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Th e College News VOL. XX, No. 13 BRYN MAWR AND WAYfjlE^PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1934 ^^"nwmS? PRICE W CENTS Viennese^ChoirvBoys to Sing in Goodhart Organization Founded in 1498 Is Famous for Quality of Performances MEMBERSHIP IS HONOR Goodhart Hall will welcome the Vi- enna Choir Boys on February 22. This is the second journey of this famed organization, the Wiener Saengerknaben, across the seas. In- deed, it was not until quite recently that the organization conceded to an increasing demand that they appear jn public concerts. Now their tours are of such length as to include nearly every country in Europe, where the unique quality of their perform- ances are unanimously acclaimed. Not long ago they sang at the Vatican in Kome, where Pope Pius awarded them with an inscribed parchment eu- logizing tJieir voices as "flute-like and sweet as those of Angels' in heaven." The Vienna Choir Boys are mem- bers of a musical hierarchy that was founded in 1498 by the imperial de- cree of Emperor Maximilian, when a group of boy singers were ordered to sing a dftily mass under the aus- pices of the Court Orchestra of Vi- enna. For nearly five hundred years, up to the present time, the traditions of this organization have been kept intact and their ideals inviolate. The members of the Saengerknaben live today, as always, in the ancient im- perial castle, the Vienna Hofburg, which was built in the eleventh cen- tury, and in whose chambers once lived the nobility of the Hapsburg dynasty. Eligibility to membership in the Saengerknaben is subject to strict standards. Applicants must not only show marked vocal and musical abili- ties, but must manifest high qualities of character. Only forty of them are housed in the castle, after rigid com- petitive examinations. At a recent election when only three places in the choir were vacant, more than six hun- dred boys clamored for admittance. Boys are rigidly investigated before they are admitted to this venerable organization. Social position of par- ents is neither a recommendation nor a detriment. Mozart, Schubert and Haydn were once members of the Saengerknaben, and it is the dream (if countless thousands of Austrian boys to be invited to join. The aver- age age of the boys is twelve years. When their voices begin to change and grow husky they are assigned to clerical institutions and their, main- tenance paid for a period of three years. They are paid nothing dur- ing the period of their membership, (Continued on l*ap;e Four) Miss Park Discusses Plans for New Science Building President Park described the three great needs of Bryn Mawr, in Chapel last Thursday morning. Bryn Mawr needs facilities for work which will permit of ^more work and which will be of greater assistance in the kind of work now being done; she needs more space for books; and she needs more money, so that the professors' salaries can be increased. President Park discussed only the first of the needs last Thursday; the two others will be explained in later chapels. A new Science Building is needed because Dalton is so badly overcrowded that students cannot be allowed to choose their sciences free- ly, and because it is inadequate in space and apparatus for any form of advanced work. Bryn Mawr's two long suits have always been science, and art, and archaeology, and the fac- ulty wishes especially to encourage advanced work in science. Dalton could not be rebuilt on the same site, because the space is too limited. Accordingly, the plan is to divide the sciences, and rebuild Dal- ton for biology and geology, while putting physics and chemistry, which (Continued on Para Three) CALENDAR Wed., Feb. 14. Mr. Shane Leslie, noted British literary and historical authority will speak on Swift. Goodhart Hall nt 8.20 P. M. Thurs., Feb. Id. There will be an exhibition of the .works of Georges Braque and Jean Lurcat in the Common Room of Goodhart at 4.30 P. M. Miss G. G. King will speak on Gcr- tnde Stein and Modern French I'n inters. Sat., Feb. 17, Basketball. First and second Bryn Mawr Varsity vs. Philadelphia Crick- et Club first and second team. Gym at ,10.00 A. M. Sat., Feb. 17. The Red Gate Shadow Puppets w�U be pre- sented at the Deanery at 10.30 A. M. and 3.00 P.-M. The af- ternoon program is for adults and tea will be served for $0.25 per person. For the benefit of the Bryn Mawr Chinese Schol- arship Fund. Sat., Feb. 17. Buffet supper for Princeton Glee Club. Dean- ery at 7.00 P. M. The charge will be $0.75 per person. At 8.30 P. M. the Glee Club will trive a concert in Goodhart Hall k and a dance will follow in the Gym until 2.00 A. M. Sun., Feb. 18. Chapel. The Rev. John W. Suter, Jr., will conduct a short service. Music Boon at 7.30 P. M. Mon., Feb. 19. The Oxford University Press will hold an exhibition of old books and manuscripts illustrative of the history of printing. Deanery at 4.00 P. M. Dr. Herbcn will speak. Varsity Basketball Takes First Games Bryn Mawr, Effectively Utilizes Direct Passes to Combat Ursinus' Speed iOOD SEASON INDICATED On Saturday morning, the Varsity basketball teams took their first ^ames of the season against the Ur- tiniu contingents, 31-1G and 40-25. In the first team game, Varsity bad the advantage of height, a factor which proved to be of great help in bi caking up the superior passwork and speed of Ursinus. On the whole, ;he few passes directly from the cen- ters to the forwards were much more effective than "the roundabout way used by Ursinus to get the ball into scoring position. In the second half, however, when the toss-in system was used, the Bryn Mawr centers had difficulty in getting the ball to their forwards, and, in- stead of trying shorter passes, they continually passed the ball under the basket, where it was usually inter- cepted by the opposing guards who by that time had got on to the sys- tem. In spite of their splendid work, however, height remained a decided advantage and Ursinus ended the game on the short end of the score. The Bryn Mawr guards stood up splendidly against the opposing for- wards' rapid passing and juggling of the ball and succeeded in breaking up many of their attempts to score. We did notice, however, that out-of-bound plays were tjken much too slowly by the team as a whole and that a great deal of defense passing was done directly across the basket. A shifting of players in the last few practices has resulted in a team which should go through the season undefeated. Boyd and Faeth have the regular forward positions, Jones and Lamed occupy the center, and Bridg- man and Kent the guard berths. A strong defense, combined with a fair- ly accurate offense, should provide sufficient opposition for future oppon- ents and enough excitement for the gallery. (Continued on Pace Three) Fellowes Tells Story of Flight Over Everest Expedition Required Special Ap- paratus for Heat and Oxygen Supply MOVIES SHOW SCENERY Air Commodore P. F. M. Fellowes by his explanation and by the pictures he showed in Goodhart, the evening of February 7, described the purpose, lhe difficulties and the achievements of the Houston-Mount Everest Flight. The adventure was undertaken not so much for the sake of the thrill of conquering the highest mountain in the world, although the spirit of ad- venture moved them incidentally, but lor scientific investigation in and about the only important geographi- cal objective still unattained in li*33. In view of this scientific purpose the expedition involved careful plan- ning against possible risks, discom- forts and adventures. The mountain, discovered to be the highest in the world only in 1852, and then by sci- entific computation, has been shroud- ed in mystery and glamor ever since the first attempts to scale it. The Indian natives, for one thing, have- always regarded Everest as the home of their gods, as is shown by their tailing it the "Goddess Mother of Mountains" and by their proverb "if i bird Hies so high it becomes blind." It is because of this Indian .super- stition that the natives attribute their recent earthquakes to the flights in .he vicinity of the mountain. The prevalence of such supersition from I he first necessitated going through many technicalities with the govern- ment concerning the flight through Nepal, and allowance for guards to keep the equipment from the hands of Indian agita'tors, even after the or- ganizers of the expedition had gained the finaneial'support of Lady Houston and the sympathy of English authori- ties. The next difficulty the sponsors in- curred lay in the