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Now that Dennis Rodman is home, how many Washington policymakers are bitter that they didn't get to be the first American to meet Kim Jong-un?
John Kerry is perhaps one, joining a chorus of critics jabbing at the NBA hall of famer.
"Dennis Rodman was a great basketball player," the secretary of state told NBC. "And as a diplomat, he is a great basketball player. And that's where we'll leave it."
The defense Rodman mounted in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos on Monday wasn't exactly eloquent. "Guess what? Don't hate me," was his awkward conclusion after a minute of stumbling over his claim that Bill Clinton's sex scandal is comparable to North Korean prison camps.
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But look past the bumbling, and it's possible that the seemingly clueless Rodman is part of a grander, gradual change that State Department bureaucrats have been trying — and failing — to achieve for two decades. He's the latest in a line of artists, musicians, scientists and athletes to visit this "hermit state," helping to open the Asian dictatorship to the world.
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So far, Nate Thayer of NK News has published the most thorough account, explaining how the Kim dynasty came to love basketball. Kim Jong-il had an affinity for the sport during the height of the popularity of the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s, pushing his son to inherit the hobby.
North Korea is even home to the world's tallest basketball player, Michael Ri, and the sport occasionally fuels international exchange. In June 2012, Koryo Tours, a Beijing-based tour agency, also took a group of players — though not as well-known as the Harlem Globetrotters — to train children.
But basketball isn't the only channel of informal diplomacy exploited by a country facing the heaviest sanctions — and diplomatic isolation — in the world.
North Korea occasionally invites foreign music virtuosos, whom the White House has been dismissive toward, too. In 2008, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra brought some 300 foreigners to a concert in Pyongyang, where it performed the American and North Korean national anthems, along with the Korean folk song "Arirang."
But the administration of George W. Bush brushed off the concert, just as Kerry did to Rodman's visit this week. Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino clarified that the administration saw the concert as just a concert, and not a diplomatic "coup."
This week, right after Rodman departed, the prominent Japanese conductor Michiyoshi Inoue landed. On Friday, he'll be the first conductor to lead the state symphony in a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor. North Koreans will be able to watch it on television.
In the 1980s, North Korea even harbored Yun Isang, a dissident South Korean pianist who lived in exile in Germany thanks to persecution by the Seoul military regime. Yun hoped that by engaging North Korea with music, he could promote the cause of reunification.
And let's not forget Google chairman Eric Schmidt's visit in January. Kim Jong-un has prioritized technology, along with sports, as a part of national development. But the State Department passed off that one too, with spokeswoman Victoria Nuland lamenting that the visit wasn't "helpful."


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The world, it seemed, was standing still. Or, at the very least, holding its breath. Given the global landscape-altering decisions that have been made by the current US government, I guess it's no surprise that so many eyes were on the presidential election last month. Nevertheless, the high level of interest didn't really hit home for me until I read a news report detailing the number of leaders who were watching the returns with a sort of grim resignation.
Call it a statement of the obvious, but the news flash stirred my thoughts. I was troubled by what I saw as an inadvertent US-centrism. And though I'm not so naive as to think that the US doesn't throw its weight around when it comes to international affairs, I also realized how important it is not to think of the world as revolving around the US.
Sifting through some of my own attitudes and perspectives proved telling on this front. Often, I suddenly saw, my own responses to world events - both intellectual and prayerful - were painfully America-centric. And though I certainly believe in the need for - and power of - prayer for my own government, the demand, as I understood it, was for more universal, all-embracing prayer. This is the kind of prayer that I know a God of love impels, because Her nature is one of wholeness, not divisions, of all-inclusiveness, not favoritism. And so I wasn't surprised when I heard it. I heard Love saying to me: "Your prayers are needed - your prayers for the leaders of the world."
I started with the basics. Who God is. What that means for God's creation. These two concepts are summed up nicely in this statement from Mary Baker Eddy, who wrote, "God creates and governs the universe, including man" ("Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," page 295).
Given the focus of my prayers, the reminder that God is not only responsible for Her own creation but that She also governs it, seemed especially significant. Yet, as my thoughts wandered, I couldn't help thinking how achingly absent this government feels at times.
If only we had leaders who were more like King Solomon, I found myself wishing.
Solomon often springs to mind when I'm thinking about good government because his reign provides such a compelling example of just how wise, savvy, and downright God-centered a leader can be - and what that can do for that ruler's people.
Offered his choice of valuables in the divine treasure chest, Solomon makes a decision that might seem inconceivable. "I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in," he tells God. "Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?" (I Kings 3:7, 9)
It's a petition for wisdom over wealth, sound judgment over fortune or fame. But God is a God of so much grace that He not only gives Solomon wisdom, He also showers him with all the riches he could ever ask for. The result is a reign that puts most examples of present-day government to shame.
Yet, as I considered this story, I realized that models like Solomon aren't just to be set on the historical pedestal or longed for in times of political crisis. In fact, what I heard God telling me was this: that Solomon's story is every leader's story. That is, if you start from a spiritual perspective.
What Solomon had in spades wasn't just the good fortune that came from winning God's favor. What he really had was humility - the meekness that admits one's need for God. The childlike receptivity to divine direction. The deep-down willingness to reach out for God's hand - and then to follow, trustingly, wherever it leads. Inevitably, this willingness to hear what a God of all-inclusive love has to say allows solutions to emerge that are just, balanced, and that leave no one out. That was the case in Solomon's time; it's also the case today.
For our current government - and I'm speaking about all the world's leaders here - I think this means that we have so much to be hopeful about. So much good to expect. Rather than seeing some leaders as dominant and myopic and others as marginalized and semi-effective, we can start from the basis that the reflection of divine government that's so apparent in Solomon's case is a reality here and now.
