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The birth of new languages is accompanied by a burst of rapid evolution consisting of large changes in vocabulary that are followed by long periods of relatively slower change.
Languages are often compared to living species because of the way in which they diverge into new tongues over time in an ever-growing linguistic tree. Some critics have claimed that this comparison is a superficial one, a nice metaphor but nothing more.
But the new study by Quentin Atkinson, now at the University of Oxford, suggests that languages evolve at a similar stop-and-start pace, which uncannily echoes a long-standing theory in biology, known as 'punctuated equilibrium'. The theory's followers claim that life on Earth also evolved at an uneven pace, full of rapid bursts and slow periods.
Famously championed by the late Stephen Jay Gould, the punctuated equilibrium theory suggests that most species change very little over time and big evolutionary changes are concentrated at rare moments where new species branch off from existing lineages. Together with colleagues from the US and New Zealand, Atkinson found similar patterns in three of the worlds' largest families of languages.
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Quince and Cardamom Streusel Pie Recipe
The aromas from the simmering and baking quince make this pie more than worth the effort—and it's delicious, too.
Note: To measure grams, Serious Eats' recommended kitchen scale is the Oxo Good Grips Scale with Pull Out Display.
- Yield:Serves 8
- Active time: 1 hour
- Total time:8 hours
- One half recipe Easy Pie Dough, shaped and chilled in a pie plate
- 140 grams unsalted butter
- 110 grams all purpose flour
- 85 grams light brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 7 quince, peeled, cored, and chopped into half-inch pieces
- 100 grams granulated sugar, plus more (to taste)
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 vanilla bean, split with the seeds scraped
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 1 quart water
Make the filling: In a medium sized pot, combine the quince, sugar, water, vanilla bean seeds and pod, and the zest. Cover the pot and bring to a simmer over low heat. Simmer on low for 45 minutes to 1 hour, gently stirring, until the fruit begins to take on a pink hue. Turn off the heat and allow the fruit to cool to room temperature in its juices. Taste the filling for sweetness (quince will vary so the sugar must be adjusted accordingly) and add sugar to taste.
Make the topping: Mix butter and brown sugar together by hand. Add the flour, cardamom, and salt. Stir until combined, then chill for at least 1 hour before using.
Blind bake the crust: Preheat the oven to 425°F. Line the chilled, shaped crust with foil or parchment paper and fill with pie weights (I re-use dried beans for this purpose) and place directly into the preheated oven. Bake for 15 minutes, then remove the weights and liners and return the pie to the bottom rack of the oven and bake until the bottom is a light golden brown. Remove the pie from the oven and reduce the heat to 350°F.
Make the pie: Fill the crust with the filling and place it in the 350°F oven in the center of the bottom rack. Bake for 15 minutes, then top with crumbled, chilled topping. Place the pie back in the oven and bake for an additional 30 minutes, until the filling begins to bubble and the topping is golden brown. If you are worried about the crust looking too dark, place a piece of foil loosely over the dark areas to protect from the heat of the oven. Allow the pie to cool completely before serving.

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Justice Minister Alan Shatter has promised police will investigate allegations that the owners of a Donegal school broke the law when they employed pedophile Michael Ferry.
Victims of the caretaker want the management of Colaiste Cholmcille in Gweedore to face action for their decision to allow Ferry access to the school after he was convicted of sexually abusing a child in 2002.
Ferry is now serving an 18 year sentence for raping four boys at the school after his initial conviction.
Minister Shatter has also called on the management to 'explain their thought process' in continuing to hire Ferry after he was convicted in 2002.
"In the context of the manner in which these individuals conducted themselves, it is a matter for the gardaí (police) to determine now whether there's an investigation required," said Minister Shatter.
"Police will examine the case and decide as to whether there was any criminal failures that could result in a prosecution arising out of that. That is strictly a matter for An Garda Síochána (police)."
Shatter also said that the school authorities knew their obligations under the 1999 Children First Guidelines to inform the local health board about any risk of child abuse.
He did admit that this was a voluntary set of guidelines and there was no legal obligation. But, he added: "Frankly, I'm appalled this man remained in that employment."
Police are already investigating claims that Ferry was part of a wider sex ring in Donegal.
The Irish language school at the centre of the story, Coláiste Cholmcille, has issued a statement confirming that after his conviction, Ferry did continue to work 'on occasion' at the school.
Management claimed that this work was carried out in the company of building workers or staff.
Rape Crisis Network of Ireland director Fiona Neary has asked questions of the Health Authority and the school.
"We need to know did the social services take any action. Did they try and identify were any children being abused or at risk and what action did they take?" asked Neary.
"Child protection is everyone's business. By continuing to support a risky situation, in continuing to employ him, they enable this abuser."
A spokeswoman for the Health Service has confirmed that they are reviewing their involvement in relation to the Ferry case.
Irish Prime Minister slams Vatican over Irish sex abuse stance
Police investigate Donegal child sex ring as horrors of Ferry case emerge
Charges of rape dropped as nurse returns home from Australia


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Aruba Travel Information
The Basics
Electric current in Aruba is 127 volts, 60Hz. Flat two and three-pin plugs are standard.
The official languages in Aruba are Dutch and the native Papiamento. English and Spanish are taught in school and are also widely spoken. Some French is also understood.
