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(MSSQL/SYBASE) Identities and (Oracle) Sequences look interchangable at first
glance, but there is a not so obvious difference. A single sequence can be
used to provide unique key values across several tables. It is one sequence
of numbers. If a single sequence is used to generate keys for 2 tables, there
will never be a key collision either within or between the tables. If identities
are used, collisions are likely (between tables). Consider a case where identities
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Rival Canadian and American boffins went head to head this week, battling to resolve one of the most hotly-disputed scientific questions of recent times. That is of course: are hippos a type of amphibious whale, or are they in fact a freshwater pig?
Heading up the porker-potamus school is Professor J G M Thewissen of the Northeastern Ohio College of Medicine, armed with an extinct Indian underwater-pig fossil.
It seems that 48 million years ago, "Indohyus" hydro-hogs roamed India, feeding on dry land but making their homes in the water. Thewissen and his crew of scientists analysed the bones of a fossilised Indohyus and apparently concluded that the subcontinental submarine swine was closely related to whales.
This, as anyone would realise, could mean that the shore-dwelling branch of the whale family was the Indohyus, not the hippopotamus. Hippos, then, could actually be relatives of regular landgoing piggies - perhaps a branch of the family which simply let bathtime get a bit out of hand.
But that's all a load of fossilised pig knuckles, according to Professor Jessica Theodor of Calgary Uni. She and her academic homies have administered a stinging scientific bitchslap to Thewissen, using DNA evidence. Theodor's crew reckon that in fact hippos are whales, not pigs.
The feisty Canadian prof is plainly spoiling for a fight, and explicitly pooh-poohs the porker-potamus idea.
"What Thewissen is saying is that Indohyus is the closest relative of whales - and we agree. Where we think he is wrong, is that he is saying that that hippos are more closely related to true pigs than they are to whales," she says. "This contradicts most of the data from DNA from the last 12 or 13 years. Those data place hippos as the closest living relative to whales."
Thewissen's hog-hippo theory was aired in prestigious boffinry mag Nature back in December 2007. Now Theodor has counterpunched in the same heavyweight journal, setting out the case for her rival Mobypotamus theory in an article published yesterday.
The word hippopotamus actually means "river horse" or similar, but it seems that's way out of court: horses aren't even in the running genealogy-wise. The name's understandable, however, as the irascible river-dwelling artiodactyls eat grass and are bloody nippy when they feel like it. It has been claimed that the grumpy creatures, which weigh as much as a Humvee, "kill more people in Africa than any other animal except mosquitos".
Nonetheless humanity seems to be doing much better in the war against hippos than it is against mosquitos, perhaps accounting for the fact that there are no plans to vaporise the big fellows en masse using airborne laser disco cannon as there are with the bloodsucking insect pests. Hippos are now listed as "vulnerable" to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The brawling hippo genealogists may find their debate becoming literally academic, should their subject African population continue to dwindle. However, in more positive developments, it appears that a colony of hippos imported to Latin America years ago as pets by recreational-chemicals kingpin Pablo Escobar are multiplying in fine style.
Thewissen's responding pooh-pooh of Theodor's initial pooh-pooh also appears in Nature, and seems to claim that he never said hippos were pigs actually, so there. ®


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Just a note. LostSheep, when you come to mind here on Tweb, it brings to memory for me Proverbs 18:24, "A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: . . . ." Thank you for being, in my MHO, the friendliest Twebber on Tweb.
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CDC Takes Action on Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea
The are over 700,000 cases of gonorrhea in the United States each year, and the bacteria itself has been changing and developing resistance to all but one class of antibiotics. With the likelihood that an antibiotic-resistant strain will be seen here soon, the CDC has released new treatment guidelines and a response a plan.
In June, I wrote a piece titled No Clapping Matter, which discussed the impending threat of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea and the need to take action soon. Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced new treatment guidelines for gonorrhea and released a plan to address antibiotic-resistant strains of the disease.
Gonorrhea is one of the most common Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) with over 700,000 cases in the United States each year. The infection may cause itching, burning, discharge, or pain during urination, but often has no symptoms. If left untreated, however, it can cause pelvic inflammatory disease and lead to infertility in both men and women.
While gonorrhea is treatable with antibiotics, over the years Neisseria gonorrhoeae has steadily developed resistance to an entire classes of antibiotics. As early as the forties it was resistant to sulfanilamides; by the eighties, penicillins and tetracyclines no longer worked; in 2007 the CDC stopped recommending the use of fluoroquinolones (the class of drugs that includes Cipro, which we may all remember as the thing to stockpile in case of an anthrax attack). Today, the only class of antibiotics that remains effective are cephalosporins, but its susceptibility to these drugs is declining rapidly in the United States and other countries have already seen cephalosporin-resistant cases.
Earlier this year, the CDC suggested that it was time to change the way we screen for and treat gonorrhea in this country in order to respond to this wily germ, and in June the World Health Organization (WHO) released a global action plan for stemming the spread of drug-resistant gonorrhea. Today, the CDC took additional steps to help public health experts in the United States address this emerging threat.
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First, the CDC changed its treatment guidelines. The previous guidelines recommended oral antibiotics as the first line of defense against the infection. The new guidelines instead recommend that infection be treated with injectable ceftriaxone in combination with one of two oral antibiotics—doxycycline or azithromycin. In addition, the CDC published the Cephalosporin-Resistant Gonorrhea Public Health Response Plan, which makes a number of recommendations for scaling up the in the activities of health departments in order to monitor resistance and ensure effective treatment of gonorrhea infections.
Experts in the field believe that these are good steps to take but warn that they may be difficult given the current funding situation and, moreover, that they may not be enough. William Smith, the executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) explains:
The response plan includes a number of recommendations that are imperative to protect the public's health, but NCSD's member health departments throughout the country have seen drastic budget cuts, furloughs and layoff of staff, and have constricted program activities over the past several years to the point where most are as bare bones as one can imagine. In the face of this real and emerging threat, federal, state, and local governments must reinvest in health department STD programs without delay.
Similarly, Smith believes that the new treatment guidelines are a step in the right direction but that without an investment in new antibiotics, a long-term solution will not be found. He explains:
…the rising resistance of gonorrhea to our last line of defense against it must be a clarion call to policymakers and private industry alike to invest in the research and development pipeline for new antibiotics and more sophisticated diagnostics…and quickly. We desperately need additional options to meet the challenges of this infection.
As I said is my last article on this topic, the thing that keeps getting to me is the sense that few people are alarmed about the emergence of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea or panicked by the lack of new drugs in the pipeline to treat this and other common bacterial infections which are also becoming resistant to existing drugs. We have become too used to brushing off everything from ear-infections to strep throat to STIs as treatable nuisances. Hopefully, these new resources from the CDC will remind people to take this emerging problem seriously and invest in the infrastructure and research we need before it's too late.


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In September of 1961 the New York Times' folk music critic Robert Shelton saw an unknown 20-year-old perform at a club in Greenwich Village. The singer, wrote Shelton, "is vague about his antecedents and birthplace, but it matters less where he has been than where he is going, and that would seem to be straight up." Six months later Shelton's mystery man released his self-titled debut on Columbia Records, Bob Dylan, a collection of mostly covers that sold poorly. In spring of 1963 he returned with The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, a 13-track LP that opened with an original composition called "Blowin' In the Wind." Two years and a few other decent songs later, he scandalously plugged in an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival, ending his relationship with the community that had birthed him. Just last week that guitar sold at auction for nearly $1 million. It's safe to say Bob Dylan won the divorce.
The Coen Brothers' wonderful new film Inside Llewyn Davis takes place (very) shortly before Shelton penned his famous review, and while Dylan's impending arrival looms over the world of the movie, it's not about him. Instead, it's about everyone who wasn't him, and, as such, Inside Llewyn Davis breathes renewed and important life into the early 1960s folk revival, one of the most misunderstood, frequently derided, and hugely significant post-war cultural movements. Aside from producing arguably the most influential American songwriter and most influential Canadian songwriter of the past 50 years—by 1962 a young Joni Mitchell was cutting her chattering teeth in folk clubs in Saskatoon—the folk revival was a formative influence on artists ranging from Nina Simone to Stevie Wonder to Robert Plant to Janis Joplin. Yet in the years since Dylan went electric it's become fashionable to caricature folkies as luddites dirtying themselves in the dustbin of history, besweatered schoolmarms yelling "Judas" at our most cherished rock star. Folkies get skewered in comedies like A Mighty Wind, treated with aloof disdain in period dramas like Mad Men, made into straw figures of lefty naïveté in reactionary fables like Forrest Gump.
