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The Chicago Blackhawks could become the first franchise to win the Stanley Cup three times in six years since the Detroit Red Wings did so in 1997, 1998 and 2002.
Of course, the Blackhawks weren't far from becoming the first team to win the Cup three times in five years since 1990, but the Los Angeles Kings scored in overtime at United Center during Game 7 of the Western Conference Final. The Kings and Blackhawks have won four of the past six NHL titles, and appear to have ignited a rivalry akin to the Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche in the 1990s -- sans the line brawls.
The Western Conference remains loaded, so it is not just the Kings and Blackhawks in 2014-15, but they'll be the favorites to meet in the conference final for a third straight season. Chicago's biggest addition, Brad Richards, is a response to the disadvantage the Blackhawks had down the middle against Los Angeles in May.
Chicago is still loaded, and the expectations remain the same. Either the Blackhawks conclude the 2014-15 season with a party in Grant Park, or it is a disappointment.
Here's a look at the projected 2014-15 lineup for the Blackhawks:
Patrick Sharp - Jonathan Toews - Marian Hossa
Brandon Saad - Brad Richards - Patrick Kane
Bryan Bickell - Andrew Shaw - Jeremy Morin
Peter Regin - Marcus Kruger - Ben Smith
Joakim Nordstrom - Kris Versteeg
The Blackhawks won the Cup twice without an established No. 2 center, but neither of those teams faced Anze Kopitar, Jeff Carter, Jarret Stoll and Mike Richards in a seven-game series (Richards, along with several other Kings players, was not available or near 100 percent in 2013). Brad Richards could be that guy for the Blackhawks.
Andrew Shaw had a nice few games near the end of the conference final with Brandon Saad and Patrick Kane, and could still get another chance there if Richards falters. The long-term solution is still likely Teuvo Teravainen, who might not have a place on the roster on opening night.
Bryan Bickell did not have a lot of goals and points last season, but he was a very strong possession player and could still fit on the top line next to Jonathan Toews and Marian Hossa. Saad took a huge step forward last season, and the quartet of him, Kane, Hossa and Patrick Sharp is unmatched on the wings in the NHL.
The player to watch for a Saad-like leap this season might be Jeremy Morin, who played well in limited duty last season but seemed to struggle when it came to earning Joel Quenneville's trust. Another to watch is Kris Versteeg, who was not good last season and could become a salary cap casualty. He might not be one of Chicago's 12 best forwards if he does stay.
If Teravainen and Morin succeed enough to earn regular roles, this might be the best forward corps of the NHL's salary-cap era.
Johnny Oduya - Niklas Hjalmarsson
Analytics in hockey is not just about shot attempts and Corsi and Fenwick, and the Blackhawks are a great example of this on the blue line. Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook are one of the best defense parings in the NHL, but Quenneville uses Niklas Hjalmarsson and Johnny Oduya against opposing team's top lines when he can to allow Keith and Seabrook's offensive abilities to flourish.
Quenneville didn't just shelter Nick Leddy at times near the end of the 2013 and 2014 playoff runs, he benched him and went with five defensemen. The Blackhawks have been adamant they are still high on Leddy's long-term prospects, and with Sheldon Brookbank gone and Michal Rozsival progressing deep into his 30s, Chicago needs to be able to trust Leddy more at the end of this season.
If David Rundblad or one of the prospects like Adam Clendening or Stephen Johns can prove ready for regular NHL duty, that would also open up a lot of options not only for Quenneville but for general manager Stan Bowman.
There have been 40 goaltenders to play at least 100 games in the past four seasons. Corey Crawford's .914 save percentage during his tenure as Chicago's No. 1 goaltender is 24th in that group. Now, in three of those four seasons he checked in with at least a .917 save percentage, and that is enough to win a lot of games with the firepower the Blackhawks possess.
He also played very well for nearly all of the 2013 Cup run, and had a strong series against the Minnesota Wild in the second round of 2014. The issue for the Blackhawks is his contract, which makes him the joint sixth-highest paid goalie in the League. Chicago doesn't just need him to be better than his .912 save percentage overall during the 2014 playoffs to have a better chance to win more championships, it also needs more value out of that contract. Paying $6 million a year for League-average goaltending given the salary cap constraints in the Windy City is not ideal.
ALSO IN THE MIX: F Teuvo Teravainen, F Ryan Hartman, D Adam Clendening, D Stephen Johns, G Kent Simpson
Follow Corey Masisak on Twitter: @cmasisak22
Undervalued: Brandon Saad -- The 21-year-old left wing made strides in five of the six standard-league categories (goals, assists, plus-minus, power-play points, shots on goal) in his second full season and posted five multipoint games (T-2nd in NHL) in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. He has cemented his spot among the top six but will be drafted well after teammates Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa. Saad isn't a top-100 asset yet, but it's realistic to expect 25-30 goals, 55-60 points and a plus-20 or better en route to that designation by the end of the season.
Overvalued: Nick Leddy -- Fantasy owners have waited for Leddy, 23, to break out, but he still hasn't built on his 37-point season in 2011-12. He has improved in the rating department and put forth decent power-play numbers based on the minutes he logs in those situations, but he doesn't produce penalty minutes, has a low career shots-on-goal average (1.24), and has fizzled in each of the past two postseasons. It's highly unlikely he'll steal minutes from Duncan Keith or Brent Seabrook, so consider Leddy a solid fourth or bench fantasy defenseman.
Sleeper: Brad Richards -- It remains to be seen whether Richards will beat out Andrew Shaw and/or Teuvo Teravainen for the second-line center job, but the veteran is in a much more favorable situation in Chicago with less pressure on him. He won't see the power-play time he logged last season with the New York Rangers (3:40 per game), but could be more productive in those situations with so many weapons around him. Richards can no longer be leaned on in the postseason, but he's still good for 20-plus goals, 45-plus points, 15-plus power-play points and 200-plus shots in the regular season.
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Mattison's Testimonials
Mattison's Forty-One
March 15, 2013
"My wife and I enjoyed our delicious dinner last Sunday evening at your Mattison's 41 facility. This was our 1st time dining at this location, and both the food and service were excellent. We will return again soon and definitely recommend your restaurant(s) to friends.
Thanks for a pleasant experience capping off a nice day for both of us."
Bob and Pat Agnew
Mattison's Catering Company
March 2, 2013
"My husband and I couldn't have picked a better caterer for our wedding. For starts, let it be known that he is not the typical groom and was very involved in the food choices. He has very high standards, and Paul Mattison exceeded all of them. Not only was the food exceptional, the price was more than reasonable, and the fun we had along the way with Paul's team made the whole process very enjoyable. They are absolute perfectionists. From beginning to end, they accommodated each and every request with ease and a smile. The our planner was lovely, the servers were fabulous, and Paul, we just can't thank you enough for making such a wonderful evening for us. People are still talking about how great the food was."
– From Heidi & Patrick Bowman
From Sherry Ellis – March 31, 2013
"Little did I know you have the Best Burger in Town!!!"
Mattison's Catering Company
"I can't say enough wonderful things about Paul Mattison and his team. It was important to my husband and I that we deliver the best dining experience at our reception and Mattison's more than impressed this Washington DC foodie. From the moment we met Paul, he made us feel like our wedding was the biggest event on his calendar. "
"He (Chef Paul Mattison) took exceptional care to complement the "Old Florida" style of our venue with hints of southern cuisine on the menu. Paul found a way to incorporate some of our favorite foods onto every plate, from cocktail hour all the way through dessert. We were so impressed with his attention to detail, and of course the food, we just had to book our rehearsal dinner at his restaurant where he and his team delivered a different, yet equally impressive, dining experience from our reception. I was too caught up in the moment and surprised when I spotted Paul talking with my parents and wedding party during cocktail hour to run up and say hi, but can't wait until I'm back in Florida to give him a big hug. People always say no one remembers the food at weddings, but our guests can't stop raving about it!"
Mattison's Catering Company
October 2012
Sarah and Matt's wedding was perfect! I wish we could do it all again! Thank you for your part in making their day so special. The set up was seamless and professional. Your crew amazing and more than kind. Your food and presentation, perfection. Having on site cooking made all the difference in the world! Mattisons took the worry out of our day and enabled us to thoroughly enjoy our daughters wedding. Our guests commented on how beautiful the stations were, how delicious the food was and how helpful and friendly your staff was. In fact, one local guest said that when they arrived and saw your catering truck they knew it was going to be a spectacular evening. They were right!
Thank you!
And thank you, Paul, for spending your birthday with us. We were blessed by your presence.
Mattison's Catering Company
July 2012
