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Marianne Moore
Roses Only - Poem by Marianne Moore
You do not seem to realize that beauty is a liability rather
an asset - that in view of the fact that spirit creates form
we are justified in supposing
that you must have brains. For you, a symbol of the
unit, stiff and sharp,
conscious of surpassing by dint of native superiority and
liking for everything
self-dependent, anything an
ambitious civilization might produce: for you, unaided, to
attempt through sheer
reserve, to confuse presumptions resulting from
observation, is idle. You cannot make us
think you a delightful happen-so. But rose, if you are
brilliant, it
is not because your petals are the without-which-nothing
of pre-eminence. Would you not, minus
thorns, be a what-is-this, a mere
perculiarity? They are not proof against a worm, the
elements, or mildew;
but what about the predatory hand? What is brilliance
without co-ordination? Guarding the
infinitesimal pieces of your mind, compelling audience to
the remark that it is better to be forgotten than to be re-
membered too violently,
your thorns are the best part of you.
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Private schools have only recently joined their maintained colleagues as part of Ofsted's duty to keep the Secretary of State informed about the quality of education. The framework for the inspection of independent schools will be published around Easter time.
Roedean's exposure does not mean, however, that the public is about to gain inside information on every independent school. The HMI branch of Ofsted responsible for inspecting independent schools will take a fairly arbitrary sample of just 2 per cent each year.
Since 1978, when independent schools no longer had to be 'recognised as efficient' by the then Department of Education and Science, they have relied on their own system of inspection and accreditation set up by the Independent Schools Joint Council (ISJC). Some argued that this was incestuous, since such inspections were an internal matter and there was no public accountability. Reports were submitted only to the association the school belonged to, the only sanction being withdrawal of membership.
Lauretta Harris, head of the Cavendish School in London, who carries out inspections for the Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools, points out that using heads is effective. 'They have an automatic instinct to check everything as they go through a school, and know what solutions will work.'
Mrs Harris believes that because the reports are not published it is possible to be extremely frank.
The introduction of Ofsted has anyway led to changes in the ways the accreditation systems will work. The ISJC has now set up a working party under the chairmanship of Averil Burgess, formerly head of South Hampstead High School, to look afresh at its system. A member of Ofsted is on the working party and co-operating closely with the ISJC. Its draft report will be out tomorrow and a conference is planned for the spring to spread the message to member associations.
Miss Burgess accepts that the ISJC inspections cannot reproduce the weight of a full HMI inspection but points out that all teams are led by a former or serving HMI who spends around two-and-a-half days in the school. The ISJC is under pressure from schools to allow the reports to be made public. But there could be problems, Miss Burgess says, in balancing the needs of accreditation with those of schools competing with each other in the market place.
The Headmasters' Conference - which represents 238 mainly boys and mixed boarding public schools and has never been part of the ISJC scheme - has also been forced to look afresh at what it is doing.
James Sabben-Clare, who chaired the HMC working party on inspection and is head of Winchester, explains that when HMC decided not to opt into the Secretary of State's proposed scheme - mainly on grounds of cost - it decided to create its own inspection system which would be close enough to the Government's to be both credible and helpful to schools. The new scheme was presented to HMC in September and is slightly less elaborate than Ofsted. It takes four days instead of five and puts less emphasis on subject specialisms. The first training session is about to begin and the preliminary pilot will be running later in the year. It is hoped that all HMC schools will be inspected by the end of the century.
The heads aim to ensure objectivity by including a non-HMC member in the team, whose leader will be Ofsted-trained. The teams will suggest ways schools can improve 'in the context of schools doing extraordinarily well already', says Vivian Anthony, HMC secretary.
The HMC will publish its reports, or a summary of them. Far from creating a league table of schools, Mr Anthony stresses, 'it will correct the abominable misinformation that comes out in tables and will give us a chance to show that some schools include the whole ability range and do well'.
Mr Anthony hopes that eventually Ofsted, which is co-operating with HMC, will be satisfied that the HMC inspections are as rigorous as its own and will accept them for its own purposes.
The Girls' Schools Association has come up with yet another scheme - a quality management audit. Elizabeth Diggory, head of St Albans High School, describes it as a kitemark for GSA schools.
The scheme was piloted last term and about 25 schools will have been looked at by the end of this academic year. Despite the growing number of independent school inspection arrangments, Miss Diggory foresees a time when all will be part of one scheme.
Ann Longley, head of Roedean, bravely agreed that Roedean should be a pilot school for the new Ofsted framework only two days after she had told her staff that they had two years to prepare for their GSA inspection. Although there was some apprehension, she says, staff found it a very positive and constructive exercise and 'one that made you look critically at how you could be more effective'.
While Mrs Langley is fully aware of the dangers of press distortion when reports such as hers are published, she feels: 'It will give greater credibility to the private sector. A poor or slightly poor report could get over-exposure, but then parents should know that.'
A third of schools are still outside ISJC. Some of these, a member of Ofsted's independent inspection team admits, are a cause for considerable worry - both because of the conditions in which they operate and the narrowness of their curriculum. Perhaps some will be highlighted in the next round of HMI inspections to mark the contrast with Roedean.
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This is a discussion on 5.11 Operators Belt...Great! within the Related Gear & Equipment forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I was in the process of writing this thread when I noticed the recent poll on the same subject. I just wanted to mention about ...
I was in the process of writing this thread when I noticed the recent poll on the same subject.
I just wanted to mention about the 5.11 Tactical Operators Belt that I got. I know many have this belt and it was on their comments that led me to get one.
I was VERY surprised at the quality of this belt. It is thick and heavily stitched with a good metal buckle.
