonable: they delegate the issue. Search parties, troops, etc. They maybe even give one high ranking member the responsibility to solve the problem.
And this is exactly my problem: there wouldn't be one person searching for Anna, there would be dozens, hundreds or more (depending on the resources available). She would never face the same 'hunter' twice if she keeps changing location, which would be the reasonable action.
The only way to have a reappearing presence would be to bring the leading person in the picture - but he would most likely just be sitting in some headquarters and organize his men. He would only come into play when Anna was captured, without any build up - and then his job would be done and he would be out of the picture again after delivering her.
What are good techniques to make an impersonal (background) conflicts more personal for the protagonists, or give the conflict a "face"?
Is it necessary / expected to force a person (that usually just sits behind a desk and wouldn't have a personal connection) directly into the scene, even if he would just delegate the issue and wait for results? (which isn't very exciting)
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Read the Lord of the Rings – CHEESE Apr 3 '16 at 1:49
And watch The Usual Suspects. – Ken Mohnkern Apr 5 '16 at 13:26
Just make the soldiers malicious mean and scary, with sneers that curdle dairy, and violence wise their hands are not the cleanest. – Xandar The Zenon Apr 18 '16 at 13:23
What makes you think your story needs a personal villain? What problems is it creating to not have one? – Chris Sunami Mar 11 at 20:38
If the villain is a tyrant, as it seems to be, then every character in the plot, even the most secondary, has an opinion about him (her?). People are afraid of him, or love him, or tell ridiculous jokes about him. Different characters will have different images of the tyrant (he kills beggars, says the beggar, or the nun; he makes trains get on schedule, says the merchant who needs to send his commodities to distant cities). Technically, you can make him the central character of your piece without ever giving him a line to speak. – Luís Henrique Mar 13 at 1:07
Well let's look at this from the perspective of the Generals:
Whilst this object that could turn the tide of the war is obviously important, it might turn out to just be rumor, or might end up being so well hidden that neither side would ever find it. Therefore committing a significant number of soldiers to pursue the girl is a massive waste of resources. Particularly in a war that is so well balanced an extra squad in an important checkpoint could turn the tide of the battle.
No, the generals would send one, or at most two, small strike teams to hunt her down. Maybe even individual sleuths to follow her trail discretely and catch up to her. Sure, the troops would be on the lookout for women of her description, but they can't do an all out manhunt whilst there is a war to win.
So she would come to know her pursuers, or at least know they are on her trail and recognize them. Even if just rumors from towns (the local barkeep mentioning that there has been a tall man in a white hat asking around town about a girl who fits her description). This way, the antagonists become personal, because they are hunting her. She doesn't need to know their names, she just needs to know what to be on the lookout for.
As for the leaders, she might know their names as they may have won fame or renown from battles they have won. She might even catch a glimpse of them from afar. But as you say, they would not lead a hunt for her, they would be too busy fighting battles. But again, with them giving the order to find her, it would be personal to her that they have ordered her capture.
The best example I can think of is the movie Inglorious Bastards. Hans Landa hunts down and kills Shosanna's family, whilst she ends up escaping. She remembers exactly who he is years later, whilst he doesn't recognize her when she is sitting across the table from him. However, he is doing it under orders from Hitler, but it's still Hans that she hates.
It might not be personal to the hunters, they are just doing their jobs. But she would know exactly who they are. There is your antagonist. Maybe she meets one of the generals if she gets captured later on in the story, so even though no love would be lost, she would still only see them as the figurehead.
Edit: Entirely forgot to say that the white hat idea came from Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, which is worth a watch if you haven't seen it as it features a similar antagonist scenario, with the main characters being hunted by a particular person/group.
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I would suggest the "Terminator Franchise". Skynet is always the big bad, but the number of times Skynet is actually scene in the movies is surprisingly low (the third being any onscreen pressence at all... the fourth where it is actually given dialog with the Protaganist). The story is always focused on the agents of the humans and Skynet trying to use time travel to eliminate each other's chain of command before they can be a threat. – hszmv Mar 13 '18 at 15:57
So give your villain more to do. Raise the stakes.
If the General overseeing the various troops and hunters doesn't feel scary enough, give him more motivation. Give him someone REALLY scary to report to who is breathing down his neck and has no tolerance for failure, or even lateness, on pain of death. Or the Bigger Bad is holding the General's family hostage or something, so that the General's ruthlessness isn't even purely business but personal to save something entirely unrelated to Anna. Maybe if the General's side wins the war he can extract some tribute from the conquered land which is a cure for some fatal disease his child has, and that could be a way for Anna to win him to her side by having one of her allies procure the cure for him in exchange for the General backing off. And so on.
