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JobsOhio benefits Columbus, property tax return could grow, museum levy gets conditions
JobsOhio, the state-funded privatized development agency, grants more tax credits around Columbus, the state capital, than anywhere else in the state. According to The Cincinnati Enquirer, the discrepancy might be driven by Columbus' high growth rate and the city's proximity to the state government, which could make Columbus officials more aware of tax-credit opportunities. But Hamilton County Commissioner Greg Hartmann also blames local governments in southwest Ohio for failing to act in unison with a concerted economic plan to bring in more tax credits and jobs. Hartmann today plans to introduce a partial restoration of the property tax return that voters were promised when they approved a half-cent sales tax hike to build Great American Ball Park and Paul Brown Stadium. The return was reduced when there wasn't enough money in the sales tax fund to pay for the stadiums last year, but there might be enough money now to give property taxpayers more of their money back. It was unclear as of Sunday how much money someone with a $100,000 home would get back under Hartmann's plan. Hamilton County's Tax Levy Review Committee will recommend a tax levy for the Cincinnati Museum Center only if a few conditions are met, including transfer of ownership of the Union Terminal from the city to a new, to-be-formed entity and allocation of public and private funds to renovate and upkeep the terminal in a sustainable fashion.City Council last week asked the city administration to find and allocate $30,000 for the winter shelter, which would put the shelter closer to the $75,000 it needs to remain open between mid-to-late December and February. The shelter currently estimates it's at approximately $32,000, according to Josh Spring, executive director of the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition. The city administration now needs to locate the money and turn the transaction into an ordinance that needs City Council approval and would make the allocation of funds official. To contribute to the winter shelter, go to tinyurl.com/WinterShelterCincinnati and type in "winter shelter" in the text box below "Designation (Optional)" before making a donation. Defense contractor Lockheed Martin announced Thursday that it plans to cut about 500 jobs in Akron, Ohio. State officials were apparently aware of the plan in October but underestimated how quickly Lockheed Martin would carry out the cuts. Ohio Democrats jumped on the opportunity to mock JobsOhio for failing to move at the "speed of business," as Republicans claim only the privatized development agency can, to develop an incentive package that could have kept Lockheed Martin in Akron. But state officials say they were led to believe Lockheed Martin's move would take months longer. Intense storms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest over the weekend, killing at least six. Ohio has issued a record-breaking amount of concealed-weapons licenses this year. The state issued 82,000 licenses in the first nine months of 2013, more than the 64,000 in 2012 that set the previous record. About 426,000 permits have been issued since the state began the program in 2004. This week, Ohio gas prices jumped back up but remained lower than the national average. Popular Science looks at how artificial meat could "save the world."Follow CityBeat on Twitter:• Main: @CityBeatCincy• News: @CityBeat_News• Music: @CityBeatMusic• German Lopez: @germanrlopez
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During his final state of the city address yesterday, Mayor Mark Mallory touted Cincinnati's nationally recognized economic turnaround, which began during his eight years as mayor. He also fought back against the neighborhoods-versus-downtown rhetoric that has permeated on the campaign trail in the past year; he pointed out that throughout his past two terms the city government both invested $529 million in neighborhoods and oversaw the revitalization of downtown and Over-the-Rhine. Looking to the future, Mallory said the city should use its federally mandated overhaul of the sewer system as an opportunity to bring in private investment that could revitalize the West Side and help build a bridge from the West Side to Kentucky, near the airport. A new report found the Museum Center could wean itself off taxes, but the report says it should first more than triple its endowment and, perhaps by applying for historic tax credits, rebuild its crumbling Union Terminal home. The report comes at the request of county commissioners, who are discussing whether they should allow a property tax levy on the May ballot to help the museum. It finds that if Union Terminal is repaired and restored, the museum could afford to operate without taxpayer help. If county commissioners agree to make the payment today, Hamilton County could get a 4-percent break on its $920,501 legal bill to Democratic Juvenile Court Judge Tracie Hunter and her legal team. The Hamilton County Board of Elections racked up the bill for the county after the board decided to contest Hunter's legal challenge to count more than one-third of previously discarded provisional ballots, which were enough to turn the juvenile court election in Hunter's favor. Hunter's opponent at the time, Republican John Williams, eventually won a seat on the juvenile court through a different election. City Council candidates have raised $2 million in the ongoing election cycle. Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted says that his office, with the help of county boards of election, has virtually eliminated duplicate voters from the rolls. Traffic deaths in Ohio could hit a record low in 2013. Graeter's plans to open an ice cream parlor in Over-the-Rhine. Here are seven gorgeous images of space from NASA. Early voting is now underway. Find your voting location here. Normal voting hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., although some days are extended. If you don't vote early, you can still vote on Election Day (Nov. 5). Check out CityBeat's coverage and endorsements for the 2013 election here. Follow CityBeat on Twitter:• Main: @CityBeatCincy• News: @CityBeat_News• Music: @CityBeatMusic• German Lopez: @germanrlopez