climatic disturbances of the particular season, of the region around the Himalayas, and of the altitude at which they needs must fly to clear the summit of Mount Everest. The men had only obtained the need- ed money by November 16, and the job had to be completed by April 15; the equipment had to be bought, ex- nerimental training had 1o be provid- ed for the members of the expedition, nil the equipment had to be taken to India and there reassembled before the actual flight. When the members arrived there they realized the anxious wait for favorable atmospheric conditions that was in store for them. For days rlouds would obscure the mountains, thus preventing the extensive photog- raphy demanded in the interests of the expedition, and when these coluds cleared away the velocity rose to 70- 80 miles per hour, a speed much too high to allow the plane's ready pas- sage in the face of the wind without its carrying an enormous fuel sup- ply. Even allowing for their luck so far as the weather was concerned, however, they had to take innumerable precautions for men and equipment to work at that high altitude. Everest is 29,141 feet high, and at the height of only 26,000 feet a man dies from lack of oxygen. The lack of oxygen causes a very queer sensation, uncon- (Contlnued on Pape Seven) Elections Varsity Dramatics announces the election of M. Kidder, '36, as President of the Board, "and N. Robinson*, '35, as Business Manager. These elections were held in pursuance of the new , policy of electing officers at Midyeais instead of in the Spring. Princeton Glee Club t6 Sing for Its Supper�Then Dance No less than sixty of the cream of Princeton University, Princeton, N. J., are to be on hand for the dance which is to follow the concert of the Glee Club of that prominent institu- tion on Saturday, February 17, in the Gym. The concert will be given in Goodhart Hall at 8.30 P. M., follow- ing a buffet supper for the Glee Club, which is to be held in the Deanery at 7.30 P. If., and which Mrs. Chad- wick-Collins beseeches all Bryn Mawr maidens possessed of $0.75 and an evening dress to attend. The tick- ets for the concert and dance com- bined are $1 for stag and $2.50 for a couple. The dance committee hopes more fervently than it will admit that the majority of the college will come- to the dance in solitary splendor, as the sixty" Tigers will present a con- siderable housing and maintainance problem if there are not enough Main Line sophisticates to go around. It is hardly necessary to extol the infi- nite charms and attractions of this breath-taking group, as their repu- tation has preceded them wherever they have gone for many years. If further information is sought by timid individuals they may either write or go in person to any member of the undergraduate dance committee or Mrs. Chadwick-Collins' own commit- tee. Tickets for the various events tn be run off by the contestants on Saturday, February 17, may be ob- tained in the Publication Office any day after 2 P. M. The chairman of Mrs. Chadwick-Collins' committee is Polly Barnitz, Pern West. The Un- dergraduate Dance Committee, of which Betty Perry, Rock, is chair- man, is composed of Rosanne Ben- nett, Florence Cluett, Adeline Fur- ness, and Marion Mitchell. Archeological Project Discussed at Chapel Bryn Mawr Alumna Will Head Excavations at Promising Cilician Site COLLEGE IS HONORED Tue day morning in Chapel, Dr. Swindler gave an account of the pro- jected Bryn Mawr Excavation in Asia Minor. For some time Bryn Mawr has been longing to have an exeayation; but the idea had always been to excavate in Crete, in the Ho- meric city of Cydonia. Later devel- opments have, however, led the De- partment of Archaeology to believe that excavation. in Cilicia in South- eastern Turkey will be more fruitful of results. . Not long ago, the President of the Archaeological Institute of Amerioa made Bryn Mawr the proposal of join- ing in an expedition; and the Insti- tute voted its approval on December 27. Since the Institute co-operates only with the best universities, "This honor which has come to Bryn Mawr places us in a class in which we like to be placed." Not only does Bryi. Mawr have the honor and pleasure of joining with the Institute in an excavation, but a Bryn Mawr alumna, has been chosen to head the expedition. Miss Hetty Goldman, '03, Field Director for the Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University, will head the expedition; a choice extremely acceptable to the Institute. It is an especially excel- lent idea to have Miss Goldman as head of the expedition, since she is, besides being an excavator of great experience, a woman who will pub- lish it scientifically and give the ex- cavation the publicity it deserves. The question of the site has been as satisfactorily solved as the ques- tion of the directorship of the expedi- tion. The spot that has been chosen in Cilicia has attracted much atten- tion lately, through the findings of English and Swedish archaelogoists. Mounds have been discovered in that region in which Mycenaean has been found. This circumstance leads to (Continued on race Four) Read as You're Walking, Read When Riding; But Ever Try to Escape from the Siding Musical Events In Chapel Tuesday morning, President Park announced that Mr. Alwynne has consented to give a piano recital this year; and that it is scheduled to come within the next three weeks. A series of concerts of chamber music will also begiven in Good- hart some time in the near fu- ture through the gift of Mrs. Coolidge, a well-known patron- ess of music. (.Miss Park very kindly eontribuU kI iin following pieces unitUm )'<>> he- while she mas teaching school in Colorado.) Narrow Escapes Escapes sometimes, that is, very narow indeed. A narrow escape is at the point of danger, such is, there are one like being on the track as a cow or horse and the train is very near, why, their escape is very nar- row indeed. Escapes are awful to think of, but It can't be help, as it is over with, and can't be help, it is awful to think of, and, another thing, a person is at the point of death and he has went the wrong way, it is to late, but it can't be helpt when it is to late. One evening, there were people, out riding, and the train came, the horse got frightened, and it was just at the end of the bridge and if it wasn't a narrow escape. There is such an awful escape that is to say, a house on fire, and is 7 or 8 stories high and people is boarding or room- ing and they are in the very highest part and they haft to jump or give up their lives, and that is something terrible to haft to speak about let alone having an awful thing happen. There is such another as drowning and it is terrible too. There was at a time three at a time all in the same family and one in another and just to think about it, is enough, but hav- ing it happen would just set a person crazy or wild. Like going to school there is such a narrow escape as if you have the chance you ought to go but not stay back or anything of that kind but go. If you* don't you will see where: you narrow escapes. Reading I should say there is nobody who lias not anything by which he will be interested. What they are interest- ed in is not same thing. There are several kinds�some one may say sports; another excursions or music. etc. . . . If let me say about it, I shall Dot hesitate to offer "reading books"� Now, so-called leading books make us ha-vc more knowledge and feel bo in- teresting that I cannot state here. We must, however, notice that there are various kinds of book to read. I should not say**to read such a hateful bunk as to injure our moral character. Head the books which make us,more noble or give us more knowledge, 1 dare say. To read books, however, there is a way. If it is the way to nad only attention to them, it would i be far better to read something like joke. When we read books, we must be understood clearly the real idea of its author. If physical science have to be pried its reason. If moral action must practice it, and then, we would be able to get the efficacy and its pleasure. Here, I shall intro- duce that though it is very useful thing in using right way, if we use it in wrong way, we would feel �o convenience with it. This is true in any time at anywhere. Now the rea- son which I like to read books is just this point. I should advice the men who wish to be interested by reading books; "Don't fail its right way, then you may taste its real idea." Read books, read books, whenever you have time, then you will get more knowl- edge and more pleasure. i *"> ..
