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The World Bank uses several roadmaps to guide its projects and operations.
Poverty Reduction Strategies The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSPs) describes a country's long term vision. The paper is prepared by low-income country governments in consultation with various stakeholders such as civil society and the private sector. The paper sets out macroeconomic, structural, and social policy goals.
The paper also lays out a country's external financing needs for meeting those goals, such as loans and grants from the World Bank and other donors, that are meant to promote economic growth and reduce poverty. The Bank and other donor agencies line up their assistance with these countries' priorities and targets.
Countries have used PRSPs to address their investment climate and prescribe measures to foster private sector development, or to chart plans to improve governance and reduce corruption. Many concentrate on issues facing the agricultural sector and rural areas, and stress the need for investment in key basic services, particularly health and education in implementing their strategies.
The World Bank provides training and technical and financial assistance to support the design and of national poverty-reduction strategies. For example, it helps countries improve their poverty analysis, public expenditure management, and service evaluation. It also offers Poverty Reduction Support Credits (PRSCs), annual programmatic loans, to support the implementation of these strategies.
Both the World Bank' International Development Association (IDA) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) require a Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper in order for low-income countries to receive lower cost financial assistance from the Bank (through IDA) and the IMF (through its Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility).
Country Assistance Strategies The Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) - also called in some cases Country Partnership Strategy or Joint Assistance Strategy - lays out a selective program of World Bank Group support for a particular country. This strategy is developed by Bank staff in meetings with government officials, in consultation with country authorities, civil society organizations, development partners and other stakeholders. It takes as a starting point the country's own long-term vision for development and takes into account the Bank Group's comparative advantages in the context of other donor activities. The strategy is designed to promote collaboration and coordination among development partners in a country.
The CAS includes a comprehensive diagnosis-drawing on analytical work by the Bank, the government, and/or other partners-of the development challenges facing the country, including the incidence, trends, and causes of poverty. The CAS identifies the key areas where the Bank Group's assistance can have the biggest impact on poverty reduction. In its diagnosis, the CAS takes into account the performance of the Bank's portfolio in the country, the country's creditworthiness, state of institutional development, implementation capacity, governance, and other sectoral and cross-cutting issues. From this assessment, the level and composition of Bank Group financial, advisory, and/or technical support to the country is determined.
To track implementation of the CAS program, the CAS is increasingly results-focused. It includes a framework of clear targets and indicators to monitor Bank Group and country performance in achieving stated outcomes.
When a government takes the lead in preparing and implementing its own strategy, development efforts are more likely to succeed. Tailoring aid to particular country circumstances and coordinating aid with other donors for maximum impact are other key factors of success. Poverty is more than just lack of income - it's also lack of opportunity, security or voice in key decisions. To overcome this, Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers try to be:
In Ghana, the Bank's over-arching goal is to support the country's growth and poverty reduction objectives. The CAS approved in May 2007 lays out objectives, baselines, targets, government actions and partner contributions. For example, the Bank proposes to help Ghana sustain economic growth of a t least 6% per year; surpass the 2015 Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty; and start to reduce inequalities.


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Dr Carl Calleman talks about his views on the mayan calendar, Drunvalo Melchizedek's and what people are expecting that for him are not realistic. Look at this video that reveals lots of information. Lilou and Carl also discuss here the Venus transit on the 5-6 June 2012
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In the beginning when all this started,my words were if the world is ending what are all the folks need money for ? When it happens deal,in the mean time,lets change things .some with a little love.
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hmm makes me think of david icke saying 2012 is a hoax it's more like change will occur in 2015-17
Wait and see what we can do to help is have the mind set like Dolores Cannon states we are already in these energies believe it claim it and live it and it will grow and grow
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Dozens of MPs and peers have signed up to a cross-party alliance opposed to Government plans to legislate for same-sex marriages.
In total, 58 parliamentarians - including 35 Tory MPs - have put their names to an open letter to The Daily Telegraph warning ministers that they have no mandate for the proposed change.
Among the signatories are former Conservative leadership challenger, David Davis, ex-ministers Tim Loughton, Sir Gerald Howarth and Sir Jim Paice, and the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey of Clifton.
