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Somalia's prime minister told the UN Security Council on Friday that the new government is winning its war with Islamist militants but that 2.5 million people face starvation because of drought.
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, a Somali-American who took office just 50 days ago in the lawless Horn of Africa state, said that Somali forces and African Union troops "are winning the security battle" against the Islamist Shebab militia, said to be linked to Al-Qaeda.
"Gradual and incremental though it may be, the secure space in Mogadishu grows daily," Mohamed told the Security Council, which has given strong backing to his transitional government.
He said about 60 percent of Mogadishu was now under government control and about 80 percent of the capital's population was now in those areas.
Mohamed said the additional 4,000 troops promised to the Africa Union mission, AMISOM, will have a "dramatic impact."
The UN Security Council voted the troop increase one month ago but it is not known when they will arrive. Uganda and Burundi have offered to provide the new troops that will take the AMISOM strength to more than 12,000, diplomats said.
The Somali government is also acting to strengthen its own army and nearly 1,000 troops are to return soon from special training by European Union experts in Uganda.
"Furthermore we are starting to see a rise in the number of young Shebab fighters surrendering to government and AMISOM forces," Mohamed said.
"Seven handed themselves in to the government just last week. Many are obviously weak, starving and distressed," he said.
Observers say that Shebab still controls large amounts of territory in Somalia, which has been in the grip of civil war for the past two decades.
And the prime minister warned of a new threat from drought.
"Nearly 2.5 million people are on the verge of starvation and unless we will have immediate support, definitely there will be a catastrophic situation," Mohamed told reporters after the meeting.
A drought in 1992 killed an estimated half million people and Mohamed said urgent international action was needed to avoid a repeat.
Mohamed said the transitional government, which has a mandate that runs until August, needed more international help, particularly finance, to beat Shebab and its allies.
"It will be very hard for us to challenge them because they have a very powerful international network and they are well disciplined," he said.
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Nerd Girls and Kathie Lee
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When I started this women in open source-focused blog, I never imagined I'd have a reason to mention Kathie Lee Gifford. But I saw the opportunity, and I'm taking the leap. I start each morning with Matt and Meredith on The TODAY Show, but I'm at the office by the time Kathie Lee and Hoda take over, so I missed the "Nerd Girls" topic last week.
Actually, I've been thinking about this topic a lot – it seems that there have been a series of articles about attractive, intelligent women lately, which I find rather irritating. I don't want to hear criticisms about what people wear in their non-fashion-industry careers, or that you can be "sexy" and intelligent (as if this is some huge revelation, anyway). For example, Newsweek recently ran a "Geek Girls" article, Revenge of the Nerdette, which said:
The Nerd Girls may not look like your stereotypical pocket-protector-loving misfits...but they're part of a growing breed of young women who are claiming the nerd label for themselves. In doing so, they're challenging the notion of what a geek should look like, either by intentionally sexing up their tech personas, or by simply finding no disconnect between their geeky pursuits and more traditionally girly interests such as fashion, makeup and high heels.
Intentionally sexing up their tech personas?
One of the many things I've always liked about working in open source is that the people are, for the most part, exceptionally free-thinking, intelligent, and diverse. What you contribute has always been more important than what you wear, how old you are, and how you look. More recently, I've enjoyed working in open source because there is a growing effort to support and encourage women, and to be more inclusive overall.
A few weeks ago, I ran across a blog posted by a woman who attended USENIX, and I was disappointed that she focused on what people looked like ("...the only other female at the tech conference who didn't have facial hair..."), or their personal hygiene ("...a good number of tech guys don't believe in personal hygiene..."). I have to wonder whether she got anything else out of being around such smart, creative people. Why was she there, and what did she expect? If she went to USENIX for a fashion show, I can understand her disappointment. Some of us who have quiet little private offices with beyond-casual dress codes find that it's a huge chore to dig out an iron and some slacks for conferences and events. (I did it! I said Kathie Lee and the word "slacks" in the same post.)
I'm thrilled that accomplished women are getting attention – but is it the attention they deserve?
Is it newsworthy that women can be smart and attractive? Is this kind of coverage of attractive "nerd girls" encouraging anyone to pursue careers in technology?
Or does focusing on what intelligent women look like merely help illustrate what we know already – there aren't many women working in technology, and often the focus is on their gender rather than their contributions.
ThankNo, I'm not a woman, but thank you for this article. It was certainly refreshing after trying to find something sensible to read in the endless piles and piles of fashion/vanity fairs/pop culture magazines at the local bookstore. The contribution should always be the primary focus.
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Attack on Servers' Wages in Florida Sparks Backlash
The Florida legislature is considering SB 2106, a bill that would return tipped wages to 1985 levels.
Many of our readers have at some point worked in the restaurant industry, but let's quickly review: there's a federal minimum wage for most workers, but also a federal sub-minimum wage for tipped workers. That's $2.13 an hour, and it's been that way since 1991.
Florida's mandated sub-minimum wage is $4.65 an hour, but the Republican-controlled Florida legislature – the same geniuses who've been wasting your taxpayer money on useless drug-testing and handouts to their donors, while taking an ax to your kids' school budget – just think that's too much for hardworking servers. They want to bring it back down to $2.13 an hour.
These guys are so out-of-touch and so beholden to their corporate sponsors that they actually think they are being "bold and brave" by taking money away from those who make the least:
State Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, said at a committee meeting last week — during which the bill passed — that the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association brought the idea for the bill to the Senate committee in an effort to make sure restaurants survive, noting that the bill makes the new minimum wage optional.
Carol Dover, president and CEO of the Restaurant and Lodging Association, said that "during the last week there have been many reports that misreported" about the bill. Dover said restaurants want to keep employees, but the 118 percent increase in their wage since 2004, when voters approved a constitutional amendment to tie minimum wage increases to the inflation index, is hurting the industry.
Okay, quick economic lesson for Senator Detert and her corporate sponsors. Florida made the decision to tie the sub-minimum wage to inflation because they actually wanted tipped workers to be able to survive in this economy. If the restaurant industry is "hurting," it's because consumers don't have the discretionary cash to eat out as much as they used to. It's not rocket science: busting unions, lowering wages, canceling job-creating construction projects, slashing public services, and doing your best to nullify health coverage means people have less money to spend. And that is ultimately what hurts businesses, including restaurants.
But no, say Senator Detert and her corporate sponsors at the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association. The real problem is that waitresses and bartenders make too much money.
Think, folks. Do you know any waitresses, servers, bartenders, or really anyone who works in a restaurant who makes too much money – or even a decent wage, for that matter?
Thankfully, Fight for Florida is raising awareness of this ridiculousness. They are inviting Floridians to leave behind a card with information – along with a tip, of course – to let servers know what their legislature is trying to do to them.
While this is a Florida state fight, it's emblematic of the policies being implemented by right-wing legislatures across the country. They are wasting your taxpayer money on useless crusades, making sure you and your family gets paid less money, stripping your ability to bargain with your employer, funneling as much as they can to the already uber-wealthy, and then wondering why no one can afford to eat at a restaurant.
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Get an overview of this hotel3-star Paris hotel in 14th Arrondissement, near Tour Montparnasse
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Special Offer: Book by 2 August 2017 and collect double Nectar points!
Simply enter your Nectar card number when you check out. Your points will be credited 35 days after you return from your trip.
