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"Market Crashes", "Dow Plunges", "Global Recession".
Its enough to make you feel like Edvard Munch on a combination of speed and cocaine.
Headlines blaring across the worlds financial and main news organisations are saturating investors brains to the extent that they can hardly see their way out of all the gloom.
Of course there are practical and real reasons why most of these headlines exist and we haven't seen the worst yet but lets face it the world ain't going to come to an end.
All things must pass!
I am fed up with all the negative stuff and I am looking past the drama of "Panic 2008" and "Black October"(whats up with October for down stockmarkets?) and towards what lay on the other side of it.
We are coming close to the bottom of the down part of a financial cycle and the big economic impact is likely to hit soon and last until well into 2009/early 2010-of course the reactions by politicians to it may delay growth -at the same time though the seeds of an economic recovery are being planted.
The New Zealand dollar has been decimated and will continue to fall and this of course will help an export led recovery, one that is sustainable, rather than the tax and spend merry go round we have been on for the last 9 years.
Lower New Zealand interest rates, and US ones in particular will lead to an increase in business growth through cheaper lending and a pick-up in job numbers and in home lending this will lead to all the knock-on industries benefiting as a result.
Lower asset values will lead to more prudent buying by investors and a gain for those who have bought in a falling market and for those who haven't had to sell their house, stocks or rental property.
Lower commodity prices for oil, grain, sugar and a whole host of other staples that make economies tick will be a welcome relief for citizens lumbered with less employment or problems with high debt.
My point is that with every downside associated with the current financial and economic turmoil there is a mirror upside in the future and that is just how economic cycles work.
The fact that the upwards cycle has been a steep one unfortunately means the downside will be reasonably lengthy but in the process of movement back towards the top there are opportunities to be had for investors to capitalise on by buying cheap assets and benefit from their foresight when things inevitably get better.
All we need now is a little more faith in the future to make the upside a reality sooner rather than latter.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Panic 2008!
"Market Crashes", "Dow Plunges", "Global Recession".
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Labels: Black October, Panic 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Long-term portfolio view wins the investing battle
Carrying on from last weeks look at my Portfolio and how it is getting a pasting, I have to make a point to those that have poked their ignorant little tongues at my propensity to invest in companies for the long-term.
As many who follow the Share Investor Blog might know I follow Warren Buffett's approach to investing as much as I can; buy stocks at a price that I consider value for the long-term, in good companies that have a competitive advantage, a good track record, excellent prospects for growth and good dividends.
The bulk of my portfolio is around 6 years old, but I have added some more stocks with additional money and dividend income.
My portfolio is currently up by around 7% when tax credits are included and in my not so humble opinion, considering the pasting global stockmarkets have been getting over the last year and especially in the last month a stockmarket meltdown rivaling the 1987 crash and yet my portfolio has performed extremely well.
This is principally because I have taken a long-term view to my stockmarket investing, received healthy dividends, re-invested most of them and haven't sold and because of that it has put the portfolio in good stead during the inevitable current downturn.
Of course, short-term things could get worse but long-term you will wish you didn't sell up because I will still be there when you start buying again.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Shareholders should look for companies with fiscal disaster plans
One thing to consider for shareholders with stocks in New Zealand listed companies is managements planning for and reaction to the current credit crises and its associated recession-the one we are currently experiencing is the work of Michael Cullen, New Zealands Finance Minister.
The current recession is going to get worse because of the downturn in the global economy and that is clearly going to affect business in this country and our business leaders, CEOs and directors are going to be soundly tested over the next couple of years as they try to manage their businesses through a recession that could be worse than the one in the 1970s if not managed properly and may very well last longer.
How well have our CEOs prepared for this?
The recession in New Zealand has been indicated by the economic numbers for more than 6 months, so as shareholders we should expect that prudent managers have put the necessary groundwork into a business plan that will get them through the hard years coming.
What plans should they have made?
Well, clearly cutting any unnecessary costs first would be a priority, but there are a number of other things that could and should still be done and you should do some thorough research into our NZX listed companies above and beyond the normal facts and figures one looks at. How management have spent their shareholder dollars in the past and whether they even have plans to get them through a recession are a couple of good points to start on.
Pay down that outstanding debt as much as possible and cut back dividends (I know, that is hard to say) to shareholders and use that to pay down debt in the future-interest rates are set to rise and the terms of lending and the ability to borrow will be tougher.
Cull company middle management as much as possible, little is done by middle management anyway so they wont be missed and the company team will be able to communicate better and more efficiently without them.
Forgo massive directors fee price hikes. Now isn't the time for a pay rise and the next reporting season in February isn't likely to make shareholders think you deserved a rise anyway.
On average, of the 18 odd companies that I have shares in, directors are asking for around 25% more than last year. They don't deserve that much based on the August reporting season, let alone next years results.
Contact Energy for example are asking for 100% more in directors fees! I know, its more over the top than a pregnant Dolly Parton.
Re-visit contracts with suppliers and negotiate lower prices for future contracts where possible. The current economic climate will mean that some companies will do better deals just to do business-hopefully not the one that you own shares in though.
Put off non-core related capital spending-those company Commodores will last another few years more and image isn't everything if it means there is no company left because you just bought or leased 50 spanking new Toyota Prius'.
Good management will be cost conscious even at the best of economic times and that is clearly the best preparation for the tough times.
Some Kiwi listed companies that have done this well are Mainfreight, Freightways, Michael Hill International and Hallenstein Glasson.
Companies that have done this poorly include Sky City Entertainment, Auckland International Airport ,The Warehouse and Contact Energy.
I am a little annoyed that along with the vast amount of shareholder correspondence that we have all received this reporting season, scant column inches have been devoted to mapping out a plan for individual companies and how they will deal with a long economic downturn.
Yes, it would be nice to know our companies have a plan.
Good fiscal management should be a matter of course for all companies, countries, finance Ministers and individuals because living beyond ones means can get one into trouble and planning before a downturn hits can be crucial for company survival.
But even as we continue our way through the recession continued financial prudence is needed, even by those who have already prepared.
For those who haven't?
Well, some are definitely going to fail and that is just the way it should be.
Disclosure: I own Mainfreight, The Warehouse, Michael Hill, Freightways, Sky City, Auckland Airport and Hallenstein shares.
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Labels: company research, cutting business costs, global recession, recession planning
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Revisiting Telecom New Zealand
I have been a much vocal basher of Telecom New Zealand [TEL] for a long time.
It has been poorly managed for more than a decade; management didn't invest in the company, they despised their customers, often purchased the wrong technologies and have been reactive rather than proactive to competition, especially to their main mobile competitor Vodafone.
While all this has happened, the share price of the company has slid from a high of nearly 10 bucks NZ to $2.42 at close of the NZ stockmarket today.
The 2009 net profit could be as low as NZ$485 million, after a $713 million profit for the 2008 year.
The company is faced with big upgrade costs to modernise their aging fixed line network, their mobile capability and the roll out of a decent broadband offer.
All this negative news, in conjunction with current global market volatility, is clearly going to put further pressure on the share price and we are likely to see a market price closer to 2 bucks before we see the share price go above $3.
I don't say this because of my Telecom bias, I simply mention it because there are currently fundamental reasons why the stock price should slide.
All is not lost though!
If one has the testicular fortitude to buy the stock as it gets closer to 2 dollars, one could well be rewarded when the capital investment starts to pay off.
Telecom isn't about to go out of business-people will always need to communicate- it will still pay a reasonably healthy dividend and a culture movement towards helping their customers will eventually hit home.
It is well worth a punt.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Share Investor Portfolio: Taking a beating
I haven't visited the old Share Investor Portfolio for a while to see how it is shaping up over all this global turmoil in our stockmarkets but I suspect it has taken more than a battering.
It might be good to share this with my readers so they can compare how well or indeed how badly they have done.
