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For the latest news and product views, here's a roundup of what's new in the ProAV market. Find lots of information about the newest products that are important to the ProAV market, such as projectors, displays, presentation equipment, trade show news, screens, and much more.
Toshiba Introduces XGA DLP Projector
Toshiba has a new projector specified at 1,100 ANSI lumens, 2000:1 contrast ratio and XGA 1024 x 768 resolution. This is a DLP projector and it weighs in at 2.9 pounds, has digital keystone correction and measures 7.3" x 6.9" x 1.8". It retails for $1,899.
Sony Announces Low-End LCD Projector -- Not Quite Sub-$1000
Sony will be shipping a new LCD projector specified at 1,500 ANSI lumens and selling for only $1,100. The SuperLite VPL-ES2 weighs just over 6 pounds and has automatic adjustment of lens, tilt, input search and keystone with one-button operation. It has component video input and six video modes for connecting different inputs.
The VPL-ES2 has Sony's "off and go" feature. This is nice - you can turn the projector off and pack it up right away since the fan will continue to run after the power is turned off.
Canon Introduces LCoS Projector
Canon introduced the first projector in its new Realis line. The Realis SX50 is an LCoS projector specified at 1400 x 1050 SXGA+ resolution, 2500 ANSI lumens and 1000:1 contrast ratio priced below $4,000. Target markets include both home theater and business. It weighs 8.6 pounds and measures 11.26" x 11.18" x 3.78".
Canon's take on LCoS includes its patented AISYS (Aspectual Illumination System) optical technology, a way of optimizing LCoS for greater brightness in a smaller form factor.
The Realis SX50 has a 1.7x optical zoom that lets it project a 100-inch image on a screen from 9.8 feet away. It can display true 16:9 720p HD broadcast images, says the company, and has 2:3 pull-down circuitry that converts interlaced 480 and 575 video to progressive-scan.
Barco Announces Awesome 9,000-Lumen DLP Projector
Barco announced the SLM R9+, a DLP projector specified at 9,000 ANSI lumens, 1,400 x 1,050 resolution and 1250:1 contrast ratio. Barco says the projector, which is designed for rental and staging applications, has extended lamp life averaging 1,250 hours (1,000 is most typical for this class).
It's relatively small for so much output: 23" x 34.5" x 16.9" and compatible with existing TLD lenses. It also has an interlocking design that lets you hang them or stack them directly on top of each other.
RGB Spectrum Introduces High-Res ComputerWall III
RGB Spectrum introduced ComputerWall III, a multi-screen display controller designed for anywhere you need a large screen for displaying real-time data, graphics and video. The ComputerWall III displays high resolution graphics, video, and HDTV sources in real time across a 2 x 2, 1 x 2, 1 x 3, or 1 x 4 screen configurations. Larger walls can be created with multiple ComputerWall units.
The ComputerWall III supports RGB, DVI, HDTV, NTSC/PAL, S-Video, and component video. It accepts signals at up to 1600 x 1200 pixel resolution and converts them to any RGB or DVI format. The ComputerWall provides real time display of inputs at up to 80 frames per second. Inputs can be cropped, stretched, panned, and zoomed to emphasize areas of particular interest. It also has a 100x zoom.
Panasonic Introduces Shippable 65" Plasma Among New Models
Panasonic introduced five new plasma displays for commercial applications, including a 37", two 42" models, a 50" and a 65". The five Professional Series models are specified at 4000:1 contrast on the SD models and 3000:1 on HD models. Resolution ranges from 852 x 480 to 1366 x 768.
Panasonic lists all kinds of image enhancers, such as a Real Black Drive System, Deep Black Filter, Super Real Gamma System, Adaptive Automatic Gain Control, and more. They have built-in video wall processors for up to 4 x 4 multi-screen configurations.
The 50" TH-50PHD7UY, 42" TH-42PWD7UY and 37" TH-37PWD7UY high-definition models are available now with MSRPs of $6,495, $2,795 and $2,395, respectively. The 65" TH-65PHD7UY and 42" TH-42PHD7UY will be available in November and pricing is TBD.
OTC Wireless Announces WiJET.G Display Server - EPSON still Dominates
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A nice feature, especially for education, is that users can switch between presenters by just a mouse-click on the software menu - definitely preferable to unplugging and plugging in VGA cables or to using expensive RGBHV switchers.
Unlike EPSON's new 745c 802.11g-capable projector, the OTC wireless product isn't yet able to handle video adequately. EPSON's 745c projector has an all-new wireless projection module that is incredible. I've been testing it for two weeks now and, in case you didn't know, it does VIDEO! Darn well, too. More to come on this later.
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AdSpace Networks introduced a stand-alone digital display that includes a plasma display, the computer components, cooling system and customizable casing. The CoolSign Integrated Display also includes software that drives the full-motion HD-resolution content playback. The CoolSign comes in 42", 50" and 60" sizes and can be free-standing or hung, mounted vertically or horizontally.
It comes networkable, able to connect over Ethernet or an 802.11b wireless network to a CoolSign powered Digital Media Network. The Digital Media Network provides remote management and monitoring.
Let me be frank here, this is a BIG mistake for AdSpace! They should NOT be selling an integrated system that includes a display. AdSpace should be selling and integrating their Digital Media Network for any and all display companies to support and use.
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- South Asia Citizens Wire | 02 March., 2005
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[1] Pakistan Fisher folk Forum to campaign for
the release of fishermen detained by Indian and
Pakistani forces
[2] Kashmiri right to self-determination be recognised: PIPFPD
[3] Jack of Arms Trade in India and Pakistan (J. Sri Raman)
[4] India: On the liquor ban in Gujarat (Editorial, The Telegraph)
[5] India - Gujarat: NGO's forgive 'n' forget idea kicks up a row
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(ii) Conference: Re-Visioning Mumbai (Bombay, 3rd - 4th March, 2005)
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Series - Imagining Women (Bombay, 5-12 March,
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Dawn - 1 March 2005
KARACHI, Feb 28: Pakistan Fisher folk Forum (PFF)
has announced to launch a vigorous struggle for
the release of detained fishermen arrested by the
Marine Security Forces of India and Pakistan.
This decision was taken in an emergency meeting
of the PFF held at its headquarters on Monday.
According to a press release issued here, the
meeting decided to launch a phase-wise struggle
on this issue. The struggle activities would
include conference on the detained fishermen,
advocacy with the governments of India and
Pakistan, hunger strikes and long march.
President Pakistan Fisher folk Forum Mohammad Ali
Shah while addressing the meeting said that India
and Pakistan were using the fishermen of both the
countries as ploy in their political game. He
said that due to the arrest of more than 1,000
fishermen of both the sides, their families were
forced to live under abject poverty.
He said that at least 147 Pakistani fishermen had
passed their tenures in Indian jails but due to
the lack of interest of the Pakistan government
they were not being repatriated and were living a
miserable life in an India Police Headquarters. -
Daily Times - March 2, 2005
Staff Report
NEW DELHI: The rights of the people of Jammu and
Kashmir to self-determination should be
recognised, concluded the Pakistan India People's
Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) on
Tuesday. The forum also expressed concern about
the treatment of minorities in India and Pakistan.
The three day conclave, attended by over 1,000
delegates, deliberated on several issues related
to peace between the two countries and adopted a
declaration demanding a nuclear free South Asia
and a reduction of military expenditure to divert
towards the social sector.
The conclave formed three sub-groups of Indian
and Pakistani intellectuals and peace activists
to separately deliberate the Kashmir issue,
treatment of minorities and peace and
reconciliation. The Kashmir group, lead by
eminent journalist Ved Bhasin, recommended
recognising the self-determination right of the
people of Jammu and Kashmir. "Given the diversity
of opinion, it is critical that people's voices
be heard, their right of self-determination be
recognised and no solution imposed," said the
Emphasising the right of people from both sides
of the LoC to interact, PIPFPD claimed that it
was in a position to offer a solution to the
Kashmir issue. It also called upon all parties to
renounce violence and expressed concern at the
state agencies' use of former militants in
counterinsurgency operations to avoid
The forum stressed that Kashmiris should be
included in discussions regarding water disputes
between India and Pakistan. They also pointed out
that people in Gilgit and Baltistan were
experiencing the loss of state subject rights and
were vulnerable to state induced alterations in
their demographic structure.