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Research papers in the category Economy and Politics.
An ongoing research, reporting and action project with a number of overlapping elements, including cooperation with academic and civic bodies. The aim is to work in conversation with others towards the development of an inclusive vision of secularity in the public square - one based on dialogue and free expression; a proper distinction between religious and public authorities; and maintaining a fair civic arena for the widest range of public actors, both religious and non-religious. [Fully revised January 2010; next revision due May 2011.]
Accord, whose founding members include Ekklesia, supports the Equality Bill currently going through the parliamentary process, but has concerns about some of its provisions as they impact (or fail to impact) on faith schools. This briefing concerns issues and amendments for the House of Lords Committee Stage of the Bill, which begins on 11 January 2010, with four subsequent days tabled before the end of the month. http://www.accordcoalition.org.uk/
This short paper by Ekklesia researcher Lizzie Cifford looks into the background and history of BBC Radio 4's 'Thought for the Day' (TftD) slot, as a precursor to a wider analysis of 'Thought for the Day' scripts which Ekklesia is currently engaged in. TftD has become a topic of public and media debate of late concerning the proposal that non-religious as well as religious voices should be heard on it. The paper seeks to reflect the range of viewpoints on TftD, as well as providing information about its development and presentation. It traces how the origins of TftD came in a context of BBC religious broadcasting which was originally viewed as 'evangelistic and missionary' and now has to adapt to a mixed-belief society, including humanists, atheists and those who see themselves as 'spiritual but not religious'. The paper describes how attempts at re-branding from the mid 1960s have been opposed by some in the Anglican Church and elsewhere as part of a concern about the withdrawal of the BBC from its position as a central broadcaster in what was seen as a 'Christian country'. It also highlights how a number of other radio stations, in particular regional programmes, have output which is similar to TftD, but successfully include contributions from the non-religious, as well as 'minority' religions, raising further questions about why TftD itself has not followed suit. However, the aim of this paper is description rather than advocacy. Further research on the content of TftD will be published in the new year.
What are the opportunities and constraints involved in highlighting non-violent interventions in situations of conflict for the general media? Civil society organizations, academic institutions, faith groups and peace workers are regularly involved in conflict transformation work, and in direct interventions to challenge violence and injustice. While the role of the military is regularly profiled and even celebrated, the contribution of those who act without weapons or contracts is usually overlooked. In part, this is because the nature of peace work is often sensitive and requires a degree of 'under the radar' operation. But it also happens because of lack of wider understanding and knowledge of non-violent interventions, and because such interventions do not fit the dominant 'news narrative' around conflict. This becomes particularly evident in times of crisis. Here we present a short case study of working with the wider media response to the 2005-6 'Iraq hostage crisis' (as it became known), involving four members of a short-term Christian Peacemaker Teams delegation in Baghdad.
This document has been produced by the Accord Coalition, of which Ekklesia is a founder member, to help researchers, journalists, campaigners and members of the public to find information about some of the policy implications of state funded faith schools and their practices. The aim is to bring together and summarise high quality research from reliable sources, pointing in particular to the shortcomings of faith schools and where changes need to made, particularly in the area of admissions and employment. With the exception of the 2009 poll commissioned by Accord from YouGov—itself a respected member of the British Polling Council—all evidence in the report is from sources independent of Accord and its members. Some sources cited however are religious, such as agency Tearfund, and other institutions that work with churches such as the Runnymede Trust. The evidence is also recent - all of it dates from 2001 or later and the majority was produced in the last two years. Research and opinion polls have been organised in reverse chronological order below, followed by relevant parliamentary questions and statistics from the DCSF.
Topics covered include:
• The impact of religious admissions on social segregation (sometimes called "cream skimming" or social selection)
• Faith schools and school standards / attainment
• Faith schools and community cohesion
• The number of new faith schools
• Faith schools and homophobia
• Faith schools and recruitment
• The number of schools of different types, and their denominations
Although the scope of evidence surveyed here is wide and cannot easily be summarised, it repeatedly gives cause for concern about the way that many faith schools operate, and the consequences of this for wider society. The polls and surveys in the report demonstrate that many members of the public have similar concerns as Accord, which is convinced that only legislative change will bring about an education system free from religious discrimination.
Fear or Freedom?: Why a Warring Church Must Change by Simon Barrow (Ed)
The Subversive Manifesto: Lifting the Lid on God's Political Agenda by Jonathan Bartley
Faith and Politics After Christendom: The Church as a Movement for Anarchy by Jonathan Bartley
Consuming Passion: Why the Killing of Jesus Really Matters by Simon Barrow and Jonathan Bartley (Eds)
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Events around the world will celebrate Earth Day on Monday 22 April, drawing attention to global challenges such as adapting to climate change, generating renewable energy, and attaining sustainability in everything from local food sources to investment choices. Photonics technologies, powerful drivers behind advances in every facet of life, are demonstrating their green nature as well, noted event organizers at SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.
