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A review of some traffic rules
These are some issues facing area drivers. We have a good number of merge lanes at stop signs and traffic lights. Many people don't yield when merging onto the road, causing traffic to slow or even stop. It might be a good idea to review some of these rules for many longtime and new drivers.
A word of thanks to veterans
The average citizen today, myself included, does not comprehend what our country's veterans have endured. I feel the importance to help the public become more mindful of these incredible people.
More bad baggage for ObamaCare
If Denver International Airport's fondly remembered 1-square-mile automated baggage system could never be made fully operational, how can the ObamaCare computer fiasco (created by a company that failed province-wide in Ontario, Canada) be made to function nationwide?
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'Put It to the People' aptly named
Elizabeth Dalebroux's letter announcing the "Put It to the People" petition drive is very appropriately named. Unfortunately, gun-obsessed individuals like Dalebroux's group, the leadership of the NRA, the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and others have been "putting it to the people" of Colorado for years.
Put it to the people
The "Put It to the People" pro-gun, pro-Second Amendment rights initiative petition is now circulating in Jefferson County, plus many other counties in Colorado.
Rosier, Griffin need to open minds on the need for more bike lanes
After reading the article "Commissioners skeptical of need for West Bowles bike lanes," I am disappointed and not surprised with comments made by Commissioners Faye Griffin and Don Rosier.
Littleton City Council is failing to follow correct process for rezoning
Littleton citizens want to know why the City Council does not follow the city code, especially regarding rezoning processes. Seven large-parcel rezones are being proposed. We are now on No. 5, and although the citizens have requested repeatedly that the council follow the code to benefit all parties, the council has not done so.
Panel is working to evaluate inBloom database for district
I sit on the Jeffco School District Data Advisory Management Council with information technology experts from businesses across Jeffco as well as parents and teachers. We are investigating, testing and advising the district on the potential need for and safety of a new way to organize the extensive amounts of information that Jeffco staff must gather to effectively serve our kids.
Cloud-based data storage won't be safe for Jeffco students
Southwest Metro Water District continuing fee discussions
In the April 2013 edition of Your Water from the Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District, as well as previous district website updates, Southwest Metropolitan customers have been advised that the district is experiencing significant revenue reductions at the same time aging and deteriorating infrastructure is requiring large capital expenditures.
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2000 Dodge Ram 2500
By on 5/16/13 | Dryden, MI
I bought my 2000 quad cab in late 1999 and have had very limited amount of trouble. At 198,000 miles it still has the original ball joints,tie rods,most U joints,and original build on the transmission. I am not one to baby any truck but this one has taken it like a brute. The only real problems I had were the lift pump ( which Dodge has done away with) and a injector pump which failed from the lift pumps. I also dealt with the typical rust but dodge replaced my dors at 98,000 miles free of charge.
2000 Dodge Ram 2500
By on 8/14/11 | Port Hadlock, WA
Great truck and powerful engine. havnt had any horrible problems very reliable and i know its gonna last however i have had a starter problem which cost me a $1000 but other than that its a wonderful truck looks great and drives great and gets wonderful gas mileage definetly recomend dodge diesels!
2000 Dodge Ram 2500
By on 12/28/10 | Deary, ID
Where do I start? This vehicle reinforces my impression that US made cars/trucks are poorly made. I bought my 2000 Quad Cab 4x4 w/ Cummins diesel brand new and it has cost me about $1000 per year in repairs every year. I've had the A/C malfunction at least 5 times, once under warranty. My 6 speed transmission failed at 70,000 miles - cost me $4000 to replace. Two crankshaft position sensors, a lift pump and injector pump, leaking seals at both differentials, axles etc - axle seal leak required an otherwise unnecessary brake job. Four wheel drive vacuum switch failed and now all the vacuum lines on the 4 wheel drive actuator and the pump itself need to be replaced - cha ching. Oh yes, both the overhead pushbutton interior light switches have broken as well.
This vehicle has had so many problems that the times I've brought it to the dealer, the mechanics always say "this shouldn't happen" and look both disgusted and embarrassed. The Cummins itself seems like a good motor - Dodge just found a way to wrap it in garbage.
Where's Lee Iococca?
This vehicle has had so many problems that the times I've brought it to the dealer, the mechanics always say "this shouldn't happen" and look both disgusted and embarrassed. The Cummins itself seems like a good motor - Dodge just found a way to wrap it in garbage.
Where's Lee Iococca?
2000 Dodge Ram 2500
By on 4/6/09 | Tucson, AZ
I pull heavy loads, 9,000 trailer to 12,800 5th wheel. I have 98,500 miles on the truck (bought it new). I got 11.7 mpg pulling the 5th wheel,AZ to MN to AZ., total weight was 18,660 lbs. It drives and handles great! I use an automatic slider hitch, an excellent unit. I have the automatic xmsn., 4X4, HD with Off Road and Trailer pkgs. 10 yrs old in 10/09 and looks and runs great!
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Holistic Nursing Education
Am a RN with german and US license. Want to practise Holistic Nursing. Where can I get formal education in US?
Did anybody take the online class from Canyon College, is it recommendable?
Would appreciate ANY helpful info on this topic.
Does anybody have info on self-employed holistic RNs?
About Shanti
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RN, Mother, YogainstructorMay 3, '01Greetings All Nurses,
I have taken college courses in Herbology and Homeopathy at my local community college, try there first it is cheaper and it may not have program for a Nursing degree in that are but it is a start and is cheaper, and the credits will transfer to other institution!
I would do a web search for A.I.M. the Association for Intergrative Medicine, if you join please sign up using me "DoulaNurse" or it maybe "Jamistlc". Find me in the register uner Crowning Moments Childbirth Services in Columbus, Ohio USA
One University I would look into for Post-Grad is Bastyr, they have a great accrediated degree program for different areas of Alternative /Complementary Medicine and a Naturalpathic Physician Program.Jul 3, '01Dear Shanti,
Everything you want to know about holistic nursing in the US and Canada can be learned through the American Holistic Nurses Association. To get in touch with them:
PO Box 2130
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Good luck to you and welcome!!Jul 29, '01Shanti, At New York University they offer a Master's Degree in Holistic Nursing.
Best wishes, ChristinaSep 26, '01This is my dream too! I am completing my BSN so I can apply to the American Holistic Nurse Association.
But, unless a university within driving distance of home has graduate courses, I won't be taking themJul 11, '02Hello! I am wondering if anyone can offer information on holistic nursing for LPN's. Is certification in holistic nursing even offered to LPN's or do you have to be an RN? I am currently finishing my pre-requisites so I can apply to RN school but holistic nursing is something I would love to learn and do. I am also considering going even further into medical school and becoming a D.O. but this is not in the near future. :chuckle
Any advice or thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
I have checked the Holistic Nurses Association but did not find any information pertaining to LPN's.
Thanks! I look forward to your responses!
Jul 12, '02Anyone can join AHNA... there is a special rate for student nurses, LVN's are welcome as well!
