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Ramona junior Katherine Mauldin had 18 points and 14 rebounds for the Bulldogs in Wednesday night's win over Oceanside.
RAMONA In a town like Ramona, where there is only one high school, everyone tends to know everyone.
And what they're doing.
Right now, the girls basketball team at Ramona High is becoming the talk of the town. The defending Valley League champion Bulldogs, after a 4-6 start this season, have gotten on a roll that is still going.
After Wednesday's 68-38 win over Oceanside, Ramona stretched its winning streak to 15 and remained in first place.
"This community is really involved with us now," junior forward Katherine Mauldin said after her 18-point, 14-rebound performance for the Bulldogs (19-6, 7-0). "When you walk around school or even in a store, everyone knows what we're doing.
"It makes it all kind of fun."
Outscoring the Pirates (10-13, 4-3) by a 38-20 margin in the second half turned what was a relatively close game at halftime, when the Bulldogs led 30-18, into a game that was clearly in hand long before it ended.
Oceanside guard Chelsea Ayala tried to keep the Pirates going with 23 points, but it was clearly not enough to offset eight 3-pointers by Ramona as well as double-figure outings from Chiara Mattern (15 points) and Kailey Hill (14 points) in addition to Mauldin.
Mauldin triggered the second-half uprising with 12 third-quarter points.
"We got excited at halftime," she said. "We realized what we needed to do and we found the intensity to get that done. We played all out instead of holding back. Every game from now on is important. It's too late in the season to let down now."
Mattern led the way from the perimeter with a trio of 3-pointers while Hill had a pair of 3's.
"We don't rely on 3's," Ramona coach Dan Marshall said. "In the flow of our offense, we rebound well so even if we miss shots — and we're not a good shooting team — we hit the boards.
"Offensively, we wore Oceanside down a bit. We just had to get out of the first half without any foul trouble and we did that."
And hit their shots, which the Bulldogs did at a 25-for-66 clip.
"Usually, someone is always on from the outside," added Mauldin. "I wish we knew ahead of time who that would be. If only it was that easy."
As easy, it seems, as running toward yet another league title.


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Hungry Girl Today: 08.11.06
We swallowed FIVE different kinds of frozen, better-for-you mac 'n cheese
entrees. Here's what we think of 'em...
Cedarlane Macaroni & Cheese
(9 oz. package: 270 calories, 3g fat, 680mg sodium, 42g carbs, 2g fiber, 4g
sugars, 17g protein = 5 Points)
What They Say: Organic macaroni smothered in a delicious cheddar cheese
sauce made with organic non fat milk and cheddar cheeses. The perfect
combination- great tasting and no guilt. Our Low Fat Macaroni and Cheese
has only 3 grams fat and is completely natural.
What We Say: This mac 'n cheese is unlike any of the others. Thick and
goopy (and a little strange looking, to be honest), this seems more like a
casserole (or a mac 'n cheese pie) than traditional macaroni & cheese. The
good part is, as odd as it is, we really REALLY like it. It has a bit of a tortilla
flavor, too, and it comes with shredded cheese on top, which is a fun touch!
Overall Score: 9
HG Honors: Most Unique.
Lean Cuisine Macaroni and Cheese
(10 oz. package: 290 calories, 7g fat, 620mg sodium, 41g carbs, 2g fiber, 8g
sugars, 15g protein = 6 Points)
What They Say: Tender elbow macaroni in a creamy cheddar cheese sauce,
made with aged cheddar and club cheeses.
What We Say: This mac 'n cheese actually looks fantastic. But, when it
comes to food, looks don't necessarily count (face it; chili is kind of
hideous!). Despite its rich orange color & super-cheesy appearance, it tastes
like it needs salt, and it isn't very creamy or cheesy-tasting. Also, the
noodles are extremely limp and soggy. Sorry, Lean Cuisine; we love you but
your style over substance mac 'n cheese isn't up to snuff.
Overall Score: 6
HG Honors: Most Beautiful.
Smart Ones Macaroni & Cheese
(10 oz. package: 270 calories, 2g fat, 790mg sodium, 52g carbs, 2g fiber, 5g
sugars, 11g protein = 5 Points)
What They Say: This tasty casserole deserves to be a classic and family
What We Say: WOWOWOW! This mac 'n cheese ROCKS our faces off! It's
super-cheesy and you'll have no choice but to smile after just one bite. Rich
and creamy, this stuff doesn't taste guilt-free AT ALL and it tastes the most
like the yummy blue box mac 'n cheese you grew up with. Need more
reasons to chew it? It's super-low in fat, and the portion is pretty hefty. YUM!
Overall Score: A Perfect 10!
HG Honors: Best Guilt-Free Mac 'n Cheese on the Planet.
Healthy Choice Macaroni & Cheese
(9 oz. package: 210 calories, 4g fat, 600mg sodium, 32g carbs, 4g fiber, 4g
sugars, 9g protein = 4 Points)
What They Say: Our Macaroni and Cheese is just the dish to satisfy your
taste for something rich and creamy.
What We Say: It's odd that they tout "real cheddar" because this stuff tastes
like it's made with anything BUT. The cheese tastes like it was made from
some lame-o powdered mix. In fact, it's sour and has a weird taste,
especially next to the others. And don't get all giddy about the low calorie
count. That only exists because they give you LESS mac 'n cheese and try to
distract you by including steamed veggies. Nice try, Healthy Choice, but
we're onto you...
Overall Score: 5.5
HG Honors: Best Veggies.
Michelina's Lifestyle Macaroni and Cheese
(8 oz. package: 250 calories, 4.5g fat, 580mg sodium, 41g carbs, 2g fiber,
4g sugars, 11g protein = 5 Points)
What They Say: Mama Michelina knew that everybody loved macaroni and
cheese. She always made it taste extra special by using creamy cheddar
cheese and tender pasta. Michelina's Lifestyle Macaroni and Cheese not only
tastes good, but it's good-a for you, too. Thanks-a mama!
What We Say: This stuff is nice and chewy. And PERFECT, al dente pasta is
hard to come by in a frozen meal. Truth be told, it's a little plain and could
use a zap of salt and a bit more cheese flavor (snazz it up with some
reduced-fat parmesan). For 250 calories you get a nice portion, and it's not
as pricey as the others.
Overall Score: 7.5
HG Honors: Best Bang for the Buck.
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Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 | 9:39 p.m.
Freshman guard Kelli Thompson proved Saturday that her age is not indicative of her skills.
The Compton, Calif., native posted 20 points and grabbed eight boards to help the Lady Rebels defeat Air Force 69-55 at home on Senior Night, breaking the team's three-game losing streak.
"We've lost our last three (games), so we had no choice but to come in and play like we wanted to play," Thompson said. "We practiced really hard these past few days. It was just one big flow."
Thompson hit her first 3-pointer four minutes into the game to give UNLV a 5-point advantage over Air Force. She followed it up with layups, a steal and consistent defense throughout the first half.
At the 8:11 mark, Thompson perfected her own form of the Shake 'n Bake and drove between two defenders for an easy layup. Heading back to the defensive end, she then knocked a ball out of bounds to prevent Air Force from scoring. The Rebels led at halftime 38-36.
Head coach Kathy Olivier said she was impressed by Thompson's performance.
"I think Kelli Thompson was everywhere," she said. "Kelli Thompson played so aggressively defensively, (and) it generated our offense."
But Thompson wasn't the only Lady Rebel showcasing talent.
Seniors Allison Holiday and forward Latoya Hunt started the game with friends and family watching in the stands. It was apparent from the beginning that the two were not going home without a victory.
As soon as the whistle sounded at tip-off, Hunt helped UNLV gain possession and keep it with four blocks and six points. Holiday had three steals and five assists throughout the game.
"Allison and Latoya just started off with great energy, and I thought the whole team followed their lead and played well and hard," Olivier said.
Sophomore center Markiell Styles also scored 12 points and had four rebounds.
With only one more game left before the Mountain West Conference Tournament, sophomore Jamie Smith said Saturday's win was a momentous occasion for the seniors.
"It's definitely a special game because we're honoring two of our seniors," Smith said. "One has been here for five and the other four (years), so coming into this game we really wanted to win it for them, because it's their last time to play on this floor."
Smith scored 17 points and had 14 rebounds for another double-double. She said she enjoyed the game because the seniors had more of a chance to display their talents on the court.
"It's great to be able to play, relax a little bit and give Latoya a chance to shoot a three in a game," Smith said. "It was a fun win because we played hard in the beginning and we didn't have to come back from a lot of points behind, so it's a different type of game and I liked it."
Coming into the game, however, was a different feeling for Smith, who was worried about her family in Hawaii after a tsunami hit Saturday. The state escaped any major damage.
Olivier said Smith was upset before the game and asked one of the team managers to hold her cell phone in case something happened.
"I talked to her mom this morning and they were evacuating and Jamie was shaking," Olivier said. "Her mom said to me, 'We're fine. The family is all together and moving to higher ground. Tell Jamie to do what she needs to do, which is win the game.' Her mom brought it back to basketball, and I thought that was very interesting."
The upset over Air Force puts UNLV at 13-16 for the season and 6-9 in the Mountain West Conference. The Lady Rebels will face University of Wyoming at 1 p.m. on March 6 in the last game before the conference tournament.
Olivier said Wyoming has a lot of good shooters who could be a threat for the Lady Rebels.
Smith said the team will spend the next week preparing for them.
"(We're going to) prepare really hard and go into the game with this mentality," Smith said. "Hopefully we can steal the win from them."


