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Question 1:
Consult a dictionary and find out the difference between:
(a) killing
(b) murder
(c) assassination
(a) Killing − to deprive of life in any manner
(b) Murder − killing of another human being
(c) Assassination − to murder by a surprise attack, especially for political purposes
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Question 2:
Popular and powerful leaders have been assassinated in the past as well as in recent times. Can you name some of them?
Mahatma Gandhi______
__Indira Gandhi_________
___Rajiv Gandhi_________
___Abraham Lincoln_____
___John F. Kennedy______
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Question 3:
Discuss in groups the reasons why the leaders you named in (2) were assassinated. Is assassination the end to a problem?
The above leaders were assassinated for political reasons or targeted by groups. These leaders were driven by truth, non-violence, patriotism but some anti-social elements didn't want them to establish a peaceful society, hence assassinated them. Assassination or violence is not an end to a problem rather it leads to more turmoil and unrest. Objectives and aims can be achieved peacefully rather than resorting to violence and more dangerous measures such as assassination.
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Question 5(1):
When Caesar says "Nor heaven nor earth have been at peace to-night" he sounds
(a) worried
(b) angry
(c) joyous
(d) frightened
(a) worried
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Question 5(4):
The offer that Cassius makes to Antony after Caesar's assassination is that_______________
(a) the conspirators would like to be friends with him
(b) he may take Caesar's body to the pulpit and speak to the crowd praising Caesar for his achievements
(c) his recommendations will be as strong as that of the conspirators while distributing the powers and benefits to friends
(d) he may join the conspiracy against Caesar
(a) the conspirators would like to be friends with him
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Question 5(6):
What prophecy does Antony make over Caesar's dead body?
(a) Romans will see Caesar's ghost roaming on the streets
(b) Rome will experience fierce civil war in which many people will die
(c) Rome will be ruled by Ate
(d) Roman women will smile at the death of Caesar
(b) Rome will experience fierce civil war in which many people will die
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Question 5(5):
Cassius tries to stop Brutus from letting Antony speak at Caesar's funeral as he _______________
(a) knows the Roman mob loves Caesar and Antony
(b) knows Brutus is not a good orator
(c) knows they should not have killed Caesar
(d) knows Antony is a good orator who can sway the mob
(d) knows Antony is a good orator who can sway the mob
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Question 5(3):
Decius Brutus changes Caesar's mind about going to the Senate by appealing to his
(a) ambition
(b) vanity
(c) greed
(d) generosity
(a) vanity
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Question 5(2):
Caesar's reference to the senators as 'graybeards' shows his _______________
(a) confidence
(b) cowardice
(c) arrogance
(d) ambition
(c) arrogance
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Question 5(10):
Antony's remark Mischief, thou art afoot,
Take thou what course thou wilt! , shows him to be _______________
(a) a ruthless manipulator
(b) an honourable man
(c) a loyal friend
(d) a tactful man
(c) a loyal friend
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Question 5(9):
Antony's reference to Caesar's conquest of the Nervii is to _______________
(a) remind the mob of Caesar's greatness as a warrior
(b) make the mob feel afraid of being attacked by the war-like race
(c) make the crowd weep for Caesar who died at war
(d) stop and collect his emotions as he is feeling very upset
(a) remind the mob of Caesar's greatness as a warrior
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Question 5(8):
When Antony calls the conspirators 'honourable men' his tone is _______________
(a) admiring
(b) flattering
(c) angry
(d) mocking
(b) flattering
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Question 5(7):
After listening to Brutus' speech, the Third Citizen says 'Let him be Caesar'. This clearly shows he _______________
(a) has not understood Brutus' reason for killing Caesar
(b) loved Caesar more than he loves Brutus
(c) loves Brutus more than he loved Caesar
(d) thinks Brutus killed Caesar to assume power.
(a) has not understood Brutus' reason for killing Caesar
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Question 6(c):
Why does Calpurnia say Caesar's 'wisdom is consumed in confidence'? What does she mean?
Calpurnia says that Caesar's 'wisdom is consumed in confidence' because Caesar decides to go to the Senate ignoring all the signs which foretell him about danger. Calpurnia felt that Caesar had become overconfident and because of this he couldn't understand there was a threat to his life. Julius doesn't act wise and declines the idea of staying back because if he did so, he would be considered a coward.
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Question 6(b):
What does Calpurnia try to convince Caesar of?
Calpurnia tries to convince Caesar that he should not go out of the house that day as some mishap might happen. She describes her frightening dreams to Caesar and tells him that they indicate bad omen. She tells him for his safety he should not step out of the house.
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Question 6(a):
How do the heavens 'blaze forth' the death of Julius Caesar?
The watch (watchman) sees horrible and frightening things. He saw a lioness giving birth on the streets, fierce warriors fighting a bloody fight and blood falling on the Capitol, ghosts shrieking and squealing in the streets, the dead coming out of the grave. Apart from this, Calpurnia saw frightening dreams. All these were unnatural happenings and indicated bad omen.
Thus, heavens "blaze forth" the death of Julius Caesar.
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Question 6(d):
What does Calpurnia dream about Caesar? How does Decius Brutus interpret the dream?
Calpurnia dreamt that Caesar's statue spouted blood from a hundred places and many Roman people came and washed their hands in it. Decius Brutus interprets it as a lucky and fortunate dream. He says that Rome and Romans will get a new life. Great man shall gather around Caesar and stain their handkerchief in his blood. Distinguished men will get honour at his hands and everything relating to him will be held in utmost reverence.
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Question 6(l):
How do Brutus and Cassius respond to Antony's speech?
After listening to Antony's speech, Brutus assures him that even though the deed seems bloody, their intentions were worthy. Their pity for the common people of Rome overrode their pity for Caesar. Cassius offers Antony new position in the government.
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Question 6(t):
At the end of the scene what is the fate of Brutus and Cassius?
After Antony's speech, the mob is filled with anger. They rush to kill the conspirators. They burn their houses. Cassius and Brutus plan to face the enemy and discuss their strategy inside a tent. However, both start to quarrel violently but soon become friends. Cassius cannot handle defeat and commits suicide. The ghost of Caesar haunts Brutus. Brutus knows his end is near. He asks Starto to hold his sword, runs on it and dies.
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Question 6(e):
What are the arguments put forward by Decius Brutus to convince Caesar to go to the Capitol?
Decius Brutus is a clever man. The arguments put forward by Decius Brutus were that the Senate had decided to present Caesar a crown and if he did not go, then they might change their minds. All this convinces Caesar to go to the Capitol.
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Question 6(f):
Why is Decius more successful than Calpurnia in persuading Caesar?
Decius Brutus is a great flatterer. He is more successful in persuading Caesar than Calpurnia because his argument appeals to Caesar's pride.While Calpurnia wishes that Caesar stay at home after seeing horrible dreams, Decius Brutus interprets the dreams lucky and fortunate. According to him, they signify Caesar's power and influence. He gives Caesar's ego a boost. Caesar is totally carried away by his words and decides to go to the Capitol.
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Question 6(g):
What is the petition put before Caesar by the conspirators? How does Caesar respond to it?
The conspirators want that Caesar should call Publius Cimber home as he had banished him. They request him to review his earlier decision. However, Caesar is no mood to relent. He tells the conspirators that he is firm like a Pole Star. His heart will not be softened by bowing and stooping activities and if Mettellus Cimber continues such activities, he would turn him away like a street dog.
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Question 6(h):
Who says "Et tu Brute"? When are these words spoken? Why?
These words are spoken by Caesar when Brutus along with other conspirators stabs Caesar. Caesar was stabbed in the Senate House and Brutus too stabs him. Caesar had not expected Brutus to behave in such a treacherous manner. As he tries to defend himself, with his broken heart, he says 'Et tu Brute'.
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Question 6(i):
In the moments following Caesar's death what do the conspirators proclaim to justify Caesar's death?
After Caesar's death, the conspirators claim that with Caesar's death tyranny has ended in Rome. They shout slogans like 'Peace, Liberty, Freedom and Enfranchisement'. They say that although Caesar was a great man, he had become too ambitious.
