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All ailing governments have an atmosphere. In the mid-1990s, John Major's slowly expired amid pinstriped rebellions by Eurosceptics and Tory sleaze stories in the papers. In the early 90s, Margaret Thatcher's sickened more suddenly as poll tax protesters rioted and Michael Heseltine quietly plotted. In the early 70s, Ted Heath's was stalked and then strangled by the National Union of Mineworkers.
Yet British Labour governments - less common than Conservative ones, less tolerated by the press and, perhaps, by British society as a whole - can seem particularly doomed and melancholy in their final stages. Thirty years ago the then Labour prime minister Jim Callaghan took delivery of two new official cars. Callaghan was a highly patriotic premier, and British manufacturing was in need of a lift after the recession of the mid-70s; so the cars had been ordered from British Leyland, the state-owned car maker. But to many of his government's critics British Leyland's workmanship exemplified all that was unhealthy about the economy under Labour in the 70s. The cars, when they arrived, were found to have 34 mechanical faults between them.
They were sent back, repaired and fitted with £250,000 of security features, a considerable outlay at the time, especially for Callaghan's administration. When the cars were finally ready, the prime minister was taken in one to an official engagement. On the way, he opened one of its electric windows for some air. The window fell in his lap. He lost power nine months later.
This example of how accident-prone prime ministers can become when their fortunes turn downward comes from the diaries of Bernard Donoughue, Callaghan's senior policy adviser during his three years as premier. Downing Street Diary is in some ways an old-fashioned political book, fat and exhaustive as the many lunches it recalls at Old Labour's favourite restaurant, the Gay Hussar in Soho. Its busy, opinionated pages describe a compelling but vanished political world, of "dangerous Trotskyites" infiltrating the Labour party, and vast nationalised industries, and fraught loan negotiations between Britain and the International Monetary Fund.
Yet in other ways the diaries feel eerily current. They detail Callaghan's disastrous decision in 1978, seemingly so similar to Gordon Brown's last year, not to hold a general election during a surge of popularity for his government. They show ministers and advisers fixated by bad opinion polls. They feature a hungry new opposition leader who, whatever the government does, increasingly makes the political weather.
"I waited 30 years to publish, until everyone was off the stage," says Donoughue, a streetwise Westminster operator who since the 1970s has been a journalist, a City grandee, briefly a minister under Tony Blair, and is now a Labour peer. "But you see lots of the same issues in the diaries that you see now: an energy crisis, public sector difficulties, trade unions being difficult. The present government is still not able to resolve many of the issues that were around in the 70s."
Britain, Donoughue and his diaries imply, has not been reformed as completely since the 70s as later governments have liked to make out.
Downing Street Diary also offers a vivid day-by-day account of how a government fails and what that feels like on the inside. In the beginning, however difficult a situation the new premier inherits, there is optimism. Callaghan became prime minister in 1976. Harold Wilson, the great showman of postwar Labour politics, had abruptly resigned after presiding ineffectually over Britain's worst economic downturn since the 1930s. A month into the new government, Donoughue could write admiringly: "Jim has three layers: on the surface is Simple Honest Bluff Jim. Below that is a very cunning and secretive politician ... beneath that is somebody who does believe in the simple and honest virtues." When Brown replaced Blair last year, Donoughue felt that the same switch from flash to shrewdness was taking place: "I thought, 'This is Callaghan after Wilson'."
Callaghan, like Brown, immediately faced crises: out-of-control state spending, a weak economy, a vulnerable currency. And like Brown, at first he and his government appeared to relish them. Donoughue's diaries are full of dashes between meetings, and late-night sessions drawing up blueprints for national salvation. "That was an appalling time," he says, "I wouldn't wish it on anybody." But then he laughs. "There is nothing in life - nothing - to equal having a position of influence in No 10. Both for the upside and the downside. And in the 70s there were things you could feel passionately attached to."
Between 1976 and 1978 the Callaghan government, according to its defenders, rescued Labour and Britain from the abyss of the mid-70s and began to create a workable new version of British socialism. At this point Donoughue still believed the Tories were beatable. "My view is that we must establish an image of Thatcher as a dangerous woman who will divide our society and create trouble," he wrote in February 1978. "We are doing this now over immigration. I have pressed the PM to take it head-on and attack her for inciting racial hatred ... It is a gamble. She may ride in on the subterranean 'fascistic' instincts which are very widespread at a time of economic depression and individual frustration such as we have had in the past three years. But I think that we might damage her in a long general election campaign."
