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The 7 Fastest Growing Jobs And Where They Are Located. Duluth Makes The List!
We all hear how tough the job market is but there are professions that will be growing in the near future. If you are thinking of a going back to school or just considering a career change, here are the 7 fastest growing jobs and what part of the country you may have the best luck landing a job. This is part of a national article, but Duluth is mentioned as a hot spot to land a job in an industry that made the list!


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Aug. 13, 2014
At the Tea Garden
My friend and I mull over the teas
displayed in square jars
with beveled glass labeled by type.
Each name seems part of a haiku:
"After the Snow Sprouting." "Moon Palace."
"Mist Over the Gorges."
I'm drawn to green teas
with unoxidized leaves that don't wither,
hold their grassy fragrance
like willow under snow in winter.
The proprietor offers real china for the Chinese tea.
Animal bones, fine ground, give whiteness,
translucency and strength
to the porcelain that appears delicate,
resists chipping.
The rim of the cup is warm and thin.
My friend's lips are plush: her lovely
mouth opens to give advice I ask for.
We talk about memory of threshold events,
like a first kiss or a poem published.
She can't remember...
I tell her about my brother-in-law's
chemotherapy—his third bout of cancer.
He wants his family to put a pinch
of his ashes in things he liked:
his banjo, the top drawer of his desk, the garden.
I wouldn't mind becoming part
of a set of bone china that serves tea
in a cozy teahouse smelling of incense,
cinnamon, musk, and carved teak.
I'd like to be brought to a small table,
sit between friends' quiet words,
held in hands so close that breath
on the surface of warm drink
makes mist rise over their faces.
Construction began on the Berlin Wall on this date in 1961. After World War II, Germany had been divided up by British, French, Soviet, and American occupying forces. The city of Berlin lay completely within Soviet territory, but it was also divided. Soviet forces controlled the eastern part of the city and the country, and they were increasingly concerned about locking it down against the democratic West. The border was porous after the war, and millions of East Germans emigrated west in search of greater opportunities. By 1961, they were leaving at a rate of a thousand per day.
So in the early hours of the morning, East German soldiers quietly began laying down barbed wire: a hundred miles of it just inside the border of East Berlin. It wasn't long before the wire was replaced by a six-foot block wall, which the East German authorities called an "Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart." Nine years later, the wall was raised to 10 feet, but people still tried to escape. Finally, in 1989, with the end of the Cold War, East and West Berlin residents gathered on either side of the wall and began chipping away at it, knocking off blocks with sledgehammers and climbing back and forth over it. The wall was formally dismantled, and Germany reunified, in 1990.
It's the birthday of novelist Tom Perrotta (books by this author), born in Garwood, New Jersey (1961). He grew up in blue-collar Newark, idolizing Bruce Springsteen. After he went on to study creative writing and started publishing his own novels, he didn't want to distance himself from his New Jersey life. He said: "I like to write simply and clearly. I never wanted to write for the guys I met in college; I wanted to write for the guys I grew up with who weren't literary sophisticates. I have an allergy to fancy writing."
His books include Election (1998), Little Children (2004), and The Abstinence Teacher (2007). His most recent book is The Leftovers (2011), about what might happen if the Rapture didn't quite live up to evangelical expectations. Stephen King called it "the best Twilight Zone episode you never saw — not 'The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street,' but 'The Monsters Are Us in Mapleton.'"
It's the birthday of director Alfred Hitchcock, born in London (1899). His father was a greengrocer — and a strict man. Once, when the five-year-old Alfred misbehaved, his father sent him to the police station and they locked him in a cell for a few minutes to teach him a lesson. Hitchcock was so terrified that he was afraid of the police for the rest of his life, and he rarely drove a car so that he could not be pulled over. Hitchcock directed great suspense and horror films, including Rebecca (1940), Notorious (1946), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), Psycho (1960), and The Birds (1963).
He said: "A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it."
It's the birthday of sharpshooter Annie Oakley, born Phoebe Ann Mosey in Woodland, Ohio (1860). She was born in a log cabin and grew up in poverty; after her father froze to death in a blizzard, she helped support her family by hunting. She was such a good shot that in 1875, at the age of 15, she entered a shooting contest and won, beating a well-known marksman named Frank Butler. Butler ended up marrying Annie and making her part of his touring act. When Buffalo Bill Cody's famous Wild West Show needed a new performer, Oakley auditioned, and she became the star of the show. One of her fans was Sitting Bull, the chief who had defeated General Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn. After seeing one of her performances, he was so impressed that he offered to pay for a photograph of the two of them together.
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Eliminating goats on the islands that once inspired Charles Darwin have helped boost native species.
Giant tortoises and albatrosses on Galapagos have made a comeback.
Meanwhile, many native plants on the islands are threatened by invasive, non-native plants.
The eradication of non-native goats have helped native animals thrive.
The islands that inspired Charles Darwin to formulate his famous theory of evolution have seen in an impressive comeback among its giant tortoise and albatross populations, while many of its unique plant species remain threatened by non-native varieties.
In inhabited areas of the Galapagos, non-native plant species now outnumber native plant species by a factor of almost 1.6 to one, according to a survey published in the journal PLoS ONE.
Meanwhile, giant tortoises, albatross and native cactus are doing well on the uninhabited island of Española, according to a new assessment of their numbers, following the eradication of goats introduced to the island centuries ago, and a successful tortoise breeding program.
"We're winning on the uninhabited islands and we're losing on the inhabited islands," said Alan Tye of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program in Samoa, who studied invasive species on the Galapagos for more than a decade.
"The problem is that the inhabited islands are four of only seven islands that have humid highlands, and they are the largest. If things carry on as they are, we're going to see quite a lot of extinctions," he said.
The new plant survey took a detailed look at the inhabited islands, visiting nearly every property to catalog the species found there. The team catalogued 754 different alien plants, Of these, 257 were not previously known to be in Galapagos. Some of the worst invaders include guava, the quinine tree and a type of blackberry.
The humid highlands, the islands' agricultural areas, host the greatest abundance of invasive species, said study authors Anne Guézou and Mandy Trueman of the Charles Darwin Foundation in Galapagos.
In the towns, non-native species are mainly ornamental plants found in people's yards, but some of these could become invasive if they escape and start reproducing on their own, they said.
"Plants are a lot more insidious than animals," said Mark Gardener, Director of Terrestrial Sciences at the Charles Darwin Foundation, but not a part of the study. "Plants aren't like goats, unfortunately. Plants have seeds and you can't find every seed."
While plants may not capture the public's heart like giant tortoises, they provide essential habitat for tortoises and other species. Darwin's famous finches rely on trees that have suffered from clearing of land and from invasive blackberries, Trueman said.
The good news is that on the uninhabited island of Española, several native species are thriving after the elimination of feral goats on the island.
"I think there are something like double the albatrosses there were before, which is great news," Gardener said.
