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The Museum of the History of Science houses an unrivalled collection of early scientific instruments in the world's oldest surviving purpose-built museum building. An active public museum, MHS offers an extensive programme of exhibitions, family-friendly events, public lectures, gallery tours and much more, along with teaching sessions for schools. For those unable to come to Oxford online versions of exhibitions are available, alongside standalone online resources on the website: www.mhs.ox.ac.uk.
The entire collection of the Museum of the History of Science is a Designated Collection of national importance.
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Our library is open to the public by appointment.
The entire collection of this museum is a Designated Collection of national importance.
This museum occupies the original home of Elias Ashmole's museum, the oldest purpose-built museum in Britain. Its Designated collections are dominated by an exceptional collection of early mathematical and scientific instruments from antiquity to the twentieth century, including the largest collection of astrolabes in the world. A highlight of this group of objects is the earliest known Persian astrolabe, dating from the 10th century.
The early sundial collection comprises 750 examples, the earliest being a portable Roman dial from around 250AD. The microscope collections, an important collection of telescopes, and photographic equipment including items that belonged to Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and TE Lawrence, are further important facets of this remarkable museum.
Particular strengths include early mathematical instruments, optical instruments, and apparatus associated with chemistry, natural philosophy and medicine. There is also a unique reference library for the study of the history of scientific instruments that includes manuscripts, incunabula, prints, printed ephemera and early photographic material.
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World Cultures, Science and Technology, Natural Sciences, Medicine, Maritime, Decorative and Applied Art, Archives
Key artists and exhibits
- Einstein blackboard
- H. G. J. Moseley
- penicillin
- Howard Florey
- Royal Astronomical Society
- Royal Microscopical Society
- Earl of Orrery
- spherical astrolabe
- Erasmus Habermel
- Lewis Evans
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Mike Conway to Promote Team's Real-Time Fan Engagement on Twitter Powered by ExactTarget with Entries in Toronto and Edmonton
07.07.11 – Andretti Autosport will combine the speed of IZOD IndyCar Series racing and the real-time engagement of social media with the #27 Team @FollowAndretti car, driven by Mike Conway, at the Honda Indy Toronto and Edmonton Indy races on July 10 and July 24.
Featuring the team's Twitter handle @FollowAndretti, the car is a first in the series to prominently invite fans to interact with team drivers, strategists and crew on and off the track via Twitter.
Powered by global interactive marketing provider ExactTarget, an associate sponsor of Andretti Autosport, the interactive marketing campaign offers fans the opportunity to receive exclusive content on Twitter and allows for real-time interactions from the team before, during and after the race. The effort also invites fans to register for email alerts and trackside update emails featuring exclusive videos, including interviews with drivers, team owner Michael Andretti and crew members.
To kick off the campaign, the team released a new video online that brings fans into the Andretti Autosport race shop for a behind the scenes look at race preparation and insights from Andretti Autosport Chief Marketing Officer John Lopes and ExactTarget Chief Marketing Officer Tim Kopp. To watch the video on YouTube, click here.
More than 20 percent of consumers read Twitter updates at least monthly, according to ExactTarget's "Subscribers, Fans, Followers" research series, and more than 75 percent of consumers that follow at least one brand on Twitter subscribe to at least one brand's email marketing.
"Social media provides a unique opportunity for brands to interact with consumers in real time and deliver personal interactions that build loyalty and ultimately drive sales. The Andretti family is legendary for their innovation on the track, and once again they are breaking new ground by engaging fans in real time through a new cross-channel marketing campaign that offers fans engagement on Twitter and email."
"In a sport like IndyCar racing, speed is more important than anything—it's what we live for. But away from the track, speed is important too. Twitter gives me and the team an outlet to talk directly to fans in real time, which really wasn't possible even just a few years ago. It's made a huge difference in how Andretti Autosport and our drivers can connect to fans and sponsors, and I think partnering with ExactTarget has put us in the position to do even more."


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5 Left SpeechlesGunnerGamer1 | 13/11/2012 | See all GunnerGamer1's reviews (1)Watched it in the cinema tonight and is truly unbelivable
4 Coldplay Live 2012KFBuck | 09/11/2013 | See all KFBuck's reviews (2)The bands performance and song list is superb. The band gives an outstanding performance and it is definitely worth a watch, however, there are a couple of things to look out for. Firstly, what I thought was a single concert is actually extracts from several concerts glued together by the editor, which is not necessarily an issue but unfortunately nearly every song is punctuated by back stage and on the road footage and interviews. Why oh why oh why do Directors still insist on doing this? It was novel in the seventies but its not what people want, keep them separate, I just want to watch the band in concert then perhaps enjoy a back stage interview, but not both at the same time. The main issue though, is that there is absolutely no point in buying the Blue Ray, as the fluffy chinned Director, who is clearly experimenting with his first Apple Mac software editing package, has decided to use grain filters on nearly all the camera shots. The result is that not only do you get a feel of seventies editing, but it looks like videography from the seventies as well. If I had wanted both effects, I would have bought the VHS version! Stick with the DVD as I see no point buying the Blue Ray version unless you want the free CD that comes with it and in my opinion the band have been let down by the Director and poor editing. Have the remote by your side when you watch this so you can skip through the chaff to get to the concert footage.
4 Coldplay at their best BUT in SDSolidSnake1MGS | 19/11/2012 | See all SolidSnake1MGS's reviews (10)An great Concert and a long time coming Last one was 2003.Featuring music from Paris and Madrid its a concert that can not be missed.The Menus are OUTSTANDING and awesome, easy to negociate.My only quarm is that its upscaled SD recordings and Superwide screen. Otherwise brill


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The Mini Moby Doll Carrier is a doll-sized baby wrap for kids ages 3 and up. Your child will enjoy carrying around their favourite doll, or stuffed animal, just like mom & dad carry baby!
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Approximately 2 meters (6.5 feet) long. 100% cotton. Reversible (solid or Moby Wrap emblem). Machine washable.
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Written by Administrator Wednesday, 29 September 2010 14:52
We've got the official dates for our upcoming events! Check out the calendar and join us!
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If that is my guitar, that looks just about finished. Wouldn't they be shipping that in the next week or two?
If that is my guitar, that looks just about finished. Wouldn't they be shipping that in the next week or two?
I would say they nailed it.
Gotta let that nitro cure, my guess is you will see it in 4 weeks
I hope that's the guitar. If so, yeah, they nailed it. Can't wait. Maybe Shawn can take a peek at the neck heel next week and let me know if it matches my description, if there's a bird on the heel then it kind of has to be my guitar. At this point I guess given how it matches what I ordered, it's 95% my guitar, what puzzles me is they never sent wood/stain samples, and they told my dealer they would.
I don't care, if that's the piece, I'll be ecstatic. Maybe they just know this and they trust their own judgement. If it makes the customers happy in the end, it works, the rest is white noise.
