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Australian shares close lower after Wall Street eased on fiscal cliff concerns but Europe gained after EU finance ministers reached agreement on further assistance for Greece.
- JB Hi-Fi plans move into whitegoods
- Joyce pulls plug on $44m deal as feud intensifies
- More lines help Aristocrat double its money
5.13pm: That's all from us here at Markets Live, thanks for being with us, we hope to see you tomorrow from 9.30am.
Click here for a full wrap of today's session.
4.24pm: Blue chip stocks were mixed today, but with the major miners posting losses, the ASX was always on the back foot.
- Rio: -1.9%
- ANZ: flat
- Westpac: +0.6%
- Fortescue: -1.3%
- Woolworths: +0.8%
- Wesfarmers: +0.8%
- Telstra: +0.9%
4.16pm: Among the sectors, materials fell 1.1 per cent, gold miners lost 1.8 per cent and energy pushed down 0.8 per cent. Telecommunications and health bucked the trend, adding 0.9 and 0.8 per cent respectively.
4.12pm: The market has closed modestly lower, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 slipped 9.5 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 4447.3, while the broader All Ords dropped 10.8 points, or 0.2 per cent to 4462.6.
3.51pm: Shares in Malaysian Airline System (MAS) tumbled more than 20 per cent to an all-time low as the national carrier's 3.1 billion ringgit rights issue plan triggered fears of share dilution and uncertainty over the move.
Ahmad Jauhari, chief executive of Malaysia's national carrier, said in a statement to the stock exchange late on Tuesday that the rights issue was aimed at paying capital and debt expenses, without specifying the number of shares or the price for the issuance.
The share plunge came despite the carrier swinging to a profit of 37.1 million ringgit in the third quarter, reversing a loss of 477.6 million ringgit in the same quarter a year earlier. The struggling carrier posted a small operating profit of 4 million ringgit, ending six quarters of losses.
3.32pm: The global climate talks are underway in Doha, Qatar. Here's how Bloomberg New Energy Finance sums up the international market for carbon and renewable energy in the run up to the summit.
Click here for the full story.
3.25pm: Here's a snapshot of how markets around the region are performing:
- Nikkei(Japan): -0.8%
- Shanghai: -0.7%
- Taiwan: -0.2%
- South Korea: -0.9%
- Singapore: -0.3%
- New Zealand: +0.1%
3.05pm: Cabcharge has vowed to fight any plans to cut taxi fare surcharges.
Executive chairman Reg Kermode took aim at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Allan Fels as the company faces a challenge to its 10 per cent surcharge regime.
''This company does not intend to provide services to Visa and MasterCard at a cost to Cabcharge,'' he told the company's annual general meeting in Sydney on Wednesday.
''Suggestions that our industry could survive on five per cent, because of some as yet unaccepted draft report to the Victorian government on the Victorian taxi industry, are not realistic and are likely to be met with significant resistance.''
2.54pm: Nufarm will avoid a lengthy trial next year after settling a shareholder class action for $46.6 million.
The shareholders alleged Nufarm's 2010 profit forecast was excessively positive and misleading.
By settling the matter Nufarm avoids drawn out legal action and does not admit any fault. The money will be split among shareholders.
Nufarm's shares are trading 4 cents lower at $5.69.
2.43pm: Here's something interesting from the small business desk, now it's the time of day to dream about making a flipping fortune. It happens. Here, two start-up experts tell how to get your business snapped up for big bucks.
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2.35pm: The Australian dollar has become a matter of 'heads I win, tails you lose' with the you being Australian exporters, writes BusinessDay's Michael Pascoe.
Bad global news provides a reason for the Aussie to remain strong and good global news provides a reason for it to get stronger.
The bottom line is that our dollar remains elevated and there's nothing much that can be done about it. Thus wise managements have simply got on with the business of adapting to the reality of a strong currency, leaving the whingeing and complaining to those with the time for pointless pursuits.
At this stage it would be a little cruel to point out all the people who were bravely and foolishly forecasting the Aussie would be sliding below parity now, so as there's not a fly handy to have its wings removed, let's just finger a few who stuck their heads up back in July. NAB at that stage was briefly enjoying a spell of reasonably successful currency guessing, but it tempted fate by predicting we'd fall below parity for Christmas and they were not alone.
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2.18pm: Australia is the second-best country in the world to be born in 2013, a study says.
The ''lucky country'' scored 8.12 out of a possible 10 points, just 0.1 behind Switzerland, The Economist's Intelligence Unit said in their where-to-be-born index released last week. Following closely behind were Nordic states Norway, Sweden and Denmark. New Zealand was ranked seventh with a score of 7.95, while Nigeria came in 80th and last with 4.74 points.
The magazine said the list, the first since 1988, was compiled using a combination of surveys - where people said how happy they are - with objective determinants about the quality of life in these states.
2.09pm: Treasurer Wayne Swan says record levels of committed investment in resource and energy projects is a resounding vote of confidence in the Australian economy.
Government agency, the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE), said in a semi-annual report on Wednesday that resource and energy projects at the committed stage stood at a record $268.4 billion as October.
Mr Swan said even on the most conservative estimate provided by BREE, the total potential investment in the sector sits at a mammoth $650 billion.
1.50pm: Former prime minister Paul Keating says most of the people piling into self-managed superannuation do not have the savings or expertise to ensure they will be provided for in retirement.
Mr Keating also says the ''promise'' of superannuation is no longer about retirement lifestyle but instead must be about managing old age and disability as Australians live longer.
The former Labor treasurer and prime minister, responsible for the introduction of Australia's compulsory superannuation system, gave the opening address at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference.
Mr Keating said Australia faced an unsustainable health burden from its ageing population, and one option to meet that burden would be lifting superannuation contributions to 15 per cent, with the additional three per cent to go towards meeting health costs and aged care.
1.42pm: Jetset Travelworld expects a flat first-half profit as Australia's leisure market struggles with soft retail prices.
Chairman Tom Dery has told the company's annual general meeting the group's travel management business, QBT, had experienced a reduction in total transactions in the four months to October 31 as government agencies reduced their travel spending.
Jetset's transaction levels for the first half of 2012-13 are expected to be 10 per cent below where they were during the corresponding period in 2011-12.
But, Mr Dery said, this would be partly offset by a nine per cent reduction in costs from a redundancy program announced in June.
1.29pm: Fairfax's Peter Martin on Abbott's jobs target:
Sounds big, isn't that big. Abbott's new jobs target: bit.ly/Y2C1C2 #auspol #ausecon— Peter Martin (@1petermartin) November 28, 2012
1.17pm: The gripes continue to flood in for this year's Worst Customer Service Awards, the annual showcase of Australian companies that wasted your time and money with appalling service. If you've got something to add, click here.
1.02pm: Here's a view on the JB Hi-Fi news:
JB Hi Fi investors asking why they plan to move into whitegoods - its struggling as much as electrical. Little to gain at what cost? #ausbiz— Ben Le Brun (@benlebrun) November 28, 2012
12.49am: Aussie stocks now moving into fresh lows for the day. The ASX200 is 0.53 per cent lower to 4433, down 23.8 points on yesterday.
12.44pm: In other data out today, committed investment in the resources sector has reached a new record of $268 billion, helped by a wave of multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas projects, official figure show.
However, further growth in the investment pipeline is under threat from a double whammy of falling commodity prices and rising costs, the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics says.
New figures published today said there were 87 major projects worth a collective $268 billion that had been given the green light to proceed, up from $260 billion in April.
12.40pm: Government spending cuts are having a negative impact on the construction sector, official figures show.
Total construction work done rose 1.7 per cent in the September quarter, figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show. That was despite a 7.3 per cent fall in public sector construction work.
JP Morgan economist Tom Kennedy said the figures showed government spending cuts were weighing on the construction sector.
''It looks like the weakness has once again been on the public side of things and that is not really surprising given the fiscal objectives of both federal and state governments,'' he said.
12.35pm: Reg Kermonde has been safely re-elected as chairman and CEO of Cabcharge.
11.58am: Japanese shares are down too, with the Nikkei 225 Stock Average poised to halt a four-day rally. The Nikkei 225 slid as much as 0.4 per cent to 9383.20 after yesterday closing at the highest level since April.
11.50am: The Australian dollar remains lower following a decline yesterday amid speculation a report tomorrow will show a slowdown in capital expenditure growth, damping the outlook for the economy and the currency. It is currently trading at $US1.044 after falling after falling 0.2 per cent yesterday to $US1.0446.
''If non-mining capital investment doesn't show signs of picking up in 2013, that suggests that policy needs to be easier and that would be consistent with a rate cut next month'' from the RBA, said Andrew Salter, a currency strategist at ANZ.
''It might weigh on the currency in the very short-term.''
