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The word "burlesque" is derived from a Romance language term meaning "to send up". Burlesque theatre originated in the UK and US in the 19th century as a form of broad satire and parody aimed at low to middle class audiences, poking fun at the "highbrow" entertainments and social activities of the upper classes. During the Victorian period, it became increasingly common for roles to be played by [[MsFanservice attractive women]], dressed more "daringly" than Victorian convention normally permitted. The women quickly became the main attraction, and costumes [[{{Fanservice}} became more revealing]] to the extent permitted by local laws. As in {{Vaudeville}} and Music Hall settings, music and variety acts became staples of Burlesque shows. The tone often became [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar suggestive, even shading toward bawdy]], although outright vulgarity, obscenity, and nudity were avoided; the intent was to spoof and titillate, not offend. While Vaudeville tended to be dominated by individual acts; Burlesque shows depended on troupes travelling a circuit. It was generally looked down on as "low" humour by Vaudeville performers, and a last resort for the "washed up"; but many performed in Burlesque troops under pseudonyms, as the work was typically more steady and reliable.
Burlesque comedy was typically broad and low; with a strong emphasis on SlapStick and sexual innuendo. The lead comedian was known as the "top banana"; and many well-known comedians started in Burlesque -- such as Creator/BobHope, Red Skelton, and Milton Berle -- before crossing over into movies, radio, or the fledgling television industry. One of the most famous classic Burlesque comedy routines is Creator/AbbottAndCostello's ''WhosOnFirst''.
While not originally the focus, sexual titillation became increasingly part of the landscape of Burlesque; however, the striptease remained a "back room" affair. The death of the Burlesque circuits in the 1920s resulted in the already well-established striptease, or "hootchie cootchie dance" being incorporated by theatre owners as a [[LowestCommonDenominator gimmick to bring in audiences]]. Although music and comedy remained a large part of Burlesque, the striptease became the [[MaleGaze primary draw]]. The degree of nudity and types of dancing permitted were limited, not by artistic or modesty concerns, but by obscenity statutes, with the stereotypical "[[NippleAndDimed pasties and G-string]]" used to avoid violating local laws. Performers did occasionally go beyond what was permitted, [[YouCanLeaveYourHatOn up to and including full nudity]]; and raids and arrests were frequent occurrences. A few places banned Burlesque altogether. This form of Burlesque was popular from the [[TheRoaringTwenties '20s]] until the [[TheSixties '60s]], peaking during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and the post-war [[TheForties '40s]], finally declining in the [[TheFifties '50s]].
Many striptease dancers incorporated elaborate gimmicks into their acts, many of them artistic and/or comedic; and some parodied celebrities. As the form declined in the '50s, a few became minor celebrities in their own right; and just as many comedians moved on to Hollywood, so did a few of the more popular dancers. Some of those who managed to make a showing on the silver screen were Gypsy Rose Lee, Creator/BettiePage, Tempest Storm, and Lili St. Cyr. Several movies were made which featured them; but these were generally [[{{Bowdlerise}} highly bowdlerized]] versions of the performances, or low-budget indie productions.
With the legalization of hardcore pornography in the 1960s, Burlesque lost its appeal and the theatres either closed or began showing pornographic films. A few remained, with performers playing up [[ItsNotPornItsArt the artistic]] or comedic aspects; but they typically didn't last long.
The modern Burlesque Revival (sometimes referred to as Neo-Burlesque or "Burlycue") started in the late 1990s; and is based predominantly on a HollywoodHistory version of Burlesque. It tends to focus entirely on the striptease, dropping the comedy and music aspects. Many performers and troops also incorporate themes of body-acceptance and [[PostModernism Post-Modern]] Feminist or NewAge themes of female empowerment through sexuality. Peformances range from re-creations of period styles featuring a minimum of nudity or sexuality, often undressing only down to StockUnderwear, to [[{{Fanservice}} modern alterna-porn]]; with the majority emphasizing costuming, performance, and "tease" rather than sex.
''For the 2010 film, head over to [[Film/{{Burlesque}} its own trope page]].''
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* ComicBook/LuckyLuke saloons often had Can can dancers in 'em.
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* In ''Film/BeyondAReasonableDoubt'' (1956) the murder victim was a stripper at a burlesque club. There's lots of {{Fanservice}} featuring the other strippers in their corsets and underthings.
* In ''Film/TheSting'', Hooker's girlfriend is shown performing in a Burlesque show. Yes, she's a stripper.
* ''The Night They Raided Minskys''.
* ''Lady of Burlesque'' was a 1943 murder mystery involving Burlesque performers.
* ''TheRightStuff''. The astronauts attend a Burlesque show where an actress playing Sally Rand performs her iconic fan dance.
* In ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'', Uhura performs a Burlesque-style fan dance to distract a patrol.
* There is a 2010 film called ''Film/{{Burlesque}}'' that features a club with such performances. Music/ChristinaAguilera and Cher star in the movie.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'' the two old ladies downstairs Spink and Forcible are retired burlesque performers. In the other world Coraline actually sees one of their shows.
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* In ''Literature/TheGirlFromTheMiraclesDistrict'', Nikita has several friends and allies in a Thirties-style burlesque theatre called The Music Box.
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* In ''Series/GossipGirl'', Chuck Bass owns a burlesque club called Victrola. Where Blair got up on stage in one episode and did a strip tease.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' there's a subplot about the women being uncomfortable having a co-ed changing room and when Elliott is forced to change in front of the guys JD has an ImagineSpot of her as a burlesque dancer.
* In ''Series/TheHoneymooners'', Ed Norton's wife Trixie is a former burlesque performer, with a heavy implication she was a stripper.
