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So I go to this SAT prep class and this boy was sitting behind me and he said I looked familiar. So he asked where I went to school and I told him. He then asked where I went to church (because he saw me at church like 2 weeks before and remember me) so I seen him around SAT class and we talked a little bit. So would it be weird or creepy if I followed him on Twitter.
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Arbitrage and knowledge
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Pizza kit hits the spot, especially when it's made with love
Published 12:00 am, Tuesday, September 20, 2016
When my wife and son wanted to start a weekend of celebrating my birthday a few weeks ago, they started with what may be the ideal food for all ages: pizza.
Instead of going out or getting something to go, they picked up a kit at the grocery store and used a new pizza stone to bake it at home.
Our son wanted it to be a surprise, so he asked me to wait in the backyard after I came home from work while they finished it. So while our miniature Schnauzer and I played fetch with a well-worn tennis ball, I could smell something wonderful garlicky coming from the back door.
The pizza with roasted garlic and basil leaves — made from an $8.99 kit at Central Market — turned out beautifully. When it's made with so much love, how could it not?
That pizza kit was so good, we bought another one. I really can't get over how much flavor came from so little effort. The only challenge I had was in rolling the dough — and that was my lack of practice. I rolled out the dough and plopped it on the pizza stone, added the ingredients and slid it in the oven. The thorough instructions didn't allow me any room to mess up anything.
Yes, I know the pizza is supposed to go on a hot pizza stone in the oven, but I made it the same way my wife did and it turned out fine. I'll probably buy a pizza peel for the next batch, though.
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While it cooked, we made a salad of boxed greens to go with it, and our 8-year-old made the vinaigrette. I did depart from the recipe in one way: I sliced the basil and sprinkled it on top of the hot pizza when it came out of the oven. That way, the herbs wouldn't burn in the hot oven.
The next birthday in our family isn't until December. In the meantime, we can keep the celebrations going with a little help from pizza.


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Scolari - Mikel's turn to shine
Chelsea manager Phil Scolari believes John Obi Mikel could become the Blues' most valuable player.
Last Updated: 15/11/08 12:11pm
Chelsea manager Phil Scolari believes Nigerian midfielder John Obi Mikel could command a permanent first-team place for years to come.
The Blues' boss says his 21-year-old enforcer is the unsung hero of his squad and that he will only continue to grow and improve.
Mikel's penalty miss against Burnley sent Chelsea crashing out of the Carling Cup, but Scolari insists he still has the world at his feet.
Scolari told The Sun: "I knew he would be a big part of my team.
"With Claude Makelele leaving I was sure Mikel could be the player to play in his position in the future.
"When Makelele was here he was the one playing because he was the more experienced player. But now is the time for Mikel.
"If we don't give him the chance to play, how will he get the experience? He's had maybe 20 games for me and played 18 very well.
"He's so young, only 21, and has learned a lot with Makelele and Michael Essien."
Mikel joined Chelsea for £16m from Lyn in 2006 and Scolari says his versatility will be a key component of his young star's development.
"He looks like he belongs in the position, knows more about his position and is a more experienced player," Scolari said.
"Mikel is like a lot of African players who have what all coaches want which is power but also style where they are comfortable with the ball, can control it and dribble with it."
The Nigerian also received praise from Nigeria boss Shaibu Amodu who has known Mikel from a young age.
Amodu told The Sun: "Mikel was my boy before he became a star.
"But he was quite small when he was 14 and when I saw him playing later for one of our youth teams I had to ask 'Is that little John Obi?'
"He has grown, become stronger and his full potential is just beginning to materialise. Chelsea are looking after him very well.
"He can be one of the best players in the world and has a great man in Scolari to help him achieve that."


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Springerville Survived The Gentle Onslaught.
By Dave Irwin
THE RAINBOW FAMILY of Living Light arrived in Springerville to a chilly civic reception usually reserved for invading Visigoths or British soccer fans. But for all the dire predictions and lurid media reports, in the end, the Annual Gathering of 25,000 people was more family reunion than locust swarm.
The Gathering and its July 4 prayer for world peace is already fading from memory at Carnero Lake in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. In a year or so, you probably won't be able to tell they were ever there, except by talking to the locals swapping tales about what was for a few weeks the largest city ever in Apache County. If there's one thing Arizonans love, it's stories about ghost towns.