The biggest part of the portfolio, Sky City Entertainment [SKC.NZ] has dropped to NZ$2.91 as of today, Mainfreight Ltd [MFT.NZ] hovers just above 5 dollars , Fletcher Building Ltd [FBU.NZ] is below 5 bucks. Pumpkin Patch Ltd [PPL.NZ] is well below its IPO price of $1.25 and everything else bar Fisher and Paykel Healthcare [FPH.NZ] has had a good thrashing.
Including dividends, brokerage costs and tax credits the portfolio is down 0.75% .
So far it has withstood the riggers of the market rort but more bad news could come yet.
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
Learning from history
I haven't been purposely looking for an explanation of what is happening to global stockmarkets and what might happen to economies around the world but I stumbled on the following article from the Wall Street Journal when I was googling around for some info on Warren Buffett.
For me the following article puts the whole market frenzy and it current fear mode into sharp focus and gives some perspective, from history, about where we could be heading.
Here is a n extract from the article discussing Benjamin Graham's analysis of the US stockmarket in 1932:
Just eight days before the Dow hit rock-bottom, the brilliant investor Benjamin Graham -- who many years later would become Warren Buffett's personal mentor -- published "Should Rich but Losing Corporations Be Liquidated?" It was the last of a series of three incendiary articles in Forbes magazine in which Graham documented in stark detail the fact that many of America's great corporations were now worth more dead than alive.
More than one out of every 12 companies on the New York Stock Exchange, Graham calculated, were selling for less than the value of the cash and marketable securities on their balance sheets. "Banks no longer lend directly to big corporations," he reported, but operating companies were still flush with cash -- many of them so flush that a wealthy investor could theoretically take over, empty out the cash registers and the bank accounts, and own the remaining business for free.
Graham summarized it this way: "...stocks always sell at unduly low prices after a boom collapses. As the president of the New York Stock Exchange testified, 'in times like these frightened people give the United States of ours away.' Or stated differently, it happens because those with enterprise haven't the money, and those with money haven't the enterprise, to buy stocks when they are cheap."
After the epic bashing that stocks have taken in the past few weeks, investors can be forgiven for wondering whether they fell asleep only to emerge in the waking nightmare of July 1932 all over again. The only question worth asking seems to be: How low can it go?
Make no mistake about it; the worst-case scenario could indeed take us back to 1932 territory. But the likelihood of that scenario is very much in doubt.
The great Crash of 1929 was not the low for the Dow though, that came 3 years latter, when on July 9 1932 the index hit 41.63. It was down 91% from its level exactly 3 years earlier.
Out of the 1929 crash came Benjamin Graham and David Dodds Security Analysis, the handbook or bible for subsequent Wall Street practitioners. It is a shame that modern Wall Street types seem to have ignored the main message of this book though:
While we were writing,we had to combat a widespread conviction that financial debacle was to be the permanent order; as we publish,we already see resurgent the age-old frailty of the investor-that his money burns a hole in his pocket. But it is the conservative investor who will need most of all to be reminded constantly of the lessons of 1931-1933 and of previous collapses.
Security Analysis - From the preface to the 1934 edition
Graham went on to say that "fixed value investments" can only soundly chosen if they are approached form a viewpoint of "calamity".
The last part of Benjamin Grahams advice is perhaps the most poignant and relevant to today's situation:
In dealing with other types of security commitments, we have striven throughout to guard the student against overemphasis upon the superficial and the temporary...this overemphasis is at once the delusion and the nemesis of the world of finance.
Quaint English but nevertheless well worth remembering.
I will finish this piece with something that I was watching on Voice of America last night.
It was from an individual which I cant remember but a female who has studied the 1929 crash and the subsequent depression.
She said that the crash itself needn't have caused a depression but the reaction of President Herbert Hoovers administration did. At first the government did nothing and then when it realised things might be bad it did all the wrong things.
It will be interesting if the current Bush administration has learnt from history and whether the next President, probably Barack Obama, will copy Democrat President Roosevelt's blanket socialism of the 1930s and spend taxpayers money to stimulate future prosperity.
Given this it would be curious to know why the current Labour Government in New Zealand are doing nothing in the face of massive economic uncertainty.
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Friday, October 10, 2008
Warehouse bidders ready to lay money down
If you were reading the Share Investor Blog last Sunday you would have read my latest opinion over the long running The Warehouse [WHS.NZ] takeover saga.
I basically pointed out the news that came out today that The Warehouse have finally officially kicked their "Extra" format grocery stores into touch.
Personally I don't think The Warehouse gave the Extra format enough time and scale to succeed, at 3 years and 3 stores, though at least the cost of withdrawal will not be too cumbersome for the company and shareholders.
The focus now lay on what the two predators Foodstuffs and Woolworths Australia [WOW.ASX] will now do.
Late night meetings in both camps will be par for the course and we may see a bid next week subject to advice from legal counsel for the two companies and lawyers from the Commerce Commission.
Disclosure: I own WHS shares
The Warehouse @ Share Investor
The Warehouse set to cut lose "extra" impediment
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The case for The Warehouse without a buyer
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WHS Court of Appeal case could be dismissed next week
Commerce Commission impacts on the Warehouse bottom line
The Warehouse in play
Outcomes of Commerce Commission decision
The fight for control begins soon
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Labels: foodstuffs, The Warehouse takeover, woolworths
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Why I am optomistic about the global recession
I have worked very hard for the last 15 years to accumulate the assets that I have.
I have sacrificed a social life, a family life in the early years and have saved well during the "good" years.
I get the working like a dog part from my Dad and the saving part from my Mum-my Dad was a hopeless saver.
It is hard to watch those assets lose value from day to day but the corollary of that of course is the years that those same assets increased in value.
That is the risk and reward from investing. I know that. Asset values fluctuate from day to day and year to year and there are economic and business cycles that affect our wealth as well.
The latest global banking problems though are new to me but in the back of my mind when I wrote this back in March, I had the feeling something like this might happen.
I have been investing in the stockmarket for 10 years and I am 42 years old, so have lived through a big recession in the 1970s, one in the early 1980s, the early 90s and an impending global something.
I clearly knew nothing about the first two recessions and only had a vague inkling of the 1987 crash which caused an economic meltdown in New Zealand that took ten years to recover from.
Speaking to a 92 year old the other day who lived through the depression of the 1930s, she seemed to think things "were not so bad", her dad kept his job and they were well fed and cared for, so I think we will all be okay whatever happens.
At the end of every downturn is the beginning of an upturn and another economic boom.
Clearly the US and European banking collapses are going to have severe impacts on a New Zealand economy that is already in a dire state, thanks to the profligate spending of the current government, and that is just the way it has to be. There are no free lunches.
My sacrifice over the last 15 years has put me in good stead though. I didn't buy a flat screen TV, I didn't buy another new car, an investment house and all those lovely new consumer goods that others now have financial indigestion from.
I bought items related to productive investment, made my money off them and invested it and I am now in a position to profit from others greed and stupidity.
Unfortunately some of those that took risks are going to be bailed out of their stupidity and greed via taxpayer moola but that is another story. Don't get me wrong, I feel sorry for them but this is what capitalism is about-the exchange of assets for an agreed price.
I have cash ready to buy assets. I don't think the low is going to be reached any time soon but my history of frugal living has put me in a position now when I am excited by the potential bargains that will be put up for sale by those in debt.
I will be looking for more shares and a nice cheap house and will be looking in my home region of Hawkesbay for something.
The Global Market Meltdown @ Share Investor
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Global Market Meltdown: What is Warren Buffett doing?
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Labels: financial meltdown, global recession, sub prime
Sunday, October 5, 2008
The Warehouse set to cut loose "Extra" impediment
The Warehouse Group [WHS.NZ] will make a decision mid October as to whether to ditch their "Extra" format stores, the major stumbling block for a possible sale to either Woolworths Australia [WOW.ASX] or Foodstuffs. It is looking likely that Warehouse management will cut the 3 trial stores lose.