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Governor bypasses legislature, voter turnout historically low, museum price tag criticized
Gov. John Kasich will not look to the full legislature to expand Medicaid and is instead asking a seven-member legislative oversight panel to consider using federal funds for the next two years to expand Medicaid eligibility to more low-income Ohioans. The Controlling Board, which is made up of one Kasich appointee, four Republican legislators and two Democratic legislators, will make its decision on Oct. 21. The expansion would allow Medicaid, the government-run health insurance program, to cover all Ohioans up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, or individuals with an annual income of $15,856.20 or less. The Health Policy Institute of Ohio previously found the expansion would generate $1.8 billion for Ohio and insure nearly half a million Ohioans over the next decade. Cincinnati's 2013 mayoral and City Council elections may be on track for the lowest ever voter turnout. As of Friday, the Hamilton County Board of Elections had processed 3,173 absentee ballot applications in Cincinnati. At the same point in 2011, the board had processed 8,964 applications in the city. The numbers come just one month after a measly 5.68 percent of voters cast a ballot in the mayoral primary election, much lower than the mayoral primaries held on Sept. 11, 2001, the day of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and 2005. Hamilton County Commissioner Greg Hartmann acknowledges Union Terminal is in need of repairs, but he says the Museum Center must lower the estimated $180 million price tag on the project. "These are great facilities, but we don't have an unlimited amount of dollars, and I think taxpayers expect us to view their tax dollars in that way. I think that number for the Museum Center is too high right now. I've encouraged them to bring that number way down for (county commissioners) to consider having the property tax payers of this county pay for it," Hartmann said. Hamilton County judges say witness intimidation is on the rise, which could be making it more difficult to put criminals in prison. Judges are so concerned that they banned cellphones from their courtrooms after some residents used the devices to take pictures of witnesses and showed the photos in neighborhoods as an intimidation tactic, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer. Now, some witnesses are refusing to testify even when threatened with jail. To them, the threat of violent crime is so real that some jail time makes more sense in comparison. City officials plan to break ground today for a new police station for District 3 on the west side of Cincinnati. The district serves East Price Hill, East Westwood, English Woods, Lower Price Hill, Millvale, North Fairmount, Riverside, Roll Hill, Sayler Park, Sedamsville, South Cumminsville, South Fairmount, West Price Hill and Westwood. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asked the Ohio EPA to explain in writing why a proposed permit for Murray Energy's coal slurry project doesn't include certain pollution limits. Without the restrictions on specific toxic gases, the U.S. EPA could reject the project's permit. Former Ohio EPA Surface Water Division Chief George Elmaraghy previously said his call to adhere to pollution limits for coal companies led the Kasich administration to fire him. Part of Ohio's electronic food stamp system temporarily shut down on Saturday after a glitch cropped up at Xerox, the company that handles the electronic benefit system. The partial shutdown affected 16 other states as well. StateImpact Ohio recommends "eight must-read posts" on Ohio's new Common Core education standards. Ohio gas prices increased this week, edging toward the U.S. average. Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble appeared in Reuters' list of top 100 innovators for the third year in a row. Popular Science hosts an in-depth look at what it will take to find life outside of Earth. Hint: It requires more funding and public support.Early voting for the 2013 City Council and mayoral elections is now underway. Find your voting location here. Normal voting hours will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., although some days will be extended.
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Reassessing a Master
Landscapes of Reflection offers Monet on an intimate scale
Alan Pocaro
4 Comments · Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Monet in Giverny: Landscapes of Reflection at the Cincinnati Art Museum is a stunning collection of 12 works — many painted after 1910 — that offers something for art lovers of all stripes. Your granny will be happy to gaze at utterly inoffensive subject matter, while aficionados can sink their teeth into the artist's assertive paint handling.
Cafes Inside CAM, Taft Offer Tasty Treasures
Candace Miller-Janidlo
0 Comments · Tuesday, January 24, 2012
These two museums don't just have wonderful art — they also both have fantastic cafés. I recently undertook a mission to dine at both: CAM's Terrace Café and the Lindner Family Café at the Taft Museum. I decided that I wouldn't just eat at the cafés — I would also see what treasures the museums had to offer.
The Reality of Evolution
0 Comments · Wednesday, October 28, 2009
There were some inaccuracies in the Sept. 30 article ("Beyond Belief") on the visit by atheists to our Creation Museum: Our date for the Earth's age was given at 4,300 years old; my name was wrongly printed as "Ken"; and a "stir" was created at the museum, it was stated, by an atheist's T-shirt when the real problem was the way he was verbally disrupting our other visitors' experience.
The Big Picture
Cincinnati Art Museum's Upcoming Shows and Other Events
Steven Rosen
0 Comments · Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Last week, Cincinnati Art Museum filled us in on the upcoming season and other subjects. We've already published the museum's Fall schedule, so I'm going to bring up some of the other information they shared with us. While the recession has definitely had an impact, the museum continues to move forward.
