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To be honest Fall and Winter are our favourite seasons… fashionwise. Dont get me wrong, summer, sun, beaches and stuff is just sweet and I'm already looking forward to going on my next summer vacation, but when it comes to summer outfits, they oftentimes do not seem to exceed the usual shorts-tshirt-sneaker combo (remember: flip flops are a big no no!). Seriously, in Fall we all begin to dress like real men again. It's the time of the year where you can show off your sartorial skills and rock that great waxed canvas jacket, a cozy virgin wool sweater and of course some nice sturdy boots. I mean sneakers are really great and I think there's nothing wrong with wearing them in Fall and Winter. But as soon as you have to pave your way through snowy sidewalks, your feet will feel like they are wrapped up in soggy old rags. So if your winter gear still lacks some decent boots, you might want to take a look at our suggestions after the jump.
Adam Kimmel – Storm Boots
Adam Kimmel never ceases to surprise us with exceptional pieces. The Storm boots come in an outstanding blue colourway and feature hiking boots lace hooks, sturdy rubber soles and a soft leather lining, making them not only a pleasure to look at but also to wear. They are available at Soto.
Dr. Martens – M.I.E. Harris Tweed Beckett 8 Eye Boot
Two British icons, Dr. Martens and Harris Tweed, joined forces to create this exceptional take on the classic 8 eye boot. The boot comes with a tweed upper and the famous Bouncing Soles. It is now available at Oki-Ni.
Pierre Hardy – Black Shearling Mat Boots
Usually I'm not that amazed by Pierre Hardy, but the sleek minimalist style of this particular boot from the current Fall/Winter collection just caught my eye. An understated leather silhouette and a comfortable crepe wedge sole is paired with a shearling lining. Get it at Ssense.
Quoddy – Grizzly Boots
The US is home to a bunch of great brands when it comes to premium footwear. This applies above all to Maine's Quoddy, who already look back on over a hundred years of experience. The moccasin style shoes and boots are heavily influenced by native craft and are still hand sewn at their Lewiston workshop, making every pair one of a kind. The crowning piece of their collection is without doubt the Grizzly boot. The tough and exceptionally well crafted hunting boot features a leather upper and a comfortable crepe sole, making it the best choice, wether you are creeping up on an unsuspecting deer or go for a casual walk in the park. Get it at OiPolloi.
VISVIM – Veritus Folk Boot
VISVIM is without any doubt one of the leading streetwear brands there is. Hiroki Nakamura never ceases to surprise us with a constant amazing output. The Veritus Folk boot is just one of the many reasons why VISVIM will keep rocking the scene for many years to come. The boots are handmade with great craftsmanship in Japan. They feature a premium Kudu leather and waxed canvas upper and a Vibram sole. Get them at colette.
Yves Saint Laurent – Leather-Trimmed Flannel Boots
Judging from Hedi Slimane's first collection for Saint Laurent Paris, which did not really differ from the stuff he made back in the Dior Homme days, chances are dangerously high that the coming winter collections will also be made with skinny 16 years old boys in mind. Maybe that's your last chance to get your hands on some decent YSL boots, that will actually make you look like a man and not a teenage wannabe rockstar from 2005. We suggest the ones above, featuring a flannel and leather upper and a nice chunky sole. Get them at Mr Porter.
Yuketen – Dress Chukka Gator Black
Look at these beauties. These Chucka boots by Yuketen provide the perfect combination of rugged and sleek. They feature a premium crocodile textured leather upper, tone on tone stitching and leather laces, leather lining and insole, all on top of a sturdy ripple sole, which gives you that extra bit of traction. They are available at Tres Bien.


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Dame Helen mad about mashed spuds
Dame Helen Mirren has confessed she cannot resist mashed potato and has to indulge occasionally, despite believing it is bad for her figure.
The 69-year-old actress - who wowed people when she wore a red bikini on the beach - plays a chef in new film The Hundred-Foot Journey but recently said she knew the "torture" of constantly dieting for movie roles.
The Oscar-winning actress joined co-stars Om Puri and Manish Dayal on the red carpet for the UK gala screening at the Curzon Mayfair in London.
Dame Helen Mirren attending a photocall for The Hundred- Foot Journey at Le Cordon Bleu in London
The film - directed by Swedish filmmaker Lasse Hallstrom, who directed Chocolat and Salmon Fishing In The Yemen - is the big screen adaptation of Richard C Morais's best-selling book about the rivalry between an Indian family and a French chef, after the family open an Indian restaurant 100 feet across the street from a Michelin-starred French eaterie.
Asked to name her guilty pleasures Dame Helen said: "I love cream, I love mashed potatoes. I like Christmas pudding, I like Christmas pudding with butter on it. Can you imagine?!
"I really love very, very fattening food so occasionally I indulge myself, but you do have to be careful."
She revealed she learned how to break eggs the professional way while making the film, but added: "I ignored the advice and broke them my own way."
The French restaurant is run by very strict and traditional chef Madame Mallory, played by Dame Helen, who becomes a reluctant mentor to aspiring Indian cook Hassan Kadam (Dayal).
East Is East star Puri, 63, plays his father, who strikes up a love-hate relationship with Madame Mallory.
Puri said: "It's like a dream project for me: Spielberg and Oprah producing the film, and Lasse Hallstrom, a fantastic director, and our very darling of Britain, Dame Helen Mirren - working opposite her was a great reward for me."
The pair share a dancing scene in the movie and Puri revealed: "She taught me."
The Hundred-Foot Journey, produced by Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey, opens in cinemas on Friday.
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Clinton returns to public stage
If Hillary Clinton thought she could quietly ease back onto the public stage last night with a safe speech to an adoring crowd, her fans had another idea. Outside Washington's Kennedy Center, 200 gathered to give her a not-so-subtle nudge toward 2016, waving placards shouting "Ready for Hillary!"
Inside, she may have shared the spotlight with Vice President Joseph Biden, but it was her show. Person after person at the Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards — an organization she founded — touted her contributions to empowering women globally.
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It was the first of several appearances the former first lady, senator and secretary of state will make in the coming weeks, just a few months after leaving government.
( Also on POLITICO: Hillary Clinton's first test)
On Friday, she gives the keynote address at the star-studded Women in The World Summit, hosted by Newsweek/The Daily Beast. In three weeks, she will give her first paid speech at the National Multi Housing Council in Dallas; and in the June, the Economic Club of Grand Rapids will honor her.
She received a long, cheering ovation from the 2,000 people packed into the Opera House to honor activists on women's issues from around the globe. Although Clinton did not take the six-month respite that her friends had urged, she did look rested. Her hair was shorter, and she was no longer sporting the thick eyeglasses that she was forced to wear after suffering a concussion last December.
Clinton was there last night to pay tribute to Melanne Verveer, a friend of four decades and her colleague in both the White House and at the State Department.
( PHOTOS: Who's talking about Hillary, 2016?)
"She was there with me and thousands of rain-drenched activists in Beijing in 1995. … The voices of all those amazing women could not be denied. Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights," Clinton said, reprising a line from one of her most famous speeches.
"We see too many countries where women still face violence and abuse, too many political systems that treated women like second-class citizens or even worse," she said.