Walking around the Gathering, impromptu shouts of "We love you" from large groups echoed across the meadows. Strangers passing on the trails smiled and said, "Welcome home." People called each other brother and sister. Conversations ended with the phrase, "Lovin' ya."
At the dozens of kitchens, with colorful names like "Loving Ovens," "Brew Ha-Ha Tea," and "Serenity Camp" (with daily 12-Step meetings), anyone who walked up with a bowl was fed for free. When a ban on fires shut down kitchens without propane stoves, others took up the slack and no one went hungry.
The Gathering was adamant about hygiene, with instructions posted for properly using military spec slit latrines. At kitchens, hands were washed religiously before food prep, utensils cleaned with soap, rinse and then disinfectant. Working at Bliss Kitchen, after washing up, you're shown how to properly ladle food so that the serving spoons don't touch the person's bowl. As a reward for the efforts, the triage/first-aid station, CALM (Center for Alternative Living Medicine) reported few problems.
Despite the large numbers of people and the duration of the event, only 109 arrests were officially logged. A murder suspect from Florida was removed by Shanti Sena, the Rainbow's own internal peacekeepers, and turned over to Apache County deputies. The group had been warned by postings to the Rainbow's internet news group, alt.gathering.rainbow, so when Joseph Geibel was spotted and his identify confirmed by both photographs and eyewitnesses, he was quietly taken out. Deputies responding at the edge of the Gathering found him sitting, wrapped in a blanket with his possessions in front of him, surrounded by more than 20 Shanti Sena.
Apache County Sheriff spokesperson Jim Morse said that overall, "Certainly, there were people up there who don't like law-enforcement, and they made that loud and clear, but the majority of people were very friendly. When you have 25,000 people together, almost anything could happen."
Inside the Gathering, marijuana use was omnipresent, with some people getting stoned to make their morning coffee. However, non-participation in ganja rituals was politely respected. Hallucinogens, primarily LSD and psilocybin mushrooms, also appeared plentiful for anyone interested.
Alcohol and drug use at "A Camp," the hardcore partying area, and the adjacent Bus Village created the most problems. At one point, when an incident with federal officers occurred near the lake, deeply paranoid A Campers barricaded the road in anticipation of an imagined massive police invasion. The move during an extreme fire danger was as stupid and dangerous as locking theater doors from the inside. In the end, the man wanted for assaulting a federal officer in the incident surrendered naked to police, in a true Rainbow moment.
This was Kay Dyson's second Gathering, having seen the 1979 event near Alpine. The Springerville councilwoman, whose husband works for the Forest Service, conceded that the visitors were well behaved.
"They brought a positive impact to the economy. They brought color, diversity and excitement. As in any community, there were good things and bad. They were just totally different than people you find in a small rural area.
"In any case," she says as the summer monsoons begin to fall on the White Mountains, "our folks are left with a multitude of colorful stories to tell for years to come. They brought some spice to an otherwise rainy July."
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Cotellic Side Effects
Generic Name: cobimetinib
Note: This page contains information about the side effects of cobimetinib. Some of the dosage forms included on this document may not apply to the brand name Cotellic.
In Summary
Common side effects of Cotellic include: skin photosensitivity. Other side effects include: increased creatine phosphokinase. See below for a comprehensive list of adverse effects.
For the Consumer
Applies to cobimetinib: oral tablet
In addition to its needed effects, some unwanted effects may be caused by cobimetinib (the active ingredient contained in Cotellic). In the event that any of these side effects do occur, they may require medical attention.
