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The Ontario Coalition of Aboriginal People (OCAP) is an incorporated, not–for- profit, membership based coalition formed to advocate for the rights and interests of Métis, Non-Status, Inuit and Off-Reserve status people living in urban, rural and remote areas throughout Ontario.
OCAP is designed to be a flexible,"bottom-up," community-based coalition that supports projects and priorities identified by local community members. The OCAP approach embodies innovation in government, given that community members participate in the decision making process along side government members. The goal of OCAP is to implement programs and services that address the ever-increasing needs of its members. OCAP has implemented a governance structure that is geographically equal across the province of Ontario. The current Board of Governors consists of a President, Chairperson, Vice-Chief, Elder, Métis Senator, Special Advisor, Youth Advisor, and Community Representation.
OCAP was structured to help communities build on their successes and focus on broadening and strengthening partnerships across the province, as well as increasing the participation of members in each area.
Community-based local solutions reflect local realities and needs and can form the basis of an appropriate and effective response. Building capacity within community based organizations at the local level, and developing partnerships within each community is among the objectives of OCAP.
OCAP officially became the recognized Ontario affiliate of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples in November, 2007, when delegates of the Congress' Annual General Assembly unanimously ratified OCAP's application for recognition as the Ontario affiliate of the Congress.
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These people must have pretty much loved themselves to wear their anatomy on the outside of their skin forever. I find the concept of anatomical tattoos really interesting, but I can't decide whether my interest is in a good or bad way. There's clearly a continuum. The man with a brain tattooed on his head, for example, is a total tool, while some of the detailed anatomy and muscle designs are actually really cool. I especially love the veins on the arms.

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We did some shopping, dancing, and eating...boy did we eat.
Fulton's is pricey, but it was really delicious. I can't remember what everyone had, but I'll try...Papa had the lobster and crab, Sarah had the clam chowder (she said it was too buttery...is that possible?), Grandma had the crabcakes, TJ had calamari (another thing he has in common with my girls), Katie had prime rib, and I had filet mignon with crab topping. I can't remember what Jill had, but I'm sure she'll tell me once she reads this.
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It turns out that five miserable characters can constitute a movie, and what worked for Henry James in his forward-thinking 1897 novel serves well in modern-day Manhattan. Susanna (Julianne Moore), an aging rock singer, and Beale (Steve Coogan), her glib art-dealer husband, are separating; listening in on their bitter arguments is seven-year-old Maisie (Onata Aprile), whose quiet moments of playtime barely contain her mounting anxiety. Soon, she'll be shuttled between two homes on the whims of half-assed parenthood, and when a fresh pair of bed partners – Susanna's bartender groupie (Alexander Skarsgård) and the divorcing couple's nanny (Joanna Vanderham) – take a larger interest in the forgotten child, you cringe at the potential for heartache.
Young Aprile is a real find, investing what might have been a symbolic part with a visible sense of craft and patience (this isn't merely cute-kid cinema), but it would be a shame not to mention the risks taken by Moore and Coogan, pushing difficult parts into daring registers of irresponsibility. The movie's co-directors, Scott McGehee and David Siegel, made a uniquely disturbing splash at the dawn of indiedom with Suture (1993), a bold antithriller that suggested they had the whole package. Since moving into domestic subjects, their footing has been less sure, and you'll resent What Maisie Knew's tidy conclusion (not true to James's climax), a compassionate turn that comes as a relief even as it undoes a lot of hard-earned toughness. Still, go for the performances.
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The Ministry will take up the issue with IOC to reconsider its decision and retain wrestling in the category of core sports in Olympic Games.
New Delhi: Shocked by the International Olympic Committee's decision to take wrestling off the 2020 Olympic roster, the Sports Ministry Wednesday said it would ask the IOC to reconsider the move as it would "demoralise" the grapplers and deeply affect the "sustenance" of the game.
"Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports will take up the issue with other nations where wrestling is a popular sport. The Ministry will take up the issue with IOC to reconsider its decision and retain wrestling in the category of core sports in Olympic Games," the Ministry said in a statement.
"Ministry is hopeful that with these steps, IOC Executive Board meeting at St. Petersburg in Russia in May and the 12th IOC Session at Buenos Aires, Argentina will decide to retain Wrestling in core Olympic Games," it added. The IOC Executive Board, in its meeting held yesterday, decided on the 25 sports it will propose for approval as the core sports for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in the 125th IOC Session to be held in September in Argentina.
Wrestling was not included in the 25 core sports despite the fact that it goes back to the inaugural modern Olympics in Athens in 1896 and had always been a core sport. "This ancient sport has helped the Indian grapplers to make a mark and bring India on the global sporting map. India has won four medals at the Olympic Games in wrestling, viz., bronze medal by KD Jadhav at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, bronze Medal by Shri Sushil Kumar at the Beijing Olympics 2008, silver medal by Shri Sushil Kumar at the London Olympics 2012 and bronze medal by Shri Yogeshwar Dutt at the London Olympics 2012," it said.
The ministry said wrestling is a popular sport not only in India but also in many other countries such as Russia, Iran, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Japan and China. "The exclusion of the discipline from the Olympics will demoralise the sports persons and will deeply affect the sustenance of the game in the future," the Ministry said. "The decision of the Executive Board of IOC is most unfortunate and shocking to all the sports loving people in India. "Keeping in view the vast popularity and mass participation in wrestling, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. of India has decided to discuss the matter with the Wrestling Federation of India and prominent Wrestlers of the country," it added.
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The 51st annual Milwaukee/NARI Home Improvement Show will be held Thurs., Feb. 7 – Sun., Feb. 10, 2013 at the Wisconsin Exposition Center at State Fair Park in West Allis, Wis.
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A hostel can make or beak your stay in some cities. The big cities like London, Berlin, Paris ect are pretty easy. If you have a crappy hostel, there is so much to do in the city that you don't have to focus on hanging around your bed. In the small cities sometimes there just isn't enough to do so you end up hanging around and socializing way more.
I had booked into Krumlov house for 3 days and was pretty happy to hang out there, recharge from Prague and contimue on my way. The hostel was the smallest I had stayed in to date. Holding a maximum of 25-30 people you were bound to know everyones name by the end of your stay. I was greeted my Anthony and Tamara, the managers running the hostel for the last 4 weeks. 2 Australians traveling and working, making their way through Europe. Within about 2 hours we were already getting to know each other and they invited me out for a bite to eat. Sharing stories , helping me with my next destination and just chillin out.
The next morning I woke up and decided that my frist day was going to be climbing the tallest hill in Cesky Krumlov. It took me about 3 hours to get the motivation up but I decided to put on the shoes and head for the hill. Lucky for me another Australian, Josie, wanted to go for the same walk so I had some company for the 6 hour tour. We hulled up the side of the mountain and headed back. It was pretty underwhelming when we got to the top but it still felt like we accomplished something instead of just hanging around.