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Popular property highlights
Located in 14th Arrondissement, this boutique hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Paris Catacombs, Tour Montparnasse, and Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art. Paris Expo Porte de Versailles and Luxembourg Palace are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
A bar/lounge, a 24-hour business center, and self parking are available at this smoke-free hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, dry cleaning, a 24-hour front desk, and a computer station are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 36 rooms offer free WiFi, premium bedding, and flat-screen TVs with cable channels. Guests will also find rainfall showerheads, espresso makers, and first-run movies.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hotel Amenities
A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This 3-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This boutique hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
Fred Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- Bar/lounge
- Total number of rooms - 36
- Number of floors - 6
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- 24-hour front desk
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Free WiFi
- Computer station
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Multilingual staff
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- 24-hour business center
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Bathtub or shower
- Hair dryer
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Rainfall showerhead
- Desk
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- First-run movies
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Espresso maker
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- No pets or service animals allowed
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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.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
No pets or service animals allowed
No rollaway/extra beds available
All guests must show a valid passport or ID. For more details, please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1.65 per person, per night
- Resort fee: EUR 1 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 12 per person (approximately)
Hotel Name
- Fred Hotel
- Fred Hotel Paris
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How peat bogs could save mankind
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Peat bogs may be partly-rotted piles of plants, but they could squelch into action against climate change. Scientists from Bangor University are investigating whether bogs can be coaxed into locking carbon dioxide out the atmosphere for thousands of years.
Peat bogs already soak vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the air – they cover about two to three percent of the Earth's surface and store about 455 billion tonnes of carbon in peat. To put that in perspective, humans release 29 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide each year. Peatland plants are great at sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere when they photosynthesise. The trouble is much of that carbon is lost when the plants rot, before it can get locked up in peat.
Professor Chris Freeman and his colleagues think they can make peat bogs keep a firmer grip on their carbon by slowing the already-sluggish rate plants rot in peat bogs with dams, genetically-modified sphagnum moss or paper mill waste. Should this work, Professor Freeman says it would turn the bogs into giant sponges to suck up our carbon dioxide emissions and 'bag' them away
Engineering peat bogs is better in theory than other ideas for vacuuming up carbon dioxide like growing and burying lots of trees, Professor Freeman says. Peat bogs, unlike forests, don't compete with other land uses like crop growing or housing. Possibly the only modern use of peat is potting compost. Altering peak bogs would be cheap, effective and – if the planet overcooled – he says we could burn or dry the peat to release carbon dioxide
Professor Freeman's brainwave to save the planet is relatively recent. A laboratory designed to test his ideas – the Wolfson Carbon Capture Laboratory – was opened in May 2010. But his theory for how bogs break down plant material and the effect this could have on climate change was published in Nature in 2001
His Nature paper solved a long-standing puzzle: why are peat bogs different from drylands? People have always been fascinated by why decomposition is incredibly slow in peat bogs. Plants and, in rare cases, human bodies can remain preserved for thousands of years. Bog bodies like Lindow Man, Britain's most famous bog body, often have their internal organs intact despite dying between 2BC and 119AD.
People used to think peat bogs were the land that rot forgot because they lacked oxygen. Microbes were less active in waterlogged oxygen-deprived soil and struggled to break down plants and dead Iron Age dudes. When Professor Freeman looked into this, he had problems finding any evidence for the idea that decomposing microbes were less active in oxygen-limited environments. Microbes are also active in sewage treatment works and cows' stomachs, despite the lack of oxygen
Professor Freeman studied the enzymes peatland microbes use to break down plant material. He found one enzyme, phenol oxidase, become much more active in drier peat. This enzyme breaks down phenolics – chemicals produced by sphagnum moss that, according to Professor Freeman, also give tea its brown colour. Phenolics are the chemicals that slow down rot in peat bogs by dampening down microbe activity. They starve the microbes by preventing them producing the enzymes they need to turn plant material into nutrients. Dead bodies and plants are slow to break down in wet peat because it's full of phenolics. Should the peat dry out, phenol oxidase breaks down the phenolics and allows the microbes to become active. Professor Freeman called this mechanism the 'enzymic latch'.
Slowing down peat bog decomposition involves strengthening the enzymic latch by, for example, genetically-engineering moss to produce more phenolics. Alternatively, scientists could increase the waterlogging of the peat to deactivate phenol oxidase using dams. Regardless of what they choose, this is a quirky and interesting idea and I will follow the project with interest. I heard Professor Freeman's talk at Geoengineering – taking control of our planet's climate at the Royal Society in London earlier this month


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Get an overview of this hotelEco-friendly hotel with restaurant and bar/lounge
Popular property highlights
Situated on a lake, this eco-friendly hotel is within 2 mi (3 km) of Noordbrabants Museum, Museum Slager, and St. John's Cathedral. Zwanenbroedershuis and Stedelijk Museum are also within 3 mi (5 km).
Hotel Features
A restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a sauna are available at this smoke-free hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, coffee/tea in a common area, spa services, and conference rooms are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 92 rooms offer free WiFi and free wired Internet, plus room service and cable TV. Coffee makers, down comforters, and hair dryers are among the other amenities available to guests.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. Event facilities measuring 1076 square feet (100 square meters) include conference space. This eco-friendly hotel also offers a sauna, spa services, and a terrace. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
Movenpick Hotel - Hertogenbosch is a smoke-free property.
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Total number of rooms - 92
- 24-hour front desk
- Elevator/lift
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Terrace
- Luggage storage
- Conference space size (feet) - 1076
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Sauna
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Spa services on site
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Airport transportation
- Meeting rooms 3
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Conference space size (meters) - 100
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Playground on site
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Pay movies
- In-room safe
- Hair dryer
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Bidet
- Cable TV service
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Desk
- Dial-up Internet access (surcharge)
- Down comforter
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Moevenpick Restaurant - This restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. A children's menu is available.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a sauna.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Playground on site
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 5:30 AM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- 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.
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 18 years old. Special cancellation policies or charges may apply for group reservations (more than 8 rooms for the same property / stay dates).
No rollaway/extra beds available
Minimum guest age is 18
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 3.10 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 19.50 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: EUR 7.50 per day
Hotel Name
- Moevenpick Hotel 's Hertogenbosch
- Moevenpick 's Hertogenbosch
- Movenpick Hotel Hertogenbosch
- Mövenpick Hertogenbosch
- Movenpick Hertogenbosch
Awards & Affiliations
Shop Arrangement
Book a stay in a Shop Arrangement rate category and receive the following:
- Welcome drink
- Breakfast
- 1 3-course dinner
- Coffee with a 'Bosche Bol'
- Information package of Den Bosch
- Free use of sauna
- Complimentary parking for 2 days
National Rating
This property does not have a Netherlands Tourist Board rating. For the benefit of our customers, we have provided a rating based on our rating system.


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Chip the Beer Guy Rock 107 – Breaker Brewing Co
05 March 2010
I always enjoy hearing Mark & Chris from Breaker Brewing Co on the radio. Not only do they bring great stories of their brewing adventures, but also exciting news about upcoming brews. If you haven't had a chance to meet these guys yet, you'll find they are incredibly inventive and have been able to essentially build a nano-brewery out of spare parts. Their cooler is driven my Mark's grandmothers 20-year old air-conditioner and their new timing unit is based on a microwave timer and some relays. This hand-built can-do attitude is not only fun to hear but I also believe that resourcefulness comes out in their beers. You know if someone can build a complex brewing system, they can also craft a complex beer…and this has been true in their brews.