"There are very few invaders on the uninhabited islands," Tye said. "Goats are gone and we're starting to work on the rats and we're seeing fabulous regeneration. Once you get rid of those animals the vegetation comes back pretty resilient."
Giant tortoises on the island represent a huge success, bouncing back from only 15 individuals to more than 2000 with the help of captive breeding. The survey showed that the tortoises released on the island are now breeding on their own.
Surveyers also found that a cactus native to Española, devastated by goats, was coming back now that goats are gone.
Conquering the problems on inhabited islands won't be easy, Tye said. "There are fundamental problems in Galapagos with land use planning an management of what people bring into the islands and how they manage domestic plants and animals. It's fundamentally a social issue."
Bringing non-native plants to Galapagos has been banned since 1999. "People are bringing less," Guézou said, "but it is still happening. The quarantine system is not 100 percent perfect."


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TV Picks: 'The Making of "The Sound of Music Live!" '
TV picks for Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, include "The Making of 'The Sound of Music Live!' " and the films "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (The CW) and "Gone With the Wind" (AMC).
Tonight in Prime Time
'The Making of "The Sound of Music Live!" '
A behind-the-scenes look at next week's big event that features Carrie Underwood as Maria von Trapp, Stephen Moyer ("True Blood") as Captain von Trapp, Audra McDonald as Mother Abbess, Laura Benanti as Elsa Schrader and Christian Borle ("Smash") as Max Detweiler. 8 p.m. Wednesday on NBC (seattletimes.com/tvlistings).
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"Planes, Trains and Automobiles," 8 p.m. (The CW): An ad exec and a shower-curtain-ring salesman become co-travelers on the way to Thanksgiving in Chicago.
"The X Factor," 8 p.m. (Fox): "Performance Show": The acts perform with a live band.
"Gone With the Wind" (1939), 8 p.m. (AMC): A fiery Southern belle struggles to return her family's estate to its original magnificence after the Civil War.
"Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse," 9 p.m. (OWN): Leslie is exasperated by an unknown caller.
"Haunted Highway," 10 p.m. (Syfy): The team investigates an island of the Dry Tortugas.
"Burning Love," 10:30 p.m. (E!): Julie puts her remaining guys to the test in more ways than one; surprise visit; trip to the zoo.
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The Frail Branch captures Kugelplex's expansive vision of the klezmer tradition – journeying through Yiddish-Turkish space disco, Chassidic Carnivale, Smyrna taverna, swinging jazz, Romani crossroads, and good ol' fashioned shtetl rockin'.
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Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA)
06 Mar 2008 to 01 Jun 2008
Fiona Hall: Force Field presented an in-depth survey of works by the Australian artist encompassing the last four decades of her practice. The exhibition included key works from the 1970s to the present and included new work made especially for the exhibition.
Born in Sydney in 1953 and based in Adelaide, Hall began her career in photography and extended into diverse media including sculpture, installation and garden design. Her work is characterised by its use of ordinary items and materials, which are transformed into complex and allusive objects.
Rather than reflect a chronological progression, the exhibition was divided into a number of chapters where works from different phases of the artist's career were brought together. Presenting Hall's art in this way revealed the diversity yet consistency between her earlier and recent practice, allowing a kind of archaeological layering of her formal and conceptual concerns.
The show opened with a suite of works that explored ideas of the 'domestic'. While 'home is where the heart is', it is also a zone in which the material, emotional and spiritual aspects of life jostle, clash and sometimes achieve a tentative equilibrium. The second suite of works pivoted around notions of the 'Body'. Both early and recent works reflected Hall's alertness to the body not only as something sexual, vulnerable and a part of Nature, but also as a political, contestable and complex entity.
A group of works exploring humanity's relationship to the natural world and concepts of Paradise formed the centre of the exhibition and the meditation on natural history continued through a suite of works investigating life-forms such as birds and insects. Works which explored the connections between diverse life forms in symbiotic or competitive relationships highlighted how we are not external to, but enmeshed within the complex and delicate web of the natural world.
Other works looked at the overlapping territories of power, politics and the environment, reflecting the artist's interest in camouflage and the instinct for survival and defence mechanisms. The exhibition concluded with works that suggested narratives of exchange and colonialism, of enlightenment and exploitation.
Produced in association with City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand, Fiona Hall: Force Field toured to the following venues:
• City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand: 11 Jul – 19 Oct 2008
• Christchurch Art Gallery: 4 Dec 2008 – 1 Mar 2009
• Govett-Brewster Art Gallery (selected works): 4 Apr – 1 Jun 2009
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TEXT OF INTERVIEWLISA NAPOLI: These days, the sports pages have been reading a bit more like the crime blotter. There has been a long list of scuffles with the law lately among pro athletes. Business of Sports commentator David Carter says that's led to a clampdown by league commissioners, who are beefing up conduct policies and fines.
DAVID CARTER: It seems like, you know, even though athletes have never really been perceived as alter boys, there's really a distinct feel these days and the leagues are catching onto it, that the perception exists that the inmates are running the asylum. And so I think you're starting to see these leagues really try to clamp down because if they don't do it, it's gonna hurt their cash flow.
NAPOLI: Right, they know they have to, they've got an image problem, but what put them over the edge in terms of trying to reign these guys in?
CARTER: Well I don't know if it's been any specific example in any specific league, but if you look at the NBA for instance, they've been hypersensitive about their image since the brawl at Auburn Hill a couple of years ago. Major League Baseball right now, individual franchises are trying to figure out what's the right balance of beer in the clubhouse. They've had a couple very high-profile instances with the St. Louis Cardinals. The NFL, you know, over the course of the last year or so has had quite a few high-profile player arrests. And so I think it's the culmination of all these things and I think the commissioners realize that image, like Andre Agassi used to say, is everything.
NAPOLI: It seems like a hard marketing thing though. You've got to appeal to people with kids and you've got to appeal to people who want to be cool. Obviously being thuggy isn't really a good marketing tool but . . .
CARTER: I think there's more to it than that though. It's not just making yourself available and marketing to those fans, but it's increasingly the corporate fan. Not just at the stadium but the advertisers and the sponsors and I think that they're going to become even more leery over time. At some point they might exert more pressure on the league because you know what, when they sponsor/advertise in sports, their brands rubs up against the leagues' and vice versa. And so I think they're gonna be growing increasingly leery even if fans haven't.
NAPOLI: So what are the leagues doing to try to get the players to shape themselves up and do you think it'll work at all?
CARTER: Yeah it's a tough one because the leagues typically have to work with the players associations. In the NFL for instance, the player association headed by Gene Upshaw, they've been very willing to work with Roger Godell on their new player conduct policy. Major League Baseball's always been a little bit more reluctant to acquiesce to the demands of the league. And the NBA has been somewhere in between. But until they get buy-in across the board, these little things that happen, the little rule tweaks and all that will merely be seen as window dressing.
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Could you imagine if they had left Ostens laid down torch on the dirt floor of the Tribal Council?
