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Resources, Tasks and Comparative Questions: Little Red Riding Hood
Below are six 'Little Red Riding Hood' resources, as well as tasks and comparative questions. Although primarily aimed at Junior Cycle students, some of the questions can also be adapted for Senior Cycle students.
Resources and Tasks
Perrault and The Brothers Grimm
Click the images below for separate PDFs or click here for the combined PDF.
1. Based on ONE of the stories, write the post the wolf OR the girl might make on their personal blogs later that day.
2. Re-write the Brothers Grimm's story from the grandmother's perspective.
3. Imagine a sequel of Perrault's tale has been found. Write the text of the uncovered story.
4. Write a modern re-telling of the story of Little Red.
5. You are a journalist investigating reports of ONE of the 'Little Red' stories.
(i) Write an article reporting on your investigation of the story. The article can be for a tabloid, broadsheet or online news outlet.
(ii) Write the script of your news report. The script can be for a video or audio recording.
6. You have been asked to direct a short production of ONE of the texts, starting from when Little Red reaches her grandmother's house. Describe how you would stage the scene. In your answer you may wish to consider some of the following: choreography, costume, dialogue, facial expressions, lighting, props, setting and set design, special effects, stage directions, sound, etc.
7. Little Red's mother has asked you to help advertise her new book of recipes.
(i) Write the script of a book trailer.
(ii) Design a poster. In your answer, describe and explain your choice of images, colour, etc.
8. The house of Little Red's grandmother has been put on the market. You are the real estate agent assigned with the task of selling the property. Write the text of the advert you would write.
9. "Fairy tales such as 'Little Red Riding Hood' present naïve and improbable scenarios, and thus have little or no significance in today's world." Write an opinion piece for a popular print or online publication in response to this statement.
Into the Woods (music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine)
1. Describe the effect the rhythm and music create in 'Hello, Little Girl'.
2. In 'I Know Things Now', Little Red Ridinghood states "Even flowers have their dangers" and "Nice is different than good." What do you think these lines mean?
3. Write a short story inspired by ONE of the following:
(i) "There's no possible way / To describe what you feel / When talking to your meal!"
(ii) "I should have heeded her advice… / But he seemed so nice."
(iii) "Down a dark slimy path / Where lie secrets that I never want to know…"
(iv) "Do not put your faith / In a cape and a hood – / They will not protect you / The way that they should…"
(v) "Isn't it nice to know a lot! / … and a little bit not…"
'Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf' (from Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl)
The text and a recording of Dahl reading the poem can be accessed here.
1. Do you think this would be an enjoyable poem to read aloud? Explain your answer with reference to the poem.
2. What age group do you think this poem is aimed at? Explain your answer with reference to the poem.
3. "… She's going to taste like caviar." Compose an alternative ending to the poem, continuing from this line.
4. Compose an acrostic using the words 'fairy tales' OR 'fairy story'.
'An Interview with Red Riding Hood, Now No Longer Little' (by Agha Shahid Ali)
The text of the poem is available here.
1. Describe the character of the wolf presented in this poem.
2. Write the text of an interview with ONE of the characters from the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood'.
3. You have just learned that Little Red Riding Hood's father has begun to buy pieces of the forest and he intends to can cut it all down to find the wolves. Write the text of a speech defending OR opposing his actions.
4. Write an acrostic using the word 'interview'.
'The Wolf's Postscript to 'Little Red Riding Hood" (by Agha Shahid Ali)
The text of the poem is available here.
1. Describe the character of the wolf presented in this poem.
2. What do you think is the main message of the poem? Explain your answer with reference to the poem.
3. Imagine you are the wolf of this poem. Write an open letter about your negative portrayal in the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Your letter may reference more than one adaptation of the story.
4. A collection of writings similar to 'The Wolf's Postscript' has been published, featuring the so-called "villain's" perspective of fairy tales. Select ONE fairy tale and write a submission by the villain of that tale. The submission can be in the form of your own choosing.
5. Write an acrostic using the word 'postscript'.
Comparative Questions
Perrault and The Brothers Grimm
1. To what extent are the two texts similar/different? In your answer you may wish to consider the characters, themes, outcomes, etc.
2. Which of the two texts do you prefer? Explain your answer with reference to BOTH texts.
3. Which text, in your opinion, more effectively presents 'the moral of the story'? Explain your answer with reference to BOTH texts.
Into the Woods, Perrault and The Brothers Grimm
1. Do you think 'Hello, Little Girl' is a faithful adaptation of Little Red's encounter with the wolf in the Brothers Grimm's text? Give reasons for your answer with reference to BOTH texts.
2. "'I Know Things Now' and Perrault's and Grimm's 'Little Red' present lessons to be learned." Which text, in your opinion, does this more effectively? Explain your answer with reference to all THREE texts.
Into the Woods and 'Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf'
1. Compare the character of Little Red in BOTH texts.
2. Compare the portrayal of the wolf in BOTH 'Hello, Little Girl' and 'Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf'.
'Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf' and 'The Wolf's Postscript to 'Little Red Riding Hood"
1. Compare the depiction of the wolf in BOTH poems.
2. Which of the two texts do you prefer? Explain your answer with reference to BOTH poems.
'Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf' and 'An Interview with Red Riding Hood, Now No Longer Little'
1. "We reluctantly feel sympathy for the wolves in both poems." To what extent do you agree with this statement? Support your answer with reference to BOTH poems.
2. "These poems reveal that Little Red Riding Hood undergoes a significant change after her encounter with the wolf." Do you agree with this statement? Support your answer with reference to BOTH poems.
'An Interview with Red Riding Hood, Now No Longer Little' and 'The Wolf's Postscript to 'Little Red Riding Hood"
1. "Agha Shahid Ali evokes feelings of sadness from his tragic reconstructions of the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood'". With reference to BOTH poems, describe the feelings are you left with after reading these poems.
