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There are two things I've learned over the last year.
1) If you get a room full of self-described skeptics, gathered to converse skeptically about something, a minor tweaking of the conversation can cause an alarmingly large percentage of said "skeptics" to start spewing utter nonsense; and
2) Manyself-described skeptics seem to believe (yes, believe) that nothing can be believed, and assert that the ONLY thing that EVER matters is "the" truth, and at the same time insist that "the truth" can never be trusted (unless they themselves have uttered it). Such an approach can cause said skeptic to wield a skeptical hammer that is so big it obscures their vision to the determent of their intended goal. That a significant subset of these "skeptics" are sociopathic and terribly annoying is unfortunate.
But, what do I know about skepticism?
I recommend the following three related blog posts:
Yes, The Pope Should Be Arrested, and I Don't Care Who Does It
Scientific Skepticism: A Tutorial
I am not recommending these three posts because I agree with what they say. I only partly do, and I partly don't, perhaps rather strongly. I deeply and strongly disagree with the separation of ways of thinking (including scientific skepticism) and political perspectives. It is part of the progressive political perspective to be a rational thinker. Explicitly. It is part of the Republican Tea-baggging Yahooistic political perspective to be …. well, something else. Somewhat explicitly. It would be perilous to ignore this. It is explicitly part of the modern Atheist movement to think skeptically. A religious person is not thinking skeptically about that aspect of their lives, and if they were, they'd be some form of atheist or agnostic, and so on.
Perilous, and perhaps a bit sophistic. Which perhaps ties us back to items 1 and 2 above.
Anyway, go read these three posts and the commentary and engage in the discussion!