There are Master's programs available at New Rochelle and Colorado Springs (both of which lead to clinical specialities in holistic nursing)... I think several others have sprung up as well but I don't have the locations.
Certification as a holistic nurse is targeted to BSN-prepared RN's because of the philosophic base required. More info can be found at http://www.ahna.org/edu/certification.html
It does not take an advanced degree to certify! There are many courses across the country that qualify for the 48 hours required, and AHNA has a marvelous national conference each year in June (next year in Phoenix AZ) that will add hours.
It's a great life... great association!
Writer, HNC (Holistic Nurse-Certified) and life member of AHNASep 7, '02A nurse I am working with is getting her Bachelor's Degree through this school: http://www.ccnh.edu/ Check it out! It really sounds too good to be true but you never know? If anyone out there has heard of it please share your thoughts/experiences...
CurlygirlSep 7, '02I looked at the site, and was wondering a few things...
who recognizes the degrees conferred by this program? For instance, if I take my Bachelor's program and then want to go to a University, will they recognize the degree? Who accredits them? Like I said, I looked at the site a bit but didn't find that out.Sep 7, '02They are accredited ...
Clayton College is accredited by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners (A.A.D.P.) and the American Naturopathic Medical Certification and Accreditation Board (A.N.M.C.A.B.). These are professional associations which offer professional accreditation in naturopathy and other areas of natural health. Both are private accrediting associations designed to meet the needs of non-traditional education and are not affiliated with any government agency.
...and there is an area that talks about what the graduates end up doing. The website takes a bit of patience to manuever.
They also have BS, MS and PhD's with varying fields of study pertaining to Natural Medicine/Health.
CurlyGirlSep 10, '02Great to hear these programs are accredited! But I would like to know how many nurses are really able to practice alternative medicine in the work place? and if so where do you work?
Jamistlc- you took herbology and homepathy. have you been able to apply these at work?
Please know that I fully support alternative medicine I am just curious to know how much freedom nurses have to really use it.Sep 11, '02Is this the school you mean? I just got my BS there and am working on my MS there? Check it out www.ccnh.edu....see if you like it.....
renerianMay 3, '03Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN has a MSN in Holistic Nursing. I met two ladies who are completing this program this month. They were very well rounded nurses with great hopes for thier different interests. I think this program is sure to be filling with great Holistic caregivers of tomorrow!


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If you are writing a new WP post, don't use your browser return tab then click on 'add new post'. I did that and previous posts were replaced by the new posts — the previous posts were deleted! And the funny thing was that I didn't notice at once because I really don't read my own blogs — I just scan them. I only noticed my blunder when I noticed that 2 posts were missing. Yes, I committed the blunder twice! What I did to restore the deleted posts:
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Online Things that Will Never Die
If you surf the social media web a lot, chances are you will stumble upon a lot of pieces about this app and that network or site dying. And most of those are plain dumb it's sickening. The things I'm convinced will never die:
The online business world will simply not exist without emailing. Ever notice that the first thing a website asks for your registration is your email address? Digital business uses mail subscriptions and mail newsletters. Replace mail deliveries with RSS feeds? Try that and see how very much more time you will be wasting.
Ahh… The most targeted of all. Most probably because it's the tool most whistleblowers use. Corruption is all around us and our corrupt system don't like being exposed. Even if the New World Order succeeds in shutting down all blogging platforms, it will have to kill all…
Social Networks
Because bloggers could also use them as alternative. And if or when that happens, you can be sure it's the endtimes of the world.
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Sadiq station leafletting – Gospel Oak
Join us on the first day back at work after the Easter break to tell commuters about Sadiq's plan for transport in London.
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As we arrive on the doorstep of another Christmas and 2014 comes to a close, I have spent some time thinking about these past twelve months and what I have witnessed as many faith communities finally begin to understand and address the difficult issues related to child sexual abuse. Each step forward brings a new set of challenges that I believe give us much to look forward to in 2015. Here are just a very few examples:
A conservative Protestant denomination adopted one of the strongest public statements on child protection by any religious denomination or community. Passing the statement was only the beginning. The challenge forward will be whether these words will actually propel faith communities to action in transforming their understanding and approach to child sexual abuse. Much to look forward to in 2015.
A powerful documentary brought to light allegations of systematic abuse and neglect of children inside a large and well-known Christian community. Making this amazing film was only the beginning. The challenge forward will be whether faith communities will embrace these brave voices as agents of change in creating cultures that better protect little ones and have no tolerance for those who hurt them. Much to look forward to in 2015.
A well-known fundamentalist institution requested an independent Christian organization to investigate its responses to sexual abuse disclosures made by students. Not only did this school voluntarily initiate this investigation, but also it agreed for the results to be made public. By voluntarily engaging in this independent and transparent process, this institution has set an historical and Gospel-centered precedent for Christendom and the watching world. Inviting the investigation and publicizing its results is only the beginning. The challenge forward for this institution and every other community that professes to follow Jesus will be to learn how to better love and comfort the afflicted, while implementing changes that value, protect, and serve the vulnerable. Much to look forward to in 2015.
The launch of an remarkable new interactive training program called 'Chaplains for Children' sponsored the Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center. Faith leaders and child service professionals from around the country are coming together to learn how to better protect children from offenders and educate their respective communities about child sexual abuse. The development of a successful training program is only the beginning. The challenge forward is for programs like this to grow as more faith communities realize how much they need to learn when it comes to protecting and serving children. Much to look forward to in 2015.
A church that did all the right things when it learned that one of its members was suspected of abusing a child. Because of this church's unwavering love for children and its incredible persistence to find truth, an offender is behind bars and abuse survivors are receiving much needed assistance. One church's successful response to abuse is only the beginning. The challenge forward is for churches around the country to follow in the footsteps of a small church in West Virginia when learning that a member is suspected of sexually victimizing a child. Much to look forward to in 2015.
What was most amazing about 2014 were the growing number of heroic voices coming out of a Christian world who no longer accept silence as a response to abuse. These are the voices of victims, advocates, family members, clergy, and those that simply care. These are the beautiful voices of Lydia, Wendy, Kristi, Tam, David, Jamie, Sheri, Robert, Molly Catherine, Victor, Caleb, Laura, Amy(x4), Jonathan, Marshall, Charissa, Mark, Kim, Diane, Duncan, Peter, Adam, Stephanie, Rachel, Jen, Aubrey, Morven, Simon, Justin, Mary, Phil, Justin, Melody, Ed, Christopher, Norris, Mary Ellen, Beth, Diana, Mike (2x), Ken, Rob, Jason, Catherine, Shauna, Ryan, Dan, and the list could go on and on and on. As I wrote in my first post of 2014,
"These are the voices that teach us so much about how this grave offense eviscerates the bodies and souls of God's children. These are the voices that are often the life preservers for survivors who have lost all hope and find themselves alone and drowning. These are the voices that empower those suffering in silence to begin finding their own voice. These are the voices that help to expose the deceitful and dark lives of perpetrators. These are the voices of light. These are the voices of Jesus."