That night, a big group of use decided to go out and eat. I try and only eat out 2-3 nights a week and cook the rest but Anthony and Tam told me of these incredible resaurtants to hit. He headed back out for the second night in a row and dined at this incredible vegitarian restaurant. By this time most of the hostel had joined us, and we were all started to bond.
The next day being my last day I thought I would take in one of the only attractions that Cesky Krumlov was known for, the Castle. I took a walk up the hill and immedialtey gazed upon three of the sadest looking bears I had ever seen. Enclosed in this little pen pacing back and forth. I was immediatly turned off by this and decided to boy cot the castel's entry free. I took in the Gardens and grounds but stayed clear of the castle walls.
I headed back to the hostel and Tamara came up with the idea of having a Bon Fire in the back yard of the hostel. We huddled around the fire about 8:00pm and I was getting to the point where I wan't ready to leave. I decided then that I would go and make some phone calls and see if I could change my arrangements. It wasn't a problem so I booked in for another night at Krumlov House.
The next moring I woke up and Anothony and Tamara weren't that busy so I just hung around the hostel, gave them a bit of hand with cleaning and we sat and chatted for the entire afternoon. These guys were turing into really incredible friends. By that afternoon, Tamara had convinced me to change my arrangments again and stay another night. DONE. I figured I had found a place that I was really comfortable with and really having a great time so I thought why leave.
The next day was pretty much a repeat of the day prior, a walk into town and great conversation and the day was killed almost too quickly. We had made reservations to busiest restaurant in town. We had tried to get in the last two nights with no success so I thought I would make some reservations. It was my last night after all and I thought a good meal would be a great way to end it. There was about 10 of us at the reastaurant. I can't tell you what the name of the place was called but its nickname was THE MEATY PLACE!!!! Pretty much all they served was meat. I had the Mixed Grill Plate, Turkey, Beef, Pork, Sausage, Baked Potatoe, and Potatoe Cakes. There was a salad too, who comes to the MEATY PLACE to eat salad.
By the end of the meal Anthony and Tamara were working on me to spend one final night. I have to admit, I argued with them a bit saying that I had to move one eventually. Tam was pretty persistant so I decided to change everythng for the 3rd day in a row and chill out for one more night.
When I got up the next moring I decided I still wasn't ready to leave. Evey day Anothony and Tamara had to convince to to stay, this time I was asking them if they had room for one more night. They just laughed, I thought I would just round it off to a solid week and then move on. We had dinner out for the 5th time that week, pizza which was better then any pizza those two had ever had in Italy. I was a little irritated that they were bursting my Italian bubble but I do have to admit it was damn good pizza. That night we had figured out that we were all headed to Croatia within about a week or so. It only took about a minute to decided to hook up and travel the country together. It was nice to know that I was going to see a country that I was really looking forward to with people that I know I can have a ton of fun with.
The next moring I was off to Salzburg and I was not going to spend one more night here. We said out good byes and I was off. Over all, great memories, great food, and better friends. I was on a train about to enter the city that I was in 10 years ago and wondering if the memories would come flooding back.........................


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Project DescriptionThe concept of this building arose from the consideration of the position and shape of the terrain , a triangular plot of 500 m2 located on a street with a seven –meter incline in between .the parking lot covers the entire ground floor and seeks to follow the decline. Since the rooms could not be uneven, the final part is nine meters above street level.
A main stairway leads to the entrance located on the second floor of the club where one enters the gym area and from there, goes downstairs by way of a central staircase to the lounge and bathrooms.
The plot used to be in front of the urban development of Tabasco 2000, thus we suggested raising a glass curtain so that users of the club could enjoy the view. The high temperatures led us to propose the use of a tempered double-glass window façade next to a Low-e. A silkscreen was applied to the window permitting viewing from the inside looking out, with the reverse effect from the outside.
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Our final stop of the day, which was actually our main destination, was Lake Eachem, an insanely beautiful crater lake. This lake proved to be the clearest, cleanest, most beautiful deep hole surrounded almost entirely by lush green vegetation. As there was virtually no shoreline and thus no natural way to enter the lake there was a concrete platform with steps that descended into the depths. This was definitely another awe-inspiring location and swimming and floating around in the warm clear water with plenty of fish below couldn't have been more enjoyable.
Eventually we had to head back to Cairns and after a nice dinner it was time to bid adieu to my Canadian mates. Hopefully they will have a chance to come to Sydney while I am still here and I can show them some of my favorite spots!
Cairns the Final Chapter...Finally
I was determined to pack in as much as possible during my last two days in Cairns so I booked two full day tours to conclude my trip.
On Sunday I set out to do some whitewater rafting. Although I have been a couple of times back home I have since then often said I would love to do it in a warm climate where I would not have to wear a dry suit and could be comfortable floating down the river. So how could I pass up the opportunity to spend a day on the Tully River's grade four rapids?
By the time I was finally geared up in my life jacket and helmet and in my boat my anticipation was at an all time high and although I was rather anxious I couldn't wait to get out on the river. When our guide asked us how we wanted to go the English bloke in front with me and I responded without hesitation, "hard". I am pretty sure this elicited an immediate sense of fear and concern to the three lovely young Asian girls behind us, but they would thank us later.
We were actually in the medical boat and as it turned out we had the craziest daredevil guide of them all. Nori definitely gave us the ride of our lives. We only lost one girl on the first rapid but things got significantly more extreme as we continued on. As you can see from the photos we got very wet and spent a fair bit of time under water. We became a real team with tons of laughter at our blunders and elation at our triumphs. This was very apparent as we huddled at the front of the boat with our backs towards the approaching falls that we were intentionally going to flip over. Once we all surfaced we also worked together to make sure everyone was safe and back together in the boat for our next challenge.
Near the end of the day after a briefing about the potential dangers of the next rapids we made our way towards the aptly named Double D rapids. Although everything happened rather quickly I am sure I experienced this spill in slow motion. With the boat descending at a ninety-degree angle it was inevitable that the back end would flip over the front and we would be going for a swim. The first time I surfaced I found myself under the boat so I had to push away and under I went again. The next time I came up I managed to take a quick breath before another current pulled me under and spun me around. Thanks to my lifejacket, I emerged, but only for a second as I was sucked under yet again. The next time I came up I had had enough and yelled out in a panic "HELP ME!" I really didn't want to get sucked under again! Thankfully, another boat obliged me, extending a paddle to me and pulling me to calmer waters.
I was a little shaken, but by the time I climbed back into my boat I was okay and ready to go again. Although I have to admit a few minutes later when I realized that Nori was scheming to flip us on purpose in a fairly fast moving current I reacted by yelling at everyone to do the opposite of what he had told us. I really do like to be in control, but it all was cool and we all had a good laugh about it later.