For those considering this belt, THE PICTURES DO NOT DO IT JUSTICE.
What I like the best is that with a Galco belt (which I have a few), when you wear it with your holster, the hole you use maybe either tight or loose. With the 5.11 you can pull it to the perfect tightness.
It also gives great support if you have lower back issues (like me).
If you were considering this belt, get it, you will love it.
Don't get me wrong, the Galco belt is great also, it's just that the 5.11 gives me the perfect fit because of the adjustable buckle.
THey also have it with a plastic buckle for $10.
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Ali Larter Graces Lucky Magazine
Sexy celebrity Ali Larter, our favorite Heroes star, is featured on the cover and in the pages of the latest issue of Lucky Magazine. I love how this celebrity shows her charming smile; it's one of a kind. Here's a sneek preview of what she has to say regarding her sense of fashion:
On her style: "I like my clothes to be able to take on my mood rather than tell me my mood. When something looks great on me, I don't even question it. I just buy it, because who knows when I'll find the next just-right thing?"
On wearing a gigantic new engagement ring to the cover shoot: "I've never been a huge jewelry girl, but I'm never taking this off."
If you're hoping to win a date from this lovely young celebrity, the answer would probably be no. So guys better back off cause she's already engaged to her long time boyfriend, actor Hayes Mac Arthur. Awww!


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Stop being wasteful and recycle
To the editor:
We all hear and say things about going green. Why are we not doing our part?
I would love to be able to recycle my garbage that can be recycled. I hate the thought of throwing all the things that could be reused into the garbage. We could save so much land if we would just invest, as the new garbage company has invested in the new trucks and containers, in a program that maybe could provide for recyclables pick-up.
We arrived in Lawrenceburg in January 1996 and literally drove up to a house I hadn't seen since I was a child and had little memory about it.
Mike and the kids had only seen pictures. We had followed a bad snowstorm cross-country from California. It was a less than joyous trip fraught with mishaps, making for cranky children.
Before Monday night's meeting of the city council was called to order, my feet were the center of attention for at least a few seconds.
Someone pointed out that I was clearly taking advantage of the sunshine and warmer temperatures because on March 8 — nearly two weeks before the official start of spring — I was already sporting sandals.
I smiled, simply replying, "Yep, and there's no turning back now."
"I hope it doesn't snow again," Mayor Edwinna Baker said.
I shared my favorite memory of my dying uncle with my mom by phone last Thursday night.
By Friday morning it was too late to share it with him, and I will forever regret not doing so.
My uncle fell ill about a week earlier, and his doctors didn't give him long to live. Following a stay in the hospital, he returned home ostensibly to live out the remainder of his days.
My dad gave me his brother's address and my intention was to send him a note or card or something to let him know I was thinking about him and, frankly, to say goodbye.
Just as "Video Killed the Radio Star," the Internet and mobile devices have a hit out on newspapers.
According to a recent survey report released by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project, the Internet is now the third-most popular news platform, sandwiched between local and national television news (at the top) and national newspapers, local newspapers and radio.
Condition of Woodlawn gravesite upsetting
To the editor,
I am writing in regard to Woodlawn Cemetery, located in Stringtown.
I understand that it has predominantly African Americans buried there, but they should be treated with the same respect as Caucasians buried in Lawrenceburg Cemetery.
My sister and I went to Woodlawn to pay our respects to a young man who recently passed away. We were astounded. He was laid to rest in the very back of the cemetery, and there was no road to get to his gravesite.
I'm a big fan of edible landscapes and as a result, I'm always searching for new things to try. I am about to tell you about something relatively new to the United States that enhances the beauty of your landscape and gives you great tasting food.
First, let me tell you that it grows just as well in clay soils as other types and has a pH range between 5 and 8. But wait, there's more.
Word is that the mayor has asked each member of the city council to publicly apologize to the American Legion for remarks made at a recent meeting.
Well I should say so.
There was no cause to be disrespectful and hint that the Legion lacks compassion for physically challenged children because of its insistence that Little League cannot build a permanent backstop for a third field that will, among many other things, be used for a Challengers league.
It is strange to me that the Tea Party folks waited until after the presidential election to start marching around, even though they say they are just against bad government, which supposedly includes both the Republicans and the Democrats.
They say way more other stuff, and it all looks loosely stitched together under a big banner of dislike for Obama.
Carlton thanks Heritage Hall, Hospice
I would like to this opportunity to thank the wonderful staff at Heritage Hall for their loving care of my grandmother, Naomi Brown.
Each staff member looked after her with the same love and affection they would show their own loved ones. As my grandmother's end neared, everyone in the building from the administration to the custodians bent over backward to make sure that not only she was comfortable, but that our family was comfortable as well.
Sometimes it's funny how things work out.
Take for instance, the story a few pages over about Biscuit, the dog rescued by Anderson County volunteer firefighters over the weekend.
You see, the fire department hosted the second of two ice rescue training sessions last Friday, and we here at The Anderson News had already planned on covering the training in this week's paper.
I was waiting on Battalion Chief Chris Harrod to drop by our office to identify firefighters in the photos we planned to use, when Mrs. Rosemary Bowling dropped by with a story idea.
Most guys who don't own trucks almost always make buddies with guys who do.
There's no way around doing so, unless you want to haul a new washing machine home atop the family sedan, or the deer you just harvested in the sedan's trunk.
To a lesser degree and dependent upon their varied interests, there are also guys who seek out buddies with ponds. Being the proud owner of a pickup, I've become the latter and have very well befriended a local guy with a sizable pond in his front yard.