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One of my favorite all-time characters on television is CJ Craig on "The West Wing" (a show I discovered via Bravo reruns). She's calm, confident, competent, on top of things without being "mannish" or unfeminine. Rarely it seems do we see a woman on television who is all these things without being a 22-year-old babe -- you know, the smart (-ass) vixen with a snarky sense of humor we see so often. (Not that that's bad -- I loved "Dark Angel", for example for its sexy snarkiness.) I'd like to think that if I had gone beltway, I could have been like CJ.
So why is it I cringe just a little whenvever she femmes up for, say, a black-tie event in the show? She looks great, but it's such a shock to see her so traditionally feminine among her colleagues. Is it how she becomes a bit objectified, being on display like that? It's not like she's revealing an inner slut or anything. On the contrary, she still carries herself with that inner strength and sense of self that I see when she's in her (beautifully tailored designer) business suits. Where does my inward cringe come from?
For that matter, why do I admire her for not being "mannish"? Is there a thin pink line women must walk today in order to be respectable?
Madonna or whore?
I missed the bra-burning days. But when I was growing up, distilled (and distorted) attitudes were clearly established: to be a liberated woman, you had to remove womanliness, because to be womanly in the general sense embraced by mainstream culture was to be objectified, which was not good because being objectified undercut anything and everything else you did. Don't shave your legs, don't wear make-up, dress in man-cut suits at work, shun fashion.
Yet I was already drawn in the opposite direction. My favorite TV character during childhood was Samantha in "Bewitched". I was too young to know that being the stay-at-home housewife (and then mother) was considered a politically incorrect role model. I just saw a woman who was in charge. I wanted to be her when I grew up.
What did I know from feminism? My mother was a college instructor and attorney, but we never really talked about feminism. I read her subscriptions to Bazaar and Madamoiselle and Glamour and Vogue very uncritically, except maybe for some relief that we weren't supposed to wear those really weird '60s fashions any more. (I didn't know that the '70s were worse until later, when I reminisced over [and subsequently burned] all incriminating photos.) But one things I did get out of my television indoctrination was that one was not supposed to be anything like Serena -- self-consciously sexually alluring, free-spirited, undevoted to any man. No, she was a troublemaker. She upset the balance of things. She was a trickstrix. But all that was "all in good fun." Yet what really seemed to play underneath was this sense that she was part of some dark, unrespectable, almost degenerate world where women were not wives. Yikes!
So there it was: my foundling education -- which was reinforced by attitudes and characters and worldviews portrayed in my other favorite shows of the time, "Nanny and the Professor", "Star Trek" (especially Yeoman Janice Rand) and "The Bionic Woman". All in all a far cry from Gloria Steinem.
This bubble in which I grew up was popped by pop of the '80s -- namely Madonna. "Lucky Star" put her on the map, and it seemed like the traditional and feminist cultures totally freaked. How dare she be so sexual! How dare she dress so provocatively! How dare she play up sweet! Pat Benetar she was not. No swagger and fist for Madonna. I was too old to start wearing my underwear outside of my clothes, but my world was rocked all the same.
Diane Dees, LCSW, DCSW describes the cultural moment:
Enter Madonna, belly button exposed, telling us that she feels "like a virgin, touched for the very first time," and that it "feels so good inside" (Steinberg & Kelly, 1984). She stands on the stage, self-assured, cocky, the bad girl extraordinaire, who happens to bear the label of history's purest and most idealized mother figure. She wears rosaries and crucifixes to trivialize the idea of supreme suffering (Worrell, 1985), and she tells throngs of adoring girls:
Unlike the others I'd do anything
I'm not the same I have no shame
I'm on fire (Madonna, 1983).
She is at once the adolescent girl's projected narcissistic self and a send-up of the girl's mother, who the adolescent has come to realize is far from divine (Kaplan, 1984). Wearing Fredericks of Hollywood corsets and tight skirts, Madonna not so subtly puts down the femininity of the teenager's mother, which, though it is an obvious part of her behavior, the daughter may perceive as phony (Giovacchini, 1979).
My take is that Madonna was not putting down femininity but rather was reclaiming it -- not just as a source of power (the power of beauty) but as a right of every woman to have without shame, without apology ... and without subsuming oneself to a man. But it sure took a while for that message to take. The conservatives railed at the sexuality of it all, while the feminists seemed to view Madonna as a betrayer of The Cause. Here Gloria had so emphatically doffed the Playboy bunny suit, and Madonna seemed to sing and dance away from that, wearing only lingerie and self-consciously throwing us back to the '50s with her cultivated postmodern Marilyn Monroe image.
Madonna was blazing new territory -- a sexual empowerment that was vampier and more in your face than Twiggy or Goldie. She was a sort of post-free-love Bettie Page.
Of course, around the same time, the backsliding in feminism had begun with the final defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment after 59 years of trying.
Attacked by hysterics on the right and a new brand of sexualized culture in their midst, it seemed that feminism was dying, if not dead already. Not that I had any awareness. I was too busy sleepwalking through my life, trying very hard not to face my own reality. Pot helped. I don't remember much of those days now. I hope that at least I had fun. Probably not. I was still getting over not being able to zap things into and out of existence with a twitch of my nose.
What do men want?
Maureen Dowd created something of a stir in the blogosphere with a column titled, "Men Just Want Mommy", in which, citing a study that concluded that (news flash!) men would rather marry women in subordinate positions, as well as the British study we discussed earlier about IQ and marriage appeal, she wrote:
So was the feminist movement some sort of cruel hoax? The more women achieve, the less desirable they are? Women want to be in a relationship with guys they can seriously talk to - unfortunately, a lot of those guys want to be in relationships with women they don't have to talk to.
All in all, it seemed like a rather innocuous little rant by the snarky columnist. And she made some very good points about our popular movies these days, featuring many love stories with women in subordinate roles -- a far cry from "Tracy/Hepburn movies more than a half-century ago, [where] it was the snap and crackle of a romance between equals that was so exciting. Moviemakers these days seem far more interested in the soothing aura of romances between unequals." For every Erin Brokovich, it seems there are 27 maids, secretaries, wedding planners and hookers playing the heroine. On these pages, Jae chafes at the weak female roles in the media:
God forbid a woman be sexy AND have thoughts and ideas of her own!
This, I believe, is largely media-induced. Movies and television are saturated with pretty girls with intelligent sidekicks. Rarely are the two parts found in one whole. And if they are, they're either played off as "odd" (The gothy forensic scientist on NCIS) or are *so* pretty that the intelligence takes second fiddle.
But then I read Jessica's take at Feministing:
Firstly, Dowd's assumption that young women or women in the service industry are somehow NOT smart and are more likely to "service� men in their personal life is just disgusting.
And I'm sorry, but the last time I checked, feminism wasn't a fucking dating service! If some asshole doesn't want to date you because you're smart and successful, is it the fault of feminism or the asshole?
I don't really buy into these studies, and Dowd's questionable examples from the notoriously vapid movie industry don't lend her argument any more credence. Let's give men some credit; I feel like most couples I know are of equal intelligence. No?
I'm with Jessica on most everything there ... except the last part. Maybe it's personal bias, but to me it seems that the women are usually the smarter ones in the couples. But rarely do they let the men know it, let alone challenge the men in authority on a given subject. If she does, the man will hear no end of it -- from the other men.
Jory at Pause comes at the dating/coupling dynamic from a different angle:
I had just ended a relationship with a Paper Man (translation: a man that looks good on paper, but whose loyalties tear easily). I wondered why I could never seem to make things work with Paper Men. Either they shied away or remained distant towards me. Secretly I found them boring, but I didn't stop trying to get one to wrap his starchy arms around me. There seemed to be a thrill in the conquest, but I always ended up with paper cuts.
Likewise my friend always ventured for the unattainable, the inappropriate woman. One who always seemed to be confused and conflicted over her feelings for him. Just an admission of interest from his object of desire was enough to send him into an obsessive, doomed-to-fail infatuation.
Watching and witnessing each others' love lives we discovered something: love was not luck; love was a choice, despite our unwitting desire to turn it into a lottery. We had been under the assumption that if we made love difficult and painful, the windfall should our luck change would be that much more mindblowing. We also didn't want to risk the rejection of not being wanted by someone we knew was our match, lest we find that we were never to be truly wanted, or happy. Better to perpetually postpone happiness rather than find that it doesn't really exist. I suppose knowing we were responsible for the outcomes in our lives had been too much to bear.
But what do we say about the hookups that do happen, and how we find our roles in them? Sofia of Volsunga views the question through the lens of age discrepancy:
Young men are seen as more able to give informed consent to sex, and to enjoy it for what it is, than young women. Older men who sleep with teens are seen as sexually deviant, and the girls as sad decieved fools looking for father-figures. But there must be a point when this changes, because later in life, in the media at least, such relationships are portrayed as positively reputation-boosting for the older men; is it possible that at some borderline point, the young women in question represent both prey and trophy?
The power dynamic seems unavoidable, whether it's a tango or a hunt. We can't get away from the carnal desires that drive us. What we collectively as women have gained over recent years is ownership of our desires. No more "Ramblin' Rose" horrors. No more party line that places the miniskirt within the realm of subservient slut. And men -- some men, anyway -- seem to have backed away from engaging the sexually aware goddess-woman.
I wonder: Does this alleged dynamic observed in the cited study arise because men don't want to feel subservient to the person who controls the sex?
Echidne looks at the study itself, and questions its conclusions:
Well, consider how the explanation completely ignores societal effects. In the United States, the Southern Baptist Church explicitly advocates female submission in marriage and so do the Promise Keepers. Many individuals probably still hold these beliefs, though it's interesting that men appear more likely to do so than women. Also, there are still many more female subordinate jobs out there than female bosses. A female boss may be something that is viewed as an anachronism by the study subjects, so that the occupational category in itself may serve as a signal that the women whose pictures are marked with the boss label are somehow aberrant.