It must also be close for a decision in the Supreme Court to grant Lawyers for Woolworths a right to appeal the Court of Appeal's ruling to deny any sale of the retail giant on the grounds that the Warehouse could be "possible competition", in the supermarket sector.
I am of the opinion though, that given the removal of the impediment of the Extra format stores, the format that the Commerce Commission said would provide supermarket competition and their main opposition to the sale, that any hearing in the Supreme Court would be swift and a decision could be made quite quickly.
That is contrary to my previous view that the Supreme Court process would be drawn out and tedious but hey the rules have now changed and therefore my original scenario I can now throw in the trash.
I wouldn't be surprised if Woolworth's lawyers made a submission to the Commerce Commission based on The Warehouse sans the Extra format.
It is worth a try, has been done before, and would certainly get the bidding process going before Christmas.
On the bidding process.
Clearly given the current credit crunch, and financial market turmoil, the bids for The Warehouse are going to be lower than they would have been since US financial system almost fell over the edge-it still hangs on a slippery precipice-so shareholders may have to carefully consider any substantially lower bids least they get shafted.
Looking forward, and of course preempting any court decision, as shareholders we should look to the longer term and reject any opportunistic bid because of any weakness in the global economy or how much we might need the money.
I am picking a green light for Woolworths or Foodstuffs to buy the big red sheds.
Disclosure: I own WHS shares
The Warehouse @ Share Investor
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Warehouse appeal decision imminent
Warehouse decision a loser for all
Warehouse Court of appeal decision in Commerce Commission's favour
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The Warehouse takeover saga continues
Why did you buy that stock? [The Warehouse]
History of Warehouse takeover players suggest a long winding road
Court of Appeal delays Warehouse bid
The Warehouse set for turbulent 2008
The Warehouse Court of Appeal case lay in "Extras" hands
WHS Court of Appeal case could be dismissed next week
Commerce Commission impacts on the Warehouse bottom line
The Warehouse in play
Outcomes of Commerce Commission decision
The fight for control begins soon
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Warehouse Corporate profile
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Start with some of these clear glass mosaic tiles. I found these at the dollar store--you get a really big bag of them for just $1. These are the larger size, but the smaller size are nice, too.
Next time I run across some other children's book images in a magazine, I will make her some more. I still have a ton of tiles and magnets left over!


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Note her signature at the hem of her dress.
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So the Pilgrims didn't invite the Wampanoags to sit down and eat turkey and drink some beer?
[laughs] Ah, no. Well, let's put it this way. People did eat together [but not in what is portrayed as "the first Thanksgiving]. It was our homeland and our territory and we walked all through their villages all the time. The differences in how they behaved, how they ate, how they prepared things was a lot for both cultures to work with each other. But in those days, it was sort of like today when you go out on a boat in the open sea and you see another boat and everyone is waving and very friendly—it's because they're vulnerable and need to rely on each other if something happens. In those days, the English really needed to rely on us and, yes, they were polite as best they could be, but they regarded us as savages nonetheless.
It was the epitome of white privilege, the narrative went — a student and star swimmer at prestigious Stanford University is arrested on rape-related charges, and after more than 16 months, he's sentenced to only six months.Until Monday. Here it is:
And the authorities refuse to let the public see his arrest photo.
"His life will never be the one that he dreamed about and worked so hard to achieve..." "That is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life."
"He will never be his happy go lucky self with that easy going personality and welcoming smile," the letter says, noting that the former Olympic hopeful is now a registered sex offender.No mention of being ashamed at what his son did 'for 20 minutes'. No acknowledgement it was rape, even though there were witnesses. It morphs into a politically and morally neutral 'action'.
Her life will never be the one that she dreamed about and worked so hard to achieve.
She will never be her happy go lucky self with that easy going personality and welcoming smile.
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Any action giving a feeling of joy and a sense of performing duty is meditation. It is not necessary to go to Haridwar or Rishikesh to meditate, or even sit at one place for meditation. With such an attitude, even when a person fights for his country, he is in meditation. Observe great singers, dancers and artists; when they perform, they tune themselves becoming instruments in the hands of the Lord, free of any ego or pride. This state of joy is meditation in action.
When we express deep feelings of love and respect towards anyone we love and revere, in thought, word or action, we are in meditation.
We experience meditation in understanding the true nature of the Universe, through the intellect or buddhi. The philosophy of division sees differences, creates hatred, violence, misery, and agitation in the mind. This cannot give us peace and quietude. The Vedanta philosophy of Oneness views the whole cosmos and every thing in it as pervaded with Ishwara. Through touching, seeing, smelling, hearing and tasting we commune with God alone. See the whole Universe as one family – Vasudhaiv kutumbakam. In this understanding of Oneness, we are in a state of meditation.
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I thought it was
'I know that underneath
it's me...'
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In the description section the song is called: "An overblown anti religious album closer using a Gothic style church pipe organ." Needs some editing, wouldn't you say? - User:Danooch


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Pudsey the Dog: The Movie (U)
Running time: 80 minutes
Starring: Pudsey, Jessica Hynes, John Sessions, Izzy Meikle-Small, Spike White, Malachy Knights, Luke Neal, Luke Tittensor, Wendy Nottingham, Jim Tavare and the voices of David Walliams, Olivia Colman, Peter Serafinowicz, Amanda Holden, Dan Farrell, Lorraine Kelly.
Director: Nick Moore.
Released: July 14 (Eire & Scotland), July 18 (UK & Ireland)
THE sound of a pig repeatedly evacuating its bowels reverberates throughout Nick Moore's ham-fisted attempt to transform Britain's Got Talent's performing pooch into a modern-day Lassie.
The porker's muck is an apt critique for Paul Rose's shambolic script that trades in toilet humour and misjudged innuendo.
Some of the performances also beggar belief including John Sessions as the pantomime villain in tweeds. He suffers the humiliation of a toe-curling flashback in which he plays a mother, father and infant in the same scene.
Hopefully, Sessions was paid well for this half-hearted attempt at career suicide.
Elsewhere, David Walliams delivers a lifeless vocal performance as the four-legged hero, who hopes to travel the world and visit the Empire Sausage Building and Sausage Henge.
The film handily omits to mention that if Pudsey realises his dream of scampering along The Great Sausage Wall, he could potentially end up on a local menu.
Closer to home, stray dog Pudsey (voiced by Walliams) crosses paths with siblings Molly (Izzy Meikle-Small), George (Spike White) and Tommy (Malachy Knights), who are poised to move from London "to some stupid cottage without WiFi" with their mother Gail (Jessica Hynes).
The eponymous mutt stows away in the family's removal trailer and is discovered when they arrive at their new home in the sleepy village of Chuffington.
While Gail placates scheming landlord Mr Thorne (Sessions), who hates dogs, Pudsey befriends horses Nelly (Olivia Colman) and Edward (Peter Serafinowicz) and a pig called Ken (Dan Farrell), who thinks he's a chicken.
Pudsey The Dog: The Movie is a poor showcase of the eponymous cross breed.
Viewers of Simon Cowell's talent search will be well versed in Pudsey's ability to perform acrobatic feats with guidance from trainer Ashleigh Butler.
On the big screen, he dances and twirls on hind legs, casts the occasional mournful glance at the camera and appears to converse with farmyard co-stars courtesy of digital trickery a la Babe.
Hynes and the younger cast are poorly served and parallel romantic subplots for Gail and Molly involving a handsome farmer (Luke Neal) and a teenage farmhand (Luke Tittensor) are sickly and unconvincing.
"Things are getting better," promises the chorus of one of the bubblegum pop songs that punctuate the soundtrack.
Only when the end credits roll and we can leave.
The ramshackle plot is interrupted by pointless diversions including the central character's incarceration in a secret dog prison that inspires a ludicrous Great Escape.
Amidst the pratfalls and a lame running gag about a giant pie, there are faint glimmers of heart-warming emotion including a timely mention of the Women's Land Army.
However, good intentions are undermined by slapdash character development.