I had a great day and I felt even better when one of the girls later told me she had the best time because I was laughing so much! I couldn't think of a better compliment!
My final day in Cairns and I was scheduled to do the most obvious activity, a cruise out to snorkel on The Great Barrier Reef. Although I was quite content to be snorkeling when they offered the opportunity to do an introductory dive for a small extra fee I hummed and hahhed for a few moments and then thought why not. Unfortunately it was not meant to be as they rejected me because of my asthma. I wasn't terribly disappointed because I knew that I would be taking my dive course in Sydney soon. So it was back to the original plan of snorkeling.
Once again donned in a not so flattering stinger suit I soon found myself in the water swimming towards the most amazing underwater oasis. It was so incredibly beautiful and surreal. The whole atmosphere of effortlessly moving through this environment with its overabundance of incredible fish and coral everywhere is one of those things ones needs to experience to truly appreciate. I cannot believe how blessed I am to have had this opportunity again.
I did have a bit of an anxious moment during our morning swim when I noticed that I was surrounded by at least thirty small clear jellyfish. I was most concerned about my bare hands and tucked them under my body until all was clear again. Although I was safe from any big stings I am convinced that a couple of times I did get some through my suit but they were obviously muted and much more like a poke with a sharp pin.
The highlight of my morning swim had to be spotting a huge fish, at least a meter long, following it and actually ending up on the outskirts of a school of about twenty of these massive gropers. They had huge mouths with lips that reminded me of a set of ill-fitting false teeth protruding from their mouths. They were so funny, yet beautiful and graceful at the same time.
During our lunch break we headed off to another part of the reef. I was out on the front of the boat where everyone was sharing stories of their morning experiences. When one woman said she had seen a turtle I felt the slightest tinge of jealousy, because although I had seen many turtles when I was in the Whitsundays, I had never to be in the water with one. A little while later, I abruptly declared that I was going to see one this afternoon, and left it at that.
We soon spotted a pod of dolphins in the distance, which I later learned is a very rare occurrence in the area we were in. It was so wonderful because so many people on the boat had never seen dolphins in the wild before.
The water on reef we were in for our second swim was very shallow with some of the coral actually above the surface. As a result I chose to stay on the edge instead, which was fine as it was very different from what I had seen in the morning. At one point I stopped swimming and decided that I would just float for a while and let the current take me where it would. Amazingly within a minute or two of drifting I was brought to a gorgeous sea turtle. I attempted to follow it for a while but quickly realized that he was diving and I was more than content watching him descend in a spiral beneath me. What a great way to end my swim, day and trip! I really am truly so blessed and I am so appreciative of everything I am experiencing.
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When Belinda Furman entered the front foyer area of Sherman Elementary School and saw the celebration her fellow staff members had planned for her, she could not hold back her tears. The second grade instructor is emotional by nature, and was overcome by the appreciation and loyalty demonstrated by her colleagues, who were congratulating her recent distinction as the 2018 Kentucky Elementary Teacher of the Year at the Valvoline Teacher Achievement Awards.
A fixture in downtown Williamstown for 64 years, Skinner Furniture will be closing its doors.
Rick Skinner, who also serves as mayor of Williamstown, said the business will close by mid-summer due to financial reasons.
Customers who went to eight local businesses this week to buy packaged beer were met with a warning.
Champions For a Drug-Free Grant County participated in Project Sticker Shock, a community awareness initiative designed to prevent adults over the age of 21 from purchasing and providing alcohol to minors.
The project includes placing stickers on multi-packs of alcohol warning adults of the penalties for providing alcohol to minors, which in Kentucky includes fines up to $500 or up to one year in jail.
The Grant County Fiscal Court did not hold a second reading of the ordinance to adopt the county budget during their May 22 special meeting, as they had previously planned.
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Vicki Brownfield was trying to make sense of her recent retirement when she got a call from her former employer, Williamstown Jr./Sr. High School. One of their instructors had to be placed on maternity leave, and they needed a long-term substitute to cover for her. Brownfield did not even hesitate.
The day after Grant County's Biggest Winner competition ended, Karen Schreyer fell down while running with friends and broke her clavicle.
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The sound of Apparation startled him, but Icarus did not look up from his work. The smell was more than enough to identify his visitor; smoke and sweat and sex, the other-people's-alcohol and cheap grease scent of pub, and a woman's perfume that would have been overpriced at three Sickles the bottle. "You're an idiot."
"Lovely way t'be sayin' hello." Seamus circled around to the other side of the table, flipping a chair to sit astride it with his arms crossed over the back. "So…why'm I an idiot this time?"
"Because I tried your flat and the Floo was blocked, the phone off the hook." Now he did look up, fixing the other man with a cool, even stare, but there was no look of guilt in return, only bemusement.
"I think that's fairly wise meself. Don't like bein' bothered."
"Ya had a girl in your flat." Even if he hadn't been able to smell it, he could see easily enough that his deductions had been correct in the hair still mussed and loose across Seamus' shoulders, the fresh purple mark among the latticed lines on his neck.
Seamus flashed him a cheeky grin. "No girl, she weren't. All woman, that one."
"'That one,' yes, I'm sure there was no need for pedantics such as names." Icarus set down his quill, crossing his arms as he leaned back. "The point is, ya had her in your flat. Which means ya were in Belfast ."
He still wasn't getting it, and Icarus snorted harshly, standing up and shoving the chair back in place as he stalked towards the kitchen. "I told ya to stay the hell away from there! Do ya want to get caught? After all this? When we're so bloody close?"
"Not particularly," Seamus answered tightly, and though he didn't look back, he could tell that he had been followed as he opened the cupboards with definitely more force than was necessary, jerking his wand towards the breadbox to summon the loaf as he pulled out a tin of sardines. "Make me one o' whatever 'tis? Starved, I am, and if I's walked in on supper at midnight, better for it."
"You've walked in on I haven't eaten all day, for your information," Icarus snapped. "I suppose I should be grateful that ya stink o' chips and beer for remindin' me, but ya can get your own."
"So's I will, then." He had to duck as a packet of noodles flew past him, then a tin of stewed tomatoes, but then the bread was summoned from under his hand. The anger was ready to burst loose at that last impertinence as he turned, but there was something in Seamus' face that stopped him. The cheek was gone, replaced with a strange mixture of what seemed almost like kindness and remorse. "Sorry I had ya worried," he said gently. "Let me get supper, then? Least I can do, and we both's know I'm the better cook anyways."
Grudgingly, Icarus stepped back, leaning against the wall as he watched bottles of spices, some cheese, and a small tin of mushrooms join the growing collection on the countertop. "Thank ya…but don't get thinkin' you've distracted me from the fact that ya were up North when they're takin' that city brick by brick lookin' for ya."