2. "In offering a new perspectives on the tale of 'Little Red Riding Hood', Agha Shahid Ali asks us to reconsider how we traditionally view the characters and morals presented in fairy tales." Examine this statement with reference to BOTH poems.
Short Story Tips
Plan and practice.
Finding which genre (short story, argumentative speech, personal essay, etc.) in the 'Composition'/'Personal Writing' part of the exam works best for you takes time and a lot of practice. When you have found which one you are most comfortable with, work on it.
If you choose the short story question in the exam, make sure you've written many of them until you've found a 'pattern' that works best for you.
Remember: short stories do not 'tell' us what is happening. They 'show' us.
It can be useful to keep a record of good descriptive phrases and descriptions that you like and have used, as well as some 'connecting' or 'transition' words and phrases that you have practices – remember, your story must flow naturally!
Imagine your story in stages – again, just ensure that the plot flows naturally. Be sure that you understand your characters and their world before you begin planning.
If you 'hit a wall' in the plot, ask yourself "What if…?" to explore some possibilities. Don't be afraid to draw inspiration from the texts in the exam paper, or from something in the news or in a book, a short story, film, TV series, fairy tale, etc. – never copy it, get inspiration from it!
Always draw/write plan in your answer booklet. Some may also find it useful to make a short list of 'techniques' to use.
In your plan and in your answer, make sure you are answering the question. Do not ignore the details of the task you are being set.
You'll find that if you have written a few very good stories you can adapt them to suit almost any question. This will take practice!
Capture the reader's attention from the first sentence, and keep them in suspense.
You want to get the reader's attention straight away and make them eager to continue reading.
Start the story in 'the middle' of a specific event/situation and keep the reader guessing about what is happening; instead of starting with what happened just before the 'big moment', start with the big moment or just after it.
Opening paragraph may be started with a detailed description – a vivid image of a place, thing or person (e.g. "A battered black bowler hat sat snugly above the stout man's large ears and unkempt beard as he paced restlessly by the windows – gnarled hands clasped tightly behind his back.").
Instead, you might start with a series of short sentences, rhetorical questions, dialogue or a shocking/abrupt statement to create tension or an air of mystery, (e.g. "She dropped the gun. He was dead. The silence was deafening.").
Economise: one setting, one event, one/two characters.
Create an appropriate mood and atmosphere. This can be achieved by appealing to the senses – what is heard/seen/felt/smelt?
By keeping the number of characters to one or two, you can focus on revealing more about them and the situation they are in. These details are revealed through actions, thoughts, dialogue, physical appearance, and interaction with others' and their surroundings. Don't reveal it all in one paragraph – that's overkill. Tease it out so that the reader becomes gradually familiar with the character.
The 'middle' or 'development' part of the story should draw the reader in – arouse their curiosity and draw them in closer to the story. The development may involve a challenge/complication for the character.
Be specific when using detailed descriptions and vivid imagery to help the reader visualise – show don't tell, and vary your vocabulary!
Keep the reader guessing.
Delay revealing an important detail, such as the setting, who the character is, what is happening, etc.
End with a bang: leave the story on a cliffhanger and the reader in suspense. For example, you may revisit where the story started – raise or answer a question which emerged, reveal an important detail, have your character (about to) make a difficult decision or experience a revelation, etc.
Alternatively, you may reach a 'resolution' and 'tie up the knots' to the story. This does not mean you summarise everything that happens next!
Endings can be tricky to do well (avoid the expected!), so try out a few ways. Just remember that a short story is a brief insight to a person/situation – not the character's life story or the complete story to an event.
Always ask your teacher for feedback on short story questions that you answer.
Don't be afraid to ask for a bit more detail or ideas on how to develop/improve your story – we're here to help!
Story List
Collection of stories (PDF or online)
Forty Two Stories: New Writing from Harper Perennial
- Forty stories are available here from the excellent site, Fifty-Two Stories (click here for direct link to PDF)
Chris Adrian
Kevin Barry
Ambrose Bierce
Ray Bradbury
Frederick Brown
John Cheever
Kate Chopin
Arthur C. Clarke
- The Haunted Space Suit (adapted)
Roald Dahl
Neil Gaiman
- A Study in Emerald (alternative link: A Study in Emerald)
- Bitter Grounds
- Cinnamon
- Down to the Sunless Sea
- How To Talk To Girls At Parties
- I Cthulhu
- The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds
- The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains
Gabriel García Márquez
Brothers Grimm
Shirley Jackson
Franz Kafka
Jhumpa Lahiri
DH Lawrence
David Marcus
Steven Millhauser
Alice Munro
Vladimir Nabokov
Frank O'Connor
Liam O'Flaherty
Edgar Allen Poe


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The UN resolution in question called on Assad to step down and transfer power to his vice president as the nation moved toward "democracy." If the regime refused to cooperate, the language threatened Syria with "further measures."
But the Russian and Chinese governments — both of which used their Security Council vetoes to scuttle the plan despite its support from the 13 other member governments on the council — said the resolution was "biased" against the Assad regime. Russia also accused Western leaders of undermining a meaningful peace process and said the UN should not interfere in the internal affairs of member states.
The Russian government, which has an important naval base in Syria and continues to sell the country weapons, considers the Assad regime a key strategic ally. As such, it has vocally opposed any more foreign military intervention in the region — especially in the wake of NATO's devastating war on Libya, instigated using a UN resolution, that left tens of thousands dead, a questionable regime in power, and heavy weaponry in the hands of terrorists.
"Some influential members of the international community, unfortunately, including those sitting around this table, from the very beginning of the Syrian process have been undermining the opportunity for a political settlement," Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin (above) said after the vote. His government has repeatedly warned of a widespread regional conflict that could erupt if the West did not stop meddling.
But Western leaders — and especially President Obama — have been loudly demanding regime change in Syria for months. After the UN veto, outraged U.S., European, and Arab officials blasted the two governments for blocking the resolution and vowed to press on with regime change anyway.