Major Side Effects
You should check with your doctor immediately if any of these side effects occur when taking cobimetinib:More common:
- Abdominal or stomach pain or tenderness
- bleeding gums
- blurred vision or any other change in vision
- chest discomfort or pain
- chills
- clay colored stools
- coughing up blood
- dark urine
- decreased appetite
- difficulty in breathing or swallowing
- dizziness
- faintness
- fast irregular or pounding heartbeat
- fever
- headache
- increased menstrual flow or vaginal bleeding
- increased sensitivity of the skin to sunlight
- itching or skin rash
- loss of appetite
- muscle cramps or spasms
- muscle pain or stiffness
- nausea and vomiting
- nervousness
- nosebleeds
- paralysis
- pounding in the ears
- prolonged bleeding from cuts
- red or black, tarry stools
- red or dark brown urine
- redness or other discoloration of the skin
- seeing flashes or sparks of light
- seeing floating spots before the eyes, or a veil or curtain appearing across part of vision
- severe sunburn
- slow or fast heartbeat
- swelling of the feet or lower legs
- unusual tiredness or weakness
- yellow eyes or skin
Minor Side Effects
Some of the side effects that can occur with cobimetinib may not need medical attention. As your body adjusts to the medicine during treatment these side effects may go away. Your health care professional may also be able to tell you about ways to reduce or prevent some of these side effects. If any of the following side effects continue, are bothersome or if you have any questions about them, check with your health care professional:More common:
- Acne or pimples
- diarrhea
- nausea
- swelling or inflammation of the mouth
- vomiting
For Healthcare Professionals
Applies to cobimetinib: oral tablet
The most commonly reported adverse reactions (more than 35%) were increased creatinine, increased CPK, lymphopenia, increased AST, increased alkaline phosphatase, increased ALT, hypophosphatemia, anemia, increased gamma-glutamyltransferase, diarrhea, photosensitivity reactions, hypoalbuminemia, nausea, and hyponatremia.[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Increased creatinine (99.6%)[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Increased CPK (79%)[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Increased AST (73%), increased alkaline phosphatase (71%), increased ALT (68%), increased gamma-glutamyltransferase (65%)
Frequency not reported: Increased total bilirubin[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Lymphopenia (73%), anemia (69%), thrombocytopenia (18%)[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Hypophosphatemia (68%), hypoalbuminemia (42%), hyponatremia (38%), hyperkalemia (26%), hypokalemia (25%), hypocalcemia (24%)[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Diarrhea (60%), nausea (41%), vomiting (24%), stomatitis (14%)[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Photosensitivity reactions (47%), acneiform dermatitis (16%), alopecia (15%), hyperkeratosis (11%), erythema (10%)
Frequency not reported: Rash[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Pyrexia (28%), hemorrhage (13%), chills (10%)[Ref]
Reported hemorrhage cases included various types of hemorrhages (rectal, hemorrhoidal, gastrointestinal tract, uterine, vaginal, pulmonary, cerebral, subarachnoid, ocular, eye, conjunctival, retinal; reproductive system); melena, hematemesis; hematochezia; gingival bleeding; metrorrhagia; hemorrhagic ovarian cyst; menometrorrhagia; menorrhagia; hemoptysis; subgaleal hematoma; hematuria; epistaxis; contusion; traumatic hematoma; ecchymosis; purpura; and nail bed bleeding.[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Decreased LVEF (26%), hypertension (15%)[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Serous retinopathy (26%), impaired vision (15%), chorioretinopathy (13%), retinal detachment (12%)
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Retinal vein occlusion[Ref]
Common (1% to 10%): Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma/keratoacanthoma, basal cell carcinoma
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Second primary melanoma, non-cutaneous malignancies[Ref]
1. "Product Information. Cotellic (cobimetinib)." Genentech, South San Francisco, CA.
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Well we did it! We FINALLY settled on a location and venue for the 2015 Saab Owners' Convention (SOC). SCNA Board member Daniel Cahill took the leadership challenge to poll various audiences in social media, gathering feedback, talking to SOC attendees and sponsors in Oregon, listening to local clubs in the Midwest and after countless hours considering the drive from all points north, south east and west, before he was ready to make the suggestion.
SOC 2015 will be held in Lexington, KY at the crossroads of I64 and I75 – well known for horse farms and horse racing, where all backroads lead to bourbon distilleries and offers scenic drives through gorgeous countryside. We are now at work negotiating with the host hotel for pricing and coordinating the details to execute the event. Mark your calendars now for August 13 – 16, 2015, the Griffin Gate Marriott will be out host property and has all of the features we wanted to host a terrific event.