Sustainable photonics are at work in the form of photovoltaics for generating energy from sunlight, solid-state lighting (SSL) for cheaper, more efficient, longer lasting light sources, sensors to detect ocean temperatures and monitor the effect on fish populations, and numerous other applications.
An annual conference on sustainable photonics held at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco highlights papers in which research in the field enables development of new technology that can improve standards of living and save money and resources. To emphasize the importance of this research, this year SPIE recognized four papers with Green Photonics Awards.
Photonics innovations enable improved sustainable products and services worldwide. The winners of this years Green Photonics Awards are exemplary in this regard, said Stephen Eglash, Executive Director of the Energy and Environment Affiliates Program at Stanford University, and founder and chair of the green photonics symposium. Each of the winning papers provides new information to help solve existing problems using photonics.
Published award papers are available for free download in the SPIE Digital Library through 31 July.
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SSL utilizing light-emitting diodes (LEDs) is the new industry standard for energy efficiency, and the rapid development of LEDs has flooded the lighting market, Eglash said. LEDs are efficient and long-lived sources for general lighting, but commercially available products exhibit variable quality.
Carsten Dam-Hansen and Technical Univ. of Denmark colleagues Anders Thorseth, Dennis Corell, and Peter Poulsen tested a large number of LED lamps to evaluate quality and lifetime, as reported in their paper "Light quality and efficiency of consumer grade solid state lighting products."
It is the project groups hope that we internationally can work together on test and characterization so the data can be shared all over the world to benefit the individual nation importing or producing the products, Thorseth said.
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Chapter 0-1: The beginning of the end, part 1
Somewhere in a dark abyss, a little girl opened her eyes and stood up. She could only see a narrow-seen path and a dark-purple mist that surrounded her without a sparkle of light or a sign of hope. She was so scared that she heard her heartbeat the most.
She followed the path to escape from this nightmare but nevertheless the path seemed to be endless space. Suddenly a creepy, girly-like voice appeared and kept saying to the girl:
"Darkness… will seal… your faith…".
She started to panic and ran away from the voice but she still heard the voice like it taunted in her mind. The pressure was too much for her that she fell on her knees and felt herself stunned.
Then roots grew from the ground and grabbed her, like chains with the movements of a cobra.
She could barely move, not long and her whole body was covered by the roots.
Slowly the roots dragged her in the ground, "No… no…", yelling the girl as she started to cry.
"Hehehehehe… disappear into the darkness…", said the mysterious voice again as the last message for her.
Only she could see, was a pitch-black screen in the front of her eyes as she stopped breathing.
"Wake up, Joanna, please wake up!", said a other voice worried. It was a voice of tender, nice girl.
Joanna slowly opened her eyes and saw the person, it was Bubbles who watched over her.
They were in the bedroom of an abandoned hotel, on the first floor, room 108.
"My… head…", as Joanna had a bit of headache.
"You're alright?"
"Yeah, it's nothing, I'm fine."
Bubbles nodded and smiled at Joanna. Then Joanna stood up and she noticed Bubbles had a wounded arm on bandages.
"Oh, don't worry about it, it's just a scratch…", comforted Bubbles to Joanna although she had to do her best to hide her pain for Joanna.
"Well, let's go in the living room, Buttercup and Bunny are worried as well.", suggested Bubbles.
Joanna nodded and they went to the living room.
In the living room, Buttercup sat on the couch while Bunny looked outside through the window.
"Oh, you're awake. Feeling fine now, Joanna?", asked Buttercup, Joanna nodded.
"So what is our next plan…", said Bunny while she looked outside. Everything around the fields was destroyed, only a lifeless dust field was remaining.
Bubbles sighed and downed her head. "Why must it happen like this…? Why had Blossom sacrificed herself to protect us in order to save us…?" As she started to cry and her tears were too strong to hold.
Then Bunny came next to Bubbles and hugged her to attempt comforting her. "Bubbles, I know it's hard… But we have to remain strong, don't let her sacrifice be in vain. That's Blossom wanted to do this…"
Bubbles wiped out her tears. "Yeah, I know. Thanks, Bunny."
Buttercup turned her face from them to avoid seeing her tears.
Then suddenly something jumped from the window in the living room. It was a black, very slimy, crawling creature with red eyes, sharp claws and some parts of his skeleton are exposed.
The girls stood back of his surprise appearance as Buttercup slowly stepped back to get her Z-hammer.
The black creature charged towards Bubbles, Bunny and Joanna, Bunny's quick hands although countered the creatures attack with a fierceful punch on his face which made him bash to the ground.
"Heads up!" Buttercup's voice was heard as she knocked him through the window and out of the hotel with a powerful hit from her Z-hammer.
After that, Bunny quickly looked outside and she saw a group of the same creature that they fought him. "Guys, we must get out of here!", warned Bunny.
"But where should we go?", asked Bubbles worried.
Then Buttercup grabbed Bubbles' Z-bubble wand and Bunny's Z-gauntlets and gave it to them. "To Megaville, follow me!", as Buttercup kicked down the door and they followed her.
"But why Megaville?", asked Bubbles. "Trust me!", responded Buttercup as the girls reached the exit of the hotel.


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Appliances frame recycled steel shelves on the kitchen wall. Those touches of raw steel and exposed conduit fit Kelly's vision of a vacation home that has "aspects of a Portland loft mixed with a mountain lodge influence."
The utilitarian kitchen layout flows seamlessly into dining, living, and outdoor spaces, resulting in a laid-back floor plan that fosters togetherness.
Concrete plays a central role in this eco-friendly kitchen. The walls' open-face concrete block is a rugged counterpoint to the gleaming wax finish on the concrete floors and the sparkle of glass-flecked, polished-cement countertops.
Liz Olberding, AIA, LEED AP, Anchorage, Alaska
Residential architects and home builders around the country know the Neil Kelly Co. name because of its environmentally friendly business philosophy and its highly regarded custom cabinets made of reclaimed or recycled materials. It follows, then, that the central component of this Parkdale, Ore., retreat for Tom Kelly—the company's president and son of its namesake—is a good-looking kitchen that's extremely green.
Notably, the project was the first on the West Coast to receive LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Homes pilot program. Although the milestone wasn't planned, it was a serendipitous outcome for a company that's been committed to sustainability since the 1970s. "The house was already under construction when the pilot single-family program" was introduced, Kelly explains, "so we applied and got it."
