Based on his observations of hundreds of fires in the area, he believed it would probably burn down a hill and stall out on the banks of the Selway River. The computer models backed up his prediction, so Campbell decided to let it burn.
The fire moved down the hill to the river, and jumped it, crossing the state line into Montana. What Campbell originally expected to be a 15,000-acre fire in an isolated wilderness area became the Gold Pan fire, burning more than 40,000 acres and threatening several campgrounds and a historic cabin.
It took weeks to suppress the fire, and before it was over, the chief of a rural fire district near the burn area wrote to his congressman calling for Campbell's dismissal.
For decades, the U.S. Forest Service has used wilderness areas as a laboratory to learn more about wildfire behavior and effects. Scientists have found that a hands-off approach can reduce fuel loads and restore ecosystems.
Land managers have started to apply some of those lessons to managing fires outside of wilderness, but letting fires burn inevitably puts valuable resources at risk and many people living near forests are uncomfortable with letting fires get too close.
Now, fire managers must weigh the benefits of letting a fire burn with the damage it might cause, or the backlash it might generate.
For many years, the Forest Service's wildland firefighting policy was simple: Extinguish them all. In 1910, catastrophic forest fires in Idaho and Montana burned millions of acres of forest and killed more than 80 people in just two days. The so-called "Big Burn" had a profound effect on the agency's approach to fire management.
Starting in 1935, the Forest Service aimed to put out all fires the morning after they were spotted, a policy known as the 10 a.m. rule. But in 1964, Congress passed the Wilderness Act to set aside land where natural forces would be allowed to prevail. That included fire.
In 1970, the Forest Service started the White Cap Project, an experiment allowing fire to burn in wilderness. In 1972, John McGuire, then chief of the Forest Service, signed an order allowing the first wildfire to burn near Bad Luck Creek in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness of western Montana.
Bob Mutch conducted much of the field research leading to implementation of the White Cap Project and briefed McGuire on the plan about a week before that first fire. He was collecting data in the Selway-Bitterroot with his daughter Linda when he got a call on the radio.
Mutch hiked down to a cabin, and the next morning a helicopter brought him to the site of the fire. It was small. He watched it for a while, determined it probably wouldn't spread, and radioed his report in to dispatch. The agency let it burn. Four days later, the fire died out of its own accord.
The Bad Luck fire eased the Forest Service into a new era of fire management, but the very next year a larger blaze put the agency's resolve to the test. The Fritz Creek fire ignited inside the White Cap study area of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness on August 10, 1973. By the end of the month, it had grown to more than 1,000 acres and had escaped the study area.
Mutch watched from a lookout tower as the fire burned up a slope and out of the management area. He worried the size of the fire would make the forest supervisor flinch. But Orville Daniels — then supervisor of the Bitterroot National Forest — allowed it to burn, suppressing only the portion of the fire that had left the study area.
Since those first two fires, land managers have observed fires in the wilderness to help them decide when to put them out and when to let them burn. Campbell, the former district ranger who decided to let the Gold Pan fire burn in 2013, made that decision more than 300 times in his career. He said watching fires in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness gave him the confidence to stay out of the way.
That's the basis for fire scientist Carol Miller's research at the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Institute in Missoula, Montana. In a 2015 paper published in Ecological Applications, she mapped out fires from 1972 to 2012 in four different wilderness areas across the West — including the Selway-Bitterroot — and found that in many cases, old fires limit the spread of new fires.
"We've gone and looked at where fires interacted, looked at statistically is there evidence that the previous fire inhibited the growth of the subsequent fire," Miller said.
The burn areas on Miller's map fit together like a giant jigsaw puzzle, with new fires following the edges of old burn areas. It's not a perfect puzzle, and Miller says there are some caveats. The effect lasts between six and 18 years, depending on the study area, and hot, dry weather can override it.
But the pattern is clear: Fires can reduce fuel loads and prevent other fires from spreading.
However, Miller acknowledged that even armed with that knowledge it can be hard for managers to justify letting fires get close to populated areas.
She said if managers can't let fire in, prescribed burns and physically removing fuel can do some of that work. But she warned that those strategies only work on a small scale, whereas natural fires can burn hundreds of thousands of acres.
Andrew Larson, a scientist at the University of Montana, agreed that prescribed fire and mechanical treatments can be a partial substitute for natural fires, and said he wants to see prescribed fire used more often.
But he argued that forest managers may need to go even farther. In a 2013 paper published in Ecological Applications, he showed that following decades of fire suppression, one fire may not be enough to restore a forest to its previous state.
At his study site in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, a preliminary fire in 2003 reduced tree density but also stimulated the growth of lodgepole pines. It wasn't until a second fire in 2011 that the forest returned to a stable state.
Studying fires in wilderness and watching them burn helps managers decide how to act, but as that information filters down to the general public it also becomes easier for them to make that decision. Larson said he feels like most fire managers have a good understanding of the science. At this point, he's more concerned about communicating with the public.
"One of the things I advocate very strongly for is trying to help managers and the public change our relationship, some of our core assumptions and understandings about fire," Larson said.
It's a challenge Dave Campbell understands well, not only through his experience as a district ranger, but also because his house on the eastern edge of the Bitterroot National Forest nearly burned down in a large fire in the summer of 2016.
He said nobody would have chosen to let that fire burn because of how close it was to people's homes. But as the wall of flames approached his house, he watched with a mixture of concern and curiosity.
He walked around the porch dousing embers with a fire hose, switching to buckets of water from his hot tub when the power went out. Eventually he left, but he wanted to stay and watch.
When Dave Campbell smells smoke, he said it takes him back to his summers fighting fires as an 18-year-old. He remembers making overtime wages, drinking beer and having a good time. That's why he can look at a wall of flames approaching his house with interest. He's learned to think of fire as an integral part of the forest.
He said that part of the reason many people fear fire is because they only see the dramatic images of forest fires that make it on the front page of the newspaper.
As a district ranger, he set up web cams so people could see forest fires burn day-to-day, and always tried to keep roads open during fires so that people could watch them. He felt like allowing people to see forest fires in person might change public understanding and attitudes, and might make it easier for managers to allow them to burn.
Great article! We need more district rangers like Campbell that understand the importance of letting it burn, especially in roadless or wilderness areas. The science has been there for a long time – policy and public perception need to catch up.
The huge fallacy of "let it burn" policy is that fires can be stopped whenever and wherever we want. They cannot. Moreover, these "wildnerness areas" are always adjacent to populated areas and those interests are not considered in the "let it burn" dogma. Lastly, "let it burn" assures us that every summer there will be weeks and weeks of smoke in the air which has a huge enviromental, economic, and health consequence.
Colleen, I assure you fire managers know very well that not all fires can be stopped whenever they want – they have ample experience to the contrary. The location is a primary factor in decision making as in the distance to any value at risk such as private land etc. Scientists know that historically in pre-columbian times many more acres burned yearly.


