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U.K. Mirrors Euro Zone's Structural Problems
For all the British schadenfreude over the euro zone's economic disaster, the U.K. faces very similar problems, albeit on a smaller scale.
In a nutshell, the euro zone's weakest economies are suffering because they're uncompetitive relative to the core. During the boom years running up to the crisis, domestic wages and other costs rose sharply thanks to a huge credit boom. By contrast, German workers' earnings were held back by significant reforms. German goods thus became ever cheaper compared with the ones produced in Spain, Ireland, Greece and other boom countries.
Following the bust, however, the costs of production, especially wages had to come down in these countries. In the absence of credit to drive domestic demand, these countries' external positions–all were running big current account deficits–became unsustainable. Wages and other costs had to fall relative to those in the core. In the past, this would have been achieved through external devaluation and domestic inflation. But membership of the single currency made this impossible.
So the euro zone's beleaguered economies are now having to deflate their way back to competitiveness–known as internal devaluation–and hope the core sees above-trend inflation at the same time, in order to rebalance their relative positions.
Which is more or less what's happening to the U.K.
Britain also experienced a credit boom during the go-go years. The bust left Britain's regions uncompetitive relative to the relatively highly-productive London and the South East. Now the U.K. is having to go through a similar sort of rebalancing to the euro zone. The regions are having to deflate their way to competitiveness while London at the core is suffering inflation.
This is proving tricky for the Bank of England. For instance, whereas London is showing all the signs of a housing bubble, prices are only just growing across the rest of the country. So too for other costs. As London becomes ever less affordable, other parts of the country ought to attract investment, which should boost employment growth–especially as the government's welfare reforms kick in.
This seems to be at least in part behind the Bank of England's willingness to turn a blind eye to inflation. As long as prices are rising fast in London there ought to be less deflation in the regions. The trick, however, will be to determine when excess capacity dries up in the country's most down-trodden parts. Leave it too late and inflation becomes general.


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Dynamo Kiev have won just one of their last 10 European matches (W1 D6 L3).
The Ukrainian side have won none of their last six Champions League matches (W0 D2 L4).
Dynamo Kiev have won just two of their last 12 Champions League home matches (W2 D2 L8).
The Ukrainian runners-up have kept just one clean sheet in their last 12 Champions League home games.
Dinamo Zagreb have lost nine and won none of their last 10 matches in the Champions League.
The Croatian side have shipped 19 goals in their last four Champions League matches.
Dinamo Zagreb have failed to score in five of their last seven Champions League games.
Zagreb have actually failed to score in nine of their last 12 matches in European competition.
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SAWMG 2014 Article: Bringing out the explorer in you
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The European story continues in the Go competition at the World Mind Games. Svetlana Shikshina of Russia stays in contention for a medal at the event.
Through the ages, Europe has been known for exploration. Marco Polo travelled far east and brought back many elements of Asian culture that have become a part of modern European life. Christopher Columbus sailed west and made the world aware of the existence of the Americas. Exploring new territories, conquering new lands and making them their own through culture and exchanges are elements that are embedded in Europe's history. These are the same elements common to Go, a sport in which there any of 361 ways to open to a game. And in the words of Svetlana Shikshina of Russia 'it's like exploring a new land'.
Shikshina is the only European woman to stay in contention for a gold medal in the women's individual competition at the World Mind Games 2014, which is a remarkable feat, considering that a European medal in Go at the event is an extreme rarity. She beat her compatriot Dina Burdakova in her second match with the power of projection. According to her, she has the ability to project '50 to 60 moves ahead' while playing a match. But as you start getting impressed, she warns that the Asians have the power to project up to '100 to even 150 moves' ahead in a match. This only brings in to mind the obvious question- what makes the Asians so much better than the Europeans? But more on that a little later in this article.
Read the full article at: http://media.sportaccord.com/wmg2013/articles/view/Bringing-out-the-explorer-in-you
2014 European Women's Go Championship in Kazan
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A man accused of murdering a 15-month-old baby in Enniskillen last December, has again been refused bail. Millie Martin suffered fractured ribs and a blow to the stomach days before she died last December. Barry McCarney, 31, denies murdering the child. The third application on behalf of Mr McCarney was made in "substantially changed circumstances" as the baby's mother is now a suspect in the case.
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Up to 1,000 construction and retail jobs will be created by the €200 million redevelopment of the Galway Shopping Centre, after the developers insisted last week the project will go ahead. The owners of the shopping centre on the Headford Road told the Galway City Tribune that the retail development is creating 'lively interest' among potential anchor tenants, and said the figure of 1,000 jobs was realistic. There had been fears for the future of the proposed development, after it emerged that Harcourt currently has debts in the region of €700m.
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Robertsown is coming to terms with the death of one of the most active members of its community, just as she was to be honored as one of Kildare's People of the Year.
Kay Murphy moved to Robertstown just five years ago and with her husband Liam got involved in many activities in her new home town, despite her poor health. Kay Murphy died on Friday 29 October, she will be remembered at the gala awards ceremony for the REHAB People of the Year.
(Source: The Kildare Nationalist)
A Trinity college researcher has estimated that Kilkenny is in the midst of a heroin epidemic and that there are at least 170 heroin addicts in Kilkenny. Professor Catherine Comiskey, a researcher with over 20 years experience in statistics and mathematics applied to health care has estimated that Kilkenny and the whole of the South East region has an emerging heroin problem.
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The HSE has downplayed fresh fears over the future status of the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise, amidst claims that surgical and maternity facilities are to close.One concerned patient told the Leinster Express that nurses at the hospital believe that surgical services will cease before Christmas. Fears for a reduction of services at the hospital have been rampant in recent weeks.
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Leitrim was the only county in the North West which actually saw an increase in the number of people made redundant last month. The figures come as nationally there has been a drop in the numbers joining the dole queues. It's the first time the Live Register has fallen for two consecutive months in over three years. These statistics from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment are released on the same day as figures show the number of people signing on the dole last month fell by 6,600.
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A heroin addict who threatened to stab a security guard with a blood-filled syringe has been sentenced to 10 months in jail. Mr Hannon of Whitecross Gardens, Moyross, pleaded guilty to charges under the Non-Fatal Offences against a Person Act and to trespassing at the apartment block. The 27-year-old, who has 71 convictions, also pleaded guilty to a number of public order charges relating to street begging on dates in June and August, and to possession of a knife at Steamboat Quay in May.
(Source: Limerick Leader)
A house in Kenagh was sealed off last Tuesday following an assault which left a man requiring hospital treatment and which led to the discovery of a suspicious device. The victim, a 34-year-old man, is believed to have suffered stomach wounds during an incident at a house just outside the village at around 5am. He was subsequently brought to the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar. It's understood that the victim was assaulted by a man armed with what is believed to have been an improvised firearm.
(Source: Longford Leader)
Louth County Councilors made 110 trips to conferences in the past 13 months, new information released by Louth County Council has revealed. A breakdown of which councilors attended which conferences has been released which shows that 14 members of the 26 person council (including Senator James Carroll) made trips since the last local elections in August 2009.
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A Ballina man who went into Ballina social welfare office to claim the dole bizarrely ended up sprinkling petrol in the foyer because his payment was late on Tuesday last week. The man had tried to get his welfare claim and when he was told there was a delay he became irate and poured the flammable liquid inside the office.
The man believed to be in his 50s left the office without lighting the liquid and sat outside until the gardai arrived at the scene.
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David Ryan, President of Goldman Sachs for Asia, Ex-Japan, To Retire
Goldman Sachs Group president for Asia, excluding Japan, David Ryan, is retiring after around two and half years in the role, the U.S. investment bank said Tuesday.