That's the real gift of the Solomon story: the assurance that a God who creates and governs Her children also fosters in them the qualities that turn them to their divine Parent. And the promise that She cultivates in them the humility and expansiveness of vision that leads them to pray, "I am but a little child. Guide me." I know now that this is the prayer that beats in the hearts of every leader - big or small, present or future.
That's my prayer for our leaders - plural - too. I pray that they all find this childlike willingness within. And that they witness the brotherhood, commonality of purpose, and peace, that come from understanding, humble hearts united.

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If you live under a rock, it's probably not likely that you've heard of the Ouya, the first Android Powered console. The Ouya went to Kickstarter to try and fund the rest of their project (approximately $950k) and ended up with a whole heck of a lot more. Last night when the Kickstarter funding ended, the final tally they reached was sitting at $8.6 million. Amazing right? That's nine times more than it was actually asking for. It only proves how popular Android has become. That or people are just looking for a new console. While the latter option is very possible, I think it's only because of how popular Android has become amongst consumers.
The Ouya isn't your average Xbox 360 or Playstation 3, nor is it even close to the Nintendo Wii. It's really a one of a kind. The cool thing about it all is that the Ouya developers have said all the games will be "free, at least to try." I can imagine they'll be integrating some sort of payment system but I can guarantee these games won't be around $60 like your average console games. That is, unless they start doing games like Xbox and PS3 games, but that is highly unlikely if the history of Android games has said anything.
Even though the Kickstarter has ended, your still able to purchase or "pre-order" the console. Keep in mind, it won't ship out right away. It is said that the consoles will be shipping out to users all over the world by April of 2013. It's going to cost you $99 depending on how many controllers you want to come with the console. It's also probably wise to note that the console is hackable and the developers have actually encouraged this. Obviously no one cares about that though, you all want to know what the specs look like (I'm kidding, of course)!
The Ouya is bursting with awesome specs. It's actually packed with 2.4GHz 802. 11n for downloading games. It comes with 8GB of Flash Storage (I assume there will be a way to expand that) along with NVIDIA's famous Tegra 3 processor. Not only that but it's also packed with 1GB of RAM and an extra HDMI Port to plug into the telly.
If you think that this thing isn't going to be very popular, it's worth mentioning that Namco is looking to hop on the Ouya bandwagon. Not to mention that the gaming firm, OnLive has already hopped onto the idea.
Anyway, is anyone actually interested in this, would you take it over your Xbox 360 or Playstation 3? Will you be getting the console? It's quite obvious that there's already a huge community surrounding the Ouya console. Considering the console has a Tegra 3 processor and it's actually a dedicated console I wonder if they're going to be making some really advanced games for this console.
What do you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts about the console! Also, if you'd like to pre-order it, just hit the source link below and it'll take you straight to the Ouya product website.
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Do you fancy taking on the role as an airline pilot? You can with Panic Flight which has made its way to BlackBerry 10 and it shows us how great gaming can now be on the big screen of the Z10. The game involves you piloting passenger jets from one city to another. That does't sound much fun on its own but of course there is more to it than just that. Storm clouds are the main issue. With only a certain amount of fuel onboard you will need to avoid the clouds as they will slow your plane down. Go through too many and you may not have enough fuel to finish the flight. That's a bad thing.
Along the way there are plenty of hazards that you must also try to avoid such as tornados and random skulls. On the flip side there are also bonus icons to collect which will give you a boost. It's all about the money with Panic Flight. In addition to picking up gold coins along the way you will also be rewarded at the end with some hard cash. You can save this up and put it towards a new, bigger plane.
Controlling the jet is simple. Just drag your finger across the screen to guide it. You can even perform a loop-the-loop which comes in handy sometimes for collecting items as looping around it will automatically pick it up. Just avoid those naughty storm clouds.
Panic Flight is priced at £2.00/$2.99 and it really is a sweet game. Things can get pretty hectic as you whizz through the air but if you fancy a challenge then you will love the game. The only downside I came across was that the menu was a bit laggy. Luckily the game isn't so fear not.


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Actor will portray real-life neurologist on TNT movieCuba Gooding Jr. is set to portray a real-life neurologist in "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story," a TNT original movie that will air under the Johnson & Johnson Spotlight Presentation banner.
The movie, based on Carson's memoir, will trace his journey from frustrated inner-city kid to director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. It will air in the first quarter.
"Hands" is executive produced by Dan Angel, Margaret Loesch, Bruce Stein, Erin Keating and Thomas Carter. The movie is from Sony Pictures TV, Magna Global Entertainment, Thomasfilm and the Hatchery, the latter of which optioned the book and brought it, along with Carter ("Coach Carter"), to TNT and Sony. Carter will direct from a script by John Pielmeier.
Carson's memoir, which he wrote with Cecil Murphey, describes his childhood in a rough neighborhood of Detroit and his difficulties after his father "abandoned the family." Encouraged by his mother, Carson wrote, he pushed himself throughout school even when faced with prejudice and negative peer pressure. His accomplishments led him to be named a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which President Bush bestowed on Carson at a ceremony in June.
" 'Gifted Hands' is more than just an inspirational tale of overcoming seemingly impossible odds to succeed," TNT chief programmer Michael Wright said. "It's that rare story of finding something deeper and more meaningful in life, while facing the challenges of the world with faith, hope and courage."
He and Sony TV exec vp movies/miniseries Helen Verno also praised Gooding as a good fit for the role.
Gooding, an Oscar winner for "Jerry Maguire," most recently was in "American Gangster." He recently completed production on Kevin Bray's drama "Linewatch" and an untitled horror thriller with Ray Winstone and Ron Perlman.


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With a strong economy and a growing population base, the real estate market in Dallas remains hot.
Like the sprawling metropolis that is Big D, real estate development in Dallas just keeps on going and going.
Office construction continues unabated. The industrial market remains strong. Multifamily projects are completed and leased in record time. The retail sector, fueled by a growing population and the desire of retailers to be in the Dallas area, continues its incredible ride.