Perhaps to see more deeply into the villain's character, you could write about what he is doing when he is not just sitting beside his desk delegating...his decisions there impact Anna, but what leads to those decisions? Does he make one decision because of something that irritated him at breakfast? Is catching Anna on his mind at other times, like when he's at home with his wife? Does his failure to catch her remind him other other failures in the past? Can you imagine what it would be like to be him, a day in his life?
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To the rank and file of an army, the "villainous" overlord of the enemy army/nation/empire is simply a caricature created by the propaganda arm of their OWN military intelligence.
Little of what the grunts know can be called the straight dope.
It is all propaganda.
The only slight exception happens when the opposing leader is just so tactically brilliant on the field that his fame spreads across the battle line (as in the case with Napoleon).
So given that, how would you write such a villain? You write it as it would be written by the propaganda arm of military intelligence. =)
for example, did you know that that napoleon was a tiny little man was a pure fabrication by british military propaganda?
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Your character can experience (and may not experience often enough) the results of the opposition leader's actions; or hear second-hand tales of the atrocities committed by their direct orders. This can feed the fire of her disgust, or hatred, or resolve, just as much as personal interaction.
She encounters a handful of refugees escaping a massacre, in which the soldiers were shooting captured children, point blank range, just to do away with them. In some other case, they are ordered to set every building in a village on fire, to drive out anybody hiding, anywhere. They shoot and kill pregnant women with their hands up to surrender.
Pick your level of war crimes and sadism. Darth Vader killed a whole planet full of people as a test.
I agree it is not realistic for a general or King or President or Prime Minister or Emperor or whatever you have at the top of the chain of command to wander into the field and put themselves in mortal danger. Hitler never really did that; psychopaths that reach that level of power are generally both smart enough and self-interested enough to put their own safety above all else. So everything the rank and file knows about them is known second-hand, by the atrocities they ordered, and the terror they created to ensure compliance of both the populace and their own soldiers -- fail to follow your orders and you will be summarily shot in the head.
Again, Darth Vader illustrates; just failure to complete a mission was enough for Vader to use the force to choke a ship commander to death, in front of the man that has to replace him.
Your true villain may not ever show up; but the protagonist(s) can know who they face and if they are making any progress against the villain by the stories they hear. Perhaps in the end all they know is some generals murdered the King and ended the war.
A governor of any kind will be reflected in the actions of his/her government.
This for instance is what we know about Fernan III of Palis:
The people nickname him Fernan the Fool;
When he sends a harald to the market to make a proclamation, a chararacter wonders what the plausibility that Fernan has something important to say;
A character, in a bar discussion, calls him "imbecile" and expresses the wish that his daughter replaces him soon;
As the Fernan has just declared war on Ossin, this same character, who is obviously opposed to that war, wonders if a defeat in the war would not be welcome, as it probably would force Fernan to resign;
Another character objects that since the Ossians were clearly provoking Palis, Fernan had no choice but to declare war, lest the military would depose him;
A main character comments that Fernan got tired of his nickname of Fernan the Fool and declared war to get it changed to Fernan the Butcher;
Another important character, an intermediate leader in a criminal ring, says "we are at war, or rather, Fernan the Fool is at war" and immediately calls it a "crazy and lost war". She then explains to the victim of her racket scheme that she is coming early to get to the money before the tax collectors on behalf of the royal government can do their job;
At a military conference to organise the war, Fernan is absent, but there is a portrait of him as a young man on a wall, in military garb, wearing crown and sceptre;
The military leader at such meeting explains to her subordinates that the High Command has not defined the objectives of the war, and that she asked the king, who wasn't able to answer either;
The general then takes the logical conclusion: the High Command wants a defeat, in order to justify the toppling of the king. One of the colonels then asks if the king is aware of that. The general retorts that no, he isn't, and that she wouldn't warn him of it, because he wouldn't believe, and might even arrest her for such an information;
The king decided against a draft, preferring to promise freedom for prisoners who volunteer for the war; it is clear that he does so on the counsel of the commander of the Army;
The same thief previously cited reports to her superiors that there is general discontent against the king, against the war, and against several military commanders (not the one referred above), and that there is widespread belief that the amnesty proposed by the king will not be honoured, or that it was proposed because the king believes his soldiers will be massacred;
The ringleader of the racket then instructs the thief to spread hate against the king;
The general cited above remarks to one of the colonels that she needs to talk to the king, in order to explain her plans, and that it won't be an easy task;
She then asks the colonel if she thinks storming a certain fortress, Evelenia, will be possible in a short time. The colonel answers she thinks not, moreso because they won't have sappers with them. And the general retorts that she will try to change the king's mind on that subject, even though it may be more difficult than storming Evelenia.