He will be replaced by Ken Hitchner, a longtime Goldman Sachs investment banker currently based in New York.
Mr. Ryan was named co-president of Asia, excluding Japan, with Yusuf Alireza in early 2011. Mr. Alireza has since gone on to become chief executive of Noble Group, an Asian commodities firm.
Mr. Hitchner is global head of the healthcare banking group and co-head of the technology, media and telecom group. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1991. This is his first post in Asia. He expected to start later this year upon Mr. Ryan's retirement.


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Ulster County added 1,000 private-sector jobs in past year
Private employers in Ulster County added 1,000 jobs over the past year, according to the July jobs report by the New York State Labor Department. The gains were led by increases of 500 jobs each in retail trade and 'leisure and hospitality.'
At the same time, however, Ulster shed 600 government jobs, including 500 in education.
Ulster County's private-sector job growth rate of 2.1 percent ranked sixth out of 14 metro areas in the state. Ithaca was first at 4.1 percent.
The Orange-Dutchess metro area ranked 12th, or third from last, with a private-sector growth rate of 0.2 percent. The private job count in Orange and Dutchess counties was 500 higher in July than it was a year before. Over the past year, those counties added 800 jobs in 'healthcare and social assistance' and 600 in professional and business services, but lost 700 in 'natural resources, mining and construction' and 500 in manufacturing.
The Orange-Dutchess area reported no change in overall government employment, as cuts of 200 apiece in state and federal government jobs were offset by an increase of 400 in local government, including education.
Sullivan County added 200 private-sector jobs over the past year, but shed 200 government jobs.
Overall, New York State added 123,400 private-sector jobs from July 2011 to July 2012, but the state's unemployment rate jumped to 9.1 percent in July from 8.2 percent a year before. State officials attribute the higher unemployment rate to an increase in the number of people looking for work. More than 100,000 people have entered the labor force over the past year.
New York is expected to release county unemployment rates on Tuesday.
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A local necrosis following infrequently repeated subcutaneous injections of horse serum was first noted by Arthus, experimenting with rabbits, in 1903. He described the occurrence of a characteristic set of symptoms which has since been known as the Arthus phenomenon. The symptoms seem to be due to an anaphylactic reaction of antibodies with a specific antigen, which results in the formation of a toxic substance causing local necrosis in the tissues. The reaction is specific for the antigen used.
Since the publication of these and other studies, clinical instances of the Arthus phenomenon have been recorded in the literature with increasing frequency. The results of an exhaustive study of the clinical and serologic aspects of the condition have been reported by Tumpeer and Cope.1 A case exhibiting this phenomenon is here reported.
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School Cafeteria
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In our school with 3,200 students the cafeteria can get full very quickly in the lunch period. There are also long lunch lines in which students may not get food until near the end of lunch. With all of these people the side of the school can become crowded. I have decided to create a satellite cafeteria for the other side of our school in which students would not be packed into one space and that the students on this end of the school would have quick and easy access to a cafeteria without having to cross the school.
from your description, it seems that you are proposing a completely separate building for the cafeteria. interesting. let's get some sketches posted so we can see what you are thinking.
Great idea and you have a pretty good size school. Sounds as the existing cafeteria has reached its limits. Hand sketches are the fastest way to get your ideas accross. Ever hear of an Architect sketching on a napkin during a lunch with a client. You may not have to use a napkin but sketching is a very effective tool to present and get your ideas across. Any professional will tell you that hand sketching even in todays world of computers is still an important skill to have. Looking to see your progress.
nice progress and great sketches. i think its really great that you are thinking about energy efficiency in your project. have you thought about incorporating operable windows to get fresh air into the space?
Keep the posts coming, Matt!
Cool idea. I would suggest that when you are uploading sketches to draw the line darker because they are hard to see.
Your sketches remind me of the Museum of Fruit in Yamanashi, Japan. The link is to a view of their eating area outside the food court(http://s3.amazonaws.com/estock_dev/fspid9/55/17/38/yamanashi-japan-fruit...). This project might be a good resource to inspire new ideas regarding structure and form.
The computer drafting work is nice, and you've done a great job laying out the food service and dining area.
you've done great work thinking about the technical aspects of this project. now, i'd like to see some ideas about the experience of being in the space. what materials are you going to use? is there any kind of special furniture you want to incorporate?
Great job so far, I like seeing the progression of your idea from sketches to a more developed drafted plan. A site plan or key plan that shows the location of your proposed addition in the context of the school campus would be helpful, as well as provide a way to indicate the orientation of the building. It's good to see that you are conscious about the need to balance the desire for lots of natural light with making sure the space does not get too hot, given all the glazing that you have in your design. Though make sure that you have provided enough shading (is the film enough?) and natural ventilation (are the windows operable?) within your design, especially given your location/climate. If possible it would be nice to see a perspective sketch of the interior to illustrate even more details and what it would feel like to be in your proposed space.
spectacular! this design is freakin fantastic keep up the good work matt i wanna see what the inside looks like
Hello MV. Please consider changing your portfolio cover image (from the empty lot at school) to something that represents your cool original design. How about a rendering of your new model instead? The portfolio cover is your 'face' to the world and helps 'sell' your idea. More people will want to click on your project if they see that you have an orginal design there. Keep up the good work!
Hey Matt, I am really digging the design you created. Check out the architect and inventor Buckminster Fuller for more inspiration. He invented the geodesic dome!
I too am looking forward to seeing interior shots of the cafeteria. It would also help if you labeled areas on the plans and sections.
The dome would look more powerful if it were a full sphere instead of half. I like the sections that run east-west more than the ones that run north south. You could create a dome that was half enclosed with windows, while the other half was left open. What if you were to move the outdoor seating to go on the north side of the building? That way people would be out of direct sunlight, but still enclosed in the open dome.
Sketch it out to see if you like my suggestion and show us what you come up with!
I'll check back soon to see if you have made more progress.
Okay, Matthew - I think all the recent posts say it all! We all expect to see more! (Nice, nice work so far!) It would be really helpful to see how your design fits into the existing building layout. (Remember, design does not happen in a vacuum.)
Would it be possible for the dome, if it became a full dome, to be half on top of the existing cafeteria? I agree with the comments above. I do appreciate all the drawing you've done and your use of Autodesk's freewheel to share your digital work; it helps us to understand and see your ideas. The advantage of drafting on the computer is that it is easy to explore different ideas or modifications to your idea quickly. Make sure that you save as with a new name (probably good if you're drawing in 3d) or copy and paste iterations within a single file (quite fine if you're drawing in 2d), so that you maintain a history of your design process / project's evolution.
The model looks great, Matt! Can you also add the image from your portfolio cover to either the "Develop Solutions" or "Final Design" step so we can see it larger? I know you already have the DWF file uploaded in Freewheel, but it would be good to have a jpg rendering - perhaps of a different view? - of it to view within your project file also.
I really like this design, but I really want to see what the inside looks like. Is it student friendly? The idea that I'm getting from the overall view is more corporate.
Seeing the interior rending definitely illustrates what a dominate element the glass half dome becomes. I think the views of the sky and natural light make it feel open and expansive though it also feels like a greenhouse and I'm still worried about it getting too hot in there even with the 3M film on the windows. Have you considered making some of the windows operable? Also I noticed you mention in your text that the half dome is oriented with the sun's path, though even the flat side of your dome is glass, so really you have glazing in all directions so I think the effect would be the same no matter how it was oriented to the sun.