If Pudsey The Dog: The Movie were an animal, we'd put it down humanely after 10 minutes.
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Giant sewer pipe coming!
North Hudson Sewerage to install massive outflow pipe in Hoboken
At the last city council meeting on November 28th, the city approved a temporary easement for North Hudson Sewerage Authority.
They're apparently "expanding" the amount of sewage they can handle per day, but in the process – need to run a MASSIVE outflow pipe from the poop-processing-factory along the northern edge of town directly into the Hudson River.
This will also be close to the new open space coming to 1600 Park, which the city expects to be completed by March 2013. Would you want your kids playing near a stinky sewer pipe that North Hudson indemnified the city of all liability, including death and bodily injury?
Imagine what that new park will smell like each time we have a massive storm?
Hopefully they'll have a new vending machine nearby that dispenses nose-plugs and bio-hazard suits. Blech.


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Anonymous - New CaledoniaDate Reviewed: 13 Apr 2011
Very friendly and personal service - Anacapri manager is a real gem - well suited to her job, epitomises excellent customer service, and genuinely likes people which manifests in a genuine warmth of welcome that's unfortunately all too rare in the industry. This is a well located, good quality apartment facility at a very reasonable price. Would definitely recommend and stay again. Thanks Anacapri !
Entertainment Book - AustraliaDate Reviewed: 15 Feb 2011
We stayed at Anacapri 2 years ago. The convenience and the cheerful staff meant a return visit
Mrs T - AucklandDate Reviewed: 08 Feb 2011
great apartments with good facilities. just 10 minutes leisurely walk to centre. good size rooms and would recommend Anacapri to families of all ages
Alan - Thornhill, ScotlandDate Reviewed: 16 Dec 2010
My 2 sons and I stayed here for 10 days in Sept-Oct and it was great. It was the first overseas holiday my boys (age 11 & 14) have had and it was a great experience. They loved the pool and tennis court right outside the day as we stayed in a townhouse. I loved the size of the unit as it was big enough so we all could have our own personal time if we needed it. The 2 bathrooms was fantastic and having a washer and dryer in the unit was great - it was well used!! The kitchen was a good size and having a dishwasher was great. It was easy to get to buses - right across the road from us and we walked the 5 min walk into the main centre every day if not more. The staff was fantastic and helped in any way they could, even when I lost a bag of shopping at Harbour Town.
The groundsman was great and I enjoyed our little chats most mornings, being a kiwi it was great to talk to him.
Overall it was a great holiday made better by where we stayed. Thanks to all the staff at Anacapri you were great.
Helen Sloane - New ZealandDate Reviewed: 17 Oct 2010
28 June Tripadvisor review
Has all amenities required within for a relaxing holiday.
As a bonus, Anacapri is within easy walkable distances (5 minutes at the most) to beach, transport to Theme parks, surf & Surf Club, where excellant meals are provided. Broadbeach is a 10 minute bus ride ($3.40)
for fine dining & shopping.10 minite walk to Cavill Av. Who needs a car !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jucsaver - AustraliaDate Reviewed: 04 Oct 2010
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Central location, quiet hotel, good size pool. great views, short walk to beach and into surfers, plenty of services close by.
My ratings for this hotel
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Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
Fluffy masher potato - AnonymousDate Reviewed: 04 Oct 2010
Stayed 1 June 2010
After planning this trip for over a year, we had high hopes, & high expectations. There were 6 of us who went, 2 couples, and 2 of my other friends. On arrival they where very helpful with our final payment we had to make, & explaining a few random things about the place. Reception opening hours, pool hours, ect. We got up to our apartment, on the 16th floor, and thought the veiws were amazing!
However one couple wasnt happy that there was only one double bed, so they went down to ask reception. They were more than happy to give us a different room, that had 2 queen size beds.
During our stay we went down to the reception many times, and no matter how many times a day we went down there we were greeted with a smile, and friendly atttitude always willing to help out, & book theme parks or anything else needed.
The pool was open till 9, each night, and gave us time to go down after tea, the facilities, and room when we got there were all fine, & the room was in perfectly cleaned conditions. However during our stay, the shower door became wobbly, & a few light bulbs went out, we informed the reception in the morning, and within just hours they had been all fixed.
Everything was really easy to find, and the people where ever so friendly and helpful with all our needs. Close to the beach, & shopping centers. Are hoping to go back there again in June, affordable accomodation, & really good accomodation all round.
Will definitely be back again :)
Gordo - MelbourneDate Reviewed: 04 Oct 2010
We stayed in a 2 bedroom unit at your resort. It was a nice place, well kept and strategic location. We enjoyed our stay at your resort and our holidays in Gold Coast. we would like to thank you for all the cooperation rendered. We look forward to visit Gold Coast again next year.
Mohammed - MalaysiaDate Reviewed: 19 Jul 2010
I was in gold coast for 6 days in early June with my friends and we stayed at the 3 bedroom apartment at anacapri apartment. the location is great and the apartment is superb. the rooms were very clean and comfortable. the apartment was fully equipped with laundry and kitchen which made it easier for us as we had a toddler with us. the receptionist were very very helpful. We really enjoyed our stay there and I personally would recommend anacapri to anyone travelling with families or friends. thumbs up!!!Total of 54 Results
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Celebrations for Guthrie Theater 50th Anniversary Season Continue
The Guthrie Theater's 50th season was inaugurated with the Christopher Hampton Celebration: a three-play festival occupying each of the Guthrie's stages, as well as a series of talks, events and appearances by Hampton and others that demonstrated the unique opportunities afforded by the Guthrie's Mississippi riverfront facility and the engaged and dynamic Twin Cities community.
The Hampton Celebration follows the 2009 celebration of playwright Tony Kushner with: a provocative new work (Hampton: Appomattox; Kushner: The Intelligent Homosexual…), a well-known work from the playwright's oeuvre (Hampton: Tales from Hollywood; Kushner: Caroline, or Change) and an intimate work in the Guthrie's Dowling Studio (Hampton: Embers; Kushner: Tiny Kushner).
The Guthrie Theater continues its 50th anniversary season with its 38th presentation of A Christmas Carol playing through December 29 on the Wurtele Thrust Stage and its presentation of Yale Repertory Theatre's production of A Servant of Two Masters, running from December 1, 2012 to January 20, 2013 on the McGuire Proscenium Stage.
The Guthrie's upcoming season also features the world premieres of Nice Fish by two-time Tony Award winner Mark Rylance and Minnesota poet Louis Jenkins, and The Primrose Path by Crispin Whittell, in addition to Other Desert Cities and Clybourne Park, among other works. The Guthrie will look back on its legacy of excellence throughout the 2012-13 season, as well as look ahead to the next half century of theater history.


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Although his team finished 4-1 at the Narrah Graham Duals Jan. 26 at Chardon, Woodridge wrestling coach Mike Massey was decidedly lukewarm on the experience.
"We were not sharp by any stretch," Massey said. "It wasn't one of our better performances. We wrestled four teams that were pretty depleted. Stow had a team combined with JV and varsity wrestlers. Orange has about seven guys on their team. Chardon gave us a pretty good run. Mentor sent their 'B' team.
"The only team was full strength there was Barberton and they throttled us." Massey added.
Woodridge defeated Stow-Munore Falls 43-18, routed Orange 57-12, beat Chardon 35-30 and bested Mentor 59-21 while losing to Barberton 54-17.
Those results, combined with Woodridge's 64-6 loss Jan. 30 in the Division II state team tournament to Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy, gave the Bulldogs a 12-5 dual meet record for the season.
Massey said weather issues may have caused the Bulldogs to have an off-day at Chardon.
"I'm not trying to get too down on the kids," Massey said. "The school shut down Friday night because of snow. They wouldn't let us in and we couldn't practice. When you're used to practicing every day and you're home by 3 o'clock, it can throw you off.