"Any government that brutalizes and massacres its people does not deserve to govern," President Obama declared in typical fashion, ignoring a host of other brutal governments that are known to have massacred their own people in recent years. Secretary of State Clinton, who was also instrumental in taking down the Gadhafi regime in Libya, was particularly furious about Russian and Chinese defiance.
"What happened yesterday at the United Nations was a travesty," Clinton told reporters. "Faced with a neutered Security Council, we have to redouble our efforts outside of the United Nations with those allies and partners who support the Syrian people's right to have a better future."
Syrian opposition activists abroad, meanwhile, said the veto has essentially handed Assad a "license to kill" protesters and revolutionaries. "The SNC holds both governments accountable for the escalation of killings and genocide," said the anti-Assad Syrian National Council in a statement.
But despite the widespread perception that "peaceful protesters" are being savagely slaughtered by a mad despot — largely painted by the international press and Western officials — the reality on the ground is not so simple. According to experts on the situation, including more than a few former intelligence officials, there is actually much more going on than meets the eye.
Rebel groups in the nation being secretly armed by the West and an assortment of Islamist groups first openly clashed with the Assad regime in March of last year. During the early days of the protests, at least seven Syrian police officers were killed. A local court and the ruling Bath Party's headquarters were also set ablaze by protesters.
The chaos prompted Assad to take action, responding to the uprising with what observers called a brutal crackdown. The dictator promptly labeled the rebels "armed gangs" and "terrorists" being used as stooges in an international "conspiracy," vowing to restore "stability" at all costs.
But even though his claims were largely ignored or dismissed out of hand by Western officials and much of the international media — as in Libya last year — there is likely at least some truth to them, according to experts. And since then, tensions within the country have only escalated as advocates of regime change — many of whom are undoubtedly sincere in their desire to remove the long-serving despot — have unleashed waves of violent attacks on government forces.
According to Israeli intelligence sources, the rebel groups were using "heavy machine guns" and anti-tank defenses months ago in their battle against the dictatorship. And the U.K. Guardian reported this week that Syrian insurgents, many of whom defected from the army, were even blowing up government tanks.
The U.S. government, of course, has been waging a long and expensive covert campaign to overthrow the Assad regime, according to American diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks. Among other measures, the cables showed that the U.S. government had been covertly funding Syrian opposition groups for years. And it appears that its efforts are now paying off.
In recent months, the violent unrest in Syria has exploded. Estimates on the death toll so far are in the neighborhood of 5,000 to 7,000. And a massacre this week reported to have taken place in the city of Homs allegedly left hundreds dead.
The Assad regime claims his forces never attacked the city. The state-owned news agency, meanwhile, said the bodies on display were actually "martyrs" killed by the "terrorists" that were being used by unscrupulous rebels to deceive the world and build international pressure against Syria.
But the regime's accounts were once again largely dismissed across the globe. Due to restrictions on the media, it has been impossible to confirm what is really going on in the nation. Much of the international press, however, has been relying almost entirely on rebel accounts to report what is happening, similar to what occurred in Libya.
In response to the ongoing turmoil in the nation, a coalition of Middle Eastern and North African regimes under the "Arab League" banner called for Assad to step down. The group of governments, which includes the Saudi Arabian monarchy and more than a few other unsavory dictatorships in the region, also led the charge to pass the most recent UN resolution essentially calling for regime change in Syria.
But the Russian government stood firm despite Western and Arab pleas to approve the measures. "I thought that there might be some ways to bridge, even at this last moment, a few of the concerns that the Russians had," said Secretary of State Clinton. "I offered to work in a constructive manner to do so. That has not been possible."
In October of last year, Russia and China also blocked a resolution backed by the European Union that would have condemned the Syrian regime and threatened it with sanctions. Both governments have indicated that they will continue to support Syria and work toward a "peaceful" political solution to the violence in Syria. The Assad regime, meanwhile, has vowed to continue its efforts to "restore stability."
As the UN option crumbled, Western leaders and Syrian opposition groups called for an international coalition outside of the global body to take action. Radwan Ziadeh of the anti-Assad Syrian National Council was quoted by the Associated Press — echoing Clinton's recent statements — calling for enemies of the regime to form an international coalition "whose aim will be to lead international moves to support the revolution through political and economic aid."
Still, despite the turmoil, Assad does have plenty of supporters within the country, according to experts. Christians in Syria, for example, worry that if Assad is overthrown by the rebel groups — widely perceived as a coalition of Islamic extremists with Western backing — Christianity could be brutally suppressed as in other Arab nations.
"Syrians want change," noted former British intelligence MI6 officer Alastair Crooke, who serves as a high-level EU advisor and runs a non-governmental organization in Lebanon. "But whether Westerners believe it or not, most people in Damascus, in Aleppo, the middle classes, the merchant classes and the [sectarian] minorities believe Assad is the only person who can bring in reforms."
That is one reason why covert Western assistance has been key in fomenting the current unrest. While some of the arms being used against Assad did indeed come from army defectors, much of the weaponry and many of the foreign agents on the ground entered through Turkey.
"French and British special forces trainers are on the ground, assisting the Syrian rebels while the CIA and U.S. Spec Ops are providing communications equipment and intelligence to assist the rebel cause," wrote former CIA officer Phil Giraldi in a recent article. "Americans should be concerned about what is happening in Syria, if only because it threatens to become another undeclared war like Libya but much, much worse."
There is more, too. According to a wide array of experts and officials, regime change in Syria is likely just a prelude to a war on Iran — a conflict that could ultimately engulf the whole world in a bloody battle with unimaginable devastation.
Related articles:
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Obama Renews Sanctions on Syria
President Bush Targets Iran and Syria at Mideast Summit
Photo: Russian representative Vitaly Churkin leaves the podium after speaking to reporters following a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at U.N. headquarters, Feb. 4, 2012: AP Images

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In 2005 the World Bank published a report titled Doing Business – Removing Obstacles to Growth in which it heavily criticized the Civil Law tradition, and the French legal tradition in particular, as one of the primary reasons for underdevelopment in some Third World Countries... Last month, the Association Henri Capitant published the second volume of its response to the World Bank, available in French at this link. You can also read my translation of Professor Alain Levasseur's, the President of the Association Henri Capitant Louisiana Chapter and Hermann Moyse, Sr. Professor of Law at LSU Law, answer to the World Bank in this link.