I am really impressed with the level of detail you have brought to this project. It looks fantastic and the rendering you posted almost looks professional. The difference is really just a matter of resolution and filling the space with RPCs (people).
The only two suggestions I would have are: 1. Explore the structure of the dome, since it's raised off the floor you would probably need a tension ring of a certain thickness. 2. That is a lot of glass, and FL is hot climate, even with 3M sun control window films. You might want to consider being even more creative, playing around with and replacing some glass panels with louvres, metal panels, or even spandrel panels. If you're opposed to that approach you may want to incorporate a sun screen that could hang off the steel, it could be a decorative piece. Maybe you could find a way to keep it small by making it a mechanical piece to allow movement with the direction of the sun.
Keep in mind I would not expect you to tackle either of these issues with a busy class schedule, they are merely ideas you might explore if you become bored over a break.
Keep up the good work.
Thank you for participating in the TAH2 program. I've enjoyed following your project. It's been great to see you utilizing both hand sketches and computer renderings to develop your ideas. You have demonstrated your technical skills and creative ideas well. Make sure when following the design process you take advantage of exploring and testing different ideas early on, and modifying a design when it will make it even better. You've arrived at a great point with the project though if you are passionate about it and have had fun working on it, I'd suggest continuing with it and thinking about the suggestions that were made above to evolve it even further. I wish you all the best in the future and hope you consider pursuing a career in designing built environments some day.
Very impressive project. This is university level work, and there are many professionals who would like to be able to render a project as well as your final image.
However, I agree with some of the comments above. If you had a variety of options that you considered along the way, it is helpful to post and share those ideas with your audience. Revealing your process, and how you logically arrived at a solution, helps to strengthen your scheme. The viewer/reader can see the steps that took you from the assignment through your renderings. This will help you to address questions such as 'Did you consider ____' and you will be able to say 'yes, I did, here were the results, and because of X, Y or Z, I decided that the best option was to do _____.'
Having said that, your plans, section, elevation and model are quite comprehensive. You have considered furniture, materials, operations, sun path and the overall experience of the space, particularly at lunch time. Great work. About the only thing you could easily add would be some scale figures in the sections, elevations and renderings so that the size of the space could be understood quickly.
Best of luck in the future, and hope that you consider a career path that takes advantage of your obvious talents.
Many thanks for contributing to TAH2 as well - the dialogue that you have started will assist all of us in the future to refine the curriculum and the exchange process.
One problem I see is that at night, on the top floor, you would not be able to see. even on cloudy days it would be too dark because there are no artificial light sources at all (that I can see) on the top floor.
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mvetterick's work for the Collect Information step:
There are approximately 3,200 students in our school in which there are two separate lunches. With around 1,600 students eating lunch at the same time I feel there needs to be more space for the students to go. The cafeteria that we currently have can hold 1,188 students, though not everyone eats lunch in the cafeteria. I think that with a second cafeteria it would help open up more space for students to enjoy their lunch time. Looking at an overview of the school with Google Earth and going around the school I found a spot that I think is close enough to the school as well as easily accessible by students on that end of the school. I would also plan on using 3M Sun Control window films over the windows to make sure that the sun is not beating down on the students.
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mvetterick's work for the Brainstorm Ideas step:
I want to make the second cafeteria on the opposite side of the school. I am also looking at placing storefront in a dome shape to let in natural light and cut down on the use of artificial lighting and creating a brighter cafeteria. To cut down on glare and heat 3M sun control window films can be placed on the windows with different intensities at different hights on the storefront. the darker films would be placed on the top and lighter films near the bottom creating an effect that looks similar to the sky. On a clear day when you look up at the sky it is darker directly above you and as you look further out the sky becomes lighter and lighter, this is the effect I would like to achive with the film as well as helping cut down on heat, light intensity, and air conditioning costs/ energy costs. I would like to add a second story with a balcony to add more seating and give covered outdoor seating on the first floor and open outdoor seating on the second. The direction in which the sun travels is also how the half dome storefront is faced so that as the sun moves throughout the day it gives light through the curve of the dome to give more natural light. The food service area will be a long bar that students can select the food they would like to eat and the take the food to the cashiers.
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mvetterick's work for the Develop Solutions step:
My idea for a second cafeteria. I have created a countinous line with food set out for students to take uup to the cashier and pay for with two entrances for this line and three cashiers. There is also a teachers dining area which is set up were food can be placed there by the kitchen staff so that it is not out of their way yet still have acess to the room from the serving area. seating is set up for students both inside and out with tables form small groups our large groups and bar style setting as well as tables with couch and chair seating.


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La Parguera, a Little Jewel on the SW Coast
As mentioned in my last post, we made a quick dash through La Parguera while checking out the area around Guánica. La Parguera is most famous for its bioluminescent bays, followed by its seafood. Our plans precluded sticking around until after sunset so we gathered contact info for later.
You can reach La Parguera from Lajas via Hwy 116, then take Hwy 304 on into town. Hwy 324 would take you from La Parguera to Guánica which is how we got there.
La Parguera is actually a sector of Lajas and falls within it's jurisdiction (Fixed/thanx Sdog). It even has its own police station and Post Office. The bay is part of the La Parguera Nature Reserve established in 1979.
We were there on a Saturday afternoon and it was pretty busy. It is as popular with the locals and San Juan as it is with tourists.
In some respects, it kind of reminded me of Lahaina on Maui, minus the upscale art galleries and boutique shops.
From a Google Maps satellite view, you can see how built-up La Parguera has become. The main road through town (Hwy 304) takes you down past the waterfront. On the bay side, there is a small Plaza with a formal public arcade/promenade next to it. From the arcade there is access to several shuttle boat and tour services.
The whole area is well maintained.
Parking is always a problem.. we ended up parking about a block up from the Plaza. No big deal. After making our way down to the Plaza, we proceeded to check out the arcade area and boat launch pier. About half the kiosk sized shops were open, though some don't open until near sunset. There were food, drink and tourist shops of all kinds. It had an almost carnival like vibe. There were sail-like cloth panels to shield you from the sun. The sails were a little sun bleached and weather-worn, but still did the trick. OH! There were also benches so you could take a break. I wish more places did that.
I also checked out a couple of the shuttle boat services.
These are run by local guys in small boats, but there were several so you could shop around. They all looked like they had been doing this for quite some time. I did not see folks wearing life-vests.. I guess they did not want to risk spilling their drinks. I did not go down and specifically check to see if they had them… I'll assume they do for now.
Still have to do the Bioluminescent Bay thing.
There are also many bars and restaurants along the main drag.
I wanted to try out something local so we stopped at Los Balcones across the street from the Plaza. It was a flight of stairs to the top where you had the choice of sitting inside or outside on the balcony. We chose the balcony, though it was pretty windy.
It was a real effort to hang onto your napkins.
The place was very clean and neat. From the balcony, you have a very good view of the Plaza below and some of the arcade and waterfront shops. It is hard to see the shoreline for all the tall buildings. It was still a nice place to take in the view and relax a little.
We promptly ordered beers (cervezas) and they were promptly delivered.. ICE cold.
Not frozen, but still had ice on the outside of the bottle. They were a welcome relief from the heat. After looking over their generous menu, we settled on a of couple appetizers. We ordered the deep fried mozzarella sticks (always a safe bet) and the coconut shrimp. Our waiter Manny was very polite and retuned with our order promptly. I was most impressed. The kind of service you usually get stateside, but not so much in PR. With the beers, the tab came to $20. Not too bad. The 6 shrimp were absolutely delicious! There was Marinara sauce for the cheese sticks and a very light, tasty sweet sauce for the shrimp.