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The Grand Visions of Garry Winogrand
Cincinnati Art Museum highlights Winogrand's photography
Jane Durrell
0 Comments · Wednesday, May 27, 2009
'Garry Winogrand would move fast through the streets, see things happening, maybe across an intersection, would move to that area, firing off his Leica, the wide-angle lens essentially pre-focused, moving with the camera, the energy, the kineticism of the street coming through."
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Check Out Our Own Exhibits, Then Go Regional
Art lovers have a whole world at their fingertips
Steven Rosen
0 Comments · Wednesday, May 27, 2009
For art-museum lovers, one of the best things about hot summers in Cincinnati is the proximity to nearby cities whose museums and public galleries have exhibitions. This makes shows in Dayton, Columbus, Louisville, Lexington and Indianapolis easily reachable. But before we set off on a two-hour drive to see another city's work, let's look at the shows local institutions have planned for the summer. Then we'll hit the road.
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Teens Go Green
ArtWorks continues to nurture young artists with The Outdoor Museum
Jane Durrell
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What happens when talented teenagers are teamed with design professionals and asked to interpret "green" concepts in billboard-like format? Plenty happens, as can be seen in The Outdoor Museum, or TOM, in Eden Park now through May 31.
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They seek their eighth loan through the microfinance institution of Soro Yiriwaso (Kiva Field Partner) in order to meet client demand. This group of women sells fruits and vegetables with Madiala C., the leader of the group.
With her loan she hopes to purchase 30 sacks of oranges. She purchases her products in the large market in Sikasso and in the surrounding villages.
The fruit is resold in the large market of Sikasso and from their home to a clientele made up of both men and women. The sales are completed in cash and credit.
She expects to earn a monthly income of 50 FCFA, a part of which will be used to help her husband meet the daily expenses, and some will be reinvested back into the business.
Elles sont à leur huitième collaboration avec l'institution de microfinance Soro Yiriwaso afin de satisfaire le besoin de leur clientèle. Ce groupe de femmes fait le commerce de fruits et légumes avec MADIALIA C., la présidente du groupe.
Elle compte acheter avec son prêt, 30 sacs d'orange. Elle s'approvisionne au grand marché de Sikasso et dans les villages environnants.
Les fruits sont vendus au grand marché de Sikasso et à domiciles à une clientèle composée d'hommes et de femmes, en détails, au comptant et à crédit.
Elle envisage réaliser un bénéfice mensuel moyen de 50.000fcfa dont une partie sera utilisée pour l'appui de son mari dans les dépenses quotidiennes et l'autre partie sera investie dans les activités.
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Important InformationSoro Yiriwaso is a microfinance institution that works primarily in rural and semi-urban areas of Mali to provide underprivileged communities with access to financial services.The organization facilitates access for disadvantaged clients, particularly women, to new resources and services, fostering solidarity and cooperation among its clients. Kiva lenders' funds will enable Soro Yiriwaso to expand its outreach and target even more underserved Malians involved in business and agriculture.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
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- Dec 29, 2010
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Funny how you are happy to lay into Bautista (not anything to do with a recent clash with your idol Valentino by some chance?), and be really hard on the guy, but will defend and find a great deal of fairness, justification and consideration for Vale whatever he does.
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The Marriage Plot
by Jeffrey Eugenides
The "marriage plot" refers to the central theme behind a lot of our favorite English novels by Jane Austen, Edith Wharton, the Brontë sisters, and their ilk--how young women had very few options in their lives and very little time available to them to secure their position in society. They relied on procuring a satisfactory marriage partner before they were deemed old maids. In those novels, we often see the common trope of the girl dreaming of her perfect someone, thinking she's met him, then having to overcome some obstacle, i.e. being tempted by another, before finding her happy ever after.
This particular book parallels that same method of storytelling but brings it into modern day life (1980s) when women do have more choices and are not necessarily reliant upon finding a "good catch" in order to achieve success and happiness in life.
We meet the three main protagonists in college, just learning about themselves and trying to figure out what they will do after graduation and trying to navigate the waters of romance as 20-somethings. This is a group of people who come from different backgrounds (one is from the Midwest, one from a more elite upbringing in New England, one from an abusive and dysfunctional home on the other side of the country) but are all now in the melting pot of an Ivy League school. We see them as they branch off after graduation, two of the three in a relationship but dealing with the difficulties that come with mental illness; the third trying to find his way emotionally and spiritually by backpacking around the world, nursing his broken heart over his unrequited love.
The first half of this book came across as pretentious, not just because of the discussions between the well-educated and sometimes pompous students. That's to be expected in college, when it's important to people to impress their peers, especially in an institution of the calibre of Brown University. I'm picturing a campus full of John Greens arguing the theory of semiotics. It seemed like a possible affectation by the author himself to name-drop as many literary references as possible. I'm not joking. I was curious when I noticed how often it was happening. I counted 130 (one hundred thirty!) different references to books and authors (Derrida, Wharton, Eco, Barthes, Updike, Baudrillard, Proust, Faulkner...). I'm sure it would make a great list. There were so many I was thinking this book would make a great source for a reading challenge or should become a college drinking game.