"They've been doin' that for two years now," Seamus pointed out. "Ain't found me yet, ain't gonna 'less I want to be found."
There was a long pause, and Icarus frowned. "Do ya?"
"Want to be caught?" The only response was a sudden tension in the muscles of the shoulders clearly visible through the tight t-shirt, the knife coming down a little harder on the garlic, and Icarus continued carefully. "You're takin' more and more risks, Seamus. 'Tis not my place be buttin' into what a man does in private, but –"
"Then don't."
His tone was a warning, but it wasn't one he could afford to heed. "But goin' out pullin' birds when they've got people lookin' everwhere not just for the Sluagh, but Seamus Finnigan? Ones who aren't just workin' off old pictures, who'd know ya even though ya look different than they remember?"
"I ain't as much fool's ya think." He was grateful to hear that at least Seamus seemed to be taking him seriously, despite the defensiveness. "I kept t'Muggle places, and the sort if our old friends were to walk into, they'd stick out plenty 'nuff for me to be takin' my leave long before they saw me." There was a pause as he scooped the garlic into the pan and lit the flame beneath, adding a small splash of oil. "Besides, I've been in Derry mostly. Only came back East'cause I heard from Leary."
That caught Icarus' interest, and he couldn't keep the intrigue out of his voice. "Oh? What does he have?"
Icarus blinked, hardly able to believe it. "Billy Ulster? That bastard from the RHD?"
This time, the grin was pure poison as Seamus glanced back over his shoulder from the fragrant pan. "Or Timmy Moore, if ya be wantin' him by what his whore o' a mother put him by."
"You're puttin' me on!"
"Not a bit. Tidy little tip, it is…shipment o' arms comin' into the port tomorrow night, and he's 'spected to be there himself to collect. Looks like the leak come through one o' his own boys whose cross that one o' them got plugged at a club a few weeks back and ol' Billy didn't get all the ones what did it. Got it all, we do. Time, place…down t' the exact dock and ship, it is." Seamus recited the news with unabashed triumph, tapping the hilt of the omnipresent wolf's head knife at his belt. "'Nuff to have ourselves a grand time, and sure if he ain't high on the Diabhal Dubh's dance card."
It was good news, wonderful news, even, but something still seemed wrong, itching at the back of his head in a way that made Icarus distinctly uncomfortable, and his friend noticed. "I'd have thought ya'd be thrilled." The blue eyes narrowed, and Seamus tilted his head in consideration. "What's been wrappin' ya up all day? Not to put too fine a point on it, but I didn't never think I'd hear o' ya forgettin' to eat."
"I finally got ahold o' the Thurles transcripts." It was the truth, even if it had nothing to do with what was bothering him now, and it gave him a moment to think. "I've been on the waitin' list with the Uni for months, and they're everythin' I'd hoped they'd be."
"Oh?" No matter how often it happened, it always surprised him to see Seamus take a genuine interest in the details of his research, and this was no exception. "That's…the old witch-huntin' business, if I's rememberin' right?"
"Twelfth-century, yes," Icarus nodded. "It's so hard to sort out the genuine witches and wizards that were captured by the Church from the poor bastards who just wanted to keep a few o' their toenails, but everythin' I'd heard about these suggested that they had a real practitioner o' the old Dark Arts, and more importantly, they hadn't been requested for almost twenty years until the last person took them out…a 'Professor' from the North. Tall man. Grayin' beard."
Seamus chuckled darkly as he added a few more things to the now-sauteed garlic. "Sounds like a friend o' ours."
"It does." He smiled bitterly, crossing the kitchen to dip a spoon into what was now definitely an increasingly wonderful-smelling tomato sauce. Merlin, but how was it possible to go from not even thinking about food to completely starving just by the aroma of something tasty? "Hate bein' always followin' behind him, but 'tis still good to know what exactly he's lookin' at…though don't know if I'd still call it good now that I'm startin' to get through them."
Another pot joined the first on the stove, this one filled with water and brought to a boil immediately by magic before the noodles were added. "Why's that?"
"I'm havin' a bit o' trouble with it," he admitted reluctantly. "The priests are in Latin, and that I'm fine enough with, but the wizard himself was usin' an archaic dialect o' Muenster that is really throwin' me off. My Irish is modern and Connaught, plus the old Ulster the Cycles were written in…this…" He made a face. "'Tis like tryin' to make out Old English."
"Lemme have a go," Seamus offered. "Me Ulster's truer than yours, and closer to Muenster that is, and maybe that I didn't learn it from books'll be for the best, ya know? I ain't gonna be so easy tied up in t'proper grammar o' it."
"After supper." The sauce was already wonderful; just sweet enough, but still savory and deep with the rich garlic and a half-dozen herbs he hadn't even realized he had in his kitchen, though he knew there was no chance the other man had Transfigured them from something else. He sighed, staring mournfully at the noodles and wishing that magic could coax them to cook faster. "I have the gist, though, I think. He was mostly confessin' to havin' been caught preparin' for a Dark Sabbat for Beltane, and the timin' o' that bothers –"
Icarus stopped mid-sentence, and the spoon clattered to the floor from his suddenly nerveless fingers. "Shite."
It all clicked together now, and he whirled, slamming one fist into his other palm rhythmically as he began to pace manically across the tiny kitchen. "Beltane. He's gonna be makin' his move for Beltane, I'm sure o' it, and that only gives us five days, and we know he'd want Ulster, but if he's still goin' for guns, he ain't been offered no sweeter package o' magic, so that means there's somethin' about Ulster puttin' a bad taste in the Diabhal Dubh's mouth, and we know it ain't his morals, but this tip, 'tis toogood, and the circumstances just don't ring true for how it was got, and straight to the Coppers without bein' part o' a deal and no word from Leary that they'll be havin' every man Jack with a badge crawlin' that dock, no…no, no, no…there's a plant in the RHD, mark my wand, it came from an undercover, and that's why Diabhal Dubh won't go near Ulster even now, even when he'd be most wantin' to make a last go o' recruitin' good ones…and that…."
The rapid tumble of thoughts trailed off, and he dropped cross-legged to the floor, scowling deeply to himself. He didn't know or care if Seamus had followed any of it, and he pulled a toffee from his pocket, not eating it, but twisting at the wrapper as he closed his eyes, trying to focus. "If it's from an undercover," he said finally, "it's a good tip. Fact. Fact also, we can't be missin' the chance to have Ulster – or Moore, or whoever he is – especially if we can get there first. He's big, and takin' him good and ugly'll scare off a lot o' folk right when we most need to hit the Diabhal Dubh hard in the recruitment. Fact further, though, that everythin' with a badge in Belfast is lookin' for ya."