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LIONS PAW is a very well maintained, consistently upgraded SHOAL DRAFT Nonsuch 30 with the "Classic" interior layout.
Recent improvements include: new Westerbeke 35E diesel in 2011 currently with 350 hours, Garmin 74 Chart Plotter / Sounder mounted on swing bracket in companion way (new 2016), all new cockpit canvas (2014), new Sea Frost refrigeration (2011), bottom stripped and barrier coated (2011), new Lewmar Ocean hatches (2011), new teak & holly sole (2011), Mermaid reverse cycle AC with remote control (2012) and much more.
Click on FULL SPECS for detailed listing as well as photographs.
Available to be seen at your convenience. Inquiries invited.
The current owner purchased LOINS PAW in March 2011. Following the purchase, the bottom was stripped, the gel coat abraided and the bottom and rudder were checked for moisture and or blisters. The bottom was then clear coated with epoxy and given 3 coats of Sea Hawk AF-33 bottom paint (the only bottom paint used since this date).
In the fall of 2011, the boat was moved to Miami where the following work was performed:
Since then, the following items have been replaced or added to the boat:
Classic Interior Layout with hanging locker full forward, Port and Starboard settee berths with stowage behind and outboard and shelves port and starboard. There is a centerline drop leaf table between. A bifold door and "lifting window" in the bulkhead provide privacy for the forward cabin. The L-shaped mid ship galley is to port, enclosed head compartment with shower opposite to starboard. Quarter berths port and starboard.
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THE FACTS: The Clippers went back to doing what they do best Wednesday night, dominating the paint against Kevin Love and the visiting Timberwolves. Chris Paul paced L.A. with 23 points and 11 assists, and post players DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin bounced back with solid performances in the 101-95 victory at Staples Center, ending a four-game losing streak for the Clippers.
THE STAT: Love had 19 points and 12 rebounds but it was the Clippers who owned the paint just two nights after establishing a franchise record with 18 3-pointers in a loss to New Orleans. L.A. owned a 54-38 advantage in points in the paint. Griffin, who scored a career-low four points in the loss to the Hornets, came back with 18 points and six rebounds against Minnesota. Jordan, who scored a season-low three points against New Orleans, finished with 15 points and six rebounds.
QUOTABLE: "I knew this day would come."
-- Clippers' Chris Paul
TURNING POINT: The Clippers were clinging to a two-point lead heading toward the final minute of the fourth quarter when Chauncey Billups, making his season debut after tearing his Achilles in February, stole a pass from Luke Ridnour and set off the other way. He spotted Jordan making a B-line toward the basket and threw a lob from above the 3-point line. Jordan caught the pass high above the rim, slammed it through and was fouled. He made the free throw to push the lead to five and Minnesota never got back within one possession with the ball in hand.
HOT: Clippers reserve forward Matt Barnes bounced back from three straight poor performances to score 13 points on 6-for-9 shooting and grab six rebounds in 26 minutes. His energy helped the Clippers bounce back from a nine-point first-half deficit.
NOT: Two days after setting a Clippers franchise record by sinking nine 3-pointers and scoring 33 points, Caron Butler struggled to find the bottom of the net. He missed seven of eight field-goal attempts and finished with two points, or 31 less than he scored on Monday.
GOOD MOVE: Clippers backup guard Jamal Crawford came into the game leading the team in scoring at 18 points a game and he has been a regular down the stretch of games. But it was Billups who played most of the minutes in crunch time, hitting Jordan with the biggest lob pass of the season and finishing with seven points and three assists in 20 minutes.
QUOTABLE II: "A great win for us in terms of getting some of our energy back and working Chauncey into the lineup. I thought everybody contributed."
-- Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro
BAD MOVE: The Timberwolves committed three fouls in the first 1:43 of the fourth quarter and L.A. was in the bonus with 6:47 left. The Clippers took advantage of a few extra trips to the line in the final minutes, shooting 9-for-11 overall.
NOTABLE: Minnesota starting forward Andrei Kirilenko was a late scratch because of back spasms. He's third on the team in scoring at 13 points a game. Josh Howard started in his place and finished with seven points in 27 minutes. ... Minnesota backup forward Derrick Williams, who did not play in three of the last four games after starting the previous nine, had four points and five rebounds in 12 minutes. ... Minnesota point guard Ricky Rubio, out since February after undergoing knee surgery, was cleared for contact earlier in the day. ... Clippers backup forward Ronny Turiaf sprained his ankle in the third quarter. He returned from the locker room but did not return to the game.
UP NEXT: For the Clippers, Saturday vs. Sacramento, Monday @ Utah, Wednesday vs. Dallas. For the Timberwolves, Friday vs. Milwaukee, Tuesday @ Philadelphia, Wednesday @ Boston.