Much to look forward to in 2015.
Despite the progress and the remarkable voices of hope, this past year has seen too much of the same darkness and hurt that has defined the past. Perpetrators were embraced as children were abused, victims were sacrificed as reputations were protected, and too many Christians preferred to remain silent out of fear of alienating those with power and influence. In 2014, it was still often difficult to see Jesus amidst His Church.
But He is there and has never left.
As I look forward to Christmas, I cannot help but be reminded that God's immeasurable value of little ones was so persuasively demonstrated on Christmas morning when He came to us as a baby. It is the voice from that beautiful child that turns everything upside down as He brings truth, light, and much needed hope to us all. It is that baby who gives each of us much to look forward to in 2015.
Merry Christmas!
This post was originally published on Dec 19, 2014 by RNS. It is reposted here with their permission.


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'04 rendition of War of 1812 saw a 35% increase in players.
We had to move to the Valley Ballroom due to the increase - fortunately
already set up for the cons use the following day and available
unexpectedly for overflows on Tuesday night. We had 35 players
play in the three round Swiss-Elimination tourney. Players were
allowed to bid VP's to play the Americans. There were few bids
but the average was a bid of 1 with a high bid of 3. Most players
did not bid for either side even though the last few years the
Americans have held an advantage at both the WBC and the BPA
Block Party.
I guess they knew more than we thought because this year the
British had the advantage with 18 wins. Of those wins, eight
came in the 1814 year. British play also included six rare wins
in the 1812 year. The US ended the tourney with 16 wins, seven
of those in the 1812 year. The Americans were also able to win
four games that went the distance of 1814. There were six draws
for the entire tourney and it seems that most players would prefer
that we drop the draw for next year's tourney. [Other GMs
please take note ... draws are usually not acceptable in a tournament
The following report is from the '04 champ Matt Calkins as
he defeated three-time defending champ David Metzger. David conducted
himself as a class champion for the last three years and is a
credit to the hobby!
In the final, Matt Calkins paid 1 VP for the Americans. It
was a rematch of last year's final. The American draw was superior,
with an average value of 3.0 vs 2.7 for the British. The US set
up a strong attack in the eastern region, and put two blocks
in Detroit to keep the Indians out of the war. Britain played
symmetrically, with an opposite strong force in the East, and
a couple of blocks on the western extreme. America began by rushing
the dragoon to Detroit on a double move. (Last year in the final,
David's Brits overran Matt's American's western front and with
the help of the Indian dominated that whole end of the board
throughout the game.) Seeing the western odds tipped against
him 3-2, the British commander retreated his blocks and set the
Lake Erie fleet to water.
On the eastern shore of Lake Ontario, another game of feint
and bluff was proceeding in parallel. Two large armies stared
across the border in Sacket's Harbor and Kingston. The Americans
moved first, rushing eastwards in an attempt to take Montreal.
Twice the British pre-empted them, however, and managed to consolidate
their forces into a well-defended position. America responded
by force marching an army from Albany to Kingston (over two moves),
taking advantage of the absence of British troops to claim an
important city on the cheap.
A sea battle was fought at even odds in Lake Ontario, won
by the Americans. Meanwhile the British had recovered from an
initially defensive posture to claim Lake Champlain.
The end of the first year drawing close, the board stood as
follows: Americans owned two of the three lakes, had a five-point
foothold in Amherstburg and Kingston, and a two-army advantage
in pieces. (A nine-pt edge, which is not quite enough to win.)
The American army waited on Montreal's doorstep, threatening
a fight or a quick dispersion that could claim perhaps three
victory points without a struggle. The final initiative roll
would be critical for both sides, particularly the British. America
won it, and asked that Britain move first. If the Montreal force
stayed concentrated, the US could disperse and snatch enough
victory points to win. If it dispersed, the US could charge Montreal
and win four points (and the game) in one location. The British
chose a risky move (but the best option available) which if successful
would prolong the game until 1813. They tried a double force
march, the dragoon all the way to Sacket's Harbor, and a regular
army to Plattsburg. If both worked they'd claim five victory
points and prevent the US from winning regardless of what happened
in Montreal. Only one force march succeeded, however, setting
up America's inevitable final move: an invasion of Montreal.
America attacked, and with good luck in the Canadian crossing
got all 22 strength points into Montreal. Britain defended with
16. The battle dice favored the Americans, and their edge grew
with each round. The game ended on the last turn of 1812 with
a British concession, Matt's third wood, and the end of David's
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NEW YORK CITY — New Yorkers hoping to see stars such as Mikhail Baryshnikov or Cate Blanchett may not have to travel farther than their backyards this summer as companies from around the world make appearances on New York stages starting on July 5.
The Upper West Side's Lincoln Center Festival, for example, has a broader roster than ever, with the Sydney Theatre Company performing Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya," or Druid Theater Company's "Plays by Tom Murphy," for as little as $25 a ticket.
"We can bring in, during the summer, works that reflect a larger picture of what New York is," director Nigel Redden told DNAinfo.com New York about the festival, which lasts until Aug. 5.
"Interestingly, in this year's festival, we're doing plays that involve some very high-profile personalities."
Blanchett is likely to excite theater-goers during the festival when she plays Sonja in "Uncle Vanya," and the legendary Baryshnikov is set to dazzle in the Dmitry Krymov Laboratory's "In Paris."
One of the most highly anticipated companies at this year's Lincoln Center Festival, however, is the National Theatre of Scotland, featuring Tony Award-winning actor Alan Cumming in a rendition of Shakespeare's "Macbeth."
Cumming plays both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth — as well as every other character in the play — as a mentally ill man suffering a psychotic break. The one-man show transforms the Shakespearean play from the countryside of Scotland to a green-tiled psychiatric ward, in which Cumming is the lone patient.
"The story is about desire, and ambition, and the supernatural — story elements that everyone can relate to," Cumming said in a video interview on the Lincoln Center website.
Here's DNAinfo.com New York's list below of must-see companies that are performing in the city this summer.
This summer marks a special anniversary for the acclaimed Public Theater company, as the beloved Shakespeare in the Park turns 50 years old.
The half-century of free Shakespeare in Central Park performances will be celebrated with "As You Like It," June 5 to 30, directed by acclaimed theater artist Daniel Sullivan, and "Into the Woods," July 23 to August 25, directed by Timothy Sheader.
"Into the Woods" features Amy Adams, and both plays appear at the program's permanent stage at the Delacorte Theater.
"These plays, explosive and lyrical, raw and sophisticated, by young artists and masters, are a rich expression of the huge range of theater that finds a home at The Public," said Artistic Director Oskar Eustis.
"We mix artists and we mix audiences, creating a community that is as rich as America itself. In this season, where we are revitalizing our building, our lobby will be the most exciting place to be in New York," he said.