Fernan never really appears, but I think I managed to establish that he is not really bright, but stubborn, weak, indecisive, and unable to deal with his counselours, and that his subjects despise more than hate him.
I suppose you can do something similar; people will comment on the merits and demerits of the ruler - or, if they are too afraid to talk against him, they will hint on that by their reactions to the military, police, other State agents, or even to other commoners that they might fear are spies or informers.
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Royal Ins. v. Lynnhaven Marine Boatel, Inc.
216 F. Supp. 2d 562 (E.D. Va. 2002)
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Royal Ins.v.Lynnhaven Marine Boatel, Inc.
United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Norfolk DivisionJul 11, 2002
No. CIV.A. 201CV425.
James long Chapman, IV, Amy Sue Morrissey, Crenshaw Ware Martin PLC, Norfolk, VA, Mark T. Mullen, Cozen and O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiffs.
Craig David Roswell, Donald Lee Speidel, Niles, Barton Wilmer, Baltimore, MD, Carl W. Isbrandtsen, Virginia Beach, VA, Jason E. Dodd, Heilig McKenry Fraim Lollar PC, Norfolk, VA, for Defendants.
JACKSON, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on Motions for Sanctions pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11, 28 U.S.C. § 1927, and the Court's inherent power, filed by Defendants Lynnhaven Dry Storage Marina, M G Associates, Dockside Associates, F. Wayne McLeskey, and J. Crockett Henry. For the following reasons, the Court DENIES Defendants' Motions for Sanctions.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Plaintiffs Royal Insurance Company of America, United Services Automobile Association, Buckeye Union Insurance Company, Allstate Insurance Company, Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Charles A. Bayne, and Ernest Lambert (collectively, "Plaintiffs") filed the instant action to recover damages against, inter alia, Defendants Lynnhaven Dry Storage Marina ("LDSM"), M G Associates, Dockside Associates, F. Wayne McLeskey, Bel-Aire Inc., and J. Crockett Henry (collectively, "Defendants"), for damage to personal property caused by a fire at a boatel. Plaintiffs sought recovery against these Defendants based on their alleged negligent construction of the boatel as stated in Count IV of the Complaint. On March 14, 2002, the Court entered a Memorandum Opinion and Order granting Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment because the action against Defendants was timebarred by Virginia's Statute of Repose.
On April 10, 2002, J. Crockett Henry and LDSM filed three separate Motions for Sanctions pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court's Inherent Powers, and 28 U.S.C. § 1927. On April 11, 2002, Bel-Aire Inc., McLeskey, Dockside, and M G filed three Motions for Sanctions based upon the same grounds. On April 11, 2002, Defendants filed a Joint Memorandum in support of their motions for sanctions. On April 16, 2002, Plaintiffs filed an opposition memorandum to Defendants' motions for sanctions. Counsel for Plaintiffs requested a hearing from the Court on Defendants' motions for sanctions. The Court finds that oral argument is unnecessary to adjudicate the motion; accordingly, the matter is ripe for determination.
II. LEGAL STANDARDS AND ANALYSIS
A. Sanctions pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 authorizes the Court to impose sanctions upon attorneys, law firms, or parties that violate the certification requirement contained in Rule 11(b). Rule 11(b) provides that:
By presenting to the court . . . a pleading, written motion, or other paper, an attorney or unrepresented party is certifying that to the best of the person's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances, — (1) it is not being presented for any improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation; (2) the claims, defenses, and other legal contentions therein are warranted by existing law or the establishment of new law; (3) the allegations and other factual contentions have evidentiary support or, if specifically so identified, are likely to have evidentiary support after a reasonable opportunity for further investigation or discovery; and (4) the denials of factual contentions are warranted on the evidence or, if specifically so identified, are reasonably based on lack of information or belief.
Sanctions may be initiated by motion or by the Court sua sponte. Fed.R.Civ.P. 11(c)(1)(A). "A sanction imposed for violation of this rule shall be limited to what is sufficient to deter repetition of such conduct or comparable conduct by those similarly situated," including payment of "some or all of the reasonable attorney's fees and other expenses incurred as a direct result of the violation." Fed.R.Civ.P. 11(c)(2). "If warranted, the court may award to the party prevailing on the motion the reasonable expenses and attorney's fees incurred in presenting or opposing the motion." Fed.R.Civ.P. 11(c)(1)(A).