11.37am: Following that cautiously optimistic outlook from OrotonGroup, here's another item something from the small business desk. Amid the fanfare of global arrivals such as Zara and Topshop, fashion retailers that clothed baby boomers and Gen Xers now have a bleak future unless they both downsize and reposition, writes retail analyst Michael Baker.
11.29pm: Fashion retailer OrotonGroup says its sales are up so far this financial year and it is cautiously optimistic about the upcoming Christmas period.
Chief executive Sally Macdonald said sales in the 17 weeks since the end of July were up seven per cent from the same period in the previous year, on a like-for-like basis.
The company was somewhat confident ahead of the crucial Christmas season, as it could control its prices and promotional schedule, she told OrotonGroup's annual general meeting.
''Coupled with our focus on data and customer analysis, we are cautiously optimistic about the upcoming Christmas and Chinese New Year trading period,'' Ms Macdonald said.
11.16am: The big banks are travelling better than the miners, but they're mostly in the red:
- CBA is 0.3% lower to $59.04
- ANZ is 0.29% lower to $23.74
- NAB is 0.34% lower to $23.75
- Westpac is 0.8% higher to $24.91
11.09am: The big miners are helping to drag markets lower this morning. Losses on the ASX200 have now slipped past -0.5 per cent.
- BHP is 1.08% lower to $33.83
- Rio is 2.22% lower to $56.5
- Fortescue is 0.65% lower to $3.82
10.57am: Lonsec private client adviser Michael Heffernan said local market players took their cues from a disappointing night on Wall Street at the start of the Australian trading day.
''I think largely we are following what happened overseas,'' Mr Heffernan said, adding that some investors may have chosen to take profits following the strong performance of the local bourse yesterday.
10.52am: We'll have an article ready to go shortly, but in the meantime here's a bit more on the JB Hi Fi news. This is from the ASX release:
JB Hi-Fi Limited today announces the launch of JB HI-FI "HOME" concept stores. These stores will range all of the products that customers love from JB Hi-Fi plus "HOME", signifying a full range of whitegoods, cooking and small appliances.
Initially, these home entertainment and appliance super stores will be located at theCompany's existing larger homemaker centre sites where it sees "HOME" as a logical extension to its currententertainment categories.
Whilst confident on the success that can be achieved with these new concept stores, the Company will initially conduct a low risk and measured trial in Queensland with the initial conversion of four homemaker centre stores.
Two more stores will follow in the New Year. This localised trial will give the Company the ability to not only test the "HOME" concept but to also ensure that it does not impact the strong customer engagement that exists with the traditional JB Hi-Fi stores.
10.43am: Shares in Leighton are down 2.8 per cent, or 50 cents, to $17.05 after subsidiary Thiess won two contracts worth $220 million for work on a Queensland coal mine being built by the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance.
Thiess will construct a coal handling and preparation plant plus a rail loop and holding roads at the Caval Ridge mine project in the Bowen Basin, it said.
10.39am: JB Hi Fi shares are down sharply after the retailer announced it would trial an expansion of its range into white goods. Its shares have lost 7.1 per cent, 76 cents, to $9.93. The loss marks a bit of a setback for the share price, which has been recovering slowly after hitting a 52-week low in late June of $7.83.
10.34am: In case you missed it, the OECD has issued a glum outlook for the Australian economy for next year. According to the OECD, we'll perform "slightly below potential" over the next two years as global growth looks set to for a sharp slowdown and the eurozone debt crisis "remains the greatest threat to the world economy at present".
Ivan Colhoun, the head of Australian economics and property research at ANZ, said the OECD did not commonly explicitly forecast interest rate cuts, as it did with Australia in this report."I notice they are forecasting a rate cut in December and early next year. That's probably the most interesting aspect of their forecast I think," he said.
"[But] the Reserve Bank has effectively said that as well in its recent minutes. It's been saying that the likelihood is that they are going to have to ease further."
Mr Colhoun said the OECD's report typically reflected the "official family" - Treasury and the RBA - view of the country. He added that the key questions for the Australian economy were about when the mining boom peaks, how much it slows after peaking, and whether other sectors of the economy pick up sufficiently to off-set or balance the slower mining investment story.
10.28am: Losses on the ASX200 have now hit 0.4 per cent, taking out more than half of yesterday's gain.
10.25am: It's a sea of red among blue chips:
- Rio: -1.83%
- Newcrest: -1.43%
- Woolworths: -0.28%
- Harvey Norman: -0.41%
- DJs: -2.02%
10.20am: Here are some of the companies pushing the ASX200 lower in early trade:
- NRW Holdings: -13.06%
- JB Hi Fi: -4.58%
- Intrepid Mines: -4.48%
- Perseus: -2.87%
- Leighton: -2.51%
10.17am: Health stocks are higher, up 0.25 per cent, closely followed by info tech stocks, up 0.21 per cent. But most sub indexes on the ASX200 are down:
- Materials: -0.79%
- Industrials: -0.5%
- Energy: -0.25%
- Consumer disc.: -0.24%
10.15am: The Australian share market has opened a third of a per cent lower. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 16.2 points, or 0.36 per cent, at 4,440.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 15.5 points, or 0.35 per cent, at 4,457.9.
On the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was down 20 points at 4,453, with 5,879 contracts traded.
10.13am: Some analyst rating changes for today:
- CSL raised to buy at Normura
- ALS raised to buy at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch
- Shopping Centres Australasia rated new neutral at UBS
- Mirvac raised to buy from neutral at Goldman Sachs
10.11am: An early one from the small biz desk: Being open to change is important for every business, but imagine having to design your products by guesswork.
In September, while thousands of people were queuing outside Apple stores awaiting the release of the iPhone 5, the Sydney-based founders of STM Bags, Adina Jacobs and Ethan Nyholm, had a bit more to worry about than elbowing through their ways through the store's large glass doors.
10.09am: In local corporate news this morning, poker machine maker Aristocrat Leisure's profit has more than doubled and the company expects further growth as it releases new gaming products.
Aristocrat made a net profit of $45.5 million in the nine months to September 30, up from $19.9 million in the previous corresponding period.
The company has reported a nine-month profit as it has moved the end of its financial year from December 31 to September 30. Aristocrat said the profit growth was driven by its efforts to improve efficiencies, illustrated by a 76 per cent rise in earnings from the previous corresponding period, on 30 per cent revenue growth.
10.06am: Early take - Stocks are down about 0.2 per cent as markets open.
9.59am: For a comprehensive look at this morning's business news, check today's need2know. Here are this morning's key market links:
- The SPI was points 11 points lower 4462
- The $A was trading at $US1.0442
- In late trade, the S&P500 added 0.04% to 1406.80
- In Europe, the FTSE100 added 0.22% to 5799.71
- China iron ore lost 30 US cents to $US117.90 a metric tonne
- Gold lost 0.2% at $US1745.06 an ounce
- WTI crude oil lost 15 US cents to $US87.59 a barrel
- RJ/CRB commodities index lost 0.44% to 297.74
9.57am: Good morning folks. Welcome to the Markets Live blog for Wednesday. Apols for the late start, but we're here now!
Contributors: Thomas Hunter, Richard Hughes, Max Mason
This blog is not intended as investment advice
BusinessDay with agencies


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John Edwards' Mistress Speaks Out
Rielle Hunter says the former presidential candidate still loves her.
-Kathryn H. Cusimano
Rielle Hunter has kept a relatively low profile since giving birth to baby girl Frances Quinn with former North Carolina senator and presidential candidate John Edwards, but now she's speaking out in an interview for GQ magazine.
"I know he loves me," Hunter says in the interview. "I have never had any doubt at all about that. We love each other very much. And that hasn't changed, and I believe that will be till death do us part. The love doesn't go away. It's unconditional."
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Hunter says that the attraction between them was something she couldn't deny.
"It was just this, this magnetic force field like I had never experienced," Hunter says. "It terrified me. Absolutely terrified me."
Though many were stunned to find out that Edwards carried on an affair while his wife Elizabeth battled cancer, Hunter insists that Edwards is a good man.
"He is doing the right thing," Hunter says. "And he's a great father. Once Johnny and Elizabeth separated, we were able to move forward quite quickly. And it has to do with him not hiding in order to see his daughter. He very much wants to be in her life full-time, and he doesn't want to hide."
Though Hunter said she and Edwards currently have no plans to marry, she remains completely devoted to him.
"I do know that I will love him and that love is till death do us part, and probably beyond," Hunter says. "We have a child together, so at the very least we will be co-parents together." (People)
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B.C. Lions backup QB Mike Reilly was perceived to be the best option available to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as they went in search of a long-term solution to their quarterbacking woes.
And now that Reilly has signed instead with the Edmonton Eskimos, the options remaining to the Bombers -- and there aren't many -- are decidedly less attractive.