Then things started to go wrong. There was the postponement of the election. There was the government's falling-out with the unions. And Callaghan became more uncertain and withdrawn. "The PM was upstairs in the study all morning," Donoughue recorded a year later. "He dealt with papers and ... fiddled around with this and that." He sees the same happening to Brown and his lieutenants: "If things go wrong, you work harder. You lose perspective, and just get tireder."
Official engagements abroad become a delicious relief from the struggle. The diaries turn lyrical when Donoughue goes to India and America. Callaghan, infamously, went to palmy Guadeloupe for a summit during the great waves of strikes in the Winter of Discontent. But the drabness and difficulties of domestic politics wait to ambush returning prime ministers: back from Guadeloupe, Callaghan held a testy press conference about the strikes in an airport corridor. "Crisis? What Crisis?" was the Sun's memorably merciless summary of his answers.
And when governments seem inadequate, opposition parties often start to seem plausible. "Mrs Thatcher's speech," Donoughue wrote of a Commons debate soon after Callaghan's return, "was extremely effective, passionate and with a slashing attack on the excesses of union power. Typical of her at her best, articulating popular resentment and prejudices."
A fortnight later he recorded: "Question Time did not go too well ... The Tories are an unbeatable horse ... The PM ... just looked weak." Observers of Brown being taunted by David Cameron and George Osborne in the Commons this year will know what he means.
At some stage failing governments pass a point of no return. For Callaghan, this came in early 1979, when the Winter of Discontent was at its iciest and his administration seemed numbed. Donoughue wrote on 18 January: "The flow of [official] papers has completely stopped ... Whitehall has come to a total halt while they wait to see which way the cat will jump politically." He remembers now, "It was like being on a liner in mid-ocean when all the engines have stopped. Just drifting silently. The civil service just backs off. If they thought Brown was going to lose power imminently, that would happen again."
Another terminal symptom is the subtle act of disloyalty by a high-profile minister. "People start positioning themselves for the future," Donoughue continues. "Cultivating union support in case they should make a bid for the leadership. Not going on TV to defend the government. Making speeches that are more about the future than the present." Do David Miliband's activities this summer fit this pattern? Donoughue pauses. As a Labour peer, he will have a little positioning of his own to do should Brown fall. "I wasn't sure."
Of course, no two governments follow the same arc. The popularity and effectiveness of Callaghan's rose and fell with the period's volatile economy and industrial relations. Right up to the last days of the 1979 general election campaign, senior Labour and Conservative politicians and respected commentators suspected cunning old "Uncle Jim" might just win. The trajectory of the Brown administration has been much more relentlessly downward.
But Donoughue has not quite written it off. "In 79, at the start of the campaign, we were 22% behind in an Observer poll. On election day we lost by 7%. We clawed back 15 points. That's why Gordon should read about that period. Things were even worse then." The current government, he points out, has still got nearly two years to erase its 20% deficit in the polls. And if it doesn't? "Opposition is always bad. You fight each other. If we go into opposition, we'll go in for 10 or 15 years."
His party's often bleak history supports this prediction. At the fag end of Blair and Brown's long ascendancy, it is sometimes easy to forget that, well over a century since its foundation, Labour has only had half a dozen periods in office in Britain. And when Labour governments have most decisively lost general elections - 1931, 1951 and 1979 - each time it has then spent more than a dozen years in opposition. If a sinking Labour administration is one of British politics' sadder spectacles, then Labour's many decades out of office, dominated by prime ministers that never quite were, like Hugh Gaitskell, John Smith and Neil Kinnock, represent an equally fundamental form of failure.
The day after the 1979 election, Donoughue recorded: "As I walked across Horse Guards Parade to get my car from its privileged parking space for the last time, I was held up by a speeding cavalcade of black cars. Mrs Thatcher waved, unseeing, as she flashed by towards Whitehall. A second car was full of police. A third was ... driven by [Callaghan's] former driver... The latter peeled off across Horse Guards to the back of No 10 and [Callaghan's former private secretary] Ken Stowe leaped out and sprinted through the back gate... in order to be there, waiting inside the front door, with the applauding lines of staff, greeting his new prime minister."