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Switzerland and EU : an eye for eye, a tooth for a tooth
Sara Murray, translated by Nathalie Macq
On February 9th 2014, the Swiss voted in favour of the initiative "Against Mass Immigration", launched by the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP). They plan to limit the number of immigrants coming to live in Switzerland. The European Union bounces back.
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50,3% of the Swiss voted in favour of the right-wing party project, thus, the whole country accepted the creation of annual quotas for European immigrants. The consequences, some of them known, others unknown, turned out to be immediate and quite significant for a certain fields such as education, research, and movies.
Indeed, the launch of annual limits to immigration goes against free movement of people in the European area. This treaty is part of the bilateral agreement that was agreed upon by a majority of 67,2% of the Swiss population and voted on fourteen years ago, on May 21st 2000. It allows European citizens the freedom of living and working in Switzerland and vice versa.
The seven agreements, which include a harmony of the public market, agriculture, land and air transport, research and technical impediments to trade, are bonded by a "guillotine clause". As it stands, if they do not comply with one of the agreements, all of them will suffer heavy consequences. The "yes" vote of February 9th 2014 also prevents the Swiss signature at the bottom of the "Croatia Protocol" that expands the rights of free movement to the new European member.
Even before even getting started on the launch of the initiative, the Federal Council must cope with an angry European Commission that is reacting really quickly. A mere three weeks after the vote, European Commissioner, Laszlo Andor announcing the direct impact of the Swiss vote. Namely, the suspension of Switzerland as an official member of the "Erasmus +" student exchange program, Horizon 2020 and MEDIA—a suspension which is not called a "sanction" by the European Union but a "logical consequence of the Swiss vote" (European Commission Statement, Strasburg, February 26th 2014).
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The Swiss Federal Council introduced, under pressure, temporary solutions in terms of funding for the programs in danger, as well as a new approach of their relation with the European Union. On March 7th 2014, the Swiss Confederation took on the new European regulations that aim at strengthening the Dublin Regulation. March 26th 2014, the active and financial support of Switzerland to the EASO (European Asylum support Office) was confirmed.
Moreover, Switzerland will contribute to the enlargement of the European Union, thanks to the input of 45 millions of Swiss Francs in favour of Croatia – an act of solidarity which is temporarily enough. In early May, the European Union announced the cessation of suspension of Switzerland in the student exchange programs as Erasmus + and Horizon 2020.
Despite the sort of normality that seems to exist for the first time since February 9th 2014, the relations between Switzerland and EU stay on the principle of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. The Federal Council now has three years to find a way to reconcile the initiative of "Against Mass Immigration" and the contract with their European collaborator—an almost impossible task without making enemies.
After shooting itself in the foot, Switzerland seems to be forced to line up with the European program. For the time being, a compromise looks like the only choice faced with a firm Europe.

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The Bronx 10 provided the pick up I badly needed. Most of 2015 I've been running with recurring IT band issues which, aside from some early season races the Greater Manchester Marathon included, has crimped my ability to fire on all cylinders. I've been racing but feeling I've not been able to dig as deep as I like and can. And yet this is the year I had pinned high hopes on – as a 'new kid' in the M50 age group, I've had designs on getting a medal for Team GB in the half marathon at the World Masters Athletics Championships (WMAC) (at the WMAC 2015 1:11:19 won the M50 half – see page 145 here).
But for me to stand any realistic chance of bringing home the bling I have to get close to my fitness of the fall of 2015. The Bronx 10 would be a perfect barometer. If I could get in the same ball park as the 2015 Bronx 10, when I clinched my highest ever age grade (AG) % running 53:36, then I was on track. Well I think my result confirmed I was. And for good measure I finished within sight of a world famous ball park – Yankee Stadium.
So as you can see much rested on this race. I risked ending the race with crumpled confidence or inflamed IT band or both. And that would have been even worse news for Sham, Urban Athletics team mates and fellow runners who'd have to put up with the long face and tales of woe. Coach Troopy, who I caught up with on a recent trip to Boulder CO., therefore suggested I treat it as a tempo. Sound advice but it would break the habit of a lifetime. I have always raced races.
Soon after the gun I got down to racing. In the first few miles, covered in 5:20 and 5:33, I was part of a big group full of familiar rivals including team mates Javier Rodriguez and Jason Lakritz. I sensed John Henwood was stalking us – his 6′ 5″ casts a shadow on par with the Empire State Building. And I was right.
Opening stages surrounded by NYAC runners, UA team mates and Kim Conley.
We passed 3 miles in 16:25. A few of the faster members of the group, Jason included, edged away and I found myself at the fore of what was left of the group. We then turned left off the Grand Concourse. It was off the Grand Concourse that the course differed from 2015. A small section was removed and the distance added to the end so we could finish at Yankee Stadium (rather than adjacent to where we'd started as in '15) on 161st Street. The net effect was a long gentle climb around half way and a steep descent to the finish.
Steep descent to the finish line on 161st Street.
As in the '15 race it was off the Grand Concourse that I started to test my fellow runners. I was forcing the pace, and enjoying it, and whittling down the group. At shorter distances I usually find myself the punching bag, hanging on as others do the punching. Today I was doing the punching and taking the gloves off. I passed half way, according to the NYRR results, in 27:27 (though my Garmin shows 27:07).
We were soon back on the Grand Concourse (which incidentally is perhaps the widest boulevard in New York). As we passed the six mile mark Javier pulled alongside and uttered something like "we're getting away from him (John)". Almost on cue I felt myself pass under a long shadow. John had regained contact. Like in 2015 I started to get in the groove along the Grand Concourse. I was fired up and feeling strong. It was time to rock. The masters title was up for grabs. I started to turn the screw and the mile splits started to fall. I was running alone by mile 7 and running close to 5:20 pace.
Javi and John duking it out.
I kept hammering away and counting down the blocks. From mile 8 at the Cross Bronx Expressway it's pretty much all down hill to the finish, gently at first but then a steep drop within sight of the tape. I crossed the line in 54:16, good for 15th place, first masters and top men's age grade (AG) with 90.75%. Here's my Garmin stats. Above all it was barely 40 seconds slower than my 2015 time and a second faster than my third place in 2012.
The Urban Athletics open men's team came a solid 4th while the masters men's team (Javi, Aaron Mendelsohn and I) convincingly won, strengthening our position at the head of the 2016 standings with just three races left. Jason, Javi and Alex Lorton, final man for the five man team, got PRs though it did help that it was Jason and Javi's first ten miler. Fiona Bayly was first UA woman in 61:40, good for 17th, first masters and AG of 89.96%.
Javier is 3rd UA runner and 3rd masters.
Jason is first UA runner in 53:26.
At the sharp end Tekeste Nekatibeb of the West Side Runners led the men's field in 49:05 while two-time U.S. Olympian and New Balance athlete Kim Conley won the women's race in 55:37. Almost 12,000 finished. Conditions were perfect – cool, still and sunny on a gently rolling course. A full suite of Game Face pictures are here. For the UK I now sit at the top of the M50 rankings. I now feel ready to race in a land Down Under.
Glad you were able to rock it with the IT band intact. Great write up as usual, see you on the roads Paul.