The second half of the book had less of that nonsense and more about the stories of their lives. Other than the serious issue of manic-depression, which was explained and covered very well, some of their difficulties could cause some eye rolling. They were definitely rich American white-people problems. Only those with wealthy families can spend weeks in places like Monaco when they are unemployed, or spend months finding themselves by roaming around third-world countries, as admirable as one particular character was in how he spent his time serving others.
That being said, I did care about these people and wanted them to find happiness. This ends with some unanswered questions which is disappointing, but I liked that it felt like real life. Real life is never cut and dried.
I have always greatly admired Eugenides. I feel that he is one of the best contemporary American writers. With this book he really shines. His ease with character development is remarkable, and the way he manages the underlying philosophy to his works is impeccable. The Virgin Suicides was a starting point, and really showed his mastery of difficult writing techniques. He is great at burying the lead in his works. Middlesex was a blossoming of his ability to tackle a truly complex plot, and is remarkable for an author to have his second book win the Pulitzer. Both of his first books prove that Eugenides is a true literary author, for they are both are written for himself. A true writer must have the courage to expose and explore themselves. When done right, you are able to reveal a nuance of the world, for art is just that. We are all alone, and nothing about existence will be found anywhere but within each and every individual life. His first book shines with his growing up in Michigan, and finding within the veneer beneath the rise of suburbia covering the existential pains of post-modern (as opposed to "postmodern," literally in terms of an epistemological understanding of the self), reflected in both the death of the girls and the life of the boys. Middlesex expands upon it, specifying his life in Detroit, and tacking on History by showing the illusion of development.
The Marriage Plot explodes with a mix between these two. He is able to capture the isolated masterwork of his first book with the worldview of Middlesex. This book is in many ways very much like Michel Houellebecq's les particules élémentaires, written in 1998. They both tackle the possibility of marriage in a world after the sexual revolution – which radically altered our understanding of love; embodied by that generations falling back upon the old conventions. This is what constitutes the "post-postmodern" in which we find ourselves. Having come up against linguistic and deconstructive philosophical understandings of social construction, mankind has fallen back in "bad faith," unable to take responsibility for the full consequences. Eugenides I feel does a much better job. His faith to the very linguistic question (which his name dropping and somewhat obscurity should not be counted against. I don't like how people become prejudiced against a book because it references potentially obscure real life movements and names). He gives the tools in the first section to "deconstruct" the ending. Leonard's "condition" follows suit in the Foucaultian constructivist archeology of "madness," and his new-age groping for meaning exemplified by Mitchell, are key struggles in modern society. It is quite frankly a masterwork in philosophical literature in the tradition of Sartre and Dostoyevsky.
As always, I recommend Eugenides. He has a magic and poetics to his work. The inconclusiveness of both of the male representative figures, and Madeline's ending with a letting go of the post-postmodern falling back on what would have been her romanticizing love again and taking on the real consequences in the end of the philosophical repercussions which she found herself enmeshed in was a perfect ending.
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides is a coming of age novel set in the early 1980s. It tells the story of Madeleine, Leonard, and Mitchell, three college students from Brown University. As Eugenides himself says "The book is a postmodernist take on the original marriage plot within the Victorian novel. A lot of the time, it is also a novel about other novels." He explained to the Calgary Herald, "At 20 you can really change your philosophy of the world by reading a single book, or by one chance meeting." "That is my point about "The Marriage Plot": you read books and they change your life." "But it is also an exploration of mental illness, failed romance and one man's battle with religious faith." (interviews found in Economist, Christian Science Monitor, and others)
The marriage plot in literature is the classic love triangle found in nineteenth century literature. You have a beautiful woman (Madeleine) who is falling for the wrong man, a handsome man with a secret (Leonard), while the less attractive but better man is pining for her from afar (Mitchell). At the beginning of The Marriage Plot there is a lot of literary theory but then Eugenides purposefully lessens the literary discussions as the novel progresses.
The characters are immature, egomaniacal young people who are searching for meaning in life and their way in the world. They are so self obsessed that it can be painful to be privy to their every emotion and feeling. Since these students are only a few years younger than I was when I went to college, I recognize them. Clearly they are a product of their times. I also didn't like them very much. But then who, as an adult years past the time of life these characters are experiencing, would really choose to spend time with these self-centered people?
Even though I didn't like the characters for most of the novel, I have to credit Eugenides skill as a writer that I continued to read and was interested and invested in the characters enough that I needed to see what happened to them and if there was any personal growth. Finally, I respect Eugenides for the ending, which could have predictably gone one way but didn't.
On January 22, 2012 Jeffrey Eugenides was among the nominees announced for the National Book Critics Circle awards for The Marriage Plot.
For me The Marriage Plot is very highly recommended, with a cautionary statement: it really wasn't until the very end, the last sentence, that I knew what my rating would be. http://shetreadssoftly.blogspot.com/
A friend highly recommended this book to me so I had overly high expectations. And, while the book was good - it did not live up to the fabulous reviews I had read. I loved the realistic portrayal of the main characters and their difficulties figuring out what they wanted to do with their lives after graduation. I also appreciated the references to classical literature plot lines and the true to life manner in which the mental illness was depicted. Overall worth the read!