This is a shame, and more than a little unfair. As a phenomenon both quintessentially of its time and doggedly seeking to flee it, the folk revival has aged about as poorly as things can age (though not as poorly as Forrest Gump). But it was also one of the great romances of the 20th century, a messily admirable mix of music and politics that believed in itself with a fierceness that few things have since. Its bedrock text was Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, a six-LP collection released in 1952 that came to captivate a generation disillusioned by the directions their country was heading: Cold War paranoia, the drum-beat of nuclear brinksmanship, the intransigent racial violence of the Jim Crow south. Folk music promised bygone purity to young people understandably wary of modernity, and the performance of folk music became a powerful force of activism itself. Fifty years on, Dylan and Joan Baez performing at the March on Washington remains the most iconic visual memory of the revival.
Inside Llewyn Davis largely ignores the political side of the folk revival, a wise move that allows its characters to be human beings rather than pop-history clichés. The movie's title role, impeccably played by Oscar Isaac, is based on the late Greenwich Village folk legend Dave Van Ronk, although music historian Elijah Wald (who co-wrote Van Ronk's memoir and has penned a beautiful companion essay to the Coens' film) is quick to emphasize that Davis is more impressionistic gloss than carbon copy. One of the great shadow figures of American music, Van Ronk was a fabulous singer and guitarist who left an indelible mark on his specific time and place while never becoming a household name. Irascibly opinionated, avowedly anti-commercial and by all accounts superhumanly generous to fellow musicians, he was a true original, a strange thing to say about a man so singularly devoted to the recreation of music born worlds away from his native Brooklyn. "He was big, sky high, and I looked up to him," wrote Dylan of Van Ronk, years later. "He came from the land of giants."
There is something warm and fitting about the Coens, film's greatest bards of the star-crossed outsider, finally giving Van Ronk and the folkies their day in the sun. Inside Llewyn Davis both celebrates and sends up the revival's misbegotten best intentions in ways that are smart and humane. In one of its finest scenes Llewyn is cajoled into performing the 18th-century British ballad "Fare Thee Well" at an Upper West Side dinner party. It's a beautiful song (at 300 years old, it better be) that's soon interrupted by his well-meaning host's impromptu harmonies. Llewyn flies into a rage, suddenly sensitive to his own exploitation, being made to sing for his supper. "But I thought singing was a joyous expression of the soul!" protests his wounded, would-be duet partner.
It's a hilarious and poignant moment that draws out one of the revival's fundamental contradictions. Folk songs are simple, inherently democratic, literally of the people, while trying to make a life as a professional musician is everything the opposite, a difficult and rarefied pursuit best suited for those who secretly believe they're better than everyone else. Nowhere is this tension more evident than in Llewyn's haughty, almost messianic hatred of commercialism, his failure to achieve financial success only fueling his self-righteousness. Late in the film he auditions for a folk-scene power broker in an empty club, delivering a stunning rendition of "The Death of Queen Jane." The song ends, and his audience of one remarks, coldly: "I don't see a lot of money here."
He's right, but Llewyn is crushed: Not a lot of money is precisely the point. This, too, was an untenable saw of revival hard-liners—once you achieved popular success, your music became immediately suspect. It was a movement with a romantic view of the people but a deeply suspicious view of said people's tastes; after all, in 1961 the "folk" were mostly listening to Del Shannon and the Shirelles. One of the cruelest ironies to befall the folkies is that much of their music is now far more forgotten than the commercial pop they were so quick to dismiss as empty and ephemeral.
The Coens go a long way toward righting this. Inside Llewyn Davis is easily the best film ever made about the folk revival, and it's also one of the very best films ever made about music, period. For a movie about authenticity obsessions that recreates its place and period with exacting detail, its soundtrack isn't much for slavish verisimilitude: Oscar Isaac's singing voice is far more indebted to Jeff Buckley (still a twinkle in his folksinging father's eye in 1961) than Van Ronk or even Bob Dylan. These anachronisms strangely work, making the music feel newly vital while honoring the spirit and conviction of the period. And the film's performance sequences are luxurious and fully real: they're not cut short by impatient edits, hitched to montages, or bludgeoned into bold-faced Turning Points. One of the reasons it's so easy to be arch about the folk revival is that its naked, full-throated earnestness can't help but make us uncomfortable. By forcing us to watch a young man sing a centuries-old song accompanied by nothing but an acoustic guitar for three full minutes, the Coens effectively foreclose our capacity for irony. We can't laugh at the people in the club, because we're among them. Even more importantly, the intimacy of these sequences brings us face-to-face with the most fundamental fact of musical performance: It is always, first and foremost, an act of courage.
For all their musty romance and authenticity fantasies the folkies had no shortage of courage. They believed in personal reinvention through art, the inherent and salvageable goodness of humanity, and the untapped potential of music as a corrective force in the world. I'm not sure we've yet earned the right to make fun of these things. At the close of Inside Llewyn Davis we're finally allowed to hear two voices from the past, the second of which is Dave Van Ronk's own from a performance close to his death in 2002. Ragged, knowing, unpretty but beautiful, it pours over the credits and sounds unlike anything else in the film, a perfect and richly deserved tribute. At long last, this giant of American folk music is finally the old, the true, the real.


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I got back a little while ago from the Republican SD41 convention, held at the Eagles Club in New Brighton. There's a lot more to unpack than I have time for at the moment, but here are the highlights:
- We decided to remain a unified Senate District BPOU, instead of breaking into separate house districts. This will probably work well going forward, but it led to a lot of logistical issues over the course of what was a long day. The reasons behind it are worthy of a post or two, but we'll let it be for now.
- We did endorse candidates for district offices: Gina Bauman will be our nominee for State Senate. The endorsed candidate for house district 41A is Dale Helm. The endorsed candidate for district 41B is Laura Palmer. This is potentially a very strong slate of candidates.
- Although I haven't confirmed it independently, the word is that on the DFL side, incumbent representative Tom Tillberry, lost his bid for DFL endorsement to Connie Bernardy, who had preceded Tillberry in office but had retired in 2006. This is a somewhat surprising development and it could make things interesting for the upcoming race.
I'll write a longer, followup piece anon. As is often the case, it was a very long day and I actually had to leave before the convention wrapped up. More soon.


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Even as the organizational process is slowing down in our house for a variety of reasons, I still get bursts of inspiration here and there. Today's Home Tour Tuesday is a testament to that!
Today I'm proud to introduce our laundry room. It won't take your breath away with its beauty or special touches (… yet. We have plans!) but it has improved our lifestyle tremendously, even in the past few days that it has been organized.
We moved into our house about six months ago now, and we still had all of my dad's supplies for cleaning and home repairs stored up on the top shelf in our laundry room. We piled the floor with our items. I had originally hoped the laundry room could double as a pantry, so I had added portable shelving and stashed oversized kitchen items on them. It was a bad idea. There was no room to sort or fold clothing, so our laundry inevitably spilled over into the kitchen.
Daniel prompted the beginning of the laundry room overhaul. He suggested we buy the sorting hamper we'd been eying for a couple of years. Done. We took the trip to the Container Store after church one day and came home with this beauty:
He assembled it for me and we began using it immediately. It's fairly large, so storage in our room isn't that practical, but the three large fabric compartments, sturdy frame, and casters make sorting laundry easy. We simply wheel it back and forth from our bedroom or bathroom hampers to the laundry room. (And once we cleaned out the laundry room, we could store it there, as well.)
On Friday, I decided that even that big help wasn't enough. I was tired of having a messy laundry room that didn't function as well as it should. I took nearly everything out, dusted, swept, and put only what we used or needed to keep handy back. I removed the pantry items (minus our huge bread maker that only gets the occasional use and doesn't fit on either our counter or our cupboards). I threw out things we hadn't used in the six months since I'd stored them there. I ruthlessly disposed of duplicates. (Since when had we had FOUR dustpans??!)
As a result, the laundry room went from this:
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Yay! It's inspired us to do more laundry and even sort and fold right away. I'm pleased, and I can't wait to dress it up and make it "purtier" sometime soon.