LIVERPOOL'S Fabio Borini has emerged as a summer transfer target for Fiorentina.
Borini has been limited to bit-part roles for the Reds due to injury.
Moroever, Luis Suarez has kept him in the shade by stealing the headlines with his goal-scoring exploits.
And Borini could now be offered a way out of his Liverpool nightmare by going to Italy.
Italian football site Forza Italian Football states La Viola's sporting director Daniele Prade wants to buy Borini in the summer.
They also mention that Prade has been in contact with Liverpool to enquire about an asking price for the player.
Borini has yet to open his account in the Premier League this season.
He signed for Liverpool from Roma for £10.5m last summer.


Bernd Schantz is the new chief of the Peugeot communication department.
Schantz, 55, joined the carmaker in 1977. Among other jobs, he ran Peugeot's subsidiaries in Switzerland, Bel-gium, Germany and Spain.
He replaces Corrado Pro-vera, 64, who retired March 1 after 24 years in the job.
Provera's other responsibility – head of Peugeot Sport – goes to former World Rally champion Jean-Pierre Nicolas, 59, who has been with Peugeot Sport since 1983.


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Tchar-Bakr ( du ) est une nécropole, située dans le village de Soumitan, à  à l'ouest de Boukhara en Ouzbékistan. À l'origine, le lieu servait de refuge aux derviches de l'ordre des  qui soutenaient le pouvoir des khans. Tchar-Bakr est considérée comme la plus grande nécropole d'Asie centrale.

La nécropole est un ensemble architectural répertorié par l'UNESCO. Son nom signifie en français Quatre Bakr désignant quatre descendant du Prophète Mahomet qui y ont été enterrés en 970 : Sayid Abou Bakr et ses trois frères. La secte Khodjagon des derviches s'est installée autour des tombes les plus anciennes, celles des quatre frères. La nécropole est également appelée La cité des morts.

Histoire

La construction de la nécropole a commencé à l'époque des Samanides à la fin du , mais les principaux bâtiments ont été construits de 1560 à 1563 par Abdullah Khan de la dynastie des Chaybanides. Au cours des siècles, la noblesse de Boukhara a ajouté des mausolées près des premières tombes.

Description

La nécropole est une sorte de ville des morts ; elle dispose de rues, de cours, de portes, mais au lieu de maisons on y trouve des dakhmas et des pierres tombales. Au centre se trouvent trois bâtiments : la mosquée, la khanqah et la médersa. Les façades avant de la mosquée et de la khanqah sont réalisées sous forme de portails autour d'arcades, tandis que les façades latérales sont formées de loggias, réparties sur deux niveaux.

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Q: What's with the dead end in the top right corner of Tropos? There's this dead end at the top left of Tropos. You can only get there with the help of...

Spiderman. (Yes, he joins your party. Spoiler alert!)

However, once you do get up here — something you are clearly supposed to be able to do given the ring — …nothing happens?
It's just this very conspicuously black screen. It doesn't look like a fake wall.
What gives?

A: This is the passage that leads you to the pirate base camp area, which you visit in the main questline after Spiderman joined the team in Mesos. You were given the hint that there's a passage from Tropos to the pirate's base camp behind a waterfall, which is this waterfall.
Once you completed the pirate base camp stage, this passage is inaccessible because the pirate base camp is no longer accessible.


