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5 Places To Find a Great Monologue
Last week I shared with you how to improve your child's chances of making a great impression when choosing a monologue. Are you curious where to find some good material for that next big audition?
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To get an agent to respond to your marketing materials or to build your network of casting directors here are some tips.
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In order for meditation to be beneficial, you have to do it, and do it with some degree of consistency. It's also important that your practice doesn't feel like a chore but instead feels relaxing, nurturing, and energizing.
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Assumptions often get us into trouble because they generally stem from our fixed conditioned mind patterns that assume things incorrectly based on our paradigms of doubt, fear, and cynicism.
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Whether your child or teen is auditioning for a school theater program, a show, or an industry professional, a monologue is a must-have for every young actor.
The Difference Between Offensive Vs. Defensive Acting
The actor who prepares offensively has a way of working that gives the confidence to let go of the work in the room. He trusts his technique and doesn't feel the need to police himself.
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This article appears in the June issue of HealthLeaders magazine.
As hospitals and health systems investigate delivering healthcare services along a continuum of care, they are reevaluating the strategic fit of their service lines, often with a view toward better integration of service lines with outpatient and postacute care.
For some, the examination causes a regrouping or consolidation of the service lines, and sometimes the service lines are coupled with practice areas that care for related chronic diseases. In addition, as organizations strive to make their service lines more efficient, more care is provided in outpatient settings. As a result, the service line revenue picture may be in a state of flux.
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Intelligence report results show that financial performance (69%) and clinical performance (63%) lead the list of items respondents include among the top reasons they invest in their service lines. Still, strength in service lines may depend on broadening one's perspective as the industry shifts to address population health.
For many, the shift to population health will mean providing services along the continuum of care, and our research shows that health systems—especially larger health systems (six sites or more)—place more emphasis on the continuum of care than hospitals or smaller systems.
Pam Nicholson, senior vice president for strategic integration for Colorado's Centura Health, which operates 14 hospitals in Colorado and Kansas, says that its integrated network of ambulatory, acute, and postacute care is guided by a value proposition that adds service and convenience to the classic financial and clinical drivers.

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- 1 package (16 ounces) frozen pearl onions, thawed
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- In a large skillet, saute onions in butter until tender. Add brown sugar and mustard; cook 2 minutes longer. Sprinkle with parsley. Yield: 6 servings.
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Court Carruthers, president of Grainger U.S., discusses some of the key issue his customers face as 2013 begins.
With some of the federal issues resolved for the moment, how would you evaluate the growth potential for the U.S. manufacturing sector?
Some manufacturers, especially those in heavy manufacturing, are beginning to "re-shore" some production back to the U.S., primarily due to increased transportation costs, increased offshore labor costs, supply chain risk mitigation, and the need to closely connect R&D to the manufacturing floor in an effort to respond faster to emerging trends. With an increase in U.S. driven demand for products, it's also far more attractive to have production closer to the customer, which, among other things, reduces warehousing while improving quality and protecting intellectual property.
How much of that growth is determined in the U.S., and how much is a matter of global issues? And how would you assess the global health of manufacturing?
As the U.S. begins to see re-shoring, China and emerging markets are experiencing salary inflation, but it is not cost-prohibitive at this point. While labor costs are a major consideration, questions need to be answered around quality, transportation cost, the cost/benefit of being first to market, and supply chain risk. These are the key factors driving the manufacturing infrastructure and manufacturers' next steps. The health of the sector will significantly depend on answers to these questions.
What factors outside of government will continue to affect manufacturing in 2013?
Beyond the factors outlined above, employment, in the U.S. in particular, will be the key to driving the manufacturing sector forward. The manufacturing industry has a large amount of skilled jobs to fill and not enough qualified applicants. And as the baby boomer generation continues to retire, that gap will widen even more and hinder manufacturing growth considerably.
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"Live It OutLoud"® is an 8-week summer music program for aspiring (12 to 18 year old), non-professional musicians (haven't signed with a major label yet!), produced by Ted Brown Music Outreach and sponsored by Ted Brown Music. Each student is evaluated and placed with other musicians, forming a band with a professional mentor to create, develop, and perform on a professional level. You're going to "Live It OutLoud"® – no more singing in the shower! The program is educational, inspirational, challenging, nerve wracking and most of all…fun! The adrenaline will flow…the power intense! Space is limited so sign up now!
Any aspiring, non-professional musician can participate. Guitarists, drummers, keyboardists,
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Bands will be challenged to create and perform one original song and two covers for the final concert. Band mentors will provide songwriting guidance, and a program-wide Songwriting Seminar will be presented to assist in structure, lyric composition and arrangement.
Each band will be scheduled for a weekly rehearsal beginning June 13 at Ted Brown Music in Tacoma or Silverdale, and RehearsalWorks in Sumner, supervised by professional music mentors. In-store rehearsals will take place in dedicated rehearsal space outfitted with professional gear (sound system, amps, keyboards, drums). Additional out-of-store rehearsals will be discussed, all in an effort to prepare for the Final Concert!
During the eight weeks, a series of important group seminars are presented. Last year we spent several hours with Michael Herrera, founding member and bassist with MxPx, and Ryan Castle (KISW) with Lisa Mastriani from Warner Brothers. Pamela Moore from Queensryche worked with all vocalists and will again this year. There will be an in-depth seminar about the business of music/bands, contracts, headaches, labels and everything else with the former head of A&R at Windham Hill Records. The seminars provide an intimate opportunity for students, to interact with highlevel professionals and apply the networking skills we teach from day one. Scheduled seminars typically include: Stage Performance, Songwriting, The Studio Experience, The Business of Music, promoting your band, shooting videos, keyboard, guitar, vocal and drum master classes. All students are encouraged to attend all the seminars.