"We went 4-1, but we know we could have done better," Massey said. "You just have to figure out what happened to the kids that day. We've got to decide what were capable of."
Senior 138-pounder Pat Dickinson may have been representative of the Bulldogs at Chardon. While his senior captain went 5-0, Massey said Dickinson "didn't look sharp" as he was battling the effects of an upper respiratory infection.
"There was a lot coughing and hacking from Pat," Massey said. "He was fighting through it though."
By contrast, Massey said sophomore 145-pounder Hunter Mercer was definitely on his game as he also went 5-0 at Chardon.
"He looked really good," Massey said. "He's got 27 wins as a sophomore and it's only going to get better. He's got the total package because he's such a hard worker, on the mat and in the classroom."
Massey said a defensive pin in the Chardon match cost 152-pounder Trevon Berry a perfect weekend, as he finished 4-1. At 195 pounds, Cody Jenkins also went 4-1, with his only loss coming to Barberton All-Ohioan Aaron Tschnatz.
CVCA bounces Bulldogs from state tournament
Woodridge went into its match in the Division II state duals with CVCA Jan. 30 trying to be loose and open.
Massey said heading into the match he knew his team was the underdog, but wanted to see what his team could do against the Royals.
By match's end, CVCA showed why it's regarded as one of the top teams in the state.
The Royals routed Woodridge 64-6, winning 12 of the 13 individual bouts in the process. There was a double forfeit at heavyweight.
Woodridge's lone win in the match came from 220-pounder Mason Hilling, who pinned CVCA's Paul Gibson in 37 seconds.
Beyond that, it was a long night for the Bulldogs.
CVCA got pins from 106-pounder Mason Brainard, 113-pounder Zach McCraw, 120-pounder Ryan Bennett, 126-pounder Nathan Tomasello, 152-pounder Jeff Hojnacki, 182-pounder Noah Havener and 195-pounder Nick Havener.
They Royals also got technical falls from 132-pounder Josh Decatur, 145-pounder Ricky Simonelli and 170-pounder Tyler Maclellan.
"CVCA's good. They did what they should do," Massey said. "We went out there and gave it our best."
CVCA also defeated Coventry 48-21 Jan. 30 to advance to the Division II, Region 10 finals. The Royals will host Bay Village Bay Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. with the winner advancing to the Division II state team tournament Feb. 9 at St. John's Arena in Columbus.
Massey said his focus was on the Portage Trail Conference Tournament, which took place Feb. 1 and 2 (results were not available at press time). Heading into the tournament, the Bulldogs' objective was simple: If Woodridge could finish first among the County Division teams, it would assure itself of no worse than a tie for first place overall with Rootstown.
Woodridge's regular season is over. The Bulldogs will open the postseason Feb. 15 and 16 at the Division II sectional tournament at Walsh Jesuit.
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It's time for a change. I've decided to focus my attention on my writing blog, www.vivianleemahoney.com. Hope to see you there!
Sunday, November 4, 2007
The Winter Blog Blast Tour is Here! November 5th - November 10th
It has been such a kick to work on this project. I have some wonderful author interviews to share with you...Carrie Jones, Rick Yancey, Kerry Madden and Lisa Yee. Come back tomorrow and be inspired by Carrie Jones!
Here is this week's WBBT schedule. I'll post the daily interviews on my sidebar along with Colleen Mondor's Master Schedule.
MONDAY, November 5th
Perry Moore at The Ya Ya Yas
Nick Abadzis at Chasing Ray
Carrie Jones at HipWriterMama
Phyllis Root at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Laura Amy Schlitz at Fuse Number 8
Kerry Madden at lectitans
Tom Sniegoski at Bildungsroman
Connie Willis at Finding Wonderland
TUESDAY, November 6th
Lisa Ann Sandell at Chasing Ray
Perry Moore at Interactive Reader
Christopher Barzak at Shaken & Stirred
Autumn Cornwell at The Ya Ya Yas
Jon Scieszka at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Gabrielle Zevin at Jen Robinson's Book Page
Judy Blume at Not Your Mother's Book Club
Erik P. Kraft at Bookshelves of Doom
Clare Dunkle at Miss Erin
WEDNESDAY, November 7th
Lisa Ann Sandell at Interactive Reader
Christopher Barzak at Chasing Ray
Julie Halpern at The Ya Ya Yas
Micol Ostow at Shaken & Stirred
Rick Yancey at HipWriterMama
Jane Yolen at Fuse Number 8
Shannon Hale at Bookshelves of Doom
Maureen Johnson at Bildungsroman
David Lubar at Writing & Ruminating
Sherman Alexie at Finding Wonderland
THURSDAY, November 8th
David Mack at Chasing Ray
Paul Volponi at The Ya Ya Yas
Elizabeth Knox at Shaken & Stirred
Ellen Emerson White at A Chair, A Fireplace and A Tea Cozy
Jack Gantos at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
David Levithan at Not Your Mother's Book Club
Micol Ostow at Bildungsroman
Laura Amy Schlitz at Miss Erin
Kerry Madden at HipWriterMama
Sherman Alexie at Interactive Reader
FRIDAY, November 9th
Loree Griffin Burns at Chasing Ray
Lily Archer at The Ya Ya Yas
Rick Riordan at Jen Robinson's Book Page
Gabrielle Zevin at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Dia Calhoun at lectitans
Shannon Hale at Miss Erin
Jane Yolen & Adam Stemple at Shaken & Stirred
Alan Gratz at Interactive Reader
Lisa Yee at HipWriterMama
SATURDAY, November 10th
Blake Nelson at The Ya Ya Yas
3 comments:
- PJ Hoover said...
It sounds like a great line-up! I can't wait to read :)
- Erin said...
I am so psyched for it! And I'm interviewing Shannon Hale! *hyperventilates*
- forker girl said...
Hip Writer Mama, I love your blog! --and I also love that you loved my I Want to Be poem (also a picture book) back in February. I left a comment there, but I'm not sure how often you check your archives for new comments --this comment contains the essence of what I said in the February archives. Thank you for sharing my work with so much affection.
Because I developed Limited ForkPoetics a few years ago while sitting in the Quality 16 Cinema with my husband, I have reconfigured my identity as well as poetry, so I like to refer to myself as forker girl, and leave Thylias on the formal publications.
Forker Girl is my identity as a maker --of a variety of visual and sonic pieces these days.
That said, I thought that you might enjoy knowing about and also visiting/experiencing some of the work coming out of this approach, so here are some links to my blogs and to my you tube channel where you can see my video poams:
A Limited Forker Girl's Tines, Bifurcation Station, Tine D.A.D.A. Club, The Forkergirl Channel, Limited Fork 101, Limited Fork Academic Split Tine,
and a link to my son's website (he's sixteen and the composer of the soundtracks for most of my video poams; he's also a visual artist. There are free downloads of his music at his site & other stuff I hope you like): strexx.com.
Thanks again for the literary embrace.
(You'll find links to your blog in my blogs soon --I've got to go pick up my son from school now, or rather, I have to go sit in the car while he, with his learner's permit, drives us home.)


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Would you believe that Facebook Emoticons is the largest photo-sharing site on the
Web? It's true. It surpasses popular sites like Photobucket and Flickr,
among others. Facebook Emoticons users upload millions of photos each month.
Why? Because it's easy, a fun way to share stuff about yourself, a perfect
way to connect with others, and a great marketing tool, just to list a few
reasons. It might also help that Facebook Emoticons lets you post gobs of photos. As
of 2009, users have uploaded over 10 billion photos on the social networking
site. That's a lot of pictures.
Photos you add to Facebook Emoticons are organized into photo albums, just like
you'd do with actual photographs at home. An album can hold one photo
or up to 200. You can also create as many albums as you like. You might
make an album of vacation pictures, artistic images, snapshots of your
friends and family, and so on. When you post photos, you can add captions
and tag people in the photos, and other users can add comments to
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All your photo activities on Facebook Emoticons are handled through a built-in
application called, appropriately, Photos. The application, which is part of
the default apps available when you start your Facebook Emoticons account, offers
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13 June 2012
This is now the third time in a row he's done so and the fourth time we've reported that Jenkins could be our guy on 29DTP29. I personally am very high on his game. Apparently I'm not the only one.