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Question 6(j):
Seeing the body of Caesar, Antony is overcome by grief. What does he say about Caesar?
Antony is filled with grief and sorrow on seeing mighty Caesar lying on the ground. He says "O mighty Caesar! Dost thou lie so low?/ Are all they conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils,/ Shrunk to this little measure?/ Fare thee well." He said he was totally ignorant of the conspirator's intentions. He is willing to die at their hands. His life is not as valuable as Caesar's and he will think himself as fortunate if he is killed by the same sword as the one which killed Caesar. He bids Caesar a sorrowful farewell. He believed that Caesar brought glories, victories and gains in war to the city of Rome.
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Question 6(k):
Whom does Antony call 'the choice and master spirits of this age"? Why?
Antony calls the conspirators "the choice and master spirits of this age". He says this because they had just killed the leader of the Roman Empire.
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Question 6(m):
Why does Cassius object to allowing Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral? How does Brutus overcome this objection?
Cassius does not think it would be proper Antony should speak at Caesar's funeral as his speech may change the mind of the audience. But Brutus tells that Antony would only speak with their consent and he will speak first and his speech will enumerate reasons for Caesar's death.
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Question 6(n):
What are the conditions imposed by the conspirators before allowing Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
The conditions imposed on Mark Antony were that in his funeral speech he would not blame the conspirators, but speak all good things about Caesar. He had to speak from the same pulpit as Brutus and tell the people that he did so by the conspirators' permission.
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Question 6(o):
When he is left alone with the body of Caesar what does Anthony call Brutus and the others?
Antony prays that Caesar will pardon Antony if he has been meek and gentle with his murderers. Antony calls Caesar the most illustrious man the world has ever known. He curses the men who have killed him.
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Question 6(p):
What prediction does Antony make regarding the future events in Rome?
Antony says that the Romans will pay for the sin they have committed by murdering Caesar. A curse will fall upon them. The Romans will suffer from various terrible happenings. A furious civil war with bloodshed and destruction will occur in the country. Cruel deeds will be committed frequently. Mothers shall see their near and dear ones cut to pieces before their eyes. The soul of Caesar will roam to seek revenge of his death.
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Question 6(q):
What reasons does Brutus give for murdering Caesar?
Brutus tells that he killed Caesar because he had become ambitious and wanted to be the king of Rome. He killed Caesar for the betterment of Rome. He was also ready to lay down his life for his country. He honoured Caesar as long as he was heroic but when he became ambitious he killed him.
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Question 6(r):
Who says, "Let him be Caesar"? What light does this throw on the speaker?
The third citizen says "Let him be Caesar" after Brutus has finished his speech justifying Caesar's killing. Brutus in his speech proclaims that the public can kill him if he too becomes ambitious like Caesar. He has the same dagger for himself and he is willing to lay down his life for his country. The citizens are fully satisfied. They praise Brutus and show their sympathy for the act.
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Question 6(s):
Why is Antony's speech more effective?
Antony speech is more effective because it is genuine and full of emotions and feelings for Caesar. He very cleverly tells the crowd that Caesar was not ambitious rather he had refused the crown thrice. He enhanced the glory of Rome with his victories. He left 75 drachmas in his will to be given to every Roman. He left his gardens and property for the common use of the people. He tries to gain the sympathy of the people by showing Caesar's wounded body. The mob is filled with anger after Antony's speech and they rush to kill the conspirators.
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Question 7:
Julius Caesar and Antony reveal something their character in their words and actions. We also learn about them from what other people say. Pick out the words that describe them from the box given below.
good orator
great conqueror
loves flattery
Extract from play
What it tells us about the character
Julius Caesar
1. the things that threaten'd me Ne'er look'd but on my back; when they shall see
The face of Caesar, they are vanished.
1. arrogant
2. __________________________
3. __________________________
4. __________________________
5. __________________________
6. __________________________
Extract from play
What it tells us about the character
Mark Antony
1. __________________________
2. __________________________
3. __________________________
4. __________________________
5. __________________________
6. __________________________
Extract from play
What it tells us about the character
Julius Caesar
1. the things that threaten' d me Ne'er look'd but on my back; when they shall see
The face of Caesar, they are vanished.
1. arrogant
2. Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
2. over-confident
3. What can be avoided
Whose end is purposed by the mighty gods?
Yet Caesar shall go forth; for these predictions
Are to the world in general as to Caesar.
3. fearless
4. I could be well moved, if I were as you:If I could pray to move, prayers would move me:
But I am constant as the northern star,
Of whose true-fix'd and resting quality
There is no fellow in the firmament.
4. firm
5. Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils,
Shrunk to this little measure?
5. great conqueror
6. To every Roman citizen he gives,
To every several man, seventy-five drachmas.
6. generous
Extract from play
What it tells us about the character
Mark Antony
1. That I did love thee, Caesar, O, 'tis true:
If then thy spirit look upon us now,
1. loyal
2. Pardon me, Caius Cassius:
The enemies of Caesar shall say this;
Then, in a friend, it is cold modesty.
2. clever
3. Therefore I took your hands, but was, indeed,
Sway'd from the point, by looking down on Caesar.
Friends am I with you all and love you all,
Upon this hope, that you shall give me reasons
Why and wherein Caesar was dangerous.
3. shrewd
4. When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
4. crafty
5. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar.
5. good orator
6. O masters, if I were disposed to stir
Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,
I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong,
Who, you all know, are honourable men:
I will not do them wrong; I rather choose
To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,
Than I will wrong such honourable men.
6. manipulative
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Question 8:
In the play 'Julius Caesar', we meet the Roman mob. We find that as Brutus and Antony speak, the mob displays certain qualities and characteristics.
Given below are some characteristics of the mob. Complete the table by quoting the ones wherein these are revealed.
Words/actions of the mob
1. __________________________
2. __________________________
Does not understand the ideals of democracy
3. __________________________
4. __________________________
5. __________________________
6. __________________________
Words/actions of the mob
1. Mark'd ye his words? He would not take the crown;
Therefore 'tis certain he was not ambitious.
2. Caesar's better parts
Shall be crown'd in Brutus.
Does not understand the ideals of democracy
3. Poor soul! his eyes are red as fire with weeping.
4. Read the will; we'll hear it, Antony;
You shall read us the will, Caesar's will.
5. They were traitors: honourable men!
6. Revenge! About! Seek! Burn! Fire! Kill! Slay!
Let not a traitor live!
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Question 9:
Antony employs a number of devices to produce the desired effect on the mob. These devices may be described as rhetorical devices. He first speaks in such a manner that it seems to the mob that he is in full agreement with Brutus about Caesar. Then step by step he moves away from Brutus' position, depicting Brutus as a villain and Caesar as a wronged man. Copy and complete the following table by showing how Antony builds the argument in Caesar's favour.
Antony's words
1. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
Does not wish to eulogise Caesar
2. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answered it.
Seemingly agrees with Brutus
Antony's words
1. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
Does not wish to eulogise Caesar
2. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answered it.
Seemingly agrees with Brutus
3. When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
Disproves Brutus' point by showing that Caesar cared for the people
4. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
States that he is not speaking against Brutus
5. You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?
Revives sympathy for Caesar
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Question 10(1):
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
(a) Whom is Caesar speaking to? Why does he say these words?
(b) What fears has the listener expressed?
(c) What is the basis for the fears expressed?
(a) Caesar is speaking to his wife Calpurnia. He speaks these words in response to Calpurnia's pleadings that he should not go out of the house as his life might be in danger.
(b) Calpurnia has expressed a fear that the ominous signs during the night might mean that Caesar's life is in danger.
(c) The bases of her fears are the unearthly events during the previous night and the strange dream which she had.
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Question 10(2):
But here's a parchment with the seal of Cesar;
I found it in his closet, 'tis his will:
Let but the commons hear this testament—
Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read—
And they would go and kiss dead Cesar's wounds
(a) Who speaks these words? Where is the speaker at this moment?
