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What are the Benefits of Indoor Cycling?
According to the U.S. Department of Health ".....regular physical activity substantially reduces the risk of coronary disease, stroke, colon cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure.....and helps to control weight, contributes to healthy bones, muscles and joints... reduces symptoms of anxiety and depression..." Need we go on? Cycling is also "low-impact" without the joint stress that you get from "ground-pounding" sports and activities. All good reasons to strap-in/clip-on and RYDE!
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Why Christina and I Chose PEAC
If you've been following RydeOn! news at all, you know that Christina and I are holding a Ryde-a-thon on Saturday, February 11 to raise funds for PEAC (Programs to Educate All Cyclists).
In fact, there's still time to register a team – just click here – or call us at 734-316-2356 if you'd like your company to sponsor this event.
But why did Christina and I choose PEAC from among the many, many other worthwhile causes out there?
That's an easy one – we chose PEAC because PEAC's mission aligns so closely with our own. At RydeOn! we help people meet their fitness goals – whether those goals are weight loss and fitness or just being able to use their own bikes to commute to and from school or the office.
PEAC extends that mission by making cycling available to people who otherwise might not be able to do it. PEAC works with people who have physical disabilities including vision-related disabilities so they can enjoy the fitness and social benefits of cycling as well as helping them become more independent.
Specifically, we're raising money on February 11 for PEAC's summer cycling program, which helps people with disabilities set and achieve cycling goals. The program assesses each student's capabilities and gears each one-hour class to each student's specific needs – balance, modifications to the bicycle, whatever it takes to allow that person to ride.
Imagine how excited you are whenever you reach your next mileage or weight loss goal. Now imagine – or remember – being able to ride a bike by yourself for the very first time. That feeling of accomplishment is the gift that PEAC gives to 200 students every summer.
PEAC also has programs that train sighted cyclists to captain tandem bikes to allow people with vision-related disabilities to ride and sponsors weekly summer rides for teams. They are providing mobility training – cycling and getting around town on foot – through several special education classes in the metro Detroit area. And they are working hard to make sure that children with disabilities are included in the Safe Routes to School movement to create safe, convenient, and fun routes to allow children to walk and bike to school.
As parents, as cyclists, and as members of this community, Christina and I are very excited to have this opportunity to help make a real difference – won't you join us on February 11th?


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So one of my favorite things to eat is guacamole, I went to Cheese Cake Factory and tried their guacamole rolls or egg rolls and it was delicious. (live in Houston) if youguys would tell me your favorite guacamole dishes from restaurants I'd love to hear it so I can try it :)
A great many Mexican restaurants in Houston have a guacamole cart that comes around to the tables, and somebody stands there and makes guacamole to your exact order. You tell them just what you want in it, and how much. So you can have it really "limey," for example, or not so much. Lots of "heat" or none. Plenty of cilantro, or tomatoes, or onions, or leave them out entirely.
That's the best.
But, also, although it's not guacamole, Pho Dien, a Vietnamese noodle house on Bellaire, makes a killer avocado smoothie.
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HTC has unveiled the Sensation XL, the newest member of its Beats Audio-equipped smartphone family. The Sensation XL joins the previously announced Sensation XE in HTC's line-up of smartphones with Beats Audio.
Featuring a massive 4.7-inch WVGA (480 x 800 pixel) display, the Sensation XL lives up to the "XL" part of its name. Despite the big screen, the phone is quite trim, at only 9.9mm (0.39in) thick. It is powered by a single-core, 1.5GHz processor, and has 16GB of internal storage. The Sensation XL features an 8 megapixel camera with a 28mm, f/2.2 wide angle lens and backside illuminated sensor. The camera is also capable of recording video with stereo sound.
Like the Sensation XE, the Sensation XL's claim to fame is its Beats Audio integration. It comes with new urBeats branded headphones, and sports unique audio tuning from Beats for the best possible sound. Users will be able to send song recommendations and track information to their friends over SMS, email, or through their Facebook profile. HTC's Watch entertainment store is also included, providing users with an option to download and watch TV shows and movies on their mobile devices.
The Sensation XL is due to be available in Europe and Asia in early November. Pricing has yet to be announced.
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Saturday May 16, 2009
Sunday May 17, 2009
- Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
- Jonathan Biss, piano
Christopher Theofanidis Radiant Mind, Sound Investment commission (world premiere)
Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor
de Falla Ritual Fire Dance from El amor brujo
Ginastera Variaciones concertantes
orchestration: 2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon; 2 horns, trumpet, trombone; timpani; harp; strings
The music of the award-winning American composer Christopher Theofanidis has been performed all over the world. Recently, he has written new works for the American Ballet Theater, the Houston Grand Opera and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Tonight, LACO will present the world premiere of a work Theofanidis composed for the Orchestra's Sound Investment patron commissioning club. This piece, Radiant Mind, will be the latest work sponsored by the Sound Investment group, which has helped the Orchestra contribute a new work to the chamber orchestra repertoire each year since 2002. Theofanidis, who holds degrees from Yale, the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Houston, has a style that can be described as neo-Romantic, but with a sincerity and transparency that allows a contemporary relevance to come through. His 2000 piece, Rainbow Body, is one of the most oft-performed orchestral works written by a living composer.
In his first meeting with members of LACO's Sound Investment, Theofanidis talked about his inspiration for the work: "The title Radiant Mind is taken from Buddhist philosophy, in which a mindful state is sometimes compared to the sky on a clear day, our thoughts like clouds arising and then floating away. With this image of the mind as a cloud-dotted skyscape as a reference, I'm planning for the commission to explore several shifting musical ideas against a somewhat more stable background of harmonic and melodic colors. I should say also that I'm excited to see how this general concept develops as I begin working with it."
We don't often think of Robert Schumann as a fiery composer, but he was extremely passionate about his art form, and there were times when he became nearly obsessed with a genre, or an idea, or even a type of ensemble. For example, he once devoted an entire year to writing more than 100 songs, focusing on this genre almost exclusively. Then there was 1841, during which time Schumann turned his focus to the orchestra and the solo piano. Schumann began several piano concertos—one in E-flat major, one in F major, and one in D minor—before he finally completed one. In a flurry of orchestral creation, Schumann composed the Overture, Scherzo and Finale (which LACO performed earlier this season at September's Marriner Gala) and the Fourth Symphony, and he revised the First and Third Symphonies. In addition, he wrote his Phantasie in 1841, a single-movement work for piano and orchestra. This piece was so promising that wife Clara encouraged him to expand the work into a full-fledged piano concerto. Clara—a talented pianist and composer herself—had a very diplomatic and convincing way of suggesting such things to Schumann. He did in fact undertake the project and completed the second and third movements of the Piano Concerto in A minor in 1845. Ferdinand Hiller, to whom the concerto was dedicated, conducted at the 1846 premiere in Leipzig and Clara was the soloist.
In keeping with traditional Classical concerto form, there are three movements in this piece. The first, marked Allegro affettuoso, begins with a stroke in the timpani and strings followed by a descending line in the piano. The main theme, introduced by the oboe and other woodwinds, is then taken over by the piano. Schumann's sensitivity to the piano's unique abilities enabled him to write a solo part that is interesting and independent, yet fully integrated into the symphonic framework. In the second movement, Schumann shows his gift for lyricism, his ability to turn even simple themes into delightful, graceful figures. The last movement follows without pause, and turns the A minor of the opening movement into A major. The movement sails to a close as the soloist and ensemble weave virtuosic lines around one another, trading the spotlight until the very end when they come to a unified close.
Manuel de Falla, a native of Cádiz, Spain, drew often upon the musical traditions of his homeland in his compositions. Unlike other composers such as Debussy, Ravel and Rimsky-Korsakov, who appropriated a Spanish style from an outsider's point of view, Falla captured the passionate fire of Spanish music in a way no foreigner ever could, and in doing so, brought the true flavor of these traditions to a world audience.