* ''Series/ElleryQueen'': In "The Adventure of Veronica's Veils", the VictimOfTheWeek is an impresario re-opening a burlesque theatre, and the suspects include several burlesque dancers.
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* ''Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}}'' wrestler Rayna Von Tosh had the gimmick of a burlesque pin-up girl. Since ''SHIMMER'' is a family-friendly show all she really did was peel off her gloves during her entrance.
[[folder: Music ]]
* ''{{Music/PanicAtTheDisco}}'' used burlesque style dancers in shows on their first tour. Said dancers actually DID stick to innuendo rather than stripping, although some of their outfits didn't have much to take off anyway... In many cases the dancers, both male and female, served as caricatured representations of the dysfunctional individuals described in the band's early songs.
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* The musical ''{{Theatre/Gypsy}}'' is the story of Gypsy Rose Lee. She started out working in Vaudeville, but moved to Burlesque because of the better money-making opportunity; and became one of the most well known strippers of the era. The word 'ecdysiast' was coined in her honor.
* In the United States Burlesque houses were a training ground for many comedians.
* ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'': "They've got a big the-ay-tur, they call it burlycue..."
* ''Top Banana'' was a 1951 musical starring comedian Phil Silvers, which featured many classic Burlesque comedy routines and conventions. It was believed to be a thinly veiled parody of Milton Berle, who, like Silvers, got his start in Burlesque before moving to television.
* ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'', both the stage musical and its film adaptation. How the Kit Kat club is portrayed (burlesque, vaudeville, fetish club, etc.) seems to depend on the adaptation.
* ''Sugar Babies'' was a 1979 tribute to burlesque, starring Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller.
* ''Seattle Vice'' is set in the 1960's, the twilight years of traditional burlesque.
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* The Maison Derriere in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Bart ends up working there to pay off a debt for destroying the owner's gargoyle, and it attracts initial public outcry when exposed to the public.
* ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'' had a rather [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment inexplicable scene]] involving burlesque, to the delight of Furries everywhere.
* Creator/TexAvery used this trope in much of his work.
* ''WesternAnimation/WildWestCOWBoysOfMooMesa'' in "Thoroughly Moodern Lily" had a burlesque competition between Lily Bovine and Sadie Wowcow.
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* Pretty much the entire reason for Creator/DitaVonTeese's existence. And the Music/PussycatDolls'.


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95 percent of the elite liberal arts colleges have faculty who register as Democrats. The percentage is somewhat lower in business and engineering universities. These elite liberal arts colleges are the source of the Political Correctness which is suffocating common sense.
Fred44 Salt Lake City, UtahDec. 15, 2013 3:05 p.m.
Back Talk,
So its the schools fault that this young man brought a gun to school and tried to kill people? I am speechless. So much for personal responsibility, so much for parental responsibility. I would think that most reasonable people would suggest their are better ways to solve problems than with guns.
Quite a generalization that our schools are populated with left wing teachers. I would like to see your evidence of that. If you have concerns about what is being taught, you need to take that up with the Utah legislature, who is pretty far right and micromanages the curriculum being taught in our schools today.
Stephen Van Orden Mapleton, UTDec. 15, 2013 2:50 p.m.
Neither one of these comments are appropriate responses to this incredible tragedy.
Our schools are not short changing our children, and that is not the reason this tragedy happened. Utah schools are populated with teachers that match the belief system and world view of the population as well as any group of people does. Just because you want students to learn about and agree with your own personal political ideology does not make you right by definition.
BrentBot Salt Lake City, UTDec. 14, 2013 11:23 p.m.
Our schools are short-changing our children. The schools, which are populated with left-wing teachers, do not tell our children that Socialists (Marx, Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Mao, Che, Castro, Mugabe, etc) were responsible last century for over 100 million deaths, primarily silencing political opponents. In a free society that just doesn't happen. Shouldn't our children understand the perils of progressivism, socialism, Marxism, and Communism?
Karl Pierson obviously did not understand these perils.
Back Talk Federal Way, WADec. 14, 2013 6:47 p.m.
Wow, so as i suggested yesterday, the school tried to control what speech and opinions students can express at school. That led to a disatrous event brought on by the resentment caused by schools telling students that they cant express an idea unless it is politically correct.


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21But I warned those businessmen and merchants. I said to them, "Don't stay the night in front of the wall. If you do that again, I will arrest you." So from that time on they didn't come on the Sabbath day to sell their things.
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The Books of Summer 2003
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There's a tendency for writers to romanticize childhood. Well, Joshua Furst resists that in his stories told in the voices of different children who are struggling with the more awkward parts of growing up. Mr. Furst makes his fiction debut with a book called Short People. Hear Furst talk about his novel with WNYC's Leonard Lopate.
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There are loads of new children's books out this summer, but how to pick which ones your kids should read? All Things Considered host Michele Norris talks with writers about what makes a good book. Plus, hear authors read from their new books, and get a list of recommendations.
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A new summer-vacation book club that focuses on African-American history and culture seeks to establish the educational bond between parent and child. NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with author and commentator Janus Adams about the new club she has created. Adams is the publisher of BackPax multicultural children's titles.
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This is the fourth edition of the Adapter Collective´s experimental audio/video project. Each edition a number of live electronica artists are linked to an equal number of video artists. This allows for one-off, mainly improvised a/v-performances unique to this particular night. This time in collaboration with the Manchester based legendary Skam records.
Mr. 76ix (Skam/Gescom/UK)
Skam's mystery man Mr76ix shuns the limelight but wows live audiences with his fine-tuned technoid superstructures and acidic undertones. He has released 4 albums on Skam records. His recent album "Experiment Four" came after a 5 year hiatus. It fluctuates wildly between crisp, break-driven glitch and darkwave moods. Fans of older Squarepusher, Mu-ziq and AFX, beware!
