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Daily Trojan, Vol. 23, No. 110, March 17, 1932
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phone RI. 4111 Editor Sta. 227 Bus. Mgr. 226 SOUTHERN DAI LY CALIFORNIA TROJAN Unit ed Press W o r ld Wide News S e r v ice xxin- HE WILL SUBJECT PROGRAM Club To Present j Literary. Music orks Tonight one of Goe-1'. i sentimental comedy ..'will be presented to-g p.m In the "Y" hut, ipic-s of I*r Deut; ii ia commemoration of anniversary of Goethe's I verkn will Jnminate the -tot, bot.i in tbe literary w] nu mb'-re. Two of his iork«. "Tl,e v'ishcr'' and of the Spirit# Over the till bt presented in the jjpirunent. GOETHE SONGS lice, i baritone, will often**. tor which Goethe . lyric*. "Haldenroesleln" Bed." The otiier musi- Housc Democrats Plan Fight Over Sales Levy, Defying Party Leaders WASHINGTON, March lb—(UP)—Two score lu>usc ( __ representatives Democrats handed together tonight to fight ' Lea(js Murray By 12,700 the $595,000,000 sales tax "by every honorable means." Like Republican opponents of the sales tax, the Democrats are going against tbe vvill of the men in control of their t ♦ party. General debate on the $1,- ! 018,000,000 revenue blll ends with Majority In First Primary Returns S. C. DEBATERS MEET POMONA IN DUAL CONTESTS Trojan Speakers Go To Claremont Tonight For Second Tilt bt in keeping with »1 idea of tbe entertain- iresting: parts of the ;>ve-itjrtalnment will be the i of an epilogue by n-Lindner, a German I t short talk on Goe-Dt. Friedrich Hauer, act-of the German depart- FAUST SCENE Nr unusual and original also been planned. The > oi Faust, as interpre-the original works of i interpreted in a trans-I as interpreted by Mar-jil be given in a short Jertlu Boeltlcher will read interpretation; Norman ]wili enact the second; and •cene. ,9'- br United Pi.wl . . BISMARCK, N. D., March IS.— P^ctal night session tomorrow. I <up) — Governor Franklin D Ihen the Democrats and Repub- R°°*eVeU of S*w Vork h«d a iii'ann will begin to contest the n,l*Jor">' of 12,706 votes tonight mu section by section when the on the ba*1'' of I'nited Press tabu-sales tax clauses are reached. i ,ationR of the North Dakota nre-1 here was a general discussion siden,ial Preference primary bal at which it w as decided that the ---- thc sales tax will go through safe ly. They hold it to be esential as an emergency measure. CONDEMNS TAX Rep. John E. Rankin of Mississippi, an opposition leader, offered the Democrats a biting resolution condemning the tax as "undemocratic, unjust, unfair, and viola- ''Re solved: that the Republican party is a major cause of the present financial depression in the I'nited State?," is the question upon which a Trojan affirmative m including two piano | team, last night, met Pomona col-Lydia Marcus and two I lpl?<'. and upon which the S.C. on? bj Thaddeui Rex- I negative speakers will debate to-1 night at Claremont in the second of the dual series. Both are no decision contests Richard Tilden and Ralph Bowers last night debated Thurston Jordan. John Knanft. and Stanley Warburton. the Pomona negative speakers, in Porter hall. Through a misunderstanding, three men were sent from tbe college. Tilden. who is now in his second year of i varsity competition, is an Ames cup winner and has participated In seven Inter-collegiate debates. Bowers, who is a senior member of the sqiud, is a Bowen cup winner and lias debated in eight inter-collegiate contests. IJoyd Saunders, member of the S.C. squad, acted as chairman for the tilt. Burton Field Hnd Lawrence Pritchard go to the Pomona campus LI I ,0nigb' ,0 dHb*'e 'hc ,"egal,'T °fl,ult of a federal tax would be lo iticnp \eiein, vlll give I the question. Thc S.C. speakers I will go to Claremont for dinner. I The tilt will he held in Frary hall at 8 p.m. Both Field and Pritchard are in their tlrst year on the varsity squad. lots from 1,178 precinta. Roosevelt showed unexpected strength over his only rival, Governor William H (Alfalfa Bill) Murray of Oklahoma, as the rural sections of this wheat growing slate brought, the tabulation over the halfway mark. Only those western counties tn which the nonpartisan league has a following was Murray able to lead He ran vealed their concern, insisted thai.clMe )n the towng ln whlc>, ,he important opposition should be what some members term a tax on the bread line—a tax on the poor of 2 1-4 per cent through almost everything they buy except raw foods. Republican and Democrat leaders, though their frequent conferences on the floor of the house re- Los Angeles. California, Thursday, March 17, 1932 ROOSEVELT IN LEAD IN N. D. TABULATIONS No. 110 Bo\lc Backers Will Hold Rally Tonight Supporters of Bob Boyle for the presidency of the Associated Students will hold a campaign rally tonight at the Slgma Alpha Epsilon house at 28th street and Hoover at 8 o'clock. A large crowd of Boyle workers and endorsers is expected to be present at the last meeting before the Faster holidays. Special attention will be given to discussion of Boyle plat form, it was announced by Harry Proctor, campaign manager. Preparations for w hat Is expected lo be the hardest fought campaign in many years at S. C. will be announced and discussed. All students Interested in the Boyle-for-president drive are urged to be present. Trojans not yet actively engaged in the campaign are also invited to attend. NEW CLUE IS I Swami Speaks REVEALED IN KIDNAPPING spoke during his personal cam- j paign two weeks ago. TABULATION Tabulation of more than half of North Dakota's 2,1 M2 precints showed: Roosevelt, 29,967; Murray, 17.261; majority, 12,706. While thii missing precincts , iargelj re tive of the time honored Ameri- j m,Rht ftvor Murray, political ob-can doctrine of equal and exact aerwri sa!d praruca|l} was Im- ' Justice to all and especial privi- j po"lble for Murray to overcom 1 to none. | tJlc margin with approximately riticlslng the sales tax as "vi- j qqq precincts still to report. olative of the very fundamental principles of Democracy, imposing extra burdens on thc millions least able to pay," the resolution asserted it would burden farmers, wage earners, owners of small homes and that it would Invade a field of taxation which should be left to the states. RESOLUTION Those who would pay are paying enough already, the resolution said, and "the ultimate re- .UDENTS IN CAST But of "Die Geschwlster" William A. I'. White as E'alisa Kapltan as .Marled Ernest von Storren as Almost all the students wtertainment hate had or dramatic experience, "'ijlit has directed two t Drama Shop, has work-s Pasadena Community ' Md has played a part underclass play. Curtis studied at the Zoellner of Music, under D»lmori, and Lydia Mar itudent of Tina Becker, -her oi Olga Steeb. RUSHING DIVISION TO MEET TODAY L* Women's bTo Honor All members of the university rushing eommitttee are asked to meet Vic Williams in room 206, Hoose hall at 4:15 p.m. today. Fraternity men on the campus will attend tiie meetng which has been called in order that rushing difficulties may be ironed out. Williams and other members of the committee will explain the building and extension programs laid out by the eommitttee. Most of the houses have already been PSt'rl «- informed of the meeting. Social Wiaent, VV lie fraternities and professional are j asked to send representatives. inn, I Mrs. ltufus B. von will be honor guests Patrick's supper to be il the Los Angeles Trojan !» ctub at 6 o'clock this in Casa de Rosas Mt Hoover street. « KleinSmid will be the ' »lwaker on the program Mis Clara Stevenson, I oi tbe club, will pre-musical numbers tot diiection ot Mrs. Ar-•Hey, decorations, carrying S' Patrick motif, will "W. takiug active charge of ' »re Miss Betty Farmer leneral chairman, and ^Jaret Airston, social au'» Start For Jni0r Today Studios To Leave Campus On Friday Today and Friday are the last days to call for El Rodeo pictures In the Student t'nion, according to Mac Morgenthau, business manager of El Rodeo. The Gibbon and Allen studios will be moved to Westwood during vacation, and those who have ordered pictures will have to call for them there. ACTIVITIES All siudentr interested iu getting inlo activities are invited to confer with members of the Student Welfare committee this afternoon from 3 to S In S. U. 234. relieve the owners of large fortunes and large incomes from the payment of their just proportions of the taxes of tiie nation, and to pass them on to the masses of the people who are least able to pay and whose burdens are already as heavy as they can bear." Republican Progressives, headed by Fiorella H, LaGuardla of New York, at a meeting late today renewed their "unalterable determination to oppose the tax and the sugar coated amendments offered as a concession to its opponents." Music Students To Hold Recital At Noon Today With a program of vocal and instrumental numbers, students of tbe College of Music will hold a pre-Easter assembly and recital at noon in the music recital hail. All students are invited. "Quartet ln C" by Haydn will be played by the student string quartet. Members of the group are Salvadore Criml, first violin; Albert Bicknel, second violin; Verna Montgomery, viola; and Erwin Larison, cello. George Lawson will sing "La Maison Grise" from "La Fortunio" by Messager, "Il Neive" by Benburg, and "Stars of Love" by Manney. Thtee bird songs, "The Wood Pigeon," "The Yellow Hammer," and "The Owl," by Liza Lohmann, will be rendered by Mary James. Alma Alvin, soprano, will sing "The Wounded Birch" and "Over the Steppe" by Gretchaninoff. REPUBLICANS WIN The "Independent" Republican delegation to the national convcn tion at Chicago and William Stern candidate tor Republican national committeeman and favorable to President Hoover, both apparently had overcome their non-partisan rivals. The non-partisan ticket was anti^admlnisiratlon and was pledg ed to any '"progressive" for the presidential nomination. Former Senator Joseph Irwin France of Maryland led "General' Jacob S. Coxey mayor of Massil lion, Ohio, on the basis of incom plete but representative returns The president's name was not en tered in the preference balloting but a large number wrote lt in. The decision of the preference vote is not binding on the dele-gates to the national convention. SPEECH RECITAL GIVEN TOMORROW Opening the weekly recital to be given by the School of Speech tomorrow at 9 a.m. in 333 O.C., Myra Jane McClung will give "The Resurrection" by Edwin Arnold. Norman Wright will then appear in costume to give Marlow's interpretation of the last speech from "Dr. Faustus" and Betty McDougall will present "The An cient Beautiful Things." Concluding the program a one-act Easter play will be given All students interested in speech are invited to attend these citals whioh are under the direction of Dean Pearle Alkin Smith spring junior IOC ,7'" toda>' al 3 p.m. 1 May ^ * '° Wallace nil jClluns manager. 