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In 1914, Henry Ford announced he was more than doubling the average wage of Ford Motor Co. factory workers to $5 a day, in part so they could afford a Model T. His act took the world by surprise, spurred auto sales and helped create an American middle class.
One hundred years later, U.S. companies including Gap and Wal-Mart Stores are caught up in the debate over raising pay - this time an increase in the federal minimum wage. President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats want to raise it to $10.10 an hour from $7.25, saying doing so will bolster the economy and reduce income inequality. House Republicans and industry groups oppose the plan, deeming it a job killer.
"When Henry Ford announced the 5-dollar-day, the response was that it would diminish the auto industry and bankrupt his company," Harley Shaiken, a labor economist at the University of California, Berkeley, said in an interview. "Instead it jump-started purchasing power, reduced turnover and increased the profitability of Ford Motor Co. There's a lesson we can still learn from that."
A boost in the minimum wage to $10.10 would add $200 million - or less than 1 percent - to Wal-Mart's annual labor bill, the University of California Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education estimates.
If Wal-Mart passed along the estimated $200 million in extra labor cost to consumers, it would equal about a penny per $16 item, said Ken Jacobs, the Labor Center's chairman. Meanwhile, the rise may boost purchases among the chain's core shoppers, many of whom could see their earnings climb, he said.
The corrosive effects of income inequality on companies came into renewed focus Thursday when Wal-Mart said profit this year will trail analysts' estimates as its low-income U.S. customers continue to struggle. The Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer, which previously backed a higher minimum wage, is trying to assess whether raising it again would help or hurt.
Gap didn't wait for Congress to act and announced raises for store workers starting next year. Obama hailed the San Franciso-based chain's action and urged others to follow.
The 1914 pay increase was a more dramatic change than the current proposed increase. Raising wages to $5 gave workers an extra $62.22 daily in purchasing power in 2014 dollars, based on a Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator, assuming they were earning the $2.34 industry average. Today, workers will gain $22.80 per 8-hour day with a $7.25 to $10.10 raise.
Still, economists say raising the wage will help low-income workers. In a report this month, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said that while raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour could wipe out as many as 500,000 jobs, it could also boost the incomes of 16.5 million low-wage workers by $31 billion in 2016.
"High wages make your employees better customers," Wallace Hopp, associate dean of faculty and research at the University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business, said in an interview. "You're putting this money in the hands of people who are most definitely going to spend it. They're not socking it away in mutual funds. The money goes back into the economy pretty quickly."
While the U.S. economic recovery is in its fifth year, disposable incomes only inched up in 2013, for the fourth year in a row. Low-income shoppers have been buying mostly necessities even as more well-heeled consumers shell out for bigger-ticket items such as appliances and cars. As a result, Ford and General Motors last year posted the strongest auto sales in the U.S. since 2007. By contrast, retailers from Wal- Mart to Lululemon Athletica have cut their forecasts.
For Wal-Mart, the question is whether a higher minimum wage that putts more money in shoppers' wallets would boost sales enough to offset higher labor costs. Figuring that out isn't easy because it's hard to predict consumer behavior, David Tovar, a company spokesman, said in an interview.
Would increased consumer spending "offset and maybe even exceed whatever impact you pay out to associates?" he said. "It's really hard to model behavior based on these kinds of changes."
Wal-Mart won't reveal the potential added costs or potential impact. The calculations for the Berkeley study are based on Wal-Mart's wage distribution data, which the company published as part of a lawsuit more than a decade ago, Jacobs said. That data is indexed to Wal-Mart's average full-time wage, which the company updates each year, and his estimates of its state and federal minimum wage workforce are very close to the retailer's, he said.
"It's a rough estimate, but however you change the parameters, at $10.10 you are not going to come up with a big number vis-à-vis their overall cost structure of business," Jacobs said.
Other large discount retailers and dollar stores may similarly see higher sales, which may help them to cushion the additional labor costs. Such an outcome reinforces the view of minimum wage supporters that a hike bodes well for consumer spending, 70 percent of the economy.
Much of the extra cash that workers would get is likely to go to basic goods, such as clothing and food, resulting in a "very modest" impact, said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics Inc. in West Chester, Pa.