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I must say the photos of the guitars in this thread are an amazing testament to PRS, they really have elevated the fine art of guitar making to a new level of wonder over the past 20+ years since they started the Private Stock program. Awe inspiring in every way. Yeah the process was a little baffling, particularly on the communication side, but I had faith the outcome would be like this. They build the finest guitars on the planet. Hell, their regular production guitars are absolutely stunning.
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Which is why you, me and many others have dedicated sufficient funds to building these PS guitars that someone else would allocate to buy a used car.
We do lose some perspective around here, in the private stock world of hi-end boutique guitars. Even the "entry level" private stock is financially way above what I ever thought I would pay for a guitar as recently as about 12 years ago. Even now, I can't justify spending the kind of cash these builds require, without selling a bunch of my existing guitars to offset the cost. I can rationalize the expense a lot better to myself by saying "It cost me these 3 guitars I wasn't playing much anyway" than for me to say to myself "I just spent $xx,xxx on a guitar, of all things, and I'm not even a professional player."
I tease Howie sometimes...and some other members on this forum....when I mention that all their great purchases are "tax deductions" each year.
I'd agree.
I just hope somebody (Shawn) can take a peek at that guitar's neck heel today and tell me if there is a bird inlay or not so I can know if that is indeed the guitar I ordered back in November : ).
When I started this project I agreed not to seek out specific guitars, I would only photograph random guitars whose paths I happened to cross.
A wise decision...that way, no one can accuse you of "playing favorites" and this way the most striking examples of the "Art of the Private Stock Team" get documented for us.
And this thread will become a very useful tool for others who are seeking ideas as far as how to spec out future private stocks.
And BTW....the PS team is NOT 20+ years old, per a prior post. I believe the first "official" Private Stock was dated circa 17 years ago, with most of the production ramping up in the later '90's. Of course, those who like to sell stuff on eBay will continue to pontificate on how the PS series was "merely" the outgrowth of the initial Artist &/or "Signature" Series. To that...I say "Bushwah" since a private stock is the closest we can get to standing shoulder to shoulder with the PS team as they create the concept we have envisioned to become our "perfect guitar".
Yeah, the PS program is not that old, that was a Pcad brain fart. I owned PS#176, c.2000 (sold it after about 2 years), and the program was maybe 2-3 years old at that point.
I suppose the odds of that piece pictured above not being my guitar are pretty slim. We'll find out soon enough.
Actually what I'm saying that is probably IS my guitar, I keep hearing that it's more like 3 months than the 4+ they quote you, which makes sense. 3 months for me would about February 20th (I ordered about Nov. 20), so timing is about right I suppose. It's just so close to the color and wood grain I requested that it's hard to imagine they made another of the same model (DGT) in the same color in the PS shop for some other customer, that's far less likely. I think that's my guitar, but like I said, we'll see what happens. My guess is I'll know by early March which is only 2-3 weeks off anyway.
I just got confused with the implied double negative. (i.e. "I suppose the odds of that piece pictured above not being my guitar are pretty slim")
Yup....I think we were saying the same thing....and my brain wasn't functioning up to par for a change :-)
Peter, I never understood why you sold that beauty...
I hear you JM. It was a looker, but I wasn't playing it enough to justify tying up the $8K, which I paid for it, and I also managed to get on resale, so I never lost any money on the guitar. I am confident I'll connect much more with this DGT for a number of reasons.
I never missed that guitar for some reason, but it was beautiful. It wound up in Italy of all places.


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4th Place PKRA Germany 2012 !!!
Ohh Yeah... I made it again! If anyone would have told me at the beginning of the season, I woulnd't believe it!
I am competing for 3 years now and this is my first full season on the PKRA World Tour. This event was definately the most important and most exciting one since I'm kiteboarding. Finishing 3rd in the Single Elimination and ending up 4th after the Doubles felt like a little dream coming true.
It's hard to describe how i felt after making my way up to 3rd place in the Single Elimination! I was so unbelievable happy and couldn't really believe it at the same time. Winning over Christophe Tack in the second round and my teammate Mario Rodwald in the third round meant that I had a place in the Top 4 of the Singles.
The Semi Final against Youri Zoon didn't go so well. I was struggeling with the increasing wind conditions and didn't really perform good.
On the other side, current tour leader Alex Pastor from Spain lost against Kevin Langeree from the Netherlands and I knew it's not gonna be easy to get 3rd place. The wind was quite good for my 9m kite at that moment and probably more than thousand people where on the beach watching the finals.
I did one of my best heats during the whole competition and managed to win over Alex with a total score from 42.51 points!
The end of the Double Elimination was held on the last weekend, as a lot of spectators where showing up on the beach again. My heat wasn't a easy one. I knew that it would be most likely Alex Pastor coming up and fighting for a place on the podium.
I did my best and had a pretty good heat, but I wasn't really a 100% on top of my game this day and lost against Alex. In the end I took 4th place but I was more than happy with the result!
Flying back home to Austria with a 2nd place at KTE Sylt and a 4th place at the PKRA in St. Peter Ording was sick !


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That's all from us here at blog central, we hope you've enjoyed the week, we sure have.
Have a great weekend.
Before signing off, make sure you catch up on the week that was with Michael Pascoe.
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The Australian dollar hovered close to multi-month highs against its US counterpart, underpinned by a healthy HSBC PMI reading of China's December manufacturing activity.
The Aussie fetched $US1.0536, from $US1.0527 early, having climbed a three-month high of $US1.0585 this week. It was set to post a 0.5 per cent rise for the week.
Here's a snapshot of how blue chip stocks performed today:
- Rio: +0.4%
- NAB: flat
- Westpac: flat
- Fortescue: +1.4%
- Woolworths: -0.2%
- Wesfarmers: +0.2%
- Telstra: -0.2%
Among the sectors, gold miners jumped 1.4 per cent, materials added 0.4 per cent and financials rose just 0.1 per cent. Consumer discretionary shares fell 1.1 per cent and energy lost 0.6 per cent.
The market has closed flat, the S&P/ASX200 added just 0.3 points to 4583.1, while the broader All Ords inched up 2.2 points to 4595.1.
ANZ's delay in passing on the RBA's rate cut has helped the bank net a greater amount through saved interest income than its rivals, BusinessDay's Glenda Kwek notes:
For 2012, ANZ is estimated to have generated about $111 million in additional revenues as it delayed passing on rate cuts following the RBA's four reductions.
According to JPMorgan analyst Scott Manning in a report published in BusinessDay on Monday, each of the major banks ''makes somewhere in the order of $2 million each day that it does not pass on the rate cut''.
For this month, the bank was estimated to net about $25 million in interest income in passing on the rate cut 17 days after the RBA announcement.
Nine Entertainment made a $972 million loss last financial year ending June 30 as the media group headed for collapse.