There are numerous Saab events going on this fall, many are celebrating all of the new OSC's that have been certified by ORIO to continue to provide service to our vehicles. If you have an event you would like SCNA to help support, feel free to contact us via any of the email addresses listed on the Club website. We are happy to help local clubs facilitate meetings and get togethers.
Happy Saabing!
PS: Follow the club on Facebook and SAABnet for more Convention details as they become available.
Daryle PowersPresident, Saab Club of North America


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My siblings are my world. When I first found out my stepmother at the time was pregnant, I was filled with a flurry of emotions. Having been my father's only child for nine years, I didn't know what a sibling would be like for our relationship. They told me that I would have to get rid of the family cat, since she might hurt the baby. I remember feeling sad and anxious. From the moment my brother was born, though, it was easy to love him. I adored him, I marveled at everything he did, he couldn't possibly disappoint me. One of the proudest moments of my life is when he learned how to say jie jie, sister in Mandarin. When my sister followed a year later, I was apprehensive again. I was the only girl in the family…how would her birth change that? Things actually didn't change much once she was born. While my brother was a goofy, outgoing toddler, she was just a blob. She was always crying, and she didn't seem to like anyone very much. It took me much longer to bond with her than with my brother. Even as she grew older, she wasn't fun the way my brother was. While my brother and I threw coconuts at the house, trying to dislodge the boomerang that was stuck 20 feet high, my sister was crying a dozen times a day. I didn't really know my sister until we both grew up a bit.
Let's call my sister Billy Bob. That's my nickname for her. She calls me Bear. Billy Bob is my best friend, and she has been for years, even though she's only 14. We understand each other in a way that I've yet to find in anyone else. Somehow, despite growing up in completely different families, we have the same morals, values, likes and dislikes. We both enjoy painting, knitting, and mocking hipster trends despite secretly liking them. She is a lot like me when I was 14 — she has her own ideas about how she wants to live her life, and she doesn't listen to anybody. In other ways, she is different. She is more stubborn than me, which I didn't think was possible. She is so stubborn that peer pressure doesn't seem to have any effect on her, which I find admirable. Billy Bob wears what she wants, eats what she wants, listens to what she wants. The only way to get her to do anything at all is to convince her that it's what she wants for herself. I love that about her, her independence.
She is also different in that she's a child. When I was 14, I had retired from a competitive individual skating career only to get into a competitive synchronized skating career. I had helped raise my siblings and served as my father's therapist. What I wanted most was to grow up, so that nobody could tell me what to do ever again. Billy Bob, on the other hand, wants to be a kid for as long as society will let her. Just a few years ago, she was still crawling into my lap. She's had a tough transition into puberty. She doesn't know what to make of this world that places so much emphasis on a girl's looks. Why do I have to cover up my shoulders in school? she says to me. There is nothing sexual about my shoulders. She is naïvely and genuinely unaware that she could become someone else's sex object. At 14, I wanted to become someone else's sex object. I wanted to be wanted, and I didn't care who it was that did the wanting. It's a miracle that I came out of my teenage years and early 20s relatively unscathed.
Since Billy Bob became a teenager, I've seen changes in her. Some of them have scared me. I've seen that innocence fall away from her, and I've seen anger replace some of her naïveté. I've seen her struggle with society's expectations, and I want nothing more than to be a role model for her. To show her that you can be a woman who likes to be sexy for herself, and nobody else. Being a role model for my siblings is something that I've always taken very seriously. Until recently, though, there was only so much I could do. I flew down to Florida every Christmas, and I tried to bring Christmas with me. I flew to China every summer, and I tried to entertain my siblings while my dad was at work. As their parents went through a messy divorce, I tried to explain to them what was going on and to shield them from it. Through the years, though, I often questioned my role in their lives and whether I was making a difference. I loved that every time I asked my brother about his favorite memories, he always picked a time when I was there. I know that he did it unknowingly, because that boy is dead honest.
Last month, I had the chance to make more of a difference than I ever have before. And I took it. I fought for it with everything that I had. I've never wanted anything so badly. Next week, I have a court date. It's just a formality, since both parents have already signed the consent forms. As of next Friday, I will be my sister's legal guardian. As of today, I'm already a full-time mom to a teenager. In the past week, I've taken my "daughter" to the dentist, cooked a dozen pescatarian dinners, helped her with her math homework. I'm doing her summer reading for Honors English with her, so we can discuss the novels together. It's the most fun I've ever had. Last night, Billy Bob already had to remind me: "I'm not going to be here forever, you know?" I know. But four years is enough memories to last a lifetime.