Labor-intensive businesses like restaurants could find the wage hikes more difficult to absorb than large retailers.
Even so, the debate about raising the minimum wage goes beyond the immediate lift it would provide to purchases, according to Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist at Maria Fiorini Ramirez Inc.
"There is plenty of merit in the economic argument, but that's hardly the entire argument," Shapiro said. People "are stuck in a cycle of crappy jobs" and "we need to ask ourselves, why do we have this situation? In general, paying people wages that they can live on is something every industrialized society should be able to do."
Nine years ago, Wal-Mart was making purchasing-power arguments similar to the ones being made by Obama and Democrats today. In 2005, H. Lee Scott, then Wal-Mart's chief executive officer, urged Congress to raise the minimum wage, saying the company's customers "are struggling to get by."
"The U.S. minimum wage of $5.15 an hour has not been raised in nearly a decade and we believe it is out of date with the times," Scott said in a speech to company executives. "Our customers simply don't have the money to buy basic necessities between pay checks."
Support from Wal-Mart helped Democrats push through the last increase in the wage floor after the party won control of both chambers of Congress in the 2006 midterm elections. Just three Senate Republicans opposed the 2007 rise, which also drew the backing of more than a third of House Republicans.
This time Wal-Mart has staked out a neutral position. The political optics have changed too. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, plans to bring the latest minimum-wage proposal to the Senate floor next month. The legislation faces long odds on Capitol Hill. Democrats, who control 55 seats in the 100-member Senate chamber, may struggle to garner 60 votes to advance the bill.
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Bronwyn Bronwyn Van de Graaff is a Law graduate who is now a very successful and well-known botanical artist. Bronwyn specialises in painting various grape vine varieties. Her numerous private commissions include designing wine labels for Banyan Wines at Crookwell NSW - Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc 2002.
Bronwyn has exhibited in Botanica 2001-2006, 2008, 2010-2012, BASA exhibitions, the 11th International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration - Hunt Institute in 2004 and the Royal Horticultural Society, London in 2004, where she won the Gold Medal for her grapes in watercolour and gouache. Her paintings are in many private collections in Australia, New Zealand, America, Japan and England.

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1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which was intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi River by making federal land available for farming.
1927 Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France.
1932 Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. (Because of weather and equipment problems, Earhart set down in Northern Ireland instead of her intended destination, France.)
1939 Regular trans-Atlantic mail service began as a Pan American Airways plane, the Yankee Clipper, took off from Port Washington, N.Y., bound for Marseille, France.
1959 Nearly 5,000 Japanese-Americans had their U.S. citizenship restored after renouncing it during World War II.
1961 A white mob attacked a busload of Freedom Riders in Montgomery, prompting the federal government to send in U.S. marshals to restore order.
1969 U.S. and South Vietnamese forces captured Ap Bia Mountain, referred to as "Hamburger Hill" by the Americans, following one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.
1970 Some 100,000 people demonstrated in New York's Wall Street district in support of U.S. policy in Vietnam and Cambodia.
In The Star
May 20, 1938, in The Star: The celebration of National Airmail Week will come to a close with the dedication of Anniston Airport on Sunday, May 22. The two-day celebration will open tomorrow with an exhibition of airplane models at 10 o¹clock at the airport administration building. The judges will be evaluating based on craftsmanship and design, not on whether the models might fly. A banquet will be held Saturday night at the Alabama Hotel, followed by a dance. Stunt flying, parachute jumps and ordinary passenger flights will be carried out Saturday and Sunday afternoons. "The fire department will provide a fire truck at the airport to be on hand in the event of a crack-up and fire," the article concludes. [Coverage of preparations for this event include a dominant Page 1 photograph of local pilot Wallace Aderhold accepting a sack of mail the previous day to be flown from Anniston to Birmingham in the first-ever airmail flight from here. The significant detail of this photo: It¹s given the credit line of "— By Star Staff Photographer." Although The Star has printed locally produced photos before, such as 4-H kids on Zinn Park hill, or various buildings, this could well be the first-ever news photo credited to a photographer on the staff of The Anniston Star.] Also this date: An editorial notes with annoyance that traffic signals at several intersections have been malfunctioning lately in that all three colored lights are lit at the same time on all sides of the signal. Traffic creeps to a halt as motorists try to figure out what¹s going on, but the writer worries that one day soon two motorists will keep going and have a collision.