The novel isn't really concerned with matrimony or the stories we tell about it, and the title, the opening glance at Madeleine's library and the intermittent talk of books come across as attempts to impose an exogenous meaning. The novel isn't really about love either, except secondarily. It's about what Eugenides's books are always about, no matter how they differ: the drama of coming of age.
No one's more adept at channeling teenage angst than Jeffrey Eugenides. Not even J. D. Salinger.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0374203059, Hardcover)Amazon Best Books of the Month, October 2011: Even among authors, Jeffrey Eugenides possesses a rare talent for being able to inhabit his characters. In The Marriage Plot, his third novel and first in ten years (following the Pulitzer Prize-winning Middlesex), Eugenides describes a year or so in the lives of three college seniors at Brown in the early 80s. There is Madeleine, a self-described "incurable romantic" who is slightly embarrassed at being so normal. There is Leonard, a brilliant, temperamental student from the Pacific Northwest. And completing the triangle is Mitchell, a Religious Studies major from Eugenides' own Detroit. What follows is a book delivered in sincere and genuine prose, tracing the end of the students' college days and continuing into those first, tentative steps toward true adulthood. This is a thoughtful and at times disarming novel about life, love, and discovery, set during a time when so much of life seems filled with deep portent. --Chris Schluep
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Madeleine Hanna breaks out of her straight-and-narrow mold when she falls in love with charismatic loner Leonard Bankhead, while at the same time an old friend of hers resurfaces, obsessed with the idea that Madeleine is his destiny.
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SOUTHAMPTON, England (Reuters) - Cardiff City manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes their surprise 1-0 Premier League win at Southampton on Saturday can galvanise his relegation-threatened side after a difficult week for the club.
Following last weekend's 3-0 home defeat by Crystal Palace, British media reported that Cardiff's team details had been leaked to their London opponents 24 hours before the game and the saga has been unsettling for the Welsh club.
"We've had some issues but we deal with it," Solskjaer told reporters on Saturday. " just focus on football and I can focus on the rest of it.
"We're dealing with it as a club and we'll move on."
The former Manchester United striker, who on Friday dismissed any suggestion that members of the Cardiff squad were involved, said the victory over Southampton was fantastic and could be the perfect tonic to turn their season around.
"We've ended the week on a high and now it's back to square one again next week because it's about performing on the day," said the Norwegian manager who took over in January after the sacking of Malky Mackay.
After the Palace setback Solskjaer said Cardiff needed a miracle to avoid the drop but their plight was eased by defender Juan Cala who scored the only goal at St Mary's, steering home expertly from the edge of the area in the 65th minute.
Saturday's win over the Saints was Cardiff's second in their last 10 league games - and Solskjaer's first away from home with the club - leaving them second-bottom with four games left.
They are now only three points behind Norwich City, who are just above the drop zone in 17th after losing 1-0 at fellow strugglers Fulham.
Sunderland are bottom with 25 points after losing 1-0 at home to Everton, with two games in hand on their relegation rivals, while Fulham are 18th with 30.
"Before today I don't think anybody expected us to come here and collect three points. We were six points behind but now we're just three points behind," said Solksjaer.
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On December 15, 2012 the World Combat Series will present the CAMO California MMA State Championship in San Jose, California. This event will be held in the prestigious San Jose Civic Auditorium.
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One of the most anticipated bouts will feature #1 in California, Joe "9 Lives" Neal (7-0) vs. #1 Colorado J.Keven Hernandez (7-0). Both fighters are not only excited about the upcoming fight, but also confident about their victory. Joe Neal, the current WCS 145lb Champion and Keven Hernandez have both agreed to put their title belts on the line.
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The General Congress elects the President, three Vice Presidents and nine Council Members for a four-year term. The General Secretary is a non-voting member of the IIHF Council. Biographies and portraits of the new IIHF Council will follow soon.
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Horst Lichtner Close BiographyHorst Lichtner assumed the position as the General Secretary of the IIHF on November 1, 2006. He who was born in Essen, Germany in 1959, and came from a position as the Marketing Director of the German Football (Soccer) Association, a job he held between 2001-2006. He was earlier the CEO of the CWL Marketing AG (1994-1997), the commercial partner of the IIHF. Between 1997 and 2001, Lichtner was Marketing Director of TEAM AG, the commercial partner of the UEFA Champions League.Lichtner's first experience in ice hockey came when he was involved with the preparations for the 1993 IIHF World Championship in Germany. He was also involved in the organization behind the 1996 and the 1997 IIHF World Championships.Horst Lichtner resides in Lucerne, Switzerland. He is married and has two children.