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The provincial Health Department has ordered a Winnipeg personal-care-home group to terminate what the government believes is an illegal contract with its chief executive officer.
Health Minister Theresa Oswald said Thursday her department is demanding the contract be voided and any illegal payments returned to the government.
But it's not clear whether Bethania Group Personal Care Homes intends to comply with the order.
Bethania Group Personal Care Homes, which operates facilities on Pembina Highway and Concordia Avenue, has until April 2 to comply with the order issued Thursday. If it fails to do so, the province could replace its board of directors.
The order was made following an audit of Bethania Group in December. Investigators found a new contract between the group and CEO Ray Koop violated a government-imposed pay freeze as well as legislation passed last year. The home's board released a two-page response to the order Thursday, defending its actions.
The board ticked off its objections to the order point by point and took issue with the way the province put the care home under a public microscope.
"The board is very shocked," the statement read. It expressed the board's "disappointment," and contended the contract the province called illegal is common practice in health care everywhere in the province.
The letter ends with the board's suspicions the province is singling out the home for public rebuke out of an ulterior motive -- because it is faith-based.
"This begs the question whether the province has other motivations in releasing confidential information and failing to attach the board's response to the audit, given the disputes raised against new legislation related to the control over faith-based care facilities by the province," the letter said.
The audit found:
-- Bethania's board of directors allowed Koop to retire from his $160,000-a-year position last July 31, collect a pre-retirement payment worth nearly half his annual salary on Aug. 1, and start a new contract in the same position on Aug. 2 with a salary increase;
-- This occurred while a government-imposed executive salary freeze was in place; and
-- The CEO was actively involved in advising the board on the structure of his new remuneration package and therefore in a conflict of interest.
Oswald said Bethania currently receives annual funding of $9.5 million to operate its two care homes, which have a total of 200 residents.
"In this circumstance, there seemed to be a very clear and deliberate flouting of the law, which just cannot be abided by Manitoba Health nor, I would think, by the taxpayers of Manitoba," Oswald said in an interview.
The audit also raised concerns the two personal-care homes under Koop's supervision contracted out $20,500 in services to Koop's brother during a three-year period. And it noted his expense claims and credit card expenses are approved by an underling and not Bethania's board chairman.
In its initial dealings with auditors, Bethania argued Koop's new contract is legal. It said the previous contract was between the CEO and Bethania Mennonite Personal Care Home Inc., while the new one was with Bethania Housing and Projects Inc. However, overseeing the two homes continued to take up 70 per cent of the CEO's time.
Manitoba Health imposed a wage freeze on senior managers in 2009 -- the freeze also included senior management of personal-care homes. A provincial law enacted last spring also prevents a health organization from entering into an employment contract with a CEO within one year of his or her employment termination.
The Free Press was unable to reach Koop Thursday. Members of Bethania's 12-person board issued their statement through lawyers.
Oswald said Manitoba has high standards for transparency and accountability in health care.
The government said CEOs of personal-care homes are already required to publicly disclose their salaries and recent amendments to the Regional Health Authorities Act will strengthen the transparency and accountability of public funding in the health-care sector by:
-- implementing tighter controls on executive compensation in regional health authorities (RHAs), hospitals and other health corporations;
-- requiring the expenses of CEOs of RHAs, hospitals and personal-care homes be posted online; and
-- ensuring that if a health organization has a surplus of public funds, there is improved accountability and transparency for how those funds are used.
The government audit is available at www.wrha.mb.ca/bethania.
-- with files from Alexandra Paul


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Patrice Wagner came here more than a decade ago to help turn around the big Galeries Lafayette department store, which opened in old East Berlin after the wall came down, and then foundered. Fourteen months ago, that task complete, he became general manager of the big Kaufhaus des Westens, or KaDeWe, a western Berlin landmark.