In financial reports just released to the corporate regulator, Nine confirmed its dire financial condition at the time with a $783 million write down on the value of its assets last year.
This means the company recorded asset impairments totalling more than $1.5 billion over two years.
GPT Group has said it will pursue a proposal to buy Australand's commercial and industrial assets, as it believes it's in the best interests of Australand's and GPT's security holders.
This was in response to news this morning that Australand had rejected any advances from GPT which lodged an ''indicative'' offer earlier this week.
In a short statement issued this afternoon, GPT says its proposal is in line with its strategy, announced in June 2012, to increase its portfolio exposure to office, logistics and business parks and achieve a more balanced sector weighting.
In 2013, ANZ expects economic growth to remain moderately below trend and labour market conditions to soften further, while the balance of risks suggest interest rates will continue to edge lower.
- Recent monthly gains in house prices across most capital cities suggest house prices have passed their floor. Supportive housing demand/supply fundamentals, improved housing affordability and increased housing sales in recent months foreshadow moderate increases in house prices on average in 2013.
- Lower house prices and interest rates, combined with rising household incomes have improved housing affordability over the last two years. In the absence of strong growth in house prices, the economic outlook should drive further improvement in housing affordability in 2013.
- Dwelling construction remains weak and well below our estimates of underlying housing demand. While recent increases in building approvals suggest we are in the early stages of a cyclical rebound in residential construction, the current cyclical upturn will most likely be subdued compared to previous cycles.
- Strong population growth combined with weak housing construction is driving underlying market pressure on existing housing stock. These forces are adding downward pressure to rental vacancy rates and foreshadow solid growth in rents in 2013.
Investors who lost money through the $3 billion collapse of Storm Financial are suing the Bank of Queensland (BoQ) over its role in the group's demise.
Lawyers acting for the investors filed a statement of claim in the Federal Court on Friday as part of a class action which aims to recoup some of their losses.
The bank said the amount of the claim had not been quantified.
ANZ has just announced it will cut its variable interest rate for mortgages by 20 basis, to 6.4 per cent, effective December 21.
Last week, the RBA lowered the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 3 per cent, hitting the record lows last seen during the GFC.
Chinese labour arbitrators have ruled against the father of a Foxconn worker brain-damaged in a factory accident in southern China, in a case that puts more attention on the labour practices of Apple Inc's largest contract manufacturer.
The case involves Zhang Tingzhen, a 26-year-old engineer who had nearly half his brain surgically removed after surviving an electric shock in October 2011.
His plight came to light after it was reported that Taiwan firm Foxconn had sent telephone text messages to his family telling them it would cut off funds for his treatment and other expenses if they did not remove him from hospital in Shenzhen city and submit him for a disability assessment 70 km away in Huizhou, where the company says he was hired.
His father, Zhang Guangde, took Foxconn to the arbitration office in October this year insisting that his son was hired in Shenzhen and not Huizhou, where factory wages and compensation levels are substantially lower.
Foxconn has said that wages for engineers are the same in Huizhou and Shenzhen, but since compensation for injuries varies between locations, the company would make up any difference.
In official documents seen on today, the Shenzhen labour dispute arbitration committee ruled against the father. It said the company had produced a contract dated August 4 2011, showing that the young engineer was hired by its Huizhou facility.
Google has collated its annual top searches, and among the most popular this year for small business relate to making money, working from home and winding up a business.
The dollar has made up a bit of ground thanks to the Chinese PMI data, after falling a third of a US cent overnight.
The dollar rose from $US1.0511 just after noon to a high of $US1.0538 on the news that the HSBC Flash Manufacturing PMI had risen to 50.9, a 14-month high.
Speaking this morning ForexCT head of research Steven Dooley said the Chinese would drive the Australian dollar during the afternoon session but predicted that the focus from now on would be US political discussions about the fiscal cliff.
''Everyone knew that we were going to get some more quantitative easing from the Fed. Once we got that announcement there was no where really left to go. Now quantitative easing is behind us the only real thing for markets to focus on now is the fiscal cliff,'' he said. It's going to build to a crescendo at the end of the year.
The Motley Fool's Scott Phillips has been seeking investment advice from an unusual source - William Shakespeare:
Although not a particularly successful investor, the Bard left us with some turns of phrase that investors would do well to embrace. All the glisters is not gold for instance:
"We're tempted to throw caution to the wind and go for the ride. And by the time the market has surrendered to this 'new truth', we're ever closer to the painful end. You know what happens next. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Since Shakespeare's time, that's been good advice.''
While the market is still trading relatively flat, it did enjoy a slight bump up at 12.45pm, on the news that China's manufacturing sector growth had hit 14-month highs.
Macmahon Holdings' shares have dropped significantly after resuming trade following an $80.7 million capital raising and sale of its construction business.
Shares in the mining contractor were 8.1 per cent lower at 20.50 cents, after earlier sliding as much as 19.3 per cent to 18 cents.
The stock had last traded at 26.5 cents before going into a trading halt on Monday.
Two days later it announced the capital raising, the sale of its construction arm to Leighton Holdings for $16.3 million, and downgraded its full year earnings guidance.
CBA economist Michael Workman had some interesting thoughts about the week ahead as we wrap-up for Christmas:
- The markets should be in "wind‑down" mode. Data releases are petering out in the run‑up to the Christmas‑New Year break. The only potential problem for financial markets is in the US, where the political impasse continues. Negotiations over the "fiscal cliff", on past evidence, could exceed the deadlines, causing dislocation and uncertainty in financial markets until a deal is achieved. The Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke, indicated during the week that the Fed will not be able to offset the negative effects on economic growth if negotiations are not successful.
- In Australia, the markets will have the RBA December Board minutes to analyse. The reasons for cutting the cash rate in December, to 3.0%, following the no move in November could be illuminating. The ABS will also release updated June quarter population data. Any shift in population growth trends could be important for groups involved in housing markets around the country. Western Australia's annual population growth is running at 3%, compared to the national figure of 1.4%. The next major data releases will be RBA credit on 31 December followed, in the second week of January, by international trade, retail trade and building approvals.
The HSBC Flash Manufacturing PMI, which measures growth in China's manufacturing sector has risen to 50.9, a 14-month high.
A figure above 50 indicates that growth is accelerating, while one below 50 shows slowing growth.
Here's a nice feature on speculation surrounding a takeover at Ten Network:
For buyers as diverse as Rupert Murdoch's eldest son and rural broadcaster Southern Cross Media Group, there's no cheaper media target in Australia than Ten Network Holdings.
An influential Chinese government think tank has warned that the country's economic imbalance has reached an alarming level and urged the government to undertake bold reforms to sustain economic growth.
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a ministry-level research institute and key advisory body, said the index of imbalance hit 0.6173 this year. The index lies between zero and one, with perfect balance at zero and imbalance worsening as it approaches one.