El amor brujo, or "Love, the Sorcerer" was originally commissioned in 1914–15 as a gypsy piece ( gitanería ) by Pastora Imperio, who was herself a famous gypsy dancer. In its original incarnation, the work was written for chamber orchestra and voice. This early version was only marginally successful. Manuel de Falla recast the work in 1925 as a ballet for full symphony orchestra. In addition, there were three songs featuring a mezzo-soprano. This version achieved greater success.
The scenario of the ballet centers upon Candelas, a gypsy girl who is in love with a man named Carmelo. Their union is not peaceful, however, as Candelas is haunted by the ghost of a former lover. The music draws upon the traditions of Andalusian gypsy music, but manages to be something wholly original as well. Francisco Rovira Beleta made a version of this ballet for film in 1967. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and it won a national award in Spain. Another filmed version of the ballet was directed in 1986 by Carlos Saura. Saura included some spoken dialogue in this version, but remained faithful to Falla's score.
In the section heard tonight, "Ritual Fire Dance," as in most of Falla's works, some of the expected clichés of Spanish music are hinted at rather than explicitly stated. The work is not scored for guitar, nor does it use castanets, but the quality of this Spanish musical tradition shines through in rhythmic vivacity, dancing energy and a fiery spirit.
Alberto Ginastera was an Argentine of Spanish and Italian descent. Studying both in Buenos Aires and in the United States, his musical influences were varied, including the native tangos of Argentina and the quintessentially American style he encountered while studying with Aaron Copland in the 1940s. His output—like that of many composers—can be separated into three chronological and stylistic categories. In his "Objective Nationalism" period (the 1930s through 1948), his use of Argentine folk elements was concrete and uncomplicated. The next period, "Subjective Nationalism," lasted from 1948 to 1958 and here, Ginastera began to integrate folk elements in a more obscure fashion, a trend that continued in his final period, "Neo-expressionism" (1958–1983).
Ginastera composed the Variaciones Concertantes in 1953, during his middle period. It was a tumultuous time for Ginastera, as difficulties with Perón's rule led to the composer's resignation as the head of the Music Conservatory of the National University of La Plata. Regardless of the troubles he was having with the government, Ginastera's appreciation for the music of his homeland never waned. Rather than explicitly stating folk materials, Ginastera, like Falla, strove instead for an atmosphere indicative of his homeland. In Variaciones Concertantes, one of the most striking musical effects is the harmony of the open-string guitar, here played by the harp. It is this opening gambit that forms the basic thematic material for the work. Eleven variations follow the initial statement, and in each variation, one instrument is singled out. Ginastera bases the musical material of the variation on the idiomatic qualities of that instrument. There are embellishments that appear throughout, including motor-like tapping notes and jazz-inspired flourishes. The last variation, an appropriation of the malambo, a gaucho dance, is colorful and energetic, a suitable end to our tour through Ginastera's Argentina and our 40th anniversary season.
– Christine Lee Gengaro, PhD


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I don't know what I did before dry shampoo. I really don't. Luckily, I no longer have to settle for a ponytail on days in between hair washings. You shouldn't wash your hair everyday as it strips moisture and wrecks your salon color, and with a brand new baby on his way, everyday washing and blowouts just are not in my near (or distant) future anyway. I know I am not alone here. Dry shampoo was invented for moms, the busy, put everyone else first moms who want to retain a bit of style.
In anticipation of my son's arrival, I have my hospital bag packed and ready to go. There are a few key items in there that I did not bring with me last time, items I will be sharing with you, dear readers. One new item that I foresee making the hospital stay a lot better is Batiste dry shampoo.
Batiste is an aerosol can of dry shampoo, that when sprayed onto the hair roots, instantly refreshes and rejuvenates. The spray is a powder really that absorbs oils built up in the roots, and also throughout the length. It gives body and lift, making it easy to actually have a style between washings.
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Which corkscrew is the best?
I am working on my wedding registry, and need a corkscrew. I feel guilty registering for a super fancy-schmancy one (i.e. the rabbit), however I struggle alot with opening wine (I'm a certified bartender, but have NO upper body strength). Any recommendations? Is the rabbit worth it?
My wife will only use the Screwpull Classic Table Model which requires little to no upper body strength and retails for under $30.00.
re: LGregory
+1 for the Screwpull - bought mine 15 yrs ago on my honeymoon in Napa. I've pulled a lot of corks with it, and it's still pulling fine. ;-)
I also love just a traditional waiter's tool too. I was a server for many, many years and I always carried one in my purse until after 9/11 and my favorite one was confiscated by airport security. :-(
Perhaps you should consider a Screwpull style like this:
Personally, I like one of the simplest and most compact cork pullers, the "waiter's friend" style, like this:
While there is some learning curve to the second type, because it is up to you to place the corkscrew correctly into the cork, I have got used to that and I am pretty sure that nothing is faster and easier. Plus, the ability to modify and adjust how the screw enters the cork is helpful on occasions when you're opening very old wines with weakened cork. You do need to use some muscle to pull the cork with leverage, but I prefer using leverage to the discomfort of turning a knob into the cork as with many other types.
Also, there are cheaper and workable versions of the rabbit design. Chinese knock-offs, no doubt.
I am very happy with the Campagnolo corkscrew that I bought in Italy. The screw is planed so that the surfaces that pull the cork are flat. I never have any trouble getting a cork out, and the corks never break apart, no matter how bad their condition. It doesn't need to be a Campagnolo corkscrew, but the screw should be planed in a similar manner.
re: Tripeler
This is the exact same one my dad always used. He loved it and I remember that it worked really well - for him.. For me, though, I love my plain and simple cork screw with a wood handle. I've had it for years and never have a problem getting a cork out. I have trouble with almost any other kind.
re: Tripeler
Interesting - when I was first learning about wine and corkscrews (this would be well back in the previous century), one of the first things I remember being taught was, "always make sure the screw part has a hollow core" - that if you couldn't insert a nail up the center of the screw you risked grinding up the cork instead of extracting it. Yet the one you picture has a solid core. Was I being lied to lo those many years ago?
re: BobB
re: ZenSojourner
You've probably seen them but not noticed the difference. They're the kind where the screw looks like a piece of heavy wire was wrapped around thin dowel, then sharpened at the end, as opposed to the type Tripeler links to that's like a large version of a wood screw. The vast majority of corkscrews out there, from those on Swiss Army knives to Rabbits, are hollow core.
re: BobB
One of the easiest corkscrews to use and it travels well! $20.00.
re: HillJ
That's my corkscrew of choice, too. My problem with a waiter's style corkscrew is that I too often screw the worm in at an angle and end up breaking the cork, or worse, grinding the glass bottle. The Screwpull is failsafe that way; the worm goes through the middle of the cork every time.
re: CindyJ
CindyJ's point is good: all of us fans of the waiter's style need to acknowledge that it calls for a bit of skill. There's a learning curve, as I said above, but it's not steep.
Like others, I assume, I've evolved a way to do it right every time--and I could describe it if the OP is interested--but you really do have to initiate the insertion of the screw in the cork just so.
re: CindyJ
re: Davwud
It's a bit tricky, is all I'm saying. And it is possible to mis-insert a waiter's-style corkscrew along the side of the cork in such a way that you can tear apart older corks, even if you back it out and reinsert.
