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Analysis: Nationals still contenders sans Stephen Strasburg
Can we move on now?
Stephen Strasburg: shut down, no postseason, plenty of reason to be down.
Washington Nationals: soaring with the best record in baseball, looking at home-field advantage all the way through the World Series, plenty of reasons to be up and stay up.
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Now that the focus finally can turn to the inevitable Nationals-without-Strasburg mini-era, there's no reason to suddenly look at this team like you just found out it's facing, oh, say, Tommy John elbow surgery.
Often lost in the team's success this year is the role played by a roster that was made deeper and more talented coming into the season — certainly far deeper and more talented that high-profile wonder boys Strasburg and Bryce Harper.
Manager Davey Johnson wasn't blowing smoke or making nice with the boss when he made his best Mike Rizzo for executive of the year pitch Friday.
Nor was Chipper Jones— he of the pretty-much-buried-in-the-division Atlanta Braves— when he talked about Washington's pitching.
"Power arms, power arms — that's what translates in the postseason," Jones says. "It's cold, guys are all wrapped up, it's hard to center the ball when a guy throws it 100 miles an hour. And these guys have a bunch of 'em."
Yes, Strasburg leads major league starters this season with an average 95.8 mph fastball. .
And he was none too pleased with getting shut down, telling reporters after Saturday's 10-inning win against the Miami Marlins, "I don't know if I'm ever going to accept it. It's something that I'm not happy about at all. That's not why I play the game."
But this is about the other guys, isn't it?
"You're talking about Strasburg and (Jordan) Zimmermann and Gio Gonzalez," says Jones, who played on Braves teams known for their rotations. "(Ross Detwiler) can throw 93, 94. I'm sure Edwin Jackson can bring it up to 95. All the guys in their 'pen who throw 93 and above. Show me a team with at least two power arms at the top of their rotation and I'll show you a team that's more than likely going to go a long way in the postseason."
Back to that list of top fastballs: Zimmermann ranked third in NL at 93.8, Gonzalez fifth at 93.4 and Jackson sixth at 93.3.
By comparison, the closest any other playoff contender in either league can come to matching the Nationals power-pitching depth is Cincinnati, which has Mat Latos, Homer Bailey and Johnny Cueto, who rank 11th, 12th and 13th in NL fastball velocity.
But could the youngish Nationals rotation — Jackson is the old guy at 28 — fade as the long season takes its toll?
Not likely. Over the past 30 days, Zimmermann ranks fourth in the NL in average fastball velocity, Gonzalez fifth, Jackson sixth and Detwiler eighth. By the way, Strasburg still was first. No, fatigue doesn't seem to be an issue any more than how the Nationals are showing they're not fazed by the playoff-race pressure cooker.
Obviously, the game is much more than pitch speed. The Nationals are hanging tough with the rest of it.
Over the past 30 days, the Nationals have three pitchers among the NL Top 12 in wins above replacement for starters, according to FanGraphs: Jackson tied for third, Gonzalez tied for seventh and Detwiler tied for 12th. No Strasburg. The Philadelphia Phillies, not a playoff factor, are the only other team with three pitchers in the Top 20.
And offensive balance is kicking in at the just the right time for the Nationals. Over the past month, four Nats are in the NL Top 25 in OPS. Scroll down a bit from the very top and you'll find Harper 20th, Jayson Werth 21st, Danny Espinosa 22nd and Ryan Zimmerman 24th. That's depth without any one of them carrying the team.
By comparison, no other NL team has four players in the Top 25, but Cincinnati (Jay Bruce first, Todd Frazier sixth and Ryan Ludwick eighth) has three and so does Los Angeles (Hanley Ramirez 14th, Juan Cruz 15th and Andre Ethier 25th).
So, shelve the Strasburg talk for now — of course, it will come up whenever and however the Nationals's season ends. Even skip the discussion of John Lannan and/or Chien-Ming Wang stepping into the rotation — those starts between and now the end of the regular season are unlikely to have much bearing on Washington's fate.
Yes, the bullpen is untested and sometimes erratic. Nationals hitters will have the highest strikeout rate of any team in the postseason unless the Pittsburgh Pirates get in.
But they also strike people out (third-highest rate in the majors) and when they don't, the fielders make the plays (second-best team defensive zone rating).
This team can still play.
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Consultation details on 'simple and consolidated national planning framework' published
The Department for Communities and Local Government has released a written statement on the national planning policy framework, along with its consultation on a proposed new single national policy framework for planning. The new framework will aim to unify all existing central guidance and planning policy guidance into a single document.
Planning professionals, local authorities, community groups and members of the public are being asked to contribute their ideas on what shape the new framework should take.
The Government has also published a timetable for major infrastructure planning reform, including the abolition of the Infrastructure Planning Commission and creation of the Major Infrastructure Planning Unit.
The Minister for Decentralisation (Greg Clark) said: The Coalition Agreement states that the Government will publish and present to Parliament a simple and consolidated national planning framework that covers all forms of development and sets out national economic, environmental and social priorities.
The planning system is vital to the re-building of Britain's economy. We need to reinvigorate our construction and development industries and the investment that goes with them and to ensure that we develop and protect our national assets. We need a planning system which encourages the idea that development can positively benefit a community. We need a planning system that enables local people to shape their surroundings in a way that, while heeding national objectives and constraints, is also sensitive to the history and character of a given location. We need participation and social engagement enabling communities to formulate a positive vision of their future development.
The Localism Bill sets out a legislative framework for achieving these goals.
The Government has made it clear that with the exception of nationally important projects, planning should be a local matter. The role of Central Government is to determine and define environmental, economic and social priorities for the country and design a planning system which helps ensure a pattern of development that matches these priorities and local aspiration. This role is currently fulfilled through legislation, and through the suite of Planning Policy Guidance notes (PPGs) and Minerals Policy Guidance notes (MPGs), and more recently Planning Policy Statements (PPSs) and Minerals Policy Statements (MPSs).
These documents, which run to over 1000 pages, set out central government policy on various aspects of development and land use to local planning authorities, who must legally have regard to them when drawing up their Local Development Frameworks. They are also often relevant to making decisions on planning applications. They cover broad policy themes such as planning aspects of climate change, housing, renewable energy, flood risk, Green Belt and waste, and also procedural themes such as how to compile local development plans.
The Government believes that the current suite of planning policy statements and guidance notes is too centralist in its approach, and too long and cumbersome for councils and developers to use effectively. There is no over-arching integrated statement of the Government's priorities for the country and the role which planning can play in delivering them.