The letter states: "At the last election, none of the three main parties stood on a platform to redefine marriage. It was not contained in any of their manifestos, nor did it feature in the coalition's programme for government.
"We understand some parliamentarians support freedom for same-sex couples to marry, but we support a freedom from the state being able to redefine the meaning of marriage."
Although Tory MPs have been promised a free vote on the issue, there is deep anger among traditionalists in the party who say it is out of step with the instincts of their natural supporters and is driving away the activists they need to campaign for then.
Announcing the measures in the Commons last week, Culture Secretary Maria Miller sought to reassure opponents with a "quadruple legal lock" guaranteeing that no religious organisation or minister will ever be compelled to conduct a gay wedding against their wishes.
However many remain unconvinced, fearing it would be open to challenge in the European Court of Human Rights.
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Maybe this means that a Sigma spy within Canon has gleaned that they won't be adding IS to the 135L anytime soon.
If it's as good as their Art 35 and the AF is close to the 135L then I'd certainly consider it.
Canon's probably already scrambling to get a 35L II out the door to catch up with Sigma... An Art 135 OS and 50mm would really hit Canon where it hurts.
The Canon ef primes have been a nice earner for Canon. Many wedding photographers have stayed in the Canon fold (when Nikon had better DSLR specs) becuase of the 35L, 85L and 135L. No other band (other than Sony) had a simular array of bright primes. But as usual Canon were unaware of the need to develop the next gen of fast primes. The 35L is a fantastic lens, but flare control isn't great, it's AF in low light is erratic and it's not weather sealed and it's number of aperture blades is an even number. The 135L is an awsome lens, but it's an old design, flare could be better, MFD could be better. It could do with newer coatings, it's aperture blades are not circular (stop down and look at the out of focus blobs). It's not weather sealed and Sony has an f1.8 variant, which means that it's not the best of the breed. Popping IS on it would really make my wedding work easier too. It's AF is good but not as good as the newer 70-200 f2.8 L IS II. It#s a great lens but there's quite a lot of room for improvement.
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· Challenges with the 85mm and a couple of portraits
The 85mm has been a real challenge for me to use, especially at the widest appertures. It feels like 80% of the photos I take are out of focus. Auto-focus is not even a consideration, and focusing through the viewfinder is a guess at best. The camera is a Canon T31, and the lens Sigma 85mm 1.4. These two portraits I took at 1.4 with late afternoon window light and ISO400. I had to pump up the exposure a little in Lightroom. Camera hand held.
I think focuswise these are the best I have taken so far, and I had to do that through the LCD.
Would love to hear your comments.
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· Challenges with the 85mm and a couple of portraits
Whenever DOF in a photograph is less than typically seen by eye it doesn't seem "normal". Selective DOF is typically used in a photograph to make what is in focus seem more important than what is OOF.
The advantage of a wide aperture lens on a DSLR is that AF performance is better for lenses 2.8 or faster. But that doesn't mean you need to shoot wide open. The question to ask when selecting aperture is whether you want the face to look "normal" (i.e. all of it seen in focus) or narrow the focus more than normal to isolate one part of the face. Pick the aperture needed to keep hte entire face / head in focus, the shutter speed that can be held without blur, and then adjust ISO as needed for correct exposure.
Regardless of focal length of a lens it is shooting distance which controls near/far size perspective: how big the nose looks relative to the parts of the face further away. If you shoot her from the distance you used here then back up in 2ft increments shooting the same poses you'll find the appearance of the face will change. I suspect shots from further away will be more flattering. Find the most flattering distance first, then select the focal length needed for the desired in camera crop. If shooting with a fixed FL lens like the 85mm it would be better to shoot a wider crop in camera from furhter away, then crop tighter as needed in post processing. You can change the crop in PP, you can't alter the near/far size perspective.
In the first shot the lighting is modeling the 3D shape of the face nicely. With window light you can't move the "key" light, you must move the subject. The nose shadow is hanging out sideways because she's more or less eye level with the light. If you were to seat her lower than the window, or mask off the bottom part of it, the light would hit the face from a more flattering downward angle because the nose shadow wouldn't hang down.