Mattison's was wonderful!! They recently became the resident caterer for Van Wezel, which was my husband and my top venue choice. When I called to set up a meeting it was Chef Paul that called me back and met with us that week. He was able to work within our budget and the food was fantastic!!
My husband and I worked with both Maggie (to set up the original menu) and with Heidi who was the event planner. Both were wonderful. Heidi truly put our minds at ease and helped us put the finishing touches on our event. We also had the pastry chef from Mattison's make our cake which was as tasty as it was beautiful :)
The event was so well managed, and all the staff at the wedding were so professional and went above and beyond to make sure our wedding was perfect. Chef Paul even came over to our table while my husband and I were eating dinner to say congrats. We were beyond impressed.
Chelsea & John Dooley
Mattison's Catering Company
Mattison's Forty-One
February, 11, 2012
Thank you for our wonderful Anniversary celebration dinner last evening. We were both very pleased with the attentive service and thoughtful
suggestions offered by our server, Jerry. The meals we selected were beautifully presented and the taste was superb. Your restaurant has been a favorite of ours for many years. The food and service are consistently good and the ambiance is conducive to conversation. All of your staff, including the hostess who took our reservation and accommodated our table request (her name escapes us) and manager, Gabriel who greeted us table side to express good wishes, helped make our anniversary special. Our "Anniversary Menu" signed by Chef Paul was an unexpected surprise
to treasure along with our memories of a most enjoyable Anniversary evening.
Thank You,
Barbara & Joel Ebert
On Sunday June 5, 2011 my wife and I went to your restaurant for my birthday. We were attracted by the Savor Sarasota promotion. We were extremely impressed with the large selection. We were greated cordially by the hostess and she wished me a happy birthday. Our server was excellent. He knew the menu very well and offered us great advice. We enjoyed calamari and artichokes for our appetizers. My wife had the pot roast and she loved it. I had the scallops and truly enjoyed them. The ambiance was great and the pianist even played our song for us. What a great experience and at a very reasonable price. Thank you for a wonderful evening and a great meal.
~ Sincerely, William Smith – Venice, Florida
Mattison's Catering Company
June 8, 2011
Dear Paul,
Our party was such a success due to the fabulous food and excellent service we received. Michael was superb, as was our carver, Chef Ken. They were so friendly, courteous and charming. We received so many compliments from our guests about our choice of caterers. Everyone was delighted with our menu selections and amazed at the quality of the food. The buffet table was set up exquisitely, and it's impossible to provide all the comments about the yummy desserts. I wish we had thought to take a photo before everything was devoured. We are so appreciative of Aimee's assistance with all the arrangements. You can be sure we will refer Mattison's to everyone we know. This was the best party we've ever had in our 50 years together!
~ Sincerely, Gail and Dick DiNoia
Mattison's City Grille
We have two daughters in college and a son in high school, and coming to an agreement as to where we will dine out as a family is not a simple process. The one place we can get everyone to agree to is Mattison's City Grille. The "kids" love the appetizers, burgers, and pizza, while we enjoy Chef Paul Mattison's dinner creations. The outdoor atmosphere is lively with great live music and patrons having a good time, and being in the heart of downtown Sarasota, the people watching opportunities abound! The girls bring friends home from school for a weekend, and like to bring them to Mattison's when they are hitting the places that represent the lifestyle of Sarasota. We know that an evening there will be perfect.
~ Michael and Julie Bullerdick
Mattison's Catering Company and Mattison's Forty-One
Mattison's Forty One is the best! What an incredible wedding reception we had at Mattison's! The food was delicious, very professional, very warm and overly accommodating!The menu suggestions were great but they were flexible to do whatever we wanted. Also, they helped with a favors table and even helped with the center pieces (really above and beyond!).
We ended up having them do the Wedding Cake – really perfect; just as my wife described the cake – it was so delicious…
Highly recommend this great restaurant!
~ Bob Z. – Maryland
Mattison's Catering Company
Just wanted to thank you for all your efforts with my father's memorial. The catering went beautifully, the food was AMAZING — seriously, those three dips were like paradise in my mouth; I would make those every day of my life if I could — and my mother was just so pleased and happy with everything. So, thanks to you and to Paul and your crew.
~ Cheers, Heather
Mattison's Catering Company
Dear Paul, I would just like to thank you and your staff for making our wedding a spectacular event. This morning we awoke to our friends' and families' compliments, which could not have made us happier and it was all due to you and your professionalism! We received so many accolades about the scrumptous hor d'orveurs and the sumptous entrees. In addition, your staff was pleasant and helpful and simply an extra fun extension of our own family. Thank you for putting this "out of town" couple's fears to rest, we couldn't have asked for better! Because of you, are wedding was impeccable! A truly heart felt thank you.
~ D&J, Silver Spring, MD
Mattison's Catering Company
Paul, you are the best!! The evening was wonderful and the accolades about the food were pouring in. Everyone had a great time and your staff were most accommodating.
~ F.T., Sarasota, FL
Mattison's Catering Company
Dear Chef Paul & Mattison's,
Thanks so much for doing such a great job on our wedding catering! We really loved it and all of guests did too! Please thank Vinnie for us also if you see him. We really appreciate the work you all did for us. Thanks again!
Mattison's Catering Company
Dawn Marie Burdell and Randall Parks Burcham were married on July 25, 2009 at 7pm on the Beach on Casey Key.
… The food, catered by Mattison's Forty-One, was absolutely spectacular. Chef Paul Mattison honored the couple by preparing the food himself. The White Glove service done by the Mattison's™ staff was absolutely superb.
~ Sarasota Herald Tribune, July 2009
Mattison's Catering Company
Paul, I wanted to thank you for an amazing day and wedding! Everything you did was so much more than I ever expected! Everything was wonderful,the food, the service, etc… It was just awesome! You really made my wedding day dreams come true :) Thank you!
~ Gabriela Z. – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Mattison's Catering Company
Thank you so much for all your assistance and diligence in planning the VCA Event. Your attention to detail and willingness to support always really made this event a very seamless one!
~ Damarie M. – Tamarac, FL
Mattison's Catering Company
We were so thrilled at the delicious food, great service and beautiful presentation of the food at our Christmas party last December. Honestly, we have had a Christmas party for the last 6 or 7 years…I had so many positive comments that I knew we had finally found the right caterer!
Mattison's Catering Company
The event was wonderful – you all did a phenomenal job with the food. Everyone was so happy! We had a larger crowd than expected and things went wonderfully with plenty of food to go around. Thank you for everything!
~ Melissa Zornitta, AICP, The Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association
Mattison's Catering Company
Thank you all so much for everything you did to make our wedding perfect! You helped to keep our day stress free and relaxing. We cannot thank the wait staff enough for putting on rain gear and making sure all the guests got their food even though it was pouring rain! The food and the cake/pie was delicious and the set-up was gorgeous. We are very appreciative for all that you did!
~ Kyle and Stephanie J.
Mattison's Catering Company
We want to thank you for all you did. Our night was perfect and the food was amazing. Everyone was impressed and I owe so much to you! Everything was perfect! Thank you!
~ Vince and Nicole C., Sarasota
Mattison's Catering Company
Paul, I can't say enough nice things about your entire presentation. The food was so delicious and your recommended choices were a big hit! The artistic arrangement of the ginger and carved fish surrounded with fruits and cheese, all so beautifully draped and layered, looked every bit as picturesque as many of the still life's on the gallery walls. Guest comments: 'Who in the world is your caterer???' – My reply – 'Well, none other than the "Paul "- you know… MATTISON'S!!!' Congratulations on acquiring such a wonderful staff. The chef was so helpful and I don't know how he remained so cool while working in such a "hot" environment. Not a spill at that!!! Until our next event, continued success on all of your endeavors. Thanks again.
~ M.L., Sarasota
Mattison's Catering Company
It has been such a pleasure working with the Mattison's Team for several of our events that we have held the last few weeks. The Mattison's Team has provided CS&L CPAs with fantastic service that surpassed our expections. Thank you for all your hard work and we look forward to working with all of you again.
~ C. M., CS&L CPAs
Mattison's Catering Company
As always, Mattison's elevated the 'elegance level' of the evening and left a wonder.
~ The Arts Center of St. Petersburg.
Mattison's Catering Company
Thank you for doing such a great job for our wedding. It was truly a fairy tale come true.
~ Reeny & Eddie
Mattison's Catering Company
Thank you so much for such a fantastic party on Friday night. Ferruh went into his fifties in high style! Not only was the food good, as always but the staff was very attentive to my guests.
~ Susan Robinson, Key Concierge LLC
Mattison's Catering Company
You did a great job of listening to us and offering wonderful suggestions. And that shows in your proposal, it's exactly what we were looking for.
~ RA, Sarasota