In short, Dallas is unquestionably booming, says Drew Alexander, president of Houston-based Weingarten Realty Investors, a shopping center developer/owner that recently acquired several retail and industrial properties in the Dallas area.
"Economists say median incomes in the Dallas Metroplex continue to be among the highest in the state," says Alexander. "Dallas-Fort Worth ranks in the Top 10 nationally in terms of home affordability. Some 100,000 new jobs are created annually in the Metroplex. This results in construction of new office, retail and multifamily facilities."
The economic vigor of the city's real estate market is tied to job creation, agrees Kim Vincent Butler, executive vice president in charge of Dallas developments for Chicago-based Transwestern Commercial Services.
"In 1999, there were 90,000 jobs created in Dallas," she says. "Experts say there will be another 100,000 jobs created this year. Sixty percent of those jobs are tied to workers who will fill up office buildings. If you look at absorption of office space in Dallas, it continues to be strong because job creation is tied to finance, advertising, financial services and other industries."
She points out that Cisco Systems has moved a number of operations to the area, significantly increasing its Dallas presence.
"Cisco is projected to add 1,000 jobs each year through the 2004, and those are the jobs you hear about," notes Butler. "For every one of those there are 10 smaller companies that move here to access our labor pool."
Absorption is up year-to-date over last year because job growth continues at a much faster clip than predicted, continues Elysia Holt Ragusa, president of Southwest Corporate Services of The Staubach Co., Dallas.
"The real estate market is in fairly good equilibrium because construction has slowed, particularly since the end of 1999," she explains. "Now there is time to absorb new product. Rents should stay flat or slightly upward in the more desirable product, while older product is due to soften somewhat."
She added that venture capital continues to pour into Dallas. "It is 30% greater than last year, which is continuing to not only drive job creation but also high-technology momentum."
Such momentum is being felt in all major sectors of the real estate industry, say brokers, analysts and others.
Big office deals The last three years have been an incredible ride for real estate developers in Big D, and the next 12 to 18 months may bring more of the same, points out Jeff Swope, managing partner at Champion Partners, a Dallas-based real estate development and acquisitions company that is also active in Houston and Austin.
"It used to be a 100,000 sq. ft. lease was a big deal, but no more. In the last 18 months or so, we have had 90 leases or commitments for space of over 100,000 sq. ft.," says Swope. "At our company alone, we've broken ground on a 170,000 sq. ft. building in Irving near the airport and a 600,000 sq. ft. building in Coppell. Both are fully leased. We need to start some more space, but we're being more cautious. Construction lenders have also been cautious, so we don't have any major supply problem as we had in the past," adds Swope.
Greg Biggs, senior vice president/regional manager for the Southwest region at New York-based Julien J. Studley Inc., agrees lenders view Dallas with caution.
"We haven't seen a lot of spec building recently because Dallas had been somewhat red-lined by the investment community," he explains. "They got a little skittish on real estate development here. But we've seen some significant absorption in the area, with big blocks of space taken away. That's going to impact tenants in the next 24 months."
Biggs adds that the Richardson telecom corridor in the city has tightened up significantly, with three or four big deals having recently closed. "Similar tightening has occurred in north Dallas, where there were four buildings that were pretty much vacant but then two were suddenly leased. The other two are about 50% leased," he says.
There is tremendous demand for telecom space in the Dallas area as more and more telecom companies relocate to the Metroplex, agrees Chuck Sellers, vice president of leasing at Dallas-based IFM Services, which manages Infomarts around the world, including two in Big D.
IFM purchased the old Southwestern Life building at 1807 Ross, a 270,000 sq. ft. facility that had been vacant for 20 years. IFM is retrofitting 1807 Ross for telecommunications and e-commerce companies.
Doug Johnson, vice president of the Dallas office of Atlanta-based Industrial Developments International (IDI), says that with the rush to develop in the Dallas area, the supply of available land is shrinking.
"Land prices are on the increase in areas such as Grapevine, Plano and other areas where there is a lot of demand and a lot of construction," he says. "We're also seeing a number of build-to-suits planned in the area. There is tremendous demand for space in these areas."
There is also demand from other areas, says Michael J. O'Hanlon, executive director of New York-based Insignia/ESG, one of the nation's largest commercial real estate service companies.
"In Dallas, we have major tenants taking up space," says O'Hanlon. "We're tracking 10 million to 12 million sq. ft. of potential need, ranging from 50,000 sq. ft to 100,000 sq. ft. and upward, so there is a pretty strong demand for space. There's not a lot of inventory being built, particularly in light of the capital market constraints."
He adds that the future of Dallas is bright because of the area's employment and population growth. "We used to live in Chicago," O'Hanlon says. "When we moved there, Chicago had 8 million people and when we left six or seven years later, Chicago still had 8 million people," he explains. "Metro Dallas had 4 million people when we first moved here, and now we're back again and it has 7 million people. Continued growth in the area seems to be the future for Dallas."
In one of the biggest real estate transactions in Dallas in the past year, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund III and Dallas-based Macfarlan Holdings Inc. purchased an 80% interest in the 50-story, 1.35 million sq. ft. Thanksgiving Tower for $95 million.
Over the past three years, developers added more than 20 million sq. ft. of office space to the Dallas market, most of which has been absorbed, points out Mike Lafitte, who oversees development in the Metroplex for Dallas-based Trammell Crow Co.
Although capital is hard to come by for projects in some sections of metro Dallas, there is continued improvement in overall occupancy rates, and the hot downtown market is spurring new development, says Lafitte.
Because of such upbeat assessments, the wariness of the international investment community towards Dallas has dissipated because the city has turned in a solid economic performance, reports Mark J. Small, president of Dallas-based MJS Realty Inc.