Los Balcones has a nice family type, upscale feel to it. I would recommend it to anyone.
Five Skulls for the visit to La Parguera & Los Balcones.. ARRG!
Since we were heading uphill to the car from there, we went out the back. Right there next to the road was a beautiful Quenepa tree full of fruit. As mentioned in my last post, Quenepas can be found all over PR and are quite a delicacy in their own right.
We drove Hwy 304 to Hwy 116 so we could finish the rest of the story regarding Guánica. Since I had no room to post the cool boat shaped house last time, here it is.
There are a few other local things I want to investigate at a later date, besides the bioluminescent bay. Evidently, there is a former train station and abandoned pineapple packing factory near by.
There is also the 24.7 acre Magueyes Island not far off shore where there used to be a zoo. It is the home of a large iguana population as well as the base of the Marine Sciences Dept. of the Univ. of PR in Mayagüez.
All things I discovered while researching this story.
We are off to Yabucoa next, for a more intense rundown of the area.
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Women like Esther Mills in "Intimate Apparel" are an integral part of every era in American history. She's smart, although she can't read or write. She's level-headed, even though that age-old fear of becoming a spinster leads her into an unfortunate marriage. And she's strong.
That resilient strength is what gets her through some mighty difficult times in the poignant, award-winning 2003 play by Lynn Nottage, now at The Pear Avenue Theatre through Jan. 27.
"Intimate Apparel" is the Nottage play most frequently produced -- although she won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for a different play, "Ruined" -- almost certainly because "Intimate Apparel" resonates so successfully with women and most men as well. It's not that the characters behave differently than in many other plays; but because the primary reason Esther is uneducated and has spent her lonely life sewing sexy undergarments for rich, white women is the color of her skin. This point is driven home clearly by the occasional display of an old sepia print of people and the large words "Unidentified Negro." At one point Esther herself stoically tells her landlady, Mrs. Dixon, that she is marrying a man she has never met because, "If I stay on here, I'll turn to dust.
Remarkably, what director Troy Johnson has done with this production is bring out the many facets of each of its six distinct characters. The result is a masterful blend of tenderness, reality, sadness, friendship and resiliency in all its guises.
Everyone in this cast brings a fresh, distinctive flavor to their roles. Alicia Stamps as Esther is the least showy, yet her personality and integrity grow stronger as her challenging life unfolds. She is the glue that binds together both the story and the remainder of the cast:
A wise, spirited and forceful Kendra Owens as the opinionated landlady, Mrs. Dixon, who herself had an unhappy marriage and knows the downside of marrying a man who gave her little in return. "We had some good laughs. But he was too high on opium to know he was married." Later, she warns Esther, "Let no man have a part of your life without you getting a part of his."
Soulful, earnest Jarrod Pirtle as the Jewish fabric merchant Mr. Marks. Wearing the proper attire of a Hasidic Jew and a yarmulke, Pirtle and Stamps share some truly lyrical moments together. Their love of fine fabrics and appreciation of how they are made transcends a good deal, but his religion and her race are twin walls they cannot surmount.
As wealthy, white and unhappily married Mrs. Van Buren, spunky Maggie Mason brings sass and high spirits into every scene she's in. She pretends to think a sexy corset with lace and "dangly things" shows too much of her curvy figure, then adds with an impish grin, "I feel a bit naughty!" Mason's role is complex, being both an employer of a black seamstress whom she also treats as a friend, and, for an instant, a lover. She capably and charmingly delivers.
Ya Mourhia D. Wright imbues the saloon singer/ prostitute Mayme with a swagger and sultry appeal, yet she sometimes seems like the one with the most common sense as well. Long ago Mayme discovered a way to fend for herself, although at heart she, too, longs for a good man and marriage. Her spirited duet with Esther ("Give Me a Man") was especially engaging.
As the Barbados-born canal digger George Armstrong, Michael Wayne Rice must walk a fine line between being an earnest suitor for Esther, then a rotter of a husband. That he succeeds at both is to his credit. In Act 1 Rice, wearing a white long-sleeved undershirt, suspenders and orange pants, is only seen through a scrim on a second level, because he's supposedly one of many workers who are digging the Panama Canal. (At one point he reflects, "One man dies for every 20 feet of canal.") George speaks with an unusual accent, kind of a combination of an Irish brogue and Caribbean.
But from the moment he arrives to wed Esther, he shows he's not the man she thought him to be. Both he and Esther, in fact, have hidden some things from the other, but George's transgressions are worse by far. It's no surprise, then, that he soon squanders all of Esther's savings on whores and gambling. Rice manages to convey all of George's charm and imperfections without faltering.
Ron Gasparinetti's set is both touching and effectual. All scenes take place in bedrooms, although some function as a bedroom/office. The massive four-poster bed actually grounds the entire production, because by merely switching out one bedspread or quilt for another, the scene moves to a different location. Sara Sparks' lighting always seems right, whether in a nighttime boudoir setting or during a sunny day in Mr. Marks' fabric shop.
Costumer Patricia Tyler likely had her hands full, because the costumes for this show would be difficult to make. Some fit poorly (Esther's apron, most of the colorful corsets), but the wedding gown was magnificent, as were Esther's blouse, long skirt and bolero jacket.
It's clear that putting this production together was a labor of love by all involved, and it is certainly in keeping with artistic director Diane Tosca's vision for her intimate theater. She defines The Pear's purpose as "a theatrical alternative -- intimate, startling productions that prove you can work wonders on a shoestring, as long as your spirit is willing and your imagination wide."
Yep. "Intimate Apparel" certainly accomplishes that goal.
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What: "Intimate Apparel"
Where: The Pear Avenue Theatre, 1220 Pear Ave., Unit K, Mountain View
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Designed around the idea of an al fresco Tuscan dinner party, these summer nuptials managed to bring that perfect sense of Italian charm to Kansas City. With vendors like Jessica Sloane, Simple Elegance and Branches & Twigs behind-the-scenes, the result is casual elegance done right and the proof is in the pudding. More from Brumley & Wells in the gallery right here.
From Brumley and Wells…With the creative talent and vision of Jessica Sloane, Kyle and Joel's wedding was perfectly executed with the class and style of a Tuscan-inspired wedding. The entire day was gorgeous, and the natural landscape that's so abundant around Kansas City and the Country Club was a perfect accompaniment to the stylistic elements from the day. The day was most clearly defined, however, by the obvious and abundant love shared between Kyle and Joel and their wedding guests and friends. It was such an honor to be there and to witness their celebration.
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It can't get much better than this. Even dear old Dr. Pangloss scarcely could have written a better script for the stock market than what actually occurred in the first quarter.
In true melodramatic fashion, 2013 got off to a scary start as we seemed about to hurtle over the fiscal cliff -- only to avoid crashing into the abyss in the wee hours of New Year's Day. Then came sequestration on March 1, a term few could define let alone understand before that date. The dreaded Ides of March this time brought a crisis in the tiny Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus, which appeared to subside by the quarter's end.
And in the tradition of melodramas, the U.S. stock market overcame those obstacles to triumph in the end. First, the Dow Jones Industrial Average eclipsed its previous high of October 2007, and the Standard & Poor's 500, after a series of failed attempts, finally managed to get past its previous closing high on Thursday, the final trading day of the week, month, and quarter before the market took off for Good Friday. Those who stayed through the entire performance were amply rewarded, with the Dow industrials returning 11.9% (including dividends) for the quarter. That gain accounted for almost all of the blue chips' 13.4% total return for the past 12 months. As for the S&P 500, the first quarter was good for a 10.6% total return, bringing the 12-month return for the large-capitalization-stock benchmark to 14%.