When and where: The shows will take place from June 5 to 30 and July 23 to Aug. 25 at the Delacorte Theater, located at Central Park West and West 81st Street, or Fifth Avenue and East 79th Street.
New Yorkers with a sense of adventure will not want to miss the New York Classical Theatre's annual "roving play" performance in Manhattan this summer, where bystanders become active participants in Shakespearean and other classical plays.
This year, the company will put on a production based on "Twelfth Night," turning the classic Shakespearean play into a story based in New York in the 1900s.
The play will be performed in Battery Park until July 22 as part of Downtown's River to River Festival, which will also feature Company SJ's "Act Without Words II," by Samuel Beckett.
The Shakespearean comedy intersperses a story of mistaken identities and fooled lovers with the scenic waterway of New York Harbor serving as a backdrop for the storyline.
"The turn of the 20th century was a magical time of excitement and possibility here in New York City, and that perfectly parallels this story of self-reinvention and new beginnings," said New York Classical Theatre founder and artistic director Stephen Burdman, in a release.
"This is my 25th year as a director, and I wanted to present this play, which includes some of Shakespeare's greatest poetry, as a "love letter" to the city that has provided me such a rewarding artistic home."
When and Where: The shows will run until July 15 at Battery Park.
Primary Stages, the resident company of hit theater 59E59, will present three plays by Pulitzer-winning dramatist Horton Foote starting July
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The play "explores the humor, darkness, and romance of the people of the titular town," according to the 59E59 site.
Other plays featured at 59E59 Theater this summer include "Hell: Paradise Found," a story by the University of Alabama about a dead lawyer who feels a strong desire to go to hell because he thinks its a much better alternative to staying in heaven.
Ends up, other residents of hell are determined to stand in his way, including Shakespeare, Sinatra and Mother Theresa, according to the site.
Finally, "East to Edinburgh 2012" returns to 59E59 before they head over to England for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
East to Edinburgh 2012 features 12 shows, including "Dirty Barbie and Other Girlhood Tales," by Dee Dee Stewart, and "Dead Man's Cell Phone," by Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl.
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Despite spending three years studying in Leicester, I'd never really spent any time in Birmingham. I passed through it regularly on my way to somewhere else, and I saw two incredible gigs there (Joanna Newsom and Regina Spektor), but I'd never explored the city before. So after we'd finished making our wedding rings we decided to spend the day doing just that!
We started with a walk along the canal, from the Jewellery Quarter to the Library. Birmingham has a vast system of canals, more miles than Venice apparently! And during the Industrial Revolution it was vital for feeding the industry in the city.
The new Library of Birmingham was designed by the Dutch designer Mecanoo and opened in September. It's the largest municipal library in Europe and is pretty damn impressive! Sadly we didn't get much time inside as it closes at 5pm on a Saturday, but we did manage a quick venture up to the top floor to see the view! One day I'll have to go back to bask in all those books...
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The pop star became a mum after giving birth to Maxwell Drew last month (May12), and she has now debuted the eight-week-old baby to her 5.3 million Twitter fans.
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Keeping the link
Building and maintaining social relations and fostering personal development through living in a group, such are the aims of Espace Bel Age (Colmar) and the Leisure Centre (Mulhouse). The Opéra national du Rhin welcomes groups of senior citizens in partnership with these associations. In Strasbourg, the residents of EHPAD Abrapa Neudorf come to watch several young audience performances each season. Let us not forget that intergenerational relations between the elderly and our youngest populations are also essential.
Coming to the theatre means keeping a line of contact with other people, the world outside and sharing a magical moment together. And to further our action this season, we propose to come to these institutions and conduct interactive activities based on gesture - a physical approach because the body has its own language at all ages. Singers from the Studio will also come with us to visit our senior citizens and offer interactive exercises based on voice.


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TROY Magazine
If I were asked to explain Troy University's
mission of globalization using just one anecdote,
I would be tempted to tell the story of Ashkelon,
the subject of our cover story in this issue of Troy
University Magazine. Ashkelon, located some 35 miles
from Tel Aviv, is the site of an archeological dig that
began in 1985, but it's also the site of a new academic
partnership for our University.
Dr. Bill Grantham, a member of our social sciences
faculty, has sent TROY students to the Middle East
each summer for four years now to work on this
dig alongside faculty and students from Harvard,
Boston College and Wheaton College in unearthing
the secrets of the past. I am proud that this year
TROY was asked to join these outstanding institutions
in formal partnership on this project, which is a
testimony to the work of Dr. Grantham and our
students who have worked at Ashkelon.
Overseas projects such as Ashkelon were what
we had in mind when we began the process of
internationalization more than 20 years ago. Not only
do we want to bring students and scholars from other
lands to Alabama, we also want to expose our students
from the United States to the broader world, for that
is the stage on which the next generation of leaders
will perform. That's why TROY students can be found
studying and learning in China, Italy, London, France
and Kenya, just to name a few of our study-abroad
The Trojan Nation is producing its share of authors,
working in all genres. This edition reports on a faculty
member who has written a timely and well-received
work on the lessons society can take from the great
tornado outbreak of 2011 and its aftermath. We also
profile alumnus James Harvey, a retired businessman
who has added "successful author" to his resume.
Mr. Harvey has written a novel set in the Florida
Panhandle region during the World War II era and is
working on a second novel.
This issue also profiles the first class of our
Troy University Sports Hall of Fame, which will
be inducted this year. Those to be enshrined
represent the very best of the Trojan Spirit and the
establishment of a hall of fame to honor our Trojan
sports heroes is long overdue. The ceremony will be
held in our beautiful new Trojan Arena, where our hall
of fame will be housed.
Speaking of athletics, next football season promises
to be a season of firsts. It marks the first season
we have six home games since joining the NCAA's
Football Bowl Subdivision and Mississippi State will
be the first Southeastern Conference school to visit
Veterans Memorial Stadium when the Bulldogs come
calling on Sept. 15. But the afternoon of Nov. 10 will
be meaningful in a sense that transcends athletics. On
that day the Trojans will play Navy and it's the first time
a service academy has visited Troy for a football game.
It's also Veterans Day and the 237th anniversary of the
United States Marine Corps, so we are planning several
special events for that day in addition to our traditional
"Salute to Veterans."
Make plans to return to campus for these exciting
events and we especially want you back on Nov. 17th for
our annual homecoming celebration.
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Townsend followed Mickelson on his second nine holes and he said that Phil's play on Friday was totally different from Thursday. His iron play as well as the rest of his game was sharp and he actually left a lot of shots out on the course. It was great to watch Phil begin his second nine holes with three straight birdies and it was great to see the Phil that we know and love so to speak.
Even if Phil did not shoot 64 in the second round, he is still in Scotland a week before The Open Championship and is a few steps ahead of the players who are still in the United States who will have to fly over and have just two days to get acclimated to the changes in everything from time to food to weather. Townsend said that he has believed for many years that travelling to the United Kingdom the week before The Open Championship is the best way to prepare and anyone who does that has an advantage entering the year's third Major.