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Maha Akeel
I was disappointed, dismayed and depressed to say the least. Before the news came out, many women and men supported the stand taken by the two elected women to the Jeddah municipality council, Lama Alsulaiman and Rasha Hefzi, of their right to sit on the same table and in the same room with their male colleagues. The fact was that there were no regulations on the seating arrangement in the main bylaws of the councils. But now the Minister of Rural and Municipality Affairs has officially announced that "new" addendums to the regulations, made after the election results, state that women council members should be in a separate room following council proceedings and discussions and communicating with their colleagues through CCTV and microphones!
Voting for the first time on Dec. 12, 2015 was truly a historic day for Saudi women. We practiced our right to express ourselves after lobbying and demanding that for the past ten years since the first municipal elections were held. Even though not a significantly large number of women registered themselves to vote, for various reasons, 80% of those who did turned up to vote on a weekend as soon as the doors of the voting centers opened early in the morning. That is indicative of their determination.
The bigger surprise was the results. When all expectations predicted that no woman, or at the most one woman, would win, 21 women won across Saudi Arabia, in large cities and small villages. It showed that, contrary to what has been propagated that Saudi society is not ready to see women in public office and hold leadership positions in their community, it does actually supports and believes in women's abilities and rights. Although many women expected the Ministry of Municipalities and Rural Affairs to appoint an equal number of women as men to the remaining third seats (numbering 1,052) in the municipalities, they were disappointed with the appointment of only 17 more women, bringing the total of women to 38 out of 3,158 council members in the 284 municipalities.
It seems that even this small number of women in the councils is threatening social norms and conservative cultural perceptions of women's place that they had to be banished. How are they supposed to effectively communicate and participate in the decision making process if they do not have equal access and are marginalized?
Nevertheless, Saudi women have broken another glass ceiling, overcome another hurdle and achieved progress on a grand scale. This point cannot be stressed more. Some views considered this achievement as mere window-dressing. Western media was skeptical of the significance of this in a country where women still can't drive a car and treated as a minor in need of a male guardian's permission to work, travel or run her business, which is true to some extent and presents major obstacles to Saudi women's full independence and contribution to society, but what must be realized is that any measure of power and expression for Saudi women will lead to more gains for women and the society as a whole. That was the hope and expectation.
This is just the beginning of the real work and challenges that the elected and appointed women in the municipality councils will face. Unfortunately, as with every step forward for women setbacks are made under the broad and undefined concept of "Shariah regulations" which apply only where women are concerned. Even though by majority Islamic scholars interpretations across the Muslim world, mixing of men and women in public places including at work is not against Shariah regulations. During the Prophet's, PBUH, time and his successors, women attended public gatherings, voiced their opinion, objected and argued. They were known to have joined battles, treated the wounded and went about their daily work in markets and elsewhere unhindered.
In the Shoura Council, which is of a higher status then the municipal council, women and men share the same hall, and during committee meetings women are allowed the choice to either sit with their male colleagues or in a separate room. That should be the general rule for meetings. Valuable time and discussion should not be wasted on such trivial matters as "where should the women sit?"
Furthermore, whether it is driving, working, or traveling, it should be the woman's choice as long as she is mature enough and sane to make her own decisions. If a woman is considered capable and responsible enough to marry, raise a child, get a university degree and work — as doctor with human life under her care, teacher with the country's future in her hands, or banker entrusted with money — shouldn't that qualify her to take care of her own life affairs, and by extension the life of her community. It is not a competition between men and women; it is complementary where both are equal partners in life and in serving their society.
The majority of the public who voted for the women and expressed their confidence in them as their representatives should be more vocal in supporting their candidates. Additionally, such incidents undermine whatever progress is achieved for women empowerment and does not give a good impression of Saudi Arabia and its diverse, tolerant and respectful society.
Maha Akeel is a Saudi writer


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Retailers lead U.S. shares lower; yen hits two-year low
By David Gaffen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The yen fell to a two-year low against the dollar on Wednesday as Japan's new prime minister called for weakening the currency to stimulate inflation, while U.S. stocks slipped, led by declines in retailers' shares.
Sales growth at U.S. retailers was projected to have fallen short of expectations during the holiday shopping season, according to preliminary estimates from firms that track retail spending.
The S&P 500 lost 0.5 percent, with consumer discretionary stocks among the hardest-hit. The Morgan Stanley Retail index .MVR dropped 1.7 percent.
U.S. shares were also pressured as it appeared Congress will not negotiate a deal before January 1 to avoid the "fiscal cliff," a series of spending cuts and tax hikes totaling $600 billion that would slow the U.S. economy sharply unless lawmakers take action.
There was concern that potential tax hikes cut into U.S. holiday spending.
"With the 'fiscal cliff' hanging over our heads, it was hard to convince people to shop, and now it's hard to convince investors that there's any reason to buy going into year-end," said Rick Fier, director of trading at Conifer Securities in New York.
President Barack Obama was to return to Washington on Thursday, earlier than planned, from his Hawaiian holiday to resume talks.
A series of big decisions will wait until early 2013, when tax rates are scheduled to rise for most Americans. Economists warn that the world's largest economy could fall into recession as a result unless action - even retroactive - is taken to cushion the blow of higher rates and reduced spending that has helped bolster a weak economy. Continued...


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American companies are preparing to launch daring takeover bids for a host of Britain's biggest corporate names – including BAE Systems and AstraZeneca – thanks to the weakness of the pound against the dollar.
Sterling has lost about a quarter of its value against the dollar in the last two-and-a-half years, and combined with the feeble recovery in the UK economy, British firms have become much cheaper for American suitors looking for a good deal.
Following the controversial takeover of Cadbury earlier this year by the US food giant Kraft, and the buyout of Gatwick Airport by an American private equity firm, analysts at Standard & Poor's predicted last week that a number of well-known UK companies, including AstraZeneca, BAE Systems and the contractor Balfour Beatty, could soon fall into American hands.
"AstraZeneca and BAE are both in sectors where US groups have lots of cash and where they are looking to make acquisitions," said Mike Thompson, managing director of strategy and risk at S&P. "AstraZeneca, for example, has a value of about $65bn [£43bn], but this is no longer that daunting for US firms. UK drug groups have a good profile for American rivals and if you consider that the likes of Johnson & Johnson has a value of about $160bn, you can see where a deal could come from."
Spokesmen for AstraZeneca, BAE Systems and Balfour Beatty, another group on S&P's list, all refused to comment on the report, but it is ultimately the owners of these companies that will have the final say. If the offer is high enough, the City will bite.
Highly priced deals are undoubtedly good news for UK shareholders, often pension funds, and for the executives of targeted companies, who can rely on a big bonus from their new bosses for oiling the takeover process. But while the City, and the coalition and Labour governments have largely cheered on the deals, unions have warned that the impact on jobs is likely to be severe.