Power can taste flat to a beleaguered government. But it soon gets its fizz back when you lose it.
· Andy Beckett is writing a book for Faber about British politics in the 1970s
Diary of a defeat
21 December 1978: The No 10 Xmas party ... The PM led everybody in singing hymns in the pillared room. Everybody sang their heads off (except me, as I cannot sing!) and it was very jolly. The PM then made a nice speech, which I felt had a touch of suspicion that it might be his last Christmas in No 10.
9 January 1979: The general situation feels much worse, even though the oil tanker drivers are going to settle. The road haulage strike is deteriorating, and the railways are going to strike. Suddenly there is madness in the air, with unions threatening strikes long before the negotiating procedures have been completed. This looks very bad for the big claims that lie ahead - coal, gas, electricity, the local authorities and the civil service, as well as road haulage, all within the next seven weeks. We cannot take them all on at once. So they could sweep our counter-inflation policy away - and we don't have much else.
2 February: A depressing week. They are making progress in the talks with the TUC, but down on the ground it is terrible. These pickets are letting the sick die and preventing the dead from being buried. This has nothing to do with trade unionism. It is hard-faced, grab-what-you-can capitalism with a union card. The government has not come out of it well.
5 March: This is the fifth anniversary since we came into office. What hopes, what excitements, what boredoms and disappointments I have experienced. My main feelings now are of our impotence to move such a complex society in the right direction when the whole national personality is clearly deteriorating; and that this government is without motivation or impetus.
5 April: I am starting the campaign pretty tired. God knows what I shall feel like in a month's time. I hope the PM can survive.
10 April: The press has been appalling. It ignores what the PM says and just picks up stories to embarrass him. The same Tory "lines" also crop up each day in the Telegraph, Sun, Mail and Express. They are all written in Tory central office.
26 April: If we lose it will be for four reasons. Two self-inflicted: the winter strikes and the excesses of various Labour local authorities. One positive Tory feature, their tax cut policies. And a deeper secular trend of people "wanting a change".
2 May: The last day before the poll. And the weather is appalling - freezing cold, rain, hail and snow. In May! God really is a Tory. The forecast is bad for tomorrow as well.
3 May: This is the fatal polling day. On the way into town I called in at our local polling station. It seemed very quiet, just a trickle of old ladies. I could tell from the determined look in their eyes that they had not come to vote FOR anybody ... The early results from England were discouraging. Although it was not a surprise, I felt completely numbed. Not tired ... Not bitterly disappointed - I never really thought we would win. Just flat and numb. As if bereaved, as if somebody close to me had died, predictably but still a sad loss, leaving a void.
We had lost. Mr Callaghan would have to resign as prime minister tomorrow morning. I was unemployed.
Edited extract from Downing Street Diary vol 2 by Bernard Donoughue, published by Jonathan Cape on September 18. To order a copy for £27 with free UK p&p go to the Guardian bookshop.


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They didn't ask for an apple tree, it just came with the house they bought thirty years ago. The branches still grow in crooked tangles, shading the front yard and quiet road, threatening the power lines. I thought nothing of age back when I climbed the knotted limbs and scratched my name in the bark, but apparently, most fruit trees only live until about 35. They tend to rot from the inside, grow black cankers on their branches, and the their leaves yellow and shrink. Last year, our neighbor, the arborist who gets stoned and removes stumps for a living, pulled his truck to the side of the road and hopped our stonewall to offer an unsolicited inspection. He patted the trunk, twisted a gloved finger in the knot, and tipped his head to survey the branches. "Eighty, maybe ninety years old," he said." It's pretty amazing. One of the oldest in town, I bet."
We don't prune or pick. The apples grow unreasonably high, and each September they drop with a force causing them to split open and leak sticky juice on the pavement, or turn soft in the long grass, or be smashed to a paste by passing cars. Our front yard is filled with the swampy, sweet smell of cider, of compost, of pulp. Lazy bees circle the fallen fruit, and ants tunnel through their splitting sides.