26 February 2005
By J. Sri Raman
New Delhi and Islamabad have been
congratulating themselves profusely on agreeing
on a "confidence-building measure" (CBM) that is
very welcome to the long-suffering people of
Kashmir. On February 16, the foreign Affairs
Ministers of India and Pakistan, K. Natwar Singh
and Kurshid Mahmud Kasuri, announced a joint
decision to launch a bus service between Srinagar
and Muzaffarabad, capitals of Kashmir under
India's and Pakistan's control respectively.
The role of a third foreign affairs minister
- of the United Kingdom - to spend the third week
of February in South Asia, mainly India and
Pakistan, however, has gone grossly
The role merits notice all the more for its
possible relation to concerted efforts to involve
South Asia in the missile defense scheme - and to
involve it in a manner that can only create a
more dangerous India-Pakistan divide that no bus
can bridge.
The India-Pakistan accord drew immediate and
apparently well-deserved applause. The media had
good fun talking about the two governments not
missing the bus again. The two sides did seem to
have displayed political will in discarding their
earlier rigid positions on the documents to be
required of passengers of the proposed bus plying
across the Line of Control (LoC), which India
considers a de facto international border and
Pakistan does not. The positions seemed well-nigh
irreconcilable just weeks ago.
Some, of course, wondered if sufficient
security could be provided to the bus service.
The spurt in clashes between the insurgents and
the security forces in the India-administered
State of Jammu and Kashmir has fueled the fears
on this count. Many would still consider the risk
worth taking for the sake of India-Pakistan
relations and forcibly divided Kashmiri families.
What might take some sheen off the accord,
however, is the unsettling thought that the bus
talks in Islamabad may have gone beyond the
bilateral. The Pakistani media was hardly
reticent about the role of British Foreign
Secretary Jack Straw in this regard. Straw's
arrival in Islamabad on February 14, a day before
Natwar Singh's, said a report, "did seem to
indicate that Pakistan was being induced to be
accommodative by one of its influential friends."
Pakistani leader-writers reminded Britain of its
commitment to a Kashmir solution in terms of
United Nations resolutions rather than through
talks, while Straw addressed public meetings on a
dialogue about the alternative to war.
His participation in the "peace process" may
seem praiseworthy, but as for Britain's and his
own past record and role in the matter, along
with a "dialogue," they have peddled arms deals,
and along with "peace," they have promoted war
preparations on both sides. They did so at the
gravest South Asian hour since India and Pakistan
turned nuclear-weapon states. Britain and its
Foreign Secretary are doing it again now.
In a televised interview on February 22 with
a prominent Indian newspaper editor who has
always held that what is good for the US is great
for India, Straw paid himself tributes for his
peace-keeping role during the dangerous
India-Pakistan standoff over Kashmir in the early
months of 2002, when the world feared the
outbreak of the first-ever nuclear war. The
reality of Straw's role was just the reverse.
At that time, when Prime Minister Tony Blair
visited India and Pakistan and talked of
Britain's "calming influence," it was disclosed
that his real mission was to boost arms sales to
India worth one billion pounds. Straw's own part
in the arms deals that accompanied the pretended
peace mission was no less significant. On July
19, 2002, lawmakers of Britain criticized him for
failing to block arms sales to the nuclear rivals
during the standoff.
A joint report by four House of Commons
committees - of foreign affairs, defense, trade
and industry, and international development -
said Straw failed to apply government guidelines
banning weapons exports where there was risk they
could be used for external aggression. They were
"surprised" that Straw did not personally examine
license applications for exports to the region
during the period of heightened tension in May
and June.
In a letter to the committees, Straw said 149
licenses had been issued for export to India
during the period and 19 for export to Pakistan.
He, however, claimed he had not been personally
involved. The lawmakers responded by wondering
whether there could have been a fitter case for
forbidding arms exports.
Straw and his government have continued to
promote arms deals that are not going to promote
the cause of India-Pakistan "dialogue" and peace.
A turning point was the signing on Match 20,
2004, of a 295-million-pound accord on the supply
of 66 Hawk advanced jet trainers (AJTs) to India
from Britain. Soon, on April 27 the same year,
Britain and India announced their decision to
launch collaboration in development of
"futuristic weapons systems".
Notably, Straw's latest "peace" drive has
come at the same time as a push by hawks in the
Indian establishment for the country's speedy
enrollment in the US-spearheaded missile defense
system. The advocates of the idea make no secret
at all of their anti-Pakistan angle.
C. Raja Mohan, a security analyst, says of
such description: "India's acquisition of a TMD
(theater missile defense) system will help
complicate Pakistan's nuclear calculus and dent
its ability to indulge in nuclear blackmail.
Equally important, TMD offers a potential
insurance against state failure in Pakistan and
the danger of its nuclear weapons falling into
the hands of extremist elements."
Straw, it must be noted, has been among the
foremost advocates of missile defense. On August
1, 2001, he sent a briefing paper on the US plans
for a missile system to all the 412 Labor members
of Parliament. The paper has been described as
the "strongest backing" from a member of the
British government for the scheme.
The paper addressed several issues, including
the threat posed by "rogue states" and the
limitations of the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM)
Treaty. It was seen as a mirror image of George
Bush's case for missile defense. Straw would not
need to try too hard to sell the scheme to
India's hawks, who hoped the Bush wars on
Afghanistan and Iraq would lead to recognition of
a right to pre-emptive strikes against Pakistan.
The new bus may be big news for the common
Kashmiris. Straw and his South Asian
collaborators, however, have bigger things in
The Telegraph - February 24, 2005 | Editorial
A sense of irony is unavoidable every time modern
Gujarat invokes the name of the Mahatma. The
occasions are usually banal - this time it is the
liquor ban. Apparently prohibition is going to be
relaxed in the only Indian state where it still
exists. The proposed amendment seeks to introduce
a human approach: instead of sending offenders to
jail, they will be subjected to community service
and medical treatment. Earlier, only foreigners
could apply for a permit to drink, and they had
to pay for it. Now they get it free, but the
leftovers at the time of their leaving the state
have to be returned to the authorities. It seems
now that Gujarat is slowly moving towards lifting
the ban altogether - as did Andhra Pradesh,
Haryana and many of the northeastern states, to
their obvious fiscal gain. But the home minister
of Gujarat is still keeping up the Gandhian
rhetoric in insisting that this is just a
humanizing of the law, and there is no question
of lifting the "four-decade-old prohibition". The
Congress has protested, also in Gandhian terms,
as have veteran Gandhians.
If the ban does get relaxed or lifted, then the
reasons would be purely economic. Gujarat could
well do with the revenue that liquor licenses
would bring in. Manipur, Assam and Nagaland have
all pulled themselves out of fiscal crises in
this way. There the protests have come not from
Gandhians but from women's groups - mostly poor
rural women for whom alcoholism means domestic
violence and financial ruin. Only the tribals of
Chandpur in Gujarat have protested against the
prohibition, reminding the state of the
importance of liquor in their social and
religious lives. Gujarat would be better off
leaving the fate of prohibition to economic
compulsions. "In reality, there are as many
religions as there are individuals," Gandhi had
written in Hind Swaraj, "but those who are
conscious of the spirit of nationality do not
interfere with one another's religion." This,
rather than the prohibitionist Gandhi, might be a
better ideal for modern Gujarat.
Indian Express - March 01, 2005
NGO's forgive 'n' forget idea kicks up a row
AHMEDABAD, FEBRUARY 28: The efforts of voluntary
group Jan Andolan to bring about reconciliation
between Hindus and Muslims in some villages
divided by the 2002 riots has run into
controversy. Other groups are opposing Jan
Andolan's idea that Muslims should withdraw cases
of arson or looting to facilitate reconciliation
with Hindus.
Jan Andolan chief Mukul Sinha says withdrawing
such cases will allow Muslims displaced by the
riots to go back to their villages without any
fear. ''There are many villages to which Muslims
have been unable to return even three years after
the riots,'' he says. ''Let's not talk of far-off
places, there are villages hardly 20 km from
Ahmedabad to which Muslims haven't returned. They
are warned not to return.''
Sinha adds that he's not for withdrawal of cases
of serious offences. ''All that is being
suggested is that, in instances where there was
no loss of life, no rape, or other heinous
charge, people should withdraw cases and find
ways of getting on with life,'' he says.
Activists like advocate Girish Patel, Prof Nisar
Ahmed Ansari, Achyut Yagnik and others don't buy
that idea. They say there can be no
reconciliation without justice.