More from the OECD, the organisation has recommended Australia broaden the base of the GST and considering increasing its relatively low rate and scrap a number of state taxes.
''Tax reforms, including a lower corporate tax rate, a broader resource rent tax and more efficient state taxes would facilitate ongoing structural adjustments,'' the Paris-based institution said.
The GST rate has remained at 10 per cent since it was introduced in mid-2000, and fresh food, education and health products are exempt from the consumption tax.But the OECD said the base should be broadened and the rate increased.
In exchange, state taxes should be rationalised, such as reducing or removing conveyance duties, while it says subsidies to first-time buyers should be cut.
The Australian government has sold $600 million of July 21, 2017 Treasury bonds.
The Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), which conducts bond auctions on behalf of the government, said the bonds were sold for a weighted average yield of 2.84 per cent.
The sale attracted bids totalling $2.805 billion, giving a coverage ratio of 4.68.
As we approached midday, here is a look at how blue chip stocks are going today:
- Rio: -0.3%
- ANZ: flat
- Westpac: -0.1%
- Fortescue: -0.8%
- Woolworths: +0.1%
- Wesfarmers: +0.6%
- Telstra: +0.4%
The OECD has given Treasurer Wayne Swan the green light to delay the budget's planned return to surplus this financial year if the economy deteriorates more than expected.
The Paris-based institution also said the Reserve Bank may need to make further cuts in official interest rates – already at record lows of 3 per cent – if the outlook worsens further.
Shares in Caltex Australia have leapt in early trade after the oil refiner said it expects a return to profitability thanks to stronger sales of its petrol products.
Caltex shares were 73 cents, or 3.9 per cent, higher at $19.66.
The company said on Friday it expects its operating profit in calendar 2012 to be in the range of $145 million to $165 million, on a replacement cost basis.
Replacement cost basis excludes the effect of changes in the world oil price, and reflects the company's underlying performance.
After tax profit on a historic cost result basis in 2012 - which will be its statutory result - is expected to be between $45 million and $65 million, up from a $714 million loss in 2011.
And still they rise. Shares in AJ Lucas are now 25 per cent higher. They've hit the frackpot, indeed.
The first Test between Australian and Sri Lanka has started in Hobart. The Aussie are batting and Ed Cowen is already back in the pavilion - caught at mid on after miscuing a pull shot. Warner is on 12, Hughes is on 7. Aussies are 1/27.
Check out the live cricket blog with Rohan Connolly.
Shares in troubled APN News & Media dived in early trade after the company warned of a dramatic slump in full year earnings.
APN released a trading update after the stock market closed yersterday, warning weak advertising markets would slice its underlying net profit for calendar 2012 by more than a third.
APN, which owns regional newspapers and radio stations across Australia and New Zealand, shares sank by nine per cent in early trade on Friday. The stock was 1.5 cents, or 4.8 per cent, lower at 30 cents a short while ago.
CBA hit a new all-time high in early trade - $61.74. That values the company at $99.4 billion. The bank's equities have had a strong year, rising from $47.50 on March 8 to this morning's fresh peak. It has added 25.34 per cent over 2012.
A welcome pre-Christmas arrival:
Could be some big spenders ahead of Christmas next week! $ANZ, $NAB & $WBC dividends to hit bank accounts. Cash amount circa $6 Billion
— Juliette Saly (@julesaly) December 13, 2012
The ASX200 and the All Ords are sitting 0.3 per cent higher as we near the end of the first hour of trade. Leads heading into the session were certainly softer than that. RBS Morgans client adviser Bruce Smith said the banks, as well as stocks such as Telstra and Woolworths, were proving attractive to investors given their healthy dividends.
''I think people are stating to get more confident about transitioning their savings out of cash, where they are getting probably almost three per cent now, and putting into stocks like Woolworths, Wesfarmers, the banks and Telstra,'' Mr Smith said.
''It's that sentiment of continuing to chase yield and feeling more and more comfortable about having funds invested in those sorts of companies.''
In a couple of hours' time we get HSBC's flash manufacturing PMI for December - 12.45pm to be exact. Arab Bank's David Scutt tweets:
...and there we have it, #XJO in the black. We get a reasonable #PMI print in China & we may just finish the week on a bright note #ausbiz
— David Scutt (@David_Scutt) December 13, 2012
The competition watchdog has approved plans by Qantas to more closely integrate its operations with that of its low-cost airline Jetstar.
In a draft ruling, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has approved coordination between Qantas and its Jetstar operations in Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan and yet-to-be-approved venture in Hong Kong on passenger and cargo services.
''The ACCC considers that the coordination is likely to result in public benefits to consumers by increasing the likelihood of additional Jetstar flights and destinations in Asia, and providing increased online connections for consumers,'' ACCC chairman Rod Sims said in a statement.
Qantas shares are flat in early trade.
The worst performed companies on the ASX200 include:
- Macmahon Holdings: -12.56%
- APN News & Media: -4.76%
- Acrux: -3.72%
- Goodman Fielder: -2.79%
- Fairfax: -2.78%
- Lynas: -1.71%
Now for the early gainers on the ASX200:
- Caltex: +4.07%
- Intrepid: +3.92%
- Oceanagold: +3.57%
- Transpacific: +3.55%
- Seek: +2.29%
Shares in AJ Lucas are almost 20 per cent higher after Britain decided to allow shale gas exploration to resume but under tighter rules.
As we report here, that's great news for Australian mining services outfit AJ Lucas, which has a big stake in Cuadrilla, the UK's only shale gas player.
Shale gas has helped transform the US energy market, lowering gas and coal prices, and offers Britain, Europe's biggest gas user, a means of switching to greener energy while bolstering its falling natural gas production.
The company's stocks have added 15 cents today to 91 cents.
Consumer discretionary stocks are lower - 0.5 per cent - followed by gold and metals and mining - down 0.4 per cent. Energy stocks are off 0.3 per cent.
On the plus side, consumer staples are and financials are 0.3 per cent higher and telecomms have added 0.1 per cent.
Stocks are flat early on. The All Ordinaries index is 2.3 points higher, or 0.1 per cent, to 4594.2, while the benchmark S&P/ASX200 is 3.1 points higher, or 0.1 per cent, to 4585.9.
IAG shares could be in the spotlight today after the insurer finally sold off its troubled UK car insurance business, although the underwriter has taken a $240 million loss on the sale reflecting the knock-down prices for assets there.
IAG sold its Equity Red Star unit to private equity firm Aquiline Capital Partners for £87 million ($130 million).
However IAG warned it was expected to book a loss of about $240 million over financial 2013, including a $160 million loss in the first half on the price tag and exposure to some pension liabilities.
In the second half of financial 2013, IAG is expected to book a further $80 million loss mostly on foreign currency exposure to the insurer's reserves as the sale is completed. Full story.