Last September, Cadbury spurned Kraft's advances before giving the deal the green light in January after an improved £11.5bn offer. On the day Kraft's bid was recommended by the Cadbury board, Kraft's chairman and chief executive Irene Rosenfield said: "We have great respect for Cadbury's brands, heritage and people. We believe they will thrive as part of Kraft Foods."
Days after agreeing the price, Ms Rosenfield's company announced that it planned to close Cadbury's Somerdale factory near Bristol, which it had earlier said it would save. The U-turn led to censure from the Takeover Panel and Lord Mandelson, who was Business Secretary. As many as 400 jobs were earmarked for redundancy.
Paul Kenny, general secretary of the GMB union, said yesterday: "For far too long there has been an assumption that who owns what does not matter, but it certainly does. Where cutbacks have to be made, it is people in outlying overseas plants, like those in the UK, that are hit with job losses. We will be working with the new owners of companies to ensure that this does not happen and use every sinew to ensure that these companies have a successful future."
The GMB says it is in talks with officials at American Sugar Refinery, which confirmed last week that it was in talks with Tate & Lyle, one of the sugar industry's biggest names for the past 150 years, to buy its refining business in London's Docklands. A sale would end the group's association with the sugar industry as it switches its attention to the food ingredients market.
It is not just well-known names that are being snapped up by the Americans. Last week Scott Wilson Group, a mid-tier engineer, toasted a 290p-a-share offer from its US peer URS, which represents a 233 per cent premium to the group's valuation before it disclosed that takeover talks were taking place. The premium is the second highest paid for a British company in the past 10 years, but while URS said that it would look to protect engineering jobs, is conceded that "efficiencies" would be made in several areas.
At the same time, Chloride, a FTSE-250 listed power company, said that it would accept a £997m offer from its American rival Emerson Electric. Speculation about a deal has helped to double the value of Chloride in just the past six months, while Brit Insurance, one of the City's most recognisable names, has now twice spurned the advances of the US buyout firm Apollo.
In many cases, it is investment banks that help to drive the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market by identifying takeover targets for clients, and picking up huge fees in return. Mike Thompson of Standard & Poor's said that banks were partly behind the recent takeover surge. "For the report, we tried to get into the heads of the M&A bankers," he said. "The case for buying the companies on our list is being made left and right by the bankers, and with the sovereign debt crisis in Europe stymying the level of the pound, many of these arguments will be looking more attractive."
Last week, data group Thomson Reuters said that the US investment bank Goldman Sachs topped the list of worldwide M&A advisers in the first half of the year.
And analysts predict that the trend of corporate Britain falling into US hands is likely to continue for some time. "Largely as a result of the financial crisis and the dollar's perceived position as a safe haven, sterling's losses are not to be reversed any time soon," said Grant Lewis, head of economic research at Daiwa Securities. "Looking back, sterling was undoubtedly overvalued and with the rebalancing that is needed in the UK economy, it is difficult to see sterling rising much higher than its current level for the foreseeable future."
The £11.5bn takeover of the British confectioner by the US food giant Kraft is one of the most famous deals of modern times. Kraft got into hot water almost at once, however, by reneging on a promise not to cut hundreds of UK jobs.
London's second-busiest airport was sold to a US private equity investor, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), which owned London City airport. The £1.5bn deal came last October after competition watchdogs ordered the former owner, BAA, to sell. GIP has since sold a stake in Gatwick to a California-based pension fund for public-sector employees.
Tate & Lyle
It seems Tate & Lyle, which has been in the sugar industry for 150 years, is to sell its last refinery in London's East End. The City has welcomed the possibility of a deal after the EU introduced a new sugar pricing regime last year which put pressure on the business.
Balfour Beatty
Named as a top UK buyout target by Standard & Poor's. As the shares of most FTSE-100 companies edged up over the past year, the infrastructure contractor's stock fell 15 per cent. Despite the new Government promising to scrap projects, Balfour Beatty has won several contracts, making it attractive to US suitors.
As the pharmaceuticals industry looks to offset the impact of drugs losing patent protection, companies have been combined to limit the effect on earnings. AstraZeneca is seen as having an ageing portfolio (which has held back its share price) but also exciting new treatments in the pipeline, which could attract bidders.
BAE Systems
The company has lost value because the City is worried about defence cuts. But while the UK armed forces are a key customer, BAE also has huge overseas contracts. A takeover is considered unlikely, however, given the regulatory hurdles any buyer would have to overcome.
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The man that shot the dog should have been fired at the very least.
This is a discussion on good -Police Kill Chicago Man's Dog During Raid, Jury Awards Family $330,000 within the In the News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly forums, part of the The Back Porch category; The Chicago Tribune reports that the police department had a warrant to search two apartment units in the 9200 block of South Justine Street in ...
The office refused to let the man put up the dog and then shot the dog when it appeared. Cops shooting a family dog have gottin out of controlThe Chicago Tribune reports that the police department had a warrant to search two apartment units in the 9200 block of South Justine Street in February of 2009 as part of a drug investigation. They reportedly entered the second floor apartment of Thomas Russell, who was 18 at the time, with their guns drawn.Aside from the $330,000 in damages awarded to the family, the officer who shot the dog was ordered to pay $2,000 in punitive damages, NBC Chicago reports. His supervisor had to pay $1,000.
The man that shot the dog should have been fired at the very least.
I have a friend who is a SWAT team leader. They have orders to shoot dogs on sight during a raid if they perceive them to be threats.
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety), by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. by H. L. Mencken
What sucks is the taxpayers of Chicago are now on the hook for something that d-bag did. As a dog lover with two dogs that every bit a part of my family, I would tell them to shove the cash, I want his badge and his gun.
@Fitch-- I'm sorry, guess I haven't heard of any egregious and excusable LEO shootings. What are you referring to?
I'm not sayin' nothing .
There is no link to a story, no original story to get what happened.
$330,000 in damages??
What else could they have damaged besides the dog.
No dog is worth $330,000.
I love dogs, ain't too crazy about cats, but my daughters just had to have one, and so far we're on our third, but I digress.
I could see $20,000 but this is rediculous, w/o hearing what actually went down.
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I love my dog, but for $330,000...
It all depends on how it actually went down ... whether the dog attacked or the owner drove it to do so; whether it was a deadly dangerous sort with a bad temper (vs merely a yap-yap); whether the officer leaped to assumption. Can't see how $300K equates to the value of a dog lost, though, no matter how preemptive an action was claimed to be.
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
Sorry I don't just see this as "just a dog", this is a wrongful action lawsuit. Bad info and not knowing the target along with shooting the dog= damages. Police informants get paid to pass along info but the cops have a responsibility to research that info before destroying someones life and just writing it off as a mistake
Jury awards $333,000 to family after cops shoot their dog. - Chicago Tribune
Not exactly breaking news.