Kelly credits his niece, a LEED-accredited architect who grew up spending vacations with her extended family, for the home's energy-efficient design. "Coming from a huge family, we always hung out in the kitchen, so there was no question that it had to be completely in the center of the living spaces," Liz Olberding, AIA, says of the floor plan she conceived. Two sides of the open kitchen spin off into dining and living areas, and a punched-out opening above the sink offers a glimpse of the lower level. A two-story concrete-block wall holds all of the room's appliances and much of its storage. Olberding, who believes thermal mass is ideal for handling climates of widely varying temperatures, says she wanted the wall to function "as the backbone of the house." And it does: The thick concrete and its interior thermal break act as a self-regulating system, absorbing excess heat from south-facing windows and releasing it back when ambient temperatures drop.
Other key specs come from, well, the trash, which Olberding spun into treasure for Kelly. Sleek drawer fronts and the island's base give new purpose to 100-year-old vinegar vats. Recycled newspapers blended with nontoxic acrylic become cabinet insets and a 14-foot-long eating bar. Kelly especially likes the whimsical countertops, which were made from cement mixed with crushed beer and wine bottles.
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TEL Learners
TEL learners come from many different faith communities and backgrounds, creating rich opportunities for in-depth dialogue. The minimum age for enrolling in TEL courses is 21.
Spiritual Seekers & Laity
Individual courses and certificate programs are open to all adults who seek to learn. Dip your toe into the water of spiritual education and formation, or immerse your whole self. Courses are affordable, designed to accommodate your life and work schedule, and expose you to a range of exciting progressive theological ideas. Engage through the year to complete the CTEL certificate; take three or four courses to complete a special topics certificate, or simply take a seminar or course that interests you. A bachelor's degree is not required.
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TEL provides high quality adult education programming for your congregation. It also provides focused ministry formation for individuals seeking positions of leadership in your church. Those who earn the CTEL certificate get exposure to a broad range of theology and ministry skills that can deepen biblical understanding, and build new skills.
TEL also offers CEUs to clergy for participation in the higher level offerings. These offerings are fully accessible online, and are affordable and engaging. Special topics certificates are available at the continuing education level for clergy looking to deepen their own skills in targeted areas.
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Faith seekers and prospective ministers who are discerning their call to serve God in their churches or faith communities and want to explore theological studies will find riches in the program. In TEL you get to know and learn from PSR and Graduate Theological Union (GTU) faculty. Completion of the CTEL certificate entitles graduates already possessing at least an associate's degree to apply three elective credits toward PSR graduate programs.
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Learning in community is rich. We encourage groups to gather together to share a meal and engage with TEL courses and seminars. Perhaps part of the TEL program may serve your congregation's adult education needs. Or perhaps there are a number of people in different churches in your area who want to move more deeply into progressive Christian ministry. The TEL Program Coordinator can help you form a group in your community. Congregations are invited to consider becoming a TEL Host Site.
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Becoming a TEL Host Site is more than "providing space and access" to a virtual classroom experience. As a host site, your congregation can become a community center for gathering adult learners who want to deepen their theological and spiritual knowledge or explore new avenues of learning and sharing a progressive perspective of Christian faith and practice. Our hope is that our host sites will foster the building of community among our learners within a regional cohort context. Host sites will receive a TEL Starter Kit which will provide guidelines for being a successful host site along with materials to help publicize the program. Additionally, host sites will receive a small stipend to assist with the cost of hospitality snacks and a voucher for a free PSR Summer Session course registration.
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TEL courses may be taken for continuing education units (CEUs). One CEU is awarded for each ten hours of contact and study. Foundations courses award 1.6 units and seminars award 0.3 units.
TEL courses do not provide academic (college or graduate school) credit. However, students who already possess an associates degree or higher and have earned a CTEL may petition to transfer up to 3.0 credits toward a PSR graduate certificate or degree program by the end of their first semester at PSR. CTEL graduates must apply and be accepted to PSR graduate programs separately from the TEL program. Request transcripts here and follow credit transfer procedures to apply CTEL credits to your PSR program. Credits must be transferred in students' first semester of PSR graduate study.
Some denominations or conferences may recognize TEL courses or the Certificate of Theolological Education for Leadership (CTEL) as fulfilling requirements for certification or other needs. This is the case with the Certified Lay Minister (CLayM) program of the California Nevada Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. CTEL is the online avenue for CLayM students. Speak with your conference ministers if you wish to see TEL become a formal part of ministerial or lay leadership formation.
TEL Faculty
Instructors include PSR and Graduate Theological Union (GTU) faculty, PSR and GTU doctoral students, and qualified professionals from a range of Christian denominations. We will also be drawing instructors for specialized courses from our blossoming partnerships with organizations such as the Center for Progressive Renewal. These teachers represent a variety of racial/ethnic backgrounds and many come from the same communities as TEL students. Many of the excellent instructors from PSR's Certificate of Ministry Studies (CMS) program will continue their ministry in TEL.
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TEL courses are about learning and community, not about technology. We are providing online offerings so that people across the country and around the world will have access to PSR's excellent faculty and progressive theology, and a broader community of learners and ministry experiences. In keeping with our desire to make high quality theological education accessible, TEL technology requirements for individuals are very simple. As an additional means to remove potential technology barriers, we encourage churches to become a TEL Host Site for community and regional cohorts, taking on a large portion of the technical concerns.
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- telephone with headset (preferred) or speaker. Headset or speakerphone will be used for speaking and listening. It is possible but awkward to use a hand-held non-speaker phone. All calls are toll free - PSR will call you. Cell phone users will be charged by their carrier at the usual per minute rate. Cell or cordless phone users should ensure that phone batteries are fully charged before each live seminar.
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New TEL students are offered one-on-one tutorials from TEL staff, and step-by-step instructions through the TEL Technology Guide and within each course in order to smoothly access the simple learning technologies.
TEL staff will send students necessary instructions, web addresses, usernames and passwords within one week of course registration.
Additionally, PSR IT staff are available to advise you with TEL-related technology issues. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 510/849-8284 between 9am and 5pm, Monday through Friday, for technology assistance. Staff will respond to you within one business day.
Tuition costs are set as low as possible in order to encourage broad participation. Although no scholarships are available from PSR for TEL, students may find support from their congregations or denominations.
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And that's the week here at Markets Live, it has definitely been an interesting one, hope to see you Monday morning from 9.30am.
A couple of important events happening overnight, US jobs data is out and German consumer price index will also be reported.
On US jobs data, Analysts are expecting the new Labor Department report to show continuity.