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Chocolate birthday cake recipe
We used colourful candles rather than artificial sweets to brighten up this tasty birthday cake
Nutrition and extra info
- un-iced
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal432
- fat18g
- saturates10g
- carbs65g
- sugars51g
- fibre3g
- protein6g
- salt0.41g
- 140g butter, plus extra for the tin
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 175g golden caster sugar
- 2 eggs
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 225g self-raising wholemeal flour
- 50g cocoa powder
- ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
Bicarbonate of soda
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- 250g natural yogurt
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- 300g golden icing sugar, sieved
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder, sieved
- 1 tbsp butter, melted
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- 3-4 tbsp boiling water
- 50g each white, plain and milk chocolate, broken into squares
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Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter and line the base of a 18 x 28cm cake tin or tray. Put the butter and sugar into a bowl; beat together with electric hand beaters until light and fluffy. add the eggs a little at a time, beating well between each addition.
Sieve the flour, cocoa and bicarbonate of soda into the bowl, then tip in any bran left in the sieve. Pour in the natural yogurt. Stir everything to a smooth mixture and spoon into the prepared tin. Bake for 20-25 mins until just firm and shrinking away from the sides of the tin. Cool in the tin for 5 mins, then turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.
For the icing, sieve the icing sugar and cocoa into a bowl, then pour in the butter and 2 tbsp just-boiled water. Stir together to a smooth, spreadable consistency. if it's too stiff, very carefully add a little more boiling water, drop by drop.
Spread the icing over the top of the cake, using a palette knife dipped in hot water. Will keep in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
Melt the chocolates in three different bowls in the microwave on High for 1 min or over a pan of simmering water. Spoon the melted chocolates into three plastic disposable piping bags. Snip the ends off and pipe 12 simple shapes on top of the cake. Leave to set. Just before serving, cut the cake into 12 squares and push in the candles.
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The city of Longmont has spent $331,061 helping 28 households that formerly lived in the Royal Mobile Home Park next to the St. Vrain River south of Boston Avenue find a new place to live, city staff informed the Longmont City Council in its council packet this week.
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What: Regular session at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the council chambers inside the Longmont Civic Center, 350 Kimbark St.
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During last September's flood, 37 mobile homes in the park were completely destroyed and another 19 were moved to other mobile home parks or were sold.
Since the flood, the city has been working with residents to find them places to live, according to Kathy Fedler, Community Development Block Grant coordinator. In the interim some moved into rental properties while some others moved in with family.
"We're still working with a few families," Fedler said. "With one in particular I know we're still working with them on purchasing a new mobile home and getting them moved in."
The funds, $293,325 from CDBG-Disaster Recovery funds and $37,736 from the Longmont Community Foundation, were used to help residents with relocation costs, including rental assistance for up to two years; for moving expenses; help with deposits; and help with purchasing new mobile homes for them to live in if their previous one was beyond repair.
The city continues to work with five families on their long-term housing goals, city staff said.
"I would say the biggest issue was lack of places for people to go," said Jon Clarke, the city's community and neighborhood resources supervisor, who worked closely with Fedler's staff and with the residents to help them relocate. "It was just very difficult to find places to go locally."
In addition to the relocation funds above, the city used $178,400 out of its sanitation fund to pay for the costs of hauling mobile homes away that suffered extensive damage. Thirty-four were taken to the landfill and three were destroyed on-site.
The city purchased the mobile home park in December for $2.62 million and has since removed all of the mobile homes from the property. The office and maintenance building that remain will be secured and left alone for the time being until a permanent plan for the property is laid out, Clarke said.
The total cost of debris removal from the park, which is still being tabulated, will be approximately $60,000, city staff said.
On a related note, at Tuesday night's city council meeting the council is expected to approve rezoning the deserted mobile home park land, along with the adjoining St. Vrain Greenway and the former home of the Animal Medical Clinic at 133 S. Main St, which is just east of the mobile home property. The total, contiguous 11 acres will be rezoned to park use from the current mixed-use.
The city purchased the mobile home park in December for $2.62 million. It intends to use it and the former animal clinic property for flood mitigation.
Contact Times-Call staff writer Tony Kindelspire at 303-684-5291 or email@example.com


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Looking Back-Cupids circa 1900
A window box that we did for the
Cupids 400 Show at the Devon House, St. John's.
Our first black and white carving......so
very strange not to have used colour. AHHHHH!
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Acrylic on canvas
Blackhead North
Hand-Carved/Mixed media by Cara and Pam
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"Mermaid Song" by Cara and Pam
Ugly Stick (Musical Instrument) Birch, Pine, Acrylics, Mixed Media
"Papa Luigi Rides Again" by Cara
Wooden block, acrylics
"No Dogs Allowed" by Cara and Pam
Two Story Deluxe Cat House Pine,Acrylics
"Terra Nova" by Cara (Detail)
Easterseals-Mermaids in the City
"The Mobile Goat" by Cara and Pam
Door Knocker *Hand-Carved Pine, Acrylics, Mixed Media
"Poppy's Stage" by Cara and Pam
Childs Chair Hand-Carved Pine, Acrylics, Mixed Media
"Midnight Dreamers"
Hand-Carved, Hand-Painted Wood
"Gulliver's Song" by Cara and Pam
Ugly Stick (Musical Instrument) Birch,Hand Carved Pine, Acrylics, Mixed Media
Cape Spear
by Cara Kansala * Acrylic on Canvas
"Terra Nova" by Cara
Easterseals-Mermaids in the City
"Nan and Pop" by Cara and Pam
Wooden Chair - Hand Carved, Acrylics
"Harbour Guardian-St. John's" by Cara
Easter Seals-Mermaids in the City
"Western Brook Pond Fjord" in Gros Morne by Cara and Pam
Hand-Carved Pine, Acrylics
"Typical Newfoundland Fourcats" by Cara and Pam
Hand-Carved Pine,Acrylics, Mixed Media
"Mary Mac" by Cara
Hand-Painted Guitar (front)
"Mary Mac" by Cara
"Outer Battery" Sculpture by Cara and Pam
Hand-carved Pine, Acrylics, Mixed Media
"Outer Battery" Paper Collage by Cara
"St. John's Harbour" by Cara and Pam
CUSTOM DOOR - Hand-carved pine, Acrylics, Mixed Media
Hand-Carved Wood, Hand-Painted Acrylics
Painted Doors....
I painted the door next door just for fun..but now they have another cat and it just sits there waiting to be added to the picture.I can't look her in the eye.
"Oh Buoy" by Cara
Hand painted canvas mat
"Cat Fish"
Hand-Carved, Hand-Painted Pine
"Senor Don Gato" by Cara and Pam
Puppet Hand-Carved Pine, Acrylics, Mixed Media
The Whole Gang of Mummers!
Mummers by Cara and Pam for Mummer's the Word
In St. John's Find Our Work At..........
Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
Devon House Craft Centre
59 Duckworth Street
St. John's
Summer Hours for the Craft Council Shop
beginning June 1
Monday - Wednesday
10 am - 5 pm
Thursday - Friday
10 am - 8 pm
Saturday 10am - 5 pm
Sunday 12 pm - 5 pm
"St.John's Chair"
Hand-Carved, Hand-Painted Pine
"Arctic Dreamer"
Acrylic On Canvas
"Birdy" by Cara and Pam
Hand-Carved Pine,Acrylics, Mixed Media
"Squid Jigging Ground" Clay Squid from our Gallery Show with Caroline Clarke at The Devon House
"Come All Ye"
"Sleep, My Love"
Hand carved pine and acrylic paint (18" x 18")
"Signal Hill"
Acrylic on Canvas
"Kitchen Party"
Hand-Painted Canvas Floorcloth
"Dance A Jig"
Hand-Carved Pine, Hand-Painted Acrylic, Mixed Media
Joy! A Whimsical Celebration!
Our first solo exhibit at the Devon House, St. John's, Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador.Click on the photo for the gallery.
"Spot Loves Dot"
Hand-Painted Canvas Pet Mat
"Max's Stage" Sculpture
Hand-Carved Pine, Hand-Painted Acrylics, Mixed Media
"Dawn's Quilts" Commission
Hand-Carved Wood, Hand-Painted Acrylics, Mixed Media
"Crosby Show" DETAIL
Hand-Carved Pine, Hand-Painted Acrylic, Mixed Media
Aunt Bert's Daisy Garden
by Cara Kansala, Acrylic on Canvas
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We are two Newfoundland artists who live and work in a wee, kooky cottage by the sea, in a tiny, little town called Upper Island Cove. We carve, paint, build things and run a 4 star hotel for cats. Life here can be hard and the ocean can get angry, but on sunny, calm days, the whales come out to play and it is the best place to be on earth. If you'd like to stop by our studio to have a gander at our artwork, we'd love to see you. There is a free cat with every purchase, and a complimentary lint rolling service as you depart. Can you ask for anything better than that?