Today we broke ground again by taking the Chip the Beer Guy show into a second morning segment. The guys tasted I Love PA IPA (version 4.0) and followed that with the 16-Ton DIPA. It should also be noted that the bottle conditioned 16-Ton is now out in the market TODAY at places like Krugel's Georgetown Deli. You can check out their new Beer Doppler Radar (or mybeerbuzz.com Hoppler Radar ;) ) for real time listings of where you can find the BBC beers.
In segment two the guys talked about the brewing of 16-Ton IPA (brewed with oak chips) and some of their new beers like Black Mariah (named after the "ambulance" carts used in the mines). We posted most of these details a few days ago HERE, and it was fun to hear even more details. Also stay tuned for details on their new Quiet Canary and Black Diamond Dark IPA beers coming later this year.
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The Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore, built in 2010, features a rooftop infinity pool. Photo by Timothy Hursley
The Skirball Cultural Center, which stands at the crest of Sepulveda and Mulholland just west of the 405 Freeway, was built on a dump. Literally. Who knew? Before the Skirball acquired the land, it was a garbage dump. With its opening in 1996, architect Moshe Safdie, in his first commission in the United States, transformed the site into a campus of concrete and granite pavilions, set into the hills, following the curves of the river of traffic that runs through the Sepulveda Pass.
Designed to be built in phases, as visitors and needs arose (and as funds were raised), the Skirball has extended over the past three decades to the south with the additions of Winnick Hall and Noah's Ark, and to the north with Ahmanson Hall, and now finds completion with Herscher Hall and Guerin Pavilion, to be unveiled this fall. The design for the new adjoining buildings fits seamlessly with the older ones, as if they were always there just waiting to be built. Their walls of windows afford beautiful vistas of the hills, and, inside, they contain a 9,000-square-foot multiuse hall, a 4,000-square-foot kosher kitchen, and meeting rooms ready for a class, a screening or even a Korean tea ceremony.
While the completion of this fifth and final phase of Safdie's Skirball campus is cause enough for celebration — as will happen during an Oct. 19 dedication gala — the exhibition "Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safdie," will excavate the singular career of the Israeli-born architect who holds passports from Israel, Canada and the United States. Perhaps best known for his design for Yad Vashem, Safdie's name has been counted among the top of the list of the many great architects of our time, such as Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel, Richard Meier and I.M. Pei.
The exhibition, which opens Oct. 22, originated at the National Gallery of Canada in 2010, organized by Donald Albrecht, curator of architecture and design at the Museum of the City of New York.
"The exhibition is called 'Global Citizen' not only because Safdie is a citizen of the United States, Canada and Israel," Albrecht explained recently, "but because his architecture projects all over the world … bring diverse people together." As Albrecht notes in the catalog, it is "Safdie's intention to use architecture not only to express, but also to generate, open engagement in community life."
At Yad Vashem, a somber visit concludes with an expansive view of Jerusalem. Photo by Timothy Hursley
Organized chronologically, the exhibition includes models of some of Safdie's best-known works in Canada (Habitat 67 and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa), in the United States (the Skirball, the Salt Lake City Public Library, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art), in Israel (Yad Vashem; Alrov Mamilla Avenue, a multiuse urban center near the Old City of Jerusalem; and Ben-Gurion Airport) and elsewhere (among others, the Khalsa Heritage Center of Sikh culture in Punjab, India, and the planned Jumilla Mosque in Dubai). The show also includes designs for projects and entries for architectural competitions that were never built, as well as films that will be screened in the galleries to give a sense of the experience of interacting with the three-dimensional built spaces.
The exhibition organizes Safdie's career into several phases. To begin with, he was born in Haifa in 1938, and the mix there of cultures and religions, as well as the proliferation of modernist stacked housing on Mount Carmel, had a profound influence on him, all the more so because his family moved to Montreal in 1953. Memories of Haifa can be seen in Safdie's groundbreaking undergraduate architecture thesis at McGill University, a design for a modular building system using prefabricated forms fashioned into stacks of individual homes with terraced gardens, which would become Montreal's Habitat 67 (one of the prefab molded bathrooms is showcased in the exhibition). Meant to be scaled for a variety of locales (Manhattan, Puerto Rico and Tehran), Habitat never was built beyond its initial Montreal development. Indeed, in the years that immediately followed Habitat's completion, Safdie's work met with resistance, as can be seen with his unsuccessful submissions for the student union at San Francisco State University and for Paris' Centre Pompidou, both of which went to other architects.
Safdie returned to Israel following the Six-Day War to complete his military service, and in 1970 moved to Jerusalem, where he opened an office. This began the second phase of his career, notable for projects at the Hebrew Union College campus, the beginning of his work on the Mamilla complex and at Yad Vashem. In these, we see the emergence of the elements of Safdie's distinctive architectural vocabulary, all profoundly influenced by Jerusalem's Old City: his mixing of concrete, stone and granite, which allow the architecture to fade to the background, highlighting instead light-filled passageways, either open-air or skylight-enhanced, and a predominance of simple geometric forms in the buildings, as well as the walkways, plazas and gardens.
Moshe Safdie's new Guerin Pavilion at the Skirball Cultural Center offers a light-filled natural setting for conferences and gatherings. Photo by Timothy Hursley
The third phase of Safdie's career extends his work to North America and can be seen in his consistent selection as designer of significant cultural centers, including the Skirball in Los Angeles. Striking in all these endeavors is how they all are designed to be enjoyed by a large and diverse stream of visitors. The other notable feature is that with the exception of the National Gallery of Canada, whose glass structure echoes Ottawa's landmark towers, Safdie's designs generally do not call attention to themselves. They continue, in this phase, his use of geometric forms derived from nature but greatly abstracted (sometimes by benefit of computer design). The buildings harmonize with their surroundings rather than stand out, and they are not afraid to be grand, but are incomplete without the presence of people interacting with their spaces. And, it is important to note, Safdie's public projects have been overwhelmingly popular. Salt Lake City's library has been called "America's unquietest library," and the Crystal Bridges Museum, commissioned by Walmart heiress Alice Walton and opened in 2011, has exceeded all projections for attendance.
The fourth and current phase of Safdie's practice is an increasingly global one, with the Khalsa center in India, the Marina Bay Sands complex in Singapore (commissioned by Sheldon Adelson) and proposals for the Guangdong Science Center in China and the Palm Jumeirah Gateway Mosque in Dubai. These are monumental projects, and for them Safdie's architectural statements, particularly in the Khalsa center, are bolder. Yet they retain his trademark order and elegance — no Gehry-esque dissonant clash of squiggly lines for Safdie.
While some architects' designs for museums and buildings make the outside more famous than what's inside, Safdie's work is different: His architecture often takes a back seat to its surroundings and to its purpose, whether residential, or public space, or multipurpose. Safdie aims to accommodate a jumble of people flowing smoothly through a variety of experiences. What "Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safdie" does is make us appreciate his artfulness in doing so.
"Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safdie" opens Oct. 22 at the Skirball Cultural Center and runs through March 2, 2014.


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Now the area, called Fondren, has gentrified and is filled with shops, restaurants, and progressive-minded residents.