Travel Health
There are no special health requirements for visitors to Aruba, but travellers coming from yellow fever infected countries in Africa or the Americas, aged over six months, need an immunisation certificate. Aruba has experienced occasional outbreaks of dengue fever, a flu-like illness transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes that favour densely populated areas. The use of insect repellent is advised. Visitors are warned that some types of fish, including some tropical reef fish, are poisonous when eaten, even cooked. Medical care is good in Aruba, which has one hospital, the Dr. H.E. Oduber Hospital. There are three classes of service for patients depending on the level of their insurance. Health insurance is recommended. Food and water are considered safe.
A 10 or 15% tip is usually included on restaurant, bar and room service bills in Aruba, otherwise a tip should be added, usually 10-20% depending on the service. There is an 11% room tax on hotel bills. Taxis should be tipped around 15% and porters expect a tip of US$1 per bag.
Safety Information
Crime is not a major problem in Aruba and most visits are trouble-free. However, visitors are still advised to take common-sense precautions, such as locking valuables in the hotel safe and taking care when walking home at night.
Oranjestad is the main business centre in Aruba and the focus for the island's growing international financial services. English is considered to be the language of business. Meetings are generally held in formal settings such as offices or conference centres; smoking and chewing gum are not acceptable. Handshaking is customary for introductions between both men and women; female business associates should be treated with as much respect as men and often hold high positions in companies. Punctuality for meetings is required. Business hours are 9am to 5pm.
The international dialling code for Aruba is +297. Internet cafes, as as well as hotels with free wifi, are widely available. The Aruba Tourism Authority has also introduced free wifi zones in renowned tourist areas on the island.
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Notes from a Semi-Regular Tradition
Sunday was my first opportunity to get to the ballpark in 2012, so I grabbed a friend, put on some summery clothes and headed to Sox Park for Jackie Robinson Day!
I've seen some great baseball on Jackie Robinson Days past, all of which were pitchers duels (my drug of choice), but with a Rick Porcello v. Chris Sale matchup looming, I wasn't expecting much. The pair would end up surprising me, but that wasn't all:
- This was the FIRST April baseball game in Chicago I have ever attended where a hat, gloves and scarf were not needed. No joke. I was in a t-shirt. Sweating at times.
- Miggy can play D. I hung two stars on my scorecard for him, including a barehanded grab-and-throw that nailed a speedy Alexei Ramirez at first.
- I understand the importance of Jackie Robinson Day and all, but is it necessary that EVERY player and EVERY coach wears the same number 42? It is a scorecard junkie's worst nightmare! Every time I looked up I had no idea who was doing what.
- And those ugly throwback '72 Sunday home game red-pinstriped White Sox unis didn't last past the 70s for a reason. They are HIDEOUS. Throw them out! Along with Alex Rios!
- It was a day game. Sure it was a bit overcast, but there was sunlight. Plenty of it. But that didn't stop the White Sox personnel from turning ALL the stadium lights on like it was a night game! There was WAAAAY too much light. WASTED light! I know 'Merica is a nation of excess, but good grief.
- Despite the new uniform, Prince Fielder is still fat.
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Voters could be asked to approve a 10-year renewal of the State Capital Improvement Program,
Ohio's governor and legislative leaders are urging support for renewing a public works program that funds repairs and upgrades to roads, bridges and other local infrastructure needs.
Groups representing county commissioners, municipalities and others joined Gov. John Kasich to highlight the effort Wednesday.
A resolution before the General Assembly would ask voters to approve a 10-year renewal of the State Capital Improvement Program, which provides grants and loans to local governments. The proposal would increase the bond funding levels to $175 million annually for the first five years and then $200 million each year for the remaining five years.
Supporters want the Legislature to clear the measure by the end of January, so it can appear on May ballots.
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RYE — Bill Binnie, owner of the Wentworth by the Sea Country Club, sounded off Tuesday on the issue of public beach access at Sander's Poynt following the installation of a fence and landscaping at the golf club.
RYE — Bill Binnie, owner of the Wentworth by the Sea Country Club, sounded off Tuesday on the issue of public beach access at Sander's Poynt following the installation of a fence and landscaping at the golf club.
"We just got fed up with the litter, with the dog waste, and with all the points of friction that we experienced the last summer or two," Binnie said in a phone interview with the Portsmouth Herald.
The fence and shrubbery recently went up, leading to complaints by 22-year Rye resident Robert Jesurum that they rendered public access to the beach "impassible." The area has traditionally been a popular spot for kayakers, beachcombers and dog-walkers to park their cars before walking across country club property to reach the beach.
Jesurum hired Portsmouth attorney Paul McEachern to fight the fence installation, but the country club maintains the fence does not hinder public access to the beach.
"We completely respect that the beach, from low water to high water, is publicly owned," Binnie said. "Access to the public has never been stopped. There's an opening 20 feet away, or 30 feet away."
Binnie said the fence was installed in response to a number of issues the past few years with people using the space and being disrespectful by leaving behind garbage or dog waste, or letting their dogs run unleashed on country club property. He said that when approached by club staff about cleaning up after themselves, people would respond rudely.
"Folks would get really belligerent, to the point of swearing at our staff. I personally have experienced it," Binnie said. "It became a real point of friction. Like any landowner, we said, 'This is ridiculous.'"
Binnie's concerns echo those of beachfront property owners along Ocean Boulevard in Rye, where some have put up "No Trespassing" signs where their properties meet the public beach. Beachfront property owners have long complained about out-of-staters visiting for the day and leaving behind beer cans and other debris.