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Don't Just Take Our Word for It...
Real stories from real people about how Save the Dream Ohio saved their home.
Dawn and Matthew: "It's so liberating to know that we are going to be able to keep our home."
Like most individuals who have felt the effects of the economic downfall, Richland County residents Dawn and Matthew never dreamed they would be faced with losing their home. The couple purchased their "dream home" in 2007 and settled in with their 3-year-old daughter. But in 2009, Matthew's company downsized and he was laid off, leaving the couple worried if they would be able to stay in their home.
"When he lost his job, we realized we wouldn't be able to make our house payments along with the other debt that we had accrued over two years," Dawn said.
In order to keep their home for the future, Dawn and Matthew made the decision to move out and rent their house. The couple rented a less expensive home that allowed them to save a little bit of money.
After Matthew was able to find employment again, the couple decided to move back into their home. They were able to make a few mortgage payments using the money saved while renting. But when the money began to run low, it became harder and harder for the couple to meet all of their expenses. Like many Americans, while Matthew was once again employed, he was now underemployed, earning less than what he earned during his past job.
Dawn and Matthew turned to their bank to see what options were available. Unbeknownst to them, the couple was informed that they did not qualify for any assistance until they became delinquent on their mortgage.
"We didn't want to fall behind but they told us that there was nothing they could do until we were delinquent," Dawn said. "So we stopped making our payments but when we tried to apply for their programs, we were told we didn't qualify." Dawn and Matthew (Richland County)
The couple was notified the foreclosure process had begun on their home.
"Over the course of eight months, it became very frustrating because we thought for sure we were going to lose the house," she said.
In the early spring of 2013, Dawn saw a TV a commercial for Save the Dream Ohio on a Cleveland news station. Coincidentally, around the same time, she also was informed of the program through a representative with her lending company. Dawn immediately applied for assistance through Save the Dream Ohio.
"It was such an easy process and within three or four weeks we received a call that we were qualified and approved for the program," she said. "I immediately started crying because I felt like this huge burden was lifted off my shoulders and I could breathe and go on with life again."
In June 2013, Dawn and Matthew began receiving Rescue Payment Assistance to bring their loan current and Mortgage Payment Assistance for 18 months.
The couple is once again looking forward to future plans in their home.
"Right before Matthew lost his job, we were starting the process of adoption but when he was laid off, everything was put on hold because any extra money had to be put towards our house," Dawn said. "Once I got the call, it was amazing because we could now go back through the [adoption] process."
"Everything's falling into place now and we're able to live and we're able to make small plans for the future," she said.
Dawn recommends that homeowners who are facing foreclosure call the Save the Dream Ohio hotline to see if they qualify for assistance.
"I would tell others in my situation to just try it because you don't want to have regrets," she said. "It's so liberating to know that we are going to be able to keep our home."
Lynn: "The assistance gave me the opportunity to say 'Ok, what are you going to do to turn things around? '".
Lynn, a resident of Hancock County, was at risk of losing her home of 14 years when she was laid off in April 2011. An x-ray technician for 16 years, Lynn struggled to find another full-time job in the local area. Living on unemployment, Lynn said it became increasingly difficult to keep a roof over her head, pay her monthly expenses and provide for her 13-year old son.
She turned to Hancock County Job and Family Services to see what assistance was available and was informed of Save the Dream Ohio. She applied for the program in June 2011 and was approved in the winter of 2012. Lynn received Mortgage Payment Assistance for 15 months.
"I was absolutely elated that I wouldn't lose my house," Lynn said. "I was so thankful for the program."
Unable to find a full-time position in her field during the time she received assistance through Save the Dream Ohio, Lynn decided to return to school to further her education and become an ultrasound technician.
"I'm hoping that in my future, the new degree will help increase my job opportunities," she said.
Lynn said without the assistance through Save the Dream Ohio, she wouldn't have been able to think about returning to school.
"It helped me in the long term," she said. "I realize it just bought me time and gave me the chance to think about what I am going to do to ensure my future."
"At first when you lose your job, you're just not thinking clearly and you're so devastated," she said. "The assistance gave me the opportunity to say 'Ok, what are you going to do to change things around?'." Lynn (Hancock County)
Lynn recommends applying for the program to others in her similar situation.
"I would tell anyone to just apply and stick with it," she said. "It's really worth it. I don't know what I would have done without [Save the Dream Ohio] to keep my home."
Tammy: "It was a complete relief that I wasn't going to lose everything."
Tammy, a nurse, never dreamed she'd be unemployed, unable to find a job and struggling to pay her bills. But in 2012, Tammy hit what she calls "a hard road".
A resident of Highland County, she purchased her home in 2008 with her fiancée and the couple married in 2009. After three years of marriage, the couple separated and Tammy was left with the home. Shortly thereafter, Tammy was laid off from her job.
"My whole world was completely different," she said. "I went from making $90,000 a year to nothing." Tammy (Highland County)
Struggling to keep up, Tammy began to research available resources online and found Save the Dream Ohio's website. She contacted staff at the Ohio Housing Finance Agency and began the application process. In the midst of applying for the program, Tammy was hit with another hurdle – her house caught on fire and was badly damaged.
While the house was being rebuilt, her lender required her to continue making her mortgage payments. To keep current with her mortgage, Tammy borrowed money from her grandparents until work on the house was complete.
She moved back into her home in January 2013 and was immediately approved for Mortgage Payment Assistance through Save the Dream Ohio.
"I couldn't believe that I qualified," she said. "It was a complete relief that I wasn't going to lose everything."
Tammy said while she was apprehensive to apply for Save the Dream Ohio at first, she is thankful she took the chance. She credits her housing counselor for all of his hard work to get her approved for the program.
"It's embarrassing to have to ask someone for help because I've always been self-sufficient and taken care of myself," she said. "He completely saved my life and was amazing and didn't make the experience degrading."
Tammy is now working as a nurse in a full-time position and also has a second job. She is looking to the future, thankful for what she has been given.
"It's been a blessing because I now have time to get back on track and get back to where I was financially before everything," she said.
In an area that has been hit hard by the economic recession, Tammy said she tells everyone she can about the Save the Dream Ohio program.
"I have told many people and some were apprehensive but then I just tell them to try it," she said. "Being able to keep your home is so worth it. It never hurts to try."


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Fareed Zakaria pronounces U.S. policy on Iran "wise." That policy, he says, consists of "doing nothing." Specifically, according to Zakaria, we will not negotiate with Iran, given the domestic turmoil there and, more generlly, we will do nothing to stop Iran from "inching closer to a bomb." (Zakaria states that there is no "imminent" threat of Iran getting a nuclear bomb, but NPR has reported that U.S. intelligence estimates Iran to be only one to three years away from having one).
Instead of trying to talk Iran out of developing nuclear weapons or taking action to prevent this, Zakaria says that our policy is, and should be, to deter Iran from using nuclear weapons, as we did with Stalin and Mao. This is particularly true, he contends, because in Iran "time is not on the current regime's side."
Zakaria's description of U.S. policy towards Iran is at odds with that of top U.S. officials. President Obama has often said that it is unacceptable for Iran to obtain nukes. Secretary of Defense Gates, on a visit to Israel in which he urged patience regarding Iran, took the same line, citing the destabilizing effect that a nuclear Iran would have on the region.
Hillary Clinton, during her appearance on Meet the Press at the beginning of this week, also said "it is unacceptable for Iran to have nuclear weapons." Clinton rejected the notion, advanced by Zakaria, that the current political situation in Iran makes it unwise to press ahead with negotiations:
Our hope is–that's why we're engaged in the president's policy of engagement toward Iran–is that Iran will understand why it is in their interest to go along with the consensus of the international community. . . .We continue to believe that very intensive diplomacy, bringing the international community together, making clear to the Iranians what the costs of their pursuit of nuclear weapons might be is the preferable route. . . . You don't get to choose the people [with whom you negotiate]; that's up to the internal dynamics within a society. . . .We also know that whoever is in charge in Iran is going to be making decisions that will affect the security of the region and the world.
None of this rhetoric means, however, that Zakaria's description of U.S. policy is incorrect. In fact, I think he is right when he says the U.S. is quite prepared to accept a nuclear Iran. First, the administration surely recognizes that the regime cannot be talked out of developing nukes, and it plainly lacks the appetite for military action against Iran (as did President Bush). Second, Iranian nukes don't pose a direct threat to the U.S. and, in any event, Zakaria is right that deterrence would probably work with Iran, as it has in the past.
Finally, her general adherence to the party line notwithstandking, Clinton's Meet the Press appearance contained hints that the U.S. accepts Iran's status as a soon-to-be nuclear power. She argued that a nuclear Iran would gain no large advantage in the Middle East because the U.S. would "extend a defense umbrella" over the rest of the region.
Although Clinton couched this argument as a talking point with which to persuade Iran that developing nukes is futile, Iran has reasonably interpreted it as a concession by the U.S. that, in the words of newspaper that spouts the regime's line, "the Obama administration is prepared to accept the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran" and deal with Iran through deterrence.
It may, indeed, be reasonable for the U.S. to accept a nuclear Iran, given the options. But what about Israel? Unlike the U.S., it will be within the reach of Iranian nukes. And the low odds (if they are low) that Iran would bomb Israel are of little solace given the devastating consequences of such an attack. Clinton's offer of the U.S. nuclear umbrella is of little value. Israel is itself capable of inflicting great damage on Iran. In any event, Israel can have little faith that the U.S. would protect it from much of the mischief Iran could accomplish as a nuclear power.
Nor does the possibility of regime change provide much comfort to a state that faces an existential threat from the current regime. Regime change is probably coming, but who knows when? And who knows whether a new regime would be significantly less hostile to Israel than the current one? Nothing in the record of the leading opponents of the current leadership suggests it would be.
In sum, I believe that the U.S. is resigned to a nuclear Iran, but that Israel should not be. Israel, then, is on its own.