1 •Ner*th»?ne ltKlity and iUrull 'a ffl,-mberg may ur,ng spring va- hy j. -ima. modwn comedy give,, j 15 characters. r ejs PETITIONS ' lee-J' ^ A' °*®ce* of Verm ' L m' "^retary, t/ury, J secured from t * r°°m 233 8.U. bt ,ecur|n* peti- " U«l0<*day. MalcJl Newspapers To Be Edited By Journalism Students Afforded an opportunity extended by the Easter holiday, two crews of country journalism students will make trips to Claremont and I'pland, where they will put out weekly newspapers. Other staffs will go to Burbank and Orange to issue dailies Editing the Claremont Courier, the first group will leave Monday morning and return Thursday. Tlie I'pland News group will depart the following day to return Friday. Editors of the separate staffs will vie for honors as regards enterprise, readability, and make-up appearance. Kenneth Pulver will act as editor of the Claremont weekly, as-aisled by Al Haworth, desk editor, Juanita Mills, features, and Dorothy Dell Doak, society. The Inglewood Californian. Upland News crew will consist of torial and business staffs were em Gene Handsaker. editor. Claudis pioyed on tbis projsct Shirley, assistant. Dorothy Thompson. society, and Vivian Crawford, features. Marc N. Goodnow. field representative of the journalism department will supenise the activities of the editorial s'affs. John McCoy is to accompany the Orange expedition while lion Adam is handling the details of the Burbank staff. Two trips per year for junior aud senior majors in journalism to count as project work prior to graduation is the requirement j imposed by Roy L. French, chairman of tha department. A staff under the direction of Dick Hastings embarked on the current year's program when it put out the Both edi- W.A.A. To Give Awards Tonight Bestowing of honorary S.C. sweaters will be a feature of the semi-annual W.A.A. spread to be held tonight from 5:30 to 7:30 in the men's grill in the Student Union. Awards for winning teams in swimming, handball, golf, and basketball will be given. This is the second program of the year, a spread having been held in the tall. A musical program will be presented, aud a St. Patrick's motif wiil be used in decoration. Chairmen of committees are as follows: Esther Brown, refreshments; Gladys Moline, decorations; Marjorie Grewell, program; Glessit; Strange, tickets. Faculty sponsors are Miss Schwartz, Miss Goldman, and Miss Guiot. Ticket* at 35 cents may be secured fiom Glessle Strange. Isabel Thorne, Joan McMasters, Jean Little, Emily Cost, or (rom the physical education office. Shafer Elected To Frosh Presidency Norman Shafer was elected president of the all-university fr.-sh man class from the College of letters, Arts, aud Science in tbf elections, yesterday noon. Shafer was chosen by the freshman presidents of the other colleges. Sophomore class presidents will meet in Bushard's's offlce at 12:20 today to name their all-U bead. Nomination To Be Held By Y.W.C.A. Candidates To Be Named In Touchstone Today At 12 O'clock Nominations for Y.W.C.A. of Hies will be held today at 12 in Touchstone theater, with Virginia Smith, president, presiding. Oflices open are president, vice-president, corresponding secretary, recording secretary, and treasurer. Any member of the Y.W.C.A. may petition for an office providing she possesses a "C" average. The only otiier requirement is that the candidate for president must have served one year on the cabinet. Candidates must obtain and flle petitions at the Y.W.C.A. office be fore noon today. In addition to having filed a petition each can dldate must be nominated from the floor. Nomination speeches are not to exceed one minute in length and should be as concise as possible. All candidates are requested to sit in the front row so that they can easily be seen by the audience. Chairmanship petitions should he filed during this week, although the appointments will not be made until later in the semester. Those open to all girls are membership, hostess committee, dramatics, personnel, publicity, social, discus sion, flying squadron, freshman councillor, finance, Asilomar, Stray Greeks, and world friendship. Servants' Disappearance Gives New Lead In Lindbergh Case HOPEWELL. X. J March iti I (UP)—The sudden departure of i two German servants from th-home of Mrs. Leandro Llghtfoot. j of Franklin Park, N .J" shortly j after the Lindbergh kidnapping, coupled with several suspicious in t cldents, whs tho only publicly I known cluc remaining alive to night, moro. than tvio weeks after i Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., j was stolen from his crib. The Llghtfoot "clue," like hun dreds of others, "had bepn dl* [ missed earlier in the case, but : recent revelations and tho col 1 lapse of other, more plausible theories—brought the police back again for thorough examination into some of its strange phases. BORROW CAR Mrs. Llghtfoofs two servants, whose names have not been made public, borrowed her car on the night of the kidnapping. The next day its speedometer showed they had traveled 60 miles. Mud on the tires Indicated it had been driven off the main highways. Hopewell ls about 20 miles from Franklin r.« i K. I NCI OENTS Three suspicious incidents attached to tlie Llghtfoot clue havo been revealed. They are: A chisel belonging to the IJght-loot toolbox, anfi said to he similar to that found at the Lind bergh home, ir missing. Waste wood has disappeared from eraling and boxes known to have be^n at the Llghtfoot house, and might have been used in construction of the extension on the kidnappers' ladder. The Llghtfoot servants were German, and the "ransom note" left In the Lindbergh nursery contained several German expressions, notably the word "gut" limtaRd of "good." Jury Fails To Reach Verdict In Adams Case The jury in Municipal Judge James H. Pope's courtroom was dismissed late last night when it failed to teach a verdict as to the guilt or innocence of Frank Adams, on trial for th* murder of his father-in-iaw, Paul Engliss. Members of the panel told Judge Pope that it would be impossible lo agree on a verdict. Polling Indicated that the vote deadlocked at 7 to 5 for conviction. Whether or not the deputy district attorneys would re-try the case waa in doubt when the jury waa excused at 10:30 p.m. The case against Frank Adams was concluded last night after a recess from Tuesday evening. Opening testimony was presented before the Town and Gown club on Wednesday afternoon, March 9. The defendant in the murder trial, impersonated by Sam Gales, took the witness stand in his own behalf and related tlie circumstances leading up to tbe fatal shooting. Adams testified that Engliss used abusive language on the evening of Nov. 8, and then pulled his gun threatening Adams' life. Adams, to protect himself, drew his own gun and shot his lather In-law. Airs. Engliss bore out the con tention of Defense Attorneys Sam Kurland and Henry Traub lhat th<-deceased bad a violent and un governable temper w hich led to the death of three men In the years 1906, 1812, aud 1923. HONORARY PLEDGES 4 Chi Epsilon, honorary civil eu gineerlng fraternity, yesterday pledged H. G. Conley and Prof. B. M. Wilson in exercises held at a luncheon at the Cottage Tea Room. Finish Series Of Playhouse Presentations Completing a series of four performances, tlie Playhouse of Poetry will give its final presentation tonight for the benefit of personal friends of Miss Cloyde Dazell, Dean Ray K. Immel, and Miss Alta B. Hall, founders of the new Amelrcan drama. In the thei'.ter, holding only 50 persons, decorated with ivy and baskets of white plum blossoms, the same production which has been seen only by Invitation at Ihe previous performances, will be shown. Novelty and surprise characterize each evening. Four prominent campus students. Hazel Redfield, Juanita Wagner, Helen Johnson, and Betty McDougall, act as hostesses and Introduce the audience to each other. The program consisia nf many dance poems such as "Bells" by Sarojinl Naidu; "A Cabaret Dancer" by Countee Cullen; 'The Cakewalk" by Wllfrled Wilson Gibson; ''The Potatoes' Dance" Dy Va-chel Lindsay; "Javanese Dancers" by Arthur Symons; "The Dancer" Swaml Yogananda, Hindu teach-er and philosopher, will conclude the Y.M.C.A. Easter week series of talks in Bovard auditorium at 12:30 p.m. today. TOPIC APPROVAL OF ESSAYS DUE BEFORE RECESS Political Science Contest Open To All Students; To Close May 2 Only two days remain in which students planning to euter the PI Slgma Alpha essay contest may secure approval of topics, according to the announcement made yesterday by Prof. J. Eugene Harley. A prize of $25 is offered lo the national honorary