The silence in the kitchen was broken only by the soft burble of the boiling water and the comforting crinkle of the paper, and he was grateful that for once, Seamus was just letting him think without the need to comment. He popped the toffee into his mouth, letting the sweet, buttery richness melt down his throat as he closed his eyes. "Can't let him go. Can't risk sending the Sluagh. Sniper? No. Loses the whole point…that could just be taken as PIRA."
"I'll be careful, Russ." Seamus' voice was low and tentative as he felt the hand come to rest gently but firmly on his back. "Ya know I can be like a ghost, I can."
"I'm not sendin' ya into a nest o' coppers." He shook his head stubbornly, still not opening his eyes even as he squeezed the hand back. "If he's makin' his move on first May, he's got to be stopped then, lest he bring Merlin knows what kind o' magic to his command. 'Tis the time for beginnin's, and we can't be lettin' him do it."
At last he did open his eyes, twisting to face Seamus as he drew a deep breath that shivered more than he wanted it to. "I can't stop him, Seamus. We both know that when it comes to takin' him, you're the one what'll need do it. You're a warrior, true by your blood." He managed a weak, lopsided smile, pinching a handful of flesh at his waist. "I'm an out-o'-shape scholar who got myself taken down not ten minutes into a battle where ya notched more silver masks on your wand than anyone shy o' the Minister himself. We have to keep ya safe now more than ever."
"I ain't got no interest in warmin' a jail cell when we're this close neither," Seamus said reassuringly. "But right ya are too that we can't just let Ulster go. This is the first chance we've had in near two years t'get anywhere close t'the fecker, and if the Diabhal Dubh ain't keepin' his distance over a mole, I don't want the likes o' him on his payroll. I'm goin' in, and I'm makin' a pretty parcel out o' him."
"No, you're not," Icarus whispered, twisting the wrapper so tightly now that it tore in two. He fisted each scrap into his hands, his throat so tight it was almost impossible to force through even a weak rasp of sound. "I am."
Seamus jerked back, his eyes flying wide as his mouth dropped open. It took him a few seconds to find the words, and he shook his head so furiously that the blonde hair lashed in his face, sticking to the residue of lipstick on his cheek. "Like hell ya are! This is a kill!"
"Something's burnin'." The soft warning caught Seamus off-guard, but he was not distracted in the least as he snatched the pans off the stove, extinguishing the heat with a jab of his wand.
"You're out o' your overeducated mind!" he growled. "It ain't like carvin' a feckin' turkey, it ain't! I'd thought ya'd seen enough o' how I come back t'reckon that!"
"I know it's not." Icarus somehow forced himself to sound calm as he got to his feet, taking the pot of noodles and draining it into the sink to give himself something to do with his trembling hands. "I'll need ya to tell me exactly how to go about it so that I can pass for ya."
"Pass for me!" The words were nearly spat. "All them coppers around, and what's all this been for, then?" Seamus gestured at his face, at the long hair, the scars and tattoos. "So's gettin' seen would just add to the legend, weren't it? So I'd be a proper outlaw demon bastard thing! Ain't ya the one just sayin' ya don't exact suit that part?!"
"I'll wear your cloak." The water swirled down the drain in clouded eddies, steaming so hot into his face that it stung, but he didn't pull back. "Try not to be seen, and if someone is goin' to get a good look at me, I'll Apparate. But we have to at least try, Seamus, and we can't risk ya."
Maybe he sounded a thousand times more confident than he felt, but for all the silence that came before it, there was what sounded like resignation in Seamus' tone when he finally answered. "Russ…I don't want this for ya. You're a good man."
"That's irrelevant. I've killed before." He squared his shoulders, turning to offer the pot of noodles. "Do I salt these?"
"It were in the water," Seamus said dully, waving his wand to sever a pat from the stick of butter and direct it into the pot. "Toss that with them, keep'm from stickin' to each other. I got the sauce." He sighed. "It ain't irrelevant. There's a world'n a half o' difference between battle and cold-blooded murder. Thought ya had too much o' a heart for that business."
Icarus held the pot in one hand, using his wand in the other to send plates and forks to the table without ever breaking contact with those blue eyes that could sometimes be so cold, so hard, so terrifyingly almost animal, but were now all the harder to look at for all that they were the genuinely caring eyes of a friend. A friend who knew what this would do to him better than he wanted to think about.
He wanted to change his mind, to just let Seamus do it, to agree that it had been a stupid idea after all. Except it wasn't, and he couldn't, and everything – everything, from the cozy furnishings of the flat that his mother had chosen to the shelves of books to the feel of his own body inside his clothes -- mocked him with the idea that he could ever have taken shelter from the reality on the other side of the theories. His chin raised, and it was hearing a stranger speak from far away with a voice that sounded too calm for the screaming, sobbing little boy inside his head. "I'm not takin' my heart. I'm takin' your knife. Now pour us some milk and teach me how to do this right."


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Stocks slipped in and out of mixed trade going into the noon hour Tuesday as traders continued to handicap upcoming earnings reports. The Nasdaq was down 0.2% while the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones industrial average rose a smidgen in the stock market today. Volume ran higher than the same time Monday on both the NYSE and the Nasdaq exchanges.
Hawaiian Holdings (HA), parent of Hawaiian Airlines, was down only 1% as it clawed its way back from a 7% loss in the morning. The stock reported earnings that beat estimates after the close Monday. Sidoti & Co. downgraded the stock to neutral. Cowen raised its price to 31 from 26 and maintained its market perform rating.
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Amazon reports earnings after the close Thursday. Analysts forecast a loss of 13 cents a share.
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Among IBD 50 companies, 15 were higher and 35 were lower. The best performer was Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK), up nearly 3%. It's broken out of a cup-with-handle base. Late Monday, it announced that it had bought Atlanta-based Community & Southern Holdings for $799.6 million in stock.
The worst performer was egg producer Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), which fell 3%. It pulled back after hitting a new high Monday.
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There are surely more than enough Serge Gainsbourg-abes lounging around the indie rock world. But many often drown their sexy Franco-woes and groovy beats in too much electro insecurity then wait around for perfume commercials to come calling for licensing. Au contraire, the Liminanas. This French groupe have a garage rock past in their genes, have left the lovely shores of their hometown, Perpignan, to tour around bars in Europe and the States, and have released their records through skuzzier labels like Trouble in Mind and HoZac. But don't be fooled, this is some top-notch oo-la-la suave, delivered with the fuzzy guitars, analog keys, and girl/guy swoon-crooning that would make Monsieur Serge roll over in his grave to grope for another anonymous femme. We caught up with Liminanas' singer/multi-instrumentalist, Lionel, just as their third LP, the Morricone-tinged Costa Blanca (Trouble In Mind), has wound its way onto record shop shelves and bedroom hi-fis.