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Roberts Finishes 12th at Olympic Trial Semifinals
Gil Roberts finished 12th overall at the U.S 400m Olympic trials.
June 23, 2012
EUGENE, Oregon - Texas Tech senior Gil Roberts' bid for the U.S. Olympic Team came to a close Saturday in the semifinals of the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Roberts finished 12th overall in the 400 meter dash with a time of 45.68 in the midst of the second consecutive day of steady rainfall at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus. The top eight finishers advanced to Sunday's finals.
"He ran a smooth race, but he just couldn't finish today," Texas Tech Head Coach Wes Kittley said. "I'm disappointed for him but it was just one of those days."
The decorated senior ends his Texas Tech career as the school 400 meter record holder with a personal-best time of 44.84 which he recorded in the preliminaries of the NCAA Championships.
Roberts is a six-time All-American and won the U.S. Indoor 400 meter Championships before anchoring the U.S. to a gold medal at the IAAF World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. He owns four of the top five times in school history.
"I have been so proud of him," Kittley said. "Especially for him as a person. He is a special athlete and has helped us build this program."
Roberts is scheduled to compete in the preliminaries of the 200 meters on June 29.
Texas Tech is also represented by former Red Raiders Jason Young (men's discus) and Omo Osaghae (men's 110 meter hurdles) as well as former Lady Raider Tori Polk (women's long jump) at the trials.
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THOMAS: Hamlet, Moscow 2015
Hamlet: Opéra in five acts. Music composed by Ambroise Thomas. Libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier after The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare. »
The sharp angles and oddly tilting perspectives of Charles Edwards' set for David Alden's production of Jenůfa at ENO suggest a community resting precariously on the security and certainty of its customs, soon to slide from this precipice into social and moral anarchy.
Last week an audience of 50 assembled in the kitchen of a luxurious West Village townhouse for a performance of Marriage of Figaro.
In a recent article in BBC Music Magazine tenor James Gilchrist reflected on the reason why early-nineteenth-century England produced no corpus of art song to match the German lieder of Schumann, Schubert and others, despite the great flowering of English Romantic poetry during this period.
Lyric soprano Elizabeth Caballero's signature role is Violetta in La traviata, which she portrays with a compelling interpretation, focused sound, and elegant coloratura that floats through the opera house as naturally as waves on the ocean.
With the New York Premiere of Florencia en el Amazonas, the New York City Opera Steps Out of the Shadows of the Past
Opportunities to see Idomeneo are not so frequent as they might be, certainly not so frequent as they should be.
Not merely Don Carlo, but the five-act Don Carlo in the 1886 Modena version! The welcomed esotericism of San Francisco Opera's extraordinary spring season.
The early summer San Francisco Opera season has the feel of a classy festival. There is an introduction of Spanish director Calixto Bieito to American audiences, a five-act Don Carlo and two awaited, inevitable role debuts, Karita Mattila as Kostelnička and Malin Bystrom as Janacek's Jenůfa.
Now that the curtain has long fallen on the third and last performance of the Ring cycle at the Washington National Opera (WNO), it is safe to say that the long-anticipated production has been an unqualified success for the company, director Francesca Zambello, and conductor Philippe Auguin.
Most of the attention during this revival of Daniele Abbado's 2013 production of Nabucco has been directed at Plácido Domingo's reprise of the title role, with the critical reception somewhat mixed.
My first Tristan, indeed my first Wagner, in the theatre was ENO's previous staging of the work, twenty years ago, in 1996. The experience, as it should, as it must, although this is alas far from a given, quite overwhelmed me.
Four years ago, almost to the day (13th to 12th), I saw Melly Still's production of The Cunning Little Vixen during its first Glyndebourne run. I found myself surprised how much more warmly I responded to it this time.
This recital celebrated both the work of the Park Lane Group, which has been supporting the careers of outstanding young artists for 60 years, and the 90th birthday of Joseph Horovitz, who was born in Vienna in 1926 and emigrated to England aged 12.
Headed by General Director Luana DeVol, a world-renowned dramatic soprano, Opera Las Vegas is a relatively new company that presents opera with first-rate casts at the University of Las Vegas's Judy Bayley Theater. In 2014 they presented Rossini's The Barber of Seville and in 2015, Puccini's Madama Butterfly. This year they offered a blazing rendition of Georges Bizet's Carmen.
Ever since a friend was reported as having said he would like something in return for modern-dress Shakespeare (how quaint that term seems now, as if anyone would bat an eyelid!), namely an Elizabethan-dress staging of Look Back in Anger, I have been curious about the possibilities of 'down-dating', as I suppose we might call it. Rarely, if ever, do we see it, though.
Leading a very muscular Dutch Radio Philharmonic, Principal Conductor Markus Stenz brilliantly delivered Alban Berg's Wozzeck with a superb Florian Boesch in the lead and a mesmerising Asmik Grigorian as Marie his wife.
Maria Nockin interviews baritone Brian Mulligan.
Edouard Lalo (1823-92) is best known today for his instrumental works: the Symphonie espagnole (which is, despite the title, a five-movement violin concerto), the Symphony in G Minor, and perhaps some movements from his ballet Namouna, a scintillating work that the young Debussy adored.
There can't be that many operas that start with an extended solo for double bass. At Holland Park, the eerie, angular melody for lone bass player which opens Pietro Mascagni's Iris immediately unsettled the relaxed mood of the summer evening.
George Souglides' set for Will Tuckett's new production of Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri at Garsington would surely have delighted Liberace.
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Community Information
The Foreign Student & Scholar Service office provides opportunities for the Missoula community and foreign students to interact and learn more about each others cultures. Our office works closely with the Missoula International Friendship Program (MIFP) to provide new students with a community friend who provides occasional hospitality and introductions to American life.
We also provide a Speaker's Bureau where community groups can request to have students come and interact with them. Our students enjoy sharing information about their home countries. Some are great at sharing crafts, public speaking, showing their culture through dance or various other ways. If you are intersted in learing about another culture, we encourage you to complete and submit a Speaker's Bureau request form.