"I'm set up to play a game right now. However, I doubt most people would want to get into a gun fight with me."
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And so that this one dosent turn into a fiasco like the rest of the dog threads...this one is closed.
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Experimental Retail: Vodafone's Launch In Qatar
Vodafone has taken an interesting new approach to retail design in Qatar, where retail experiences are a national past-time, and the telecom industry is highly regulated and monopolized.
Vodafone has taken an interesting new approach to retail design in Qatar, where retail experiences are a national past-time, and the telecom industry is highly regulated and monopolized.
Working alongside Fitch, a branding and design consultancy based in London, the company is showing ambition to have themselves become the countrys most-admired mobile carrier.
A press release from Fitch further details the cultural context and brand goals:
The launch was pre-empted by the existing state-owned incumbent, Qtel, which bought up all Above-the-line media space for the next 3 years to try and neutralise the competitive threat before it had even arrived. Our brief from the client was specifically to create a space moved far beyond the standard way telecommunications retailing is generally approached, to set new standards in the category.
Fitch has taken Vodafones three flagship stores, all of which are designed to the brands global store format and created immersive retail environments that encourage customer participation. They feature self-service touch-screen machines on which visitors can check out Vodafones offerings, in addition to edit their plans and pay bills.
Employing powerfully attractive design, the entrance of the store showcases a positioning statement Its a big world, jump in and the logo image; Vodafones name is not mentioned anywhere on the storefront. Furthermore, Fitch explains the retail design as revolving around a focal ignition point, located at the centre of any given store. Customers are meant to flow into this central point and are then aided by staff or browse freely through printed materials and on the digital units.
Unique design features include:
- Seamless interior furniture all store workings are hidden to ensure nothing detracts from the flow towards the central ignition point, including innovative magnetic modular wall bays along both sides.
- Angular design language to bring the ignition spark to life in the environment, with premium mirrored finishes to appeal to the regional customers and convey the energy and vitality of the Vodafone brand personality.
- Breaking with convention, the handsets are not given primary consideration in the space. The focus is very much on acquiring customers for Vodafone as a whole, rather than just enticing them with the latest gadgets.
- The carefully placed lighting reflects off the reflective surfaces, enhancing the overall look and feel of the space and adding to the spark effect.
Interestingly, Fitch has a design strategy targeting various demographics and ethnicities living in Qatar in a rather stratified manner. To do this, Fitchs launch strategy includes six smaller standard stores, mall-based retail kiosks, and a fleet of retail-trucks which travel to non-urban areas and worker camps. This consequently connects the brand to both Qataris and expatriate groups, introducing them collectively to Vodafones global community.
The level of sophistication which Vodafone is bringing to the market is, naturally, creating notable buzz both online and in Qatars press; Fitch and Vodafone are hoping that this buzz and the vibrant and innovative environment will lead to customer acquisition, especially given the fact that it is a new to the market and competing with massive state-owned companies such as Qtel.


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Interview Dos and Don'ts
- Give accurate and detailed contact information in your cover letter so your interviewers can easily connect with you.
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- Practice, if possible. Contact Career Development to practice with a Career Advisor.
- Make sure you are in a place where you can read notes, take notes, and concentrate. Career Development has a phone interview room (with landline) that you can reserve.
- Create a professional message on your voicemail. It is safer to just say: "I'm sorry, but I can't answer your call right now..."
- Have your resume in front of you so you can remember highlights of your experience and accomplishments.
- Consider keeping some note cards or an outline in front of you to remind yourself of key points you want to cover with the interviewer. Ensure that you can hear and are being clearly heard.
- Consider standing when being interviewed on the phone. Some experts say you'll sound more professional than if you are slouching in an easy chair.
- Create a strong finish to your phone interview with thoughtful questions.
- Feel you have to fill in the silences. If you have completed a response, but the interviewer has not asked his or her next question, do not start babbling just to fill in airtime. Instead, ask a question of your own related to your last response.
- Snuffle, sneeze or cough. If you cannot avoid these behaviors, say "excuse me."
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Online or cloud storage is becoming increasingly popular and that fact has been underlined by a survey which shows that the average 60-day old account has doubled in size over the last twelve months, from 122GB to 238GB.
These results were produced by Livedrive, a leading online storage company, with the information gathered from 10,000 of its customers It shows the most commonly stored files were images, taking up 40 percent of all file uploads each week. Next on the list were music files with Livedrive estimating the average value of each customer's online music collection at £1,500. Rounding out the top three of commonly stored files are documents with PDFs and Excel spreadsheet among the most popular.
Livedrive recently entered a self styled Storage War with other cloud storage company Mozy, who removed the unlimited aspect of its customers accounts while Livedrive retained it. Andrew Michael, Livedrive CEO says that he doesn't see consumer storage reaching a plateau at any point in the near future: "Camera resolutions are still increasing, HD digital video cameras are becoming more popular, HD video downloads from the likes of iTunes are becoming the norm, even music files now have higher bitrates and file sizes. And broadband speeds are on the up, so the quality and size of downloadable media will continue to increase."
In order to meet demand, this month Livedrive opened its third state-of-the-art data centre in London's docklands, which uses a new storage platform developed by Livedrive to store almost 100 petabytes of data with "record-breaking efficiency and resilience." The company currently holds 10 billion files from half a million customers so lets hope no one presses delete by accident. Of course we have seen instances where online storage can be less than reliable such as the time photo-blogger Mirco Wilhelm had 4,000 of his images were deleted by accident by Flickr.


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Stephen F. Austin Trips Up UTEP In 2OT, 2-1
Sep 8, 2013
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EL PASO, Texas – In a physical, well-played game by both sides, Stephen F. Austin's Chelsea Raymond scored on a breakaway at 107:24 of the second overtime period to lift her squad past homestanding UTEP, 2-1, in the championship contest of the 14th-annual Border Shootout at University Field Sunday afternoon.
The Miners (3-2-1) led 1-0 at the half on the strength of senior Azia Nicholson's second tally of the year (44:03) only to have the Ladyjacks (4-1-1) manage the equalizer on their first shot on goal of the game by Kelly Ann Craig at 71:27.
UTEP played with poise and a purpose after Craig's score. Dilling was also sharp, with two of her three saves in the match coming on respective point-blank tries by Zuri Prince (83:17) and Megan Wasiak (83:21) to help force overtime. The Miners outshot SFA, 3-1, in the first OT and appeared in good shape to earn at least a point against the fourth-ranked team in the central region but it was not to be.
With less than three minutes remaining in the match, Zuri Prince delivered a ball to a streaking Raymond, who had snuck in behind the Orange and Blue defense. The flag stayed down as the play was ruled onside, and Raymond had a clear path to Dilling. The junior netminder flew out to cut down the angle and dove as Raymond shot, but she couldn't get enough of the ball to push it wide.