So what's been going on in the Liminanas' world since you last came to America to tour?
We've been working a lot! We built a little studio in our house, we've been recording all the time, meeting people and touring in Europe. We played in Germany, Belgium, Holland and France. We also did the Liverpool Psych Festival in England, a track for MOJO magazine, released some 7-inches and recorded the new LP.
So I guess it's easy enough for you to tour through Europe?
Touring in Europe is easy, you can play everywhere without a working visa. Our problem is time. We have a son, and Marie has a regular job. But we play everytime we can. Last year we did 30 concerts, this is very few. The positive side is the concerts remain a very exciting moment for us, because we are not always on the road. We also want to keep time to record, that's very important. We are vinyl junkies!
Who's in the band now, and what previous bands they were all in before Liminanas?
The band is Marie and me only, for the records, but we are six on tour. We have a new singer on stage, a very cool girl called Nika. She had made pop solo records, she lives in Montpellier and she is Dutch. Our bassist Mickey was the bassist of the punk band, the Toxic Farmers, an excellent band who did two singles in the '90s. Martin, who plays keyboard and guitar on stage, is also playing in a band called Weird Omen. Julien is our sound engineer—he finds solution to make our small instruments, like ukelele, on stage sound in a ton of fuzz! I was playing in Les Gardiens du Canigou, Beach Bitches, Bellas and El Vicio, and Marie was in Les Bellas.
Can tell me about your teenage years, and what bands first inspired you to get into music?
I was a teenager in a very small town near Perpignan and I was obsessed by music, by the Stooges but also mod culture, (The Action, Jam, etc.) and punk stuff. The stupid college sport guys wanted to beat me! I was dressed like a mod when I was 12 years old. My first strong souvenir in matters of music is the Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed on cassette and the Stooges' Funhouse LP. Then I found the Back From The Grave Volume 2 (Crypt Records) in a record store in Perpignan called Lolita. That changed everything. I came back to the record store every week, on Saturday, trying to dig more garage punk from the '60s, it was so exciting, mysterious. I spent hours watching the black and white photos and reading info on the BFTG or Pebbles liner notes etc. Thanks to Tim Warren's (Crypt Records honcho) work, I realize punk was not just the Sex Pistols, punk was the Novas, the (60's) Banshees, etc. After that, it became an obsession. It was the '80s, before the internet. A French label, Eva, released Texas punk groups from the '60s and Florida punk groups from the '60s, etc. I bought the DMZ Live, the Lyres Live at Cantones, etc. I am 41 years old now, I was 15 then.
You know I've been to Perpignan, and I remember the crowds there being some of the wildest in Europe! What is the music history of Perpignan?
There is an old tradition of mods and rockers in this city. In the '90s we had a band called Les Gardiens du Canigou. We had long hair, we smoked a lot and we finished all our concerts playing a very violent version of I Wanna Be Your Dog. Our singer Guillaume was naked and we broke all our materiel at every gigs. This band became the Beach Bitches. When Beach Bitches split, then came the Fatals, the Sonic Chicken 4, Les Bellas, etc. There have been good garage and punk bands here since the begining of the '80s. Because there is nothing to do, no jobs, and good record dealers!
What do you like about your town, and what is not so good?
My city is culturally dead. Because of the local politician mafia. The unemployment is very high here too. I believe thanks to vinyl and films like Animal House, the city became a good garage punker area in the '90s, in the Fleshtones tradition. When we were kids, we chose to live on the Animal House side— we wanted our life to be a party with all our friends. Of course it's impossible. Perpignan is now full of garage punk kids and that's very good! I don't go out a lot anymore because my son is very young and needs us. But where are the the toga parties now? I miss the Atomic Spuds from Lyon, those kind of people, you know?
Oh I know. Those guys were hilarious! Speaking of which, a particularly funny or interesting story from the last tour? And when was the last time you toured over here?
The last time we came to the U.S. was for the promotion of the first album, with Lisa and Bill. It was great, the best country in the world to play. We met a lot of old friends in Memphis, Colombus, New York, WFMU… Nashville was great, we played with Paperhead, a great, great band from Nashville. Third Man Records place was great too, Philadelphia, with this wonderful orange light, the railroad bridges, "Rocky" area. In Chicago, when we started to play, a girl in front of me was singing the lyrics. For me it was just completely incredible, amazing! We absolutely love the U.S.—the people, the culture, the country, your music, your cinema, etc.
I love France too, but that's a story for another day… So, Costa Blanca. Please tell me about where you recorded it and what you tried to do differently this time.
It was recorded at home in June and July 2013 by Marie and me. We have a lot of guests: Mu Marguai, Paula H Satan, Nadege Figuerola, Guillaume Picard, Francesca Cusimano, and Laurent Sales for some Eastern Europe instrumentals. I locked myself in my studio and worked for a month and a half non-stop, and watching Sergio Leone movies at night when my son was sleeping. We mixed it at Raph Dumas' place, with Raph. It is a very personal record, about childhood memories, family trip to Spain, way of life in the seventies, it talk about Algeria—my familly is from Spain and Algeria. It's a story with a beginning and an end. There is one song recorded and writted with JC Satan's singer, Paula. I am very proud of this song. It's a record about Mediterranean culture too.
If you had to leave France and live somewhere else, where would you move to and why?
I would like to move in New York or San Francisco, two totally different ways of life but we love these two cities. First time we came NY was in a very cold winter just to visit. After that we played in New York in summer, it was amazing! Totally different. I love the smells, the darkness in winter, the electricity. New York rules. San Francisco is different. When we arrived, we had the feeling of having been there before. This place was made for us, good vibes, the sun. I'm turning into a hippie en vieillissant!


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The AYASS program has a capstone internship, often referred to as student teaching. This is a semester-long experience where the student will teach full time in a local school under the direction of a professional teacher. The program provides a variety of experiences in the classroom before the student internship to prepare student teachers.
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Widget Logic Creates
Dynamic Widgets
Wouldn't it be spiffy if you didn't have to show all the same widgets to every single user?
What if you could hide membership related widgets from people not logged in? Or show subscription related widgets from people that were on pages they get to after subscribing? What about promoting an XYZ product in a widget only on posts in XYZ category?
Turns out you can!
Introducing: Widget Logic
& Dynamic Widgets
Conditional display for WordPress widgets!
Widget Logic adds a small text field to the bottom of every widget box to enable you to declare the conditional or functional expression to control when/if a widget displays on a certain page.
Widget Logic is proven, tested, stable and pretty much "industry standard".
The only downside of Widget Logic is that you have to fill in a code snippet that… well… looks like code. But the possibilities for precise control are endless!