Let's hope city officials don't hit the snooze button after the recent wake-up call they received.
The problem at Briar Creek woke them from their slumber after they learned that the bond in place to fix private streets there wasn't nearly enough (See story, A1.). Once that and similar bond problems are fixed, though, here's hoping they don't doze off again before fixing their mistake of spending taxpayer money to remove snow from private streets.
First thing's first: Thank you to all of the local pastors and church representatives who attended The Anderson News' informational meeting last Thursday.
Though I didn't get a final count, we had somewhere between 20 and 30 in attendance, so I would deem that a success.
Our recent snow days gave me the opportunity to hibernate on the hill for two extra days and I loved it.
It gave me the opportunity to catch up on all those little things I kept putting off. OK, doing my taxes isn't a little thing, but since all I have to do is gather up everything and take it to my tax preparer, it makes it a little thing.
City owes apology to Legion Post
Members of Lawrenceburg's Anderson Post 34 of the American Legion appear to be getting a lesson in the old adage, "let no good deed go unpunished."
News Editor Shannon Mason Brock reported that Lawrenceburg Mayor Edwinna Baker had decided the city should install a ball field on the Legion's property despite the Post's contention that the new field would interfere with parking needed during the annual Lawrenceburg Fair and Horse Show.
As we gear up to grow our gardens, I thought it'd be a perfect time for a little history lesson. A walk down memory lane from a 1900s issues of Stars and Stripes provides a vast amount of facts.
While our soldiers were fighting in World War II, the people of this country were called to do everything they could to help support them. One of those things were war gardens, better known as victory gardens.
You would think the fiscal court would have least given taxpayers a kiss on the cheek or cab fare home after taking such thorough advantage of them.
The fiscal court used the timeless art of seduction exceptionally well in 2008, luring taxpayers into its parlor and whispering what now amount to sweet nothings in their ears.
Those nothings included promises in the form of unanimous votes to reduce the county's debt and sink additional money into its crumbling roads.
Valentine's Day is not for lovers — it's for those who plan well and well in advance.
But most of us — myself included — aren't like that, yet we still have to come up with some gifting options.
With the help of About.com, eHow.com and some good old-fashioned thinking of my own, I thought I'd share a few last minute gift ideas in case you are even further behind in your planning than me.
E-gift cards
Expectant mothers are getting a new tool to help keep themselves and their babies healthy: pregnancy tips sent directly to their cell phones.
The so-called text4baby campaign is the first free, health education program in the country to harness the reach of mobile phones, according to its sponsors, which include Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, WellPoint and CareFirst BlueCross and Blue Shield. Wireless carriers including AT&T, Verizon and Sprint have agreed to waive all fees for receiving the texts.
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The Anderson News is your source for local news, sports, events, and information in Lawrenceburg, KY and the surrounding area.


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Medical board to examine Bhullar`s health
The Delhi government has set up a medical board to examine the health condition of death row convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar.
New Delhi: The Delhi government has set up a medical board to examine the health condition of death row convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, who is said to be having suicidal tendencies and admitted in a hospital here for last two years.
Top Delhi government officials said the medical board, comprising a number of senior doctors from renowned hospitals, is expected to submit the report next week.
"The board has indicated to us that Bhullar`s medical report will be made available to the government next week," an official said.
Bhullar was given death penalty for triggering a bomb blast here in September 1993 that killed nine people and injured 25 others, including then Youth Congress President M S Bitta.
He has been admitted to Institute for Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) here for over two years.
A senior doctor, who has been attending to Bhullar at IHBAS, said he has been suffering from depression and has suicidal tendencies.
"He is under close watch. He still has suicidal tendencies," the doctor said.
A Tihar jail official said as per jail manual a death row convict has to be physically fit before execution.
Last month, the Supreme Court had dismissed Bhullar`s plea for commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment on ground of delay in deciding his mercy plea.
However, Bhullar`s wife on May 7 had filled a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict of April 12.
After the Supreme Court`s dismissal of Bhullar`s plea for commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment, Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal and his deputy Sukhbir Singh Badal had approached Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Home Minister to find a way out to stop Bhullar`s execution on the ground of peace and harmony in the state.
Bhullar had filed a mercy petition before the President on January 14, 2003. The mercy petition was dismissed on May 25, 2011.


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Lotus Dog Food receives the Advisor's second-highest tier rating of 4 stars.
The Lotus product line includes eight dry dog foods.
Each recipe below includes its related AAFCO nutrient profile when available on the product's official webpage: Growth, Maintenance, All Life Stages, Supplemental or Unspecified.
- Lotus Wholesome Lamb Recipe [M]
- Lotus Wholesome Chicken Recipe [M]
- Lotus Wholesome Puppy Recipe (4.5 stars) [A]
- Lotus Wholesome Senior Recipe (2.5 stars) [M]
- Lotus Wholesome Lamb Recipe Small Bites [M]
- Lotus Wholesome Chicken Recipe Small Bites [M]
- Lotus Wholesome Puppy Recipe Small Bites (4.5 stars) [A]
- Lotus Wholesome Senior Recipe Small Bites (2.5 stars) [M]
Lotus Wholesome Lamb Recipe was selected to represent the other products in the line for this review.