In order to win at Royal Lytham & St. Annes next week, Phil will have to improve with his putter. He shot 64 in the second round but he did not putt very well. Based on his observations, Phil overdoes the forward press with his putter when he is struggling on the greens and that is what he was doing today. Townsend feels that it is definitely possible for Phil to improve his performance with the putter but he will have to do so if he is to have any chance of winning the Claret Jug.
The players who played in the morning today competed in conditions similar to what they were on Thursday afternoon. Conditions are much calmer for the afternoon wave and if the wind does not pick up, players like Francesco Molinari have a good chance to go low and separate themselves from the rest of the field with 36 holes to go.


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The Royal Danish Embassy in Tallinn in cooperation with the Estonian Waterworks Association (EVEL) facilitated a seminar "New Technologies and Innovative Solutions in the Danish Water sector". Six Danish companies were present, and 12 Estonian waterworks, consultancy companies, and producers of water and sewerage chemicals participated.
Vahur Tarkmees from the Estonian Waterworks Association (EVEL) opened the seminar by stating that the members of EVEL and their waterworks consume 90 % of consumers connected to the network.
There was a focus on EU investments in the water sector, and the Danish solutions can assist with both larger and small scale projects. Antti Tooming from the Ministry of Environment explained that the EU has set aside 140 million Euro going to the Estonian water sector. The current EU funding will most likely be the last and financing from local municipalities and companies will therefore increase over time. Antti Tooming highlighted that Denmark was the first country to sign bilateral contracts in the environmental sector.
The seminar continued with Danish companies introducing their field and experience that they can offer to Estonian colleagues.
Hedensted Spildevand A/S is a Danish wastewater company and they were present in order to share their knowledge. Hedensted Spildevand A/S is a high-tech, state of the art wastewater company with five wastewater treatment plants. They have extensive know-how and experience regarding Danish products and solutions they have used in their plants and wastewater treatment in general and company offered their knowledge to all the Estonian counterparts.
Liqflow A/S, a privately owned pump and pumping station supplier with more than 20 years of experience presented their unique High Head Centrifugal Grinder Pump. The pump is used to grind the solids present in wastewater into slurry which is then pumped through the small diameter pressure pipe. Liqflow is the only company delivering this service on the market.
The international environmental company specializing in sustainable water treatment Krüger is a consultant, contractor and supplier of technical equipment within the areas of drinking water, process water and wastewater. Krüger is a part of Veolia, one of the largest environmental companies in the world.
Aarsleff presented their innovative renewal technology with a minimum of disturbance, and without excavation no matter whether the pipes are beneath roads or buildings. Aarsleff is the innovator of Cured-In-Place Pipe Lining (CIPP), which is a highly effective No-Dig method for pipe renewal with an expected lifetime of at least 100 years.
Danish company Kamstrup is well-known in Estonia. In 2015 Kamstrup won a public procurement – to deliver 28.000 smart water meters to 21 Estonian water utilities. Kamstrup offers flexible end-to-end solutions that meet the unique demands of each customer. They combine the newest ultrasonic technology with remote reading, advanced pressure- and leakage surveillance and high end-user involvement. All Kamstrup products are made in Scandinavian factories.
Grundfos presented their pumps and pump systems for various purposes and the benefits of Demand Driven Distribution, pump audit and Computational Fluid Dynamics which help to provide the most sustainable water solutions.
In addition Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen from Technical University of Denmark's Department of Environmental Engineering talked about using sandfilters for cleaning micropollutants from ground water.
The seminar brought many Estonian and Danish companies from the field together, new projects and cooperation was planned.
See photos from the event here.
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Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Weapons Rumble: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Michael Nakazawa
2. DDT Extreme Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Super Sasadango Machine
HARASHIMA Army
HARASHIMA, KUDO, Yasu Urano, Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega, Gota Ihashi, Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki, Hikaru Sato, Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo, Akito, DJ Nira, Guanchulo and Michael Nakazawa
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Sanshiro Takagi Vs Michael Nakazawa is added to the card after Nakazawa strongly demanded the match to happen. Not only that but Nakazawa also wants it to be a Weapons Rumble match, a match where a different weapon is brought down to the ring every couple of minutes. Nakazawa has been acting odd lately. He has been using a certain Golden Star's phone to send naked pictures of himself to Takagi, probably to play mind games with him (key word: probably). Nakazawa also said he has prepared a secret weapon that will frighten Takagi when it appears.
Osaka Dotonbori Arena
1. Makoto Oishi Vs Soma Takao
2. MIKAMI, Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Guanchulo
3. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
4. HARASHIMA & KUDO Vs HAYATA & TORU
5. Next KO-D 6-Man Tag Challenger Final: Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Shoichi Uhida
6. Next Extreme Title Challenger 4 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Yasu Urano Vs DJ Nira
7. Next KO-D Challenger Final: Shigehiro Irie Vs Akito
DDT's doubleshot return to Osaka Dotonbori Arena next month is all about deciding challengers for all of their championships. Night 1 has matches that will determine the No. 1 Contenders for the KO-D Openweight, DDT Extreme and KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships. The Extreme Title challenger will face either HARASHIMA or Super Sasadango Machine for the belt in Nagoya on 2nd February.
HAYATA & TORU both come from Dotonbori Pro Wrestling.
Osaka Dotonbori Arena
1. Akito & Kazuki Hirata Vs YO-HEY & La Pete
2. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Sanshiro Takagi & DJ Nira
3. HARASHIMA, KUDO & Yasu Urano Vs Losers of 12/01 6-Man Challenger Final
4. Next Iron Man Challenger Battle Royal: MIKAMI Vs Toru Owashi Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Soma Takao Vs Gaunchulo
5. Next KO-D Tag Challenger Final: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Aja Kong (c) Vs Winners of 12/01 6-Man Challenger Final
Night 2 decides who will go for the KO-D Tag Team and Iron Man Heavymetalweight Titles. The Homo-sapiens will also hold their first defence of the 6-Man belts against whoever wins that Next Challenger match on Night 1. The eventual Tag Team Title match against Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto will take place on the 26th January Korakuen Hall show. The Iron Man Title match against the champion HARASHIMA will happen sometime in February.
YO-HEY & La Pete also come from Dotonbori Pro Wrestling.


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With "Iron Man 2" hitting theaters today, the Marvel movie universe is on everyone's minds lately — and we're not alone in wondering what the new film could mean for those that follow it.
How will the events of "Iron Man 2" affect "Thor," "Captain America" and "Avengers"? Heck, how will they affect "Iron Man 3"?
MTV News asked that very question of director Jon Favreau, who shared some thoughts on the franchise's future and said he still plans to get Iron Man's arch-enemy, The Mandarin, into the picture for the third installment.