Jenkins would fit exceptionally well in the Thibodeau system. He guards, can handle it, shoot well and is a winner -- all of which are attributes the Bulls need to add. What John can do is be a great glue guy for us. He's not going to be an All-Star but he can certainly be a guy we run a few sets for to get him some open shots.
Chad Ford said, "The Bulls need a shooter and Jenkins has one of the best strokes in the draft. His super-quick release and ability to finish at the basket make him an interesting prospect here," in his latest mock draft. I strongly agree with him and look forward to seeing more news pop-up around the Bulls and Jenkins.
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The Cotesworth Suite at our Charleston Boutique Hotel
Cotesworth Suite
The Cotesworth Suite features a king bed and expansive sitting area boasting a comfortable sleeper sofa and chairs. Additional rich wood furnishings, including a separate writing desk, complement the traditional British West Indies color palate of light blues and soothing greens. Sun drenched windows fill the suite with an abundance of natural light and afford views overlooking historic Pinckney Street. The bathroom features a whirlpool tub, granite countertop, and spa quality Gilchrist & Soames bath amenities.
Room Specifications
Number of Rooms: 1
Bed Type: King
Size: 430 SQFT
View: Exterior view overlooking Pinckney Street
Maximum Guest Count: 4
In-Room Comforts
- Sleeper sofa
- 32″ flat screen HDTV
- Iron & ironing board
- Hairdryer
- Whirlpool tub
- Waffle weave bath robes
- Gilchrist & Soames bath amenities
- Safe deposit box
- Complimentary Wi-Fi internet
- iHome docking station
- Heavenly down pillows
- Heavenly down comforter
- Writing desk
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Lazy Like Lace Fingerless Wristlets by Irene McCormick
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Lazy Like Lace Fingerless Wristlets
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download
Inspiration for these came after doing the KAL with Deramores for this snood
and then this hat to match which was also inspired by the pattern
Fingerless mitts seemed a nice finish for a set and only use about 25g of DK
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Thursday, 22 November 2012
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops - book signings
Coming up to Christmas, you can find me here:
Saturday 1st December 11am-2pm
Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Waterstones
I'll be here, signing books.
Thursday 6th December 6pm-7:30pm
King's Cross Station, London: Watermark Books
Next to platform 9 3/4s (yes, actually). I'll be there, as will a few other authors, to sign books. There will also be mince pies and mulled wine. Excellent.
If any other bookshops would like me to do a signing before Christmas (or if you're in London and would like me to stop by and sign stock at some point), just drop me an email.
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Labels: book signing, christmas
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Twenty minutes after the Arizona Wildcats completed their most impressive - and perhaps most important - sweep in years, the home clubhouse door opened and seven relief pitchers, clad in workout shirts and game pants, trudged back onto the field to throw bullpen sessions.
They had to get their work in somehow.
Starter James Farris threw a complete game, the UA's second in as many days, as the eighth-ranked Wildcats defeated No. 2 Stanford 6-2 Sunday at Hi Corbett Field.
The three-game sweep, UA's first against the Cardinal since 1993, was a credit to the starting pitching - and a break for the relievers.
Kurt Heyer, Konner Wade and Farris worked a combined 26 innings over three days, surrendering five earned runs and 19 hits. The three pitchers combined to strike out 23 batters and walk just three. Stanford (16-6, 2-4 Pac-12) entered the series having hit 16 home runs, second-most in the conference; the club left town without a round-tripper and was credited with just four extra-base hits.
"It's becoming kind of a competition between us (to see) who can throw the best and who can get the most wins," Farris said. "I'm glad we came out and did what we did this weekend."
In fact, the only home run of the series belonged to Arizona - and it was a big one.
Robert Refsnyder ripped a three-run shot with two outs in the fifth inning Sunday, breaking a 2-2 tie and giving the Wildcats an edge that, given their pitching, was a game-changer. The junior crushed John Hochstatter's fastball over the left field wall and off a metal support structure; the homer was just Arizona's third in 23 home games at Hi Corbett, the program's new home field.
"It was a good feeling," said Refsnyder, who was homerless before Monday. "The wind helped it. Off the bat, I didn't know if I hit it that hard."
The Wildcats (21-7, 7-2) extended their lead in the sixth, when Riley Moore walked, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Joey Rickard's RBI single.
Given the way Farris was throwing, Arizona might as well have led by 20 runs. The sophomore right-hander retired Stanford in order in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth innings. He allowed two runners to reach in the ninth before getting pinch hitter Justin Ringo to fly out.
The crowd of 2,959 roared as Farris was mobbed by teammates. The UA drew 10,656 fans over the weekend, its largest three-game home attendance in almost 20 years. In May 1992, 13,466 fans attended a three-game sweep of Arizona State.
This year's sweep was just as sweet.
"With all the national writers talking about Stanford, and how great they're perceived, and all their prospects and future millionaires …," Refsnyder said. "There's a lot of talent on their team. I can't think of a better sweep."
Up next
• Who: Arizona at Utah Valley
• When: 5 p.m. Wednesday
By the numbers
Combined attendance for Arizona's three-game sweep of Stanford at Hi Corbett Field
Combined attendance for Arizona's last home series against Stanford (2010) at Kindall/Sancet Stadium.
May 15-17, 1992
Last time Arizona drew more than 10,000 fans for a three-game home series: 13,466 attended a three-game sweep of Arizona State.


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Newest Target mash-up
French-American designer Joseph Altuzarra is the latest to collaborate with discount retailer Target, joining the ranks of Phillip Lim, Missoni, Peter Pilotto and Jason Wu.
The limited edition collection of shoes, apparel and accessories will be in stores and online at target.com and net-a-porter.com on Sept. 14.
The nearly 50-piece line is priced from $17.99 to $89.99 for apparel and lingerie, and $29.99 to $79.99 for shoes and accessories.
The collection hits stores in time for fall and will feature "a mix of iconic Altuzarra silhouettes with designs created specifically for Target," according to a press release from the retailer.
During the fall collections earlier this year, we fell deeply in love with Altuzarra's color-blocked wrap coats and soft sophisticated dresses; let's hope some of that style shows up in the aisles of Target.
– Julie Gallego
J. Crew's blues
The collab fever gripping the fashion universe continues with capsule collections from J. Crew and the Council of Fashion Designers of American and Vogue Fashion Fund for the third consecutive year. Public School's Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne won the competition last year, and Marc Alary and Los Angeles-based Carlos Obando were runners-up.
Given the "indigo" theme, each of the companies designed with J. Crew a collection that debuted for pre-order Wednesday. Alary created bluebird-accented pieces, including bracelets made from brass, enamel epoxy, leather and glass, priced from $58 to $78, and a graphic white T-shirt for $49.50.
Obando's pieces included a cobalt blue stretch silk georgette blouse tied at the neck for $198, and one of the most striking pieces in the entire collaboration, a mixed-media jumpsuit with a chambray workshirt on top and and a pleated satin-back crepe pant for $498.
Public School also went for juxtaposition of blues, with a faded chambray shirt with a third of the sleeves in a contrasting midnight blue fabric and rib cuffs for $218, plus an edgy menswear-inspired vest in gabardine for $178. Get them before they're gone. Information: jcrew.com.
– Lisa Liddane
Art-inspired wearable art
Museum shops aren't the first place to look for fashion, but LACMA – the Los Angeles County Museum of Art – has been collaborating with designers for capsule collections since 2012.
On Wednesday, the museum launched its latest Wear LACMA collection, featuring limited edition pieces by Anita Ko, George Esquivel and Clare Vivier that were inspired by the permanent collection art. All proceeds from the project, initiated by the Director's Circle, benefit the museum.