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Here is the latest collaborative release from 40 oz NY and Rhude, the 'LA' snapbacks are available in two colorways: Black/Black and Black/White. The caps feature Old English-style lettering on the front of the crown, Rhude branding on the rear and 40 oz NY branding on the side. These caps have not yet been released, however, they will be sold via Rhude online soon.


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Acting for Stage and Screen, Grades 11-12

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Holiday course

Experience the power of voice, movement and improvisation as you...
Holiday course
Experience the power of voice, movement and improvisation as you rehearse and perform scenes from plays, films and TV.
Course components
- Explore characterisation through actions, objectives and given circumstances.
- Develop on screen personal presence and self-awareness.
- Discover techniques to use your voice and movement effectively in scene work.
- Increased confidence in the creation of improvised scenarios and characters.
- Enhanced ability to apply voice and movement effectively in scene work.
- Techniques for realising truth on the stage and screen.
Important information
- Please read our Cancellation and Transfer Policy.
- Flights and Accommodation: From time to time we may need to cancel an advertised course. Before booking flights and accommodation for travel to attend a NIDA Open course, please contact the NIDA Open office to confirm if your course will proceed as planned. NIDA does not accept liability for any associated costs of attendance or cancellation.
- Please ensure that you have given a valid email and mobile number as any course changes will be communicated via email or sms.
- Please wear comfortable clothing you can move in for all drama and performance related courses. Clothing that restricts movement is inappropriate.
- Please wear closed-in shoes. Shoes may be removed in the rehearsal room on the direction of the class tutor.
- Participants must provide their own lunch, including snacks and drinks.
- Students in courses for Grades 11–12 will not be supervised during breaks and are free to leave the venue at designated break times should they wish.
NIDA Kensington, Sydney
Site Directions
NIDA Kensington
215 Anzac Parade, Kensington NSW 2033
There is no parking on-site at NIDA however there is paid parking on the University of NSW campus. The parking is a 10-15 minute walk from the NIDA building and is located at Gate 14 of the campus on Barker Street.
The UNSW parking area next door to NIDA, entrance via Day street, has free parking on weekends only. Other times it has permit parking for UNSW staff only.
There is also free all-day parking on some of the streets behind NIDA, but places are limited and can fill early.
As you may be aware, Sydney Light Rail construction is currently underway on Anzac Parade. From 8pm on Friday 25 November, the following changes to traffic conditions will be implemented:
- Parking and bus lanes on both sides of Anzac Parade, from High Street to Barker Street, will be removed and a 24 hour clearway will be introduced.
- A 50km/h speed limit will be introduced in this section of Anzac Parade.
- There will be no right turn from Day Avenue onto Anzac Parade.
- Most bus stops located outside NIDA or UNSW will either be relocated around clearways or closed through the construction period. Public transport to NIDA is still available; please visit transportnsw.info for the latest transport updates and to plan your trip.
For further information on how the light rail construction may impact your course, please view the attached PDF document at the bottom of the page.
Public Transport
The following buses come past NIDA:
From Circular Quay 302, 303, 391, 392, 394, 396, 397, 399, Express L94
From Central Railway 393, 395, Express 895
From Bondi Junction 400, 410, 348
From Leichhardt, Glebe, Newtown 370
The Metro 10 bus also comes past NIDA
Other Information
As a NIDA course attendee you have the opportunity to take advantage of TFE Hotels corporate rate. Find out more information regarding hotel locations and to make a booking.
The closest hotel to NIDA is the Adina Apartment Hotel in Coogee.
|Session Notes
|Mon 13 Jul 2020
|10am - 12:45pm (UTC+10:00)
|NIDA Kensington, Sydney
|Mon 13 Jul 2020
|1:30pm - 5pm (UTC+10:00)
|NIDA Kensington, Sydney
|Tue 14 Jul 2020
|10am - 12:45pm (UTC+10:00)
|NIDA Kensington, Sydney
|Tue 14 Jul 2020
|1:30pm - 5pm (UTC+10:00)
|NIDA Kensington, Sydney
|Wed 15 Jul 2020
|10am - 12:45pm (UTC+10:00)
|NIDA Kensington, Sydney
|Wed 15 Jul 2020
|1:30pm - 5pm (UTC+10:00)
|NIDA Kensington, Sydney


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PITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Steelers have gotten pretty good at beating the NFL's best.
They've nearly perfected losing to the worst.
And while San Diego is more underachieving than utterly horrific, the Chargers' 34-24 win over the Steelers on Sunday continued a perplexing trend for a team that considers itself among the elite.
Pittsburgh (7-6) has won on the road at Baltimore and the New York Giants this season. It has also fallen to lesser-lights Oakland, Tennessee, Cleveland and now the Chargers (5-8). It makes for one of the weirder resumes of any playoff contender.
``There's nothing we can really say,'' Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey said. ``We know we went out and messed up a lot of games. We know we're going to pay for it here.''
The Steelers certainly paid for it on Sunday.
Pittsburgh hoped the return of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger from a three-week layoff due to a sprained right shoulder would provide the final piece to a puzzle that's only come together in fits and spurts this fall.
While Roethlisberger's arm looked fine while throwing for 285 yards and three touchdowns, he got little help from his teammates and was hardly perfect himself, throwing for an interception and having a botched screen pass turn into an easy San Diego score that put the Chargers up 24 midway through the third quarter.
``We felt like we missed a lot of plays out there,'' Roethlisberger said. ``I missed a lot of throws. I threw it to them once. We all have to play better.''
Amazingly, the Steelers are still in prime position to secure one of the AFC's six postseason spots after Cincinnati lost to Dallas. If Pittsburgh can win its final three games - starting with a road game against the Cowboys next Sunday - it's in no matter what happens elsewhere.
``I feel great about this team,'' nose tackle Casey Hampton said. ``We didn't play our best today and they got us but going forward I feel like we're going to win every game. That's what we've got to do to get in the playoffs.''
There are no such visions in San Diego, which came in having lost seven of its last eight. Yet the Chargers were able to make history by winning in Pittsburgh in the regular season for the first time, snapping a 14-game losing streak.
They did it by playing with the fearlessness and tenacity of a team with postseason dreams. Those are long gone, and head coach Norv Turner and general manager A.J. Smith may soon be on their way out, too.
Not that it mattered on a day the Chargers looked like the team playing with something on the line.
Philip Rivers threw three touchdown passes, two to Danario Alexander, and San Diego cruised.
``This isn't necessarily the team we thought we'd have on the field in December, but this is the type of performance we thought we'd put together,'' said Rivers, who completed 21 of 41 passes for 200 yards.
The injury-ravaged offensive line kept Rivers out of harm's way. The Steelers only sacked Rivers once, and all that extra time in the pocket helped him convert 12 of 22 third downs, allowing San Diego to chew up the clock and keep Roethlisberger from getting going while the game was still competitive.
``We all know that this team has played this way through large parts of many games,'' Turner said. ``We did not make the big mistake in the football game.''
Instead, it was the Steelers who couldn't seem to get out of their own way.
The Steelers didn't even cross midfield until a last-gasp drive to end the half ended with Shaun Suisham's 49-yard field goal that pulled them to 13-3.
Any boost the kick provided disappeared during the first 10 minutes of the third quarter.
San Diego converted five straight third downs during a clock-chewing drive, including a 17-yard burst up the middle by Ronnie Brown on third-and-13 from the Pittsburgh 29.
The play wasn't designed to get a first down, but a pair of missed tackles helped the Chargers extend the drive. Three plays later Rivers found Michael Floyd for a 3-yard touchdown to make it 20-3.
The 17-play march ate up nearly 10 minutes. The Chargers then needed barely 10 seconds to put the game away.
Backed up yet again after Floyd's score, Roethlisberger tried to hit Brown on a screen pass. The ball smacked into tight end David Paulson's rear and rolled into the end zone, where Quentin Jammer fell on it.
The play appeared to be overturned on review. Pittsburgh's offense ran back onto the field when referee Scott Green popped out from under the hood.
Instead, Green pulled a switcheroo, confirming the score to give the Chargers a 27-3 lead and a brief moment of joy in a year full of chaos.
``Yeah we've been struggling the last five weeks,'' tight end Antonio Gates said. ``But at the end of the day it only came down to one or two plays in those games we lost. Today, we just were playing the way we were capable of playing, the way we know how to play.''