(b)What are the contents of Caesar's will that he is referring to?
(c) Why does the speaker read Caesar's will to the citizens?
(d) What is the reaction of the listeners to the reading of the will?
(a) Mark Antony speaks these words. He is in the market place pulpit.
(b) The contents of Ceasar's will were as follows:
To every Roman citizen he gave seventy-five drachmas. In addition to this, all his walks, orchards and gardens were to be opened to the public.
(c) The speaker reads Caesar's will to the audience to play on their sympathy, and to make Caesar look like a great, benevolent ruler.
(d) On hearing the will, the citizens call Caesar noble, and pledge to avenge his death.
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Question 11:
Stage a press conference that takes place shortly after Caesar's death. The "reporters" should have their questions written down ahead of time to ask the students who play the roles of Brutus, Antony and Cassius.These questions should focus on the key events in the play, as well as the characters' intentions.
This question is to be answered on the basis of your own understanding, experience and thoughts. It is strongly recommended that you prepare the solution on your own. However, a brief idea has been provided for your reference.
Brutus' questions
You were a great friend of Caesar. What made you stab Caesar?
You are considered to be the noblest of all Romans. Why did you resort to killing Caesar?
How did you feel when Caesar says 'Et, tu, Brute'?
You misinterpreted Calpurnia's dream. Don't you regret it?
Antony's questions
How did you feel when Caesar was stabbed by the conspirators?
How did you plan to turn the mob against the conspirators?
You instigated the Romans against the conspirators. What do you have to say in your defence?
Cassius' questions
You were the main conspirator? How did you plan your conspiracy and why?
Why did you make Brutus join in the conspiracy?
Why didn't you stop Brutus from letting Antony make a speech at Caesar's funeral?
Although you have successfully murdered Caesar, there is a lot of turmoil in Rome. Do you regret your actions?
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Question 12(b):
Was Caesar really ambitious? Find evidence from the play to support your answer.
Caesar was not ambitious. He brought many glories and victories to Rome and Romans. He was kind and sympathetic person. He refused the crown thrice. Caesar was very compassionate. He understood the plight of the poor. He promised seventy-five drachmas to every Roman.
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Question 12(d):
Why was it essential for the conspirators to include Brutus in the conspiracy?
Brutus was a staunch patriot. He thought that Caesar was a dictator. He was a great friend of Caesar but he joined hands with the conspirators to free Rome from Caesar's tyranny. He felt that for the welfare, liberty and freedom of Rome, it was necessary that Caesar should be killed. It was necessary for the conspirators to include Brutus as he was friends with Caesar and Caesar would trust him completely.
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Question 12(c):
What was Cassius' motive for murdering Julius Caesar?
Cassius was jealous of Caesar's growing power and influence. In fact he didn't wish to see him as the great conqueror of the world. He didn't want that Caesar should rule the Romans and that is why he wished to murder him.
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Question 12(a):
Why was the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar hatched?
The conspiracy to assassinate Caesar was hatched to prevent him from being crowned the king of Rome. Brutus and Cassius had a grudge against Caesar and they wished to have the power in their hands rather than with Caesar.
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Question 12(j):
How do Brutus and Cassius meet their end?
Brutus wants that their forces should move to Philippi and attack the enemy. Cassius does not agree and leaves alone. On the plains of Philippi, Brutus and Cassius reach with their forces where there are the armies of Octavius and Antony. With the interference of Octavius their wrong doing comes to an end. Then the forces of Cassius and Antony fight in which Antony emerges victorious. Cassius could not accept this defeat and commits suicide. Brutus too is disheartened and kills himself with his own sword.
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Question 12(i):
Why does Antony call Brutus 'the noblest Roman of them all'?
Antony's comment that Brutus is 'the noblest Roman of them all' is laced with sarcasm. Actually he wishes to tell the public that Caesar was not at all ambitious as pointed by Brutus but he does not say this immediately rather he cites instances and instigates audience slowly and logically. Antony is a great orator. He first calls Brutus the noblest Roman in order to gain attention and sympathy of the public. Slowly he tells the public that it was not Caesar's ambition but Brutus' personal grudge against Caesar that made him kill Caesar. Thus he is able avenge his friends' death as the mob after hearing Antony's speech turns against the conspirators.
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Question 12(h):
What is the role of Julius Caesar's ghost in the play, Julius Caesar?
The ghost of Julius Caesar appears twice in the play: once before Brutus when he is sleeping in his tent, it stood by his bed side and said nothing. The second time it appears in a battle at Philippi. The ghost appeared in front of Antonius and Octavius. It did not say anything. The purpose of the ghost was to make Brutus realize his mistake. He was carried away by emotions and joined hands with the conspirators. Caesar's death led to turmoil and unrest in Rome. Brutus is unhappy seeing all this and kills himself with his own sword.
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Question 12(g):
Write a brief character sketch of Antony.
Antony is a dear friend of Caesar. He is also a great orator and craftsman. He spends most of his time in revelry and listening to music. He looks upon life as a celebration in which he has a distinguished part to play. He is extremely devoted to Caesar. He wishes that Caesar should be crowned the king.
A clever man, Antony, is successful in fooling Brutus into believing that he is with the conspirators after the death of Caesar. He delivers an influential speech which makes the mob realize conspiracy behind Caesar's murder. He has genuine love and affection for Caesar and wishes to avenge his death. It is because of his speech, the conspirators are crushed.
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Question 12(f):
Comment on Caesar's friendship with Antony.
Antony was a dear friend of Caesar. He did not agree with Brutus that Caesar was an ambitious person who wanted to rule over Rome. In fact he was ready to lay down his life for Rome. After Brutus' speech at Caesar's funeral, Antony delivers an emotional speech. He tells the mob that Caesar was not at all ambitious. He refused the crown three times. He said that Caesar had left 75 drachmas for every Roman. Antony appealed to the sentiments of the mob and even showed the wounded corpse of Caesar. The mob was so influenced by Antony's speech that they turned against the conspirators. Thus Antony showed his affection and respect for Caesar.
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Question 12(e):
What were the mistakes made by Brutus that led to the failure of the conspiracy?
Casca, Cinna, and Cassius jealous of Caesar's growing power decide to murder him. Meanwhile, Brutus wants that the Romans should be free from the tyranny of Caesar. He, along with other conspirators, decides to kill Caesar. Cassius and Brutus take Caesar to Capitol and stab him. Antony realizes the conspiracy to kill Caesar. He seeks Brutus' permission to speak at Caesar's funeral. Brutus agrees and after his speech, Antony speaks. Antony instigates the mob against the conspirators. Brutus and Cassius are forced to kill themselves. The mistake of letting Antony address the mob led to the failure of conspiracy.
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Question 13:
A reporter covers the event of the assassination of Julius Caesar in the senate giving graphic details and a catchy headline. Write the newspaper report in about 200 words.
This question is to be answered on the basis of your own understanding, experience and thoughts. It is strongly recommended that you prepare the solution on your own. However, a sample solution has been provided for your reference.
Caesar Slandered
Today was a dark day in the history of Rome. A great son of soil, Julius Caesar, was assassinated in broad daylight. He was supposed to be crowned the king of Rome but unfortunately it was not meant to be.
Caesar came to Capitol to be crowned the king. At the Capitol, Cimber, bent in front of Caesar and pleads for his brother. Caesar had banished Cimber's brother. Brutus and Cassius also plead on behalf of Cimber. But Caesar does not relent. He is firm about decision about Cimber's brother. At this point the conspirators started to stab him. Caesar's great friend, Brutus also joins the others in stabbing Caesar. Caesar is shocked to see this and utters "You too, Brutus". After the stabbing the conspirators shouted slogans of 'Liberty, freedom and enfranchisement'.
It is believed that Calpurnia, Caesar's wife had a premonition about Caesar's death. She didn't want him to step out of the house that day. But Caesar was very keen to go to Capitol today.
