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Odyssey Theatre Ensemble Presents THE KING OF HEARTS IS OFF AGAIN, 10/5-14
The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents Warsaw's Studium/Teatralne in the American premiere of an epic new drama about the nightmare of war and the timeless power of human devotion. Piotr Borowski directs The King of Hearts Is Off Again for five performances only, from October 5 through October 14 at the Odyssey Theatre in West Los Angeles.
"There was a family." With these words an actor begins the harrowing story of Izolda, a woman separated from her husband by the nightmare of World War 2. Based on a popular novel by Polish writer Hanna Krall, four actors, playing twenty characters on a bare stage, transport the audience to WWII and into our heroine's epic journey through the monstrosities of war. Victimized as a Jew, a Pole, and a woman, Izolda escapes the cruelties of the ghetto and disguises herself as an Aryan German citizen in order to save her husband from the concentration camps. Facing unimaginable situations, love becomes her sole means of survival as her own identity becomes obsolete.
"I was born, raised, and went to school in the same place where Izolda's house still stands," explains Studium/Teatralne Artistic Director Piotr Borowski, who also adapted and directed The King of Hearts Is Off Again. "During my childhood and youth, Polish Jews were rarely mentioned as part of our country's history. Even now, for many Poles this remains an extraordinarily difficult topic to understand with any kind of rationality. I felt that by creating this theatre piece I could open up a dialog about this history."
Using only a table, chairs, and a few props, the actors deploy an inventive arsenal of extreme and precise physical performance techniques "to catch the life of the characters," explains Borowski. When asked if his physical work with actors was influenced by Jerzy Grotowski, Borowski replies, "I met Grotowski in 1975 and later worked with him for seven years in Pontedera, Italy. He accompanies me very often. It's hard to define what profit I took from his work. In his speeches and texts Grotowski always encouraged everyone to go their own way, to find their own technique, and to do it with their whole existence. He was always trying to respond to the spirit of his time. Like Grotowski I ask questions about the meaning of what I am doing, about its techniques, about my needs and the ethic of it all. They're the same questions Grotowski asked, only the time is different, because my time is the present."
After working with Grotowski in Italy from 1987-1994, Borowski returned to Poland, converting an old factory building in the Ptraga Poludnie district of Warsaw into a theatre workspace. During the theatre's seventeen-year history, Borowski and his company have continued to explore different forms of theatrical expression through such productions as "Miasto" (City) (1997), "Pó?noc" (Midnight) (1999), "Cz?owiek" (Man) (2001), "Parsifal" (2004), "Hamlet" (2005), "Henryk Hamlet Hospital (H. H. H.)" (2006), "Linia Powrotu" (The Line of Return) (2010), and the 2008 production of "Król kier znów na wylocie" (King of Hearts Is Off Again), now opening at the Odyssey for its American premiere. Studium Teatralne has toured extensively in Poland, Russia, Italy, Germany, France, and Colombia. Piotr Borowski, the Founder and Artistic Director, has also directed this production.
The cast of The King of Hearts Is Off Again includes Piotr Aleksandrowicz, Gianna Benvenuto, Waldemar Chachólski, and Martina Rampulla. Utilized throughout the performance is music based on the motifs of John Zorn. "Zorn's music is old and contemporary, light and deep at the same time," says Borowski. "As Poland was, for centuries, home to the largest and most significant Jewish community in the world, I wanted the musical element to express this vast span of time. Consequently, numerous musical motifs are frequently repeated and intermixed with other melodies, rhythms and chants."
Ron Sossi, the Odyssey Theatre's Artistic Director, is overjoyed to be presenting the work of the Studium Teatralne. Not only is Sossi generally keen in presenting foreign companies whenever possible but, interestingly, Sossi also met Grotowski in the early 70's and worked with him one summer in 1976. "It seems most fitting that this company, another greatly influenced by the legacy of Grotowski, should be presenting its work at the Odyssey. We couldn't be happier."
Special thanks to the Polish Ministry of Culture, Malgorzata Cup, Cultural Attache of the Polish Consulate in Los Angeles, and Joanna Klass of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw for making possible this visit of Studium Teatraline to Los Angeles.
The show runs according to the following schedule, October 5 through October 14, 2012:
Tuesday @ 8 pm: October 9
Thursday @ 8 pm: October 11
Friday @ 8 pm: October 5 (Opening Night)
Sunday @ 7 pm: October 7, 14
Odyssey Theatre is located at 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. For tickets, call (310) 477-2055 visit www.OdysseyTheatre.com. All performances $30. Students with ID $20.


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Labor supporters watching Sunday night's debate should probably have reflected to themselves that this was as good as it would get. This would not necessarily have been a judgment on who won, so much as a feeling that Kevin Rudd has lost momentum, become nervous, has gone negative, and can no longer describe a vision of a new way capable of exciting or mobilising Australians.
That Tony Abbott was pretty much the same is neither here nor there. He's the front-runner, and it seems that Labor by itself is incapable of winning - certainly not on the record of the Gillard government. Its only hope is that the personality and character of Kevin Rudd - good and bad - can put distance between the past and the present, and some positive feeling about his leadership can capitalise on doubts many feel about Abbott.
It is only fair to Rudd to remember that before he returned few people thought that he could beat Abbott. The question was whether turning to him (in spite of his manifest flaws) could give Labor a better chance to ''save the furniture'' than the continued leadership of Julia Gillard. With Gillard, Labor was worried that the Coalition might win up to 120 seats against Labor's 30 - a majority of up to 90. Since Rudd returned to office, the party has come to expect that they could hold on to 60 seats - perhaps even winning one of two from the Coalition. That's still a drubbing, but it is a firm base from which the party could regroup and remobilise, to be within contention even at the election after this. Many of those who voted for Rudd, because of his appeal to voters generally and in spite of what they knew at first hand of his faults or his disloyalties, expected no more and hoped for no more. They were very surprised when there were some early signs that Labor, under Rudd, might be in with a chance.
He's still generating some excitement, but not at the level he did. He is still able to capitalise, at least to an extent, on doubts and reservations about Abbott. But his campaign is stalling because he seems to have fallen back to defending the plans and achievements of the Rudd and Gillard governments, without articulating any sort of grand plan or ideal about what the future could be, or should be. He can't win on the past. Some parts of what we have - improved education systems, perhaps, or a broadband network or roads network - may have a part to play in making vision a reality, but they are not the vision itself.
The failure is the more abject because Abbott has done so little to describe his paradise either. Indeed, his idea of paradise seems to be little more than a nation without Gillardism, without a carbon or mining tax, generally operating, as an economic unit, on a smaller scale than Labor. He has very little vision - except perhaps in relation to indigenous people and the disabled - of what government or collective action can do to make Australia a better place.
This may not be the ''real'' Abbott (at heart a market interventionist) but it sits well with a general Liberal ideology of limited government. In this, government provides only the backdrop against which markets can work effectively, providing work, goods and services much more effectively than ever could centrally directed command economies.
No one would ever describe recent Labor governments as deeply socialistic, whether by historical or international standards. Indeed modern Labor is well to the right of all but the Howard-era Coalition governments. Yet there is still room for the defence of government as an active player in the business of making a better Australia, and it is remarkable that Kevin Rudd is not making it. In the vacuum, instead, we are seeing signs of his tiredness, frustration, and, probably, increasing consciousness that his current line of attack is not cutting through.
Most of the direction of modern government, except perhaps (and only perhaps) in labour market regulation, has been in the direction of freeing up the operations of markets, improving competition, and confining the hand of government to safety nets, the protection of the vulnerable, and the maintenance of the broad structures of law, order, civil society, national security, the environment and indigenous affairs.
One of Abbott's regular statements is his claim that the economy would always be stronger under a Coalition government, while taxes and government spending and the government bottom line will always be stronger. The role of good government, in short, is to create the conditions whereby business can thrive of its own initiative. This will create the jobs, and the growth we need.
This, in the Australian context, is hardly Tea Party stuff. The minimal government lobbies in Australia are not very doctrinaire, just as those marginally on the side of big government are hardly Soviet-style planners, jailers and queue creaters, let alone nationalisers. Labor's general conversion to liberal economics - to a position on economic policy marginally to the right of Malcolm Fraser - is now a generation old. It is the stronger because a good deal of its old left has abandoned Labor - if less because of economic ideas (once at the centre of leftist militancy) than because of the party's increasing pragmatism on social policy and moral issues.
But even a mainstream Labor supporter - and a good many voters in the centre - have a strong view that government is deliberately in the ring to promote equity, to support and promote the rights of those with lesser voices, and to create security zones - based on education, health, social welfare and targeted welfare payments - to ensure equality of opportunity for the less well-off.
And a good many also recognise that government, of whatever size, is itself a substantial player in the marketplace, whose operating systems should broadly support the nation's economic, social and cultural objectives as well as government policies. They think, moreover, that the prime function of government budgeting is to balance the economy - rather than necessarily the public sector bottom line. This is by no means necessarily a doctrine of greater spending, or greater debt, so much as a liberal Keynesian belief that government promotes broad economic welfare and general equilibrium by increasing spending when the economy is slowing and needs some stimulation; and by contracting its spending (or running surpluses) when the economy is travelling too fast. (Right at the moment, there are more than a few people, even instinctive believers in smaller government and the Coalition, who think that the economy, particularly in the south-east, needs greater stimulation, and beyond mere lower interest rates.)
In recent years Barack Obama has defended activist government, not only against those on the far right of the Republican Party who have made a fetish of minimalist government but also those in his own party who have lost faith in the capacity of policy and programs to create jobs, improve educational standards, make health care more affordable, or society more just. What he says, or defends, often sounds fairly pusillanimous compared with here, because even our conservatives are not very embarrassed about, say Medicare or public schools. But here, by contrast, there are hardly any mainstream defenders of the idea that the nation and its institutions are still in a process of growth and could be better. Labor, once the champion of such thinking, pretends to want to be ''conservative'' on such matters.
Perhaps, in the right circumstances, that calms voters afraid that Labor might run amok. That's hardly the fear now. What potential Labor voters want is a reason to vote Labor, other than merely avoiding having Abbott.
Jack Waterford is editor-at-large of The Canberra Times.