But the fact that you can precisely locate the insertion point of the waiter's style is also a great plus. A friend of mine once pulled only the top of an old cork out using wing-style puller, leaving so little remaining cork that pushing down at all on the remaining cork would push it into the wine. Only the waiter's style allowed us to put lateral pressure on the cork at just right point, and we got it out. It's totally my favorite style for ease and versatility.
re: CindyJ
I love this corkscrew! Can't count the number of folks that have converted to this and the ideal bottle/cs gift this has made. Fits in a purse, pocket with ease. I've been using the same one for a long time with no issue. Waiter's style is fine but I prefer the one I highlighted above.
re: CindyJ
re: HillJ
I have that model and the original model and I like the original best. It's now called:
Screwpull by Le Creuset Table Model Corkscrew
This was the model that made Screwpull famous. The fixed two finger handle on the top is easier using than the removable one finger one. The screw is coated with teflon which makes going into and out of the cork very easy and clean. I have a kitchen draw with most of the other ones mentioned here and they never get used anymore. I did once have one that worked by injecting air to push the cork out. You would stick what looked like a giant hypodermic needle through the cork and then begin pumping the handle to build pressure inside the bottle. It was amusing until I tried it on a bottle of sangria which exploded. Definitely don't get that one.
re: BluPlateSpec
I have this exact corkscrew, and the drawer of ALL of the others, and this is the one that gets used and used and used. Through wedding and wine clubs, I have received all of the others and while I can use a waiters corkscrew without much angst, this one requires to effort at all. Put piece one over the bottle of wine, insert piece two, turn to the right until the cork comes out. Hold the cork and turn to the left to remove the cork. Repeat on your 2nd bottle of wine!
Try your shoe......
I am a big fan of the waiter's style corkscrew. They are compact, inexpensive, and I like how they have a foil cutter on them whereas a lot of other styles don't have one.
I also prefer ones with teflon coated worms and double lever action. I've had a couple single lever actions and they take more force to open, but with that said my favorite corkscrew is a single action Chateau Laguiole. It just feels nice in the hand.
If you do get an inexpensive double action screwpull though, the hinge can wear out, so try finding ones with a solid hinge system. Even though I don't own one, I think those locking ones might be more durable.
Don't waste your friends' money on a Rabbit. Rabbit corkscrews are good if you drink wine as a form of showing off. A waiter's friend style corkscrew is better if you actually enjoy drinking wine.
The corkscrew that I've come to enjoy the most is the $5 waiter's friend one ("Groggy") from IKEA. I partially make a living as a bartender. Through my years, I've opened a lot of wine; I've used a LOT of different corkscrews, and a properly handled IKEA one gets the job done for me faster and easier than anything else I've used. Put the bottle upright on the counter, cut the foil, bury the worm all the way in the cork, catch the hinged part on the lip of the bottle, then push up on the other end of the corkscrew and the cork pops out like Fred Astaire. As smkit said, you might want to get yourself a double-action one, as they are easier to open; I find that the second hinge just complicates things.
re: PotatoPuff
I recommend a Pulltap's [sic] two-step "waiter's friend" style corkscrew.. It's $4.99 at Trader Joe's.
I rarely see a server or bartender using anything else.
The Pulltap's has replaced my pricey Chateau Laguiole as my "goto" corkscrew.
Go buy it yourself, and put something more interesting on your registry! ;-)
I've been trying to resist . . . but I can hold out no longer!
The best corkscrew is . . . .
Whichever one I can actually find!
re: ZenSojourner
re: smkit
That's always my favorite. ;-) If not a screw cap, then the Screwpull type seems to work well. It removes all question as to how well it's going to work, getting it straight or when to start pulling. Not that these are necessarily difficult, just like so many other things, but it removes all question which is saying something. It's more repeatable than any other style that I've seen. The Rabbit is just silly, really, more design than function.
I think your starting point ought to be to ask yourself: How many bottles in an evening (or better, morning!) am I planning to open?
If the answer is one or two an evening, then the ubiquitous "waiter's corkscrew" (ubiquitous for a reason--it works well) is great. My only cautions are get one with (1) a forged tapered worm; (2) the twist that matches whether you are R or L handed; (3) good leverage; (4) a decent foilcutter blade; (5) a worm whose tip folds flat into the handle (doesn't stick out to snag your pocket or apron; and (6) a crowncap opener designed in. You might check out the Laguiole line for your wedding registry.
If you open a lot of bottles or are showy, the table- wall- and tripod-mount corkscrews can be nice. The best ones are one-pull--a continuous pull drives the worm into the cork AND extracts it. A good selection from a good manufacturer is here: http://www.rogarwineopeners.com/all-w... I use a wall-mounted Rogar in my winery, and like its firm operation. One thing to remember about these models is that they can be somewhat unwieldy--you typically have to support the bottle underneath, even though the "jaws" or funnel gizmo may hold the bottle's neck. The pedestal mounts are rarely the exact height to fit your bottle, so you have to hold the bottle in place. Therefore I would choose the wall-mount or clamp-on-counter models.
I do not care for the fold-down the-wings style corkscrews, simply because I find them slow and clumsy.
Good luck.
Another vote for the waiter style corkscrew. Make sure you get the strongest, best made one you can find. The one I currently have was for sale on the counter at my local wine store. It's marked EPIC PRODUCTS on the side of the cork lifter and on the end of the knife black it says ACUTUS. I think I paid $6 for it. The handle is big enough and ergonomically shaped to provide leverage.
It's this one:
Cook's Illustrated review of Wine Openers
Published May 1, 2007. From Cook's Illustrated:
Highly Recommended
Williams-Sonoma Screwpull Trigger Wine Opener Set, Model Number 36-7078876
Wine Enthusiast QuickSilver Deluxe Corkscrew Set, Mfg. Wine Enthusiast, Model Number 418 19 45
Recommended with Reservations
Wine Enthusiast Lever Style Concorde Corkscrew Set, Mfg. Wine Enthusiast
Metrokane Deluxe Rabbit Corkscrew, Mfg. Metrokane
Bonjour Chateau Royale Wine Opener, Mfg. Bonjour Chateau Royale
re: Antilope
re: PotatoPuff
Here's a link, but Cook's Illustrated is a pay site and you have to be an online subscriber to view much of the content:
re: Antilope
Cook's Illustrated updated their wine openers' review this month, and of course, got some new results. How else are they going to convince subscribers to keep renewing for the same recipes if they didn't keep changing their recommendations for the same equipment...
This time, their previous winner fell out out of their winner's circle because CI argued that these new choices were a lot cheaper more compact. Although, they gave the WS Screwpull Trigger a highly recommended rating last time, their winner, the Oggi Nautilus, this time only got a recommended rating.
And, to answer the OP, CI recommended the Metrokane Vertical Rabbit as their second highest pick, with the others following it only getting recommended with reservatons or not recommended rating.
Simply the easiest corkscrew evah... http://corkscrew.com/sales_sieger.html
I like the double pronged cork puller - no cork bits.
re: GraydonCarter
re: smkit
I suppose that's true. However, for older wines with a natural cork from the bark of cork oak tree, this style of opener is particularly nice for when the cork seems "glued" to the bottle. If for some reason there is oak sap around the cork, this style can be turned around the entire mouth of the bottle to loosen / cut the cork from the sap around the inside of the bottle.
re: GraydonCarter
I can see that. I used to have three different pulls that all worked better in different circumstances, and I used to use the pronged one for a lot of tough corks.
The newest tough corks for me though are some of the synthetic corks after I have put the bottle in the freezer for a quick chill. Sometimes they are so tight already and then the freezer puts a little 'chill glue' on it. Man they can be tough.
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I liked that type for a while too, until the time I inserted the blades, gripped the top of the bottle and twisted to extract the cork - and the top 1/4 inch of the bottle shattered and shards of glass chewed up my palm. No lasting damage other than a minor scar, but I'll never touch one of those again!