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Marco Polo (mär´kō pō´lō), 1254?–1324?, Venetian traveler in China. His father, Niccolò Polo, and his uncle, Maffeo Polo, had made (1253–60) a trading expedition to Constantinople. A war blocked their return, and they journeyed eastward to reach Kublai Khan's eastern capital at Kaifeng in 1266. They returned to Venice in 1269, and in 1271 they left with young Marco for Kublai's court. The party reached Cambuluc (modern Beijing) in 1275. Marco Polo became a favorite of the khan, who employed him as an adviser and a tax assessor, sending him on business to central and N China, SE Asia, and India. For three years he apparently governed a Chinese city (Yangzhou). In 1292 the travelers, acting as escort for a Mongol princess who was to wed the khan of Persia, left Kublai's realm; they were back in Venice by 1295. Marco Polo soon joined Venetian forces fighting Genoa and was taken prisoner (1298) following Venice's loss in the Battle of Curzola. During his two-year captivity, aided by notes and reports written while he was in the East and by his fellow-prisoner and coauthor Rustichello of Pisa, he dictated an account of his travels.
The prologue of the work tells of Polo's life. The remainder of the book describes places he had visited and heard of and recounts the customs of the inhabitants. Polo made reference to much of Asia, including the Arab world, Persia, Japan, Sumatra, and the Andaman Islands, and to E Africa as far south as Zanzibar. He told of paper currency, asbestos, coal, and other phenomena virtually unknown in Europe. Polo was wonderstruck at Asian splendors and was sometimes credulous of exaggerated accounts, but scholars agree that his accurate reports of the events he witnessed and people he met are of great value. During the Renaissance it was the chief—almost the sole—Western source of information on the East, and until the late 19th cent. there was no other European material on many parts of central Asia. Of the annotated translations of his book the most useful is that by Sir Henry Yule (3d ed. 1903).
See studies by M. S. Collis (1960), H. H. Hart (1967), C. A. Burland (1970), J. Larner (1999), and L. Bergreen (2007).


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Music class lifts teen from life of silence
In a slightly chilly basement studio beneath Boston's Citi Performing Arts Center, Jimmy Nguyen leapt and clapped excitedly. The skinny 15-year-old, nicknamed "Superstar'' by his friends, was responding to a drama teacher's warm-up cues.
A jump and a clap! . . . A higher jump!
Five minutes later, warm-ups over, Nguyen began to sing Justin Bieber's "U Smile.'' Several teenage girls whooped exhortations: "Go Jimmy!'' "Yeah, Jimmy!'' "Do your thing!''
Before you say "so what?'' about yet another singing, dancing kid in this generation of "Glee'' and "High School Musical,'' you should know that, until a couple of months ago, friends, family, and teachers alike thought Jimmy was probably mute, possibly autistic.
For more than a decade, Jimmy said almost nothing in the presence of other people, including his family. His father, Raymond Nguyen, said doctors believed Jimmy suffered from selective mutism, a condition whose name is self-explanatory and is often triggered by intense anxiety. They said music might help relax him.
Raymond Nguyen gently pushed his son into the Citi Performing Arts Center's 30-week musical theater program at Odyssey High School, now known as Boston Green Academy, thinking maybe he would learn to play drums or tap his feet to a four-four beat.
But by summer's end, something else happened.
"He was singing,'' said Ruth Mercado-Zizzo, Citi's director of education. "He was rapping. He even danced - and not just any dance but sort of interpretive hip-hop style. And the thing is, he was good, very good. It's like he had been hiding these talents.''
While Mercado-Zizzo offers a humble assessment of Jimmy's transformation - "We just provided a forum; he did the work,'' she said - those who know him say the new "loud'' Jimmy is nothing short of a miracle.
A miracle brought about by what? No one is sure, but there is reason to think that intense exposure to music may have played a role.
Music psychologists and neurologists say beats and tunes can have personality-changing effects.
"It's not so unusual for music to wake up children with characteristics of autism,'' said Richard Edwards, an Ohio Wesleyan University professor who studies how the human brain learns to be musical.
Paul Mazeroff, a psychologist and professor at McDaniel College in Westminster, Md., researching how the brain processes music and the relationship between music and emotion, said Jimmy's transformation makes sense to him.
"Music is often used to regulate both emotion and basic motor activity,'' Mazeroff said. "Think about it. Certain music motivates you to move, to become energized. Other soothes you. The point is music helps develop focus.''
That explanation is, haltingly, echoed by Jimmy: "I can't explain it real easy. But the music just sort of opened me up. It did something to me. Even at first, when I was watching and listening. . . I could see the music in the singing. I could feel it when people were dancing. I saw how it was moving them, and I wanted that. And I had to decide if trying to feel like it looked like they were feeling was important to me. It was.''
Jimmy says "at first,'' because 30 weeks is deceptive. For at least the first two-thirds of the program, instructors say, Jimmy demonstrated what everyone had been saying about him for more than 10 years: He kept mum.
"He didn't talk,'' said , Jimmy's father. Thuy Nguyen, Jimmy's mother, nodded silently.
"I didn't talk,'' Jimmy said with a wry chuckle. "I guess I understand why some people thought I couldn't!''
Though he had never been diagnosed as mute, so few legible sounds had come from Jimmy's mouth going back to age 5 that it was reasonable for people to assume he was mute, Raymond Nguyen says, adding that his son's quiet was not that of a stereotypically sullen youth.
"I used to think in the beginning that he was just shy,'' Nguyen said. "His mother is shy; she holds back and is, how do you say, reserved?''
But with Thuy Nguyen, Raymond and other family members could pinpoint her long silences to self-consciousness over how well she spoke English, the Vietnamese family's second language.
"We just didn't know,'' his father said. "We took him to doctor, to counselor. It seem like something must have happened bad, but we didn't know what,'' beyond the speculation of selective mutism. Jimmy's older sister and younger brother have never had problems with speech or socializing, Raymond Nguyen says.
So cultural mores led Jimmy's family to sort of walk around the boy's silence. There was no small talk, no questions of whether Jimmy wanted a favorite meal for dinner. He ate what he was served. He went to his room. He did homework and surfed the Web in silence. Teachers also walked around Jimmy's silence, believing there was nothing they could do.
As teenagers are wont to be, Jimmy is, in retrospect, dismissive of the reason for his silence: "It was nothing, really, just stuff, just life.''
Prodded, Jimmy said the age his silence set in for the long term coincided with "feeling overwhelmed that we - I mean, like, my family - were still kind of new here and feeling like I wasn't ever going to fit, and so why bother?''
He insists that he spoke, just not often.
"Sometimes people would stare at me after I said something, 'cause they thought I had talked but couldn't believe it and they weren't positive,'' he said. "So they would look again. And I didn't say anything else, so they thought they had made a mistake.''
Elementary and middle school passed uneventfully. He managed to stay below the radar using the simplest of tools: slumping in his seat, hanging his head, avoiding eye contact with teachers and peers, and just not answering when called on.
He appeared headed down the same path in high school, until Raymond Nguyen decided something had to change. That was when the family applied to Boston Green Academy, a troubled-child-friendly charter school. Jimmy was accepted, and before long, says the "Futurama'' cartoon fan, "I was like Bender the robot in the fantasy episode where he became human'' - and his feet tapped involuntarily when he heard music.
"That's how I was,'' Jimmy said, laughing. "I didn't know what was going on.''
Nguyen says he began to notice that Jimmy came home from school more upbeat - still not talking, but certainly happier. The child whose nose had previously only sniffed out movies and books online was looking up music videos.
Jessica Harms, a former teacher of Jimmy's, admits she wondered last spring whether the youth needed therapy more than performance coaching. She said, "I knew though that Jimmy had a quality in him just begging to be released.''
As with his schooling, the first 22 weeks or so were uneventful for Jimmy. He stood by and watched and listened. But he paid attention.
Nguyen knew his son was paying attention when he snuck up on him at home one evening and caught the boy singing and rapping, among other tunes, Ke$ha's "Tik-Tok.''
That night he pushed his son and told him he had reached a now-or-never crossroad. Participate, demonstrate these quiet skills, or fade back into obscurity.