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Emerging-market stocks fell for a sixth day as investors speculated the Federal Reserve will continue to cut monthly bond purchases. Today, Fed officials led by Janet Yellen will release a new set of quarterly predictions for unemployment, inflation, economic growth and the benchmark federal funds rate. Brent (NYMEX:SCN14) traded above $113 a barrel for a fifth day. Argentine bonds tumbled for a third day as investors doubted the nation can skirt a U.S. court order and avoid default. [Energies]
Equities: The E-Mini S&P 500 (CME:ESU14) has had trouble staying above the 1935 level over the past several sessions. With today's Fed announcement likely indicating the continuation of the tapering and possibly even preparing the market for higher interest rates early next year, we would not be surprised to see a downmove in the S&P 500, possibly breaking below 1925. A potentially hawkish FOMC plus continued major tensions in Iraq might cause investors to be less excited to buy stock when the S&P 500 is at these levels.
Bonds: U.S. bonds (CBOT:USU14) are up 9 ticks to 135'11. We are starting to think that bonds could head lower going forward, especially if the Fed indicates higher rates sooner today. Our next key level of support for the bonds is 133. We would not be surprised to see the bonds approach that level soon. The forces that seem to be supporting bond prices are namely the global tensions in Iraq, and Russia/Ukraine.
Currencies: The U.S. Dollar Index is down slightly today to 80.63, while the Euro (CME:E6U14) is up 30 ticks to 135.77. This could just be "position-squaring" before today's Fed announcement, because it seems like overall the market is not necessarily expecting a dovish Fed. We still believe the Euro could break below the 1.35 level shortly. We are also thinking the Swiss Franc could head lower this year, as the U.S. economy potentially improves further.
Commodities: The cattle markets finally are having a big long liquidation trade, which started yesterday. Feeder (CME:GFQ13) cattle is limit down, while the 2015 months of live cattle (CME:FC.C) are also having big down days today. Interestingly, even with the Iraq violence and political instability, WTI (CME:CLN14) is still down today, trading down $0.40 to $105.96, hitting a key trendline above $107. $104.50 is our next key support level. Gold (COMEX:GCN14) is unchanged at around $1,271. Gold is right in the middle of the recent range between $1,240 and $1,310. Grain markets are seeing a bit of what may be a dead-cat bounce this morning.


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The latest clip for Henry Cavill's much-anticipated film sees Russell Crowe beating out bad guys in his role as Superman's Krypton father.
Ahead of the June 14 release, Warner Bros. has unleashed another clip for its highly-anticipated "Man of Steel" with Jor-El featured in it. Through the latest sneak peek, fans can now understand where Superman gets his amazing butt-kicking skills from as his biological dad, played by Russell Crowe, is seen throwing killer punches and shooting bad guys down.
During a press conference at the film's junket, Crowe revealed that he had "never seen any other Superman movie" and only "read the script" to get to know the character he played. "I thought it was a complex and really cool story, in and of itself. I thought the problems that Jor-El faced, in terms of his decisions, as a father, were very interesting. That's why I got involved," he said.
The New Zealand-born actor also shared "a very interesting" experience during the filming. "I think Zack employed four babies, as the recently born Kal-El ... On this movie, I got farted on first. That was okay. I got pissed on, which was a little inconvenient ... I had new experiences, as a parent on this movie, that I hadn't previously had. So thank you Zack," said the Maximus of "Gladiator".
The Zack Snyder-directed film introduces Henry Cavill as the new Superman with Amy Adams playing his love interest Lois Lane. Michael Shannon is tapped to villainize the feature with his portrayal of General Zod.
Already having its sequel being planned, "Man of Steel" will have its special early screening on Thursday, June 13 at 7 P.M.


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Top East Texas Team Performances at UIL State Track + Field Championships
AUSTIN — Tatum's girls repeated as Class 2A champions, while San Augustine's boys placed second in Class A Division I on Saturday at the UIL state track and field championships.
But Tatum's girls and San Augustine's boys weren't the only teams to accumulate points Friday and Saturday at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.
The following is a breakdown of the top team performances from East Texas at this weekend's state event.
Top East Texas Team Performances
UIL State Track and Field Championships
Mike A. Myers Stadium, Austin
- Tatum girls — 52 points (won second consecutive Class 2A state championship)
- San Augustine boys — 40 points (placed second in 1A D-I behind Munday's 85)
- Newton boys — 38 points (placed third in Class 2A)
- Grapeland girls — 34 points (tied for fourth in Class A Division I)
- Texas High boys — 33 points (placed fourth in Class 4A)
- Jefferson boys — 32 points (placed sixth in Class 2A)
- Hooks boys — 22 points (placed eighth in Class 2A)
- Overton boys — 22 points (ninth in Class A Division I)