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Let me weigh in with another suggestion, which follows from the axiom "The best corkscrew is the one you have available to you." That is, the humble "picnic knife". They come in all sizes, and are cheap enough to outfit your backpack, pocket, picnic basket, beach cabin and Gulfstream V. For the gearheads out there, the ne plus ultra one pictured (poorly) below is 13 inches unfolded. Found at http://www.spitjack.com/page/SJ/PROD/...


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King County Elections published the April 17 Special Election Voter's Pamphlet online yesterday before they are mailed to Mercer Island's 16,632 voters.
At issue is a measure to authorize up to $196 million in construction bonds for the stated purpose of planning and rebuilding all of Mercer Island's K-8 schools, as well as modernization work on and, repairs for and the purchase of land.
The is one of six local govenments using the special election to put a measure before voters, but the only school district to participate in the voter guide, at a cost of $3,000. The pamphlet includes the measure as it appears on the ballot, an explanatory statement limited to 250 words, and "pro" and "con" statements of up to 200 words and rebuttals of up to 75 words.
The MISD appointed residents Michael Finn, Trevor Hart and Marty Gale to write statements in opposition to the bond and Rand Ginn, Emmett Maloof and Susan Blake in support of the bonds.
Participation in the voter guide is not required in special elections, unlike primary and general elections. The school board to use the pamphlet, but participation on March 1.
Issaquah School District is also asking voters to consider a $219 million bond measure and Renton School District has put a $96 million on the April ballot for a second time.
Passage of the bond requires a 60 percent yes vote and a minimum turnout of 3,971 votes.
Here are some important dates to remember in the run-up to the April Special Election:
- Mar 18, 2012 Overseas and military ballots mailed for the April 17 Special Election
- Mar 19, 2012 Deadline for mail and online voter registrations and transfers for the April 17 Special Election
- Mar 28, 2012 Ballots mailed for the April 17 Special Election
- Mar 29, 2012 Ballot drop box locations open
- Mar 30, 2012 Accessible Voting Units and ballots available through Election Day
- Apr 09, 2012 Deadline for in-person registration for the April 17 Special Election
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How the Supreme Court May Make Mutual Funds More Expensive
Separating myths from realities in the Supreme Court's mutual fund case.
As the Supreme Court mulls over mutual funds' fees, analysts have lined up to read between the lines. And while a decision in Jones v. Harris Associates is probably months away, there is no shortage of opinions about its implications.
On its surface, the question at the heart of the case is narrowly constructed: Should courts intervene when investors claim that asset managers' fees excessively favor certain clients? The plaintiffs are shareholders in the Oakmark funds, which are run by Harris Associates. The Oakmark shareholders say that at the time they filed the suit in 2004, they were being charged management fees nearly twice as high—0.88 percent vs. 0.45 percent—as those assigned to Harris's institutional clients.
[See Retail Investors Get Their Day in High Court.]
Still, this veneer of simplicity hasn't prevented an outpouring of speculation as to how potential outcomes could affect the broader financial industry. With that in mind, U.S. News takes a look at three of the most common claims and examines how likely the suggested impacts are to materialize. This is the first of three articles. The next two will appear Tuesday and Wednesday.
Claim: The Supreme Court's decision could inadvertently make funds more expensive to own. In jumping in to referee a tense dispute in the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court could create a new rubric for evaluating mutual fund fee disputes. If that happens, some fear it would trigger a wave of litigation as mutual funds and investors spar in court to test the standard's limits. This, in turn, could drive up expense ratios over time as funds pay to defend themselves, which would be an ironic twist of events for the plaintiffs in this case, who are seeking lower fees.
[See Study Shows Increases in Mutual Fund Fees.]
"The Supreme Court could conceivably articulate a new and different standard that may well prompt ... lawyers to bring additional litigation against mutual funds, and those costs will come directly from the shareholders' pockets in the form of higher fees," says Susan Ferris Wyderko, the executive director of the Mutual Fund Directors Forum, a group that does outreach and education for the independent directors of U.S. mutual funds.
Since 1982, courts have used the Gartenberg standard, established in Gartenberg v. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, to resolve fee disputes. While Gartenberg is broadly deferential to fund providers, the circuit court took it a step further in its 2008 decision. In his ruling, Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook takes issue with Gartenberg, which says that a fee should not be "so disproportionately large that it bears no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and could not have been the product of arm's-length bargaining." Easterbrook suggests that there must also be deceit involved in order for a court to intervene. He says that a fiduciary's duty is to "play no tricks" on investors and that market pressures rather than the courts are the solution to high fees.
Currently, the Supreme Court has a number of options: Justices can take Easterbrook's side, create their own standard, or reaffirm Gartenberg. Still, despite concerns that the high court's decision could usher in an era of rampant mutual fund litigation, the justices gave the impression during oral arguments earlier this month that they weren't looking to make any sweeping changes. And even if justices do embrace a new standard, not everyone is convinced that investors will suffer from higher costs. If the new metric is closer to Easterbrook's ruling, for example, it could instead drive down the number of lawsuits, since it would make it harder for investors to sue.
On the other end of the spectrum, even a standard that is more permissive of lawsuits isn't guaranteed to push up expense ratios. "The lawsuits for these particular types of cases are really kind of few and far between. It's not as if plaintiffs attorneys are suing every single asset management company," says Morningstar analyst Ryan Leggio. As a result, if the Supreme Court rules that Harris's fee differentials between its institutional and retail clients are excessive, costs could actually decrease enough to offset any litigation expenses that get passed along to investors. "Since it's unlikely that institutional investors will agree to pay more ... that would mean that retail fees would have to come down," Leggio says.
Another possible outcome is a return to Gartenberg. Paul Atkins, managing director of the consulting firm Patomak Partners and a former Securities and Exchange Commission commissioner, says he likes the Gartenberg standard because it provides judges with criteria for throwing out spurious lawsuits. "The most important thing is to deter the silly lawsuits, and we all know that they exist, and we all know that they're out there where plaintiffs lawyers are basically trying to shake people down for settlements," says Atkins, whose firm advises investment managers.
Ultimately, though, even if lawsuits do prompt funds to pass off extra costs to shareholders, it's unlikely that any increases in expense ratios will be substantial. "Certainly, for a few funds that may be the test cases under a new standard . . . there could be some marginal fee increases, but as kind of a general proposition, I think that's unlikely," says Leggio.


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Preservation Maryland's headquarters is in the 1791 Old St. Paul's Rectory,located in Baltimore's Mt. Vernon Cultural District and near the Inner Harbor. St. Paul's Rectory was built in 1791 on land conveyed to the Vestry of St. Paul's by John Eager Howard in 1786. It is a Baltimore City Landmark, and a contributing structure of the Cathedral Hill Historic District. Preservation Maryland occasionally makes the Rectory available for meetings and social events. For details, including pricing, please contact us.
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New wolf hunt petitions will start circulating this week
Beginning Wednesday, Michigan hunting groups will start collecting signatures on a petition to allow wolf hunting in the Upper Peninsula. Today, the Board of State Canvassers approved wording for the petition.
The pro-hunt petition is intended to counter two petition drives by groups trying to protect the gray wolf.
Since November 15th, at least 17 wolves have been killed in the state's first ever wolf hunt.
"I would like to clarify that it doesn't guarantee a wolf hunt," says Drew YoungeDyke, a spokesman for Citizens for Professional Wildlife Management, "All that this would guarantee is that the decision about whether to not to have future wolf hunts are made by biologists…rather than television commercials."
The "Scientific Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act" would direct the Natural Resources Commission to designate game species using "sound science". That would allow the body to designate what animals should be hunted in Michigan. The act would also allocate a million dollars to the NRC. That appropriation would prevent wolf hunt supporters from launching a referendum petition to challenge the law.
The hunting groups hope to get their petition to the legislature by late Spring
Next November, there will likely be two referendums challenging state laws allowing for a wolf hunt. If the legislature does not act on the hunters' petition, there could be three referendums on the ballot.