political science fraternity, that sponsors the competition, for the best 11*00-word essay on some phase of in let-national rein;ions of an American government. Participation is not limited to students nf politics, and anyone Interested may submit a paper as long as the topic Is approved by the committee before Easter vacation. .Papers are due in tlie political science office, 210 Bridge. Monday, May 2. A pen name sbould be used to Identify the manuscript and an envelope containing the nnme and address of the author should accompany each paper. Essays must be original and must carry au attached list nf sources of luquiry and research. Any further information may be obtained from Professor Harley. Dr. Roy Malcolm of the political science department wiil head the judging committee. Other committee members will be named later. SWAMI ENDS IMMORTALITY TALKS TODAY Founder of Hindu Sect In U. S. Will Bring Eastern Note ' j Swaml Yognnands, founder of Ihe Yagoda Sat Sanga soriety 1u Iho I nlted Slates, will conclude) tho Y M C.A.'s series of noon programs in Bovard auditorium 12:30 today, with an address oa JOURNALISM MEN TO HEAR EDITOR Operation methods of the Asso elated Press will be outlined by Paul Zimmerman, sports writer in the 1 aclfic Southwest area of the leased wire organization, in a talk to members of By-Liners, professional journalism frarelnity, at the monthly dinner meeting of the group lonight in the Metro-pole cafe at 6:30. Mr. Zimmerman graduated from tbe University of Nebraska in 1926, afterwards becoming a sports writer on the Nebraska State Journal. Jn 1928 he became affiliated with tne Associated Press In St Louis and the next year was trans ferred to Los Angeles. Former speakers who have addressed the fraternity are Lee Shlppey, Times eoluuinlsl; Charles I "Immortality." A recital featuring Willard i Smith, organist, will prccede tb* speaker. Mr. Smith will play tiii*i tollowing selections: •'Adoration.*^ Borowakl; "The Swan," Saint Sa*, ens; "l.srgo," Handel; and "Eaa-J ter Morning on Mt, Rubldeaux.'T, tiaui. * »I * » y LUNCHEON ' Thc snstnl will be the gueot ai an informal luncheon followingl hls appearance In the auditorium.' Reservations loi this luncheon can' be made nt the "Y" hut. Swaml VoKAtianda came to' America in 1920, as the dclegatiti Irom India to the International' Congress of'Religious Liberals in Boston. Il was not his intention at the time to stay in America, but lie found a wide field for hla work and set about to establish schools In America as he had ill India. TEACHES HARMONY * In these schools, called iho Yagoda, he teacnes the harmonious, all-around development nf body, mind, and joul. His system hss been defined as "a practical. jmIoiiv title technique of concentration snd meditation leading to con-scious contact with Inner dlrlno forces." There are a number of these schools ln the U.S. novr, among them being the Moint Washington Center la IjOR An* > les. Swami Yogananda has the distinction of being the only Hindu ever to be presented to a president of the United States, lie was presented to President Cool-idge In 1927, by the British Kni-bassy In Washington, Frederick Warde To Speak At Church Following the annual pre-Easter breakfast ot Umi Y.M.C.A. at th* I'nlverslty church at 6 a.m. tomorrow morning, Dr. Frederick Warde. author and lecturer on Shakespearean drama, will spesk in the auditorium of the church.I I The breakfast concludes tht. I events of the "Y" Easter cora- Imemoratlon week. Aceommoda-tions are limited to 20il and reservations can be made at tha "Y'' hut. Dr. Warde, who 1iaa the honor* ary degree of 1JU.D. from S.C.| was at one time tha foremost American actor otarrlnf ln all oft the Shakespearean tragedies. Hit is the author of many books, among whioh are: "Sliakespeare'a Fools," 'Fifty Years of Make-Believe," and "Shakespearean Studies Simplified." Dillon, editor uf Transportation; by Mary Carolyn Davies; and "The | aud Ronald Wagoner, United Press Greek Dance" by Nancy Boyd. bureau manager in Los Angeles. S. C. Bandf Male Chorus Depart For Tour North Appearing under the auspices of various organizations ia the northern cities of California, members of the Trojan band and the Trojan Male chorus will visit San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, and Fresno during spring vacation. The two organizations will leave tomorrow noon and will return for tbe Easter sunrise services ai Forest Lawn in Glendale, March 28. Featuring special arrangements of fraternity and sorority songs, old-time songs, medleys of college Although Harold William Roberts, director of tbe department ol muaical organizations, will act as master al ceremonies during the trip, John T. Boudreau, instructor in band, will direct the band; and J. Arthur Lewis, who direct the Male chorus, will lead the singing unit. Through the courtesy of the Fresno Bee, the progrsm is to be broadcast over station KMJ on March 25. On the same day the band will make two appearances at the Warner Bros, theater. Dur- songs, and a gioup of light opera numbers by the combined band | ln8 to®11' sl<»y in San Francisco and chorus, the program will also 1 the band will broadcast over tbe Include specialty acts by individual | •s"»tlonal Broadcasting system by membeis of the oiganization lv'»>r station KPO. The ocgani-Arnong these will b*> a saxophone fzation will be the guest of honor aolo by Harold Fredericksen, a comedy skll wtih Aubrey Kisser, assistant manager of the Male I Arrangements for the trip have lhe Gridiron" | been in charge of Armand Jans Students Plan Boulder Dam Inspection Trip Houluer Item construction amt tlie manufacture of cement at the Southwestern Portlasd Cement company's plant at Victorville will be studied by more than 50 engineering students leaving tomorrow atternoon at 2 o'clock from Bridge hall, accompanied by Deau Philip S. Biegler of the Colleg* of Engineering and Nathan Clark and Gilbert H, Dunstan, professors. Students will visit the cement plant Friday night and Saturday morning, leaving Saturday for Boulder City, Nevada, where tha dam is now being erected. After dining in Uie mess hall of SI* Companies, which Is ln charge of the dam's construction, they will spend the night In Las Vegas, returning to Boulder City in tiie morning for a visual study of ths dam. They will return to I<os Angeles Sunday night or Monday morning. _ meeting of the Advertising club In San Francisco. manag chorus, "Magic < with Ernie Smith, solo trombonjst. and a piccolo solo by William Poulson. sen, manager ot the Malt* chorus and Frederic Robinson, manager of the band. Chorus Tryouts Scheduled Today Tryouts for girls' choruses in the extravaganza will be held again this atternoon al 3 o'clock. All those who were unable lo conn out yesterday afternoon are asked to report to Jean Maachio and Audrey Walbaus uiia afternoon in the gtrla'
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|Daily Trojan, Vol. 23, No. 110, March 17, 1932
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phone RI. 4111
Editor Sta. 227
Bus. Mgr. 226
Unit ed Press
W o r ld Wide
News S e r v ice
Club To Present j Literary. Music orks Tonight
one of Goe-1'. i sentimental comedy ..'will be presented to-g p.m In the "Y" hut, ipic-s of I*r Deut;
ii ia commemoration of anniversary of Goethe's
I verkn will Jnminate the -tot, bot.i in tbe literary w] nu mb'-re. Two of his iork«. "Tl,e v'ishcr'' and of the Spirit# Over the till bt presented in the jjpirunent.
GOETHE SONGS lice, i baritone, will often**. tor which Goethe . lyric*. "Haldenroesleln" Bed." The otiier musi-
Housc Democrats Plan Fight Over Sales Levy, Defying Party Leaders
WASHINGTON, March lb—(UP)—Two score lu>usc ( __
representatives Democrats handed together tonight to fight ' Lea(js Murray By 12,700 the $595,000,000 sales tax "by every honorable means."
Like Republican opponents of the sales tax, the Democrats are going against tbe vvill of the men in control of their t ♦ party. General debate on the $1,- !
018,000,000 revenue blll ends with
Majority In First Primary Returns
Trojan Speakers Go To Claremont Tonight For Second Tilt
bt in keeping with »1 idea of tbe entertain-
iresting: parts of the ;>ve-itjrtalnment will be the i of an epilogue by n-Lindner, a German I t short talk on Goe-Dt. Friedrich Hauer, act-of the German depart-
Nr unusual and original also been planned. The > oi Faust, as interpre-the original works of i interpreted in a trans-I as interpreted by Mar-jil be given in a short Jertlu Boeltlcher will read interpretation; Norman ]wili enact the second; and
,9'- br United Pi.wl . . BISMARCK, N. D., March IS.— P^ctal night session tomorrow. I
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Diller, Michael (d. 1570)
Michael Diller, chaplain at the Palatine court, was originally an Augustinian monk at Speyer and beginning in 1530 prior of the monastery, but had to leave the city in 1548 on account of Protestant sympathies. He had been used by the city council to convert the Anabaptists. With the final establishment of the Reformation in the Palatinate, Elector Otto Heinrich appointed him as a member of the church council that was created in 1556. The tolerant elector tried to come to terms with the Anabaptists by peaceful methods. Hence the proposals of the church board express a more lenient attitude than was found in other regions at the time. Among other things they favored thorough indoctrination of the Anabaptists by the parsons of the state church, suppression of religious services outside the established church, and finally expulsion of persistent adherents to the Anabaptist brotherhood. After the disputation at Pfeddersheim, in which Diller probably participated, the Anabaptist leaders and outside participants in the disputation were expelled.