Overall shots favored UTEP, 11-10, and it also enjoyed an edge in corner kicks (9-4). The Miners were whistled for 14 infractions, including the first 12 in the game, while the Ladyjacks were tagged with seven.
"Stephen F. Austin has been to the past two NCAA Tournaments so it is a very good team," UTEP head coach Kevin Cross said. "We gave everything we had and had a good effort. I can't fault our team today, they gave their all."
Nicholson did well to earn the Miners' second corner of the match at 11:16. The wind carried the service, and it clanked harmlessly off the top portion of the goal frame that rests out of bounds.
Jade Babcock and Nicholson created a good scoring chance in the 20th minute. Babcock split a pair of SFA defenders with a pass, and Nicholson carried it to the far left wing. She then laced a cross that tantalizingly whistled through the box but nobody was home.
The Ladyjacks' best chance of the stanza came in the 25th minute, with a foul on UTEP giving them a free kick from 30 yards out. The Ladyjacks played a great ball into the box but Dilling aggressively came off the line and punched it out of harms' way.
The home side was back on the offensive in the 30th minute. Nicholson dropped a pass to Brianna Barreiro, who laced a left-footed shot that was grabbed by Morgan Glick.
In the 37th minute, it was Barreiro in the role of playmaker. She delivered a lovely service into space to set up Angela Cutaia, but the freshman's shot sailed high.
UTEP's persistent approach paid dividends in the final minute of the stanza. Off a SFA goal kick, Nicholson battled a foe to win the short service. Without batting an eye, she carried the ball to the box and finished the golden opportunity with a strike that bedeviled Glick.
The Ladyjacks started the second stanza with a sense of urgency, generating a pair shots in the first seven minutes. Both were errant, as tight marking from the Miners prevented the visitors from having clean looks.
The home side adjusted its shape, dropping players into space in an attempt to counteract the intensity. A couple of fouls on the Orange and Blue set up the Ladyjacks with some promising set pieces, but once again the defense was up to the task.
The Ladyjacks pulled even with less than 20 minutes to play. After a corner service was knocked around in the box, it was settled at the 18-yard line by Craig. With a screen partially shielding Dilling, she skillfully curved a shot that barely evaded the extended fingertips of an air born Dilling and ended up in the upper right corner of the net.
Cutaia forced replacement GK Lacey Lee to make a stop at 81:09 and then Dilling ensured OT with the aforementioned pair of big point-blank shots.
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Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, who has a bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. in physics, all from Stanford, is chairwoman of the Deloitte & Touche Council on the Advancement of Women and runs Sally Ride Science, which aims to keep girls interested in math and science as they move from elementary to middle school. Ride, 54, spoke with USA TODAY corporate management reporter Del Jones about why girls don't pursue degrees in math and science fields, and how business might intervene.
Q: Only 21% of scientists and 11% of engineers in the USA are women. Your favorite subjects in school were physics and astronomy. What made you different than your bright girlfriends?
A: Nothing. In elementary school, there (were) lots of girls who were interested in science, and that's true today. For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.
Q: Girls are discouraged? That sounds so 1970s.
A: There was a 2001 study that showed in fourth grade, 68% of boys and 66% of girls like science. Starting in sixth, seventh and eighth grade, we lose girls and boys, but we lose more girls and for different reasons: lingering stereotypes, societal pressures. It's well known that many girls have a tendency to dumb down when they're in middle school. Just last week, I was talking to senior executives, and a woman told me that she was the best biology student in high school and had the highest exam scores. At the end of the semester, a teacher told her: "I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to give the award in biology to a boy, because it's more important to him." Almost every time that I give a speech or meet with a group of women, I'll hear such stories.
Q: Boys earn 70% of the D's and F's in school and account for 80% of dropouts. Shouldn't we fear more for their future?
A: It's a big problem. Women earn the majority of undergraduate degrees in the U.S. and last year earned more Ph.D.s than men. But keeping girls in the science and math pipeline is a separate problem with different causes. It's important we address both. You don't stop research on breast cancer just because heart disease is also deadly. You work on both.
Q: Suppose you were an executive of a corporation that needs engineers. You meet a girl in high school. She scored in the 99th percentile in math on her SATs, yet says she wants to major in psychology or go to law school, because those careers sound more interesting. What do you tell her?
A: I'd introduce her to the coolest female engineer in the company. Girls tend to have a stereotype of engineers being 65-year-old guys who wear lab coats and pocket protectors and look like Einstein. Try to make it personal to them and show them some of the cool things that they can do in engineering.
Q: Let's talk Lawrence Summers. The Harvard president recently resigned after giving a controversial speech a year ago suggesting that men might simply be predisposed to be better at math and science. Is there at least a grain of truth in what he said?
A: (Laughs). Suppose you came across a woman lying on the street with an elephant sitting on her chest. You notice she is short of breath. Shortness of breath can be a symptom of heart problems. In her case, the much more likely cause is the elephant on her chest.
For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences. That is the elephant. Until the playing field has been leveled and lingering stereotypes are gone, you can't even ask the question.
Q: I will anyway. There are many obvious biological differences between men and women. This can't be one?
A: There are obvious differences, but until you eliminate the more obvious cause, it's difficult to get at the question scientifically. Look at law, medicine and business. In 1970 — that's not ancient history — law school was 5% female, med school was 8% and business school was 4%. You could have taken a look at those numbers and concluded that women don't make good lawyers or doctors. The statistics might have supported you. But today, all of those fields are about 50-50.
Q: Why hasn't that happened in math, science and engineering?
A: The stereotypes were more ingrained. Their numbers are increasing, and there is no reason to believe that the percentage of women is going to suddenly level off at 11%. Why should it not go up like law school, medical school and business school?
Q: Years ago, there were few women in national orchestras, and one explanation was that women had less wind power. But when they started doing blind auditions, the number of women increased. Should companies consider "blind hiring" and fill jobs without knowing an applicant's sex?
A: The same is true for science articles reviewed for publication. When authors' names were removed, the number that were accepted from women rose. Well-intentioned, educated people can have biases that they don't know they have. Having said that, it's really difficult to do gender-blind hiring. You can do gender-blind initial screening, but the most effective thing would be to make managers aware that they have preconceptions.
Q: You want business to help get girls interested in math. But don't educators often feel that business butts into their affairs with a free market, anti-union message?
A: The education community does often feel that way. But students come into the business world lacking basic skills. It's critical that large companies take a role in setting the agenda. They're the ultimate consumers of the product. There's a difference between walking into the local school and telling the principal they should be teaching science this way, and using the bully pulpit to say that it's really important to develop the right curriculum. Nobody likes their toes stepped on, but the business community can shine a spotlight on some of the problems.