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They say nothing is new under the sun, but Shakespeare by the Sea brings a unique play experience to Southern California. We have concerts, movies or camping in the park, but not consistently Shakespeare that travels to a recreational city park year after year.
Amy Louise Sebelius, Director of Much Ado About Nothing delivers a well cast, smooth production of laughs. There is that tense moment where Beatrice asks Benedick to kill Claudio and actors Kimberly Patterson and David Jay Barry take those characters seriously, but the audience laughs at a moment in Beatrice and Benedicks' relationship that turns from flirtatious to trialing.
Jerrod Popham (Claudio), making his LA debut with SBTS, is a serious Claudio; he cries on demand for his sweet Hero, played by the beautiful blond Holly Long. The audience goes wild as Popham and Long kiss and also when the sassy Kimberly Patterson (Beatrice) and light-hearted David Jay Barry (Benedick) kiss. Both are fluid with their lines and are funny and enjoyable together with their chemistry. Funny impromptu occurs when a baby walks up to the stage and Drew Shirley (Dogberry) says, "Hello, baby," in a medium tone of voice then continues on. At the end of the scene Shirley takes the bench out from under the blind man Verges (Cylan Brown), who remains seated with legs crossed, staring beyond the audience asking, "Where's the baby?"
The actors are surrounded by a castle with an English garden courtyard with trellises filled with pink roses. Below is canvas professionally painted to look like an Old World stone wall and potted plants. The stage is very versatile, being that the base is used in every play and then transformed just like at a black box theatre, but travels frequently. Aaron Jackson, Scenic Designer, will be a Design Producer for ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition this fall.
Also, with Hollywood connections is Valerie Wright-Blair, Costume Designer, who has designed gowns for clients and celebrities for the Academy and Emmy Awards. For this production of Much Ado she uses taffeta for the princess style dresses in solid colors of lavender, orange-yellow, green and iridescent blue with lace bodices. The soldiers wear red, white striped and blue coats that button on one side, with black pants and boots.
Shakespeare by the Sea is connected to Little Fish Theatre in downtown San Pedro where Lisa Coffi manages and produces the year round theatre that presents new, classic and contemporary plays. The festival allows Coffi to offer a completely different experience to an array of people with the help of Festival Producer, Sara Adelman. This year the Shakespeare festival team is producing The Tragedy of King Lear and Much Ado About Nothing. The shows will be in parks from Laguna Niguel to Beverly Hills and return to Point Fermin Park in San Pedro for a closing candlelight ceremony at the Grand Finale performance weekend for both plays.
People are encouraged to come with a blanket, low back chair and dinner for these free events, but bring some money for other fun activities like the raffle and shopping to help support live theatre. Cozy fleece blankets and sweatshirts with the Shakespeare by the Sea logo can be purchased on those nights that turn chilly by the sea. For more complete information and photos visit www.shakespearebythesea.org.


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Our View: Board members should have full access to records
There is a letter to the editor in this week's Star-Observer from School Board member Sandy Gehrke, upset about the district's request that she pay $428.54 for copies of paperwork.
The records are related to a contract with Hoffman Engineering for "pre-referendum" architectural services regarding "secondary space solutions."
Charging a fee to school board members for information makes us uncomfortable.
Gehrke might be viewed by some as a maverick on the board, but she was the choice of the voters in the 2012 school board election and should be entitled to any and all information.
In a letter to Gehrke, the district said she sought 470 pages of records. They said she could have the information if she paid the $428.54, or she could come into the office and essentially pay $311.04 plus the cost of copying the pages she wants.
What it all boils down to is 25 cents per page, plus $311.04 for administrative and secretarial expenses.
Many government agencies now charge the general public and the media for the retrieval of documents because it does take time and money for people to locate records and make copies. The district implemented the policy a number of years ago when some members of the public were asking for massive amounts of records.
That's fine, but we are uncomfortable with treating a member of the Board of Education with the same criteria.
Gehrke, of course, has been an outspoken opponent of many of the district's actions but we assume the district would treat all board members the same. By putting this burden on board members -- in this case Gehrke -- it has the appearance of retribution against an "uncooperative" board member, and hints that perhaps Gehrke is on to something with which the district is uncomfortable.
As we know in politics -- whether local, state or national -- public perception can make or break a deal.
Even though we are not crazy about it, we would accept some sort of fee for records requests from the general public. We believe however, that board members be exempt. They are elected to run the business of the district and should have carte blanche to all information.


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Ideal plot for the fall and winter
After 1st frost, plants turn from bitter to sweet
Plants thrive with little or no tilling
3-lb. bag plants 1/2 acre
An ideal plot for the fall and winter, Honey Hole is a mixture of 5 unique varieties of brassicas, including 3 varieties of rape and 2 varieties of turnips. After the first frost the plants go from bitter to sweet and deer absolutely love them! Because these plants will thrive with little or no tilling, anyone can create their own "Honey Hole". For best results, plant Honey Hole in late summer or early fall. Recommended fertilizer is 19-19-19 or 15-15-15 at 300 lbs. per acre. pH should be between 5.5-6.5. A 3-lb. bag plants 1/2 acre.


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Touch devices are an increasing trend and becoming essential for more and more enterprise applications. Support for responsive design that fits screen resolution and a fluent touch device user experience has become an important value for developers when choosing an UI framework.
The new ZK 6.5 brings in this value and in addition offers developers the convenience of having to write the code only once and have it run on desktop and touch devices. ZK 6.5's responsive UI components handle touch events and device orientation automatically. Components are also made to adapt their appearance and behavior to the device which they are run on so they're user friendly, achieving real device transparency.
ZK 6.5 also brings with it a performance upgrade resulting from simplification of UI component structures and style sheets leveraging CSS 3, bringing forth features such as:
- Responsive design/components
- Further HTML 5 support
- Enhanced calendar support
- Closable notification