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The Brechet family has been making wine in the Southern Rhone Valley since the beginning of the last century, when the wines of grandfather Auguste Chavet started winning the Gold Medal of Paris. Auguste's daughter, Juliet, married the esteemed negociant Gabriel Meffre, and they acquired properties in Seguret, Gigondas and, most spectacularly, Chateau Vaudieu in Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Meffre died in 1987, control of the winery passing over to his daughter, Sylvette Brechet, in 1990, and to other family members afterwards.
Chateau Vaudieu (the name stems from "la vallee de Dieu") covers 70 hectares of one of the most revered parts of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. The vineyard is divided into 32 parcels, encompassing a wide range of terroirs variously conducive to all 13 of the appellation's grapes. The area enjoys an annual 2,800 hours of sunshine, a mistral blows for at least 100 days and only 600mm of rain falls per year.
Phillippe Cambie was born in the Languedoc, but after working in all areas of winemaking throughout France he set up his own consultancy and is now one of the most respected and admired winemaking characters in the Rhone. Grapes are hand-picked and de-stemmed before fermentation in stainless steel, using natural yeasts and regular delestage to maximise colour and flavour extraction.
One of Cambie's guiding principles is that a grape not ripe enough to eat is not ripe enough to pick, and this is borne out by the juicy heft and depth that envelop the wine's soft tannic structure. A nose of vibrant red fruit backed with licorice gives way to cherry, cassis and herbs on the palate, impressively propped up with ripe tannins.
This red would make a faithful partner to a top quality, treat-yourself steak, succulent, rare and bristling with black pepper.
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Young guns Mattia Destro, with a brace, and Miralem Pjanic were on target for Roma in a 3-0 romp over Sampdoria which kept the Serie A title battle with Juventus ticking over on Sunday.
Champions Juventus had accounted for spirited Chievo 3-1 earlier in Turin to take their lead over second-placed Roma to 12 points.
However Rudi Garcia's side, who have a game in hand, further underlined their scudetto credentials with a dominant display at the Olympic Stadium, which simultaneously highlighted the talents of his young crop of stars.
Captain Francesco Totti was ruled out through injury but the club veteran, present in the stands, was on hand to watch the Giallorossi take command from the outset.
Destro eventually headed the hosts into a 44th minute lead from a corner, but in a lively opening half the 22-year-old was among several Roma players to narrowly miss the target as Sampdoria's defence was overrun.
Roma missed another great opportunity on 40 minutes when Pjanic sent Kevin Strootman clear but the Dutch midfielder drilled straight at Da Costa.
The hosts had a penalty claim waved away when Shkodran Mustafi handled in the area, but from the resulting corner Destro stepped away from his marker in timely fashion to send a powerful header past Da Costa and into the top corner.
Barely 10 minutes after the restart Pjanic doubled Roma's lead with an arrow-straight free-kick which dipped just as Da Costa dived, beating the 'keeper at his right post.
Three minutes later a Roma attack caught Samp's defence unawares and when Gervinho passed to Destro the Italian spun and smashed the ball high into the net.
Sampdoria's chances of salvaging anything from the match suffered a blow when Gastaldello saw red on 80 minutes after a rash tackle on Radja Nainggolan, the defender's second bookable offence.
Earlier, Kwadwo Asamoah finished a one-two with Fernando Llorente with a left-foot strike from outside the area to give Juventus a 17th minute lead.
With midfielder Paul Pogba on the bench, Claudio Marchisio made the most of a rare start to tap home the rebound from an Andrea Pirlo free kick on the half-hour.
Despite being pegged back seven minutes after the restart when Martin Caceres bundled the ball into his own net, Llorente headed Juve's third from a Pirlo corner to wrap up the points.
A week after conceding a late equaliser in a 2-2 draw at Verona which prompted the cancellation of a scheduled day off for his side, Conte said keeping focus throughout was key.
"It's hard to maintain the same intensity for 95 minutes but we have to because at the slightest lapse in concentration anything can happen," the Juve boss told Sky Sport Italia.
Third-placed Napoli extended its lead over Fiorentina to six points with a 2-0 away win at struggling Sassuolo with goals from Blerim Dzemaili and Lorenzo Insigne coming in either half.
Napoli's joy was tempered by the 71st minute departure of Gonzalo Higuain after the Argentinian striker suffered a back injury.


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David Luiz beat goalkeeper Yann Sommer with a 22-yard free kick on the final shot of the match in the fourth minute of stoppage time, giving Chelsea a 2-1 win at Basel on Wednesday night in the first leg of the Europa League semifinals.
Victor Moses put Chelsea in front with a header in the 12th minute, and Fabian Schaer tied the score with an 87th-minute penalty kick after Cesar Azpilicueta was called for a foul by Czech referee Pavel Kralovec on a challenge to clear a cross at the back post.
Chelsea is trying for consecutive European titles after winning the more prestigious Champions League last year.
"It was a very strange decision," Blues manager Rafa Benitez said. "To score an away goal is really important but to score two and win is even better."
Basel's most famous fan, tennis star Roger Federer, watched from the stands.
In the other match, Fenerbahce beat visiting Benfica 1-0 on defender Egemen Korkmaz's 72nd-minute header. Fenerbahce hit goal frame three times, including a penalty kick by midfielder Cristian in first-half stoppage time.
"It was a great night for Turkish football," Fenerbahce forward Dirk Kuyt said. "We may not have their quality, but we have just as much fighting spirit as Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund."
The second legs of the total-goals series are May 2, and the winners meet in the final at Amsterdam on May 15.