Binnie said the issue with Jesurum left him "scratching (his) head" because the country club "prides itself on being neighborly," allowing people to cross-country ski on the property, skate on its ponds, sled on its hills and access the beach from various points.
"We do that in the spirit of being neighborly," he said. "The last thing I want to do is take something away from the public. So long as they adhere to some common-sense rules and obligations, there won't be a problem."
Binnie and Jesurum have known each other for a long time, and Binnie said Jesurum is welcome to call him to discuss the matter. He said that all direct abutters of the club reached out to encourage installation of the fence, and that the club has received no other phone calls or e-mails complaining about it.
"We are happy to allow continued access for the public to the beach across Wentworth property, so long as they leash their dogs, clean up after their dogs, don't litter and are respectful to the staff," he said.
This is not the first time in recent years the country club has been involved in controversy dealing with beach access. The club spent the past few years battling the town for permission to build a private beach and swim club on Ocean Boulevard across from the Wallis Road Extension beach access point. The proposal was defeated earlier this year after multiple hearings where residents vocally opposed the plan.
The Sander's Poynt issue "has nothing to do with the beach club," Binnie said. "We proposed something, it got shot down; we respect that, we'll move on. It's that simple."


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Manhunt for ex-L.A. cop Christopher Dorner in slaying of basketball coach, fiance
LOS ANGELES Authorities are seeking a fired Los Angeles police officer suspected in the killings of two people, including a Cal State Fullerton assistant basketball coach whose father represented the suspect in front of a disciplinary board when he lost his job, police said Wednesday night.
Former LAPD officer and U.S. Navy reservist Christopher Jordan Dorner, 33, is the suspect in the killings of Monica Quan, 28, and her 27-year-old fiance, Keith Lawrence, who were found shot to death in their car at a parking structure Sunday night, Irvine police Chief David L. Maggard said at a news conference.
Police said Dorner implicated himself in the killings with a multi-page "manifesto" that he wrote that included threats against several people, but would give no further details on the document or its contents.
CBS Los Angeles station KCBS says that, in the rambling manifesto, Dorner wrote, "I never had the opportunity to have a family of my own, I'm terminating yours."
Police do not know Dorner's whereabouts, and authorities were seeking the public's help in finding the suspect.
"We have strong cause to believe Dorner is armed and dangerous," Maggard said, adding that the LAPD and FBI are assisting in the case, and anyone who sees the suspect should immediately call 911.
Autopsies showed both victims were killed by multiple gunshot wounds in the parking structure at their condominium in Irvine, Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said earlier Wednesday.
Lawrence, the other victim, was a public safety officer at the University of Southern California.
The killings brought mourning and disbelief at three college campuses, Fullerton, USC, and Concordia University, where the two met when they were both students and basketball players.
Dorner was with the department from 2005 until 2008, when he was fired for making false statements.
Quan's father, Randal Quan, a former LAPD captain who became a lawyer in retirement, represented Dorner in front of the Board of Rights, a tribunal that ruled against Dorner at the time of his dismissal, LAPD Capt. William Hayes told The Associated Press Wednesday night.
Randal Quan, who the LAPD said was the first Chinese-American captain in department history, retired in 2002. He later served as chief of police at Cal Poly Pomona and went on to practice law.
Police said Dorner's manifesto included threats against members of the LAPD.
"We are looking at the manifesto and will do an assessment in terms of the threat against those listed in it, and determine what level of protection each of them will need," Hayes said.
Police said he may be driving a blue, 2005 Nissan Titan pickup truck and his last known address was in La Palma, Calif., in northern Orange County near Fullerton.
According to documents from a court of appeals hearing in October 2011, Dorner was fired from the LAPD after he made a complaint against his field training officer, Sgt. Teresa Evans, saying in the course of arrest she kicked suspect Christopher Gettler, a schizophrenic with severe dementia.
Dorner denied the allegations, KCBS says.
Following an investigation, Dorner was fired for making false statements.
Richard Gettler, the schizophrenic man's father, gave testimony that supported Dorner's claim. After his son was returned on July 28, 2007, Richard Gettler asked "if he had been in a fight because his face was puffy" and his son responded that he was kicked twice in the chest by a police officer, he testified.


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Washington: Intelligence officials on Thursday showed lawmakers a real-time film of the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, and discussed a timeline of events in sometimes heated exchanges at a closed-door hearing, lawmakers said.
The House and Senate intelligence committees heard from intelligence, FBI and State Department officials on the events surrounding the September 11 attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans.
Questions about the adequacy of security, the U.S. response to the attack, and the administration's initial public comments have led to a growing rift between Republicans and President Barack Obama over where the fault lies.
Former CIA Director David Petraeus, who resigned last week over an extramarital affair, will testify about Benghazi before the same two committees on Friday morning.
Lawmakers said they would focus questions on events in Benghazi, where a CIA annex also came under attack as well as the U.S. diplomatic mission. But some of them also want to know whether Petraeus stepped down to avoid testifying before Congress about the attack.
"Director Petraeus went to Tripoli, he interviewed many of the people as I understand it, that were involved. So the opportunity to get his views, I think is very important," said Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein.
After Petraeus resigned, Feinstein, a Democrat, had been the most vocal lawmaker insisting the former CIA chief should still testify to Congress about the Benghazi attack.