Lotus Wholesome Lamb Recipe
Dry Dog Food
Estimated Dry Matter Nutrient Content
Ingredients: Lamb, lamb meal, whole ground rye, pollock, whole ground brown rice, ground barley, oatmeal, dried egg product, organic soybean oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols, and citric acid), pea fiber, brewers dried yeast, pumpkin, apples, sweet potatoes, carrots, spinach, blueberries, potassium chloride, choline chloride, flaxseed, garlic, salt, olive oil, salmon oil, zinc proteinate, l-ascrobyl-2-polyphosphate (a source of vitamin C), glucosamine hydrochloride, iron proteinate, chondroitin sulfate, vitamin E supplement, copper proteinate, manganese proteinate, dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation soluble, dried Lactobacillus lactis fermentation soluble, and Lactobacillus casei fermentation soluble, dried kelp, inulin, Yucca schidigera extract, niacin, sodium selenite, calcium pantothenate, folic acid, vitamin A supplement, riboflavin, calcium iodate, vitamin B12 supplement, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), vitamin D3 supplement, rosemary extract
Fiber (estimated dry matter content) = 5%
Red items indicate controversial ingredients
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The first ingredient in this dog food is lamb. Although it is a quality item, raw lamb contains about 80% water. After cooking, most of that moisture is lost, reducing the meat content to just a fraction of its original weight.
After processing, this item would probably account for a smaller part of the total content of the finished product.
The second ingredient is lamb meal. Lamb meal is considered a meat concentrate and contains nearly 300% more protein than fresh lamb.
The third ingredient is rye, a cereal grain nutritionally similar to barley.
The fourth ingredient is pollock, a protein-rich whitefish native to the central and northeast coasts of the United States.
The fifth ingredient is ground brown rice, another name for rice flour. Ground rice is made from either white or brown rice and is considered a gluten-free substitute for wheat flour.
The sixth ingredient is barley. Barley is a starchy carbohydrate supplying fiber and other healthy nutrients. Unlike grains with a higher glycemic index, barley can help support more stable blood sugar levels.
The seventh ingredient is oatmeal, a whole-grain product made from coarsely ground oats. Oatmeal is naturally rich in B-vitamins, dietary fiber and can be (depending upon its level of purity) gluten-free.
The eighth ingredient is dried egg product, a dehydrated form of shell-free eggs. Quality can vary significantly. Lower grade egg product can even come from commercial hatcheries — from eggs that have failed to hatch.
In any case, eggs are easy to digest and have an exceptionally high biological value.
The ninth ingredient is organic soybean oil which is red flagged here only due to its rumored (yet unlikely) link to canine food allergies.
However, since soybean oil is high in omega-6 fatty acids and contains no omega-3's, it's considered less nutritious than flaxseed oil or a named animal fat.
The next ingredient is pea fiber, a mixture of both soluble and insoluble dietary fiber derived from pea hulls. Aside from the usual benefits of fiber, this agricultural by-product provides no nutritional value to a dog.
From here, the list goes on to include a number of other items.
But to be realistic, ingredients located this far down the list (other than nutritional supplements) are not likely to affect the overall rating of this product.
With five notable exceptions…
First, brewers yeast can be a controversial item. Although it's a by-product of the beer making process, this ingredient is rich in minerals and other healthy nutrients.
Fans believe yeast repels fleas and supports the immune system.
Critics argue yeast ingredients can be linked to allergies. This may be true, but (like all allergies) only if your particular dog is allergic to the yeast itself.
In addition, a vocal minority insists yeast can increase the risk of developing the life-threatening condition known as bloat. However, this is a claim we've not been able to scientifically verify.
In any case, unless your dog is specifically allergic to it, yeast can still be considered a nutritious additive.
What's more noteworthy here is that brewers yeast contains about 48% protein, a factor that must be considered when judging the actual meat content of this dog food.
Next, flaxseed is one of the best plant sources of healthy omega-3 fatty acids. Provided they've first been ground into a meal, flax seeds are also rich in soluble fiber.
However, flaxseed contains about 19% protein, a factor that must be considered when judging the actual meat content of this dog food.
In addition, garlic can be a controversial item. Although many favor the ingredient for its claimed health benefits, garlic has been linked to Heinz body anemia in dogs.1
So, one must weigh the potential benefits of feeding garlic against its proven tendency to cause subclinical damage to the red blood cells of the animal.
Next, this recipe includes inulin, a starch-like compound made up of repeating units of carbohydrates and typically sourced from chicory root.
Not only is inulin a natural source of soluble dietary fiber, it's also a prebiotic used to promote the growth of healthy bacteria in a dog's digestive tract.
And lastly, this food contains chelated minerals, minerals that have been chemically attached to protein. This makes them easier to absorb. Chelated minerals are usually found in better dog foods.
Lotus Dog Food
The Bottom Line
Judging by its ingredients alone, Lotus Dog food looks like an above-average dry product.
But ingredient quality by itself cannot tell the whole story. We still need to estimate the product's meat content before determining a final rating.
The dashboard displays a dry matter protein reading of 27%, a fat level of 13% and estimated carbohydrates of about 52%.
As a group, the brand features an average protein content of 26% and a mean fat level of 13%. Together, these figures suggest a carbohydrate content of 53% for the overall product line.
And a fat-to-protein ratio of about 52%.
Near-average protein. Below-average fat. And above-average carbs when compared to a typical dry dog food.
Even when you consider the protein-boosting effect of the brewers yeast and flaxseed, this looks like the profile of a kibble containing a moderate amount of meat.
Bottom line?
Lotus is a plant-based dry dog food using a moderate amount of poultry, lamb or fish as its main sources of animal protein, thus earning the brand 4 stars.
Highly recommended.
Please note certain recipes are sometimes given a higher or lower rating based upon our estimate of their total meat content and (when appropriate) their fat-to-protein ratios.
Those looking for a wet product from the same company may wish to visit our review of Lotus canned dog food.