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Join Classical 91.5 FM for five outstanding broadcasts from Chicago's Lyric Opera this June. The Bucksbaum Family Lyric Opera broadcast series continues Saturdays at 1 p.m. on Classical 91.5/FM-HD 91.5-1. The Matthew Bucksbaum Family Lyric Opera Broadcasts are produced by George Preston. WFMTŌĆÖs program director Peter Whorf is managing producer, and WFMTŌĆÖs general manager Steve Robinson is executive producer
On Saturday, June 2 at 1 p.m. the series presents R. Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos. ViennaŌĆÖs richest man is planning an incredible party. First ŌĆō guests will enjoy a serious opera (the Prima Donna plays Ariadne, whoŌĆÖs ready to die on the island of Naxos because her loverŌĆÖs jilted her). Then comes a ribald comedy, starring saucy Zerbinetta (whoŌĆÖs got a Ph.D. in flirting). And finally, thereŌĆÖs to be a pyrotechnic display.
Mozart's The Magic Flute airs Saturday, June 9 at 1 p.m.With a hapless and endearing birdcatcher as his sidekick, Prince Tamino is searching for the girl of his dreams. The mysterious Queen of the Night says her daughterŌĆÖs the one ŌĆö and just waiting to be rescued from the evil wizard, Sarastro. But it turns out heŌĆÖs not the evil one at all! A young coupleŌĆÖs journey to adulthood, the search for universal truths, Masonic rituals and religious allegory ŌĆö Flute gives us much to ponder, and music thatŌĆÖs a wondrous joy!
Verdi's Aida airs Saturday, June 16 at 1 p.m. At the heart of this opera is a treacherous love triangle and a relationship that was never meant to be. Aida, the enslaved Ethiopian princess, and Radames, leader of the Egyptian army that conquered her homeland, long to be together forever. But someone else wants Radames, too ŌĆō itŌĆÖs Amneris, the jealous daughter of the Pharaoh himself!
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The Daddy hit a new low this morning -- I was almost thrown out of a restaurant by a clown.
The restaurant was the new Broughton St. McDonald's, which opened to the public at 11 a.m. Monday and held a pre-opening party at 8 a.m. The clown was Ronald McDonald himself.
In all fairness to Ronald, I didn't have my newspaper ID badge on, and I wasn't carrying a video camera or dressed in a suit. But I would think the computer bag over my shoulder and the pen and pad in my hand would have been a tip off.
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The NCAA tournament's "Sweet 16" starts today. In most years, I would spend this morning figuring out my bracket scenarios.
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One of the nation's largest mortgage lenders, Bank of America, is experimenting with another offering to troubled borrowers. Like many of the bank's other efforts, the "Mortgage to Lease" program looks like another whiff.
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Best Buy released the list Monday after announcing plans to close 50 stores nationally back in March.
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Georgia's Tax Freedom Day – the day Georgians have worked long enough to pay off all tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels – fell on April 10 this year, according to the Tax Foundation.
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By linking data systems across the P-20 /workforce spectrum, states will be able to evaluate whether students, schools and districts are meeting states' college and career readiness expectations. However, academic data and performance histories alone cannot provide a complete picture of the challenges students face and the programs and services they take part in outside the classroom that affect student achievement.
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There is a growing demand for postsecondary data to answer critical policy questions.
- 43 states link K–12 and postsecondary data systems, up from 38 states in 2011, helping them evaluate whether students, schools, and districts are meeting college-readiness expectations.
- 27 states link postsecondary and workforce data systems, an increase from 14 states in 2011, allowing states to determine whether students are prepared for the workforce.
- Most states (44) have created high school feedback reports that provide information on how graduates fare in postsecondary. Forty-one of these states make the reports publicly available.
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K–12 and early childhood data are annually matched and shared with a known match rate.43 states match
K–12 and postsecondary data are annually matched and shared with a known match rate.43 states match
K–12 and workforce data are annually matched and shared with a known match rate.19 states match
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Meaningful, useful P–20W data sharing is still lacking.
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That would only affect me in the case I run two displays. If I go with one 27" I don't have a choice but to use the MDP (and lose my only TB port in the process) to get 2560x1440.
It's an interesting issue though. I run two displays (both HP zr24w) at work on my rMBP (one HDMI and with a MDP to DP cable) with no issues whatsoever...
I may end up getting one of those TB hubs when they are available and cheap.
I am leaning more and more towards the U2711. Really good price and in my home setup two monitors would really be cumbersome...
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Mr. Stuart Lindberg, your letter dated Feb. 9 to the editor of this very left-leaning newspaper was so on the mark. Unfortunately, I fear you are like the lone reed blowing in the wind. Since this paper, more often than not, basically publishes articles and commentary that lean toward left thinking we are not given the opportunity to hear much about how this country is heading toward socialism. Socialism is a word nobody wants to use, referring to what is going on in this Nation of Sheep. However, if anyone is paying attention, like you are, it is becoming clearer that we are very slowly losing our freedoms; as you so well put it, embracing the collectivist ideas ... for the good of society that were the cornerstone of the Soviet Socialist Republic. You can see how this paper and most news media are supporting this trend. It is very frightening, to say the least.