May 20, 1988, in The Star: A discussion between Roanoke Mayor Spec Bonner and Councilman Tommy Fincher about the mayor's altercation with a garbage worker erupted into a brawl last night, leaving both men's faces bruised and Bonner's bloody. "I am deeply embarrassed that something like this could deteriorate into a situation that happened like this," Bonner said, clutching a blood-soaked rag, which he had used to stop a gash on his forehead. Said Fincher this morning, "He challenged me. I answered the challenge. That's all I did. It shouldn't have happened. The time and place was wrong. I'm sorry it did happen." Also this date: The Anniston Museum of Natural History has launched a major expansion which will include the ''Dynamic Earth'' exhibit hall as well as 1,800 square feet in needed new space. The proposed 1,250-square-foot exhibit, which Museum Director Chris Reich said should improve the facility's standing as a regional tourist attraction, is being funded through private, anonymous donations, most coming from Calhoun Countians. It is scheduled to open next spring.
Birthdays for May 20
Actor David Proval is 71. Singer Joe Cocker is 69. Singer-actress Cher is 67. Actor-comedian Dave Thomas is 64. Rock musician Warren Cann is 61. Former New York Gov. David Paterson is 59. Actor Dean Butler is 57. TV-radio personality Ron Reagan is 55. Rock musician Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go's) is 55. Actor Bronson Pinchot is 54. Singer Susan Cowsill is 54. Actor John Billingsley is 53. Actor Tony Goldwyn is 53. Singer Nick Heyward is 52. TV personality Ted Allen is 48. Actress Mindy Cohn is 47. Rock musician Tom Gorman (Belly) is 47. Actress Gina Ravera is 47. Actor Timothy Olyphant is 45. Rapper Busta Rhymes is 41. Actress Daya Vaidya is 40. Rock musician Ryan Martinie is 38. Actor Matt Czuchry is 36. Actress Angela Goethals is 36. Actress-singer Naturi Naughton is 29.
Thought for Today
"Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality."— Theodor W. Adorno, German philosopher (1903-1969).
TV listings
River Monsters: Unhooked, 7 p.m. on Animal Planet: The cable channel's "Monster Week" is showcasing some real-life scary creatures, from giant squids and killer snakes to very hungry hippos. In this new installment of his series, extreme angler Jeremy Wade investigates reports of aquatic predators in Florida's Indian River Lagoon and Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks.
The Goodwin Games, 7:30 p.m. on Fox: This new comedy from the executive producers of How I Met Your Mother is about three estranged siblings who return home after the loss of their beloved father and unexpectedly find themselves poised to inherit more than $20 million — if, and only if, they can adhere to their late father's wishes.
Rules of Engagement, 7:30 p.m. on CBS: Talk about "when it rains, it pours." It's Adam and Jennifer's (Oliver Hudson, Bianca Kajlich) wedding day, but Jeff and Audrey (Patrick Warburton, Megyn Price) are a bit distracted; Brenda (Sara Rue) is in labor. Russell and Timmy (David Spade, Adhir Kalyan) attempt to reconcile. Audrey has a surprise for Jeff in the season finale, which is also the show's 100th episode.
American Masters: Mel Brooks: Make a Noise, 8 p.m. on PBS: The comedy giant behind Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and other classics shares never-before-heard stories about his life and career in this program featuring new interviews with Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Cloris Leachman, Carl Reiner, Joan Rivers, Tracey Ullman and others.
Mike & Molly, 8:30 p.m. on CBS: After Mike's (Billy Gardell) mom (Rondi Reed) breaks up with his boss (Gerald McRaney), Mike and Carl (Reno Wilson) are assigned to work at the Renaissance Faire. With a tornado threatening the city, Mike tries to get home to share some big news with Molly (Melissa McCarthy), who has some of her own, in the season finale.