Lotus Dog Food
Recall History
The following list (if present) includes all dog food recalls since 2009 directly related to this product line. If there are no recalls listed in this section, we have not yet reported any events.
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Candidates Deb Fischer and Bob Kerrey will square off at 4 p.m. Saturday in a debate at the Nebraska State Fair their first face-to-face debate of the U.S. Senate campaign.
Kerrey is a former Nebraska governor and U.S. Senator who owns fitness centers and restaurants in Lincoln and Omaha. Fischer has been a state lawmaker for eight years in the Nebraska Legislature. She and her husband operate a Sandhills ranch near Valentine.
Fischer has said she will debate Kerrey three times before the November election. No other dates have been announced.
Kerrey is eager to debate. He recently accepted a debate offer from Fox News, which Fischer has not accepted.
The debate would appear live on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace and a taped version would appear on the Fox News Cable Channel later in the day, Kerrey said Saturday.
Kerrey pointed out that he is willing to go into what would be Fischer-friendly territory on Fox television.
If she isnt willing to go on Fox News and debate me, how could she engage in debate on the floor of the Senate? he said.
The two are reportedly talking to Omaha television station KETV, Channel 7, but Kerrey said Monday that Fischer will not meet to work out the date and time.
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The stunning collapse and fire sale of investment house Bear Stearns (BSC)—a major employer of business graduates—has added another worry to an already shaky hiring outlook for business grads, college officials say. While major career services organizations haven't entirely reversed earlier predictions that the hiring market for 2008 grads is going to be strong, reports of recruiters cutting back on the number of job offers and, in some cases, lower starting salaries are beginning to surface.
Reductions are not just happening in the financial-services sector but across the board, from consulting companies to those in various manufacturing sectors, said Tom Kozicki, board president of the MBA Career Services Council, the umbrella group of school career placement officers. The officers are pointing out that most grads are still receiving one or more offers, but these latest cutbacks will mean they will have fewer options to choose from—and less bargaining leverage for salary. "What I'm hearing from people within the major companies who bring on intern classes each year is that they are still doing recruiting, but they are bringing on many fewer interns as compared to last year," Kozicki said. "It is hypercompetitive anyway, and this just makes it that much more competitive."
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The news of the Bear Stearns takeover by JPMorgan Chase (JPM) was followed by a Mar. 19 report by the National Association of Colleges & Employers that said the economic climate is having a cooling effect on the hiring prospects of undergraduates looking for jobs. Although employers expect to hire 8% more new college graduates from the class of 2008, that figure is still down from the fall of 2007, when employers projected a 16% increase in college hiring. The drop-off is being acutely felt in the finance industry, according to the report.
Several days after the Bear Stearns-JPMorgan deal was brokered, it remained unclear whether Bear Stearns would continue to hire—although one career services official, who asked that his school not be named, said an MBA student had accepted an internship offer from Bear Stearns just last weekend and was told shortly after that the position was not being filled. A Bear Stearns spokesperson, asked to comment on the company's hiring outlook, did not call back with any information.
The potential loss of a major employer such as Bear Stearns will make it even harder for students to find internships and jobs, said Kim Molee, associate director of undergraduate career management for Emory University's Goizueta Business School. "With a big player like Bear Stearns out of the picture, it just makes it that much more narrow as far as students' options," Molee said.
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Deans and career service officers at business schools—who have been monitoring the hiring situation closely since the financial sector began showing strains—said this week that placement numbers for internships and full-time offers remain similar to last year, but they are already seeing signs of stress in the marketplace. Kenneth Keeley, director of Carnegie Mellon's career office, said the job market isn't "dire," and noted that 85% of MBAs had job offers this year, compared with 79% last year. Still, he added, "the story is certainly not good for anybody who has anything to do relating to Bear, and certainly there are not brilliant job prospects if you're interested in financial services overall."
Mark Zupan, dean of University of Rochester's Simon School of Business, said placement is slightly up at his school, but starting salaries are down by a "couple of thousand" dollars this year. "It's starting to be more of a buyer's market," he said. "Most [financial institutions] are scaling back."
Indeed, recruiters from major companies said they are cutting back on the number of offers made to students in nearly all divisions. Caitlin McLaughlin, global head of campus recruiting for Citigroup Markets & Banking (C), said her firm is still recruiting heavily on business school campuses, but they are not extending as many offers to students as last year. "I think it is a tightening of the belt. We are slightly down by about 10% overall, but the reality is that it is not in one area. We have 18 different undergraduate programs and eight or nine MBA programs, and there's been a reduction of one or two per business," she said.
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This type of approach is preferable in the long run. When companies give out too many offers in economic downturns, they might later be forced to rescind them, and students tend to suffer, said Roxanne Hori, assistant dean and director of career management at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. "Many of the financial-service companies are being more conservative with their numbers this year. This may not be great for students in the short term in terms of the number of opportunities, but it will play out better for them in the long haul," she said. "Hopefully, we won't see delayed start dates or offers being pulled like we did five or six years ago," she said, referring to the last time a recession hurt the business school job market.
That's not to say some students aren't already feeling the effects of the downturn, especially those who had summer internships or jobs lined up at Bear Stearns. Wendy Tsung, associate dean and executive director of the MBA Career Management Center at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, has been trying to help two second-year MBA students who accepted full-time jobs with Bear Stearns get clarification on whether the positions still exist. The students first learned their jobs might be in jeopardy on Mar. 17 and have spent the past few days trying to reach recruiters. They have had trouble getting any definitive information, Tsung said. The students themselves couldn't be reached for comment.