"I would like 'Iron Man 3' to pay it off, but there's so much I don't understand yet about what the world is going to be like then," said Favreau. "You've got 'Thor,' 'Captain America,' 'Avengers' all happening with different directors before 'Iron Man 3' — and that's all going to affect 'Iron Man 3.'"
"What's going to have happened by then?" he asked. "With 'Thor,' you're going to have all this supernatural stuff happening and magic and there's a lot of stuff going on in the world. If it's going to match the comic books, it's going to be incredibly complex for film."
As for Iron Man's ten-ringed nemesis The Mandarin, Favreau said the villain is still very much in play for the third film — but bringing him to the screen isn't without its issues.
"You have to do The Mandarin," he said. "The problem with The Mandarin is, the way it's depicted in the comic books, you don't want to see that. He also has 10 magical rings, and it just doesn't feel right for our thing, so it's either tech-based or the rings are not really rings."
"But maybe with 'Thor' and all those others you'll introduce magic to that world and it won't seem so out of place," he said.
Would you like to see Mandarin in the "Iron Man" movies? Let us know what you think in the comment section or on Twitter!
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Future Faerun
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Welcome to Toril, the world set to D&D's Forgotten Realms, Oriental Adventures and Arabic Adventures. This is a ongoing campaign world I have been running since 1997, currently using the 5th Edition of D&D Rule set D&D Next. This world is somewhat different from the cannon setting, but there are a lot of similarities to the current Forgotten Realms. Feel free to check out their Wikipedia for more minutia of the worlds. This setting is split into the three continents, with Faerun containing Forgotten Realm and Oriental Adventures, Zuhkara being the homeland for Arabic Adventures, and Maztika for my newest Baldurian Adventures group.
DM approval through Legendary Stats roll.
DM approval through Rule of 6.
Playable Classes:
Barbarian (Berserker, Totem Warrior, Chaos Chosen)
Bard (College of Lore, College of Valor)
Cleric (Knowledge, Life, Light, Nature, Tempest, Trickery, War, Death, Mystic Theurge, Rune Caster)
Druid (Circle of the Land, Circle of the Moon)
Fighter (Champion, Battle Master, Eldritch Knight)
Monk (Way of the Open Hand, Way of the Shadow, Way of the Four Elements)
Mystic only available to level 10 (Order of the Awakened, Order of the Immortal)
Paladin (Oath of Devotion, Oath of the Ancients, Oath of Vengeance, Oathbreaker)
Ranger (Hunter, Beast Master, Deep Stalker, Guardian, Seeker, Stalker)
Rogue (Thief, Assassin, Arcane Trickster, Swashbuckler, Mastermind)
Sorcerer (Draconic Bloodline, Wild Magic, Storm, Shadow)
Warlock (Pact of the Chain, Pact of the Blade, Pact of the Tome, The Undying Light)
Wizard (Abjuration, Conjuration, Divination, Enchantment, Evocation, Illusion, Necromancy, Transmutation, Artificer)
Playable Races:
Constructs (Cyrean), free willed constructed beings.
Dragonborn (Black, Blue, Brass, Bronze, Brown, Cobolt, Copper, Gold, Green, Iron, Purple, Red, Silver, White), created by the dragonlords of Abeir after the fall of the Titans.
Dwarves (Blackton, Frostbeard, Grenkum, Hardbromm, Lutgehr and Rummaheim, Kozakura), the Stout Folk, great drinkers and miners.
Elves (Cormyrean, Llewyrr, Illythiiri, Yotsu), the Fair Folk, tall and willowy with a haughty attitude.
Extraplanar (Aarakocra, Aasimar, Genasi, Githvyril, Tiefling), the many varied races immigrated from other planes, as different as they are wonderous.
Giantkin (Pyradocian), half breeds and lesser giants of Faerun.
Gnomes (Cormyrean, Lantan, Riften), feywild immigrants gifted with invention.
Halflings (Ghostwise, Uthgardian, Luiren), the Free Folk, great travelers.
Humans (Calishite, Cormyrean, Chultan, Damaran, Karaturian, Luskan, Mulan, Rashemi, Riften, Tethyrian, Uthgardian, Waterdhavian) the most populous race in the world.
Orcs (Theskan, Pale), the toughest of races on Toril.
Shifter (Cloakess, Jaguar Warrior, Lycanthrope, Lythari, Ratticus, Ursusi, Werecrotti)
Faerun, a traditional European medieval trope with significant changes and developments along the way. Arcane trains trace through the Underdark, the world has been split into titanic nations that span the realms and the world is mostly occupied territories with deep political infighting. Most of the more wild places are still untamed with the governments more concerned with rivals than any regional threats. Gunpowder is finally relatively common, but firearms are still millennium off production or mass adoption.
Designed for parties that want a little more political power play and military events during their stereotypical dungeon crawler experiences.
Maztika, a harsh glimpse into the culture and world of Meso-America and Native American culture. This world contains elements of ancient horrors, ruined empires, blood sacrifice and an ever looming threat of the Old Ones overshadowing the search for Anchormere, the Promised Land. The lands have thousands of unique horrors and beasts, as well as decrepit empires and tribal lands your party will have to ovecome while retracing the steps of Balduran the Explorer.
Designed for parties that want a deep dive into exploration and survival that is ever pressing while engaging in more stereotypical dungeon crawls.
Zuhkara, a middle age Arabic trope containing chiefly elements of 'The Arabian Night: One Thousand and One Nights', 'Tales of the Jinn', and the Arabic city-states and empires of Africa in the mid-1100s. The entire Continent is united from a religious Crusade 300 years ago from a collection of five powerful mystic theurges, The Grand Caliphs of Providence. The entire continent is united under a single faith, The Ten Fates which strictly forbids worship of any other than the nine sanctioned Gods. Meanwhile the city states of Southron and Hill-land tribes are starting to show cracks against the religious oppression.
Designed for parties that want a little more religious and ethical dilemmas to overshadow their stereotypical dungeon crawler experiences.
The Outer Planes
The Celestial Sphere, The great celestial sphere, sixteen massive planes, each tailored and created to give peace or torment to the mortals of Toril, revolving around the Court of the Dead where they enter. The Gods make their homes here and look out over the mortal world, maintaining their flocks.
Elemental Plane, a swirling maelstrom of chaos and energy made into pure elemental forces. It contains the four elements of Evocation magic, as well as the radiant and necrotic planes. The vast majority of evocation and conjuration spells are drawn from the energy of this Plane. The destructive and creative energies are so well balanced that elemental creatures spring forth from the pure matter of this realm.
Shadowfell, Toril's dark twin, the shadowfell echos the locations and realm of the Material Plane, but muted. The negative energy plane seems to bleed over in this realm, sucking all life and joy from it over time. This realm is extremely close to ours, with areas of the world physically overlapping in places called Shadow Crossings and Darktowns. There are extreme similiarities to the Negative Energy Plane, however Shadowfell is able to support life, in a manner of speaking. Shadow Dragons and the remnants of the Netherese Empire rest here.