This difference of opinion came to the fore on
Sunday after Jan Andolan circulated a note on its
proposal and called for a dharna to push the
idea. The note says the proposal has the backing
of some 40 muftis from Ahmedabad, who have agreed
to canvass for it.
In response, some ''concerned citizens'' and
other organisations sent out a press release that
says: ''We believe that the problem is not simply
a case of conflict between two communities only,
but part of the larger programme of the
[6] [Upcoming events]
Southern Asian Institute/Columbia University in the City of New York
Brown Bag Series
"Globalizing Inequality"
by P.Sainath*
Thursday, March 3, 2005
12:30 - 2:00 pm
Room: 1118 IAB [International Affairs Building]
(420 West 118th Street)
For more information, please call (212) 854-3616
*P. Sainath was the first journalist in the world
to win Amnesty International's Global Human
Rights Journalism prize in its inaugural year
(2000). In 2001, together with CNN's Jim Clancy,
he also won the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization's (FAO) prestigious
Boerma prize for work of "international
importance in addressing the issues of hunger."
Conceiving a Manifesto for Sustainable Development
Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th March, 2005
- Conference hosted by -
The prolonged restructuring of Mumbais economy
since the eighties has shown a distinct
reorganisation in the geographies of the Region
similar to other industrial regions / cities
globally. From the early eighties, manufacturing
production was steadily dispersed from formal
factory and work units through outsourcing and
subcontracting, leading to the growth of
decentralised chains of production located in the
suburbs and hinterland, as well as in small
workshops, slums, and households scattered
throughout the city and region. Along with such
in-formalisation of labour Mumbai also became a
resting point for the moving global capital
exhibited through sites of malls, multiplexes and
luxurious townships. The city very clearly
displays sites of high contest today than ever
These simultaneous landscapes of growing
informality and high-end consumerism were
overlapped with administrative decentralisation
processes where concerns regarding city
environment gained importance amongst various
actors. These concerns further sparked number of
processes in not only conserving the environments
of the city but also realigning planning towards
efficiency and social justice. The various
movements concerning heritage, natural
environment, industrial labour, urban poor etc.
are emblematic of these processes.
The processes further highlighted the fact that
the city is working well beyond its carrying
capacity with an urgent need for inner
restructuring in order to accommodate the
exacerbating concentration and congestion of
activities. These trying situations are
emblematic of the latent violence that can
swiftly erupt as a result of the innumerable
problems that frustrate and provoke the residents
of the city. The communal riots and commuter's
angry protests against delayed trains in 1990's
indicate the vulnerable and fragile nature of the
city, they are also representative of the discord
that exists between the form of the city and the
aspirations of its inhabitants. With the gross
density of city exceeding 30,000 persons per
square kilometre, the need for restructuring of
inner city areas, conservation zones / precincts,
derelict areas (closed textile mills lands),
squatters and slums, and under-utilised docklands
is even more essential now than ever before.
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai through its history
has always been an interface to discuss and
involve public participation in the city issues.
Through history the Asiatic Society has always
been the womb where City institutions like the
Municipal Corporation of Mumbai and the Mumbai
Port Trust have originated.
The Asiatic Society in its Bicentenary year would
like to deliberate on the Urban Conservation
process dealing with reordering and regeneration
of urban fabric, physical and metaphysical. As a
vehicle for deliberating all such issues of
tangible and intangible heritage the Society is
would host a conference dealing with the Vision
for Mumbai in the 21st Century with primary focus
on Urban Conservation as a catalyst for
reordering the Post Industrial City. Although
urban conservation processes in contemporary
Mumbai have been limited to physical environment
there has always been an underlining need to
understand, recognise and assist all connotations
of heritage. This legacy in forms of social and
local history, language and literature, customs
and rituals, performing and visual arts are as
important as physical environments in the entire
process of cultural evolution of Mumbai.
The Conference aims at reintroducing Mumbai
through its various socio-economic patterns and
changes, various alternative histories and
geographies and several cultures. The conference
further aims at presenting several cultural
practices in negotiating the landscapes of
Mumbai. The Conference would culminate with a
deliberation on a vision statement "A Manifesto
for Sustainable Development of Mumbai".
Day 1
10:00 - 10:15
B. G. Deshmukh
Retd. IAS, President, Asiatic Society of Mumbai
10:15 - 10:30
Y. V. Chandrachud
Retd. Chief Justice of India
10:30 - 11:15
Keynote Address
Prof. Arjun Appadurai,
Provost, New School University, New York
Founder President PUKAR
11:15 - 11:30
Vote of Thanks
Vimal Shah
Hon. Secretary, Asiatic Society of Mumbai
11:30 - 11:45
Tea break
Reintroducing Mumbai
11:45 - 11:55
Understanding Urban History & Geography of Mumbai
Session Chair: Dr. Sadashiv Gorakshkar
Museologist, Ex Director Prince of Wales Museum
11:55 - 12:20
Institutionalising of National Consciousness in Mumbai
Arun Tikekar
12:20 -12:45
Changing Geography of Mumbai
Prof. B Arunachalam
Retd. Professor Geography, Mumbai University
12:45 - 13:10
Labour Histories of Mumbai
Neera Adarkar
Activist & Architect
13:10 - 13:30
13:30 - 14:30
Lunch Break
14:30 - 14:40
Session Chair: Arvind Adarkar
Activist & Architect
Founder Mumbai Study Group
14:40 - 15:05
Changing Economy and Spatial Planning Response in Mumbai
V. K. Phatak
Urban Planner,
Retd. Principal Chief, MMRDA
15:05 - 15:30
Restructuring and Revitalising Landuse in Mumbai
G. S. Pantbalekundri
Retd. Deputy Secretary, Urban Development Department
15:30 -15:55
Mumbai's Environment
Sunjoy Monga, Environmentalist and Member, BNHS
15:55 - 16:15
16:15 - 16:30
Tea Break
16:30 - 16:40
Session Chair: Shyam Benegal
Cinema in Mumbai
Amrit Gangar
Film Maker and Researcher
17:05 - 17:30
Literature in Mumbai
Jatin Wagle
Professor of English, SIES College and Writer
17:30 - 17:55
Theatre and Music in Mumbai
Ashok Ranade
Musicologist and Retd. Head Music Department
Mumbai Univeristy
17:55 - 18:15
Day 2
Negotiating Mumbai
09:45 - 09:55
Session Chair: Satish Sahaney
Chief Officer, Nehru Centre
09:55 - 10:20
Perceiving Mumbai
Sudhir Patwardhan
10:20 - 10:45
Imagining Mumbai
Anjali Monteiro and K. P. Jayasankar
Film Makers
10:45 - 11:05
11:05 - 11:20
Tea Break
11:20 - 11:30
Session Chair: B G Deshmukh
Retd. IAS, Former Chief Secretary
11:30 - 11:55
Visioning and Planning in Mumbai
Sanjay Ubale
IAS, Secretary Special Projects
11:55 - 12:20
Administration and Governance in Mumbai
V. Ranganathan
Retd. IAS, Former Chief Secretary
12:20- 12:45
Intervening in Mumbai
Shirish Patel
Civil Engineer and Urban Planner
12:45 -13:10
Dialogue with the Other in Mumbai
Navtej Kaur Bhutani
Urban Researcher and Activist
13:10 - 13:30
13:30 - 14:30
Lunch Break
Re-Visioning Mumbai
14:30 - 17:30
Panel Discussion
Session Chair: D. M. Sukthankar
Retd. IAS, Former Chief Secretary
Chairperson MHCC and Member, MMR-HCS
Discussants: Rahul Srivastava, Gerson Dcunha and Keshub Mahindra
Panel: All Speakers and Chairs.
Stree Adhikar Sangathan
B 2 / 51, Rohini. Sector 16, Delhi 110085 Ph : 011-27872835
IIIT, Duplex Apartment, Kalindipuram, Jhalwa, Allahabad
Rally & cultural program on 4 th march 2005
to Celebrate International Women's Day
Greetings !
This is to cordially invite you for a programme
to be held on Friday, 4 th March 2005 to
celebrate International Women's Day. A rally as
well as a cultural programme has been planned in
Delhi University.as part a campaign undertaken by
Stree Adhikar Sangathan on this occasion. It may
be added that we also plan to hold similar
programmes in Metro Vihar, Shahbad Dairy and
Rohini Sector 16-17.