A few weeks later Diller joined the conference of the leading Protestant theologians meeting at Worms, 11 September to 7 October 1557, in recommending to the German rulers the use of capital punishment against the Anabaptists. He signed the document published there in the same year, Prozess, wie es soll gehalten werden mit den Wiedertäufern, in which the idea that no one should be killed because of his faith is refuted by two Bible passages, Leviticus 24 and Romans 13. It is very likely due to the efforts of chaplain Diller that the elector on 25 January 1558, issued a stern edict against the Anabaptists, ordering "in accord with counsel we have received" that the leaders be punished in accord with imperial law; i.e., with death (see Punishment of Anabaptists). But the elector examined every case and in the remaining few months of his life he apparently signed no death sentences; for it is reported that he granted the Anabaptists domicile in his realm on condition that they conduct themselves quietly.
The extent of Diller's influence on the succeeding Elector Frederick III, who was at the beginning of his reign also strongly urged to persecute the Anabaptists, remains for investigation; likewise his cooperation in the suppression of the Anabaptists in the margravure of Baden-Durlach, where Margrave Karl II on 1 June 1556, issued the church order which had been drawn up with Diller's aid, and which is very similar to that of the Palatinate. Diller died in 1570.
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Hege, Christian and Christian Neff.Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: I, 448.
Herzog, J. J. and Albert Hauck, Realencyclopedie für Protestantische Theologie and Kirche, 24 vols. 3. ed. Leipzig: J. H. Hinrichs, 1896-1913: IV, 658.
Medicus, Emil Friedrich Heinrich. Geschichte der evangelischen Kirche im Königreiche Bayern diesseits d. Rh.: nach gedruckten und theilweise auch ungedruckten Quellen zunächst für praktische Geistliche und sonstige gebildete Leser bearbeitet Erlangen : A. Deichert, 1863.
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Best Practices: The Avatars Are Coming
By Neal Goodman, Ph.D.
A few years ago, as training budgets were slashed, e-learning became the new normal for many professional development initiatives. However, over time, e-learning faced a backlash due to poor execution—learners being forced to sit through the equivalent of PowerPoint slides of information on their own. The critical missing element has been human-to-human knowledge transfer and particularly an environment in which colleagues can interactively learn together. Enter training via virtual reality. The social interaction that previously existed in a live classroom and was removed with standard e-learning has been brought back with virtual environment training.
Here are a few examples of ways the potential of virtual environments has been maximized in training:
- Using a virtual reality training environment, a medical devices manufacturer demonstrated to doctors proper use of its products. The doctors could practice to see if they found the new products worthwhile before making a commitment.
- An energy company created a virtual oil rig for its engineers to visit and test their knowledge under changing conditions—before they set foot on the actual rig.
- An automobile dealership used a virtual dealership to teach its sales force how to use their brand to sell various cars.
- An insurance firm used a virtual environment to teach geographically dispersed adjusters how to write up a claim for a broken (virtual) vehicle.
Initial research indicates that those participating in virtual reality sessions "hang on" afterward to continue discussions. Participants frequently linger in the virtual conference rooms to continue the conversation after the formal session has concluded.
Additionally, the virtual environment has been known to tear down traditional walls that may be encountered in the "real" world. There have been anecdotal reports that people are more comfortable and willing to approach superiors in a virtual environment. Additionally, participants from Asian cultures who traditionally might not speak up in a training session are found to be considerably more interactive in a virtual classroom.
Training in a virtual reality environment, however, is not foolproof. Many organizations simply replicate a Webinar experience or PowerPoint slides in a virtual reality environment and don't take advantage of the interaction that can come from virtual reality instruction, or they don't ensure that learners understand the technology prior to the lesson. Utilizing inappropriate or unrealistic virtual environments can present problems, too. "The level of immersion that I, as a learner, have the potential to experience when in a virtual environment is largely dependent on the environment itself," notes Domenick Naccarato, vice president of Product Management for ProtonMedia. "Is it a PowerPoint on a wall? A spaceship? Or a conference room like I'm used to?"
Virtual Reality Best Practices
- Evaluate the content you have and take advantage of the tools.
- Have users learn how to use the virtual environment by participating in another activity (i.e., a scavenger hunt) on the system prior to the lesson.
- Have the trainers spend more time than the students in the virtual environment prior to the session (if it is a new system for them). Ideally, the trainers could have their preparation meetings in the virtual environment.
- Communicate all necessary details to the users ahead of time, such as type of headset required, time of the meeting, whether they should use the computer's microphone or call in, etc.
- Keep the sessions interactive: Ask questions; take polls; do quizzes; enable small group interaction, breakout sessions, etc.
- In addition to having the trainer(s), consider having a facilitator, as occurs in many live training sessions.
- Review system requirements with all participants far in advance of the session.
- Encourage participants to have their avatars act as they, themselves, would in an in-person meeting. So have the presenters' avatars face the audience and ask participants to have their avatars raise their hands to ask questions or make points.
- Be aware that the attention span limitations of live in-person training also will apply to virtual reality environments: Shorter bursts generally tend to be more effective.
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Today I'm pulling from the archives.
I'd actually forgotten about this post, but when I was looking for something else I came across this one. I believe its Providential.
This afternoon I am headed back to the same hospital, with the same child.
Perhaps, coming across my own words, getting a good taste of my own medicine, is a reminder to start this day with a focus that is radically different than four years ago.
I pray today my "Seeing" will be filtered through compassion and grace, with love and mercy... and yes, even patience.
(Originally posted in February 2007.)
Yesterday, my prescription was changed.
I spent the afternoon taking The Boy to an appointment at a Children's Hospital. It was an appointment I had to book three months in advance. A timeline I felt was far too long and inconvenient.
I started the day grumbly, irritated, because our insurance carrier won't cover a GI Specialist in our town... even though there is a well known major medical health system that sits literally 6 miles from my front door.
This meant that I would have to drive twenty miles away, to a place I'm unfamiliar; navigate through a construction zone, and park (for a fee) in the parking garage across the street. Oh yeah, and by the way, it was 33 degrees outside (and you know I don't like to be cold.)
My mind was a myriad of grumbles over details and annoyances.
I'm certain my ingratitude was palpable as I walked hand-in-hand, both children in tow, to the hospital doors and into the first of several lines where I would spend the next three hours.
After giving a long history (although I had already called and given all this info to someone over the phone) we were finally whisked away to the first of three waiting rooms.
I'm grieved, now, to list the sad and selfish condition of my heart. But the crusty exterior of my callused heart would soon give-way to new perspective.
It was in the first large waiting room, colorful and friendly, with child size chairs and toys that I had my first dose of reality: Your child is here for stomach aches, and that bald 4-year old boy sitting next to you is dying. You are going to get a quick-fix medicine that will help your son. That little girl is going to get a year of chemo.
I looked at these beautiful children, pale and poorly, and quietly looked into the faces of my healthy, robust kids; faces rosy and flush from our walk in the cold.
Life. Sometimes it isn't easy.
Life shouldn't be about comparisons. But every so often, when the focus becomes so self oriented its good to take a look around you and realize that your life, in comparison, is easy.
Sometimes we have to be inconvenienced to remember that we aren't the center of the universe.
Sometimes it takes seeing the faces of other people's struggles to see that we should just shut-up and sit-down... to wait a minute. To wait your turn.
The doctors were fabulous, the radiologists kind, the phlebotomist funny. The visit was so worth the drive, the time, the "inconvenience."
It was time to check out. The ream of paper work I had shuffled from place to place was handed over to a clerk. I watched as the clerk took a big black marker and wrote, NO COPAY, across the top of the page. I looked to my left and a young father, tired and weary with worry for his sick child, stood in the next line working out his payment plan.
I was given a prescription for my sons belly... and a prescription for the eyes of my heart, and was sent on my way.
Righteously so.
Life is comfortable for me. What a shame that I don't raise my thanksgivings in all circumstances instead of throwing tantrums like a child. How pitiful an attitude of entitlement looks and feels!
These lessons are hard. Selfishness is ugly; it makes me uncomfortable.
I guess that's the point.
Life isn't always about being comfortable. It isn't always about avoiding pain. It isn't always about being easy. Or having my way...
May I see through the lens of gratitude and praise, in times of trouble, in times of peace. Not just today, but in the days to come...