Laura at 11D also wonders at the conclusions:
That study doesn't necessarily show that smart guys go for cheerleaders. Maybe smarter women don't need or want to get married. Maybe dumb women are more likely to get divorced.
Maureen's baggage aside, does she make a good point? Do men really want to jump a non-English speaking maid in a uniform over an award winning columnist?
Well gee, if the award-winning columnist is going to be so upitty ... yes! Okay, sarcasm aside, is a smart, opinionated woman considered too difficult or challenging to the typical man? If so, why? Is it possible that the pleasures of male privilege are too good for men to give up for high-minded notions of an egalitarian love relationship? My suspicion is that anything is possible when love bites, but perhaps many, if not most, men are more guarded when engaging a smart, opinionated woman in conversation. Yes, men will love the banter. But how many would enjoy it if she seemed to best him in knowledge and ability over and over again?
Of course, most of us have learned not to do that. Sometimes it can be dangerous, but usually it's just heartbreaking to see the guy wilt. Okay, I admit it: I'm a sucker for the fragile male ego.
So we're complicit in the game. He strives to dominate not only because our culture demands it, but also because he's working to tame his lover. And we go along with this -- because it can be delightful, and because we want him to be happy. Nobody likes to see a whipped boy. And as long as he doesn't get abusive, we're happy to stay. The perqs can be nice.
Because in a way I think we're also taming him. By surrendering to his desire to dominate, to penetrate, we actually gain a measure of power. He feels like he's taming us, but we're taming him, too. The spark and fire of new love ... or at least fresh carnal desire.
So maybe I should rephrase the question: Does the male dominance dynamic exist because women do not want to give up the female power that comes from surrender?
What do we want?
I want to be connected to someone. I want to be ravished. I want to be pampered. I want to pamper someone. I want to be respected. I want to be fucked. I want to seduce. I want to be consulted. I want to be directed. I want to have the final say. I want him to clean the toilet. I want it all. Why shouldn't I?
Is there any stronger declaration of feminist empowerment?
Amanda at Mouse Words writes about female sexuality in our culture:
The biggest problem is shame. Being attracted to boys was something that was only discussed amongst the girls I knew as an ethereal thing, really. Oh, we talked about sex, but only in the culturally approved terms where sex was something done to us or something we held back from in order to get respect. Speaking of yourself as a sexual agent was the verboten subject. I remember reading a magazine aimed at teenage girls where someone wrote into an advice column wondering if something was wrong with her because she made out with her boyfriend and her panties got damp. I have no idea if the question was made up, but my friends and I were appalled. This, we said, never happened to us. We were probably all lying; I know I was.
With all this shame and embarrassment, is it any wonder that women routinely report well into adulthood that they really, well, don't have those feelings? Even nowadays, young women don't often know the language to name their feelings. Of course they can't express them. And practice makes perfect. Women are behind the sexual curve much of their lives, especially if they live in subcultures where sexual experimentation is discouraged throughout their lives, which is probably most subcultures still in America.
Is there any stronger declaration of the need of feminism in our culture?
In talking about her own healthy libido, Kameron of Brutal Women tells us:
And it took me forever to come to grips with it, because "girls aren't supposed to feel that way." Girls aren't supposed to think so much about sex, and though I'm still emotionally a serial monogamist, I recognize that the myth of the libido-less female just doesn't apply to me in the least.
I think we're raised to be afraid of our bodies and what they desire: sex, food, strength, and so we don't listen to our bodies and acknowledge what we want.
If you want to know what a lot of female hysteria/wackiness is about, I'd say it's this: being taught to be a non-person, somebody who's not supposed to feel any sort of desire for anything at all, and trying to operate on that level.
That'll drive anybody batfuck insane.
Is there any stronger declaration of feminists' reclaiming sexual power? What stronger issue for women than our reclaiming our own sexuality? Yes, women can be sexual. Yes, women can feel sexy. Yes, women can want the full dynamic of romantic love and lusty sex. No longer must the woman be the obedient housewife or the depraved slut, the career fe-man or the asexual vegan hippie.
And so I'm truly puzzled that Maureen Dowd seems to think feminism is dead. Echnidne notes:
[S]he keenly latches to anything, anything at all, that could be used to prove feminism is pointless, a failure, and dead in any case, even if the piece of news she uses is obviously total crap. What is it with Maureen and feminism? What is it with women who insist on denying their only existence? For that's what Maureen's rantings boil down to: that no woman in her position should exist.
Maybe Maureen is just looking at feminism from an older perspective. An attractive woman who does not work at hiding her sex appeal in public, perhaps she takes her own sexual freedom for granted and measures feminism only in terms of career and defeat of male privilege. In that case, perhaps she's onto something -- that the feminism she knows seems to have fallen off the map.
Christine of ms.musings finds some validity in Dowd's criticism of movies, placing it into a broader context:
And what about Pretty Woman or Maid in Manhattan? We've always had this Cinderella fantasy of lower class women winning the love and affection of wealthy, more powerful men. These unequal relationships, it should also be noted, are tied as much with our class-based fantasies as romantic/gendered ones. These are mini-justifications of the American Dream.
Having said that, how do women get to enact their class-climbing American Dream? By latching themselves onto an upwardly mobile man, of course.
In 1987, Andrea Dworkin wrote :
Intercourse is frequently how we hold on: fuck me. How to separate the act of intercourse from the social reality of male power is not clear, especially because it is male power that constructs both the meaning and the current practice of intercourse as such. But it is clear that reforms do not change women's status relative to men, or have not yet. It is clear that reforms do not change the intractability of women's civil inferiority. Is intercourse itself then a basis of or a key to women's continuing social and sexual inequality? Intercourse may not cause women's orgasm or even have much of a correlation with it--indeed, we rarely find intercourse and orgasm in the same place at the same time--but intercourse and women's inequality are like Siamese twins, always in the same place at the same time pissing in the same pot.
[Aside: Rad Geek has more on Dworkin and how she is often misunderstood.]
I would like to think that the past 20 years have been about getting past this reality, that female sexuality has become recognized as its own power, without the slut-whore implications or suspcions that by opening her legs she has submitted to a subservient role in the patriarchy. I would like to believe that women today can be feminists and sex kittens. I would like to see that we can address the problems of male privilege and the patriarchy without de-sexualizing women by proxy or by merit of victim status.
I would like to see us all not blame each other for all the various ways we still are disadvantaged, powerless and even abused by this male-dominated culture in which we find ourselves. We shouldn't be victims blaming victims.
Can feminism just be feminism?
With a legacy of a zillion "types" of feminism, and the seeming disconnect between each faction -- especially the "second wave" of the '70s and the "third wave" of the '90s -- can feminism simply be feminism, period? It may be a challenge. When young women consider the older generation outdated, while the second-wavers go around believing feminism is dead, it's enough to get you to throw up your hands, give up and watch "Desperate Housewives" over frozen margaritas.
In "The End of Feminism's Third Wave," published in Ms., Lisa Jervis, cofounder of Bitch magazine, points out:
It's just so much easier to hit on the playful cultural elements of the third wave and contrast them with the brass-tacks agenda -- and impressive gains -- of the second wave: It's become the master narrative of feminism's progression (or regression, as some see it).
But when has it ever been a good idea to trust a master narrative? After all, the oft-repeated notion among self-described third-wavers that those labeled as hopelessly second-wave reject humor, fashion, sex or anything else that might be fun is just a slightly — and only slightly -- more nuanced and polite version of the stone-faced, hairy-legged manhater whom we all know to be a myth that originated in the sexist culture at large and was cultivated and amplified by conservative, antifeminist and/or just plain clueless journalists and pundits.
I do not despair. I try to feel optimistic. After all, we've come a long way, baby, since the days of bra burning. (We're smoking less, too. That was getting pretty bad for a while.)
And yet it's somewhat shocking to see just how minimally conditions have changed since then. Here we are living in a society today where feminity can be government-regulated, where birth control is being made harder to obtain, where sex education is disappearing from our schools, where women still have to cope with violence while receiving little protection from the government. And we're facing the very real possibility that Roe v. Wade will be overturned and that we will lose sovereignty over our own bodies, and the Democratic leadership may back away from defending it.
Feminism is dead? C'mon, Maureen! Buck up, girl! We all have work to do!
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First, thank you for quoting my paper on Madonna; I was flattered to see it included in your comments.
I agree with you that Madonna was embracing feminism and reclaiming it, but that does not preclude the idea that she was also sending up the perceived femininity of young adolescent girls' mothers. Girls at that age are trying desperately to separate from their mothers, and they do so partly by making fun of their mothers' perceived affectations.
And I'm sure you know this, but there was never any bra-burning. The media made it up. And I didn't know very many women who stopped wearing makeup and who dressed down for the sake of the women's movement (though there certainly were some). It was a really difficult time: Bad things were done to all of us, but the benchmark event--just to illustrate how terrible it was-- occurred when Screw Magazine ran a nude Gloria Steinem (a woman who didn't dress down) look-alike photo with the caption "Pin the Cock on the Feminist," and then provided penises so that readers could attack the photo.
I agree about Madonna. The irony in her message is hard to miss. I think the effect she had on us fans, however, was less the irony and more the devil-may-care attitude about sexuality. I was speaking more to the perceptions, the social pressures -- the feminist memes of the '70s (and '80s) for us kids. We -- or at least I -- really had no perception of reality.
I confess, Larry Flynt has been something of a schmucky hero to me for his First Amendment cases. It's so easy to forget what a total ass he is.
Thanks for the response!
What happened was that bras were thrown in the trash and as far as I know, none was publicly burned in protest. Since a lot of the energy of Female Liberation spun out of the Anti-war Movement, where men were burning their draft cards, the media seized on the idea that women were burning their bras - and all the while the ghettos were burning.
Glad someone remembers the days.