KaDeWe is not in any crisis, but in 2007 the store, a magnet for tourists and Berliners alike, celebrates its 100th anniversary. ''We don't want to look like someone's dowager aunt,'' said Mr. Wagner, now 36, in his office high above the store. So next year, KaDeWe will begin a $54 million renovation of its lower six floors.
KaDeWe's rebuilding is part of a broad overhaul of Europe's venerable department stores, which are, like their American cousins, investing hundreds of millions of dollars to reinvent themselves.
Department stores in Europe are largely a center-city business, and European cities, unlike American ones, have largely remained havens of the middle and upper class.
Europe's department stores are also largely 19th-century creations. They provided for generations of shoppers a service that could not be had at specialty stores with a single line of products -- one-stop shopping for everything from clothes to home furnishings to appliances and even food.Continue reading the main story
European retailing continues to evolve, despite an economic slowdown and a lukewarm consumer market. Increasingly, Europeans are fleeing congested cities, promoting the spread of shopping malls. At the same time, specialized retailers with rapid supply chains, like Hennes & Mauritz of Sweden and Zara of Spain, have drawn young shoppers and challenged department stores.
If all this sounds familiar to Americans, it may explain why in the 1990's many big chains, like Selfridges in Britain and Galeries Lafayette in France, looked across the Atlantic. ''When we looked for a benchmark then in the 80's and 90's, it was the United States,'' Mr. Wagner said. But the models to emulate today, he added, are Selfridges and El Corte Inglés in Spain.
At the huge Corte Inglés store at Nuevos Ministerios, north of the Madrid city center, the strategy used successfully by many European department stores of introducing luxury brands is much in evidence. Shoppers entering the ground floor pass ''shop in shop'' boutiques with brands like Bulgari and Cartier. The women's fashion floors feature big names like Cerutti, Balenciaga and Bruno Magli, but also home-grown Spanish designers like Felipe Varela and Jesús del Pozo.
El Corte Inglés, which has stores across Spain, is committed to the traditional concept of all-under-one-roof. Two years ago, El Corte Inglés began selling cars through an agreement with Many Cars, a Spanish dealership. Yet Manuel de Morales, a spokesman, said only top-of-the-line brands like Mercedes-Benz and BMW are offered. What's the advantage of buying a car at a department store? ''None,'' he replied, ''but we want to provide every possible service.''
El Corte Inglés needs not only money, but youth. Some of its strongest competition comes from energetic retailers like Zara that focus on teenagers. To hit back, the store has created new brands, like Green Coast, with bell bottoms and bright tops that appeal to young shoppers. Last year it began opening a separate chain of stores, called Sfera, a Zara knock-off. Facing the Corte Inglés store along Calle de Preciados in the heart of Madrid, a big new Sfera store is under construction.
Whether a bag of such tricks will help European chains over the long term is unclear. ''Does the department store in its current form have a future?'' asked Michael Kliger, director of the retailing group at McKinsey & Company in Munich. ''That is the $1 billion question.''
Retailing is in a downturn all over Europe, but department stores are feeling the effects the most. In the Galeries Lafayette Group, which includes BHV department stores, discount stores and financial services, the department stores' share of total revenue dropped below 36 percent last year, from 36.9 percent the year before and 37.3 percent in 2000. Operating profit at the group's department store division dropped almost 9 percent in the first nine months of the year. In contrast, operating profit rose 17 percent at the group's discount Monoprix stores. In Germany, revenue at KarstadtQuelle, the retailing giant that owns KaDeWe and 188 other department stores, dropped 8 percent last year, although Germany's overall retail market contracted only 2 percent.
All this has caused the stores to tighten their ranks. In Germany, the number of department store chains has contracted in 10 years from a half-dozen to two: KarstadtQuelle and Kaufhof, part of the Metro Group of retailers. In Spain, El Corte Inglés stands alone, after swallowing its closest rival, Galerías Preciados, in 1996, then last year taking over five Marks & Spencer stores.
One tendency is for big stores to grow bigger and smaller ones to fail. When El Corte Inglés absorbed Preciados, several smaller, less profitable locations were shut. In addition to giant stores like KaDeWe, KarstadtQuelle has many stores in smaller cities. Markus Bär, who follows the stores at Kommerzbank Securities in Frankfurt, estimates that as many as 48 are losing money and will probably be shed. ''The department store concept is very difficult,'' Mr. Bar said. ''The concept is losing ground.''