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Washington Week: Evaluating The Recent PastPosted by Connor Pelton on July 9th, 2012
Despite winning the regular season Pac-12 title, a conference Coach of the Year award, and a run to the Final Four of the NIT, 2011-12 was considered a mediocre year by many in Seattle. That's what happens when you make three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances coming into last season. Between the 2008-09 and the 2010-11 seasons, Washington posted a combined 76-30 record, with 11 of those 30 losses coming against teams ranked in the Top 25. Last season was a rollercoaster ride with too many "downs" for the selection committee's liking, even if there were a lot of "ups" to go along with it.
The Huskies knew going into the season that there would be some early roadbumps after losing do-everything players Matthew Bryan-Amaning and Isaiah Thomas. Grouped with what turned out to be a season-ending foot injury for guard Scott Suggs that was suffered during preseason workouts, the Dawgs limped out of the gate. Washington struggled to beat a Florida Atlantic team (the Owls finished the year with an 11-19 mark) at home in their second game of the season, and a week later would lose by 13 points against Saint Louis. The hits would keep on coming, as it would go on to lose three of its next four games after the trip to Missouri. Midway through that stretch, Washington announced that Suggs would redshirt the 2011-12 season. And while this was obviously a good choice for the future, it felt at the time being as if the Huskies had already given up some hope of a successful season. The low point of the season came in the first two games of its five game mid-December home stand. After limping to a 87-80 win over UC Santa Barbara, the Huskies were blown out of their home arena by South Dakota State, suffering a 19-point loss to the Jackrabbits. And while SDSU would go on to have a great season, they were just three days removed from a 19-point defeat of their own — at the hands of vaunted North Dakota.


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Kana Okada
This comforting soup is richly flavored but not at all heavy. Fresh ginger and red jalapeños add a nicespiciness. If you can't find red jalapeños, serrano chiles or green jalapeños would make a good substitute.
- Yield
- Makes 8 servings (as part of a mult-course meal)
- 12 long fresh cilantro stems
- 6 garlic cloves, peeled
- 1 2-inch piece peeled fresh ginger, chopped, plus matchstick-size strips for garnish
- 10 white peppercorns
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup Chinese rice wine
- 6 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 6 tablespoons yellow bean sauce
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 8 cups low-salt chicken broth
- 4 large organic or free-range chicken thighs with skin and bones, rinsed
- 4 large organic or free-range chicken drumsticks, rinsed
- Chopped green onions
- Red jalapeño chile rings
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grind cilantro stems, garlic, chopped ginger, and peppercorns in mini processor to paste. Heat oil in large ovenproof pot over medium-low heat. Add paste; sauté until beginning to color, about 7 minutes. Add rice wine, increase heat, and boil 2 minutes. Stir in oyster sauce, yellow bean sauce, and sugar, then add broth. Add chicken pieces to pot. Bring soup to simmer. Cover and place in oven until chicken is tender, about 50 minutes. Remove soup from oven and let stand, covered, 10 minutes.
- Transfer chicken pieces to plate. Remove skin and bones. Cut chicken into bite-size pieces. Return chicken pieces to soup. Season with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 days ahead. Cool slightly. Refrigerate uncovered until cold, then cover and refrigerate. Spoon off fat, if desired, and rewarm soup over low heat before continuing.
- Ladle soup and some chicken into 8 bowls. Garnish with strips of fresh ginger, green onions, and chile rings.


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Interview with Danny Goffey, of Supergrass
Music Home / Entertainment Channel / Bullz-Eye Home
It's funny how a lack of mainstream success can be a good thing. Supergrass was one of the titans of England's Brit Pop scene in the mid '90s, but while their peers went on to varying degrees of stardom in the States (Oasis had the big album, Blur had the big single, Elastica had the big beer jingle), the closest Supergrass got to mainstream success in the US was the inclusion of "Alright" on the "Clueless" soundtrack.
Call it a happy accident, then. Where those other bands have either imploded or become a shell of their former selves, Supergrass are still going strong. Their newest album, Road to Rouen, is one of their best yet. Bullz-Eye had a chat by phone with 'Grass drummer Danny Goffey, who was at his home in merry old England, making dinner for his kids.
Bullz-Eye: Well, let's get right to it, and talk about the new record. This is the album that I expected you to make the last time around.
Danny Goffey: Uh huh.
BE: It just seemed like a more logical progression from the third album than the previous one.
DG: We weren't really too sure what we were doing (when making Life on Other Planets, the band's previous album). Maybe if we didn't have a producer last time, we may have been more accustomed to making an album like this. Um, we just wanted to do another kind of pop album rather than a straight-ahead album.
BE: That's interesting, the comment about the producer. Was he forcing you to do more I Should Coco kind of stuff?
DG: Not really. I think at that time, we were more up for playing some hectic songs, the faster kind of songs, you know. I don't think he forced us to do anything, we were just in a certain frame of mind.
BE: The songwriting on this album seems a lot different to me. Your songs have always been really direct in the past, but the song structures on this album felt a little more exploratory. Was that a conscious decision on your part, or did it just kind of happen?
DG: It was a kind of conscious decision to make an album that didn't have a three- minute single, something that had more of a mellow vibe about it. There have been those obscure tracks that have been on the album that no one probably had heard, because people just buy our singles or see just what's on the charts or on the radio. So yeah, we wanted to make sure that that side of us come out of us a bit more, you know, and that we didn't just pick some radio friendly song to release.
BE: Were you surprised at the reaction that the third album (2000's Supergrass) received? I've read other people's reviews of it, and I think they missed the point.
DG: I don't know, what reaction did it receive?
BE: Allmusic, for example, gives all of your albums four and a half stars, except for the third album, which got three.
DG: I dunno, because there's some really good stuff on that album. To us, we just try to do albums that are fairly different from the previous album, we try to change it a bit, you know. So, I dunno, maybe there were songs there they didn't like.
BE: Well, where I was going with that was I wondered if people didn't want to let you guys grow up. They want you to remain this brash little pop band, even though you have much bigger plans.
DG: Yeah, well, we've felt that a little bit in the past, but we don't really care that much. If someone doesn't "get" the record, we don't really bother worrying about it too much, because I'm happy playing those songs onstage. There might only be three, four songs off the album that we play live, sometimes more. I saw a program on TV the other day, it was about the mid '90s, and when it mentioned our band, it just talked about "Alright" and that was all, that was our main, memorable thing. I think people kind of hold on to stuff, and you really have to make a quite conscious effort to change the style of music in order to get through this barrier of how you're perceived. But if you actually sit down and think about it, I think it'll really do your head in, so we tend to just kind of go with it, and if people don't like it, cool. There's a lot of people who do like it.
BE: I'm glad you mentioned the mid '90s, you're actually feeding right into my next question: You guys had a lower profile in the US than the Brit Pop bands like Oasis and Blur and Elastica. Do you think that having that low profile has benefited you now?
DG: I'm not sure, I can see that it would benefit us in the way that more people can actually get into our band without loads of hype around it. But we were quite easy going people, we didn't shout about our particular style, or in what fashion the band was really portrayed. We got caught up in the Brit Pop thing a little bit, but we never really championed Britain as a sort of musical force. Music is just kind of worldwide. There were great bands in America at the time, stuff like Beck was coming out. We just wanted to be a band that can grow and change…I dunno, I don't think we ever really tried to cash in that hugely on our first general success. I think we thought the whole thing was quite funny, and we were kind of embarrassed by the way that we had sort of become pop stars. So we played it down a little bit. But yeah, I think it's helped our band, generally. I would say that we are one of the last bands around from that time, with Oasis and a couple of others.
BE: I'd say you're the last band from that time that's worth a damn, to be honest. I was really disappointed with Blur's last record, and Oasis hasn't made a good album in ten years, in my opinion.
DG: Sorry, I missed that part.
BE: Nothing, I was just making fun of Oasis.
DG: Oh, all right. Oasis is cool at what they do, you know, and I hope that they come out with another great album. The songwriting has kind of dried up a little bit. I think a lot of other people in the band are writing songs now. I've known (Oasis guitarist) Andy Bell for years and years, since I was about 12 years old. And I know that he can write tunes.
BE: I think that's hilarious that you've known a guy from Oasis since you were 12. I think it's hard for Americans to wrap their heads around that, that people from two very big bands can be friends since childhood.
DG: Well, we grew up in the same area, and England is a lot smaller place than America, so if you live in one area, you bump into people a lot, and you play gigs. Andy Bell used to be in a band called Ride, you probably know about that.
BE: Yes.
DG: Yeah, well they were the first band that we actually did a gig with when we were about 14, 15. It's really amusing now that he's in Oasis, because he's a really hard boy. He used to be a right wet blanket, you know.
BE: (laughs) Okay, what about the current wave of UK bands? Who are some of your favorites?
DG: I quite like the Arctic Monkeys, a new band that's got some hype around them, but (the lead singer)'s got a really cool, individual voice, and they're quite honest about what they do. I really like the Magic Numbers, there's a band called the Dead '60s I quite like. There's a new band coming out called the 747's that could well be quite a big band in a year or so. Yeah, music's pretty good at the moment.
BE: I agree. I think this has been one of the best years for music I've seen in a long time.
DG: Yeah. I really like this Madeleine Peyroux album, this French girl. Has that one gotten big in America?
BE: I haven't even heard of it, to be honest. (Shows what I know: her last album was a Top 3 smash on the jazz charts.)