Forecasters expect to see 165,000 net new jobs added in January, up a bit from the 155,000 added in December. They expect the unemployment rate to be unchanged at 7.8 per cent.
The dollar dropped a third of a US cent to $US1.0388 on the day, closing in on a one-month low of $US1.0380 hit on Thursday. It had already been dragged lower by a broadly stronger euro, with mixed data out of China only adding to the pain.
China's official purchasing managers' index (PMI) surprised on the downside, suggesting the economy is making only a mild recovery. In contrast, HSBC's reading of the same activity unexpectedly climbed to a two-year peak, confusing the issue.
"The official PMI got more credibility (today) because the number was lower," said Matthew Johnson, rate strategist at UBS, explaining why markets sold the Aussie dollar.
Here's a look at the best and worst performers on the ASX200 today:
Today was quite a broad rally for the ASX, with all the blue chips posting gains.
- Rio: +1.3%
- Westpac: +0.9%
- Fortescue: +2.3%
- Woolworths: +0.5%
- Wesfarmers: +0.5%
- Telstra: +1.1%
The Chinese-funded private equity group Cathay Fortune has ended four months of uncertainty surrounding copper play Discovery Metals, announcing it will not proceed with its $820 million takeover offer.
Cathay's chairman, Hong Kong billionaire Yu Yong, said Discovery was unable to satisfy its material concerns over the valuation of Discovery's Boseto copper mine in Botswana, which emerged in a supplementary target statement by Discovery this week.
Among the sectors, financials jumped 1.1 per cent, consumer discretionary added 1 per cent and materials rose 0.9 per cent.
The market has started the month off higher, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 added 42.3 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 4921.1, while the broader All Ords rose 40.9 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 4941.9.
ANZ's head of Australian economics, Justin Fabo, said ahead of the Reserve Bank's February meeting on Tuesday that he expected another 25 basis points interest rate cut to come in March rather than next week.
ANZ has said that it expects 100 basis points of cuts - one for each quarter - till the end of the year.
"We think it's less likely now that we'll get the 100 basis points of cuts that we've got pencilled over the rest of the year. But there is a lot of water to go under the bridge before the end of the year, so we're definitely not changing our call at the moment," Mr Fabo said.
He said the key economic data coming out in the next month that could push the RBA to act in March would be weaker-than-expected labour force data and capital expenditure intentions.
"If [the labour force data] comes out pretty weak and combined with a pretty subdued capex intentions number, they are going to have to start thinking seriously about whether interest rates are having the desired impact.
"They might argue that they cut by 50 basis points in Q4 last year and that still will flow through, which is true. ... But you can only tell that story for so long."
Another key factor would be the strong Australian dollar. Mr Fabo said he expected the dollar to remain at the $1.04 to $1.05 mark.
A study commissioned by AustralianSuper has shown that 43 per cent of people don't know their super balance, but almost 50 per cent are aware of how many Facebook friends they have.
The issue was magnified for the 18-24 year old age group, with 64 per cent knowing how many Facebook friends they had, but only 36 per cent clued-up about their super sum.
AustralianSuper general manager of marketing an communications James Coyle said young people had a great opportunity to get their super under control early on in their careers.
Telecommunications is one sector where investors might consider cashing in on some big gains, writes Richard Hemming.
Companies in the sector are without exception trading almost irrationally at historically expensive levels.
According to Goldman Sachs, in 2012, Telecom stocks, led by Telstra, achieved a 23 per cent increase in their PE multiple. The average PE went from 11 times to 14 times. In the case of TPG, its one year forward PE has been re-rated upwards by 72 per cent!
In smaller telecoms stocks, the re-rating was 31 per cent. Shares such as iiNet went from trading on a PE of 9 times to close to 12 times.
This comes in the wake of massive share price gains on little, if any earnings improvement. In the past year Telstra has returned close to 50 per cent, while its net profit for the current year is forecast to grow less than 3 per cent a year for the next three years, by Macquarie Equities Research.
Despite the strength of the Australian dollar against its US counterpart, its at a 13-month low against the euro:
The bulls, it seems, are back, writes National Business editor Mark Hawthorne.
January saw the longest winning streak on the S&P/ASX200 index in more than a decade – a 10-day rally – and $75 billion has been added to the value of the nation's 200 biggest companies since the start of 2013.
After slipping back for just one day, the ASX this morning defied global trends and started February by charging forward once again. By mid-afternoon the ASX 200 was 38.8 points higher - 0.8 per cent - at 4917.6 points.
The rally has, after four long and lean years, sent superannuation balances back past their pre-GFC peaks, and stockbroking firms scrambling to fill empty desks.
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The ASX200 has been on the rise since mid-November.
With less than an hour lefting in trading for the week, here's how the rest of the region is doing:
- Nikkei(Japan): +0.3%
- Shanghai: flat
- Taiwan: -0.1%
- South Korea: -0.4%
- Singapore: flat
- New Zealand: -0.2%
Airbus has studied alternatives to lithium-ion batteries for its next jet, the A350, and has time to adapt to any rule changes prompted by the problems that have grounded Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, its top executive said.
Airbus plans to use lithium-ion batteries on the A350, similar to the technology incorporated in Boeing's 787 airliners, and so far has stood by the modern power packs.
"We studied the integration of these batteries on the A350 very carefully," Airbus chief executive Fabrice Bregier.
For the Super Bowl watchers in the crowd, or just for those interesting in advertising.
Some advertisers this year will fork out an incredible $US4 million ($3.85 million) for a 30-second spot during the most-watched US television event of the year: the show-down between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens in the National Football League championship game, aired on Sunday in the US.
That's a record for Super Bowl advertising, with the average cost of an ad now sitting at $US3.75 million, up from $US3.5 million last year. Back in the first Super Bowl series in 1967, advertisers paid $US42,000 to air their commercials.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) released figures today showing smartphone ownership increased by 104 per cent in 2012.
More than half of the nation's adult population now own a smartphone.
But despite Australia's rapid move into the digital space, consultancy firm Deloitte suggested the threat from cyber crime was sometimes overstated.
''I'm very, very cautious about talking about cyber (crime) and falling into the same trap that many have - jumping to the conclusion that the world is going to end, that cyber (crime) is the biggest threat to mankind,'' said Deloitte's technology lead partner, Robert Hillard.
Here's an interesting comment about US tax, if the US had the same income tax rules it did when the levy started 100 years ago this weekend, 86 per cent of households would be exempt from paying it.