A motion for sanctions pursuant to Rule 11 is subject to a "safe harbor" provision, which requires that the party seeking sanctions serve its opponent with the initial motion for sanctions twenty-one days prior to filing the motion with the court, thus giving the party an opportunity to withdraw the offending contention and avoid sanctions under the rule. Fed.R.Civ.P. 11(c)(1)(A). Rule 11 Sanctions are not available when the moving party waits to serve the motion after the final disposition of the claim between the parties. Ridder v. City of Springfield, 109 F.3d 288, 296 (6th Cir. 1997), cert. denied, 522 U.S. 1046, 118 S.Ct. 687, 139 L.Ed.2d 634 (1998) (holding that "sanctions under Rule 11 are unavailable unless the motion for sanction is served on the opposing party for the full twenty-one day `safe harbor' period before it is filed with or presented to the court; this service and filing must occur prior to final judgment or judicial rejection of the offending contention. Quite clearly then, a party cannot wait until after summary judgment to move for sanctions under Rule 11."); see also Fed.R.Civ.P. 11, Application Notes ("Given the `safe harbor' provisions discussed below, a party cannot delay serving its Rule 11 motion until conclusion of the case (or judicial rejection of the offending contention).").
Defendants move the Court for sanctions pursuant to Rule 11 against Plaintiffs and their attorneys, alleging that they failed to engage in a pretrial investigation of the allegations and such would have "revealed both the existence of Virginia's statute of repose and the general rule declining to impose liability on a landlord for injuries to its tenant's business invitees." Def. Joint Mem. in Supp. of Mots. for Sanctions, at 22. Defendants place emphasis on the fact that Plaintiffs pursued the claims against Defendants despite the application of the statute of repose. Defendants proffer that they submitted documents to Plaintiffs that should have provoked a withdrawal of their claims against Defendants. As the litigation continued, Plaintiffs effectively conceded that Counts I-III were inapplicable to Defendants, but those counts were not withdrawn until after Defendants filed their motions for summary judgment. Defendants contend that Plaintiffs' vigorous opposition to Defendants' motions for summary judgment with regard to the application of the Statute of Repose further increased Defendants' costs. In addition, Defendants draw the Court's attention to specific acts of discourtesy on the part of Plaintiffs' counsel.
This argument is unavailing. The Court notes that Defendants had an opportunity to reduce their litigation costs by filing a case-dispositive motion early in the litigation.
Plaintiffs first argue that Defendants' Motions for Sanctions under Rule 11 are untimely because Defendants failed to comply with the "safe harbor" requirement of Rule 11, and should not be considered as a basis for the imposition of sanctions in this matter. Defendants did not file a motion for Rule 11 sanctions at any point during the litigation to contest the Plaintiffs' filings; rather, the motions were not served upon Plaintiffs until after Defendants were dismissed from the case when the Court granted their motions for summary judgment. Plaintiffs advised Defendants that their motions were untimely under Rule 11, however, Defendants did not withdraw the motions. In their factual statement, Plaintiffs dispute Defendants' allegations of misconduct contained in their motions for sanctions. For example, Plaintiffs claim that Defendants never asked that Counts I-III be dismissed against them, only that they should be dropped from the entire litigation. Plaintiffs further claim that they appropriately pursued their claim under Count IV.
The Court finds that Defendants failed to meet the `safe harbor' requirements of Rule 11 and failed to file the motion for sanctions until after their motion for summary judgment was granted. The Court acknowledges that Defendants, to the extent they believed the claims by Plaintiffs were frivolous and unsupported, had ample opportunity to bring a Rule 11 motion during the course of the litigation. Instead, Defendants proceeded through the litigation, conducted discovery, and filed a motion for summary judgment, which the Court ultimately granted. The purpose of Rule 11 sanctions is to deter improper pleadings and contentions. In accordance with the Advisory Committee Notes and standing case law, the Court declines to employ deterrent measures after the litigation is resolved. Accordingly, Defendants' Motions for Sanctions pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 are DENIED. B. Sanctions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1927
Title 28, United States Code, Section 1927 provides:
Any attorney or other person admitted to conduct cases in any court of the United states or any Territory thereof who so multiplies the proceedings in any case unreasonably and vexatiously may be required by the court to satisfy personally the excess costs, expenses, and attorneys' fees reasonably incurred because of such conduct.
The focus of § 1927 is on the attorneys' conduct of the litigation, rather than on the merits. DeBauche v. Trani, 191 F.3d 499, 511-12 (4th Cir. 1999). An award by the court of attorneys' fees under this section is for conduct "more egregious" than behavior sanctionable under Rule 11. O'Rourke v. City of Norman, 640 F. Supp. 1451 (W.D.Okla. 1986), rev'd on other grounds, 875 F.2d 1465, cert. denied, 493 U.S. 918, 110 S.Ct. 280, 107 L.Ed.2d 260. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ("Fourth Circuit") has held that a finding of bad faith is a necessary precondition to imposition of fees on an attorney under § 1927. Brubaker v. City of Richmond, 943 F.2d 1363, 1382 n. 25 (4th Cir. 1991).