Years ago, my ever-hopeful father would engage in some pruning or spray the tree with organic pesticides. A hapless pseudo-farmer, he delighted in the meager handful of semi-edible apples harvested from the tree each fall. He whistled as he diced up the apples in the kitchen, removing the bug marks, the brown spots, cutting around the bruises to salvage a tablespoon of fruit. It would take the dissection of three or four apples to have enough unblemished fruit to top his granola. He declared it delicious. He showed us how to delicately pluck blackberries from the tangle of thorns by the woods. He planted blueberry bushes by the white fence, and when he picked the shriveled blue dimples he said they showed promise. He patted rich mulch around two new apricot saplings in the backyard, but they never grew fruit. The small trees withered and died the same year he did. We used to plant gardens, till the soil, and hold our breath watching the burgeoning crop. By summer's end, the centerpieces of our dinners were a pitiful bowl of cherry tomatoes, or the one or two bitter and bumpy cucumbers survivors. He delighted in our nascent, bumbling way of living off the land. He would sweep his broad hand over the small heap of vegetables and champion them the fruits of our labor. When I think of him now, I picture his hands—broad and soft and pink, soil persistently packed in the grooves of his fingernails.
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Style and atmosphere inside the game:Gobs of Fobs is a captivating game that features colourful detailed graphics, cheerful music and diverse sound effects. Graphics is well done and rendered; you surely like lovely characters, their funny moves and songs. Graphics, music and sound effects suit perfectly one to another, that helps to create unique cheerful atmosphere inside the game. Comprehensive in-game tutorial, easy controls and original game concept make Gobs of Fobs one of the most appealing games of this genre.
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Starting at The Heritage, Furyk putts for dough ... for charities
A timeless golf phrase takes on new meaning for Jim Furyk starting Thursday when he begins defense of his title in The Heritage.
Last year's PGA Tour Player of the Year and FedExCup champion has never driven for show, but he'll certainly be putting for a lot of dough the rest of the season. With every birdie and eagle, Furyk, the 2003 U.S. Open winner, is going to raise money for 170 children's hospitals in North America.
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Partnering with Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, the Miracle Birdies fundraising program is asking for donations from the public — pledges can be as small as 10 cents — for every birdie and eagle Furyk makes through the season-ending Children's Miracle Network Classic at Disney World.
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Furyk, 40, and his wife, Tabitha, who have two children, have supported the Wolfson Children's Hospital near their home in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. The two have seen first-hand the critical work done at Wolfson's and other Children's Network Hospitals.
"Seeing the kids at Wolfson, being around them, and seeing what the doctors and nurses do every day, is inspiring," Furyk said. "It's a perfect fit for me. I wanted to be a part of this program."
Furyk, who was the only player to win three Tour events in 2010, said his game is rounding into shape. And being at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island, where he beat Brian Davis in a playoff to win last year, puts him in the right frame of mind.
"I don't think I've played particularly well this year. That has been kind of the case the last few years where I've gotten off to a slow start on the West Coast," said Furyk, who has five top-10s in his last seven Heritage starts. "With the new schedule with the FedExCup, I've taken a lot of time off in the fall and winter. I've taken three, four months off at a time. And to be honest with you, I've done a poor job preparing for the season.
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Last time? The Heritage is being played this year without a sponsor. Next year, it might not be played at all. But Furyk said he has seen a lot of positives concerning the future of the event and is hopeful that a sponsor or sponsors can underwrite the $8 million a year to play the event. "I'd be sad," if this was the last Heritage, Furyk said. "I've talked to the Tour and the tournament director, we had all the statesmen here, the mayor. There was a congressman here for opening ceremonies. And everyone seems very positive. I know they're working together and working very hard to find a sponsor. I'm not sure exactly what the hang-up is or what you can really find wrong with the area or the golf course. This island, this area, is a wonderful place to entertain people. So hopefully they'll get it done."
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Perhaps Kevin Na and John Daly will discuss the duodecuple-bogey 16 Na took at TPC San Antonio this year on the par-4 ninth and the tredecuple-bogey 18 Daly took in 1998 on the sixth at Bay Hill. If so, Jesper Parnivik might not want to listen. The three are paired for the first two rounds of the Heritage (7:20 a.m. Thursday, noon. Friday). A trio of international stars — Graeme McDowell, Ernie Els and Ian Poulter — are each searching for their first win this season (8:30 a.m. Thursday; 1:10 p.m. Friday). And after earning his first PGA Tour win last week in San Antonio, Brendan Steele plays with 2009 British Open champion Stewart Cink and five-time Heritage winner Davis Love III (1 p.m. Thursday; 8:20 a.m. Friday).