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She started her career with ANZ Grindlays . Presently, she is also serving as a non-executive director on the board of Nestle SA. Kidwai is also global advisor at Harvard Business school. Indian government conferred Padma Shri award on Naina for her contributions in the field of Trade and Industry.
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In 1996 Tata sold off Lakmé to Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL), and created Trent from the money it made through the sale. Presently, Simone is the chairperson of Trent Limited.
9. Neelam Dhawan
A woman with 'never-say-die' spirit, Neelam Dhawan is presently the Managing Director of Hewlett-Packard (HP), India.
Neelam is an iconic figure in Indian IT industry . She is an inspiration for women working in IT sector. She dared to enter the IT world in early 1980s when there were just a handful of women in this industry. At the start of her career she yearned to be a part of major players in the FMCG space such as Asian Paints and Hindustan Lever.
Unfortunately, these organizations did not want a woman to be a part of their marketing and sales efforts and hence she was rejected at the time. But a determined Neelam refused to give up and fought back with laurels galore.
Before joining HP, India as Managing Director (MD) , Neelam was Managing Director (MD) of Microsoft, India. She had successful and rewarding stints with other leading players like IBM and HCL.
10. Irom Chanu Sharmila:
She is known for her campaign against the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 in Manipur. She resorted to hunger strike demanding the repeal of the AFSPA, on November 2, 2000, after soldiers of the Indian Paramilitary Assam Rifles allegedly killed ten young Meitei men in Malom.She is also known as Iron lady from North East India.
11. Ekta Kapoor
Ekta Kapoor is the daughter of legendary star of yesteryears Jeetendra and brother of Bollywood actor Tusshar Kapoor.
Ekta has created a niche for herself in TV serial and film production. She can easily be termed as the most successful female producer of entertainment world. Ekta has produced many successful films including Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta , Kucch To Hai Love Sex aur Dhokha, Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, Shor in the City, Ragini MMS, Kyaa Super Kool Hai Hum and The Dirty Picture.


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If, however, you cannot find any evidence of the SEO agency doing work for notable companies, then you should look at other options. This is not a discouragement for working with new agencies, but if you are a larger business it may be better to opt for an SEO agency that has experience with larger profiles. Always ask for referrals when reviewing the portfolio and link to the client's websites. This will help avoid any fraudulent references or portfolio items.
3. The Cost Of The Service
If the SEO agency is offering standardized pricing packages, such as 15 words for $500, then this may not be a firm that would offer high-quality services. A company offering standardized deals typically use templates and do not customize their service in any way, which is particularly detrimental when dealing with SEO. A beneficial SEO company will offer in-depth assessments of your company before offering quotes as each industry has different sectors, goals, and competition. Before signing any contract, it is vital that you discuss the cost of the service with the company and decide if it suits your needs.
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As we know, Benjamin Britten composed with favourite artists in mind, singers especially. Naturally, Peter Pears had the lion's share of the roles but the soprano Jennifer Vyvyan notched up four: Lady Rich (Gloriana), Mrs Julian (Owen Wingrave) and two major parts: Tatyana (M.N.'s Dream) and the Governess (Turn of the Screw). B.B. tailored the music to the singers he wrote for them, their compass, taking into account their characteristics, foibles and good notes, so that their music even sounds like a portrait of the artists when more recent singers are performing. Those who were lucky enough to have heard Jennifer hear her voice again, years later, although she died way back in 1974 – she was only forty-nine.
She was peerless in Handel, Rameau and Purcell, in Mozart too (Donna Anna, Constanze, a CD of arias). And she excelled in performances of Britten's Les Illuminations, the War Requiem and the Spring Symphony.
Michael White organised an eloquent, touching tribute to J.V. in the Wigmore Hall (September 29); during the day talks (including one by her son, Jonathan), a discussion and recordings, ending in the evening with a recital of songs and arias that she used to sing, with the soprano Elizabeth Watts and the excellent pianist, James Southall. The programme included works by Antony Hopkins, Hugo Wolf (whose Lieder she adored) and Poulenc (she sang, so to speak, the title bosom in Poulenc's Les Mamelles de Tirésias at one of the many Aldeburgh Festivals which she graced).
In the programme Michael White described J.V.'s artistry "as combining a feisty, emotional and somewhat tempestous character with tenderness and a sense of vulnerability". Her performances often sounded as if on a knife edge yet always penetrating to the very core of the composer's intentions. Her intonation was perfect, her sense of style impeccable, whether in music that was lyrical or coloratura above the staves.
If there was one performance that stood out in her career it was that of the Governess in the Screw, emotionally shattering in its power at the climax but tear-provoking in the scene when she writes to the Guardian of the children ("Dear sir, oh, my dear sir"), a rare purple passage in Britten's output, complete with blue notes and all.
Her achievement was all the more remarkable in that she had to cope all her life with respiratory problems that eventually led to the heart disease that caused her too early death, problems not always treated sympathetically by the Suffolk composer.
Jenny was a good companion, fun to be with and having a sense of humour that even extended to telling jokes against herself, such as one about her return visit to Wales where the music club secretary greeted her with "good to see you back on our platform. Same old dress, I see."


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(Living In) Story Book Land
Monday, March 13, 2017
"[F]airy tales give us some hope of victory. The world is not to be understood in merely domestic categories, as though nothing existed that lay beyond our local and parochial concerns. Nor is it an unmeaning chaos, from which, to preserve our sanity, we need to avert our eyes. Fairyland is. . . the hint of a wilder and wider world than the domestic, from which the bolder of us might bring treasures if we can avoid its perils; a reminder of a world unconstrained by any of our familiar values, and threatening therefore to alienate us from our own; the dream of a world where everything can speak and everything contribute its own beauty to the growing whole."