If however, you don't mind having less specific control, but want to skip this code snippet idea, the plugin Dynamic Widgets is an offspring of that plugin that adds some of the options as simplified check-boxes.
Today I'm going to cover Widget Logic. However, Dynamic Widgets is VERY similar and if you want to take a closer look at it, see Julieanne's post here.
Widget Logic
This free plugin has few settings of its own:
Primarily though, it adds a visibility field to the bottom of every single widget item in your sidebar (from the admin view).
Leave the visibility field blank to show all…. or fill it in with a conditional PHP or WordPress code statement, to get the desired effects.
Some examples include
! is_user_logged_in()
! is_home()
You can find more WordPress conditional tags – and Functional tags – here in the codex.
For example, you may only want a certain widget item to display on a certain blog post… you can do that with this!
You can download Widget Logic here or Dynamic Widgets here.
Simple, lightweight, effective… the perfect solution for this project and maybe for one of your projects too!
~ Kim ~
Simple Tech Tips For Marketing
PS: You can also use conditional expressions on menus and run different themes on different post/pages.


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Popular property highlights
Located in Tower Road, Plaza Regency Hotels is adjacent to Sliema Promenade and within a mile (2 km) of Palazzo Spinola. This 156-room, 3-star hotel has conveniences like an outdoor pool, an indoor pool, and a rooftop terrace. On the waterfront, it's also near Fort St. Elmo and Mediterranean Conference Centre.
This hotel is home to a restaurant and a bar/lounge. Savor a meal from the privacy of your room with room service, or get a pick-me-up at the coffee shop/café. Start each morning with breakfast, served for a fee from 7:30 AM to 10 AM.
Guests can enjoy LCD TVs and stay connected with WiFi. Hair dryers are also included.
Plaza Regency Hotels features an indoor pool, an outdoor pool, and a children's pool. Multilingual staff at the front desk are standing by 24/7 to help with dry cleaning/laundry, tours or tickets, and luggage storage. Additional amenities include a rooftop terrace, WiFi in public areas, and a conference center.
Property features
- Onsite dining
- Outdoor pool and indoor pool
- Rooftop terrace
- WiFi in rooms and public areas (fees apply)
Plaza Regency Hotels
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to an indoor pool, Plaza Regency Hotels provides an outdoor pool and a children's pool. The hotel offers a restaurant, a coffee shop/café, and a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. Wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge.
This Sliema hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff.
Plaza Regency Hotels is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 156
- Number of floors - 8
- Babysitting or childcare
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Snack bar/deli
- One meeting room
- Multilingual staff
- Poolside bar
- Restaurant
- Conference center
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Children's pool
- Indoor pool
- Outdoor pool
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- WiFi (surcharge)
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Indoor pool
- Children's pool
- Snack bar/deli
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( EUR 2.50 per hour )
Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access ( EUR 2.50 per hour )
Room Amenities
Plaza Regency Hotels offers 156 air-conditioned accommodations with hair dryers. LCD televisions are featured in guestrooms.
Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers. In-room wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Bathtub or shower
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- In-room safe (surcharge)
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- WiFi (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Breakfast is available for a surcharge and served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10 AM.
Penthouse Restaurant - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool, an outdoor pool, and a children's pool are on site.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 5:30 AM
Check-in time starts at 1 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 16 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- No onsite parking is available.
- Resort fee
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: EUR 5 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: EUR 2.50 per hour (rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: EUR 2.50 per hour (rates may vary)
- Late check-out fee: EUR 25
- Refrigerator fee: EUR 3.50 per night
- In-room safe fee: EUR 2.50 per night
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 16 per night
Hotel Name
- Plaza Hotels Sliema
- Plaza Sliema
- Plaza Regency Hotels Hotel Sliema
- Plaza Regency Hotels Hotel
- Plaza Regency Hotels Sliema
- The Plaza & Regency Hotels Malta/Sliema
- The Plaza & Regency Hotel Sliema
- Plaza Regency Malta
- The Plaza And Regency Hotels
- Regency Hotel Sliema
- Regency Hotel Plaza
- Plaza Hotel Malta
We should mention
A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.


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Bellville Times
Beatrice Annie Andreas, 89, of New Ulm, Texas passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 in Columbus.
She was born in Oakhill on July 6, 1923 to John Bravenec and Lydia (Janosky) Bravenec. She was a member of the Nelsonville Brethren Church, and active in Christian Sisters. Affectionately known as "Big Granny" she was a loving, wife, mother, caregiver and a great cook.
She is survived by her daughters Ona Faye Warmke and her husband Lee of Blieblerville, Texas and June Andreas of New Ulm. Son Eddie Andreas and wife Debby of Bellville, Texas. Grandchildren Wade Warmke and wife Aggie, Cheryl Macat and husband Spotty, Mitchell Andreas and Brett Andreas and wife Miranda. Great grandchildren Crystal Cummings and husband Robbie, Alan Lehker, Cecily Warmke, Jordan Warmke and Shelden Warmke. Step great grandson Colton Macat and great great grandchildren Colbie and Serendipity Cummings.
Beatrice was preceded in death by her husband Edmund Herman Andreas, her parents, sisters Milady Sefcik and husband John, Clara Aschenbeck and husband Albert and Toni Arning and husband Roy. Brother John Bravenec and step great grandson Andrew Weber.
Visitation was held on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 at the Knesek Bros Funeral Chapel, 842 E. Main, Bellville.
Funeral Service was conducted at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at Nelsonville Brethren Church with Rev. Mike Groseclose, officiating.
Interment followed in the National Cemetery, Nelsonville. Pallbearers were Wade Warmke, Alan Lehker, Brett Andreas, Mark Arning, Mike Arning, and Harvey Ashenbeck, Honorary Pallbearers were Mitchell Andreas, Spotty Macat, Robbie Cummings, and Jordan Warmke.
Memorial may be made to the Nelsonville Brethren Church or Christian sisters, 332 Nelsonville Church Road, Nelsonville, Texas 77418
Knesek Funeral Home in Bellville in charge of arrangements: www.knesekfunerlhome.com and at www.facebook.com/knesekfuneralhome
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I-Banks Jockey for Position
Rest assured, no one on Wall Street starved last year. It was the biggest year ever for mergers and acquisitions, with global deal volume surging 33%, to just shy of $4 trillion, according to a preliminary late-December tabulation by researcher Dealogic (see BusinessWeek.com, 12/19/06, "Deals of the Year, in a Year of Deals"). But that doesn't mean that firms aren't hungry for a higher slot on the rankings of the biggest dealmakers.
As the year draws to a close and researchers compile their final analysis of annual performance, investment banks are scrambling to cast their performance in the best possible light. Firms such as Dealogic and Thomson Financial (TOC) are completing their annual league tables, which rank the firms according to the total volume of announced deals that they worked on. Goldman Sachs (GS) is No. 1, as usual, but the rest of the spots were in flux.