Jimmy showed up the next day on fire, shocking the other students with a spontaneous rendition of Katie Perry's "Superstar,'' and his nickname was born.
The program ended in late August. And then Jimmy returned to school, apprehensive at first, worried that perhaps his classmates, so accustomed to his silence, would hold the more buoyant persona against him.
They did not. They followed his lead. He's back at Citi in an afterschool leadership program.
"We did a flash mob a few weeks ago, where we ran all the way to the T, got on, and just started performing music - singing, dancing, all of that,'' says classmate Gilesa Thomas, 15. "Jimmy led the way. And, of course, he got things started by singing 'Superstar.' ''
This assessment comes moments after Jimmy has walked a gauntlet of students, giving high fives, smiling at girls, pausing for a moment to finish a rap verse that he overheard another youth start, and then fist-bumping the surprised rhymer he'd interrupted.
"Music does strange things to you,'' Jimmy said before walking into a homeroom class. "I still can't explain it. But I like it.''
James H. Burnett III can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him at www.twitter.com/jamesburnett.


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New Eee PC™ T91MT Multi-Touch Netbook Uses SanDisk pSSD Drive's Compact Form Factor and Innovative Flash Technology To Help Deliver Enhanced User Experience and Maximum Portability
Milpitas, Calif., December 3, 2009 - SanDisk SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced that the 32-gigabyte (GB)1 SanDisk® pSSDTM Gen2 drive was selected by ASUS as the SSD of choice for its new Eee PCTM multi-touch netbook computer.
The SanDisk pSSD drive helps enable the small form factor and low power consumption of ASUS's latest addition to the popular Eee PCTM Touch series convertible touchscreen netbook line, the T91MT. Solid State Drives (SSD) use no moving parts, offering improved durability that helps prevent data loss resulting from drive failure. Computers with an SSD run quieter, cooler and consume less power than conventional hard disk drives (HDD).
"SanDisk is pleased to contribute to the stylish design of the Eee PCTM T91MT netbook from ASUS," said Yoram Cedar, executive vice president, OEM business unit and corporate engineering, SanDisk. "ASUS's selection of SanDisk is also an indication that the market is ready to progress beyond traditional mechanical storage provided by hard disk drives and enter a new era of computing that uses highly durable and power-saving SSDs. As a supplier of modular SSDs for the PC OEM industry, we see increased interest for the SanDisk pSSD drive from companies that bring to the market portable computing solutions that are smaller, lighter and faster."
The SanDisk pSSD drive includes an industry-standard PATA interface and a Mini PCIe form factor, delivering a variety of features that complement the ultra-thin ASUS T91MT netbook. The 32GB SanDisk pSSD drive's compact size (weighing only 6.4 grams and measuring 32.2mm x 50.95mm x3.6mm) and low power consumption (average power of 0.15W2) are well-suited to the ASUS netbook's particular form factor and extended battery life requirements.
"SanDisk pSSD's small form factor and low power consumption contributes to the stylish design and light weight of the Eee PCTM T91MT multi-touch netbook," said Jerry Shen, CEO, ASUSTeK Computer Inc. "With greater portability and longer battery life, our customers gain the freedom and flexibility to use their laptops anytime, anywhere."
SanDisk's modular solid state drive, pSSD, also allows ASUS to deliver greater performance to its users. pSSD offers 9,000 vRPM3 of performance and has the added benefit of employing nCache™ technology4, a large non-volatile write cache technology that boosts burst random write performance. nCache™ technology improves user responsiveness and helps prevent incidence of drive "stalling."
SanDisk pSSD Gen2 drive supports Windows 7, Windows XP and Linux. The drive comes in a variety of PATA and SATA interfaces and is available to OEMs in capacities ranging from 8GB to 64GB. More information about SanDisk's pSSD drives is available at: www.sandisk.com\pssd
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SanDisk Corporation is the global leader in flash memory cards, from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDisk's product portfolio includes flash memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid state drives for computers. SanDisk is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States.
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Uplifting-Except-When-It-Isn't/No-Movies-Explicitly-Named 2012 End of Year List/
by Sean Uyehara
1. Most confusing thing you can say to other human beings: 2012 was awesome!
2. The craziest news story this year: Giant meningitis-causing snail invasion in Florida.
3. Two fantastic TV shows that premiered in 2012: I'll break my own rule right away by mentioning two things by name. Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell and Key and Peele. Bell, with "Laughter Against the Machine" allied with the Occupy movement in 2011, which one would think leads to mainstream career suicide. Instead, it (and many other activities) helped to propel Bell to a TV deal backed by Chris Rock. Plus, the show is smart and insightful. Something good happened in the world! I don't know much about the origins of Key and Peele (Mad TV?), but that show is often terrifically funny.Read More


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Using fluid, gestural lines, Ann Niu builds upon calligraphic tradition to tell stories both personal and universal. Niu's work draws upon her multicultural upbringing in places such as Japan, China, Korea, and the United States. Incorporating elements of traditional Chinese ink painting and Western oil painting, the artist works in both oil on canvas and watercolor on rice paper. Her representational and calligraphic compositions, which draw from street art and Abstract Expressionism, are rendered with energetic brushstrokes and in vivid colors and thin washes. Emblematic of her larger body of work, Niu's "Scholar Stones" series features free-spirited gestures that filter traditional techniques through a modern lens. Grounded in Chinese tradition, the series melds poetry from the post–Cultural Revolution era with ancient objects of meditation.
Her works have been shown in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, France, Holland, Australia… collected by Singapore National Art Museum, HSBC Private Bank(HSBCPB), and various worldwide private collectors.


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At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to 1) interpret the fundamental concepts of nephrology in the areas of kidney function/structure; fluid and electrolytes; glomerular/vascular disorders; tubulointerstitial disorders; bone/mineral metabolism, and stones; hypertension; AKI and ICU nephrology; CKD, ESRD, and dialysis; and transplantation; 2) formulate diagnostic and therapeutic options for the management of kidney disease; and 3) test individual medical practice competence against a series of simulated patient/case scenarios.
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Board Examination Participants: Individuals are thoroughly prepared for upcoming Certification and MOC exams.
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Lectures, interactive case discussions, and panel Q&A sessions are integral parts of the BRCU program. Relevant physiology and pathophysiology are blended with clinical discussions aimed at reviewing, updating, and preparing for the Board Certification and MOC Examinations.
Participants receive a comprehensive syllabus containing lecture outlines, explanatory text, copies of key slides, and updated bibliographies.
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I liked the abstract for this recent paper on why single premium annuities suck for most people.http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44374Optimal Annuitization with Stochastic Mortality Probabilities: Working Paper 2013-05By Felix Reichling and Kent Smetters Economic modeling dating back to Yaari (1965) shows that individuals who do not aim to leave bequests to future generations should put all of their investments into annuities rather than alternatives such as bonds. Annuities offer higher returns than alternative investment options and protect against longevity risk—they provide income in each remaining year of life, even if an individual lives for an usually long time.This paper models decisions about purchasing annuities in a context where individuals learn new information about their health status over time (that is, with stochastic mortality risk). In that context, the value of an annuity declines when an individual experiences an adverse health shock that lowers her life expectancy. Because of that valuation risk, risk-averse individuals will not want to fully annuitize their investments when they face higher costs or lower income in bad health. We find that most households should not annuitize any wealth. The optimal level of aggregate net annuity holdings is likely even negative. </snip>How do you short an annuity?intercst
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Startups provide business leadership with new products, services, and new revenue models, but leadership startups can only be built by entrepreneurs who are leaders themselves, and incent leadership in the people around them. Leadership which incents other people to be leaders is called "contagious leadership."
John Hersey, in his book "Creating Contagious Leadership," describes nine required habits for inspiring a contagious leadership culture within a startup, as well as within other types of businesses, or even life in general. He and I believe that leaders have to make the overt decision to acquire these habits or skills, and don't have to be born or trained into them:
In summary, leaders are not the same as managers. Managers focus on the process, while leaders focus on the people. Leaders influence people to make things happen, rather than tell people to make things happen. Contagious leaders create a culture that inspires everyone to be fully engaged in the startup. The result is that your whole startup will be the leader.