The Court finds that there is no indication in Defendants' alleged facts of the bad faith conduct sought to be remedied by § 1927 sanctions. Plaintiffs, although ultimately unsuccessful in their litigation against the Defendants, proceeded vigorously in their claim under Count IV under an apparent good faith belief that the statute of repose did not apply to Defendants because they did not physically construct the boatel. Although the Court declined to accept their proposed interpretation of the Statute of Repose, it does not warrant the imposition of sanctions for what Plaintiffs perceived to be an arguable issue of law. Furthermore, Plaintiffs did not "multiply" the proceedings as conceived by § 1927 in conducting depositions in support of their claims against Defendants. Section 1927 seeks to admonish unnecessary delay and process to the extent manufactured by the bad faith actions of counsel. Plaintiffs' conduct in the instant matter do not indicate the requisite bad faith. Accordingly, the Court DENIES Defendants' Motions for Sanctions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1927 against Plaintiffs' counsel.
C. Sanctions pursuant to the Court's Inherent Power
"`Courts of justice are universally acknowledged to be vested, by their very creation, with power to impose silence, respect, and decorum, in their presence, and submission to their lawful mandates.' Anderson v. Dunn, 19 U.S. 204, 6 Wheat. 204, 227, 5 L.Ed. 242 (1821). These powers are `governed not by rule or statute but by the control necessarily vested in courts to manage their own affairs so as to achieve the orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.' Link v. Wabash R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 630-31, 82 S.Ct. 1386, 8 L.Ed.2d 734 (1962). While this power `ought to be exercised with great caution,' it is nevertheless `incidental to all Courts.' Id. Indeed, `[t]here are ample grounds for recognizing . . . that in narrowly defined circumstances federal courts have inherent power to assess attorney's fees against counsel,' Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper, 447 U.S. 752, 765, 100 S.Ct. 2455, 65 L.Ed.2d 488, (1980), even though the socalled `American Rule' prohibits fee shifting in most cases. See Alyeska Pipeline Serv. Co. v. Wilderness Soc'y, 421 U.S. 240, 259, 95 S.Ct. 1612, 44 L.Ed.2d 141 (1975). . . . A court may assess attorney's fees when a party has `acted in bad faith, vexatiously, wantonly, or for oppressive reasons.' Alyeska, 421 U.S. at 258-59, 95 S.Ct. 1612 (quoting F.D. Rich Co. v. United States ex rel. Indus. Lumber Co., 417 U.S. 116, 129, 94 S.Ct. 2157, 40 L.Ed.2d 703 (1974)). In this regard, if a court finds `that fraud has been practiced upon it, or that the very temple of justice has been defiled,' it may assess attorney's fees against the responsible party, Universal Oil Prods. Co. v. Root Refining Co., 328 U.S. 575, 580, 66 S.Ct. 1176, 90 L.Ed. 1447 (1946), as it may when a party `shows bad faith by delaying or disrupting the litigation or by hampering enforcement of a court order,' Hutto v. Finney, 437 U.S. 678, 689 n. 14, 98 S.Ct. 2565, 57 L.Ed.2d 522. The imposition of sanctions in this instance transcends a court's equitable power concerning relations between the parties and reaches a court's inherent power to police itself, thus serving the dual purpose of `vindicat[ing] judicial authority without resort to the more drastic sanctions available for contempt of court and mak[ing] the prevailing party whole for expenses caused by his opponent's obstinacy.' Id." Chambers v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 32, 45-46, 111 S.Ct. 2123, 115 L.Ed.2d 27 (1991) (some internal citations omitted).
In finding whether Plaintiffs' conduct in the litigation warrants sanctions pursuant to the above-mentioned grounds, the Court must carefully scrutinize whether any of Defendants' allegations warrant sanctions by the Court not heretofore covered by Rule 11 or § 1927. Only in instances of "bad faith, vexatious, wanton, or for oppressive reasons," should the Court employ its inherent power to vindicate a party's actions. There is no evidence of such behavior on the part of Plaintiffs. Accordingly, the Court declines to invoke sanctions under its inherent power and DENIES Defendants' Motions for Sanctions pursuant to the Court's Inherent Power.
For the foregoing reasons, the Court DENIES Defendants' Motions for Sanctions.
The Clerk is Directed to send a copy of the Memorandum Opinion and Order to the parties.