That figure, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, far outpaces the 47 per cent estimate for nonpayers cited in last year's presidential campaign. The first levy, adjusted for inflation, would only affect individuals with taxable incomes of more than $US69,574 a year -- and then with a bottom rate of just 1 per cent and a top marginal rate of 7 per cent.
The original income tax, if still in place, would raise about $US45 billion, or 3 per cent of what today's individual income tax generates, said Bloomberg Government analyst Patrick Driessen, who generated the estimate by applying the 1913 brackets to today's income patterns.
"These were really taxes on the rich," said Carolyn Jones, a law professor at the University of Iowa who studies the history of US taxation.
Today's debate in Washington over the size of government and how to pay for it can be traced to the enactment of the Sixteenth Amendment, which permitted the tax. Its creation set the US on the path toward a larger central authority and cemented distributional politics, in which the government could fine-tune economic policy to steer tax breaks to favored groups and extract money from others.
The amendment, ratified on February 3, 1913 in the waning days of the William Howard Taft administration, changed the Constitution for the first time in 43 years. The one-sentence statement gave Congress the "power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived."
Much of how we understand human interaction – business and otherwise – comes from the so-called "dismal science" of economics, writes Motley Fool's Scott Phillips.
Our decision making – motivation, evaluation, trade-offs and rewards – is able to be observed and understood, and helps us better understand ourselves.
The problem is that where economics promised to help us with those problems, the field itself let us down until relatively recently.
Most scientists are able to objectively study cause and effect – the combination of two elements, the impact of a force on an object and so on. They can (usually) limit or eliminate the variables to isolate true cause and effect.
Economists – especially in the past – didn't have that legacy, so they made a somewhat understandable, but unfortunate decision ... to substitute assumptions for reality.
NAB is the biggest move on the market today, responsible for a 5.73 point rise on the ASX200, following by BHP, which accounts for 4.76 points. Banks, miners and Wesfarmers finish out the top 10.
While Origin Energy comes in as the biggest lagger of the day, but it is only pulling the market down 0.76 points.
Queensland farmers are facing losses of $100 million and urgently need government grants to get back on their feet, the Queensland Farmers' Federation says.
It says crop farmers are facing severe losses, particularly around flood-stricken Bundaberg.
The cotton industry has also been hit hard, and 50 per cent of farmers in the dairy and pork industries have been affected by the floods.
US residents now make up the largest wine market in the world, and Australian producers are helping to quench their thirst.
Analyst Jon Fredrikson this week told a major industry gathering in th US that Americans consumed 13 per cent of all the wine produced globally.
US production rose two per cent last year to help meet the demand, he told the Unified Wine and Grape Symposium on Wednesday.
But bulk wine imports from Argentina, followed by Chile and Australia, also helped.
New Zealand had boosted its planted acreage by almost a quarter and was expected to become a bigger player, especially with production of sauvignon blanc.
Wine consumption is decreasing in France and Italy, so increasingly foreign producers are aiming for the US market.
Overseas wines now account for 35 per cent of sales in the US
More news from offshore. Apple, JPMorgan, Toyota and Honda gave employees face masks, offered health tips and added office plants as pollution in Beijing hit hazardous levels for a 19th day this month.
Beijing's city government recommended that its 20 million residents stay indoors for a second day as the local environmental monitoring center gave today's air quality the worst rating on its six-level scale. A US Embassy pollution monitor showed air quality in the Chinese capital reached hazardous levels for a fifth consecutive day.
Rumoured to be in the running for the job as leader of the SA Liberal party, Howard-era foreign minister Alexander Downer has joined the board of Lakes Oil as a nominee of Gina Rinehart-owned Hancock Prospecting only days after it bought a 18.6 per cent shares in the oil and gas explorer.
Some world news. An explosion at the headquarters of Petroleos Mexicanos in Mexico City has left 14 people dead and 80 injured, said the company, known as Pemex.
The blast took place at the so-called B2 building adjacent to the main Pemex tower, the state-owned oil producer said on its Twitter account.
Mexico City-based newspaper El Universal reported on its website that 30 people remained trapped under the debris and at least 100 were injured.
Earlier, Milenio TV said 3,500 people had been evacuated. Search parties were looking for more injured inside the building, Deputy Interior Minister Eduardo Sanchez said in an interview on the TV station. Rescue dogs were being used in the search.
The Aussie has been deflated by the weaker-than-expected China PMI result.
''Chinese manufacturing data was not a disastrous result but definitely weaker than what the market was looking for,'' said Jonathan Cavenagh, a currency strategist at Westpac Banking Corp. in Singapore.
''It would certainly take the shine off of Aussie dollar. We should see the Aussie test back through $1.04 at some stage today.''
The Australian dollar has from $US1.0445 on the news to $1.0402, but has since recovered to $US1.0418.
A bit more on the China PMI.
Ting Lu, chief China economist with Bank of America-Merrill Lynch said the volatility of the index around the Lunar New Year holidays - which fell in January last year and are in February this - distort the readings.
"We believe the Chinese economy and its related asset markets will remain in a sweet spot in the near-term," he wrote in a note to clients.
The final reading of the HSBC China PMI is due in a few minutes.
A quick look at which companies are leading the ASX200 higher:
- Independence group: -7.05%
- Mesoblast: +6.35%
- Acrux: +4.35%
- Karoon Gas: +4.24%
- Coalspur: +4.24%
- Billabong: +3.74%
Karoon Gas has jumped after announcing an oil find at its Kangaroo 1 well in Brazil.
Australian stocks have backed further off the day's highs following the release of the China PMI. At midday, the ASX200 were trading at 4917 but fell to 4911 upon the release of the data. The ASX200 topped out today at 4920 at 11.37am.
Some more on the first of the China PMIs - the second is due at 12.45pm.
The reading of 50.4, down from 50.6 in December, compares with the 51 median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of 33 economists and 50.6 in December. A number above 50 indicates expansion.
China's economic growth picked up last quarter for the first time in two years after the government accelerated approvals of investment projects and cut interest rates. At the same time, the nation's new leadership headed by Xi Jinping has signaled it may accept a reduced pace of expansion as it seeks to improve the quality and efficiency of development.
The dollar has dropped by 4/10 of a cent, to $US1.0410, on the back of the disappointing Chinese manufacturing data.
China's manufacturing PMI has come in at 50.4, slightly down from 50.6 in Decemeber and lower than the expected 51.
National Australia Bank has extended its debt facilities with family owned winery Casella Wines, the owners of juggernaut label Yellow Tail, as the bank continues to talk with the company over future loan covenants it will accept in the face of the new economic landscape which includes a high Australian dollar and falling revenue.