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Where construction markets are picking up again.
Construction activity came to a near-halt after the housing bubble burst. The number of new residential units authorized in 2009, 2010, and 2011 was less than one-third of the level during the boom. In 2011, construction activity picked up slightly from 2009 and 2010, as the housing recovery began, with permits for new multifamily buildings leading the construction recovery. Multifamily construction has increased because rental demand rose during the recession as people chose not to – or were unable to – buy or keep their homes. Just this past year, rents rose 5.6 percent nationally according to the Trulia Rent Monitor, and that encourages builders to construct new multifamily buildings.
As always, housing is local. Construction is gearing up in some markets and remains dormant in others. These patterns are critical for understanding the future of cities, for two reasons.
First: construction activity is a bet on future growth. Developers will build only in areas where they expect housing demand in the future. Of course they can bet wrong, and that's what happened during the housing bubble; construction in many metros far exceeded housing demand, and lots of newly built homes were (and still are) vacant. Still, construction is a clear signal of builder confidence in an area.
Second: construction shapes urban form. Housing units live a long time and are rarely destroyed, so new construction has a long-term impact on density and sprawl. The primary tool that officials have to affect density, sprawl and urban form is deciding what type of new construction, if any, to allow in different communities.
What do construction patterns say about the future of cities in America? This week the U.S. Census Bureau released data on construction permits issued by localities in 2011, including whether those permits were for single-family homes or units in multi-family buildings.
Metros with the Most Construction Permits
|Construction permits, 2011
Percent of permitted units in
multi-family buildings, 2011
|Houston, TX
|27 percent
|Dallas, TX
|49 percent
|Washington, DC
|51 percent
|New York, NY
|91 percent
|Austin, TX
|39 percent
|Los Angeles, CA
|77 percent
|Phoenix, AZ
|20 percent
|Seattle, WA
|47 percent
|Atlanta, GA
|28 percent
|San Antonio, TX
|38 percent
More permits were issued in the Houston metro area than in any other metro, by far. Four of the top ten metros were in Texas. But this list is dominated by large metro areas, and we'd expect bigger areas to have more construction activity. Looking instead at the number of permits issued per 1,000 existing housing units shows the impact of construction on metro areas relative to their size. Here are the top and bottom ten metro areas by construction activity, among the largest 100 metro areas:
Most Construction Activity
Construction permits per 1000
housing units, 2011
|El Paso, TX
|Austin, TX
|Raleigh, NC
|Houston, TX
|Charleston, SC
|Dallas, TX
|Little Rock, AR
|Baton Rouge, LA
|Washington, DC
|Columbia, SC
Least Construction Activity
Construction permits per 1000
housing units, 2011
|Detroit, MI
|Long Island, NY
|Providence, RI
|Springfield, MA
|Chicago, IL
|Cleveland, OH
|New Haven, CT
|Dayton, OH
|Toledo, OH
|Ventura County, CA
The rate of construction is highest in metros within Texas and the Carolinas and lowest in the Northeast and Midwest. The map shows the pattern across America. The rate of construction is higher across the Texas, the mid-South and Mountain states, but lower in New England, the Great Lakes, South Florida and most of coastal California.
Two factors stand out to explain which areas have the most construction. The first is long-term employment growth, which is the best guide to future housing demand. The second is smaller recent price declines: metros where prices fell less during the bust had less overbuilding and are therefore ready to absorb new housing. Among the ten metros with the highest rate of construction, all had above-average job growth over the past ten years, and none had experienced the huge home price declines that the hardest-hit areas did during the crash. Builders and developers are betting on metros with solid histories of job growth that escaped the worst of the housing crisis.
What does construction activity mean for urban form? The mix of single-family versus multi-family permits is a strong guide. Multifamily construction is higher density than single-family construction, and single-family construction is more sprawling. For the U.S. overall, one-third of the construction permits in 2011 were for multi-family units. But the multi-family share ranged widely among the largest metros, from 91 percent of permits issues in the New York metro and 86 percent in San Francisco all the way down to 2 percent in Dayton, OH, and 3 percent in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL. In Houston, where more permits were issued in 2011 than anywhere else, just 27 percent were for multi-family units. But not all of Texas is sprawling: in Dallas, 49 percent of permits were in multi-family units, well above the national average. In Los Angeles – which used to be the poster-child for sprawl - 77 percent of new permits were for multifamily units. Among the top permit-issuing places, Phoenix has the lowest share of multi-family permits at 20 percent, along with Houston (27 percent) and Atlanta (28 percent).
The future of sprawl, therefore, is not California. Houston, Phoenix, and Atlanta are America's current capitals of low-density construction. Builders are betting on future growth in the South, in Texas, and in the Southwest, and they're building single-family homes to meet that demand.
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FAU's baseball season ended in heartbreaking fashion, and less than 24 hours after the Owls fell in 13-innings to top-seeded North Carolina in the NCAA Baseball Championship, emotions were still raw.
One of those emotions was pride. FAU baseball fans met the team as the Owls arrived in Boca Raton to clear out their lockers, ringing the school's "Victory Bell" despite the game's outcome.
"You guys didn't lose that game," former FAU football coach Howard Schnellenberger said in an impromptu speech upon the team's arrival. "You were just behind when the final out was made."
But disappointment from the loss lingered as well.
The season-ending defeat was without a doubt the most memorable baseball game in FAU history, but twice Monday, it looked like the Owls were going to bring a win back to Boca Raton.
The Owls first looked Super Regional-bound when Tyler Rocklein hit a ninth-inning grand slam Monday night to give FAU an 8-6 lead. But national No. 1 seed North Carolina struck back to tie the game in the bottom of the frame, forcing extra innings.
The Owls again looked like they were victors in the 12th inning when Levi Meyer hit a three-run homer to give FAU an 11-8 lead.
Only that time, North Carolina didn't tie the game. The Tar Heels, favored to win the national championship, scored three in the bottom of the 12th to send it to the 13th, where they walked off victors.
So it was understandable that the FAU players and coaches were still riding the game's emotional roller coaster, even after a few bus stops and a plane ride back to South Florida.
Center fielder Nathan Pittman couldn't hold back his emotions — he wasn't able to talk about the game Tuesday without breaking down in tears.
Right fielder Corey Keller, despite the outpouring of support, found it hard to crack a smile.
"We gave it our all and everyone can see that we did our best," Keller said. "It was tough. It was a tough loss. I guess if you're going to go out, there's no better way to go out than that."
FAU coach John McCormack did his best to be upbeat, but even he admitted that the effects of the loss will linger.
"To go up there and come so close . . . it's tough," McCormack said. "I told them that this is a super regional team and it just so happens that we're not going. It is a little tough to swallow because we had it right there."
But there could be positive residuals from the loss as well, though those won't be felt immediately.
FAU was trending on Twitter for two hours as Monday night turned into Tuesday morning, no small feat for the Boca Raton school that has seen more bad publicity than good lately.
"I think it's great of the program and great for the school," Keller said of the game. "It puts us on the map. Not a lot of people know about Florida Atlantic University."
Keller went on to say he hopes the game and buzz it created comes back to the baseball program in a cash form. The FAU baseball program has been campaigning for upgrades to its stadium for decades and perhaps capturing the nation's attention — if only for an hour or two — will help push that effort forward.
"It was great exposure last night," McCormack said Tuesday. "The one thing was, it was a shame it ended at 1:30 [in the morning,] although some of the West Coast people loved it.
"It's fantastic, hopefully we'll get a bounce out of it. I know the university has. We've done a lot of good."
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PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia jury ended its fifth day of deliberations on Monday without reaching verdicts in the murder trial of a doctor accused of killing babies and a patient during late-term abortions at a clinic serving low-income women.
Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, who ran the now-shuttered Women's Medical Society Clinic, could face the death penalty if convicted by the jury in Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia.