(Stephen R.L. Clark, "Why We Believe in Fairies," in First Things, March 2017)
When I was a child and, along with my parents and younger sister making our way home from visiting relatives in Arlington, Virginia, my sister and I saw a billboard along the interstate advertising Story Book Land. My parents, though no doubt tired and longing for home, heeded our backseat pleas. From the front seat, there was a muted discussion and nods; our fate hung on gesture and tone, our hope faint. To our surprise, we turned off the highway and, in what seemed a few miles, reached the billboarded park, full of storybook characters set among a wood. I don't remember much of it, just the joy of what we might see, of characters we had read of coming to life. What I do remember is a giant Mother Goose beckoning at the entrance, a castle wall lining the car park, Humpty-Dumpty on a wall, the house of the three bears, a bridge across a stream, an old woman in a shoe. They were all there, all the ones I had read of, rhyme and story come alive.
Story Book Land is a forgotten and neglected place. When Washington City Paper writer Eddie Dean wrote about it in 1995, likely 30 years after I visited, it had already been closed for more than ten years. Dean wrote that "When the park closed . . . the bucolic site—which boasted more than 100 life-size figures and two dozen storybook buildings—was left virtually intact, as if the owners meant to open it again someday." They never did. Mother Goose lay on the ground. Graffiti covered the buildings. Snow White's house had been used by the homeless. Vandals had beheaded some figures; one building was burnt. Less than one mile from Potomac Mills outlet, along US1, the site had been spared in part due to its status as wetlands. But then, by 2007, the whole area had been absorbed by a housing development, and the magic was really gone.
But this is not a tale of nostalgic longing but about what fired our imaginations. As children, we had not yet become materialists. We still believed that the worlds we read about in fairy tales were real or, at least, possibly real, that there was a "wilder and wider world than the domestic," the one parents and adults seemed to live in, the brick and mortar world of work and school and bills and taxes, a world bereft of magic. And yet as my parents shepherded us through that wood of fantasy, I suspect that somewhere deep down they hoped it or something like it was all true as well.
That was long ago, and far away. For most of us, our "magic forest of make-believe" (as Story Book Land heralded) has been clearcut. Life is not enchanted but simply what it is: asphalt and concrete and steel; bird and bear; a windswept prairie; atoms and quarks and lasers. Stuff. Things. Death and taxes. We long ago lost our wonder.
Christians profess a belief in the supernatural, in an unseen reality, yet we don't often act like it. In reading scripture, we spiritualize what we can't imagine is literal, pray to an unseen God and acknowledge an invisible heaven peopled by those who have gone on from here, and yet we mostly live our days not enraptured by what is behind what we see but stupefied by surface realities. A tree is only wood, a rock the mere leftover of some geological process, a mountain rising only to fall. What they are is what they are; nothing more.
But what if we took a different reading of scripture? Maybe we need to read Scripture as fairy tale, as a magical, astounding story of giants felled by little boys, of great armies put to run by angelic troops, of dead people coming back to life. A wood where rocks cry out, trees clap their hands, and mountains sing. And where, in the end, a magical, shining city comes down from the sky and heaven and earth become one. And no one dies. And no one cries.
"It is the mark of a good fairy-story, of the higher or more complete kind," said the great imagineer J.R.R. Tolkien, "that however wild its events, however fantastic or terrible the adventures, it can give to child or man that hears it, when the 'turn' comes, a catch of the breath, a beat and lifting of the heart, near to (or indeed accompanied by) tears, as keen as that given by any form of literary art, and having a peculiar quality."
"The Gospels contain a fairystory," said Tolkien, "or a story of a larger kind which embraces all the essence of fairy-stories. . . .There is no tale ever told that men would rather find was true, and none which so many sceptical men have accepted as true on its own merits. For the Art of it has the supremely convincing tone of Primary Art, that is, of Creation. To reject it leads either to sadness or to wrath."
I confess that often when I read the great narrative of Scripture, the words lie on the page, two-dimensional and flat. But on occasion, on the days when I am best seeking and best seeing, the golden book of stories becomes a Story Book Land and I walk in the wood of words come to life, where I marvel at our visitation by extra-terrestrial Life, where I am struck in wonder at the word or touch that heals and revives from a Being that deigns to take our form and walk among us, Spirit his way in and among us, unseen.
"How can a merely material world ever accommodate our own experience of life?," says philosopher Stephen Clark. It can't, says the Bible, which is full of non-human angelic and demonic beings, a world behind the world, "fairies gone away," as the the materialists say, always going away. Only they haven't. If we can't believe in fairies, in an unseen world, says Clark, then there's no believing Scripture, no room for anything but the material, nothing but the "motion of material parts." Rather, "banishing the little people from our lives was only a prelude to dispensing with the notions of God and the soul of man. If we can't believe in fairies, we cannot properly believe in anything at all."
That day in Story Book Land, my sister and I knew better. Snow White and Little Red Riding Hood were real, somewhere. That place may be gone, ploughed under by progress, yet we still walk in that Land. The Big Bad Wolf lurks, and Humpty Dumpty has fallen and we still can't put him back together. But Someone can. Someone who hasn't gone away. Someone from a wilder and wider world who beckons us "come."


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With an external keyboard you can get started with machine learning on the phone. The procedure is not perfect. But I attached some screenshots. The main app to use is Termux. It does not hog the cpu as much or not at all.
For termux you need the "pointless" repository that installs gcc, scipy and numpy. The rest can be installed by pip.
DONT run all cpu cores on the phone. My phone (8 cores) overheated temporarily shutting own one core. However this is probably not healthy for the phone.
You can limit the number of used cores by limiting numpy, see screenshot. I limited it to just two cores. I ran some test for keras using theano as the backend. I also got sklearn installed from pip.