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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie enjoyed dinner together this past Wednesday with their 5-year-old son Maddox at a restaurant in the hardest hit area of the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Looks like tiny tot Zahara and baby Shiloh stayed behind for the dinner date…
Just yesterday, Brad announced the winner of his architectural design competition. More pictures in the gallery!
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LASCAS 2013 is the International Symposium of IEEE Circuits and Systems in Latin America. LASCAS 2013 will include oral and poster, tutorials given by experts in state-of-the-art topics, and special sessions with the aim of complementing the regular program with topics of of relevant interest to the circuits and systems community.
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Vitamin A and Zinc: Prevention of Pneumonia (VAZPOP) Study
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Children with malnutrition are often low in some nutrients, like zinc or vitamin A, that could help them fight off infections like pneumonia. Our study was designed to see if children who got supplements of zinc or vitamin A had fewer infections.
|Pneumonia Diarrhea Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
|Drug: Zinc (12.5 mg/day) Drug: vitamin A 10,000 IU per week
|Phase 4
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Masking: Double
Primary Purpose: Prevention
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|Vitamin A and Zinc: Prevention of Pneumonia (VAZPOP) Study
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- Incidence of acute lower respiratory infection (pneumonia)
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- Additive or synergistic effects of zinc and vitamin A
- Incidence of diarrheal disease
- Incidence of other respiratory infections
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The Vitamin A and Zinc: Prevention of Pneumonia (VAZPOP) study was a multi-year nutritionally-stratified, placebo-controlled, double-blind study of low-dose vitamin A and/or zinc in 2,582 normal and malnourished urban children aged 6 to 36 months in Quito, Ecuador. Four group of ~ 645 children were enrolled in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 with each child participating for up to 50 weeks. Children were visited 4 days each week. Outcome measures were pneumonia, other respiratory tract infections, diarrheal disease, and growth.
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Age 6 to 36 months at the time of enrollment No recent vitamin or micronutrient use Residence of 1 year or longer in the neighborhood Full and free written consent No clinical evidence of zinc or vitamin A deficiency Absence of severe malnutrition such as weight < or = to 60% of expected weight
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acute respiratory infection
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Retinol palmitate
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Dropping The Extra-Terrestrial Baggage
There have been as of late a number of well-known authors and writers that take on the subject of UFO's that have now stated for the record that the old way of seeing UFO's is dead and that there seems to be a whole new perspective on the subject and many UFO sightings that have been dismissed because of the whole "extra-terrestrial" or "alien" origin hypothesis. In fact, new terminologies for the worn out phenomena have sprung up and have been discussed not only with researchers but in highly secretive government and religious meanings.
Now there are UAP's (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena), ULO's (Unidentified Luminous Objects), UNEO's (Unidentified Near Earth Objects), USO's (Unidentified Submerged Objects) and unclassified phenomena.
It seems that the phenomena is more complex than just the idea that aliens are flying these machines and there are many researchers that caution that not all Unidentified objects that occupy our skies are machines.
I was alerted to both stories in Fortean Times magazine and the Red Ice Creations website that were rethinking and reopening cases of UFO activity that were dismissed as hoaxes only because of the fact they carried with them the stigma of being so called extra-terrestrial encounters.
It was the opinion of authors like Jenny Randles that UFOlogy will die and the stories that are vital to investigations will also die if we always assume that what is being seen is part of some extra-terrestrial invasion. The authors were saying that most sightings are explainable. The approach is that we have to drop the extra-terrestrial baggage associated with the phenomena or we will lose the opportunity to rationally study phenomena that truly seems to be unearthly.
Many governments of the world have reopened many cases of odd phenomena in the skies and many world leaders have commented that the only way any disclosure of these phenomena can be had is to remove and all spiritual or paranormal discussions of the objects because it all gets in the way of the science of the phenomena.
High level meetings have been held in India about Unidentified Luminous Objects that have been spotted numerous times crossing the border from China to India. These objects have been seen by witnesses lifting off from the Chinese side of the border and defying radar detection.
The Indian prime minister has expressed his concerned for national security and the possibility of an international incident. There were an estimated 150 events recorded in 2012 of the Luminous balls of light traveling in the sky and moving in unconventional ways. According to a report filed by the Defense Research and Development Organization and the Indian Army, officials have seen red balls of light in skies above the border and luminous tennis ball-sized lights hovering and then darting up into the sky.
The report is very careful in its description of what they are calling an "unmanned" main craft and various smaller balls of light that accompany the UFO.
In September of 2012, a team of astronomers from the Indian Astronomical observatory at Hanle managed to observe the airborne phenomena for three days and could not reach a conclusion as to what they were seeing. The astronomers were careful not to say that the phenomena were connected to anything not of this earth however the lights and orbs were not observable planets or meteors. The astronomers recorded luminous orbs coming down from what appeared to be larger Yellowish and red lights above.
The Army Chief General of India was angered by the reports and dismissed them as hoaxes or hallucinations. The Indian press was not about to let a great UFO story go away and commented that while the office of the prime minister was very careful with details of the spectacle, that there most certainly seems to be an invasion of some sort of phenomena that defies military tracking and that is creating a bit of hysteria with those how witness it.
There was actually a story that appeared later in the India Times where a scientific team claim that a strange robot like probe was sighted in the sky.
Yet, none of the experts from the National Technical Research Organization (NTRO)-in charge of technical intelligence-and Defense Research Development Organization (DRDO), has been able to identify the objects. This has caused embarrassment rather than fear in the establishment.
Scientists say the mysterious objects are not necessarily from outer space. There is no evidence of UFOS being of extra-terrestrial origin, says reputed Pune-based astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar. The implication of them being alien objects is fancy, not fact, he says.
There is still no explanation, however, for what is believed to be the clearest UFO sighting yet, in the Lahaul-Spiti region of Himachal Pradesh less than 100 km south of Ladakh in 2004. A five-member group of geologists and glaciologists led by Dr Anil Kulkarni of the ISRO's Space Applications Centre in Ahmedabad were on a research trip through the barren Samudra Tapu Valley. They filmed a fourfoot tall robot-like figure, that walked along the valley, 50 m away from them. The humanoid object then rapidly became airborne and disappeared. The encounter lasted 40 minutes.
It was seen by 14 persons including the six scientists. Kulkarni then interviewed each expedition member separately to verify what the team had seen. Copies of his detailed report were circulated to the PMO, ISRO, the Army and several intelligence agencies. Kulkarni established his team hadn't seen natural phenomenon. The matter, however, was buried soon after.
I was very curious about the description of the objects in question and how they are similar to what was seen on a cold winter night in Utah. A UFO was seen by many people in the Utah County Area at the end of January 2011. The incident coincided with a lock down at Dugway proving ground some 40 miles northwest. What was seen in Utah is similar to what was seen over India.
Witnesses told the local news that a UFO that has blinking red lights released what appeared to be a glowing orb that lowered to the ground silently.
The orb was described as very luminous or ultra bright. It lowered slowly from an unknown aircraft with red lights that moved around it. Many of the witnesses were also careful not to describe the UFO as anything extra-terrestrial. However, the object did not seem like anything conventional in fact witnesses also described the craft as seeming to be more like a mechanical or remote controlled machine that appeared to be robotic.
Two days after the sightings in Utah there was a report from Israel that an unknown flying object violated a no fly zone over the Temple mount at the Dome of the Rock. The UFO was allegedly recorded by Israeli film students and another man named Eligael Gedalyovich. The videos were posted on YouTube and immediately went viral.
The event over the Temple Mount was a doppelganger for the Utah and Indian events.
The first videos that surfaced were recorded by the two onlookers who were standing on the Armon HaNatziv promenade, which is south of the old city of Jerusalem. The witnesses were facing north towards the Kidron Valley some 20 minutes when they noticed a ball of light appearing in the restricted air zone over the Dome of the Rock. One of the observers speaks to the other noting that it may be a police helicopter.
The light then descends rapidly and appears to hover over the temple dome. For a few seconds there is no movement. Then there is a flash of light and the object shoots rapidly up into the sky. The witnesses pan upward and in the night sky you can barely make out revolving red lights that seem to be affixed to some aircraft above.
However, at the height of the hysteria there were other 'copycat' videos that were produced that were deemed hoaxes which put the entire sighting and claims under suspicion.
The skeptics went after the original videos trying to debunk them stating that the UFO's were created using CGI technology because of the instability of the city skyline of Jerusalem. There was what appeared to be rippling effect in the two original videos and this was cited as the reason that these videos are quote "Almost certainly fakes."
The term "almost" is key here because there seemed to be some doubt as to whether or not what was produced as proof of the so-called fakery was legitimate. Skeptics were satisfied with their research not taking into account other sightings that were similar and debunking it because of the implications of an extra-terrestrial origin.
The only reason skeptics were sure of a hoax was because of the distortion in the first video. What wasn't said is that it could be a result of video compression. The video was allegedly shot using a digital camera. With distortion as the only argument against it, the whole story was immediately abandoned by UFO researchers for fear of reprisal.
In fact, there was a discussion that was completely ignored by the skeptics about how most digital video recorders have problems with mirrored images cropping up during recording. It many digital cameras are manufactured with software that includes the mirroring effect to counteract motion blur. These arguments have been used by skeptics against people who claim that real ghosts show up in their digital films.
So a known flaw that is common in all digital recording was used to prove a CGI hoax?
Skeptics also failed to explain the stories that were reported form Utah and also failed to compare the images from each case.
Another major failure is the skeptics ignored a report that Weather cams that were positioned farther away from Jerusalem in the Nayot district to the southwest shows a small light that wasn't there before. This light appears around 1:00 Am. The light appears at 00:57 and then it appears again at 4:30 in the morning.
Prior to this sighting of a UFO over the Temple Mount there was a daylight sighting of a similar luminous ball of light that allegedly was shot down near a nuclear facility the next day.
All of this data was completely ignored and forgotten because of earnest skeptics willing to destroy any and all ideas of aliens.
The UFO was reported by the mainstream news in Europe Russia and the United States. It was also part of extensive commentary in the Muslim world as to whether or not the event was part of prophecy of the return of the Mahdi.
As mysterious as the talk of the return of messiahs may be and as FOX News eluded jokingly with a nervous laugh about a "second coming", Israeli officials had another problem on their hands. After the alleged UFO sightings above the dome of the rock through December and January, it was reported that a baby was found abandoned inside the temple at the Dome of the Rock. According to a Haaretz news story dated February 7th, 2011, the baby appeared to be in good health when police arrived upon the scene, and he has been put in the care of social services.
The story cited how the mosque is a politically contentious and religiously significant holy site in Jerusalem. There was also a breaking story about the baby in the Jerusalem Post.
Many may also remember that after this event Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began spouting off apocalyptic prose by claiming that an Islamic messiah known as the Mahdi was awakening Muslims all over the Middle East. It was just weeks after the UFO sighting and the report of the baby found at the mosque that Ahmadinejad began speaking of the end times prophecy.
Millions of Muslims believe the Mahdi will one day return to save humanity; but before he can appear, Israel and America must be destroyed.
"With the grace of god, and thanks to the resistance of nations, the new Middle East will be realized soon without the American and the Zionist regimes," Ahmadinejad said in March of 2011. "The final move has begun," he continued, supporting his belief that the chaos in the region was organized by the Mahdi. "We are in the middle of a world revolution managed by the Mahdi."
"A great awakening is unfolding," he said. "One can witness the hand of Imam in managing it."
According to Shia scholars, the Mahdi — a descendent of the prophet Mohammed — vanished in the middle of the 9th century. Shia Muslims expect the 12th Imam to return at the end of history, at the end of days, when there's a time of great genocide, warfare, and chaos in the world.
Tying all of the clues and stories together raises the question of whether or not what we are witnessing is another case of psychological warfare in order to induce the possibility of a messiah's return that can be falsely interpreted as a fulfillment of prophecy.
We all know that memory can fool us and psychology has a major role to play in what we see. What is important here is the reality that events surrounding a well debunked UFO sighting have been ignored for the sake of intelligent open dialogue as to the effect of such sightings in religious centers like the Dome of the Rock.
The temple mount itself is a significant icon of religious speculation and in the future is to be the site of major destruction as we near the end times.
Reality is now approaching a time where we can look at it in a way that most actors see a well-written script. How we approach the spectacle that is the final act depends on our ability to understand what is expected and what we expect from it. As any realizable investigator of the paranormal will tell you, there needs to be enough context and stories that surround a story in order to appreciate the validity or even the non validity of it.
Once we are able to somehow develop a practical investigation into the logical at first and drop the extra-terrestrial or alien baggage, there is always room to entertain the possibility after all of the evidence is weighed in.
We may eventually be surprised with what we find out.
[…] As we finish off the week at Ground Zero and the world begins a tumultuous new month, we're reopening the case of the UFO sighting over the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Did you know there were reports that a child was left behind afterwards? Tonight on Ground Zero, Clyde Lewis is joined in-studio by Kevin Mannis (Dybbuk box) to help us in 'Dropping The Extra-Terrestrial Baggage'! […]