Jiffs steps on the end of it as the Outcasts file in, sending it flying into the air, javelin style, where it pierces each tribe member right through the lungs.
Osten had to be right about something, why not the fact that he was constantly cautioning against the threat of lung injury? Ok, maybe not.
The torch has been moved, so the Outcasts file in without incident.
Jiff, usually confronted by solemn TC expressions, comments on how happy everyone looks. Ryan S executes a middle fingers down, end fingers up signal with one of his hands, accompanied by a single clap. This being the secret sign that starts all campfire sing-a-longs, Lill joins in, until she realizes no one else has picked up on the signal and morphs her own clap into an overly zealous celebration of Outcast success with the addition of a whoop.
Michelle beams hugely as she gleefully tells Jiff that she nearly wet her pants when she heard she might be able to get back into the game. So classy.
One again she mentions revenge as the driving factor in the Outcasts challenge victory.
Even though there is only one Ryan in attendance, Jiff decides to stick with the distinguishing pre-fix Skinny. Ryan continues the revenge theme set in motion by Michelle, going a step or two further by bemoaning the fact he never fit in at the Morgan tribe, no one ever gave him a chance.
After Burton gives a quick shout out to, determination, pulling together and internal drive, Jiff reminds them of the magnitude of the second chance theyve been given in the game.
Skinny Ryan confirms his understanding of that line of thought by holding apart his hands in an I caught a fish this big stance.
They have come to TC for an unprecedented reason though, to vote people back into the game, so Jiff steers the proceedings in that direction.
The plan is straightforward enough. Each Outcast will state their case as to why they should be allowed back into the game, after which there will be a vote in.
Nicole begins the round with her plea.
Apparently she was seen as the Bad Apple at the Morgan tribe. In the immortal words of the Osmonds, one bad apple dont spoil the whole bunch. Not that apples really grow in bunches, thats bananas isnt it? If the Osmonds had sung One Bad Banana, no one would have taken them seriously.
I have to create these little diversions for myself or else I would actually be sitting, watching the TV, listening to what Nicole has to say, like Im interested or something.
She rounds off her pitch with an empty threat to kick ass.
Jiff now calls on Lill to state her case. She cocks her head to one side at the sound of her own name. Apparently, she gave her all in the game and her aim is to prove to those sonsofbitches that she is tough.
She just cussed while wearing her scout uniform. Is that even allowed? Is there a badge for that?
Trish is next and makes the ridiculous promise that she will make sure an Outcast wins if she gets back in the game.
How exactly she plans to do that is a mystery.
The last big play she made managed to attract only the support of Jon and resulted in her own expulsion. Stubborn opponent of the UTR way of playing I may be, but when you seem to have as little mastery of the game as Trish does it is a plan you might wasnt to take out for a test drive.
Michelle is up next and displays her stunning lack of self-awareness by deeming herself a sweet little girl. Yes, Michelle, a sweet little girl who has no qualms about what she puts in her mouth, belches like a navvy and has minimal bladder control when excited.
She intends to return the kick in the face that those assholes dished out to the Outcasts.
Hmmm, so, out for revenge then?
Ryan is up next and cites his love of the game as the main reason he should be allowed to rejoin it. Again he claims his inclusion will ensure an Outcast victory.
Finally we have Burtons words to endure. Hes the most competitive person he knows. The rest nod as though that is a good thing, but as they dont know the people he knows, how they can determine that is unsure.
He promises that, should he be returned to the game, he will never lie to the other Outcast. The very fact that the others seem impressed by this promise underlines why they were voted out in the first place. He didnt promise to never vote the other Outcast out, plot against them, eat their share of the food, crap in their sleeping space, nuthin. Yet there they sit, nodding, grinning and looking on admiringly.
I would have just guilted them into voting me back in if I were him by pointing out that none of them had bothered to paint the tribes name onto their bandanas, so clearly I must be the most committed to the Outcasts cause.
Its time to vote and after Jiff explains that they have to write down two names on two separate pieces of parchment, no, they cannot vote for themselves, Ryan is first up to the polling station.
He approaches the parchment with caution, his hands held in fists at waist level.
We see the second of his two votes, cast in favour of Lillian.
Next up is Trish. Fast on the heels of her vote for Rubert, we see that she originally decided to throw her support behind Burdon, but a scribbled correction sees her voting for Burton with an unattractive mix of upper and lower case letters.
Burton himself steps up, but we see neither of his votes. We see Lill vote for what looks like Piyan but is obviously Ryan. She reverses his voting comment claiming that if she cant get back into the game she hopes he can. We see neither of Nicoles votes, but when Michelle casts for Nicole she claims its because shes knows shes a bad bitch who will go an get em.
Im sure none of us really expected Michelle to get through an entire sentence without busting out at least one minor cuss word.
Jiff goes off to tally and quickly returns with the ballot box.
He correctly assumes a certain level of stupidity among the Outcasts, they were voted out early after all, and explains that they were voting people in, thats in, IN, geddit?
He removes the first vote from the box, score one for Burton. Lill receives the next vote, her eyebrow raise immediately tells me she will be an over-reactor should she get poll sufficient votes to re-enter the fray.
One for Lill follows another vote for Burton. Cranking her reaction up a notch, she responds to the sight of her name with a disbelieving semi-sneer.
Some fool actually votes for Michelle. I shall consider this a tactical vote or possibly even an error just to make seeing her name more palatable.
There follows a vote for Nicole, which garners no reaction from her.
Votes for Ryan and Trish receive a nod and smile from the respective recipients. Jiff summarizes, Burton 2 votes, Lill 2 votes, everyone else one.
After revealing a mere two more votes, Jiff obviously reads the lack of comprehension on the faces of the outcasts so reads out the new tally.
The next vote is cast in favour of Burton, who becomes the first person ever to find their way back into the game. There is a short round of applause for him from everyone other than Lill, who obviously has to fling her arms round him and screech her congratulations.
Jiff has one vote left to read. With the parchment in hand, he says, the next person voted back in is At this point, I surely cannot have been the only person thinking not Lill, not Lill. Of course, as Michelle and Nicole have a single vote each the vote could have been for either of them and created a four way tie. Jiff gives the game away that this is the vote that puts someone back in the game before even unfolding it, and yes, as my very bad luck would have it, the vote is for Lill.
She of course goes into full Oscar mode, throwing her hand to her mouth and exclaiming the now standard Oh my God. To complete the physical portion of the theatrics she falls back in her seat in a mock faint. She returns to the upright position and claims, I am a nice person.
How she feels that is confirmed by the three votes she received is beyond me, but then nothing about Lill makes any sense to me anymore. I dont think she even is a scoutmaster.
Jiff tells Burton and Lill to grab a torch and get fire. The losers then file out of the TC area and off our screens until the finale, hopefully. On his way out, Ryan decides to embrace Lill and whisper his congratulations cementing their strange Michael Jackson/Liz Taylor style friendship.