The Eskimos and Lions stunned everyone Thursday when they announced they'd cut a deal that saw the Lions trade Reilly, who was expected to become this winter's most coveted CFL free agent on Feb. 15, to the Eskimos in exchange for the two teams flipping their second-round draft picks this year and the Esks throwing in a second-rounder next year.
The Eskimos then announced they had signed an extension with Reilly, which TSN reports was for one year plus an option and could pay Reilly around $180,000 next season if he meets all his bonus targets.
The deal addressed Edmonton's need for a quarterback, while Lions GM Wally Buono once again showed his front-office prowess, bolstering his team's draft prospects in exchange for trading a player he was going to lose in two weeks anyway.
And the Bombers? The immediate take on the Twitterverse was that, once again, Winnipeg general manager Joe Mack was caught napping, sitting on his hands and waiting for Feb. 15 while Edmonton GM Ed Hervey was cutting a side deal with Buono.
Now, it may turn out that Reilly, who some local media in Edmonton were already calling a "franchise" quarterback Thursday, proves to be everything the hype says he is.
But before you go searching for Mack with sharpened pitchforks, consider a couple of things.
First, if Reilly really is the Second Coming, then how come Buono, an undisputed football genius who knows Reilly better than anyone, so readily chose to trade him to a rival in his own division?
Perhaps Buono puts less stock in Reilly's 75 career passes in the CFL than a lot of other teams do.
And second, why would Reilly agree to sign a deal with Edmonton for a relative pittance when he could have waited two more weeks and drawn Winnipeg into a bidding war for his services?
Mack thinks the only answer to the second question that makes sense is Reilly had already decided Edmonton was the only place he wanted to play.
"If you think about it from a negotiation standpoint," Mack told the Free Press Thursday, "why wouldn't you wait a couple of weeks and see where the market was at? Unless you'd already decided that's where you wanted to be."
Mack said the Lions wouldn't let the Bombers talk to Reilly prior to Feb. 15 unless the clubs first cut a deal. And without a chance to talk to Reilly first, Mack worried if he did a deal with the Lions -- they were reportedly demanding a third- rounder from Winnipeg and a flip of the two teams' first rounders this year -- that he could end up without both Reilly and the draft picks when the smoke settled.
So what now? Mack says he's "not pursuing any other quarterbacks with CFL experience" which means he's not interested in either Calgary backup Kevin Glenn or ex-Montreal backup Adrian McPherson.
Mack said the club is pursuing some other American QBs on the team's negotiation list and has still not made any final decisions on what to do with starting QB Buck Pierce or figured out how backups Alex Brink, Joey Elliott or Justin Goltz fit into the 2013 picture.


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Girls hoops team chasing playoff return
Norwin, Penn-Trafford and Franklin Regional's girls basketball teams all grabbed playoff spots in 2012, and for all three, a return trip is the No. 1 goal.
The Warriors, last year's champ, and the Knights again will battle this year in Section 1-AAAA, while Franklin Regional remains in Section 2-AAAA and will try to improve on last year's fourth-place finish.
Section 1 grew by one team with the addition of Laurel Highlands, and the Knights and Warriors also will face Albert Gallatin, Connellsville, Hempfield, Kiski Area and Latrobe in section play this year. Section 2 is identical for Franklin Regional, as it will face Fox Chapel, Gateway, McKeesport, Penn Hills, Plum and Woodland Hills for its 12 section games.
Below is a look at how each team stacks up for the 2012-13 season:
The Knights were a team beset by injuries last season, but still battled through to finish with a winning record and a playoff berth. Many of the players that held key roles last season return to Norwin's lineup this year, the second season under head coach Brian Brozeski.
"We're into the second year, and the girls have a better idea of our system and a better understanding of each other," Brozeski said. "It's shown that we're a little further along in practice than we were last year."
Four of this year's seniors were full-time or part-time starters last year — guards Nikki Ingle and Rachel DelleFemine and forwards Madi Guffey and Rachel Keto. All of them are likely to hold down starting spots this season, but Brozeski said a permanent starting five might be something the Knights don't have this season.
"Our lineup is going to be fluid this year, depending on the matchups we're facing," Brozeski said. "The girls are going to be able to compete in practice each week for starts, and a finite starting lineup is something we won't have."
Two other seniors that will be in the lineup mix are point guard Brittany Lojas, who missed most of last season with a knee injury, and forward Allison Mariana, who brings size and versatility to the lineup.
Juniors Julia Carter, Olivia DeBerardinis and Natalie Ditting and sophomores Laura Buchanan and Amanda Batey are among the other players that will see varsity minutes for a Norwin team that will try to utilize its depth.
"It's been a very competitive offseason, and at the end of each week, the coaches are going through our rankings and things keep changing," Brozeski said. "One of our staples is that we want to be fundamentally sound, and if we can increase the tempo but be disciplined, it will let us eat into the other team's bench."
The Knights open their season with two games at the Penn-Trafford Tipoff Tournament. The team faces Shaler at 7 p.m. on Friday and Plum at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
The two-time defending section champions graduated four seniors from last year's team, but that still leaves P-T, a team that routinely uses 10 or more players in games, with good experience coming back.
Senior guard Taylor Cortazzo is the Warriors' top scorer coming back, and with fellow senior guard Nicole Hyland and senior forward Cassie Patterson joining her, the Warriors have three players who are accustomed to being in the starting lineup.
"We have seven or eight girls that saw playing time last year, and I think the kids are ready for the challenge," Penn-Trafford coach John Giannikas said. "We've won two (section titles) in a row, but it's a new season, and nothing is going to be handed to us."
Senior forward Maddie Mossellem is the team's fourth captain with Cortazzo, Patterson and Hyland, and along with seniors Mia Barchetti, Jackie Bevilacqua, Morgan Rector and Chelsia Poole, the Warriors have no shortage of upperclassmen.
Sophomore forward Maria Palarino and sophomore guard Casey Aunkst also will get time in the rotation, as Giannikas intends to again employ a deep bench.
"We've been like that for a couple years now," Giannikas said. "I'm sure a lot of them would like to play more, but we're lucky to have unselfish kids that are willing to sacrifice to get wins rather than individual stats."
With all their depth, one might think the Warriors would play at a fast pace all the time. One of the things their coach stresses, however, is being able to adapt to any style of game, something P-T has done successfully in the last two seasons.
"We'll give (pushing the tempo) a shot, but we have to be aware of how other teams play," he said. "We want to find ways to win against different teams, and we have to be able to win playing good half-court defense and running our sets."
Penn-Trafford begins its season by playing the first game in the school's new gym at 4 p.m. Friday against Plum. P-T then plays Shaler at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Franklin Regional
The Panthers got back to the playoffs last year with a fast-paced, 3-point-oriented attack, and this year should be much of the same from Franklin Regional.
"We have a lot of players coming back with two or three years of varsity experience," Franklin Regional coach Rick Klimchock said. "They're used to our style of play, our terminology and our expectations."
Senior guards Maggie Kimmich, Hanna Wagner and senior forward Erin DiFalco all return to the starting lineup, while junior forward Baylee Buleca, the Panthers' only 6-footer, is on pace to be back in the lineup after recovering from knee surgery in May.
Kimmich, who averaged 14.7 points per game as a junior, is a player that can score in multiple ways, Wagner is a skilled ballhandler, and DiFalco is a 3-point sharpshooter. But having Buleca in the middle helps make FR tick, as her size enables the team to gamble on both ends of the court.
"The big key for us is the health of Baylee," Klimchock said. "We've had Division I coaches on campus to visit her, and she's a very strong player. Our full-court press is big for us, and having her guard the basket for us allows us to do a lot of things."
Junior guard Mary Komandt is likely to be the fifth starter for Franklin Regional, while senior guard Dana Eastman will be looked to for more 3-point shooting, whether as a starter or sixth man. Junior guard Natalie Tedesco also saw minutes for FR last season, and she again will provide a spark off the bench for the Panthers.
Among players new to the varsity lineup are sophomore forwards Sarah Stephens, Nikki Wesolowski, and Brooke Conroy, all of whom will be relied upon to spell Buleca on the inside, while sophomore guard Maddie Pulaski and freshman point guard Natalie Palmer also are part of Klimchock's varsity plans this year.
The team also has sophomore guard Gillian Kane on the roster, but like Buleca, Kane is recovering from knee surgery and will not be ready to play at the start of the season.
With defending champ Gateway losing Baylor recruit Destiny Brown from last year, Section 2 has no clear favorite entering the season, and FR should be one of the teams in the mix for the top spots.
"The beauty of our section is that it's completely wide open," Klimchock said. "We want to be close to winning a section title. It's been a long time since Franklin Regional won one, and the section is very balanced. But the biggest goal is really just to make the playoffs."
The Panthers open their season by hosting their own tipoff tournament and a 7:30 p.m. Friday matchup with Jeannette. Franklin Regional will play again Saturday against North Hills or Mt. Pleasant, with the opponent and time to be determined.