What also bothers me is that those who dont agree with these thoughts, e.g., the likes of Mr. Danziger, cartoonist, as well as many of the folks who lean to the left, find it necessary to call those with opposing views names and make fun of them. Shame on them. I just want you to know that there are probably many more people, like myself, that understand where you are coming from. Thank you for expressing it so well. I also would like to say thanks to all the other folks that have sent letters of this ilk to this paper. I, for one, am paying attention. I only hope that more and more people will pay attention to what is going on in this country and do what they can, where possible (the polls), to turn it around. If not, God help us all.
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1930 Views 4 Replies Latest reply: Jan 4, 2008 9:18 AM by wonkknows
PAHU Jan 3, 2008 6:30 PM
in response to wonkknowsI don't have the MP530, but with an MP600R connected to 10.5.1 and using the v5.8.3 driver that is included with Leopard, I can open Quality & Media and under Print Mode I can select Grayscale.
You mention Windows is okay. Are you sharing this printer from your Windows PC to the Mac?
wonkknows Jan 3, 2008 8:59 PM
in response to PAHUI physically unpluged the printer and tried it on XP -- I am not sharing the printer. The printer is directly plugged into my mac pro. There are no options showing for the printer as outlined in my first post. Since this was a fresh scrub-and-install of Leopard I have tried both the drivers which came with Leopard and the ones downloaded from Canon -- something is amiss...
PAHU Jan 4, 2008 4:08 AM
in response to wonkknowsYour first post says that you look in 'Options and Supplies' and this is grayed out. This is what you should see. There are no options to set in the driver.
The setting of grayscale appears under the Quality and Media tab. When you are in an application, such as Preview, if you click on the menu showing Preview, do you see Quality and Media? If you do, this is where you enable grayscale.
If you don't see Quality and Media, then there has been a problem with the driver installation. Probably caused by adding the Canon drivers you downloaded, as Leopard has the MP530 driver as part of the installation, providing you didn't do a custom installation and deselected the printer drivers. I would then recommend using the following procedure to remove then reinstall the MP530.
1. Open Print & Fax, select the MP530 and remove it (click the -). Then hold Control and click on the Printer list and select Reset Printing System.
2. Close the Print & Fax..
3. Go to Library > Printers > Canon and delete the contents of the BJPrinters folder.
4. Go to Library > Receipts and delete the file Canon MP530 xxx.pkg
5. Empty the Trash
6. Unplug the MP30 USB cable and restart the Mac
7. Run the installer for the MP530 v4.8.3 driver you downloaded from Canon.
8. Once the driver installation is complete, go to Applications > Utilities and open Disk Utility. Run the Repair Disk Permissions option.
9. Reconnect the MP530 USB cable. The printer should be automatically added. Open Print & Fax to check the printer is listed. If not, add it.
Now open an application like Preview and see if you have the Quality and Media tab.
wonkknows Jan 4, 2008 9:18 AM
in response to PAHUHi Pahu - Thanks for your list of steps to try to fix.
I have been unable to find the 'Quality and Media' tab you mentioned.
Yes -- my install was partly custom as I removed all other printers except for Canon and also removed quite a few language options as I installed.
I tried the sequence you laid out twice and still no luck on seeing the settings tab you mentioned.
One quirk I had was when I moved the items indicated to the trash it would not let me empty the trash because it said they were in use.
Another quirk was the driver install wants to restart to complete -- I tried doing the disk permissions repair after the restart on the first try and before the restart on the second try.
It never would automatically pick up the printer -- I would have to go and add it. It would show the following in a list to choose from:
The first one would have a driver pre-selected which was not shown in the list if you tried to choose another driver. The second one had no drivers able to be selected for it.
Still no luck -- I cannot get the menu item for setting gray scale and such to appear You would think by now developers (I am a software developer) would have the "how to get a printer to interact with an OS" down pat.


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KENAI -- The Klimpkes' Christmas lights are so extravagant that oil platform workers see them as they fly over in helicopters and a Coho-based pilot uses them as a waypoint on his approach home.
"I quit counting when I counted 23,000 lights," John Klimpke said. "It's like miles and miles of extension cords."
This December will be the seventh year John and Brenda Klimpke have set out their holiday decorations, and he said it will be the seventh year of traffic backing up for miles along North Miller Loop Road and the Spur Highway with locals, tourists and buses of children all waiting to see the display.
The Klimpkes live on Blueberry Avenue, off North Miller Loop Road in Nikiski, and John Klimpke has fitted his family's property with bright red and green arches for visitors to drive through, a wall of floats along the driveway and an 8-foot-tall Styrofoam igloo strung with white lights and with an animated seal wearing a blue cap. And there is more.
John Klimpke, 53, said he has spent thousands of dollars for supplies to build and buy his decorations.
"My Ferris wheel must have cost me about $600 to $800," he said. It spins and glows and is as tall as their house.
He said they spend about $1,200 to $1,400 in electric bills for the month in which their decorations are in operation.
One year, he said, Homer Electric Association called them, suspicious of their high electricity usage -- an indicator at other locations of a special greenhouse crop. Another year, they bought several adjacent parcels of land to expand. Because they were using so much electricity, they had to install another meter on the parcels and now they pay about $420 a year to keep the power running for that one month.