DG: She does covers in a kind of jazz style, it's really good instrumentation, and she plays with really good musicians.
BE: This is something I try to ask everyone: if people a hundred years from now were to ask about Supergrass, which five songs would you like them to hear?
DG: Well, hopefully some more from the future!
BE: Well, of the ones that exist right now.
DG: Probably "Caught by the Fuzz." Maybe "Wait for the Sun," (B-side, released only on the limited edition 2-CD set of In It for the Money) that's one of our favorite early songs. "Moving," um, I don't know, really, there's quite a lot (I like). Let me think, what was on the last album… "Tales of Endurance," that's a really cool song, once you get your head around it. How many is that, four?
BE: That's four.
DG: Okay, um…"20 Ft. Halo." That's an old B-side. (Also on the In It for the Money bonus disc)
BE: I don't know how familiar you are with MySpace..
DG: With who?
BE: MySpace?
DG: Uh, okay. No, don't know it.
BE: It's funny, I've been contacted by a slew of British bands because I'm "friends" with you guys.
DG: Oh yeah? You're friends with me?
BE: Yes. I'm friends with Supergrass on MySpace.
DG: Oh wow, cool. Is that true?
BE: Yeah, I have been contacted by at least three or four bands who have found my name because I'm one of your friends.
DG: Oh, cool. That's cool, well done.
BE: You and the Delays are the most influential bands in England, from what I can tell.
DG: Yeah, there are a lot of bands coming out at the moment, and I've only read a couple of interviews, but we do get mentioned a fair bit. I don't know if that just means we're getting older, but…


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The Coffin House was a business located in Knockturn Alley. It may have sold paraphernalia related to the Dark Art of necromancy, the dark art of raising the dead.[1]
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Name seen on sign)
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13B Knockturn Alley · Beard Trimming · Betting shop · Borgin and Burkes · Chimney Sweep Elf · Cobb & Webb's · E.L.M and Wizards Undertakers & Embalmers · The Coffin House · Dystyl Phaelanges · Markus Scarrs Indelible Tattoos · Moribund's · McHavelock's Wizarding Headgear · Mr. Mulpepper's Apothecary · Noggin and Bonce · Potage's Cauldron Shop · The Spiny Serpent · The Starry Prophesier · Wizarding Supplies · Ye Olde Curiosity Shop · Msaw Ætare · The White Wyvern · Trackleshanks Locksmith
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"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. " – (John 1:1-3)
Sometimes I forget that God owns everything, and that means everything I experience was created by Him, and comes into my life after first passing through His hands.
Since Jesus made everything, everything belongs to Him. Saturn is his. China is his. Every swordfish on earth is his. Every square inch of moon dust belongs to him, and the moon itself. Every panda bear. Every star in the Universe. Every square inch of everything. It all belongs to God. Absolutely nothing that you and I can see or conceive of exists apart from Christ, and since He made it, it's His alone.
"What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?" – (1 Cor. 4:7)
When we forget that everything belongs to God, we can become selfish. We start to believe that the things that are in our care belong to us, as if we created them ourselves. We start to think that God only deserves 10 percent of our money, for example, when obviously He deserves all of it. We start to think that God deserves only one day each week for us to spend thinking about Him and talking to Him instead of realizing that every breath belongs to Him and that our entire lives depend upon Him.
"For in him (Jesus) all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together" – (Colossians 1:16-17)
Without Jesus there would be no planet, no solar system, no atmosphere, no water, no food to eat, no oxygen, no photosynthesis.
Jesus is more than our Savior. He is more than our Lord. He is the creator of the Universe. He deserves all we can give Him, and even if we do give everything we have to Him, all we will have done is to give back to Him the very things He owns already.
Do you know the one thing that Jesus wants most of all? It's you. Your heart. Your time. Your love, freely given to Him. He wants that one part of yourself that you've been holding back from Him. You know what it is. He wants that most of all because He loves you and He knows that once you let go of that He can put something into your heart that is more glorious and wonderful than you could ever imagine. Something that you can really call your own – Himself.
"I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." – (Ephesians 3:16-19)
How could you not love a God who would rather die than live without you? Who has already emptied Himself of everything in order to give you all of Himself? This is a creator who loves us until it hurts. Until it kills Him.
Thank you, Jesus, that we are rich in all the things that matter – and rich in many other ways that do not.
"All I see, all I've known, all I touch, all I own, first came through your hands like grains of golden sand."


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Note: This game is also titled Totori No Atelier: Arland No Renkinjutsushi 2.New Game + mode
Successfully complete the game. Start a new game to begin with the money and equipment your earned with your characters from the previous game.Trophies
Successfully complete one of the following tasks to get a trophy:
- First-Rate Adventurer (Platinum): Obtained all trophies.
- A Day in the Life (Bronze): Watch the opening event.
- Normal Ending (Silver): View the Normal Ending.
- Bad Ending (Bronze): View the Bad Ending.
- True Ending (Gold): View the True Ending.
Additionally, there are 24 secret trophies:
- Monstrous Power (Bronze): View Melvia's introduction.
- Like the Flash (Bronze): Get rescued on your way to Arland.
- Shouting Match (Bronze): Witness Cordelia and some other girl arguing.
- Catch of the Day (Bronze): Haul in a 'fishy fishy' from Alanya.
- Cuteness Swarm! (Bronze): See the event detailing Chim's birth.
- Tragic Discovery (Gold): Learn the final whereabouts of Totori's mother.
- Haunted Doll? (Silver): Learn the truth about Pamela.
- Unlikely Party (Silver): Reminisce with Rorona and her friends at Iksel's restaurant.
- Legendary Drunkard (Silver): Went with Tiffani and Filly to have a drink.
- Fishing Festival (Gold): Hold the swimsuit contest.
- Still a Child (Silver): View the event where Ceci embraces Totori.
- Chivalrous Defender (Silver): View the event where Gino learns his strongest skill.
- Ambushed (Silver): View the event where Melvia and Ceci are cornered.
- Aristocratic Love (Silver): View the event where Mimi tries to cheer Totori up.
- Arise, McVellion! (Silver): View the event where McVellion activates.
- Legendary 'Fish' (Silver): Learned the true nature of the 'Guardian.'
- Two Masters (Silver): See Gino's Ending.
- Promises (Silver): See Melvia's Ending.
- Adventurer BFFs (Silver): See Mimi's Ending.
- A New Journey (Silver): See Marc's Ending.
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Arts and Culture in Liverpool
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Art galleries
Art lovers will discover a rich range of galleries across the city, from grand showrooms displaying old world masterpieces to modern industrial buildings housing the latest in creative ideas. Tate Liverpool
Tate Liverpool
Based beside the shimmering waters at the Albert Dock, and situated inside an old, imposing red-brick warehouse, the Tate Liverpool hosts one of the biggest collections of contemporary artwork in the country. With a regular turn-around of temporary exhibitions - displaying works from the likes of Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol - and a strong permanent collection, the Tate is sure to scratch everyone's arty-itch.
Albert Dock, Liverpool L3 4BB. Tel:+44 151 702 7400
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On the more traditional side, the Walker Art Gallery - established in 1877 and based in an immense Neo-Classical building - displays work of the Old Masters, including Rembrandt, Poussin, and Degas. There's also a strong focus on Pre-Raphaelite works, and a vast sculpture gallery full of smooth-white marble statues and busts. As a stately trip back in time, it has few rivals in the region.
William Brown Street, Liverpool L3 8EL. Tel:+44 151 478 4199
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Whether you want to get to grips with Liverpool's sporting history, maritime heritage, or musical legacy, you'll find it all in the city's spectrum of museums. Museum of Liverpool
Museum of Liverpool
Established in 2011, this museum is based by Pier Head and situated in a striking, jagged, postmodern. It houses over 6,000 objects which tell the tale of Liverpool, its people, and its global importance. Divided into themed zones, the exhibits will take you through ancient neolithic settlements to the industrial revolution, using everything from costume and decorative art to oral testimonies and archaeological finds.
Pier Head, Liverpool L3 1DG. Tel:+44 151 478 4545
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The Beatles Story
You can't visit the city that gave us the world's most famous rock band without checking out this celebration of John, Paul, Ringo and George. This immersive experience takes you through the history of the Fab Four, reminding visitors of the hits, the artworks, and the sheer hysteria of Beatlemania.
Kings Dock Street, Liverpool L3 4AD. Tel:+44 151 709 1963
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Historic sights
If you want to appreciate impressive architecture or marvel at historically significant landmarks, Liverpool has you covered - from the elegant Neo-Classical St. George's Hall to the near-sacred Anfield football ground. This is another must-see… Liverpool Cathedral
Liverpool Cathedral
Liverpool Cathedral is the largest in the UK and the 5th largest in the world, stretching into the sky with striking, intricately-designed Gothic revival towers. Wander through the vast halls, appreciating the colossal sandstone columns, the smaller offset chapels, and the mighty, gold-washed high altar. Of particular interest is the west window - a mass of vibrant colours that steadily reveal a picture the further you step away from it.