She said the film on the attack included video from a Predator drone. "The film is a composite from a number of sources. It is real-time, it does begin from when the incident, before the incident started, and it goes through the incident and the exodus," Feinstein told reporters.
Republicans have accused the Obama administration of providing misinformation in the early days following the attack.
Administration officials counter that their initial comments suggesting the attack grew spontaneously out of protests over an anti-Muslim film rather than a premeditated strike were based on the best available information at that time.
The State Department has come under scrutiny from critics who say it did not respond to requests from diplomats on the ground in Libya who sought greater security before the attack.
"We know mistakes were made and we've got to learn from that. Our membership asked some very hard and very tough questions of our witnesses today and we're going to continue to do that in our subsequent hearings," Senator Saxby Chambliss, the senior Republican on the Intelligence Committee, said.
Senior Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham have t hreatened to block any nomination of Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, for her comments on Sunday talk shows five days after the attack that suggested it was a spontaneous event.
Obama came to Rice's defense on Wednesday and said if she was the right person for a spot in his Cabinet, he would nominate her. If Republicans had a problem with the handling of Benghazi, he said, "they should go after me."
Rice is considered a potential candidate to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who has said she plans to leave, or for another top job in the administration.
Clinton is expected to testify before Congress about the Benghazi attack after a State Department initiated review is completed, possibly in December.
"In the end, the assessment was still the same - that in Benghazi, you had a group of extremists who took advantage of a situation and unfortunately we lost four American lives," Representative C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger said after Thursday's intelligence hearing in the House.
Ruppersberger, the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said he planned to ask the former CIA chief, "General Petraeus, did your resignation have anything to do with the fact that you were supposed to testify before Congress?"
Ruppersberger said he had been told that was not the case, but wanted to clarify that. The issue of whether the Petraeus affair affected national security was sure to come up on Friday, he said.
When Petraeus first briefed lawmakers the day after the attack, based on a video of it, he had called it spontaneous, but also said extremists were involved, Ruppersberger said. "It was a combination of both."
Feinstein and Chambliss said they planned more hearings, including one that would be public, on the Benghazi events before releasing unclassified findings.
In the House of Representatives, Democratic Representative Adam Schiff also said there would be more hearings, including on "the allegations concerning General Petraeus," without elaborating.
Democrats who spoke after the House committee hearing were eager to portray the information behind closed doors as a vindication of the initial assessment that Rice gave.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, acting CIA Director Michael Morell, National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew Olsen, FBI Deputy Director Sean Joyce and Undersecretary of State for Management Pat Kennedy testified at the hearings in the House and Senate.
Feinstein said lawmakers also heard from Major General Darryl Roberson, vice director of operations, on the Joint Staff "on what (military) assets are there, and what assets are not there."
Schiff said he expected the questions for Petraeus on Friday to be "confined to the events in Benghazi, and we'll get his perspective on what information he knew and how his assessment of that intelligence changed over time."
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Treasure Chest Thursday - A Bowl of Nuts
I rummaged through all of my stuff that still sits in mom's basement and fit what I could in my suitcases. I took pictures of everything else. Well not everything, just the sentimental stuff.
This nut bowl belonged to grandma Smedley. It's one of the things I was able to fit in my suitcase. Of course I had to bring it back, being so close to Christmas and everything. It used to sit on grandma's card table at Christmas time. The same card table that I used to sit at and copy pages of family group sheets by hand. With an ink pen. Did I mention by hand?
I think I remember grandpa sitting in his recliner with this bowl full of nuts on his lap just a cracking and eating. Oh but, these nuts are
Dad used to sit in his recliner and crack nuts too. We didn't have a fancy nut bowl though. I do now. Nut anybody?
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PORTSMOUTH — A sex offender living in Dover who allegedly drugged and raped a woman earlier this year has been indicted on close to a dozen felony charges.
Police say 43-year-old Aaron Bonds sexually assaulted a 26-year-old woman after selling her a white powder he claimed was cocaine.
The alleged rape happened outside an apartment on Middle Street in Portsmouth early on the morning of July 11. The victim told police she became incapacitated after ingesting the substance she received from Bonds. He then allegedly assaulted her three times while she threw up outside the apartment.
Bonds was indicted by a Rockingham County grand jury this month on 11 charges stemming from the incident.
Three are aggravated felonious sexual assault charges. They carry recommended maximum prison sentences that range between 10 years and 20 years, and between 20 and 40 years.
The remainder are drug charges. Prosecutors say Bonds conducted two separate transactions with the victim in which he sold her a white powder he purported to be cocaine. The first allegedly occurred at a restaurant on Congress Street in Portsmouth on July 10, according to the indictments.
The second transaction took place several hours later at an apartment in Portsmouth. Bonds allegedly sold the same white powder to a 29-year-old and a 30-year-old who were present at the apartment as well.
He has been indicted on a pair of charges for each of the four alleged drug sales: One charge alleges that he sold cocaine; the other alleges that he sold a substance that he represented as a controlled drug. All eight of the charges carry a recommended maximum prison sentence of between 3� years and 7 years.
Before he was indicted this month, Bonds waived his right to a probable cause hearing on the sexual assault charges. A district court judge ordered his bail continued at $50,000 while he awaits trial.
According to court documents, Bonds has a history of sexual violence. In 2003, he was found guilty of assaulting a woman in Strafford County and ordered to register as a Tier III sex offender in New Hampshire.