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|ECB-Account of the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, held in Frankfurt am Main-continued
|April 5, 2019--on Wednesday and Thursday, 6-7 March 20191.
Review of financial, economic and monetary developments and policy options
Financial market developments
Mr Cœuré reviewed the latest financial market developments.
As regards bond market developments, the fall in euro area ten-year overnight index swap (OIS) yields from early October 2018 to mid-February 2019 had recently reversed slightly. Notwithstanding the recent recovery, yields remained compressed compared with the levels observed in early October 2018.
|Mr Cœuré recalled that the dominant driver of lower yields in recent months had been a fall in the inflation component, as reflected in revisions to market-based inflation expectations. The pronounced decrease in inflation-linked swap rates, across all maturities, in the fourth quarter of 2018 had likely been related, at least in part, to the sharp parallel fall in oil prices. However, since the end of December 2018 oil prices had gone up by more than 25%, both in US dollar and in euro terms, but the euro area and US medium-term inflation expectations seemed to have responded differently. The US five-year forward inflation-linked swap rate five years ahead had risen by around 20 basis points since early January 2019. In contrast, the equivalent swap rate for the euro area had continued to decline until last week.
|Source: ECB
|Europe ETP News
|Mifid rules highlight the costs of investing
|May 23, 2019--Wealth managers are now required produce fee statements for customers as part of Mifid II rules that came into effect in January 2018.
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|ECB-Account of the monetary policy meeting
|of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, held in Frankfurt am Main on Wednesday and Thursday, 9-10 April 2019
May 23, 2019--1. Review of financial, economic and monetary developments and policy options
Financial market developments
The Vice-President, standing in for Mr Cœuré, reviewed the latest financial market developments.
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|ESMA updates its Q&As regarding the Benchmark Regulation
|May 23, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today an update of its Q&As on the European Benchmarks Regulation (BMR).
The new Q&As provide clarification on the following issues:
the information included in the ESMA register of administrators of benchmarks;
determination of the Member State of reference; and
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|ECB-Euro area investment fund statistics-first quarter of 2019
|May 22, 2019--In the first quarter of 2019 the outstanding amount of shares/units issued by investment funds other than money market funds stood at €11,790 billion, which was €776 billion higher than in the fourth quarter of 2018.
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are presented separately for the first time in this press release
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|Over 27 million Euros reported lost to crypto and forex investment scams
|May 21, 2019--Over £27million lost to scams involving crypto and forex investments in 2018/19
Victims lost on average over £14,600 last financial year
Reports tripled to over 1,800 from the year before
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Action Fraud (link is external) are warning the public to be wary of investment scams carried out via bogus online trading platforms.
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|The latest European growth-rate estimates
|May 20, 2019--The quarterly growth rate of the euro area in Q1 2018 was 0.4% (1.5% annualized), considerably higher than the low growth rates of the previous two quarters. This blog reviews the reaction to the release of these numbers and the discussion they have triggered about the euro area's economic challenges.
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|EU regulation depresses bond sales to retail investors
|May 17, 2019--European issuers of corporate bonds are avoiding sales to retail investors because of demanding disclosure requirements under the EU Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products regulation.
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|Germany: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2019 Article IV Mission
|May 17, 2019--Germany's economic fundamentals are sound, public and private balance sheets are healthy, unemployment is at a historical low, wages have finally accelerated, and the large current account surplus is slowly shrinking. However, a slowdown in global demand and other temporary setbacks hit the economy unexpectedly hard in the second half of last year, highlighting its vulnerability to external shocks, notably growing international trade tensions.
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|Investors renew calls for Deutsche Bank to trim investment bank
|May 16, 2019-- Deutsche Bank investors are renewing calls for it to scale back its investment bank division ahead of what promises to be a challenging annual shareholder meeting next week.
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|ESMA says market risk remains high but stable
|May 15, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today publishes its latest risk dashboard for the European Union's securities markets, covering the first quarter of 2019.
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|Forecasts for the UK economy: May 2019
|May 15, 2019--A comparison of independent forecasts for the UK economy in May 2019.
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|Exchange-traded notes on Litecoin and Ripple now tradable at Boerse Stuttgart
|May 13, 2019--Investors can participate in the future price development of the cryptocurrencies through exchange-traded securities
For the first time in Germany, investors can now buy and sell exchange-traded notes (ETNs) based on the cryptocurrencies Litecoin and Ripple (XRP). The four securities issued by XBT Provider in Sweden track the price of the two cryptocurrencies in relation to the euro and the Swedish krona.
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|First STOXX ESG benchmarks to be used for leveraged products
|May 13, 2019--STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group's index business and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, has licensed three STOXX European ESG benchmark indices to Goldman Sachs for the launch of listed products in Germany, Austria, The Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden.
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|Monday Morning Memo: Review of the European ETF Market, April 2019
|May 13, 2019--The promoters of ETFs in Europe enjoyed net inflows for April. These inflows led, in combination with a positive performance of the underlying markets, to increased assets under management in the European ETF industry. In more detail, the assets under management in the European ETF industry increased from €725.2 bn as of March 31, 2019, to €746.7 bn at the end of April.
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|Deutsche Bank talks with UBS on asset management deal stall: sources
|May 13, 2019--Talks have stalled between Deutsche Bank and UBS on a tie up of their asset management businesses due to differences over who would control the combined entity, people familiar with the matter said.
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|Fund Managers frequently pocket large portions of the Revenues of Securities lending
|May 11, 2019--Securities lending is the practice of lending a stock, bond or other financial instrument in exchange for interest. Typically, the borrower pays a fee to the lender for the shares.
EU rules governing the practice of securities lending by UCITS funds, stipulate that 100% of the income from securities lending-net of direct and indirect operational costs-must be returned to the funds
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|Ireland: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2019 Article IV Mission
|May 10, 2019--A decade after the global financial crisis, the Irish economy is one of the most dynamic in Europe. Economic growth is strong, unemployment is nearing historical lows, and public finances have improved. Ireland's success story is broad-based with multinational enterprises playing an important role.
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|IMF Working paper-CoMap: Mapping Contagion in the Euro Area Banking Sector
|May 10, 2019--Summary:
This paper presents a novel approach to investigate and model the network of euro area banks' large exposures within the global banking system. Drawing on a unique dataset, the paper documents the degree of interconnectedness and systemic risk of the euro area banking system based on bilateral linkages.
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|European Commission-Spring 2019 Economic Forecast: Growth continues at a more moderate pace
|May 7, 2019--The European economy is forecast to continue expanding for the seventh year in a row in 2019, with real GDP expected to grow in all EU Member States. As global uncertainties continue to weigh, domestic dynamics are set to support the European economy. Growth is expected to gather pace again next year
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|New iShares ETFs on Xetra: Companies from different regions focus on sustainability
|May 6, 2019--Since Tuesday five new Exchange Traded Funds from iShares are tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt. With the equity ETFs, investors can participate in the performance of various MSCI indices on a regional or global level, which are grouped according to sustainability criteria.
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|Monday Morning Memo: Spotlight on the Concentration at the Promoter Level in the European ETF Industry
|May 5, 2019--Investors, market observers, and regulators always raise questions about the competitiveness of the European exchange-traded fund industry since the assets under management seem to be concentrated among a few ETF promoters. Generally speaking, I would agree with the statement that one needs to be concerned if a few players are dominating a market, but not with regard to the European ETF industry.
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|National Statistics: UK official holdings of international reserves: April 2019
|May 3, 2019--This release details movements in the international reserves of gold and assets held by the UK government.
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|Turkish inflation slows but persists above 19 per cent
|May 3, 2019-- Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's president, pledged on Thursday to lower inflation and interest rates to boost growth.
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|The Spanish Exchange traded 49.04 bn. Euros in April
|May 3, 2019--MONTHLY TRADING STATEMENTS FOR BME MARKETS
Up 41.4% from March, it has been the highest figure since last October
Fixed Income trading in April reached €27.77 billion, up 101.6% yoy
Trading in Financial Derivatives grew 13.5% in the first four months of the year
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|New iShares ETF on Xetra: Saudi Arabian Companies
|May 2, 2019--Since Thursday a new Exchange Traded Fund of iShares is tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.
The iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia Capped UCITS ETF (Acc) offers investors in Europe for the first time the opportunity to invest in companies from Saudi Arabia with large to medium market capitalisation.
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|Cash markets achieve turnover of 120.9 billion euros in April
|May 2, 2019--Deutsche Börse's cash markets generated a turnover of €120.9 billion in April (previous year: €127.2 billion).
Of the €120.9 billion, €107.8 billion were attributable to Xetra (previous year: €117.1 billion), bringing the average daily Xetra trading volume to €5.4 billion.
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|New UBS ETF on Xetra: Bonds of international development banks with currency hedging
|May 2, 2019--Since Thursday, a new Exchange Traded Fund from UBS Global Asset Management has been tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.
The UBS ETF-Sustainable Development Bank Bonds UCITS ETF allows investors to participate in the performance of US dollar-denominated bonds issued by multilateral development banks.
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|HSBC GAM offers Saudi Arabia ETF
|May 1, 2019--New exchange traded fund designed to replicate the performance of the MSCI Saudi Arabia 20/35 Capped Index
HSBC Global Asset Management has launched a new ETF that focuses on investments in Saudi Arabia.
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|MiFID II: ESMA makes new bond liquidity data available
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Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of Tuesday's news that 49ers linebacker NaVorro Bowman has signed a long-term deal is that few players have signed long-term deals this season.
Perhaps more should.
As we understand it, teams are making offers to their guys who are due to become free agents. Players (or perhaps more accurately their agents) are balking, hoping to cash in even bigger on the opening day of free agency.
That's fine, but some players are turning up their noses at solid contract offers in the hopes of a windfall that may not come. Agents and the NFLPA continue to believe the salary cap will go up higher than the league believes it will. Even if the cap spikes, only a small handful get overpaid.
There's another important reason to get a deal done now, before the clock strikes midnight on January 1, 2013. With the Bush tax cuts potentially getting scuttled next year, the highest bracket could push from 35 percent back to 39.6 percent.
On a $10 million signing bonus, that's $460,000.
Regardless of what happens, players need to realize that they may not get the brass ring they covet — and that by reaching for it they may squander something close to it. Especially if they end up with an injury that necessarily disqualifies them from the first-day lottery prize that won't go to very many players, and that may not be big enough to justify passing on the offer that's on the table.
We're not saying players should blindly accept the money they're being offered. Instead, they should know the pros and the cons and make a decision fully aware of the risks.
Which starts with the risk that Uncle Sam will get an extra 4.6 percent of money that changes hands after the local radio station quits playing that Dan Fogelberg song.