Some analyst rating changes for today:
- APN News & Media cut to neutral at CIMB
- Macmahon Holdings raised to hold at Argonaut Securities
- Macmahon Holdings upgraded to neutral from sell at UBS
- Fairfax raised to overweight at Commonwealth Bank
- Boral raised to buy from underperform at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch
- Coca-Cola cut to hold from buy at Deutsche Bank
- Wesfarmers cut to neutral from buy at UBS
- Iluka Resources cut to sell at Deutsche Bank
And something on the some of the background politicking going on in the US over the cliff:
Rice withdrawal could have fiscal cliff fallout. Dem base will be more hardened in its opposition to anything that smells like Obama caving.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) December 13, 2012
AMP's Shane Oliver take on the overnight news from the US:
US econ data remains all right. Retail sales up in Nov, jobless claims now below pre Sandy levels. Just need to deal with cliff !
— Shane Oliver (@ShaneOliverAMP) December 13, 2012
A quick update on cliff negotiations.
''It's going to be a bumpy ride until we see some type of deal on the fiscal cliff,'' said Matt McCormick, a money manager at Cincinnati-based Bahl & Gaynor Inc.
''Speeches and speculation are the drivers of the market right now. I'm hopeful that we'll see a resolution, but the politicians seem to be going a different tune.''
US House Speaker John Boehner repeated his insistence that President Barack Obama's budget proposal is ''anything but'' balanced and accused the president of being ''not serious'' about cutting spending.
Obama said the negotiations are ''still a work in progress.'' The deadlock in talks to avoid more than $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts will start taking effect in January unless Congress averts them. Obama and Boehner were scheduled to meet late on Thursday (local time) at the White House.
So it remains a case of stay tuned.
Local stocks are looking at a down start today thanks, apparently, to the continuing standoff over the US budget. More on that soon. For a comprehensive look at this morning's business news, check today's need2know. Here are this morning's key markets numbers:
- SPI futures are 7 points lower at 4583
- The $A is lower at $US1.0513
- In the US, the S&P500 was 0.63% lower at 1419.45
- In London, the FTSE100 rose 0.27% to 5929.61
- China iron ore added $US1.40 to $US126.40 a metric tonne
- Gold fell $US2.32 to $US1694.87 an ounce
- WTI crude oil fell $US0.35 to $US86.42 a barrel
- Reuters/Jefferies CRB index was flat at 295.19
Good morning folks. Welcome to the Markets Live blog for Friday.
This blog is not intended as investment advice
Contributors: Thomas Hunter, Richard Hughes, Jens Meyer, Max Mason
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quote:Depends on the ammo, but you should be able to get those down. 3 is high for under 100 yards with the AR platform
quote:Travis Haley
quote:Travis Haley hits targets out to something like 7-800 yds with a red dot on a 300BLK sbr
quote:when i went from 50 yards to 75 yards, my bullets were still "rising". should that have been the case?


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quote: According to the Daily Star Sunday, Pep looks to be heading to Manchester in the future, but to replace Sir Alex Ferguson when he retires, not Mancini. Pep Guardiola may well have decided that the next stage of his career will be in Manchester. According to the Daily Star Sunday, the former Barcelona trainer would snub any offer from Manchester City in favour of taking charge of the Red Devils. Apparently Manchester City asked Guardiola to name his price for replacing the current coach, Roberto Mancini, and he also met with City's sporting director, Txiki Begiristain. But the former Barcelona trainer made it clear that he wanted the United job. Guardiola is hoping to replace Sir Alex Ferguson in the summer if he finally decides to retire. Should the Scottish trainer choose to continue, it is reported that Guardiola would extend his sabbatical for another season to wait for the position. Although Guardiola could double his money at City, he is interested in the Old Trafford project and has even met with Ferguson recently to discuss it. Both have property in New York and are reported to have met there at least three times. If the deal does finally go through for Pep to take charge of United, he would sign a three-year deal and request two assistants and three new trainers for the club's youth system.
quote:According to the Daily Star Sunday
quote:If there ever was a time for "Stopped Reading Here"...
quote: for a manager who relies on his midfield so much, what the frick is he going to do with that roster?
quote:We have good wingers and young attacking mids.
quote:valencia is basically just fast
quote:if you're running a possession system with michael fricking carrick anywhere near the field, you're so fricked it's funny
quote:Well he will obviously pale in comparison when you compare him to the best holding mid and DLP on the planet.
quote: He is United's best option for the holding mid role though
quote:that's the type of talent you need to run that system, though
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quote:I question his objectivity. He's skated too close to accepting bribes for favorable reviews. He's a standing joke on most of the serious New Orleans food blogs.
quote:I think he did a lot for the New Orleans food scene over the years and you have to respect that. First food publication, first radio show, and first website.
quote:Never heard of him.
quote: If you can find a copy of his book it's still a great read and spot on for many of the restaurants that are still around.
quote:Here's a link to his obituary.
quote:Tom Fitzmorris
quote:I think the market is prime for a younger, hipper, nonbiased radio food personality to take over.
quote:Completely agree. Would love for it to be hosted by 2 or 3. Someone in their late 20's- early 30's and someone in 50's-60's to represent the past/traditional food culture. I was kinda hoping that 690 AM would give it a try.


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Havoc751 wrote:That's actually something that's been bugging ever since WHAM. Was it the whole world, or just the city that was destroyed?
I'm thinking it might have been the world, based on what Grim said, how it was "the busiest day of his carrier".
Nothing has been said that the world has been destroyed. Just the city.
Havoc751 wrote:Also, there's another thing that I've wondering. Why don't the other Powerpuff girls appear to have families of their own?
How do you know they haven't? For all we know they could have been offspring and families that are now protecting earth (or what remains of it), or they could have died in the destruction of Megaville. Its just a fact that hasn't been pointed out yet.
GrimlyLoveGunner wrote:Didn't Jeff say, at the very beggining, that Him took her away before she could barely walk? after that I always assumed she's uberly young (excuse my wording) and with this put in here, the machine would explain why she hasn't been able to learn yet.
Proof please. Because otherwise, no.
GrimlyLoveGunner wrote:this seems that Blossom maybe does resent her creation alittle
How so? Mommy's work gets in the way of her daughter's birthday and now all of a sudden she's a horrible parent who resents her daughter to a degree?
GrimlyLoveGunner wrote:I know I'm the only one on here that cares to talk about whats happening emotionally and not throwing around theories on how it happened.
Excuse me? Bitch, please. Next time in the future, don't give yourself so much credit, especially on your first day.
GrimlyLoveGunner wrote:Also, I don't know why you all use the style of the items/accesories/enviorment to prove or disprove the ability of things. This is Bleedman, we're talking about here. Dexter probably has a tube on his face because it looks cool.
Because he doesn't draw that extreme, and everything has a reason. Everything explains something, no matter how artistic it may seem.