All that remains to be decided is who will join which tribe. Jiff steps forward with a pot, holding a buff in each tribal colour. He asks who would like to select their buff first and without even offering Burton the option, Lill says she will. She reaches into the pot and pulls out the Morgan buff, much to her disgust.
Jiff advises them both to make the most of their second chance in the game and sends them both on their way back to their respective camps.
Back from the break, we find ourselves in the company of the Drake tribe, a storm is raging and we have on screen confirmation that it is indeed night 19.
The topic of conversation is understandably speculation about who will be joining their camp. Sandra is pinning her hopes on either Lill or Skinny Ryan and threatens to fall out if Burton comes back. Fall out of what? I guess we will see once Burton gets to the campsite.
He approaches the huddled Drakes waking them up as he asks are you guys asleep?
I have to give Burton credit though. He walks back into the camp in a good mood, pleased to be back in the game and passing off his previous elimination as water under the bridge when the Drakes start apologizing to him.
Sandra doesnt appear to fall out, or if she did, I didnt see it.
While Burton is integrating back into the Drake tribe, sour faced Lill is simultaneously landing on Morgan beach. The Morgans claims that they are pleased to see her seem genuine, but she expresses her feelings as whatever in confessional. Obviously she once again feels the need to mention that Andrew didnt tell her she was being voted off. No doubt if hed told her she would have accused him of mental cruelty.
Im starting to really dislike Lill.
Day 20.
Rupert and Burton are up early, so Rupert thinks it would be a good time to take Burton aside and discuss events passed.
Rupert gives a touching speech explaining how Burtons comments and actions before he was voted out regressed him back to the frightened little boy that was bullied as a child.
Of course, this could have been majorly embarrassing to view, but it was really rather touching imo. Christas overhears Rupert mention his plumbers crack and asks for his plumbers phone number.
Burton apologizes for upsetting Rupert and handshakes appear to draw a veil over those incidents.
They transition awkwardly into a discussion as to who would be voted out if the Drakes were to go to TC next. Burton asks for confirmation that it really will be Jon that is voted out and not himself, clearly doing a Savage by forgetting that he has immunity.
Rupert confirms Christa and Sandras votes against Jon could be counted on.
Over at the Morgan tribe, Lill is up collecting wood and boiling water to help out her tribe who she quickly realizes are out of energy.
Savage joins Lill by the fire, but she shows no interest in anything he is saying.
She confesses that she feels a certain resentment from the rest of the tribe because she has immunity. She describes her situation as somewhat of a second chance.
You were voted back in last night Lill, to a game you had spent more time out of than in. You have immunity at the next TC and you only consider that somewhat of a second chance?
Day 21.
Having stretched day 19 across one and a half shows, we enjoyed only a very brief day 20 before finding ourselves here, at day 21.
The Drakes have apparently discovered a tree bearing small, round orange fruit. After a quick taste session, the general consensus is that the fruits are lemons.
Rupert, Burton and Christa decide to use a lemon finding mission as an excuse to get away from camp to discuss Jon. Christa has decided to go with a policy of truth from now on and she simply doesnt see Jon fitting into those plans. The fact that he might defect to the Drake tribe is seen as an obvious threat so once again they confirm they will be voting him off at the next TC.
We quickly head over to the Morgan camp in time to see them pouring the last of their rice rations into their cooking pot.
Tijuana cleverly confesses that the fact they now have no food might just hurt them in the challenges.
Challenge Time I think.
No tree mail and no indication of where we are going or why, we are subject to a camera swoop across the island to what I believe to be Challenge Beach.
Jiff calls the Survivors in, Savage is holding the immunity idol so either its an IC or he bought it with him just in case.
Jonny Fairplay saunters in doing a scaled down version of his vote dance.
He casually throws an opened armed Fairplay into the mix, which Jiff quite rightly chooses to ignore.
With Trish gone for good, Sandra decides to try out for the role of least diplomatic person on the Drake tribe by pointing out they had corn, rice, a quick trip to the all you can eat buffet at Red Lobster, washed it all down with some beans, slept soundly and dreamed pleasantly.
Savage confirms Jiffs suspicion that things arent going so well food wise over at Morgan, by stating that they have nothing other than muscles and coconut.
Jiff teases them with thoughts of a merge.
Savage responds that he was not expecting a merge or a big buffet under some table.
Who would expect a buffet under a table?
Jiff instructs them to drop their buffs because the merge is, in fact, about to occur.
He lobs new buffs to each of the Survivors. JFP catches sight of the merge colour and shouts out the obvious, theyre black baby.
As usual, the merged tribe will have to make up a name and paint their new flag.
After explaining that all future challenges will be individual, Jiff takes the idol back from Savage, and swishes aside the burlap covering the individual immunity prize.
Ever faithful to this seasons pirate theme, the usual necklace has been replaced by a cutlass on a leather strap. The sight draws an arrrggghhh from Rupert.
The payoff for watching the show until the merge point is that you are guaranteed the opportunity to laugh at the tacky immunity necklace. This season could have been a really good laugh too; arms akimbo back arched a hearty, deep throaty laugh. You could even add a thigh slap and simply claim to be in keeping with the pirate theme.
The cutlass is pretty cool though . . . dammit!
The season bursts into pirate overload when Jiff delivers the news that the challenge will be based on the old pirate punishment of keelhauling.
Once again a pirate reference produces an ear-to-ear grin from Rupert while Jiff explains the instructions in full.
There will be two heats, in which five Survivors will start on the end of a platform, jump into the water, drag themselves along to the other end via the use of an underwater rope, climb back onto the other end of the platform, run along it jump back in and repeat the procedure. The first two people to complete two laps will go into the final.
We are given a close up of the platforms. Each has a large square section removed from the middle, which serves the dual function of allowing a struggling participant to come up for breath half way through the underwater stage and of making the soaking wet run back across the platform much more precarious. If were lucky, hilarity will ensue.
Five feet high wooden crosses stand at the both ends of each platform.
No doubt Jiff will clue is in to their purpose just as soon as we need to know.
Jiff instructs the Survivors to swim out to the platforms and wait for his Go.
The alleged random drawing of numbers produces a first heat line up of Tijuana, Christa, Rupert, Jon and Sandra.
They stand on the edge of their platforms, poised for the Go that soon follows.
They all drop into the water at the same time. Underwater shots let us see Jon, Christa and Rupert all showing good form. The three of them, plus Tijuana, soon emerge from the water and climb back onto the platform to begin the run across. JFP manages to execute a stutter step run while pulling his boxer shorts up and the lead four plunge back into the water just as Sandra is emerging at the opposite end of the platform.
We are given another underwater shot of Rupert favouring the face up technique, while a shot of Tijuana shows her to be making good with the opposite, face down, option.