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Irish dancers at St. Patrick's Day parade in Fort Collins, Colorado
Irish dancers at an Irish Dance Festival in New York City
Irish dancing or Irish dance is a group of traditional dance forms originating in Ireland which can broadly be divided into social dance and performance dances. Irish social dances can be divided further into céilí and set dancing. Irish set dances are quadrilles, danced by 4 couples arranged in a square, while céilí dances are danced by varied formations (ceili) of 2 to 16 people. In addition to their formation, there are significant stylistic differences between these two forms of social dance. Irish social dance is a living tradition, and variations in particular dances are found across the Irish dancing community; in some places, dances are deliberately modified and new dances are choreographed.
Irish dancing, popularised in 1994 by the world-famous show "Riverdance", is notable for its rapid leg and foot movements, body and arms being kept largely stationary.
Most competitive dances are solo dances, though many stepdancers also perform and compete using céilí dances. The solo stepdance is generally characterised by a controlled but not rigid upper body, straight arms, and quick, precise movements of the feet. The solo dances can either be in "soft shoe" or "hard shoe".
The dancing traditions of Ireland probably grew in close association with traditional Irish music. Although its origins are unclear, Irish dancing was later influenced by dance forms from the Continent, especially the Quadrille. Travelling dancing masters taught all over Ireland, as late as the early 1900s.
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2 Irish Set Dancing
3 Irish stepdance
3.1 Sean-nós dancing in the Irish diaspora
3.2 Old-Style step dancing
3.3 Dances
3.4 Shoes and costume
3.5 Competition structure
6.1 General information
6.2 Irish Dance Organisations
Irish Céilí dances
Shramore Set, danced by "Cumann Céilí Vín", Vienna, Austria
Irish social, or céilí ( /ˈkeɪli/) dances vary widely throughout Ireland and the rest of the world. A céilí dance may be performed with as few as two people and as many as sixteen. Céilí dances may also be danced with an unlimited number of couples in a long line or proceeding around in a circle (such as in "The Walls of Limerick", "The Waves of Tory", "The High Cauled Cap", or "Bonfire Dance"). Céilí dances are often fast and complex. In a social setting, a céilí dance may be "called" -- that is, the upcoming steps are announced during the dance for the benefit of newcomers. The ceili dances are typically danced to Irish instruments such as the Irish hand drum or harp. The term céilí dance was invented in the late 19th century by the Gaelic League Céilí as a noun differs from the adjective céilí. A céilí is a social gathering featuring Irish music and dance. Céilí dancing is a specific type of Irish dance. Some céilithe (plural of céilí) will only have céilí dancing, some will only have set dancing, and some will have a mixture.
Irish Set Dancing
Irish set dancing (also referred to as "country set dancing") are dances based on French quadrilles that were adapted by the Irish by integrating their sean-nós steps and Irish music. The distinguishing characteristics of Irish set dancing is that it is danced in square sets of four couples (eight people), and consist of several "figures," each of which has a number of parts. The other distinguishing feature is that feet are flat on the floor dancing with a sliding /gliding style. Each part of the set dance (figure) is danced to a music tempo, mostly reels, jigs, polkas, hornpipes and slides. The sets come from various parts of Ireland and are often named for their place of origin; examples are the Corofin Plain Set, the South Galway Set and the Clare Lancers Set.
The organisation Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann promotes and hosts many set dance events.
Irish stepdance
Main article: Irish stepdance
Irish step dancers from Scoil Rince na Connemara in Wilkes-Barre PA dance at the HUB, Penn State University. Here, the dancers have their hands on their hips, with their elbows pointed.
Stepdancing as a modern form is descended directly from old-style step dancing. There are several different forms of stepdancing in Ireland (including sean-nós dancing and old style stepdancing), but the style most familiar to the public at large is the Munster, or southern, form, which has been formalised by An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha—the Irish Dancing Commission.
Irish stepdancing is primarily done in competitions, public performances or other formal settings.
Michael Flatley is credited with bringing Irish dancing to a worldwide audience with his show Riverdance.
Sean-nós dancing in the Irish diaspora
As Irish people emigrate all over the world, they take their cultural traditions with them. Many people theorise[who?] that Sean-nós dancing has influenced various other forms of traditional solo dance, especially those found in areas with strong Irish communities. Historically, it is likely that sean-nós dance influenced the development of many American and Canadian traditional percussive dance forms, such as buck dancing, flatfooting, clogging, and tap dancing. Sean-nós dancing in the United States and Canada is most commonly seen at folk festivals, although dance workshops are beginning to introduce the style more widely.
Old-Style step dancing
Old-style step dancing is a tradition related to, yet distinct from, sean-nós dancing, though it is sometimes called "Munster-style sean-nós". Old-style step dancing evolved in the late 18th and early 19th century from the dancing of traveling Irish dance masters. The dance masters slowly formalised and transformed both solo and social dances. Modern masters of old-style step dancing style can trace the lineage of their steps directly back to 18th century dancers.
The Irish dance masters refined and codified indigenous Irish dance traditions. Rules emerged about proper upper body, arm, and foot placement. Also, dancers were instructed to dance a step twice—first with the right foot then with the left. Old-style step dancers dance with arms loosely (but not rigidly) at their sides. They dance in a limited space. There is an emphasis on making percussive sound with the toes. The Irish dance masters of this period also choreographed particular steps to particular tunes in traditional music creating the solo set dances such as the Blackbird, St. Patrick's Day, and the Job of Journey Work, which also persist in Modern Irish Step Dancing. In this context, "set dance" signifies a separate tradition from the social dance tradition also called set dance.
Irish solo stepdances fall into two broad categories based on the shoes worn: hard shoe (or heavy shoe) and soft shoe (or light shoe) dances.
There are four soft shoe dances: the reel, slip jig, light (or double) jig and single jig . Reels have a 4/4 (or sometimes 2/4 or 2/2) time signature. Slip jigs are in 9/8 time. Light and single jigs are in 6/8 time, with different emphasis within the measure distinguishing the music. Hard shoe dances include the hornpipe in syncopated 2/4 or 4/4 time, the heavy jig (also called the treble jig or hard jig) in a slow 6/8, the treble reel (heavy dance done to reel music) and traditional sets, which are a group of dances with set music and steps. Many traditional sets have irregular musical phrasing. There are also more advanced "non-traditional sets" done by advanced dancers. These have set music, but not steps. There are four traditional sets: St. Patrick's Day, Blackbird, Job of Journeywork, and Garden of Daisies.
Competitive dancers generally dance two or three steps at a time, depending on their dancing level. Each step lasts eight bars of music. They are each danced starting with the right foot, then repeated with the left foot. Set dances, however, have a different format. The dancer usually dances one step, which lasts for eight bars of music and is then repeated, resembling the steps of other dances. Then the dancer usually dances a "set", which lasts for 16 bars of music and is not repeated.
The céilí dances used in competitions are more precise versions of those danced in less formal settings. There is a list of 30 céilí dances which have been standardised and published in An Coimisiún's Ar Rinncidhe Foirne as examples of typical Irish folk dances; these are called the "book" dances by competitive stepdancers. Most Irish dancing competitions only ask for a short piece of any given dance, in the interests of time.
Shoes and costume
There are two types of shoes; soft shoes (also known as ghillies) and hard shoes. The hard shoe is similar to tap shoes, except that the tips and heels are made of fiberglass, instead of metal, and are significantly bulkier. The hard shoes were originally made of wood in the 19th century and early 20th century. The first hard shoes had wooden or leather taps with metal nails. Later the taps and heels were changed into resin or fiberglass to reduce the weight and to increase the footwork sounds. The soft shoes, which are called ghillies, are black lace-up shoes. Ghillies are only worn by girls, while boys wear black leather shoes called "reel shoes", which resemble black jazz shoes with a hard heel. Boy's soft-shoe dancing features audible heel clicks.
Several generations ago, the appropriate dress for a competition was simply "Sunday Best" (clothes one would wear to church). Irish Dance schools generally have school dresses, worn by lower-level competitors and in public performances. As dancers advance in competition or are given starring roles in public performances, they may get a solo dress of their own design and colors. In the 1970s and 1980s, ornately embroidered dresses became popular. Today even more ornamentation is used on girls' dresses. Solo dresses can range from 100 to 5000 dollars, and are unique to each dancer. Today most women and girls curl their hair or wear a wig or hairpiece for a competition. Most men wear a shirt, vest, and tie paired with black trousers.
An organised step dance competition is referred to as a feis (pronounced "fesh", plural feiseanna). The word feis means "festival" in Irish, and strictly speaking would also have competitions in music and crafts. Féile (/ˈfeɪlə/) is a more correct term for the dance competition, but the terms may be used interchangeably. Dance competitions are divided by age and level of expertise. The names of the levels and other organising rules vary between countries and regions. Dancers are scored based on technique (placement of the feet, turn out, off of their heels, etc.), style (grace, power, etc.) and other items such as timing, rhythm, and sounds in their hard shoe dances.
An annual regional Championship competition is known as an oireachtas (/oʊˈrɒktəs/). Each of the major Irish stepdance organisations hosts a World Championship; dancers qualify in various ways, typically by scoring well at an oireachtas.
The World Championships (for An Coimisiún dancers) first took place in Dublin in 1970 at Coláiste Mhuire, a school in Parnell Square. In 2009, for the first time, the World Championships were held in the United States, in Philadelphia. The 2011 championships were held once again in Dublin. The 2012 championships are scheduled for Belfast.
An Comdhdail's All Ireland and International championships (the equivalent of An Coimisiun World Championships) takes place each Easter week, with the competition being held in Ennis in 2011.
The Largest NAIDF (North American Irish Dance Federation) competition currently is The Nationals held at Lehigh University in Bethlehem Pa in 2010, and at The Valley Forge Convention Center in Pa in 2012.
The WIDA (World Irish Dance Association) which is mainly dancers from European countries, also hold their own World and European Championships over the Easter week, with the competition being held in Berlin in 2011, and scheduled for Poland 2012.
Set dance
Céilidh
Barndance
Helen Brennan: The Story of Irish Dancing, Mount Eagle Publications Ltd., 1999 ISBN 0-86322-244-7
John Cullinane: Aspects of the History of Irish Céilí Dancing, The Central Remedial Clinic, Clontarf, Dublin 3,(1998), ISBN 0-9527952-2-1
An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha: Ár Rincí Fóirne-Thirty Popular Céilí Dances, Westside Press (2003)
J. G. O' Keeffe, Art O' Brien: A Handbook of Irish Dances, 1. Edition, O'Donoghue & Co., (1902)[1]
Pat Murphy: Toss the Feathers — Irish Set Dancing, Mercier Press, 1995 ISBN 1-85635-115-7
Pat Murphy: The Flowing Tide — More Irish Set Dancing, Mercier Press, 2000 ISBN 1-85635-308-7
Irish Dancing & Culture Magazine
Set Dancing News: portal for set dancing information
Diddlyi.com: Irish Dance and Music Social Network
O'Keeffe & O'Brien - A Handbook of Irish Dance (1902)
Diochra.com: Discover Irish dance!
Beginners Guide to Irish Dancing
Information for new dancers
The History of Irish Dance
Irish Step Dancing
World Irish Dancing
Irish dance schools, irish dance dresses, feis dates and more.
Irish Dance Organisations
An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha / The Irish Dancing Commission
An Comhdháil Múinteora Rinnce Gaelacha/ Congress of Irish Dance Teachers
Cumann Rince Náisiúnta
Cumann Rince Dea Mheasa / Organisation of Goodwill and Excellence in Irish Dancing
World Irish Dance Association (WIDA)
Irish Dancing Net
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Eireann
Nordic Society of Irish Dancers
Danish Society of Irish Dancers
Japan Irish Dancing Association
TIDANZ (Traditional Irish Dance Association of New Zealand)
North American Irish Dance Federation (NAIDF)
Australian Irish Dancing Association Incorporated (AIDA)
Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America (IDTANA)
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King's Den Lodge & Zambezi Queen
The Zambezi Queen and King's Den are unique in that it's a sophisticated, elegant experience that has not lost the essence of all that is uniquely African.