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Australian architecture
Glenn Murcutt, Marika-Alderton house, Yirrkala Community, 1991-94. Photograph by Glenn Murcutt. Courtesy of the Pritzker Prize Jury Media Office 2002.
Architects in Australia have created some of the most unusual and outstanding buildings in the world. Internationally recognised Australian icons include buildings like the Sydney Opera House (architect Jørn Utzon) and the new Parliament House in Canberra (architect Romaldo Giurgola).
Distinctive Australian architecture is also recognisable in the rural icons of 'the Queenslander', the 'wool shed' and the 'beach house' which have developed in response to climate, history, place and identity. Characteristically, these designs used local materials as well as corrugated iron and emphasised space and light as well as a connection to the landscape.
These classic qualities were often sacrificed in the development of the Australian suburbs where 85 per cent of Australians have lived since 1900. Australian architect and critic Robin Boyd once described the Australian suburbs as Australia's worst failing. Australian architects like Boyd and Roy Grounds have argued for the importance of modern Australian architecture as an expression of a local identity which balanced the ideals of art and architecture against local climate and social realities.
Architecture ... one word ... countless possibilities. It can delight or disturb, change our lives, and finally outlive us .. So with a leap of faith, we put our trust in the mind of the architect.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Program Transcript of episode 1 of Keeping the Faith
Early public buildings
Under the dome in the Great Hall, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne. Photograph by James Lauritz. Courtesy of Museum Victoria.
Many of the first buildings in Australia were constructions associated with the immediate needs of the colonies. Port Arthur settlement and Point Puer (juvenile prison) were designed by the convict architect Henry Laing. The Round House in Fremantle, built in 1831 as a gaol, was the first permanent building in the colony of Western Australia.
In Sydney, one of the first permanent buildings was Fort Phillip, built by Governor Phillip in 1804 in the area known as The Rocks. Both a military hospital (1815) [later Fort Street School (1850–1974)] and also the Sydney Observatory (1858) were later built on this site.
Early public buildings were constructed around the importance of influencing community and civic identity. There was a sentimental attachment to the idea of public space with a city square ringed by great civic buildings 'to the glory of god and humanity'.
In the founding of the first buildings in Australia, a duality of approaches existed: those which dominated the landscape and those designed to blend in. In 1789 Governor Arthur Phillip placed himself firmly in the first group when he wrote:
... there can be few things more pleasing than the contemplation of order and useful management arising gradually out of tumult and confusion ... by degrees, large spaces are opened, lands formed, lines marked, and a prospect at least of future regularity is clearly discerned.
Convict architect Francis Greenway, from the second group, was responsible for the Macquarie Lighthouse on South Head, the forts at Dawes Point (blended into the folds of the landscape) and Bennelong Point (raised on platforms of local sandstone) as well as the large female factory at Parramatta, Hyde Park barracks, the District Courts and St Matthew's church, Windsor. Hyde Park Barracks is regarded as one of Greenway's best works, and was heritage listed in 2007.
The Royal Exhibition Building was constructed in 1880 to house Australia's first international exhibition of cultural, technological, and industrial achievements. The design reflected Melbourne's position as a prosperous city basking in the wealth from the richest gold rush in the world. On 1 July 2004 it became the first building in Australia to achieve World Heritage listing.
The Arts and Crafts movement
Blackwood House. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria
The English Arts and Crafts movement had an influence on the architecture of Australia, from the late 1800s, where the style of building was adapted to the Australian landscape and conditions. English Arts and Crafts houses in Australia feature strong lines and some subtle gothic touches with a high level of attention to detail.
Several English Arts and Crafts style houses have been built in neighbourhoods around Canberra. Blackwood House in Melbourne was designed and built in an Arts and Crafts style by Butler and Ussher in 1891. Redleaf is a large house in Sydney, built in 1899 to an English Arts and Crafts style by Howard Joseland. After several alterations over the years that did not fit with the English Arts and Crafts style, it was restored to its original style and is now heritage listed.
Maryborough Town Hall designed by Robin Dods. Image courtesy of the Maryborough City Council [amalgamated into the Fraser Coast Regional Council].
Australian Arts and Crafts churches
Some Australian churches of the early 1900s also reflect the English Arts and Crafts style. These include the All Saints' Church, Tamrookum and the Maryborough Town Hall, both in Queensland and designed by the architect Robin Dods.
Alexander North (1858–1945) was also influential in designing churches around Australia, particularly in Tasmania, such as St Stephen's Anglican Church in Wynyard. He developed an individual style similar to that of his English Arts and Crafts contemporaries and used native flora and fauna for many of his motifs.
Modern architecture
In Australia in the 1900s, the use of new materials and technology coincided with a flood of utopian ideas about what it meant to be modern. While physical function was seen as important, it also needed to be balanced by an emotional, spiritual and social sense, often influenced by the ideals of the Australian Arts and Crafts movement to reflect on something that was uniquely Australian.
Australia's modern residential architecture also reflects this change with architects using new environmental materials and producing designs that address social needs.
Residential architecture and discrete climates
Sam Hood (1872-1953), Family with car & Queenslander house, 1920's. Courtesy of the State Library of New South Wales. PICMAN PXE 789 (v.10).
Early Australian residential architecture was a response to the Australian landscape and the climate with its unique flora and fauna, intense sunlight and dappled shadows. Early buildings needed to respond to these discrete climatic elements.
Queenslanders, beach houses and wool sheds
The early houses of Queensland were characterised by broad verandas shaded by gracefully curved expanses of corrugated roofing iron, tall stumps, lattice, and roof ventilators. These qualities had the effect of cooling the house, allowing for breezeways, and allowed for the run off of tropical down pours. Shutters were also effective against the rages of cyclones.
Constructions which had fully opening walls were often essential for cooling down the buildings. This was developed in early beach houses. Similarly the pitch of a roof varies according to the latitude and climate of the region. Overlapping layers of roofs are used so that air can move between the layers.
Like lattice-work verandahs on 'the Queenslanders', slats can be found in many 'wool sheds' or 'shearing sheds' to prevent the sun heating up the building. In modern day constructions, slats are set at particular angles as screens for sun control allowing for entry of light in winter or cool seasons and excluding it in the heat of summer. Slatted floors used in wool sheds were also used as verandahs in tropical areas to encourage air flow.
Modernist Australian architecture has also used these innovations for their design and practical appeal. They can be seen in sub-tropical and tropical Australia in northern New South Wales and throughout Queensland, the Northern Territory and the Kimberley. The Australian architect Glenn Murcutt has adopted all these practices 'in building houses that float above the land'—buildings which 'touch the earth lightly'. This phrase, an Aboriginal saying from Western Australia, is used by Glenn Murcutt to convey the idea that buildings should not disturb nature more than necessary. Murcutt was named the Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate 2002, the only Australian to be so recognised.
Federation houses, bungalows and post-war housing development
Federation house in Cairns, 1914. Image courtesy of the State Library of Queensland: 196394.
The ornate Federation house, built mainly between 1900 and 1914, was a sign of prosperity—an Australian version of the English Edwardian house. Federation houses were detached, with gardens, and with Australian motifs and a roof of terracotta tiles with detailed fretwork in the roof gables and windows. Many houses had a sunrise motif in the front gable as a sign of the dawning of a new century. Add-ons and renovations with heritage restraints were a constant experience of living in a federation house.
By the First World War (1914–1918), there was a shortage of tradesmen and materials. The cost of houses had to be reduced, so the ceilings were lowered to create 'bungalows', houses which were built between 1915 and 1940. Gone was most of the detail, and a plainer style lead lighting was put into the front windows.
Post-war housing (1950s and 1960s) could be made from anything, varying from either weatherboard, asbestos cement or brick veneer. Redevelopments were anything from three storey, walk-up flats to town houses, villas and dual occupancies. It was this development which the Australian architect and critic, Robin Boyd referred when he described the Australian suburbs as 'the ugliness of bad conscious design'.
Structuring an Australian architecture?
The desire for people to express their identity through a building is very powerful but understanding and describing who we are is never easy.
Mainstream Australia has this problem of its own identity ... what, who are we? They desperately hold on to the English model of housing for example, and this fascination that they have, or obsession with this Federation. (Dillon Kombumerri, architect)
Uluru - Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre. Courtesy of the Department of the Environment,
Gregory Burgess, architect for the Kata Tjuta cultural centre at Uluru, described his design process as both listening and collecting stories from different Anangu people who each carried a different fragment of the same story and also 'listening to the wind in the casuarinas and ... the desert oaks'. This process continued until one of the elder men said, 'you've got all our stories now, we've rounded them up, got them in the yard for you, you're inside, now do it, draw it.'
Burgess responded by building massive walls that linked the project parts and making all the walls from the sand at the site. ' The columns are small ephemeral shade structures, often made with an upturned desert oak trunk with the roots above.'
You know, if we set out to design an architecture that's Australian we're in trouble ... The important thing is that we address the issues, we address the landscape, we address the brief, we address the place. If we address those things and do them rationally and poetically at the same time, we must be getting somewhere. (Murcutt)
The history and scope of Australian identity can be seen in the range of its buildings—from both the austere and also grand regent style colonial architecture through the practical minimalism of Australian modernism to a post-colonial world which incorporates the Indigenous experience of country.
This is reflected in the 2006 submissions from Australia to the Venice Biennale. These buildings range from 'industrial woolsheds to shipwreck lookouts, from riverside apartments to rural art spaces' - of different scales, types and uses. 'The projects were selected to highlight eight different aspects of our contemporary urban landscape and demonstrate creative architectural responses to Australian conditions.'
Useful links
Colonial architecture
- Henry Laing – convict architect
- Francis Greenway
- Sydney Observatory
- Macquarie Lighthouse
- Hyde Park barracks
- Royal Exhibition Building
Colonial architectural history
- NSW Government Architects, Government architects since 1816
- Australian Heritage Council
- Sydney Living Museums (Historic Houses Trust of NSW)
Twentieth century architectural history
- The Twentieth Century Heritage Society of NSW
- Early construction and heritage properties: 1900-1930
- History of a federation house
Contemporary Australian architecture
- Architecture Media: incorporating Architecture Australia, Artichoke and Landscape Architecture
- Indesign
- Monument Magazine
- Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate 2002 – Glenn Murcutt
- Australian Heritage Commission, Our House – histories of Australian homes
Listen, look and play
- Sydney Living Museums, Learning resources, video and articles
- Royal Exhibition Building , video, 5 mins. Part of Australia's Heritage: National Treasures . National Film and Sound Archive.
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The Jewel of Nizam at the Golkonda Hotel in Masab Tank has announced a two-week Asaf Jahi Food Festival.
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FIRST Minister Alex Salmond has called the murder of a Scot in Rio de Janeiro an "extremely distressing incident" as he paid tribute.
Peter Campsie, from Montrose, was killed in an attempted carjacking in the Brazilian city as he headed home to his family after a business meeting last Wednesday.
Mr Campsie, an operations manager for Diamond Offshore Drilling International, lived with his wife Janaina and 10-year-old daughter Joy in the city of Macae, north of Rio.
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Mr Salmond said: "This is an extremely distressing incident and my thoughts and condolences are with the family during this very difficult time."
Mr Campsie's family said the 48-year-old, who had worked in Brazil for 16 years, was "a man who loved life", who brought joy and laughter to all around him.
In a statement, the family said he was "a loyal friend and father, brother and son who cared deeply about making sure everyone got the best out of their lives".
It is understood the father-of-three was shot twice and died at the scene of the attack on Wednesday.
The keen golfer still has family, including two sons and a brother and sister, in the north east of Scotland.
A spokeswoman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: "We were made aware of the death of a British national in Brazil on 2 April.
"We stand ready to provide consular assistance to the family at this difficult time."