Hawaii Five-0, 9 p.m. on CBS: The season finale kicks off when an unlisted plane lands on Oahu with four bodies onboard and a missing terrorist detainee. The CIA tasks Five-0 with finding him before he carries out an attack on U.S. soil. Kono (Grace Park) is on the run from the police for a murder she did not commit, and McGarrett's (Alex O'Loughlin) prison visit to Wo Fat (Mark Dacascos) ends with a shocking discovery. A recent report said CBS is moving Hawaii 5-0 to Fridays next season, which doesn't bode well for our caring about it anymore. Thanks, CBS.
Bates Motel, 9 p.m. on A&E: The debut season of the Psycho prequel concludes with Norman (Freddie Highmore) taking Emma (Olivia Cooke) to the dance, while Sheriff Romero (Nestor Carbonell) decides that the time has finally come for him to act on his suspicions.
Revolution, 9:01 p.m. on NBC: Nora (Daniella Alonso) is tortured and left for dead by her captors. Monroe (David Lyons) learns about Rachel's (Elizabeth Mitchell) quest to reach the Tower. As he tries to understand why so many of his associates are being killed, Miles (Billy Burke) joins Charlie, Neville, Jason, Hudson and Sanborn (Tracy Spiridakos, Giancarlo Esposito, JD Pardo, Malik Yoba, Leland Orser) on their mission to rescue Rachel in this new episode.
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FDIC Consumer News - Summer 2001
New Tax Law Enhances Savings Programs for Retirement, Education
The tax cut signed into law by President Bush on June 7, 2001, includes provisions that are of significant interest to financial institution customers, including new incentives for Americans to save for retirement and education. Here are some highlights.
Retirement Savings: Contribution limits for Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), including those for Roth IRAs (which differ from regular IRAs primarily because the earnings may be tax-free), will gradually rise from the current $2,000 a year to $5,000 a year by 2008. Contribution limits also are increasing for employer-sponsored retirement plans, such as 401(k) accounts. For example, the new law gradually raises the maximum annual contribution to 401(k) accounts from the current $10,500 to $15,000 in 2006. Also, taxpayers at least 50 years old can make extra payments into IRAs, 401(k)s and other retirement accounts, depending on the plan, up to an additional $1,000 in 2002, and eventually up to $5,000 in 2006.
Education Savings: Earnings on Education IRAs, which are accounts established to pay for a child or another beneficiary to attend school, generally are exempt from federal taxes if they don't exceed the student's education expenses. Under the new law, the maximum contribution will increase from the current $500 to $2,000 per year starting next year, and distributions are tax-free, not just tax-deferred. For the first time, employers will be permitted to contribute to an employee's Education IRA, up to the statutory maximum dollar amount. In addition, the proceeds from an Education IRA also will become available to pay for elementary and secondary school tuition, no longer only for the costs of higher education.
Student Loans: Currently, you can deduct up to $2,500 of interest expenses on student loans. Starting in 2002, there will be no limit on the amount you can deduct if your income is below set levels ($55,000 for an individual return and $100,000 for joint filers).
In an unusual twist, these and other tax breaks are scheduled to expire in 2011 and to be replaced by the "old" tax rules. "This quirk in the tax law may add some uncertainty to your long-term tax planning, but even so, there are still significant benefits you can take advantage of for at least the next several years," says Rick Cywinski, an FDIC tax policy manager in Washington. "And while there's no guarantee, it's very possible that between now and 2011 Congress will extend or even enhance these new tax-savings provisions."
Cywinski and other FDIC officials suggest that you consult with your tax preparer, financial planner or another trusted advisor if you have questions about the tax law or what it could mean for your finances.
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Apple has introduced a new version of its 13-inch MacBook Pro featuring a Retina display and all flash storage. At 0.75 inches and 3.57 pounds, the 13-inch MacBook Pro is 20% thinner and almost a pound lighter than the current 13-inch MacBook Pro, Apple said.
The new MacBook Pro's Retina display features more than four million pixels, nearly twice the number of pixels in an HD TV, according to Apple. The display uses IPS technology for a 178-degree wide viewing angle, and has 75% less reflection and 28% higher contrast than the current generation.