"I do it for the kids," John Klimpke said. "This little girl hollered out the window (this one time), 'Thank you.' That's it right there. If the kids are happy."
Brenda Klimpke, 52, said their decorations are also for the adults.
"There's a couple cancer patients' families that I know from work and I go, 'You ought to bring your family members out here to see it,' " she said. It's a wonderful experience for them, she added.
But it is not just the Klimpkes who run up their electricity bill in December. Many others do as well, said Lupine M. Orlob, a 32-year-old Kenai resident who spends all summer combing yard sales for good deals on Christmas decorations.
Orlob said she has spent more than $1,000 buying decorations and, during December, nearly all her outlets are plugged with extension cords. She said she blows through breakers.
This year Kenai and Nikiski are holding holiday decorating contests. Orlob won last year in Kenai, and the Klimpkes won in Nikiski. Soldotna held a contest last year, but will not this year.
The contest winners receive "HEA energy bucks" that offset some the high energy bills for the month. But, for the Klimpkes and Orlobs in the community, that only covers a small slice of their bills.
"It's a dent, but that's not why I do it," Orlob said. "If it makes me as happy as I feel, imagine what it does to others."
Despite so many residents plugging in for the holidays, HEA spokesman Joe Gallagher said the Kenai Peninsula does not see a spike in energy usage for lights.
"I think, personally, it makes the whole area look great when everybody's lighting up," he said.
This year John Klimpke wants to add two reindeer to his decorations. He said two live reindeer would go nicely next to Santa.
" 'Think of it this way,' " he said a breeder in Palmer told him, " 'you get three reindeer for the price of two.' "
But a live male and female reindeer would cost him $2,500, he said, so he's considering renting locally.
By DAN SCHWARTZ
Peninsula Clarion


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The train can accommodate 800 riders per day and offers a choice of either a vintage coach car downstairs, or dome car seating upstairs. The service will continue every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through March 31.
Although the train is intended for skiers, Torrico said the first weekend saw an influx of passengers who rode the train as a sightseeing venture.
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Scenarios – How will Pakistan handle North Waziristan?
By Robert Birsel
(Reuters) – Pakistan is under U.S. pressure to clear the militant hub of North Waziristan on the Afghan border, a bastion of Afghan Taliban factions where allied Pakistani militants, al Qaeda and other foreigners also operate.
The attempted car-bombing in New York's Times Square on May 1 has refocused international attention on the ethnic Pastun tribal region of rugged mountains, ravines and forests, which no government has ever fully controlled.
How will Pakistan handle North Waziristan?
May 11 (Reuters) – Pakistan is under U.S. pressure to clear the militant hub of North Waziristan on the Afghan border, a bastion of Afghan Taliban factions where allied Pakistani militants, al Qaeda and other foreigners also operate.
The attempted car-bombing in New York's Times Square on May 1 has refocused international attention on the ethnic Pastun tribal region of rugged mountains, ravines and forests, which no government has ever fully controlled.
Lieutenant General Sardar Mahmood Ali Khan, deputy chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Reuters in an interview on Monday his forces would take action in North Waziristan but in their own time and when adequate resources were available. [ID:nLDE64920J]
(For full coverage of Pakistan click on [ID:nAFPAK]
Here are some scenarios for how events could unfold.
This is most likely. Pakistan already has a sizeable troop presence in North Waziristan, most in heavily fortified positions in the main town of Miranshah, from where they occasionally strike out at specific targets. This allows the military to focus its fire on its most dangerous enemies among the various factions there. This would satisfy the United States to an extent and when U.S. pressure builds, the Pakistani army could intensify its operations. This strategy would appear to afford the Pakistani army a degree of control. The army can tailor its operations and respond to events as they unfold both at home and in Afghanistan. The Afghan factions could perhaps be pressed to enter talks in Afghanistan or even to hand over or isolate Pakistani Taliban or foreign fighters. Security force and civilian casualties could also be limited.
This is not likely although this is what the United States and Afghanistan would like to see. The Pakistani military has said there will be no "steam-roller" operation in North Waziristan, as there have been in places such as Swat, northwest of Islamabad, and South Waziristan. The army, which maintains a huge presence on Pakistan's eastern border with old rival India, says it is consolidating gains made in places such as South Waziristan, Bajaur and Swat, where there have been signs the militants are trying to stage a comeback, and its resources are limited.
A full-scale offensive would also mean taking on the Afghan Taliban factions which have not been attacking the Pakistani state. Pakistan's fundamental security concern is the perceived danger from India and analysts say Pakistan sees the Afghan Taliban factions as tools for its long-term objectives in Afghanistan, where it wants Indian influence kept to a minimum and a friendly Kabul government. Pakistan also believes that with U.S. forces due to begin withdrawing from Afghanistan next year, the Americans will soon be out, perhaps after some sort of a negotiated deal with the Taliban. So Pakistan would be loathe to make enemies now of the only Afghan factions over which it has influence.
A full-scale offensive also carries risk for the government of a country where anti-U.S. sentiment runs high. Heavy military and/or civilian casualties in fighting against factions not attacking Pakistan would bolster those who already say Pakistan is a U.S. puppet fighting a U.S. war. Morale in the armed forces could be undermined while militants would scatter across the northwest and into Afghanistan. Some could slip back to their homes, including the heartland province of Punjab, where they would launch bomb attacks.