"There is a lot of movement in the marketplace, and for the next year or so we expect to continue to see good, stabilized absorption," says Small. "The predictions for this year were that we'd be absorbing 5 million sq. ft., and we've already absorbed that so far this year and could ultimately absorb 8 million sq. ft."
One of the most talked about projects in the northwest part of downtown Dallas is Victory, a 70-acre, 8 million sq. ft., mixed-use development. The Dallas-based investment firm of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc. has announced it will build its new world headquarters in the Victory development. The 30-story building will be the largest and most architecturally significant structure in the downtown core since 1988, when the Chase Tower was built, officials say.
All of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst's subsidiaries currently located in the Dallas area as well as the administrative personnel for Thomas Hicks' sports teams, which include employees of the Texas Rangers baseball team and the Dallas Stars hockey club, will relocate their offices to the 700,000 sq. ft. building.
"Victory is such a unique project that market conditions are almost irrelevant to the project's ability to attract office tenants, retailers and residents," says Bill Flaherty, senior vice president at Victory. "However, this is a perfect time for the development because Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the fastest-growing areas in the country in terms of new jobs and residents."
A shopper's paradise Fast-paced mall and shopping center development, and the proliferation of new retail concepts, point to a healthy retail market in Dallas-Fort Worth.
According to an analysis of the retail market by The Weitzman Group, Dallas, the retail market saw one of its most active six-month periods ever during the first half of this year. Demand for new space is being driven by aggressively expanding retailers, as well as a significant number of new retail concepts entering the market.
As a result of all of this activity, Dallas-Fort Worth is on its way to adding more than 3.5 million sq. ft. of new retail space to the market in 2000. That compares with 4 million sq. ft. in 1999, notes Herb Weitzman, president of The Weitzman Group. The largest project under development this year is Stonebriar Centre in Frisco. The 1.6 million sq. ft. mall, a development of Chicago-based General Growth Properties, is located at state highway 121 and Preston Road. Anchors include JCPenney, Macy's, Nordstrom and Sears.
Just a few miles away, The Shops at Willow Bend mall is scheduled to open next year at the Dallas North Tollway and Park Boulevard with Neiman Marcus, Foley's and Lord & Taylor. A Saks Fifth Avenue store is expected to open in 2004.
"Based on the activity during the first half of the year and the outlook for the area's economy, the Dallas-Fort Worth retail market will see continued activity from new retailers and new projects throughout 2000 and into the foreseeable future," says Weitzman.
Real estate analysts expect even more development. Alexander of Houston-based Weingarten Realty notes that the company now owns 540,000 sq. ft. of retail and 1.8 million sq. ft. of industrial space in the Metroplex. Included are the recently acquired Rockwall Shopping Center in Rockwall, a suburb of Dallas. The 209,000 sq. ft. center was acquired in a joint venture with Dana Commercial Credit Corp.
While Weingarten has been active in Dallas, Alexander would like to own and operate more retail centers and industrial projects in Big D.
"I've always wanted the company to have a stronger presence in Dallas. It makes sense to work with national retailers in as many Texas cities as we can," says Alexander, who adds that two-thirds of the company's shopping centers are in Texas. "We've had some opportunities there, but I wish we had more."
Industrial activity Aided by its location and strong economy, the Dallas industrial market remains strong. Jeffrey D. Turner, senior vice president of the Dallas division of Indianapolis-based Duke-Weeks Realty Corp., noted the company has 2.6 million sq. ft. of industrial space in the metro area and expects to begin developing more industrial product in the future.
Duke-Weeks has two buildings under construction in the Dallas area: the 116,000 sq. ft. Freeport North V and the 228,000 sq. ft. Freeport North VI. The company also has purchased 142 acres of land in Coppell where it plans to develop eight distribution and flex buildings totaling 2.1 million sq. ft.
"We feel there will be continued opportunities for industrial development," adds Turner. "Dallas is a good place to live, a vibrant city with a youthful population base and a diverse economy." He adds that there are few land-use restrictions in Dallas, "so development can keep going and going."
John V. McMillin III, vice president of marketing and operations for St. Louis-based Clayco Construction Co.'s Irving office, notes that the company is on pace to complete approximately $60 million of work this year.
Projects include a $7.2 million, 372,650 sq. ft. building that will serve as the new headquarters for Aero Fabricators Inc. at the Stoneridge Business Park in south Dallas; an $8 million, 262,500 sq. ft. warehouse for Office Depot in Arlington; and a $5.5 million, 78,545 sq. ft. branch-campus building for the University of North Texas at the Stoneridge Business Park.
Growing with the city Thanks to a steady influx of residents, the multifamily market in the Dallas area keeps on growing. Leasing in the Dallas-Fort Worth apartment market accelerated at a torrid pace over the past few months, reports G. Ronald Witten, president of M/PF research of Dallas, which periodically surveys the market.
Residents moved into 8,740 apartments in the second quarter, the strongest quarterly demand since the fall of 1986. Absorption through mid-year already has topped 14,200 units, an increase of 60% from the leasing total posted during the first half of 1999. Annual demand reached 21,430 units in June.
"After worrying about overbuilding for the last year or so, it looks like we've dodged a bullet once again," says Witten. "A number of factors that supported demand for apartments all fell into place during recent months," he says. Most notably, rising interest rates made home purchases less attractive for some renters, and employment growth in Dallas-Fort Worth regained the momentum that had been lost in the last half of 1999." New supply continues to be added to the Dallas-Fort Worth market. Completions over the past 12 months reached 23,334 units, notes Witten.
"Developers exhibited the appropriate restraint during the first half of this year, starting only a limited number of new apartment communities," says Witten. "While further caution is merited when considering new construction, it now appears we'll work through the current wave of new supply somewhat faster than most people previously anticipated."
Steve Lamberti, COO and executive vice president of Walken, a Dallas-based real estate company that owns and manages more than 155 apartment communities in the country, agrees with that assessment. He notes that the area's job growth, with a total employment increase of 91,800 year-to-date and unemployment under 4%, is having a good effect on the market.