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PixyBox's distinctive vj style and brute visual force combines custom-made material with animation and real life footage mixed at times with iconic popculture imagery.
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Hi! I'm trying out Kendo UI cause the company where I work is intending to purchase it, but...
On my trial tests I can see Kendo UI has a big memory problem, and that will be decisive to buy it or not.
As you can see on the image attached, as soon as the web application starts Kendo UI is using 450MB+ of memory use!
I removed Kendo UI references and files from the test application and the memory problem vanished.
So, this confirms that the problem is occurring with Kendo UI.
If I have more than one web application (I tried with three test applications) each of them starts immediatly with 450MB+ of memory.
What should I do so Kendo UI uses less memory?
For me this is a HUGE problem.
What can you guys say about it?
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Hello guys!
As asked, I've prepared a test solution to show the memory problem. Attached you will find the solution inside a rar file, and a new image of my task manager showing 500MB+ memory usage from the moment the web application is started.
You will also notice that the web application actually doesnt use anything from telerik. It only has a Home page and that's enough for the memory to increase dramatically.
If you remove Kendo UI references from the project, the memoey issue doesn't occurs anymore.
You will need Kendo UI DLLs to be referenced. I did not added those dlls to the rar files for obvious purposes.
These are the only two DLLs referenced:
I'm looking forward to see your next reply.
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Hi, we are having memory issues with many of our projects that use kendo.all.min.js. We had tried many of the suggestions in your documentation to no avail. Then we tried to make one of your demo's fail, and it fails exactly like our applications. We would appreciate your suggestions to fix this. I have attached a screen shots of the demo failing. http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-mvc/grid/editing-custom
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I'm able to reproduce the issue with multiple demos, including this one - http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-mvc/grid/index. The fastest way I've found to create the issue is to keep clicking on the link for the basic usage grid (in the menu on the left) and IE memory usage climbs to around 1.6 GB before the page fails. Alternately, I can repeatedly click refresh (F5) to keep loading the page to get the same result. It takes me 3 - 5 minutes (around 30 page loads) to cause the error. I'm using IE version 11.0.9600.18449 (update version 11.0.35) running on 64-bit Windows 7 Enterprise. I can also reproduce the issues at home on a personal computer using a more recent version of IE 11. Any suggestions or workarounds would be greatly appreciated.
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An Analysis on Transport Nodes Capacity in Italian Railways
The paper analyzes the functioning of intermodal nodes. It describes the complex organization of transport nodes following a functional approach, with particular attention to the role of infrastructures and to Italian railway system. Despite its long story, the railway system has not reached its full potential yet. In the past, we passed from a situation of lack in transport services (before the advent of railways), in which transport demand was oriented to local territory, to a new scenario in which there are limited resources to create transport demand (lack of railroad lines), a frenetic increase of transport demand (increasing of roads) and urgent environmental protection needs. The evolution of social context (the growth of cities and the increase of environmental sensitivity) will give an important contribution in order to make railways operating in a more efficient way.
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Recently, I stumbled upon this clip of The Rolling Stones in the studio, presumably from one of the many, many Exile on Main St. sessions, as they are working out "Tumbling Dice." Maybe they're getting ready to go on tour -- who cares. I'd never seen or heard of this footage, and I can't stop watching it. Not only does it sound loose in that way the best rock music sounds, but they finish the song and then play it again, a hair slower, literally grinding it out. It rules. Also, I always forget that Mick Jagger was an incredible singer/frontman back in the day. Even his hair is perfect here.
Where did this video come from? I have this theory that after Keith's book came out, some little turd said to Mick, "You're just some old dude. You were never cool." And Mick was like, "Actually, I have this footage of me being the coolest dude on the planet," and then had one of his 5,000 servants upload that video to YouTube.
As far as Exile on Main St. goes, the Stones' monumental 1972 double album combines the sacred moves of Chuck Berry, '50s gospel, New Orleans R&B/blues, Delta blues, country music, hard drugs and sub-optimal recording conditions. The result is pretty much the last word on blues-based '60s/'70s rock music, or, really, plain old rock 'n' roll.
The 10 albums below were either referenced outright by the Stones on Exile or can be heard in the horn charts, sweaty rhythm section (Charlie Watts is really, really, really good on this one; if you get bored with Mick and Keith, you can always just listen to Charlie) and innumerable awesome guitar parts (the end of "Tumbling Dice," the chorus of "Torn and Frayed," all of "Happy"). Dr. John and The Flamin' Groovies are included because, while they have no peers here, if the Stones were trying to emulate anybody, it was likely those two. First, the Groovies were the only band besides the Stones that could play Chuck Berry without sounding like they were trying to get the party started at a wedding (usually). And Dr. John's Gris Gris, while at the root tied to ancient music, was an entirely new way to deliver it and practically speaks its own language.
Which is basically the idea behind Exile. It's all been said before, just not this like this, with everything that came before it jumbled up and crashed out, yet perfectly blended -- anything but willy-nilly. One glaring omission is Elvis Presley's Sun Sessions CD, the music of which not only had a huge effect on Keith Richards (he has said as much in interviews), but also on Mick's singing (everybody tried to be Elvis). But Napster doesn't have the rights to it.
That said, this list could be 50 albums long; this is just a start. Honestly, to attempt a comprehensive list would be like taking a course in rock 'n 'roll, which isn't exactly the idea here: The point is to play this music loud and jump around your room, starting with "Rocks Off." Okay, have fun.


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Anthony Raffa found out he was the nation's leading scorer in NCAA Division I men's basketball when "random people" on Coastal Carolina University's campus started coming up and telling him Monday morning.
Throughout the day, the Sea Isle City resident got text messages from friends back home.