The facial angle to the camera in the first is nicely balanced right<>left but you might want to move the camera a bit more to the right to reveal the curve of cheekbone more. A higher camera position would be more flattering than the lower one in part because it shows the more attractive top of the nose vs. having the viewer looking up the nostrils. As with the sideways angle move the camera around higher / lower and compare then by comparison your eye will find what looks best.
Full face poses are ideal for faces which are perfectly symmetrical. But if a face isn't perfectly symmetrical naturally the nose straight at camera pose will make any asymmetrical features more obvious than in an oblique view.
In the second shot you used a symmetrical view of the face and asymmetrical "spilt" lighting pattern which has the net effect of making the face seem lopsided. A more flattering pattern for a full face pose for a girl her age would be a centered source above the face. That way the symmetrical lighting pattern will complement the symmetry of the pose. That's a pattern more easily done with a skylight or high window behind the camera or an artificial source placed over the camera.
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· Challenges with the 85mm and a couple of portraits
Fantastic!! Thank you so much. I see everything you said. These were quick shots and my main goal was to find a way to be able to get her eyes in focus with this lens, which is a big difficulty I am having. The technical side is still overwhelming my creative side. Great critique and thank you for taking the time to write it. It has so much useful information for me. It is very much appreciated.
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· Challenges with the 85mm and a couple of portraits
Too much of the photo is OOF in my opinion.
Personally I'm selling my 85mm as I find it too long on crop and I'd prefer a telephoto zoom but that's me.
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· Challenges with the 85mm and a couple of portraits
Yes Warren, it is mostly out of focus. I was at 1.4 and only about 5 feet away. I was happy to get the eyes (or eye) in focus, but I was only able to do that by looking at the LCD and with the LCD zoomed, at that. Not very easy..... plus with the 85mm on a crop sensor camera makes it much more limiting for portraits because you have to stand waaaay back, which makes the focusing even harder.
I also have a Canon 24-105L which is much more flexible, but I am stubborn and will conquer my difficulties with this lens. I know it's a good one.
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We are excited that you are looking at Park City for your next vacation. We are here to help you with any questions you may have now or during your stay. We want this to be your best vacation ever!
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SECOND-HALF goals from Karen Carney and Emily Westwood condemned Oxford United Women to a 2-0 defeat in the Continental Cup at WSL 1 leaders Birmingham City last night.
The U's held out for 62 minutes against an onslaught from the home side, with goalkeeper Demi Lambourne making several fine saves.
England international Carney's free-kick broke the deadlock and Westwood added a scrappy second after 74 minutes.
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ok so. i was talking about moshpits. and my friend goes: "oooh ive been to a moshpit!" and im like, "no you wernt. oh please." she goes:
"yes i was" im like NO YOU WERNT "then where?" "at a metal concert" ; then she explains there was a moshpit at her lil' panic at the disco concert; and they are not metal. shureshure. not a REAL moshpit, hun. jumping isnt a moshpit. then i sent her a video of a children of bodom moshpit, then a lamb of god moshpit. but still, "no ive been in a moshpit." mhmmm. now tell me; is there REAL moshpits at panic at the disco concerts? and is panic at the disco metal? ik its not, im just trying to see how many people i can get to tell her so =]
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The Tennessee men's golf team closes out its regular season April 9-10 at the Courtyard by Marriott Intercollegiate in Cary, N.C. at Courtyeard by Marriott Intercollegiate. The tournament is set to be played at MacGregor Downs Country Club (par 72, 6,650 yards).
The Vols made their first appearance in this tournament last season, finishing fifth with a 284-285-286--855. David Skinns led the UT contingent after firing a 69-72-67--208 to finish runner-up.
Skinns, a junior, once again leads Tennessee at the No. 1 position. The two-time all-SEC performer leads the team in stroke average with a 72.50. He also leads the team with three top 10 finishes and has nine rounds of par or better. The top 10 finishes occurred at the Coca-Cola Tournament of Champions (ninth-t), Suntrust Gator Invitational (second) and Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship (ninth-t).