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One City One Book Belfast 2014: 'A clear limpid and uncluttered prose that verges on the poetic'
The Poets' Wives, the new novel by David Park, is the choice for One City One Book Belfast 2014. Maurice Hayes marvels at a craftsman at the top of his game in this complex tale of three writers and the women yoked to them by marriage
This has been a good year for Belfast readers: a new book by Glenn Patterson and a debut novel by Sophie Hillan, and now a new novel by the old master himself – and it's a cracker.
The Poets' Wives is David Park's ninth book. Having written sensitively about the Troubles in his native city in Swallowing the Sun, and explored the complexities of post-conflict reconciliation, The Truth Commissioner, he now moves largely off his own patch and out of his own century to examine the complexities displayed in the lives of three poets and the women yoked to them by marriage.
The book is constructed of three novellas which have recurrent themes, and in each, the perceptive reader will find echoes and resonances of the others.
The common theme is the wife as the slave of the lamp to her husband's poetry, which Park examines three-dimensionally, as Monet scrutinised Rouen Cathedral in different lights and from different angles.
The three poets are William Blake, the great poet, painter, engraver and mystic of late-18th and early-19th century England, Osip Mandelstam, the authentic voice of dissent in Stalin's Russia, and Don, otherwise unidentified, a minor poet in contemporary Northern Ireland, who does not quite make it into the top tier. The wives tell their own tales, separately – Catherine Blake, Mandelstam's wife, Nadezhda and Lydia, Don's widow.
Catherine tells her story in the first person and a continuous present tense, flicking backwards and forwards in time, but providing a graphic re-imagining of the domestic life of the great poet – regarded as mad by his contemporaries and lunatic by his neighbours.
A country girl from Battersea able only to put her mark on the marriage register, she is taught by him to write, to read his poems and to colour his engravings. She also learns to live with the spirit figures who wander in and out unseen, and with whom her husband engages in animated conversation in a house where the barrier between the real and the spirit world is entirely permeable.
She learns to accommodate a bizarre lifestyle in which husband and wife site naked in a vine-covered garden shed reading Paradise Lost, and invite a casual caller to join them in the nude. Sexual relations are blighted by the stillbirth of a little girl, Eve, who remains a constant presence in the narrative.
Nevertheless, Catherine is the practical Martha who manages the frugal finances, sustains him through disappointment and rejection and, through a trial for sedition on a trumped-up charge, in constant awe of his powers, and after his death, waiting for him to take her to join him and Eve in the other world.
Nadzehda Mandelstam has already told her own story memorably in Hope Against Hope, which David Park generously acknowledges, but this does not invalidate powerful evocation of the suffocating effect of state censorship, of life in a police state where neighbour betrays neighbour and sibling informs on sibling, where everybody is a potential enemy, where trust shrivels and dies and human life is devalued.
Mandelstam, having been denounced by a close friend and disowned by his fellow writers, dies in a transit camp in Siberia, leaving his wife to preserve his poems by committing them to memory against the day when publication may become possible, and including, as part of the canon, love poems written to another woman. This involved for her a life under the radar, moving far from Moscow, teaching English and avoiding company.
Telling Lydia's story, Park is on home ground (and it shows) and in his own time – the only irony being that in a land populated by poets, Don is a minor figure, insignificant compared with Blake and Mandelstam, overrated by himself, jealous of his betters and over-praised by the claque.
It opens with Lydia, required by Don's will to consign his ashes to the sea, reminiscing with her daughters about his sneering cruelty and his many infidelities; her role as family breadwinner while he pursued his art and impressionable young women.
Here, too, there is the ghostly presence of her beloved son, killed in a climbing accident and buried in Morocco, and poems discovered to another woman which must be preserved in deference to art and the artist with whom she had stayed because of the poetry, while he interpreted poetic license a recipe for betrayal and self-indulgence.
Each of the novellas could stand on its own, with Lydia's story the most impressive; the characters of herself and her daughters the most fully realised. But the book is more than that. There are connecting themes – two poets and a bit, three good women, content to sacrifice themselves to the service of their husbands and the art of poetry, two having lost dear children, and all through a sense of the afterlife, with characters slipping in and out of the otherworld and a pervading sense of the numinous. There is also a serious examination of the complexity of human relations, of the relationship between art and life, between the singer and the song, a search for truth and an assertion of the role of the poet in speaking truth to power, invoking the rights of the individual and indicating the ultimate power of the word.
Park's words, too, and the way he marshals them, are a constant delight – a clear, limpid, uncluttered prose that verges at times on the poetic, in which the author does not obtrude himself as the characters reveal themselves and their story. The tendency to flit from time present to time past and back again makes it difficult at times to establish which time zone the narrative is in, and may tax the patience of some readers.
However, the best books require serious consideration by the reader, and close reading, too. For the others, there is always Mills & Boon.
The Poets' Wives by David Park (Bloomsbury, £16.99)
Belfast Telegraph


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Ukraine said on Monday it had reached a "mutual understanding" with Moscow on parts of a plan proposed by President Petro Poroshenko for ending violence in the east of the country.
It gave no other details after a second day of talks on Poroshenko's proposals for ending a crisis in which scores of people, including
pro-Russian separatist fighters and government forces, have been killed in east Ukraine since April.
"As a result of the work, the sides reached a mutual understanding on key stages of the implementation of the plan and on a list of priorities which will contribute to a de-escalation of the situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine," the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said. (Reuters)


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Fiscal federalism and Fiscal Autonomy: Lessons for the UK from other Industrialised Countries
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Stjepan Filipović
|Stjepan Filipović
27 January 1916
Opuzen, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austro-Hungarian Empire
(now Croatia)
|22 May 1942
(aged 26)
Valjevo, Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia
(now Serbia)
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Stjepan Filipović (27 January 1916 – 22 May 1942) was a member of the Yugoslav National Liberation Army ("Partisans") and People's Hero of Yugoslavia, who was executed during World War II in Valjevo, Serbia, and is famous for the photo taken of him moments before his execution.
Filipović was born on 27 January 1916 in Opuzen, in the Kingdom of Dalmatia, (in modern-day Croatia), in the final days of the Austria-Hungary. Before the outbreak of the Second World War he lived in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kragujevac, Serbia, then both part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He joined the labour movement in 1937, but he was arrested in 1939 and sentenced to a year in prison, he later joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1940.
Filipović was commander of the Partisans' Tamnavsko-Kolubarski unit in Valjevo (modern-day Serbia) by 1941, he was captured on 24 February 1942 by Axis forces and subsequently hanged in Valjevo on 27 May 1942, aged 26. As the rope was put around his neck, Filipović defiantly thrust his hands out and shouted "Smrt fašizmu, sloboda narodu!" which translates as "Death to fascism, freedom to the people!". He urged the Yugoslav people to resist and implored them to never cease resisting, at this moment, a photograph was taken which has since become famous, and from which a statue of Filipović was cast.[1][2]
Filipović was declared a National Hero of Yugoslavia on 14 December 1949,[3] the town of Valjevo has a statue dedicated to him, "Stevan Filipović". A monument was also erected in his home town of Opuzen in 1968, but was torn down in 1991; reconstruction is planned by the Croatian Ministry of Culture.[4][5] During the war his two brothers Nikola and Šimun Filipović also died.
- ^ A Concise History of Bosnia, Cathie Carmichael, Cambridge University Press, 2015 ISBN 1107016150, 9781107016156 page 86
- ^ Sinclair, Upton; Sagarin, Edward; Teichnerhe, Albert; Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest, p. 438; L. Stuart, 1963.
- ^ Burns, Richard; The Blue Butterfly: Selected Writings p. 144; Salt, 2006, ISBN 1-84471-258-3.
- ^ "Pao partizan - Antifašisti će tužiti opuzensku vlast" (in Croatian). 2010-09-24. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
- ^ "Srušeni heroj - Stjepan Filipović vraća se u centar Opuzena". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 2010-11-06. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
- Narodni heroji Jugoslavije, Mladost, Belgrade, 1975.
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Here are pictures of quilt I did for 10 year old friend of my daughter.
Mom is non-quilter and when she was at LQS they told her to call me before she bought this minkee at $18.00/yard to make sure I was okay sewing on it. She didn't call. What a mess this stuff is.
Rose Maynes did fabulous job of LAQ with dog bones. Mom wanted white ruffle added and though I was hesitant at first, it came out nice. I charged them $20 for my labor but as we all know, we don't help others for the money!
Girl that received this LOVED it. Doubt mom will do another quilt as this one was quite spendy!
Thanks Rose for your wonderful LAQ. Dianna
backing with bone pattern
completed quilt. notice bone pattern in border