Sandra slowly makes her way across the platform to begin her second lap. In possibly the worst dive in recorded history, Sandra bends in the middle and falls forward. Her feet barely leave the platform before her head touches the water.
Meanwhile, Rupert tippy-toes across the platform and into the water to finish in first place. He is closely followed by Jon, who smashes into the cross on the end of the platform before tumbling into the water. He breaks the surface, pumping the air with a clenched fist and yelling yeah, which is likely more of a reaction to finally settling the who can swim better contretemps with Sandra than of qualifying for the final.
The Survivors are in place for the second heat.
Lill, ever prepared, has removed her pants for the challenge and will be competing in her large white cotton panties of the type that become see through when wet and cause serious V.P.L. when dry.
Jiff gives his Go and they all jump into the water.
As the final shred of protein drains from his body, Savage runs into difficulty and has to scramble back up to the surface to get some air. From that point on he is never a contender in this challenge.
The race is on between Rhino and Burton, with Rhino taking an early lead out of the water. Burton over takes him on the trip across the platform but Rhino and Darrah are hot on heels, they all jump into the water for their second lap within seconds of each other.
For everyone else the plunge into the water is a simple, understated jump. Little more than a step off the platform really. Not so for Lill the theatrical, who jumps into the air, clearing the platform by several inches. She emerges in the cut out section in the centre of the platform. The extra effort extended in her dramatic entry into the water obviously taking its toll.
Burton completes the second lap, going all Lill on us by diving into the water when a simple jump would have done. He breaks the surface right in Rhinos dive path, causing him to do a hybrid dive/cartwheel, in order to avoid smashing into him. They finish first and second and take the last two spots in the final.
Jiff calls out the participants, Jon, Rupert, Rhino and Burton, for those unable to follow the action for themselves. He goes on to explain that, as if the two heats werent tedious enough viewing, we will now be subjected to a five-lap finale.
In addition to the jump, swim, run, jump cycle, they will now have to remove a medallion from the cross at the back of the platform and place it on the cross at the front on each lap.
Jiff explains that the medallions are on pegs on the crosses, a close up of one follows by way of confirmation.
Jiff gets the final under way with his Go and its not long before Rupert shoots into an early lead. He remains in first place through two laps with Burton running him a close second. Jiff very charitably comments that Jon and Rhino are battling it out for third, rather than saying they are fighting not to be last. Jiffs glass is half full apparently.
The challenge continues with Rupert soon on the third lap.
JFP, decides to bow out of the competition after completing only two.
Andrew offers up a half-hearted come on Rhino from within the losers boat, but other than that and a couple of you can do it Rupert s from Christa the losers are disinterest in this boring challenge.
Lets just breeze ahead to the final lap. Rupert emerges from under the water just in front of Burton. He retains his lead across the platform, but Burton mounts a last ditch effort, placing the medallion while in the process of making his final dive into the water. Rupert places his medallion, but stands arms aloft on the platform instead of jumping in. Victory to Burton.
Jiff calls him to swim over and hands him the cutlass. Burton slings the leather strap over his head and under one arm. He should go the whole hog and develop a swagger.
Jiff tells them to row back to camp in their new black tribal boat. Smiles, hugs and whooping erupt as Jiff informs them the feast Savage mentioned is waiting fir them back at camp.
After the break, we join the newly merged tribe back at the Drake camp.
Rupert tells us in confessional that they have settled on the new name of Balboa.
They pull the boat onto shore and commence celebratory hugging. Jon finally gets his hands on Darrah, but she maintains a lose enough grip so she can edge a well-placed knee to the groin should he get a little too fresh for her liking.
A quick Tijuana confessional follows where she questions whether everyone will come together or if it will be like two tribes living on the same beach a.k.a. The Shii Ann.
The group approaches the banquet. While there doesnt appear to be as much as there was at the S6 banquet, it looks to be good quality stuff plus it is on top of the table, so they quickly begin to tuck in.
Sandra runs down the components of the banquet in confessional, the camera closing in on each food item that she lists.
The pirate theme should have been extended to the food in my opinion. Biscuits with weevils in them perhaps, instead we have ye olde uh Swiss cheese.
The tribe toasts to their future with the clinking of ribs while Andrew confesses that the food made him feel human. Steady on there, Savage, you are still a lawyer you know.
The tribe breaks off into smaller groups, each carrying on separate discussions. Sandra informs Tijuana and Darrah that she relies on Rupert to provide food, which is exactly what the old Morgan tribe held did when he was with them.
Although enjoying the food immensely, the talk obviously soon turns to the nights forthcoming TC. Andrew and Tijuana discuss their best move and feel it would be wise to get rid of JFP.
Annoying though he undoubtedly is, JFP has identified Lill as the one Morgan whos vote he might e able to sway and homes in on her to start the schmoozing process.
Wouldnt it make sense for the Morgans to approach Burton for the same reason Jon is approaching Lill?
Find the tribe mate who feels they have a reason to be disgruntled with the rest of their tribe and try to court their vote. This doesnt appear to have occurred to the Morgans.
Having spoken to Lill, Jon now approaches Rupert with the news that she hates her old tribe and her vote might well be up for grabs. Despite the whole tribe having just eaten heartily, Rupert has already donned the goggles and is clearly about to go fishing.
After Jon clues Christa in to the possibility of gaining Lills support at TC, Burton approaches Lill to butter her up a little more.
Finally, Andrew approaches Lill to see which way she intends to vote. She claims to have not decided yet, but her constant just sucked on a lemon face betrays the fact that she is not in the Morgan camp as far as the voting is concerned this evening.
She refuses to tell Andrew if the Drakes are targeting him, because he didnt tell her when she was going to be voted out of Morgan.
Youre back in the game Lill, get the hell over it.
Desperate to belong, Lill soon falls for the flattery and faux friendship suddenly being offered by the Drakes.
There is just time for a final Tijuana confessional before they head off to TC.
She informs us that Lill is the swing vote, she might vote with one tribe, she might vote with the other, which is pretty much the text book definition of a swing vote.
Tribal Council.
Jiff welcomes them in, directing his first question to Tijuana, what was your reaction when you heard there was a merge?
Tijuana claims to have been shocked. Shocked? You were crying at the thought of getting some food. She continues in her catch-all answering fashion that if could have been a merge thats of benefit, or could hurt us all.
Bases pretty much covered there then T.
JFP smirks through her reply.
Jiff asks Lill how shes doing. She cracks her perma-frown long enough to tell him she is thrilled. Smile then you effin misery.
Jon continues to smirk through the remainder of the Q&A portion of the TC.
Jiff decides to move the proceedings on, repeating once again that both Burton and Lill have immunity tonight, but Burton can pass on the immunity he has as result of winning the challenge.
Burton decides to pass the immunity to Rupert, who accepts it, letting out a little giggle.
He could care less about the immunity, but cant wait to get his hands on the cool cutlass, another piece of his Complete Pirate kit.
The group applauds Burtons decision.