They move with the seasons, live outside the law, and count the best New York City restaurants among their clients.
With respect to restaurants, I tend not to like the fanciest places.
"We only have about 280 restaurants outside the U.S., and they are largely in Canada," Creed said.
That's what men get so tired of at restaurants; what they hate so when their wives ask them what they want for dinner.
He will not find it bottled in the inns or restaurants upon his road.
The cry for food became louder, although it was not heard in the hotels and restaurants where I ate.
Even in restaurants she ordered one or another kind of steak.
Those who happened to be the lucky possessors of a few spare dimes, straggled off to restaurants.
1821, from French restaurant "a restaurant," originally "food that restores," noun use of present participle of restaurer "to restore or refresh," from Old French restorer (see restore).
In 1765 a man by the name of Boulanger, also known as "Champ d'Oiseaux" or "Chantoiseau," opened a shop near the Louvre (on either the rue des Poulies or the rue Bailleul, depending on which authority one chooses to believe). There he sold what he called restaurants or bouillons restaurants--that is, meat-based consommés intended to "restore" a person's strength. Ever since the Middle Ages the word restaurant had been used to describe any of a variety of rich bouillons made with chicken, beef, roots of one sort or another, onions, herbs, and, according to some recipes, spices, crystallized sugar, toasted bread, barley, butter, and even exotic ingredients such as dried rose petals, Damascus grapes, and amber. In order to entice customers into his shop, Boulanger had inscribed on his window a line from the Gospels: "Venite ad me omnes qui stomacho laboratis et ego vos restaurabo." He was not content simply to serve bouillon, however. He also served leg of lamb in white sauce, thereby infringing the monopoly of the caterers' guild. The guild filed suit, which to everyone's astonishment ended in a judgment in favor of Boulanger. [Jean-Robert Pitte, "The Rise of the Restaurant," in "Food: A Culinary History from Antiquity to the Present," English editor Albert Sonnenfeld, transl. Clarissa Botsford, 1999, Columbia University Press]Italian spelling ristorante attested in English by 1925.


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This panel, featuring Bob Labate (Holland & Knight), Jennifer Bjornberg (Holland & Knight), Marci Rolnik (Lawyers for the Creative Arts), and Daliah Saper (Saper Law) was recorded January 14, 2009 and sponsored by The Entertainment and Sports Law Society at the University of Chicago Law School.
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New Whale Joins Effort to Keep Kings
There's another whale in the Sacramento effort to buy the Kings and build a downtown arena, actually there are three of them.
Last week it was announced that Silicon Valley entrepreneur Vivek Ranadive had joined Mark Mastrov and Ron Burkle on the team of buyers hoping to keep the Kings in Sacramento. Last night Ranadive himself announced that he had invited the Jacobs family of Qualcomm fame into the group. The three brothers head up the international high tech company, which earned more than $19 million last year.
Ranadive says Paul, Jeff and Hal Jacobs aren't necessary to compete with Seattle, but it just adds heft to the bid.


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China's Stocks Rise to 9-Month High on Service Industries
China's benchmark stock index rose to the highest level in nine months after growth in the nation's service industries accelerated.
China Shenhua Energy Co. (601088) and Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. led a gauge of energy stocks to the biggest advance among industry groups in the CSI 300 (SHSZ300) Index. Sany Heavy Industry Co., the biggest Chinese machinery maker, surged 2.3 percent. ZTE Corp. (000063), the nation's second-biggest phone-equipment maker, tumbled 8.1 percent, dragging down the Shenzhen Composite Index. China Vanke Co. and and Poly Real Estate Group Co. fell on concern rising home prices will lead to new property restrictions.
The Shanghai Composite Index (SHCOMP) rose 0.4 percent to 2,428.15 at the close, the highest since May 8, even as three stocks fell for every two that climbed. The measure advanced 5.6 percent last week, the most since October 2011, after data showed manufacturing expanded last month. A government report yesterday showed service industries grew at the fastest pace since August.
"The stock market is enjoying a valuation expansion and improving data are providing support," said Li Jun, a strategist at Central China Securities Co. in Shanghai.
The Shanghai index has risen 24 percent from a three-year low on Dec. 3, signaling a bull market to some investors, on signs economic growth is accelerating. The gauge is valued at 13.3 times reported profit, the highest level since Sept. 2011, data compiled by Bloomberg show. That's still lower than the measure's seven-year average multiple of 21.4, the data show.
The CSI 300 rose 0.2 percent to 2,748.03 today, while the Shenzhen Composite slid 0.9 percent. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (HSCEI) of Chinese companies traded in Hong Kong gained 0.1 percent. Mainland markets will be closed all of next week for the Lunar New Year holidays.
Economic Outlook
Trading volumes in the Shanghai Composite were 31 percent higher than the 30-day average today, according to Bloomberg data. The gauge's 100-day volatility was at 18.7, the highest level since June 2012.
A measure of energy stocks rose 2.7 percent. Shenhua, the biggest coal producer, added 1.3 percent to 24.93 yuan. China Coal Energy Co. (601898), the second largest, gained 2.7 percent to 8.0 yuan. Datong Coal Industry Co. surged by the 10 percent daily limit to 10.26 yuan.
China's services industries rose as gains in retailing and construction aided government efforts to drive a recovery. The non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index climbed to 56.2 in January from 56.1 in December, the National Bureau of Statistics and China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing said in a statement. A reading above 50 indicates expansion.
The federation's manufacturing PMI released Feb. 1 showed a fourth month of expansion and a separate gauge from HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit Economics rose to the highest level in two years. The statistics bureau and the customs office are due to release January data on inflation and exports on Feb. 8.
Sany, ZTE
Sany Heavy surged 2.3 percent to 12.28 yuan, the highest since Aug. 7. Construction machinery equipment sales will peak after the Chinese new year, KGI Securities wrote in a report dated Jan. 31. Excavator sales may post year-on-year growth as sector fundamentals are continuing to improve, KGI said.
ZTE tumbled 8.1 percent to 10.02 yuan, its biggest drop since Oct. 15. Mobile phones including smartphones will be investigated under a tariff act, the U.S. International Trade Commission announced on Jan. 31.
Vanke, the nation's biggest listed property developer, lost 0.5 percent to 11.90 yuan in Shenzhen. Poly Real Estate, the second biggest, slid 1.1 percent to 13.13 yuan.
Home Prices
There is increasing likelihood that the government may introduce new measures to contain housing price inflation, Zhan Zhiwei, chief China economist at Nomura Holdings Inc., wrote in a report today.
New home prices rose 1 percent in January, the biggest gain in two years, SouFun Holdings Ltd., the country's biggest real estate website owner, said on Feb. 1, based on its survey of 100 cities.
Chinese stocks traded in the U.S. rose on Feb. 1 after data showed the U.S. added jobs in January and manufacturing expanded. The Bloomberg China-US 55 Index (CH55BN), the measure of the most-traded U.S.-listed Chinese companies, added 0.8 percent in New York. The iShares FTSE China 25 Index Fund, the largest Chinese exchange-traded fund in the U.S., advanced 0.8 percent.
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There's a piece in the Financial Times today that should send luxury brands leaping for their lizard (and python, and shagreen, and croc and so on).
Discussing a new study on retail, my colleagues Barney Jopson and Tim Bradshaw note that it "suggests the most effective use of retail space is selling expensive products that are occasional purchases to well-off consumers." This is like giving candy to a baby.