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My wife Laura and I have logged a lot of miles on North Coast hiking trails, and we like to think we go prepared. We wear good hiking shoes, carry roll-up raincoats even on sunny days and put in supplies of seldom-used sunscreen and bug repellent along with a little extra food and water.
We also pick our spots. We were too savvy to be lured into the redwoods last Saturday, even though it dawned unexpectedly clear. Hard rains had fallen in previous days, and we knew the trails would be mushy.
It was the perfect day, we figured, for a long beach walk. I proposed
Point St. George to Tolowa Dunes, but got outvoted 1-1 by Laura's
preference for South Beach. The chart promised low tide at 4:29 p.m., so
we headed out in early afternoon figuring on an out-and-back from
Anchor Way to the point where the beach access ends beneath the Enderts
No special preparations needed, right? Just bring along the backpack
with the aforementioned provisions.
I went into photo documentary mode as we struck out, getting artsy
shots of driftwood and even an abandoned tire (gotta keep those eyes
wide open to the unfortunate reality of beach-dumping).
Then we reached the first rivulet, fast-flowing, wide and with its
own rock bottom. Somehow when we'd thought through the rainy week's
effect on trails, we hadn't contemplated the extra runoff at sea level.
But hey, we were Pebble Beach-plodding veterans, old hands at going
around what we didn't want to walk through. Except that in this case the
detour was complicated, over driftwood, along a grassy trail right next
to Highway 101, then back over driftwood.
We hadn't been back on the sand for more than a quarter-mile before
we encountered an even wider second rivulet, and this time there was no
obvious way around. The inland passage was heavy with wood and brush.
There was no trail in sight, just a glimpse of an old guy who appeared
to have taken up residence in a coastal cranny.
It was sunny but not warm enough to go wading, especially since the
rocky floor necessitated footwear. Water shoes would have saved the day -
Laura actually has a pair, and I could've brought some old sneakers.
We aborted the mission, but did have fun throwing a football around
on our way back.
The moral: Every hike requires proper preparation, and in the case of
a long beach walk that means more than a check of the tide chart.
Depending on who you ask, the government's approach to census-taking
is either a crass example of bureaucratic waste or a highly efficient
Paul Crandall of Klamath was inspired to whip out a calculator after
receiving a letter from the U.S. Census Bureau announcing that the
actual survey would be in the mail soon. He multiplied the 41-cent
prepaid cost of the mailing by the estimated number of housing units
nationwide and came up with a cost of $52.9 million just for the
postage. And that was for a letter saying the official mail was on the
Meanwhile, census officials sent out a press release noting that
conducting the survey by mail is "saving millions of taxpayer dollars."
Here's how the feds figure it:
"It costs the government just 44 cents for a postage paid envelope
when a household mails back the 10-question form, which should take just
10 minutes to complete. It costs the Census Bureau $57 to send a census
taker door-to-door to follow up with each household that fails to
Whatever your view, it's best to fill out that survey and mail it
back. Otherwise, there'll soon be a knock at your door.


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Tinderbox 3 RevisitedUpdated effects filters for compositing and motion graphics applications
The two changes are significant because they fix problems that had previously kept me from giving the package a Strong Buy recommendation. One of these fixes a crash bug in the Old Film filter, which happens to be my favorite effect from the collection. Obviously, if my favorite effect didn't work properly, I couldn't give it a particularly high rating. The second fix takes care of an issue with the Lightning plugin that had previously cause the effect to hang on Mac OS X under certain fairly common circumstances. I'll get more into these below.
What it does and how well it does it
Tinderbox 3 is a collection of 21 plugins for Adobe After Effects. Most of these fall into the category of canned special effects, such as Lightning and Condensation. But the collection also includes some motion and time tools; "look and feel" effects like old film and bad television signals; a matte tool; and new blur effects.
For the most part, the effects are quite innovative and are not mere redundant iterations of effects already available for After Effects. Where there is crossover with already existing effects, such as the Lightning plugin, the Tinderbox version adds controls that were previously unavailable and also provides what I think are higher-quality versions of these effects than what's I've seen in other packages.
In terms of performance, Tinderbox is quite quick. Yes, you will see some slowdown when you try to blur a billion pixels or go absolutely nuts with generators, but these filters perform within reason for whatever task is at hand.
The plugins
Tinderbox 3 plugins fall into four categories: Blurs, Effects, Generators and Tools. We'll look at the general principles, functionality and highlights from the categories, as well as some specific filters that stand out.
To start off, all of the effects contain an enormous amount of controls. Just to give you an example, the Circular Blur plugin, which creates a fairly simple effect, includes no fewer than 29 individual controls. It's an extraordinary amount of control over this effect, and all of the other effects in the collection also include vast numbers of dials, sliders and other setting controls.
All of the effects in the collection also have certain controls in common. These include Blending options (multiply, darken, etc.) with blend amounts and source and effect gain controls; and Source Crops, which, of course, allow you to crop the source and choose how the extra data is processed--with wrap-around edges, reflections, color borders, etc. Some of the filters also include Matte Crop controls.
Finally, all of the effects are 16-bit and also work with 8-bit compositions.
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John Dohertywrote a review of Castelli Velocissimo DS Men's Jersey on October 12, 2013
Great jersey (my first)
Familiarity: I've used it several times
This is my first cycling jersey, so I don't have anything to compare it to, but boy is it better than wearing a t-shirt while riding. I'm 5'9" and got a large. It's not super snug (I'm still uncomfortable walking around in bike shorts), but I like it that way. It breathes well and doesn't start to smell bad for a while.
Recommended! And it looks great too, so that's a plus.