Junior John Scott Rattan will be competing in the second position. Rattan has a scoring average of 72.89 and leads the team with 11 rounds of par or better. Earlier this season he recorded his highest finish as a Vol, finishing tied for third at the Landfall Tradition. He also finished within the top 10 at the Bank of Tennessee/Ridges Intercollegiate in a tie for ninth.
Ross McGowan, also a junior, anchors the third spot. McGowan enters the event with a scoring average of 73.44, and like Skinns, has nine rounds of par or better. He has one top 10 finish for the year, coming at the Coca-Cola Tournament of Champions where he finished eighth.
Freshman Ross Cox makes his first appearance since the Suntrust Gator Invitational in the No. 4 position. Cox has a scoring average of 74.00, with his highest finish being a tie for 17th at the Carpet Capital Collegiate.
Freshman Tino Weiss is set to compete at the No. 5 position. Weiss' highest finish came during the Vols' last tournament, the Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational, where he finished tied for 54th. He has a scoring average of 76.11.
The tournament features four teams from the Golfweek Top 25, including No. 11 Minnesota, No. 19 Wake Forest, No. 23 Duke and No. 25 Kansas.
Other teams competing are East Tennessee State, Georgia Southern, North Carolina, North Carolina State, North Florida, Southern Methodist, Tulsa, Vanderbilt, Virginia and Virginia Tech.
The tournament is a 54-hole format, with 36 holes being played on Friday and 18 on Saturday.


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San Miguel is an enchanting 500 year old city, centrally located in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. The altitude is approximately 6,500 ft above sea level. San Miguel, known as an artist village, was founded in 1542 by a famous Franciscan monk.
San Miguel is famous for its year round mild climate, its architecture and its 400 year old cobble stone streets. As one of Mexico's historic monuments, San Miguel is truly a place of wonder. La Parroquia stands high with its spires touching the sky and invites one to experience awe.
La Casa de Gracia is located on a quiet side street, just a short walk to the jardin. It is conveniently located to the Instituto de Allende, Warren Hardy and Josefina's bilingual program. It is pretty much a flat walk to most places from the house.
When you arrive, you will go thru beautiful hand carved doors made by a family of wood carvers for 75 years. You will be greeted by a warm smile, and given keys to the house. Warm and cozy, Casa de Gracia makes you feel welcome. The home is decorated with a Texas hill country flair and has antique pieces of furniture purchased both in Round Top and in San Miguel.
Casa de Gracia is L shaped and faces a beautiful garden courtyard. There is a Master downstairs as well as upstairs. In the garden, there is a small fountain that soothes the soul. There is a twin bed nook between the master down and the master bath down. Also, there is a daybed in the Master upstairs.
All bedding is from Cowgirls and Lace in Dripping Springs, Texas. Also, all the sheets are high cotton count and comforters are down.
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- Linens Provided
- Off Street Parking
- Gas Fireplace
- Entertainment
- Cable/Satellite TV
- TV (No Cable/Satellite)
- CD Player
- Kitchen
- Full Kitchen
- Cooking Utensils Provided
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
activities and attractions in San Miguel de Allende Central Mexico
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- Tennis
- Shopping
- Sightseeing
- Restaurants
- Swimming
- Biking
- Hiking
- Fitness Center/Gym
- Health/Beauty Spa
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- 54% spent up to 5 hours a week training their dogs
- 81% taught basic obedience
- 31% taught dogs to fetch newspapers and slippers around the house
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Tuesday, December 5, 2006 Greenwich, CT USA - As their assets under management surge, private banks are joining hedge funds as one of the most important drivers of trading volume in Asian fixed income markets.
Amid rapid economic growth in Asia, increases in personal wealth have at times outpaced the development of the investment industry. Because many Asian countries lack the broad range of mutual funds, unit trusts and other investment options found in other markets, private banks have become a main repository for the growing fortunes of Asia's new high-net-worth set. Private banks and the private banking arms of global financial services companies are opening or expanding branch offices in Hong Kong and Singapore. At the same time Greenwich Associates' research into capital markets around the world reveals that hedge funds from North America and Europe are moving en masse into Asia in search of new trading opportunities and new sources of assets.