And in the tradition of The Wizard of Oz (the original, not the prequel), there was no place like home for American investors. Small- and mid-cap stocks, which tend to be more domestically focused, outdid their bigger, multinational counterparts, with the Russell 2000 returning 12.4% for the first quarter and 16.3% for the latest 12 months, and the S&P MidCap 400 posting returns of 13.5% for the quarter and 17.8% for the 12 months.
Venturing abroad didn't pay in the latest quarter, as the U.S. proved a haven in a world of woe. That helped lift the dollar, reducing returns when translated from depreciating foreign currencies. In greenback terms, the MSCI EAFE (which tracks developed markets outside the U.S.) returned 5.2% for the quarter, having been juiced by an 11.7% surge in Japanese stocks (which rose 21.5% in yen terms). Emerging markets lost ground in the quarter, with the MSCI EM price-only index off 2.1% in greenback terms and 1% in local currencies.
ALL OF WHICH SHOWS it doesn't pay to worry about such things as fiscal drag, the inevitable rise in interest rates, the ever-more precarious situation in Europe, and the uncertain outlook in China. Indeed, these are reasons to be bullish. With risks abroad and interest rates near zero, it's been dubbed a TINA market -- as in There Is No Alternative to U.S. stocks as a place to store your money.
Clearly, nobody should care that the Congressional Budget Office figures the reversal of the 2% payroll tax cut and the tax hikes on upper-income earners that took effect on Jan. 1, plus the sequestration cuts, could shave 1.5% or more off of gross domestic product growth in 2013. Ignore, too, the fact that the 99% are trying to maintain their spending despite losing more of their paychecks to taxes, or a 70% jump in food-stamp recipients since 2008, to a record 47.8 million.
The 1%, meanwhile, have a windfall of extra dividends paid at the end of 2012 before the taxes on payouts were hiked for hoi polloi, as had been anticipated as part of the deal to avoid the fiscal cliff.
A disintegration of the euro zone and an end to the common currency also are reasons to be bullish. If you're a rich European, where would you want to stash your wealth -- a Cypriot bank or U.S. stocks? Not only did large depositors in Cyprus have to take a haircut, but Cyprus became a roach motel where cash could come in but couldn't get out. Effectively, a euro on that island is different from one in Germany, Spain, or even Slovenia. Think what would happen if a Rhode Island resident couldn't withdraw dollars or move to Massachusetts or New York. Oh, well, it's only Cyprus. As for Italy not having a functioning government, what else is new?
And rising bond yields are likely to impel investors who have poured billions into fixed-income funds to shift in the much-heralded Great Rotation into equities. So far it hasn't happened to any discernible degree. It may take something worse than the minus 0.12% total return on the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index in the first quarter to induce individuals to stampede into equities. Of course, steep capital losses in bonds would be just the lure to get folks to venture into riskier assets.
Finally, it is futile to fight the Fed as it keeps short-term interest rates pinned to the floor and bends longer-term yields by purchasing Treasury and agency mortgage-backed securities. While critics carp that the central bank may take losses on its bond portfolio if it ever has to sell securities, for now it is engineering returns that would make Stevie Cohen envious. By Wilshire Associates' estimates, U.S. stocks have increased by $1.9 trillion in value so far this year while the Fed has increased its holdings by some $274 billion. At a $1 trillion annual pace of purchases, just think what Bernanke & Co. can accomplish. Clearly, we can print our way to prosperity.
Happy April 1.
WHATEVER ELSE IS SAID about the quarter, the winners have been a curious bunch, notably some companies all but left for dead last year.
The top-performing Dow stock was Hewlett-Packard HPQ 0.13917884481558804% HP Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD14.39 0.02 0.13917884481558804% /Date(1472245215023-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 15482908 AFTER HOURS USD14.405 0.0149999999999988 0.10423905489923559% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 84848 P/E Ratio 7.695187165775401 Market Cap 24615636118.2962 Dividend Yield 3.4468380820013897% Rev. per Employee 213498 More quote details and news » (ticker: HPQ), which scored a 67.3% gain through the first quarter, on hopes that CEO Meg Whitman will turn around the floundering PC and printer company into an IBM-esque services outfit. But Hewlett's shareholders only are back to even to last May after a 44.7% drop in 2012. Other worst-to-first performers included Best Buy BBY -0.07593014426727411% Best Buy Co. Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD39.48 -0.03 -0.07593014426727411% /Date(1472245223435-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5491374 AFTER HOURS USD39.45 -0.029999999999994 -0.07598784194528875% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 47593 P/E Ratio 13.511756049146104 Market Cap 12742287925.9859 Dividend Yield 2.8368794326241136% Rev. per Employee 315344 More quote details and news » (BBY), up 86.9% after a 49.3% drop last year, and Radio Shack (RSH), up 58.5% after a 78.2% decline in 2012, apparently on hopes they can compete with the likes of Amazon.com AMZN 1.2881641684887122% Amazon.com Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD769 9.78 1.2881641684887122% /Date(1472245200139-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2744759 AFTER HOURS USD769.2 0.200000000000045 0.02600780234070221% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 32071 P/E Ratio 191.56515457240366 Market Cap 364562909942.627 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 522691 More quote details and news » (AMZN).
Whether rational or otherwise, exuberance of a most curious sort has put the staidest of sectors in the lead, consumer staples. Some of that is because Big Pharma stocks have gotten their mojo back as their new-product pipelines get refilled to replace drugs that have gone generic. What's more striking has been the steady ascent of companies that provide the mundane necessities of life instead of medications that improve or extend life.
Who would have thought the new market darlings would be the likes of Procter & Gamble PG -0.3640500568828214% Procter & Gamble Co. U.S.: NYSE USD87.58 -0.32 -0.3640500568828214% /Date(1472245230954-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 16332269 AFTER HOURS USD87.69 0.109999999999999 0.12559945192966432% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 75918 P/E Ratio 25.0486214391946 Market Cap 233729215413.973 Dividend Yield 3.0577757478876455% Rev. per Employee 621895 More quote details and news » (PG), Colgate Palmolive CL -0.21439099557818572% Colgate-Palmolive Co. U.S.: NYSE USD74.47 -0.16 -0.21439099557818572% /Date(1472245230318-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2025741 AFTER HOURS USD74.5 0.0300000000000011 0.040284678393984155% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 14231 P/E Ratio 48.04516129032258 Market Cap 66389483380.1184 Dividend Yield 2.094803276487176% Rev. per Employee 409103 More quote details and news » (CL), Clorox CLX -0.32048836322014496% Clorox Co. U.S.: NYSE USD130.63 -0.42 -0.32048836322014496% /Date(1472245221705-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 585254 AFTER HOURS USD130.67 0.039999999999992 0.030620837479905075% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2089 P/E Ratio 26.52601226495553 Market Cap 16912535336.7627 Dividend Yield 2.449666998392406% Rev. per Employee 720125 More quote details and news » (CLX), Kellogg K -0.5433470176285922% Kellogg Co. U.S.: NYSE USD82.37 -0.45 -0.5433470176285922% /Date(1472245313932-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1440453 AFTER HOURS USD82.37 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 54354 P/E Ratio 47.339080459770116 Market Cap 28850835013.2236 Dividend Yield 2.525191210392133% Rev. per Employee 391220 More quote details and news » (K) or General Mills GIS -0.7283933323994958% General Mills Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD70.87 -0.52 -0.7283933323994958% /Date(1472245301020-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1963318 AFTER HOURS USD70.91 0.039999999999992 0.05644137152532806% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11991 P/E Ratio 25.584837545126355 Market Cap 42490321234.1238 Dividend Yield 2.7091858332157472% Rev. per Employee 424695 More quote details and news » (GIS)? Only folks who actually go to the supermarket and stare in astonishment at the prices of cereal, paper towels, toothpaste or detergent wouldn't be totally shocked in the steady ascent of these stocks. In a widely repeated story that originated in New York Magazine, Tide has become a hot commodity in the inner city, where thieves brazenly steal the high-priced detergent and sell the jugs that go for $15 or more in stores for $5 in cash or $10 worth of drugs on the street.