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A healthy and diverse hard coral reef before any signs of 'bleaching' from acidification
On the evening of 16 November at the Museum's Annual Science Lecture, to a gathering of about 400 listeners, speaker Pavan Sukhdev explained how the severe threat to the world's coral reefs – on which half a billion people's livelihoods depend – could be devastating. 'We tend to forget that carbon emissions are also destroying our tropical coral reefs,' he warned.
Governments worry about conservation measures costing money. But the big threat, Sukhdev argued, is that if we don't preserve nature it will make us poorer rather than richer. He called for a shift in our thinking, advising that we put a financial value on the services that ecosystems provide, rather than taking it for granted that these resources are free.
Sukhdev expressed concerns about the decisions that will be made at next month's Copenhagen climate summit, if governments set carbon dioxide emissions levels. If these are set too high, then oceans will become too acidic for corals to form and we may lose them entirely.
Susan Vittery, our Nature online website manager was at the lecture and was suitably impressed: 'It was a really informative evening. Pavan Sukhdev is an incredibly charismatic speaker who explained complex economic and environmental issues in a really clear, succinct way that everyone could understand. Fascinating.'
Find out more about this inspiring lecture in our news story and video interview.
Pavan Sukhdev is a senior banker at Deutsche Bank and is leading the UN Environment Programme's Green Economy initiative which includes The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity TEEB study.
Learn more about the extinction of our coral reefs and how oceans are affected by acidification.
There's also more on our website about the rich biodiversity of life on our planet and what is being done to protect it in the run-up to the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity.
Watch out for the Museum's Annual Science Lecture next autumn.


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The CBR matrix gives an overall visual representation of CBR. The matrix illustrates the different sectors, which can make up a CBR strategy.
It consists of five key components, each divided into five key elements. Each of these elements will have a dedicated chapter in the guidelines. The elements are sub-divided into content headings. Each element has between four to nine key content headings.
The components and elements are underpinned by a number of principles which inform the work. These principles are intended to be translated into tangible ways of working and should be observable in programme activities.
It is a 'pick and mix' series of options, a set of components and elements from which the practitioner can select. Any one programme may choose to address only some of the components and elements. The matrix should not be seen as sequential. At the same time, the implementer needs to be in touch with other key organizations that usually take care of other components/elements.
The CBR practitioner may choose:
The most practical entry point for the programme, for example, an initiative on primary schooling or organizing parents of children with disabilities. The next logical steps to build up the programme, for example, an initiative on ante-natal and primary health care; And so on…until a coherent programme of appropriate components and elements is formed, supported by a strong set of cross-sector alliances and partnerships.


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Charles Schenck, who grew up in East Hampton and eventually settled in Wilmington, N.C., died at midnight on Sept. 27 of pancreatic cancer, following a short illness. He was 56 years old.
Mr. Schenck was born in Syracuse, on July 12, 1955, the oldest child of Robert and Barbara Kelly Schenck, but the family moved to East Hampton when he was still a boy. His grandparents on both sides were East Hampton residents — his father's parents, Edwin and Esther Schenck, lived on Sherrill Road, and his maternal grandparents, Thomas A. Kelly and June Hess Kelly, lived at "Shore Quarters" on Jeffery's Lane. Mr. Schenck and his parents were soon joined by his younger brother, Christopher, at "Blackberry," the family's home on Ocean Avenue.
Mr. Schenck was part of the first class at the John M. Marshall Elementary School, and went on to Most Holy Trinity School and the Hampton Day School before graduating from Wilton Academy in Connecticut. He was confirmed at St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
Mr. Schenck held various jobs in some interesting places during his life. He worked on a shrimp boat on the Mississippi River and an oil rig off Houma, La.; he catered as a Cajun chef in a number of locations.
"Charles was a free spirit," said his mother, Barbara Johnson of Cross Highway, East Hampton. "He walked to a different drum."
Mr. Schenck is survived by both his parents. Robert Schenck, his father, lives in Cary, N.C., with his stepmother, Roseanne. Three children from a former marriage to Theresa Vann survive as well, Matthew Schenck of Marietta, Ga., Whitney Schenck of Brunswick, Ga., and Tracey Schenck, also of Brunswick. He leaves two grandchildren.
Six brothers and sisters also survive. They are Christopher Schenck of Wake Forest, N.C., Kelly Kunzeman of Sag Harbor, Eric Johnson of Springs, Mary Klemp of Cary, and Peter Schenck and Andrew Schenck, who live in North Carolina.
His partner of 20 years, Cathy Pardue, will commit his ashes to the sea in a private ceremony, from a favorite pier in Wilmington.
"All of the places where he lived and worked were near or on the water," said his mother. "Charles loved the ocean."
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The harder I try, the more I do.
I can't help everyone, and I have to realize that it isn't my job to. People looking for easy answers aren't ever going to get what they desire.
No one is entitled to anything. There's work, and luck, but deserve is a dangerous, unhealthy word.
I should never compare myself to others. It's better to compare what I did today with what I did yesterday. Then I can plan for tomorrow accordingly.
If I'm not making mistakes, it means I'm not taking chances.
The only aspect of my career that I have complete control over is my writing. If I don't love that, I should do something else with my time.
Everyone has an opinion. All opinions are valid. But that does not mean all opinions have to matter to me.
I can take time off and the world won't stop spinning.
The worst day spent writing is better than the best day doing anything else. Writers write. Drama queens complain.
I know that I probably won't change your mind. But that isn't my goal. My goal is to learn enough, try enough, and experience enough, so I can change my mind and be able to defend that change.
If I can live my dream and make a buck doing so, I have no right to be anything other than happy.
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Reviewed By: A customer from LaMoure ND USA on 8/24/10
Rum River bar was not a camping spot as indicated. Although they will let you it is right beside the beer garden and has no water or electricity. There are no tent pads etc either. Other than that everything was excellent. I recommend the bunkhouse in Dalbo. It was awesome. JB


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+1 my previous company sponsored some projects with the entrepreneurial program. Students came up with some amazing things.
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"We are on the cusp of something big happening."
Perhaps not news, and I'm neither U of I nor an engineer, but still a pretty infectious cheer; "If you went to Illinois, you should be proud of what is going on in Champaign. Put some orange and blue on today":
Today, I am lucky to be on the campus of the University of Illinois in Champaign. I am one of the people judging in the Cozad New Venture Challenge. This is a cradle of capitalism. The university is a shining light in a state that is deservedly getting some bad press.The students have been working on ideas that became products that could become really big companies. They have built it.
The University of Illinois is the number one engineering program in the United States. It is really an amazing place and only gets better. The sheer quantity of great engineers it turns out year after year is pretty amazing. The quality is off the charts. Like everything in education these days, sustaining that quality is hard. Money is always an issue.
The college has top notch students. Perfect test scores are not an abnormality. Its harder to get into U of I engineering than it is Harvard. Many students come from Illinois, but a lot come from California and points beyond. Its diverse. Lots of women are entering the college. The faculty is really amazing too. Nobel Prize winners, but mostly great engineers that see the future and solve problems using cutting edge technology. It must be incredibly stimulating to work everyday in an environment like that.
Chicagos entrepreneurial community has made great strides in the last ten years. Geography can be a tough hurdle. Illinois is on the bleeding edge of technology like virtual reality-but nothing beats meeting up in person yet. Universities are figuring out how to be more collaborative. As a builder of the entrepreneurial community there, I am confident when I say the community doesnt get supercharged without the University of Illinois. If you are in the Chicago entrepreneurial community, start thinking about how you can build a personal bridge to Champaign.
If you went to Illinois, you should be proud of what is going on in Champaign. Put some orange and blue on today. Over on the south side of campus, the College of Business, which boasts more CFOs of Fortune 1000 firms than any other school in the country, is pivoting to focus on entrepreneurship.
We are on the cusp of something big happening.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison unseats University of Illinois as top party school (link)
"University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders are chafing under a state-imposed tuition freeze and the football team didn't crack the Top 25 preseason rankings. But no school in the country throws a better party, according to the Princeton Review's 2017 edition of "The Best 381 Colleges." Here's a look at how it decides who's No. 1, as well as other notable "best of" rankings, such as best financial aid and most beautiful campus…
West Virginia University in Morgantown came in second, followed by the University of Illinois' flagship campus in Urbana-Champaign, which was ranked No. 1 last year. Two Pennsylvania schools -- Lehigh University and Bucknell University -- filled out the top five schools.
For students who don't care to drink, Brigham Young University is the place to be. The private school that's affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints took top honors in the "Stone-Cold Sober Schools" category for the 19th straight year. Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, has the best financial aid. The University of Massachusetts-Amherst has the best campus food, Washington University in St. Louis the best dorms and Penn State University the best athletic facilities."
I put very little stock in this...Princeton wouldn't know a good party if it crashed one of its' venerable dining clubs with confetti and an open bar...
Princeton Review is in no way affiliated with Princeton University, just piggy-backing on that brand's strong influence over helicopter parents.
Princeton Review is great - I worked for them teaching test prep classes throughout undergrad and law school. Once a year we'd have to man a table requesting students to complete surveys for the above mentioned book.