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Copper theft hits Danville high school football field
Updated 4:40 pm, Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Two Alamo men were arrested Tuesday after one of them was caught stealing copper wire from the football field at San Ramon Valley High School in Danville, police said.
Damon Carthen, 41, was jailed on suspicion of grand theft and a probation violation, while Jason Sprague, 38, was booked on suspicion of possessing stolen property and drugs and being under the influence of drugs.
The incident began at 3:53 a.m. when police were called to the football field after residents heard voices and noise coming from the bleacher section, said Danville police Lt. Allan Shields.
An officer saw Carthen in possession of copper wire taken from a light standard near the bleachers in the visitor section, Shields said.
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A search of Carthen's home yielded more copper wire, and Sprague was arrested at the residence, Shields said. It was not immediately known whether the copper found at the home was taken from the high school or a different location, police said.
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From a fun, fizzy beverage to Springtime eye shadows, here are some of the products I road tested and approved this past month!
Stop what you're doing. Cancel all your Valentine's Day plans if they don't include a screening of the Fifty Shades of Grey movie. It's the most romantically-charged movie I've seen since Pretty Woman.
If you're a Beatles fan, there are some things that you absolutely need in your collection. Here are some can't-miss items to check out:
Ovation Hall is officially broken in thanks to Maroon 5. The newly minted entertainment venue inside Revel Resorts in Atlantic City was buzzing with excitement as one of music's most popular bands took the stage. And they didn't disappoint...
The men of the ABC soap opera General Hospital are more than just pretty faces. They're rock stars! There was a ton of musical entertainment over the weekend in Atlantic City, but for me Bally's offered the best experience with a rare concert by the band Port Chuck!
**Steve Burton, Scott Reeves, Bradford Anderson and Brandon Barash formed a huddle around me for an exclusive SoJO backstage interview!
America's first Idol took the stage last night at Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City in only the second stop on her new tour. Kelly Clarkson was all business when it came to belting out her hits, and all congeniality when it came to fan interaction. By far my favorite night of 2012 so far!


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By Al Batt
, For the Birds
Monday, June 10, 2013 3:09 AM
A display of squirrels includes, from left, a fox squirrel, gray squirrel and a black (grey squirrel.
Pelicans flew overhead, a synchronized elegance. Headless, large birds provided more aerial ballet. The headless birds actually had heads. They were red and featherless, but not always very evident in flight. They were turkey vultures.
The morning had been beautiful. The afternoon rainy and dreary. The day had pulled the old bait and switch routine on me.
To make up for it, the day filled the air with beautiful birds. So many birds, it was difficult to get any work done as I struggled to get past the wonder of it all.
Echoes from the Loafers' Club Meeting
"I learned to ride a horse before I could walk."
"Wow! When did you learn to walk?"
"After I'd learned that I wasn't very good at riding a horse."
Driving by the Bruces
I have two wonderful neighbors - both named Bruce - who live across the road from each other. Whenever I pass their driveways, thoughts occur to me, such as: Why does a lawn covered with dandelions look beautiful compared to a lawn with only a few?
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Most senior moments echo junior moments.
Charging everything doesn't make one brighter.
I enjoy the company of moody people as long as their moods are good ones.
Scary bridges
I visited with Mike Wallin of Hartland about scary bridges. Mike is a truck driver who travels on many bridges. I admit that I enjoy driving the Mackinac Bridge, even while behind the wheel of a Rent-A-Wreck. The Mackinac Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan. It's five miles long. Not everyone shares my pleasure. Gephyrophobia is an anxiety disorder brought about by the fear of bridges.
Bale tale
Dan Martin of Vermillion, Ohio, told me that he grew up on a hilly farm in southern Ohio. His father baled hay and allowed the bales to drop to the ground. Then he pulled a hayrack near the bales and his three boys loaded the hay onto the rack. One stacked them while the other two carried them to the wagon.
The boys became good at the job. So good, that other farmers hired them to bale. They found employment with neighbors who paid them a penny per bale stacked. This wasn't a white-collar job. It wasn't even a blue-collar job. It was a ring-around-the-collar job.
It was like a big glass of yellow jackets to quench a thirst.
The boys put their heads together and decided they needed $1.25 an hour, each. The farmers declared the demand outrageous and refused to pay it. They hired boys from the city - for three days. After that, they met the demand and rehired the original crew.
Happy birthday
Jeanne Nielsen of Pipestone was in a hurry to get to work. Too much of a hurry. She was pulled over by a state trooper for speeding. The officer asked to see Jeanne's drivers license. The officer noticed that it was Jeanne's birthday. The trooper told Jeanne what the fine would be. Then the trooper told Jeanne that she was getting by with a warning as long as she did two things. The first, was to slow down. The second, was that Jeanne should take the money she'd have spent on the fine and buy herself a nice birthday present in that same amount.
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Ona Meyer of Hartland told me that when she was a girl and dropped food onto the floor, her father said, "Would you like your plate down there, too?"
Loren Skelton of Missoula, Mont., said that one of his teachers wore her hair in a tight bun because that was the only way she could smile.
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The Quarter Pounder Index uses the price of that McDonald's product with cheese to gauge cost of living differences between cities. The burger costs more than twice as much in Juneau, Ak., than it does in Conway, Ark. Hawaii and Alaska make up 40 percent of the top 10 most expensive places, likely due to increased shipping costs.
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A deer is the most dangerous mammal in North America. November has the highest rate of these car/deer collisions. Deer are in rut then. Cars may be, too.
The harvest removes hiding spots in cornfields and daylight hours grow shorter, meaning dawn and dusk (deer are crepuscular) coincide with the busiest commuting times.
According to State Farm's most recent report, West Virginia is the state where a driver has the greatest chance of colliding with a deer (1 in 40 annually). South Dakota with 1 in 68, Iowa with 1 in 72, Michigan with 1 in 73 and Pennsylvania with 1 in 76 round out the top five states with the highest risk of a buck-to-bumper.
Montana is 1 in 78, Wisconsin is 1 in 79 and Minnesota is in eighth place at 1 in 80. Watching for deer crossing signs helps; deer whistles mounted on bumpers don't. When you see one deer, look for another.
Nature lessons
Spanish moss is not a moss.
Just think how much the state of Minnesota saves in printing costs by having a black and white bird, the common loon, as its state bird.
The scientific name of a coyote is Canis latrans, which means "barking dog."
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"I am a big believer in the 'mirror test.' All that matters is if you can look in the mirror and honestly tell the person you see there, that you've done your best." ~ John McKay
"There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television, and the chance to find a pasque-flower is a right as inalienable as free speech." ~ Aldo Leopold
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GM Tests Voice-Activated Facebook Updates
Voice Commands to Update Facebook While Driving: Bad Idea?
It's fair to say you'd have a hard time finding someone who agrees texting while driving is a safe practice but is using voice functionality any safer? According to GM, it is; the car manufacturer is testing functionality for voice-activated Facebook updates that drivers can make directly from their cars. The technology, which is part of GM's OnStar system, would also read Facebook and text messages aloud and allow drivers to select one of four preset messages from different buttons on the steering wheel.
Am I the only one who thinks this is just as dangerous as texting while driving? Hear more of my thoughts and share your own after the break.
Sure, you're not physically pressing the buttons on the phone, but you are diverting your attention from the road. My honest opinion? Keep social networking out of the car — at least for the driver. Last time we saw this type of technology in the news, most of you agreed with me. What do you think now?