These staples stocks also are commanding rich price-earnings ratios, some upwards of 20 times this year's forecast earnings, even though some of their earnings are likely to grow in the single digits, which speaks volumes about investor attitudes. In an uncertain world, no price seems to be too high to pay for this sector's relatively assured cash flows and decent dividends.
Taken a step further, Société Générale strategist Andrew Lapthorne attributes consumer-staples stocks' outperformance to their ability to cushion losses during times of market turmoil. "Essentially, fund managers are not seeking yield but buying downside protection, and in a world where market shocks are more common, the resulting premium is perfectly understandable," he writes in a research note. Indeed, consumer-staples stocks have performed in line with lower-risk high-yield bonds until recently -- when these stocks have pulled away from junk bonds. Similarly, Martin Pring, of the Pring Turner Capital Group, manager of the AdvisorShares Pring Turner Business Cycle exchange-traded fund (DBIZ), writes the increasing relative strength in consumer staples is a warning "confidence under the surface is waning."
David P. Goldman, head of the Macros Strategy advisory and former head of bond research at Bank of America, points to investors' preference for leveraging annuity-like cash flows from stable companies, especially those in the consumer sector. That contrasts with "the miserable performance of capital-goods producers" such as Caterpillar CAT -0.2172863351038146% Caterpillar Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD82.66 -0.18 -0.2172863351038146% /Date(1472245207734-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3546454 AFTER HOURS USD82.66 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 50345 P/E Ratio 44.44086021505376 Market Cap 48292538092.887 Dividend Yield 3.726106944108396% Rev. per Employee 395412 More quote details and news » (CAT), Oracle orcl 0.38929440389294406% Oracle Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD41.26 0.16 0.38929440389294406% /Date(1472245356275-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9136159 AFTER HOURS USD41.27 0.0100000000000051 0.024236548715462918% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 92058 P/E Ratio 19.932367149758456 Market Cap 170103832074.275 Dividend Yield 1.454192922927775% Rev. per Employee 272404 More quote details and news » (ORCL) or Illinois Tool Works ITW 0.19262981574539365% Illinois Tool Works Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD119.63 0.23 0.19262981574539365% /Date(1472245321463-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1339655 AFTER HOURS USD119.58 -0.0499999999999972 -0.041795536236729915% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7828 P/E Ratio 22.277467411545622 Market Cap 42463862802.8443 Dividend Yield 2.1733678843099558% Rev. per Employee 277792 More quote details and news » (ITW), which reflects poor capital-spending orders -- the true drivers of the economy.
In a risky world, Bounty may be a better hedge than Treasury paper. P&G yields 2.9%, half again the U.S. 10-year note at 1.9%. Procter's stock also has had the attractive attribute of actually rising in price, up some 30% from the lows of mid-2012. But the leadership from companies that peddle such pedestrian wares is cause for caution in this stock market.
Alan Abelson is off this week.
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When Paris became a Nazi stronghold in World War II, an Iranian diplomat by the name of Abdol-Hossein Sardari used his influence to help more than 2,000 Iranian Jews by making a creative case for their exemption from racial persecution and by issuing hundreds of passports, according to Fariborz Mokhtari's new book, "In the Lion's Shadow." Sardari's story is also relevant to our own era of sectarian conflicts, because he himself was a Muslim. Here's more from the BBC. —KA
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Find others in North Carolina who enjoy hiking naked. Please post your city so others can easily find you!
Gibsonville. I hike nude in the Uwharrie National Forest when I can, especially around Badin Lake (which is also great for skinny-dipping). I hope to get farther west when it warms up. I'm partial to the Nantahala National Forest there, especially the Horsepasture, Toxaway and Whitewater Rivers.
I like to hike nude in western North Carolina. I have some places I like to hike near Asheville and along the Blue Ridge parkway. I would love to hike the Nantahala area. Email in advance of your hikes to this area. I would be happy to join you for a naked hike.
I live in Winston-Salem and always looking for others that are interested. I hope to find others so that I can get out and enjoy nature. I do not know of other places to hike.
I live in Salisbury - can travel some (Uwharrie Forest, Winston) Would love to get out and hike naked. Never done before - but love being naked outside and very comfortable with other naked men.
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- They were expendable anyway, since whenever the ship was hit, control panels and consoles on the bridge would short out in their faces.
- Hackers can also jack enemy vehicles and make them their own, as well as hack enemy consoles so friendly units can use them.
- A surround sound hi-fi system, plasma TV screen, multiplayer games consoles, internet-connected computers with webcam are just some of the accessories that will fit the bill.
- Up to four computers or games consoles can be attached directly to the device using Ethernet, the standard network connection.
- But presumably there will come a time when most homes have it, and it will feed a broader local network comprising not only computers but games consoles and other home entertainment devices.
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- Made of vitreous China, sinks like the 27 1/2-inch pedestal basin shown come with pedestal covers or metal consoles.
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Leadership Oklahoma, a statewide leadership program, is now accepting applications for its 2013 Youth Leadership Oklahoma class which will be held June 9-14. Applicants must be high school Juniors or home schooled equivalent with at least a 3.25 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
The organization accepts a class of 50 members each year. Criteria for selection include demonstrated leadership ability in activities such as student council, athletics a service clubs in their schools and communities as well as, an exhibited commitment to community service and extra-curricular activities. Participants are also considered on the basis of geographic, racial and cultural diversity.
Applications may be downloaded from the Leadership Oklahoma website at www.leadershipoklahoma.com by calling the office at (405) 848.0001.
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Definition of Plecoptera in English:
1An order of insects that comprises the stoneflies.
Example sentences
- Hedriumichnus may therefore have been produced by a nymph of a primitive Ephemeroptera (Mayflies; the lobes representing abdominal leglets), or Plecoptera (Stoneflies; the lobes representing globular gills).
- One small brown insect that I first thought might be some type of Plecoptera or Neuroptera quickly revealed itself to be a webspinner (Embioptera).
- Hedriumichnus, known only from the Robledo Mountains, is interpreted as the resting trace of a nymph of a primitive Ephemeroptera or Plecoptera.
1.1 (as plural noun plecoptera) Insects of the order Plecoptera; stoneflies.
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- Plecoptera are thought to have a relationship with the Orthopteroid-Plecopteroid assemblage.
- Analysis of the databases shows that the Plecoptera are at a much better level of determination than the Ephemeroptera.
plecopterannoun& adjective
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- In many of the bootstrap analyses, node A is disrupted because the long plecopteran branch joins with the long collembolan branch, and this attraction is reduced under the more complex models.
- The taxonomic diversity of the IKIP plecopteran specimens identified to date consists of 21 species belonging to 15 genera in 6 families.
- The plecopteran fauna was studied by means of slit traps and hand net during the summers of 1982-1987.
Modern Latin (plural), from Greek plekos 'wickerwork' (from plekein 'to plait') + pteron 'wing'.
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- I was once a photojournalist.
- I set big goals – lots of them – and I don't stop until I achieve them.
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Spain beat Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 final in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, defending their European title won in 2008.