This is also not likely. Many Pakistani Taliban fighters waging war against the state have fled from army offensives in South Waziristan and elsewhere in the northwest to North Waziristan from where they plot bomb attacks on the security forces and government and foreign targets across the country. The army and the civilian government know that eliminating those militants is key to ending the violence.
Doing nothing would also infuriate the United States and strain Pakistan's relationship with its biggest aid donor. The United States, struggling in Afghanistan, would step up its attacks by pilotless drones and could even send in ground troops. That would enrage Pakistan and could lead to a breakdown of relations between the allies. Pakistan could throw the U.S. operation in Afghanistan into question by shutting down supply routes running through Pakistan along which passes a large volume of U.S. military supplies, from drinking water to fuel. (Editing by Kazunori Takada)
Q+A: Will the New York bomb bid strain Pakistan-U.S. ties?
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani-American's bid to set off a bomb in New York and the re-emergence of a Pakistani Taliban leader threatening attacks in the United States has thrown the spotlight on U.S.-Pakistani security relations.
Ties between the old allies have at times been dogged by a "trust deficit" over the years since Pakistan threw its support behind the U.S.-led campaign against militancy in the days after the September 11, 2001, attacks on U.S. cities.
U.S. seen vulnerable to radicalized immigrants
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani-American's failed bid to set off a car bomb in New York's Times Square is bound to raise fears that the United States is just as vulnerable to violence from immigrants as other Western countries.
Attacks on London's transport system in 2005 by four young suicide bombers, three of them of Pakistani descent, highlighted the danger of radicalization among alienated young men from down-at-heel immigrant neighborhoods in bleak British cities.
Factbox: Key political risks to watch in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan remains among Asia's riskiest investment destinations, with a weak government struggling to contain a deadly domestic insurgency.
Sovereign 5-year credit default swaps are trading at a spread of 675 basis points, down from 737.5 a month ago but still by far the riskiest component of the Thomson Reuters Emerging Asia Index.
Key political risks to watch in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, May 3 (Reuters) – Pakistan remains among Asia's riskiest investment destinations, with a weak government struggling to contain a deadly domestic insurgency.
Sovereign 5-year credit default swaps <PKGV5YUSAC=R> are trading at a spread of 675 basis points, down from 737.5 a month ago but still by far the riskiest component of the Thomson Reuters Emerging Asia Index.
Pakistan's stock market <.KSE> has more than doubled from lows hit last year during the worst of the global crisis. Few foreign portfolio investors have significant holdings and local investors are less sensitive to risk and political turmoil.
Following is a summary of key Pakistan risks to watch:
Large swathes of Pakistan remain outside government control, run by the Taliban and Pashtun tribal leaders. Last year's military campaign to roll back Taliban territorial gains saw a number of successes, but insurgents have shown they can launch major attacks in urban, industrial and commercial centres with relative impunity. The U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan could also cause more instability in Pakistan's border regions.
What to watch:
— Ability of militants to launch attacks. Several assaults on military facilities in particular have shown the continued ability of Taliban militants to attack even protected targets. There is no sign of a sustained improvement in security despite offensives against the Taliban. Pakistan's markets have long grown accustomed to the level of violence and bomb attacks will not have a significant short-run impact on prices unless key government or military leaders are killed. Investors are more sensitive to attacks in Karachi, the commercial hub and home to the main financial markets, the central bank and the main port, but several recent bomb attacks did not spark heavy selling. Direct investment, however, will be deterred by continued instability, with negative implications for longer-term growth. [ID:nLDE63J1JR]
— Safety of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. Pakistan's poor record of preventing attacks on even secure military targets has raised concern militants could penetrate a nuclear facility. Analysts say while there is minimal risk insurgents could get their hands on a nuclear missile, a potential danger is that they could steal some fissile material which could be used to build a "dirty bomb". This scenario would unsettle markets not just in Pakistan but in India too. [ID:nSP474683] [ID:nN12105738]
Relations with India have improved from the lows hit after the Mumbai attacks in late 2008. The countries' prime ministers had "very good talks" at a regional summit in Bhutan on Thursday and asked their officials to take steps as soon as possible to normalise relations. [ID:nSGE63S0GX]
Washington has been trying with some success to persuade Pakistan to focus on the Taliban threat within its borders rather than the perceived external threat from India. But with many groups in Pakistan still sworn to launch more attacks in India, particularly over disputed Kashmir, there is constant risk of another sudden chill in relations. With two nuclear-armed powers facing off, there is also the risk an accident or misunderstanding escalates into major conflict. [ID:nSGE61501S]
What to watch:
— Attacks in India. Any attack with Pakistani fingerprints could spark a serious confrontation, pushing down markets on both sides of the border.
— Progress on talks. India has been reluctant to broaden the agenda to problems such as Kashmir until more is done in Pakistan to deal with those behind the Mumbai attacks. Any sign of rapprochement will be greeted positively by investors, but would not have much impact on short-run market movements.
The government has limited control over the military, and has also been undermined by tussles with the judiciary. It has been relatively ineffective in tackling corruption and reforming the economy. President Asif Ali Zardari has signed into law constitutional amendments transfering important powers he held to the prime minister and parliament. This should go some way to disarming his critics. But the government remains weak and prone to splits. Problems in formulating and implementing policy will continue to act as a drag on investment.