Matt Grubba is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-388-5830 or email@example.com.


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Supose I have a hierarchy of classes, all of which implement a method resetFromDict(dic), where dic is a dictionary. All those classes inherit from Item, that is an abstract class:
File item.py
- Code: Select all
class Item(object):
def createFromDict(cls, dic):
obj = cls()
return obj
Here the classmethod createFromDict() works as a constructor, creating empty instances and using the appropiate resetFromDict method.
Now, I want to be able to create instances of my classes for coordinates, and those can be polar or cartesian.
File coordinatesCartesian
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from item import Item
class CoordinatesCartesian(Item):
def resetFromDict(self, dic):
self.x = dic['x']
self.y = dic['y']
if __name__ == "__main__":
dic = {'system': 'car', 'x':3.2, 'y':-1.45}
coords = CoordinatesCartesian.createFromDict(dic)
File coordinatesPolar
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import math
from item import Item
class CoordinatesPolar(Item):
def resetFromDict(self, dic):
self.arg = dic['arg'] * 180 / math.pi
self.mod = dic['mod']
if __name__ == "__main__":
dic = {'system': 'pol', 'arg':0.235, 'mod':3.2351}
coords = CoordinatesPolar.createFromDict(dic)
What would be nice is that for any dic containing coordinates, an instance of the class that works for those coordinates would be chosen. That is where I use a class factory Coordinates. It takes a look at the "system" in dic, and decides whether to call the createFromDict of one or the other class. I do it by reimplementing createFromDict in Coordinates:
File coordinates
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from item import Item
class Coordinates(Item):
def createFromDict(cls, dic):
if dic['system'] == 'pol':
from coordinatesPolar import CoordinatesPolar
cls = CoordinatesPolar
elif dic['system'] == 'car':
from coordinatesCartesian import CoordinatesCartesian
cls = CoordinatesCartesian
raise("Coordinates system unkwnown")
return cls.createFromDict(dic)
if __name__ == "__main__":
dic = {'system': 'pol', 'arg':0.235, 'mod':3.2351}
coords = Coordinates.createFromDict(dic)
dic = {'system': 'car', 'x':3.2, 'y':-1.45}
coords = CoordinatesCartesian.createFromDict(dic)
So far so good, this works (although I am not sure the imports in line 9 and 12 of coordinates.py are really a good idea. But how to avoid them, if I want to have separate files for each class?).
The problem is: I wanted that CoordinatesCartesian and CoordinatesPolar whould inherit from Coordinates, so some other methods that are common to all coordinate systems would be coded in Coordinates. But I cannot do it as it is implemented, because then calling createFromDict would fall into an infinite loop. I have thought of two solutions, but I don't like either of them:
* reimplement in CoordinatesPolar and CoordinatesCartesian the method createFromDict(), calling that of Item. Then the infinite loop dissapears.
* Use multiple inheritance and create *another* class CoordinateCommon, or something like that, and make both
CoordinatesCartesian and CoordinatesPolar inherit from it and from Item. But having another class for this, and multiple inheritance, seems cumbersome.
Please, can you tell me how you think this should be implemented?
Thanks in advance.


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Arthritis in dogs is a degenerative condition that affects adult dogs of all ages and breeds. Normally, one in five adult dogs in the US is affected by arthritis. Large breed dogs are affected more than the small dogs. Heavier dogs feel the symptoms of arthritis more on ligaments and joints due to their weight.
Causes of dog arthritis
Most cases of dog arthritis are inherited orthopedic diseases like hip dysplasia, injury in the joints or osteochondrosis. A few cases of arthritis are due to infection of the joints.
Signs of arthritis in dogs
As dogs cannot verbally express their predicament like humans, the onus is upon dog owners to look out for early warning signs of arthritis in dogs including subtle changes. Some of the indicators of arthritis which dog owners have to keep their eyes peeled for are:
- Tendency of the dog to use a particular limb more than others
- Lameness, stiffness and joint pain especially on waking up in the morning
- Tendency to take more naps than normal
- Hesitation in climbing stairs, jumping or running
- Gaining weight
- Less inclined to play or indulge in physical activity
- Behavioral changes
- Attitudinal changes
- Reduction in alertness levels
If a dog owner can see any of these symptoms over a period of fifteen days, then it is best to take his/her pet to the veterinarian and get a physical examination done and also X-ray analysis. Early diagnosis and a proper plan of treatment is crucial to effective management of canine arthritis.
Osteoarthritis treatment in dogs
Osteoarthritis in dogs is degenerative disease of the joints. Although joint disease cannot be cured, it can be controlled through proper treatment that is made up of physical therapy and weight control.
Conventional medicines in the form of analgesics and corticosteroids can help provide pain relief but also create a host of harmful side effects in your dear dog. Alternative treatments like magnetic therapy for dogs and acupuncture provide excellent drug free pain relief minus the expensive drugs and harmful side effects.
It is of utmost importance to consult a veterinarian before subjecting the dog to magnetic therapy treatment.
Monitored physical activity key to canine arthritis control
Exercise that is moderated and monitored by veterinary physical therapists is a key factor in controlling the spread of arthritis. Exercise helps the dog in maintaining muscle mass and the flexibility of joints. Swimming is an excellent activity that achieves such results without placing stress on the joints.
Owners should avoid exercising their arthritic dogs in excess as it can create more problems in future. Dogs with arthritis should not be allowed to jump up and down. Moreover, they should be exercised on a harness.
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Dayna Chrissie, the leading Crime Scene Analyst for the LAPD, enjoys nothing more than finding the one clue that can solve a crime. The day she finds a golden medallion on a body that's been dumped at a downtown construction site, she doesn't think much about it. Until that medallion transports her to the magical kingdom of Andeluvia. Dayna discovers that she's been summoned to solve the murder of the realm's king, before war breaks out between Andeluvia and the Centaur Kingdoms.
When the trail of evidence leads from Andeluvia, back to LA, Dayna must bring all of her forensic skill to bear in order to solve the case. The price of failure? A war that will kill millions and devastate both lands. Hope she works best under pressure.
©2011 Michael Angel (P)2012 Banty Hen Publishing
"Great alternative crime story!"
This was an interesting and fun crime story. I would like to see more along this same line.
The way the author blended actual crime scene techniques with fantasy charicters and events was a fun twist.
She was very articulate, had good timing and voice inflections.
Can't wait to see if the author decides to write more like this one!
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"Narrator did not do it for me"
As David mentioned the narrator makes this, which is a pretty thin story to begin with, hard to continue to listen to for longer periods of time. I find myself pausing and switching over to music on my ipod just to not get overly frustrated.
So, I Read This Book Today . . .
"Great book with a disappointing narrator"
Dayna Chrissie is the lead Crime Scene Analyst for the LAPD, and from the perspective of a former crime scene analyst, I found myself breaking out in laughter at just how apt our first introduction to Dayna is. Michael Angel really "gets it." CSI may be "sexy" to the television watching public – but it really isn't sexy in real life!
As Dayna arrives at the crime scene where we first meet her, she cracked me up right away. First, we have the idiotic politico, Deputy Chief McClatchy, whose response to the murder in question is to send beat cops swarming all over the crime scene, stomping any possible evidence into the ground, and telling the "scene techies" to "Hurry up, we've got real work to do," is spot on, and her response to him, which has him running for a puke bucket, is hysterical. Then there is her description of her crime scene wear; 'the overall which assures that her hips stay slim and the cottage cheese stays off her thighs,' because, damn those things are hot, and her "Stompy Gothic Boots of Doom" (They wouldn't win any awards on the fashion runway. But they would keep corpse juices out of my socks.) Angel caught my attention right away. If you can make me laugh and identify with the main character that quickly, you have my attention. And Angel never lost it.
This particular scene is an odd case, to say the least. Peculiar clothing is only the start. Besides bullet wounds, there is a huge, charcoaled hole in the middle of his chest and Dayna has no idea how it was caused. Add that to "python-like" patterning all over his face and upper body, well, he is a puzzle wrapped inside a riddle, forensics wise.
Oh, but this isn't the oddest thing. Oh, no. For Dayna finds an odd gold coin inside the body – a gold coin that transports her to another world. Oh, and what a world! I was tempted to say that Centaur of the Crime could be described as Alice in Wonderland Meets CSI but that is doing Dayna a disservice. She is a strong, competent, take-no-crap woman (hey – if you are a woman in a police position, you have to be all those things – just breathing the testosterone in air can cause unwarranted beard growth!) But she is also kind, understanding and very, very intelligent. A balanced character that I couldn't help but admire.
Pulled into another world to solve the murder of a king, Dayna takes the transition well. She doesn't go hysterical and flighty when she realizes she is surrounded by centaurs and "The Parliament" (wait till you meet these creatures – they are wonderfully written) and tasked with an investigation that no one here thinks can be done. Especially not by a woman from another world.