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A set of interactive games and simulations that are played in the browser. The tutor chooses a game and a number of players, then is given unique logins to distribute to learners. 14 games are played against the computer. In the other 47 games, learners play against each other.
Simulations in Intermediate Microeconomics
A set of configurable, graphically appealing, online interactive games that work across laptops, iOS (Apple) and Android devices. Instructors can customise the games, or use default settings, and students join by entering a class code. The instructor gets a graphical analysis of outcomes immediately at the end of the session, for use in class discussion. The site has course guides that suggest how to sequence the games in different Economics courses, and each game has references to relevant papers. The site's apps can also be used to administer individual survey or assessment questions online.
Iowa Electronic Markets (IEM) is an online futures market where contract payoffs are based on real-world events such as political outcomes (including the US Presidential election), companies' earnings per share (EPS), and stock price returns. It is run as a non-profit educational and research project by faculty at University of Iowa, Henry B. Tippie College of Business. Most of the markets use real money, although there is a free practice market. The site includes instructor resources, research papers based on their experience and a trader's manual.
Stock-Trak simulates trading in futures, bonds and options as well as US and international stocks. There are links to teaching and research material on various investment topics. Registration fees apply. Supplementary fees increase the number of trades, frequency of statements or give additional accounts.


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I have read several chapters of E&E's Contract and they all seem common sense. Offer, consideration, acceptance, bilateral, unilateral contracts, etc... oh.. com'on..didn't we learn those in some cheesy class at grade school?
From the northwestern university website:First Year Curriculum The first-year curriculum consists of 24 credits of required classes and 6 credits of electives. To encourage participation, half of all first-year classes are taught in sections of 60 or fewer students. Your first year of study at Northwestern will focus on building a solid foundation in legal reasoning, analysis, and writing, as well as a thorough understanding of the structures and policies of the law. Teamwork and communication skills are also strongly emphasized in classes such as Communication and Legal Reasoning, a required year-long course in which students collaborate on analytical exercises and group projects. Part of this class involves participation in the Arlyn Miner First-Year Moot Court. Another supplement to your first-year education is the Lawyer as Problem Solver program. Faculty and legal professionals teach this mandatory seminar, in which students learn how to facilitate problem solving for clients in settings outside the courtroom or boardroom. At the end of the year, you may apply for a position on one of the Law Schools scholarly journals. Selection is based on a writing competition, first-year grades, and a publishable note or comment on a legal topic.Required Courses The following required first-year courses provide a basic foundation in law and legal reasoning: CIVIL PROCEDURE (4 credits) focuses on the rules that structure federal and state civil litigation.COMMUNICATION AND LEGAL REASONING (2 credits per semester) offers instruction in legal reasoning, research, writing, and oral argument, as well as exercises to encourage teamwork and collaboration. Classes are often facilitated by guest speakers and panelists. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (3 credits) provides a general introduction to the U.S. Constitution's allocation of power between the branches of the federal government and to the grants of and limitations on the substantive powers of the government.CONTRACTS (4 credits) explores the nature and enforceability of promises and bargains and the remedies available for non-performance.CRIMINAL LAW (3 credits) emphasizes the general principles of criminal liability and examines the elements and defenses of the laws that criminalize behavior.PROPERTY (3 credits) examines the philosophical origins of property rights, and the rules that govern the acquisition and transfer of property rights, and the private and public means of the regulation of property.TORTS (3 credits) explores the policies and rules of the private law system that provide compensation for injuries to persons and property.+ electivesIt's not like this info is hidden.
Are there any subjects you already know you dislike/don't understand?I'm currently reading the Torts E&E because I've already taken two torts class and found them boring and confusing at the same time. I figure any heads up I can get will help.
Quote from: makotosan on July 21, 2005, 11:22:19 AMAre there any subjects you already know you dislike/don't understand?I'm currently reading the Torts E&E because I've already taken two torts class and found them boring and confusing at the same time. I figure any heads up I can get will help.The E&E primers have helped me to confirm that I hate Civil Procedure and am am not too crazy about Criminal Law either. Contracts and Torts are okay, and Property is a bit tricky, but more or less enjoyable. For those of you who haven't learned to hate Civ Pro yet, I hope you feel the same way after chap 11.


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TROY, N.Y. – On the first day of the 2014 ECAC Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship hosted by RPI, the women's 4x400 meter relay posted a sixth place finish with a time of 3:54.21.
Competing in 4x4 was Hulerie McGuffie (Lynn, Mass.), Anisha Trappier (Taunton, Mass.), Renee O'Brien (Stoneham, Mass.), and Ari Leao (New Bedford, Mass.). Trappier was also in action on Thursday as she competed in the 100 meter dash prelims. The sprinter finished the heat with a time of 12.33 seconds, which marked a new personal best.
The Beacons return to action tomorrow when the women's team competes in the 4x100 meter relay, the 200 meter dash, and the discus throw. The men's team will be in action in the high jump.


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As an Oiler fan I think my take on this would be fairly predictable: patience.
I'd be inclined to send him back after a few games in the NHL to see how he stacks up. If he has a chance to play in the WJ all the better. But at the NHL level it seems his ice time might be diminished with all the forwards on the roster and it has always been my opinion that top-end prospects need to play and they need to dominate at successive levels. If Scheifele goes back to Barrie he is less likely to suffer injury, his ice time is likely to increase and he is more likely to dominate at that level and practice the skills that he has now seen firsthand are needed to play (and stay) in the NHL.
It may also insulate him from some of the pressure that is sure to be felt by the Jets players this year in such an intense hockey market.
If he plays in the NHL and does so well to improve the Jets from, say, a 28th overall finish to a 25th overall finish, that does not help the team this year and the risks to his development are too great. Bobby Ryan was held back for three years after being drafted 2nd overall and when he was ready he came in and absolutely dominated because he knew what to do and how to do it to the level of the professionals against whom he was playing.


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The Miners' wrestling team opened their season on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013 against Sabino. The Miners return after a very successful season last year when they finished with a 35 – 15 dual record, placed fifth at sectionals, and 11th at state.
Head coach Daniel Najera returns for his second season leading the Miners' wrestling program. His assistants are Amanda Trejo, Rick Molinar, Josh Giles, and Joe Clark.
Despite losing four starters from last year's squad, the Miners have 10 returnees including, Frankie Tamayo (106), Carlos Salas (115), Anthony Lopez (120), Cisco Medina (138), Colten Smith (152), Nick Wright (160), Roberto Guerrero (170), Jacob Christian (182), and Miguel Gonzalez (220). Freshman Michael Sanchez will wrestle at heavyweight.
Tamayo, Lopez, Medina, Wright, and Guerrero are state qualifiers from last year. Senior Colten Smith has had three consecutive top four finishes at state over the past three seasons.
Freshman Franky Renteria and Colby Stratton are the newcomers on the Miners' wrestling team. Renteria joins the team coming off a second-place finish at state in Jr. High School.
The team's managers are seniors Latryce Rodriguez, Kiara Mancha, and freshman Rhiannon Morneweg.
Coach Najera is excited about his team and knows they must put in the work to be successful.
"Our goal is always to put 14 wrestlers on the mat, practice hard every day and compete," he said. "Our kids are working hard and all we expect is effort and dedication. We're very excited and looking forward to get back on the mat."
The Miners next match is Dec. 4 at Benson versus Bisbee, Baboquivari, Morenci, and Pima.