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One of the Nation's Top Personal Injury Lawyers Re-establishes Syracuse Office.
John C. Cherundolo, a former Supreme Court Judge has re-entered the practice of law after being on the Court for almost seven years. Cherundolo is fully committed to "Excellence in the Practice of Law and the Protection of Individual Rights". He has actively been a trial lawyer for four decades, and has been involved in thousands of serious and catastrophic personal injury cases representing injured clients. John Cherundolo has gotten many of the largest jury verdicts in Upstate New York, and has settled a multitude of cases in excess of $1,000,000.


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Southbroom Junior School in Devizes was the venue last week for the launch of a new book designed to explain the life of fairground people to children in Wiltshire.
The book, Magical Mirabel, was commissioned from Devizes writer Debra Tomlinson by the Wiltshire Traveller Education Service of Wiltshire Council.
Ms Tomlinson, a former head teacher at Avebury Primary School, had just completed a masters degree in writing for children at the University of Winchester when she was approached by her friend, Nicole Powell, of the traveller education service.
Ms Tomlinson said: "I had just finished writing the book when Nicole, who I go tap dancing with, approached me about the project. All I had to do was do a bit of rewriting and it was ready."
It is the first book that Ms Tomlinson has had published although she has written another, Bingo the Whirligig Beetle, and is currently working on a third, Ghost Baby, a novel for older children set in Bishops Cannings.
Magical Mirabel is the third in a series commissioned by the service and the profits from the first two, Two for One and Horse for Joe, will pay for the publication of Magical Mirabel, about a young girl from a fairground family.
At the launch last week, Ms Tomlinson and Kate Davies, from Colerne, who illustrated it, explained to children how they went about it. They were joined by Billy and Louise Whitelegg of Jennings Fairs, whose winter quarters are right next door to the school. Mr and Mrs Whitelegg explained what the life of travelling fairground workers is like.
Nicole Powell said: "The service aims to explain to children the life of travelling people to combat discrimination."
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John le Carré is a British author of bestselling espionage novels with the most popular being "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold." In 2008 he wrote "A Most Wanted Man" and the film adaptation starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman was released at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. It is now playing in theaters nationwide.
"A Most Wanted Man" is about a young Chechen ex-prisoner who arrives illegally in Germany half-starved but with a claim to a fortune in a private bank. He claims his name is Issa and he is a devout Muslim. Annabel Richter is a German civil rights lawyer who takes his case in an attempt to keep him from being deported and she turns to Tommy Brue for help. Tommy is the owner of a British bank in the city and when he meets Issa he tells him that he's the son of a Russian Colonel and that his father was the one who put the money in the bank. Soon after British and German intelligence get involved as Annabel and Tommy join forces to keep Issa safe.
This novel with its themes of international war on terror and money laundering is inspired by the real life story of Murat Kurnaz, a Turkish citizen and legal resident of Germany. When he was arrested in Pakistan in 2001 he claimed to have been tortured in American military detention camps. It is not only a spy novel with unforgettable characters but it's also a political commentary on the war on terror and post 9/11 terrorism.
John le Carré is the pen name of David John Moore Cornwell who worked for the British intelligence services. After the success of his third novel he turned to writing full time. He published his first novel "Call For the Dead" in 1961 and has become one of the most important writers of espionage novels. Many of his novels have been adapted to film including "The Deadly Affair" and "The Constant Gardener."
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Ok, I know I'm young (just 23 this year). And I'm just now getting around to watching the 2nd Die hard movie. :redface: But, I've noticed how Glocks have not really evolved since this movie was made.
And, as for the car world, The Porsche hasn't much evolved either.
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Grade: D+
A 13-year-old kid is too smart for high school, so he goes to college. Not only does this kid have a big brain, but he also has big hair – hence the title, "HairBrained." If that title has you rolling on the floor with laughter, this may be the comedy for you. If you cringed at that title, you will most likely cringe during the rest of the movie, which opens in limited theaters on Feb. 28. For the record, if you didn't see the grade or star rating, the Chico Movie Examiner falls under the latter category.
No, this highly intelligent kid doesn't end up at Harvard; he ends up at Whitman, a liberal arts college. But his dream is to be at Harvard, which, unfortunately, rejected him.
Here at Whitman, Eli Pettifog (Alex Wolff) tries to fit in, but being a freshman, he constantly gets harassed by the older students. The experience becomes an interesting one, when Eli befriends a 41-year-old undergraduate freshman (Brendan Fraser), becomes attracted to a young 15-year-old girl named Shauna (Julia Garner), and gets hit on by a junior (Elisabeth Hower), whose boyfriend keeps messing with him.
Eli discovers that people from Harvard are showing up to his college for a quiz show called the Collegiate Mastermind. He roots on Harvard, and not his school. But he discovers that the people at Harvard are punks. He finds himself on the Whitman Warring Hares team and travelling with them to compete in the Collegiate Mastermind. Maybe this college isn't that bad after all.
Sure, Eli has a big brain, but some of the questions asked during this competition are out of this world. One asks him to name all the states in which Bruce Springsteen was not born. For those wondering, Springsteen was born in New Jersey, so Alex had to name off the other 49 states. Yes, this is a comedy, but isn't that calling for a bit much?
You could say that "HairBrained" lives up to its name by being an asinine comedy whose attempt at a clever title falls just as flat as the jokes featured here. This has all the makings of every coming-of-age movie, from that awkward first kiss to discovering the friends around you. It just doesn't have any charm to go along with it.
Director Billy Kent feels the need to add the most inappropriate humor following certain scenes. That awkward kiss transitions to an advertisement about a course on wanting to be a lesbian. It happens again with an advertisement about Thanksgiving that is followed by one about the dangers of salmonella.
"HairBrained" tries to be a buddy comedy, a collegiate comedy, and an underdog story all in one, and there is not one moment where the story is evenly told. Some of the characters come and go, and there isn't much depth added to them.
Even the lead's background is barely touched. And when he tries to make his way up in the world, get the girl, and do all those generic things, it's hard to care. The one character who gets the most, and also has the most interesting story, is Fraser's Leo. The viewer is uncertain how to feel for him at first, but then an interaction with his estranged daughter changes people's perspective.
For a film that tries to be so much, it has so little to offer.