I loved this book. The fantasy aspects, the world building, as well as the creative development of the species and their various aspects. I have read what I would call "modern-day day fairy tales" before, and this one is at the top of my list of favorites. Enough so that I am dying to see the second volume, The Deer Prince's Murder, come out on Audible. I am also adding some of his other works, especially The Detective and the Unicorn, to my Audible library.
Of course, a narrator can make, or break, an Audible recording. In this case, I was very disappointed by the narrator, Katrina Carmody. Narrators should understand that they are creating a piece of performance art with every book that they read, and Carmody does a less than acceptable job. As another reviewer, Busy Reader from New York New York put it in their Audible.com review: The pacing was terrible, the characters all sounded the same (with the exception of one character, which had an Irish accent, which would have been fine except that she used this accent for the Hispanic character, who otherwise didn't have accent); she mispronounced very basic words, sometimes used the wrong words which changed the meaning, and even left words out (I checked with the e-book). Where was the director?
Drove. Me. NUTS. Yes, I have heard worse, but she is far, far from the best. How can a professional narrator care so little for her work product? And how can the production company expect to retain business when they're offering is so poorly done?
Other than the disappointing narration, I would highly recommend Centaur of the Crime to anyone who loves a good fantasy novel with centaurs, griffins, and other fantasy creatures. And if you also like procedurals, Angel has a good grasp on that aspect also, so it is all good! Highly recommended.audible
About Michael Angel
Michael Angel's worlds of fiction range from the unicorn-ruled realm of the Morning Land to the gritty 'Fringe Space' of the western Galactic Frontier. He's the author of the bestselling Centaur of the Crime – where C.S. Lewis meets CSI. His books populate shelves in languages from Russian to Portuguese.
Michael currently resides in Southern California. Alas, despite keeping a keen eye out for griffins, centaurs, or galactic marshals, none have yet put in an appearance on Hollywood Boulevard.
"Appallingly bad narrator"
From Michael Angel yes but only if Katrina Carmony doesn't narrate it.
The pacing was terrible, the characters all sounded the same (with the exception of one character which had an Irish accent, which would have been fine except that she used this accent for the hispanic character, who otherwise didn't have accent); she mispronounced very basic words, sometimes used the wrong words which changed the meaning, and even left words out (I checked with the ebook). Where was the director?
Absolutely not.
What a pity. I've read another book by Michael Angel on my Kindle which I quite liked, but listening to this was excruciating (I'm not exaggerating). Next book of his will be on my Kindle again.
A 50-something who loves sci-fi, cozy mysteries, thrillers, an occasional romance, and any genre if it is a good story. And especially if it makes me laugh! No vampires or zombies though - these are NOT sci-fi!
A nice combination of fantasy and CSI-type story. I loved the descriptions of the various fantastical creatures. The story moves right along, and has many interesting twists and turns.
The narrator needs to make sure she knows how to pronounce words she is reading! The many mispronunciations were irritating. I can understand misprounouncing 'adipose', but not simpler words. Where are the editors?
"The reader ruins the book"
Carmony comes across as amateurish and unfamiliar with the text. She pauses awkwardly, has a hard time doing accents, and mispronounces words (e.g., "wryly" pronounced as "wirely.") I was not able to finish this book because of how poorly she performed it--it was just too distracting! If you really want to get this book, listen to the sample text for the full duration to get a better feel for whether or not you can stand the style.
"Lost my interest halfway through"
I really don't know what went "wrong" here. Maybe it was a sense of artifice in the way that everyone's just sort of okay with trusting in the authority of this completely unknown woman from Earth to solve a very major problem in the fantasy setting. The modern references, centaurs with rifles, and what felt like very one-note characters just didn't grab me. Everyone felt very "I'm the good guy, I'm the bigot, I'm the angry muscle-bound leader that doesn't understand my sensitive brainy son."
"Exactly as you expect"
What happens when you take a LAPD medical examiner and throw her in a high fantasy realm to solve find a murderer who has committed crimes in both worlds? Exactly what you'd expect. This book is an amazing blend of the high fantasy and procedural cop genres. I wasn't exactly floored by the voice actor, but she wasn't bad and did do some different voices for different character. The plot was unique, in of that it used a misplaced adventurer type mechanic to blend what would otherwise be a rather standard forensic book with a rather standard 'gather a group of adventurers to quest' type fantasy book. You should definitely check it out.
"decent detective story"
The story was fine but the voice acting wasn't very consistent and often didn't fit.
"Suspend disbelief and just have fun!"
Bought this as WhisperSync on the cheap, but it is worth paying real money for all the laughs it brings. Hint: Don't try listening/reading this one while in a crowded waiting room, people look at you funny when you spontaneously react to things. Won't do a recap or spoilers, just think Temperance Brennan in LA with friends of Jim Butcher. Including the snarkiness.
The audio performer, Katrina Carmody, is a conundrum. She is involved, pleasantly voiced, and emotive, but there are these occasional peculiar word pronunciations. And we won't really get into a personal pet peeve about CAValry vs CALvary. Even so, she gives depth and adds to the fun.
"gave up"
wanted to like it but the narrator was awful and nothing seems to happen. returned it.
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Some things never seem to change in local government, specifically the annual struggle to strike a balance between the county commission and the Wilson County school system when it comes to adequate funding levels.
The new director of schools, Dr. Tim Setterlund, has publicly stated he hopes to improve things in this area by building trust through open communications with the commission and the public. I applaud him for taking this position and for recognizing that trust between the two parties is critical going forward.
But I propose what I believe to be an even better approach. It definitely is courageous and out of the box for Tennessee, although it hasnt been for other states. And it requires trust not between two governmental bodies, but rather between the Board of Education and the public.
Tennessee is one of only 11 states that do not grant school boards the authority to levy taxes. Three states without a voter referendum requirement place a cap on school taxes, while 36 states require the voters to approve via referendrum school budgets, any property tax increases or bond issues.
If 39 other states have realized that the ultimate authority for taxation to fund schools should be with the body that spends their tax dollars, why can't Tennessee?
Five years ago in 2008, the Tennessee School Board Association tried to start a dialogue and get some momentum for this. From 2009 through 2012, the following was listed on the associations annual list of Legislative Agenda items: Fiscal Independence TSBA supports legislation to provide fiscal autonomy to boards of education.
But in 2013, they apparently gave up on that goal, because their Legislative Agenda for this year under the heading Fiscal Independence reads: "TSBA supports legislation to provide fiscal autonomy to boards of education by removing the prohibition on existing school districts from converting to special school districts."
The reason they want to remove that prohibition is because special school districts in Tennessee are fiscally independent, while city and county districts must rely on the county governing body to set the county school tax rate.
Still, city districts have another possible revenue stream, the city governing body, to which they can petition for additional funding and tax rates.
Meanwhile, special school districts, such as the Lebanon Special School District, are the only school governing bodies that may directly levy tax rates in addition to the county rate. However, if they want to increase the tax rate beyond the limit set when the private act that created them was enacted, they must petition the state legislature directly.
This leaves the county boards of education across the state with only one local funding mechanism – the county commission and whatever it decides to give them.
Why is this important? Because education is the largest single line item in our county's budget at 51 percent.
Unfortunately, despite the TSBAs four-year effort to get this item on its legislative agenda passed, the movement never got any traction. Granted, it would require a change to the states Constitution, but that shouldn't stop them.
After all, Tennessee went 20 years without a single change to the Constitution, but in the past 15 years, our state lawmakers have made up for lost time. Since 1998, seven amendments have gone before the voters and all but one has passed.
And guess what? There are three newly proposed amendments scheduled for the Nov. 6, 2014 ballot. (Trust me at some point next year, I'll cover each of these long before you go to the ballot box.)
Oh, I've heard the arguments from several county commissioners that if you give the Board of Education the power to levy taxes that they'll have to move out of the county because they won't be able to afford to live here anymore. Really?
That's an interesting argument, but not based in truth because national surveys have shown that school boards don't raise taxes every year. In fact, they've been known to reduce taxes from time to time. I've actually witnessed it in another state on more than one occasion.
Why? Because the school board members know that if they continually grow the schools budget without restraint, they won't be re-elected.
I personally know of a school board in north Georgia that was recalled because the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accrediting agency placed the system on probation for financial mismanagement, and unlike a similar situation here in Wilson County a couple of decades ago, those five members did not win their seats back when they challenged it in court. Why? Because the court held they were ultimately accountable for the money they raised and the money they spent because they alone had the taxing authority.
In other words, the people held the school board members accountable for the whole kit-and-caboodle. In Tennessee, school board members can hide behind the shield of county commissioners when they mismanage their finances by saying, "We had no choice. They only gave us so much money, and we had to spend it on X instead of B like we said. The children needed it."