"The recruiters are trying to reach out to the schools, but I guess there is still not enough clarity as to how the deal might go through and which groups are staying and which groups are going," said Tsung, who spoke to a Bear recruiter earlier this week.
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Amber Salley, a second-year student at University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business, had an internship in Bear's investment banking division last summer and was offered a full-time job this year. She declined, instead choosing to take a consulting job with Booz Allen Hamilton in Chicago. Salley said several people she worked with last summer accepted offers to go back to Bear Stearns. "No one I know has talked to anyone, but not for lack of trying," she said.
The travails of Bear Stearns have had a sobering effect on business school students throughout the country, especially those who look for jobs in the financial-services industry, said Tracy Handler, director of the Graduate Career Management Center at Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business in New York City. "I think what happened…with Bear shook up a lot of people," said Handler, also a board member of the MBA Career Services Council. "I saw a couple of people yesterday who said, 'I'm coming to see you tomorrow because I'm worried about the market.' It is just an anxious week."
Meanwhile, students who have offers for summer internships and full-time jobs are not being quite as picky as they might have been last year, when job offers were more plentiful, said Kellogg's Hori. "We've seen somewhat with banking where people just decided, 'I have an offer, it's a great offer, and I'm just going to take it because it just seems like it is better than waiting around to see if something better comes along,'" she said.


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A Mattress Maker's Daughter: The Renaissance Romance of Don Giovanni de' Medici and Livia Vernazza
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A Mattress Maker's Daughter richly illuminates the narrative of two people whose mutual affection shaped their own lives and in some ways their times. According to the Renaissance legend told and retold across the centuries, a woman of questionable reputation bamboozles a middle-aged warrior-prince into marrying her, and the family takes revenge. He is Don Giovanni de' Medici, son of the Florentine grand duke; she is Livia Vernazza, daughter of a Genoese artisan. They live in luxury for a while, far from Florence, and have a child. Then, Giovanni dies, the family pounces upon the inheritance, and Livia is forced to return from riches to rags. Documents, including long-lost love letters, reveal another story behind the legend, suppressed by the family and forgotten. Brendan Dooley investigates this largely untold story among the various settings where episodes occurred, including Florence, Genoa, and Venice.
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Change — big and transforming — seems to be a part of just about any human endeavor these days.
Major change is coming to the Washington National Opera. Placido Domingo, the world-renowned tenor, who has been general director of the company since 1996, helping to launch it to another level of respect, stature and accomplishment, will be leaving his post as of June, 2011.
If you read the public announcements from both Domingo and the WNO board, the change was mutually arrived at, and apparently under consideration in recent times. The statements sound a lot like those surrounding the news of the breakup of a much-beloved couple who have come to a convivial agreement to go their separate ways.
Herewith: "We appreciate all that Placido Domingo has done for our great company. He will be missed, but all good things come to an end," WNO President Kenneth R. Feinberg said. "Placido's association with WNO was essential to the company's artistic development and helped it to gain recognition nationally and internationally. We are looking forward to him being with us in Washington this spring to sing in 'Iphigenie in Tauride' and to conduct performances of 'Madame Butterfly' and 'Don Pasquale.' While today's news may mark the end of the formal marriage, we are looking forward to artistic collaborations in the future."
Domingo brought the white heat of star power to the company, by way of talent, reputation and international appeal, giving it something it probably did not have before — glamour. In addition, he brought innovative programs to the company including free simulcasts of season-opening operas, the WNO's Center for Education and Training, international tours, and, essential for the future, the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program
Domingo at 69 remains a busy director and performer, and is still the General Director of the Los Angeles Opera. Under Domingo, who took over after Martin Feinstein, the company experienced international growth and saw the arrival of star conductors, directors and performers, including Jose Carreras, Renee Fleming and Franco Zefferelli. The company also embraced newer American works like the recently acclaimed "A View from the Bridge." But there were also problems and some critical grousing as a result of difficulties in the current economic climate.
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Shaw's quarterly revenue rose 2.2 percent to C$1.42 billion in the three months ended Nov. 30.
Shaw said on Wednesday it would sell its television assets to Corus Entertainment Inc to fund its bid for wireless company Wind Mobile. ($1 = C$1.44) (Reporting by Alastair Sharp in Toronto and Amrutha Gayathri in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)
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The local production was presented by the entrepreneur James Cassius Williamson, then nearing the end of his long reign over virtually every aspect of Australian theatre. Williamson presented all types of entertainment in his chain of theatres across Australia and New Zealand, but he was noted for his musicals. His productions were lavish, impeccable reproductions of the latest London and New York successes, replete with elaborate scenery and costumes carefully copied from the originals.
He maintained two semi-permanent light opera companies that travelled his circuit with a steady stream of new musicals and revivals of old favourites. His Royal Comic Opera Company had the honour of introducing Franz Lehar's greatest creation to Australian audiences.
Williamson's Merry Widow was a carbon copy of George Edwardes's London production, which was still playing at Daly's Theatre. As Sonia (today's Hanna or Anna), Williamson cast the popular young Australian soprano Carrie Moore, one of several theatrically talented sisters from Geelong. She had just returned from five years in Britain. Her Danilo was Andrew Higginson, a dashing import who became a great local favourite. The beloved Florence Young played Natalie.
Williamson used the English version prepared for George Edwardes by Adrian Ross. Many different translations were used in the US, but the Ross version remained in use in Australia for half a century.
The premiere season in Melbourne notched up 66 performances, a good run for that time. Sydney had to wait while The Widow took off on a short Victorian country tour, then introduced herself to Adelaide and Brisbane. She finally arrived at the grand old Her Majesty's Theatre in Pitt Street on September 26, where the "House Full" sign was a regular feature until New Year's Day, 1909.