Feywilds, the Wild Realm, was originally the home for the Elves, Fey, Gnomes, and surprisingly the Goblins of Toril. This is also a source of magic used by those creatures innately which works outside of The Weave and normal rules. There lush forest and jungle cover all, ruled over by the Eladrin Courts, and the Goblin Empire of Pansaer. Dragons also entire the realm for its high levels of magical energy. It also tends to overlap the Material Plane, in the deepest parts of the forests and jungle, and certain magical spots call Crosswalks.
The Far Realm, the Outer Space. All that exists outside of our realities. All who go there come back changed, made and deformed. Supposedly Ao came from the Far Realm to create our realities, and that is where he has gone back to. Occasionally the Farm Realm has pushed back into our reality, birthing horrors like the Illithid, Beholders, and the Aboleth. Invaders and defilers that they are, the Farm Realm has been locked away forever behind the celestial barrier known as The Crystal Gate, but if you have the right key, it can be opened…
Sources of Power
Deities of Toril , the dozens of deities and demigods of significant influence that have the ability to grant their followers with aspects of their power. This emboldens their churches and their worshippers. Strangely, some individuals can also tap these forces underpinning their power without a gods consent, merely through the strength of their faith alone. Most gods have access to several aspects, allowing their followers to find the particular branch of the church that appeals to them most.
Mystra's Weave, a layer of power and logic underneath the reality of the material plane. This is the source of arcane magic drawn either through learning of the Eight Schools of Elminster, or through stranger sources of knowledge within the world. The weave controls all aspects of arcane magic, and even divine spells have to work through it's constraints. Very few things exist outside the rules and restrictions of the Weave, all of them Artifacts of great power.
Primal Spirits, the energies that make up Toril are woven deep into it's people and the land itself. These primal energies have become the spirits of the animals in some places, or a more general mental and natural force in others. These spirits heed the call of the druids and hermits that are able to perceive and work along their will. Primal spirits, while not as powerful as the Gods, none the less banned deities from stepping into the Material Plane to stop their meddling and destruction. Hallucinogenic compounds are the most effective way for the uninitiated to contact the spirits, who have quite strange motivations and ideals compared to the average person.


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Alexandra Baumgartner teaches us that nothing is what it seems to be initially: behind (petty) bourgeois façades volcanoes bubble. Wooden railing posts are lined up – in Evidence – like rifles of a firing squad; the empty bird cage – Intervall – evokes the prison our world turns out to be. The dancer Rudolf Nurejew, emblem of the free mobility of man, is – Hypnosis – spellbound, captivated by the test image he stares at. Seeing, looking, views play a major role in Alexandra's works. Other collages open up second and third realities behind burn holes, or we see – an empty nothing.
The artist exposes realities hiding behind beautiful appearances. Thus a pretty garden fountain turns into a nightmare, cute puttos' faces become distorted grimaces, the cheerful scene is a fight for life and death. The harmless image of an anthill metamorphasizes into an apocalyptic scenery of a world dominated by insects, allegory of a society where a faceless crowd determines the rules.
Many fine as well as merciless threads run through the works. They measure, brace and sew up the collages' heads and faces – reminiscences of Frankenstein's monsters. A works such as Intervall demonstrates how skilfully Alexandra spins the threads. An empty cage holder is connected tightfully with the wall by strips, the associated photograph of a child continues the thread: his little head is incorporated in a kind of record paper – the child as an experimental arrangement. However, the sheet is a tool for tailoring, in a private environment traditionally associated with women. In fact, it is mainly women who dominate Baumgartner's world.
Entreact illustrates the power of the feminie most clearly. A hysterical woman, a patient of the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot in the late 19th century, makes chairs dance. Her magic gesture of incantation is an expression of her psychopathic energy. The clinical picture of hysteria was almost exclusively diagnosed in women, and Charcot took a pleasure in letting them perfom in public. This woman is a victim of male phantasies as well as a carrier of an extrasensory power. The fragility of it all is demonstrated by the chairs that are just tilted against each other and may fall on the slightest push.
It is not difficult to see in the work by this artist, born in Salzburg and living – next to Berlin – in Vienna, reminiscencies of pychoanalysis. It is the Sigmund Freund gene that is active in the Austrian woman. And as the events locked in one's psyche often date from far back, so her images and objects belong to long-gone times.
Precursors of this work can be found in Surrealism (just think of the scene in Un Chien Andalou, where a knife in a man's hand cuts through a woman's eye) and, with its psycho-sexual connotation, in the scandalous writings of the Marquis de Sade. It is not a beautiful world that is being presented to us by Alexandra Baumgartner; it is the beholder's task to decide how realistic it is.
Statement of the artist:
"The subjects of my works are psychic and moral abysses, the physical decay of man, transience, network of relationships, limit states, loss of control and anxiety. I am analyzing the fragile context between deeply private feelings and social constraints. Nature who defines us and the human being trying to control it but ultimately has to succumb. Everyone fights this struggle inside oneself. The beast within us, the animal one tries to control yet that will always win, if you like it or not."
|born in Salzburg
|University Mozarteum Salzburg
|Photography College, Grafische Lehranstalt Wien
|Universiy of Applied Arts Vienna
Lives and works in Berlin and Vienna
EXHIBITIONS (S=Solo)
|Arcadia Unbound, Funkaus Nalepastraße, Berlin
The Collage Principle, Forum Frohner, Krems
Queertopia: It Takes a Village, 68projects, Berlin
Audience, Corner Window Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (S)
Saloon, Sexauer Gallery, Berlin
Gegen den Tag, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
Instant Edition, Museum Leopold, Wien
Intervall, Städtisches Museum Engen + Galerie, Engen (S)
|f/12.2, Stipendiatenausstellung, DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt am Main
Viel Arbeit, wenig Rot, Salon Hansa, Berlin
Samples (überstürztes Hängen), Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin
Painting Was a Lady Goes America, Wonderloch Kellerland, New York
Money Works 2, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
Sessel, Stuhl, Hocker in der Kunst, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg
Der schwarze Hund, Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst, Baden-Baden
Talent, Galerie 401contemporary, Berlin
Psycho Killer, Galerie Börgmann, Mönchengladbach
The Hot 100 Auction, Paddle8, New York
|Let us snow, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin
Hypermart, Galerie Trapp, Salzburg
Pop Hits & Alptraum, Artspace Rhein Main, Offenbach
Artists in Love, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin
Entreakt, Berlin-Weekly, Berlin (O)
Open Art/Summerstage, Wien
Entreakt, Berlin-Weekly, Berlin (S)
Open Art/Summerstage, Wien
|Death Can Dance (curated by Lori Hersberger), Townhouse, Zürich
Alptraum – The Nightmare never Ends, Metro Manila, Green Papaya Art Projects, Quezon City, Philippinen
Auction for Adisco, Sotheby´s Mailand
Alptraum, Goethe Institute Johannesburg, South Africa
|Le choix de Paris, Cité internationale des arts, Paris
I am a work in progress, Periscope, Salzburg
Alptraum, Blank Projects, Cape town; The Company Gallery, Los Angeles; Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin; Cell Project Space, London
Tape Modern No.19, Tape Club, Berlin
|Top 5 Shortlisted Artists, DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt am Main
|Cité internationale des arts, Paris
|Emanuel und Sophie Fohn Foundation, Munich
|Anni und Heinrich Sussmann Foundation, Vienna
|International Summer Academy Salzburg, Leon Golub/Nancy Spero


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Moscow: Russia`s lower house of Parliament is considering formal ratification of an agreement with the United States that has allowed the US military to ferry troops and supplies for military operations in Afghanistan across
Russian territory.