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The bird was once common in the uplands, where it was largely left alone while many lowland forests became cane fields and golf courses.But as global warming heats up mountain habitats--home to roughly 20 percent of all species, according to Duke University conservation ecologist Stuart Pimm--plants and animals will be forced upward into ever shrinking space until they run out of room."There is a big group of species that are going to have their ranges shrunk by global warming," said Pimm, who was not involved in the new report."And the thing that worries me a great deal is that, from what I can see, global warming is going to kill off a different set of species than those killed off by habitat destruction. 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blankylor 2516 days ago
Such beautiful scenery, and we'll probably only see it as a blurred backdrop.
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smiffyboy65 2517 days ago
thanks stephen for keeping us updated and for some wonderful photos
georgialena 2517 days ago
wow, beautiful!
sdarcy7 2517 days ago
Would be better if that mountain was more over to the right
numbrsandlettrs 2517 days ago
Das ist sehr sehr schön!!
michael_elliott 2517 days ago
oh my double is so there.
littlekjw 2517 days ago
"Fentesticly fentestic!" ;D (Seriously, though - stunning, just stunning.)
jbdonaghy 2517 days ago
Want to swap jobs?
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georgiaeades 2517 days ago
so beautiful, i think i hate you now. . .
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BeaMaria 2517 days ago
da lässt es sich aushalten!
jamietcampbell 2517 days ago
Reminds me of Milford Sounds in New Zealand. This is a much better view than the Top of a Factory Roof I have outside my Window!
Cantthink01now 2517 days ago
We'll never know where the missing boat has gone.... I'm feeling philosophical today, and hot..
ZeeFox 2517 days ago
Wow, what a view!
Rapagena 2517 days ago
Mine's the one with the red trim.
voiceart 2517 days ago
Now about weightloss, wow, i felt good about my weightloss. But Stephens is amazing. Good for you sir!
voiceart 2517 days ago
Looks lovely, is there a clue in there? Arghhh, for all that have not bought the dongle of Donald Trefuisis, do so. It´s smart and funny and really makes you think.
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Another reason for me to be outside, I'm running out of reasons to be at my desk!


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A Yahoo! User May 18, 2012 19:40 Flag
Welcome back Rafa.........
If the choice is between Matinez and Rafa, I would go with Rafa. Guys what has Matinez done really to warrant all the hype?Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter May 20, 2012 11:27 Flag
Nevertopthe.. I don't have any desire to fall out with you or any LFC fan.. wer're all in this together as far as I see it..
LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter May 20, 2012 11:24 Flag
Thing is are FSG considering him?
I don't think he's on their list?
I might be wrong?
However they might be thinking.. "we hired a manager who loves the club, and look where it got us?"
Meaning KD..
Obviously thats an assumption...
For once Armchair I agree with you, for a foreigner Rafa was the nearest thing to a scouser you could imagine!
He enveloped himself in LFC, wanted the best for the club and if you needed any proof about what LFC meant to him you only had to see those tears at the memorial and the £96k he left to the cause and Marina Dalglish charity.
The things he has done after he left he didn't have to do but he did, which was a true sign of the man.
I'd have him back because I don't care what anyone say's about him towards the end, to achieve what he did with the resources he had was excellent.
RAFA II - The sequel called - Unfinished Business !
(Just shave the beard off!)
For once Armchair I agree with you, for a foreigner Rafa was the nearest thing to a scouser you could imagine!
He enveloped himself in LFC, wanted the best for the club and if you needed any proof about what LFC meant to him you only had to see those tears at the memorial and the £96k he left to the cause and Marina Dalglish charity.
The things he has done after he left he didn't have to do but he did, which was a true sign of the man.
I'd have him back because I don't care what anyone say's about him towards the end, to achieve what he did with the resources he had was excellent.
RAFA II - The sequel called - Unfinished Business !
(Just shave the beard off!)
vuvu...WHAT has benitez done since he left us other than plunge the team that Maureen won everything with into the abyss?....Scudetto Italian Cup and ECLC winners with Maureen to ...
strugglers with benitez at the helm steering them straight at the rocks ...at least Inters owners had the good sense and timing to shitcan the imbecile before he crashed the good ship Inter straight into the rocks !
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A Yahoo! User May 19, 2012 17:16 Flag
Does Pep Guardiola become a bad manager because he had a bad last season by his lofty standards? Fabio Capelo has an unparalelled record coaching in Italy and Spain. But he had a nightmate of a time with England. Does that make him a bad manager? Recently there is the case of AVB. The list of good coaches/managers who had a bad time sometime in their careers is endless. The same applies to Rafa. From an experience stand point, you can not put Rafa in the same bracket with Brendon Rogers & Matinez.
Agreed, Rafa had his time and by any standards he did well..... 2 CL finals winning 1, 1 FA Cup, I Super Cup. So lets say Rafa should not come back because his time is past, not because by talking to Matinez we have potentially a better choice.
I am releaved that FSG are going to talk to a number of candidates....including Laudrup, AVB, Didier Deschamps, Ajax's Frank de Boer and Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk. Those are candidates whose profiles are more appealing.
If they chose Matinez, I will back him as an LFC fan hoping that my fears will be proved wrong.