"Current Dallas-Fort Worth occupancy is strong at 94%," Lamberti says. "The outlook is positive, with job growth exceeding expectations by 12,000 jobs year-to-date."
Bernard "Bud" Malone, president of Dallas-based Malone Mortgage Co., emphasizes that population growth in the region should continue to spur multifamily development.
"Demand for apartments in the Dallas-Fort Worth area is reaching record levels," says Malone. "The fear of overbuilding has slowed new construction starts in recent months. However, with approximately 80,000 new residents being added each year to the area, we anticipate strong apartment demand through the year 2001 and beyond."
Full-service hotel development Like the other real estate sectors, the Dallas-area hospitality industry remains robust. Alan Brock, president of Alan Brock & Associates Inc., a hotel brokerage firm based in Irving, says the region is experiencing a new wave of hotel building.
"The surprising thing is the number of new full-service properties that are being built," explains Brock. Projects under development include a 300-room Embassy Suites, a 300-room Westin and a 400-room Doubletree. "It's quite a change from the 60- to 100-room limited-service hotels that were being built for a while," he adds.
Like other experts in the sector, Brock says the booming economy is the main reason for the increased hotel development. "Occupancy is going to stay pretty stable here, because the economy is growing very fast and job creation is very fast," says Brock. "The new properties will continue to do well, but some of the older hotels may suffer."
Still, Thomas Corcoran Jr., president of Dallas-based FelCor Lodging Trust Inc., says that the hospitality industry is enjoying the best times it has in a long while.
"As long as demand remains strong, we're going to be fine," says Corcoran. "Supply is slowing somewhat and we've spent the past couple of years fixing up a number of hotels so we'll be in a better market. The hospitality market in Dallas is very strong. It continues to be a booming place."
Few Big D real estate players would argue with Corcoran's assessment when applying it to the entire real estate market. Dallas is enjoying some of the best times it has seen in a decade.
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PHOENIX (AP) Add Cliff Pennington to the long list of injured players on the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Manager Kirk Gibson says Pennington has a torn ligament in his left thumb that will require surgery. The infielder is expected to be out for six to eight weeks.
Pennington went on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday and the Diamondbacks recalled infielder Didi Gregorius from Triple-A Reno.
Gregorius was with the Diamondbacks all of last season but lost the starting shortstop job to rookie Chris Owings in spring training. He was hitting .310 with 14 doubles, three home runs and 42 runs scored in 57 games with Reno.
Gregorius started 38 games at second base and 19 at shortstop for the Aces.
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Seated is an early stage ticketing startup founded to completely change the experience of buying tickets to high demand events. We aim to remove the frustration from the buying process, identify scalpers and put tickets in the hands of true fans. We work directly with artists and ensure they are involved at every stage.
We've already launched with some great early partners including Leon Bridges, Death Cab for Cutie, Christina Aguilera, Robert Plant, Nathaniel Rateliff and others.
We are looking for a full stack web developer who can contribute to the backend and frontend as needed. Overtime this role will grow and could become more specialised as the team expands or as interests change.
We run multiple Ember apps in the frontend for buying tickets and for administration. This is all backed by an Elixir Phoenix JSON API running on Heroku and Postgres.
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I am really freaked out about returning to work since R hasn't had a chance to master the bottle, and I only have about 9 ounces of milk in the freezer. I am going to pump twice/day between now and when I go back to work on Wednesday to increase that stash and hopefully I can keep my pumping output matched with her intake but if for some reason I don't pump enough we aren't going to have much of a reserve.


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When a group of adventurers was shipwrecked on the island, they discovered that the Red Fang cannibals had erected their village at the base of the lighthouse, subsequently preying upon other castaways for generations. After defeating the cannibals, the adventurers set about repairing the lighthouse and using the location as a jumping off point for their exploration of the island – calling it Camp Sovereign.
Despite appearances on the surface, below Camp Sovereign is a network of natural caves that show evidence of ancient use as an evil temple to a primordial snake-like humanoid race.
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FTC mulls dropping Google antitrust case
Reports suggest the FTC lacks proof that search practices hurt consumers
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) officials are reportedly thinking of dropping their antitrust case against Google, Bloomberg reports.
The FTC reportedly plans to drop the case because it doesn't have the evidence needed to prove that the way Google ranks its search results is hurting consumers.
News of the FTC's possible decision comes following recent reports saying that the FTC was pleading with Google to arrive at a settlement.
According to Bloomberg, the FTC has enough evidence to prove that Google ranks its services higher than those of its competitors. However, the FTC is reportedly unable to prove that Google's "vertical searches" actually hurt consumers.
While its being reported that the FTC doesn't have enough evidence to penalise Google, some advocacy groups insist consumers are being harmed.
According to Ben Hammer, a spokesperson with industry advocacy group FairSearch.org, the FTC need only to look at recent comments from European Commission vice chairman Joaquin to see that Google's search results are hurting the industry.
"As European Commission vice chairman Joaquin Almunia has indicated publicly, the evidence clearly shows Google's search bias and manipulation of the display of results in favour of its own products and away from other services is a violation of global competition laws," Hammer told V3.
"The question now is whether authorities will hold Google to its legal obligations or endorse its anti-competitive conduct through inaction. The members of FairSearch will view any resolution to the investigations of Google that does not permanently end its preferences for its own products as incomplete in restoring a truly competitive landscape to search and related Internet services."
The report comes following recent cries from US politicians who are calling on the FTC to call off its pursuit of Google. South Carolina's Republican senator Jim DeMint recently wrote a letter to the FTC arguing that Google should be left alone during the currently difficult economic climate.
"FTC actions should primarily respond to demonstrated consumer harm. When actions are taken, better guidance for industry and consumers would provide more certainty for innovators and job creators," Senator DeMint said in his letter.