The rally to mark the occasion would start at 11
a.m., Friday, 4 th March from Vivekanand Statue,
Arts Faculty, Delhi University ( North Campus)
and would pass through different faculties and
colleges. Cultural program comprising of songs,
skits and dramas would be held after the
culmination of the rally.
We will be happy if you can spare your valuable
time and join us for this celebrations.
Yours sincerely
Stree Adhikar Sangathan
A workshop on the public distribution system will be held at the Indian
Social Institute on Wednesday 9 March. The main purpose of the workshop is
to guide legal intervention on the PDS, in the context of the public
interest litigation initiated by PUCL-Rajasthan. For details, background
material etc. please send a line to Kumaran (kumran@...).
The secretariat of the Right to Food Campaign is convening an important
meeting on Thursday 10 March at the Indian Social Institute (10 am to 2 pm),
to discuss forthcoming activities of the campaign as well as some
organisational issues. The main items on the agenda are: further action for
a full-fledged Employment Guarantee Act; further interventions in the
Supreme Court; other proposed activities; suggestions for the next annual
"convention"; and setting up of a new campaign secretariat in Delhi. This
is an important opportunity to set work priorities for the campaign
secretariat and all concerned organisations are cordially invited,
especially those that participated in the Bhopal convention in June 2004
and/or the "display of banners" on 21 December 2004. For further details
please send contact Navjyoti (nj12@..., tel 9811087811).
Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) has agreed to conduct a training
workshop for activists working in "Food For Work" districts, with special
focus on social audits of the FFW programme. This training will be held on
12-18 March 2005 in Udaipur. Participants are expected from Rajasthan,
Sonebhadra (U.P.), Surguja (Chhattisgarh) and Palamau (Jharkhand), among
other places. If you are interested, please let us know or write directly to
MKSS at mkssrajasthan@...
Gender & Space Project, PUKAR
Point of View
A Photographic Exhibit, A Panel Discussion & A Film Series
Photography Exhibit
City Limits: Engendering the Body in Public Space
Dates: 05 March to 12 March 2005 (Sunday Closed)
Time: 12 pm to 7 pm
Venue: The Fourth Floor
Kitab Mahal (In front of New Excelsior Cinema)
Dr. D.N. Road,
Mumbai 400001
Curators: Shilpa Phadke and Bishakha Datta
Photographers: Abhinandita Mathur, Roshani
Jhadav, Neelam Ayare and Karan Arora.
City Limits: Engendering the Body in Public Space
intends to view everyday public spaces in Mumbai
through a gendered lens, to focus on the
demarcations between public and private spaces,
and understand the hierarchies of access that
have become part of our taken for granted grammar
of viewing the city. The effort has been to
privilege the everyday, to engage with women's
strategies in negotiating public space and to
draw attention to the ways in which the private
refuses to be compartmentalized
An Interactive Panel Discussion
Imagining Gendered Utopias
As part of International Women's Day
celebrations, we are organizing a discussion
titled where women speak as citizens,
professionals, mothers, commuters, consumers, and
Date: 08 March 2005
Time: 6.30 pm
Venue: The Fourth Floor
Kitab Mahal (In front of New Excelsior Cinema)
Dr. D.N. Road,
Mumbai 400001
Neera Adarkar imagines a gender-friendly city
from the position of architecture and design.
Celine D'Cruz provides a view from the perspective of dispossessed women.
Kalpana Sharma envisions a utopian world for
women journalists and for reporting on women.
Shireen Gandhy explores the implications of
combining a career in art with motherhood.
Sameera Khan imagines a welcoming public space for breast-feeding women.
The discussion is intended to be an interactive
one involving the audience in imagining a space
for women in the truly public spaces in Mumbai.
Our hope is that the discussion would go beyond
what is feasible in the short term to explore our
wildest dreams of living as liberated citizens in
the Mumbai of tomorrow.
Film Series
Imagining Women
Film Schedule: All films will be screened at The Fourth Floor, Kitab Mahal
Sat 5 March 4 pm:
Bhaji On The Beach (Gurinder Chadha)(100 mins)
A group of women of Indian descent take a trip
together from their home in Birmingham, England
to the beach resort of Blackpool. The women vary
in ages from mid-teens to old, and initially have
little in common. But the events of the day lead
them to better mutual understanding and
Mon 7 March 6.30 pm:
Ma Vie En Rose (Alain Berliner ) (88 mins)
Ludovic is a young boy who can't wait to grow up
to be a woman. When his family discovers the
little girl blossoming in him they are forced to
contend with their own discomfort and the lack of
understanding from their new neighbors. Their
anger and impatience cave and Ludovic is sent to
see a psychiatrist in the hopes of fixing
whatever is wrong with him. A movie that
addresses trans-gender and gender issues in
general through the eyes of a child.
Wed 9 March 6.30 pm:
Three Women and A Camera (Sabeena Gadihoke) (56 mins)
This film is about Homai Vyarawalla, India's
first professional woman photographer, whose
career spanned nearly three decades from the
1930s and two contemporary photographers, Sheba
Chhachhi and Dayanita Singh, who started work in
the 1980s. Vyarawalla's work underscores the
optimism and euphoria of the birth of a nation,
while Chhachhi and Singh attempt to grapple with
the various complexities and undelivered promises
of the post independence era. This film debates
the major shifts in their concerns regarding
representation, subject-camera relationships and
the limits and possibilities of still photography
in India today.
Frida (JulieTaymor) (123 mins)
Frida chronicles the life Frida Kahlo (Salma
Hayek) shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego
Rivera (Alfred Molina), as the young couple took
the art world by storm. From her complex and
enduring relationship with her mentor and husband
to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon
Trotsky, to her provocative and romantic
entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a
bold and uncompromising life as a political,
artistic, and sexual revolutionary.
Thu 10 March 6.30 pm:
Fat Sister (Catherine Breillat) (86 mins)
A Ma Soeur! is a provocative and shocking drama
about sibling rivalry, family discord and
relationships. Elena is 15, beautiful and
flirtatious. Her less confident sister, Anais, is
12, and constantly eats. On holiday, Elena meets
a young Italian student who is determined to
seduce her. Anais is forced to watch in silence,
conspiring with the lovers, but harbouring
jealousy and similar desires. Their actions,
however, have unforeseen tragic consequences for
the whole family.
Some of the films will be followed by discussions.
For more information -
email: genderspace@... or pointofview@...
call: 55748152 or 55727252
Second South Asian Workshop
Racism, Xenophobia, and Discrimination against
Ethnic Minorities and Indigenous People
March 22-31, 2005, Lahore, Pakistan
Applications are invited from South Asian
countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Burma, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri
Lanka) for a 10-day residential training course
in Lahore, Pakistan (22-31 March 2005) on racism,
xenophobia, and issues of minorities and
autonomy. The short-term training course is
supported by the European Commission. It is being
organised by the South Asia Forum for Human
Rights (SAFHR) in partnership with Human Rights
Commission of Pakistan, The Other Media (India),
INSEC (Nepal) and EURAC (Italy). The course will
focus on representatives of minorities and
indigenous people, self-determination movements,
people from autonomous regions, relevant
scholars, jurists and NGOs from South Asian
region including Afghanistan, Burma and Tibet.
The curriculum of the course will deal with
themes of modern state formation, nation and
nation state, nationalism, ethnicity, partition,
national and international regimes of protection,
political issues relating to regional trends in
minority protection in South Asia, politics of
control of natural and man made resources, media
and European mechanisms for protection of
This is an advance level course. Applicants must
have (a) five years experience in minority
protection, movements for self-determination and
self-government in the South Asian region.
Proficiency in English language is a
pre-requisite for participation. Besides giving
all necessary particulars, application must be
accompanied by two recommendation letters and a
1000 word essay on how the training course is
relevant to the applicant's work and may benefit
the applicant. SAFHR will bear accommodation and
other course expenses for all participants and
will offer limited number of travel grants.
Applications, addressed to the course
coordinator, can be sent by e-mail or post, and
must reach the following address by 31 December
2004 - Human Rights Commission of Pakistan,
Aiwan-Jamhoor, 107-Tipu Block, New Garden Town,
Lahore - 54600 Pakistan. Email:
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Goal One: Further Diversify Our Economy
To position the county for sustained economic prosperity, we need to diversify our economy. This includes being responsive to the effects of federal sequestration, and the ongoing trend of diminished government spending in the region, as well as changing workspace requirements. We must cultivate and embrace new business areas and we must grow Fairfax County's brand as a location for innovation and dynamic thinking.