St James Mt, Liverpool L1 7AZ. Tel:+44 151 709 6271
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Performing arts
Liverpool takes its proud cultural heritage and plugs it into its contemporary performing arts scene - not only in larger theatres like the Empire, but in its diverse mix of small independent venues and community-orientated programmes. The Lantern Theatre
The Lantern Theatre
Situated near the Waterfront, the Lantern Theatre provides an exceptional array of performing arts right in the centre of Liverpool. This small, family-run spot is set in a converted warehouse, bringing a cool, bohemian vibe to the venue, and making it the perfect place to view new and genre-defying theatre. The cosy stage and seating space adds an intimate gloss to the performances, and the friendly, fully stocked theatre bar is an ideal area to meet and mingle with the directors and actors.
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Web Development Principles: Replaceable Instances
Posted on June 6, 2015
In my last post I arrived at the conclusion that I would like to dabble in developing for JavaScript on the server, although I would not like to write the JavaScript by hand. Regardless of the backend technology choice, the past two years of deployment in the cloud have taught me several considerations which I believe impact the design of our library stack. The first of which involves server state.
A modern web application needs replaceable instances. A library stack with a default happy path to statelessness strikes me as a nice way to guarantee this. I want my application servers to be stateless adapters from http to the backend services. The first reason for this is failure. Failure happens and we should build our systems to expect it.
Deploying to the cloud makes failures a guaranteed event when we consider auto scaling. Once traffic gets low, we purposefully decommission instances of the application. If the instances are stateful in any respect, we have to port the state of any active sessions to the other instances. However, if they are stateless in the first place the job is already done.
This is easily my least favorite part of Lift. From the beginning the design of Lift has favored trading statefulness for ease of (rapid) development and security. For instance, it is insanely easy to write a server-side function that gets called by the client via AJAX. You just write the function and Lift wires it all up beautifully for you.
The cost you pay is the server application instance has some state associated with each rendered page. There is a GUID created for that page render such that any AJAX call from that exact client arrives back at the same server-side function instance. This means that the rendered page is only serviceable from that Lift application instance. It's not just that the server has to create and maintain a GUID in memory (it could store it in a database, for instance). The GUID is associated with an arbitrary Scala function in memory. This function could have closed over in-scope data which is difficult or expensive to serialize/deserialize to another application instance.
This is not some lost cause for Lift by any means.
Once I find time, I plan to make it possible to save off a mapping from GUID to server side function in a clustered
(read here for the gory details and discussion).
Even with that in place, there will be restrictions on what one can do in the application so that the state can be restored in new instances.
I would like to work with a stack in which the happy path is stateless from the start, rather than adding it on later. The stack should be clear about what parts need to be saved off outside of the application. We should aim to ease the integration into backend persistence, caching, etc to handle this. To make life easy for the new-comers and development in general, there should be a configuration-free in-memory default for this layer.
At this point in time I'm imagining a uni-directional flow much like React and Halogen. I'd like to try out this concept where session state is analogous to the page state in those libraries. Part of that flow would be serialization/deserialization to the backend technology of your choice.
Deployment and failure considerations aside, functional programming in general has pushed me towards this desire for my applications. It seems to me that our application servers should just be stateless http-to-backend-whatever adapters whether it be a database or some microservice. Those backend things can fail too, of course. However, I certainly expect stuff I write to be far more likely to fail than a database backend which has received a lot of work to be good at that.
Assuming I strike out on my own, I'll be hard-pressed to achieve Lift's straight-forwardness and security in AJAX and server pushes while maintaining the stateless server story. My guess is that re-establishing server pushes whether by comet or web sockets will be a tricky to do securely. I love the challenge this poses, and Lift will serve as my model for the developer experience that I hope to achieve.
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Most people can spot the classic symptoms of a heart attack: chest pain, shortness of breath, and radiating pain in the neck, back, jaw and arms.
But there may be a gender divide. While symptoms can vary greatly by person, studies show that men are more likely to exhibit classic signs. Women often experience symptoms not typically associated with heart attacks, which can appear weeks before the actual event, known to doctors as an acute myocardial infarction.
Some researchers point out that until the 1980s, heart disease was considered a male problem. As a result, many studies focused only on men and drew a narrow picture of the hallmark signs.
But in a study financed by the National Institutes of Health, scientists focused on female heart patients, 515 of them. They found that in the weeks before their attacks, 70 percent reported severe, unexplained fatigue, 48 percent reported sleep disturbances, and slightly fewer than half had shortness of breath, indigestion and anxiety. During the attack, more than 50 percent had shortness of breath and weakness, and slightly fewer than half experienced extreme fatigue, a profuse cold sweat and dizziness. Other studies have had similar findings. The American Heart Association says chest pain is still the most common warning sign in both sexes; and while men can experience "atypical" symptoms as well, women should be particularly aware of them.
Women are more likely than men to experience nonclassic heart attack symptoms.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/health/31real.html?src=sch&pagewanted=print


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* Receive notifications on your phone whenever Powerball numbers are drawn!
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Powerball Scanner helps you keep track of all the numbers you play without ever having to check your tickets. Simply use your phone's camera to scan tickets for the Powerball lottery or add them to the app manually. Once you've saved your numbers, Powerball Scanner will keep track of all of the numbers you play and tell you your expected winnings as soon as lottery results are published.
To enable instant notifications once numbers are drawn, press the menu button from the main app screen, choose "Settings", and check "Enable notifications." As soon as numbers are drawn every Wednesday and Saturday, you'll get a notification on your phone about what the winning numbers were and how much you've won.
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The China Bioprocess Instruments Market is expected to reach USD 3.06 billion by 2024 owing to the improving economy, rising aging population and increasing prevalence of chronic diseases. Moreover, increasing demand for single-use instruments in disposable applications is anticipated to augment the growth over the projected period.
China was the second largest pharmaceutical market in the world, expected to grow USD 173 billion by 2024, growing at a CAGR of 9.1% owing to the requirement of medication & drugs to cure deadly diseases. Huge investment in biotechnology will primarily drive the growth of the market, as pharma companies deal in innovations for developing medicines and drugs in line with the increasing prevalence of diseases.
With the patents of numerous biopharmaceutical products expiring by 2016, the market is anticipated to provide a lucrative opportunity for contract manufacturers operating in the region. Approval of the trail plan for new drug marketing authorization holder (MAH) in 2016 to produce, conduct clinical trials, and market the products is expected to provide an impetus to the growth of the industry over the next few years.
Increasing demand for bioprocess instruments in the pharmaceutical, research & development, industrial and medical laboratories coupled with the increasing number of these facilities is expected to result in the growth of the market. Change in lifestyle & food consuming habits, and growing levels of air & water pollution have led to increasing occurrence of disease including obesity which has resulted in a rising number of patients diagnosed with cancer, heart disease, diabetes and other chronic conditions. Thus, the healthcare sector is anticipated to create demand for treatment and laboratory services, which will result in the growth of bioprocess instruments market over the forecast period.
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Stringent regulatory policies and the high cost of instruments are likely to restrain the bioprocess instruments market in China. The government has been focusing on reducing the fragmentation in the industry by consolidating manufacturers that lack standards in production with larger companies. This move will help in preventing the quality risks and sub-par manufacturers entering the market. Shortage of skilled labor is another challenge in the growth of bioprocessing industry.
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. and Becton, Dickinson and Company were the top three companies in the market in China in 2016. Companies are extensively investing in R&D for innovation and new product development. In addition, companies are adopting the strategy of merger and acquisition to expand their product portfolio.
Hexa Research has segmented the China bioprocess instruments market based on type:
Segmentation by type, 2014 – 2024 (USD Million)
• Cell Expansion
• Flow Cytometry
• Biologics Safety Testing
• Cell Line Development
• Tangential Flow Filtration
• Cell Counters
• Virus Filtration
• Cell Culture
• Pyrogen Testing
• Single-Use Bioprocessing
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If I were pressed to name one Greek cookie that reminds me of the Holiday season, this would be the one. Melomakarona
Though the name might seem hard to pronounce, Melomakarona (meh-loh-mah-KAH-roh-nah) i assure you that they are delicious and easy to make.
These are traditionally made and enjoyed during the Christmas and New Year's holidays, but they are so yummie that you can certainly enjoy them year round.
These are not your traditional crisp like sugar cookies. They are moist cake like cookies that use oil instead of butter. And that is the secret or melomakarona being so cakey and moist.
They traditionally are flavored with orange and brandy and later bathed in a sweet honey and cinnamon syrup and finished with chopped walnuts. But if orange and brandy is not your thing you could experiment with different flavourings.
They traditionally are flavored with orange and brandy and later bathed in a sweet honey and cinnamon syrup and finished with chopped walnuts. But if orange and brandy is not your thing you could experiment with different flavourings.
Each family has their own prized melomakarona recipe. And each of them boast that their recipe is the best. Hopefully you will enjoy this cookie them as much as we do and boast to your family that you have the wining recipe for melomakarona. Enjoy
For the cookies:
For the cookies:
1 cup olive oil
1 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup sugar
Zest of one orange
3/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup brandy
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
Pinch of salt
7 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup walnuts, ground coarsely
Ground cinnamon for sprinkling
For the syrup:
1 cup honey
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups water
1 cinnamon stick
3-4 whole cloves
1-2-inch piece lemon rind
1 tsp. lemon juice
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
In a small bowl, using your fingers, combine the orange zest with the sugar – rubbing the grains as if you were playing with sand to release the orange oils into the sugar.