Time to vote. Savage is up first, casting his vote for Jon, whom he claims talks too much smack.
Jon votes for Savage and does some ridiculous wrestling voice, which deserves no further comment.
Christa votes for Savage. As usual she does a little spiral in one of the letters on her parchment. Perhaps everything really does have a little spiral on it to her post crack eyes.
Lill strides up to the booth. She walks like shes either just got off a horse or shes had an unfortunate Michelle type incident in her white drawers.
The voting complete, the camera pans between Jon and Savage, the two recipients of all the votes we have seen cast.
Jiff approaches the group, the voting urn in hand and delivers his usual once the votes are read, the decision is final spiel. Not sure if I believe you in light of the fact two people that were voted out are now back I the game Jiff.
Jiff reads the votes.
An initial vote for Jon is followed by five votes for Andrew. When the fifth is read, Jon uncoils from his crossed armed Fairplay position into an open armed version, clearly thinking Andrew has enough votes to be on his way out of the game. The Fairplay thing renders Jons fingers unusable for the purposes of counting. He reels the open armed stance back in, his face dropping as he notices Jiff continues to read out votes.
Three further votes for Jon follow before Jiff reads the deciding vote and declares Andrew the 7th person voted out of the game.
Andrew steps up for the torch snuffing, telling Rhino, D and T to hang in there by way of parting words once his flame is put out.
Jiff dismisses the tribe, after telling them they have at the very least secured a spot on the jury, news that Jon greets with a smug expression, naturally.
Next time on Survivor:
A stingray shocks a Balboan (Lill? :fingerscrossed)
The air is heavy with the scent of a possible Pagonging.


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FS: Trio of driver pairs for sale! Focal and Dynaudio!
Well, I'd intended to use these drivers for some diy speakers, but I've had to accept the fact that I don't have the time right now to build them, and space is at a premium.
The drivers are in perfect condition, unused and boxed. They consist of 3 pairs:
1) Focal T120K Kevlar Inverted Dome Tweeters. These are out of production now, if I remember right. They're quite nice and not overly harsh, along with a massive magnet on each one. Of note is that the face plates are *plastic*, not metal. $100 obo.
2) Dynaudio MW160 mid-bass drivers. These were bought unused, new in box off of ebay. I opened them up to check them out, but in a recent move the boxes were lost. I have some alternate boxes I am using instead, and they are visibly in perfect condition. $150 firm.
3) Unknown Focal 10" aluminum cone woofers. These were bought off of ebay new in box, and are only opened to check them. They have 1.5" voice coils, a nice cast frame and hefty magnet assembly. The seller of these suggested a 1.5 liter enclosure for a pair of these drivers, and I'm sure they'll work well for whoever buys them. $150 firm. (I emailed Focal to find out the model and it's T/S params, I'll provide those asap)
Anyway, if desired I'll post pics of each of these for everyone's perusal. I'm also selling a Meridian DVD player and Multimedia Controller as well, if anyone is interested. Shipping is buyer paid, paypal accepted happily along with checks or money orders. Checks must clear first before shipment. Shipping origination Zip is 95678.
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This lost season of Matt Ryan, this year of personal discovery and disappointment, finally had a happy ending. This time, on the road.
That he was able to stand at the end and exhale, considering how often he was hit, how many times he was sacked (six) — and that roughing the passer call taken against him — was a football miracle alone. On this day, Matty Ice needed a whole lot of it afterwards, just to feel alright.
And that has been the case in this season gone wrong. The fact this terrific quarterback— with 56 wins, 22 losses, one of the great first five-year totals in NFL history before this doomed season began — was upright, smiling, speaking and making sense early Sunday evening was the kind of brush with greatness not often seen around these parts.
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Church Camp defeated Excellent News by a half-length to win Friday's $64,140 Moondance Purse for fillies and mares at Santa Anita.
Ridden by Corey Nakatani, Church Camp ran seven furlongs in 1:22.23 and paid $11.40, $5.20 and $3.40.
Excellent News returned $9.80 and $5, while 13-10 favorite Crisis of Spirit was another three-quarters of a length back in third and paid $2.60 to show.
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Walmart (WMT[1]) has come up with a new way to sell groceries with its Walmart To Go[2] test.
[3]The program[4] allows consumers to buy groceries online which they can later pick up at their convenience or get delivered for $5 to $7. Walmart To Go has been in testing since 2011 in San Jose and San Francisco but the company has been expanding the program since then. The offer also applies to thousands of general merchandise items.
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category with duals (list of them)
dualizable object (what they have)
ribbon category, a.k.a. tortile category
monoidal dagger-category?
Just as a functor is a homomorphism between categories, so a closed functor is a homomorphism between closed categories. Like monoidal functors, closed functors come in varying levels of strictness and strength.
A strict closed functor is a functor between closed categories that preserves all the structure on the nose. In particular, it must preserve the internal homs and the unit object:
but it should also preserve all of the additional structure transformations. Strict closed functors are not common "in nature" (due to the problem of evil), but they are sometimes useful to consider in syntactic studies of closed categories, as for example in coherence problems.
More commonly occurring in nature are functors that preserve the closed structure merely up to a transformation, which may perhaps be invertible. Just as lax monoidal functors are often called simply "monoidal functors," the "lax" sort of closed functor for which the transformation is not invertible are often called simply closed functors, the ones where it is invertible being called strong.
To be precise: a (lax) closed functor between closed categories and is a functor together with:
A transformation , natural in and .
A morphism .
which satisfy the following axioms.
The following diagram commutes for any .
The following diagram commutes for any .
The following diagram commutes for any .
A strong closed functor is a closed functor such that and are isomorphisms.
Together with closed natural transformations, closed categories and closed functors form a 2-category.
Suppose that and are closed monoidal categories. Then any lax monoidal functor gives rise to a lax closed functor by defining to be the unit constraint of , and to be the adjunct under the internal-hom adjunction of the composite
Conversely, from a lax closed functor between closed monoidal categories we can recover a lax monoidal functor, with multiplication constraint being adjunct to the composite
where the map is adjunct to the identity of . In this way, lax monoidal and lax closed functors between closed monoidal categories are in bijective correspondence.
Note, however, that for such a functor to be strong monoidal or strong closed are generally independent conditions. Since any lax (or strong) monoidal functor is automatically a lax closed functor, the term closed monoidal functor is usually used to mean one which is strong closed.
The same idea works more generally for closed unital multicategories, since arbitrary "multifunctors" between multicategories correspond to lax monoidal functors.
However, there does not seem to be a natural notion of "colax" functor between closed categories. One could, of course, simply ask for transformations in the other direction, but such things do not seem to arise much in practice, and would not correspond to colax monoidal functors in the same way.
If and are cartesian closed categories, then any functor is automatically colax monoidal, and it is strong (hence also lax) monoidal iff it preserves products. By the above argument, any product-preserving functor between cartesian closed categories is automatically a lax closed functor. If it is moreover a strong closed functor, we call it a cartesian closed functor. (See also locally cartesian closed functor.)