Jill Fritz is with Keep Michigan Wolves Protected. She's accusing backers of the petition drive of "making an end run around the voters" to get their way on the wolf hunt.
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---- — Kaarl H. Waalewyn, a 53-year-old Eastern Point Road man, was arrested and charged with drunken driving and malicious property destruction after he allegedly punched a window at a waterfront restaurant, then drove off while intoxicated.
Police had first responded to The Gloucester House on Rogers Street on a report of an "unwanted guest" Wednesday about 10:30 p.m., and Waalewyn was driving out of the parking lot, with his headlights off as police arrived.
A woman told police Waalewyn had also "punched" the right side mirror on her vehicle after she attempted to help him off the ground after she had found him lying down before he drove off.
Officers stopped Waalewyn and he failed sobriety tests, saying "just arrest me."
Police transported Waalewyn to Addison Gilbert Hospital for treatment before holding him in a cell at the station.
A Gloucester Fire Department ambulance "slightly scraped" a police cruiser, causing paint scratches and a "small dent," while both departments were responding to an emergency Wednesday about 3 p.m., according to police.
The roadway was "very tight," at the Washington Square emergency, police said. The ambulance suffered "no apparent damage."
Police stopped a 14-year-old who was riding his bicycle on Route 128 near Exit 13 Wednesday about 7:30 p.m., and called the boy's mom to pick him up.
The 14-year-old told police he was riding home to Essex on his bicycle, and police explained that riding on Route 128 is both illegal and dangerous.
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The ideas of Laissez-faire economic theory can be found everywhere: on the internet blogs, on television news programs, on radio, from think tank public position papers, university channels, and political campaigns like the present Obama/Romney 2012 presidential race. Laissez-faire economic policies were key to Reagan's administration as became stock Republican Trickle Down economic propaganda ever since. Laissez-faire theory even made major inroads into Democratic political platforms; however, this economic school of thought can be traced back to the early 1800s. The actual term "Laissez-faire" was first used in France during the 1600s, but didn't become a creed until the 1830s when British manufacturing leaders urged passing of the Poor Laws (Polanyi, Karl, The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time, Beacon Press. Kindle Edition. p. 141-142). Sometimes Laissez-faire economic notions are explicitly presented, but most often they are assumptions underlying political memes which make them easier to accept without critical examination. These background assumptions are difficult to identify and counter-argue even for those familiar with Laissez-faire economic doctrine because these beliefs are so well embedded in public discourse.
Laissez-faire economic doctrine can appear in many forms and contexts: Malthusian natural selection, Edmond Burke Conservatism, Herbert Spencer Social Darwinism, Neo-liberal economics, Austrian Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises' Austrian school Capital Theory, Friedrich von Hayek's Austrian Capital Theory, Ayn Randian nihilistic individualism, Milton Friedman Monetarism, Lew Rockwell Libertarianism, and Globalist Thomas Friedman. There are of course many others apologists for Laissez-faire theory, but I want to exam Austrian economist Friedrich von Hayek because he debated John Maynard Keynes directly and left an extensive record of arguments and counter arguments at the critical time Keynesianism became the dominate economic school of thought during the 1930s. The two economists knew each other personally. The obituary for the son of Friedrich von Hayek, Laurence Hayek, recounted that both Keynes and Hayek took fire watch shifts on the roof of the King's Chapel during German bombing raids.
Friedrich von Hayek began his economic studies as a Fabian socialist, but never was attracted to Marxism. After the WWI armistice of November 11, 1918, he returned to Vienna in defeated German-Austria intending to study economics. The former Austrian-Hungarian Empire was reduced to a lesser state of German-Austria that suffered from economic depression as the allies extracted postwar reparations. During this difficult time in post WWI German-Austria, the nineteen years old Hayek read John Maynard Keynes' book "Economic Consequences of the Peace" that was critical of the victorious Allied leaders' desire to punish Germany with harsh reparation agreements, and warned of revolution in the chaotic defeated states. Because of Keynes' concern for these suffering countries from extreme hardship, hyper-inflation being one, Hayek said Keynes was "something of a hero to us Central Europeans." (Wapshott, Nicholas, Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics, Norton. Kindle Edition. p.4.). So one can say Hayek was a Keynesian on this issue of the post war Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye that placed economic hardship on Germany and Austria. Hayek was also impressed and agreed with Keynes' solutions for the government to stabilize Austrian prices and currency as proposed in Keynes' article "A Tract on Monetary Reform."
As a law student at the University of Vienna Law School Hayek read Austrian economist Carl Menger on price theory. After Hayek graduated in 1921, a lecturer from the University of Vienna named Ludwig von Mises hired him. With the help of Mises, Hayek worked in the United States as an economic researcher in 1923. Hayek also started work on an economics Ph.D at New York University, and once worked with an economics advisor to President Wilson. Hayek returned to Austria in 1924 and continued studying under Mises as his mentor. In 1927 Mises appointed Hayek as director to the Austrian Institute for Business Cycle Research. Hayek was determined to met Keynes and took the opportunity when invited to a meeting of the London and Cambridge Economic Service in 1928 where the two first met face to face. This organization was founded by Keynes and was composed of the London School of Economics (LSE) and Cambridge University to provide new kinds of statistical data for stock share prices, wages, and production.
At this first meeting Hayek and Keynes got into a fierce debate concerning economic theory that would continue in academia for years. Hayek met two important allies at LSE who would help him publicly confront Keynes ideas. Lionel Robbins was director of the LSE, and William Beveridge who did not like Keynes held the chair of political economy at LSE. As a free-marketer Robbins believed that the London School should oppose the Cambridge school of economic theory characterized by classical economist Alfred Marshall and Keynes. Robbins helped Hayek with writing his papers and speeches in English including strategic advise on how to attack Keynes. In 1931 Robbins invited Hayek to give four lectures arguing against Keynesian economic theories.
However, before giving the four LSE lectures, Hayek's made a first appearance to the mostly Keynesian Marshall Society in London, Cambridge. Richard F. Kahn, a physicist turned economist and then professor at King's College in Cambridge, attended this first public lecture. Kahn is credited for the discovery of the "ratio" effect which Keynes renamed "the multiplier" effect as money is repeatedly spent working its way through the economy. Kahn wrote of this first lecture by Hayek.
Joan Robinson, who had a reputation for ruthlessly dispatching her opponents, was less forgiving. "I very well remember Hayek's visit to Cambridge on his way to the London School," she recalled nearly forty years later. "He expounded his theory and covered the blackboard with his triangles. The whole argument, as we could see later, consisted in confusing the current rate of investment with the total stock of capital goods, but we could not make it out at the time. The general tendency seemed to be to show that the Slump was caused by inflation." She cruelly summed up Hayek's unfortunate debut on the British stage as a "pitiful state of confusion." (Ibid., pp. 71-72).
In spite of this bad start, Hayek still wanted to give the four lectures to the London School of economics to show Keynes' theories were wrongheaded by presenting Austrian Capital Theory. British author Nicholas Wapshott has an excellent historical record in his book, Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics, (2011) about the debates between Keynes and Hayek that is well worth reading. Currently there is a massive amount of propaganda constructed around Hayek and the Austrian School of Economics to hide the many flaws of this Laissez-faire school of economics.