The seven-woman, five-man jury heard five weeks of testimony before starting deliberations last Tuesday. After having the weekend off, the panel deliberated about eight hours on Monday before retiring for the day.
The jury was scheduled to resume deliberations on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.
Gosnell is charged with four counts of first-degree murder for delivering live babies during late-term abortions and then deliberately severing their spinal cords, prosecutors said.
It is legal in Pennsylvania to abort a foetus up to 24 weeks into a pregnancy. Gosnell also faces charges that he performed 24 abortions beyond 24 weeks.
Judge Jeffrey Minehart told jurors last week that state law defines a live baby as one that is fully expelled from the mother and showing signs of life such as breathing, heart beat or movement.
Gosnell's defence contends there is no evidence the babies were alive after they were aborted.
Testimony depicted a filthy clinic serving mostly low-income women in a largely black community.
Gosnell also is charged with murdering Karnamaya Mongar, 41, of Virginia, who died from a drug overdose after going to him for an abortion, prosecutors said.
Gosnell has been in jail since his January 2011 arrest. Eight other defendants have pleaded guilty to a variety of charges and are awaiting sentencing. They include Gosnell's wife, Pearl, a cosmetologist who helped perform abortions.


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First things first - happy new year!
2012 was a huge year for XtGem: we made great progress improving our tools by making them more accessible and powerful than ever, grew our team (hi, Mindaugas!), publisher network (+1.5 million new sites!) and traction (our traffic more than doubled during the year - to well over a billion pageviews per month!) - and we even managed to leave our cozy Lithuanian offices for a 3-month-long adventure overseas - opportunity courtesy of Springboard.
Springboard Mobile is an intensive 13-week accelerator program, designed to help startups grow by cramming years worth of knowledge, experience and exposure into just three short months. We've had the privilege to participate in the latest iteration of the program, which was focused on mobile, among with 9 other world-class startups (Flitto, iJudgeFights, We Are Pop Up, AppTheGame, Shhmooze, Likeminds, House Map, BuildGauge, GiftCannon).
It was an amazing experience - we had a chance to meet over a hundred mentors with various - yet universally impressive - backgrounds, experience London's tech scene and brought back multiple notebooks worth of ideas for XtGem.
The program started in September of last year and culminated in December, with demo days in London, New York and San Francisco - with audiences of prominent VCs, Angel Investors and entrepreneurs.
Words can't describe how proud we are to have graduated from Springboard - it truly kicked ass - both in terms of being awesome, and in terms of being immensely exhausting. Yet we persevered - and made an astounding amount of progress as a result.
One of the things we set out to do after Springboard wrapped up was to make XtGem more social. While we have a vibrant and active community over at XtBoard, Twitter and facebook, user sites, and the tool itself, feel isolated and more lonely than they need to be. We have started paving the road for the next big update, which will make the whole experience more social and collaborative - including updates to the blogging functionality and an ability for XtGem sites to run their own communities and share content.
As a result, we have launched an updated account system - one based on e-mails, instead of site URLs. This change allows us to make a clear distinction between users - our customers - and user sites. Existing users are able to sign up for an e-mail based account and import their sites - we put in a lot of effort to make the transition as straightforward and easy as possible - it takes less than a minute.
While a significant change, the new account system is just the beginning - we will be rolling out lots of new features to compliment it in the coming months - as fast as we can build them. Stay tuned!
P.S. Springboard's next program is starting soon and will be focused on hardware - if you run a startup that builds cool gizmos, there is still time to apply - they got our stamp of approval. Application details are here.


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West Virginia decides to sue Big East
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. —West Virginia University filed a lawsuit Monday seeking an immediate divorce from the Big East so it can become a member of the Big 12 before the 2012 football season.
The Big 12 announced West Virginia's acceptance on Friday, but the Big East said it would hold the Mountaineers to a provision in the conference bylaws that requires notice of 27 months before a school can withdraw.
The lawsuit asks the Monongalia County Circuit Court to declare the bylaws invalid, claiming that the Big East breached its fiduciary duty to West Virginia by failing to maintain a balance between football-playing and non-football members.
The complaint, which asks for a jury trial, also alleges that the Big East agreed to West Virginia's immediate withdrawal by accepting a $2.5 million down payment on its $5 million exit fee.
"Absent a Court order permanently enjoining the Big East from enforcing the 27-month notice provision against WVU, WVU has no adequate remedy at law to protect its interests and will suffer continuing and irreparable damages and injury," the lawsuit says.
Big East Commissioner John Marinatto has said West Virginia is not eligible to join the Big 12 until July 1, 2014.
"We are disappointed that West Virginia has adopted this strategy and cannot imagine why it believes it does not have to respect and honor the bylaws it agreed to as a member of the Big East. Based on an initial review of the lawsuit, it is clear that the allegations and claims in it are false and inaccurate. Certainly there is nothing in it that would justify WVU's not fulfilling its obligations. To put it simply, a contract is a contract," Marinatto said in a statement.
"Once we have reviewed the filing, we will explore all our legal options and will act vigorously to ensure that WVU lives up to all its obligations to our conference. In the meantime, this lawsuit will not interfere in any way with our ongoing efforts to strengthen and expand the Big East."
West Virginia University spokesman John Bolt declined to comment, saying "the lawsuit speaks for itself."
The lawsuit is the latest development in a flurry of conference realignment activity this fall. Syracuse and Pittsburgh withdrew from the Big East in September to join the Atlantic Coast Conference.
TCU accepted an invitation to join the Big East in September but switched to the Big 12 in October and was not required to honor the 27-month notice requirement.
"That's basically because they never started with the Big East," Sullivan said of the Horned Frogs. "Because they had not formally joined the conference, which would have been July 1, 2012, they were subject only to the financial component."
West Virginia's lawsuit says other Big East football members — Connecticut, Louisville, Rutgers and Cincinnati —"have been engaged in discussions with other sports conferences," so when the Big 12 extended its invitation Friday the Mountaineers accepted.
"As the Big East, in less than two months, had denigrated into a non-major football conference whose continued existence is in serious jeopardy, WVU had no choice but to accept the Big XII's offer," the lawsuit says.
The complaint says the departures of Pitt and Syracuse left the Big East with only six football members and eight non-football members — an imbalance not contemplated by the bylaws, which therefore should be declared null and void.
The complaint also alleges that the Big East and its commissioner ignored recommendations by football members to maintain the league's level of competitiveness in that sport and advanced the interests of the non-football members.
"This lack of leadership, breach of fiduciary duties by the Big East and its Commissioner, and voting disparity between the football and non-football schools resulted in the Big East football conference no longer being a viable and competitive football conference," the complaint says.


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Genetic's track pro are faithful copies of MKS' high-end RX1 pedals approved by the Nihon Jitensha Shinkōkai (NJS), the Japanese Keirin association. Intended primarily for Velodrome duties, they may lack the NJS kudos but with low cage profiles and slick, sealed bearings they've broader horizons than track and wouldn't look out of place on a classic 80's road bike.
Featuring high lustre polished aluminium bodies and narrow cages drilled for clips and straps, our purple test pair looked straight out of 1994 but mercifully there's a choice between five alternative colours (Black, silver, blue, gold and red). For such svelte pedals, they're well suited to the rigours of winter thanks to well-sealed cartridge bearings turning on strong Cro-moly axles that should keep knees happy for several seasons. The finish, and particularly the anodising, is what you'd expect from this end of the market, quickly showing signs of wear thanks to coarse toe-straps straps, but it's by no means terrible and you could always strip them clean with Nitromors when they get scruffy.
On the subject of aesthetics, they look sharpest sporting old school chrome clips and leather straps but unless you're a polishing zealot the nylon mtb type are a more sensible choice for year round commuting.
Only surpassed in cornering prowess by some very low profile SPDs, you can carve into roundabouts and junctions at ridiculous angles without coming close to grounding. The extra clearance is handy off-road too should you fancy the scenic route home. Having undergone a wholesale clipless conversion back in 1992, re-mastering first-time pedal flip-ups at the traffic light grand prix took a little practice but in fairness, it's no harder than with hybrid platform/SPD types.