Q: Do you support controversial measures such as vouchers that would bring competition to schools?
A: Competition is often a good thing. There is value in holding the schools' feet to the fire. Vouchers absolutely should be considered.
Q: You attended an all-girls high school. Would recommend that?
A: I went to Westlake School for Girls on a tennis scholarship. It was probably very important to my future. I didn't have a lot of confidence in myself. I did well in math in high school, but I didn't know if I would be able to do well at math in college. At Westlake, it was all girls in the trigonometry, calculus and chemistry classes. That environment gave me the confidence and motivation to declare a physics major in college. Who knows if I had gone to public high school? It affected a lot of my friends. Others made it and became doctors, so it's hard to say.
Q: Have you personally encountered sexual discrimination?
A: Very little, even though I've worked in cultures that are historically male.
Q: Any advice for women who encounter discrimination on the job?
A: It's hard to give advice without specifics. There can be very serious forms of discrimination for which there is legal redress, and then there can be much more subtle forms that women might not notice or think about until it accumulates over time. In many cases, I suggest taking the high road and have a little sense of humor and let things roll off your back. I think that's very important.


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Small business agony uncle James Caan offers his advise on leadership.
Dear James:
How can I be a better and more successful leader in my business? - Kevin
James says:
Some leaders provide a great example, and the recently retired Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was one of them.
I always admired his ability to evolve. His principles and values stayed the same, but he made sure he was not left behind as football changed.
Business managers do not always look at the external environment, and fail to notice the changing landscape. If you are not flexible, you will find it difficult to survive.
It doesn't matter how successful a company is, there will always be new trends emerging that will affect them, so managers should be open to change.
As well as staying up to speed with the market, you should listen to your employees. One of Sir Alex's great strengths was to surround himself with experts, be it coaches, nutritionists or sports scientists. I have always been a firm believer in speaking to the people on the ground who are experts in their field.
Sir Alex had his fair share of losses and setbacks but he took it on the chin and learned from his mistakes.
Much like football, the world of business has seen rapid changes over the years, and this is sure to continue.
Those who are brave enough to embrace change are far more likely to be successful than those who rest on their laurels.
James Caan's book Start Your Own Business in 7 Days is out now.
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American Masters Launches 200th Episode Featuring Exclusive Director's Cut of J.D. Salinger, 1/21
THIRTEEN's American Masters launches its 28th season with the series' 200th episode: the exclusive director's cut of Shane Salerno's documentary, Salinger, premiering nationally Tuesday, January 21, 9-11:30 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) with 15 minutes of new material not seen in theaters. Check out a sneak peek below!
Featuring never-before-seen photographs, personal stories and moments from J.D. Salinger's (Jan. 1, 1919 - Jan. 27, 2010) life and harrowing service in World War II, Salerno's new director's cut expands his intimate portrait of the enigmatic author of The Catcher in the Rye. American Masters was the first to close a deal with Salerno for Salinger, securing the exclusive domestic television rights to the documentary in January 2013. An official selection of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and Telluride Film Festival, the film made front page news all over the world with its revelations. Associated Press called the research yielded during Salerno's 10-year investigation "unprecedented" and "thoroughly documented."
"Adding J.D. Salinger to the American Masters library as the 200th episode is a perfect reflection of the series' mission: to illuminate the lives and creative journeys of America's most enduring artistic and cultural giants for the public - no matter how elusive," said Stephen Segaller, vice president of programming for WNET. "The film is almost overpowering: highly cinematic, highly dramatic, and packed with research discoveries worthy of the best painstaking investigative journalism. We get to know Salinger, his life and his work to an unparalleled degree."
Salerno's 10-year journey culminates in the first work to get beyond the author's impenetrable wall of privacy and seclusion. While there have been over 100 academic books examining Salinger's work in exhaustive detail, the story that no one had uncovered was that of Salinger's remarkable life.Salerno overcame considerable obstacles to do this and present the material as a documentary film. Salinger never sat for a formal interview during his life, and there were no video or audio recordings of him and very few photographs. Additionally, legal restrictions specifically prevented Salerno from quoting virtually any of Salinger's work on camera or from having anyone read or perform any of Salinger's work. Regardless, American Masters: Salinger shows in vivid detail the connections between the author's life and work, and the people and events that inspired his most celebrated fiction.
The film is structured not as a traditional cradle-to-grave biography, but instead as a mystery that takes viewers deep inside Salinger's private world. It operates on two engines: the first is an investigative thriller and the second is a character study of a complex man who walked away from the world at the height of his fame.
Detailing pivotal experiences in Salinger's life from the 1940s, Salerno illustrates how they influenced Salinger's writing and personal relationships for the rest of his life: his dogged pursuit of publication in The New Yorker despite numerous rejections through to his first success with "Slight Rebellion Off Madison" (1946); his relationship with Eugene O'Neill's daughter Oona, who at 18 married the 53-year-old Charlie Chaplin; his literary breakthrough with "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" (1948) in The New Yorker; and, most importantly, his service in World War II, which began with the Allied invasion of Normandy. During his army years, Salinger developed a friendship with Ernest Hemingway; suffered mental collapse after spending nearly a full year in combat; investigated Nazis and entered Dachau concentration camp as part of the Counterintelligence Corps; and in Germany met and married his first wife Sylvia Welter, whom he divorced shortly after their move to the U.S. when he suspected she was a Nazi spy. Through these tumultuous years of combat and horror, Salinger kept writing and worked on The Catcher in the Rye, a 10-year project published in 1951.
American Masters: Salinger delves into his many relationships with young women, featuring Jean Miller and Joyce Maynard; his literary success and total retreat from the limelight to Cornish, N.H.; his self-imposed isolation from his family and the world to write; his religious fanaticism; his rare and dramatic interactions with the press; and, above all, the literary secrets he left behind after his death. The documentary features interviews with some 150 subjects including Salinger's friends, colleagues and members of his inner circle who speak on the record for the first time, as well as previously unseen film footage, photographs and other materials. Participants including E.L. Doctorow, Tom Wolfe, Gore Vidal, Pulitzer Prize-winners A. Scott Berg and Elizabeth Frank, actors Martin Sheen, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, John Cusack, Danny DeVito, playwright John Guare and Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert Towne all share Salinger's influence on their lives, their work and the broader culture.
"From day one, I felt that J.D. Salinger belonged on American Masters, together with the extraordinary artists they've profiled. This is my definitive version of the film. I think audiences will enjoy seeing the full story of his life,"
said Salerno, who also co-authored Salinger (Simon & Schuster), the official book of the documentary, with David Shields. The book was No. 1 on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list and debuted at No. 6 on The New York Times bestseller list, among many other honors.