After all, this is what luxury has been saying all along – it's what Burberry just announced it was going to do in china, and François-Henri Pinault described as PPR strategy as far back as 2006. My guess is the industry take-away from this will be simple: sell less for more. But I think that may be the wrong lesson to draw. Read more


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Latest: See our newest post on the controversy in which Shelby American says the doctored photos were accidently released to the press.
Shelby American acknowledged Tuesday afternoon that it faked photos of the front end of its new 950-horsepower Shelby 1000 lifting off the ground.
Two of the photos were distributed to the press as part of a group of shots and were being used on many websites. They show the two front wheels of the customized Mustang lifted several inches into the air, presumably because of the car's immense thrust. A company vice president, Gary Patterson, acknowledged in an email to Drive On that they they were the result of photo manipulation.
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The issue was discovered by the USA TODAY photo desk in preparing tomorrow's story for the newspaper, which was posted here on Drive On earlier today. A photo editor questioned how the Mustang could lift off the ground, given its weight and that it has only street tires. Also, the tires in the photo do not appear to be under stress. A close examination revealed photo manipulation techniques under the wheels.
Scott Black, spokesman for Shelby American, initially said he was aware of manipulation only to fix shadows, that the wheels actually lifted off the ground. But after checking with the company, he called back and elaborated: "That is a fake shot. That shot is not real. I am beyond embarassed." He said the manipulation was done by the photographer and that he didn't know the reason.
The car is due to be unveiled at the New York Auto Show next week.
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Orcas and trainers may be under the scrutiny of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, but when is humankind going to wake up and realize that keeping wild animals in captivity for our amusement will continue to result in deaths and injuries when the animals follow natural instincts and strike back against captivity ("Orcas and trainers under OSHA scrutiny," News, Thursday)?
The article recounted a November 2006 SeaWorld incident when a trainer was injured. Perhaps Kasatka, the orca involved, was at a breaking point doing "tricks" for a fish treat and living in a contained artificial environment. The article notes that Kasatka's calf "cried out" from another pool. Perhaps a mother's instinct also prompted the animal to strike back against her trainer.
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Perhaps we would be all better off to return the Orcas (and other wild animals) to the wild and watch the Discovery Channel to see the world's wonderful wildlife in their natural environment.
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I read with great sadness about the Supreme Court's latest decision that it is OK to produce videos depicting animal abuse ("High court negates animal-cruelty law as too broad, 8-1," News, Wednesday).
States have laws that prohibit the mistreatment of animals, but now videos depicting such abuse (and worse) are permitted. Have conscience and moral character become a thing of the past? Abusing animals in any form cannot and should not be tolerated. And yet, we allow that to happen.
Violence begets violence; those who abuse animals may have a tendency to abuse others, human and animal alike. I applaud Justice Samuel Alito's dissent in this case. I wish more people would speak for those who cannot speak for themselves.
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Animal-cruelty laws, unfortunately, will continue along the path of being negated as long as we have laws in the books that recognize animals as "property." As someone who has dogs for pets, the word "property" has never crossed my mind in my relationship with my pets.
Dogs are not bicycles or alarm systems to be chained up in the backyard, left without water or shelter, as is the case in many a home in my own neighborhood. Dogs are companions, and I crave my dogs' companionship as much as I know they crave mine.
Until we rewrite the laws to address pets as family and not "property," animal-cruelty laws will, in the cruelest twist of all, fail to see the light of day.
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If you've found a bottle of perfume that's a few years old now you must be asking yourself the question: "does perfume go bad?". Perfumes don't go bad, but unfortunately that doesn't mean that their fragrance doesn't deteriorate. In fact, deterioration is a really serious issue when it comes to perfume. After some time the perfume's fragrance changes and probably the only reasonable thing to do when that happens is to throw the perfume out. If you'll store perfume properly, you'll be able to use it for a longer period of time.
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Perfumes that you currently use should be stored in a room with a constant temperature. It's also good when the temperature is a little below room temperature. You should keep the bottle in a dark place, away from direct sunlight. Most people keep perfumes in the bathroom, but that's not a good idea: there's possibly a lot of sunlight and usually that's the room where the temperature fluctuates a lot.
If you have some perfumes that you don't use at a time, or you just use them in special occasions, you should store it in a dark, cool place, possibly in a box, so light won't be able to affect the liquid.
Please note that you should take special care about women's perfumes in clear bottles – clear bottle doesn't protect its content from light. Dark and opaque bottles protect perfume from some of the light. Remember that the perfume should be closed as tightly as possible – if you'll leave the bottle opened, some of the liquid will evaporate.
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Shelf Life Of Perfume
Perfume's shelf life varies a lot. Producers usually place a "best-by" date on the bottle and that date should give you some knowledge about possible shelf life of a certain perfume. Of course producers must be carefull with those dates, so probably your men's or women's perfume will be fine for a much longer period of time. Shelf life also depends strongly on how the perfume is stored. Color of the bottle also comes into play, dark and opaque bottles tend to have a longer shelf life. You can safely assume that any kind of perfume (men's, women's, it doesn't really matter) should be fine for at least a year, but most perfumes will be good for three years or even more. Of course you should bear in mind that perfume made with quality components will be fine for longer.
Can Perfume Go Bad?
Perfumes don't go bad in a way that you shouldn't use it anymore. As I've mentioned earlier, their scent changes through time so if you don't like the fragrance anymore, you should toss the perfume. The color of the liquid also changes, so if it's noticeably darker (that happens due to oxidation) than it was when you bought it, it'll probably smell different.
As you can see, perfume doesn't go bad in a way that it's spoiled. Its fragrance, however, changes over time. Because of that, after some time (possibly a few years) the fragrance won't appeal to you anymore and you will have to discard it. Storage of perfumes is also important – the better you store them, they longer they will last.


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· WELCOME WAGON MONTHLY LUNCHEON - 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Held second Thursday each month. Advance reservations required. Information: Noelle, 503-495-3841 or visit ww.NewcomersWelcomeWagon.com.
· MAC USERS GROUP - 12:30-2 p.m. Lake Oswego Adult Community Center Computer Lab. All MAC users invited. Bring questions and friends.
· WILLAMETTE WOMEN DEMOCRATS SPEAKER'S FORUM - 4-6 p.m. Oswego Lake Country Club, 20 Iron Mountain Blvd. Oregonian columnist Steve Duin is speaker. $11 members, $13 non-members. Reserva-tions: Patricia Rovainen, 503-656-4445.
· OLD TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION - 7:30 p.m. Lakewood Center Community Room, 368 S. State St. Enter on Middlecrest at street level. Agenda: George Rogers Park project goals and neighborhood input; business meeting to include a proposed bylaw change. Coffee and dessert. Questions: Jeannie McGuire, 503-697-3327.
· HOLLY ORCHARD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION - 9:30 a.m. 4076 Colts Foot Lane. Agenda may be found on www.neighborhoodlink.com/org/HollyOrchard.