"Today, we ask the FTC to operate with humility rather than experimentation with their existing authorities. There is simply too much uncertainty facing private enterprise, and agencies must do their part to create a climate for recovery and growth."
Earlier this month, it was also reported that FTC chairman Jonathan Leibowitz was pushing Google to accept a settlement agreement with the FTC. Last September, Chairman Leibowitz said he expected the Google investigation to wrap up sometime before 2013.
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Eating at Burger is about (eventually) to get a lot more humane. The nation's second largest fast food chain announced it had come to an agreement in cooperation with the Humane Society, on Wednesday. Burger King is the first large-scale fast food operator to switch to eggs from hens not kept in cages, and to only use pork products from pigs also not kept and bred in small cages by 2017. The agreement is a move to satisfy consumer demand for humanely produced food while at the same time increasing sales.
Those eggs that are raised conventionally come from hens confined in "battery cages." These allow hens the equivalent of your high-school notebook in which to live. The majority of pork comes from sows confined during their four-month pregnancies in narrow crates. Animal rights activists have applauded Burger King for the plan.
The new requirements would call for hens to have room to move about with additional perches and nesting boxes. Sows will also held indoors, but they would not be confined in the cramped crates while pregnant. Respective producers have argued that easing confinement standards for animals raises production costs and lessens their competitive edge.
"So many tens of thousands of animals will now be in better living conditions," said Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States. "Numerically, this is significant because Burger King is such a big purchaser of these products."
Burger King uses hundreds of millions of eggs and tens of millions of pounds of pork each year. It's a market so large that, like Wal-Mart, a change in policy can change suppliers and cost structure. Analysts predict that Burger King may see very little increase in cost.
The company made moves to use cage free resources as early as 2007. Nine percent of the company's eggs and 20 percent of the pork served at its 7,200 restaurants are cage-free.
Other companies have initiated similar policies. Chipotle used a viral marketing campaign during the Grammy Awards outlining the company's commitment to humane treatment of animals. The commercial netted a lot of positive buzz and other companies were quick to announce new policies.
This year, McDonald's, Wendy's, Wal-Mart, Costco, Smithfield Farms, And Hormel have all made announcements regarding the humane treatment of animals. Sonic, Subway, Ruby Tuesday, Kraft Food and ConAgra Foods, are all working on incorporating a percentage of cage free eggs into their products.
"This is an issue that just four to five months ago was not on the food industry's radar," said Paul Shapiro, the Humane Society's vice president for farm animal protection. "Now it's firmly cemented into the mainstream in a way that I think few people would have imagined."
The US lags far behind the EU. European laws regarding livestock and farm animals are far more strict. Every egg that McDonald's uses in Europe are from free-range chickens, which are allowed to roam outside.


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Days of juggling work and playing commitments are over for Illawarra Cutters prop Rory O'Brien after he put pen to paper on an upgraded deal with the Dragons on Thursday.
The Dragons were linked to Raiders prop Tom Learoyd-Lahrs to bolster their undersized pack before the June 30 deadline but looked to their backyard and offered the 195cm-tall, 119-kilogram prop a full-time deal until the end of the 2016 season.
It caps a meteoric rise for the 25-year-old who, just last year, was plying his trade in the Illawarra Coal League with Collegians where he spearheaded the Dogs to premiership.
He earned a Country Firsts jumper after he led Illawarra to the Country Championship title in a season that saw him named joint Country Rugby League Player of the year.
That stellar season earned him an Illawarra Cutters deal and his strong form in the NSW Cup saw his contract upgraded this week.
The Hurstville United junior will begin full-time training with the Dragons on Monday with the aim of making his NRL debut for the club he last played for at under-20s level in 2008.
"I am a local junior and always hoped to be able to play for the Dragons one day," O'Brien said.
"I am really determined to make the most of this opportunity to train full-time and give myself every chance to one day earn a place in the first-grade team."
Coach Paul McGregor has shown a willingness to look to the Cutters with Adam Quinlan, Peter Mata'utia, Shane Pumipi, Will Matthews and Charly Runciman all earning call-ups during his first month at the helm.
He said O'Brien's strong form in the NSW Cup warranted spot in the Dragons top squad.
"This season he earned a spot with the Illawarra Cutters where he has been a strong performer and the full-time training will enable him to further develop as a player," McGregor said.
"He has a good skill set which will add to the playing group at the Dragons. He will be a welcome addition to our squad."


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At the preschool age you can share your love of language and literature by reading poetry out loud to your child/ren. You will enthuse their interest in poetry if you yourself are enthusiastic and interested in it. As it states in my Montessori training manual: "Assess yourself and your attitude. Remember, the child who is still in the absorbent state of mind [from birth to six] absorbs your attitudes.You are not just giving concrete experiences [by reading poetry], you are giving children exposure and a love for [poetry], which they will study, in depth, later on."
Then, when the child is reading comprehensively (by third grade or age eight) you can introduce the poetry basket. But first, let me review the several levels to reading (quoted from my Montessori training manual).
"First comes the mechanical part which is to recognize the symbol, translate it into sounds and then to connect those sounds into a word. This is not comprehensive reading. Comprehensive reading has a second part which is interpretive reading. We need to understand the sentiment, the feeling, and the ideas the person has written about. The third point of comprehensive reading is the appreciation of the beauty of the syntax, the style, the arrangement of words, sentences, and paragraphs [this is where reading poetry out loud can play an important role]. We have to keep the unity of these three parts of reading in mind. The simple words of three letters which enable the child to read should be extended to longer words and phrases which makes her understand the definitions of the cultural subjects but then immediately keep in mind to read to the child and have available to him books of good literature [including poetry]."