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Community-minded … Sandra Ellington, president of Communities In Schools Southeast Texas, welcomed a capacity crowd at the CISSET annual black tie event this past Friday evening, Jan. 20. Featured speaker Bill Milliken, founder and vice chairman of Communities In Schools Inc., is one of the nation's foremost pioneers in the movement to give young people the help they need to graduate from high school and go on to lead rewarding lives. Cal Rutherford is the driving force behind the founding of CISSET, and in recognizing this outstanding gentleman, Karen Newton, CISSET executive director, praised his ongoing support over the past 21 years and his assistance in attaining 100 percent participation by the Port Arthur ISD this year. Past board members Evelyn Lord, Carl Griffith, Charles Turco and Montie Morgan along with community leaders and supporters Gwen and Robert Reckwithrow, Jolynne Morgan, Iva and Kent Houp, Brittany Aleman, Cheryl Harper, Ramona Bragg, Gery Whitley, Shannon and Red Allen, Denise and Michael Truncale, Doreen Badeaux, Sinclair Oubre, Peggy and Tom Henderson, Jean Milken, Verna Rutherford, Sheri and Eddie Arnold, Audrey Thomas, Carolyn and Bubba Martin, Dianne and Kenneth Marks, Christy and Herlin Romar were in the mix to paid tribute to such a deserving honoree.
Frolicking for fashion … Ladies who lunch and shop 'til they drop were thrilled with the Baptist Hospital Fashion Fleet fundraiser that started with cocktails and tiny bits at Goodfella's both Friday and Saturday evening. Armed with their creative Fashion Week hot pink and black shopping bags, these industrious darlings stepped inside the waiting limos or chauffeured vehicles for a fab night of fashion finds. Discovering wonderful new fits were Gillian Jenkins, Stephanie Daleo, Ashley Bryan, Melissa Edwards, Lynda Moncla, Amy Chance, Traci Gonzales, Ashley Jackson, Sarah Adams, Kara Mansfield, Alecia Vigil, Kellen Shaw, Jade Rayburn, Vivian Chan, Barbara Stuberfield, Cathi Burbank, Sheree Pruett, Leslie Carmona, Doreen Borel, Deborah Freeman and Cassandra Corona as they all did the fashion crawl through Jackie's, YaYa, Gaudie & Co, Reign, Talbot's, Push & Co, Bella Bella and BBS Collection. What great fun for the gals who love to find a bargain or a fantastic find!
News of I do's … Lauren Beaver and Wilson Hawa exchanged wedding vows at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church this past Saturday evening and then headed to the Beaumont Country Club for a enchanted reception for an evening filled with love and frivolity. Proud parents D'awn and Jeff Beaver, and Kathy and John Hawa, as well as family members Katie and Jeff Beaver Jr., Heather and Bobby Beaver, Joseph Beaver, John Beaver, Allison Hawa and Christopher Hawa are thrilled about the marriage merger. Guests dined on a gourmet meal prepared by Debbie Bando-Duit and country club staff and danced the night away to the sounds of Grady Gaines. In the crunch were Diane and Don Shaver, Vivian and Coffy Pieternelle, Debbie and Fred Schwartz, Therese Porter, Catherine, Crissy and Todd Clarke, Marty and Revon Craig, Libby and Steve Stoma, Shannon Ploeger, Becki and Ed Stedman, Cynthia and Charlie Goehringer, Stephanie and Shawn Figari, Sherry and Rick Weaver, Cathy and Joseph Majdalani, Ann Clary and Jay Old, Kathy and Jeff Falkenhagen, Laure and Frank Maida, Melissa Ramsey, Lauren Davis, Jessica Bingaman, Alicia Lopez, Mallory Martin, Sarah Scott, Tonya and Paul Henderson, Casey McDermand, Brennen Teel, Nick Viator and too many more to mention. Congratulations!
Birthday bash … Julie Funchess celebrated her special day at Katharine & Co with close pals Heather Petkovsek, Nancy McGrade, Paige Andrews, Elizabeth Waddill, Suzanne Cronin, Kelly Trevino, Tracy Gillian, Laurie Kent and Allison Golias. A beautiful plate of red velvet cupcakes adorned the table. Happy b-day!
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As Medtronic Inc. Tuesday announced an increase in its third quarter net income, the company also said it would reduce its global workforce by 1,500 to 2,000 employees, or 4 to 5 percent of its workforce, during the fourth quarter.
Based in Minneapolis, Medtronic is the world's largest manufacturer of medical devices. The company's Spinal and Biologics Business is in Memphis at 1800 Pyramid Place.
The company said in order to align its cost structure to current market conditions and continue to position Medtronic for long-term sustainable growth, it will restructure its business through a combination of cost-saving measures, tighter expense management and voluntary programs to minimize layoffs.
It's unknown at this time whether Memphis will be affected by the layoffs.
"We don't have exact numbers for any specific site or business or region," Medtronic spokesman Brian Henry told The Daily News. "We're going to do what's necessary to bring the overall business into alignment with the current market conditions."
For the third quarter, which ended Jan. 28, the company reported revenue of $3.96 billion, compared to $3.85 billion in Q3 2010 – an increase of 3 percent on a constant currency basis and as reported.
Third quarter net earnings and diluted earnings per share were $924 million and 86 cents, respectively, an increase of 11 percent and 15 percent compared to the same period in 2010. Adjusted earnings were $922 million and 86 cents compared to the same period last year.
Medtronic reported a renewed growth in Spinal, which produced $861 million in revenue, a 2 percent increase. The company said it believes global spine market growth has remained stable compared to the prior quarter. Core Spinal revenue declined 1 percent, but included Core Metal Construct growth of 2 percent.
Meanwhile, Biologics revenue increased 10 percent on a constant currency basis, driven by stabilizing InFuse sales, a strong performance in Other Biologics, and the acquisition of New Jersey-based Osteotech, which in November became part of Medtronic's Memphis Spinal and Biologics Business, enabling the company to expand its product line and enter new markets.
In January, Medtronic launched the CD Horizon Solera Spinal System, part of a family of devices designed to provide spinal stabilization and correction as an adjunct to fusion in patients suffering from painful disorders of the middle and lower back.
"Our newly launched products are clearly capturing the interest of both physicians and patients, setting the stage for solid future performance and continued leadership for Medtronic," Bill Hawkins, Medtronic CEO and chairman, said in a statement.
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Marvel vs. Capcom 2 – Jill
PlayStation 3
Jill by JFoodmaster
Version: 2.0 | Updated: 04/04/00
Marvel VS Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes!
Character Profile for Jill Valentine
By: Johnny Foodmaster (email@example.com)
Ver 2.0 4/4/00
Table of Contents
I. Revision History
II. Personal Intro
III. Character Intro
VI. Conventions
V. Moves List
VI. Combos and Such
VII. Wrap Up
VIII. Credits
IX. End and Final Notes
I. Revision History
Ver 1.0: Initial Release. It's gonna be short and sweet
Ver 2.0: I've gotten a few VERY helpful emails and I'm gonna add that stuff
(combos), plus fix up some dumb errors I made. Heh.
II. Personal Intro
I've been a fan of the VS series by Capcom for quite a while now, but I've
never been very good at them. I've practiced and I think I've gotten a little
better. So, now I've decided to write a little faq on my newest favorite
character in the VS series, Jill Valentine.
III. Character Intro
Jill has been around the world of Capcom for quite a while now, but only in a
3D form. She was one half of the starring role in the original Resident Evil.
She was not in RE2, but when Resident Evil 3 came out, she was back to being the
star, but she didn't have to share the spotlight with Chris this time. She was
all alone. Too bad noone gave her the lockpick because she is the 'Master of
Unlocking' (RE1 joke...sorry ^_^)
Now, she's gotten a 2D incarnation. She's got some cool moves. She's got the
magic series combos and she's got zombies. Not just human type zombies...but dog
zombies and crows and everyone's favorite impossible final boss, Tyrant!
In this game, she has on her S.T.A.R.S. uniform, complete with her beret, but
uses her gun very little. Oh well. She's VERY fast and she's a little smaller
than the average MVC2 character (but not quite as small as the Kobun).
She talks alot and after 5 minutes of playing, you'll know she's a member of
S.T.A.R.S. because she says it ALOT. Hehe.
VI. Conventions
I'm going to stray from the norm of Street Fighter and the other VS games for
my button conventions. I play alot of Tekken and I like the numbering system for
the buttons instead of Short, Strong, Fierce cuz I can never remember what
button is what that way. Heh. Maybe I just have a brain like cieve.
As everyone knows, MVC2 has a new button configuration. I am going to put the
official names of the buttons and next to them in parenthesis, I'm going to put
the number that I'll refer to them by. Got it? Good. Here goes (pretend the 0's
are the buttons :) )
0 0 0
Jab Punch (1) Fierce Punch (3) Assist 1 (5)
0 0 0
Short Kick (2) Roundhouse Kick (4) Assist 2 (6)
I think labeling the buttons as numbers is easier. I hope you do too. Please
continue reading :)
Here are my controller conventions:
D: Down
U: Up
F: Forward
B: Back
UF: Up/Forward
DF: Down/Forward
DB: Down/Back
UB: Up/Back
QCF: Quarter Circle Forward (Roll the joystick from Down to Forward)
QCB: Quarter Circle Back (Roll the joystick from Down to Back)
HCF: Half Circle Forward (Roll the joystick from Back to Forward)
HCB: Half Circle Back (Roll the joystick from Forward to Back)
DP: Dragon Punch (Forward to Down to DownForward)
RDP: Reverse Dragon Punch (Back to Down to DownBack)
B->F: Back to Forward (Charge Back then push the joystick Forward)
D->U: Down to Up (Charge Down then push the joystick Up)
SJ: Super Jump (Push Down then immediately push Up on the
DF: Dash Forward (Push Forward, Forward quickly or push both
DB: Dash Backward (Push Back, Back quickly or hold Back and push both
Tag1: Tag in 2nd partner (Push both light attacks (1+2) )
Tag2: Tag in 3rd partner (Push both strong attacks (3+4 )
PP: Both Punches together (Push both Punches together)
KK: Both Kicks together (Push both Kicks together)
JI: Jump in
SJ: Super Jump
S: Standing
C: Crouching
Also at the VS screen, you can change your opening fighter. Hold Assist 1 for
the 2nd character down and hold Assist 2 for the 3rd character down.
V. Moves list
The original name will be the first one given and the name as interpreted by me
will be the one in parenthesis. Hehe.
*- Kinsetsu Sentou A
- (Rush'N Attack)
-- QCF + 3 (Hold 2 to charge. I've gotten up to 22 hits with it, but heard you
can go up to 36 hits if you hold long enough)
--- Both versions can be done in the air
*- Grenade Launcher
- (Um....grenade launcher..)
-- DP + 1 or 3
--- You can hold down the punch button for a longer launch
*- Ousen Shageki
- (Gun reversal)
-- HCB + 1 or 3
--- If she gets attacked while she's flashing, she'll knock the opponent away
and then shoot her Magnum 3 times at them. Yay!
*- Kinkyu Kaihi A
- (Crazy Zombie Rush A)
--- A regular zombie comes shambling across the screen. If it hits the
opponent, it'll hold them and do damage. Dash in and combo away! Also, if you
hit the zombie after it walks by you, it'll fall over and if the opponent gets
too close, it'll grab their feet and hold on so you get a combo opportunity!
*- Kinkyu Kaihi B
- (Crazy Flaming Zombie Rush B)
--- Same as Crazy Zombie Rush A except this zombie causes fire damage, but it
doesn't grab the opponent. Flame on! Hehe!
*- Kinkyu Kaihi C
- (Crazy Crow Swoop C)
*- Kinkyu Kaihi D
- (Crazy Zombie Dog Rush D)
*- Kinsetsu Sentou A+
- (Crazy Flaming Rush'N Attack)
--- This can be done in the air!
*- Code: T-002
- (Holy CRAP! It's TYRANT!)
--- The opponent has to be pretty much in the middle of the screen for this to
*- Rocket Launcher
- (Um....Rocket Launcher)
*- Uppercut
-- 2 + Start button (on DC, I don't know about the Arcade version)
Assist Actions!
*- Assist Alpha
- Recovery!
-- Red or Green or Red and Green Herb! "Life Up!"
--- (If you use this, she'll do her Rocket Launcher as her Trio Attack!)
*- Assist Beta
- Rush attack!
-- Crazy Rush'N Attack! "I'm a member of S.T.A.R.S.!"
--- (If you use this, she'll use her Crazy Flaming Rush'N Attack as her Trio)
*- Assist Gamma
- Shooting Attack!
-- Grenade Launcher! "I'm a member of S.T.A.R.S.!"
--- (If you use this, she'll do her Rocket Launcher as her Trio)
VI. Combos and Such!
I have to admit that I haven't really experimented ALOT with Jill's Combos, so
bear with me. I'll put more as I play more!
Ok! First, I'll describe the combos she can use.
*- On the ground, she uses a 'Light to Strong Combo' series.
--- Basically, this means she can string together ANY 3 hits on the ground that
go from light to medium to hard.
--- Here are examples
- 1 -> 1 -> 3 (Light punch, med. punch, hard punch)
- 2 -> 1 -> 3 (Light kick, med. punch, hard punch)
- 2 -> 2 -> 4 (Light kick, med. kick, hard kick)
*- In the air, she can use the 'Zig Zag Combo' series.
--- Basically, this means that she can go from light punch (1) to hard kick (4)
in ANY order as long as you don't go back.
--- Here is an example:
- 1 -> 2 -> 2 -> 4
--- Of course, the most popular is:
- 1 -> 2 -> 1 -> 2 -> Combo Finisher
- That's the most popular because it does a full 4 hits in the air AND you can
end it one of four ways.
*- Jill's combo finishers are the following:
- 3 (Hard Punch)
- 4 (Hard Kick)
- QCF + 1 or 3 (Rush'N Attack)
- QCF + PP (Crazy Flaming Rush'N Attack)
- Not only is this the most damaging, but you get style points for finishing
with a super and a big part of any fighting game is style points ^_^
*- So, without further ado, here are some serious combos. :)
-- JI1 -> 1 -> 1 -> C3 (Launcher) -> SJ -> 1 -> 2 -> 1 -> 2 -> QCF + PP
-- JI1 -> JI2 -> 1 -> 2 -> C4 -> OTG with a C2 -> C3 -> 1 -> 2 -> 1 -> 2 -> QCF
-- Heh. It's especially nice to start that while you have a flaming zombie
munching on your opponent. ^_^
-- All of the above 'serious' combos can be changed up. You can substitute just
about anything for any of the 1s or 2s. For example, instead of a JI1 -> JI2,
you can just do JI1 -> JI1. It's that simple. Along the same lines, any of the
hits after you hit the ground can be crouching or standing except the ones that
are specifically crouching attacks. I hope that makes sense :) What I'm trying
to say is that you should mix it up, do your own thing and add some style cuz
fighting games are all about style, right?
-- One last thing about these combos. If you pull them off and you have an
extra second while your opponent is reeling, throw out a taunt. It's fun. YES!!
*- Bonus Super Combo Type Thing!
-- Start the 'Oh Crap, it's Tyrant!' super (QCB + KK) and as Tyrant is knocking
your opponent around, do the 'Rocket Launcher' super (QCF + KK) and after Tyrant
is done, Jill will hop up and fire one shot at Tyrant. When it hits, Tyrant will
explode and your opponent will land on the explosion and take a bit more damage.
The whole combo does just about HALF DAMAGE! Plus, if you wanna show off, throw
in a taunt at the end. Hehe, that'll really make your opponent mad. I love
VII. Wrap up!
Well, that's about if for my FAQ. I hope you like it and that it's not too
confusing. I think it might be. If you have suggestions, please feel free to
email me at firstname.lastname@example.com. I like getting email!
Oh yeah, this is for either version of the game (DC or Arcade). I'm sure they
both play the same!
If you find any spelling errors, please let me know...I don't have a spell
checker. This is a raw text doc, baby! ^_^
VIII. Credits!
I'd like to thank the following people/groups of people:
- Me (aka Johnny Foodmaster, aka Sean) - For making the money to buy this game
and making the time to play it for a whole weekend. ^_^
- My friend Dave - For kicking my @$$ ALL the time at EVERY game and making me
better at the same time. I think I'm getting better though cuz I did beat him a
couple times the other night!
- Chris (AKA Sir Fireball XIII) - For the Tyrant into the Rocket Launcer Super!
- Anarchy - For some Combo information!
- Nat - For some BIG combo info and for pointing out a few of my mistakes :)
- The cool people at the fighters.net message board - For letting me know that
there are more people who like games as much as me! Yay! I'd like to play
against some of them, but I think they all live in California. Oh well! (I'm
JohnnyFoodmaster on the board)
- CJayC at Gamefaqs.com - I borrowed the move names from his MVC2 faq.
- MAS Systems (www.massystems.com) - For making the way bitchin' joystick that
I play MVC2 with!
- Capcom - For yet another installment of the crazy VS series. This time it's
MUCH crazier than it's ever been before. Yes!
IX. End and all that Good Stuff!
Well, that's it. I don't know what else to say. Oh yeah, blah, blah, don't use
for faq for making money or anything like that. I wrote it. I want credit.
That's it. It's not too much to ask.
Thanks for reading this! I hope you like it! I'm thinking about doing the same
for some other characters (maybe SonSon and Tron Bonne). So, if I get some
encouragement, I'll probably do it...or if I just get bored...I'll probably do
it. ^_^
Thanks again for reading!
Email me if you want! email@example.com
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MRandall25 wrote:Sarcastic wrote:Rylan wrote:What lack of structure? Game 2 was the only game where there was a system-wide collapse
The entire style we played reeked of lack of structure. I just told you a big one... lack of player support. How our guys would constantly go 1 on 2, 2 on 4, and either lose battles/puck when outnumbered or randomly throw the puck at the net in desperation because there was no one to support that player. That's structure, or lack of it, and that's on Bylsma.
How do you know it's not just players trying to do it by themselves?
That would reflect on Bylsma as well. He's the coach. If he's afraid of his players or is unable to control them, then forget about it. May as well have Sid turn player/coach and say bye bye to Bylsma. As I said - and I think we all know it, just sometimes one person takes a stance then keeps at it - it was certainly a combination of a lot of things. I just don't see how Bylsma can get a clear pass on his performance. It wasn't good and guys on the Canadian broadcast pointed to him being possibly fired after the series.
I didn't hear it in person, but I have to trust the poster. Read post #594 from sexyllamma.