When he was arrested earlier this year, Bonds was out on bail for allegedly failing to notify Dover police of his sex offender status. He was arrested by Dover police on May 16, and was scheduled to go before a Dover District Court judge at the end of July for a probable cause hearing on the charge. He was also facing a separate drug violation.
Portsmouth police began investigating the alleged sexual assault on July 11 after they were contacted by a worker at Portsmouth Regional Hospital, where the victim was being treated.
The victim said after she ingested the white powder she received from Bonds, she lost control over her speech and body movements. The woman said she blacked out, and was groggy and ill for the entire night.
She sought medical attention at Portsmouth Regional Hospital on July 11. She was still suffering effects of the drug when she spoke with an officer in the hospital later that day, according to a police affidavit.
Bonds has lived in New Hampshire for eight years, and in Dover for at least two years and three months, according to a bail questionnaire included in his court documents. He was most recently employed as a cook at restaurants in Portsmouth.
PORTSMOUTH — A sex offender living in Dover who allegedly drugged and raped a woman earlier this year has been indicted on close to a dozen felony charges.


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Toronto has more high rises under construction than any other metropolis in the world
Toronto will add more prime office space in 2014 than almost any other city in the Americas as developers take advantage of low borrowing costs to meet demand from companies such as Google Inc.
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More than 1.59 million square feet of so-called triple-A space will be added in Toronto next year, according to data from Cushman & Wakefield Inc., the world's largest closely held real estate brokerage firm. That's more than in New York and trails only Mexico City, Cushman said. Investments from pension funds and real estate investment trusts, as well as borrowing costs in some cases more than 2 percentage points lower than in 2007 have helped fund development as well as acquisitions.
Rising demand led to a record high price for an office building in Canada when a group of pension funds paid $749 a square foot for the Brookfield Place-TD Canada Trust Tower on Bay Street in December, according to RealNet Canada Inc., a Canadian real estate data firm.
It's about location, location, location and when we looked around, that's always at the top of our list
"It's expensive right now and this kind of office space should command a premium for the next few years until much more supply comes onto the market," Pierre Bergevin, chief executive officer of Cushman & Wakefield in Canada, said in a phone interview. "The Toronto market, let's face it, is relatively closed."
Commercial real estate prices have been rising in Toronto as companies tap an urban workforce living among the 51 condominiums that have been built since 2009. The city, home to the country's five biggest lenders, which control about 80% of the nation's bank assets, has more high rises under construction than any other metropolis in the world. It's the second-largest North American financial services center after New York.
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Canada's REITs and pension funds are taking advantage of low-cost funding to purchase and finance development of commercial real estate. Dundee REIT and H&R REIT bought Scotia Plaza, Canada's second-tallest office building, from Bank of Nova Scotia for a record $1.27 billion in May.
Dundee said it financed the purchase in part with a $650 million 3.45% seven-year mortgage bond. By comparison, H&R, Dundee's partner in the deal, paid 5.66% for 10 years of mortgage financing in September, 2007. Toronto-based Dundee also raised $300 million with an equity offering, adding to the $5.12 billion that was raised by REITs in 51 initial public offerings and secondary sales in Canada last year. The $500 million raised from seven REIT IPOs in 2012 was the most for any industry, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The Standard & Poor's/TSX Capped REIT Index of 15 Canadian REITs has climbed 9.9% in the past 12 months, compared with a 1.9% gain for the S&P/TSX Composite Index.
CMBS Comeback
Real estate developers also are benefiting from a rebound in the commercial mortgage-backed security market. Brookfield Office Properties Canada LP raised $525 million of bonds using the leases on the Bay-Wellington Tower, adjacent the Canada Trust Tower on Bay Street. The December deal was the second of 2012 and only the third since 2007, after the CMBS market slammed shut in 2008.
Ten glass-encased high-rise office towers are slated to open by the end of 2017, financed by pension funds, real estate investment trusts, and private developers. RBC Waterpark Place, which will be the headquarters of Toronto-based Royal Bank of Canada's consumer-lending unit, is being developed by Oxford Properties and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the country's biggest pension fund.
The largest prime office tower opening in the next decade is the Richmond Adelaide Centre, also developed by Oxford Properties, a unit of Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System. The futuristic-designed building will have Deloitte & Touche LLP occupy some of its almost one million square feet. A smaller office block at 134 Peter St. is under development by Allied Properties REIT.
Additional Supply
There was no additional supply of Class-A office space in 2012 and only 100,000 square feet is due this year, according to Cushman & Wakefield. That pushed Toronto's prime vacancy rate to 5.1% last year, close to its 2000 record low of 3.4%, according to the data. The vacancy rate will reach 7.6% in 2014, Cushman said. New York's rate, at 7.2% last year, will remain unchanged at 7.4% in 2014. The city is adding 916,000 square feet of space in 2014.
Last year was a record for commercial sales transactions in Toronto. Investment in office, retail, and industrial properties reached $13 billion, up 73% from 2009, according to RealNet data. About a third of that was office space. Total transactions were about 2,000 while the number of sales worth more than $100 million reached a record 14 deals.
South Core
The most expensive deals are in the south core of the city. The Standard Life Tower at 121 King St. West sold for $587 per square foot, or $306 million, while the RBC Centre was $495 per square foot, or $300 million.