There can be few natural wonders as synonymous with Africa's raw wilderness as the great Chobe River. These waters divide Namibia's Caprivi Strip from Botswana's Chobe National Park, and its exotic banks boast one of the densest populations of wildlife on the African continent. Teeming with life, this National Park sprawls across some 11 000 m of lush African bush, and is home to the largest populace of elephants in the world – currently estimated at roughly 120 000. Along with the elephants, prides of leopard and lion, huge groups of buffalo, waterbuck, roan, eland, sable, giraffe, and, if you are lucky, one of the rare puku, can also be seen. In th e river itself watch out for hippo and crocodile, and keep your binoculars at the ready for spotting a rich selection of bird life.
It is on this great expanse of untamed water an adventure unlike any other awaits. Why join the crowds on land-based game drives when you can experience the thrill of it all from your own private suite aboard a luxury 45 meter boat? The Zambezi Queen operates in 5-star opulence, and is all about pampering, indulgence, and superior comfort.
Whether you are dining on our third level restaurant watching the animals gather at the water at dusk, game viewing from one of our private boats, or attempting to land your first tiger fish, our professional team will be on hand to meet your every need.
The Zambezi Queen operates on the Chobe River, situated between Namibia and Botswana. The boat is based on the banks of the Caprivi Strip and is only a few kilometers from the place where uniquely, four countries meet, namely Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia.
The Zambezi Queen cruises on the banks of the magnificent Chobe National Park with its teeming wildlife and approximately 120 000 elephants and over 400 species of birds. The boat is also only 70km by road from one of the great wonders of the world, namely the Victoria Falls.
The Zambezi Queen is conveniently located about 80km from both Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Livingstone Zambia and 3km from Kasane International Airport all of which have international airports and operate regular scheduled flights out of Johannesburg, with Kasane been ideally suited to charter flights.
Transfers from airport to the boat are by road and takes approximately 90 minutes. Road transfer guests will be collected from immigration situated on the banks of the river at Kasane in Botswana for the 10 minute boat transfer to our docking station.
Access to the Zambezi Queen on the Namibian side is made possible by a 30 minute charter flight from Victoria Falls to Impalila Island followed by a 10 minute boat ride aboard one of our tender boats.
2 and 3 night program
Two Night Itinerary
2.00pm - 4.00pm - Collection Kasane immigration Botswana (Note: Border closes at 4:30pm)
4.00pm - 5.30pm - Sunset cruise onboard the Zambezi Queen
7.00pm - Welcome and Briefing
8.00pm - Dinner on board Zambezi Queen
10.00pm - Bar Closes
6.00am - Wake up call
6.45am - Breakfast
7.15am - Departure for half day game drive in Chobe National Park
11.30am - Land based 4x4 game viewing returns
12.00pm - Zambezi Queen leaves for cruise down Chobe River
12.30pm - Lunch
3.00pm - Zambezi Queen arrives at second base*
4.00pm - Depart for water based game viewing or cultural village tour by Mokoro* (African canoe)
6.00pm - Return from activities
8.00pm - Dinner
6.00am - Zambezi Queen leaves for home base
8.30am - Zambezi Queen arrives at home base
10.00am - Depart for Kasane Immigration
*Please note that sailing and Mokoro tours are subject to weather and water conditions.
3 Night Itinerary
7.15am - Departure for either half day game drive or game viewing from boat
10.00am - Game viewing boat returns to Zambezi Queen
12.00pm - Zambezi Queen sails down Chobe River*
3.00pm - Zambezi Queen arrives for overnight stay
9.00am - Choice of fishing, game viewing by boat or cultural village tour by mokoro
12.00pm - Return to Zambezi Queen
1.00pm - Lunch and sail to overnight base*
2.00pm - Choice of fishing, game viewing by boat or cultural village tour by mokoro*
5.00pm - Return to Zambezi Queen for sundowners
8.00pm - Dinner on board the Zambezi Queen
Location: Chobe King's Den Lodge is situated in the east Caprivi on the banks of the Chobe River, which forms the border of 4 countries (Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia). The lodge is equally easy accessible from these countries as well as from South Africa. Guests will be met at the Kasane immigration office in Botswana and transferred to the lodge by boat. The guests leave their vehicles at the Kasane border post, at secured parking.
Accommodation: 10 wooden chalets with balconies overhanging the river, offer a magnificent view of the Chobe and Sedudu (Kasikili) Island. All rooms have en-suite bathrooms and are equipped with ceiling fans. The Zambezi Queen, moored on the river at the lodge, offers another 8 air-conditioned rooms with en-suite bathroom facilities and lounge.
Zambezi Queen: All double rooms have an en suite bathroom with shower; a lounge and a sliding door leading to a private walk way. All single rooms have an en suite bathroom with shower/bath with a communal sitting room. All rooms are fully air-conditioned and have a hairdryer.
The Zambezi Queen cruises on the banks of the magnificent Chobe National Park with its teeming wildlife and approximately 120 000 elephants and over 400 species of birds. The boat is also only 70 km by road from one of the great wonders of the world, namely the Victoria Falls.
The first and second levels of the boat incorporate 14 cabins - all of which have their own private balconies and have been tastefully furnished with either a double or two single beds. Of the 14 suites, 4 are master suites, some with their own private outdoor areas. These master suites are all larger than the 10 sta ndard suites. Because of the limitations regarding power, none of the suites have been fitted with air conditioning units. However, each private space has been designed with the African summer in mind, and clever use of shutters situated on the outer edge of the deck and fans ensures a cool experience even during times of the year when external temperatures soar. Uniquely, the entire boat including the top deck, living and dining area, has mosquito screening.
Lounge/pool deck
The top deck is air-conditioned and consists of the dining room, the lounge, a bar and a sunbathing area complete with private pool. The interior furnishings have been designed by one of South Africa's top designers and this can be seen by the elegant, timeless look that has been created. Also to be found in the living area is a library of books, numerous games and a telescope for studying the stars at night.
When looking at the design it is apparent that no expense has been spared in creating a house boat of a world class standard, and this is especially so, when one considers this boat was built on the banks of the Chobe River.
Activities included in the rates
game boat cruises up the Chobe River
bird watching by boat or on foot
sundowner cruises
tribal village visits
Additional activities at extra costs
day trips to Victoria Falls
game drive on land in Chobe National Park
fishing on the Caprivi flood plain or the Zambezi River
Coordinates & Location Type
Area Type: Populated place
Location Type: Populated place
Latitude: -17.81667
Longitude: 25.15
Latitude (DMS): 17° 49' 0 S
Longitude (DMS): 25° 8' 60 E
Height Above Sea Level: 709 meters (2,326 feet)
Rates per room per night: full board basis (including one boat cruise, boat transfer): on request, King's Den will be reopened in due course after flood damage:
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Who's been at the milk?
by Harry Miller April 04, 2016
This time it wasn't the cat who got the cream.
With its hyperactive and punchy nature, and a very striking bright blue crew cut, I like to think of the Blue Tit as being the punk of the songbirds. This tiny creature has bags of energy, and they'll tirelessly flutter around their habitat searching for insects. Being one of the most agile of songbirds, you will often see them dangling upside-down on the spindliest of twigs whilst searching for morsels.
In the winter you'll get small mobs of them as families join forces with other tit species such as great tits and long tailed tits, and as the gang goes on their food foraging tour around the neighbourhood, they lighten the wintery mood with colour and chirpy song; and don't be sad after they've raided your garden and bolted off to the next, they'll be back, as blue tits like to stay within 2km from their birthplace.
In the late 1920's blue tits made the headlines for some very unusual behaviour. It all started at the turn of the 20th century when milk was first delivered to our doorsteps. Back then the milk bottles wouldn't be sealed, and it was only the robin and the blue tit who learnt that they they could capitalise on this by siphoning the cream which had risen to the top of the bottles. After the First World War they introduced sealed bottles - damn! This was enough to thwart a dairy loving robin, but the blue tit persevered, and the first of them to reclaim their milk moustache were the tits of Southampton. By 1935 the London tits were at it, and by the time Elvis was singing about his blue suede shoes, the entire British blue tit population were having cream for breakfast.
Now, as previously mentioned, considering that this bird likes to stay very local, it's a wonder how this valuable knowledge spread from the New Forest to the Highlands. Some like to suggest that it adds substance to the theory of 'collective consciousness', but knowing that tits are sociable creatures - unlike the robin - it's very possible that this skill was gradually shared from neighbourhood to neighbourhood. If you'll forgive me for saying, it's as if the milk was kind of going full circle.
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Disney has added LeVar Burton and Edward James Olmos to the 2014 Candlelight Processional line-up. The Candlelight Processional line up is now complete.
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Mumbai: Anil Kumble believes that a small label, the size of a credit card and weighing less than 5 grams, will change the way he looks, plays and learns cricket in the future.
The former captain and coach of the national cricket team, who was trained as an engineer, proposed the concept of a "power bat", which will carry this chip on his shoulder. The tag chip data will be included in a box of trunnions and will be captured and processed using the Microsoft Azure Sphere to be available for the game station in real time and for the player to reflect later.
The data will help analyze the shots and divide them into measurable parameters such as the quality (of the shot), the swing (of the bat), the power and the torsion. It will help the batters, to give an example, to discover how often they hit the ball from the "sweet spot".
The start-up of Kumble, Spektacom Technologies, has already experimented with the concept in the Premier League of Tamil Nadu in a limited way and is now ready to be expanded through the broadcast partner Star Sports.
The quality of the shot is calculated in percentages, the speed of the bat in km / h, the power in the specifications while the turn occurs in degrees. In a live demonstration of bat skills at a Star Sports studio in Mumbai on Thursday, one-shot data appeared on the screens in a few seconds.
While the station would have access to this tag initially for its commentators to analyze a batter during a game, the technology will be commercially available so that anyone can buy the tag, download an application and access their data. Kumble added that the device, which is charged in 90 minutes and lasts two days, would be affordable.
Considering that most international batsmen are extremely meticulous with their bats (Rahul Dravid's wife, Vijeta, had once written that if his bat's weight did not reach a gram he would notice it), Kumble insisted that the chip It is not intrusive and a batter would not do it. feel it "The form factor was the most critical aspect of the thing," the 47-year-old said. mint.
"If it's intrusive, you will not want to use it no matter what valuable data is sent to you, it does not change the balance (of the bat) or the pick-up, the data that comes out will only improve performance and ability," he said, explaining why Technology will not eliminate the basic intuition involved in the practice of sports.
The makers of the gadget believe that it could also be used in other sports. The data collection versions are used in Formula One and NASCAR racing, the National (American) Football League and the Spanish Football League, according to Peggy Johnson, executive vice president of business development at Microsoft. It is also considering adding more "parameters" to the four existing ones.
It is surprising that a bowler who took 619 windows of 132 test matches would develop a system that apparently only helps the batter. But, as Kumble says, "The sooner you accept that it's a hitter game, the better you'll play."
"If you look at the game, a lot of attention is on the batter, that's the skill you want to understand, and in bowling, you have a left-hand turner, a fast right-hander, or a right-handed spinner. the batting is just the left or right arm. "That intrigued me," he said, adding that this information could help better classify hitters and help bowlers understand the weaknesses of hitters.
The genesis of Spektacom and Microsoft occurred when Kumble met with the company's executive director and cricket lover, Satya Nadella, last year at an event. Since then, it took less than a year for the project to be broadcast.
Considered the first person to bring a computer to an Indian dressing room in 1997 to analyze data and calculate the ball-by-ball score, Kumble said: "We use a lot more technology in our daily lives than what the sport does. produced in the cricket due to the influence of the station in the game rather than the game itself is innovative and adapts, whether it is the decision review system (DRS) or light the stumps, these have come from the stations, we are still behind, but cricket has come a long way. "