You can use pip to install jupyter. It installs a http server app you then access from the regular android webbrowser "localhost:8888".
With this I think you can follow some online courses on machine learning that does not use the GPU.


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|Charles Lamb
"Modern Gallantry" The roots of feminism are probably located in pre-history, but the earliest published feminist work that I'm aware of is A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft. (1792) It was published when Lamb was a youth, and it may be a stretch to assume that he read it, or that it influenced him, but "Modern Gallantry" proves that he gave some thought to the condition of women. In this essay, Lamb exposes the hypocrisy of his age, in which gentlemen took pride in their gallant behavior toward "ladies" but at the same time, treated women from ungenteel backgrounds with total contempt. It's not a feminist essay. You could argue that it's anti-feminist because he objects to the fact that women endure the same capital punishment that is meted out to men. (Equal treatment, right?) However, he does show how gallantry does not illustrate a respect for women, but only a respect for their beauty or wealth. You can read the full text here.
"A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig" I believe this is Lamb's most famous essay. No need to explain the text because the title says it all, but it's so charmingly written, although, perhaps may elicit some winces from animal lovers. Full text here.
"A Bachelor's Complaint of the Behaviour of Married People" Here, Lamb is a 19th century Bridget Jones, decrying the smugness of the marrieds and their often-repulsive offspring. Lamb says, "When I consider how little of a rarity children are--that every street and blind alley swarms with them--that the poorest people commonly have them in abundance--that there are few marriages that are not blest with at least one of these bargains--how often they turn out ill, and defeat the fond hopes of their parents, taking to vicious courses, which end in...the gallows,--I cannot for my life tell what cause for pride there can possibly be in having them." I am married (and with four children) but I can relate, particularly to the bits about smug parents. Full text here.
|Down with smugness


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Could an Experimental Memory Drug Put an End to "Senior Moments"?
A new drug seems to be able to reverse normal age-related memory decline in old mice–like a face-lift for neurons, bringing them back to their younger days. The results of the experimental treatment, which works by blocking certain stress hormones, were published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
"What's most surprising is that even short-term inhibition was able to reverse memory loss in old mice," says Jonathan Seckl, a professor of molecular medicine who was involved in the research. "I don't think people had realized this was so reversible. It takes [the animals] back to being relatively young." [Technology Review].
Research has shown that stress hormones called glucocorticoids play a role in memory loss, by damaging the brain over time. But targeting the glucocorticoids themselves is dangerous, because reducing their levels would leave the body without a stress response. The researchers therefore targeted an enzyme instead, which activates the hormone in neurons.
"This enzyme acts as an intracellular amplifier of glucocorticoids," says Seckl. "If you take out the amplifier, you still have stress hormones, but they shout less loudly and cause less wear and tear." [Technology Review].
The researchers first bred mice that lacked the gene for producing the enzyme, and found that their memories were better than those of their normal peers throughout old age. They then wondered if the drug could help normal mice that were already aged, and designed a drug to inhibit the enzyme. After ten days of treatment with the drug, the old mice were already performing better on tests of spatial memory. It's possible that similar drugs could help treat normal age-related memory decline in humans, and could help people suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia. The researchers hope to proceed to human trials soon.
Researchers estimate that roughly 20 to 30 percent of people age 75 and older have elevated glucocorticoid levels (more precise figures aren't available). Most affected is so-called declarative memory, the ability to learn new facts and remember, for example, lists. People who suffer age-related memory loss are at higher risk for developing Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, though the condition is not itself considered a form of dementia. [Technology Review].
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So there we were, my husband David and I, retired in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Nestled in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, we had a lovely home in a great development and spent our time remodeling, doing volunteer work, and getting on with our lives.
But as the years went by (five of them to be exact), we started asking ourselves, "Is this how we want to spend all or part of our retirement? Shouldn't we have some adventure in our lives?"
We had vacationed in the Caribbean and daydreamed of living in a tropical setting. The sound of rustling palm trees, being close to the water, and having a laid-back, simple lifestyle really appealed to us. Mainland Belize had been on our "bucket list" for a place to visit for a while. Not an island, but tropical nonetheless. And English is the official language.
We are not the kind of couple who likes touristy kinds of areas, crazy nightlife, or big hotels. For our Belize trip, we decided on the Corozal district, located in the northern part of the country.
Corozal, located right on a large bay, was exactly what we were looking for. It's a Caribbean hideaway still undiscovered by most tourists—there are no cruise ships, no duty-free shops, and no big box stores or chains of any kind to be found here. Instead you'll find a great place to relax.
On our trip, we fell in love with the area—so much so that we bought a house within four days of our arrival, in the small village of Ranchito. And while it may not be a recommended course of action or right for everyone, it worked for us. Within two months, we had sold our U.S. home and moved.
Not surprisingly, there were a few adjustments that we had to make. For instance, the heat and humidity are good teachers for making you slow down. We learned quickly that all the heavy lifting chores are done first thing in the morning. There are no home improvement centers in town; one needs to be creative in home remodeling efforts. The parts may not be available, so having a variety of back-up plans are the way to go.
And instead of one-stop-shopping for groceries, we often visit the open-air market stalls for fruits and veggies, and swing by various grocery stores to score whatever might be on our shopping list.
If you must have frozen meals and name brand or gourmet products, they'll cost more and you'll have to either make a trip to neighboring district of Orange Walk or go over the border to Mexico to get them. (Crossing the border to Mexico cost $37.50 for non-residents.)
But you can eat pretty cheaply here, especially if you buy in-season produce and buy local brands in the grocery stores.
We spend somewhere around $200 per month for groceries. Our average electric bill is about $50 per month and our water bill averages $20 per month.
Property taxes vary depending on what part of the district you reside in, but here in Ranchito, it's pretty inexpensive (less than $20 per year for about a 3/4-acre lot). Living literally a one-minute drive from Corozal Town means we pay less in property tax, too—saving us up to hundreds of dollars per year.