The growing presence of these investors is having a profound impact on the Asian fixed income market. As Greenwich Associates consultant Tim Sangston explains: "Every year, Greenwich Associates identifies a representative sample of the fixed income investor base in Asia. In 2005, that research universe included 40 private banks and hedge funds. By 2006, that number had increased to nearly 150."
These comments are based on the results of Greenwich Associates' 2006 Asian Fixed Income Investors Study. A new Greenwich Report presents the results of the research, including an analysis of trading volume growth in a variety of cash bond and derivatives products, and a detailed look at the increasing competition and rising salaries for fixed income professionals in Asian markets.
Growth Slows in Cash Bonds; Derivatives Boom
While a majority of the most active fixed-income traders in Asia are domestic institutions, many of the institutions driving the growth of Asian fixed income hail from Europe and the United States. Among a growing host of hedge funds in Asian fixed income are giants such as Citadel and Soros, along with smaller players from New York and London and internal hedge funds organized by some of the major global banks. Among the increasingly influential contingent of private banks are global organizations such as UBS, CIBC, Credit Suisse, and Citigroup, along with HSBC and Standard Chartered, which are more local in origin.
The influx of hedge funds and the surge in private banks' investable assets are hastening the development and maturation of the Asian fixed income market. In particular, these investors - especially hedge funds - are driving growth in derivatives and other sophisticated products. Following consecutive years of 30% growth in 2003 and 2004, fixed income trading volume across the Asian market increased 5% from 2005 to 2006. However, while overall trading activity was cooled to some extent by the relative lack of movement in longer term interest rates and anticipated inflation, trading volume in derivatives soared.
Greenwich Associates' research shows that trading volume in interest-rate derivatives rose sharply for the second year in a row in Asia - nearly tripling from 2005 to this year. In credit derivatives trading volume nearly doubled.
Hedge funds account for a substantial share of derivatives trading volume. Hedge funds generated about $5 billion in "flow" credit derivatives trading volume over the past 12 months, but the impact of the hedge fund boom is seen more clearly in some of the more sophisticated products. In structured credit derivatives, which represent a relatively new asset class for Asian investors, hedge funds account for $4 billion in annual trading volume out of a total of $14 billion, or nearly 30% of the total.
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The rise of Asian private banks and the arrival of hedge funds are having another important effect on Asian financial markets: they are increasing the demand and compensation for credit analysts and other fixed income investment professionals. In nearly every Asian country, average cash compensation received by buy-side fixed income professionals in Asia and reported to Greenwich Associates has risen nearly threefold compared with figures reported the prior year.
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Granby Local Results:
Granby voters came out strong in support of both major parties but Republicans won the majority of the races on the national, state and local level Tuesday.
Granby residents decided to change the town charter on the budget approval process and non-budget change fronts. On Question 1 — relating to all non-budget changes — Granby residents tallied 2,662 "Yes" votes and 1,998 "No" votes. On Question 2 — the decision to change the town budget process to an automatic, all-day, machine-counted referendum was affirmed — with 2,924 residents voting for the change and 1,866 voting against.
The Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan Republican Presidential ticket bested the Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) pairing, 3,222 votes to 3,079.
Former Granby First Selectman and incumbent Bill Simanski (R) beat out youthful challenger Evan Socrates Dantos in the race for the 62nd district's state Representative seat by a margin of more than 1,400 votes, 3,702 to 2,243. Simanski is projected to win the seat across the district's towns (Granby, Barkhamsted and New Hartford).
Granby native Kevin Witkos (R) beat out Dan Seger (D) locally (282 votes to 135) and across the district to earn the 8th district state Senate seat.
In a rare Democrat win Tuesday, John B. Larson topped John Henry Decker (R) with a final tally of 3,206 votes to 2,641.
Linda McMahon (R) beat out Chris Murphy (D) in Granby, earning 3,336 votes to Murphy's 2,846.
Granby Registrars of Voters Maureen Wolf (3,201 votes) and Lauren Wolfe (2,555 votes) won unopposed elections.