"What the area of the south financial district brings to the city of Toronto is the whole live, work, play environment," said Peter Menkes, president of the commercial and industrial division of closely held Menkes Development Ltd. at One York's ground breaking in January. The developer is also part owner of the $375 million building.
The communications industry, including Google Canada's marketing team, accounted for 16% of total tenants in Toronto for the past three years, according to data supplied by Cushman. The health of the country's banking sector has largely sustained this demand at 26% of total tenants.
Google Canada and Coca-Cola Co. are among companies moving closer to the Toronto core.
Downtown Core
"It's about location, location, location and when we looked around, that's always at the top of our list," Chris O'Neill, managing director of Google Canada, said in a phone interview from his office on Richmond Street West. "The bottom line is that we're fast-paced and a connected company and we really want to thrive in the downtown core."
Google opened the new space in October, moving to five floors of an office building one block away from the Exchange Tower, home to the Toronto Stock Exchange. The tech giant outgrew its previous office in the city and wanted to find somewhere even more central for its 150 regular employees.
"Of course we look at the cost but to us, at the core of our culture is creativity and our people," O'Neill said. "And it's certainly worth it for us to make these types of investments."
The company is leasing 89,000 square feet and occupies less than half of that, leaving room for growth in this location, with its meeting rooms in tents, free healthy snacks, and a mini outdoor golf course.
Prime property is not the only type set to hit the market. More than five million square feet of all office space, including prime, is forecast to be constructed in Toronto this year, according to CBRE Group Inc., the world's largest commercial real estate services firm. That could mean higher vacancy offsetting high demand for years to come.
'Lackluster' Leasing
"Lackluster" office leasing in 2013 will affect current development in Canada's downtown office markets, said Ross Moore, national director of research for CBRE Group Inc. in Canada, in a research note. "Overbuilding is merely an emerging concern at this point, but this possibility should never be underestimated."
"Where the sales prices may get affected is in vacant or newly-constructed buildings, or buildings with near-term lease expirations," Dan Fasulo, managing director of Real Capital Analytics, Inc., said in a phone interview from New York. "Firms may get squeamish with an increasing vacancy rate and new space. They may lower sales prices in that case."
The sale price for the 51-floor TD tower, located at Bay and Front streets with a view of the Toronto Islands and waterfront, is not likely to be repeated in the coming years, said Richard Vilner, commercial researcher for Toronto at RealNet, a Canadian real estate information firm.
"Can this record sustain itself?" Vilner said in an interview on Jan. 21. "It would be a huge surprise if it does. The additional square footage slated for release over the next few years would raise vacancy, driving office property prices down from the 2012 high."


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Cañon City School District Board candidate, Steven Barton, said he would like to see more attention given to details by a body that is responsible for setting policy and handling tax payers' money.
"I view the board much closer to the business end of (education) than the classroom," he said.
Barton relocated to the Penrose area in 1998 and moved to Cañon City two years ago. He regularly visits the school district's website, and scans the minutes of the meetings which, he said, appear to be short on details.
"I want to get more into the details and discuss the details. For example, why do you have a bond issue like this?" Barton said. "If I were there, I would have talked a lot more about which buildings would be remodeled."
Barton said he would like to have seen the district have better plans in place for building repair and maintenance, so they didn't have to rely on a bond issue. However, he "reluctantly supports the bond issue on the ballot in spite of other things in it," because the district needs the money.
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Long before alcoholic Christopher Hughes Lamar caused the deaths of a fourth-grader and her mother on a San Antonio freeway last year, his own parent had predicted the devastating wreck.
"I felt in my heart ... something very bad was going to happen," teacher Linda Lamar told jurors Friday during the punishment phase of her son's double murder trial. "I told Chris that he was either going to maim or kill somebody if he didn't stop drinking and driving."
Christopher Lamar, 27, on Thursday became the first person in Bexar County to be convicted of felony murder instead of intoxication manslaughter because of his previous driving while intoxicated offenses.
Jurors in the 290th state District Court are expected to begin deliberating his punishment, which could range from five years to life in prison, Monday morning. The defendant's mother described him as someone who was "frozen" in the mentality of a 16-year-old — his age at the time of his first devastating alcohol-related wreck. As a result of that one-car crash, he died twice and eventually awoke from a coma with brain injuries he never fully recovered from, friends and family testified.
"He was in horrible shape," Linda Lamar said. "He could not walk, talk, read, write. He was basically an animal."
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Linda Lamar has refused to raise bail for her son since the March 2012 deaths of 10-year-old Kaylee Flores and her mother, Jessica Rodriguez, who died about 30 minutes into her 28th birthday.
"He's tried to commit suicide in (jail) — he's been about killed (by fellow inmates) over this," she said, explaining that they both agree he needs to be held accountable. "He says, 'I can't live with myself for what I've done. I deserve it if they kill me here.'"
Earlier in the day, sobs filled the courtroom as Flores' grandmothers and teacher recalled an always smiling, occasionally mischievous little girl who loved soccer, window shopping, Hello Kitty, SpongeBob and especially her hardworking single mother.
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Despite being legally blind in my right eye, I can see more clearly than ever before....maybe there's just more to see. Something as simple as sunlight illuminating a water droplet on a leaf is a vivid representation of the complexity of nature.
I look up to the trees and can imagine which leaf the drop fell from and how many leaves it rolled off before it landed on this one. I look at the plant it sits on and hypothesize the path the drop will take to the ground and which of the surrounding plants, trees or vines will be nourished by it.