Anyone But United Anyone But United May 19, 2012 00:49 Flag
I can't help wondering what Rafa might be able to do under the current owners. Having said that, I don't want us to go back there.
He delivered us 86 league points in his second last campaign.... something that we can only dream about now.
I'm in two minds about the decision to sack Kenny. On the one hand, I'm gratified that the owners have sent a clear message about where it's priorities lie, and that's where they should be - the LEAGUE. A couple of domestic cup runs shouldn't cloud how far away we are from where their investment in the squad suggests we should be.
On the other hand though, I fear their ruthlessness will set us back even further going into the new season. The club is in a mess at the moment, vacancies all over the place.
This next managerial appointment is (I think) one of the most important one they'll have to make in some time. We can't afford to turn into another revolving door like Chelsea. We desperately need stability, from top to bottom.
And I'm not that enthusiastic about the reported links to AVB. We really need a more experienced head I think.
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LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter May 19, 2012 13:45 Flag
FSG need to get this right.. However nor can they dither in appointing the next manager... They need to be decisive..
The transfer window opens soon.. we need to have a man in and get our objectives clear..
miss out on targets then we're back to square one..
but 86 points wasn't enough was it? Rafa, his tactics and his rant resulted in us losing a 13 point lead over United in less than 2 months. Quickly fogotten that is. Rafa is a big no no for me.
I agree this appointment is so critical. Plenty of people highlighted as targets whch is Ok in a certain way i.e. you weigh up your options etc. but many are also reporting that it's a very scatter gun type approach. There doesn't seem to be any clear direction or plan to it. Apparently they are taking advise from somewhere. Who I've no idea.
Rafa is the better coach, but unfortunately the time is not right. I wish we had had Rafa with the current owners, but the reality is that Rafa's lack of personal touch in the locker room can work against him. I honestly believe that Roberto Martinez is a better choice for the future, as he is a breath of fresh air. I will admit that he is a bit of a gamble, but hey... he can't do much worse than Woy or KD.
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Forget Martinez, from Louis Van Gaal, my vote now is going for Laudrup, Michael Laudrup, has a better track record than AVB and Martinez....and is being considered out of the TOP 12....
dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 May 18, 2012 22:13 Flag
Most managers have not achieved anything until they actually achieve it. Seems to me most are writing Martinez off because he's yet to have a shot at a bigger job.
I don't know which I'd prefer, and to be honest I'm trying to keep an open mind as one might end up the gaffer. But I'd put it this way.
Rafa has proven himself on the European stage, and in domestic cup competitions, as well as coming very close in the league, so he'd be a safe choice. Personally I've always wondered what he might do given the resources rather than have funding dry up in the last year of the H&G reign of terror.
However I'm not a fan of turning the clock back (I actually was unsure it was wise to give the job to Kenny until he was appointed and really only won over when it became clear it was only someone with his stature with the club that could heal the wounds that had opened up last year). But he also divided fans, and that is a problem. No matter how good a tactician he maybe, or how safe a pair of hands, he'd have a tough job winning over a certain section of the kop, and right now we need a manager that all fans can support with an open mind.
On the other hand Martinez represents a big risk imo. I don't see anything on his CV that rules him out, but he's never done it at a big club so we don't know. Many have said how he sets up team to play the right kind of football, and his style should fit ours. Personally I'd like to go with a younger dynamic manager who could be with us a while and help us build organically as success is not going to come quickly, but if we build right, we could have success for a long period of time. But there is no guarantee's as he could prove unable to operate in a bigger fish bowl.
So its a choice between Rafa who I think would get us back to the top 4, but may not get us beyond that (he might but he did not in the past) and potentially have fans divided, or pick Martinez who could be great, but could just as easily fail at the first hurdle.
- 2 Replies to dsteer_lfc_68
Do you think Martinez would convert us to 3-4-3 then? I personally love that formation, but its a dangerous one and I'm not sure I would like LFC to play that way. You'd win games 4-3!
Anyway, I am finding myself more open to the thought of AVB coming. After all, he had one cr@p year at Chelsea, but his boss was a guy who sacked Ancelotti after he had done a league and cup double for crissakes! Its a shame PSG got hold of Ancelotti because he would be top of the tree for me if he was available.
The Echo reckon we should go for Mourinho - who I consider to be the best manager in the world for what he's done in such a short space of time, that would be great but obviously totally unrealistic. He only leaves clubs after winning the CL so he has unfinished business at Real. Apparently Hiddink is leaving Machakhala(?) he wouldn't be a bad choice either.
I think that the project is too great to take on a manager who has had no real previous success. These Americans have shown that you have a year or your out. I fear no continuity for our immediate future...we'll see I guess.
The transfer window opens in 2 weeks though, Euros in 2 weeks, we need our new gaffer in before then really or he is going to have no time at all to prepare for the new season.......if that happens we are in for a long winter guys!
Can someone tell me why liverpool are overlooking Louis Van Gaal who is better that Benitez might I add?
LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter May 18, 2012 20:01 Flag
No contest Rafa everytime if it were a choice between the 2..