The State Duma is set to vote later today on the 2009 deal, which has already been implemented pending the ratification.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the State Duma that there have been 780 US flights over Russia since September 2009. He said they carried 115,000 American troops and more than 19,000 metric tons of cargo to and from Afghanistan.
Ryabkov said the air route over Russia has accounted for 16 percent of all US military shipments to and from Afghanistan. Russia has touted the deal as a key contribution to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan.


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The Museum of Modern Love
|Heather Rose
|Heather Rose
Winner of Best Designed Literary Fiction Book - Australian Book Design Awards 2017 (Australia) and The Stella Prize 2017 (Australia) and Christina Stead Prize for Fiction - NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2017 (Australia) and Designer's Choice Cover of the Year - Australian Book Design Awards 2017 (Australia). Short-listed for Australian Literature Society Gold Medal 2017 (Australia) and Margaret Scott Prize - Tasmanian Premier's Literary Prizes 2017 (Australia) and Best Fiction - Queensland Premier's Literary Awards 2017 (Australia).
The Museum of Modern Love is Heather Rose's 7th novel. Her novels span adult literary fiction, children's literature, fantasy/sci-fi and crime. Heather's previous novels are White Heart (1999), The Butterfly Man (2005) and The River Wife (2009). Heather also writes the acclaimed Tuesday McGillycuddy series for children (written under the pen-name of Angelica Banks with fellow-author Danielle Wood and published internationally). The series is Finding Serendipity (2013) A Week Without Tuesday (2015) and Blueberry Pancakes Forever (2016). Heather won the Davitt Award in 2006 and her work has been shortlisted for the Nita B Kibble Award and the Aurealis Awards, and longlisted for the IMPAC Awards. She is also a recipient of the international Eleanor Dark Fellowship.Heather was the inaugural Writer in Residence at The Museum of Old and New Art (MoNA) in Hobart 2012-13 where she did much of the research for The Museum of Modern Love. Heather is currently studying Fine Arts at UTAS.


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The World Bank Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Economic Update Annual Meetings Istanbul October 3, 2009. More than $350 billion of ECA's foreign debt matures in 2010. Source: World Bank, DEC Prospects Group. Economic Update The Crisis Hits Home. Office of the Chief Economist
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More than $350 billion of ECA's foreign debt matures in 2010
Source: World Bank, DEC Prospects Group
Office of the Chief Economist
Human Development Sector Management Unit
Poverty and Economic Management Sector Management Unit
Europe and Central Asia Region
World Bank
Annual Meetings
Istanbul, October 2009
Good news for enterprises, but foreign debt clouds the future
Industrial production stopped falling in mid-2009
But $350 billion of external debt due in 2010
Bad news for families as poverty and unemployment rise, while household debt clouds the future
Poverty will rise by almost 15 million instead of falling by 15 million in 2009
Stress tests indicate more debt distress likely for households in 2010
Tough times ahead for governments, and social security debt clouds the future
Fiscal deficits will rise from 1.5 to 5.5 percent of GDP in 2009
Stress tests indicate pension deficits rising to 5-6 percent of GDP
Industrial production, percentage change (saar)
Middle-East & North Africa
East Asia & Pacific
South Asia
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America
Source: World Bank, DEC Prospects Group.
Emerging-market bond spreads have fallen but remain higher than pre-crisis levels
Corporate bonds
(CEMBI Global)
Sovereign bonds
(EMBI Global)
Before Lehman Brothers
Source: World Bank, DEC Prospects Group
Countries that made at least one positive reform in 2008 (%)
Leading Ten Doing Business Reformers in 2008
Kyrgyz Republic
Macedonia, FYR
United Arab Emirates
Egypt, Arab Rep
Source: World Bank, Doing Business 2009
More than $350 billion of ECA's foreign debt matures in 2010
Source: World Bank, DEC Prospects Group
Increases in poverty and vulnerability (change in people living on <$5/day)
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Poverty (<$2.50) and vulnerability
Source: World Bank Staff
Share of households below national poverty lines
Note: Estimates are not comparable across countries.
Source: World Bank Staff
Registered unemployment has risen in almost every country since mid-2008
Source: World Bank Staff
Growth of unemployment rates, 2009 over 2008, percent
Source: World Bank Staff
Registered unemployment in Turkey, February 2008 to August 2009
Source: World Bank staff
Evidence from Turkey finds a particularly large hit to self employment income
Source: World Bank-UNICEF Survey
Shocks are transmitted to households through financial, product and labor markets
Source: World Bank 2009: The Crisis Hits Home
Severe Stress likely in Bosnia, Croatia, Estonia and Hungary
Source: World Bank Staff
Central and Eastern European government accounts were hit sooner
Source: World Bank Staff
ECA spends a lot on public pensions (percent of GDP)
Source: World Bank staff estimates and OECD Social Expenditure Database.
Most data from 2000 to 2003.
Is lowest in ECA's poorest countries, but compares favorably with other regions
Source: World Bank Staff
Not all goes to poor, but accuracy compares favorably with programs in other regions
Source: World Bank Staff
The reforms that help the most are inflation indexing and higher retirement ages
Source: World Bank staff
No green shoots for workers
Tighter money ahead. Post-crisis growth will likely be lower, and fiscal deficits higher
Smaller budgets for governments
Fiscal consolidation, not indiscriminate cuts. More efficiency of spending can mean more growth and more equity
Better prospects for both families and firmsMessages
Supporting budgets
Increased lending (IBRD/IDA): $3.8bn in 2007, $4.2bn in 2008, $9.3bn in 2009
Operations in Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Ukraine
Strengthening institutions
Helping countries such as Belarus, FYR Macedonia and Turkey improve social assistance programs
Helping middle income countries strengthen banking systems
Helping all countries improve social service delivery mechanisms
Improving policies
Public expenditure reviews, e.g., in Poland, Lithuania, Russia, and Latvia to identify areas for efficiency
Economic reports, e.g., in Croatia and Central Asia to strengthen integration in Europe and Eurasia
World Bank, 2009: The Crisis Hits Home: Stress Testing Households in Europe and Central Asia, Report No. 50158-ECA.