I urge Tennessees leaders to be courageous and bold. Open up a true and honest dialogue about our schools' funding mechanisms. A saying I hear a lot in Wilson County is, "He who holds the gold, makes the rules."
Well, I say it's time to change who rules when it comes to education.
Columnist Amelia Morrison Hipps may be contacted at email@example.com.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 22/9/2012 (1795 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
So what does a 58-year-old man who has waited his whole professional life to be a head coach do to celebrate once he finally gets his first win?
Surprisingly little it turns out.
"I had one. Once I got home," Tim Burke replied Saturday afternoon when he was asked if he got into any of the India Pale Ale he likes so much following Friday evening's 34-12 Winnipeg Blue Bombers win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Canad Inns Stadium.
Only one? After such a historic win for you? "Yeah, it was late."
Burke held his customary day-after media availability at Canad Inns Stadium Saturday afternoon and was asked if he could account for how a Bombers team that looked dead and buried just a few days ago rose to the occasion in every aspect of the win over Hamilton.
"There's probably a bunch of different factors," said Burke, citing the team's "embarrassment" in a 44-3 loss a week earlier in Calgary and the return of Buck Pierce as starting quarterback among them.
"Obviously, Buck playing in the game instilled confidence. And then as the game goes along and you feel the offence is in control, then it breeds even more confidence. I mean I was really excited on the sidelines when our offence was out there. Our defensive guys were up and cheering... And I think that just feeds the confidence level for everybody."
While the win only improved the Bombers season record to 3-9 and the playoffs remain a faint possibility, Burke said it is still the kind of game his team can build on. "I'm hoping it instills a lot of confidence," Burke said. "And now we will have to deal with success."
Even Buck stays healthy
- The team emerged from Friday's contest remarkably healthy. Burke said offensive lineman Glenn January hurt his hand but isn't expected to miss more than one practice next week. Running back Chad Simpson will also be given one practice off to nurse a sore foot that has bothered him all season.
And quarterback Buck Pierce? "He's good, said Burke. "He's banged up a little bit. He took a few hits. But he didn't take any big hits or anything like that. So just the normal bumps and bruises from a game."
The Bombers will not return to the practice field until Tuesday. They play again next Saturday at home against the Toronto Argonauts.
- Burke said injured offensive tackle Jordan Taormina, who's missed two games with a pinched nerve, will return to practice this week but no decision has been made on whether he will reclaim his starting role from Shannon Boatman, who has filled in for Taormina in his absence.
"It just depends on how well he practises during the week and all that. But Shannon Boatman played a really good game, so we're happy with him." -- Burke and GM Joe Mack discussed earlier this week the prospect of bringing in some new players to challenge for jobs and Burke was asked Saturday if that's still on the agenda with Friday night's victory.
"The guys we are able to bring in, we will still bring in," Burke replied. "There's still guys we want to bring in just because they're talented guys. So we'll see if we can get them to come in or not."
Burke said it's unlikely any new players would be here in time for practice on Tuesday, but offered few other details about who the club is looking at. "Several of them are still waiting to see if the NFL is going to come back on them and all that. We'll wait and see how that goes."
- Burke was thrilled with the play of middle linebacker Henoc Muamba on Friday evening. Muamba had five tackles on defence, another tackle on special teams, a quarterback sack, knocked down a pass and -- yet again -- forced a fumble.
"It was his best game. He's been progressing, he's been better every week. Now he's taking big steps every week... I think what we saw of him in college is what we're starting to get now. If he keeps going, he can be a really good player in this league," said Burke.
"He was really enthusiastic -- I like that too. He was fired up and he got everyone else fired up. And I think the other thing too, is as we see him progress as a player, we'll see a lot more leadership out of him."
Muamba, who the Bombers selected first overall in the 2011 CFL entry draft, has forced five fumbles this season and Burke was asked what his secret is. "He's a pretty hard hitter, but he looks for the strip as well."
Hall of horrors for Ticats
BURKE was also high on the play of defensive end Alex Hall, who recorded five tackles and two sacks to take over the league lead in sacks with eight. "A lot of things you don't see is what he does against the run game. And he was very solid against the run," Burke said of Hall. "Obviously, he's a good pass rusher. He has a lot talent and he played his best game by far of the year."
Ball control
THE Bombers offence controlled the ball for a whopping 37:13 on Friday night, which -- for once -- made the job of the Bombers defence much easier. "When the offence controls the ball like that, especially against the wind," said Burke, "that really makes your job a heck of a lot easier."
Fine time for Stewart, West
THE Bombers took just six penalties to 17 for the Ticats, but that was still a few too many for Burke, who said he will be fining both defensive back Brandon Stewart and special teams player Dan West for their unnecessary roughness penalties.
West lost his cool on the opening kickoff of the second half, while Stewart got flagged later in the second half when he punched Ticats receiver Sam Giguere, with whom he'd been having a running battle all game.
"Obviously, it's not good enough... And he knew he was wrong," Burke said of Stewart's penalty. "Those kinds of penalties are selfish... And that's not going to happen anymore because we have enough DBs that we can sit him on the bench if he keeps doing it."


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LIMA — The Lima Beane Chorus is presenting the 66th Annual Barbershop
Harmony Show on Saturday, April 5, at the Lima Veterans Memorial Civic
and Convention Center. Two performances are scheduled for 2 and 7:30
p.m. Tickets for reserved seats are $15. To order, call 419-224-1552
Monday through Friday from 12 to 5 p.m.
In addition to
performances by the entire chorus the show will feature 2013 Johnny
Appleseed Distict Quartet Champions/2013 International Quartet
semi-finalists Common Core as well as Buckeye Blend, a comedy quartet
who feature Ohio State University athletics.
Lima Beane Chorus is open to males of all ages, nine to ninety-nine,
and currently includes 42 vocalists from Putnam, Allen, Auglaize, Hardin
and Hancock counties, all who enjoy barbershop harmony. Musical
experience or training is not required to become a Lima Beane, and many
educational opportunities are available through the Barbershop Harmony
Society.Those interested in singing with the group are invited to join
in practice sessions which are held each Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at
Marimor School, 2550 Ada Rd., Lima (east side entry to the school).
Lima Beane Chorus is a nonprofit organization with a charitable mission
to "preserve our musical legacy through support of vocal music
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Ralph Lauren Fall 2012
You have never seen the likes. At Ralph Lauren, the curtain was raised on the show, so to speak, by the strains of the theme music to Downton Abbey. All of a sudden, the entire audience was transported, misty-eyed, to watching PBS at 9 p.m. on a Sunday night, not the Ralph Lauren show at 10:00 a.m. on a Thursday morning. Before Downton Abbey, we had Gosford Park, and before Gosford Park, we had Ralph Lauren, whose achingly romantic and lovingly nuanced idea of grand English country living has had a cinematic sweep that could give Downton and Gosford a run for their pounds, shilling, and pence. That era and locale has been one of the mainstays of Lauren's career, turning the shooting parties and the candlelit dinners under the family Gainsboroughs into tweeds and Fair Isles, jodhpurs and hacking jackets, bias-cut slips and ravishing beaded flapper dresses of yore into clothes that manage to speak to the past yet also live and breathe in the here and now—and all around the globe, at that.
All of these elements were in Ralph Lauren's show. From the opening looks that married snappy masculine tailoring (blazers, trenches) in herringbone and houndstooth wools and Fair Isle sweaters in wonderful and original color combinations (this Scot is qualified to weigh in on this) with lean pants; the roomier, relaxed, yet masculine line of the outer layer worn with something lean underneath taps into one of the key ideas about shape and form we've been seeing this week. What gave this an unexpected twist was the use of ocelot-print shearling in the mix, either for a casual, shrug-it-on coat, or as a scarf tucked into the neck of the sweater; a cool and easy and highly covetable styling trick that really caught the eye.
As the show progressed, events took a turn—by turns dark and dramatic and golden-hued and glamorous. (That certainly sounds like a Downton narrative arc.) Lauren made the use of black leather—another recurrent theme these past few days—for a pleated skirt sliced with sheer panels that were revealed when it moved, pairing it with a black sweater threaded with gold beads. But it was with some of the closing, long evening looks that he reached a crescendo—columnar black velvet beaded at the neck, an exquisite undulation of gold-lamé pleats—that could take you somewhere just as magical as any episode of a cult British TV show playing on a Sunday night.


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By Nikita Gourski, Development Communications Officer
George Frideric Handel's Ariodante, the neglected musical masterpiece, has hit the stage at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Do you need a quick introduction or a refresher course on some key concepts and facts? Here are 10 Things to Know before you go!
1. ahead of its time
We do not tend to think of 18th-century composers as being especially adept at illustrating the inner workings of human psychology. Yet Handel was ahead of his time in this regard, consistently writing music that is precise in depicting characters' psychological states, while offering credible arcs of emotional truth and character development. Indeed, the ongoing rediscovery and prominence of Handel's works is attributable, at least in part, to contemporary artists' realization of how truly modern and psychologically astute a composer he is.