The new MacBook Pro features 2.5GHz Intel Core i5 processors with the option to choose faster 2.9GHz Intel Core i7 processors, Intel HD Graphics 4000, 8GB of 1600MHz memory, and up to 768GB of flash storage. Two Thunderbolt and two USB 3.0 ports allow users to connect to multiple displays and high-performance devices, and a new HDMI port offers connectivity to an HDTV. The 13-inch MacBook Pro also features a FaceTime HD camera, dual microphones, improved speakers, three-stream 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, and a MagSafe 2 power port.
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Telephone calls can still be made to the Drug & Crime Tip line at 866-DRUG-COP.
The St. Charles Police Department has maintained the dedicated tip line at 866-378-4267 that allows callers to leave information. The tip line rings directly into a voice mailbox where callers can leave a message. In order to ensure the usefulness of the tip, as much information as possible should be given, according to a release from the department. The information is then reviewed by investigators and shared with the appropriate agency.
Information concerning criminal activity is handled by the St. Charles Police Department or the appropriate agency where the crime occurred.
The new online submission form can be used to submit drug or crime information or evidence of suspicious behavior. Those using the form should give as much information as possible. All information will be kept confidential, police said.
If a photograph of the illegal activity was taken, the images can be uploaded online at the same time.
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Recently we were delighted to see one of Obama's inexpensive standbys getting a lot of use. She wore the same arrow-printed dress from Target's exclusive Merona brand twice on vacation in Hawaii. We spotted her wearing the pink and black sleeveless dress on December 22 deplaning Air Force One in Honolulu and again on January 5 as she boarded the plane to return to Washington D.C.. If the FLOTUS is cool with wearing the same dress twice on vacation, we are definitely going to start packing light. There's no need to cram loads of wardrobe options into an overstuffed suitcase when you can look this good over and over again in the same dress.
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Michelle Obama wore the Target Merona dress to Arizona in 2009
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Unnecessary EPA Regulations Add to the Price at the Pumps
June 30, 2000
Washington, DC, June 30, 2000 – With gas prices averaging $1.69 per gallon nationwide, and several Midwestern cities topping $2.00, filling up for a July 4th weekend trip will cost considerably more than in previous years. Many factors have added to the price, including a near doubling in the price of oil, due in part to OPEC production quotas. But EPA regulations have also made a substantial contribution to the price at the pumps.
According to a Congressional Research Service report released last Wednesday, EPA's reformulated gasoline (RFG) program is responsible for adding as much as 25-34 cents to the per gallon price of gas in Chicago and Milwaukee, the hardest hit metropolitan areas. "EPA's overall effect on gas prices is even more substantial than that, and affects the entire nation," adds Ben Lieberman, policy analyst with the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
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Last night, Bob Costas noted that a disproportionate number of the American gold medals had been won by women, and that was before the soccer and water polo gold medals.
Nice to see the Japanese women make their best efforts to keep smiling even in defeat.
To think that fun is simple fun, while earnest things are earnest, proves all too plain that neither one thou truthfully discernest.
x 3 for USA Women!!!
Yay Germany!
Well Damian Warner, you had quite the coming out party in Decathalon. Thanks for giving Canada another surprise in Athletics. No medal, but Top 5 when he's still a baby in this thing? Pretty amazing and Congratulations!!
Just saw the Ladies Soccer Team get their Bronze Medals. I was fine during the medals and flowers being given out. Happy and so proud for them and a huge on my face and then they showed the flags going up and...All I could hear was the various players who have been interviewed saying, "We want to see the Flag go up!!" and that did it!! That turned me into a soggy mess.
They're all coming to the Broadcast Centre tonight to talk w/Brian Williams, so keep your eyes open during Primetime tonight fellow Canadians!!
Jade Jones takes Taekwondo Gold for team GB!!!
Dont Hate! Gyrate!
Gold for Jade Jones from Wales for Team GB in Taekwondo - another sport I have no idea of the rules
Wheeee Flint girlee Jade Jones does it for North Wales and GB. My facebook feed is going nuts
Another pretty good day for Canada, hey?!
Women bring in another silver and bronze and a young man from "the fake London" makes top 5 in Decathlon. Great stuff.
Women's diving on the 10m platform -- too little too late and we finish poorly as well as far from the podium. Oh well ...