NOTES: Steelers LG Willie Colon left the game with a left knee injury. Pouncey moved from center to guard, with Doug Legursky replacing Pouncey at center. ... Roethlisberger became the 25th quarterback in NFL history to surpass 29,000 passing yards and 1,000 career rushing yards. ... San Diego WR Michael Spurlock had seven receptions for 64 yards, with five of the receptions turning third downs into first downs. ... Steelers WR Plaxico Burress had an 18-yard reception in the first half, his first reception since being re-signed by the Steelers two weeks ago. ... San Diego held the ball for 36:45, the most by a Pittsburgh opponent this season.
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text: Egyptian Dreams - Ancient Egyptian Discussion Board :: View topic - Demonstrative pronouns and indirect genitive forms - Ancient Egypt - Egyptology Forum Click on the logo to visit the shop Egyptian DreamsAncient Egypt Discussion Board FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Demonstrative pronouns and indirect genitive forms Egyptian Dreams Forum Index -> Homework Help View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message KekmosisCitizenJoined: 12 Dec 2017Posts: 1 Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:22 pm Post subject: Demonstrative pronouns and indirect genitive forms Hello! I have several questions about Middle Egyptian demonstrative pronouns and indirect genitive constructions. The phrase "lord of this estate" can be written as nb n spAt tn (from Allen 3rd edition, Exercise 5.1.g). The phrase "this lord of estate" can be written as nb pn n spAt (by analogy to jrt tn nt Hrw on p. 66). The plural of nb pn ("this lord") is formed using the neutral demonstrative pronoun within the indirect genitive construction: nn n nb(w) ("these lords"). 1. How would the above two phrases be converted to plural? Can one "chain" indirect genitives? 2. Would nbw nw nn n spAwt be correct for "lords of these estates"? 3. Would nn n nb n(w?) spAwt be correct for "these lords of estates"? (In the last phrase I used nn n nb in singular to mean "these lords" (plural), I could have also written nn n nbw, wouldn't make any difference, I presume). Furthermore, we can talk about estates, not lords. The phrase "estate of this lord" can, presumably, be written as spAt nt nb pn. The phrase "this estate of lord" can, presumably, be written as spAt tn nt nb. 4. How would these be converted to plural? 5. Would spAwt nt nn n nbw be correct for "estates of these lords"? 6. Would nn n spA(w)t nt nbw be correct for "these estates of lords"? These all phrases (2, 3, 5, 6) look rather strange. 7. Or, if this is all wrong, how would one write this? (at least without using plural demonstrative nbw ipn for "these lords", which sounds rather archaic) Thanks for any feedback! Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Egyptian Dreams Forum Index -> Homework Help All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Forum Information----------------AnnouncementsForum Help New Members----------------Say Hello Ancient Egypt----------------Mythology and ReligionPharaohs and QueensArt and LiteratureSphinxPyramids, Tombs, & MonumentsMummificationEvidence from AmarnaPre-dynastic EgyptNubiaBooksTravelHomework HelpMiscellaneous Off Topic----------------General Discussion You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group


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Morgan Pressel will never forget her first experience of the Solheim Cup.
As she prepares to make her sixth appearance at Gleneagles, the 31-year-old 'veteran' in Juli Inkster's American team, which now includes six rookies, recalls her first time in 2007.
Preparing to walk to the first tee at Halmstad, where the USA would eventually triumph 16-12, she was advised by experienced hands JoAnne Carner and Judy Rankin to put chapstick on her teeth so her mouth didn't dry out.
Now she's the 'wise old sage' in Inkster's class of 2019, who head to Scotland seeking a third consecutive Solheim Cup victory.
"There's so much that goes into the Solheim Cup, it's so much different than any other tournament that we play all year," said Pressel.
"I've been talking about my past experiences with other players on the team. I'm just getting them prepared for the emotional stress basically; it's different playing for each other, playing for our captains, playing for our country.
The #SolheimCup fun and games have begun, but tomorrow the real practice starts ⛳— The 2019 Solheim Cup (@2019solheimcup) September 10, 2019
Here's how @SolheimCupEuro and @SolheimCupUSA line up for their warm-up rounds tomorrow 👇https://t.co/nEySAToJKE pic.twitter.com/P6Rn978Ohc
"You need to prepare them mentally for what's going to happen on the first tee on Friday. And the nerves never go away. When I played in Germany, my fifth Solheim Cup, that was maybe the most nervous I've ever been but I knew it was coming.
"Nerves are going to be there. Whether you're a veteran, a rookie or anywhere in the middle, when you walk through that tunnel out on the first tee and hear all the chanting and all the excitement, there's no experience quite like it.
"You might not get as much sleep Thursday night after the opening ceremonies, which always leave me on such a high. You just have to embrace it.
"That's kind of been the message that we've given to the team is embrace it. Know that it's coming and have fun with it because at the end of the day this is a wonderful exhibition and a great show of golf. Just go out there and have fun."
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Pressel, 31, was one of Inkster's captain's picks following her fourth place at the recent British Women's Open – her best major finish since a third at the ANA Inspiration in 2015.
And she believes Inkster's coolness under pressure is what marks out the American skipper, seeking to become the first to captain a side to three straight wins, out from others in the team room.
"It's about her whole personality and the ease that she brings to everything," she added.
"It's a tough tournament, the Solheim Cup. We all put a lot of pressure on ourselves. We want to play well and we want to win. Juli kind of reminds us just go out there, do your thing, you know how to play golf.
"She's played nine Solheim Cups, has been captain now for a third time. She's been around it for a very long time and she's the queen of having fun. There's definitely no shortage of fun that we have as a team."


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Greece (12/09/11)
For the most current version of this Note, see Background Notes A-Z.
Area: 131,957 sq. km. (51,146 sq. mi.; roughly the size of Alabama).
Major cities: Capital--Athens. Greater Athens (pop. 3,566,060), municipality of Athens (772,072), Greater Thessaloniki (1,057,825), municipality of Thessaloniki (363,987), Piraeus (175,697), Greater Piraeus (466,065), Patras (171,616), Iraklion (137,711), Larissa (126,076).
Terrain: Mountainous interior with coastal plains; 1,400-plus islands.
Climate: Mediterranean; mild, wet winter and hot, dry summer.
Population (2010 est.): 11,295,002.
Population growth rate (2010 estimated): 0.1%.
Languages: Greek (official). English is the predominant second language.
Religions: Greek Orthodox (approximately 98% of citizens), with Muslim, Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, and other religious communities.
Education: Years compulsory--9. Literacy--97.5%. All levels are free.
Health: Infant mortality rate--5.43/1,000. Life expectancy--male 77.69 years, female 82.35 years.
Work force (2009 estimated): 5.0 million.
Type: Parliamentary republic.
Independence: 1830. National Day: March 25 (1821).
Constitution: June 11, 1975, amended March 1986, April 2001, May 2008.
Branches: Executive--president (head of state), prime minister (head of government). Legislative--300-seat unicameral Vouli (parliament). Judicial--Supreme Court, Council of State.
Political parties: Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), New Democracy (ND), Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS), and Coalition of the Left (SYNASPISMOS).
Suffrage: Universal and mandatory at 18.
Administrative subdivisions: 13 peripheries (regional districts); 325 municipalities; two wider metropolitan area administrative councils to encompass the whole of the Attica region and the Thessaloniki agglomeration.
GDP (2010): €227 billion (about $312 billion).
Per capita GDP (2010): $27,875.
Growth rate (2010): -3.5%.
Inflation rate (2010): 4.7%.
Unemployment rate (annual average, 2010): 12.5%.
Natural resources: Bauxite, lignite, magnesite, oil, marble.
Agriculture (3.3% of GDP): Products--sugar beets, wheat, maize, tomatoes, olives, olive oil, grapes, raisins, wine, oranges, peaches, tobacco, cotton, livestock, dairy products, rice, figs.
Manufacturing (17.9% of GDP): Types--processed foods, shoes, textiles, metals, chemicals, electrical equipment, cement, glass, transport equipment, petroleum products, construction, electrical power.
Services (78.8% of GDP): Maritime, transportation, tourism, communications, trade, banking, public administration, defense.
Trade: Exports (2010): $22 billion: manufactured goods, agricultural products, beverages, tobacco, petroleum products, cement, chemicals. Major markets--Germany, Italy, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Turkey, U.K., France, U.S., Romania, Spain. Imports (2010)--$64.55 billion: basic manufactures, food and animals, crude oil, chemicals, machinery, transport equipment. Major suppliers--Germany, Italy, China, France, Netherlands, U.S., Russia.