Using an electric mixer, beat the oil with the orange sugar until well mixed. In a separate bowl, sift the flour with the baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Add the orange juice and brandy to mixer and mix well.
Slowly incorporate the flour cup by cup until the mixture forms a dough that is not too loose but not quite firm either. It will be dense and wet but not sticky. Once the flour is incorporated fully stop mixing.
To roll cookies, pinch a portion of dough off about the size of a walnut. Shape in your palms into a smooth oblong shape, almost like a small egg. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Shape and roll cookies until the sheet is filled.
Press the tines of a large fork in a crosshatch pattern in the center of each cookie. This will flatten them slightly in the center. The cookies should resemble lightly flattened ovals when they go in the oven.
Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 25 – 30 minutes until lightly browned. (The cookies will darken when submerged in syrup.)
While the cookies are baking, prepare the syrup.
In a saucepan, combine the honey, sugar, water, cinnamon, cloves, and lemon rind. Bring the mixture to a boil then lower the heat and simmer uncovered for about 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the cinnamon, cloves, and lemon rind and stir in lemon juice.
Place the ground walnuts in a shallow plate or bowl next to the stove top. When the cookies come out of the oven and while they are still very warm, carefully float the cookies in the syrup and allow the cookies to absorb syrup on both sides.
Using a fork or small spatula, remove the cookie from the syrup and place on a platter or plate. Press ground walnuts lightly into the tops of the cookies (syrup will help it adhere) and sprinkle lightly with ground cinnamon.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature.


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I recently heard a colleague say: "Don't worry about winning a bunch of jobs with really low bids. You'll make up the losses in volume!" Of course, he was kidding. Because you won't; you'll just lose a bunch of money—in volume.
Here's another thing I hear a lot: "No matter how tight I cut my estimates, my bids are still too high. I must be doing something wrong." How do you know? What are you basing this on—the simple fact you are not the low bidder? Perhaps the low bidder actually believes he will make his money back in volume.
Be very careful thinking that losing bids is simply the fault of your estimating. Estimators and (usually) owners seem to believe they are doing something wrong if their pricing is often higher than their competition. First off, are you sure your competition has it right? They could be terrible estimators. They could also be terrible businesspeople. They could be struggling, super desperate and willing to take any job below cost just to stay alive. They could be using a terrible labor database or simply square footing the projects with incorrect square-footage pricing.
Don't follow your competition into a hole
This is why I caution estimators and owners to stay focused on what their company's business plan, budgets, accounting department and historical estimates tell them. Don't base your pricing on your competition. They are not your company. Of course, you should make comparisons and track as much job data and get bid results whenever you can, but don't immediately assume your numbers are wrong just because you lost the bid—even if you were the highest bidder.
General contractors, subs and vendors can make a difference
There are many elements at play beyond estimating. The general contractors you are bidding to could be sharing or shopping your bids to your competition. This is very common in our industry. What are you doing to protect your bid numbers on bid day? Are you only bidding to trustworthy clients? Are you only releasing your best price to your best client? When? Early or at the last possible moment?
Do you use subcontractors for most of your bids? Do you know if they are giving you the best prices? How are you verifying this? Are they bidding the same jobs with your competition? Could they be giving your competition better prices, favoring them over you? Is there any way you can find these things out?
The above also applies to your materials vendors and their quotations. Are you getting fair treatment? Perhaps some of your competitors are getting a 5 percent edge. That could be a lot of money, especially on a large project. The lighting and gear packages can definitely sway a bid result and quickly. For example, if you have a 50-home project and each house gets $10,000 in lighting and equipment quotes, that's $500,000. If your competitors get a 5 percent lower quote than you do, that's $25,000. Add 15 percent overhead and profit, sales tax at 7-plus percent, and it is more than $30,000!
What are you doing with your vendors and subs to ensure you are getting the best quotation pricing? Try different subcontractors and vendors and always get more than one quotation. Staying within too tight of a network of vendors and subs is not necessarily going to assure you the best pricing.
Sure, it could be your estimating
Of course, you could be estimating too high, building and using heavy assemblies with the wrong material items or higher labor values. Seriously look into this. Analyze your estimating protocols and methods. Try to figure out better ways to estimate and value-engineer. Analyze your rolloff technique. Are you heavy-handed or too casual with your wheel? Do you average circuit and homerun lengths more than you should? Do you use the same averages for every job? Is every job you bid the same? I doubt it.
Never fully trust yourself or your database. Consider using different materials and labor-saving products. Spend time creating a tighter estimating database. Stop using those same generic items and assemblies you've been using for the past 10 years.
Maybe you are spending too little time estimating too many jobs inaccurately. Perhaps you should spend more time bidding fewer jobs accurately.
In any case, my main point is that it may not be your estimates or your estimating techniques that are making you high on your bids. Keep in mind, we are in a very desperate, terrible economy, and there are folks out there willing to lose money because they think it will keep their businesses alive. They are sadly wrong and will likely pay for their mistakes in the coming years.
So don't be too quick to blame yourself or your estimates (or your estimators). Don't worry so much about the competition winning all the bids. Worry more about what you know to be right. Remember, you didn't go into business to lose or give away money.
SHOOK has been estimating for more than 23 years. Until recently, he operated a fully staffed estimating company, TakeOff 16 Inc. He is currently focusing on writing, teaching and speaking about electrical estimating. Read his blog at stanshook.blogspot.com or contact him directly at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Growth in India's vast economy may have slowed over the past year, but with other economies feeling much more of a squeeze than a pinch, there's still plenty of room for investment in a country with a booming entertainment industry, new rules on retail investment, and a government anxious to lay out a figurative red carpet for foreign money.
That's not to say that investing in India is without risk. A massive power outage last July made it all too obvious that its grid is creaking and inefficient, a powerful deterrent to outside firms looking to build a presence there. Political opinion, too, is divided on recent actions taken by the government to make the entry of foreign investment easier. However, opportunities from food storage and transportation to a growing hunger for luxury bling (DeBeers has been delighted to find that India is now its fastest-growing market) beckon.
While previously the country had been careful to restrict ownership percentages by foreign direct investment (FDI) in areas that could pose a hazard to national security, and had also been wary of permitting foreign companies to run roughshod over domestic businesses, recent action by the government has relaxed requirements for FDI in sectors from broadcasting to civil aviation and energy markets, as well as retail. That has opened the door for non-Indian companies such as Walmart and Tesco to gain entrée to approach India's huge consumer market. Ikea and Starbucks have also been eagerly awaiting their chance to make the acquaintance of the Indian consumer.
India occupies second place in global farm output; its agricultural and related ventures employ almost two-thirds of the population, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization, and make up 17.2% of the country's GDP. However, its distribution and storage systems introduce tremendous waste into its domestic food market, and scores of millions are underfed despite India's vast production. Outside companies now have a chance to invest in everything from refrigerated trucks and warehouses to the farms themselves. Investors have also finally this year been granted the opportunity to enter the agricultural sphere through the Multi Commodity Exchange.
India has long been known for its hunger for gold—various festivals are celebrated with gifts of the precious metal in the form of jewelry, coins, and even ingots, while weddings call for custom-made jewelry for the bride from her parents. Now, though, diamonds have become the hot item for many affluent Indians, and domestic diamond jeweler Tanishq finds itself with competition from outside firms hoping to jump into the market before it gets too crowded. A combination of a lower rupee against the dollar—with gold priced in dollars, making it more expensive—and a drop in the price of diamonds have brought the precious stones to prominence among the wealthy, with DeBeers seeing 20–30% growth in sales in response to its expanded advertising.
The financial sector has not been neglected in India's wave of reform. Both insurance and pensions are now available to outsiders as investments—insurance had previously carried a limit of 26%, which has been raised to 49%; pension companies had been closed to outside investment, but it too now has a limit of 49%.
If all else fails, there is always entertainment—a field already open to foreign investment. Indian theater chain PVR Ltd. has gone out on a limb after buying up a competitor to predict that sales will rise by 30% in the next few years, more than enough to fuel a planned expansion. India's movie industry is more prolific than Hollywood's—in fact, more prolific than anywhere else on the globe. One of PVR's shareholders is L Capital Asia LLC, a private equity fund, one of whose sponsors is a famous name in luxury: LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA.
Even in a slowing economy, people in India flock to movie theaters. According to a report by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and KPMG earlier in the year, the Indian movie industry brought in 92.9 billion rupees ($1.690 billion) in 2011. That includes not just in-theater shows, but also home video, cable, and viewings overseas. Bollywood alone produced 206 of the 1,255 feature films that came out of India in 2011, and five of Bollywood's films grossed over 1 billion rupees each.
The report goes on to predict that the business of movie exhibition will jump by 57% by 2016 from 2011—that's a rate of 9.4% per year—and total 108 billion rupees. Between ticket sales and food and drinks, that's a lot of popcorn.


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