What to watch:
— Changes in political balance of power. Markets will be watching manoeuvring by opposition parties and the military to gauge the possibility of a challenge to the government. Most analysts expect the government to remain in power for now, but distracted from reforms because of its focus on survival.
— A December decision by the Supreme Court that a 2007 amnesty decree was unconstitutional has opened some close allies of Zardari to charges, further weakening the government and distracting from policymaking. Zardari, though protected from old charges by presidential immunity, could face legal challenges to his eligibility to be president. Such challenges would likely unnerve investors, not because Zardari is seen as indispensable but because political turmoil would distract the government from efforts to improve security and the economy.
Pakistan has traditionally had legislation that favours openness to foreign investment, and given the government's need to promote growth, there is the chance of more economic reforms. These may not be enough to reverse the impact of chronic insecurity and corruption, even though the Supreme Court is taking an assertive stand against graft. Investment is desperately needed in infrastructure and energy — power shortages have badly hit the economy, particularly in Karachi.
What to watch:
— Pressure from the IMF and "Friends of Pakistan". Allies pledged $5.7 billion in aid to Pakistan in April last year, but only a fraction has arrived, with donors wanting more detail on how the money will be used. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has put off approval of the fifth tranche of an $11.3 billion loan because of disagreements over an increase in power tariffs and implementation of a value-added tax. The IMF board will likely meet in mid-May to consider the tranche. [ID:nN23141787]
(Compiled by Islamabad bureau and Andrew Marshall; Editing by Jerry Norton)
Scenarios: Prospects for India-Pakistan talks
By Robert Birsel
(Reuters) – India and Pakistan hailed the first meeting between their prime ministers in nine months as a good step toward renewing dialogue that India halted after a 2008 assault on the Indian city of Mumbai by Pakistan-based militants.
Here are some scenarios for how ties could develop and the risks they face.
Pakistan has been pressing for the resumption of broad talks, known as the composite dialogue, in which all problems, including the disputed Kashmir region, border disagreements, and trade and sporting ties, can be tackled.
Prospects for India-Pakistan talks
April 30 (Reuters) – India and Pakistan hailed the first
meeting between their prime minsters in nine months as a good
step towards renewing dialogue that India halted after a 2008
assault on the Indian city of Mumbai by Pakistan-based
Here are some scenarios for how ties could develop and the
risks they face.
Pakistan has been pressing for the resumption of broad
talks, known as the composite dialogue, in which all problems,
including the disputed Kashmir region, border disagreements,
and trade and sporting ties, can be tackled.
Main problems between India and Pakistan
April 29 (Reuters) – The prime ministers of nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India held their first meeting in nine months on Thursday in Bhutan and asked their officials to take steps as soon as possible to normalise relations. [ID:nSGE63S0GX]
Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh's meeting signalled some improvement in relations between the two rivals. They are in Bhutan for a summit of South Asian leaders.
Here are some of the main problems between the neighbours, who have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947. Their relations nosedived after a militant attack on the Indian city of Mumbai in November 2008. <^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (For full coverage of Pakistan click on [nAFPAK] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^> SECURITY
For India, security is the top issue. It has refused to resume a series of talks on problems, known as the composite dialogue, until Pakistan takes more action against Pakistan-based militant groups.
In particular, India wants Pakistan to show it is serious in reining in the militants behind the Mumbai attacks, in which 166 people were killed.
In Thursday's talks, Gilani assured India of bringing the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice.
India suspects Pakistani security agents support some anti-India groups, which Pakistan denies and says the peace process should not be held hostage to "non-state actors".
The mostly Muslim Himalayan region of Kashmir is at the heart of hostility between the neighbours and was the cause of two of their three wars (the third was over the founding of Bangladesh).
Separatists backed by Pakistan began an insurgency against Indian rule in 1989 and tens of thousands of people have been killed. Most fighters want Kashmir to become part of Pakistan but many ordinary Kashmiris want independence from both India and Pakistan.
A November 2003 truce has largely held along the so-called Line of Control dividing Kashmir, despite occasional clashes.
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf offered in 2003 to set aside a longstanding demand to implement U.N. resolutions for both sides to withdraw troops and for Kashmiris to decide in a vote on whether to be part of India or Pakistan.
He later suggested Pakistan would give up its claim over Kashmir if India agreed to soften the Line of Control and let Kashmiris administer their affairs with oversight from both Islamabad and New Delhi.
India is agreeable to the long-term goal of softening the border, without any redrawing of the ceasefire line, but autonomy and joint oversight go further than India wants.
Musharraf's moves to break the deadlock were criticised in Pakistan for giving away too much and the government that came to power in 2008 has distanced itself from his concessions.
The two countries disagree over use of the water flowing down rivers which rise in Indian Kashmir and run into the Indus river basin in Pakistan.
The use of the water is governed by the 1960 Indus Water Treaty under which India was granted the use of water from three eastern rivers, and Pakistan the use of three western rivers.
Pakistan says India is unfairly diverting water with the upstream construction of barrages and dams.
Pakistan, dependent on the water to produce food for its growing population and to underpin its economy, wants to put water at the top of the agenda, with Kashmir. India denies any unfair diversion of water.
Indian and Pakistani forces have faced off against each other in mountains above the Siachen glacier in the Karakoram range, in what is the world's highest battlefield, since 1984.
The two sides have been trying to find a solution that would allow them to withdraw troops, but India says it is unwilling to bring its forces down until Pakistan officially authenticates the positions they hold.