As the Euro 2012 soccer championship enters its second week, foreign fans are getting acquainted with the attractions of Ukraine outside the stadium. RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service asked foreign visitors what they appreciate about Kyiv.
With the Euro 2012 football championship set to kick off in Poland and Ukraine, the city of Kyiv is undergoing last-minute changes, with workers repairing the streets as well as new English-language announcements and signs installed in the subway.
In Lviv, one of the host cities for the Euro 2012 soccer championship, foreign fans discuss their impressions of the city, Ukraine in general, and what they expect from the tournament.
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Six recent Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (MCM) graduates will work with woodwind and brass ensembles at schools in Alexandra, Healesville and Whittlesea, to support and enhance existing music teaching.
The students will then perform alongside the University of Melbourne's Wind Symphony and the Royal Australian Navy Band in an afternoon concert at the University's Melba Hall on Sunday 16 September.
The event will feature performers from the Whittlesea Secondary College Concert Band, Alexandra Secondary College Concert Band, and Clarinet and Saxophone ensembles from Healesville High School.
Entry to the concert is by donation, with proceeds going to the Whittlesea/Alexandra/Kinglake/Yea (WAKY) Youth Music Network, which supports music programs for teenagers in the region.
The project co-ordinator at the MCM, Anastasia Russell-Head, said the program will be a rewarding experience for the students.
"This gives the secondary school students a unique opportunity to be inspired and motivated by performing and working alongside professional and pre-professional musicians.
"In addition, the project brings together students and teachers from three schools, helping to unite and network school music programs from different shires."
She said more workshop programs and concerts would be held over the coming years.
"As part of our Regional Engagement program, we envisage that the schools and ensembles involved will have further interaction with the MCM, including touring projects with the orchestra and wind ensemble in 2013," Ms Russell-Head said.
The concert is proudly supported by CatholicCare, the University of Melbourne, the Royal Australian Navy Band, Arts Victoria and Hal Leonard Australia.
CatholicCare's Bushfire Community Recovery counsellor and event organizer, Aicha Brogan, said the experience would be invaluable for the students.
"Though the communities were deeply impacted, losing teachers, students and families to the fires, people have been looking forward to the future in terms of their rebuilding and the road to recovery," she said.
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Calling all prayer warriors! My father (a professed Christian) told me he is being baptized into the Mormon church. He said he's been in a spiritual pit for years and that he's asked several pastors to come see him but no one ever has. My mother, also a Christian, said that everything the Mormons have told them is "ok" and goes along with scripture and that she will support him if this satisfies him. Please pray for conviction of the spirit, that their eyes will be open to the truth as well as the falseness of this doctrine. I don't know much about Mormonism, but I know in my spirit that it feels wrong. I'm so incredibly upset. This is an eternal issue and I'm afraid for my family!


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The "poxy" stand you refer to is now called the East stand, its the huge cantillever structure that holds 17,000. The south stand is the smallest with 5,000. Sounds like you have been missing since 1992 Zal !
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Child labour among boys in rural India is on the decline. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the rural girl child. While the absolute index for the male child labourer is still higher than the index for the female child labourer, increasing substitution of the female child for the male child may fast equalise the index.
The index of child labour, computed every decade, stands at 78 for rural male children for the year '01(the last year of the index's computation). This is a 15.4% decline over the value of the index in 1971, when it was 90. On the other hand, the child labour index for the rural girl child has risen by close to 25% over the period. The index stands at 61 for '01 as against 49 during 1971.


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Honda brings back the Ruckus to its 2012 model year lineup.
"This release for 2012 models continues Honda's great selection of motorcycles and ATVs for the upcoming season," said Bill Savino, powersports press manager. "This is a great time for riding enthusiasts to visit their local Honda dealership and see firsthand the many options they can choose from within the Honda lineup. We're offering an incredibly wide variety of class-leading machines, which makes for a really fun buying experience."
What could be cooler than an economical scooter? How about one with an extra dose of attitude. The Ruckus is Honda's bare-knuckle scooter that sets a new standard for cool. The thrifty 49cc engine gets you where you need to go and hardly uses any gas doing it, while the V-matic automatic transmission and electric starter makes operation easy.
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Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand
Cyrano de Bergerac Language and Communication Quotes
How we cite our quotes: (Act.Line)
Quote #1
A GUARDSMAN (to a flower girl who comes forward)
How sweet
Of you to come before they light the hall!
(Puts his arm around her)
FIRST CAVALIER (Receives a thrust of the foil)
A hit!
A club!
THE GUARDSMAN (Pursuing the girl)
A kiss!
THE FLOWER GIRL (Pushing away from him)
They'll see us!
THE GUARDSMAN (Draws her into a dark corner)
No danger! (I.8-10)
The language of lovers renders the game of love a battle of words, a verbal sparring. It is fitting that this dialogue takes place at the very start of the play, since it sets the stage for what is to follow.
Quote #2
ANOTHER MAN (Draws a bottle from under his cloak and sits down with the others)
Here's the spot
For a jolly old sot to suck his Burgundy—
Here—in the house of the Burgundians! (I.13-14)
Wordplay and verbal cunning also feature prominently in the play, so again Rostand readies us (at the start of the first act) for what is to come.
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THE CITIZEN (To his son)
Would you not think you were in some den of vice?
(Points with his cane at the drunkard)
(In stepping back, one of the cavaliers trips him up)
(He falls between the lackeys)
(Behind him as he rises, still struggling with the Flower Girl)
One kiss –
Good God!
(Draws his son away quickly) (I.15)
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BASEBALL; Dolan Uses a Gentlemanly Approach to Get His Way
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Published: December 6, 1998
He can be quiet, cryptic, even difficult to hear during a negotiation. He grasps minute details, sees the long-term value of a deal before others, prefers listening to talking and does not mind waiting to get his way. He lets others fulminate on his behalf while he maintains his gentlemanly demeanor.
Whether Charles F. Dolan, the chairman of Cablevision Systems and pursuer of George Steinbrenner's Yankees, is ruthless or relentless, scrupulously upright or deeply inscrutable, depends on to whom you speak.
''Don't mistake gentlemanliness for being an easy negotiator or not being tough as nails when he has to be,'' said Tom Rogers, the president of NBC Cable, who has negotiated with and against Dolan.
''Sometimes, the mistake people make with Chuck is they don't know how to deal with how creative he is. He is not linear. That baffles people who mistake it for him being too tough or grabbing too much.''
The 72-year-old Dolan, who was born in Cleveland and lives on Long Island in Oyster Bay with his wife, Helen, founded Cablevision in 1973 and took it public 13 years later. Despite its size, it remains a business controlled by his family.
Dolan's youngest son, James, is the chief executive officer, ''the ultimate realist, who brings a sense of the operational necessities that a negotiation has to keep in mind,'' said Rogers. Two other sons, Patrick and Thomas, are senior vice presidents, and Kathleen, one of the three Dolan daughters, runs the family foundation.
Despite the expanding ubiquity of the company -- it serves 3.4 million cable customers, owns The Wiz electronic retail chain, operates Radio City Music Hall and recently acquired 76 movie theaters -- Dolan remains an enigma to the sports market that he dominates through Cablevision's ownership of Madison Square Garden, which includes the Knicks and Rangers, and the cable TV rights to seven local teams. He wants to take further command of the market by buying the Yankees, a deal that collapsed nearly two weeks ago but is not dead.
Charles Dolan usually gets what he wants. His dealmaking has made the Woodbury, N.Y.-based Cablevision a $2 billion company and has transformed it from its roots in cable television systems to an entertainment conglomerate.