Greece was inhabited as early as the Paleolithic period and by 3000 BC had become home, in the Cycladic Islands, to a culture whose art remains among the most evocative in world history. In the second millennium BC, the island of Crete nurtured the maritime empire of the Minoans, whose trade reached from Egypt to Sicily. The Minoans were supplanted by the Mycenaeans of the Greek mainland, who spoke a dialect of ancient Greek. During the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires (1st-19th centuries), Greece's ethnic composition became more diverse. The roots of Greek language and culture date back at least 3,500 years, and modern Greek preserves many elements of its classical predecessor.
Eastern Orthodox Christianity is the dominant religion in Greece and receives state funding. During centuries of Ottoman domination, the Greek Orthodox Church preserved the Greek language and cultural identity and was an important rallying point in the struggle for independence. There is a centuries-old Muslim religious minority concentrated in Thrace and an estimated 300,000 legal Muslim immigrants living elsewhere in the country. Smaller religious communities in Greece include Old Calendar Orthodox, Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Mormons.
Greek education is free and compulsory for children between the ages of 6 and 15. Overall responsibility for education rests with the Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs. Private colleges and universities (mostly foreign) have campuses in Greece despite the fact that their degrees are not recognized by the Greek state. Entrance to public universities is determined by state-administered exams.
The Greek War of Independence began in 1821 and concluded in 1830 when England, France, and Russia forced the Ottoman Empire to grant Greece its independence under a European monarch.
At independence, Greece had an area of 47,515 square kilometers (18,346 square mi.), and its northern boundary extended from the Gulf of Volos to the Gulf of Arta. Under the influence of the "Megali Idea," which in its most broad interpretation meant the expansion of the Greek state to include all areas where significant Greek communities existed, Greece acquired the Ionian islands in 1864; Thessaly and part of Epirus in 1881; part of Macedonia, Crete, Epirus, and the Aegean islands in 1913; western Thrace in 1918; and the Dodecanese islands in 1947.
Greece entered World War I in 1917 on the side of the Allies. After the war, Greece took part in the Allied occupation of Turkey, where many Greeks still lived. In 1921, the Greek army marched toward Ankara, but was defeated by Turkish forces led by Kemal Mustapha Ataturk and was forced to withdraw. In an exchange of populations under the Treaty of Lausanne, more than 1.3 million refugees from Turkey poured into Greece, and nearly 800,000 Greek Turks were sent to Turkey. This large influx of people created enormous challenges for the Greek economy and society.
Greek politics, particularly between the two world wars, involved a struggle for power between monarchists and republicans. Greece was proclaimed a republic in 1924, but George II returned to the throne in 1935. A plebiscite in 1946 upheld the monarchy, which was finally abolished by referendum on December 8, 1974.
Greece's entry into World War II was precipitated by the Italian invasion on October 28, 1940. Despite Italian superiority in numbers and equipment, determined Greek defenders drove the invaders back into Albania. Hitler was forced to divert German troops to protect his southern flank and overran Greece in 1941. Following a very severe German occupation in which many Greeks died (including over 90% of Greece's Jewish community) German forces withdrew in October 1944, and the government-in-exile returned to Athens.
After the German withdrawal, the principal Greek resistance movement, which was controlled by the communists, refused to disarm. A banned demonstration by resistance forces in Athens in December 1944 ended in battles with Greek Government and British forces. Continuing tensions led to the outbreak of full-fledged civil war in 1946. First the United Kingdom and later the U.S. gave extensive military and economic aid to the Greek Government. In 1947, Secretary of State George C. Marshall implemented the Marshall Plan under President Truman, which focused on the economic recovery and the rebuilding of Europe. The U.S. contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild Greece's buildings, agriculture, and industry.
In August 1949, the Greek national army forced the remaining insurgents to surrender or flee to Greece's communist neighbors. The insurgency resulted in 100,000 killed, 700,000 displaced persons inside the country, and catastrophic economic disruption. This civil war left Greek society deeply divided between leftists and rightists.
Greece became a member of NATO in 1952. From 1952 to late 1963, Greece was governed by conservative parties--the Greek Rally of Marshal Alexandros Papagos and its successor, the National Radical Union (ERE) of Konstantinos Karamanlis. In 1963, the Center Union Party of George Papandreou was elected and governed until July 1965. It was followed by a succession of unstable coalition governments.
On April 21, 1967, just before scheduled elections, a group of colonels led by Col. George Papadopoulos seized power in a coup d'état. The junta suppressed civil liberties, established special military courts, and dissolved political parties. Several thousand political opponents were imprisoned or exiled to remote Greek islands. In November 1973, following an uprising of students at the Athens Polytechnic University, General Dimitrios Ioannides replaced Papadopoulos and tried to continue the dictatorship.
In July 1974, the Greek junta sponsored a coup in Cyprus led by extremist Greek Cypriots against the government of President Makarios, citing his alleged pro-communist leanings and his perceived abandonment of enosis, or political union with Greece. Turkey, citing the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee, intervened militarily to protect Turkish Cypriots. In a two-stage offensive, Turkish troops took control of 38% of the island. Almost all Greek Cypriots subsequently fled south while almost all Turkish Cypriots moved to the north.
Senior Greek military officers withdrew their support from the junta, which toppled. Leading citizens persuaded Karamanlis to return from exile in France to establish a government of national unity until elections could be held. Karamanlis' newly organized party, New Democracy (ND), won elections held in November 1974, and he became Prime Minister.
Following the 1974 referendum, the parliament approved a new constitution and elected Constantine Tsatsos as president of the republic. On January 1, 1981, Greece became the 10th member of the European Community (now the European Union--EU).
Parliamentary elections were held March 8, 2004, and ND won 165 seats to the Panhellenic Socialist Movement's (PASOK) 117; Konstantinos Karamanlis, ND leader and the nephew of the former prime minister of the same name, became Prime Minister. Karolos Papoulias was elected President by parliament in February 2005. On October 4, 2009, PASOK won an early parliamentary election with 160 seats to ND's 91. PASOK leader George Papandreou succeeded Karamanlis as Prime Minister. On February 3, 2010, Papoulias was re-elected President by parliament with a majority of 266 votes out of 300. On November 11, 2011, Papandreou stepped down as prime minister to make way for a coalition government led by Lucas Papademos (PASOK).
Greece is a parliamentary republic and last amended its constitution in May 2008. There are three branches of government. The executive includes the president, who is head of state, and the prime minister, who is head of government. There is a 300-seat unicameral "Vouli" (legislature). The judicial branch includes a Supreme Court. Greece is implementing a program ("Kallikratis") that reorganized and consolidated its system of local governments into 13 regional districts and 325 municipalities. Suffrage is universal at 18.
Domestic Terrorism
Terrorist activity in Greece decreased during 2011, continuing the trend of Greek authorities successfully dismantling groups that had been active from the 1970s to the late 2000s. In the summer of 2002, Greek authorities captured numerous suspected members of the terrorist group "November 17." In 2003, 15 members of the terrorist organization, which since 1975 had killed many prominent Greeks and five U.S. Mission employees, were found guilty and convicted of a number of crimes, including homicide. In 2007, an appellate court acquitted two of the defendants, but otherwise largely upheld the results of the initial trial, leaving the leadership of the defunct group serving multiple life sentences and others serving long prison terms. The defendants exhausted their appeals in the Greek legal system in 2010.
On January 12, 2007, terrorists fired a rocket-propelled grenade that struck the U.S. Embassy. The terrorist group Revolutionary Struggle later claimed responsibility for the act. Revolutionary Struggle also claimed responsibility for a number of other attacks on Greek officials, police, financial institutions, and other targets. In April 2010, police arrested six suspected members of Revolutionary Struggle, and discovered hideouts containing bombs, rocket launchers, attack plans, and other evidence connected with the group. An additional group, Sect of Revolutionaries, claimed responsibility for shooting attacks on police, including the murder of an anti-terrorist unit officer in June 2009, as well as the murder of a Greek journalist in July 2010. In March 2010, the "December 6" terrorist organization claimed responsibility for a bomb attack that killed a 15-year-old Afghan immigrant. In June 2010 an aide to the Minister of Citizen Protection was killed when he opened a package addressed to the Minister. A domestic terrorist group called Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei (SPF) claimed responsibility for a number of bomb attacks of varying size between 2008 and 2010. Authorities arrested 26 SPF suspects for offenses that included sending over a dozen parcel bombs to foreign embassies in Athens and political leaders in Europe in late 2010, and bombings at the residences of both ND and PASOK politicians. Six suspects have been convicted, another five were acquitted or charges dropped, and the rest are awaiting trial.