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THE GREEN Online Webisode: #5 with Simran Sethi
On May 15th, the theme on THE GREEN is "Eat". The ultimate drug, food is quite literally the primary substance from which your body creates the tissue of the human organism; the saying that "you are what you eat" is extremely apt in this regard. Interestingly enough, one can make the claim that all the lifeforms in America are derived from corn molecules. Why is this? Well the feed and fertilizer for the animal products and vegetable produce we eat in this country are both refined from corn products. Hence, we are made out of corn. Now that you are totally freaked out, and afraid that we are all "Children of the Corn", let me reassure you, it's not that bad. Molecules, atoms and compounds are extremely good at transforming themselves into new things, so while there is a legacy of corn floating around somewhere in our bloodstream, it's ok, we're happy right?
One major topic in the realm of food is the concept of 'organic'. What exactly does it mean? Dictionaries define 'organic' as "of, relating to, or derived from living organisms". In a colloquial sense, 'organic' means that nature could produce the object in question. In my extensive experience, filling my tummy with yummy 'organic' is just below winning the lottery and definitely above a shiatsu massage. In fact, it's almost as good as make-up sex. Often times, organic food just tastes better, and since it cannot be treated with preservatives to lay around for weeks, its always fresher than your laundry. It's highly recommended that you try to eat something off the stem one of these days; there is really nothing like pulling an apple off a tree and having a big, juicy bite with sweet stuff dribbling down your neck.
Well enough silly nonsense, at this point in the week we love to show you THE GREEN Online with Simran Sethi Webisode for the following week. Simran talks about the Eco Documentary OUR DAILY BREAD. If you can bear to witness an objective appraisal of our industrial food system here in America, you will be moved somewhere on your chair for sure, so make so to login to our Green Minisite and check out the Eco Documentaries section.
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Ralph Lauren in 4D
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There's been an uptake in the trend for video mapping technology. Cold? Well take a look at what Ralph Lauren projected onto their London flagship store last night, you'll warm to the trend too.
Combining "art, fashion, music and fragrance" the spectacular 4D presentation was put together in celebration of Ralph Lauren's brand new, all-singing, all-dancing online UK store - which launched yesterday. We were there on the sidelines, camera in hand to capture the action as it happened. Enjoy.


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Blackpool will host a world record attempt tomorrow when attraction operator Merlin rolls a giant beach ball along the sands near Central Pier.
The inflatable will be an exact replica of a regular beach ball except for its 18 meter diameter size.
Once inflated, it will be high as three houses or the same height as The White House in Washington DC, and will hopefully beat the current record of 15.82 metres which was presented and measured in Czluchow, Poland, on May 8 2012.
The attempt, which is the first by a UK team, is due to take place between 9am and 11am.
The bold stunt is part of the Blackpoolsback campaign, which has also seen Merlin link up with Blackpool Council to fund a national television advertising campaign.


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Legal Question in Criminal Law in Missouri
Wondering ''IF''
I am a 24 year old male on probation for check fraud. i was issued 5 years of sis probation. it has been nearly 3 yrs and i messed up again, stealing over 500. they are going to revoke my prbation, i was wondering if anyone ever heard of someone being able to join a military instead of going to prison. any help would be great.
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Re: Wondering ''IF''
First of all, you should definitely hire an attorney to reprresent you. You are entitled to a hearing before the court can revoke your probation. In some cases an attorney will be able to negotiate a "plea bargain" of sorts on the probation revocation. In many cases, I have managed to strike a deal with the prosecutor which was then approved by the judge under which my client's "SIS" was converted to an "SES" and the client was sentenced to do time but placed on probation with the understanding that if the client messed up again he would go do the time. I can't say whether this will happen in your case, but I can offer to give you a free telephone consultation if you will call me at 314-727-2822.
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text: I made the mistake of putting my 4 year old set of the old Fender 8250s on my P bass today. Those sound and feel perfect. Alas, they are no longer made the same way. Can anyone recommend a string that meets these characteristics? I want my P bass to sound like a P bass, just not with flats (at the moment).


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Two Worlds - Demo Coming
From the official 2-worlds.com site comes news of a demo to be released on August 21st, coinciding with the Leipzig GC:
I think this is huge because Two Worlds is one of those games where the opinions vary greatly from one person to another. I was really undecided whether or not I was going to get this game based on what I've heard about it. Now I can simply play the demo and decide for myself.
Kudos to the Devs\publisher on this decision.
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I am looking forward to it, the only thing I can think of that would drive me away at this point would be just horrible gameplay, since I really acutally like the idea of the Coop, First & Third person views, even if it is RPG-lite.
If I can put up with bethseda's utter comtempt for PC gamers on their game, I certianly can put up with a imperfect game directed at PC gamers, giving me a chance to do quest and bash skulls with friends. :)
It will be intresting to see if the 1.3 gig will include the netcode.
Keep forgetting to ask, has anyone heard if there is some mod cappabilities within this game, or possibly seen an editor, don't remember reading about this info?
Thanks. :)
that's great news, I'm still undecided on this one as well… a demo would go a long way towards making up my mind ;)
I think that is a very good thing! I'll probably be getting it regardless, but the demo is quite welcome. Unfortunately the release seems to have been pushed back again from the 14th to the 21st …
I'm glad to see this as well. I have heard that the latest patches has helped the game quite a bit.
From what I have seen of this game, it sucks horribly. Basically a really crappy version of Oblivion.
Having play tested
Dont ask…
Anyways…it is quite fun, in respect of combat (to an extent), questing, searching and exploring and story…
The bad?
UGLY Characters
Repetitive Combat (you only need 2 skills actually)
We will see if the new patch fixes some of that though
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Inter blow as Milito out for month
Inter Milan striker Diego Milito is set to miss his side's Champions League last-16 clash against Bayern Munich after being ruled out for a month with a hamstring injury.
• Mourinho wins Serie A coach award
Milito, 31, suffered a the problem during Sunday's 5-3 triumph over Roma and could miss up to six Serie A games, starting with the Nerazzurri's trip to Juventus this weekend.
A statement from Inter read: "Milito underwent tests which have revealed a second-degree hamstring strain in his left leg.''
After an extremely successful 2009-10 campaign, in which he helped Inter to the treble by scoring both goals in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich, Milito has had a nightmare with injuries this season.
But Inter coach Leonardo has urged the Argentina striker, who has scored five gaols in 16 Serie A goals this season, not to rush his return.
"Diego has to be calm and not think about what has happened,'' Leonardo said. "He does not need to prove anything to anyone and he knows he is an important player to Inter. He needs to relax and recover in the best possible way.''
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I have an Ensoniq KS-32, with a sustain pedal plugged into the footswitch jack. Followed the instructions in the manual, using the System-MIDI menu to set the FtswR to SUSTAIN pedal, using the Ensoniq SW-6 pedal.
It is backwards, meaning with the pedal UP it sustains, and pushing it down stops the sound. There is no polarity switch on the pedal. There are no instructions in the manual regarding flipping the polarity within the keyboard.
Anyone have any ideas? There's nothing I hate more than when the simplest operation like this doesn't work.... :X
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Although it may be January, the initiated Florida gardener knows that there are plenty of activities to pursue. By the averages our last freeze is only slightly more than a month away. After that, the gloves come off, or should I say go on, and it's time to charge into the garden.
At this time grafting of fruit trees is done. This is done while the tree is not in a growth cycle so the two pieces that are joined together have time to bond and heal over. Grafting is done to impart a desirable quality onto a less than desirable tree; such as converting a sour orange tree to one that will bear sweet fruit. Citrus, pears, apples and pecans are types of fruit trees that are commonly grafted.
If you like to grow seasonal flowers and vegetables from seed, they can be started now. From seeding, most transplants are ready to set out in four to six weeks. Within this time frame our last freeze should have occurred and outdoor planting should start. The secret to successful spring gardening in Florida is plant-ing early. The longer you delay, the more bugs and diseases your plants will encounter as they reach maturity at summer's approach.
To grow some wildflowers the seed should be sowed while it is still cold outside. In nature seeds would endure a winter and then when temperatures rise it triggers germination. If seeds do not receive this cold phase they do not germinate.
True gardeners know that you must work in harmony with nature's cycles. Your outdoor plants do not get to live in a climate-controlled environment so their activity is dictated by weather cycles. If you try to garden only when it feels warm enough or when there's an advertised sale at the nursery, you will have some disposable plants that are pretty for a few weeks, but you will never obtain a picturesque mature garden.
Cold doesn't have to be a bad thing. Use cold to your advantage by having it kill dormant pests in your beds. Turn the soil in vacant beds to expose pests to the elements. Freezing temperatures don't have to be all negative since they can offer a form of pest control.
The mercury may be low, but your gardening plans should begin to soar. The secret to spring gardening this far south is to start early so crops complete their cycle before pest populations thrive and the heavy rains of hurricane season begin.
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Based on my $25 weekly menu, I have had some requests for some of the recipes.
Here is a link to a traditional, Ethiopian Injera Recipe using teff flour:
If you forget to start your Injera one or more days before you want to cook and eat it, you can use this quick version. This is one I have used a few times and it is good, although I wouldn't call it traditional or as healthy:
The following is my "Americanized" version of Injera. I still ferment it for a day:
Americanized Injera Recipe with variations
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 cups rice flour
4 cups water
2 tsp salt
oil for cooking (grape-seed, coconut, olive)
Mix the whole wheat flour, the rice flour and the water in a non-metal bowl. It should be thin like crepe batter.
Let stand in bowl for 1 day (24 hours or close) with a cover over the bowl.
Add and stir in the 2 tsp salt before cooking.
Add a small amount of oil to a fry pan or wok on medium heat (just to coat the bottom).
Pour in enough Injera batter to cover the bottom of the pan.
Cook for a couple of minutes. Flip and cook for another minute or two.
Remove from pan.
Serve while warm or keep warm in oven until all are finished.
Other flours that can be used besides rice flour: buckwheat, millet, lentil, garbanzo.
Holiday flair: Add two cups mashed pumpkin or squash right before cooking.
Spices: Try cardamom, gram masala, or cumin, depending on what you serve it with.
We have enjoyed this bread with lentil curry stew and chutney and just by itself.
Let me know if you have any favorite variations of it!