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Ollerton is a village in the Borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south east of the town of Knutsford, and has a population of 323 according to the census of 2001.
Its church is within the adjacent village of Marthall. Ollerton and Marthall have a joint parish council, elected every 3 years, though having very limited and symbolic powers. The villages share the new village hall in Marthall, which was constructed in November 2009.
The population was 244 in 1801, 300 in 1851, 270 in 1901, and 228 in 1951.
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Skyworks Solutions, Inc. today announced that it has launched a breakthrough front-end system that integrates all RF and analog content between the transceiver and antenna for simplified design within demanding next generation mobile platforms. Leveraging Skyworks' silicon integration expertise, advanced manufacturing technologies and proprietary techniques, SkyOneT is the world's first semiconductor device to condense multiband power amplifiers and high throw switches along with all associated filtering, duplexing and control functionality into a single, ultra-compact package---all in less than half the area of the industry's most advanced approach. At the same time, this groundbreaking solution provides the world's best linearity and power added efficiency (PAE) for smart RF integration. As a result, SkyOneT offers smartphone, tablet and ultrabook OEMs significant board space savings, ease of implementation, performance and time to market advantages.
Even as radio content and complexity continue to rise, consumers are demanding increasingly thinner and lighter mobile platforms with increased talk/data access time. To meet this challenge, SkyOneT optimizes performance beyond what is possible with less integrated devices and incorporates all popular 2G, 3G and 4G/LTE protocols enabling seamless global network roaming and extended battery life.
Skyworks' SkyOneT family of FEMs integrate the following in a single package:
• 2G / 3G / 4G power amplifiers
• Support for bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17 and 20
• Quad band GSM/EDGE power amplifiers and filters
• All associated duplexer functionality
• Integrated CMOS switches and control functions
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SkyOneT enhances the carrier connectivity experience independent of operator or region. Future devices will leverage the best of new process, circuit design and advanced interconnect technology to create further disruptive improvements in size, performance and band integration.
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Long linen jacket with a crochet and raw ruffled hem. Lace-up back detailing with back slit. Exposed buttondown closures and hip pockets.
Free People
Fantastic Light Jacket
Love this jacket. It fits great and is fitted in the bust and waist. The sleeves are nice and long and the jacket goes down to about mid calf. I wear a S in FP and that's what I got. Diggin the fit. If you're short I would say this is not the jacket for you. It's perfect for the tall ladies. It's not lined but the linen is a goodly weight and feels quality.
nice piece
if you like the fit on the model, then order your true to size. I normally have to go a size down in jackets from free people especially when they are the freepeople brand. This fit me like the model in a small which is my normal size, and I did not need to size down. If you are 5'4 or taller then the length is fine. If shorter I think you will have to hem it, and with the details on the bottom, it might be challenging. I was looking for a long summery jacket, and this works great. I knocked off a star because it's linen, and I'm not a fan of linen because it just doesn't hold up.
Absolutely LOVE! I loved the way this looked on the model and ordered it a bit apprehensively just because I wasn't sure what the feel would be of the fabric. It looked like it may be a slim fit so to play it safe I ordered a size up b/c sometimes I wear a large because of my arms and chest, however, I had to end up returning it for the size medium b/c large was too big. The fabric is fantastic - super soft! I already know I will be wearing this one every other day or as often as possible!! :)
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I bought this size L, in white. The white in person is more of a dark greyish khaki. I have several other Free People size L jackets and they all button with no problems. This one does not button without gaping in the middle. I'm 5'3" and without heels, this jacket drags on the floor. I am very disappointed and am debating exchanging for something else. This jacket runs smaller than the others I have, and also far longer.
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I hesitated purchasing this coat since I already have it in the merlot corduroy. I am so happy I decided to order it as it is awesome. The linen fabric hangs so nicely and it will look great with jeans or maxi dresses. Love the sleeves pushed up which gives it a more casual look. The buttons on the cuffs are different and has lace on the edge. The fit is great. I ordered the olive and it is a rich jewel tone. It will be a great item for the spring and cool summer nights. The lace on the bottom is super pretty. I am 108 and 5'1" and the XS is a perfect fit!