1.1 Pursue the creation and expansion of world class research and development in the county.
- Support university efforts to develop and grow as research institutions.
- Pursue a medical school presence (or school of public health) to attract jobs and an educated workforce, to generate research spin-offs, to help identify investment opportunities, and to capitalize on medical technology; and
- Support research in the life sciences, translational medicine in particular, in the county.
- Foster relationships and synergies with "superstar" innovators at Virginia Tech, University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, George Mason University, and other public and private universities located throughout the region, recognizing their key role in creating economic vitality by attracting human capital and ingenuity.
1.2 Under the direction of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, support attraction, retention, and expansion efforts in key targeted industries including high-paying jobs in existing and emerging technologies. Industries pursued currently include data analytics, cyber security, translational medicine, other emerging technology areas, and company headquarters. Targets should also represent diversified segments of the economy, including foreign-owned businesses and women-, minority-, and disabled veteran-owned businesses.
1.3 Promote and partner in the development of an innovation center or other similar hubs in communities and/or buildings. Partner with businesses, public and private universities, research institutions, and/or incubators to create places that will spur and stimulate breakthrough collaboration.
- Define and convene an Innovation Advisory Group with public and private partners to steer the development of an innovation center.
- Collaborate with institutions such as George Mason University, Northern Virginia Community College, Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, George Washington University, and Marymount University, existing incubators, private industry, the Center for Innovative Technology, the Northern Virginia Technology Council, and other community partners in the effort.
- Utilize districts/hubs to showcase and encourage business startups, higher learning opportunities, and public private partnership projects.
- Incorporate districts/hubs early during the land use/planning process and consider them as an important component of the county's placemaking efforts.
- Designate these innovation centers or similar hubs for special treatment for development applications, for example, concurrent processing, and proactively amending the Comprehensive Plan to provide greater development flexibility in the area(s).
- Foster the creation of an innovation ecosystem that will attract researchers and graduate students, including the incorporation of graduate student and family housing.
- Potential industries of focus include high tech, data analytics, cyber security, life and health sciences, light manufacturing, with small businesses having an integral role.
- Non-technical small business opportunities, such as for food entrepreneurs in a food hub, should also be considered.
1.4 Strengthen partnerships with the Commonwealth to take better advantage of synergies related to key initiatives and on efforts to secure federal and state funding. Fairfax County should support initiatives to:
- Encourage integrated branding efforts to identify Virginia, Northern Virginia, and the county as a place for high technology enterprises.
- Support efforts to fund and commercialize research and spin-off ventures by universities and local businesses.
- Increase state funding to incubator programs.
1.5 Support Visit Fairfax's strategic efforts to grow Fairfax as a tourist destination.
- Capitalize on growth opportunities in international visitation; business travel that includes state, regional and national association meetings; and, corporate travel.
- Support the development of a conference center.
- Capitalize on growth opportunities in sports tourism, which may include the development of a sportsplex.
1.6 Support Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) policies that protect and enhance Dulles International Airport's flight portfolio. Engage in MWAA's planning process and activities.
- Reinforce MWAA's efforts to reduce per-passenger cost of operations at Dulles and to minimize the dilution of the perimeter rule.
- Support improved regional transportation connectivity to airport.
- Support efforts to complete Silver Line Phase II, providing Metrorail access to Dulles.
- Add a Fairfax County representative to the Committee for Dulles and Washington Airport Task Force.
Board of Supervisors'
Economic Success Strategic Plan
Six Goals:
Create Places Where People Want To Be
Improve the Speed , Consistency and Predictability of the Development Review Process
Invest in Natural and Physical Infrastructure
Achieve Economic Success Through Education and Social Equity
Increase Agility of County Government


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Manitowoc, Wis., Sept. 17. -- The schooner JAMES H. HALL, one of the oldest sailing vessels on the lakes, built here in 1885, met her end last week in the graveyard of Lake Michigan, off Twin River Point, Two Rivers. The boat is a complete wreck. The vessel is owned by S.H. Neumann of Algoma, who commanded the craft.
The HALL was built here by Samuel Hall of this city, and has been in continuous service since 1885. She was 100 tons gross, and had a twenty two foot beam. The boat went on the beach in heavy fog, and efforts of the tug ARCTIC of this city and the Two Rivers coastguard to pull her off were in vain. The side of the vessel is stove in. The crew were taken off in a yawl boat late at night. The HALL was en route to Two Rivers with a cargo of wood.
Buffalo Daily Courier
September 18, 1916
Gas screw JAMES H. HALL. U. S. No. 76553. of 100 tons gross. Built 1885. On November 7, 1916 vessel stranded at Thunder Bay River, Mich. With 4 persons on board, no lives were lost.
Loss Reported of American Vessels
Merchant vessel List, U. S., 1917
Gas screw JAMES H. HALL. U. S. No. 76553. of 100 tons gross; 99 tons net. Built Manitowoc, Wis., 1885. Home port, Milwaukee, Wis. 91.7 x 22.0 x 7.0 Freight service. Crew of 3.
Merchant Vessel List, U. S., 1915 [motor vessels]
NOTE:-- JAMES H. HALL ex schooner to 1911. Note also the many differences in the two accounts of the casualty.
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Ryan O'Neal holding off cancer treatment until after book tour
The Love Story star revealed he had been diagnosed with stage two prostate cancer last month (Apr12), but assured fans he would bounce back from the health crisis as the disease had been "detected early" and the prognosis was "positive for a full recovery".
He was due to appear on U.S. breakfast show Today on Monday (30Apr12) to advertise his new tell-all tome about his longtime love affair with Farrah Fawcett, Both Of Us: My Life With Farrah, but O'Neal had to pull out at the last minute after falling ill.
He returned to the New York-based programme on Tuesday (01May12) and explained that he had suffered a panic attack moments before going on air on Monday – although he's unsure why.
He said, "I don't know what was wrong. Terror, perhaps? I just broke out into a terrible sweat, you wouldn't have wanted me! So I went home and went to bed, and I feel better now. They (doctors) said that's what it was (a panic attack), but I had never had one before… I'm OK now."
The 71 year old, who previously battled leukaemia, went on to confess he's yet to begin the exhaustive process to treat the cancer and try to put a stop to the spread of the disease.
When asked how he was feeling, he told host Matt Lauer, "Inundated with the disease, actually. I'm working to cure it… I've chose (sic) to go to you first, and then I'll do something about it when I go back to California."


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Murdered in Benidorm: Grandfather was 'brutally killed with hammer before police COVER UP'
A BRITISH grandfather who fell to his death in Benidorm was murdered with a hammer and the brutal killing was covered up by police, an inquest heard.
Tragic Alan Rankin, 75, was found at the bottom of a cliff over a mile away from the popular holiday resort.
An initial investigation by Spanish police suggested he had fallen and the incident was treated as an accidental death.
But an inquest heard a British forensic pathologist found Alan had suffered head injuries consistent with an attack by an object like a hammer.
Mr Rankin, from Bestwood, Notts., was just one day into his family holiday when his body was discovered at the bottom of a cliff on October 12, 2014.
He had been out having drinks with his son-in-law the night before but his body was found in the morning.
An inquest heard his family voiced concerns over the Spanish police's decision to treat Mr Rankin's death as an accident.
They said he would have been incapable of travelling the distance from the restaurant due to long-standing mobility problems.
His wallet, which contained 450 Euros in cash, was also missing.
The inquest heard a second post-mortem found he had cuts to his head which were consistent with an assault.
Spanish police said these could have been caused by rocks along the cliff face but further analysis suggested "third party involvement", the inquest heard.
Giving evidence at the inquest at Nottingham Coroners Court on Monday, Mr Rankin's brother David, 76, disputed the Spanish police's conclusion.
He said: "I believe it's 100 per cent a cover-up. The police have covered it up completely and blatantly.
"We know it was murder."
Mr Rankin's son Paul, 56, who travelled from Queensland, Australia, to attend the inquest added: "I suppose from my point of view it would be good to put it to bed and get on with the rest of lives.
"We don't seem to have got justice for my dad."
Senior Coroner for Nottinghamshire Mairin Casey heard evidence for more than two hours from Detective Inspector Mike Allen, who investigated Mr Rankin's death.
She asked the Nottinghamshire Police detective: "It does point to third-party involvement, it does point to this gentleman suffering assault shortly before his death and it does point to injuries that may or may not have caused his death but were inflicted before his death?"