Do we Canadians have anything in which to hope for a medal over the next day or so?
Crazy about sports!
Absolutely, Karine Sergerie tomorrow is the reigning Olympic Silver Medalist in Taekwondo and then our best hope for gold... Catherine Pendrel in Women's mountain bike, She's the favorite to win, 4th in Beijing, reigning World Champion, Overall World Cup Champion, Won the test event here, so she's ready and primed to go...
Major Congratulations to Afghanistan for winning just their second ever Olympic Medal from Rohullah Nikpah in Taekwondo, defending his bronze medal from four years ago. Huge congrats to him.
For me this Olympics is all about GIRL POWER---from every country. Sorry guys but you have so much air time during the year for so many different sports. I'm glad to see the women from all countries participating have their day in the sun at these Olympic games.
Daley Thompson in BBC studio now. Be careful what you say Daley!
To think that fun is simple fun, while earnest things are earnest, proves all too plain that neither one thou truthfully discernest.
PML at dancing horsies! Why is this not on my TV more?
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so we scored 26 points in the 2nd half... equals what we did in the 1st qtr alone... and what the Hawks did in the 3rd qtr alone
Looks like it'll be us and the Pistons getting thrashed tonite.
Hopefully next game is televised. Dallas schedule says its televised on KTXA. Hope that means NBALP
Houston and Miami will be televised as well.
We're looking like a Jump shooting team. We're going to have hot and cold stretches. Good thing, Gordon has the ability to slash and score around the basket at a good rate. Rivers is learning that it's hard to score in the post at the NBA level. His struggles in preseason thus far has been finishing around the basket. He's going have to adapt fast to contribute.
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The town's select board and MVNS staff have been exploring operating options since last April, when Peaslee met with the board to discuss the challenges facing the VNS — a declining census count, difficulty recruiting and retaining staff, increased regulations in the health care industry and increased competition from other providers.
"The playing field changed dramatically," he said.
Terenzini said Rae Marie Davis, who now serves as the town's director of human services, established Moultonborough VNS after identifying the need in the community for home health care visitation and services. Over the years, the Moultonborough VNS grew and last year posted an annual budget of $421,000 with $180,000 in revenue. Terenzini said the transition will save the town approximately $225,000 a year once fully phased in.
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Here's the way you attack the 2nd leg of this game if you want to have ANY chance at all (and I highly doubt that Bradley will have the risk-taking mentality necessary to go this route):
1. Spend the time between now and the 2nd game practicing one thing - long-range shooting and shooting in general. Shoot, shoot, shoot and then practice shooting some more. Shoot so much that they're all sick of doing it. Then do even more.
2. Be prepared during the game to take long-range shots over and over.
3. Start the game full-out, full-bore. If Egypt can net a few quick ones, suddenly their outlook and potential changes and individual belief is a huge tool in sporting activities.
4. Also practice for Set-Pieces and instruct your players to be ready to (and I hate to say this but it's a necessary and awful evil) take dives and do their best to draw penalties and/or free kicks in the area.
5. Realize that Ghana will just sit back and defend so they'll (Egypt) need to take the initiative from the start and attack, attack, attack!
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The recent acquisition Two Horses Fighting in a Stormy Landscape by the great French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix is the subject of the next Looking at Lunchtime Talk at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. On Thursday, September 14 at 12:30 pm, Richard Rand, senior curator, will discuss this work and its history during a half hour gallery talk. Two Horses Fighting is part of the installation Delacroix and the Horse on view through September 17. The Looking at Lunchtime talks this fall feature Clark curators highlighting new acquisitions at the Clark. Talks are free with gallery admission.
Two Horses Fighting was painted in the late 1820s, at the time when Delacroix was gaining fame as one of the most brilliant and audacious painters of his generation. The painting's scale and brushy execution underscore the distinct qualities of Delacroix's work and offer insight into his working process. Though intimate in scale, this visually powerful work adds a new dimension to the Clark's distinguished collection of 19th-century French art. Offered to the Clark by the direct descendents of the family who purchased the painting at auction in 1864, this painting was kept in Delacroix's personal collection until the time of his death. The auction sticker, with the number 81, is still affixed to the upper left of the canvas.