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September road trips across the baseball world can mean only one thing: it's time for rookie hazing!
This picture from ESPN New York illustrates just what the Yankees' crop of rookies had to go through. The crew of rookies had to dress as various musical performers and sing and dance through the clubhouse. You can see Preston Claiborne as Billy Ray Cyrus, Cesar Cabral as Rick James, interpreter Jiwon Bang as Psy, Brett Marshall as a dancer from the Gangnam Style video by Psy that caught fire last year, David Adams as Vanilla Ice, and last but not least, JR Murphy as Justin Bieber.
The hazing was led by reliever Joba Chamberlain, who will be a free agent after the season. Personally, I think there's nothing really damning about this and it's just in good fun. Here's to seeing the rest of the rookies across the league getting forced to dress up like doofuses over the final three weeks of play.


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Celebrities' children proved to be a major focus this week in the world of entertainment. Nicole Richie announced her pregnancy, Eddie Murphy acknowledged paternity of his former girlfriend's child, and Britney Spears' parenting skills were called into question once again.
The week began with the announcement that Spears' marriage to Kevin Federline was officially over. "They are divorced," the pop star's attorney, Laura Wasser, said after a Superior Court hearing. Everything is finalized."
Court Commissioner Scott Gordon signed orders for dissolution of marriage, an alimony agreement and child custody arrangements for their two sons, 22-month-old Sean Preston Federline and 10-month-old Jayden James Federline. The alimony agreement will not be made public unless there is an enforcement issue, Wasser said. The child custody order was tentatively sealed, pending an Aug. 14 hearing.
A source close to Federline told Access that K-Feds camp has been watching Spears recent bizarre behavior very closely. The insider says Spears has not met some benchmarks. In particular, Spears recent trip to Las Vegas where her bodyguard tackled a man who allegedly bumped into him and her son Sean Preston, while trying to take photographs of the singer, has been a cause for concern.
Kaplan, the source said, plans to file papers requesting Federline receive full custody of the boys.
But that isn't the only reported fallout stemming from Britney's ill-fated family outing to Vegas. Andrew Deetz, 24, and Kyle Henderson, 23, claimed in a statement this past Tuesday that Britney threw a baby bottle and threatened them, when they attempted to photograph her outside a spa at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel-casino last week. The men were taking pictures of Spears as she and her children left the spa with two bodyguards, including Camera.
According to the statement released by Deetz's lawyers, Spears threatened to "kill" Deetz, and said he should get a restraining order against her because she was going to kill him or hire someone that would.
Deetz (who also alleges that he was beaten by Spears' bodyguard, Cesar Julio Camera) is preparing to sue, his lawyers said. Spears' lawyer, Gary Stiffelman, declined to comment.
Wynn Las Vegas released a statement confirming that Spears stayed at the hotel and left on Thursday, but also declined to discuss the confrontation.
Las Vegas police issued a summons for a charge of battery to Camera, the only person cited. He could face up to six months in county jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted.
Britney was also the subject of two cover stories this week, both of which called her parenting skills into question. Both US Weekly and Life & Style highlighted disturbing reports from "inside sources" who say Spears two children are at the center of what the first magazine calls Hurricane Britney.
Included in the reports are allegations about Britney's questionable safety measures while driving, a near-miss incident in which she almost dropped Sean Preston, and the junk food she reportedly feeds her children. One source even claimed that she took the boys to the dentist to get their teeth whitened. The dentist reportedly refused.
Its tragic what these boys are exposed to on a daily basis, an insider told Life & Style. Kids thrive on routine and the feeling of safety, and Sean and Jayden have neither. Their lives are subject to Brits whims.
One person who seems to be in Britney's corner this week is her cousin (and former assistant) Alli Sims. Following an interview with People magazine in which Sims spoke highly of Britney and her parenting skills, the two were seen out together on two separate occasions.
For weeks the formerly close cousins had been seemingly estranged, but they went out together Thursday night to LA hotspot Winston's, and then reportedly took Britney's new puppy to a Beverly Hills animal hospital for a "check up" the following afternoon.
In other baby news, Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown's longstanding allegation that Eddie Murphy fathered her four month-old daughter was resolved this week, as Murphy acknowledged paternity of Angel Iris Brown on Friday.
Brown had filed a Superior Court petition on Wednesday to legally establish Murphy as the child's parent, following months of assurances from her that he was the baby's father. The pair reportedly dated for four months in 2006.
Melanie will seek sole custody of her daughter and reasonable child support, attorney Gloria Allred said at a press conference on Wednesday.
Allred said in a statement that a DNA test has shown that Murphy is the father. The statement said the test "established paternity but paternity has not been legally acknowledged."
"I am here today for one reason and one reason only; her name is Angel," Brown told reporters at the press conference. "Angel is my baby and Eddie's. She will always know that she was planned and wanted by both of us."
Murphy, who had remained virtually mum on the subject up until this week, released a statement on Friday through his publicist, Arnold Robinson:
"Eddie Murphy always has and will continue to honor his responsibilities as a father," said Robinson. "Mr. Murphy and Ms. Brown dated very briefly and never made any plans of ANY sort. He acknowledges paternity of the child Angel, and has paid child support to Ms. Brown as well as covering the expenses of her pregnancy. Mr. Murphy views this as a private matter and as such, will not be making any further comments about it."
Last weekend it was revealed that Murphy had proposed to film producer Tracey Edmonds, who he reportedly began dating not long after his split with Brown. Edmonds was previously married to music producer and artist, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.
Murphy has five children from his marriage to Nicole Mitchell Murphy, which ended in divorce last year. Brown also has an 8-year-old daughter from her marriage to dancer Jimmy Gulzar.
On Thursday, Brown and Murphy's ex-wife lunched together at the Ivy restaurant in LA. Melanie brought along Angel Iris on the outing, while Nicole brought her little girl, Bella Zahra.
Whether the two were just introducing the children to their half-sibling or swapping gossip on the "Dreamgirls" star, only the Ivy table they sat at knows.
Completing the baby trifecta is "Simple Life" star Nicole Richie, who confirmed the news she is pregnant with Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden's baby during an interview with ABC News' Diane Sawyer.
"Yes, I am. We are. I'm almost four months," she revealed to Sawyer.
Baby bump rumors have been swirling around the celebutante for a while, but this was the first time she's confirmed the news.
Nicole, who last week was sentenced to four days in jail and three years probation stemming from a December DUI arrest, also spoke candidly about her impending time behind bars.
"I have a responsibility and it's something that I did wrong, and if I could personally apologize to every single person that has lost a loved one from drunk driving I would," Nicole said. "And unfortunately I can't, but this is my way of paying my dues and taking responsibility and being an adult."
Nicole must complete her sentence by September 28.
Richie further commented on her sentencing and new outlook on life with OK! Magazine this week, saying, This year has been full of lessons learned and soul-searching and realizing Im an adult…Im an adult. Its time to take responsibility and not take the easy way out.
Richie reportedly said she believes the sentence she was given for the incident, which occurred while she was on probation, was fair.
It was a fair, standard sentence, she said. I expected that.
When asked if she had advice for other troubled stars including Lohan and Britney, Nicole pointed out what driving under the influence really meant to her.
Every situation is different, Nicole told OK!. I have come to a place where I never want to make a mistake like that again. I never want to possibly take another life in my hands.
Nicoles father, pop crooner Lionel Richie told US weekly that he was pleased that Nicole is owning up to her mistakes. My daughter has made some mistakes in her life and has accepted responsibility for her actions, he said. She has not blamed others for her problems and is growing up very quickly, albeit in the heat of the media spotlight.
Lionel added that Nicoles pregnant condition has helped her face the consequences. Her pregnancy has given her a new perspective on life in general, he added.
Nicole has requested that she serve her time at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California, according to several reports. The facility housed Richie's friend (and "Simple Life" co-star) Paris Hilton during her jail stays earlier this summer.
Nicole Richie's attorney has indicated that she wants to do her time in county jail, LA County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore told US Weekly. Lynwood is the only county jail for women in Los Angeles, so if she does go to county jail she will go to Lynwood.
Richie told OK! that Paris has been "really supportive" of her in light of Hilton's recent incarceration, adding, I dont know if there is anything to do or prepare [for the jail sentence].
As for "The Simple Life" itself, the E! cable network has decided to pull the plug on the series.
A rep for the network told Access, "'Simple Life' has been a wonderful addition to the E! schedule for two years and we will always be grateful to Paris and Nicole for their hard work and graciousness."
The series finale will air tonight at 10:00 PM ET.


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February is here and we've got 6 more weeks of winter! Yeahh- The Magnet's heat is finally working really well! Here are some of this month's top shows that we recommend absolutely NOT missing.
1. The Directors Series Presents The Acid Trip!– Thursdays in February at 9pm- A brand new Directors Series, directed by Louis Kornfeld, that will take you on a journey through the layers of the mind.
2. Jana & Lauren Presents– Friday, February 7th at 7pm- A monthly character showcase hosted by Jana Schmieding and Lauren Olson.
3. CRUSHED: Improv inspired by first loves– Friday, February 14th at 7pm- an improv show inspired by your young diary entries about your very first loves.
4. Matt Koff & Friend– Sunday, February 16th at 9pm- Daily Show Writer and Magnet alum, Matt Koff, returns to his old stomping grounds for an hour of stand up.
5. Magnet Sketch Presents (NEW TEAM) Action Park & Baby Shoes– Sunday, February 23rd at 7:30pm- This night of sketch comedy is filled with simple words, big feelings, and lots and lots of dumb, funny, and extreme scenarios.
6. We Might Just Kiss: A Female Improv Event– Monday, February 24th at 10pm- Twelve lady improvisers join on the Magnet stage for an evening of comedy that will delight men, women, babies and kittens.
7. The Nominated– Friday, February 28th at 7pm- Join us for an awards show that celebrates the crème de la crème in the world of improvised cinema.
The Evente is not the easiest form out there, in fact it can be quite difficult to understand at times. It begins with one central event, suggested by the audience, and builds from there. The forms utilizes flashbacks and time jumps, all while focusing on relationships surrounding the event. Created by Armando Diaz in the late 90's, it is part of the "wild wild west improv movement" that Diaz created when he started the Magnet in 2005.
Check out the above chart that will help you understand Evente better! And if you're looking to study the form with Alex Marino, the next session starts February 2nd! More info!
No screenplay. No budget. Yet it's a film worthy of an oscar nomination.
But if you're not there you'll never get a chance to see it ever again. On Thursday Feb. 23rd at 10pm, The Movie will have it's last show as part of the new 'Director Series' at The Magnet Theater. A stacked team of seasoned Magnet performers fill the stage to create a filmic masterpiece. Spielberg can suck it.
Directed by Ed Herbstman, this improvised movie is better and cheaper than anything out right now and it's actually in 3-D for real! Make a reservation, turn your cell phones off and please don't talk back at the screen. Because there is no screen. They are real people. Why is this so hard for you to understand?