Hayek's four lectures were about prices, the natural equilibrium of production, interest rates, credit, and monetary theory. These lectures would eventually be published in a book entitled "Prices and Production (1935)." These lectures secured Hayek's position at LSE, but did not catch Keynes' immediate attention. Then in August 1931 Hayek attacked Keynes' recent publication, "Treatise on Money" in the LSE's journal named, Economica, with Robbins as the journal's editor. Hayek's diatribe entitled, "Reflections on the Pure Theory of Money of Mr. J. M. Keynes," was essentially an ad hominem attack on Keynes. Hayek could only show contempt for Keynes writing in the review that,
Having in his opening remarks excoriated Keynes for his intellectual inadequacies and his lack of knowledge of basic Austrian economic theories, Hayek sets off on a long, complex, and often barely comprehensible explanation for why Keynes's ignorance of Austrian capital theory, including Hayek's own contribution, which had not yet been published in English and therefore Keynes could not have read, ensured that A Treatise [on Money] was of little use in explaining the fluctuations of the business cycle. Throughout, Hayek adopted an ill-tempered tone of indignation, as if Keynes had deliberately set out to offend him personally. "I have no fundamental objection to this somewhat irritating distinction [between entrepreneurs' profits and money income],"29 he writes, before listing what he seems to imagine are a succession of personal slights. "I cannot agree with his explanation of why profits arise,"30 he writes. "I must confess that I am absolutely unable to attach any useful meaning to his concept."31 And "I shall repeatedly have occasion to point out"32 another of Keynes's perceived misapprehensions. While Keynes, who was not without a large ego himself, was so confident he often changed his mind and admitted his faults, Hayek's stance was based on absolute certainty that he was right in every particular. Keynes reveled in controversy and debate and welcomed those who disagreed with him, while Hayek, in Robbins's assessment, "was no proselytizer. He had strong convictions himself. But in discussion his focus was always directed not to persuade but rather to pursue implications."33 Rather than confine himself to explaining his differences with Keynes's reasoning and conclusions, Hayek's tetchy remarks are littered with ad hominem snipes, such as "he seems to think . . ." and "in spite of some clearly contradictory statements of Mr. Keynes," whom he accuses of "very mischievous peculiarities." He condemns Keynes's obscurity of language while compounding his rival's error, as in: "Most of the difficulties which arise here are a consequence of the peculiar method of approach adopted by Mr. Keynes, who, from the outset, analyses complex dynamic processes without laying the necessary foundations by adequate static analysis of the fundamental process."34 (Ibid,. pp. 90-91).
Director Lionel Robbins of the London School of Economics used Hayek to counter Keynesian economics based in Cambridge by helping Hayek with his English writings and lectures. Some believe Robbins was key in getting Hayek hired at the London School of Economics to hold the Tooke Chair in Economic Science and Statistics in 1931. Robbins also wrote on economics from a Hayekian analytical model for years, but eventually became a full-fledged Keynesian economist while publicly voicing his regret for adhering to Austrian capital theory. Hayek moved back to Austria in 1969.
Lionel Robbins, Director of the London School of Economics, and others at the school attempted to bring Keynes and his stimulus policy down to discourage the British government from engaging in deficit spending. Ironically, all of these economists later became Keynesians and abandoned Hayek.
After the four Hayekian lectures Keynes responded and eventually won the day and Hayek was all but forgotten for a time.
What brought Hayek down was his inability to respond to the counter arguments presented in Keynes' Magnus opus, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.
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Wallace J. Nichols' Million Blue Marbleson January 13th, 2012 at 6:04 am
It was thrilling to see Santa Cruz's own Dr. Wallace J. Nichols (AKA the Blue Marble guy) featured on the December cover of Outside magazine. This activist, author and researcher is gaining national recognition for his visionary solutions to ocean conservation issues.
Fueled by passion, dedication and unbridled optimism, Nichols' theories continue to gain recognition worldwide. According to the Outside article, Nichols estimates that there are as many as a million of his signature blue marbles in circulation around the planet. They have made it into the hands of Jane Goodall, Harrison Ford, James Cameron, E. O. Wilson, and four-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey, who carried one during this year's race.
What do marbles have to do with ocean conservation? Read on to find out!
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Recent Triathlon News
Oakley's Julie Dibens Claims the World Title in Clearwater
Oakley's Julie Dibens breaks four hours to claim the world title in Clearwater. Oakley's Magali Tisseyre takes third. Oakley's Julie Dibens has dreamed about this win for years. "It's the race that gets me out of bed in the morning," she said, and today her 3:59:33 win made all those early mornings and hard training days completely worthwhile. "Those kind of thoughts went through my mind," she said after the race. "I trained for this all year – I can even go back and say that I've trained for this for a few years."
Rehab Party For Oakley Ironman Triathletes
After a grueling day out in the ocean, on the bike and your feet what better way to celebrate then a Rehab Party put on by Oakley. 1994 Ironman World Champion and Oakley's Triathlete Sports Marketing Manager, Greg Welch had the brilliant idea of giving back to his athletes. The idea was turn the Oakley Safehouse on Alii Drive into an extravagant getaway of sorts for all the Oakley athletes that competed in the 2009 Ironman World Championships.
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By Michelle Miller
Cooperstown Crier
---- — Cooperstown Central School is again getting the opportunity to receive a $10,000 grant to support its Supporting Successful Strategies to Achieve Improved Results project.
Three years ago, according to the district's special education chairperson Laura Bliss-Lamb, the school was recommended to apply for the grant because of recognized achievements in what was being done in literacy instruction for students with disabilities as well as its response for intervention model for identifying students with disabilities and providing academic support.
Bliss-Lamb said grants are awarded to schools that have been identified as having best practices in one of three areas — special education, literacy or behaviors. She said CCS was identified for best practices in both special education and literacy instruction.
"The idea is, once the state finds schools that are doing things well, they want to help other schools to replicate that. So first we were validated as having effective practices and then the second step was that they matched us up with a mentee school and we became a mentor school," Bliss-Lamb said.
Bliss-Lamb said once the school was validated it became eligible to apply for the grant funds, which has been done for the past three years.
"What we are supposed to do with that money is to continue to improve our practices," she said. "We can use the money to support training and professional development for teachers, for materials and supplies and to continue to move forward and support your mentee," she said.
According to Bliss-Lamb, Norwich was identified as CCS' mentee school in the middle of last year. She said Norwich teachers come to CCS to visit teachers and observe classes.
"It has really worked out nice because we do a lot of things electronically through email, and teleconferences, so when they are actually coming here there is pretty much no impact. They have been observing teachers in their room providing intervention, but then coming back to talk to me or having teachers come here in their free period to get more details," she said.
Being a mentor has not been intrusive, she added.
"We just continue to do our things as we do it," she said. "We basically just allow other teachers to learn through example through video conferencing, classroom observation and sharing forms and procedures."
Part of being identified as an effective school, Bliss-Lamb said, is to have formal procedures that other people can look at.
Bliss-Lamb said she was happy to when the she learned the grant would be extended into another year.
"It continues to reinforce and validate the hard work and dedication of all the teachers and staff," she said.
"Although $10,000 seems like a lot, it really isn't," Bliss-Lamb continued. "But it really does help in these times."
The funds allow Bliss-Lamb to continue to provide updated materials needed for special education and academic intervention teachers, she said.
For example, Bliss-Lamb said she was able to purchase books to help with literacy, that she could give to every special education teacher that she would not have been able to afford without the funds.
"It only cost me like a few hundred dollars, but it was still a few hundred dollars we did not have in the budget," she said.
Some of the money was also used to train teachers last June, which would not have been possible without the grant, according to Bliss-Lamb. She said workshops on reaching the new common core standards were a part of the teacher training.
"Our main focus this year is on getting students to reach the next level. We want to take what we are doing up a notch," she said.


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The Americans With Disability Act has been the law of the land for more than a decade, but only now the city of Washington and Daviess County have approved plans to come into compliance with it.
Both the Washington City Council and the Daviess County Commissioners approved their respective transition plans at their last meetings, but they have been more than two years in the making.
"This is a federal mandate that was put into place several years ago to make buildings more accessible," said chairman of the county's ADA committee Paul Goss.