Allison joined Edcamp Foundation in June 2016 to build and scale the organization to support educators worldwide. She has a passion for non-profit work and believes strongly in the mission of Edcamp! Prior to Edcamp, she worked in the Philadelphia non-profit sector for 14 years with a primary focus on child welfare. Most recently she was Associate Director of Court Appointed Special Advocates of Philadelphia, where she was instrumental in building and scaling CASA's program and financially increasing its budget to serve hundreds of abused and neglected children in foster care. Prior experience includes: Adjunct faculty at Temple University's School of Social Work; Director of the Outcomes in Behavioral Health Project at the Support Center for Child Advocates; Project Associate of research-based program models and service-delivery strategies for the Philadelphia Department of Human Services; Author of "Transforming Philadelphia's Child Serving Systems: A Call to Action for the Department of Behavioral Health and Mental Retardation Services" for the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania; Social Worker for the Family Advocacy Unit of Community Legal Services. Allison holds a B.A. in Journalism from Penn State and a Master's of Social Service and Master's of Law and Social Policy from Bryn Mawr College Graduate School. She was a founding board member of Urbanstead, Inc. which provided under-served children the skills needed for successful transition to adulthood through the medium of urban farming.


This festival is celebrated in commemoration of victory of good and Dharma over devil and bad power. The festival always signifies important message that truth always wins at the end against evil. Moreover, it reminds us the stories of battle between good and bad, tell us there will be the presence of god for the action of protecting good things, destroying the bad things when the situation becomes full of sin on earth. He is worshipped with various names like Krishna, Krishnashtami, Saatam Aatham, Gokulashtami, Ashtami Rohini, Srikrishna Jayanti and many more hundreds of other names.
Krishna Janmashtami falls on the month of Bhadra, 19, 20 (September, 05, 2015) in Krishna Paksha this year as the festival of observing the birthday of lord Krishna. Lord Krishna is recognized as the 8th avatar or incarnation of lord Vishnu. Biological child Krishna, eight son of king Vasudev and Queen Devaki was born at midnight. Krishna's childhood spent with full of fun and love similarly, his youth was full of romantic falling in love and friendship with Gopis and Gopinies.
His role was significance in holy battle of Mahabharat, was the Chariot of Argun with support of Pandava against Kauravs to win the holy war. A holy book Bhagwat Gita has the full of his description and advice about good and sin. Krishan, an inventor of flute, used to have a flute in his hand all the time, was capable of playing very well. Krishna Janmasthmi is being celebrated around the world in most countries by Hindu with fasting and enchanting Slokas from the Bhagwat Gita and singing songs, Bhajans. This festival can be observed at Krishna Mandir in Patan Durbar Square, Narayanhiti Krishna Mandir in Kathmandu valley are the main centers point in Kathmandu valley. Hindu devotees gather in these temples on the eve of Krishnastami and stay in vigil until midnight. The celebration proceeds with incantations and lighting of traditional oil-lamps. During the day, a religious procession is held through the city and traditional music is played as it gets along. Foreigners visiting Nepal should not miss the chance of observing this festival.