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NEW ZEALAND IMMIGRATION SERVICE AGAINST NEW ZEALAND HERALD
The New Zealand Immigration Service lodged complaints against The Press and The New Zealand Herald, respectively, arising out of both newspapers publishing the name of a man claiming refugee status who had been identified by Mr Winston Peters in the House of Representatives in the course of a Parliamentary debate.
The Press Council's job is not to set legal precedents. It is primarily to decide ethical issues on complaints received. It therefore accepts the complaints from the Immigration Service to that extent.
It does not uphold the complaints for the reasons now set out.
The central point of the complaints against both newspapers was that publication of the man's name was prohibited by s129T (5) of the Immigration Act 1987 and is a breach of a claimant's right to confidentiality. The Service also complained about the tone of the response of the editor of The Press to their first letter of complaint. The response was robust but no more, and this complaint is not upheld.
Section 129T of the Immigration Act states:
"Section 129T. Confidentiality to be maintained –(1) Subject to this section, confidentiality as to the identity of the claimant or other person whose status
is being considered under this Part, and as to the particulars of their case, must at all times, both during and subsequent to the determination of the claim or other matter, be maintained by refugee status officers, the Authority, other persons involved in the administration of this Act, and persons to whom particulars are disclosed under subsection (3) (a) or (b)….
(5) A person who without reasonable excuse contravenes subsection (1), and any person who without reasonable excuse publishes information released in contravention of subsection (1), commits an offence."
There was a further and separate complaint against The New Zealand Herald in that it had published the name after there had been a court order prohibiting publication of the identity of the person.
Both complaints against both newspapers can conveniently be dealt with in one adjudication.
The facts are these. There was a debate in the House on immigration issues on 12 November 2003 and in the course of that debate Mr Peters disclosed the name of one individual who had on arrival in New Zealand claimed refugee status at the border. Next day on 13 November 2003 both The Press and The New Zealand Herald published reports of the debate and both included the name of the claimant. There is no complaint about either the accuracy or fairness of the respective reports, only that the name was published.
After a traveller claims refugee status there is a procedure that follows to deal with the claim, but that does not concern us here, except that on 19 November 2003 when the named person appeared in the Manukau District Court the judge made an express order suppressing publication of the identity of the person. By this time both newspapers had published reports of the 12 November parliamentary debate that included the name, and application by claimant's counsel in seeking the order had clearly been influenced by the prior publication. Also on 19 November 2003 there was another debate in the House when Mr Peters again repeated the name of the claimant for refugee status. Only The New Zealand Herald published the name in the course of reporting the further debate of 19 November. The complainant alleges this publication on 20 November 2003 amounted to contempt of court. In a separate part of the same edition The Herald on 20 November 2003 reported the court proceedings and the fact of the suppression order having been made. The Press in its report of the further debate on 19 November and the court proceedings did not repeat the name of the claimant.
The Press in its response to the complaint stated it was not prevented from publishing the report of the proceedings in Parliament by s129T (1) and (5). The Press said it "had more than a reasonable excuse for publishing the statements by Mr Peters. Accurate reports of parliamentary debates have never been objected to in New Zealand."
The New Zealand Herald takes the position that the Press Council has no jurisdiction to entertain the complaint made by the Service and says that no breach of the Council's Statement of Principles has been named. That is true, but the objection is covered by the Preamble to the Statement, which is part of the Principles: "A complainant may use other words, or expressions, in a complaint, and nominate grounds not expressly stated in these Principles."
Close analysis of section 129 T was made in the Council when it received the response of the editor of The Press. The preliminary conclusion was that the defence would succeed, but as it was a question of statutory interpretation the Council sought the opinion of Mr W.M. Wilson QC which on this point was as follows:
"Sub-section (1) does not impose a blanket prohibition on any disclosure
by any person of the name of the applicant. To the contrary, the sub-section
specifically provides that it is only those within a series of specified categories
(Refugee Status Officers, the Refugee Status Appeal Authority, others involved in the administration of the Act and those supplied with information under sub-section (3a) and (b) who are subject to the obligation of confidentiality. The newspapers which published the name of the applicant
in question do not come within any of these categories and, accordingly section 129T has no application to them."
That is not the end of the matter for then the Council must go to sub-section (5) to decide whether the newspapers had a reasonable excuse for publishing the name. Whilst acknowledging this was a matter for the Council, Mr Wilson was of the opinion that as a matter of law an accurate report of the Parliamentary proceedings could constitute a reasonable excuse for the purposes of s129T (5). In the circumstances of publishing an accurate report of the debate in the House the Council finds that was a reasonable excuse within the terms of the statute and therefore no breach was committed in publishing the name.