From house remodeling and cooking with different ingredients to learning and adapting to a different culture, our life in the last year has been just the adventure we were looking for.
And through it all, the one thing we can count on is the friendliness of the locals and the camaraderie of an eclectic expat community. Almost to a person, we have found folks ready to lend advice, share tools and equipment, and point us in the right direction to find things we need.
We are truly enjoying our new lifestyle. While one should never forget that this is a developing country, it's a very economical place to be, the sun shines most of the time, sea breezes cool and bring amazing aromas our way, and the people are truly excellent neighbors.
Day-to-day life in Corozal is simpler. You won't find some of the amenities you might get elsewhere in Belize, but if you're looking for a more relaxed lifestyle, this place could be it…
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United States-Canada Alaska Rail Commission
Connect Alaska to Lower 48 with a Railroad.
Building rails along the existing Al-Can Highway would save a lot of money and pollution from trucked, flown, and shipped goods to/from Alaska.
In addtion tourism would increase. I would use it! I have driving from the lower 48 to Alaska - a VERY long drive, but would be great on rails!


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The Master of Science in Education degree program involves advanced study designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of teachers in P-12 schools. The program blends studies of educational theory with analysis of current issues and practices in teaching as well as specific discipline content. Program tracks are offered in:
Within the Secondary Education track there is a specialization in Mathematics Teaching that provides secondary mathematics teachers an opportunity to complete 18 credit hours of graduate level mathematics. Within both the Elementary Education and Secondary Education tracks it is possible to complete the coursework necessary to add special education to an existing license. The School Administration and Leadership program leads to a building level administrator's license in Indiana (with appropriate test scores).
These programs are designed for practicing, licensed teachers and do not lead to an initial teaching license.


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So it's me birthday. Again, as it seems. Funny how the time flies when you're and so on.
Instead of eating cake so much I'll puke, I'm at home sneezing what's left of my brain ('not a lot' -you, 'ye u right' -me) out. I've also been watching a shitty film (i hate to say this but the sequel to Once Were Warriors is painful), drinking a lot of tea and orange juice and hitting up Wayback Machine.
I found a few blog entries from 2005 (jesus i've been a blogger for a good while, eh), from my fourth domain, ice-ice.org. I'm ranting on about how music is my life and how it's the only place that lets me relax because I'm a fidgety bastard. And I'm shouting in caps to Johnnie how much I love him and calling him my knight in shiny armor. I'm having database troubles because of domain move and I'm being a bit of a fangirl.
So, in ten years nothing's changed.
Except the domain name.


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text: Hey guys Since I've got my htc Hero it got me thinking. Since it is an open source mobile (or almost open source i guess), I saw lots & lots of cool gadgets to use with the phone. Things like checking house rent/buy in area, or minigames etc etc Now I wonder is there any application available that let me synchronize my mobile phone to sim games like rFactor, Arca or Evo? say watching a telemetry or time difference or a track map with car position on it. It would be a cool application, as then I don't have to or startup my laptop or have a secundary monitor, but rather just my phone in front.


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The Curvy Sewing Collective began in the spring of 2014, the brainchild of Jenny and Mary, as a way to bring together the plus-sized sewing community and address issues common to curvy sewists. Many plus-sized women, ourselves included, began sewing as a refuge from the exclusionary sizing and unimaginative designs of ready-to-wear fashion. However, without fitting help or style inspiration, home sewing can be just as intimidating! All too many pattern companies stop their sizing short of our measurements or don't advertise their designs on plus-sized bodies. We believe that higher visibility in the sewing community is the key to addressing these concerns. The more curvy women who are encouraged to sew and share their creations, the more the industry will take notice of our needs. To further that effort, the Curvy Sewing Collective was born!
The seven editors of the Curvy Sewing Collective represent the plus-sized community in all its inclusive, gorgeous range. Though we each self-identify as curvy sewists, we are a wide range of sizes, ages, and backgrounds. Whether you're a pear shape or hourglass, beginner or advanced seamstress, you can find common ground here. Above all, the CSC is united in the belief that body positivity and personal style are the keys to joyful home sewing. When a woman makes something she loves that fits her body impeccably, self-confidence shines through. To that end, you won't find any dieting tips or complaints about cellulite on this website. Instead, we celebrate the female shape in all its varied, beautiful glory.
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Bestfield is a proudly Australian owned company servicing the food service , retail and manufacturing markets both within Australia and overseas.
Bestfield is also an environmentally responsible company that provides a total recycling solution to customers that use Bestfield rice bran oil.
Taste the food, not the oil!
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The term "Microservice Architecture" has sprung up over the last few years to describe a pattern of splitting application into smaller components for scalability and maintenance benefits and have seen widespread adoption.
The main idea behind this architecture is to break down applications into very small pieces and each piece can be developed , test and deployed independently.
Each module/piece bears single responsibility and it becomes easy to track which piece is malfunctioning and to gets its replacement and
also to scale one piece only if only one piece requires more traffic.
Is it new?
It is not a "new" style of building large enterprise applications.
Many leading IT companies were using it to scale their applications , but no formal name was given. Also, there are other programming paradigms which address this same concept, such as Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
Is it different than SOA?
Microservices are SOA done correctly.The core difference between SOA and microservices lies in the size and scope.
As the word "micro" suggests, it has to be significantly smaller than what SOA tends to be.
Also,SOA is an architectural pattern in which application components provide services to other components.
On the other hand, in microservices these components are suites of independently deployable services.
Reasons for migrating to microservices:
More availability: All components can be deployed to various servers. So, if any component dies, then we can have similar component responding from other machine. Even if single component dies in all servers, only few functionalities will be impacted.
More scalability options: All micro components have their own servers and if we know that one component needs more traffic, then it will be easy to increase memory for that server and it will be more effective as compared to increasing memory for single full application.
Independent development : Developers can work independently on their microservice and independent of technology used for each microservice.