However as I understand it Rafa anint one of the candidates? Unless he's on a reserve list?
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Rafa hell no....why do the fans seem to forget that it was under HIS WATCH the team began to falter in the final season, because of HIS SHORT-SIGHTIDNESS that liverpool failed the 2008/09 season when it was their best chance in getting the title, because Rafa never thought what it means to have a strong squad, not solely reliant on Gerrard and Torres
Apparently there were even some members of the team who had a rift with him...
Look what he did at Inter-Milan, virtually wiped all that was good when Mourinho was there, how can Benitez loyalists forget that....
Martinez has done nothing. Rafa gave me some great memories, and if it wasn't for Arshavin scoring 4 we might have won the title - but he had his shot.
77 players came and went during Rafa's reign, and he did spend a sh*load of money. Do you want that again? Do you not remember the cr@p that was served up during his last season? I know he had a lot going on at the club, and to be fair the conditions he was working under were atrocious, but I really think his time has come and gone.
Also, the owners have had one ex-manager already, they definitely want to break with the past, I have more chance of slipping a fatty to Pamela Anderson (again!) than Rafa returning.
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A Yahoo! User May 18, 2012 20:01 Flag
While I agree with you that Rafa's time came and went, my question still is what has Matinez done to warrant the hype? Why are we not looking at Martin Jol for example? His Fulham ended the season with the same points as us. Allan Padew did wonders with newcastle...........though past experience indicate that he could be damaged goods. Paul Lambert did better that Matinez during the past season. My concern is that we will be looking at replacing him again after 1 season when we end the season fighting relegation......


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Originally, that hit pulled Jeter even with Wagner for sixth place on baseball's career list at 3,430. Now, it's an infield single the next day against the Indians that moved Jeter up the chart. And it was his double on Aug. 11 in Baltimore that pushed him ahead of Wagner.
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My favorite person in my favorite trilogy with my favorite picture from said trilogy.
Is there a picture from either one of the books that you would like to see be colored in?
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This one looks REALLY good! I love it!
Should I do more pictures like this? Like color in more pictures from the books?
Yeah. :3 that's be cool
Which ones would you like?
Hmmmm... the one in Leviathan when Deryn is coming aboard the Stormwalker fromt he ground while it's moving.
I know the one you're talking about, but I need to fine that picture. If you know where I can find one or get one, I would be more than happy to do it. Right now I've been getting the pictures from www.keiththompsonart.com
What doe you guys think about this one?
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Meridian, Mississippi The MSU Riley Center unveiled some new technology Thursday that will help attract more business.
During Thursday's Business After Hours, the public had the opportunity to see the new renovations. They include new flat panel displays in conference rooms, new computers, new cameras that will allow for video conferencing, and all new wiring and connections such as Wi-Fi.The upgrades were made possible by the support of the Riley Foundation.
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- "Not Forgotten:" With the creepy moaning in the background, not to mention the lyrics: "You buried it so deep / So safe in hidden sleep / But like a telltale corpse / Rises to the surface / Over ripe and bloated." -shudder- And "Spellbound"... "When you think your toys are going berserk / It's an illusion / You cannot shirk / You hear laughter cracking through the walls / It sends you spinning / You have no choice!"
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- "Pulled to Bits," the B-side to "Playground Twist," may easily be the wrongest song ever recorded, it starts with the sound of playing children, present in the single's A-side. Then, the bass kicks in, followed by a jittery chord from an acoustic guitar. This continues through the entire song. Then, Siouxsie joins in with her horrifyingly graphic lyrics.
Pulled to bits — in silenceleft rotting on the groundSlowly pulled to bits — in silencewithout a sound, without a sound.
Young lungs snapping coming up for airthe mindless ones yapping, slashing through the thoroughfareone by one, one by oneoh one by one without a fucking care.
- Also, about halfway through the song, there's this deep droning noise (which frankly sounds like some sort of Eldritch Abomination) that comes OUT OF NOWHERE. This sound is never played again in the song, but eventually, Siouxsie delights the listeners with the following:
- "Cities in Dust" — Which is about the destruction of Pompeii.


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Disturbing passages
In Helen Gerhardt's essay, "Islam in Service to Our Country" (Dec. 13), she quoted passages from the Quran, the Muslim holy book, to show that, in the words of her fellow servicewoman and a Muslim, "We are all brothers of the book."
Unfortunately, a close reading of the Quran dispels the notion of a brotherhood among Muslims, Jews and Christians. For example, 5:51 of the Quran: "O ye who believe, take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors ... He ...that turns to them ... verily, Allah guideth not ..."
A similar example can be found in 9:29 of the Quran: "Fight those who believe not in Allah ... Nor acknowledge the religion ... from among the people of the book ... ." The "people of the book" are Christians and Jews.
Passages 5:51 and 9:29 are two of countless anti-Christian, anti-Hebrew quotes in the Muslim "Bible." If Muslims, Christians and Jews are to live as one in our country, they must begin by being honest about the Quran and its disturbing, hostile content.
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