Stat of the week
Consecutive years five-time winner Davis Love III will have played Harbour Town with this year's appearance. His first was in 1986 when he tied for 41st. He is the youngest winner in the tournament's history — he won in 1987 at 23 years, 6 days. Three-time Heritage winner Hale Irwin is the oldest winner in tournament history at 48 years, 10 months, 14 days in 1994.
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Players in the field who have ties to Clemson University — Jonathan Byrd, Lucas Glover, Ben Martin, Sam Saunders, Kyle Stanley, D.J. Trahan and Charles Warren.
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The lighthouse at the 18th hole at Harbour Town Golf Links serves as a landmark and as a target for golfers.
Hole of the week
Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, S.C., is a course for all sorts. The tight, tree-lined, strategically bunkered Pete Dye layout, with its tiny greens, has been home to wins by ball-strikers (Tom Watson and Nick Faldo); grinders (Hale Irwin, Hubert Green and Jim Furyk); and bombers (Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman and Davis Love III). Eighteen major champions have won at Harbour Town. The par-4, 452-yard closing hole — with the famous lighthouse in the background serving as a beacon for boats and a target for tee shots — played as the third-toughest hole in the 2010 tournament. A wide landing area that juts into Calibogue Sound offers comfort from the tee. The ample bailout to the right of the thin, well-guarded green does not. The 18th is this week's Kodak Challenge hole.
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Palin Bashing Professor Andrew Hallam Exposed by Fox News on "The O''Reilly Factor"
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Sep 19, 2008
Denver, CO ¢ Janna Barber, an 18-year-old freshman, will be a guest tonight on Fox News ChannelÆs "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly to discuss an assignment she and other students were given by Andrew Hallam, a professor at DenverÆs Metro State College. Janna is the sister of Matt Barber, who is the Director of Cultural Affairs with Liberty Counsel and Associate Dean with Liberty University School of Law.
Hallam, who said that ōBush Bashingö and the ōF-Wordö are his two favorite things to do and say, directed students to bash Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin by writing an essay that ōundermines, criticizes and contradictsö the ōfairy tale imageö of Palin which ōRepublicans may wish ģ the American people to believe.ö He then singled out Republican students and allegedly ōchuckledö as other students began bullying and harassing them by hurling ōFö words at them.
ōI went to college to think and to learn, not to be humiliated,ö said Janna Barber. ōSarah Palin represents a positive role model to millions of young women around the world, whatever their political beliefs. I was offended by such blatant liberal bias in the classroom. No one should be subjected to such intolerance.ö
Matt Barber, said, ōIÆm very proud of Janna. SheÆs got moxie. What happened in JannaÆs classroom typifies much of whatÆs wrong with secular higher education today. WhatÆs happening in that classroom represents a microcosm for whatÆs happening with the angry left around the country. The visceral and even abusive reaction Andrew Hallam and some of his students exhibited against Sarah Palin and conservative students is occurring on a much larger scale among left-wing elitists in the media and academia.ö
Mathew Staver, Founder of Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, commented: ōWhat Janna Barber experienced in a public school classroom is inexcusable humiliation and intolerance. Liberal elitism and intolerance pervades secular higher education. It is no wonder why Liberty University cannot erect buildings and classrooms fast enough to accommodate the tsunami of students clamoring for a Christian education. It is not surprising why, by the end of this academic year, Liberty University will have more than 50,000 students in its residential and distance learning programs.ö
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Very nice cruise but noisy room!
Sail Date: March 01, 2010
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Traveled As: Couple
Room Type: Inside
Pros: Food and excursions
Cons: Our room was next to a "crew working" area and was very noisy at various times in the middle of the night and very early morning when you are trying to sleep
Recommends Carnival Conquest? Yes!
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|Very noisy area because of crew work area right next door.
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|The buffet was great but the restaurant we ate in every night and for some breakfasts was awesome!!!!
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|We went to some shows and they were very good.