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East Granby leaned towards Republicans Tuesday, with the Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan Republican Presidential ticket beating Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden locally, 1,444 votes to 1,380.
Tami Zawistowski (R) led Elaine O'Brien (D) in East Granby Tuesday night, with the Republican challenger for the 61st district's state Representative seat drawing 1,393 votes to O'Brien's 1,294. But O'Brien took the seat, based on unofficial results, winning Suffield and a section of Windsor.
O'Brien, Suffield's town clerk who has served one term in the state legislature, won by an unofficial margin of 483 votes, 4 percent of total ballots cast (11,005) across Suffield, East Granby and part of Windsor.
The close race, which saw O'Brien win Suffield and the northwestern section of Windsor while losing Zawistowski's hometown of East Granby. Zawistowski serves on the East Granby Board of Finance, is active in organizing East Granby's farmers market and has owned and operated a local business, Resource Books, since 1996.
Debates between the two candidates held in East Granby and Suffield in the weeks before the debate, revealed differences and even a few similarities between O'Brien and Zawistowski.
Incumbent John Kissel (R) beat out Karen Jarmoc (D) locally by more than 200 votes, 1,477 to 1,221.
Linda McMahon (R) led Chris Murphy (D) in the race for the open US Senate seat, 1,482 to 1,242. Incumbent John B. Larson (D) beat John Henry Decker (R), 1,542 to 1,071.
East Granby Registrars of Voters, Carol Carrara (R) and Zettie F. Shookus (D), both ran unopposed and earned 1,312 and 1,262 votes, respectively.


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PEOPLE who drive as part of their job can receive training from Somerset Road Safety.
The Mind Your Business workshops focus on employers' duty of care to staff while at the wheel and could help them cut the risk of falling foul of corporate manslaughter laws.
The training will highlight benefits as well as how to reduce fuel consumption, stress, collisions and insurance premiums.
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First off, next Thursday, February 21st at 7pm at McNally Jackson, Stephen Snyder and Allison Markin Powell (both of whom make me swoon) will be talking about Japanese literature in translation as part of the always excellent Bridge Series.
Here's a bit about both Stephen and Allison:
Stephen Snyder is Kawashima Professor of Japanese Studies at Middlebury College in Vermont. His most recent translation is Yoko Ogawa's Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales (Picador, January 2013). He has translated works by Ogawa, Kenzaburo Oe, Ryu Murakami, and Miri Yu, among others. His translation of Kunio Tsuji's Azuchi Okanki (The Signore) won the 1990 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission translation prize. His translation of Natsuo Kirino's Out was a finalist for the Edgar Award for best mystery novel in 2004. His translation of Yoko Ogawa's Hotel Iris was short-listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2011. He is the author of Fictions of Desire: Narrative Form in the Novels of Nagai Kafu and co-editor of Oe and Beyond: Fiction in Contemporary Japan, and he is currently working on a study of publishing practices in Japan and the United States and their effects on the globalization of Japanese literature.
Allison Markin Powell is a literary translator and editor. She has translated works by Motoyuki Shibata, Osamu Dazai (Schoolgirl, published by One Peace Books in 2011), and Hiromi Kawakami, among others, and was the guest editor for Words Without Borders' first Japan issue. Her translation of Kawakami's novel The Briefcase (Counterpoint, 2012) has been shortlisted for the 2012 Man Asian Prize.
I'll bet this will be fantastic . . . really bummed that I'm only staying in NY through Wednesday night. And we'll have a review of The Briefcase soon. I quite liked Hiromi Kawakami's earlier novel, Manazuru, so I'm psyched to check this out. And Ogawa's Revenge is top of my to read pile thanks to Will's review.
Also next weekend, the Fourth Annual Festival Neue Literature celebrating German-language literature will be taking place across Manhattan and Brooklyn. This year's festival is curated by Susan Bernofsky and will feature Clemens Setz (Austria), Cornelia Travnicek (Austria), Leif Randt (Germany), Silke Scheuermann (Germany), Ulrike Ulrich (Switzerland), and Tim Krohn (Switzerland), as well as U.S. authors Joshua Ferris and Justin Taylor.