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Buick's smallest sedan is a takeoff of the Chevrolet Cruze.
The Verano is the smallest Buick sedan since the late, unlamented Skylark. Much has been made of the fact that the Verano is a sibling to the Chevy Cruze, but in fairness, GM has done a lot more to differentiate these siblings than it did with past models. Exterior changes include nearly all the sheetmetal as well as the glass area. Inside, the Verano gets its own dashboard and door panels, higher-grade materials, and wood trim. Leather is available, as are a heated steering wheel, a touch-screen navigation system, and keyless ignition. Although the Buick is 2.9 inches longer than the Cruze overall, it rides on the same 105.7-inch wheelbase, and the two cars have similar interior room and trunk space. There's more differentiation under the hood. The Verano's 2.4-liter engine is larger than the Cruze's 1.4-liter and 1.8-liter units, and the Buick's 180 hp is substantially more than the 138 hp cranked out by both Chevy engines. The flip side is that the Buick's 22/31 mpg ratings are significantly lower. The Verano now offers a 2.0-liter turbocharged four, which brings another 70 hp and 89 lb-ft of torque to the party. Unlike the standard Verano, the Turbo can be had with a manual transmission. It comes with a smattering of sport-sedan bits, as well as the equipment from the convenience and leather trim packages.
Acura ILX
Audi A3
Lexus IS250
Volkswagen Jetta GLI
new for 2013
The Verano Turbo, with the turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder seen also in the Regal, is new for 2013. All Veranos now come standard with a backup camera. Side Blind Zone Alert and Rear Cross-Traffic Alert are included on all but the base model.
Front, knee, side, and side curtain air bags; ABS; a tire-pressure monitor; stability and traction control; and a backup camera are standard. Side Blind Zone Alert and Rear Cross-Traffic Alert are standard on Convenience, Leather, Premium, and Turbo trims.
High Mileage
Available luxury features
Interior room
Fuel economy
No manual for base car
Base Price: $23,470–$29,990
DRIVE: Front-wheel
TRIM LEVELS: Verano, Verano Turbo
BODY STYLE: Sedan, 5-passenger
ENGINES: 2.0L turbo I-4, 250 hp, 260 lb-ft
2.4L I-4, 180 hp, 171 lb-ft
TRANSMISSIONS: 6-speed manual, 6-speed automatic