"I was like, 'Really?' " Raffa said in a phone interview Monday afternoon. "A kid from Cape May County, who thought I would ever be at one point the nation's leading scorer in Division I? I didn't think of it."
Raffa's 26 points-per-game average is tops in the nation through Monday's games for the Chanticleers (2-3). He scored a career-high 34 in his most recent game, an 87-77 loss to Florida International on Saturday.
The Wildwood Catholic High School alumnus isn't just throwing up shots, either. Heading into tonight's game against Boston University, he was shooting 47.7 percent from the field and had attempted more than 18 shots just once, when he went 12-for-23 from the field against Florida International. He was shooting 40.5 percent from 3-point range.
"I take good, quality shots," said Raffa, The Press Boys Basketball Player of the Year in 2007. "If it's layups, if it's an open pull-up, an open 3, I just take what the defense gives me or what kind of shot my team (sets up)."
Raffa's scoring prowess should come as no surprise. The 6-foot-1 guard was named to the preseason All-Big South Conference first team after finishing sixth in the conference with 16.7 points per game last season. On a Coastal team with seven freshmen, he is a 23-year-old graduate student, having redshirted as a sophomore after transferring from the University at Albany.
The Chanticleers' only other returning starter is senior point guard Kierre Greenwood, who was named to the Big South's preseason second team. Raffa said Greenwood is the best point guard in the conference.
"He's really, really quick," Raffa said. "Playing with him over all these years I've been here, we know each other like the back of our hand — what moves we do, everything we do. He knows when I'm going to cut, I know when he's going to cut, he knows when I want to spot up, so we have good chemistry between us, too, which helps a lot."
Raffa knows it won't be easy to stay atop the scoring leaders. Among the players right behind him are Iona star Lamont Jones (25.8 ppg) and Lehigh's C.J. McCollum, an NCAA tournament star last season.
"It's going to be tough," Raffa said. "Every night you see different defenses, if it's full-court pressing, traps, box-and-ones, everything. You just try to stay confident. … I can't get frustrated out there. Because the other teams are going to try to stop me because they know I can score."
The news that Raffa had taken over the top spot in the nation spread quickly around South Jersey this week. People posted screenshots on Twitter of ESPN.com's scoring leaders page.
Longtime Wildwood Catholic coach Dave DeWeese said he had seen last week that Raffa was in the top six in scoring. Former Crusaders player Pat Flynn attended Catholic's first practice of the season Monday evening and informed DeWeese that Raffa was now No. 1.
"It's awesome," DeWeese said in a phone interview Tuesday. "He's a great kid. He's always been a great player. He has the opportunity this year to be the man at Coastal, and he's really performing."
While others were excited, Raffa said he had no plans to save any keepsakes from his time as the nation's scoring leader - however long it ends up being.
"My family probably did something," he said. "Probably my friends back home … they probably will. But I don't get too much involved with stuff like that because I don't want to get a big head."
Raffa graduated last year with a degree in communications and journalism. He is taking postgraduate classes in sociology. He also has done a series of video interviews with teammates that are posted on the Coastal Carolina athletic department's website.
But his immediate plans after college are to try to play professionally.
"Hopefully just get an opportunity to play somewhere, overseas or somewhere," Raffa said.
If he keeps leading the nation in scoring, he should have plenty of opportunities.
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LES SABLES D'OLONNE, France -- British sailor Dee Caffari became the first woman to sail around the world solo in both directions when she finished sixth Monday in the Vendee Globe.
The 36-year-old Caffari finished the race in 99 days, 1 hour, 10 minutes and 57 seconds in her Vendee Globe debut. Aboard Aviva, she circled the three great capes: Good Hope, Leeuwin and Horn, the southernmost tips of Africa, Australia and the Americas.
In May 2006, Caffari became the first woman to sail solo the other way around the world, against prevailing winds and currents. That trip took nearly twice as long, 178 days, 3 hours, 5 minutes.
Earlier Monday, French sailor Marc Guillemot benefited from more than two days in bonus time for helping an injured rival to edge Samantha Davies of Britain for third place in the Vendee Globe.
Guillemot arrived overnight at Les Sables d'Olonne on France's Atlantic Coast after 95 days, 3 hours, 19 minutes, 36 seconds, just 80 minutes faster than Davies in the solo, around-the-world sailing race.
Davies crossed the finish line Saturday, but Guillemot took third because organizers took 82 hours off his time in December because of his efforts to help sailor Yann Elies, who pulled out of the race after fracturing his femur while trying to change a sail in rough weather. Davies was credited with 32 hours for helping Elies.
Davies was hoping to become the second woman to reach the top three in the Vendee Globe. Ellen MacArthur was the first, in 2000-01.
Michel Desjoyeaux of France won the race aboard Foncia, finishing in 84 days, 3:09:08, ahead of Armel Le Cleac'h on Brit Air.
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Gooner Moh ends his "Wont Spend" campaign after Arsenal buy big!
Arsenal fans are a fickle bunch!
In April, Moh, a regular on Arsenal Fan TV, launched a campaign called "If you don't spend, we won't spend".
This summer, Arsenal have been busy, bringing in the likes of Alexis Sanchez, Mathieu Debuchy and Calum Chambers.
Moh admits all Arsenal need to do now is sign a defensive midfielder and this would appear to be the thinking of many Gooners at the current time.
Trust in Ivan Gazidis and Arsene Wenger seems to have turned for the better since a year ago when Arsenal fans were wondering where all the money had gone…


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What to tell your friends about the Ryan Plan
Rep. Paul Ryan's plans for the federal budget are now receiving a new level of scrutiny as a result of Mitt Romney choosing him as his running mate. His plans are controversial, but nothing to be feared. What can you tell people who want to engage on the issue in social media?