To fight back, Galeries Lafayette has divided its stores into three groups -- department stores in midsize cities, specialty stores and big flagship stores like those in Paris or Nice. In March, the Paris store will grow still larger, when Galeries Lafayette opens a huge new food and home furnishings store after a $60 million, two-year renovation of six adjacent buildings it acquired from Marks & Spencer along Boulevard Haussmann.
''It's the first time in 30 years that Paris gets a new department store,'' said Evelyne Le Roux, a company spokeswoman. Galeries Lafayette is painstakingly restoring the 19th-century facades, and one of them will house a complete Zara outlet catering to young tastes.
Many of these stores are in big cities that rely increasingly on tourists. Galeries Lafayette gets about 40 percent of its revenue from tourists, though that dipped slightly after Sept. 11, Ms. Le Roux said. Signs are in English as well as French; receptionists sport little flags indicating which languages they speak.
Mr. Wagner of KaDeWe said the store increasingly lures the emerging consumer classes from Eastern Europe and has adjusted its collections to meet their tastes. The liveried doorman at KaDeWe's main entrance, an institution from the store's heyday in the 1920's that was reintroduced in 1996, welcomes shoppers in five languages.
Despite their strong urban markets, some chains are hedging their bets, following customers to the suburbs. Two sexy new Corte Inglés stores are in big malls at La Moraleja and Sanchinarro, outside Madrid. ''The tendency is to move to the edge of town, and we are following the tendency,'' Mr. de Morales said.
Above all, these department stores want an environment that caters to young shoppers. Galeries Lafayette's opening of the Paris store in March will free two floors in the main store across Boulevard Haussmann to be turned into a vast fashion emporium aimed at young shoppers.
Part of the recipe for survival includes dropping traditional products to open more space to fashion and apparel. El Corte Inglés no longer sells fabric by the yard or sewing materials; Galeries Lafayette has relegated sports gear like soccer balls and tennis rackets to its specialty stores. Yet Mr. Wagner of KaDeWe says almost any product can go upmarket. KaDeWe, for instance, still sells kitchen appliances, though only exclusive brands like Miele of Germany; home electronics focuses on entertainment systems by fashionable brands like Bang & Olufsen and Bose.
To some, the effort to go pricey has its limits. Ms. Le Roux of Galeries Lafayette brushed through a ground-floor aisle that separates a boutique offering Poiray jewelry, including $24,000 diamond-encrusted watches, from display cases featuring $180 pendants by the costume jeweler Ambrosia. ''This diversity is the strength of a department store,'' she said.
Many successful department stores are drawing shoppers in by transforming themselves into a kind of museum cum theater offering exhibits and performances for all ages and tastes. Europe's department stores have always been temples of consumption -- some, like Printemps of Paris, built under stained-glass domes that recall cathedrals.
When Galeries Lafayette recently opened its huge new 28,000-square-foot lingerie department, featuring scarlet partitions, lifelike scantily clad mannequins and an aisle called the Red Hot Boulevard, the store offered free striptease lessons to shoppers eager to reveal their new lingerie. Selfridges staged an event earlier this year called Body Craze, in which hundreds of nude shoppers rode the escalators while being photographed. On Halloween this year, KaDeWe invited shoppers into its vast fine-food department, billed as Europe's largest, where for $180 they could eat and drink all they wanted and dance until the wee hours.
''Shoppers come not only to see the latest tendencies,'' Ms. Le Roux said. ''You have to offer something special. It's theater.''Continue reading the main story


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Randall Hall has a simple explanation for his rather complicated music duo.
"I play sax," Hall says from his office at Augustana College in Rock Island, "He plays laptop."
Hall and Jonathon Kirk, a former student of his who's now on the faculty at North Central College in Naperville, Ill., form Pendulum. It's an avant-garde music duo that's kicking off a new series called Emanations at Rozz-Tox in Rock Island.
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"He takes the material I play, puts it in the software and deconstructs and recomposes it, and then it comes out," Hall explained. "The computer's creating its own musical part that he's improvising in real time while I'm improvising on the sax."
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