Citigroup on the Rise
The big story so far this year is that Citigroup (C) surged to second place from fifth, displacing Morgan Stanley (MS), which dropped to fourth. JPMorgan (JPM) held steady in third, according to Dealogic's preliminary rankings, which will be updated just after New Year's Day. The numbers are so close that the odds of the rankings shifting are fairly good. As of late December, Goldman had worked on $1.05 trillion worth of deals, followed by Citi with $980 billion, JPMorgan with $930 billion, and Morgan Stanley with $888 billion, according to Dealogic.
Given the stakes, banks are using the last few days of the year to jockey for position. Citigroup turned some heads when it appeared on a list of advisers that worked on Statoil's (STO) $30 billion acquisition of oil and gas giant Norsk Hydro (NHY). Goldman has been Norsk's adviser during most of the negotiations, but Citi got full credit for providing Norsk with a fairness opinion. The fact that Citi research analysts had recently written about the company raised questions about the timing of its hiring, since banks typically stop issuing research on companies when they are hired to represent them for certain kinds of work. But Citi "has produced a letter of engagement, and they have received full credit for working on the deal," according to Dealogic analyst Natalie Cogan.
There's no disputing the fact that Citi had a stellar year, working on 9 of the top 10 deals announced in 2006. It represented Endesa (ELE) in its $66 billion acquisition by E.ON (EON), Mittal (MT) in its $39.5 billion acquisition of rival steelmaker Arcelor, and the Blackstone Group in its $36 billion leveraged buyout of Equity Office Properties Trust (see BusinessWeek.com, 11/7/06, "The Money Behind the Private Equity Boom"). In each case, Citi was among a group of banks that worked on the deal, as is common these days.
Ranking Matters
It may seem petty to argue about who made the most money in a year when everyone did so well. Investment banks try to downplay the importance of the league tables, at least in their public statements. They are quick to point out that the tables don't capture certain kinds of revenue, such as work performed for sovereign nations. And counting revenue isn't as simple as turning a child's piggy bank upside down and sorting the coins that fall on the floor. Should a bank get full credit for providing a fairness opinion at the end of a negotiation, or should the banks that performed the actual advisory work during negotiations get most of the credit?
Yet the banks take the rankings very seriously. More than bragging rights are at stake. "Goldman walks into a client meeting and says, pick us, we're the best. And they are No. 1. Could they still claim they were the best if they were ranked No. 3?" says one industry executive at a rival firm, who didn't want to be named. It may be an imperfect measure of performance, but bankers believe that at the end of the day, their clients want to see how they rank among their peers (see BusinessWeek.com, 12/25/06, "M&A: An Irresistible Urge to Merge").
The top 10 was rounded out by the other bulge-bracket firms. Merrill Lynch (MER) was fifth, having worked on $748 billion worth of deals as of late December, according to Dealogic. UBS (UBS) was sixth with $660 billion, Credit Suisse (CS) was seventh with $656 billion, Lehman Brothers (LEH) was eighth with $562 billion, Deutsche Bank (DB) was ninth with $517 billion, and Lazard (LAZ) was tenth with $356 billion.
So far, the top 10 banks comprise the same group as last year, although their order has shifted. Merrill dropped to fifth from fourth. UBS held steady at sixth, Credit Suisse rose to seventh from tenth, Lehman slipped to eighth from seventh, Deutsch Bank slipped to ninth from eighth, and Lazard slipped to tenth from ninth. There was plenty of money to go around. But as usual, when prestige is at stake, too much is never enough.


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First time posting, but been buying from TF for quite some time.
Sorry for this guys, but I must ask. Yesterday there was a sale on for a bunch of items for $20. In that collection of items I saw a specific business card that comes in black [and white IIRC] and I got a lovely system freeze while trying to bookmark the page. I really want to make a purchase for that business card and I've failed to find it today, I've searched everywhere. Can anyone help me find it?
Edit: Or if anyone can link me to that collection/sale if the link still exists? That'd be hugely appreciated!
Maybe you can find it here.
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The price of obsessive-compulsive disorder
A dollar and sixty cents.
You may remember that taking advantage of a hotel promotion during World Tour '07 earned me a $100 gift card from Shell. (Actually, I had my choice of several brands, but pretty much any direction I go around town, there's a Shell station, usually in the form of a Circle K store.) I'd used it twice, to the tune of $71, meaning I had $29 left, and I vowed to use up exactly that much.
Now of course I could have waited a few days for the gauge to drop below 3/8 of a tank, shoved in the card, picked up my ten gallons or so (Shell V-Power was $2.859 at the station of choice today), let the card run out, and then swipe my check card or something else to finish the fill. But no: my mission was to complete the transaction as close as possible to $29.00.
So I started the pump, seized the squeegee, and after not enough time passed, the telltale Very Loud Click informed me that the pump had shut off at $26.95. The Oklahoma wind managed to mask a couple of Anglo-Saxonisms as I started squeezing the handle for driblets.
At the $27.40 point, I was just this side of soaking my shoes, which runs very much contrary to New Balance's shoe-care recommendations. Declaring failure, I replaced the nozzle, strode to the counter, and reported my sad story to the cashier. "Here," I said, handing him the card and the receipt indicating $1.60 left. "Give it to someone deserving, or use it yourself." The poor fellow had never seen such a thing before, and as I turned back toward the door, the folks behind me gave me the strangest look I'd ever gotten in a C-store that didn't involve a zipper malfunction. At the time, though, I just wanted to wash my hands of the whole affair.
It dawned on me later that if I still had my old lawn mower, I could have fed it more than half a gallon of the low-test stuff. But no matter. What's done is done. Next tankful will be paid for in a more conventional manner.


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There are two essential ingredients that I must keep in my fridge for nights like tonight. Faced with hardly any good sides to cook, green beans and mushrooms are my go-to fillers (separately, of course). My boyfriend particularly likes my green beans, which have an Asian flavor, and so here is my homemade recipe for Gucci green beans….enjoy!
Serves: 3-4
Prep+Cook time: 15 minutes
- Fresh green beans
- 1 tblspn Sesame oil
- 8 Fresh garlic cloves (5 minced, 3 whole)
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- A dash of red pepper
- Cut the ends off the green beans
- Heat a skillet with sesame oil and garlic on medium heat
- Add green beans, stir for 2 minutes
- Pour in soy sauce and cover for about 10 minutes on medium-low heat, stirring occasionally
- Sprinkle green beans with red pepper
Tips: You will know your green beans are done when they are soft enough to cut with your teeth. Also, lowering the heat in the last 2 minutes the green beans are cooking will reduce the soy sauce, making a thicker/sweeter sauce. Delish!