1. The Affordable Care Act guts Medicare of $700 billion over the next 10 years. The status quo is no longer a choice between "Medicare as we know it" and reform. The only way to reverse those cuts is to repeal the health care law.
2. It's not just the "Ryan Plan", it's the "Ryan-Wyden Plan". The bipartisan reform package was introduced into the Senate by Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, who had this to say about it: "Paul [Ryan] has also long-shared my view that the best way to hold down health costs is to give all Americans the ability to hire and fire their insurance company." So why was it controversial when Mitt Romney said the same thing?
3. President Obama agreed that there was a need for reform in 2011.
"The vast majority of Democrats on Capitol Hill would prefer not to have to do anything on entitlements, would prefer frankly not to do anything on these debt and deficit problems," he said.
But doing nothing is irresponsible and is really not an option, Obama argued.
"If you look at the numbers then Medicare in particular will run out of money and we will not be able to sustain that program no matter how much taxes go up," he said. "It's not an option for us to just sit by and do nothing. if you're a progressive that cares about he integrity of Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid … then we have an obligation to make sure that we make those changes required to make this sustainable in the long term."
Mitt Romney could probably steal some of those lines for his stump speech.
4. The Ryan-Wyden Plan does not leave seniors out in the cold without health insurance. It is based on the extremely popular Medicare Advantage reform, which provides seniors with premium support for purchasing comprehensive private health insurance. The oldest, sickest, and poorest seniors would receive the largest subsidies. Contrast that to what the President's health care law established with IPAB, which is designed to ration health care and will likely end up having the opposite effect.
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THIS is with reference to the letter 'Death of (social) sciences' (Aug 3) by Prof (Dr) Surayya Khatoon. I agree with the views expressed by the writer, but there is a point to dissent.
It might be that, as pointed by the writer, the best brains have not been joining the sciences, but keeping in mind the present system of education in this part of the world, which is based on rote learning, how can one differentiate between a crammer and an intellectual?
And let us not ignore the blatant abrogation of merit in the name of quota system. Most students (including myself) opt for alternative choices because basic sciences do not offer a promising career.
Moreover, it is a fact that the people holding key positions in public-sector research institutions are not creating enough opportunities for the younger lot. Students here have the potential and the intellect. The only requirement yet to be fulfilled is an opportunity to use these.
NAZIA AMBRIN Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad


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7th Circuit: City's peddling rules may ban Cubs vendors, as well as magazine sellers, outside Wrigley
The publishers of a baseball magazine still haven't connected in their fight for the right to sell their product on the sidewalk outside of Chicago's Wrigley Field.But a federal appeals panel said arguments raised by Left Field Media did deliver a strike in questioning why even the Chicago Cubs organization itself should be allowed under the city's rules to sell things on the sidewalks outside the Friendly Confines.
Magazine seller denied injunction to force city to allow them to sell on sidewalk outside Wrigley Field
Even if the Chicago Cubs do bring postseason baseball back to Wrigley Field in October, fans still won't be able to buy copies of an unauthorized team-themed magazine outside the venerable stadium on the city's North Side. U.S. District Judge Jorge L. Alonso denied the request of magazine publishers Left Field Media to force the city to allow Left Field to sell its magazines outside the ballpark. The publishing company had sought an injunction to stop the city from enforcing what it argues is a


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MFL Show and Tell?
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLThe idea of the MFL Show and Tell session is to give teachers an opportunity to share good practice on the use of technology in the languages classroom in a relaxed informal environment. The session will take place in the:
Jurys Inn Hotel Southampton, Charlotte Place, Southampton, SO14 0TB
from 7.00 p.m - 10.00 p.m on Saturday 9th February 2013.
We hope to have to two data projectors, a screen for presentations and one to display the event's Twitterstream. plus wifi connectivity of course. We will have one laptop set up. If you want to show a presentation, please have it on a stick to save time.
If you would like to come along as an attendee, please click edit on the top right-hand side of the navigation bar and add your name and school/organisation. If you'd like to speak, add the title of your talk as well. Please sign both to keep track of numbers if you are presenting to allow us to keep track of numbers. The length of your slot will depend on how many volunteers we have. We would particularly encourage those who don't normally speak at such [[#|events]] to have a go and share what you are doing in the classroom. Your presentation doesn't have to be IT related, just good teaching!
We suggest you have your evening meal before you arrive as there will be no nibbles provided. However, there will be a bar to ensure the evening goes with a swing!
The MFL Show and Tell is free thanks to the kind sponsorship of Televic without whom this exciting event would not be possible.
There is a strict limit of 60 people for the Show and Tell. THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL AS OF THURSDAY 7th FEB
@elvisrunner is ordering 'event' t-shirts for this - any member of the #MFLTwitterati wanting to order one, get in touch with her! Deadline Sunday 20 Jan 8pm
Please add your name, twitter username (if applicable) and presentation title here if willing to presen
- Clare Seccombe, @valleseco, Blankety Blank
- Lisa Stevens @lisibo, not decided yet!
- Alex Bellars, Ballard School, @bellaale- Fun with cheap visualisers
- Isabelle Jones, @icpjonesMusical revisions
- Jen Turner @msmfl - not decided yet - maybe something with a disco theme?!
- Eleanor Abrahams, @elvisrunner, Maybe some Jenga?