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Be not afraid of the length of this recipe. Start with plenty of time, as you need to let the meringues rest for at least an hour before you bake them. I tested this recipe at home and they turned out exactly like the picture in Abby Dodge's well-written book, "Mini Treats and Hand-Held Sweets." Be sure to have the baking sheets ready and a pastry bag fitted with a plain tip ready for piping the batter. You can use a Ziploc bag with the corner snipped off, it will just be a little messier.


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Reviewed by Bradyn S. (age 8)
The pictures are very descriptive and colorful and he painted them himself. The book is unique because it gets very meaningful right away! I love this book because it uses very powerful sentences like, ?I love to hug you with my warm sunshine, tickle you with my wind and kiss you with my rain.?
I recommend this book for all ages because it is fun to read. I would say this book is great because it is easy to read and has great pictures.


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In the wake of The Avengers bonanza success last summer, we learned that RDJ raked in—at minimum—fifty million for the film. There was also a rumor that arose in the wake of RDJ's back-end deal getting exposed that Scarlett Johansson, in order to guarantee her return in The Avengers 2, would be getting a $20 million payday for the next installment in the franchise. I doubted not the overall number—I fully believe ScarJo's lawyers are planting money trees in Marvel's parking lot—but the structure of the deal. That rumor made it sound like the $20 mil would be up front but it seems more likely that's the sum total of either a bonus/points deal for The Avengers 2 or part of a multi-picture option on her contract. She agrees to The Avengers 2and, say, two more outlier appearances and gets $20 million guaranteed off receipts. (How people get paid in Hollywood is totally fascinating to me.)
And now, as Captain America: The Winter Soldier starts shooting, Entertainment Weekly is reporting that what was initially made to sound like a cameo appearance by ScarJo's Black Widow has been promoted to an actual proper role in the movie. Not surprising. ScarJo's involvement was inevitable from the moment the title was announced. The Winter Soldier is all tangled up in the Black Widow's backstory and since that Black Widow/Hawkeye movie is probably never happening, this is where they're dumping all that development for Natasha Romanov.
I had my reservations about Captain America the first time, which Marvel largely answered by setting the movie in the 1940s, the era that spawned the Cap. But now he's got to live in the modern world, and without a (verbal)sparring partner like Tony Stark, I don't know how Steve Rogers will fare. He's not the most dynamic guy, the Robb Stark of Marvel (ugh). Which may be why they're loading up on SHIELD personnel—Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Maximiliano Hernandez (Agent Sitwell, Coulson's #2) are all returning in addition to ScarJo, and they're adding Anthony Mackie (!!!) as Sam Wilson, Emily VanCamp as the love interest, and Robert Redford as retried SHIELD brass (the Sundance Institute must need money).
You know who hasn't been mentioned, though? Jeremy Renner. Initially I heard Hawkeye would have at least a cameo in Cap 2, also, but he's vanished from all mentions of the movie. Renner wasn't exactly subtle about his displeasure with how Hawkeye turned out—is he on the naughty step?
ScarJo just wrapped up her Broadway run of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, so she's going directly from Broadway to Marvel's back lot. Do you think she'll lord that over everyone else, particularly the likes of TV actresses Smulders and VanCamp? She doesn't always have the friendliest reputation.
Attached -- Marvel has released this shot of Captain America and Scarjo on the cover of the new Marie Claire.


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Marcia's mother let her invite five friends over for a slumber party on Saturday night. She was so excited! She hadn't had a slumber party since her birthday last year and it was going to be so much fun. The girls were due over at 7pm and their parents would pick them up again after lunch on Sunday. She told each of her friends to bring their favorite movie so they could spend the night watching movies and her mom suggested that each bring a favorite snack. Determine the full name of each friend, the title of the movie each brought, and the type of snack each brought.
1. Alicia, whose last name wasn't Anderson, brought "Galaxy Quest" but not the cupcakes. Tabitha, who didn't bring the pretzels, didn't have a last name of Silverstein.
2. The girl who brought "Ella Enchanted" also brought pretzels but her last name wasn't Weaver.
3. Rhonda brought the chocolate. The girl who brought "Cat Woman" wasn't Tabitha.
4. Heidi Weaver didn't bring the brownies. Matilda didn't bring the cupcakes.
5. Rhonda didn't bring "Cat Woman". The girl whose last name was Goldsmith brought "Willow" but not the popcorn.
6. Ms. Copperfield, whose first name wasn't Matilda, didn't bring the brownies – those were brought with "Stardust".
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A retrospective of James McMullan's posters for the Lincoln Center Theater is a natural for the gallery at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. What is surprising is that with 25 years' worth of posters to choose from, no one thought of it sooner.
Mr. McMullan, who lives in Sag Harbor, said recently that the show, which is on view until June, features 20 of his large posters and all of the original artwork for them. He has done 65 posters in total for the theater and 5 others for Alexander H. Cohen, a producer of more than 100 plays who died in 2000.
The show allows viewers to see the artist's process, which is very particular to him. "The originals are pretty small, only 11 inches high in some cases," Mr. McMullan said. "Some are 14 inches, but all are pretty small." Their size is a surprise to some who have seen the show, he said, since the posters themselves tend to be 84 inches in height. "They are shocked and amazed that they can be so small when it doesn't seem to harm the blowup."
He said working a smaller format "gives me a chance to control the whole composition and design rather than working larger where I lose track of what's in the far corner. I can control the gestalt better at the comfortable size I work."
The calligraphic strokes of his brush translate well from the small to the large format. "That sense of immediacy gets blown up with the image." He said if he were to use tiny, illusionistic brushstrokes, it might be uncomfortable to see the change in scale.
Because he can't see the production before the poster is due for it, Mr. McMullan's process typically includes reading the play through two times and then talking to the directors to get a sense of how they are interpreting the text.
"With all of my work I'm very much a reader. I love translating written ideas into some kind of metaphor," whether it is for these posters or for his books, record covers, or magazine illustrations. "It's a pleasure to read and think about a complex piece of material and how I can represent it metaphorically in one image."
He may think of something very quickly or struggle for a while. "I'm not good at laboring on something, days and days meticulously painting at something. The actual work may only take a few hours to arrive at, but those perfect few hours may take weeks." He might try a few different ideas, but he won't refine an existing one. If the producers at the theater do not like an idea, he scraps it entirely and starts anew.
"I work with a lot of risk. I can't go through very controlled stages. My process jumps around a lot." As a result, "what I'm giving the theater is a fait accompli, not really sketches. If they don't like them I will go back and do something else."
And he doesn't love every play that he makes a poster for, but sometimes that can be an opportunity. "The Front Page" was a play that Mr. McMullan didn't like, but many people told him that they thought it was his best. "Sometimes a play, in terms of its content, I may not emotionally relate to, but then I find a visual opportunity that is a terrific opportunity."
He finds comedies, such as "The Rivals," a Restoration comedy, and "Century 21" by Paul Rudnick, challenging. Yet two Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals ended up inspiring Mr. McMullan for their darker aspects that were overlooked in the 1950s. "Carousel" has a murder in the middle of it, he noted, and "South Pacific" is a "romantic quest of racial stereotypes." He added that the theme of American forces imposing themselves on other cultures "made it possible to do Gauguinist watercolors violated with figures of an American nurse and sailors."
His favorite projects included plays by Jon Robin Baitz, such as "A Fair Country" and "10 Unknowns." He also liked Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!" Mr. McMullan said these were "plays I really was able to relate to and find my own metaphor."
His various assignments do not always neatly align. In fact, they often overlap. "I juggle different stuff and it's great to have different kinds of work to think about. In this climate, this is what it takes to make a living."
In addition to his children's books, he has written columns for The New York Times and taught at the School of Visual Arts for 40 years. A few of his students will join him in July at the Southampton Writers Conference, where they will draw from models and talk with one another in front of an audience. The exhibit has a clip of him doing something similar and "people are really intrigued with it."