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First Day Of Summer 2016
Get all information on first days of seasons, solstice and equinoxes. The first day of summer 2016 marks the commencement of the summer season in the Northern Hemisphere. The timings of the summer solstice are the timings when the sun reaches its northern-most point at equator. In 2016, the summer will begin on 20st of June 2016 as per UTC time. We have given below the exact timings of the beginning of first day of summer 2016 as per different time zones. Summer Solstice is also the time for great fun activities like going outdoors, fishing and surfing.
We have also shared the full moon dates of summer season and other celebrations and special days that make the pleasant summer a festive one. The first day of the seasons are taken as very auspicious and considered to bring good luck. Fruitful tasks like harvesting, many religious rituals and ceremonies as well significant personal and social events are preferred to be done on the first day of the seasons for bringing success and fortune.
1st Day of Summer 2016
Find below the exact date and timings of the first day of summer 2016 in different regions of the world. Since we have given you the UTC timings, you can calculate the exact beginning of the summer solstice in your region.
- 21st June 2016, Tuesday at 4.05 IST
- 20th June 2016, Monday at 22.35 UTC
- 20th June 2016, Monday at 18.35 EDT
While traditionally and astronomically, the June solstice is known as the first day of summer; actually it is the mid of the summer season in meteorological terms. Like the first days of other season, the June Solstice too is a great time for celebration in many regions of the world.
What Is Summer Solstice
The word solstice is derived from the Latin term solstitium which is the combination of two words sun and stitium, literally meaning sun and to stop respectively. The sun appears to stop at the time of beginning of summer solstice. The first day of summer 2016 will be the day of the year receiving sunlight for the maximum hours or the longest day of the year. During summer solstice the sun is northernmost or high in the sky, while during winter solstice, it is at its southernmost point at its equator and low in the sky. You can refer to our post on winter solstice for more details on it.
June Solstice
As the first day of summer falls in June, it is also known as June solstice. Two equinoxes and two solstices appear in the year i.e spring equinox, fall equinox, summer solstice and winter solstice. Over the ages, June solstice has inspired numerous festivals, traditions and mid-summer celebrations. As in Sweden the day of Summer Solstice is celebrated by eating the first strawberry fruits of the season. In ancient Egyptian culture, the summer solstice marked the New Year which coincided with the rising of the star called Sirius and the time when the Nile River gets floods every year.
First Day Of Summer 2016 Canada
The first day of summer 2016 will begin on 20th June 2016, Monday at 17.35 according to Toronto time. Summer is the warmest weather of all the seasons and hence loved especially in the cooler regions when it's time to enjoy the pleasant warm weather. Schools generally observe summer break to enjoy the season. The summer days run through June to August months. While the temperatures rise to 30 deg. c. Or more, some regions also face thunderstorms and humid air.
Summer Solstice Australia
Since Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere as New Zealand and South Africa, the first day of summer 2016 in Northern hemisphere will be the first day of winter 2016. While the Northern Hemisphere will be observing summer solstice, Australia will be having winter in June month. The summer solstice for Australia is in December month and the Summer Solstice 2016 falls on the same day of December solstice in Northern sphere which is 21st December 2016. Similarly, the vernal equinox of Australia happens when the Northern world is observing the fall equinox i.e in September.
You can browse our site for the all the dates, timings and interesting info on celebrations of first day of all seasons. First day of summer 2016 as well first day of winter, fall and spring are posted here with times and dates. If you are planning to have a first day of season celebration, visit our site to check the dates and time of beginning. The equinoxes and solstices are astronomical events, but carry great cultural and religious significance worldwide. You will also meet various religious and cultural celebrations and festivals observed during different seasons and on the first day of seasons.


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Dawn's shoes
Math class had gone well. Dawn had finished yesterday's homework assignment and left it on the desk for the sub to mark, feeling relieved that she didn't need to worry about that along with her writers' block.
Normally, Dawn just took a break while ideas came back to her, but she needed a script done fast. It had to be out of the way before September so that she could focus on grad next year instead of worrying about the script on top of that.
Dawn had, after a lot of debate, been chosen to write a script for the end-of-the-year production put on by the grads of next year. This script was hers, for her graduation class. She was co-directing it as well. It would be an interesting ordeal for her. It was a huge tradition at her school, and Dawn wanted to do well on it.