Pakistan has said it is willing to do so but on the condition that it is not a final endorsement of India's claim over the glacier.
Another boundary dispute is over the 100-km (60-mile) Sir Creek estuary flowing into the Arabian Sea.
The dispute has hampered exploration for oil and gas and led to the detention of hundreds of fishermen from the two countries, mostly in areas where demarcation is unclear.
The two sides have conducted a survey and exchanged maps showing their respective positions.
Afghanistan has become a major source of friction although Indian and Pakistani differences over Pakistan's western neighbour have not been a part of their official talks.
The two countries have long competed for influence there and Pakistan is deeply suspicious of a rise in India's presence after the fall of the Islamabad-backed Taliban government in 2001.
It accuses India of using Afghanistan as a base to create problems inside Pakistan, including backing separatists in its Baluchistan province. India denies the accusations, saying its focus is on development.
This rivalry is complicating U.S.-led efforts to end an intensifying Taliban insurgency and bring stability to Afghanistan more than eight years after the Taliban were ousted. (Editing by Bappa Majumdar)
Factbox: Main problems between India and Pakistan
By Robert Birsel
(Reuters) – The prime ministers of nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India will meet in Bhutan on Thursday in what is likely to be another step in improving their frayed relations.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh, are in Bhutan for a summit of South Asian leaders.


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There is a public service organization in every community in this state that returns $7 in service for every dollar it receives, and that is your local library.
The Governor's goal of getting local governments and taxing authorities to share services is admirable, yet the Executive Budget presented cuts $4 million in aid to libraries, again threatening the viability of the very library systems that turn the State's 752 public libraries and their 314 branches into cooperative organizations that save money through shared purchasing and resourcing.
The Upper Hudson Library System, serving the Guilderland Public Library and 28 other public libraries in Albany and Rensselaer Counties, saves every community thousands upon thousands of dollars. Were it not for these systems, each library would be a stand-alone organization, having to purchase products and services at enormous expense just to maintain current levels of public service. This would shift a massive burden to local taxpayers.
Assemblyperson John MacDonald was recently quoted as saying all that the libraries "ask is a restoration of the $4 million cut in this year's proposed budget and a movement to increase back to the 2009 numbers of $102 million of which we are still lagging behind.
"Libraries are taking on a much larger role in society for education and employment let alone the many community events and programs conducted. I am pleased to be a signatory to the increased funding support letter in the Assembly and am working towards its increase going forward!"
Libraries are essential to vibrant, well-informed communities. They serve people of all ages and income levels; they help people find jobs, promote life-long learning, foster children's love of reading, serve as research and technology hubs and are quite often – as is the case with the Guilderland Public Library – the de facto cultural center of their communities. Helping all these libraries work synergistically to multiply value on every tax dollar are the Library Systems, the very organizations your budget cuts imperil.
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Football: Ancient Scores to Settle in Peculiar Generation Game ..CAP: Peter Withe Breaks Past Wolves' Defence on His Way to His First Goal in a 4-0 Drubbing in February, 1984. George Berry (Inset Left) Provided a Great Hairstyle and Solid Defensive Effort for Wolves; Battles We Have Known: Hyder Jawad Catches Up on a Little Wolves V Villa History
The most recent victory for Wolverhampton Wanderers away to Aston Villa came in the most recent season when they could have a genuine claim to being the better team. It was a generation ago, in March 1980.
It was a season when Andy Gray left Villa to join Wolves, when Tony Morley signed for Villa and when Wolves won the League Cup at Wembley.
One might call this a pivotal season because, while Villa were constructing the squad that would win the League Championship the year after and the European Cup two years after, Wolves were beginning their slide into obscurity.
And yet there was no hint of such contrasting fortunes on March 10, 1980, when Wolves, who were captained by Emlyn Hughes, won 3-1 at Villa Park.
It was the year of the George Berry hairstyle - all frizz and bounce, but no subtlety and sophistication - and of the Des Bremner moustache. It was also the year of Ronald Reagan, the Electric Light Orchestra and Raging Bull.
Colin Brazier and Norman Bell gave Wolves a two-goal lead, Gary Shaw pulled one back for Villa, but Peter Daniel completed the scoring in a rollercoaster first half. The second half was an anticlimax for everybody except the Wolves supporters.
Villa and Wolves have not met in a league match since February 25, 1984. Villa won 4-0 at Villa Park and Wolves ended the season in the relegation zone.
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BOISE, Idaho – A rare plant known to grow only on a small tract of public land near Bruneau will be protected with a temporary restriction on motorized travel. The Hot Well Wildlife Tract, located approximately six miles southwest of Bruneau in Owyhee County, is the only known location in Idaho of the plant alkali cleomella (Cleomella plocasperma).
The BLM announced today that approximately one mile of road in the tract will be open only to non-motorized traffic until the agency can complete a full travel management plan for the area. That plan is expected to be complete in the summer of 2016.
Alkali cleomella is a "BLM Sensitive" species, which the agency manages to ensure that the need to list the species as threatened or endangered does not arise. Habitat for the cleomella in the Hot Well tract has been damaged from illegally dumped trash, campfires and off road vehicular traffic, putting the population at risk of further decline.
Informational signs will be posted at key entry points near the wildlife tract. Contractors hired by the BLM to work in the area; search and rescue personnel; Federal, State or local law enforcement officials and other BLM employees in the performance of their official duties; and persons with written authorization from the BLM are exempt from the restriction.