''He won't be panicked into doing a deal,'' said Marc Lustgarten, a vice chairman of Cablevision who is sometimes referred to by rival negotiators as a bad cop to Dolan's courteous good cop. ''He won't do a deal if he doesn't want to. But he'll be tenacious in trying to find common ground.''
Neal Pilson, the former president of CBS Sports who from 1986 to 1988 served on the board that ran Cablevision's Sportschannel cable networks, said: ''You don't always know where he's going. Sometimes I'd talk to Chuck, then have to call Lustgarten and ask, 'What did he mean?' ''
Dolan's pursuit of the Yankees has been tenacious because, by buying the team, he would secure its cable rights in perpetuity. The Dolan-Steinbrenner pas de deux is riveting because each man has what the other wants: Dolan wants the Yankees, Steinbrenner wants his cash.
But if a deal to sell all or part of the team to Cablevision does not occur -- or if talks do not resume before the Yankees' 12-year, $486 million deal with the MSG Network ends in 2000 -- Steinbrenner could shop his TV deal, at least, to Time Warner or ESPN, which has mulled the launch of a local sports service.
Time Warner's New York City cable system could conceivably carry Yankee games, but the company has spurned past overtures from Steinbrenner's emissaries because it refuses to enter a bidding war with Cablevision over Yankee rights that would push local cable rates skyward.
But Time Warner could not buy the team, because it already owns the Atlanta Braves.
''We are not interested or have spoken to anyone about buying another professional franchise, including the Yankees,'' said Harvey Schiller, the president of Turner Sports and a close friend of Steinbrenner's.
Attempts to buy the Yankees began when Cablevision and ITT jointly owned the Garden between 1994 and 1997 and heated up the last 15 months. Those initial talks were conducted without becoming known to the public.
But since earlier this year, the talks have become media fodder, with various prices and provisions filling airwaves and newspapers. When leaks to the news media about Steinbrenner's proposed role under the aegis of Cablevision -- that he would have stayed in charge of the Yankees and perhaps had a seat on the board that oversees the Garden, but would not have run the Knicks and Rangers -- grew too fevered and numerous, Dolan closed the talks down.
Ending talks, at least temporarily, is part of Dolan's style when things aren't going his way, said several people who have negotiated with him. One Steinbrenner associate said he felt well treated by Dolan, except for a tactic in which Dolan uses input from financial analysts to deflect heat from himself when talks hit snags.
''When compromise is unacceptable, he doesn't like to go on,'' said a cable industry veteran of numerous negotiations with Dolan. ''But it's a tactic to get the other side to return with a counterproposal, or for him to revisit with another idea.''
He added: ''Steinbrenner has met his match. Dolan's very crafty and rarely concludes a deal unless it's perceived that he came out on top.''


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Each child who registers will receive a free Ducks Unlimited Greenwing membership, which includes a one-year subscription to the Puddler magazine, courtesy of the Monsanto Fund.
"It is an honor to team up with the Monsanto Fund to encourage children to become conservationist at an early age," said Jane Bell, Ducks Unlimited state chairwoman and Wetlands for Kids Day volunteer. "Last year, despite bad weather, hundreds of children and adults attended. We hope this year will be even more successful."
Over 20 demonstration and activity stations will be available to introduce children to various aspects of the natural world. Highly trained experts who have the ability to instruct the participants and to answer all of their probing questions man each learning station. All children who register will receive a free gift bag containing fun prizes, additional wetland and wildlife learning materials, and a tree to plant at home.
Ducks Unlimited and MDC encourage children and their families from all parts of the St. Louis region to attend. Scout troops are welcome. All children, whether they live in the city or in rural areas can learn something new at this event.
Attendees will have the opportunity to see live birds of prey, create wetland artwork, explore a beaver lodge, learn to identify waterfowl and other birds, tie fishing flies, see and touch snakes, frogs and turtles and much more. For more information, contact the Missouri Department of Conservation at the August A. Busch Conservation Area (636-441-4554).
The Monsanto Fund is the philanthropic arm of the Monsanto Company. Incorporated in 1964, the Fund's primary objective is to improve the lives of people by bridging the gap between their needs and their resources. The Monsanto Fund is focused on grant-making in four main areas: nutritional well-being through agriculture; science education, primarily on professional development for teachers; the environment, which includes conservation, protection of biodiversity, clean water and restoration of wildlife habitat; and improving the quality of life in communities where Monsanto employees live and work.
With more than a million supporters, Ducks Unlimited is the world's largest and most effective wetland and waterfowl conservation organization with over 12 million acres conserved. The United States alone has lost more than half of its original wetlands - nature's most productive ecosystem - and continues to lose more than 80,000 wetland acres each year.
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Definition of odor in English:
(British odour)
1A distinctive smell, especially an unpleasant one: the odor of cigarette smoke
More example sentences
- He could smell the familiar odour of rotting foliage in his nostrils.
- During that time, the officer had smelled the odour of alcohol on the accused's breath.
- Only when the deity smells the odour of sacrifice rightly made does he respond.
2A lingering quality, impression, or feeling attaching to something: an odor of suspicion
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- It's a bit of an art, because you have to ensure a silent evacuation and a quick disassociation from any lingering odours.
- The place still had an aura, and an odor, of corrupt bureaucrats and their intellectual lackeys about it.
- Judging by auras and odors, the woman and one man were witches.
atmosphere, air, aura, quality, flavor, savor, hint, suggestion, impression, whiff
2.1 [with adjective] The state of being held in a specified regard: a decade of bad odor between Britain and the European Community
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- Let us begin by asking how it came about that the tradition fell into bad odor among us.
be in good (or bad) odor with someone
- Be in or out of favor with someone: the players were in bad odor with the fansMore example sentences
- For a long time Lucas was in bad odour with military veterans.
- The party does not want to be in bad odour with the United States again.
- Well, the only real explanation is that Britain is in very bad odour with the Greeks because of the Elgin Marbles.
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Latin odor 'smell, scent'.
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The WaterTower Theatre opens Venus in Fur at 7:30 p.m. Monday.
The show continues at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, May 7 and 8, and May 13 through 15; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and May 9 and 10; and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 11 and May 18.
Tickets are $22 on Wednesdays and Thursdays and $27.50 on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
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This happens sometimes. One quick solution is to use "--nodeps"
Try "rpm -Uvh --nodeps Numeric-24.2-1.i586.rpm"
This will ignore the dependency check.
Hope this helps.
Cheers, Indhu
On Jul 22, 8:03 pm, "TriAdmin"
> I am trying to install Numeric-24.2 which it seems needs python and some
> other file. It's failed depndency is python =>2.4, which it also indicates
> is already there when I try to install it.
> Any ideas?
> [r...@ip-XXX.XX.XX.XXX bin]# rpm -Uvh Numeric-24.2-1.i586.rpm
> error: Failed dependencies:
> python-base >= 2.4 is needed by Numeric-24.2-1.i586
> libg2c.so.0 is needed by Numeric-24.2-1.i586
> [r...@ip-XXX.XX.XX.XXX bin]# cp
> /home/adminuser40u/perl_mods/python-2.4.2-3.2.1.i386.rpm /usr/bin
> cp: overwrite `/usr/bin/python-2.4.2-3.2.1.i386.rpm'? n
> [r...@ip-XXX.XX.XX.XXX bin]# rpm -Uvh python-2.4.2-3.2.1.i386.rpm
> warning: python-2.4.2-3.2.1.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID
> 4f2a6fd2
> Preparing... ###########################################
> [100%]
> package python-2.4.3-19.el5 (which is newer than python-2.4.2-3.2.1)
> is already installed