I hear birds calling back and forth. Some chirp timidly, others caw obnoxiously, while occasionally I'll hear a terrifying screech, only to figure out that was also a bird. Tree branches fall, monkeys bicker, insects buzz all at the same time. Its loud, but I'll take it any day over the noises of a busy city.
It's really not that much quieter than Lima, especially in the morning, but its far more pleasant to listen to. Trying to distinguish who's saying what is initially overwhelming, but when I listen closely, I realize how harmoniously the creatures calls come together. Its as if the all the plants species of the forest along with her animals are in collaboration, functioning exactly as they should be. If I concentrate and sit quietly, I can listen in on a conversation between two birds. On a walk today, I heard a rain shower five minutes before it arrived. The sound of the raindrops hitting the leaves became louder as the downpour approached giving me just enough time to find an umbrella tree to stand under while the worst of it passed.
I've always had a keen sense of smell, but try to suppress it in the city since the scents of food, diesel fuel, and urine do not appeal to me. I had almost forgotten that to truly experience an odor you must use more than your nose. It involves breathing through your mouth and using your sense of taste. You must then allow the odor to infiltrate your entire chest cavity and head until it brings back a memory or creates a new one. Locals from Tambopata can smell Howler Monkeys from two miles away. I'm not that good yet, but can appreciate the fresh air, jungle fruits and nuts, flowers, leaves, even dirt.
There's another sense. I'm not talking about that creepy movie with that little kid who hangs out with dead people. Its the same full body sensation you get when you first fall in love, or in like with someone. When I hike in the forest, no matter how hot it is, or whether its raining and I'm soaking wet, my energy increases and I could hike for hours. Worries cross through my mind for no more than a minute before I'm distracted by a jumble of vines, trees and plants competing with each other for sunlight. They wrap around each other, always moving upward in a beautiful chaos until they explode through the canopy spreading their branches in every direction to celebrate their triumph. My worries are forgotten and I realize I've been studying the forest for what feels like hours, but maybe was only seconds. This sense is timeless and unquantifiable. Its the same as falling in love, only this time I've fallen in love with a place.
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In the German capital, recent historical events in Germany (and in the world) endure in the collective memory and also in different types of art, monuments or memorials. Almost everywhere we are able to find many places that can carry us to the troubled 20th Century, since World War I to the end of the Nazi regime or the fall of the famous wall that was built in 1961 and which divided the city until 1989.


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Special report. Part one: how much renewable electricity capacity was installed worldwide at the end of 2012, and which technologies were the most popular?
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Lebron James is the best basketball player on the planet.
So what?
Lebron may make the right plays in crunch time but, when it comes down to it, he will never be a hero. We are a society that crave great leaders and heroes that are so few and far between. We celebrate those that can rise to the occasion against all the odds and still come out on top. It's why we love movies like Spartacus, Gladiator and Robin Hood.
Call the Lebron haters whatever you want but you can never fault them for saying Lebron James will never be Michael Jordan or even Kobe Bryant.
Forget about the different eras and the hand-checking. Don't give Dennis Rodman the attention he seeks, Lebron would be amazing no matter what. However, what will never change from the days of gladiators to the end of time is a person's psyche. Very few can combine the ability for greatness with that killer instinct. It doesn't matter what game a person is playing or how that game has evolved over the course of time. What matters in this discussion is that the mental aspect of the game will always be a constant.
Whether you are celebrating or criticizing Kobe Bryant for taking a fade-away 3-pointer while he is triple-teamed, there is no denying that those are shots Lebron James is, for the most part, unwilling to take. Whether, from a basketball analytics perspective, taking the low-percentage shot is the right or wrong thing to do in the moment, to be truly great you have to be willing to do the wrong thing sometimes.
Killer Instinct. It's something that Lebron James does not possess to the extent that Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant do.
At this point in his career, Lebron is not clutch or unclutch. He should not ever be labelled as either. The dreaded word is used far too often to define a player when most athletes fall somewhere in the meaty part of the imaginary clutch-unclutch bell curve (see Tony Romo).
Lebron can make as many clutch shots and win as many championships as he wants. It won't change his nature and who he will always be as a person. Nothing can do that. Lebron is not a killer by trade. This is what exposes him to criticism and justifiably so. He is not a live by the sword, die by the sword kind of leader.
Fortunately for Lebron haters, to be truly great in the game of basketball, you must be a killer. Any semblance of fear or passivity won't cut it.
Lebron supporters can thank Michael Jordan for that.
Lebron is labelled as passive by his detractors because anything less than a merciless approach is seen as weakness. There is no middle ground. As the self-proclaimed 'King', he is measured to a different standard. The Michael Jordan standard is a virtually impossible one for any athlete to reach yet this is how comparisons work, especially when you want to be the 'King'. Lebron James doesn't get compared to Dwyane Wade or Chris Bosh. It's all relative.
You think it is right for Barack Obama to be held to the same standards as Joe Biden?
It isn't all Michael Jordan's doing though. It is from the thousands of years of human history. Stories both of fact and fiction telling us about the warriors who became legends. In these stories, it takes a special individual to be respected for not only his actions but also for who they are as a person.
Lebron James the player is widely respected. Lebron James the person is a whole other issue.
Athletes are the modern day warriors. We hold our athletes to the standards of not only past athletes but also to the legendary warriors throughout history – Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great and so on. Warriors that we have heard and read about since we were children.