Maps identifying the location of the affected lands are available online at http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/advisories-closures.html. Hard copy maps are available at the BLM Boise District Office, 3948 S. Development Avenue, Boise, Idaho 83705.
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Long before this year's incoming freshmen crack a book at Mississippi State University, many will get an education in online borrowing.
For the past three years Bruce Crain, Mississippi State's director of financial aid, has been steadily beefing up the section of its Web site where a growing list of institutions make loans available on a point-and-click basis. A host of local banks have been brushing up on new technology to make the grade.
To get on the list, "you've got to participate electronically," Mr. Crain said. "Our students expect it, the schools expect it, and, really, the feds expect it. Probably a third or half of those banks are local Mississippi banks, and the majority of student loans go through our local banks."
Such tech expectations have been molding the student loan business from coast to coast. Buoyed by a tidal wave of college-bound youngsters who need to cover ever-rising costs, student borrowing has soared, and Mr. Crain's counterparts around the country are pushing Web links to a pool of eager borrowers. And though national lenders have been raising the technology ante by continually speeding up the lending process, some community bankers say they have a built-in edge.
"If you're a parent and wanted to find a way to pay for school, you'd want to do that with your own bank," said Shelby Burkhardt, the student loan director at National Bank of Commerce, a unit of NBC Capital Corp. of Starkville, not far from Mississippi State's main campus.
By relying on a Web-based system, community banks like the $1 billion-asset National Bank of Commerce have learned how to keep their costs down while lining up low-interest loans.
Meanwhile, secondary buyers and service groups have been offering to handle the more expensive end of maintaining the loans.
"I think we're seeing community banks come back into" the student loan business "that got out of it," said Norg Sanderson, the president of Student Loan Finance Corp., a secondary student loan buyer in Aberdeen, S.D., which over the past five years has added hundreds of community banks to its list of borrowers. "You can't have a person in the bank to do that for just a few loans. It's all about critical mass and efficiency."
While student lending in general has been growing at 8% to 10% a year for the past few years, Student Loan Finance's community-bank-generated portfolio has been swelling at an annual rate of 22% to 23%, according to Mr. Sanderson.
But Phillip Wambsganns, the marketing director for the North Texas Higher Education Servicing Corp., a Dallas nonprofit that works with community banks that offer student loans, says they are not for every bank. A major consideration: The competition is fierce. Big lenders like Citigroup Inc. and Bank One Corp. can operate nationwide and have assembled sophisticated and very popular Web sites.
To be successful, a community bank needs at least one major hometown school to put it on its preferred provider list and must develop a way to channel loans electronically through the school's financial aid office, Mr. Wambsganns said.
But opportunities exist. Just a year after moving over to the $1.1 billion-asset TexasBank in Weatherford after 17 years at a nearby institution, Earlene Blocker has managed to get her bank on lender lists at several universities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
"You get to know everybody" through the financial aid contacts, said Ms. Blocker, the vice president in charge of student loans. "It's like one big family," and those relationships are "key to making it work."
But those contacts are just one way TexasBank implements its hands-on marketing strategy. It also distributes literature at college nights at local high schools.
The payoff? Ms. Blocker is projecting, conservatively, that its student loan portfolio will grow by 15% to 20% in the coming year.
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- Satawar (A. racemosus) is an important medicinal plant, used in Ayurveda (Indian system of medicine). Roots infusion acts as strong rejuvenating for the body and improves mental functions. It also used in treating nervousness, dyspepsia, insomnia etc. The major active constituents of Satawar are steroidal saponins (Shatavarins) etc.
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- The Asparagud recemosus is mainly recommended for aphrodiasic tonic and general weakness of body.
- Mainly used as an immunomodulator and aphrodisiac . People use asparagus racemosus for upset stomach (dyspepsia), constipation, stomach spasms, and stomach ulcers. It is also used for fluid retention, pain, anxiety, cancer, diarrhea, bronchitis, tuberculosis, dementia, and diabetes. Some people use it to ease alcohol withdrawal.
Women use asparagus racemosus for premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and uterine bleeding; and to start breast milk production.
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"Presentations are one of the main ways in which professionals capture and share their experiences and knowledge, which in turn helps shape their professional identity," said LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner in statement. "These presentations also enable professionals to discover new connections and gain the insights they need to become more productive and successful in their careers, aligning perfectly with LinkedIn's mission and helping us deliver even more value for our members. We're very excited to welcome the SlideShare team to LinkedIn."
SlideShare was founded in Oct. 2006 and "helps professionals discover people through content, and content through people." The service's users have uploaded more than nine million presentations during the life of the service. In March, SlideShare had about 29 million unique vistors, according to comScore.
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Boasting chic colonial style décor with exposed stone walls and Spanish style courtyards, Las Carretas has rooms with free Wi-Fi in Cartagena. Spa services are available and trips to Rosario Island can be booked.Hotel Boutique Las Carretas has air-conditioned rooms with flat-screen TVs and minibars. They feature views of the city or charming courtyard and all of them include modern private bathrooms with showers and bathrobes.At Boutique Hotel Carretas guests can go on a city tour of the walled city or rent a yacht. Water sports are also available. San Felipe Castle is 7 km away.A full American breakfast with Colombian coffee and tropical fruits is served daily.Shuttles to Rafael Nuñez Airport, 11 km away, can be arranged. ...read more
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