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A friendly reminder from Wirecutter regarding recons.
"You keep talking about doing your recons, WC. What are we supposed to recon?"Read the rest here.
Recons. You recon anything that might be of value to you when the shit comes down. Sometimes it takes a little work, sometimes you can do it as you're doing your errands.
The easy shit first: Where's your police station located? Your local FBI/DHS/ATF offices? Where's the parking lot where the they park their personal vehicles. How's it secured? How about their radio antennae? Is their mast easily accessible so you can cut their comms if needed? How about cell phone towers, because when their radios don't work they're going to be using their cell phones.
Stuff that is such a common part of our lives that we don't pay attention to it anymore may come in handy someday.
If you have trouble locating antennas and cell towers in your AO, then use this neat little online tool.
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text: Culture 22 January 2001 Novel of the week The Death of Vishnu Manil Suri Bloomsbury, 256pp, £16.99 ISBN 0747552703 Sign up for our weekly email * Manil Suri's first novel blends satire and spirituality to depict the lives of the residents of a Bombay apartment block. Vishnu, the handyman, lies dying on a landing; the other tenants, meanwhile, are too embroiled in a feud over suspected food pilferage to agree to pay his medical fees. The opening sentence mimics their hypocritical callousness: "Not wanting to arouse Vishnu in case he hadn't died yet, Mrs Asrani tiptoed down to the third step above the landing on which he lived, tea kettle in hand." On one level, the novel is a savage yet hilarious anatomy of a society in which charitable gestures are complacently self-serving, destitution is accepted as part of the unchanging "scheme of things", and the misery of others represents an opportunity for exploitation. The dying man's thoughts return obsessively to his sensual pleasure in his beloved. These erotic interludes symbolise the frustration of earthly attachments, but nevertheless have an intensity alien to the grotesque, warring neighbours. The interludes may also have a more spiritual significance: Vishnu has a number of visions of transcendent union. The tone in which Suri writes of the Jalals, the Muslims upstairs, is less certain. Mr Jalal is a sceptic tormented by a desire for faith, and a coward who courts martyrdom. In a comically anachronistic pursuit of enlightenment, he submits himself to deprivation and, for his pains, is granted a vision of the divine nature of Vishnu. (The god Vishnu is a member of the Hindu trinity, and is said to have descended to earth in a number of avatars.) Vishnu's putative divinity perhaps serves as a metaphor for the Hindu sense that our essence partakes of the infinite, as part of a supreme universal spirit. The novel remains tantalisingly inconclusive on the subject of whether his divinity is metaphoric or actual. Vishnu feels his consciousness detach itself from his body, but is powerless to change events. Mr Jalal seeks to spread the message that Vishnu is a god, but instead provokes a communal riot; while he hangs from the building in flight from his attackers, the narrative unaccountably turns to the story of Vinod Taneja, who lives above. Suri recounts the blossoming of Taneja's love for his wife, his grief at her early death, the widower's pursuit of meaning in good works and religion - which echoes, in a less frivolous vein, Jalal's quest - and his ultimate attainment of tranquillity. The Bombay setting and diversity of incident inevitably invite comparison with the work of Salman Rushdie, but Rushdie is a more cosmopolitan and secular writer than Suri - and his novels more readily satisfy our formal expectations. Suri describes his novel in terms of a religious fable, with each floor of the house representing a stage on the jour- ney through attachment to the next level of enlightenment. V S Naipaul has argued that the novel is "part of that western concern with the condition of men, a response to the here and now", while Indians prefer to satisfy "the basic human hunger for the unseen". The Death of Vishnu may well bear out his contention. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 22 January 2001 issue of the New Statesman, Iraq: the great cover-up More


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Struggling travel firm Thomas Cook Group Ltd. said on Monday it had agreed to extend its credit facilities with its lending banks for a further year at a lower rate of interest than it previously paid.
The group, which last week issued its third profit warning in twelve months, said it had agreed a one year extension of its committed bank facilities to May 2014.
The funding comprises a £200-million loan and an £850-million revolving credit facility.
The margin over LIBOR has been reduced on the loan to 2.25 per cent and on the revolving credit facility to between 2 per cent and 2.5 per cent, having previously been 2.75 per cent for both.
Finance Director Paul Hollingworth said Thomas Cook had around £900-million of available cash and committed facilities.
"We are focused on reducing our debt and strengthening our balance sheet and we have a number of initiatives underway to deliver progress on this, including the disposal of certain hotel and surplus assets," Mr. Hollingworth said.


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Dental Implants
A dental implant is a small prosthetic post that is placed into the bone of the upper or lower jaw. The post functions as the root portion of the lost natural tooth and serves as an anchor for replacement tooth. With the settlement of the post, an artificial tooth is attached to fill the space for the missing tooth.


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CHANNELVIEW, Texas - A body was found under a trailer in Channelview, and investigators suspect it belongs to a missing woman who lived there.
Rosemarie Hutcheson, 52, was last seen on Friday at 6:30 p.m. in Channelview. Texas EquuSearch volunteers found the body about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Hutcheson's husband, Sam, said his wife went for a walk and did not come back home.
"I said, 'Where are you going?' She didn't respond and she looked at me," Sam Hutcheson said.
Sam Hutcheson said he saw his wife step over a small fence and into a thick wooded area. She didn't take her personal belongings with her.
Rosmarie Hutcheson had been suffering with depression recently, her husband said.
"Her depression level has been going up for probably the last two months," Sam Hutcheson said. "Stress has been building because of our daughter."
Sam Hutcheson said his wife had not gone to work in two weeks and she had missed doctor's appointments.
Investigators said there appears to be no signs of foul play. An autopsy will determine a cause of death.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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Party in Miami
Guy's been keeping busy with the new season of Celebrity Cook-Off and hanging with stars like Chris Kattan, Tiffany, Herschel Walker… and Vanilla Ice, of course! He flew out to Miami, Florida a little while back to hang out at Scully's Tavern while shooting an episode of The Vanilla Ice Project for DIY Network. Keep an eye out for it during Season 4!


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Ten years ago this past Saturday, the kidnapping of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia was captured on a car wash security camera.
Carlie's convicted killer, Joseph Smith, had his appeal heard Wednesday by the Florida Supreme Court, and the appeal was as unusual as the murder 10 years ago.
The Florida Supreme Court heard Smith's second appeal. His lawyer argued Smith should have been allowed to question jurors to see if they did something improper.
Even the battle-tested justices were surprised.
The hearing lasted just half of the allotted time, also unheard of in death appeals.
Afterwards, attorney Robert Strain said the legs of any appeal were cut from under him when Smith led police to Carlie's body before ever being indicted.
Smith's lawyer is banking on coming federal appeal, in which he'll argue he ought to be allowed to cross-examine the chemist who analyzed Smith's DNA.
"If a DNA expert testifies in court about the lab tests, he has to be the one who conducted the lab tests, not some supervisor reading it," said Strain. "So it's a complicated case."
The court sent a clear signal it wasn't buying Smith's arguments, which moves Smith one step closer to his execution.
Smith's attorney did raise five other issues in briefs filed with the court. All contend the death penalty is unconstitutional because of jury instructions, lethal injection procedures or it violates an inmate's rights. All have been previously dismissed by the court.
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Quaker Valley swimmers prepare for WPIAL championships
Entering the season, some members of the Quaker Valley boys swimming team had a hard time accepting the graduation loss of Bobby Francis, the WPIAL Class AA record holder in the 100-yard breaststroke who competes for the University of Pennsylvania.
But that no longer is a problem as the Quakers head into the WPIAL championship Thursday and Friday at Pitt's Trees Pool.
"The kids found an identity," coach Sue Morgan said. "They realize they're good on their own."
With seven swimmers qualifying, Morgan looks for a young, but experienced, Quaker Valley team to do better than expected at the WPIAL championship, where it finished eighth a year ago.
"Many of our swimmers already have been at WPIALs," she said.
Competing will be sophomore Fritz Wiltman (100-yard breaststroke), freshman Evan Ragoowansi (200 individual medley), junior Matt Noel (50 freestyle, 100 backstroke), senior Rhet Happel (50 freestyle, 100 freestyle), sophomore Griffin Nincke (200 freestyle, 500 freestyle), freshman Kyle Hrabovsky (200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke) and sophomore Josh Chamberlain (50 freestyle, 100 freestyle).
Besides individual qualifiers, junior Robert Cary will swim in the 200 medley relay, with sophomore Alex Comerci named a relay alternate.
Morgan expects the Quakers to be especially solid in relay events, a prospect that pleases Chamberlain, who will compete in two of the three.
"We'd like to take a bus full of people to states," he said.
Top finishers at the WPIAL meet will advance to the PIAA championship next month at Bucknell University.
Morgan was encouraged by the squad's strong showing at the Midwestern Athletic Conference championship, where the Quakers finished second among 15 teams.
The Quaker Valley girls team also is feeling better about itself than it did earlier.
After a sluggish start, five girls qualified for the WPIAL championship, including two in diving.
Senior Sarah Francis (100 freestyle, 200 freestyle), junior Alexis Glenn (50 freestyle, 100 butterfly) and sophomore Kathryn Wroblewski (100 backstroke) will swim in individual events.
Senior Haley Ashner and junior Olivia Ragoowansi competed at the WPIAL diving championship last week. Ashner finished seventh with a score of 304.95 and qualified for the PIAA meet March 13-14 at Bucknell.
"We're coming along as expected," said Sarah Francis, Bobby's sister.
Olivia Ragoowansi, senior Aubrey Gedeon and sophomore Julia Poppenberg earned three of the four berths on the 200 medley relay team.
Senior Lauren Gedeon is the only swimmer named so far to the 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams.
Sophomore Molly Harkins is a relay alternate.
The girls finished sixth at the Midwestern Athletic Conference championship.
Karen Kadilak is a freelance writer.