Here is a helpful time line of the Montessori reading activities and materials:
Continue reading this post in my Montessori Art, Music, and Poetry ebook (on my ebook page, which includes access to my on-line photo galleries and more)! You may also be interested in my Montessori and homeschool programs at Montessori for the Earth! ~Lisa Nolan


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BOSTON – The Boston Celtics announced today that they have waived forwards Damen Bell-Holter and DeShawn Sims and guards Chris Babb and Kammron Taylor. The Celtics roster stands at 14.
Bell-Holter, a 6'9" forward, appeared in three games for the Celtics during the preseason totaling one rebound in five minutes of action.
Sims, a 6'8" forward, averaged 2.3 points in 4.0 minutes per game while appearing in three games during the preseason.
Babb, a 6'5" guard, appeared in five games for the team during preseason while totaling 16 points, four rebounds and three assists in 30 minutes of action.
Taylor, a 6'2" guard, appeared in three games for the Celtics during preseason and scored two points in seven total minutes of action.


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MONTREAL, DECEMBER 1, 2016- Delta Kappa Gamma International (DKG International) was founded in 1929 by Dr. Annie Webb Blanton of the University of Texas in Austin. It is a professional society of key woman educators whose purpose is to promote the professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in educational. Since then the movement has spread across the United States and to Canada, Europe, Latin America and Japan. Today it boasts a membership of some ninety thousand educators.
DKG Quebec was established 60 years ago by 12 exceptional Quebec women educators: Jean Aldridge, Beatrice Andrews, Grace Campbell, Marianne Davis, Margaret Dickson, Evelyn Eaton, Dorothy Ewing, Margaret Kingsley, Barbara Lax, Mary MacLeod, Margaret Nix and Jean Pepler. Marianne Davis is the only surviving founder and she recently celebrated her 100th birthday. Marianne is a retired elementary school educational consultant from the former Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal (PSBGM), now the English Montreal School Board (EMSB).
To celebrate their 60th anniversary, DKG Quebec has renamed their Early Educator Award in Marianne's honour. It will now be known as the Marianne Davis Early Educator Award. The award is to help new teachers build a personal bank of professional books and instructional materials.
Media are invited to meet Marianne Davis at Manoir Westmount, 4646 Sherbrooke Street West in Westmount on Tuesday, December 13 (10:15 am). The winner of the 2016 Marianne Davis Early Educator Award, Carissa Valente of Bancroft Elementary School, will be presented with her award at that time. Last year's winner, Caroline Derome, a music teacher and flautist from the EMSB's St Dorothy's Elementary School in St. Michel, along with a choir from Westmount Park Elementary School, will perform for Marianne and the other residents of the Manoir.
A musical evening and dinner is planned for Thursday December 15 (5:30 pm) at 6000 Fielding Avenue to recognize Marianne's contribution to DKG Quebec as well as that of six other veteran members. The program will revolve around music from each decade since DKG Quebec's inception. Caroline Derome, will also be part of this musical program.
The aim of DKG Quebec is to unite women educators with the goal of advancing their professional interest and position. "Our purpose is to support women in education whether through fellowship, networking, mentoring or scholarships," said DKG Quebec president Bev Townsend, a retired EMSB principal. "We want to support teachers in the classroom and to encourage professional growth. Our challenge is to strive for excellence in education as we stay abreast of the rapid changes in the world."
DKG Quebec sponsors two scholarships at McGill, the Dr. Mildred Burns Award for Leadership in Education and the Dr. Sarah Paltiel Award for Excellence in Education. Both Dr. Burns and Dr. Paltiel are long time members of DKG Quebec. Four years ago DKG International added McGill as a university site for the DKG International World Fellowship Grant, a grant open to international students studying at McGill.
At the local level, DKG Quebec created the Evelyn Eaton Award, named in honour of the Quebec's first president and a founding member who was a PSBGM French language consultant. The award is to purchase the instructional materials required for an innovative French second language project. The DKG Adult Education Award is presented to one or two students in a yearly rotation with the EMSB and Lester B. Pearson School Board. Plans call for a second Marianne Davis Early Educator Award to be awarded to a young teacher at the LBPSB. DKG Quebec also offers scholarships to its own members returning to university for graduate studies or attending a conference for professional development
Through our Community in Crisis Scholarship we offer financial support to a university student in a community suffering from a social, political or environmental crisis. For two years following the earthquake in Haiti we supported a medical student. Today we support three high school students in Haiti. DKG Quebec also supports Giant Steps in Montreal and international projects such as a school in Nepal and UNICEF's Schools for Africa.
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NFF seeks farmer feedback on Ag employment
23 January 2014
The National Farmers' Federation (NFF) is encouraging Australian farmers to head online and complete the Farm Sector Employment Survey, which was released today, in order to help build an accurate picture of the employment challenges facing the farm sector.
NFF General Manager of Policy, Tony Mahar, is calling on Australian farmers who currently employ, or have previously employed farm workers, to head online to www.surveymonkey.com/s/VHLGMHF and complete the five minute survey.
"The survey forms a critical component of the Agricultural Workforce Development Plan, a joint government-industry initiative, and will provide valuable data on the key employment issues affecting the farm sector," Mr Mahar said.
"As the NFF has long said - people are our sector's greatest resource, and ensuring we have a capable and sustainable workforce is vital, not only for farmers, but also the wider food and fibre sectors.
"The lack of skilled workers available to farm businesses and across the broader sector emerged as one of the key challenges in the NFF-led, industry-developed Blueprint for Australian Agriculture," Mr Mahar said.
It is anticipated the Farm Sector Employment Survey will help address the lack of robust data that currently exists around workforce development, and in turn – inform the future direction of agricultural workforce policy discussions.
"The survey is an opportunity for farmers to quickly, document their experiences and key concerns relating to the on farm employment process," Mr Mahar said.
"The more responses we receive, the more valuable the survey will be in reflecting the current situation of farmers accessing skilled workers, so we encourage participants to take the time to complete it, and further promote it to other farmers.
"Respondents of the survey can be assured of complete anonymity, and that the information gathered will be considered and analysed on a collective basis.