Det Insp Allen's to all these questions was: "Yes ma'am."
The detective also told the inquest the Spanish Police were sent a number of questions by his team relating to their initial crime scene investigations.
But he said the replies he received were "brief" and "extremely frustrating" and they repeated their assertion that Mr Rankin's death was an accident.
Coroner Ms Casey delivered an open verdict and said it was "unlikely" the family would ever find out if Mr Rankin died from a fall or was assaulted.
She also mounted a scathing attack on the Spanish Police, adding: "I have not had a case as clear cut as this but I would say we have had a number of cases where co-operation from Spanish authorities has not been positive.
"The consistent response is cursory and non-specific.
"It has been singularly unhelpful and, without any evidence as to do so, has completely rejected a criminal offence in this case.
"It's terribly disappointing that despite rigorous and sustained effort to try and get you the best evidence we have not be able to achieve that for you or Alan."
Speaking after the inquest family members said they were not planning to investigate the matter further.
But the relatives want to highlight Mr Rankin's death as a warning to other British tourists.
"I don't want anyone in my family to go out there. They don't realise it's so bad"Kath Rankin
His brother David, who was living in Spain at the time but now lives in West Bridgford, Notts., said: "I blamed myself, I was really upset for weeks afterwards because I thought if he hadn't come to Spain it wouldn't have happened."
Daughter-in-law Kath Rankin, 54, added: "It's scary for people going out there.
"I don't want anyone in my family to go out there. They don't realise it's so bad."


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FALLBROOK —— Caregivers are invited to join the Elizabeth Hospice staff members from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at the Fallbrook Senior Center at 399 Heald Lane.
It is an opportunity for respite and supportive conversation with facilitators Kym Grey, MSW, and Eileen Fagan, LCSW. There is no charge. For more information, contact Ann Marie Whitehead at (800) 797-2050. To contact the Fallbrook Senior Center, call (760) 728-4498.
Holiday lightingdisplays honored
LEUCADIA —— The Leucadia 101 Main Street Association has named the winners of its holiday lighting display contest.
The first-place winner is Shatto & Sons and Surf Hut Fine Art Gallery, who collaborated on their building's display at 696 N. Coast Highway 101.
Second-place winner is 101 Artist Colony, l90 N. Coast Highway 101.
Third place goes to Gold Coast Plaza, 466 N. Coast Highway 101. Honorable mention was awarded to JamRoc101 Caribbean Grill, 101 N. Coast Highway 101. Call (760) 436-2320.
Homes soughtfor dogs
DEL MAR —— The Foundation for the Care of Indigent Animals will hold a dog adoption from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 31 at Petco, 2749 Via de la Valle.
The organization specializes in the adoption of small dogs. Call Penny Adams at (619) 466-0426.
Studio offers art classes
SOLANA BEACH —— Rikki Reinholz will teach watercolor classes for all skill levels 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 10 to 28 at the Studio of Art & Design, 616 Stevens Ave., Suite C. Cost is $30 per class. Call (858) 755-6202 or visit the Web site at rikki-studio.com.
Theater schooloffers classes
SOLANA BEACH —— North Coast Repertory Theatre's The Theatre School @ NCRT, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Suite D, offers winter session theatre classes for young actors Jan. 14 through March 4. Students, third grade through high school, enrolled in classes are eligible to audition for the upcoming production of Rumplestiltskin. Cost is $175. Visit the Web site at www.northcoastrep.org.
'Magi's Gold'continues run
SOLANA BEACH —— North Coast Repertory Theatre's production of "Sister's Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi's Gold" continues its run through Dec. 31. Tickets are $19 to $35. Visit the Web site at www.northcoastrep.org.
Kids countdown New Year
CARLSBAD —— Legoland will host a New Year's Eve celebration just for kids featuring local high-school rock band The Fijis at 3 p.m. Dec. 31. A fireworks display and Lego Brick drop will occur at 6 p.m.Legoland will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Dec. 31. Call (760) 918-5379.
Mental health help offered
CARLSBAD —— The National Alliance on Mental Illness offers its Family-to-Family Education Program, a free 12-week course, from 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 10 to April 4 at St. Michael's By The Sea Episcopal Church, Parish Hall, 2775 Carlsbad Blvd. The Family-to-Family curriculum focuses on schizophrenia, bipolar disorder (manic depression), clinical depression, panic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The course discusses the clinical treatment of these illnessesand teaches the skills family members need to cope moreeffectively. Call Bob and Kathy Smith Brooks at (760) 722-3754,e-mail email@example.com or visit theWeb site at www.nami-northcoastal.org.
Chamber hosts networking mixer
CARLSBAD —— The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce will host its Sundowner, a networking mixer for business professionals, from 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 18 at Laguna Point, 539-597 Laguna Drive. Cost is $5 for members, $10 prospective members. Call (760) 931-8400.
Chamber hosts small biz roundtable
CARLSBAD —— A small business roundtable will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, 5934 Priestly Drive. The workshop is designed to develop a plan of action for aspiring small businesses. Call Andrea Korogi at (760) 931-8400, Ext. 117.
Financing workshop offered by chamber
CARLSBAD —— The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce will host the financing workshop for small business from 8 to 10 a.m. Jan. 25 at the office, 5934 Priestly Drive. Lenders will be available for one-on-one assistance to help fill out applications and answer questions regarding commercial bank loans, SBA guaranteed loans, non-bank commercial loans, and factoring and equipment leasing. Cost is $10 for members, $15 prospective members. Call Andrea Korogi at (760) 931-8400, Ext. 117.
Volunteers soughtfor Flower Fields
CARLSBAD —— The Flower Fields is currently seeking volunteers for the Spring 2006 season. Training will be provided in January and February for tours being given from March 11 through April 30.Volunteers must like flowers and must enjoy working with people and being outdoors.Experience is not required. Call Joni Miringoff at (760) 930-9123, Ext. 118.
Chamber hosts breakfast meeting
CARLSBAD —— Speaker Len Merson, founder of Productivity Concepts, Inc., will present his nationally acclaimed program, "Changing the Chaos into Productivity," from 7 to 9 a.m. Feb. 3 at the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Breakfast, Windmill Banquet & Catering, 890 Palomar Airport Road.
Cost is $25 for members, $35 for prospective members. Cost after Jan. 27 and at the door is $40. Call Betsy Bracken at (760) 931-8400, Ext. 104.
First Night Escondido 2006 on tap
ESCONDIDO —— First Night Escondido 2006, a "New Year's Eve Celebration of the Arts," will be held from 6 p.m. to midnight Dec. 31 at Grape Day Park; California Center for the Arts, Escondido; and Escondido City Hall complex. The alcohol-free, family event will include professional entertainment on 14 stages, hands-on activities, a Chinese Dragon Parade, a midnight fireworks extravaganza and a grand finale featuring The Corvettes performing an oldies review.
Cost is $15 and free for children ages 6 and younger. Admission buttons are available at the CCAE box office. Information: (800) 988-4253 or www.firstnightescondido.com.
Seniors offered free health services
ESCONDIDO —— The Senior Service Council will offer these services for seniors in the Dorothy E. Boeger Building, 728 N. Broadway in the Joslyn Senior Center complex. Call (760) 480-0611.
— Dr. Randy Jungman, a local dentist, will hold a dental screening from 8:15 to 9:15 a.m. Jan. 4. Call for an appointment.
— Diabetes blood sugar screening will be offered from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Jan. 6 and 20. Do not eat, drink or take medication before coming in. No appointment is necessary.
— A blood pressure clinic is held Mondays —— 8:30 to 9 a.m. for staff and volunteers and 9 to 10 a.m. for the general public.
Library's morning movie series continues
ESCONDIDO —— The Escondido Public Library's Wednesday Morning Movie Series will continue with "Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin" at 10 a.m. Jan. 4 and "WarGames" at 10 a.m. Jan. 18 in the Turrentine Room at the library, 239 S. Kalmia St. Admission is free. For information, call (760) 839-4656 or visit www.library.escondido.org/media/film.htm.
Divorce Care workshops set for adults, children
ESCONDIDO —— Heart Healers ministry for those dealing with divorce or suffering through separation issues will offer its next workshop series for adults and children starting in January. The following programs will be offered at Emmanuel Faith Community Church, 639 E. Felicita Ave.