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Strings of natural wood are woven around a steel base to create a bedside lamp with relaxed cabana style.
- 5.5" diameter, 12" high
- Handwoven of natural raffia over a metal frame, and stands on a solid wood base.
- Glows from within casting shadows on surfaces.
- On/off switch located on clear cord.
- Compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) compatible.
- UL-listed.
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- Overall: 5.5" diameter, 12" high
- Cord: 6.5' long
- Bulb: 60 watts, type A (not included); or 13 watts, CFL (included)
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Last evening, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) reduced its interest rate 0.25% to a now record 2.75%. Governor Glenn Stevens joins his central bank counterparts from the United States, Europe, and Japan in adopting easier monetary policy to carefully lower the value of his domestic currency. Keep in mind, historically the RBA favors higher rates relative to other developed economies in order to attract capital inflows to offset a 30-plus year streak of account deficits.
However, the RBA's decision highlights the headwinds that are facing resource and commodity-oriented economies currently. The lack of a strong rebound in Chinese resource demand is challenging domestic growth in Australia. In fact, the RBA statement sums up the outlook rather starkly for expected resource demand:
"With the peak in the level of resource sector investment likely to occur this year, there is scope for other areas of demand to grow more strongly over the next couple of years."
Investors must continue to closely monitor the price action of global currencies.
Some things to consider…
- The 12% decline in the Japanese yen (Figure 1.1) continues to fuel the global carry trade and act as 2013's strongest tailwind for global capital markets.
- The 3% rise in the United States dollar (Figure 1.2) will continue to impact sector allocation flows for the S&P 500® Index (SPX).
- A momentum reversal lower for the U.S. dollar is needed to support lifting allocations to multinationals, within the materials sector in particular.
- The strength of the Mexican peso (Figure 1.3) highlights continued favorable investment opportunities in both the Mexican debt and equity markets.
- The Indian sensex (Figure 1.4) has experienced a 9% rebound from its mid-April low for the year, fueled by strong capital inflows. Investors should be alert and continue monitoring the price action, as continued strength will warrant an upgrade in allocations to India.
- There remains further downside vulnerability for the spot price of gold (Figure 1.5). Previous long-term support at $1,525 has now transitioned to major resistance.
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Figure 1.1 Japanese Yen, 2007 to Present
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Figure 1.2 U.S. Dollar, May 2012 to May 2013
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Figure 1.3 Mexican Peso, May 2010 to May 2013
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Figure 1.4 Indian Sensex, May 2012 to May 2013
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Figure 1.5 Spot Gold Weekly, 2007 to 2013
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Me, Wife and my 2 y.o. will be making a trip to great metropolis of Memphis on Saturday with 2 friends and their 2 y.o. and it looks like I won't be carrying due the zoo being in Overton Park and being owned by the City. Wish me luck!
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Me, Wife and my 2 y.o. will be making a trip to great metropolis of Memphis on Saturday with 2 friends and their 2 y.o. and it looks like I won't be carrying due the zoo being in Overton Park and being owned by the City. Wish me luck!
What, no carry on city property or in parks? Good job law makers.
We have preemption except for local government's recreational property. City hall, for example, has a posting requirement to legally ban carry. However, the same city can ban carry in parks without a posting requirement. I think Memphis did this.
I searched here and elsewhere on the interweb and it looks like a no go, fo sho. I hate that, I've had a hankering for a Meerkat Manwich!
Memphis can be a tough place. My past expierence there is a reason I carry.
Be safe, carry and be aware.
+1 Sandbagger. My spidey sense is always humming in Memphis. Good luck ofdesp!
Have you been their before? I went in the 80's while driving cross country. You have to drive through some bad looking areas to get their; at least from I40. I would carry and lock the gun in the car while in the Zoo.
Memphis is a zoo, I have never felt safe in that city.
Well, the trip went off without a hitch. We arrived right at 9:00 am, opening time. Got the very front parking spot, hardly anyone there. What was there was mostly families. Really didn't see any teenagers, trouble-makers, etc. By 1:00pm, the masses had started to assemble and the 2 y.o.'s had about all they could stand so we got out while the getting was good.
I was a bit concerned with the apparent lack of security. I don't remember seeing a single "guard" anywhere. All in all, a good trip. We'll probably go back again next year...
Glad to hear you had a good time, stay safe.
Glad your visit was good. This happened a couple of weeks ago.
From the Memphis Commercial Appeal...
There will be no more free Tuesdays during March at the Memphis Zoo, one of several new policies designed to avoid a repeat of Tuesday's fracas at the zoo and Overton Park.
Also, no one 16 or younger will be admitted to the zoo without an adult age 21 or older on free Tuesdays.
The policies go into effect next Tuesday.
Admission is free on Tuesdays after 2 p.m. for Tennessee residents with state-issued identification or current college or military ID.
"During March, especially during spring breaks, we're often close to capacity by the end of the day when free day starts," said Chuck Brady, zoo president and CEO. "We're eliminating that possibility. We don't want to have another occurrence like we had last Tuesday."
Spring break for Memphis City Schools combined with the free admission policy resulted in more than 22,000 people entering the zoo Tuesday afternoon. Fights broke out, visitors were evicted and shots were fired near the entrance to Overton Park, which had to be cleared by police.
"We want a visit to our zoo to be an active experience where you enjoy the wildlife and different aspects of the facility," Brady said. "We're not a place where people hang out. That's not our mission and that distracts from other visitors enjoying the experience."
As part of the new free-Tuesday policy, adults 21 and older can bring in no more than five children 16 and younger.
"During free day we have people who bring in large numbers of people. It makes for a situation where they don't have enough supervision," Brady said.
The zoo has also worked with the Memphis Police Department to establish a capacity of 10,000 visitors inside the zoo at any one time each day. It will use its Web site, social media sites Facebook and Twitter, along with signs at the park entrances to alert visitors when the facility is approaching capacity.
No one with the Memphis Police Department was available for comment Friday.
Historically, there was no admission charge for the zoo, Brady said. When the facility first began charging admission, Saturday mornings were free. Free day moved to Monday afternoons about 25 years ago, and was changed to Tuesdays about 15 years ago, he said.
Capacity limits inside the zoo will also help with overcrowding in Overton Park, said Martha Kelly, president of the nonprofit advocacy organization Park Friends Inc.
"I think with the policies the zoo has enacted on limiting attendance to what they have capacity for, it's unlikely that the park itself will have an overflow crowd like that," Kelly said.
The zoo is also re-emphasizing its existing policies against profane language, visible underwear and clothing that promotes or displays profanity, violence, drugs, alcohol or criminal activity.
Well glad you all had a good time.