Casella chief executive John Casella told BusinessDay that talks were positive between the winemaker and its lender and that the family was investigating a number of opportunities and strategies to bolster the businesses over the next few years including the release of a new portfolio of premium wines, some of which could sell for $50 or $100 a bottle.
Unions are making a last-ditch plea to the consumer watchdog against a partnership between Qantas and Emirates airlines.
Tony Sheldon, national secretary of the Transport Workers' Union (TWU), along with other union representatives will front an Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) conference on Friday.
Mr Sheldon says he will reiterate that the partnership is a bad deal on many fronts.
''It's bad for consumers, it's bad for the travelling public, it's bad for the economy and it's bad for the Australian workforce,'' he told reporters outside the conference in Sydney.
''Shrinking Qantas and handing over our national routes is putting our economic future into the hands of a Middle East carrier in a volatile part of the world.''
Australia's producer price index at the final stage of production rose 0.2 per cent in the December quarter, for an annual gain of 1.0 per cent.
That compared with an unrevised 0.6 per cent rise in the September quarter.
In the December quarter, at the intermediate stage, the PPI was up 0.6 per cent, while at the preliminary stage it rose 0.6 per cent, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today.
Over the year to December, at the intermediate stage the PPI rose 1.7 per cent and at the preliminary stage it was up 1.4 per cent.
Economists' forecasts had centred on a December quarter PPI rise of 0.3 per cent.
Kathmandu shares got another boost this morning after the adventure wear retailer upgraded its profit forecast after a good Christmas and better-than-expected sales in the first half.
It now expects net profit in the six months to December 31 to be between $NZ9.5 million and $NZ10.5 million ($7.69 million and $8.50 million), an increase of up to 75 per cent on its $NZ6 million net profit in the previous corresponding period.
The company expects up to 70 per cent of its full-year earnings to be made in the second half of the financial year and, therefore, remains cautious about its full-year performance.
Analysts RP Data-Rismark report the national dwelling value – which includes both houses and units – rose 1.2 per cent last month, reversing the 1.2 per cent loss experienced in the fourth quarter of last year.
Strong growth in Brisbane, Sydney and Perth were responsible for driving the rise at the national level, while Melbourne and Adelaide continued to act as a drag on the market.
"These strong January results are likely to have seen some upwards seasonal bias, however the housing market has been on a clear recovery trend since June last year,'' said RP Data Research director Tim Lawless.
Over January, dwelling prices increased 1.8 per cent in Sydney, 2 per cent in Brisbane and 1.7 per cent in Perth.
Movement in Melbourne and Adelaide was essentially flat, recording rises of 0.2 per cent and 0.4 per cent, respectively.
Darwin was the only capital city to post a loss, with values falling 2.2 per cent.
South Korea's manufacturing sector activity marginally shrank in January after a small rise in December but new export orders received grew for the first time in eight months, a private survey showed on Friday.
The HSBC/Markit purchasing managers' index (PMI) of South Korea's manufacturing sector edged down to a seasonally adjusted 49.9 in January from 50.1 in December, just off 50 separating growth from contraction, Markit Economics said in a statement.
In December, the index rose above the 50-point mark for the first time in seven months, but analysts and government officials have said a firm rebound in South Korea's manufacturing sector would take longer due to weak global demand.
Japanese household spending fell 0.7 per cent in December from a year earlier in price-adjusted real terms, government data showed on Friday.
The fall was more than the median market forecast for a 0.3 per cent decline, and followed a 0.2 per cent rise in November.
Spending fell 0.7 per cent in December from the previous month in seasonally adjusted terms as households spent on average 325,492 yen, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said today.
Looking now at the sub indices on the ASX200:
- Health: +1.22%
- Finance: +0.65%
- Telecom: +0.62%
- Materials: +0.59%
- Consumer disc.: +0.56%
- Industrials: +0.52%
- Info tech: -1.11%
- Consumer staples: -0.57%
Aquila Resources has won state environmental approval for a proposed port to export iron ore, a key step for the company's planned $7.4 billion iron ore project in Western Australia.
The biggest hurdle to the Anketell port project, designed to eventually handle 350 million tonnes a year of iron ore, is state clearance for who will build the project.
Aquila's 50 per cent-owned API joint venture wants to build a 30 million tonnes-a-year mine, a railway and port, but the project has been stalled by delays in securing funding and regulatory approvals, aggravated by volatile iron ore prices.
On top of those issues, Aquila and its partners, private mining investment group American Metals and Coal International (AMCI) and South Korean steel giant POSCO, are locked in a budget dispute.
The state has said it will not give final approval for the Anketell project until it is certain the project's backers have the funds to justify going ahead with construction, which will depend on the iron ore market.
Aquila shares are down 1 per cent to $3.09.
Here's a quick snapshot of the best and worst performers in this first half an hour of trade:
Taxi payments operator Cabcharge has bought the Queensland taxi company Maxi Taxi for less than $5 million.
Maxi Taxi holds 11 taxi licences and five limousine licences for areas in Brisbane, regional Queensland cities and the ACT.
Cabcharge's acquisition includes the Maxi Taxi trademark which, it said, it would use to promote the Maxi Taxi brand around Australia.
Shares in Cabcharge are down 2 cents to $4.90.
Shopping centre developer Westfield Group expects to pay its securityholders a distribution of 24.75 cents for the first half of the 2012-13 financial year.
The distribution, to be paid at the end of February, is in line with its previous forecasts of full-year dividends of 49.5 cents per security in the 2012-13 financial year.
Westfield Retail Trust, which only holds interests in Westfield's Australian and New Zealand shopping centres, said it expected to pay its securityholders a 9.5 cents interim distribution.
Both Westfield companies are due to report their first-half financial results on February 27.
The market has opened slightly higher, the ASX200 is up 9.32 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 4888.1.
What you need to know
- SPI futures are 5 points higher at 4850
- The $A is higher at $US1.0434
- In New York, the S&P500 was 0.26% lower at 1498.11
- In London, the FTSE100 rose 0.73% to 6276.88
- China iron ore was higher at $US152.50 a metric tonne
- Gold fell $US1.15 to $US1661.50 an ounce
- WTI crude oil fell 64 cents to $US97.30 a barrel
- Reuters/Jefferies CRB index was down 0.27% at 303.93
Good morning folks. Welcome to the Markets Live blog for Friday.
Contributors: Thomas Hunter, Richard Hughes, Jens Meyer, Max Mason
This blog is not intended as investment advice
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