- Dominic McGladdery @dominic_mcg Using smspoll to motivate students
- John Connor @bootleian
- Rachel Smith @lancslassrach sentence [[#|poker]]
- Val Thornber @growstorygrow - A second language from birth - 5 minutes
- Kelda Richards @ElKel99 - Smart Phone Pub Quiz (bring your phones and have Twitter ready to tweet your answers)
- Simon Tunmore, The Ashcombe School, @SimonTunmore, Using Socrative + Teachprof Tunmore Vocabulary Songs
- Helen Myers, @HelenMyers, Second Life in the Classroom
- Clare Seccombe @valleseco
- Helena Butterfield @langwitch
- Lisa Stevens @lisibo
- Alex Bellars @bellaale
- Saira Ghani, Chiltern Edge School @sghani
- Amanda Salt, @amandasalt
- Isabelle Jones @icpjones
- Rachel Smith @lancslassrach
- Serena Dawson @dawson_serena
- Eleanor Abrahams @elvisrunner, I heart Show and Tell!
- Rosemary Hicks @hicksie58
- Samantha Lunn @spanishsam
- Sharon Taylor @mflfan
- Sam Dernley @dernley
- Sue Watkins @cymru99
- David Ceiriog-Hughes, @DavidCeiriog
- Bethany Stanney @beth_stanney
- Gill Cork, @leprofsms
- Elizabeth Semper, St Leonards School @semper1975
- Elodie De Haan, Claremont Senior School
- Emilie Burguin, Ockbrook School, @MLMilpin
- Grainne O'Connor, @yourgracieness
- Jessica Thomas, Stamford Queen Eleanor School,
- Manuella Moisan, @misscroissant2
- Sylvie Bartlett-Rawlings,@SylvieBRawlings, Shernold and Barming primary [[#|schools]]
- Jackie Berry @rubiales62
- Annalise Adam @thwartedmum
- Esther Mercier @atantot
- Sina Müller, Adolf-Reichwein-Gymnasium
- Ruth Macdonald @macdoruth
- John Connor
- Dominic McGladdery
- Jen Turner
- Mel Smith - PGCE tutorSoton
- Joe Dale
- Jo Rhys Jones
- Vanessa Burns @nessalovesshoes
- Emma Bains @bains_1
- Garry Mills @pelado
- James Gardner @langnut
- Justin - vokabexpress
- Julian
- Simone Haughey @simonehaughey
- Simon @mrsimonfloyd
- Kelda Richards @ElKel99
- Lisa Liakakou @Giggly_girl123
- Louisa Hoff @hoff200
- Cecile Lemarchand, St Ann's Southampton
- Monica Alvarez Suarez, St Anne's School, Southampton
- Edgar Marquez, Christs Hospital, firstname.lastname@example.com
- Ahmed Al Khateeb
- Nic Hirsch @MFLGirl
- Catherine Bellars @MrsBellacat
- Helen Myers @HelenMyers
- Simon Tunmore, The Ashcombe School, @SimonTunmore
- Televic
- Televic
- Jenny @Sparkelspeak
- Chris Wakely
The order of the presentations will be picked at random using ClassTools' Fruit Machine
Song and Dance
As last year, we may well be practising a few foreign language songs between presentations (perhaps with actions). If you would like to lead one of these, please email the words first (email@example.com so I can project for everyone to see. Guitars and other musical accompaniment welcome.
List of songs
- Lisa Stevens @lisibo- Links und rechts or Pollito pio (online!) - unless I have another idea in the meantime
- Alex Bellars @bellaale - it's a surprise...
- John Connor @bootleian wot he said.
- Simone Haughey @simonehaughey TBC
- I think Amanda Salt would like me to do El Arca de Noé @valleseco
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The Purple Party Foundation has announced the lineup of headlining DJs for Purple Party Weekend 2015. The event, set for May 8-11, celebrates its 15h birthday next spring, and organizers are promising that the DJs for 2015 will "light up the dance floor and stir your souls with their passion and talent."
The lineup includes "fresh and familiar faces" of international stars and local favorites.
The weekend begins that Friday with "Ignite," the opening party, featuring DJ Ivan Gomez of Barcelona. On Saturday, DJ Doug Jackson of Fort Lauderdale spins for "Roar!," the bear party, and DJ Wayne G of London spins Saturday at "Rise," the pool party.
The main event happens Sunday when DJ Alyson Calagna of Miami and DJ Shane Stiel of Los Angeles burn it up at The Purple Party. DJ Danny Verde of Milan plays at "Revival," the tea party, and things wind up with "Glow," the closing party, featuring DJ Paulo of Los Angeles.
Early-bird passes are already on sale for the limited-time price of $129 — a 40 percent savings over the cost of buying tickets at the door, Warwick Melrose Hotel is again the host hotel for the event.
Purple Foundation, established in 2001, is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization dedicated to raising money to help improve the lives of people in the Dallas area living with HIV/AIDS. Since its inception, Purple Party Foundation has donated more than $600,000 toward that end. Purple Party Foundation's primary beneficiary is AIDS Services of Dallas, which provides housing for those living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.


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From the Persian world of her youth to the American life she embraced as a teenager to her years at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris (studying under the infamous Madame Brassart) to apprenticeships in France's three-star kitchens and finally back to San Francisco, where she opened her own celebrated bistro, Bijan evokes a vibrant kaleidoscope of cultures and cuisines. And she shares thirty inspired recipes from her childhood (Saffron Yogurt Rice with Chicken and Eggplant and Orange Cardamom Cookies), her French training (Ratatouille with Black Olives and Fried Bread and Purple Plum Skillet Tart), and her cooking career (Roast Duck Legs with Dates and Warm Lentil Salad and Rose Petal Ice Cream).
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The Nosebleed Seats: Don't Look Down on Me
If you have ever been to a high-profile sporting event, you know where to find the cheap seats. They are called "nosebleed seats," and are as high and far away from the action as you will get without standing outside. But if you have less-than-perfect vision—I was 20/40 in one eye and 20/300 in the other—the nosebleed seats are everywhere.
He Scores! I Think . . .