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Photograph by Gene J. Puskar, AP
Published February 26, 2010
This story is part of a special series that explores the global water crisis. For more clean water news, photos, and information, visit National Geographic's Freshwater Web site.
Save Water … Drink More Beer. The irony of this drinker's joke isn't lost on experts calculating our global use of H2O.
Like their cousin the carbon footprint, water footprints are one of the latest methods scientists and policy makers are using to assess humanity's impact on the planet. And now businesses are starting to use water footprinting as well.
A water footprint measures the total amount of water it takes for a company to manufacture and transport a product, or for a city, country, or business to operate.
Calculating water footprints can help businesses and communities better understand and prepare for the impacts of global water scarcity, according to experts.
And if this so-called embedded water information ends up on a product label—somewhat similar to the U.S. government's Energy Star label that indicates energy efficiency, or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense label, which measures water efficiency—consumers may be able to choose products based on water footprints as well.
Exceptionally water-intensive products and food items include beef, coffee, and cotton. For example 2 pounds (1 kilogram) of beef requires 4,227 gallons (16,000 liters) of water to produce, once you consider the water needed to grow feed and process the meat, according to WFN. Likewise, 776 gallons (2,900 liters) of water is needed to make a cotton shirt.
The U.S. has the biggest water footprint per capita, at 766,098 gallons (2.9 million liters) per person each year, according to WFN. And across the Pacific, 65 percent of Japans total water footprint comes from beyond its borders in the form of imported products, the group says.
Beer Footprints
Now major corporations are warming to the idea of working with WFN and its partner organizations to measure the footprints of their operations and manufacturing processes
Beer giant SABMiller, one of the first to sign on, unveiled the first detailed corporate water footprint at this year's World Water Week conference in Stockholm, Sweden. The company said it will use the results to help manage its water use.
Global conservation organization WWF, a WFN partner, analyzed SABMillers operations in South Africa and the Czech Republic, measuring water inputs required to produce bottled beer—including the bottle itself. The analysis found that for each liter of beer brewed in South Africa, 41 gallons (155 liters) of water were used. But in the Czech Republic a liter of beer has a water footprint of 12 gallons (45 liters).
The much higher water cost of SABMillers South African operation was largely due to the country's more arid climate and greater reliance on crop irrigation, versus a cooler, rainier Czech Republic, according to WWF.
More than 98 percent of the beers footprint in South Africa was from the cultivation of raw ingredients such as barley.
Risk Analysis
Such data allows companies to identify potential water savings and plan for future shortages due to factors such as population growth and climate change, according to the SABMiller report's authors.
In most cases companies pay for municipal water or water rights, so increasing water costs are of concern as well.
Andy Wales, SABMiller's head of sustainable development, said in a statement that water footprinting will enable the brewer to understand which specific parts of the supply chain might face water scarcity, or poor water quality, in the future.
The Coca-Cola Company has also now water-footprinted one of its products—the 0.5-liter bottle of Coca-Cola Classic. Armed with the new knowledge, the company hopes to improve water efficiency by 20 percent before 2012, Coca-Cola water-sustainability manager Denise Knight said during World Water Week.
Knight wouldn't say what the Coca-Cola Classic's water footprint was, but she said that agricultural inputs were the largest contributor.
Knight also highlighted the impact of sugar beets and other crops that may require a lot of water, used to sweeten the drink. We recognize that across the globe that sweetener is going to be a key component of our water footprint, Knight said.
Murky Waters
New findings will be used by WFN, based at the University of Twente, Netherlands, to standardize the way water footprints are calculated.
Applying a standard to water footprinting is crucial, said Stuart Orr, WWFs freshwater-footprint manager. That's because the complex ecological analysis, which involves identifying and measuring multiple water inputs, is "confusing everybody right now," he said.
But, footprinting represents the best tool for reducing water demand in already severely water-stressed countries that will have to support some 3 billion people by 2025.
"We cant screw this up," he added. "There is no Plan B with water. Lets be clear about that."
University of Twente's Arjen Hoekstra, creator of the water footprint concept, said the current confusion is not in the methodology but in "people who for the first time [are starting to] consider the issue."
"There are many questions raised which leads to confusion," he said. "There is a demand for practical guidelines—for tools that can be easily used by business. That is where the development will be."
A new manual due out later this month by WFN will spell out the method for calculating water footprints, whether its by individuals, businesses, or governments, Hoekstra added.
Some environmental groups are pressing for water footprinting information to be included on food labels so consumers can also play their part in choosing low-water-impact foods.
But WWF has said that its still too early in the water-footprint movement to provide label information. The group notes the complexities of comparing water footprints.
Meanwhile, many manufacturers remain skeptical of putting water footprint information on labels.
Donna Jeffries is sustainability manager at U.K.s Unilever, which has a large portfolio of household brands, such as Lipton tea and Ben & Jerry's ice cream.
She said detailed water footprint labels are an unrealistic prospect "when you have many thousands of products. We'd get so bogged down in measuring everything."
Sylvain Lhôte, of Austria-based plastics manufacturer Borealis, said the company was completely opposed to the idea of water footprint labels on its products.
"We think it is totally meaningless and misleading to talk about a product's water footprint," Lhôte said, adding that a products true ecological impact isnt revealed by water volume alone.
Two U.K.-based organizations that promote sustainable farming practices›:Sustain and the Food Ethics Council›:this summer proposed a flower-shaped eco-label that would have water as one of its key "petals."
Each petal would represent a different environmental concern.
Rather than showing water liters per kilogram, the food and drink stickers would show if a company practiced "good water stewardship."
WFNs Hoekstra, who said he believes that labeling will happen, noted that water footprint labels have already appeared on some products in Finland and Japan.
This year the Finnish food company Raisio, for instance, introduced a label showing the amount of water used to produce a packet of its oat flakes.
Companies have plenty of incentive for providing such information, according to Hoekstra.
"Corporate image is an issue," he said. "It may damage their corporate image if they don't have a clear story to tell."
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Westminster College Student Alumni Association (SAA) hosted the fourth annual Student Organization Leadership Dinner in February.
The theme for this year's dinner was Leadership: Your Next Step in Your Journey Ever Higher. The theme was chosen by SAA to correspond with Ever Higher: The Campaign for Westminster College, the most successful fundraising campaign in the College's history, having already reached more than $40 million towards its $50-million goal.
Presidents of all student organizations and a rising leader from each were invited to dinner and a program that included an alumni keynote speaker and Westminster President Dr. Richard Dorman speaking on their views of leadership.
SAA President Alexandra Taylor, a senior early childhood/special education major, opened the evening with a welcome address. Taylor is a daughter of Brian and Elaine Taylor and a graduate of Wilmington Area High School. She introduced President Dorman and keynote speaker Robin Willoughby Gooch `75.