The position in regard to the contempt of court issue of publishing the name following a specific court order is more complex. This part of the complaint relates only to The New Zealand Herald and its report of 20 November. The Press never published the name after the court order of 19 November 2003, but the Herald did so on 20 November 2003.
Before laying the complaints with the Press Council the NZIS had apparently asked the Solicitor General to prosecute The New Zealand Herald for contempt. In the complaint against The Herald the Service said: " Legal advice is that in such circumstances the reporting of Mr Peter's comments amount to a prima facie case of contempt." The supplier of this opinion was not expressly named. However a few sentences on from that remark the Service said: "The Crown Law Office have advised that contempt prosecutions are rare and reserved for the most serious of breaches. In the circumstances they have advised that they do not intend to proceed with prosecution in this case." There is an ambiguity in the way this has been made part of the Service's complaint to the Press Council against The Herald. It is unclear which legal adviser said the "comments amount to a prima facie case of contempt" Clarification was sought from the Service about these statements but it refused to supply verification claiming legal privilege. It seemed to the Press Council that the Service had already waived privilege when it made the opinion of the Solicitor General part of its case to the Press Council. In the circumstances it is unclear what the exact position of the Crown Law Office was and therefore it must be put to one side for our purposes.
Mr Wilson's opinion was that the law is uncertain as to how any conflict between the legislature and the courts is to be resolved in a situation where there is an accurate publication of what was said in Parliament that could otherwise amount to a contempt of court. The uncertainty is reflected in this country's leading text on media law, Burrows and Cheer's Media Law in New Zealand (4th ed.) at page 242:
" A matter yet to be determined is the effect of parliamentary privilege on name suppression orders. On several occasions Members of Parliament have openly stated in the House the names of persons whose names have been suppressed by a court. Moral considerations aside, there is no doubt that those MPs are protected from legal action by the absolute privilege of Parliament. But there is much greater doubt whether the media are safe in publishing such statements made in Parliament. The media's qualified privilege to report Parliament may have no application outside the law of defamation. While direct broadcasts of such statements are probably protected, delayed reports in the media may be more at risk."
The starting point for the consideration of the relationship between Parliament and the Courts requires examination of art 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688, which is in force in New Zealand and states:
Freedom of speech – That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any Court or place out of Parliament.
Relevant authority is the reasoning of Lord Denning M.R. in Attorney-General v Times Newspapers Ltd [1973] 1 All ER 815 at 823 which mentions the Bill of Rights and quotes art 9, and on the same page goes on to say: "Whatever comments are made in Parliament, they can be repeated in the newspapers without any fear of an action for libel or proceedings for contempt of court." This statement of the law was agreed to by Lord Justice Scarman and not referred to when the case went on appeal to the House of Lords.
Another matter for the Press Council to decide is whether the publishing of the name by the Herald on 20 November carried any inference that the motive for publishing the name was to circumvent the court order. The Council finds that no such inference can be made in the circumstances of the publication.
In the absence of direct New Zealand authority the Council considers it prudent to follow the English case. To do otherwise might suggest primacy of the courts over Parliament. The Council will not take that step and leaves it to be decided elsewhere.
The final matter to be disposed of is the point of the newspapers that the complaints of the Immigration Service were lodged a few days after the expiration of the three months from publication specified in the Council's procedure. The Council decided in a complaint of this importance, and because there was a reasonable excuse on the part of the Service for the delay, it would go ahead and accept the complaints for disposal.
For the foregoing reasons the complaints against both newspapers are not upheld.
Ms Ruth Buddicom and Mr Jim Eagles took no part in the consideration of this complaint.


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Since November 2015, the Rail Central team has been actively contacting and introducing the emerging proposals to a wide range of stakeholders across the area, from MPs and local councils to parish councils and business groups.
The meetings with Semlep and NEP are part of this wider programme to ensure that people with a potential interest in the scheme know about it, what it could deliver, how they can get involved and how the planning process works.
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Vikings, Tigers pick up OFSAA wins
Hammarskjold takes on Patrick Fogarty Catholic on Friday looking to advance to the girls basketball quarterfinals, while Westgate was 2-1 on Thursday and will need some help to advance in the 'AA' volleyball championship.
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Kate Clouthier had 25 points to lead Hammarskjold to a 62-29 win over King City to open the 2022 OFSAA 'AA' High School Girls Basketball Championship in Stratford, Ont. (FILE)
STRATFORD, Ont. – The No. 6 Hammarskjold Vikings lived up to their ranking to open the 2022 AA High School Girls Basketball Championship on Friday.