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man, i just met an eleani and it gave me the creeps!
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I first saw Delivery Man while in Chicago last summer, then I was invited to the red carpet premier in LA in November, and even seeing the 3rd time this week, I noticed things I hadn't before, and I still really love the film.
In this heartwarming comedy, underachiever David Wozniak (Vince Vaughn) learns he's actually an overachiever — he's fathered 533 children via donations made twenty years earlier! David soon discovers that the shock of his life might just be the best thing that's ever happened to him. Along the way he discovers not only his true self, but also the father he could become. Also starring Chris Pratt and Cobie Smulders — and complete with bonus materials, including behind-the-scenes footage — it's a feel-good movie that really delivers.
Delivery Man was just a really great film. If you haven't seen it yet, pick up a pizza from your favorite pizza joint (I like Papa Murphy's) grab some rootbeer and make it a family night. You won't regret it. There's something in it for everyone.
In case you missed it, you can check out my experiences in LA too, where I interviewed Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt and Cobie Smulders.
Order Delivery Man today on Amazon!


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Heat stress not fading for Brazil, Argentina
December will go into the record books as coniderably drier than normal month in much of the main Argentine growing area. December will be less than half of normal at most reporting stations in Cordoba, Santa Fe, Entre Rios, La Pampa, and northern Buenos Aires.
A few of these locations have had less than 10% of normal rainfall. Some rain did fall in parts of Santa Fe and Entre Rios about a week ago, and some rain fell in parts of Cordoba and La Pampa overnight, but nearly all of this area badly needs rain. Not much rain is seen into early January in most of Argentina. Daytime highs will be frequently in the 90's, and some western areas could reach 100 on a few days. This will put stress on the pollinating corn crop.
It does like better rain chances will arrive in Argentina during the second week of January. Rainfall for December so far has also been below normal so far in much of the growing area of southern Brazil and eastern Paraguay with numerous locations reporting less than half the normal rainfall for the month, and some locations less than 20% of normal. Some of these areas have received some beneficial rainfall between late last week and early this week, but other locations received only light amounts and more rain is badly needed.
During the past 24 hours some beneficial rainfall did fall in sections of Mato Grosso do Sul, western Sao Paulo, and far northern Parana. Rain chances will increase in southern Brazil and eastern Paraguay over the next few days, with some beneficial amounts forecast through the weekend.
Drier weather should return to these areas early to mid next week and all of these areas will then be drier than normal for the 6-10 day period.
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BEIJING Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. is on the hunt for a strategic investor willing to ante up as much as $500 million for a 20 percent stake, according to a report in the Financial Times.
SMIC has reportedly hired investment banks Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank to find a new partner. The Shanghai-based foundry declined comment.
The news sent its stock price up 9 percent in Hong Kong. Earlier this year, a similar rumor sent its New York-listed shares soaring 22 percent.
After posting losses for the past two years, SMIC is under increasing pressure to boost profits in an industry that requires heavy R&D and capital expenditures.
In January, SMIC said it would implement a few strategies to improve its chances of attaining consistent profitability. The changes include a new method for calculating depreciation, ramping up advanced technology production in 90- and 65-nanometer designs, and focusing on fabs it will manage but not own.
SMIC eked out a profit last quarter, but failed to remain in the black for the entire year. In 2006, revenue hit a record $1.46 billion, but losses totaled $40.4 million. Last quarter's modest $1.2 million profit came, in part, because SMIC sold some old equipment to a fab in Chengdu that it will manage for local investors, including government entities.
SMIC plans to ramp up a 200-mm wafer fab, Cension Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., this summer, and expects it to produce 13,000 to 20,000 wafers per month by the end of the year.
Also by that time, it will begin pilot production at a 300-mm wafer plant, Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., another venture that SMIC is managing for local investors, including the government.