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WASHINGTON – Director Richard Cordray criticizes credit unions for turning down members with Chex Systems records.
Juan (Tony) Molina was appointed president/CEO of the $163 million Palisades Federal Credit Union in Pearl River, N.Y. For the last 10 years, he served as the CFO for the $91 million Community Alliance Credit Union in Dearborn, Mich., and he also worked as a financial analyst with the $574...
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Read about new hires, promotions, retirements and other career milestones from the credit union industry.
The St. Paul, Minn.-based Northwest Area Foundation will fund a pilot project that will pair two community development credit unions with community immigrant organizations to introduce credit union products and services to immigrants, the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions announced Sept. 11.
Mergers active in Kansas, Louisiana, Ohio, Michigan and Texas.
Prize-linked savings accounts produce ROI and are popular with members.
Trailblazer Award winner awarded grant for pilot project to reach out to immigrants.
This year marked the 18th year that the $993 million Black Hills Federal Credit Union in Rapid City, S.D., has collected school supplies for children. For this school year, the credit union said it received more than 77,000 supplies for its School Supply Drive thanks to donations from community partners,...
Credit unions fare the worst compared to other lenders in 30-day and 60-day delinquency increases.


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Less than a month after two lung transplant surgeries to save Sarah Murnaghan's life, the 10-year-old has developed pneumonia in her second set of replacement lungs, her mother posted on Monday.
Sarah has developed pneumonia in her right lung, her mother, Janet Murnaghan posted on her Facebook page. Physicians believe it was caused by aspirations from her belly, she wrote, meaning contents from her stomach went through the wrong pipes and into her lungs.
"Yesterday was tough," Murnaghan wrote. "Today she is more stable, but this is definitely a large set back."
The lungs were infected with pneumonia before they were implanted, but this is a new infection.
Pneumonia is not uncommon after any type of lung surgery, CNN's Sanjay Gupta said.
"Sarah had an even higher increased risk because she's taking immune-suppressing drugs and because of her cystic fibrosis," Gupta said. "But even with a setback like this infection, nearly 80% of people survive at least one year after lung transplant."


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Breaking: News outlets confirm rumors that Trump plans to dismantle protections for Bears Ears. Give today to fight for our National Monuments.
On Sunday, July 20, I had the pleasure of taking part in a small community gathering in Darrington, Washington, celebrating closure on an issue near and dear to the hearts of many: the protection of the historic Green Mountain Lookout.
When budget cuts forced Washington's Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest to make serious changes to its vital forest roads system, a diverse group of partners and stakeholders stepped forward to ensure the community voice will be heard during the decision-making process.


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Ajay Shethiya of Centrum Broking estimates, on CNBC-TV18, that growth in auto volumes will moderate on continued weakness across the sector.
Ajay Shethiya of Centrum Broking estimates growth in auto volumes to moderate on continued weakness across the sector. However, this time around sales in February were slightly higher as compared to previous years according to adjusted figures over the last five years, he told CNBC-TV18. In the passenger-vehicle segment, Maruti and Tata remain the analyst's favourites.
Below is an edited transcript of the analysis on CNBC-TV18
Q: Most of the auto sales for February look fairly weak- would you recommend a 'buy' on any of these auto stocks?
A: The general weakness in the overall demand environment continues and most of the segments have registered a drop both on a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) basis and on a month-on-month basis. Within the passenger-vehicle group, Maruti and Tata Motors continue to be favourites. Maruti largely because it has taken a beating and the stock price has corrected by almost 14-15 percent over the last few trading sessions.
Plus, the Budget has not resulted in a negative impact on Maruti since it does not change the tax incidence on the royalty payments and as none of the portfolio would come into higher excise tax bracket. So we continue to remain positive on Maruti.
Tata Motors remains a favourite because of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) as even the US sales for JLR has been pretty strong in February. Tata Motors remains a favourite purely on JLR and not on the domestic front.
Within the two-wheeler segment, Bajaj Auto remains a favourite and we maintain a neutral view on Hero MotoCorp.
Q: Haven't the February sales been a negative surprise?
A: Historically, the sales in February should be lower compared to sales recorded in January due to the anticipation of possible hike in the excise duty, there is a preponement in the month of January.
On a month-on-month basis, we expected weakness in the sales for February. Observing the adjusted figures over the last five years, sales in February are lower on a Y-o-Y basis. This time around sales in February are slightly on the higher side as compared to previous years. Though I am not very disappointed, the weakness definitely continues.
Q: What is your view on Mahindra & Mahindra after the increase in the excise duty on sports utility vehicles (SUV) in particular and the imminent increase in diesel prices if the government sticks to its plan?
A: We have been slightly cautious on Mahindra & Mahindra over the last few months largely on account of two-to-three factors. We estimate that the rate of 30-35 percent growth is unlikely to continue. Growth will stabilise at 12 to 14 percent on indications of the Scorpio being under pressure and sales of the XUV 500 having stagnated.
Add to this, the intensity of the competitive has increased with the Renault Duster performing extremely well and Ford set to launch the Ecosport. There are also indications that the discounts on the tractor segment continue to remain elevated and the weakness is likely to remain over the next few months.
Q: With the weakness in sales, would you change your volume estimates for any of the auto companies for FY14 considering that the trend might continue to persist on the downside?
A: Overall, our outlook has been slightly conservative on FY14 and we expect growth of 7-8 percent in the two-wheeler industry. Historically, the two-wheeler industry has been growing at 10-12 percent. Recent trends also indicate moderation in the high-growth scooter segment.
On the medium and heavy commercial vehicle (M&HCV) segment, we expect gradual recovery but given the low base of FY13, we expect growth in volumes at 10-12 percent.
Dealers also indicate pullback in the petrol segment and slight moderation in the diesel portfolio. We estimate a continued growth of 10-11 percent in the passenger-vehicle segment.


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BUFFALO, NY-- Looking for a family friendly way to spend New Year's Eve? Well, First Night Buffalo is back for it's 25th year.
Organizers announced Friday morning that plans are being finalized for the drug and alcohol free event.
As usual, First Night will feature rides, games and food, but new this year, a multi-cultural celebrations stage where several different cultural groups will perform throughout the night.
The event will run from 5pm to 10 pm at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. Tickets are $10 at the door, or you can save $2 by getting pre-sale tickets at Wegmans.
For more information: http://www.firstnightbuffalo.org/


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I chose this picture of my daughter chasing the seagulls at the beach because it matched the teal colors in the kit perfectly. I painted the background to make it look like the ocean. First I stenciled the waves with gesso. Then I painted it with Shimmerz, Glimmer Glaze and Gold pigment. Finally I used some gel medium and embedded small ripped pieces of paper from a poem about the sea. Then I blended it all in with some more glimmer glaze. Kit Magenta- Street Savvy Collection: Street Prints
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There are so many qualifiers to this game but Oklahoma City shouldn't hang their head on this loss. Yeah, they blew it down the stretch, but they did execute well enough to get the exact shots they wanted. Kevin Durant got fouled on a couple and just bricked two more (not to mention a wide open dunk that Westbrook missed). Any of those go in, and they escaped with a victory in regulation. When a team amasses an 18 point lead late in the 3rd quarter when their two stars shoot 13-56, you're doing something right.
There were some key matchups that do shed light on how Scott Brooks and Mike Brown intend to play this if they meet in the playoffs. In a atypically smart move, Mike Brown put Kobe Bryant on Russell Westbrook. Not only was Kobe engaged and making life miserable for Russ, Brown knew that Westbrook would be unable to resist the challenge of going right at Kobe. He forced numerous bad shots, and Kobe got the benefit of any and all calls while playing at home.Scott Brooks may have also discovered that guarding Pau Gasol with Serge Ibaka does nothing but embarrass the Spaniard. Ibaka made life a living hell for Gasol, even going so far as to block Gasol's patented sweeping right handed hook. Inexplicably, Gasol found himself guarded by Nick Collison at times, while Ibaka guarded Jordan Hill, and Gasol was able to score. This is the reason Pau had such a quiet 20-14-9 game.
The biggest X-factor for the Lakers is how to stop James Harden. Brown clearly had a game plan for him, as they had Matt Barnes try to deny him the basketball at half court. This worked out well for OKC, and Harden had no trouble dominating the game until he was summarily taken out by Metta World Peace. There is simply not a doubt that having Harden for the stretch run of this game would have changed its outcome. One solution is to have Kobe guard Harden, but that leaves them vulnerable to Westbrook, as it remains to be seen if Ramon Sessions knows how to play up to the competition.
So a big win for the Lakers, it was more important to them for playoff seeding then it was for the Thunder. But at full strength, a series between these two games goes no longer than 6 games. And that would require more of the miraculous shot making that Kobe Bryant has been known for his whole career.