Ko chose a reading table used by scholars and a porcelain bottle from the 19th century Joseon Dynasty in Korea and designed several bat-themed pieces: 18K gold midi finger ring ($880), a sold-out 18K with pave diamonds ring ($1,860), an ear cuff ($1,195), and emerald and 18K gold stud earrings ($940).
Vivier created several items, including a leather tote ($428), a crocodile clutch ( $1,390) and sold-out T-shirts ($85) influenced by the pattern and embroidery on an 18th century gentleman's vest from the French Revolution.
Buena Park-based Esquivel selected Felipe Santiago Gutiérrez's 1876 "Portrait of a Woman With a Marigold" (Retrato de dama con Xuchil) and designed a handmade leather sandal for women ($550) and a handcrafted summer desert boot ($605).
The collection is available at the museum shop and net-a-porter.com. Information: thelacmastore.org
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About the Book
When John Hasyn first visited Nunavut in Canada's Arctic region, he was in search of something good. Ever since Nunavut was formed in 1999, the majority of reports had been only of its socio-economic failures. "Generally, when I only see bad, I know there is something good just around the corner" says John.
What John found was both inspirational and transformative. Behind the ubiquitous satellite dishes, cell phones, SUV's, junk food and MP3 players, was a culture that remained rich in tradition.
Through his photographs, John speaks of traditional values such as respecting elders, sharing and companionship.
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- Category Fine Art Photography
Large Square, 12×12 in, 30×30 cm
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- Publish Date Apr 19, 2011
- Tags Photography., Canada, North, Inuit, Arctic, Nunavut
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John Hasyn was born in Sheffield, England and moved to Canada in 1986. He spent 20 years working as an investment analyst and portfolio manager. Since 2002, he has worked as an independent consultant while pursuing his passion for photography. In 2005, John won second place in the medical category at the International Photography Awards for his work on the elimination of leprosy in India for the World Health Organization. In 2006, John began working with the National Inuit Youth Council and the Embrace Life Council, helping design and facilitate workshops in leadership and multi-media for Inuit youth throughout Nunavut. A selection of John's photographs from Nunavut are included in a permanent collection at the Museum of Social Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. John lives in Toronto, Canada.
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This article was published 16/4/2013 (1585 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
No government department spends more money than Manitoba Health, and arguably no service government provides is as important.
The budget for Health and Healthy Living this year is $5.6 billion, eating 38.1 per cent of the province's spending pie.
Spending in some individual health categories alone dwarfs that of other departments. The cost of operating Manitoba hospitals is $2.2 billion. Physician fees? That's well over $1 billion.
But in a year in which critics are raging government hasn't done enough to restrain spending, they've noticed the health department -- which expects to spend 2.7 per cent more than it did last year -- is no longer the budget headache it used to be.
"We're seeing a continuing improvement on controlling cost escalation in the health department," said Jim Carr, president and CEO of the Business Council of Manitoba, which has urged the province to employ lean management techniques to get a handle on spending.
Several years ago, business leaders and the government itself were afraid if health spending continued to grow at a pace of five to seven per cent a year, it would soon spark critical cuts in other important areas, such as education, culture and the environment.
"There was a real understanding that health was on a trajectory that would crowd out other important government services. And now that trajectory has been flattened, and that's a good thing," Carr said Tuesday.
Manitoba is getting a handle on health spending while embarking on such ambitious goals as reducing cancer-treatment wait times to under 60 days (from the time a general practitioner suspects the disease in a patient) and ensuring everyone who wants a family doctor gets one by 2015. On Tuesday, the government announced that, as of today, the popular STARS helicopter ambulance service will begin operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, instead of only 12 hours a day. The added service will cost an extra $1.8 million a year.
Health spending is being held relatively in check despite the fact physician billing fees will rise by a whopping 6.4 per cent in the third year of a four-year agreement with doctors after zero per cent increases over the past two years. The fee hike will cost the province an extra $65 million this year.
Health Minister Theresa Oswald said her department has been seeking efficiencies and eliminating waste in a bid to convert savings into front-line care. "We're finding waste and we're reinvesting it," she said Tuesday.
From having the highest rates of health-administrative spending in all of Canada, Manitoba's costs are now among the lowest. An amalgamation of regional health authorities last year was to have saved $10 million over three years. But Oswald said Tuesday the move has already saved $11 million in its first year. The province has also been aggressive in pursuing lower-priced generic drugs, so pharmacare costs, while rising, are no longer soaring.
Still to be announced this year, Oswald said, are new programs to train and recruit doctors and initiatives to modernize paramedicine in Manitoba. She has already challenged an independent report, released Friday, that said recommended improvements to paramedic services would cost more than $5 million a year.
"A lot of time in health care, folks think that we just need to add and add and add (money). And that's not necessarily the case," she said last week. "There are a lot of resources that exist within our system now that we think we can be using better, particularly with the better-trained workforce that we have now."
Meanwhile, Oswald said Tuesday the province plans to boost home-care services to seniors this year and hire additional front-line staff in personal-care homes.


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HISTORY MYSTERY OF THE WEEK: Who are they?
These man worked at Perham Farm Supply. This week's challenge is to Name at least two of them.
'History Mystery' is a weekly feature of the Perham Focus. Working in partnership with the History Museum of East Otter Tail County, we will publish a 'mystery photo' each week, challenging you, our readers, to answer a question about it. If you have a personal story that relates to the photo, or have new details about its contents, we will work with the museum to have that additional information put on record.
Contact us at 346-5900 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Last week's history mystery turned out to have some controversy to it. Several people called or emailed in, certain the picture showed Kemper Drug. However, the museum's records state that the business in the photo, taken in 1972, was Perham Pharmacy and Ben Franklin store. Anyone who believes they can help clear things up is encouraged to contact us.


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This article was published 26/3/2013 (1610 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
When the province tables the 2013-14 budget April 16, you can expect Finance Minister Stan Struthers to have one eye on the text of his budget speech and the other on the weather.
During the next month, the daily high-temperature and precipitation forecasts will have just as much of an effect on his budget plan for the upcoming year as economic growth and interest rates. Perhaps more.
This was the painful lesson learned from the 2011 flood, one of the largest and certainly the most expensive in Manitoba history. At last count, the 2011 flood will cost more than $1.1 billion. The final cost will not be known for several more years, but bet that the final tab will be higher.
It would be an understatement to describe the flood as a seismic event for the province's finances. Manitoba finished the 2011-12 fiscal year with a record $999-million deficit. This included net flood costs of $437 million.
Could Struthers and the NDP government, already having trouble finding traction in their fight with the growing budget deficit, absorb another 10-figure flood? Unlikely, at least not without dramatic cuts to core services or hikes in major taxes, two options he and his government have so far resisted.
The past three budgets have been an exercise in delayed gratification for Manitoba's NDP government. Unwilling to make deep cuts to spending, jobs or programs, the province has been waiting for the economy to rebound and restore revenues. In other words, it is hoping to grow out of this mess.
Unfortunately, the chances of that happening are pretty remote. Last year, most governments in this country cut spending and still saw their deficits increase as the economy underperformed. That trend is expected to continue for at least a few more years.
In this context, the weather during the next month, and the federal government's Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) program, will in large part determine Manitoba's fiscal fortunes.
According to federal guidelines, DFA is meant to "assist provinces with the costs of dealing with a disaster where those costs would otherwise place a significant burden on the provincial economy and would exceed what they might reasonably be expected to fully bear on their own."
DFA helps pay for damage done to property, both public and private, public works along with some mitigation efforts prior to flooding, and some of the cleanup afterwards. However, many flood-related expenses are not covered.
Pre-flood mitigation or protection is not eligible under DFA. Compensation for cottagers, for example, is not cost-shareable. Nor are lost livestock or damaged pasture land. Emergency dike construction and removal are eligible for DFA help. However, converting a temporary dike into a permanent one is not eligible for cost-sharing.