Dawn thought about all sorts of possibilities for it. She had even contemplated putting herself in it (that hadn't worked). So, she just looked at her shoes as she walked, letting others bump her a little. She knew where her next class (foods class) was, anyway.
It was interesting. She looked down when she was walking a lot, but she hadn't noticed much about her shoes before.
They were a type of skater shoe, but the laces were actually done up. Black, with black laces and purple on the heels, the logo, and the stripe going around the lower edges. Vans, the logo said. They were pretty sweet shoes, Dawn realized. She'd had them for almost a year, they had been a gift from her wonderfully eccentric friend Meg, who had always had an eye for clothes and shoes.
Dawn was always looking down. It was okay to look down, she thought. Other people would notice you and move, or just kind of bump you.
"Oof!" a boy's voice grunted. Dawn's backpack flew from her shoulder
Like that. Dawn froze, scanning the area for her backpack, along with the unfortunate person who had crashed into her.
"Sorry there, darlin'. I didn't realize there was a traffic jam." a familiar boy handed her backpack to her.
"Peter!" Dawn felt herself blush as she took the pack from him. "I'm sorry, I didn't see you there-"
"Well, I figured that since you were so busy examining the floor. You really don't know how fast you walk, do you?" Peter laughed. Dawn tried to laugh as well, and also tried not to focus on his eyes. They were so blue. . .so dark, so inviting.
"Yeah, I just love the pattern of the floor." she joked. The humor Karson uses comes in handy, Dawn thought as Peter laughed again (Karson was one of her friends).
"Touche, very nice." Peter remarked. "Going to foods?"
"Yeah, of course." Dawn shifted the weight of her pack.
"Well, best get inside then. The bell's about to ring!" he called as the bell went off. He laughed a third time, and fled down the hall, waving to her as he went.
Dawn stared after him for a moment, then slipped into foods class.


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Kowloon Walled City was inhabited by tens of thousands of immigrants. The city was one giant, 12-story structure that housed all the residents. The city had unquestionably poor sanitation and high levels of crime (the place was essentially lawless), but fared surprisingly well in terms of its self-sustainability. Today, the city only lives in memory, since the Hong Kong government began a year-long demolition in 1993. Get an in-depth look at this community in the video below.
You don't know crowded until you hear about Kowloon Walled City. This community in Hong Kong, which existed until 1994, was the most densely populated place in the world. At the peak of its population, Kowloon packed 33,000 people into its 6.4-acre lot of land. If you thought Manhattan was a tad cramped, consider that Kowloon was 119 times more densely populated than present-day New York City, which includes all five boroughs.
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Morgan Stanley: Déjà Vu All Over Again?
It was déjà vu all over again after Morgan Stanley (MS) became the latest bank to post a big earnings beat thanks to strong fixed income, currencies and commodities trading, just like Goldman Sachs (GS) yesterday, and just like Citigroup (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Bank of America (BAC), too. KBW's Brian Kleinhanzl and Michael Brown explain:
Morgan Stanley reported 3Q16 EPS of $0.81, which we adjusted for discontinued operations (-$0.01) to arrive at operating EPS of $0.80. Results this quarter were driven by strong trading results as FICC increased by almost $1B from the prior year quarter...The beat in investment banking was broad-based as advisory, Equity Capital Market, and Debt Capital Market revenues all beat our expectations by a penny or two. In Institutional Securities, results were well above expectations as Equity and FICC were better. FICC trading ($1.48B) was up 154% YoY and we were looking for a 28% increase. Equity trading ($1.88B) was up 6.4 % YoY and we were expecting revenues to decline by 2%...
Our Thoughts on the Stock: The quarter was a big beat on trading but that was largely expected given results of other banks thus far. FICC results were very strong and Morgan Stanley is averaging $1.2B/quarter and this is above management expectations for $1B/quarter as a near term target.
Shares of Morgan Stanley have advanced 0.7% to $32.55 at 10:54 a.m. today, while Goldman Sachs has gained 1.6% to $175.34, JPMorgan Chase has risen 1.1% to $68.41, Bank of America has rallied 1.3% to $16.47, and Citigroup is up 1.3% at $49.64.