"This is really something that should have been done long ago, but no one was doing it," said ADA committee member Phil Cornelius.
The change came when cities and counties were told by the Indiana Department of Transportation that if they hoped to continue getting federal road grants that they would have to put an ADA transition plan into place. "When we fill out an application form now for any kind of highway grant, one of the first questions on the form is; do you have an ADA plan?" said Cornelius. "They got out the stick on us."
That stick has led to piles of plans, proposals and expected projects to make the city and county more accessible to the public. The Daviess County transition plan fills one large three-ring binder and cost $18,900 to assemble. It mostly deals with the county's buildings.
"The courthouse, the county highway building, the airport, the extension office and health department are all listed and the plan has specific items to deal with the needs in those buildings," said Goss.
The city's plan is three times as large and cost $47,000 because it also has a large inventory of sidewalks. "Ours is much more extensive," said Washington Mayor Joe Wellman. "We have every sidewalk photographed, inventoried and prioritized. It not only includes the sidewalks it also recognizes access ramps at crosswalks."


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Update shrinks four impact fees
Date: November 30, 2012
by: Alex Mahadevan | News Editor
Sarasota County staff will recommend County commissioners decrease four of 37 road impact fees during a Dec. 4 meeting.
Staff drafted an amendment that shrinks the fees for construction in zones designated for banks, hospitals, recreation and community centers, and industrial and light warehousing.
Assessments for building in bank land-use zones will decrease by the greatest amount of the four, 36%, if commissioners approve the amendment.
Commissioners asked for the report, which used the method from a 2006 impact fee study with current building cost and transportation data, due to concerns that fees were artificially high.
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New Zealand author Eleanor Catton won the £50,000 (about US$79,987) Man Booker Prize for her novel The Luminaries. In doing so, she established a pair of records as the youngest winner in the prize's history (she is 28, but completed it at age 27), as well as writing the longest winning novel (832 pages).
The Luminaries is the story of Walter Moody, arriving in New Zealand in 1866 to seek his fortune in the goldfields. He comes across a tense gathering of twelve local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Walter finds himself drawn into a series of unsolved crimes and complex mysteries.
Catton is also the author of The Rehearsal which was widely praised and nominated for awards including the Orange Prize and the Dylan Thomas Prize. She studied at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and was 25 when she began writing The Luminaries.
Chair of judges Robert Macfarlane described The Luminaries as a "dazzling work, luminous, vast...a book you sometimes feel lost in, fearing it to be 'a big baggy monster', but it turns out to be as tightly structured as an orrery...We read it three times and each time we dug into it the yields were extraordinary, its dividends astronomical."
The Man Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year. The prize is the world's most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and publishers.
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Hi Marty,
With so much talk of submarine races and the difficulty of convincing a girl that there was racing during the day I thought I would submit these photos for the blog.
The first two are of misguided modern day groupies who will go to any length to see or be involved in the races.
The last photo was taken in 1962 by Constable Rene Fregeau of the St. Lambert police. Rene was in love with my Corvair wagon and would follow it all around town. The night before this photo had been taken Judy Holgate and I had gone to the twilight races. Who showed up???? Rene. I even painted the car red and tried to fool him by going to the races during the day with another friend but, as you can see, that didn't work.
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I asked on my Facebook page if anyone had seen a purple bell pepper because I never had until I picked this gem up at Jimbo's. Isn't it pretty? I think I instantly liked it just because it happened to be my most favorite color ever. Now, I am regretting not buying more than one because it was … [Read more...]
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When I first started looking for paleo recipes I came across this one from Primal Palate. In fact, I think it was the very first recipe I ever pinned, so I've had my eye on it for a while. Well, this past week I tried making them, and while they were very good...they weren't exactly what I … [Read more...]


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Getting to New York City
Cheap Flights to New York
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Interesting goings-on in the local real estate market as we've seen a flurry of activity from buyers lately. We have experienced a significant increase in open house attendance and, in numerous cases, both with us and other agents, attractive and well priced listings are being snatched up as quickly as they hit the market. In some cases with multiple offers for sellers to consider.
Attractive listings have good curb appeal and are at least neat and clean. They don't necessarily have to be all fixed up or remodeled, however. Well-priced is totally a function of knowing the current market and being realistic in how a property compares to others that actually have sold recently.
If you are currently looking for a home in Seal Beach or Rossmoor, here are some to consider as described by the listing agents:
11252 Davenport offered by Pattie, Kelly & Wink of Keller Williams Realty
Welcome to Rossmoor! This is a highly sought out Brittany Gardens floor plan located in the wonderful community of Rossmoor. This fantastic and highly upgraded home features four beautiful bedrooms, one of which is a spacious master suite! Both bathrooms in the home have been remodeled and now feature 12" tiled flooring complete in a diamond pattern, a Kohler bathtub, Kohler sink, Toto toilet, a glass shower enclosure, wainscotting and more! And that is just the bathrooms! The kitchen was also remodeled in 2000 and now features granite counter tops, tile flooring, a Kohler kitchen sink, a Whirlpool Ceran Induction cook top, Kitchen Aid oven(s) both convection & standard, a Kitchen Aid dishwasher and lots lots more! Come and see this home today! Not only is it beautiful, it is over 2,000 sq. ft. and attends the Los Alamitos Unified School District!! Priced at $739,900. Open House this Sunday.
3101 Walker Lee in Rossmoor offered by Robin Friend of First Team Real Estate
Exquisite Custom Masterpiece Re-Built in 2010! Imagine the charm of Old Pasadena at the crossroads of Orange and Los Angeles counties, southern California's finest 'blue-ribbon' schools, in a neighborhood reminiscent of days gone by. This gem boasts 5 bedrooms, 4 baths, with one bedroom and bath downstairs, on an oversized corner lot with plenty of room for a pool. Fabulous Chef's kitchen with Center Island, Viking appliances, copper sinks & walk-in pantry, all open to the Family Room with one of three fireplaces. The Master Retreat boasts a romantic fireplace, balcony, spa-grade bathroom, and a 200 square foot closet that is large enough for a home office or nursery, with direct access to a finished attic for ample storage. Hardwood floors, custom cabinetry, granite counters and 5' baseboards grace the entire home, as well as state of the art sound, security, heating & water systems. Designed for family living plus exceptional entertaining. Priced at 1,395,000.
520 Laguna Place in Seal Beach offered by Bea Kuebler of Main Street Realtors
LOOKING FOR A QUALITY DESIGN? Here you'll find an open free flowing floor plan that affords elegant entertaining as well as comfortable family living. Here is a true custom, one of a kind design that is perfect for the discriminating buyer. LOOKING FOR QUALITY MATERIALS? Here you'll find Brazilian hardwood flooring, granite counters, travertine backsplash & flooring, solid maple cabinets, porcelain tile, high base molding, Thermador cook top, Bosch double oven & more.------LOOKING FOR QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP? Here you'll find hand carved entry doors, window caps & crowns, decorative stone trim, fluted door frames, high ceilings, tile risers on stairs, designer touches throughout and so much more.---- LOOKING FOR A QUALITY LIFESTYLE & LOCATION? Here you'll be near the beach, school, grocery store, shops & restaurants in a town that is known for it's small town atmosphere &-friendly environment. So if you're LOOKING FOR THE IDEAL SEAL BEACH home, look no further than 520 LAGUNA PLACE. Priced at $1,250,000.