· JOB FINDERS SUPPORT GROUP - Noon-2 p.m. Capitol Hill Library, 10723 S.W. Capitol Highway. http://www.jobfinderssupport.com/
· GAME CLUB FOR KIDS WITH ASPERGER'S SYNDROME - 6:30-10 p.m. second Fridays of each month at West Linn Lutheran Church, 20390 Willamette Drive. Bring snacks or drinks and join others playing board and video games. Information: Michelle Kuepker, 503-656-6026. Web Site is www.gameclubonline.com
· IVY PULL - 9-10 a.m. Hallinan natural area behind Hallinan School. Sponsored by Hallinan Heights Neighborhood Association and city of Lake Oswego. Bring tools and family.
· AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN, LAKE OSWEGO / WEST LINN BRANCH - 9:30 a.m. Oswego Heritage House, corner of 10th and A streets. Speaker Rachel Bristol of Oregon Food Bank. Refreshments, visitors welcome.
· EQUESTRIAN EVENT - Lake Oswego Hunt Club, Iron Mountain Boulevard. Special equestrian vaulting demonstration 4:30-5:30 p.m. each day. Continues Sunday.
· LOACC-CLC USERS GROUP (COMPUTER USERS GROUP) - 9:30-11 a.m. Lake Oswego Adult Community Center, 505 G Ave. Genealogy, presented by C. Vencil, LO Library.
· DISCOVER THE CAPTEL CAPTIONING TELEPHONE - 2-3:30 p.m. Lake Oswego Adult Community Center, 505 G Ave. Hearing-loss advocate Andrea Olson will present free seminar on CapTel captioning phone. Live-captioned and sponsored by Hearing Loss Association of Clackamas County.
· ROBINWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION - 7 p.m. Cedaroak Park School.
· INDOOR LABYRINTH WALK - 7:30-9 p.m. West Linn Lutheran Church, 20390 Willamette Drive. Candle-lit and meditative labyrinth every second Tuesday of the month.
· STAFFORD CPO - 7:30 p.m. Stafford Elementary School. Mtg. held second Tuesday of each month.
· COMPUTER LAB - 12:30-2 p.m. Lake Oswego Adult Community Center. Open to all that need additional help.
· WILLAMETTE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION - 7 p.m. Willamette School.
· AUTHOR AND ESSAYIST CURTIS WHITE - 7 p.m. Clackamas Community College, McLoughlin Auditorium, 19600 S. Molalla Ave., Oregon City. White, a professor at Illinois State University, and the current president of the Center for Book Culture, will speak in association with the college's spring term Sustainability Project.
· LAKE OSWEGO LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING - 7:30 p.m. 706 Fourth St.
· WELCOME WAGON HEART-T0-HEART - 8:30 a.m.-noon. Third Thursday each month members gather to fulfill requests by local charities. 503-495-3841 or visit www.NewcomersWelcomeWagon.com
· WOMEN OF HONOR MINISTRY LUNCHEON - Rolling Hills Community Church, 3550 S.W. Borland Road. 'Caring for the Master's Flowers' with guest speaker Linda Boyd. For those ages 50 and better. $10 tickets may be purchased online at www.rollinghills.org or at church. Info: 503-638-5900.
· OREGON WRITERS CLUB - 6:30-9 p.m. Mountain Park Clubhouse library room, No. 2 Mt. Jefferson Terrace. Meets first and third Thursday. Info and RSVP to Warren Easley, 503-638-7023 or 503-475-4898.
· CIRCLE OF HEALERS COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE TALKS - 6:30-7:30 p.m. Kruse Park Chiropractic Clinic, 3990 Collins Way, Suite 201, Lake Oswego. 503-635-1238. Acupuncturist Audrey Czerew.
· ROSEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION / COMMUNITY PLANNING ORGANIZATION / PLAN COMMITTEE - 7 p.m. River Grove Elementary School library, 5850 S.W. McEwan Road.
· WALUGA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARD MEETING - 7 p.m. Lake Grove Elementary School.
· LUCKY LIONS STAR SEARCH TALENT SHOW - 7 p.m. West Linn High School. $5 admission at door. Proceeds benefit 2007 grad night.
Send news of your event to What's Happening, Review/
Tidings, P.O. Box 548, Lake Oswego, Ore., 97034. Deadline for submissions is noon Friday before the next publication date.


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Polyvinyl chloride
A colorless thermoplastic polymer made from vinyl chloride. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) was discovered in 1838 Henri Regnault noticed a powder inside of a container of vinyl chloride. It was further studied in 1872 by Baumann and in 1912 by Ostromislensky, but was not commercialized until 1926, when a chemist at B.F.Goodrich, Waldo Semon, discovered a method to plasticize PVC into a soft rubbery material. The first moldable PVC, called Koroseal, was introduced in 1930. PVC is resistant to moisture but stabilizers are needed to prevent discoloration from light and heat. Lightly plasticized PVC has been used for gramophone records. Heavily plasticized PVC is used as a rubber substitute for thin sheeting, wire coverings, gaskets, tubing, raincoats, storage sleeves and fabric coatings. Phthalate plasticizers were commonly used in the middle of the 20th century for PVC plastics. However, these oily plasticizers tended to creep and separate with time producing an oily surface and leaving a brittle substrate so some more recent PVC formulations use copolymerization techniques for film modification rather than plasticizers. Rigid unplasticized PVC was introduced in 1958 in Europe as alternative piping for town water services to replace corroded iron pipes.
Synonyms and Related Terms
PVC; vinyl; polyvinylchloride; poli(cloruro de vinilo) (Esp.); chlorure de polyvinyle (Fr.); polivinil cloruro (It.); policloreto de vinilo (Port.); poly(vinyl chloride); poly vinylchloride (sp); chloroethene polymer; vinyl chloride plastic; poly(chlorethylene)
Examples: Geon [B.F.Goodrich]; Koroseal [B.F.Goodrich]; Tygon; Vinagel; Elaston; Trovidur; Bexan [BX Plastics]; Bristrand [Polymers Inc.]; Pe-Ce-U [Bayer].; Tricovil; Kubo
Other Properties
Soluble in chlorinated hydrocarbons and aromatic solvents.
Insoluble in water, alcohols, concentrated acids and alkalis.
Burns with green, smoky flame and evolves HCl; it extinguishes when removed from flame source.
|Melting Point
|148 (dec)
|Refractive Index
Hazards and Safety
Degrades with heat and light to darken and potentially produce hydrochloric acid. May also form carbon monoxide or phosgene. Plasticizers and stabilizers can continually ooze from polymer resulting in an oily film, white bloom, or corroded metal. Additionally some plasticizers are toxic. PVC is a suspected carcinogen.
Production and incineration of PVC can introduce toxic chlorinated organic chemicals into the environment (e.g. dioxin).
Fisher Scientific: MSDS
General Characteristics of Polymers
Physical Properties for Selected Thermoplastic Resins
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Sources Checked for Data in Record
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- J.Gordon Cook, Handbook of Textile Fibres:II Man-made Fibres, Merrow Publishing Co. , Durham, England Comment: p. 444; discovered by Henri Regnault in 1838
- M.Kaufman, The First Century of Plastics, The Plastics and Rubber Institute, London, 1963
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
- Pam Hatchfield, Pollutants in the Museum Environment, Archetype Press, London, 2002
- Marjorie Shelley, The Care and Handling of Art Objects, The Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1987
- Caring for your Collections, Arthur W Schulz (ed.), Harry N. Abrams, Inc. , New York, 1992
- Sharon Blank, An introduction to plastics and rubbers in collections, Studies in Conservation, 35, 53-63, 1990
- M. Baker, E. McManus, 'History, Care and Handling of America's Spacesuits', JAIC, 31, 77-85, 1992
- Theodore J. Reinhart, 'Glossary of Terms', Engineered Plastics, ASM International, 1988
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000
- Website address 1 Comment: www.nswpmith.com.au/historyofplastics.html - discovered by Henri Regnault in 1838.