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Eating on the street is a Gujarati obsession and in the summer, families throng to river and lakebanks to on enjoy breezy evenings. The Kankaria lakefront in Ahmedabad, Causeway in Surat and Sursagar Lake at Vadodara turn into happy picnic grounds. On offer here are a variety of Gujarati snacks including fafda-jalebis (a spicy snack made of chickpea, dipped in sugar syrup), chorafalis (a crunchy snack made with gram flour) with green chutney, sabudana khichdi and patties. A must try is the spicy Surti Ghotala, scrambled egg, and the cooling rasaawala khaman dhokla. The roadside kiosks called laaris or rekdis, are popular all over the state.
Vijay Vilas is the residence of the Maharao of Kutch and was originally a summer palace for the royal family. You can also stay at green resorts near Vapi like the Peninsula Kalay which is, on a forested island. You just have to step out of your room and onto the beach.
AT Vijay Vilas Palace Estate, Mandvi
Ever wondered how people survived scorching summers before coolers and air conditioners? That was probably the time when home remedies such as putting onions in your pockets before going out in the sun or multani mitti packs were popular. How about trying them again this season? Drink chaas (buttermilk) with ginger and mint paste or fennel seed water with ice or try the aam ras poori combination that has never gone out of fashion. There has always been one sure shot way to beat the heat in Gujarat - the glorious step wells!
Even today these step wells remain cool throughout the year. Known as Vaav in Gujarati, these are wells in which the water is reached by descending a set of steps. They may be covered and protected and are often architectural marvels. One can spend hour's together reading, relaxing in natural environment or just visiting with family without feeling the heat. If you happen to visit Kutch in summers, do as the Kutchis do and spend the night in the Bhoongas or mud-houses. Located among the white salty crust at Dhordo, 83 km from Bhuj in Great Rann of Kutch, bhoongas have been the main attraction for tourists for the artistic mud interiors and that remain cool.
Spend a day at the Serenity Library. Spread across 40,000 sq. metres, this botanical garden and a nature library is open to children four year old and above as well as adults. Here, you can keep yourself busy gardening, listening to stories in the greenery, and exploring critters and creatures on nature trails. You can even cook in their well equipped kitchen.
Designed by Kamal Mangaldas, a renowned Ahmedabad-based architect and French architect Bernard Kohn, this place also has two ponds and a beautiful butterfly garden. A large number of indigenous trees attract a lot of birds and you can spot peacock, cuckoos, drongos, parrots among the over 120 species. They also have 800 species of trees and plants and a seed library along with a collection of over 3000 books, journals, magazines and documentaries on the environment adds to the knowledge pool of this institution. PRICE Free and open seven days a week
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If home is where your heart is during these summer months, then here are few handy tips to keep your house cool. COLOUR CODED Give a fresh coat of paint to your walls this summer. Splash them with light coloured reflective paint and help make the rooms seem light and airy which is important to counteract the oppressive heat. "Place lots of potted plants, ferns and terracotta sculptures in your balcony, they absorb a lot of heat from the atmosphere" says Fali Kekobad, landscape architect. GREEN ZONE Interior designer and Architect Nikunj Choradiya adds, "Dense plantation will help reduce the temperature of the breeze coming in." Creepers on a metal frames work and binding khus kind of material with mesh also work great in this weather.
If you have a space constraint, go for bamboo mats. TIP TOP One can even put china mosaic on terrace to reduce heat filtration through the roof. If the roof is not functional one could go for cheaper options like putting lots of dry grass which will reduce the temperature by at least three-four degrees. COOL TOOL If you have water body in the compound, you one can coil lots of pipes in the water and keep one end in the house. A motor is attached to that pipe which pulls air from the water and throws in the house with a help of a fan. It is cheaper than installing desert coolers in the house, adds Choradiya.
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by Peter Jon ShulerSan Jose voters will face Measure B (pdf) on June 5, a ballot initiative aimed at reining in the city's pension costs. But although Measure B has become a divisive political issue, San Jose's pension problems are not that unusual.
In December, a deeply divided City Council approved the controversial measure for the June ballot. It was a big win for Mayor Chuck Reed, who had been pushing it for months.
"This is an important step the council is taking," Reed said after several hours of public testimony and debate. "To try to solve the cost of skyrocketing retirement benefits which have driven us to cut services year after year."
The mayor points to the fact that the city's pension costs have tripled in the last decade. And if left unchecked, the city's pension plans would face billions of dollars in unfunded liabilities.
So what went wrong? Some of it can be blamed on the dot-com bust and the mortgage collapse cutting into the value of the retirement funds. The pensions were based on the assumption that funds would continue to rise, and so in hindsight they were underfunded. San Jose State political science professor Terry Christensen says it can also be traced back to attempts to compete with the private sector.
"Ten years ago, 15 years ago, public sector employers were worrying about how do we get cops and librarians? How do we hire staff?" says Christensen. "Well, one way is you offer good pay and benefits. And so we dug ourselves into this hole. It turns out to be a hole, but I guess it didn't look like it 10 or 15 years ago. And of course San Jose is not the only city facing the problem."
Cities from San Francisco to Los Angeles face the same quandary. San Diego has a measure before voters this election. And the state of California is in the midst of its own pension debate.
In San Jose, Measure B would require employees to make additional contributions to their plans — up to 16 percent of their pay — to help cover projected shortfalls.
The measure allows employees to avoid the extra fees by opting into a less generous plan with smaller payouts and later retirement ages.
Public workers say it's unfair to expect them to the bear the brunt of a problem they didn't create. And they say most retirement pensions are not luxurious. The average for San Jose is about $40,000 a year with a cost of living allowance of three percent.
Like many city employees, 48-year-old Jordan Ciprian is worried about the changes. Ciprian, a watershed protection manager, stops to talk just after work as he leaves city hall on his way to his car.
"How I planned for our retirement was based on the pension and when I first came here," he says. "Roughly 12 years ago I moved from the biotech industry over to the city with a cut in lieu of the pension, kind of planning on that. So it would impact us pretty significantly."
Ciprian lets out a deep sigh. Along with other city employees, he recently took a 10 percent pay cut. Measure B, he says, would just make that worse.
"I'd have to look for probably secondary employment, something like that," he says. "As well as looking for a different job altogether, outside of the city, that would bring my income back to at least on par with what I used to have."
Measure B would provide new employees with a stripped-down retirement plan, but leaves the details for the city council to decide later. Councilman Pete Constant, who supports the measure, notes that it would leave existing pension commitments intact.
"I think it's very important that the employees and the residents of San Jose know one thing," says Constant. "And that is every dollar that has been earned and accrued by our employees and our retirees is protected by Measure B. Measure B only makes changes prospectively in the future."
Even opponents of Measure B agree the city needs to overhaul the terms of employee retirement benefits. But they say putting it on the ballot has turned the conversation over pension costs in San Jose into an ugly feud.
"We do need to work on pension reform and it has to be done now," says Councilman Ash Kalra. "But it needs to be done in a way that is thoughtful and collaborative and that actually is legal. And instead we're going forward in a way that's divisive, destructive when the reality is the situation is not as dire as they're making it out to seem."
Kalra points to cases like San Francisco, where city officials and union leaders eventually sat down together to come up with a pension reform plan. But political scientist Christensen says that's not likely to happen in San Jose's current political environment.
"I think Mayor Reed and some of his allies would say San Francisco really kicked the can down the road with what they did, rather than really ultimately solving it," says Christensen. "And Mayor Reed is pushing harder for a more substantial solution."
The 11 San Jose public employee unions are already rallying their membership to help defeat Measure B. But union workers remain a minority in a city of a million people — many of whom saw their own retirement plans vanish years ago.