That first Australian production played season after season. In 1909 The Widow was seen in New Zealand, Tasmania and again in Adelaide and Melbourne, with Betty Ohls taking over the lead. In 1910 there were seasons in Sydney, Perth, Kalgoorlie, Boulder and another in New Zealand; in 1911 she was back in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
There was a further tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1916-17, The Widow's insouciance somehow transcending the anti-German sentiment that kept other Austrian and German pieces off Australian stages during World War I. By this time the lead had passed first to Florence Young, then to Ethel Cadman and finally to Minnie Love.
For the 1922 season, Sonia was played by a rising young star from Bundaberg, Gladys Moncrieff. Said one reviewer: "The packed audience was on tiptoe with enthusiasm for the favourite opera in which Carrie Moore and the late Florence Young gained triumphs. The new Widow, Gladys Moncrieff, adds fresh lustre to her Australian fame. She played the part with a little more gravity than is generally lent to it, but she looked beautiful and sang exquisitely."
Despite her success in The Maid of the Mountains a year earlier, the Widow became Moncrieff's favourite role and a permanent part of her repertoire. Her recordings of it are superb and still available. Moncrieff played annual seasons of The Widow in all the Australian capitals from 1922 until 1926.
For their 1931-32 revivals, Williamson cast the vivacious Australian soprano Dorothy Brunton as Sonia. The 1933 tour featured Romola Hansen, but Moncrieff returned for seasons in 1935-37; for wartime revivals in 1943 and 1946 her Danilos were, respectively, Max Oldaker and Fred Murray.
Meanwhile, in England, another Australian Widow had emerged - the enchanting Madge Elliott. She starred in a revival at His Majesty's Theatre in London in 1943 with her husband, Cyril Ritchard, as Danilo. Later they toured a miniature version of this production for the armed forces, appearing in Egypt, the Mediterranean, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, with a return season at the Coliseum popped in for good measure.
Australia's next Widow was June Bronhill. She created the role of Anna Glawari in a bright new translation by Christopher Hassall which premiered at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London in 1958 and transferred triumphantly to the Coliseum, where it broke several box office records. In 1960 this production was seen in Australia. Returning to her homeland after nearly nine years, Bronhill re-created her London success, with John Larsen as Danilo. The lovely Vilia song became so associated with her that Bronhill cheekily dubbed it "June's tune".
There was a return tour in 1962-63, this time with Suzanne Steele and Bronhill alternating as Anna, with Jon Weaving as Danilo. Suzanne Steele was back for the Australian Opera's first production of The Merry Widow, which opened at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne in 1972 with Robert Gard as Danilo.
Three years later Robert Helpmann - who years before had danced in a J.C. Williamson revival - created an inspired balletic interpretation for the Australian Ballet. The company's first full-length commissioned work, it premiered at the Palais Theatre in Melbourne in 1975 with Marilyn Rowe as Hanna and John Meehan as Danilo. An enormous success, this production has been revived countless times, including seasons which starred Margot Fonteyn. It has travelled to England, the US, Manila and Mexico, and has been reproduced by companies in Canada, Austria, Italy, Denmark, South Africa, Chile and the US.
The AO's second Merry Widow was mounted for Joan Sutherland in 1978; she had first appeared as Anna in a production by Lotfi Mansouri in Vancouver in 1976. Mansouri also directed the AO production, which was sumptuously designed by Kristian Fredrikson.
For the Sydney premiere on January 19, Ron Stevens sang Danilo and Richard Bonynge conducted. This production has been revived many times with a succession of Widows, including Marilyn Richardson, Glenys Fowles, Christa Leahmann, Monique Brynnel and Christine Douglas. The sets and costumes were dusted off for a recent West Australian Opera production with Elisa Wilson as Anna and Grant Smith as Danilo.
Marina Prior had the title role in Simon Gallaher's 1998-89 production. Her Danilo was John O'May. Rodney Fisher directed; he had been in line to direct a Victoria State Opera production that drifted into limbo when that company was subsumed by OA.
We now await the new Widows to see what they can do.
The Merry Widow previews at the Capitol Theatre tonight.
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The Annual Report shows impact through numbers, this whole interaction between all users of Elance.
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Re: Mathematica newbie question : NDSolve
In article <b5hcc8$m0j$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
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> In article <b5efsh$675$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
> sriramr at asdl.gatech.edu (Sriram Rallabhandi) wrote:
> > I'm new to Mathematica. I'm using the following code to solve a
> > bi-harmomic PDE in two parameters u,v. The final output is the 3D
> > coordinate values: x[u,v],y[u,v],z[u,v]. I get the error attached even
> > though i have the boundary and initial conditions specified.
> > Can someone point me in the right direction??
> Presently, NDSolve is not capable of solving such problems.
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I'm definitely getting a 7 and 6 (both 24 inches). Since I'm a loose knitter, I don't think I'll have to get anything beyond a size 8 or 9.
I want to try to make socks using the magic loop method too...what size should I get for that?
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July 2, 2012 by Jim Edsall
On June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the mandate to purchase health insurance in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("ObamaCare") is constitutional. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the liberal wing of the court to form a majority upholding the law, and how he reached that conclusion is highly problematic for all Americans. Writing the majority opinion, Roberts declared that "penalties" imposed for failure to purchase health insurance are not permissible under the Commerce Clause, but that they are constitutional as a "tax". In so doing, he strayed far beyond the limits of the role of the court, re-writing a statute in the name of deference to the legislature, and disregarding precedent established by previous tax cases.