The inverse image base change in an etale geometric morphism between toposes is a cartesian closed functor (see there).
An adjoint triple of functors between symmetric closed monoidal categories is a "Wirthmüller context of six operations" when the middle functor is closed monoidal.


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House CallFeb/Mar 2013 Issue
Trouble Losing Weight?
Avoiding gluten is a sure way to lose weight, right? Not so fast...
By the time 56-year-old Marcy* walked into my office, she was a veteran of many weight-loss programs.
"I know I need to lose weight," she said preemptively, "but I get so hungry." She then went on to accuse herself of lack of discipline and will power. After a few more self-disparaging remarks about her poor self-control, she sighed deeply.
"I don't know if something is wrong with me or if the only way to lose weight is to feel like I'm starving all the time."
Marcy's dilemma is surprisingly common among those trying to shed extra pounds. Instead of feeling lighter and more energetic on sufficient calories, many are plagued with persistent hunger and cravings that undermine their efforts. There is no known scientific reason why some people, including certain children, feel chronic hunger and continuously overeat—but there may be clues in autism research.
Several decades ago, researchers in Europe discovered that a gluten-free, casein-free diet (GFCF) reduced self-abusive behaviors and improved communication skills in many children with autism. One explanation of why this occurs is called the opioid theory. According to this theory, some children with autism (as well as certain people with schizophrenia) do not properly break down casein (a dairy protein) and/or gluten (the protein in wheat, barley and rye). This incomplete digestion prompts opioid-like activity in the brain. Opioids are natural painkillers and nervous system modulators that affect mood, cognition, desire to interact with people, sleep and other behaviors—including appetite modulation and craving.
The idea that eating gluten can make you fat is practically gospel in the weight-loss world with many of the most popular diets (South Beach, Paleo, Atkins) advocating gluten avoidance. The number of celebrities touting the benefits of going gluten-free has only added momentum to this increasingly popular dietary trend.
Marcy's eating patterns suggested that she might be having appetite trouble from ingesting gluten. Although she had tried many reduced-calorie diets, she still consumed a high-gluten cereal for breakfast, a half (rather than a whole) sandwich at lunch and pretzels for snack. She said she was afraid to "cut out wheat" entirely because it would make her feel even hungrier.
I explained she may need a few days to withdraw from the possible opioid effect of eating gluten but within a week or so, her appetite should stabilize. Because obesity increases inflammation, I suggested she take a fish oil supplement with higher amounts of EPA. Fish oil contains therapeutic eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). EPA has anti-inflammatory properties while DHA is important for cognition.
For extra nutritional support and to further reduce any need for foraging, I also put Marcy on a gluten-free multiple vitamin and mineral supplement.
Two months later, Marcy had lost several pounds but more importantly, she was not hungry all the time. She said she missed eating wheat bread but found if she cheated and had a piece with dinner, the craving started again and her appetite ballooned. She was working hard to keep gluten out of her diet and was happy to know the cause of her distress.
Licensed clinical nutritionist Kelly Dorfman is author of Cure Your Child with Food (Workman 2012), which contains a chapter on excessive hunger in children. Note that celiac experts strongly advise getting tested for celiac disease before going on a gluten-free diet.
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1. Re: standby databasesb92075 Mar 21, 2013 3:52 AM (in response to yxes2013)Handle: yxes20131 person found this helpful
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2. Re: standby databaseyxes2013 Mar 21, 2013 3:54 AM (in response to sb92075)The thread is already locked :(
3. Re: standby databaseasahide Mar 21, 2013 3:59 AM (in response to yxes2013)Hi,1 person found this helpful
How do I know if a certain database has a standby db created?Check init parameter, LOG_ARCHIVE_CONFIG.
How do I break-up their links/connection if there is, so that the PROD will go free and will standalone?
If set, You have standby database as config name.
And you unset this parameter then log transfer will stop.
Also You have to check LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_n parameter.
4. Re: standby databaseCKPT Mar 21, 2013 4:06 AM (in response to yxes2013)1 person found this helpful
They have PROD and Standby database as mentioned verbally. Ii was mentioned also that standby was not working anymore or has failed or has been put to active accidentally.When standby is behind and inconsistency in recovery, then you cannot put database in open(read-only) + Recovery.
In this regard, is the PROD still have dependencies on the "failed" standby Db? I mean is it holding back some files for the benefit of the standby Db?In maximum performance, there will be no dependency on standby database, of course it tries to do send redo/archives from primary to the all standby databases, In case of Maximum protection/availability then primary database is depended on the standby database, Because transaction has to commit at least one standby database then it will be applicable on primary database, BTW there is some differences in maximum protection and availability, I mentioned in brief.
How do I know if a certain database has a standby db created? How do I break-up the tie or their links/connection if there is, so that the PROD will go free and will standalone?You have to find out, when the last sequence applied on standby. you can check by below query
SQL> select max(sequence#) from v$archived_log where applied='YES';
Based on that sequence number, check the completion_time on primary database. Lets suppose you have all the archives from the above sequence number to till sequence, Then you are safe. By configuring properly you can fix.
Lets suppose, you do not have any archives or even in backups, you have to perform incremental roll forward technique you can check this link from my blog
If the differences between primary and standby is huge, Then you can also consider the option to rebuild the standby database again.
5. Re: standby database606331 Mar 21, 2013 4:20 AM (in response to yxes2013)check v$database,v$archived_log,v$log_history views...you may get the details of standby db info......1 person found this helpful
please check ....below metalink notes for more info
How to remove a Data Guard Configuration from Primary Database [ID 733794.1]
Edited by: dbc001 on Mar 21, 2013 9:50 AM
6. Re: standby databaseyxes2013 Mar 21, 2013 5:07 AM (in response to 606331)I thank you all :) you have equally great knowledge in oracle standby db. I gave you 99% grade ;)


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FLYBOYS is the true story of young American airmen who were shot down over Chichi Jima. Eight of these young men were captured by Japanese troops and taken prisoner. Another was rescued by an American submarine and went on to become president. The reality of what happened to the eight prisoners has remained a secret for almost 60 years. After the war, the American and Japanese governments conspired to cover up the shocking truth. Not even the families of the airmen were informed what had happened to their sons. It has remained a mystery - until now. Critics called James Bradley's last book "the best book on battle ever written." Flyboys is even better: more ambitious, more powerful, and more moving. On the island of Chichi Jima those young men would face the ultimate test. Their story - a tale of courage and daring, of war and of death, of men and of hope - will make you proud, and it will break your heart.