Gooch of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, earned her undergraduate degree in political science from Westminster. She has enjoyed a distinguished career in the steel industry as a human resource executive. With her husband, David Gooch `75, owner and co-founder of Value Added Metals (VAM) Associates, Inc., she has served as chief administrative officer of the manufacturers' representative and distribution agency since its founding in 1991.
As a current member of the Westminster Board of Trustees, Gooch serves as the chair of the Institutional Advancement Committee. She has also served as president of the Alumni Council and remains active through the College's Habitat for Humanity.
Over 100 people attended the dinner, including all current SAA members, campus organization presidents and Westminster College staff. Forty-seven campus organizations were represented.
Student activities are an essential part of the college experience. Westminster clubs and organizations include governmental organizations, fraternities and sororities, music organizations, honor societies, and student-produced communications including The Holcad newspaper. Additionally, Westminster has special interest organizations that range from the accounting club, the American Red Cross, the equestrian team, and more.
SAA is a selective organization comprised of 43 students and prerequisites to membership include an interview and selection process. Member attributes include: loyalty to Westminster, strong communication skills, working well with students and alumni, and interest in building professional skills.
Contact Cindy Dafler, Westminster assistant director of alumni relations, at (724) 946-7373 or email for more information.
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Linux has become the de facto standard embedded operating system for a huge variety of devices. A growing number of devices require startup times that can be very challenging to achieve with any operating system. A variety of techniques can be employed to significantly reduce the time it takes to boot a Linux-based embedded system. This webinar will present and discuss techniques and technologies available to configure a rapid-boot Linux system, covering both hardware, software and firmware elements.
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Chris is a technical marketing engineer for the embedded systems division of Mentor Graphics. He has more than 20 years in high tech companies in assignments ranging from engineering and engineering management, marketing, sales and business development. He spent four years as an independent development consultant porting U-Boot and the Linux kenel to custom boards. He is the author of Embedded Linux Primer, now in its 2nd edition. His writing has appeared in magazines including Linux Journal, Telecommunications Magazine, Fiber Optics Magazine and Aviation Digest.
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s Copyright,. 1922, by The CoLLECt News * 4 '. News , VfJLUME^X. NO. 6. BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1922 Price 10 Cents i . SCENE FROM JUNIOR PLAY "IF", BY LORD DUNSANY BOOK OF JOB IS UNIQUE AND VIVID PRODUCTION Scenic Effects and Lighting Heighten Emotional Quality MR. SOMME AS JOB IS FEATURE (Specially Contributed by H. Humphrey's, '23) The literary glory of trie "Book of Job" is beyond praise, and therefore best left to William Blake or H. G. Wells, to mention two of the many it has inspired. But of all the interpretations of this great uni- versal poem, Mr. Walker's dramatic pres- entation is perhaps the most overwhelm- ing. Anything more vivid would be un- bearable. For an hour and a half the audience is held spellbound, and when the final curtain falls no one moves but all remain silent for a moment in their seats too profoundly impressed for applause. To clap one's hands would seem a mockery. The Book of Job is as significant to us today as it was three thousand years ago. No allowance need be made for the pass- ing of time. It is unchanging,, eternal and - therefore in advance of any new idea be it never So modern, a quality which gives the keynote of Mr. Walker's production. For directness and simplicity it is a glorious example of what drama can be. There is no prettifying, no belittling, no compromise. The King James Version is robbed of none of its magnificent starkness, rather it is enhanced by living, moving presentation before our eyes and ears, in contrast to the pale realization of our slovenly imagi- nations. The resulting performance is dra- matically unique. Technically Mr. Walker achieved this by a just preservation of the proportions. A black proscenium arch makes the scene as small' as possible, without cramping, the depth vaguely suggests a mountain, and the action takes place in a fairly narrow plane at the front of the stage, so that the scale of the human factor is enlarged to the utmost. The set is artistically satisfying without eclipsing or blurring the play, as so many modern scenic efforts tend to do. Also the lighting (Mr. Walker's specialty) is extraordinarily fine, not forcing itself upon one's attention as a feat in stage me- chanics, but fulfilling the sole function of lighting which is subconsciously to heighten the .emotional effect of the scene. The in- ter-relation of setting and action made of the performance a whole instead of a com- bination of many parts, and proportion of CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Job Provides Alumnae Scholarship Five thousand three hundred and fifty dollars were finally taken in for the Stuart Wafker production of Job. Although the expenses were over $4000, this means that the scholarship for the alumnae of Eastern Pennsyl- vania was cleared, and that, contrary to expectations at the last moment, the play fulfilled its purpose. VARSITY TIES ONCE AGAIN IN MATCH AGAINST PHILADELPHIA Beth Tuttle Saves the Match With Two Goals in Last Minute Another tie was the result of the game �which Varsity played against Philadelphia Crjcket Club last Saturday morning, when each team made four goals. ,' From the start Philadelphia was in the lead, Bryn Mawr only being able to break successfully through their defense twice, once when A. Smith shot a quick goal from right wing and again when B. Tuttle, re- ceiving a short pass, shoved the ball past the goal-keeper. During the second half, though the game became rougher, Varsity held its opponents down .to one more goal, while it crept up and brought the final score to a Urn a few moments before the final whistle. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 ELEANORE BOSWELL TRANSLATES ELIZABETHAN MANUSCRIPT 1921's European Fellow, Eleanore Bos- well, who is now.studying here for her M. A. in Greek, spent last year at Bedford College, the University of London. Miss Boswell and Miss Dunn, who was formerly in the English Department here, were the only Americans in residence and, with a Hindu and New Zealander, the only resident graduates. Miss Boswell did most of her work at the University with Dr. Carolyn Spurgeon, Professor of English Literature, who spoke at Bryn Mawr. in 1920. But she also did a great deal of research work in the British Museum, where she translated the .text of an old chronicle play of about 1600-1610, called "Edmond Ironsides." "Bedford College," Miss Boswell said, "is surprisingly like an American College, though there is, perhaps, more simplicity in the general way of living." - During the Easter vacation, Miss Bos- well went on a three weeks' walking tour through the south of England. THREE NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN BY 1925 LAST WEDNESDAY Caroline Remak is Elected as Sopho- more President Sophomore elections held in the Gym- nasium last Wednesday resulted in the choice of three new officers who have already held positions both in their class and on college committees. Caroline Remak,%who succeeds Elizabeth Austin and Elizabeth Smith as president of her class, was the fifth temporary chairman of the Freshman class last year, chairman of Freshman Show, Captain of class tennis team, and on all first teams of the class except apparatus. She is on the Advisory Board of the Undergraduate Association this year. The new vice-president succeeding Susan Carey and Elizabeth Smith is Helen Hough, who. was on the Freshman Committee, Business Manager of Freshman Show, and is at present the