By this ruling, Roberts greatly expanded the power of Congress to impose punitive penalties on people who do not behave as they wish. The government can now punish you with a tax if you don't buy an energy efficient house, or a GM car, or, yes, even broccoli. Liberals who applaud this ruling, beware – one day a different Congress and President could use this power in ways that you would not like. A law could now be passed declaring that unless a person joins the military and serves a minimum of two years he or she will be charged $2000.00 per year until they change their mind and join. Under the precedent set by John Roberts' ruling, such a law would be "constitutional". The government wouldn't be telling anyone that they have to join, just that if they don't they would have to pay for their "non-participation" and for being a "free rider". They can even call it a "penalty" to avoid the political fall-out of calling it a "tax". The government would just take it out of their tax refund, just like with ObamaCare.
If you are not already bothered by the effect of this decision, consider the twisted reasoning by which it was reached.
Roberts held that the ObamaCare penalties are not a tax under the Anti-Injunction Statute allowing the court to proceed with ruling on the case. He then turned around and declared that the penalties are a tax for the purposes of constitutionality. The dissent derided this as "verbal wizardry…carried deep into the forbidden land of the sophists."
Roberts declared that not purchasing insurance is inactivity, so Congress could not regulate it under the Commerce Clause, but then declared that Congress can punish that inactivity using the taxing power. To justify this, he stated that tax laws are often used to "affect conduct", such as providing tax deductions for purchasing a home. However, that is an example of a tax incentive to encourage behavior.That is entirely different from atax penalty to punish inactivity. The one is a carrot, the other is a sledgehammer.
Having established that not purchasing insurance is inactivity under the Commerce Clause, Roberts then declared that choosing to go without insurance is activity equivalent to "buying gas or earning an income." Buying gas and working are clearly taxable activities. Shockingly, under Roberts' rule, not buying insurance is now just as taxable as buying gas.
Roberts claimed, without citing any law or precedent, that no one would dispute that Congress could impose a penalty for failure to purchase energy efficient windows and call it at "tax". In their scathing dissent, the four conservative justices showed that by taking that position Roberts was completely disregarding existing tax law. Under previous case law, a "penalty" was imposed in order to punish action or inaction that the government wants to discourage, while a "tax" is collected to raise revenues for the treasury. The two have always been "mutually exclusive". The ObamaCare statute does not include the word "tax" in describing the penalties, and they are not referenced in the revenue provisions of the statute. Congress had the opportunity to identify the penalties as revenue and to call them a "tax". They failed to do so. On that basis, the statute should have been overturned, and the issue remanded to the Congress. Instead, Roberts effectively re-wrote the law, saying that since Congress failed to call it a tax, he would call it a tax for them.
Thus, John Roberts created the penaltax.
Giving Congress this expanded taxing power is at least as dangerous as sustaining the mandate under the Commerce Clause would have been, if not worse.
Some conservatives have applauded John Roberts for showing "judicial restraint" rather than "judicial activism". However, under Marbury v. Madison, it was the court's fundamental duty to review this law and strike it down if it did not withstand constitutional scrutiny. In this case, Justice Roberts actually engaged in judicial activism rather than the restraint he claims to have shown, taking it upon himself to re-write the statute in disregard of existing law.
Worse still, Roberts' late-hour decision to side with the four liberal justices appears to have been political. The court had been chided by President Obama at the 2010 State of the Union address over the Citizens United case allowing political expenditures by corporations and unions. Then, in April of this year Obama warned the court not to overturn ObamaCare, since it had been passed by "democratically elected Congress." Roberts certainly was also aware of residual bitterness among liberal Americans over the Bush v. Gore case. Reasonable questions arise as to whether Roberts, rather than have his court viewed as a conservative court, chose instead to contort the law to avoid appearing political, caving to liberal political pressure.
Congress is vested by Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution with the power to write the laws, not the judiciary. What other statutes might Roberts re-write in the future? What other precedents might he disregard? We should all be able to depend on the court to rule on the basis of precedent, and to respect the principle of enumerated and limited powers. All Americans – conservative, liberal, and in between – should be concerned about the dangers of this ruling.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Those of us who want to repeal and replace ObamaCare have a chance this Fall. We can elect a Republican President, hold the GOP majority in the House, and elect a majority of Republicans to the U.S. Senate. ObamaCare was passed using the budgetary reconciliation process, so repeal will only require a majority vote in the House and Senate.
The author is an attorney in North Carolina, and the recipient of the Distinguished Professional Achievement Award in Public Laws (Constitutional Law, Common Law, International Law, and Legislation) from Regent University School of Law.


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At our last club meeting "Pembrokeshire Woodturners"we were treated to a fine demonstration of finishing by Mark Raby. He is a leading UK specialist in the fine art and a real art it is! Mark showed us his many techniques for colouring and polishing during the 3 hour Demo.
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President Obama declares May 6 – May 12 National Charter Schools Week
In a Presidential Proclamation, President Obama officially declared the week of May 6th, 2012 to May 12th, 2012 as National Charter Schools Week.
Citing their flexibility and innovation, the President states,
Whether created by parents and teachers or community and civic leaders, charter schools serve as incubators of innovation in neighborhoods across our country. These institutions give educators the freedom to cultivate new teaching models and develop creative methods to meet students' needs. This unique flexibility is matched by strong accountability and high standards, so underperforming charter schools can be closed, while those that consistently help students succeed can serve as models of reform for other public schools.
President Obama has been a supporter of public charter schools since his time in the Senate, during which he doubled the number of charter schools in Illinois. Early in his presidency, Obama also called on states to expand and allow for more high-performing public charter schools.
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