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Reading The Australian Financial Review's exclusive on the International Monetary Fund's endorsement of Labor's surplus strategy yesterday reminded me of the extraordinary economic journey our country has travelled over the past few years.
Tonight at the dispatch box, I will deliver the fifth chapter in this journey. I remember when we were faced with the worst global meltdown since the Great Depression and deficits each year of the forward estimates.
In those early days, no one will forget the carnage that was just around the corner and the punishment that was meted out to economies that were once regarded as powerhouses, such as the United States and parts of Europe.
The effects of the crisis still linger in the global economy. Europe has an unemployment rate that tops 10.9 per cent (in Spain, it's just shy of 25 per cent). The moderate recovery in the US continues but the road ahead will be long and hard.
The contrast with Australia's circumstances could not be starker.
Australia's economy is the envy of the world. Right now, our unemployment rate of 5.2 per cent is below every major advanced economy in the world bar one.
Since late 2007, more than 750,000 jobs have been created in Australia, in contrast with the 27 million jobs that have been lost across the world over the same period. Indeed, with a pipeline of investment of $455 billion and contained underlying inflation, our economic fundamentals are strong.
The IMF has forecast Australia will outperform every major advanced economy this year and next. The budget tonight will forecast growth around trend over the next two years, with real gross domestic product growing by 3.25 per cent in 2012-13 and 3 per cent in 2013-14.
The retail trade figures yesterday are also encouraging, showing the largest increase in quarterly retail volumes in nearly three years.
Despite this increase, there's no doubt that conditions are still challenging for many businesses, particularly due to the high dollar, cautious consumers and ongoing global uncertainty. These challenges are reflected across our patchwork economy, with many businesses under pressure.
With growth returning to trend, it's entirely appropriate that we return to surplus – an approach that I've seen has been rightly endorsed in the Financial Review's editorial pages. And we'll do this despite lower revenues – down by $150 billion since 2008 – which means we'll achieve this surplus by spending restraint.
Just as the government stepped in to support the economy and keep the doors of business open during the financial crisis, the government is now stepping back, ensuring that we don't generate price pressures in the economy. I appreciate there's a debate in the economic community about these matters, but it's worth recalling a few perhaps obvious, though important, points.
As growth returns to trend, unemployment is low, and there is a huge investment pipeline coming through, disciplined fiscal policy gives monetary scope to ease interest rates if needed.
With this in mind, it's entirely appropriate to return the budget to surplus so the Reserve Bank of Australia can consider further rate relief such as we saw last week when the board cut the cash rate by 50 basis points. No small business owner will forget the pain of 10 rate rises in a row under the Howard government, caused by its reckless spending spree.
While Australia's economic fundamentals are strong, our economy is in transition, and conditions are challenging for many businesses not in the fast lane.
This is the reason I have announced that the budget tonight will include substantial tax relief for businesses facing pressures through a loss carry-back initiative, to help them through hard times, encourage investment and lift productivity.
From July 1, 2012, companies will be able to carry back up to $1 million of losses to get a refund of tax paid in the previous year, meaning eligible businesses will be able to receive a tax refund of up to $300,000 – that's no small fry for many small businesses.
This measure was recommended by the independent Business Tax Working Group following the government's successful Tax Forum.
It is one way we're working with the business community to deal with the challenges of our patchwork economy – and I look forward to the Prime Minister's Economic Forum in June to continue this important process with leaders from the business and broader community.
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Following are the ones I've received so far. Keep in mind: I did NOT write these. But at least you'll get an idea of the great, funny friends I surround myself with. And this is nothing yet...my brother and boys and all "my" teenagers (so obviously I adore kids) are working on the assignment as well!
--"Ok gentlemen, its been a while and I'm new to this, but here goes.
If you like pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain....enjoy being outdoors and having fun, let's talk.
I'm not a prissy girl. I love gardening and getting dirty but enjoy getting dressed up.
I'm self sufficient, but enjoy being pampered.
I'm easy going, but not a pushover.
I'm strong and independent, yet looking for someone that "cares about me.".
I'm looking for the simple things in life. Fun, laughter, compassion, friendship and romance.
Great conversation, a glass of wine, a couple of dances and a walk on the beach, sailing, camping. Your pick."
--"Love to be outdoors, dancing and socially engaging. At this time however, it has been a while so I am not interested in the long drawn out romantic relationships. I want to meet, get it on, break a sweat and move on. Call me when you feel energetic."
--"If you're generous, good-hearted and good-lookin' (inside or out, you choose), sit up and take notice, or your resurrected or reincarnate self will have regrets: phenomenal phemale personality (green thumb, great smile, glinting eyes) seeks quality male (has thumbs, teeth, eyes, maybe more) for chuckles, Chinese and championships. Alliterative ability optional but appreciated."
--"I love the outdoors, I'm funny and fun and romantic, but I'm nobody's fool, so spare me your crap. And your baggage. I have two kids but am not necessarily going to be interested in yours.
P.S. I'm no gold-digger, but it won't hurt if your wallet is well endowed. Everything else is negotiable."
--"Looking for someone to share the love of adventure in many areas of life. Love to be outdoors and love to be around "good" people. Must be trustworthy and honest, no games please. Looking for companionship and a good sense of humor . Do you fit the bill?"
Oh, did I say "cooking?" That seems to be a big attraction at my house...I cook, don't eat, but everyone else seems to love it.
--Fancy clothes and jewelry and similar things that some people think they need to be content.
--What are some of the things that you have put up with that you don't miss?
Lies and dishonesty
Expectations of what you think your life has to look like. You are flexible and are in many ways embracing the unknown adventure that your life is becoming.
APRIL 2011: What a great time I had in the Bahamas a few weeks ago with six teenagers (albeit, a bit exhausting)! They sure do have a lot of energy, but I'd go back in a heartbeat! Next!!!


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The owner of the Cairns Reef Casino has confirmed it has received a bid from Tony Fung to buy the company and its Queensland and Canberra casino operations, as the Hong Kong billionaire pushes to gain a foothold into the lucrative Australian gaming market.
In a statement to the market on Wednesday morning, confirming on earlier report published by The Australian Financial Review, the
Shares in the lightly traded casino company have surged more than 40 per cent in early trading to $4 a share. Aquis has made a confidential non-binding indicative proposal to acquire all of the units in the Reef Casino Trust at a cash price of $4.354 per unit.
The offer represented a 53.3 per cent premium on the closing price ($2.84) on November 12 and 64.8 a per cent premium to the three-month volume weighted average price of $2.64.
The Reef board has established a committee of independent directors to consider the proposal as part of a due diligence process.
A further condition of the deal is Aquis acquiring Canberra Casino which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Casinos Austria International Ltd. Casinos Austria International also holds, together with Accord Group, 100 per cent of the shares in the operator of The Reef Hotel Casino.
Casinos Austria and Accor Group, who collectively have more than 70 per cent of units in the Reef Casino Trust, have indicated they would support the proposal in the absence of a superior bid.