In addition to showcasing Two Horses Fighting, the installation Delacroix and the Horse includes prints, drawings, and sculptures of horses by 19th-century French artists from the Clark's collection and one work from the collection of the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA). Featuring Delacroix most prominently, the installation also includes works by Edgar Degas, Théodore Géricault, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Attendees may purchase food from the courtyard café, bring a bag lunch, or picnic on the grounds of the Clark before or after the gallery talk.
Other new acquisitions featured in upcoming Looking at Lunchtime talks, held the second Thursday of the month September through December, include Group of Sculptures in the Atelier of Raymond Duchamp-Villon by Jacques Villon on October 12, A Pond in the Forest by Constant Troyon on November 9, and The Annunciation by Luca Cambiaso on December 14.
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STAGE TUBE: KINKY BOOTS Billboard Goes Up in Times Square!
The new musical Kinky Boots, from four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (book) and Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Music & Lyrics), will begin preview performances on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street) on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, with an official opening night set for Thursday, April 4, 2013. In anticipation of the musical's big debut, a new Kinky Boots billboard just went up in Times Square. Click below to watch a time-lapse video of the installation!
Tony Award nominee Stark Sands (Journey's End; American Idiot) and Billy Porter (Angels in America; Smokey Joe's Café) lead a cast of thirty-two that also includes Annaleigh Ashford (Rent; Legally Blonde), Celina Carvajal (Spiegelworld's Empire), Daniel Sherman (Desire Under the Elms), Marcus Neville (The Full Monty), Paul Canaan (Legally Blonde), Kevin Smith Kirkwood (How to Save the World…), Kyle Taylor Parker (In the Heights National Tour), Kyle Post (Rent), Charlie Sutton (How To Succeed...), Joey Taranto (Rock of Ages), Andy Kelso (Mamma Mia), Tory Ross (Cry-Baby), Jennifer Perry (Mamma Mia), Josh Caggiano (Les Miserables at the Ahmanson Theatre), Aaron Bantum (Finian's Rainbow), Adinah Alexander (The Wedding Singer), Eric Anderson (South Pacific),EuGene Barry-Hill (The Lion King), Stephen Berger (The Pajama Game), Caroline Bowman (Wicked), Sandra DeNise (Shrek the Musical National Tour), Eric Leviton (Seussical National Tour), Ellyn Marie Marsh (Priscilla Queen of the Desert), John Jeffrey Martin (Hairspray),Nathan Peck (La Cage aux Folles), Robert Pendilla (Wicked), Lucia Spina (South Pacific), Sebastian Hedges Thomas (Priscilla Queen of the Desert), Marquise Neal and Clifton Oliver (In the Heights).
The design team for Kinky Boots includes Tony Award nominee David Rockwell (Scenic Design), Tony Award-winner Gregg Barnes (Costume Design), Tony Award-winner Kenneth Posner (Lighting Design), Drama Desk Award nominee John Shivers (Sound Design), Josh Marquette (Hair Design), Randy Houston Mercer (Make-up Design), Telsey + Company (Casting), with Musical Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations by Tony Award-winner Stephen Oremus (The Book of Mormon; Wicked).
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Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Mountain View
Banff hotel with an indoor pool
Located in Banff, High Country Inn is in a national park and minutes from Banff National Park Information Centre and Banff Lake Louise Tourism Bureau.
This eco-friendly hotel is close to Upper Hot Springs and Banff Gondola.
Make yourself at home in one of the 70 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and complimentary newspapers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take advantage of recreational opportunities offered, including an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a sauna. Additional amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access, ski storage, and a fireplace in the lobby.
Enjoy a satisfying meal at a restaurant serving guests of High Country Inn. A complimentary continental breakfast is included.
Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference/meeting rooms, small meeting rooms, and a meeting/conference room. Free parking is available onsite.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
- General
High Country Inn features Ticino restaurant, serving Swiss dishes with an Italian influence. A complimentary Continental breakfast is served daily. The hotel offers a heated indoor pool, a dry cedar sauna, and a spa tub. Event facilities at this property include conference rooms and meeting rooms for small groups. This Banff hotel also has complimentary newspapers, an Internet kiosk, and a fireplace in the lobby. Staff at the 24-hour front desk can help with tour attendance. Laundry facilities are located on site. Onsite parking is free. High Country Inn is a smoke-free property.