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A Lil Wayne verse is like a timely accessory: like drop earrings, or canvas belts, or leopard-print jeggings, it gets added to any artist to drag them into whatever style is now. Today's artist is Robin Thicke, profferer of blue-eyed slow jams, and today's verse is about as sedate as "Motivation," Wayne's last really big hit off one of those. Or maybe that's assuming too much time spent during Lil Wayne's recording presence. Listen here.
Wayne's verse comes first; it's the sort of verse backed by tender piano and containing lines like "Love is in the air, I pray to God I do not suffer" and an autotuned "pretty little heart." It also contains a Rocky Balboa hashtag/innuendo, because it's Lil Wayne, and he probably did the thing in 20 minutes. Nevertheless, we couldn't ding anyone points for it.
We also can't fault the track. It's retro, but it manages not to be self-consciously retro! as too many are. The brass samples are soft and not everpresent, and the piano-and-posh track even recedes for a few of Robin's a cappella lines before the chorus. His whisper-singing works as well as it's meant to, as does his grittier singing toward the finish and right where, taking this song in its probable context, it'd naturally come. We're more likely to turn elsewhere for our motivation, but if throwbacks work for Robin, can't fault that.
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Missy Mazzoli Named Winner of Annual Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award for Female Composers
Lebenbom Award Continues in Spirit of Recognizing
New Orchestral Works by Women
DETROIT, (June 2, 2011) –Missy Mazzoli, has been awarded the fifth annual Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award for Female Composers from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO). Mazzoli, who was chosen from applicants worldwide, will compose a new work that will be given its premiere in the 2012-13 season. In addition to concerts presenting her work, Mazzoli will receive a $10,000 prize and a one-month residency at the Ucross Foundation, an artist's retreat in northern Wyoming.
"I was thrilled and shocked to receive the news that I had won the Elaine Lebenbom Award. I love Detroit and for years have been looking for an excuse to do a project there. I am very excited to be a part of the Detroit Symphony family at this exciting time," said Missy Mazzoli.
"Missy Mazzoli is one of the most exciting young composers working today. She writes highly inventive, sonically ravishing music that also makes a real emotional connection with the listener. I can't think of a more deserving winner for this year's Lebenbom prize and really look forward to her collaboration with the DSO" said Ian Ding, Assistant Principal Percussionist for the DSO and a jury member in the selection of the Lebenbom Award. Other jury members were composers Bright Sheng and Evan Chambers and DSO musicians Randy Hawes and Shannon Orme.
Mazzoli has received commissions from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, Bard College Conservatory and the Whitney Museum of Art. She is an active pianist performing with Victorie, and "all-star, all-female quintet" she founded that only performs her compositions. Their album, Cathedral City, has been named one of the year's best classical albums by NPR, The New York Times and Time Out NY. Missy has taught composition in the Music Department of Yale University and is currently the Executive Director of the MATA Festival in New York City, an organization dedicated to promoting the work of young composers.
Last year's winner, Du Yun, will debut her work titled, Kraken, under the direction of DSO Music Director, Leonard Slatkin, in the upcoming season on May 11, 2012.
The DSO is now accepting entries for its sixth annual Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Competition for Female Composers. The international competition, launched in 2006, is the only annual symphony orchestra sponsored award granted annually to a living female composer, of any age or nationality. Each year, one winner receives a $10,000 prize and the opportunity to have her original work premiered in the DSO's Classical Subscription Series. The award is made possible by an anonymous donor. The submission deadline for the 2011 competition is October 1, 2011 and the winning composer will be notified no later than December 15, 2011. The recipient of the award will perform their work during the 2012-13 season. Applications may be downloaded at www.dso.org/lebenbom . For questions, please contact Erik Rönmark at firstname.lastname@example.com.
To be considered for the award, participants must submit a resume; a completed application form; sample scores of up to three completed works, including one scored for full symphony; and supporting audio and/or video representation of at least one, preferably the symphonic work. Submitted entries will be judged by a committee formed by the DSO.
The first winner of the Lebenbom Competition was Stacy Garrop, a composer and Associate Professor of Composition at Roosevelt University in Chicago. Garrop was chosen from 192 applicants from 17 countries. Her work, Becoming Medusa, received its world premiere at Orchestra Hall under the direction of the DSO's Principal Guest Conductor Peter Oundjian on May 29 during the DSO's final classical subscription concert of the 2007-08 season.
The second Lebenbom Award-winner, Margaret Brouwer, is an American Composer who also served as the head of the composition department at the Cleveland school of music from 1996 until 2008. Her composition, Rhapsody for Orchestra, received its world premiere on Jan. 9 during the 2008-09 classical subscription season under the direction of DSO Music Director, Leonard Slatkin.
The third winner, Cindy McTee, is the recipient of numerous awards for her music and has been commissioned to create works by the Detroit, Houston, Amarillo and Dallas orchestras as well as Bands of America, the American Guild of Organists, the Barlow Endowment and the College Band Directors National Association. Her music has been performed by leading orchestras, bands, and chamber ensembles in Japan, South America, Europe, Australia, and the United States in such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Sydney Opera House. In 2010, she retired as the Regents Professor of Music at the University of North Texas, where she had taught since 1984. Her Double Play received its world premiere on June 3, 2010 under the direction of DSO Music Director Leonard Slatkin.
The fourth winner, Du Yun, received her Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University in 2000, her Master of Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1995 and her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Michigan in 1992. Born in Shanghai, China and currently residing in New York City, Du Yun is an alumna of the Shanghai Conservatory, Oberlin Conservatory and Harvard University. Since 2006, she has served on the composition faculty at the State University of New York Purchase and is a founding member of the critically acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble (I.C.E.). Equally adept at writing for concert halls, art shows, experimental theatres and dance, her compositions can be heard on record labels Wugui (Beijing), Shanghai Classical Music and ATMA Classique.
The Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award was inspired by composer, teacher, poet, artist and lecturer Elaine Lebenbom, a resident of Bloomfield Hills, MI who died in 2002. The DSO has premiered three of Lebenbom's works. Kaleidoscope Turning received its world premiere under the direction of DSO Music Director Emeritus Neeme Järvi in 1997. Reflections on a Rainbow and Gamatria were debuted in 2004 and 2007, respectively, both after the composer's death.
The internationally acclaimed Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the fourth-oldest symphony orchestra in the United States, is known for trailblazing performances, visionary maestros and collaborations with the world's foremost musical artists. Esteemed conductor Leonard Slatkin, called "America's Music Director" by the Los Angeles Times, became the 12th Music Director of the DSO during the 2008-09 season. The DSO offers a year-round performance schedule that includes classical, pops, jazz, young people's concerts and festivals. The DSO makes its home in historic Orchestra Hall, one of America's most acoustically perfect concert halls, and actively pursues a mission to impact and serve the community through music.
The DSO's diversity programs include the pioneering Classical Roots concerts, the Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Competition for Female Composers, the annual Concert of Colors music festival and the African-American Fellowship program established in 1990. For more information on the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's programs, initiatives and concerts, please visit www.dso.org.


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The Emerald Ash Borer continues to expand both locally and nationally. Today, the Ohio Department of Agriculture issued a press release announcing the EAB Quarantine was being expanded to 14 additional Ohio counties.
During the 2009 growing season, an alarming increase in the spread of the this ash tree destroying insect was noted in the Cincinnati area. Confirmations of the insect's presence came at a rapid-fire pace, including finds over several square miles of Liberty Township as well as Indian Hill, Terrace Park, Mariemont, Hyde Park, Norwood, Oakley, Over-the Rhine, Clifton, Paddock Hills, Mount Adams, and Covington, KY. Visual evidence that the insect is likely present have been noted over an even much larger portion of the Cincinnati tri-state area.
The Emerald Ash Borer is an exotic insect native to Asia. It was first identified in southeast Michigan in 2002, although it is now believed the insect had been active for 10 years or more before identification. Native ash trees, which make up over 10% of the total tree population in Ohio, have no appreciable resistance to the pest and typically die within five years of infestation. 67 of Ohio's 88 counties are now included in the Ohio Emerald Ash Borer quarantine. The total infestation has spread to 14 U.S. states and Canada.
Protective treatments are available for the protection of individual trees. Over-the-counter formulations of Imidacloprid may not be effective on trees larger than 8 or 10 inches in diameter. Xytect, a new, stronger formulation marketed by Rainbow Tree Care, which must be applied by arborists, can protect trees to 20 inches in diameter. Emamectin benzoate, trade named Tree-age, protects trees of all sizes and lasts for at least two years. This material must be injected into the trunk and is rather pricey.
The city of Cincinnati has elected not to perform protective treatments on ash trees. Instead, the city will be removing and replacing 400 ash trees per year through 2016. The communities of Terrace Park, Wyoming, and Mariemont have also decided to replace ash trees.
Whether or not to treat can be a complicated decision, especially if there are a large number of trees involved. Purdue University has posted a web-based Emerald Ash Borer calculator to aid in calculating costs and making treatment decisions.