Ariodante premiered in London on January 8, 1735. While initially successful, the opera fell into obscurity for almost 200 years. Since its revival in the 1970s it has come to be considered one of Handel's finest works. This new production—created together with Festival d'Aix en Provence, Dutch National Opera, and Lyric Opera of Chicago—is also the COC premiere of Ariodante.
Prince Ariodante is poised to marry Ginevra, the daughter of the King of Scotland. But Polinesso—a charming yet odious figure that has ingratiated himself with the King—convinces Ariodante that Ginevra has been unfaithful. Polinesso manipulates the entire community into ruthless mob action against Ginevra, humiliating her and pushing her to the brink of insanity.
Handel is one of the best-known composers of the Baroque era, a period in which contemporary dance forms heavily influenced the structure, composition, and the feeling of music (you'll notice that the end of each Act in Ariodante is essentially an extended dance number, which this production uses to stage a play-within-a-play using puppetry). For a prime example of Handelian coloratura (a passage of singing when one vowel or word is stretched out over many notes), listen for Ginevra's (soprano Jane Archibald in our production) lilting, "Volate, amori," an aria describing the celebratory flight of two cupids. Not only does the singer "fly" through numerous notes on the word "volate" (fly), Handel's orchestration musically reaffirms the image with oboes and violins that mimic the beating of wings with quick runs of 16th notes. Another highlight is "Scherza infida," probably the most touching and lyrically beautiful aria in the entire opera—it's sung by Ariodante (mezzo-soprano Alice Coote in our production) and follows the A-B-A form that is so characteristic of the Baroque period, in which the opening section (A) is returned to again after a middle section (B), but repeated with the addition of more and more elaborate vocal embellishment.
Above: Alice Coote as Ariodante and Owen McCausland as Lurcanio in the COC's 2016 production of Ariodante
Acclaimed English director Richard Jones (last with the COC for Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades in 2002), sets Ariodante in the early 1970s, on one of the Scottish isles. The seaside community is a male-dominated one with a moral centre based in Calvinism. (The religiosity of the isle is established in the overture with a mime play of a sermon being delivered.) In this context, Jones and his creative team envision Ariodante as a story of intolerance and judgment, a story of a young woman who is punished by a male community for her sense of imagination.
The set design by Olivier Award-winning British designer ULTZ is a cross-section of a building, with three distinct rooms including a kitchen, a main room, and Ginevra's bedroom. The walls between these rooms are not physically present, but instead suggested by thick white lines painted on the floor and ceiling of the set. This has the effect of inviting the audience to take up an active role in the collective act of theatrical creation, with every person in the theatre becoming complicit in the imaginative integrity of the set's architecture, and, by extension, the emotional truth of the opera itself.
The costume design—also by ULTZ—emphasizes that we're observing an environment of labour, a community reliant on fishing and wool industries. As such there's similar costuming for men and women: workclothes that privilege functionality and durability as opposed to ornament or self-expression. Ginevra, however, is distinct in this regard with her floral dresses and splash of colour marking her out from the rest of the community.
Each prop, costume, and element of set design in Ariodante has an irreplaceable role in the unfolding drama, including the knives hanging in the central room, the suitcase in the closet, Ginevra's hairbrush, the Bibles arrayed in the back of the main room, the bottles of whisky hidden throughout, etc. Each object and gesture is thus imbued with a dramatic energy and potential storytelling weight.
COC Music Director Johannes Debus makes his Handel debut with Ariodante, saying in the lead up to the premiere: "This whole cosmos of Baroque music really fascinates me and Handel, in particular, stands out as the one with the greatest melodic inventions, maybe, ever."
Handel's music requires extraordinarily agile and expressive singers, and the COC has gathered a world-class cast, including our very own Ensemble Studio graduates soprano Ambur Braid (Dalinda) and tenor Owen McCausland (Lurcanio), as well as current Ensemble Studio tenor Aaron Sheppard (Odoardo), with some of the world's leading Baroque artists in lead roles:
Mezzo-soprano Alice Coote
Recently with the COC: Ariadne auf Naxos (2011) and Hercules (2014)
Her performances are described as "breathtaking in [their] sheer conviction and subtlety of perception" (The Times) and her voice as "beautiful, to be sure, but, more importantly, it thrills you to the marrow" (The Daily Telegraph).
Soprano Jane Archibald
Role Debut
Recently with the COC: Don Giovanni (2015), Semele at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (2015), and The Marriage of Figaro (2016).
"Unbelievable mastery of singing, controlled with apparent ease… combined with a remarkable dramatic presence" (Le Figaro, FR).
Mezzo-soprano Varduhi Abrahamyan
Renowned Armenian mezzo making her Canadian debut
The New York Times has called her a "revelation."
Ariodante is running from October 16 to November 4. For more information and tickets, please click here.
Photo credits (top - bottom): Jane Archibald as Ginevra in Ariodante (COC, 2016), photo: Michael Cooper; Alice Coote as Ariodante and Owen McCausland as Lurcanio in Ariodante (COC, 2016), photo: Chris Hutcheson
What she's doing with us: British lyric mezzo-soprano Alice Coote is playing the title role in Handel's Ariodante with us this fall. Although this opera is not performed as much as other Handel works, Alice is no stranger to this role and we are excited to have her back on our stage! For more information on our production of Ariodante, click here.
Where you might have seen her: Alice has been seen on our stage twice before. Her COC debut came in 2011 when she played the role of the Composer in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos. In 2014 she returned to sing the role of Dejanira in Handel's Hercules to great acclaim. Beyond the COC's stage she has a wildly successful career, well established as one of the most sought-after singers in the world. The Royal Opera House, the English National Opera, Opéra de Paris, the Vienna State Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, the San Francisco Opera, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago are just a handful of the many companies with which Alice has performed.
Above: Alice Coote as Dejanira and Lucy Crowe as Iole in a scene from the COC's 2014 production of Hercules
Reviews and interviews: Alice has been widely acclaimed for her lyrical mezzo-soprano tone and superb acting. Here a few review highlights for her portrayal of Dejanira in our 2014 production of Hercules:
"Alice Coote is equally impressive, capable of turning from the woman wronged to the instrument of vengeance in the course of a single scene, with her darker mezzo tones almost reaching contralto resonance as she plumbs the emotional depths as well."
— Richard Ouzounian, The Toronto Star
"Alice Coote was mesmerizing as Dejanira... At times joyous, fearful, jealous, revengeful, guilt-stricken, Coote used her glorious and controlled mezzo-soprano voice to completely draw us into the psychological world of her complex character."
— Robert Harris, The Globe and Mail
Alice has also proven to be a dream to interview, as is seen in the video below by Schmopera from 2014 in the Four Season Centre for the Performing Arts:
Hard hitting questions:
1. What was the first music concert you attended?
Leonard Bernstein conducting Mahler's Fifth Symphony at the BBC Proms
2. What book have you read again and again?
Charley by Joan G. Robinson
3. What performer would you drop everything for to see?
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
4. What is your favourite must-see TV show?
5. What is your preferred pre- or post-show meal?
I don't like to eat just before or after a show—I am too heightened or drained in senses and emotions
6. Do you prefer pants or skirts?
7. Les Misérables, Rent or Hamilton?
The Sound of Music
8. What is the worst job you've ever had?
9. Who would play you in a movie of our life?
10. One piece of advice for Ariodante?
Photo credits (top - bottom): Alice Coote, photo: Ben Ealovega; Alice Coote as Dejanira and Lucy Crowe as Iole in Hercules (COC, 2014), photo: Michael Cooper
Sara Fulgoni in the COC production of Bluebeard's Castle. Photo: Michael Cooper © 2001


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• prolepsis •
Pronunciation: pro-lep-sis • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: 1. Taking something anticipated as already done, as in, "If you don't do what I tell you, you're dead." 2. Anticipation of a question that will likely arise from a claim, as in, "Tomorrow will be sunny. I know the weather forecast predicts rain, but the forecast is wrong more often than it is right." 3. Misstating the existence of something before its time, as the precolonial United States.
Notes: This word has found a comfortable niche in the vocabulary of rhetoric, but it might be used more often generally. Speakers often confuse dates and anticipate criticisms of what they are saying. Latinate words ending in -sis form adjectives by replacing the first S with T: analysis - analytic, psychosis - psychotic. Prolepsis is no exception. The adjective for this word is either proleptic or proleptical, but you can use only the latter to create an adverb: proleptically. This same group of adjectives forms their plural by replacing sis with ses, so the plural of prolepsis is prolepses.
In Play: The most common use of prolepsis is in the first sense: "If I don't get this report done tonight, I'm finished at the office." However, here is an example of prolepsis in the second sense: "Now, I know what your reaction will be, honey, but I'm getting a motorcycle anyway. I'm the only one among my friends who doesn't have one."