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Students explore ancient Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife and create a digital collage inspired by the paintings from the tomb of Nebamun. Themes discussed in the workshop include family, food, hobbies and the environment of the ancient Egyptians. Links to finished work are sent back to school to continue your learning in the classroom and share with others.
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Wall-painting from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun showing hunting in the marshes. From Thebes, Egypt, c1350 BC.


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From the on-line auction house...
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
We are offering an 8.5 x 14 green folded sheet that has been signed on the verso by Duke Ellington & four members of his orchestra. The sheet is a program for the 1960 – 1961 Homecoming Queen Candidates in which Duke and his orchestra played, as noted on the program. The program refers to KSC, I believe this to be Kentucky State College.
The sheet has been folded into squares, probably in 1960, which is why it has been signed as it is.
This item comes with the vintage Duke Ellington publicity photo that is shown. This photo is date stamped on the back Jun 22 1969.


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What a week for Mark Cuban. Fresh off being tapped for the role of the president alongside Ann Coulter in the upcoming blockbuster "Sharknado 3," the brash billionaire's bearish forecast has landed him a spot in MarketWatch's call of the day.
"If we thought it was stupid to invest in public Internet websites that had no chance of succeeding back then, it's worse today," he wrote in a blog post detailing the risks facing the current crop of angel investors and crowdfunders (more on that below).
He's not alone in his fear-mongering. While retail investors are all-in, equity-wise, as are corporations, prophets of doom are counting the moments until the cards fall in the public markets, as well. The thing is, they've been counting them for years now. Check out the chart of the day for how long it's been since we've felt a serious pullback. Spoiler alert: almost three years.
Doug Kass, president of Seabreeze Partners, has been anticipating some weakness for a while now, and he's positioned himself to turn a profit when that day comes.
"Mr. Market is beginning to launch into the giddy phase, in which rose-colored glasses have replaced the camera with a stick — GoPro, which is now out of favor — as the most preferred accoutrement," he wrote. "Nevertheless, despite the enthusiasm and extraordinary price momentum, I anticipate that my next move will likely be to meaningfully increase my short exposure."
The shorts might have to wait another day to get paid. Stocks are setting up for a positive open ahead of Friday's jobs report.
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Futures on the Dow US:YMH5 and the S&P US:ESH5 are perking up. Not so in Asia ADOW, +0.16% where the most of the major indexes sagged to a soft close after China's growth forecast got a haircut . Europe SXXP, +0.72% is well up as ECB Pres. Draghi lays out the plans for that 1 trillion euro bond-buying plan. We're keeping track of his presser in a live blog here.
There's no stoppingshawn the U.S. dollar DXY, -0.04% lately. The greenback just passed through a technical threshold and took out another 11-year high against the euro EURUSD, +0.0537% and it's getting choppy as ECB Pres. Draghi is speaking. Crude is flirting with gains, along with gold.
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"I believe that it's $200 billion. After 14 years in power of Russia, and the amount of money that the country has made, and the amount of money that hasn't been spent on schools and roads and hospitals and so on, all that money is in property, bank — Swiss bank accounts — shares, hedge funds, managed for Putin and his cronies." — Bill Browder, CEO of Hermitage Capital, who was a source cited in this piece explaining why Putin isn't a Forbes billionaire.
The economy
Initial unemployment claims hit the highest level since May. Factory orders numbers for January are coming at 10:00 a.m. After the market closes, we'll get a look at the Dodd-Frank stress test results. Read why these results are getting questioned. The ECB meeting just passed by with no change on rates. Onto the ever-fun presser with Mario Draghi.
The call
The bubble 15 years ago was bad. This bubble is far worse, warns Mark Cuban. "If stock in a company is worth what somebody will pay for it, what is the stock of a company worth when there is no place to sell it?" the mouthy billionaire wrote. "The only thing worse than a market with collapsing valuations is a market with no valuations and no liquidity." The lack of liquidity he's referring to is today's private investors, who are investing in apps and small tech firms. "I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that most of these individual angels and crowd funders are currently underwater in their investments. Absolutely none. I say most. The percentage could be higher," Cuban said. Read why he's blaming the SEC for the loud pop we're about the hear.
Zero Hedge says the media will spend today trotting out an assortment of "asset-gatherers and commission-takers" to drill into Cuban's assessment. "The question is: Who do you believe? The billionaire with no ax to grind or the market maven 'TV personality' with vested interests up the wazoo?" the blogger wrote.
The buzz
The theme of chasing yields isn't going anywhere as long as rates remain this low. Really, they're going even lower. And who really knows when that will change substantively. The 10-year Treasury just back down to 2% — a generous number, compared with what investors are getting across the pond. So, where to now? Down under, says BlackRock's Russ Koesterich. "The Australian equity market now offers a dividend yield of over 4%, more than double that of the U.S. market," he said. "With yields low around the world, investors are increasingly scouring the globe for income. That's one reason we would upgrade our view on Australian equities to a benchmark weight."
Alibaba BABA, -1.78% wasn't too comfortable at record lows, it seems. The stock enjoyed a nice 5% bounce yesterday and is looking to inch higher again today, after getting smacked by accusations of investing violations by the Taiwanese government.
Deal news is giving shares of Pharmacyclics US:PCYC a boost. AbbVie Inc. ABBV, -0.54% said it would buy the cancer biotech in a $21 billion cash-and-stock deal.
The chart
There are only six other streaks since 1930 where the S&P has gone this long without a 15% correction, as you can see by this chart. The longest streak ended in 1957 at 2,072 days. We're only at 819. This bull might not be as old as it's cracked up to be. @NickatFP tweeted out this chart.
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Hotel looks to lure baseball fans with spring training packages
With the new Ballpark of the Palm Beaches set to open next month, local hotels are looking to lure sports fans with special packages centered around baseball games.
The Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island Beach Resort & Spa this week announced it has created a "Spring Training travel package" for baseball fans who plan to visit the new stadium.
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The $144 million complex is home to the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals.
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