132 13th Street in Seal Beach offered by Scott Levitt of Scott L. Levitt
Beautiful custom tri-level home with over 3800 sq. ft. Soaring 20' Ceilings in entry room. Custom copper sink and island range hood. Wood flooring, custom cabinets, wetbar, entertainment built-ins, 5 large bedrooms, enclusing ensuite on 1st floor. Three more large bedrooms on 2nd floor, including ensuite with cathedral ceilings. 3rd Floor 749 sq. ft. master suite with dual walk-in closets, jacuzzi tub, dual sinks, dual showerhead walk-in shower and dual water closets. This is like a luxury spa. 1250 sq. ft. of 3rd and 4th story roof decks with fireplace, bbq, wet bar, and endless views. Smooth coat exterior stucco, smooth finished interior walls, surround sound, custom built-in place wood wall art. This house has the 'Wow' Factor that no other home in old town under $2.5M does. One common wall. This residence is a CONDO, but sits on a full lot. No Dues. Fully fire sprinklered. Garage is full done with epoxy flooring, custom cabinets and high enough for car lifts and SUV. Priced at $1,579,000.


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Muhammad Yunus: Ending Global Poverty
Muhammad Yunus, Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Bank; 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Ambassador for the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS
Imagine a bank that loans money based on a borrower's desperate circumstances -- where, as Muhammad Yunus says, "the less you have, the higher priority you have." Turning banking convention on its head has accomplished a world of good for millions of impoverished Bangladeshis, as the pioneering economist Yunus has demonstrated in the last three decades. What began as a modest academic experiment has become a personal crusade to end poverty. Yunus reminds us that for two-thirds of the world's population, "financial institutions do not exist." Yet, "we've created a world which goes around with money. If you don't have the first dollar, you can't catch the next dollar." It was Yunus' notion, in the face of harsh skepticism, to give the poorest of the poor their first dollar so they could become self-supporting. "We're not talking about people who don't know what to do with their lives '.They're as good, enterprising, as smart as anybody else." His Grameen Bank spread from village to village as a lender of tiny amounts of money (microcredit), primarily to women. Yunus heard that "all women can do is raise chickens, or cows or make baskets. I said, 'Don't underestimate the talent of human beings.' " No collateral is required, nor paperwork just an effort to make good and pay back the loan. Now the bank boasts 5 million borrowers, receiving half a billion dollars a year. It has branched out into student loans, health care coverage, and into other countries. Grameen has even created a mobile phone company to bring cell phones to Bangladeshi villages. Yunus envisions microcredit building a society where even poor people can open "the gift they have inside of them."
About the Speaker(s): Muhammad Yunus made his first loan of $27 to a group of 42 Bangladeshi village women, to help free them from debt to moneylenders and allow them to build their furniture business. He established the Grameen Bank in 1983 to help millions of Bangladeshis escape from poverty. The bank now has branches in more than 36 thousand Bangladeshi villages and in other countries.
Yunus, a Fulbright Scholar, earned a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1969. Yunus has received the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1984) from Manila; the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (1989) from Geneva; the Mohamed Shabdeen Award for Science (1993) from Sri Lanka; and the World Food Prize by World Food Prize Foundation (1994) from the US. His autobiography, Banker to the Poor, was published in 1998.
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Event date: 09/14/2005
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5 tips to make the most of your GoPro digital camcorder
GoPro camcorders are a lot of fun.
No marketing hype here, they really are. I'm not much of an extreme sports person (my idea of a good time outside involves folf discs and a mountain course or a an inner-tube and a meandering river), but there's something amazing about being able to take a camera with you anywhere, and not worry about having it break.
Of course, before you don the camera and head out, here's 5 things I learned in filming my first videos (with the video to prove it, of course).
Your steps are not as smooth as you think
You can see it above, but it feels a bit like the camera is attached to Frankenstein's monster. Because there's no image stabilization, tromping through the underbrush looks… exactly like that.
The camera is wide, not tall
The camera is very widescreen. You can't tell just looking, but a few times when I looked down I was trying to get the bike into the shot, not show you the intricacies of the pavement.
Look up, tilt down
This was taken floating down the Clark Fork, but it may as well have been an amateur astronomy video with how much of the sky gets captured. Pay attention to how your head will be most of the time, and adjust the mount if necessary. It twists down, which can give a much more appealing shot.
Glare isn't as big an issue as you think
No extra video for this one, but you can see it in a few of the above ones. I was worried that the camera would just be pure sunspots, since most of the time it's pointed directly at the setting sun. The GoPro digital camcorder does a decent job of reducing glare, letting you take in scenery.
Don't mix up your cases
The video is unrelated, but I had two cases for this particular camera, one that let me capture better sound, but still remain sealed for drops, and one that was sealed for use around water. Unfortunately, during an early test, the cases were mixed up, and we sent a mostly unprotected camera into the drink… with some bad results. It dried out okay, and still captures video, but there's now a nagging problem with the SD card where we have to tape it down to get it to work. So, if you're planning to do stuff like what's above: Don't mix up your cases!
Now that you're prepped for shooting, go pick up a GoPro, and then show us the footage! We want to see what tricks and tips you can offer in the comments below.


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Careers Available in Nutrition and Dietetics
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, employment of dietitians is expected to grow because of increased emphasis on disease prevention, a growing and aging population, and public interest in nutrition.
Median annual salary for a registered dietitian is $52,735.
If you choose dietetics as your career, you could find yourself doing one of the following jobs:
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Kids on bikes, waving politicians, marching bands—yup, the Towson Fourth of July Parade is just around the corner.
The parade committee met this week to start its big push in planning the annual summer tradition.
"We talked about hospitality, costume characters," said Maryann Albaugh, committee chair. "Right now, we're focusing on getting the bands and units together."
Performers and vendors can sign up for consideration through the parade's web site.
One top priority is raising the requisite $30,000 to fund the celebration. Some of the money will go towards financing performers, insurance and equipment.
"We're sending out fundraising letters [to those who have donated previously]," said Albaugh, who noted that the parade is not funded through government revenue sources. "We always need donations."
Donations can also be made through the website.
The committee is also looking for volunteers, Albaugh said.
As is custom, one Towson community will be featured to lead the parade. This year, Anneslie claims the honor.
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Newt Pitches Cheap Gas Plan in East Tennessee Tour
Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, campaigning in East Tennessee on the eve of the state's Super Tuesday primary, touted his plan to reduce gas prices as the type of fundamental change that must be made in Washington.
From Georgiana Vines report on Knoxville doings:
Speaking to some 400 shouting and whistling supporters at the Hilton adjacent to McGhee Tyson Airport on Monday, the former U.S. House speaker said his plan to have American energy independence by using federal land and offshore drilling would produce enough oil to get the price of gas down to $2.50 and probably lower.. He said for 10 years this country's policies toward the Middle East and its oil production have not worked.
Gingrich, who polls show is gaining ground on Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum in Tennessee, said the nation needed to use its undeveloped oil reserves. As an example, he said there was private property in North Dakota he'd like to show to President Barack Obama where there was enough oil to double known reserves.
"If you can find it in North Dakota, let's take Alaska," he said. "Tell 'em Newt!" was on person's response in the crowd, many of whom were waiving "Newt = $2.50" signs.
See also Hank Hayes on Newt's Kingsport rally, where the focus was also on gas prices.


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Scholarships for survivors of childhood cancer. Has links to other web sites that give scholarships to cancer survivors.
Personal stories about pregnancy and adoption after cancer. Includes links to other supportive resources as well.
This book is a journey through the author's battle with a physical cancer, which forced him to confront the psychological cancers of negative thoughts and habits that he and most everyone possesses. This book is about how to confront and cure ourselves of the psychological cancers that compromise our daily lives.
information on inflammatory breast cancer as well as an on-line support group
A year long prostate cancer treatment story. The story ends with a PSA of 0.1 a year later.
Everything you need to know about breast cancer from diagnosis through treatment.
Online support group for women with gynecological cancers and those supporting them.
Onlone support for women with gynecological cancers and those supporting them.
This is my life story. I was born with a child -hood disiability and had breast cancer. I believe in myself.