Quit while you are ahead and go somewhere else next time! I was born and raised in memphis. I lived there for 50 years until I was finally ran out by the infidels. I have since retreated to Ms. where I will make my final stand. Its a shame because memphis used to be a fine place to live...but no more. There is no hope for memphis it will never return......SemperFi


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PeopleSoft Inc.'s EnterpriseOne software suite will run on Linux starting in the second quarter, the enterprise software vendor announced Wednesday.
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I've decided after thinking it over honestly with myself, that I'd like to try again and this time be a runner-runner. I want to be able to run a mile without stopping and eventually do 5K's and beyond. I want to be lean, strong, and confident.
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Frog and Toad
Chicago Children's Theatre makes a big splash with its inaugural production, "A Year With Frog and Toad." The award-winning musical adaptation of Arnold Lobel's charming books is a treat for all ages. Fast paced and funny, the show illustrates the ups and downs of friendships with great music, talented actors and engaging special effects.
Even without knowing the story, it took only a few minutes for my 5-year-old to buy into the world the play created, especially given the fantastic sets, creative costumes and realistic sound effects, provided mostly by live musicians.
The story takes Frog and Toad through the four seasons. They swim, tell scary stories and even sleigh ride. The three-person supporting ensemble performs a variety of roles including birds, a turtle, a mouse and a hilarious snail-mail carrier.
But as you might guess from the name, the play is all about Frog and Toad and relies heavily on the talents of the two lead actors. Bradley Mott is outrageously funny as the high-strung Toad, sending everyone in the audience into fits of laughter with his elastic facial expressions and exaggerated line deliveries. Joseph Anthony Foronda anchors Frog with playful dignity and makes the play's moral lessons easy to swallow.
Part of the mission of this new theater is to provide family entertainment on a grand scale, giving its shows Broadway-style production values. And it is remarkable how the theater achieves this. Moving waters, blossoming flowers, falling leaves and dancing snowflakes are some of the fantastic effects that take the production up a notch.
At one hour and 45 minutes (including a 15-minute intermission), this show is best for ages 5 and up. The second act story of the terrible and giant frog was intense and a little too scary for some of the little kids on a recent Sunday afternoon, but overall, Director Henry Godinez has found the perfect balance to appeal to audiences of any age.
While you're there, check out the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's interactive frog-and-toad displays in the theater lobby. It makes pre-show and intermission more fun. Alena Murguia, mom of Patrick, 5, Connor, 3 and Matthew, 1, Berwyn "A Year With Frog and Toad." Goodman Theatre—Owen Theatre. 10 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday. 6:30 p.m. Friday. 10 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday. 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Through March 5. $17-$38. 170 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. (312) 443-3800, www.goodman-theatre.org.
Editor's note: Tickets are two-for-one at the Target Family Matinee Series, 3:30 p.m. each Sunday.
The Boxcar Children
Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny Alden knew about unfortunate events long before Lemony Snicket came along.
The Alden orphans, aka the Boxcar Children, are a kinder, gentler precursor to Snicket's very popular book series, A Series of Unfortunate Events, about Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire.
The Aldens were brought to literary life more than 60 years ago by author Gertrude Chandler Warner. They have been brought to the stage by playwright Barbara Field and the local theater company Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences.
"The Boxcar Children" is a lovely 90 minutes for children who know these beloved books. I'm not sure it is as engaging for those who haven't read the books, which follow the orphans as they set up house in a railroad boxcar and then eventually move into the home of their wealthy, long-lost grandfather.
My son and I, as well as my friend, her two sons and their friends, enjoyed the production. But of this crew, the ones who enjoyed it most were those who read the books—including me.
Field's adaptation faithfully follows Warner's book. Which means it deals with poverty, destitution and a child's perspective on the death of two parents. But all is handled gently—in the manner that dark issues were once dealt with. So, the story manages to avoid the nightmares and instead feeds a kid's daydream about surviving on his own without adults.
The talented cast did a wonderful job. I was particularly impressed with Dan Hale, who plays the youngest, Benny. OK, too often, men remind me of little boys but Hale, doing it intentionally, does a nice job without going over the top.
Still, the story is dated and needs set up for today's audience. As I watched young Henry befriend and find a job with the local doctor after one brief exchange over the lawn mower, I thought of all the stranger danger lessons just flying out the window. Could you actually teach your child today to trust a young, unmarried doctor still living with his mother, who follows young boys into the woods?
Set in the Depression, this is also a history lesson. It's a time when $5 could buy milk, bread, apples, cheese and you still had a lot left over. It works very well when the play is woven into a classroom curriculum as is often the case with Chicago Playworks' productions. Indeed, the company has written a great companion package for teachers.
(This venerable company is celebrating 80 years. It is a real treasure as well as the city's oldest children's theater.)
While this show is recommended for ages 8 and up, if you have a Boxcar Children reader, you can go younger. Susy Schultz, mom of Zachary, 13, and Bryant, 16, Oak Park
"The Boxcar Children." The Merle Ruskin Theatre. 10 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday. 2 p.m. Saturday. Through March 11. No performances Feb. 4 or 28. $8. 60 E. Balbo Ave., Chicago. (312) 922-1999, http://theatreschool.depaul.edu/shows_chicago_playworks.html.
Camp and Summer Adventure Fair "You want to go to camp? And you want to go to sleepover camp? Staying away from me longer than one night with someone else responsible for your health and well-being?" Those were the thoughts I tried to calm when my boys asked about summer camp. Because at the same time I was worried, I also knew that summer camp can be a wonderful experience for a child—an experience I wanted my boys to have.
But how do you find a camp? And how do you find a camp where you feel confident about the people who are responsible for your child's health and well being? Enter the Camp and Summer Adventure Fair, a free event organized by the American Camp Association, Illinois and Chicago Parent magazine on Jan 21-22. Here you can meet directors from more than 80 adventure, day, specialty, academic and special needs camps from the Midwest and across the country. You and your child can ask them any question you might have—from camp philosophy to whether kids sleep in bunk beds or tents.
You may think there is a certain conflict of interest here. After all, I am the editor of Chicago Parent and I am endorsing an event that the magazine sponsors. But Chicago Parent is sponsoring the event because we believe in it. For two years, I have gone to the event and as a result, my boys have gone to wonderful camps that we might never have discovered if not for the fair. And my boys enjoyed wandering up and down the aisles, as well as playing the games Radio Disney sponsors. Susy Schultz, mom of Zachary, 13, and Bryant, 16, Oak Park
The Camp and Summer Adventure Fair. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan 21: Seven Bridges, 6440 Double Eagle Dr., Woodridge. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22: Marriott Lincolnshire, 10 Marriott Dr., Lincolnshire. (312) 332-0833, www.campandadventurefair.com.
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Topic: Political Behavior, Jewish Identification, Unity, Politics, Zionism, US-Israel Relations
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