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Ask a Trooper: Need sober passenger?
Question: I've heard some people comment, or state in the past, that they have used their underage driver with a learner's permit as a designated driver after having a few drinks. To me, this sounds like it would be illegal, and if anything, just not good common sense. Does the adult riding with a teen on a learner's permit need to be sober by law?
Answer: No, they do not have to be sober. Yes, it does sound like poor common sense on the part of the one who would be involved in doing that, but that is just the way it is.
This is what Minnesota State Statute 171.05 Sub.2b says: "Instruction permit use by person under age 18. (a) This subdivision applies to persons who have applied for and received an instruction permit under subdivision 2.
"(b) The permit holder may, with the permit in possession, operate a motor vehicle, but must be accompanied by and be under the supervision of a certified driver education instructor, the permit holder's parent or guardian, or another licensed driver age 21 or older. The supervisor must occupy the seat beside the permit holder."
Sub.1 states the same if for those "Person 18 or more years of age. (1) has the permit in immediate possession and (2) is driving the vehicle while accompanied by an adult licensed driver who is actually occupying a seat beside the driver."
If you have any questions concerning traffic related laws or issues in Minnesota, send your questions to Sgt. Jesse Grabow, Minnesota State Patrol at 1000 Highway 10 West, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501-2205 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Do you want to know how you can find the most suitable House Cleaning Companies? If that is the case, you should locate cleaning agencies that have been in business for a very long time and work with people who are fully trained. Read this article for more details.
The following are some of the advantages of employing House Cleaning Companies:
1. Businesses wanting to overcome their competitors
Firstly, any residential cleaning business works hard to develop its name and reputation. They're like any other business so they try to provide top notch services to their clients. Therefore, you will find that they will properly clean your property. Moreover, the people working for these agencies are properly trained so you don't need to panic about working with people who don't know what they're doing.
2. You can trust these companies
There are many cleaning companies and you can find them by searching online. Many of these cleaning companies have been running for a long time, while others are just starting. An agency that's been in the industry for many years means that it's doing something right and consumers are pleased with their services. Hence, it's better to hire a qualified cleaning agency.
3. It is more cost effective to employ professional cleaning companies
You will never spend a lot of money by hiring a reliable cleaning agency. The ones that cost lots of money are the private cleaners. These cleaners normally charge by the size of your home or by room. And if they cause any damages, you might end up paying more. Several cleaning specialists tailor their services to accommodate everybody's needs, so they could offer discounted rates and if you choose to benefit from their services on a weekly basis you might be able to get a second reduction.
You can even evaluate the charges of these firms and you can choose the one that is within your budget. Therefore, it's essential to check if they can provide a discounted price. You don't need to pay a lot of your hard earned money if you could locate an agency that has the best prices and deals.
4. Time efficient
Last but not least, domestic cleaning agencies are time efficient. People who are working for these companies have been properly trained on how to clean a specific place in a quick manner. Consequently they know all the techniques of cleaning different homes and they will clean your property quickly and efficiently.
These are a few of the benefits when using home cleaning agencies. Hiring cleaners is great for individuals who don't have time to clean their houses or those who want their property to be cleaned by a specialist. Your task is to look for a cleaning firm that's honest and that's been cleaning for a long period of time.
If you want to find out more about one of the best House Cleaning Companies, you need to phone us on 020 3006 2094.
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rger tube (rectal) and the bowelflushed with cool water and soapsuds. One ounce ofether and three of oil are used for every 75 pounds ofbody weight. Chloroform and ether deteriorate if exposed to air,and must be bought in containers as small as possible—ether, in J-pound cans; chloroform, 40 grams. In be-ginning a new case an anesthetist must open a new bottle.To carry it on, most men will use the left overs from aprevious case. If not, use these ends for cleaning, keep-ing them in two stock jars. It is especially good forgrease marks. Chloroform, ether, and ethyl chlorid mustnot be allowed to evaporate. That is wasteful. Chloro-form masks may be covered with flannel, which is boiledafter every case, thus getting so hard that it must be fre- 64 OPERATING ROOM quently renewed. Anything more open of mesh will letdrops through. The pulmotor (Fig. 10) requires skilled care in cleaning,especially in not confusing the parts and closing offthe wrong channels, but can be operated by anyone.
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Fig. 10.—The pulmotor. For resuscitation of the apparentlylifeless from the effects of anesthesia, poisonous gases, smoke, drown-ing, electricity, collapse from any cause. The operator applies aface mask and turns a key, starting the mechanism of the apparatus,to produce immediate and measured respiration, with pure oxygenentering the lungs at each inhalation. The tongue is held forwardby forceps, and oxygen prevented from entering the esophagus bypressure with the right hand (Da Costa, Modern Surgery). All syringes, as for spinal anesthesia, must be verythoroughly cleansed with cold water after containinghuman serum, which, if cooked, will ruin their working. Pus-basins for vomitus should have a high outer wall. The anesthetist should have a certain position for histable of supplies. When the nurse is coming in with thepatient the orderly may carry this table to its place andprovide him with his high stool. THE ANESTHETIC NURSE 65 The anesthetist is sometimes covered by a sheet,and
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Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Chilling Time: 10 min to 1 hour
Serves 6 to 8
½ Jar Roberts Reserve Spiced Maple Pumpkin Dip
1 Pint (2 cups) Half & Half or Heavy Cream
2 small boxes or 1 large box Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix
1 Prepared Graham Cracker Crust
1. In a mixing bowl, combine Pumpkin Dip and Half and Half or Heavy Cream and whisk to combine.
2. Add Pudding Mix and stir until mixture begins to thicken. For best results, use 2 small boxes of pudding with Half & Half and 1 large box with Heavy Cream.
3. Pour mixture into crust and refrigerate for at least 10 minutes to set. If made with Half & Half refrigerate at least 1 hour. Garnish with whipped cream.
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"The Creativity Workshop is far above any creative seminar I've taken in its inspiration, positive spirit, and techniques. It is important for anyone who wants to develop creativity in their personal or business life."


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What could be cut without tax levy?
What will happen if the Perham school levy does not pass at the polls Nov. 3?
Printed here are a few of the scenarios, outlined by Superintendent Tamara Uselman.
School will reduce to three-day kindergarten and fee-based beyond three days.
Class size in high school of 40; middle school, mid to high 30's; elementary school 28 to 32.
Reduce course offerings at high school.
Reduce core class teachers; elementary and middle school technology; k-6 phy ed; world language options; business education; high school speech; industrial tech; agriculture ed; orchestra.
Reduce administrative.
Eliminate college courses, advanced placement courses.
Cut bus rides and institute fees for riders closer than two miles.
Cut extracurricular activities: JH baseball coach, JH boys basketball coach, One Act Play, Mock Trial, Class Advisors (prom, etc.), Knowledge Bowl, JH boys & girls golf, JH baseball, JH softball, JH girls tennis, boys tennis, Science Research, Renaissance, etc.
Go to a four-day school week.
Reductions in cleaning.
Reduce/eliminate all assistants (para-professionals) except those mandated by federal legal requirements.
Reduce food service to a single kitchen.
Increase activity fees to cover entire cost of activity for each student.
Require additional charges for transportation to activities.