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1) In recent months, the drama, rhetoric, and rancor surrounding the wild parrots have increased considerably. In November, Bittner threw himself in front of the chain saws of workers who had been sent by the property owner to cut down the Monterey cypresses; planting himself at the base of the trees in protest, Bittner succeeded in persuading the workers to leave two of the trees standing. What do you make of the incident?
A) Hold on. Bittner was at the point of a chain saw and the tree-cutters just stopped?!?
B) Man, tree-huggers have all the fun. And get all the media attention.
C) Hey, aren't these the same wild parrots I see in Dolores Park all the time? Why couldn't they just move there? Oh, right -- Bittner feeds them.
2) Bittner, 53, is a formerly homeless and unemployed musician who began looking after the birds in 1994, and has since become their fierce protector. He told the Chronicle recently that the parrots "are my friends, and if I didn't help them, it would be absurd." What's your response?
A) No, Mark, that's not what's absurd.
B) A formerly homeless person living on Telegraph Hill? Do the cops know about this?
C) I would never make fun of someone with parrots for friends. (Bonus point for adding: "I did that once to a pirate, and, boy, do I still regret it.")
3) Bittner's book, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill: A Love Story ... With Wings, was a New York Times best-seller last year, following the 2004 documentary of the same name, which was directed by Bittner's girlfriend. How did you first learn about the parrots' engaging tale?
A) Honestly? I stepped in parrot shit on Greenwich Street.
B) I read the book and saw the movie ....
C) OK, OK, I'll admit it: I didn't actually read the book. I tried, but, you know ... hey, at least I saw the documentary. (Bonus point for adding: "Until I dozed off.")
4) In the documentary, viewers watch as Bittner slowly builds trust with the red-masked parakeets, who eventually eat from his hand, perch on his shoulder, and respond to the names he gives them, including Picasso, Mingus, Snyder, Chomsky, and Mendelssohn. Do you think this delicate caretaker relationship should be preserved?
A) Hey, Mr. Bittner wasn't by any chance a hippie, was he?
B) Absolutely. It's not just any bearded writer/musician/poet who can name parrots.
C) Sure, but Bittner needs to be careful. There's a fine line between caretaker and one of those "cat ladies" who's hiding 175 kittens in her closet when Animal Control shows up.
5) In an indication of how much worldwide attention this story has generated, San Francisco Supervisor Bevan Dufty, who serves on the city's Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee, which is handling the controversy, says he has received more than 1,000 e-mails about the parrots, which represents more correspondence than he's received on any other topic since taking office in 2003. Dufty attributes the interest in the story to its "old-world charm," and told the Chronicle: "I think it's really touched people." Do you agree?
A) More than 1,000 e-mails? How many of them had "Mark Bittner" in the From line?
B) A story with old-world charm, about touching people ... gosh, it's just like the plague.
C) Yeah, but if these were the Wild Parrots of the Outer Excelsior, we wouldn't be nearly as enthralled.
6) Mayor Gavin Newsom dispatched a representative of his office to negotiate the feud between Bittner and Cowen, which will likely be resolved by a nonprofit agency covering the cost of planting new trees to replicate the old cypresses. What do you think of this resolution?
A) Since it's San Francisco, and it's a dispute about trees, I'm just glad it's ending with no lives lost.
B) Gee, chalk up another victory for the Supermayor.
C) Crisis narrowly averted. Now about that murder rate ....
7) Many have questioned the motivations of the two opposing sides in the parrot feud, which has often grown bitter: At one point, Bittner accused Cowen of barring him from a deck where he tends to the parrots, while Cowen has suggested that Bittner exaggerates scenarios to increase media attention and sales of his DVD and book. Who do you think is ultimately to blame for the controversy?
A) The damn squawking parrots, that's who.
B) Sounds like this Cowen fellow is just another of those slimy San Francisco landlords who hates trees and animals and other living things. Also, I'm a sucker for bearded men with silly causes.
C) The Elections Department. Oops, sorry -- force of habit, I guess.
How to score:
Score zero points for every "A" answer, one point for every "B," and two points for every "C."
0-6 points: We know, we know -- you wish the whole thing would just fly away.
7-10 points: If only more homeless people were parrots, San Francisco would have that little problem all figured out.
11-14 points: Congratulations! You're a true apologist for the Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill. And now I think Polly wants a cracker, Mr. Bittner.


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HOUSE hunting is thirsty work, so what better way to relax when it's all over than by pouring a cold one in your own private bar.
Homeowners have been getting creative with their bar designs, whether they're in the basement, above the garage or at the edge of a horizon pool.
Here's a selection of the most inviting examples from around the world. Cheers to that.
As if the 360-degree views weren't enough, the 43rd-floor penthouse of the Harry Seidler-designed Horizon building in Sydney's Darlinghurst also has its own bar.
Bill Bridges of Ballard Property says he has seen many homes with bars that go unused.
"They're often just for show. A lot of people with bars in their premises don't even drink."
That's not the case with the Horizon penthouse bar, he says, which has been used extensively by the current owner, arts patron David Walsh.
"He entertains a lot there. It's a comfortable size."
The penthouse is for sale with a price guide of $14 million to $16 million. See realestate.com.au.
This home bar in the Long Island suburb of Fort Salonga oozes testosterone.
Featuring miniature model motorbikes mounted on the wall and a retro telephone booth-cum-humidor, it outshines many public bars. Leather chairs, wood panelling and pressed metal ceilings complete the look.
The property is on the market for US$1.29 million through Coach Realtors.
If you're going to buy a house in Barbados, it might as well have a swim-up bar for your rich and famous friends.
The Serenity villa at St James ticks this box and more, with five ensuite bedrooms, a cinema, banquet room, self-contained apartment and extensive staff accommodation.
You won't need to worry about the bar running dry — there's plenty of storage space in the wine cellar.
The villa is on the market for US$15 million through Realtors Real Estate Sales.
When this house was built in 2008, the owners had a vision for the spacious upper level: a pub.
Andrew Michels, of Bob Michels Construction, said the original plans for a combination of storage room and media centre were altered to create the pub room, with hickory wood flooring, in-floor heating, custom cabinetry and lights suspended over the pool table.
The deluxe drinking den is not for sale but there are more details about the project at Houzz
Boys and their toys. The games room of this Melbourne house has its own working bar, with a wall of wine racks and walnut travertine floor tiles.
The piece de resistance in the room, designed by Bagnato Architecture, is a set of glazed doors that overlook the owner's prestige car collection. Perfect for drinking and not driving.
See more at Houzz.
You'll never drink alone when the walls are covered with hunting trophies.
Interior architectural designer Heather DeMores created this trophy room for a big-game hunter and aviator in Rochester, New York.
It was designed to showcase the owner's collection of hunting trophies.
The points of the compass are incorporated into the timber floor, while the ceiling features vintage maps.
See more details on Houzz.
Home bars needn't be all fast cars and pool tables.
This colourful mid-century modern house in Los Angeles has two bars. One is in a "cabana room" — formerly the fifth bedroom — near the pool. It has sliding wood screen doors, vibrant yellow panels disguising a media cabinet and a walnut bar with a Cesarstone benchtop.
Designer Joel Dessaules said the furnishings were a combination of custom and vintage, and were intended to be practical.
"Drunk friends, wet swimsuits, no problem," he said.
See more at Houzz.