In general, it's not an exaggeration to say that as the costs of fighting natural disasters have risen, the scope of federal assistance has been pared back. In 1997, the total cost of the Flood of the Century and compensating property owners came in at $254 million. Of that total, Ottawa through DFA eventually covered $193 million, or about 78 per cent of total costs.
However, the feds also provided $24 million under something called the Jobs and Economic Restoration Initiative (JERI), a one-time program to replace income lost during the flood. The feds also covered part of the costs of community ring dikes and individual property flood protection.
When you add it up, federal support was closer to 85 per cent of total flood-related expenses, both during and after the 1997 disaster.
In 1998, however, the then-Liberal government tightened the rules for DFA claims excluding any future claims for income loss. The provinces have not been very happy with that development. In fact, to this day, Quebec is trying to get $421 million in additional compensation for income loss from the 1998 ice storm.
It's tough to accuse Ottawa of being unsympathetic to Manitoba's plight when it will, when all the bills are submitted, contribute nearly $500 million to cover the total cost of the 2011 flood. And yet, as the cost of particularly severe disasters go up, it's fair to conclude the program is falling short of its stated intention.
That analysis will not spare the NDP government in Manitoba from criticism. The Opposition Tories have little sympathy for the NDP predicament, portraying the flood as a negligible factor in the province's growing deficit. Mild austerity measures introduced in last year's budget, along with some modest economic growth, might have allowed the NDP to report some progress in the upcoming provincial budget. That seems like a long shot now.
Governments should not have to base future fiscal policy on weather forecasts, but that's exactly where Struthers and the NDP find themselves now.


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Improving our Sewer System and Benefiting the Community
• Project Factsheet
• Presentation 10/17/13
• Workshop Boards 12/10/13
• Presentation 8/26/14
• Workshop Boards 8/26/14
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The Baker Beach Green Street project will help manage stormwater and reduce combined sewer discharges in the area around Baker Beach. The project has two areas of focus: along El Camino Del Mar between 32nd and 34th Avenues, and along Sea Cliff Ave between 25th and 26th Avenues.
The El Camino del Mar portion of the project includes rain gardens and subsurface detention facilities to infiltrate stormwater. The Sea Cliff Ave area features rain gardens and permeable paving to capture and infiltrate stormwater. In addition to protecting water quality at Baker Beach, rain gardens will help to improve pedestrian visibility and safety.
Conceptual Project Rendering: Lands End Trailhead
Estimated Project Timeline
During the planning phase of this project we held three public workshops and multiple smaller community group meetings to solicit public input. We also provided opportunities for residents to provide feedback online using a unique online planning tool.
Conceptual Project Rendering: El Camino Del Mar Rain Gardens
Maintenance plans within green infrastructure will include removal of trash and debris, plant establishment and care, and permeable pavement cleaning. The maintenance schedule and frequency of activities will vary based on the site conditions and needs of the green infrastructure technology employed. The SFPUC will monitor the green infrastructure facilities for proper functioning over time and update maintenance needs and schedules as appropriate.
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Comment on Teacher Awarded $225,000 for Stealing $10 by kazaza2:
Maybe I'm missing something here but even if she was caught "red handed" the charges were dropped so she wasn't really convicted of anything.
If that's the case how does the school board have the right to fire her and revoke her teaching license?
Legally I think they overreacted and got burned. As far as the "excessive" award , if you consider the fact it supposedly costs around $2,000 just to get a drivers license in Japan then the award to reinstate teachers credentials doesn't seem so outlandish.
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Colleges must lead local skills planning, says 157 Group
Further education colleges should be given a formal role in leading local and regional planning on education and skills, a new paper argues.
Colleges already provide informal strategic leadership at a local, sub- regional and regional level and this role should be formalised in order to turn national policy on further education and skills into workable local solutions, the policy paper on local leadership from the 157 Group of colleges says.
Learning and skills need local leadership argues that the recent Machinery of Government (MoG) changes that led to the creation of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and the Young People's Learning Agency restrict colleges' ability to respond to local education and training needs.
"There is clear consensus that the provision of learning and skills in an area needs to respond quickly and effectively to the needs of individuals, employers and communities," the paper says. "It is clear that colleges can and do respond quickly but equally clear that a national planning system cannot be as responsive.
"Colleges represent by far the largest concentration of frontline professional expertise in relation to further education in any locality and it makes sense to draw on all their skills and experience to translate national priorities into workable solutions for local areas."
Mick Fletcher, policy adviser for the group and author of the paper, told FE Focus that arrangements would start to unravel under the new Government and colleges were ideally placed to take things forward.
"For instance, you might have the SFA inviting colleges to pull together local consortia to deliver local education and training needs," he said. "We are entering a period when smaller providers, whether colleges or schools or other providers, are going to be vulnerable and we may be looking to provision that is jointly planned and delivered."
The paper is heavily critical of the recent MoG changes, saying that they heaped further complexity on an already complex situation.
"It is no wonder that many employers and community leaders say that they cannot understand the FE system - indeed, it confuses many professionals," the paper says. "There would be major cost savings, as well as a welcome increase in transparency, if colleges were again trusted to plan provision with their partners, as continues to happen in HE."
Mr Fletcher said that the 157 Group was supportive of Conservative party plans to recreate a Further Education Funding Council and Liberal Democrat plans to create a new Council for Adult Skills and Higher Education by merging FE funding with the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
"We support the reduction of costs by getting rid of intermediary bodies and stopping trying to second guess from the centre," he said.
A second policy paper from the 157 Group argues that colleges are crucial to promoting strong communities and governors are a powerful and untapped resource when reconnecting Government and its policies with local people.
"Giving real power to college governors is one way of reconnecting people with the policy process," says Strong colleges build strong communities. "They are well networked into local communities and understand local business as well as what the college can offer.
"It is important, however, that governors have the freedom to shape provision in the light of the aspirations of communities and the requirements of local employers.
"In recent years, colleges have increasingly been driven to respond only to priorities set in Whitehall. This trend needs to be reversed so that once again it is local priorities that set the college agenda."
Equally important is the message conveyed by the college brand, it says. "In the world of further education, the college brand stands out as one of the few stable elements in the landscape," the paper continues.
"This recognition is important in building trust and confidence among potential students. It enables successful colleges to symbolise and promote education across their communities and help focus local aspirations."
Colleges are also vital to promoting more tolerant communities through policies of mutual respect and interfaith dialogue. Additionally, the paper argues that colleges are safe havens for people who may suffer threats and intimidation elsewhere in their communities.
The study concludes: "Colleges are major social assets focused clearly on adding public value and are around for the long term."


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Six Opulent New Character Posters for Baz Luhrmann's 'Great Gatsby'
by Alex Billington
March 31, 2013
Source: Emileeid
The eyes! It's all about their eyes! There's a new set of character posters for Warner Bros' adaptation of The Great Gatsby, directed by Baz Luhrmann, that I have to feature because I really like them. Most of these pretty faces are recognizable, from Leonardo DiCaprio to Tobey Maguire to Joel Edgerton to the always gorgeous Carey Mulligan; except for that shot of Isla Fisher as Myrtle, or the who-the-heck veiled girl that is actually up-and-coming actress Elizabeth Debicki. These feature that ornate gold pattern as a sleek border and you'll notice DiCaprio (Gatsby) is the only one with the frame on the left side. Nice touch.
Here are the six character posters for Baz Luhrmann's Great Gatsby, found on Emileeid (via IMPAwards):
If you haven't seen the latest energetic trailer for Baz Luhrmann's Great Gatsby, you can still watch it here.
The Great Gatsby is directed by Baz Luhrmann (of Moulin Rouge and Romeo + Juliet previously) from a script he wrote himself with Craig Pearce, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel of the same name. Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire), a Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) and finds himself drawn into his social circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy. Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Jason Clarke, Isla Fisher and more also star in the movie hitting theaters in 3D on May 10th this summer.
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