Word History: Today's Good Word is a Greek word transliterated letter for letter. In Greek prolepsis meant "anticipation" and is made up of pro "before" + the noun from lambanein "to take". The same root that we see in lambanein turned up in Sanskrit as labhate "seizes", in Old Church Slavonic as leca "to catch, snare", and is akin to Lithuanian lobis "possession, riches". In Old English it appeared as læccan "to seize, grasp", which made it down to us as latch. (Let us now unproleptically thank Lee Blue for suggesting today's almost forgotten Good Word.)


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You exercise your body to stay physically in shape, so why shouldn't you exercise your brain to stay mentally fit? With these daily exercises you will learn how to flex your mind, improve your creativity and boost your memory. As with any exercise, repetition is necessary for you to see improvement, so pick your favorite exercises from our daily suggestions and repeat them as desired. Try to do some mentalrobics every single day!
If you have a digital camera, carry it with you for an entire day and keep a lookout for things that you think are creative or interesting. Take a picture of these things. Go for at least 100 photos. If you are having a hard time, try to focus on the little details. A book could have a creative title or a pile of paper clips could be in an interesting arrangement. At the end of the day, review the photos and pick your favorite 5 things. What makes these things interesting to you? By doing this exercise you will be increasing your awareness of the creative aspects of things that are all around you. The photographs are also a good source of inspiration that you can turn to when you are stuck on a problem. Sometimes seeing other creative solutions will help you discover your own.
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ECHO Scholarship Awarded to Jennifer Burgess and Tyra Mazzer
Each year Marketing EDGE offers programs to give students the opportunity to immerse themselves in real world marketing. One of these programs, the Collegiate ECHO Marketing Challenge, provides an opportunity for college students studying marketing to compete and work on a marketing assignment for a major corporation. The top three entries in the competition are awarded a grant designated towards scholarship for deserving students. Last spring, Ithaca College placed third nationally and was able to offer two students a scholarship.
This year's recipients, Jennifer Burgess and Tyra Mazzer, possess a genuine interest in the advertising and marketing industry, have maintained strong academic records, and will graduate in May 2015. Jennifer is currently an IMC major with a minor in Culture and Communication. Tyra is currently an IMC major with double minors in the Honors Program and Law.
Jennifer has been an active member of our Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) chapter. As the Director of Publicity she has been creating marketing campaigns to increase awareness of PRSSA events on campus. She is also a member of Ithaca College's New York Women in Communications Society, serving as Advertising Chair. This past summer Jennifer successfully completed an internship at Luminary Publishing in Kingston, NY. Last year Jennifer participated in the ECHO challenge and plans to pursue a career in direct marketing, art direction or strategy.
Tyra has been an active member of the American Advertising Federation as well as a member of Ithaca College's New York Women in Communications Society. Tyra was recently a marketing and promotions intern at the Barington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA. She has been recognized for her academic record: she has been on the Dean's list four times, is a member of the Honor's Program, and was the recipient of the Rod Serling Academic Scholarship. Tyra's career interests lies in the area of Digital and Internet marketing.
Congratulations Jennifer and Tyra!
Originally published in Integrated Marketing Communications: ECHO Scholarship Awarded to Jennifer Burgess and Tyra Mazzer.


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The best way to dispose of the light globes depends upon their type.
Fluorescent tubes, compact fluoros (CFLs), HIDs and metal halides all contain mercury and need to be recycled through council, commercial or community programs that safely separate the different elements. Search for options in your area below. There is a specific globe recycling program in South Australia and toxic waste programs in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania that collect CFLs.
Incandescent globes and halogens can be recycled through some of these programs or can simply be wrapped in paper and disposed of in the garbage bin. They are made from low value and non-toxic materials which makes recycling them very difficult.
If your workplace or business has large quantities of light globes to recycle, visit BusinessRecycling.com.au to find suitable service options.
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COUNCILLORS are being urged to approve early morning opening at a McDonald's branch in Ewood, Blackburn despite residents' noise concerns.
The Livesey Branch restaurant is looking to extend its opening hours by four hours to 5am til 2am.
The Ewood Community Association has objected to the changes in hours because of the disruption they suspect will be caused by customer and delivery vehicles.
Brian Todd, the association's chairman, said: "Any car that comes down the road after 12 at night or before 7am will definitely disturb us as it is usually so quiet then.
"If it turns out our suspicions are correct then we will be approaching the council to ask them to renege on the decision to pass the changes."
A spokesman for McDonalds said: "We want to serve our customers at the times that suit them.
"Offering extended hours allows us to provide a convenient choice for our customers but our main priority is to be a good and responsible neighbour.
"Prior to submitting the application, a noise survey was carried out in the area to ensure that longer opening hours do not adversely affect residents.
"We also encourage our customers to be considerate to our neighbours when ordering their food and on leaving the restaurant.
"Whatever our opening hours may be we will continue to work closely with any member of the community who has concerns about the impact of our business."
Coun Florence Oldfield said: "I can see why there has been an objection to it.I would be bothered by the noise if I lived right nearby, because there will inevitably be an increase in traffic."
Coun Maureen Bateson said: "Ewood is a very busy area and the residents put up with a lot of noise.
"At the moment, we don't know how much disruption the extended hours will attract and if the people will cause a nuisance."


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Karl Lagerfeld Gossip
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Posh's heavy eye makeup
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Karl Lagerfeld presented Victoria Beckham with a Bambi Award last night in Berlin. The Bambi Awards are distributed to visionaries and creative artists who've inspired the German public. How many Bambi Awards does David Hasselhoff have? Anyway, as you can see, Posh posed the sh-t out of herself. Full Story
Karl's not hot
Summer time in St Tropez. And it's not like they get a true winter over there anyway. How does Karl Lagerfeld walk around? In a shirt, buttoned all the way up, under a blazer, over a pair of tight black pants, and boots. Gloves too! I mean, I get the need to layer for air conditioning but this, this isn't layering. Full Story
Keira's getting married
Here's Keira Knightley meeting fiancé James Righton at the airport in Paris earlier this week. I've seen it before. You've seen it before. That's pre-wedding affection, non? They're reportedly getting married this weekend. Full Story
Shooting Posh from below
Most people with a smartphone these days know their angles. We are a photo-obsessed society. That, along with the social networking, has made us more vain than ever. So you know, I'm sure a lot of you know that, generally, having your picture taking from below, where you are looking down at the camera, is not the most flattering shot. Full Story
Karl takes it back...but not really
Karl Lagerfeld spoke to the Sun in the UK a few weeks ago and had this to say about Pippa Middleton: "Kate Middleton has a nice silhouette and she is the right girl for that boy. I like that kind of woman, I like romantic beauties. On the other hand, her sister struggles. I don't like the sister's face. Full Story
Don't say her name
There are so many ways to cut someone down. There is an art to cutting someone down. When it's done right, it is a beautiful thing. And then we have Karl Lagerfeld. Who is a legend for creating beautiful things and now, in recent years, for saying many beautiful cutting things. Karl spoke to The Sun in the UK; the subject was British girls, in particular the Middletons: "Kate Middleton has a nice silhouette and she is the right girl for that boy. Full Story
Roberto Cavalli carries his own bags?
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Where's your Segway??? Cavalli on a Segway is a personal happy place. Click here if you've never had the pleasure. But Roberto was in Milan today and not only was there no Segway... He had to CARRY HIS OWN BAGS!?! And plastic! Can you imagine Karl Lagerfeld carrying his own (plastic) bags? Please. Full Story
What Karl Says and What Karl Means
We're all a little hung-over from last night's Vancouver Smut Soiree. I'm hanging onto my blowout for dear life. But it was fun, so fun! Lainey's blind item reveals are my favourite—Dan Levy was so scandalized, I hope he recovered. It's Friday, so let's take a moment to enjoy Karl's b-tch-beating fan. Full Story
What's up with Anna & Karl?
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Here's Karl being Karl at the Chanel Little Black Jacket party in New York last night with Linda Evangelista. You can hate all you want but I am ALL OVER what she's wearing, especially those shoes. Karl also stepped out the night before for the Gordon Parks Centennial Gala at the Museum of Modern Art. Full Story
Vanessa will always have Karl
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Johnny Depp finally confirmed last week that he and Vanessa Paradis are still together. Click here for a refresher. Most of you who've emailed don't seem entirely convinced that it was all fine to begin with. Something was afoot, sure. But they seem to have worked it out now. Full Story
My Obsession & Karl
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Chanel Resort 2013 was presented at Versailles yesterday. Click here to see the collection in LifeStyle. Everyone says that this event is the one you wait for. I've heard of fashion editors moving around their annual schedules, forgoing personal time, stabbing backs if they have to, in order to accommodate it. Full Story