The author of Flags of Our Fathers achieves considerable but not equal success in this new Pacific War-themed history. Again he approaches the conflict focused on a small group of men: nine American Navy and Marine aviators who were shot down off the Japanese-held island of Chichi Jima in February 1945. All of them were eventually executed by the Japanese; several of the guilty parties were tried and condemned as war criminals. When the book keeps its eye on the aviators-growing up under a variety of conditions before the war, entering service, serving as the U. S. Navy's spearhead aboard the fast carriers, or facing captivity and death-it is as compelling as its predecessor. However, a chapter on prewar aviation is an uncritical panegyric to WWI aerial bombing advocate Billy Mitchell, who was eventually court-martialed for criticizing armed forces brass. More problematic is that Bradley tries to encompass not only the whole history of the Pacific War, but the whole history of the cultures of the two opposing countries that led to the racial attitudes which both sides brought to the war. Those attitudes, Bradley argues, played a large role in the brutal training of the Japanese army, which led to atrocities that in turn sharpened already keen American hostility. Some readers' hackles will rise at the discussion of the guilt of both sides, but, despite some missteps, Bradley attempts to strike an informed balance with the perspective of more than half a century. And with a CNN prime-time documentary to air at publication and a 25-city author tour, he should have no trouble reaching all comers. (Sept.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.


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Before I tell you the list on which we're #35, I'll say that Tucson is #19. They scored a B+. Our ranking got us a B-. This means WAR!!! (Don't you love forced rivalry?) Actually, we should probably avoid a battle. Phoenix is far lazier than Tucson, so we may lose. OOPS! I just gave away the topic of the list…
(Courtesy of Laura Roberson – Men's Health)
Now, we don't doubt the Lexington work ethic—it's the workout ethic we question. We looked at where and how often people exercise (Experian Marketing Services); the percentage of households that watch more than 15 hours of cable a week and buy more than 11 video games a year (Mediamark Research); and the rate of deaths from deep-vein thrombosis, a condition linked to a lot of sitting (CDC). And since some people define "exercise" loosely, we gave credit for any physical activity in the past month (CDC).
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99 Indianapolis, IN F
98 Jackson, MS F
97 Charleston, WV F
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95 Tulsa, OK F
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93 Nashville, TN F
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Foreign control in the Canadian economy, 2013
Released: 2016-02-04
In 2013, the value of assets, revenues and profits in the Canadian economy increased from 2012. The foreign-controlled shares of all three financial variables were down slightly from the previous year.
Both Canadian (+5.6%) and foreign-controlled (+3.6%) asset values increased in 2013. The foreign-controlled asset share edged down from 18.5% in 2012 to 18.2% in 2013.
Foreign-controlled revenue growth was flat, compared with a 4.9% increase for enterprises under Canadian control. The share of revenues under foreign control decreased from 30.0% in 2012 to 29.0% in 2013.
While Canadian-controlled operating profits grew 7.5% in 2013, those under foreign-control increased by 2.5%. As a result of the larger profit growth by Canadian enterprises, the share of profit under foreign control decreased from 20.7% in 2012 to 19.9% in 2013.
Non-financial industries
Among non-financial industries, the share of assets under foreign control was 25.7% in 2013, down from 26.4% a year earlier. The share of operating revenues under foreign control declined from 31.3% to 30.2%. Larger Canadian-controlled profit growth in 2013 led to a decrease in the share of foreign-controlled operating profits, from 23.5% to 22.9%.
Manufacturing remained the largest sector in terms of non-financial assets. It was also the sector with the biggest share of foreign-controlled assets, at 49.4% in 2013, down slightly from 49.8% in 2012.
The value of assets for Canadian-controlled manufacturers rose 2.6%, compared with a 0.7% gain for those under foreign control.
Both foreign-controlled (+1.7%) and Canadian-controlled (+1.8%) manufacturers showed revenue growth in 2013. The share of revenue under foreign control edged down to 50.6%.
Profits of Canadian-controlled manufacturers decreased by 15.1%, while profits of manufacturers under foreign control rose 1.4%. The share of manufacturing profits under foreign control increased from 47.5% in 2012 to 51.9% in 2013.
In the oil and gas extraction industry, the share of profits for foreign-controlled enterprises fell to 27.5% in 2013, as profits for foreign enterprises increased at a slower rate than they did for enterprises under Canadian control.
Finance and insurance industries
In the finance and insurance industries, foreign-controlled enterprises accounted for 12.2% of assets in 2013, down slightly from 12.3% the previous year. Foreign enterprises held 17.7% of revenues, unchanged from the previous year, and 13.3% of operating profits, down from 14.0%.
Canadian-controlled assets among enterprises operating in the financial sector increased 4.7% in 2013, compared with a 3.7% gain for enterprises under foreign control.
Canadian-controlled enterprise revenues rose 1.8% in 2013, compared with a 1.6% increase in revenues of foreign-controlled enterprises.
Operating profits for Canadian-controlled enterprises in the financial sector increased by 14.1% in 2013, while foreign-controlled profits rose by 8.1%.
Foreign control by country
US-controlled enterprises continued to account for the largest share of assets, revenues and profits under foreign control in 2013. Their share of assets was unchanged at 49.4%, and their share of revenues increased from 54.4% in 2012 to 56.2% in 2013. The share of profits earned by US-controlled enterprises edged up from 58.4% to 58.5%.
The value of foreign assets held by enterprises under US control in the non-financial sector were 2.4 times larger than those in the financial sector in 2013.
Enterprises controlled from the United Kingdom reported that asset, revenue and profit shares edged up to 14.0%, 8.2% and 8.5% respectively. Unlike US-controlled enterprises, assets under British control were more concentrated in the financial sector, with a value 2.4 times greater than in the non-financial sector.
Dutch-controlled enterprises represented the third-largest share of foreign-controlled assets in 2013 at 5.1%. Dutch-controlled assets in the non-financial sector were approximately twice the size of assets in the financial sector in 2013.
Total assets, operating revenues, and operating profits under foreign control by major country of control, all industries
Note to readers
Under the authority of the Minister of Industry, Statistics Canada administers the Corporations Returns Act, which requires the collection of financial and ownership information on corporations conducting business in Canada. This information is used to evaluate the extent of non-resident control of the Canadian corporate economy.
The Corporations Returns Act requires that an annual report be submitted to Parliament summarizing the extent to which foreign control is prevalent in Canada. The document being released today is the report for reference year 2013.
These statistics are compiled from enterprise level data. An enterprise can be a single corporation or a family of corporations under common ownership or control, for which consolidated financial statements are produced.
Three components are used to measure foreign control: assets, operating revenues and operating profits.
Asset-based measures of foreign control provide a longer term perspective. Assets are a stock item, reflecting economic decisions and market conditions that evolve more slowly over time.
Revenue-based measures, on the other hand, represent a flow item and are closely tied to the business cycle. Revenue tends to reflect current business conditions, causing them to be more volatile than asset-based measures.
Profits are a measure of the financial health and well-being of an economy and can be used to assess its performance and sustainability.
The report Corporations Returns Act, 2013 (61-220-X), is now available from the Browse by key resource module of our website under Publications.
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