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HomeBlogIsraeli Forces Uproot 200 Cactus Seedlings in Jordan Valley
Israeli Forces Uproot 200 Cactus Seedlings in Jordan Valley
December 19, 2018 Blog, News
The Jordan Valley forms a third of the occupied West Bank, with 88 percent of its land classified as Area C -- under full Israeli military control. (Photo: File)
Israeli forces uprooted hundreds of cactus seedlings belonging to a Palestinian resident in the Bardala village in the northern occupied West Bank, on Tuesday afternoon.
A Palestinian official in charge of Jordan Valley's Jewish settlements file at the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mutaz Bisharat, said that Israeli forces uprooted 200 five-month-old cactus seedlings.
Soldiers Destroy Hundreds of Cactus Seedlings in Northern Jordan Valley https://t.co/w75pZw449s pic.twitter.com/6TGt2WX3Ww
— IMEMC News (@imemcnews) December 19, 2018
Bisharat added that the seedlings belong to local resident Faris Sawafta in Bardala in the Jordan Valley.
Forming a third of the occupied West Bank and with 88 percent of its land classified as Area C, the Jordan Valley has long been a strategic area of land unlikely to return to Palestinians following Israel's occupation in 1967.
IOF cuts down 200 cactus seedlings in Jordan Valley https://t.co/oQ6TeXK66S
— alhorria (@AAlhorria) December 19, 2018
The unpredictability of the training drills leaves rural Palestinian communities in the Jordan Valley anxious about when they will be displaced, and whether the next time will be permanent.
Palestinian residents of the Jordan Valley regularly face evacuations and interruption due to Israeli military exercises on or near their land. The Jordan Valley district of Tubas is one of the West Bank's most important agricultural centers.
(Ma'an, PC, Social Media)
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Buckley, who never said in two syllables what he could say in twelve, was speaking of that combo-concept, meaning that it wasn't government's job to make things nice for people by granting them their civil rights and feeding the starving poor. To do that would create Heaven on Earth, which would necessarily bring about cosmic extinction. And who would want that?
The topic of the attorney general's speech to the ADF, which is defending Christian-owned businesses for the right to discriminate against queer folk, was "religious freedom." Sessions promised that, any day now, he would issue a guidance to government agencies on how to apply the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in ways that conform to his novel interpretation of the First Amendment. The ways in which an anti-LGBTQ bias could be applied to the work of government agencies boggles the mind, given that the government is charged with providing health care to millions, fair housing protections, asylum requests, and ensuring the rights of all. For many, the eschaton may indeed be immanentized.
While a intensely public fight rages over Don the Con's public pronouncements, which are profoundly disruptive on a daily basis, his henchmen are quietly going about the business of destroying the government, perverting its purpose, and hollowing out its expertise. This is the worst tragedy to befall the American government since Nixon hired his band of plumbers.