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The Zerfchallenge 2020 team started their mission with a blessing at St Ansgars Lutheran church by the Reverend Samuel King Kabu on September 16th 2007.
Wendy Kunin, Jane Jordan and Wilhelmina Fredericks set out on our mission to scale Mount Kilimanjaro, venture on a walking safari and deliver a rapid testing kit for HIV and Aids to 500 children, in the clinics, orphanage and a school in Moshi, Kilimanjaro. The medicine delivered to St Joseph Hospital clinic was provided by local drug stores: Uniprix (Monkland), Pharmaprix (Sherbrooke Street West) and Health Partners international of Canada. The educational supplies delivered were provided by students of a Westmount school and the soccer balls by the Kenya Association of Quebec
The children of Kilimanjaro and Zerf says thank "Merci" / "Asanta Sanata" to the Montrealers whom participated in our journey by contributions. You are the true heros of the children of Kilimanjaro. We returned home safely after we accomplished an exhilarant, exciting and satisfying mission to Africa.
Wendy Kunin and her guide successfully reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro October 2nd at 6:45 am. It had been quite a challenge!! Afterwards, the three of them ventured on a Safari, escorted by Kneena, Ndesamburo, a family member of the owner of the Keys Hotel. The Safari to Ongorogoro National Park and others was an amazing, educational and breath-takingly beautiful experience. To be on the brim of a 800,000 year volcano and drop 3,750 feet to the crater, was a challenge and to see all different kind of animals drink out of one water hole, was an amazing site. The only villain was the Lion waiting for his lunch.
Sponsored by Kenya Airlines , we left on September 22nd by Air Canada to Paris. Air Canada, unfortunately, did not understand the humanitarian nature of our missions and made us pay for the extra weight of the medicine for the children infected and affected with HIV and AIDS in Africa. God provided us with an angel to organize us at the airport Dr. Njuki Muriethi, president of Kenyan Association of Quebec. He paid to have our packages wrapped and to take the extra luggage. Kenya Airlines in Paris was sensitive to our journey, they treated us with respect, warmth and courtesy. We arrived in Kilimanjaro International Airport two days later September 24th, where we were warmly welcomed by the Keys hotel family and by Dr. Urbani Lyimo (head doctor) and sister Frieda Kessy ( Matron )of St. Joseph hospital, Moshi Kilimanjaro.
We tested the children and instructed the health care workers in applying the test at St Joseph Hospital, Upendo Orphanage, and Soweto Primary School (A SUBURB OF MOSHI- (NOT THE SOWETO IN SOUTH AFRICA) education material, provided by Mila Broomberg of Westmount, delivered 6 soccer balls, provided by Kenyan Association o f Quebec. As well as T-Shits and clothing, provided by Proudly Canadian Clothing- (Domenic Ciarallo)
Zerf International Tanzania: We applied to establish Zerf International Tanzania with the local NGOs in Kilimanjaro, citing the Keys hotel as hosts to Zerf Productions Members
In Worcester, I took the opportunity to visit the grave of my uncle, Adam de la Zerf who would have celebrated his 100 birthday on October 28, had he not passed away five years ago. Our organization Zerf is named after him because he was such an inspiration to me. He would have been proud of Zerf productions Canada, because of our accomplishments in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, the Congo over the past twenty years.
Wilhelmina Fredericks
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www.icar.org.in: ICAR official website
www.icar.org.in is the official website of Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR). ICAR is conducting the All India Entrance Examination for Admission to MasteR's degree Programmes (AIEEA-PG) in many professional fields. ICAR is one of the renowned Institutes that provide the various professional degree courses to the candidates. Institute is approved by Government of India and is recognized by the AICTE for providing education to the candidates. Institute also offers the 100 % placement to the candidates pursuing these courses.
Courses offered:
2 years Master's degree programmes in:
1. Agriculture
2. Veterinary
3. Allied Sciences
NOTE: The institute also offers the ICAR-JRF (Junior Research fellowship) to the meritorious candidates.
Eligibility criteria:
Candidate must have completed graduation (Bachelor's degree) from the recognized University in the corresponding fields to be eligible for any of these courses.
Official address:
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Krishi Anusandhan Bhavan II
Pusa, New Delhi- 110012
Official website: www.icar.org.in
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SAASS Curriculum
The SAASS curriculum is designed to accomplish two major objectives. The first is to enhance students' ability to think critically about airpower and warfare through an extensive examination of both theory and historical experience. This examination leads to a reasoned synthesis that informs the question of how modern airpower can be best applied across the entire spectrum of conflict. The second objective is to cultivate students' ability to argue effectively and responsibly about airpower. This objective is accomplished by having students introduce and defend propositions in graduate colloquia, produce interpretive arguments in prose that meet publication standards, and reduce complex formal arguments into comprehensible briefings.
Although graduate colloquia dominate the curriculum, SAASS uses other instructional methodologies as well. These include field studies, practical application exercises, case studies, and guest speakers
SAASS is the most selective of all Air Force schools. Approximately five percent of those eligible to volunteer for SAASS are elected to attend. To become a SAASS student, an officer must: (1) graduate from an intermediate service school or equivalent, (2) be a volunteer, (3) possess a master's degree from an accredited institution or have an undergraduate degree with a GPA of 3.25 or higher, (4) have less than 16 years total active commissioned service, and (5) be selected by the central selection board held at the Air Force Personnel Center.


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There was more than a little tension in the air Tuesday night April 8, at New Bern's first alderman's meeting since the shooting death of Officer Alexander Thalmann.
Citizens of New Bern turned out for an explanation of why Mayor Dana Outlaw attended the funeral services of convicted felon and cop killer, Bryan Stallings.
The local and national outcry online has been so fierce that Mayor Outlaw deactivated all three of his Facebook pages claiming cyber bullying.
Supporters on both sides of the issue were represented at the meeting, including New Bern's Chief of Police who sat with Officer Thalmann supporters; there were no family members present at this meeting.
Things became contentious when a member of the Stallings family arrived late and became argumentative with a private citizen who spoke out against the mayor's actions.
One eyewitness who wishes to remain anonymous states:
….The same private citizen and his girlfriend then attempted to move to the other side of the room. There was no seating, so they exited the chambers. The Stallings family member followed them out. Three uniformed police officers had to go out to the lobby where the private citizen and Stallings family member were still arguing.
Local attorney Steven Long stepped forward to call for Mayor Outlaw's resignation.
Officer Alexander Edward Thalmann, 22, was killed in a shootout March 28, with career criminal, Bryan Stallings. Thalmann's fellow officer, Justin Wester, 23, was wounded in the firefight.
Thalmann was also a Lance Corporal in the Marine Reserves with a Combat Logistic Battalion in Raleigh, N.C. He has had two overseas deployments to Afghanistan.
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I have a linux (debian) router with two internet connections (A) and (B).
(A) is preferred, (B) is fallback.
I want to monitor the internet connection (and not only the availability of the gateways!) and change the default route appropriately.
- If (A) is not providing internet, switch to (B)
- If (A) is providing internet again, switch back to (A).
Only problem I have is in case (2). My routing table points towards a working internet so I cannot easily detect whether internet is working over link (A) again.
I am search for a ping or traceroute (or other diagnosis-tool) which can select the next-hop explicitly.
ping -rlooks promising, but can only ping a host on the lan. (It only has to write another destination address in the packet, damnit!)
traceroute -g gatewaylooks even more promising and nearly does what I want - but sets source routing options which my next-hops deny. (Not within my administrative boundary...)
I just want a $ping, that can:
- select a source interface (and address)
- select a next-hop on that interface
- ping any arbitrary ip address
I could do evil trickery with policy-based routing but that would have production impact for all users. I would like to see a side-effect-free solution....


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Portfolio Manager/Sub-Investment Adviser
The fund's investment adviser is The Dreyfus Corporation (Dreyfus). Dreyfus has engaged its affiliate, Walter Scott & Partners Limited to serve as the fund's sub-investment adviser. Investment decisions for the fund have been made since the fund's inception in 2006 by Walter Scott's Investment Team, which is overseen by Walter Scott's Investment Management Group (IMG). The members of the Investment Team with the most significant responsibility for day-today management of the fund and who also have this responsibility with the IMG are: Roy Leckie, a director of Walter Scott and co-leader of the IMG; Charlie Macquaker, a director of Walter Scott and co-leader of the IMG; Jane Henderson, the Managing Director of Walter Scott; and Rodger Nisbet, the Executive Chairman of Walter Scott.
Sector & Allocation 1
Top Holdings 2
|EOG Resources
|C.R. Bard
|Johnson & Johnson
|Cisco Systems
|AIA Group
|Suncor Energy
Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the fund carefully before investing. Download a prospectus, or a summary prospectus, if available, that contains this and other information about the fund, and read it carefully before investing.
Notes & Disclosures
- Portfolio composition and allocation is as of 05/31/16 and is subject to change at any time. Totals may not be exact due to rounding. Negative exposures may represent short positions through derivatives.
- The holdings listed should not be considered recommendations to buy or sell a security. Large concentrations can increase share price volatility.
- Source: Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. Reflects reinvestment of dividends, and where applicable, capital gains distributions. The Morgan Stanley Capital International World Index is designed to measure global equity performance of developed markets. The index includes 24 MSCI national developed market indices.
- Price/earnings for a stock is the ratio of the company's most recent month-end share price to the company's estimated earnings per share (EPS) for the current fiscal year. If a third-party estimate for the current year EPS is not available, Morningstar will calculate an internal estimate based on the most recently reported EPS and average historical earnings growth rates. Price/ earnings is one of the five value factors used to calculate the Morningstar Style Box. For portfolios, this historical P/E data point is calculated by taking an asset-weighted average of the earnings yields (E/P) of all the stocks in the portfolio and then taking the reciprocal of the result. Source: Morningstar