Out of the saddle, my full 70 kilos dancing on the bodies revealed no sign of power robbing-flex, although heavier riders might tell a different story. Summing up, with horizons extending beyond track, they represent superb value for money and are thoroughly recommended for most road applications.
NJS track purists will need to look elsewhere but for the money, they're pretty hard to beat.
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road.cc test report
Make and model: Genetic Track Pro pedals
Size tested: n/a
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
These are budget copies of MKS'home market RX1 track models but with sealed bearings and solid cro-moly axles they're well suited to a host of other applications too.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
Polished aluminium bodies and anodized cages turn on ultra smooth and weather sealed cartridge bearings.
Better than many costing quite a bit more.
280g pair
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
These perform superbly in most contexts-designed to cope with steep banking, they're equally at home on the high street scramble offering fantastic clearance when negotiating roundabouts and other features of the urban landscape. Sealed bearings mean they're well suited to four seasons use- in particular road fixers and winter bikes.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
Good bearings, weather sealing and axles coupled with low profiles and mosdest weight.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
Nothing but finish wasn't on a par with more expensive offerings.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes
Would you consider buying the product? Yes
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes
About the tester
Age: 35 Height: 1m 81 Weight: 70 kilos
I usually ride: Rough Stuff Tourer Based around 4130 Univega mtb Frameset My best bike is: 1955 Holdsworth Road Path and several others including cross & traditional road
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: cyclo cross, commuting, touring, fixed/singlespeed, mtb,
Shaun Audane is a freelance writer/product tester with over twenty-eight years riding experience, the last twelve (120,000 miles) spent putting bikes and kit through their paces for a variety of publications. Previous generations of his family worked at manufacturing's sharp end, thus Shaun can weld, has a sound understanding of frame building practice and a preference for steel or titanium framesets.
Citing Richard Ballantine and an Au pair as his earliest cycling influences, he is presently writing a cycling book with particular focus upon women, families and disabled audiences (Having been a registered care manager and coached children at Herne Hill Velodrome in earlier careers)


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Week three is finally here (the Giants skewering the Panthers does not count) and there is just no time for silly, fluffy preludes. Let's just dive right in.
St. Louis at Chicago (FOX): I have a soft spot for Jay Cutler and I have absolutely no idea why. He is so aloof and pisses so many people off by not giving one single shit, I find it fun, though. He also has a cannon for an arm, so that's exciting.
The point that I am belatedly getting to here is this: Smokin' Jay Cutler is great. This one, to me, is perfect. He just looks like some Joe Blue Collar knocking off a few pops after work, only he's wearing shoulder pads and a Bears jersey.
Buffalo at Cleveland (CBS): [Googles "rotting infrastructure"] [Sees two small children wearing Bills and Browns caps with tear-streaked faces. Their faces are filthy with soot and the tears clean them. In their festering hive of nothingness, they somehow manage to project hopefulness.] [Loses the heart to make fun of this game, closes search tab.]
Tampa Bay at Dallas (FOX): Greg Schiano continues his tour of the NFC East. How will he piss off Jason Garret? I don't know. I don't know how you aggravate someone with the personality of an oxford shirt who also happens to work for the greatest meddler in professional sports. Somehow he manages to just stand there on the sidelines, quietly taking it. It may turn out at his next physical that he no longer has a stomach and it has been replaced by a ten pound ulcer, but you almost have to give the guy credit.
NY Jets at Miami (CBS): Wildcat. Wildcat. WildcatWildcatWildcatWildcatWildcatWildcatWildcatWildcatWildcatWildcatWildcatWildcatWildcat. I expect Rich Gannon to spend only a brief introductory moment on the wildcat and Tony Sparano and the Dolphins' familiarity with same. And Tim Tebow. They might show a picture of Tim Tebow performing some Sisyphean feat like pushing a giant tire across a field shirtless. Or completing a pass.
San Francisco at Minnesota (FOX): [Burst of carbonation from an ice cold and refreshing light beer can being opened.]
Disembodied voice of movie trailer guy: Team That Merely Looks Like A Good Team/Team That Actually Is a Good Team
Trey Wingo: OK, Herm. Stink. It's week three and we're looking at the 49ers and Vikings. We were talking between segments here and you guys have some strong opinions on this one. Let's start with Mark.
Mark Schlereth: This to me is real simple, guys. Jim. Harbaugh. In the National Football League it's about setting. The. Tone. And I'm tellin' ya right now: JimHarbaugh. Sets. The. Tone. You got that smashmouth defense pounding away in the trenches. And Alex. Smith. Ohhhhh my goodness. Alex. Smith. You think this kid doesn't have something to prove to the National Football League? It starts up top with your head. Coach. And your quarter. Back. You can't beat [booming whisper] the two. They've. Got. Up top. in San Fran.
Herm Edwards: [sidles up closer to Schelereth, talking from his shoulder] Stink! Lemme ask you a question. Who did the SanFrancisco49ers beat in the first week?
Schlereth: The Green. Bay Pa-
Edwards: Thaaaaaaaat's right! The Green Bay Pa-ckers. An-an-and who they got at the quarterback position on the Green Bay Packers, Stink?
Schlereth: Aaron Rodgers.
Edwards: [arches eyebrow, looks sideways at Schlereth] Prettygoodfootballplayer, Stink! And they did it again against the Lions and Mathew Stafford. Nu-nu-now, Alex Smith is a fine young man, but he is not winning football games Trey WINGO! Jim Harbaugh takes this boy and he sits him and and he says [pointing finger to camera] "Now son, do not lose this football game. Protect that football and we'll be alright." And they have. This is a team that is Actually A Good Team.
Disembodied voice of movie trailer guy: Team That Merely Looks Like A Good Team/Team That Actually Is a Good Team.
[Burst of carbonation from an ice cold and refreshing light beer can being opened.]
Kansas City at New Orleans (CBS): As our friends above might note, defense wins football games. So this is your Game of Attrition of the week.
Cincinnati at Washington (CBS): This is something someone said:
Why this game is intriguing:Robert Griffin III came down to earth last week, and this season will continue to be a learning experience for him. Don't think he won't want to win, though. This is a winnable game, but it won't be easy.
That is my bad, guys. I just assumed he would not be interested in winning a football game this week. Especially one that is a difficult one, albeit winnable. I'll take the fall on this one. Just gotta regroup and learn from this experience for next week.
Detroit at Tennessee (FOX): Ron Pitts and Mike Martz are calling this game and that just sounds like the absolute worst thing to ever happen to Lions fans. I'm more of a CBS guy myself, so this is like the Ian Eagle Dan Fouts crew. Not much expected from your game if these guys are calling it.
Jacksonville at Indianapolis (CBS): Mike Mularkey is in a tough spot. On the one hand it's like, hey, you're an NFL coach, that's pretty impressive. You made it all the way to the top of your profession. On the other hand, you're the coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars. So, that's pretty raw and you have to find silver linings everywhere.
"Obviously, this is not the way we wanted to start the season at home," Mularkey said. "It was not a good showing from the very start to the very end. I told them maybe we needed to take a good punch to see how we respond."
Maybe, Mike. Maybe.
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Dawson Barber necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 49 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
insomedia solutions ltd
Many organizations want to capitalize on the hype surrounding social media, but they struggle to get involved in the first place and to get it right in the second place.
Our organization's mission is to help companies develop and implement social media marketing strategies that produce real results for them.
Small and medium sized organizations - all industries
I'd like the logo to be simple, clean, and crisp - basically:
- company name all in lower case: insomedia solutions ltd.
- "cool" looking image of the earth with something suggesting connectivity, networking, (e.g., sparks of light linking different areas together)
- the globe should be incorporate into the name (instead of the "o" in insomedia - and perhaps wherever else an "o" appears)
- possibly each word in the company name in a different colour (or possibly just the globe/"o" as a different colour
- tagline below the company name: in a social media rich world, it's participate or perish (with TM symbol at the end)
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