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Leon Wong
Which Chinese businesses are better for investors?
Feature | 20 July 2016
Consider private versus state-owned and related party transactions
China, the world's factory and second largest economy, is only gradually being opened to foreign investors. The transition from centrally planned economy to a market-based system has seen Chinese state monopoly businesses floated in public share listings on the stock exchange, but with the state more or less maintaining a controlling interest. This is unlike the rest of East Asia where firms are in the hands of private individuals or families.
Peculiarly, Chinese public companies have had to remain profitable to maintain their listing on the stock exchanges, which invited related party transactions to prop up ailing businesses.
The privatisation process during the past 15 years in the fiercely competitive Chinese market has seen the survival of the fittest – and some not so fit, but still alive, thanks to subsidies from their state (central, local or bureaucratic) owned enterprise parents.
So foreign investors have to work out which businesses are focused on making money for shareholders, and which are focused elsewhere, perhaps funnelling – or 'tunnelling' – profits off to parent state companies or being propped up for political ends.
It can be a two-way street, with state-owned parent companies helping their 'independent' offspring with cheap loans, for example – advantages not available to private or family owned companies. For investors, the question hanging over such related party transactions is how they affect a company's bottom line and dividends in the long run.
Relative performance
To answer this question, researchers at UNSW Business School investigated 45 state-owned enterprises and 45 private companies, to see whether such related party transactions add to or subtract from their performance, as measured by return on assets.
The surveyed companies were publicly listed on stock exchanges in China between 2007 and 2009 and had adopted the 2007 Chinese accounting standards that disclosed related party transactions.
Research co-authors Leon Wong, a lecturer in the school of accounting at UNSW Business School, and Yezhen Wan from KPMG, found that state-owned enterprises outperformed privately controlled firms by almost 4.5% in terms of returns on assets.
Yet this was offset by state firms tunnelling away about 6% of returns, so they under-performed privately controlled firms by a net 1.5% of returns on assets. The researchers' modelling did not find evidence that private firms engaged in propping up or tunnelling.
According to Wong, the study helps to disentangle some of the factors in determining the relative performance of private and state-owned companies listed on China's stock exchanges.
'State-owned enterprises take advantage of [their] outperformance by tunnelling much of those gains out from listed firms to the parent firm'
In the argument about whether private or state firms in China are better performers, the conclusions of previous research papers have been divided. But there have been two prominent factors in explaining performance by Chinese companies – whether they are state or private controlled and whether money flows out in related party transactions.
"Our paper attempted to explain that the mixed evidence was due to the research not disentangling the relative impact of state versus private ownership and related party transactions, but once such transactions were included in the analysis, the evidence was clearer," Wong says.
"It might be useful for investors to know that, generally, state-owned enterprises outperform private firms but only because of explicit or implicit state support from subsidies, quasi-monopolies, access to cheap credit from state-owned banks, [or] implied guarantees of their debt from the state.
"However, state-owned enterprises take advantage of this outperformance by tunnelling much of those gains out from listed firms to the parent firm, attenuating this outperformance. Indeed, the key contribution of our paper was being able to ascribe the relative performance to those two factors."
The research is timely as China takes another step to opening its stock markets to foreign investors through the inclusion of Chinese A shares in the MSCI emerging market index from next year.
It is a small start, but China is moving cautiously in opening capital markets for fear of losing control over its currency, which is gradually being floated. For their part, international investors are cautious about how transparent Chinese company dealings are, as well as lack of access to the market, liquidity in a crisis and government meddling.
Yet international investment funds that follow the MSCI are expected to put an initial estimated $30 billion into Chinese stock exchange listed companies, or about 1% of emerging markets' companies.
"Our paper suggests that investors should take into account the special characteristics of the Chinese stock market which, among other things, are that the ownership nature and existence of related party transactions skew the expected performance of such firms," says Wong.
'Companies with strong cash flows do not always invest them efficiently'
JOSEPH LAI
Transitioning economy
It is an issue familiar to Australian managed investment company Platinum's Asia Fund portfolio manager Joseph Lai, a medical doctor who switched careers to graduate with an MBA from UNSW Business School.
Lai searches China for businesses with longer-term growth prospects that will do well as the economy transitions into a consumer oriented one. His fund has invested in internet and telecommunication companies, gas utilities, insurance, prestige liquor and dominant sporting goods brands. Lai is on the lookout for any prospective company's related party transactions.
"I guess tunnelling or funnelling money to the parent company or its subsidiaries happens everywhere when state-owned enterprises are privatised," he says. "Even in companies [such as] Telstra, which funds investments outside its area of expertise.
"It depends on the type of company. There are many different types of state-owned enterprises in China, some are still quasi-monopolies even though they are listed on the stock market.
"There can be a conflict between state control versus maximising shareholder returns. State-controlled companies can be profitable but private companies are about profit maximisation. Monopolies do not always have that incentive. They can be – if they have good corporate governance and strong rewards for staff to incentivise them."
Real aims and goals
Lai notes that state monopolies can benefit from preferential terms and subsidies from government.
"But investors ask: what are the real aims and goals of their companies? Are they about dividend returns for shareholders or some other ends, such as employment for local people? Some Chinese state-owned enterprises were transformed and restructured into private companies 10 to15 years ago.
"Quite a few failed but those that survived have done quite well – they have had to be good operators to survive. For instance, we invest in Haier consumer electronics, which sponsored a Sydney football team, and was state-owned from north-east China. It emerged through takeovers in an intensely competitive sector that saw consolidation into three or four players. This company is not tunnelling or getting benefits from parents.
"You have to look at a company`s record. Is it focused? If things go wrong do they just sit there like a government department – or work to turn around the business?"
How companies spend their money is a related issue for investors. State monopolies can get preferential benefits, and make a lot of money, but they have to spend it wisely, which was a problem Telstra faced.
"Companies with strong cash flows do not always invest them efficiently," says Lai.
"In China, companies might get into new fields such as the property market at the wrong time. Money might be tunnelled to the parent company or go on poor investments elsewhere, or worse, instead of into the business or on to shareholders."
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