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Franchised car dealers have been embracing improved customer satisfaction by necessity.
You may have noticed that more attention has been paid to trying to provide an excellent sales and service experience during your auto purchase and subsequent maintenance visits.
What you may not know is that the manufacturers have conducted numerous consumer studies and have come to realize that customer satisfaction (CSI) is one of the most important components of the retail car buying and maintenance experience.
Remember all of the screaming and howling by automobile dealership pitchmen on television and the unbelievable offers shown on a continuous loop through the night complete with all the small print verbiage moving from right to left on the bottom of the screen faster than the eye could see.
How about the five pounds of ads in the Sunday newspaper hawking all kinds of new and used cars in glorious color?
If not, you may remember Cal Worthington's famous commercial where he offered to eat a bug if he couldn't make you a deal.
The song went "If you have trouble with your car come see Cal."
The Worthington spots were so popular, partly for the absurdity, that they made their way into a cult movie called "Into the Night" starring Jeff Goldblum.
Those advertising stratagem's worked in past decades, but times have changed dramatically.
Much has changed with the realization that it is easier to get a repeat customer to make another purchase than it is to get a new customer off the street.
Retention is now the buzzword and the driving force of perceptive dealers in the automobile business.
Manufacturers have a vested interest in helping the dealers create processes to improve customer retention and have committed resources and able executives into getting it done.
After years and years of measuring the results through industry heavyweights like J.D Powers there have been improvements, but the results have not been as impressive as expected.
USA Today recently published a snippet that pointed out over 70 percent of non-dealership technicians (mechanics) were aware of other (mechanics) who sold work that was completely unnecessary.
This was a recent study that exemplifies the unique opportunity that franchised car dealers have to recapture some of the business that they lost long ago by being inattentive to their customer's needs.
According to Blomberg's , J.D. Power and Associates has agreed to work with DealerRater to help automakers and dealers collect dealership reviews from consumers, under a deal announced Wednesday.
DealerRater is a independent company employed by numerous car dealers to extract a customer satisfaction rating from dealer customers that offers a website for customer review. .
J.D. Power will ask some recipients of its proprietary customer satisfaction and other surveys if they also wish to write a review of the dealership where they did business, said Jonathan Miller, chief technology officer for J.D. Power.
The review would go to DealerRater, and be posted publicly on the site. Then it will be shared with automakers and dealers as part of the information about the consumer experience amassed from the larger J.D. Power survey Miller said.
The agreement could eventually give automakers, dealers and the public immediate feedback from the thousands of consumers responding to questionnaires that feed Power's Customer Service Index and Sales Satisfaction Index surveys. Typically, those studies are published annually and are based on questionnaires mailed months before the results are released.
The program initially would be limited to the proprietary studies that J.D. Power contracts to perform for individual automakers. Those surveys of auto purchasers and lessees, which are used for diagnostic purposes to improve customer satisfaction, can contain up to 200 questions.
Later, J.D. Power could open the program to consumers responding to its syndicated Customer Service Index and Sales Satisfaction Index surveys, said Mike Battaglia, J.D. Power's senior director of automotive retail.
The comments give dealers immediate information about how they are doing with their customers, said Jamie Oldershaw, DealerRater's senior vice president of operations and planning.
The other advantage is that consumers are influenced by dealership reviews and star ratings when they look for a store, Oldershaw said.
DealerRater has about 1.4 million reviews on its site. About 5,000 dealers pay DealerRater to help them collect reviews and thousands more have been reviewed by consumers on the DealerRater site.
Data mining customer experiences has proven to be a compelling tool when planning advertising
and attempting to provide customers dealerships had spent significant advertising dollars to bring into the showroom and service facility to come back again.


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More Fun With Sisters and Brothers
Overview | Research Team | Publications | Funding Partners | Contact
Project Overview
More Fun with Sisters and Brothers is a preventive intervention program that teaches young children a set of social and emotional competencies that will help them play and interact with their sisters and brothers in a fun and friendly manner. Over the course of four sessions, children learn a set of prosocial skills including perspective-taking, conflict management, as well as learning to manage the range of emotions and challenging behaviors that often occur in sibling relationships. The skills taught in the program are geared toward 4- to 8-year-olds, and most children in this age group easily learn the basic steps that lead to harmonious sibling interaction. Program instruction is made enjoyable with the use of puppets, videos, and dramatic play that center on sibling issues. Learning is made fun with activity books, take-home bedtime stories, games, and more.
The More Fun With Sisters and Brothers Program was developed by Dr. Laurie Kramer, senior faculty in Human and Community Development and Associate Dean of Academic Programs in the College of ACES. She is the founding Director of the Family Resiliency Center at the University of Illinois.
The More Fun With Sisters and Brothers Program design is based on empirical research findings and is the first formal program for enhancing the relationships of young siblings that has received empirical support. Rather than focusing on what children should not do (e.g., refrain from fighting), the More Fun With Sisters and Brothers Program is proactive and teaches children what to do— how to relate positively to one another.
The More Fun With Sisters and Brothers Program has identified a number of effective methods for encouraging positive interactions in sibling relationships among young children. Skill-building approaches that directly involve children, as well as their parents, are the basis of the program curriculum, which emphasizes:
- Active learning that allows program participants to better identify their own emotions in order to regulate their behavior across the full spectrum of emotionally expressive behavior found in sibling relationships;
- Generalization of skills training to the home environment;
- A comprehensive parent engagement component designed to teach parents to become effective "emotion coaches" who can guide their children through the process of learning to regulate their own emotions and behaviors.
- Family home visits offered to program participants that expressly focus on how children will practice the learned social skills and manage the situations that elicit conflict with their own siblings at home. Children practice program skills with their siblings while receiving coaching and immediate feedback from trained program staff who visit the home.
- Helping children learn how to get along, and have fun, with their sisters and brothers in the early stages of their social and emotional development can lead them to enjoy the potential life-long benefits related to successful relationships with their siblings in early childhood.
The More Fun With Sisters and Brothers Program is a 4-week program offered throughout the year and is free to participants. The program is located at the Family Resiliency Center in Doris Kelley Christopher Hall on the University of Illinois Urbana campus.
Research Team
- Laurie Kramer, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Academic Programs, College of ACES and Professor, Human and Community Development
Kramer, L., & Radey, C. (1997). Improving sibling relationships among young children: A social skills training model. Family Relations, 46, 237-246.
Kramer, L. (2004). Experimental interventions in sibling relations. In R. D. Conger, F. O. Lorenz, & K. A. S. Wickrama (Eds.). Continuity and change in family relations: Theory, methods, and empirical findings (pp. 345-380). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Kennedy, D. K., & Kramer, L. (2008). Improving emotion regulation and sibling relationship quality: The More Fun with Sisters and Brothers Program. Family Relations, 57, 567-578.
Kramer, L. (in press). The essential ingredients of successful sibling relationships: An emerging framework for advancing theory and practice. Child Development Perspectives.
Funding Partners
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
Contact Information
Laurie Kramer, PhD
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Telephone: 217-333-3380
In the News
- NurtureShock, (2009). Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. Chapter 6. http://www.nurtureshock.com/
- New York Times. In Sisters, Love and an Urge to Break her Neck. (Tara-Parker-Pope, March 2008)
Good Morning America The New Science of Siblings. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Parenting/story?id=8449624
- U.S. News & World Report. 7 Ways Your Siblings May Have Shaped You. http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/living-well-usn/2009/07/31/7-ways-your-siblings-may-have-shaped-you.html
- Today Show. July 5, 2006
- The Takeaway (WNYC radio)
- Time Magazine. How your Siblings Make You Who You Are (Jeffrey Kluger, July 10, 2006). Cover story.
- New York Times. The Year in Ideas: Favoring One Kid is Fine. (Susan Burton, December 2002) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/15/magazine/the-year-in-ideas-favoring-one-kid-is-fine.html?scp=4&sq=laurie%20kramer&st=cse
- New York Times. Vital Signs: Behavior, When Siblings Fight, Parents Shrug (Alisha Berger, February 1999)
- "In U of I Study, Kids Learn to Handle Emotional Responses to Siblings," ACES News, 2-23-2009, http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/news/stories/news4677.html
- "U of I Study: Parents, Sibs See Imbalances in Parents' Attention Differently," ACES News, 5-16-2007, http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/news/stories/news4013.html
- "Mom's favoritism can affect kids, sibling rivalry as adults", USA Today, 5-4-2010, http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-05-04-favorites04_CV_N.htm
Parents, educators, and practitioners benefit from having a set of tools that have been empirically derived and scientifically validated to improve the quality of children's sibling relationships. More importantly, the More Fun with Sisters and Brothers Program, and its predecessor, the Fun with Sisters and Brothers Program for 4- to 8- year old children with an infant or toddler sibling, enables children to competently engage in prosocial sibling-directed behaviors and manage conflict and other interpersonal challenges that commonly arise in families, without full reliance on parental intervention.