— The Heart Healers Divorce Care video-assisted workshop series for adults will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Jan. 4 through April 5. Cost is $45 per adult or $20 for "alumni" per repeated workshop. To register, call Dorothy De Long at (760) 743-1410
— The Heart Healers for Kids workshop for first- through eighth-graders will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Jan. 10 through April 11. Cost is $10 for the first child, $5 for the second child, with a maximum charge of $20 for all additional family members. To register, call Carol Ann DePauw at (760) 781-2108.
Grandmothers Club to meet Jan. 5
ESCONDIDO —— The Escondido Grandmothers Club will meet Jan. 5 at the Joslyn Senior Center, 210 Park Ave. Lunch will be held at 11 a.m. in the nutrition center, followed by the meeting and anniversary celebration at 12:15 p.m. The group was chartered on Jan. 4, 1962. For information, call Regina at (760) 745-5719. For lunch reservations, call the nutrition center at (760) 839-4803.
Pianist Scott Pratt to perform
ESCONDIDO —— Award-winning pianist Scott Pratt will perform the music of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt in his "Music to Welcome the New Year" program at the Escondido Public Library's First Thursday Concert at 7 p.m. Jan. 5 in the library's Turrentine Room, 239 S. Kalmia St. A native of Escondido, Pratt is on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Laney College of Oakland. The free concert is sponsored by the Friends of the Escondido Library. Information: (760) 839-4329 or www.library.escondido.org.
'Tempest' auditions set for Jan. 8, 9
ESCONDIDO —— Patio Playhouse Community Theater will hold auditions for Shakespeare's comedy "The Tempest" at 7 p.m. Jan. 8 and 9 at the theater, 201 E. Grand Ave. Rehearsals will be held from January through March, with performances set for March 31 through April 23. For audition requirements, call (760) 745-5763 or (760) 746-6669.
Book Club to meet Jan. 11
ESCONDIDO —— The Wednesday Afternoon Book Club invites all avid readers to join a discussion about Bildungsroman (coming of age) novels at 1 p.m. Jan. 11 in the Conference Room of the East Valley Branch Library, 2245 E. Valley Parkway. A list of books is available at the reference desk at the branch library, as well as the main library at 239 S. Kalmia St. For information, call Paul Crouthamel at (760) 839-4395.
Sisters in Crime to meet Jan. 5
SAN DIEGO —— Novelist Pinkie Paranya will give her perspective on what it takes to get published at the next meeting of Sisters in Crime at 7 p.m. Jan. 5 at the Joyce Beers Community Center in Hillcrest. With her next novel due out in October 2006, Paranya will cross the genre line from the romantic suspense she's written in the past to murder mystery. Sisters in Crime is a group of mystery readers and writers. Guests are welcome and pay $3 at the door. Information: www.sincsd.net.
Ms. Senior San Diego contestants sought
SAN DIEGO —— Senior women ages 60 and older are invited to compete for the title of Ms. Senior San Diego 2006 on Feb. 2 and 3 in Balboa Park. The winner and the top two runners-up will compete with other regional winners for the Ms. Senior California 2006 title. Individual state queens will then compete for the crown of Ms. Senior America 2006 later in the year in Las Vegas.
Participants must be 60 or older, a U.S. citizen and have a talent and life philosophy to share. Early registration is recommended. For information and an application, call Barbara Jones, San Diego Pageant director, at (760) 744-0338 by Jan. 5. Requests for applications must be made by the potential contestants only.
Sav-on to host blood drive
POWAY —— Sav-on Drugs, 12358 Poway Road, will host a San Diego Blood Bank blood drive from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Jan. 2. The bloodmobile will be in the parking lot.
All donors at this drive will receive a limited-edition San Diego Blood Bank T-shirt and other gifts. Donors also will receive a medical history review and mini physical, which includes blood pressure, pulse and temperature checks.
Anyone age 17 or older in good health and weighing at least 110 pounds may be eligible to donate blood. Eating a good meal before donating is recommended.
For information or to schedule an appointment, visit www.sandiegobloodbank.org or call (800) 4MY-SDBB.
South Poway residents group to meet
POWAY —— The South Poway Residents Association will host its first monthly meeting of the new year at 7 p.m. Jan. 4 in the banquet room at Coco's Restaurant, 13464 Poway Road.
SPRA is a group of South Poway residents and activists working together on community issues such as Poway redevelopment and affordable housing locations, city council decisions, open space, traffic congestion, safety issues and overcrowded schools.
All interested residents are welcome to attend. For information, call Connie Messina at (858) 748-3013.
Travel club to meet, offers trips
RANCHO BERNARDO —— The RB Travelers will meet at 2 p.m. Jan. 6 in the auditorium of the Seven Oaks Community Center, 16789 Bernardo Oaks Drive. Corrine and Barry Smedley will present a travelogue on "Merry Olde England."
In addition, the club is planning the following day and multiple-day trips:
— Palm Springs Wind Farm and Air Museum, Feb. 23. Cost of $76 includes lunch at the Cedar Creek Inn. Call Kay at (858) 487-2726.
— Getty Center in Los Angeles, March 9. Cost is $42. Call Kathy at (858) 485-9722.
— Death Valley, March 3 through 6. Stay at the Furnace Creek Inn; visit Scotty's Castle and a borax mine; and see a performance at the Amargosa Opera House. Cost is $624 per person, double occupancy; $857 single. Call Kay at (858) 487-2726.
— "Country Roads of Italy," March 20 through 29. Stay six nights in Montecatini; visit Florence, the statue of David and the Gates of Paradise; and tour Assisi, Pisa, Siena, San Gimignano and Rome. Cost is $2,149 per person, double occupancy; $2,649 single. Call Paddy at (858) 451-9579.
Reserve to host 'Kids Nature Hunt'
POWAY —— Blue Sky Ecological Reserve will host a "Kids Nature Hunt" from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Jan. 15. Kids can participate in a variety of nature crafts and activities that entertain and educate. Meet at the Blue Sky trailhead, 1/2 mile north of Lake Poway, to pick up a nature hunt list. All participants will receive a Blue Sky Ranger badge sticker upon completion. Reservations are required. Call (858) 668-4781.
Babysitter training offered
SAN MARCOS —— The city will offer babysitter training classes for youths ages 10 to 14. Topics covered during the three-hour course include babysitter responsibilities, caring for children, overview of first aid, infant/child growth and development, calling 911, fire safety, poison prevention and tips for a professional babysitter. Those who complete the course will receive a certificate to present to prospective employers.
The next classes will be offered from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 21 the San Marcos Community Center, 3 Civic Center Drive; and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 18 at the San Elijo Recreation Center, 1165 Elfin Forest Road.
Cost is $20 per class. For information or to register, call Palomar Pomerado Health Educators at (800) 628-2880.
Class for infants and parents offered
SAN MARCOS —— The city offers an ongoing "mommy-and-me-style" class called "Crawl, Rattle 'N' Roll" for infants age 4 months to walking age. Classes are designed to enhance babies' physical, social, intellectual, language and emotional development and will include games, songs and activities to do in class and take home.
The class is offered from 10:45 to 11:15 a.m. Wednesdays in the exercise room at the San Marcos Community Center, and Thursdays at the San Elijo Recreation Center.
Cost is $28 for four weeks (one class per week) or $10 to drop in. Space is limited. Preregistration is suggested.
For information, call instructor Amy Richardson at (760) 716-8025.
'Move-N-Groove' class for toddlers offered
SAN MARCOS —— The city offers ongoing "Move-N-Groove" classes for children of walking age through age 3 (with a parent).
Classes are held Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the exercise room at the San Marcos Community Center; and Thursdays at the San Elijo Recreation Center. All classes meet from 10 to 10:45 a.m.
The classes involve movement and music. Props such as balls, hoops and parachutes will allow children to have fun while improving their motor skills.
Cost is $32 for four weeks (one class per week) or $10 to drop in. Space is limited. Preregistration is suggested.
For information, call instructor Amy Richardson at (760) 716-8025.
World Affairs Council meetings set
RANCHO BERNARDO —— The World Affairs Council, North County chapter, meets at 10 a.m. Thursdays in the second-floor meeting room at the Remington Club Phase II, 16916 Hierba Drive. The following speakers and programs are planned for January:
— Jan. 5: Tim Yeo, a member of the British Parliament and the Shadow Cabinet, will speak on "What is Happening in Britain."
— Jan. 12: Chapter member Dr. Thiru Vaithianathan will speak on "Post-tsunami Sri Lanka."