- Swimming pool - indoor
- Sauna
- Spa tub
- Free breakfast
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Restaurant
- Free parking
- Parking garage
- Multiple small meeting rooms
- Multiple large conference rooms
- Event catering
- Total number of rooms - 70
- 24-hour front desk
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of floors - 3
- Tour assistance
- Fireplace in lobby
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Smoke-free property
- Ski storage
- Laundry facilities
- Elevator/lift
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- One meeting/conference room
- Luggage storage
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi, Free wired high-speed Internet
- Parking
Free parking, Parking garage
- Room Amenities
- Climate control
- Air conditioning
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Cable TV service
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Free Wi-Fi
- In-room safe
- Complimentary newspaper
- Dining
Ticino Restaurant - Swiss cuisine with an Italian flair.
Guests are offered a complimentary Continental breakfast daily
- Recreation
This hotel in the Canadian Rockies located in one of the most famous towns in the world for outdoor recreation, especially skiing. The town of Banff is just 5 miles from the Mount Norquay Ski Area, which boasts 32 lifts and 301 runs. A daily ski shuttle to the slopes departs from near the hotel. Après ski bliss awaits guests at the High Country Inn's heated indoor pool, cedar dry sauna, and spa tub.
- Golfing nearby
- Fishing nearby
- Skiing - downhill nearby
- Skiing - cross-country nearby
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Accessibility
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
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- Roll-in shower
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- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
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Check-out time is 11 AM
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Accepted at this hotel: MasterCard, Visa
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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- Rollaway bed fee: CAD 5 per night
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- A Green / Sustainable Property - Third Party CertifiedThis property participates in Green Key Eco-Rating Program, a third-party certification program that has been independently certified. Third-party certification measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy. An objective assessment of a company's sustainable tourism practices has been performed at this property by an auditor who is independent of the third-party certification program.


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WEC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo headlines WEC 51. But his title defense against Manny Gamburyan isn't the show's most important bout. Chinese star Zhang Tie Quan will debut that night, carrying the hopes and dreams of Chinese MMA on his narrow back.
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We live in a world that obeys many physical laws, and that can be modelled by a variety of mathematics. It is surprising what a variety of problems can be described by very similar models. Robert B. Banks does not concentrate on the most common examples of applied mathematics, but instead covers a fascinating selection of topics as varied as the US national debt, the Eiffel Tower, and the flight of golf balls.
Most people think that mathematics consists of either just arithmetic, or a collection of very abstract and technical topics which the layperson has no chance of grasping. But this really is not true: of course many areas are too technical for the non-mathematician, but there are also many beautiful and non-trivial facts which can be expressed in ordinary language for everyone to appreciate.
"As long as a branch of science offers an abundance of problems", proclaimed David Hilbert, "so is it alive". These words were delivered in the German mathematician's famous speech at the 1900 International Congress of Mathematics. He subsequently went on to describe 23 problems which he believed would spur on mathematical thought for the upcoming century.
"Mathematical Apocrypha" is, as its subtitle intimates, a book of stories and anecdotes about mathematicians and the mathematical. However, in contrast with many books about mathematicians, Steven Krantz focuses on contemporary figures such as Wiener, Littlewood and Hardy, and says very little about the usual myths regarding Pythagoras, Descartes or Euler.
John Allen Paulos is the man who popularised the word "innumeracy", meaning the all-too-common condition of ignorance and bewilderment about maths and numbers in general. A light, cheerful and ever-so-slightly smug look at the problem, his best-known book of the same name (reviewed in Issue 11 of Plus) traces the roots of innumeracy to poor teaching and offers suggestions for antidotes and innoculation.
"Dicing with Death" is a rarity: a book about statistics for the general public. Popular maths books are no longer uncommon, popular books on the physical sciences became a publishing phenomenon with Stephen Hawking, but popular statistics books are few and far between. Perhaps this fact is related to the poor public image of statistics, although it is difficult to say which is cause and which effect.