Real warriors don't make excuses, don't get tired and they definitely don't ask their coach for a breather in game 1 of the NBA finals. As obvious as it is that a warrior may need a little assistance, real warriors don't call their teammates out to the media or refer back to their Cleveland days to ensure everyone knows how much of a warrior they are being at that time. Real warriors don't do the King Kong chest pound in game 4 of a 1st round sweep.
Most importantly, a real warrior's burden should never be too much to carry. At least, in the eyes of everyone else, it should seem that way.
Lebron James may still become a legend in his own right. But a legend only because of God-given physical ability.
Not his mental ability.
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Guest Post: In the round and then for real
I wish we videotaped or had transcripts of the discussion. We got great advice, from having a fire drill-like plan of what to do if we get groped by a patient or a fellow physician (which has happened to members of the panel), to how to answer (or not answer) illegal questions in interviews about how soon we were planning on getting pregnant, how to manage when our kids are sick, and other wonderful bits of information and experience.
The next morning, I was driving 4 year old Z to school. He was sitting next to the big contraption the catering company rented to me to keep the food warm for the event. He was confused, somehow thinking it was for me to bring food to the people at the hospital. I explained to him that I was still in school to learn to be a doctor, then I would go to the hospital to help people.
Z paused for a second and then asked, thoughtfully, "When you are a doctor and you go to the doctor place, will you still be my mommy?"
"Yes," I said. "I will always be your mommy."
"Will you still come home to me?"
Oh, kid, you're killing me. "Yes, I will still come home to you." In my head, I was thinking, sometimes, during residency, it may seem like I don't. But I will always come home, eventually. When all the babies are born, all the sutures are closed, all the cases are presented, I will come home. And I will try to find out about your homework and listen to you and hug you and kiss you before I collapse into bed.
Mom TFH is one of the oldest people at her medical school. The other students learn from her various valuable life experieces: as a pizza delivery driver, a Denny's waitress, an art major, a health food store manager, a purple haired punk, a natural supplement researcher, a midwifery student, and a mother. She has two boys and is married to a public elementary school PE coach. Going to med school just didn't keep her away from them enough, so she is doing a dual degree (D.O./M.P.H.), is the president of the ob/gyn interest club, and applied for a research fellowship.
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What a great opportunity for you! I'm a non-traditional student who was just accepted to medical school. Like you, I'm a mother and I will be one of the oldest students in my class when I start this fall. I'm always looking for advice for how to make it through the next seven years with my family happy, healthy, and secure.ReplyDelete
Fabulous Mothers-in-Medicine insight from a student, no less! I hope you'll post here now and then during residency and let us know how it is going.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 4, 2008 at 9:11 PM
Thanks for the warm welcome!ReplyDelete
I love reading this blog, and I am so tickled to be guest blogging here.
It's interesting to me that your classmates try to learn from your previous life experiences. Mine don't.ReplyDelete
I used to go to these panel discussions for women in medicine, but stopped about a year ago because I felt like I was having my gender crammed down my throat, and that feeling that way was counterproductive to having a successful career. I guess I prefer to think of myself as a "person" rather than a "woman" first. Doing otherwise has always made me feel less adept.
- AnonymousDecember 5, 2008 at 11:21 PM
I prefer to look at it as embracing my gender rather than having it forced down my throat. I think planning ahead for the realities of sexism and motherhood (for most women physicians, not all) may make someone more successful in her career, and have a hard time seeing how it could make her less successful.ReplyDelete
It's definitely not something that everyone will be passionately interested in, I just have a hard time seeing it having disadvantages.


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In the Mass Effect 3 multiplayer, the user will be able to establish which sort of player they want to use in multiplayer. These include infiltrator, soldier, vanguard, etc. Each class will have its specific Powers, that may be upgraded to higher levels, depending on how much time you play the game and level up your account. Just as in the single-player campaign, the multiplayer allows you to level and rank up many abilities that can be used to improve your combat potential when facing other multiplyer opponents.


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Woman charged with assault in struggle over strapping child in car seat
A 44-year-old Fairfield woman was charged Monday with assaulting a business associate of her former husband as the associate tried to put the couple's child in a car.
Svetlana V. Simmons, of Knapps Highway, was charged in an arrest warrant with third-degree assault, risk of injury to a minor and breach of peace after she turned herself in at police headquarters Monday afternoon. Bond was set at $500 and she is scheduled to appear July 23 in Bridgeport Superior Court.
Simmons had driven to the Noyes Road home of her ex-husband on May 29 to exchange custody of their child, according to police, and became angry when his female business associate attempted to place the child in a car seat. The associate told police that Simmons tried to pull her from the car as she was placing the child in the car seat, according to the report. The business associate said her arm was sore and bruised where Simmons had grabbed her and officers noticed bruises on her arm, according to the report.
The associate went to police headquarters after the incident to file a report and request an arrest be made, police said. Police said the associate also provided police with surveillance video of the incident, which took place about 6:07 p.m. May 29.
The surveillance video, recorded by a home security system, "showed the complainant leaning into a car, buckling the child into a car seat, and Svetlana running up to the complainant, yelling at her and grabbing her," said Deputy Police Chief Christopher Lyddy.
Simmons' ex-husband had asked the business associate to place the child in a car seat so that woman could drive him and the child to a restaurant for dinner, police said.