I spent the better part of my childhood without glasses or contacts. Headaches in school and constant squinting seemed normal to me; surely, I thought, I wasn't the only one going through this. But when I was around 11 years old, my father took me to a Calgary Flames game at the Saddledome; back then, Al MacInnis had the hardest slapshot in the NHL, and Lanny McDonald was a legend. We enjoyed the game, but I struggled to make the blurry red shapes on the ice resolve into actual players. Sure, I saw the important parts, such as big hits and scored goals, but it was frustrating to perpetually have to play catch-up with the action. When the game ended, the Flames paraded off the ice, and as it happened, my dad and I were seated right next to their dressing room corridor. They passed by, a sweaty, victorious blur, and I would have missed Al MacInnis if not for my father calling his attention. He came over. And you know what? He gave me his game stick, right then and there. I was ecstatic, but also a bit sad; if my father hadn't spoken up, I would have missed my big chance to meet Al MacInnis due to poor vision.
No Longer a Nosebleed
In high school and university, I went through pair after pair of glasses, never really satisfied with how they fit. Outdoor sporting events were the worst because I didn't have the money for prescription sunglasses and had to choose between glare and clarity. I finally applied for a job that had strict vision requirements, and they suggested LASIK. I was initially hesitant; I realized, however, that if I could quell my trepidation, it would mean a new job and no more money wasted on glasses. What's more, the research that I did suggested that laser vision correction performed by highly trained specialists was not only safe but had a very short recovery time. I went in for an assessment, booked my treatment date, and took the plunge.
The result was 20/20 vision in both eyes. Sporting events are a wholly different experience now that I can see the action and read player numbers and the scoreboard. Admittedly, sometimes it's still nice to pay a little less and sit in the nosebleed seats—but now I never miss a thing.
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Information reaching ultimate radio indicates Ghanaians students studying in Ukraine are safe despite the political unrest in some cities in the Country.
Some students on government scholarship who were unwilling to speak on record told ultimate radio, they were safe and are in constant talks with the Ghanaian embassy in Moscow that oversees Ghana's mission in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian conflict began in February 2014 after a series of violent events in the capital of Kiev, culminated with the ousting of the then President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.
Hundreds of people have so far been killed and many wounded in a fight between the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LNR) and Kiev forces as conflict in the eastern European country continues.
The students told Ultimate Radio Friday afternoon that foreign students were made to write their end of semester exams earlier than the normal time, to allow them stay indoors and easily monitored by their respective embassies.
The president of the students association also confirmed to Ultimate Radio's Cyril Spio that the students met over the week for a meeting in a shopping mall over the week for their regular discussions.
Speaking to Ultimate Radio, the Desk Officer for Russia and Ukraine Students at the National Scholarship Secretariat, Stephen Tekye assured that the students were safe as the embassy was in constant touch with the students.
'We are in contact with our mission in Moscow and they oversee the welfare of students in Ukraine. They have assured us that the students are safe' he contended.
He further assured that his outfit was still in touch with the mission and will quickly evacuate any Ghanaian student from the embattled country if any threat was imminent.
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When Germany's government said last year that it planned to reduce compulsory military service from nine months to six there were many complaints across the country. But it wasn't the military moaning – it was the social services.
In Germany social institutions often rely on men who refuse to pick up a gun for moral or health reasons and opt for "civil duty" – zivildienst – instead. As many as 90,000 of them help in social institutions each year.
Zivis work in old people's homes and kindergartens, or help out in youth centres and hospitals. And they are cheap: a young man on civil duty earns as little as €300 (£250) a month. Try finding regular employees who are happy to work on that kind of wage.
Social service bosses said they feared the collapse of Germany's social network. Without cheap young helpers, they say, many social institutions could only operate a stripped-down core service. Human interaction would fall by the wayside. Young men taking the elderly in their wheelchairs for a spin around the park? Free story hour at kindergarten? Forget it.
But now it looks as though protests have achieved their desired effect: Germany's minister for families, Kristina Schröder, has announced a solution that might sound familiar to British readers: the voluntary sector will pick up the slack.
Yet in Germany this scheme might well work. For one thing, there is a tradition of "voluntary social years" that has been around since the 60s, during which young men and women spend 12 months at a social institution. Even though the work is hard and the rewards sparse, there are usually two or three times as many applicants as places.
Germany has a high number of voluntary workers: 36% of the population aged above 14 is engaged in some kind of pro bono work. Research has shown that personal gain is a stronger motive behind this than saintliness, particularly for young people, whose freedoms are increasingly curtailed by requirements of school, work or university. They are keen to find workplaces in which they can gain respect without relying on their school grades.
Schröder is clearly trying to harness this trend to compensate for the pending disappearance of Zivis. There are plans to build up a national voluntary service which would engage willing young people for up to 24 months. In addition, social services are to receive additional money to pay for volunteers. As a result, the end of military service might well work out to the social services' advantage. Not only will they be able to count on the same number of workers as before, they might also be able to get more money to spend on them.


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ATTENTION JUNIORS: BEST Program Accepting ApplicationsJan. 16, 2004
TO: All Hankamer School of Business Juniors
FROM: Current Students of BEST (Business Excellence and Scholarship Team)
DATE: January 17, 2004
SUBJECT: Nominations for the BEST 2004-2005 Class
The Students of the Business Excellence and Scholarship Team 2003-2004 are already recruiting outstanding business students who show potential for membership in the 2004-2005 BEST Class.
Qualifying students must meet the following criteria:
Must be classified as a junior according to credit hours
Must have a good GPA
Must be able to commit both semesters of the 2004-2005 school year to the BEST Program. However, those students pursuing internships for the spring semester are permitted to apply.