— Jan. 19: U.S. Rep. Susan Davis is tentatively scheduled to speak.
— Jan. 26: Dr. Anada Guruge, dean of Academic Affairs and director of the International Academy of Buddhism, will discuss "Buddhism in the World Today."
Guests are welcome. For information, call (619) 325-8200 or visit www.sdwac.com.
Students can compete for scholarships
ENCINITAS —— The Olivenhain Municipal Water District invites local high school seniors to compete for a scholarship of $500 from OMWD and one of 13 $1,000 regional scholarships to be awarded by the San Diego chapter of the California Special Districts Association and the Water Agencies Association of San Diego.
Applications must be received at the OMWD office by 5 p.m. Feb. 24. Students must live within or attend a school within the OMWD service area, which includes portions of Encinitas, Carlsbad, San Diego, Solana Beach and San Marcos, as well as the unincorporated communities of Olivenhain, Leucadia, Elfin Forest, Rancho Santa Fe, Fairbanks Ranch and 4S Ranch.
Information: Teresa Chase at (760) 632-4641 or www. omwd.com.
New director named at OMA
OCEANSIDE —— Oceanside Museum of Art welcomes the addition of Catherine Gleason to the staff as director of exhibitions and collections. Gleason comes to the museum as a curator specializing in modern and contemporary California art, which compliments the regional focus of the exhibition programming at the museum. Gleason was most recently adjunct faculty at Mt. San Jacinto Community College teaching art history and prior to that was museum curator at California Center for the Arts, Escondido.
Casino gaming course offered
OCEANSIDE —— MiraCosta College will offer a new, three-unit course, Casino and Gaming Operations, from 6 to 8:50 p.m. Mondays starting Jan. 23 at the campus at 1 Barnard Drive. Students will learn how the casino and gaming industry is run through class lectures and visits to local casinos. Instructor is Christopher Smith, who since 2000 has worked at Harrah's Rincon Casino as human resources manager, employee relations specialist and senior recruiter.
The gaming industry encompasses a wide array of job opportunities including lodging, food service, customer service, entertainment, event management as well as gambling. For an overview of the hospitality field in general, students may enroll in Introduction to Hospitality and Food Service, to be taught Tuesdays from 3 to 5:50 p.m. starting Jan. 24 at the Oceanside campus. This course covers functions and procedures, current issues and careers in the hospitality and food service industries. Instructor is Karen Smith.
Enrollment is now in progress for spring credit classes. California residents pay $26 per unit. Call (760) 757-2121 or visit www.miracosta.edu.
Oceanside resident receives award
OCEANSIDE —— Oceanside resident Vernon Pertelle, Apria's national director of clinical respiratory services, has been selected as the recipient of the Award for Excellence in Home Respiratory Care from the American Respiratory Care Foundation (ARCF). The annual award is given by the Foundation arm of the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC).
Among recipients for the special awards were the Christopher Reeve Foundation and other prominent respiratory care professionals throughout the country. Pertelle's broad clinical expertise, leadership skills and patient care/industry advocacy work with physicians, payors and government policymakers have all contributed to being selected for the award. Presentation of awards occurred recently in San Antonio, Texas.
Church holds annual scholarship ball
DEL MAR —— Second Missionary Baptist Church will hold it annual Scholarship Ball/Dance from 6 p.m. to midnight Jan. 13 at the Del Mar Hilton, 15575 Jimmy Durante Blvd. Cost is $75. Attire is formal and the speaker will be Dr. George W. Banks, pastor of Graceland Community Baptist Church. Tickets are available at Second Missionary Baptist Church, 5301 Mare Road. Call (760) 722-0689.
Meals on Wheels sells golf tickets
VISTA —— Vista/Oceanside Meals on Wheels, doing business asMeals with Love, is selling discounted tickets to the BuickInvitational Golf Tournament scheduled for Jan. 24 to 29 at theTorrey Pines golf course. Tickets can be purchased in advance for$15. All proceeds benefit Meals on Wheels, a nonprofit organizationthat provided food to seniors, disabled and homebound. ContactChristy or Cathy at (760) 726-1225 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com .
Christian Women's Club to meet
LAKE SAN MARCOS —— The San Marcos-Vista Christian Women's Club will host a "New Year, New Fashions" luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Jan. 16 at the Lake San Marcos Country Club, 1750 San Pablo Drive. Cost is $11, all inclusive.
Fashion consultant Jane Relth of Oceanside will present a Weekenders fashion show as the special feature. Guest speaker Nancy Sherman, an award-winning home economist from Huntington Beach, will share how to "Overcome Stress With Success."
The club has no membership dues. All women are welcome and encouraged to make reservations by Jan. 12. Call Vera at (760) 727-1372 or Muriel at (760) 744-3744.
The luncheon is sponsored by Stonecroft Ministries/Christian Women's Clubs. For information, visit www.stonecroft.org.
Export forum set for Jan. 11
SAN MARCOS —— Cal State San Marcos Extended Studies, the International Trade Advisory Board of the North County Chamber Association, the San Diego World Trade Center, the San Diego Area District Export Council and corporate sponsor Citibank will present an Export Forum from 7:30 to 11 a.m. Jan. 11 in Room 240 of the Arts Building on the CSUSM campus.
The forum is designed to help current exporters and businesses with international operations succeed and assist others who are exploring global commerce opportunities. It will feature six local experts speaking on the key issues of establishing and maintaining international markets for their products.
Cost is $35 in advance or $40 at the door and includes a continental breakfast. To register or for information, call (760) 750-4020 or visit www.csusm-es.org.


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Convertible Bonds Are Not Called Late
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- Author(s): PAUL ASQUITH
- Published: Apr 30, 2012
- Pages: 1275-1289
- DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1995.tb04058.x
Starting with Ingersoll (1977b), the academic literature has repeatedly sought to explain why convertible bonds are called late. The findings here demonstrate there is no call delay to explain. This paper finds that most convertible bonds, given their call protection, are called as soon as possible. For those that are not, there are significant cash flow advantages to delaying. The median call delay for all convertible bonds is less than four months. If a safety premium is desired to assure the conversion value will exceed the call price at the end of call notice period, the median call period is less than a month.


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The first thing we would need to start a poker game is a deck of 52 cards, without the jokers.
Your objective would be to make the best possible combination with five cards. This combination is to be made with the two cards in your hand (handed to you by the dealer and only you could see them) and by any three of the five community cards that are displayed for all players.
The player with the best combination will be awarded the pot which will be made by the bets of all players. .
In each hand there must be at least 2 players and not more than 10. In large tournaments where there are many players, many tables would be set up but no one table should exceed ten players. Before the beginning of any hand every player must pull a card, and the dealer would become the person with the highest card. In online poker the cards are automatically dealt by the application.
The player to the immediate left of the dealer will begin the play. The round will continue clockwise.
The Blinds are mandatory bets to be made at the beginning of the game. The
small blind is the mandatory bet made by the first player located to the immediate left of the dealer. The
big blind is made by the second player. The big blind is equivalent to twice the value of the small blind.
In large tournaments at a very advanced level, there is a bet called the
Ante, which is made before the dealer hands the first set of cards. It gives you the right to play since you have paid your contribution towards the pot.
Open betting is made by those players which are not in any of the two mandatory bets positions (blinds) when it's their turn to play. When faced with a bet, the other players or opponents could:
A typical poker hand involves four different stages, which are the following:
During this initial hand or Pre- Flop, two cards are handed face down to each player. These are each player's private cards.
The dealer will place three cards face up in the middle of the table. These three cards are called
the Flop and are community cards, which means that they can be used by all players.
The dealer places a fourth card face up on the table, next to the previous three community cards. This is called
the Turn.
A fifth and last community card is displayed, again face up and next to the previous four community cards. This is called
the River.
After each one of the mentioned rounds, a round of betting takes place. During the
Pre-Flop, players may either match the Big Blind to continue in the game, raise the Big Blind or fold.
During the following rounds, players will have the option to match, raise, check or fold. Finally, once the five community cards have been displayed, the table is complete.
With the five community cards on the table and the two private cards in hand, the players would make the best possible combination with any five cards. After
the River, all players remaining on the hand will show their cards.
The winner will be the player with the best card combination. The winner will take all the chips from
the Pot, that is those that were placed on the table during the 4 betting rounds. In the event of a tie the pot will be shared between the tied players.