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I'm using PDF Creator on Windows 7 and am having problems generating some PDFs from the command line that I don't when using the GUI.
I am using the following command, and my purpose is to use the command line to generate output PDF directly without user interaction in GUI:
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I find that the command ends immediately, without any output on the console.
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Second Newton Flotman rail death inquest opened
18:00 13 September 2012
An inquest has been opened into the death of a Newton Flotman man who died after being struck by a train.
Terence Reeve, 76, a widower who lived at St Mary's Close, was pronounced dead on Thursday, September 6 at Newton Flotman railway crossing.
Norfolk coroner William Armstrong, who opened an inquest in Norwich today, said the driver of a train on the Norwich to London line approached the crossing at Newton Flotman on the morning of September 6 and saw a person on the track but it was impossible to avoid striking him.
The emergency services were called but Mr Reeve was pronounced dead at the scene.
A post mortem examination has been carried out with a preliminary report stating cause of death as head, spinal, chest, abdominal and multiple limb injuries. Mr Armstrong adjourned the inquest to a date to be fixed.
The death was the second on the crossing in as many days after Mark Mills, 47, of Meredith Road, Hellesdon, near Norwich, was hit near the level crossing in Greenways just after 8am on Wednesday, September 5.
An inquest opened into his death has also been opened and adjourned.


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With Mother's Day weekend just a week away, there's still time to find the perfect gifts for mom. Some of the favorite gifts for Mother's Day are flowers, candy and jewelry.
If you ask moms what they want for Mother's Day, many will say that they don't need anything. In truth, many moms just want to spend the day with those they love the most, their children and family.
Whether you order mom a bouquet of flowers from FTD.com or plant a variety of flowers in her yard, flowers are always a great gift for Mother's Day.
Add a card, candy and a meal together and your mom will be delighted. Whether you are an only child or one of many, there's only one you so celebrate your unique relationship with your mom on Mother's Day.
Mom always put her plans on hold whenever you needed her. She worried about you when you were out late and was always there cheering at your games and clapping at your school programs. Mom may have taught you to read, drive, cook and play ball so take the time to show your appreciation.
Here are some other gifts to show your love on Mother's Day. With a week's time, you still have time to order gifts from Amazon or other web-based companies to delight mom.
Bedding Plants
Add a little sunshine to mom's day every day with a gift of bedding plants for her garden. You'll be the star of the day if you offer to plant them too. Choose one color or a variety of colors and heights to add beauty to mom's day on Mother's Day.
Silk Flowers
A silk floral arrangement will never die, just like your love for mom. Instead of cut flowers, give mom silk flowers to add indoor beauty and you'll be the hero of the day.
Candy is Dandy
Candy may add some extra pounds but it sure tastes yummy. Give Mom candy to show her that you think she's sweet. Pick up a box of assorted chocolates, visit your local farmers market for sweet treats or make your own for a treat mom will love.
Mother's Day Love
Gifts for mom show your love on Mother's Day. Visit a gift shop and you'll find many gift ideas for mom. From gifts for the home to unique silk flower arrangements, find just the right gift. Be sure to add a card telling mom how much you love her.
There are many places to shop for jewelry. Find just the right gift in a local jewelry shop, at a craft or vendor show or on the web. Many boutiques display locally crafted jewelry so look around in your city for just the right gift of jewels to make mom's eyes sparkle.
Scarves: Not Just for Winter
Scarves are the perfect accessory for any season. Mom will feel your love wrapped around her every time she wears a scarf you chose for her. A woman can never have too many scarves so pick mom's favorite color and wrap her in love.
New Shoes
Whether your mom is a runner, a walker or a sitter, a new pair of shoes will pamper her feet. Add a coupon for a manicure and pedicure to make mom's day special.
Lotions and Soaps
Your local farmers market or gift store offers a great selection of handcrafted lotions, soaps and body gels. Pick mom's favorite scent or choose a variety. Add a coupon for a trip to the spa and spend time together.
Wallets and Purses
Visit any department or specialty store and you'll find a big selection of wallets, purses and other accessories for just the right gift for your mom. Whether your mom is on-the-go all the time or enjoys an evening out on the town, choose a stylish spring color to add a splash of spring to mom's days.
The Gift of Time
Mom would love a pretty watch for Mother's Day. Wrap it up with a coupon for a special trip, vacation or outing together. The gift of time is the best gift of all on Mother's Day or any day.


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Last December, with both our adult children staying with their in-laws, my wife and I decided, for the first time ever, to have Christmas abroad.
But the great freeze intervened. Our flight was cancelled.
On the Sunday before Christmas we went, instead, to St Paul's Cathedral for their evening service.
There were tourists there, and worshippers. Neither got in the others' way.
The service was sublime. I marvelled as I always do at the wonder of Christopher Wren's creation.
This December, if the tent protests outside the Cathedral continue, there'll be no tourists, and fewer worshippers.
There's been a tent protest opposite the main entrance to the Houses of Parliament for some years.
It's messy. It will be cleared at some stage, but it's hard to argue that the exercise by those protesters of their right (as they see it) to protest has got in the way of other people's rights to go about their business.
That's not the case for the tent protesters outside St Paul's.
OK, if they'd stayed for just a couple of days. But some say they have every intention of staying put.
The consequence, if the protests do continue, is that other people's rights will be significantly reduced.
That will include "tourists". But tourists are people too.
I exercise my rights when I'm abroad to visit churches and cathedrals, to share in others' experiences.
All street marches and demonstrations – and I've been on a few in my time – are bound to involve some temporary disruption.
Most people accept that this is a small price for our democracy.
But the longer the St Paul's protest has gone on, the less convinced I have become about the justification the protesters put forward.
What has most surprised, and depressed me, has been the tone their "leaders" have offered, with little or no practical recognition of others' rights, and arrogantly dismissive that the Cathedral (which has to get money from somewhere) will lose revenue from tourism.
They have been left sounding self-righteous, and self-indulgent, hardly a stance to persuade others to their cause.


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Canada: Samsung Galaxy Nexus arrives at Rogers and Fido on January 10 (Motorola RAZR too at Fido)
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus will become available in Canada at Rogers and Fido on January 10. That's in line with what we've previously heard regarding the superphone's launch at carriers other than Bell and Virgin Mobile. That's because those two have so far had exclusivity on the device, having released it at the beginning of December.
Unfortunately we have no details about pricing yet, but the most likely scenario is that you'll find it similarly priced to Bell and Virgin Mobile (which ask $159 with a three-year contract, and $649 outright).
Also in just one week another high-end Android-powered smartphone will land at Fido – the Motorola RAZR. This is already available at Rogers.
Fido will be asking $100 for the RAZR with a new three-year contract. We don't know the no-contract price yet, but it should be similar (if not identical) to Rogers' $649.99.


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Rumblings: What's Steven Stamkos going to do next?
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Biggest early moves of the draft
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Sabres acquire D Kulikov in deal with Panthers
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Matthews goes first, but trades define draft night
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Klima twins: Like father, like sons?
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Finding rare gold at the annual awards gala
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Player agency trying something different
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Vegas counting on NHL to broaden Sin City identity
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Meet the most interesting man in hockey
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Drive-by interview with a Stanley Cup-carrying Sidney Crosby
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Rumblings: Business as usual for draft host Buffalo
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Our Las Vegas expansion franchise roster
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Poile has words of wisdom for Vegas GM
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