There are two "signature discussion panels" taking place this year: "Closed Circuits: Shrunken Dystopias" and "Breaking Away: Contemporary Travelogues." Here's all the info about both of those:
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Dystopias used to be grand affairs, encompassing entire planets, but now you can find one contained in a suburban block on the outskirts of Frankfurt, an uncannily odd resort town in a mysterious locale, or a home for children suffering the world's strangest disorder. Dysfunction is the new dystopia, and these subtly wry to bitingly ironic commentaries uniquely encapsulate the post-modern condition.
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Here today, there tomorrow. Old-style travel stories seemed always to be about characters in search of themselves as inscribed in foreign landscapes. But what if the point of the travel is more escapist than exploratory? In these novels of discovery-avoidance – an avoidance not always successful – the journey is both more and less than a destination.
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Another fun Seneca 5.7 Pitch 1: Scramble to and up a low angle dihedral with a nice finger crack for pro. At the top of the dihedral, make some interesting moves to achieve a small ledge with rap anchors. Pitch 2: Move left into the corner, to another rappel station. Pitch 3: Follows a corner just right of Old Man's last pitch.
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Standard rack.
As of May 2009, there was a perma-Alien at the crux on p1. This route would best be done early to avoid the steady stream of rappels that share the same basic line and anchors.
Alien is gone but there is a fixed nut half way up the 1st pitch now.
The second and third pitches are often skipped but are truly worthwhile! Early in the day is probably better to avoid getting rappelled on.
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Took the carb off of betty lou last night, took it apart, and dropped it in the cleaning can to soak. Got up this morning, rinsed it, soda blasted, washed in hot soapy water, and then commenced to installing the complete carb rebuild kit from Steiner. Made a trip up to TSC to purchase a 4' piece of 3/16" steel rod (smooth) That allowed me to make a new throttle rod (mine was almost worn in two at the throttle shaft connection) I also made a new choke rod (didn't have one, PO used a choke cable and a stay bolted to the carb. Worked good, but not original). I also used a piece of sheet metal to make a choke lever as I installed a new choke shaft, but did not have the lever. I basically folded it over, cut a slot in it, drilled a hole at the bottom of the slit that would fit over the choke shaft, and installed a bolt/nut at the top where I had folded it ove, to tighten up the slot I cut. Worked like a champ! After all this, I have the $54 in the rebuild kit, and 2.99 in the smooth steel rod plus my time, and basically its all like new now!
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Sounds like you had fun and am curious to see what you came up with for the choke lever.
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Here you go Rudi. I couldnt get one of the choke clamp installed. It wouldnt take in the dark. Here is a pic of the sheetmetal I used to make the clamp.
Here is a first attempt at a clamp. The hole for the shaft needs to be one drill size smaller than the shaft.
Heres a picture of the original throttle shaft. Its hard to see, but it was worn pretty bad.
Here is the new rod I made from scratch.
Here is the new choke rod I made from scratch. Used a picture from TMs website as a guide.
And finally, here is a pic of the carb reattached. Looks great and runs like champ!
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The rods look great -- nicely done. The clamp is a neat piece of using what you gots handy. Necessity if the mother of invention after all. Neat solution.
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Also, i forgot to note that the side of the carb where the main jet screws in was slightly goofed up, enough that the brass washer would not seal it from leaking, so to correct it I used my gasket punches to cut a washer out of an old tractor tire inner tube, and placed it between the washer and the carb body. Works great, no leaks. If you look close at the last picture you can see it.
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Nice looking carb. Good work
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Clodhopper, The main jet should have a fiber washer, not a brass one. It looks like you found a fix though.
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One note on the rubber inner tube washer... With the ethanol in today's gas, that rubber will wear out and fail if it get in contact with any gas. When we rebuilt Merlin's carb at the cubfest where I got him, we used a nitrile rubber o-ring in place of gasket on the carb. Worked great for about 3 years and then the rubber failed.
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I know what you mean, but with a whole rear innertube to cut washers from, I doubt it will be much of a problem!
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According to an industry O-ring compatibility guide nitrile is compatible with both ethanol and gasoline.
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