Sophomore member of the Self-Government Board. Miriam Brows, who succeeds Virginia McCullough and Susan Carey in the office of secretary, is Business Manager for Sophomore Play, ojj the Membership Com- mittee of the Christian Association, .and a member of the Student Building Committee. The class of 1925 has had a series of officers since S. Carey was forced to resign during the winter, while E. Austin, former president and V. McCullough, former sec- retary, did not return to college this autumn. E. Smith, who was elected to fill the vice-presidency in the winter, has been acting President and S. Carey temporary secretary. "IF" JOHN CAUGHT TRAIN: JUNIORS SHOW RESULTS Pamela Coyne in Difficult Leading Role Supported by Large and Varied Cast MARY AND MIRANDA STAR CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ENROLLS A HUNDRED NEW MEMBERS Sunday evening 273 members will be en- rolled in the membership of the Christian Association at Membership Vespers, when the hundred new members, in caps and gowns, arc invited to come andltaswer the roll call by rising. ' With 83 per cent, of their class signing tin- pledge, the Freshmen have the largest membership. The other classes follow in descending order, Sophomores with 75 per cent., Juniors 72 per cent., and the Seniors, with 59 per cent. There are also eleven graduate members. -----{�fiecialh Contributed by M. P. S.) Members of the Junior Class" gave a performance of Lord Dunsany's delight- ful comedy "If," on Saturday evening, No-- vember the fourth, and every one who saw it owes them a vote of thanks. The play presents certain difficulties, and the man- ager, and cast are to be congratulated on overcoming them. There is.very-little ac- tion; nearly three hours of uninterrupted conversation,�Dunsany conversation, its elusive quality attained by the reiteration, of trivial phrases; ("What's the matter; Bill?" "Yes, John," "No, John," "I can't tell you old fellow how much I appreciate your coming," etc.) The bufden of the play falls upon the shoulders of one character, John Beal (acted by Pamela Coyne), who in return for a generous act is permitted to re-live an episode in his life and to catch th'c train he missed ten years before. John Beal is a matter-of-fact British business man whose life has failed to develop any ro- mance. When lie grasps opportunity and takes his second chance to catch the train he becomes a picturesque adventurer, a benevolent despot�ultimately a sort of re- incarnated King of Babylon. Miss Coyne held our interest and sympathy from the first. But she spoke her lines in the First and most of the Second Act in a romantic, singing voice, hard to reconcile with pro- saic common sense, or even with John BcaPs special brand of imperial policy. She showed her real dramatic powers in the Third Act, especially in the banqueting scene, where in gesture, poise, and expres- sion she dominated the diverse elements on the stage and created the illusion of impending tragedy. Louise Sanford played "Miralda Clem- ent," the "Lady in the Train," wrecker of homes, disturber of the peace, instigator of all things evil with a degree of effec- tiveness that must have aroused apprehen- sion in the bosoms of her parents and guardians. I did not find her earlier cos- tume as funny as some; I wore such clothes when I came to college (they were, by the way, the vintage of "97, not of 1903). She interpreted her part with a fine econ- omy of gesture and emphasis, and she CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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Tennessee-born beauty Cybill Shepherd definitely isn't one to waste words -- and had she no qualms in speaking out about who she thought was to blame for the passing of Proposition 8 in California's last election, which led to gay and lesbian marriage rights being overturned.
"The Mormons and Catholics," she told Tarts at the recent L.A Gay & Lesbian Center's "An Evening With Women" celebration in Beverly Hills. "Most of the money came from Utah, it's very unfortunate."
However Shepherd does feel that President Obama is doing enough for the cause.
"I think he is working hard at it, I really do. I am just so encouraged by Iowa and Vermont. We have a tough road ahead in California, but we'll be hittin' within a year," she added with confidence.
The 59-year-old's passion to pursue the fight for Gay & Lesbian rights actually stemmed from Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968.
"He was killed in my hometown of Memphis, three and a half miles from my high school and I'm a product of the segregated south and I got to see that hatred up close, live that hatred, colored only, whites only, and when he was killed I was stricken with guilt and shame," Shepherd added. "I felt as though I hadn't done enough to help the civil rights cause and as I gradually began to understand, what is the most recent excuse to deny people rights under the law? To treat them as less than human and once you get that kind of right thinking you realize how important it is to stand up for the gay and lesbian kids who are at greater risk because they don't have community support and sometimes their parents kick them out. Particularly in L.A we have more runaways then anywhere in the world."
So when it comes to Shepherd's own faith, she's developed quite the hybrid of religious convictions.
"I'm a Christian Pagan Buddhist Goddess worshiper, but I'm also a feminist. I think the ultimate glass ceiling is God, in another words, if we think God is a man, then we make man a God, and I studied and learned that there is a whole other history of the worshiping of the great mother," she explained. "I really think that probably God is a woman, that helped me to break through that celestial glass ceiling."


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90 is too hot. I'm a 65-70 degree guy myself.
I probably would too, but it would have to be a dry 90. I really hate humidity.
I like 70 too, but I'll take 90 over 20.
Not me. It's easier to stay warm than to stay cool IMO.
That's a joke, right?
What I could live without is the dark, the cold, the damp and the mud. When everything turns brown and the skies are always grey... somebody stop me, I'm depressing the %$# out of myself!!!
No. You can always bundle up to stay warm but you can only get so naked to stay cool. Now, I'm not talking snot freezing cold like sub-zero, but teens or 20's...no big deal to me.
I'll take my Cohiba and a rum by the pool while you're shoveling your driveway doing your best impression of Bibendum.
I find that a few shots of JD goes good with snow removal. Actually that about the only time I drink liquor anymore. Then there's nothing like coming inside afterwards and sitting next to the fireplace and sipping a favorite adult beverage.I enjoy the change of seasons. While I don't care as much for the white stuff as I get older, snow can be beautiful at times and also fun. I don't think that I'd like to live somewhere where it's always warm. Seems like it would get kind of boring. My wife's aunt and uncle moved to Miami a few years ago because they said that they were tired of the cold. Now they sit inside all day, every day in the air conditioning and complain how hot and humid it is and how bad the bugs are. Go figure.
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quote:Those are Blacks in the community, aren't they? He didn't write "every single Black in GA community".
quote:Brooks was also indicted on unrelated racketeering charges in neighboring Camden County earlier Thursday
quote:nothing in that statement is incorrect or implies anything wrong
quote: I hope everyone is now unoffended.
quote:yeah call out the poster, not the hideous action the post is related to
quote:I called out the race-baiting
quote:Why in this case?
quote:and at no time called out the hideous action the post was related to. thanks. obvious agenda is obvious
quote:elected official of the "community" represents the "community".
quote:You know whats funny. You haven't even commented on the hideous actions, and have focused on critiquing my posts. No different than me entering this thread to critique the OPs misrepresentation.
quote:so you want to call me out for calling you out? lulz
quote:the problem is what we do if ray liotta ever makes it there
quote:Ok. Whatever. I'm sure that this guy and the families would obstruct justice for a white baby shooter too.