It is understood if the proposal is successful the Fung family is keen to use the Cairns Casino licence for its new integrated resort proposal at Yorkey's Knob, north of Cairns.
This would require the agreement of the Queensland government which recently announced it would offer three new casino licences, including one in Brisbane and two in regional Queensland.
Aquis has approached both the Queensland and Australian Capital Territory governments, and regulatory authorities, about its proposal, Reef said in its statement to the Australian Securities Exchange.
The Fung family had previously indicated it was keen to bid for one of the regional licences, but if the Reef deal is successful it would no longer need to.
The Aquis development is unashamedly targeted at the Asian market. The 353 hectare site will have 3750 hotel rooms, 1180 managed apartments and 135 villas. There are also plans for an international casino with 1500 gaming machines and 750 gaming tables as well as an aquarium.
The battle for market dominance between Crown and Echo Entertainment has now moved to Queensland, with both companies expected to bid for the new casino licence in Brisbane which is part of the multi-billion dollar redevelopment of the government precinct.
The senior public servant running the integrated development in Brisbane said he wanted the new resort to "rival the Opera House".
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The decision to retire is one that I have thought a great deal about. It is the right time. It was important to me to leave an organisation in the strongest possible shape and I believe I have done so.
The quality of this league winning squad, and the balance of ages within it, bodes well for continued success at the highest level whilst the structure of the youth set-up will ensure that the long-term future of the club remains a bright one.
I must pay tribute to my family, their love and support has been essential. My wife Cathy has been the key figure throughout my career, providing a bedrock of both stability and encouragement. Words are not enough to express what this has meant to me.
As for my players and staff, past and present, I would like to thank them all for a staggering level of professional conduct and dedication that has helped to deliver so many memorable triumphs. Without their contribution the history of this great club would not be as rich.
In my early years, the backing of the board, and Sir Bobby Charlton in particular, gave me the confidence and time to build a football club, rather than just a football team. Over the past decade, the Glazer family have provided me with the platform to manage Manchester United to the best of my ability and I have been extremely fortunate to have worked with a talented and trustworthy Chief Executive in David Gill. I am truly grateful to all of them.
To the fans, thank you. The support you have provided over the years has been truly humbling. It has been an honour and an enormous privilege to have had the opportunity to lead your club and I have treasured my time as manager of Manchester United.
On the morning of 8th May 2013 Sir Alex Ferguson, Britain's longest-serving football manager and the most successful the English game has ever seen, announced his retirement after 26 years in charge of Manchester United FC.


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Two incumbents and one challenger will vie for two seats on the Folsom City Council at the Nov. 6 general election. The two candidates with the highest number of votes will take office on Dec. 10.
The Folsom City Council is composed of five members elected at large. Each council member represents the entire city rather than one district.
The two seats up for election are held by Jeff Starsky and Ernie Sheldon. The term for the remaining three seats, held by Steve Miklos, Kerri Howell and Andy Morin, will end November 2014.
Jeff Starsky
Jeff Starsky is a corporate lawyer and serves as government affairs director for several California businesses. He earned a B.S. degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, and his law degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law.
Starsky was first elected to the City Council in 2000. He was re-elected in 2004 and 2008. He served as mayor in 2002 and 2010 and as vice mayor in 2008.
During his 12 years on the City Council, Starsky has been Folsom's representative on the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District. He is also Folsom's representative on the Capital Southeast Connector Joint Powers Authority and the Sacramento County Criminal Justice Cabinet. He is a member of the Folsom Economic Development Corporation, actively recruiting businesses to Folsom.
As a bicyclist, runner and golfer, Starksy worked to get the California Man triathlon and AMGEN bicycle tour to Folsom.
He lives in Folsom with his wife, Pam. They have a daughter, Jessica.
Ernie Sheldon
Ernie Sheldon was elected to the Folsom City Council in 2008 and served as vice mayor in 2011.
He has a master's degree in management from the University of Nebraska. Sheldon retired as a Lt. Col. after serving 33 years in the U.S. Air Force.
Sheldon devoted 20 years to development of the city's parks and recreation facilities as a member of the Folsom Parks and Recreation Commission. He was influential in establishing the Folsom Aquatic Center, Folsom Sports Complex and Senior and Arts Center. The city acknowledged his contributions by naming Ernie Sheldon Park, at 362 Natoma Station Drive, in his honor. In 2002 he was named California's Outstanding Park Commissioner.
During his time on the Parks and Recreation Commission, Sheldon also served as Folsom Athletic Association executive director. In that role he helped raise $1 million for recreational activities and facilities, and established the Youth Assistance Scholarship Fund.
Sheldon served on the Library Commission and was one of the original directors of the Friends of the Folsom Library. He spearheaded the planning, design and construction of the Veterans Memorial that is connected to the library at City Lions Park.
Sheldon led the effort to expand the annual Folsom Veterans Day Parade from 23 participants to more than 1,400.
Roger Gaylord III
Roger Gaylord, the sole challenger for a City Council seat, is running for the office for the first time. His website: gaylord4folsom.com, states that during his senior year at Folsom High School he founded Solutionskates.com, an online rollerblading retail store that sold extreme sporting goods. When he was 18, he volunteered for the Folsom Police Department's Citizens Assisting Public Safety program.
His LinkedIn page states he studied Criminal Justice at Folsom Lake College from 2002 to 2004.
Gaylord's website further states that he is "branch manager and security consultant for Stanley/Niscayah Inc., where he provides corporate security consulting and integrated security solution platforms for major retail chains, large well-known corporations as well as some state agencies, all while directing the financial interests of Stanley/Niscayah's Sacramento office."
He is a volunteer coach for his son's FYBA basketball and Folsom football teams.
Gaylord lives in Folsom with his wife, Veronica, and two children.
Election notes
Folsom Municipal Code 2.48.030A states: "No person other than a candidate shall make, and no campaign treasurer shall solicit or accept, any contribution which will cause the total amount contributed by such person with respect to a single election in support or opposition to such candidate, including contributions to all committees supporting or opposing such candidate, to exceed $150."
Violation of the code is considered a misdemeanor, subject to a $500 fine plus relinquishing the excess funds in violation to the city general fund. The election is considered void.
Candidates who receive or spend more than $1,000, or expect to, are required to file Form 460, "Recipient Committee Campaign Statement, with the Fair Political Practices Committee." Candidates who receive or expend under $1,000 may also file Form 460 reports.
All three Folsom City Council candidates filed a Form 460 for the period ending June 30.
Jeff Starsky's committee, Starsky for City Council, I.D. No. 1219961, reported a beginning cash balance of $7,100, plus $2,595 in donations, mostly from a fundraiser held in May. His committee spent $1,511 in postage, office supplies web hosting, printing and the fundraiser.
Ernie Sheldon's committee, Ernie Sheldon for Folsom City Council 2012, I.D. No. 130971, reported a beginning balance of $463.51 and no donations or expenditures.
Roger Gaylord's committee, Roger Gaylord-Fresh Face for Folsom City Council 2012, I.D. No. 1346735, shows the sole contribution made was $50 by the candidate. There were no expenses listed.
Campaign signs will go up in Folsom no earlier than Sept. 7. The last day to register to vote is Oct. 22. The last day to request a vote-by-mail ballot is Oct. 30.


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