Principal Government Officials
President--Karolos Papoulias
Prime Minister--Lucas Papademos
Foreign Minister--Stavros Dimas
Minister of Defense--Dimitris Avramopoulos
Minister of Citizen Protection--Christos Papoutsis
Ambassador to the United States--Vassilis Kaskarelis
Ambassador to the United Nations--Anastasios Mitsialis
Greece's embassy in the United States is located at 2221 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20008; tel: (202) 939-1300; fax: (202) 939-1324.
Greece also maintains consulates in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Atlanta, Houston and Tampa.
Greece adopted the euro (€) as its currency in January 2002. The adoption of the euro provided Greece (formerly a high inflation risk country under the drachma) with access to competitive loan rates and also to low rates of the Eurobond market. This led to a dramatic increase in consumer spending, which gave a significant boost to economic growth. Between 1997 and 2007, Greece averaged 4% GDP growth, almost twice the European Union (EU) average. As with other European countries, the financial crisis and resulting slowdown of the real economy have taken their toll on Greece's rate of growth, which slowed to 2.0% in 2008. The economy went into recession in 2009 and contracted by 2.4% as a result of the world financial crisis and its impact on access to credit, world trade, and domestic consumption--the engine of growth in Greece.
High growth and low interest rates had masked major fiscal and structural weaknesses that were aggravated by the global financial crisis and ensuing recession. As a result of a high 2009 fiscal deficit (revised upward by Eurostat to 15.4% of GDP from 13.6% of GDP), mounting entitlement costs, and deteriorating competitiveness resulting from higher than Eurozone-average inflation and rigidities in product and labor markets, markets in early 2010 began to question the sustainability of Greece's public debt (2009 debt revised upward by Eurostat from 115.1% of GDP to 126.8% of GDP). Ever-increasing market doubts and pressures resulted in higher and higher borrowing costs throughout the winter and spring of 2010. Eventually, unsustainable borrowing costs caused Greece to lose market access, forcing Prime Minister Papandreou on April 23, 2010 to request an emergency assistance program from his Euro-area partners and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In early May, the Greek parliament, Euro-area leaders, and the IMF Executive Board approved a 3-year €110 billion (about $145 billion) adjustment program to be monitored jointly by the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the IMF. Under the program, Greece has promised to undertake major fiscal consolidation and to implement substantial structural reforms in order to place its debt on a more sustainable path and improve its competitiveness so that the economy can re-enter a positive growth trajectory. Specifically, the 3-year reform program includes measures to cut government spending, reduce the size of the public sector, tackle tax evasion, reform the health care and pension systems, and liberalize the labor and product markets.
Since that time, the Greek Government has legislated a number of these important reforms and reduced the deficit from 15.4% of GDP in 2009 to 10.6% of GDP in 2010. Slow implementation of the reforms, along with a deeper than projected recession, led Eurozone leaders to a new agreement on October 26-27, 2011. It includes a "voluntary" nominal loss of 50% on private holdings of Greek Government debt (known as Private Sector Involvement, PSI) worth €100 billion (approx. $133 billion), an EU contribution to PSI of €30 billion (approx. $40 billion), and an additional €100 billion (approx. $133 billion) in official loans through 2014.
The global crisis and the consequent recession caused an increase in unemployment to 12.5% in 2010 (from 9.5% in 2009). Unemployment is expected to continue to rise, reaching 15.2% in 2011. Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Greece have dropped, and efforts to revive them have been only partially successful as a result of declining competitiveness and a high level of red tape and bureaucracy. At the same time, Greek investment in Southeast Europe and Turkey has increased, leading to a net FDI outflow in some years.
Greece has a predominately service economy, which (including tourism) accounts for almost 79% of GDP. In 2010, the Greek merchant navy was the largest in the world at 15.96% of the world's total capacity. Other important sectors include food processing, tobacco, textiles, chemicals (including refineries), pharmaceuticals, cement, glass, telecommunication and transport equipment. Agricultural output has steadily decreased in importance over the last decade, accounting now for only 3.3% of total GDP. The EU is Greece's major trading partner, with more than half of all Greek two-way trade being intra-EU. Greece runs a perennial merchandise trade deficit, and 2010 imports totaled $64.5 billion against exports of $22 billion. Tourism and shipping receipts together with EU transfers make up for much of this deficit.
European Union (EU) Membership
Greece has been a major net beneficiary of the EU budget; in 2009, EU transfers accounted for 2.35% of GDP. From 1994 to 1999, about $20 billion in EU structural funds and Greek national financing were spent on projects to modernize and develop Greece's transportation network in time for the Olympics in 2004. The centerpiece was the construction of the new international airport near Athens, which opened in March 2001 soon after the launch of the new Athens subway system.
EU transfers to Greece continue, with approximately $24 billion in structural funds for the period 2000-2006. The same level of EU funding, $24 billion, has been allocated for Greece for 2007-2013. These funds contribute significantly to Greece's current accounts balance and further reduce the state budget deficit. EU funds will continue to finance major public works and economic development projects, upgrade competitiveness and human resources, improve living conditions, and address disparities between poorer and more developed regions of the country. The EU plans to phase them out in 2013.
U.S.-Greece Trade
In 2010 the U.S. trade surplus with Greece was $880.2 million. There are no significant non-tariff barriers to American exports. U.S. exports to Greece were $1.6 billion, accounting for 2.5% of Greece's total imports in 2010. The top U.S. exports remain defense articles, although American business activity is expected to grow in the tourism development, medical, construction, food processing, and packaging and franchising sectors. U.S. companies are involved in Greece's ongoing privatization efforts. Further deregulation of Greece's energy sector and the country's central location as a transportation hub for Europe may offer additional opportunities in electricity, gas, refinery, and related sectors.
Greece's foreign policy is generally aligned with that of its EU partners. Greece maintains full diplomatic, political, and economic relations with its Southeast European neighbors, except with the Republic of Macedonia (see below), and has played an important role as a leader of the region's Euro-Atlantic integration process. It provides peacekeeping and training contingents for Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. Prominent issues in Greek foreign policy include Balkan integration and the name dispute with Macedonia, Greek-Turkish differences in the Aegean, the reunification of Cyprus, illegal migration, Turkish accession to the EU, regional energy development, Middle East relations, including strengthening ties to Israel, international peacekeeping operations, and Greek-American relations.
Balkans and the "Name Issue" with the Republic of Macedonia
The Papandreou government entered office with a new initiative--Agenda 2014--to spur the integration of the Western Balkan countries into Euro-Atlantic structures by the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I in Sarajevo. Greece has been a strong supporter of regional economic development and Greek firms, particularly banks, are among the most heavily invested in Balkan countries. Greece has not recognized Kosovo's independence, but remains a significant contributor to the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR).
The Greek dispute with its northern neighbor over its constitutional name, Republic of Macedonia, has been an important issue in Greek politics since 1992. Greece opposed the use of "Macedonia" by the government in Skopje, claiming that the term refers to a region of Greece that is steeped in Greek identity and culture and should not be used by a foreign country. Mediation efforts by the UN and the United States brokered an interim accord whereby Greece recognized the country as the "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (FYROM) in September 1995 and lifted objections to its neighbor's membership in international organizations under that provisional name until the two countries could reach a mutually agreeable solution to the dispute. At NATO's Bucharest Summit in April 2008, NATO Allies agreed that an invitation to the Republic of Macedonia would be extended as soon as a mutually acceptable solution to the name issue is reached.
The Republic of Macedonia's EU accession path has been affected as well: on December 8, 2009, absent a consensus, the EU Council of foreign ministers delayed a decision on opening accession talks with the Republic of Macedonia. On December 5, 2011, the International Court of Justice ruled that Greece violated the interim accord by blocking the Republic of Macedonia's application to join NATO. Talks on the name question continue under UN auspices.
Greece-Turkey-Cyprus Relations
Greece and Turkey have unresolved disagreements regarding the Aegean maritime boundary, the treatment of the Orthodox Church and Greek minority in Istanbul, the treatment of the Muslim (primarily ethnic Turkish) minority in western Thrace, and the expanding flows of undocumented migrants, many from zones of conflict in South Asia and the Middle East, across the Aegean into Greece.