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Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away. [I can't afford you.] - F. Scott Fitzgerald
So. I did an abandoned car repo for a S500. Of course, I still live with my family, and 300/month for insurance....never mind. I might as well buy a different first car.
SOOOOOO....It was purchased for 86,XXX but bluebook puts it anywhere between 7k and 15k. Realistically? I'll probably get 9k for it. I tried to give it to family friend in need, but the 300/month is too expensive for her, so she's sticking with her Corolla.
I want to do something worthwhile with it, maybe[correction: use money to buy other car] donate it [new car] to family in need, or to Purple Heart. Any ideas? I want to make a difference and not a profit for my local Merc dealer.
Although I'm not keeping it, I feel it would be selfish for me to use the money to buy another car when I tired he drive my parent's.
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Our staff will be spending valuable time with their families for the holidays, so our office will be closed December 23 and will reopen on January 3rd. Our Tuesday Breakfast program will also resume on January 3rd.
We'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone all the warmest of holiday cheer!


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Vinyls stock prices soar on Dow carve-out
US-based Dow Chemical's announcement that it will carve out its $5bn chlorine and derivatives businesses and shut down an old chlor-alkali facility led to a surge in the stock prices of two US vinyls companies.
Shares of Axiall, the integrated polyvinyl chloride (PVC) producer resulting from the merger between Georgia Gulf and PPG Industries' commodity chemicals business, jumped 10.3% on 2 December – the day of the Dow announcement. Chlor-alkali producer Olin saw its stock rise 7.8%.
Dow's plan to shut down 1.8bn lb/year (816,000 tonnes/year) of chlorine capacity in Freeport, Texas, US, in coordination with the start-up of its 800,000 tonne/year chlorine joint venture facility with Japan's Mitsui at the same location, in early 2014, encouraged investors.
This was "a better outcome than consensus expected and better than our bullish expectation of a 60-75% offset of Dow's new capacity," said Charles Nievert, analyst at financial firm Cowen & Co. "The Dow announcement removed considerable uncertainty and likely means upward revisions to ECU [electrochemical unit] values, with one of the early benefits possibly coming via the H1 2014 aluminum industry caustic contract."


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A SPRINTER is facing a race against team to fulfil his Paralympic dream.
Rising athletics star Reece Palmer must raise £1,000 to travel to a championships held in Normandy, France, next month.
If successful, the 19-year-old could take a huge step towards competing in Rio in 2016 and, in doing so, fulfil a lifelong dream.
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The teenager, who can cover 60 metres in just over seven seconds, is a student on the Supported Employment programme at New College Durham.
Reece, from Pelton Fell, is a member of Chester-le-Street Athletics Club and competes in the 100 and 200 metres.
He said: "I've been running for the last five years, after my Dad suggested that I joined a running club, and I train five days a week.
"I love running and I am very excited about going to the championships.
"The staff at New College, Durham have been brilliant about helping me raise the money I need."
All proceeds from the College's Summer Carnival, which takes place on Wednesday, June 11, will be donated to the cause while a number of challenges, which include penalty shoot-out, Wii bowling and tug-of-war competitions, have been organised to add to the total.
College lecturer Karen Ridley said: "He is an excellent student and very resilient. He tries his best at whatever he does and is always smiling.
"We are very proud of his achievements and we are supporting him in any way we can to help him succeed in his Paralympic dream."
To make a donation to Reece please visit www.everyclick.com/sprintforglory/info.


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BOSTON -- Kevin Garnett made another place for himself in NBA history on Tuesday night when he grabbed 13 boards and passed Shaquille ONeal for 12th place on the all-time leading rebounds list.
I haven't checked my phone today, Garnett said following the Celtics 97-92 overtime win against the Houston Rockets. I looked and my light is blinking very rapidly so that means I've got a couple messages, probably from the Big Fella.
With 13,100 rebounds, Garnett, 35, moved past ONeal on the big mans 40th birthday. Hakeem Olajuwon holds the 11th spot with 13,748 rebounds.
Garnett momentarily looked back on his 17-year career and expressed his gratitude for those who were part of every rebound. (In the spirit of appreciation, he also thanked members of the media more than once for waiting until almost 11:20 p.m. for him to speak.)
History is history, he said. I'm very fortunate to be in a position to be part of NBA history. It's always been a big deal for me to leave a legacy or leave some footprints, if you will, or some type of mark on the game. And to play along one of the best, if not the greatest big man to ever play the game, it's more than a pleasure to be in the same category if not on the same list. So I'm more than honored. To all coaches and players that I've played with that have put me in the position to be able to create some of those footprints and some of those marks. So thank you.
Garnett leads the Celtics with 8.3 rebounds per game this season and has averaged 10.7 over his career. His 13 points and 13 boards on Tuesday gave him a double-double in five of his last six games.
You have to be passionate, got to have some know-how, got to have some wit, some gutness in you, some type of passion, some type of drive, a decent work ethic, he explained. You know what, until Celtics Vice President of Media Relations Jeff Twiss told me, I didn't even think about that. I try to go out here and give my team an edge. Other than that, when you guys bring it up, then I pay attention to it.
So what does Garnett like most about crashing the boards?
I like nothing about it, he replied. I like nothing about it. It's something I have to do. It's something that I'm decent at and something I know how to do. So that's what it is.
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These Are The Earth Cars Of A Space Agency
NASA is best known for its work with space-faring vehicles, including some very cool space cars. But the agency has a rich history of unique vehicles here on Earth, too, including many important contributions to the automotive industry. Here are the Earth cars of NASA.


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Last week, I went to Coorg Tour with my Juno friends and had great time over there. I will briefly blog about the places we visited as part of this tour.
We were eleven friends and we booked a 13 seater Tempo for our complete tour i.e. Bangalore – Coorg – Bangalore. We reached Bangalore on 4th July morning and we immediately started to Coorg. It was around 2 PM when we reached Madikeri. We stayed at Aahan Homestay which is around one km after Club Mahindra. Its located in beautiful place and we booked Groupstay in it which costed us Rs. 300 per head per day.
It started raining when we reached there and we knew that it would not stop. So, we went to visit Abbey Falls in rain. We all were surprised as we did not expect the water falls to be that big and everyone enjoyed. Our next place was Raja's Seat. Its a view point famous for sunset. But in those thick clouds, we could hardly see Sun. We returned back to cottage after that.
My birthday was on 5th July, so they planned to celebrate it on 4th night. They could not find a Cake there and could only manage to get Chocolate Pastries. After Pastry cut at 12 AM, everyone got ready to give me birthday bumps. But I sweetly rejected their offer . They tried to convince me for some time, but then returned to their rooms with disappointment. Sorry buddies and thanks for celebrating my birthday
Second day, 5th July, we went first to Namdroling's Golden Temple. Its Lord Buddha's temple with lots of Tibetan monks. After spending some time there, we then headed to Nisargadhama. Its island like place surrounded all sides by river kaveri and is full of trees and few animals. After some time, we noticed that rain almost stopped, so we immediately headed to our next destination River Rafting. It was first time for everyone of us, so we enjoyed it very much. But it costed us Rs. 600 per head. We became all wet in river water so went back to our cottage and changed dress and then headed to TalaCauvery.
TalaCauvery is 40kms from Madikeri and is a temple on a hill which is considered as starting point for river Cauvery. We reached there at around 5′O clock in the evening and it was still drizzling. Once we got down the Tempo, we could not believe our eyes. We were literally in clouds. Its wonderful sight to see. The place was full of clouds and its just looking like heaven. We spent more than an hour there and none of us wanted to go back. But traveling on Ghat road during nights is not safe, so we started from there at around 6:30 PM.
Since we covered most of the places in Coorg, next day 6th July, we went to Mysore. We just visited Mysore Palace there and then started to Bangalore as we have to train to catch in the evening.
Overall, it was a great experience and everyone of us enjoyed a lot. I filtered and categorized the photos taken by four of us and uploaded them to picasaweb with original resolution. Check them at below links.
| Abbey Falls |Raja's Seat | Nisargadhama |
| Namdroling's Golden Temple | River Rafting | Talacauvery | Mysore Palace |
| Birthday Celebrations | Aahan Homestay | Food | On The Way |
We also tried to capture few videos. I uploaded them to YouTube. Check them at below links.
| Abbey Falls 1 | Abbey Falls 2 | Talacauvery |
Thanks for Reading
Tags: abbey falls, coorg, golden temple, mysore palace, nisargadhama, river rafting, talacauvery
My brother-in-law stays in Vijayawada and he had been asking us, relatives in Hyderabad, to visit his place. My mom arranged the event and finally last week, on 25th December 2008, we went to Vijayawada.
It was just one day trip and we were 26 people (22 Adults and 4 Children). We could not manage to get Railway reservations as it was planned in last minute. So, we went there in 25 seater minibus. Don't ask me how was the journey
I carried my new Digi cam along with me, but could not manage to take great snaps. Anyway, sharing some of them.