"The survey will be conducted over four weeks, commencing today and concluding on Thursday, 20 February 2014," Mr Mahar said.
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SOLIDTEKNICS July 7th, 2018! --We launched our current Kickstarter, our wrought stainless ferritic nöni 33cm Rondeau and 33cm Skillet-lid (pictured below): and there is a whirlwind of excitement seeing our biggest first day ever; amazement that our Lovers sets sold out in 2 hours; a deeper sense of gratitude for our growing Solid Support base, and ever-stronger sense of responsibility for the movement we're creating: a new era in wrought seamless cookware that is loved. See our Kickstarter campaign for more detail...CLICK HERE
SOLIDTEKNICS January 26th, 2018! -- LAUNCHED new world-first seamless 1-piece stainless 26cm Sauteuse, 26cm Skillet/lid, 17cm pan. INDUCTION Compatible. No rivets/welds/screws/ply. Indestructible. Multi-generation heirloom dated. This marks the 12th Kickstarter launch for our little Aussie chef engineering development company, and our biggest yet, all thanks to our passionate and rapidly growing worldwide support base. Thank you all: we are forever grateful! Click the campaign link here for all details.
Late 2017, we successfully concluded our 11th Kickstarter campaign to launch two new AUS-ION products: a Bigga 35cm (14") wrought iron skillet a Deep 21cm (8") pot/lid pair cooks anything with Tough Love! To find out more visit our campaign here.
This iron campaign came hot on the heels of our campaign for the world's first seamless one piece solid stainless saucepans. With no rivets, no welds, no loose screws, and no clad/ply layers, nöni is one solid monobloc of conductive ferritic stainless. Induction-compatible and resistant to liquids, acidic sauces, etc, nöni wrought stainless is the perfect match for our wrought iron pans. More details in our news blog here.
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"I love working with the Solidteknics pans because they're indestructible, they deliver, and they're fantastic to cook with…..and it's a genius idea, and they're local."
Chef Neil Perry, Rockpool Group
Many more testimonials here
"To build not just a collection of great products and a memorable brand, but to introduce industry-changing innovation and build a truly great company which will endure for generations and contribute back to our families, our communities and our world.....contributing more profoundly than by monetary means alone".
MJ Henry, SOLIDTEKNICS founder and development engineer


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All right, so I caved in and ingested *some* caffeine this weekend. I have been on a good anti-coffee streak for about 2 trimesters until recently. Coffee in this town is simply too good to resist; in fact, I'm surprised I managed to hold out for so long. Since about 2 months ago, I've been drinking coffee maybe….once a fortnight as a "treat" to myself and also because I've just been feeling more and more lackadaisical from sleepless nights and baby weight. (Btw, it's quite safe for pregnant women to drink limited amounts of coffee containing between 150mg-300mg caffeine. I just chose to avoid it completely for awhile, just in case. For more information, click here.)
This new cafe, Market Lane Coffee, at the Victoria Market in Melbourne serves exceptional coffee and I'm glad I got a cappuccino from them! They also sell some pretty cool coffee brewing devices and some really wonderful coffee beans. They're on Therry Street next to the market. Apparenty there's also another outlet at the Prahran Market. These cute little cafes serving quality food and drink are really what make Melbourne such a great food town…and me, a very contented foodie.


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Press Releases
Corryard Launch Penthouse Showhome
|Posted on November 15, 2016 at 4:40 AM
Corryard Launch Penthouse Showhome
Crieff Builder and Developer, Corryard will be launching their Penthouse show apartment which has exceptional views over Crieff and the hills beyond on Saturday 26th November.
The penthouse apartment and Coach House have now been released and Corryard have certainly left the best to last. The two-bed penthouse apartment is exceptionally large, with a total floor area of 125sqm, offering spacious open plan living with south facing balcony for the occupants to enjoy the views of Crieff and the hills beyond. The kitchen/living space is enhanced by a Bulthaup Kitchen from the B1 range, which was designed, supplied and fitted by Cameron Interiors in Glasgow. The room is filled by natural light from the sash & case windows and skylights with the finishing touch of a wood burning stove.
The 2-bedroom apartment has 2 wet rooms, one of which is en-suite. The materials for the wet rooms were sourced from Switzerland and are a made from a unique waterproof Epoxy resin which is poured on the floor and sealed on the walls in brilliant white to make a completely sealed wet room. The wet-rooms are then complemented by Dornbracht Rain Showers in nickel platinum. The apartment comes with a private garden, allocated parking space and secure external storage.
If apartment living isn't for you Corryard also have a 2-bedroom Coach House for sale which has a large south facing terrace with private garden and separate storage space. The interior has an ample kitchen/dining area, utility and sitting rooms. The first floor has 2 bedrooms and an en-suite wet room.
The stunning Victorian mansion once served as a boarding house for Morrison's Academy and has therefore created a lot of local attention. John Burke, Corryard Managing Director commented "We've been thrilled with the interest in our Dalmour apartments, with 2 of the properties sold off plan. The location and traditional Victorian exterior of the building has proved very popular. We have also found that our clients are finding the apartments economical to run, this is due to the insulation of the building coupled with our under-floor heating throughout."
Corryard are well known locally for the sensitive redevelopment of older buildings winning the Federation of Master Builders Award for Best Large Renovation in the UK in 2010 for their Locherlour Mill project and then in 2013 winning Conversion of the Year in the Scottish Home Awards and Best Renovation in the Herald Property Awards.
The open day will also be an opportunity for prospective clients to hear about Corryard's Knowehead House development in Perth with prices starting from £235,000 which will be released later next month.
The Penthouse apartment is currently on the market for offers over £295,000 and the Coach House at £325,000. The show home will launch with an open day on Saturday 26th November 10am – 1pm or viewing by appointment via Irving Geddes Tel 01764 653771 or further details are available www.corryard.com
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