We will be hosting an informational presentation at 4:00 p.m. on January 22, 2004 on the fifth floor of Cashion. Dress is business casual.
For more information about BEST and its class members, please visit our website at www.baylor.edu/best
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Membership Organisation and Registered Charity
RAFA, The Royal Air Forces Association (or RAF Association), is a membership organisation and registered charity that provides welfare support to the RAF Family.
Whether it's an injured airman fighting to get back on his feet, a young child missing their parent away on overseas operations, or a WWII veteran needing a shoulder to lean on, the Royal Air Forces Association is here to help all generations of RAF Service personnel and their families.
We offer welfare and family support, much-needed breaks, pension and compensation guidance as well as individual support to help injured personnel realise their potential.
The RAFA Hull branch not only supports the RAF Association in their national goals but they also support the local RAF family through support and comradeship, including
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Hearing Central in Morgantown held its grand opening Friday.
The full service Audiology and Hearing Aid business has been open since November. Friday's ceremony invited the public to tour the facility, to meet the doctors, and for giveaways.
The office is located in the Sabraton Plaza on Earl L. Core Road. Hearing Central said it only works with adults and offers a relaxed homey environment.


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Daily analysis 18.02.2014:
Yen weakens after the BOJ decision. Economists are divided before the March ECB meeting. BOP from the Euro Zone and the ZEW index from Germany are in focus today. Polish budget balance after the first month of 2014. The zloty is slightly weaker at the beginning of the trading day.
Macro data (CET- Central European Time). Survey is supplied by Bloomberg unless otherwise noted.
- Already published data on Euro Zone balance of payments.
- 11.00 CET: ZEW index from Germany (survey: 61.5 points).
Japan, ECB, BOP and ZEW
Much worse-than-expected reading from the Japanese economy was quickly recognized by the central bank. The BOJ extended a special low-interest rate lending program and decided to double its amount. In theory, cheap loans are supposed to stimulate the economy, but the effect can be marginal and probably fairly short-term. However, we can see quite fast a reaction on the currencies. The USD/JPY jumped 50 pips just after the decision was announced. Some investors probably feared that if the economy does not improve, the BOJ can use much stronger bazooka and increase the asset purchase program which will push the yen much lower.
Despite that there are more than two weeks to the ECB next meeting, it is worth to mention a Bloomberg survey on possible central bank decision. A half of participants (19 out of 38) answered that Mario Draghi and his colleagues will not change the monetary policy in March. The rest claims that it is possible that the ECB can lower the benchmark or stop the sterilization of the SMP program. Other options are less likely to occur. The market speculates that the Committee can offer another LTRO program, implement negative deposit interest rate, reduce the reserve requirements or start a bond buying operation. Any mentioned option will depreciate the common currency significantly. Investors expect that the final decision will be made on inflation report (published February 28th and new economy estimates prepared by the ECB staff (available to the public at the moment of Draghi's conference). We can also get some insights from preliminary PMI numbers which are scheduled to be published on Thursday.
According to the data published on the ECB website, the 2013 seasonally adjusted current account surplus was 221 billion euro (2.3% GDP). All components of the C/A look pretty healthy and show that the Euro Area economies are getting more competitive. The BOP has been recently pretty close scrutinized and the market participants are sensitive to any large changes in the C/A (as in Turkey where 8% deficit pushed the currency significantly lower).
Summarizing, the EUR/USD should be depended on the European data today. The BOP was pretty strong and the similar reading may be recorded on the ZEW index. If we get no other data, the most traded currency pair should strengthen its position around 1.37 level.
Solid budget, but the zloty weakens
Yesterday the Finance Ministry published a preliminary budget data after January 2014. The report is not only much better than in 2013, but also stronger than in 2012. Firstly, the income from excise duty and VAT rose significantly, what can be a good indicator of the economy rebounding. Secondly, the deficit was at 2.6 billion which is less than 1/3 of 2013 January shortfall and stands at similar level as in relative good 2011. The data has, however, limited impact on the currency and we need several months of improvements after any rating agency even considers a perspective upgrade.
Since the start of the day we are experiencing a limited zloty depreciation. It is caused by both profit taking and uncertainty before Hungarian (is expected to cut the benchmark by 0.1 percentage point) and Turkish central bank meetings. There is, however, a slim probability that we can move above 4.16 on EUR/PLN. The base case scenario is a trading within a small range around 4.15.
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Achieving the trade targets of Millennium Development Goal 8: Status in the least developed countries of Asia and the Pacific
This paper examines the progress made so far in achieving the trade targets of Millennium Development Goal 8 ("Building a Global Partnership for Development") with respect to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) of Asia and the Pacific. The paper uses data from the OECD, WTO and UNDP, among others, to measure the MDG indicators 8.6, 8.7 and 8.9 with respect to these countries, thereby quantifying some of the impacts in these countries of recent global and national policy changes in the areas of market access, tariff preferences for LDCs and Aid for Trade. This paper concludes that while the market access commitments of the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial Declaration of 2005 have largely been met and LDCs of the Asia-Pacific benefit disproportionately from Aid for Trade, the overall share of LDC exports as a part of total world exports has not increased over the past decade. In its conclusion, this paper suggests that other factors such as non-tariff barriers and product competitiveness play a significant role and should become policy priorities of better targeted Aid for Trade.
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text: I havent played for 10 years, and my old partner adviced me to get a wilson k95 (open) cos it's the equivalebt of my old wilson tour 95 (open). But I find groundstrokes very inconsistent, in the sense that I hit the ball the way I want to, but I never know where it's going to land. I've read in this forums that the 18x20 has more control, and wanted to ask if there are any specific strings and tension you would recommend in order to get more control out of a 16x18 pattern at least until I get back in shape (i'm a former 5+ junior, currently around 3 I think).