Kate Clouthier scored 25 points and sister Sarah Clouthier had 14 as the Vikings downed No. 16 King City 62-29.
The Vikings will look to go 2-0 on Friday when they match-up against No. 11 Patrick Fogarty Catholic from Orillia, Ont., with a spot in the quarterfinals on the line.
In boys' volleyball play, the Westgate Tigers went 2-1 on the opening day, falling in straight sets (16-25, 24-26) to Sacred Heart High School in Group C play in their first match of the day, but rebounding to sweep Scarborough's (26-24, 25-23) and pick up a three-set victory over Ingersoll DCI (18-25, 27-29, 18-16).
The Tigers will play Kings Christian Collegiate on Friday at 11:30 a.m. The top team in each pool will advance. Sacred Heart leads Pool C at 3-0 and takes on Francis Libermann on Friday.
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Then again, special provision is available if you're a GCC resident, and not a GCC citizen with a high professional status such as the president or vice-president of a company, business managers, public sector employees and the staff belonging to such people. All such people are eligible for a non-renewable 30 days visa that'll be issued to them upon their arrival at any approved UAE port of entry which includes airports and seaports. Then again, if you belong to the 33 countries (listed in the table below) you can arrive in Dubai with your passport. You will be issued a 90 Days Dubai visa upon arrival at the Dubai International Airport for 30 days, non-renewable status.
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The exhibition is part of Brighton Digital Festival and is supported by Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin.


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Also motivation shouldn't be the starting point when your are looking to create engaged, empowered and excited teams.
Motivation is great when we want teams to keep going, to keep pushing, but many initiatives fail because teams don't really get involved, or lack belief which makes any effort half-hearted and end in failure.
There are two additional ingredients that are needed for success to be achieved and these need to be addressed before we start with motivation.
These special ingredients are Aspiration and Inspiration.
The definition of Aspiration is a hope or ambition of achieving something.
When we start with aspiration we look to get the goals that we have set or the targets we are looking to achieve aligned with the aspirations of the people we need to help us achieve them.
When our goals and targets are aligned with a teams aspirations this automatically increases the level of engagement.
Its much easier to get people to take action if it's something they want to do.
The best ways to achieve this are to let people know whats in it for them, why it might be important for them, as well as for the company.
If there is nothing it for them, or it's not important for them, then why should they lift a finger to help achieve it.
You can always find a way to make it important for people, because some of our basic needs, according to Maslow, is a need to feel a sense of achievement, recognition or boosting our self-worth.
Which means for any goal, if we can show link it to these needs, it will increase engagement.
My favourite story on this, which I have told many times, is when I worked for DHL and we had a project to increase parcel on-time delivery.
The project manager explained to us that this project was important because there is no Santa Claus, and it's our job to make sure that kids all over the world get their christmas presents and birthday presents on the right day.
By showing this as the purpose of the project it made everyone feel that this project was important and that we would be doing good. Not only did that increase the engagement but people were happy to work evenings and weekends to ensure it was a success.
This is what can happen we we align the aspirations of the goals with those of the people involved in delivering it.
We become inspired when we believe that we will be successful when we can see the path to success and it's this that excites us and gets us keen to begin.
People are not afraid of hard work, they are afraid of failure. When they cannot see a path to success then why should they get involved, why should the be excited about starting something.
I know form my own experiences that if I can't see how success will be achieved then my level of effort and commitment is significantly lower than when I can see how success will be achieved.
By explaining things in an easy to understand way Amanda became inspired she felt convinced that she could be successful.
This should be your goals with your teams, giving them that confidence because not only will it get them excited and willing to start. But it can also become a self-fulfilling prophesy. If we think we will fail we often fail, but if we think we will succeed this can be equally as powerful.
One the teams are engaged, and excited about starting this is where we add the motivation. We do that by applauding their early efforts, and we show them the progress that they are making. This is what will encourage them to keep going, to continue their efforts and make even more progress.
But without Aspiration and Inspiration, Motivation is not enough.
Aspiration is what makes people want to be involved, gets them passionate and committed, and it's Inspiration that gets them excited and builds their self confidence increasing their eagerness to get started.
If you have a great goal or target you need to achieve then improve your chances of success by starting to build Aspiration and Inspiration within your teams.


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Dichomeris fusca is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park and Ronald W. Hodges in 1995. It is found in Taiwan.

The length of the forewings is about 10.5 mm. The forewings are pale yellowish orange with a few brown scales and a greyish-brown fascia along the margin and a well-developed brown spot beneath the cell and another small brown spot at the end of the cell, as well as a broad greyish-brown fascia on the termen. The hindwings are rather pale grey.

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Moths described in 1995
fusca

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