At times over the past 3 decades, tensions between Greece and Turkey have almost reached the point of armed confrontation. A significant breakthrough in relations took place when major earthquakes hit Turkey and Greece in 1999. Both countries and peoples responded generously to the other's need, helping turn around official perceptions that rapprochement was too risky politically. Since that time, Greek and Turkish foreign ministers have increased the quantity and quality of bilateral exchanges, both official and unofficial. Greece supports Turkey's EU aspirations, provided that it meets all obligations toward the EU and its member states without any special concessions.
Shortly after his October 2009 inauguration, Prime Minister Papandreou visited Istanbul and met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, signaling his intention to reinvigorate bilateral relations and increase rapprochement between the two countries, which Papandreou had spearheaded when he was Greece's Foreign Minister from 1999 to 2004. Following an exchange of letters between Erdogan and Papandreou and a visit to Athens by the Turkish Prime Minister, Greece and Turkey agreed to the creation of a "High Level Strategic Cooperation Council" headed by the two prime ministers to increase bilateral dialogue. The prime ministers, as well as their foreign ministers, met routinely on the margins of international gatherings to continue their dialogue.
Since 1974 the largest source of tension in the bilateral relationship between Greece and Turkey has been the Cyprus conflict. After the UN-brokered "Annan Plan" to reunify the island failed to gain support among Greek Cypriots in a 2004 referendum, the Government of the Republic of Cyprus in September 2008 reopened inter-communal talks with the Turkish Cypriot side toward a comprehensive settlement on the basis of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation. The UN has welcomed this development and continues to encourage both parties to address the key problems of the Cyprus issue. Greece has expressed its support for the talks.
Greece enjoys a geostrategic position for the transit of oil and gas from Caspian Basin and western Asia producers to the consumers of that energy in Europe. Greece is seeking to become an energy hub for these resources and has undertaken policies to that end. Taking advantage of its geographic position, Greece has identified four regional energy projects as top priorities. Greece, along with Turkey and Italy, is a partner of the ITGI (Interconnector Turkey-Greece-Italy) gas pipeline that, if fully realized, would transport up to 11 billion cubic meters of mostly Azerbaijani (and possibly other) gas to southern Europe by 2012. The ITGI currently transmits about 0.75 billion cubic meters of gas from Turkey to Greece; however, Turkey and Azerbaijan need to conclude a gas transit and pricing agreement before the full potential of the project can be realized. An ancillary project to ITGI is the IGB (Interconnector Greece- Bulgaria), which is a gas pipeline spur, linking ITGI with the Bulgarian market.
Greece also has been discussing for many years the development of an oil pipeline to transport Russian oil between the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Burgas and the Greek port of Alexandroupolis on the Aegean coast. The purpose of the project is to reduce oil tanker ship traffic from the Black Sea through the crowded Bosporus strait, reducing the risk of environmental degradation and speeding the flow of oil to Western markets. The Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline currently is being held up by an incomplete environmental impact assessment for the Burgas terminal area. In 2007, Greece signed an agreement with Russia to participate in the proposed Russian South Stream natural gas pipeline, which would run along the Black Sea seabed and emerge in Bulgaria, eventually passing through Greece. This megaproject remains in the conceptual stages with challenges associated with the technical feasibility of transiting the Black Sea, and questions regarding the available sources and quantities of gas to fill the pipeline.
In August 2011, the Ministry of Environment, Energy, and Climate Change, through the recently established agency "Greek Regulatory Corporation for Hydrocarbons SA", conducted an international public invitation for participation in non-exclusive seismic surveys for hydrocarbon.
The Middle East
Greece has a special interest in the Middle East because of its geographic position and its economic and historic ties to the area. Greece cooperated with allied forces during the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War. Since 1994, Greece has signed defense cooperation agreements with Israel and Egypt. In recent years, Greek leaders have hosted several meetings of Israeli and Palestinian politicians to contribute to the peace process. While Greece has been traditionally supportive of Palestinian claims, beginning in the late 1990s, efforts to strike a more balanced relationship with Israel received a boost. Israeli President Moshe Katsav visited Greece in 2006, the first-ever official visit by an Israeli head of state. Prime Minister Papandreou and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu exchanged official visits in 2010. Since then, Greek and Israel have participated in joint military exercises, discussed a more assertive tourism strategy, and exchanged a number of high-level diplomatic visits. The Greek American and Jewish American communities have also sought to improve relations.
Peacekeeping Operations
Greece has supported NATO's presence in Afghanistan since NATO took command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in 2003. Greece has contributed approximately 75 trainers to the NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan, maintains a small headquarters element with ISAF in Afghanistan, and completed a 6-month command rotation of Kabul airport in October 2010. Greece provided over €72 million (about $96 million) in development and humanitarian aid to Afghanistan between 2002 and 2009.
Greece's special political and economic relationships with countries in the Balkans play an important role in reinforcing democratic development there. The country has made positive contributions to Balkans reconciliation through its involvement in the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR), NATO's long-running (and now concluded) SFOR mission in Bosnia, and SFOR's follow-on mission, the EU's operation "Althea." There are presently 44 staff members in Althea and over 200 Greek troops in Kosovo.
Greece has been an active participant in NATO's Ocean Shield counter-piracy operation providing protection for World Food Program chartered and merchant vessels off the coast of Somalia, and routinely contributes to NATO maritime operations. Greece previously led, and it continues to participate in, the European Union's "Atalanta" counter-piracy missions. The U.S. Navy's naval support base at Souda Bay on the island of Crete provides operational and logistical support to European Command (EUCOM), Central Command (CENTCOM), the U.S. Fifth and Sixth fleets, and NATO forces engaged in missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkans, and the Middle East. Souda played an important support role for NATO forces during Operation Unified Protector in Libya in 2011.
Greece is an important partner of the United States on many policy priorities. As a leader in the region, Greece has also been an ally to the U.S. in promoting Balkan stability and economic development, supporting Turkey's bid for accession to the European Union, and supporting the diversification of Europe's energy supplies. Greece's geostrategic position also makes it an important ally in engagement and dialogue with the Muslim world. As an entry point into the Schengen visa area for migrants from the Middle East, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southwest Asia, Greece is committed to the humanitarian treatment of migrants but also an improvement in conditions in countries of origin that would ease the pressures for migration.
An estimated three million Americans resident in the United States claim Greek descent. This large, well-organized community cultivates close political and cultural ties with Greece. There are approximately 90,000 to 100,000 American citizens resident in Greece. Greece has the seventh-largest population of U.S. Social Security beneficiaries in the world.
In 1953, the first defense cooperation agreement between Greece and the United States was signed, providing for the establishment and operation of American military installations on Greek territory. The United States closed three of its four main bases in the 1990s. The current mutual defense cooperation agreement provides for the continued operation by the United States of a naval support facility at the strategically located deep-water port and airfield at Souda Bay in Crete.
Greece was admitted to the Visa Waiver Program in 2010.
Principal U.S. Embassy Officials
Ambassador--Daniel B. Smith
Deputy Chief of Mission--Virginia L. Bennett
Management Counselor--Mary Teirlynck
Regional Security Officer--Charles Brandeis
Political Counselor--Daniel Lawton
Economic Counselor--Paul Malik
Public Affairs Counselor--Laurie Weitzenkorn
Consul General--Katherine Brandeis
Defense Attache--CAPT John Braunschweig
Commercial Counselor--David McNeill
Principal Officer, Thessaloniki--Catherine Kay
Agricultural Counselor--James Dever (resident in Rome)
The U.S. Embassy in Greece is located at 91 Vasilissis Sophias Blvd., 10160 Athens; tel: [30] (210) 721-2951 or 721-8401, after hours 729-4444; fax: [30] (210) 645-6282. The U.S. Consulate General for Thessaloniki is located at 43 Tsimiski Street, 546-23 Thessaloniki; tel: [30] (2310) 242-905 or 721-2951, ext. 2400; fax: [30] (2310) 242-927, 242-924. The email address for the U.S. Embassy is email@example.com. The Embassy's website is athens.usembassy.gov. The Consulate General's website is thessaloniki.usconsulate.gov. The embassy's youth website is www.mosaiko.gr.


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Informal; a cubicle containing a telephone on the New York Stock Exchange. Member firms use these telephones to take orders for trade, which are then executed on the trading floor. Members then use the telephone booth to communicate the trade back to a client. With the advent of Blackberries and other personal digital devices, some members have begun using these instead of the telephone booths.
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One of several telephone-containing cubicles located around the perimeter of the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Telephones in these booths are used by member firms to receive orders that are to be executed on the floor. Once the orders have been executed, the telephones are used to transmit information back to the members' offices.