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|The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. African slaves worked the sugar plantations established on the island until 1834 when slavery was abolished. The economy remained heavily dependent on sugar, rum, and molasses production through most of the 20th century. The gradual introduction of social and political reforms in the 1940s and 1950s led to complete independence from the UK in 1966. In the 1990s, tourism and manufacturing surpassed the sugar industry in economic importance.
Easternmost Caribbean island
|Caribbean, island in the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 430 sq km
land: 430 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Size comparison: 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
|Land Boundaries:
|0 km
|97 km
|Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
|tropical; rainy season (June to October)
|relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region
|Elevation extremes:
|Natural resources:
|petroleum, fish, natural gas
|Land use:
| agricultural land: 32.6% arable land 25.6%; permanent crops 2.3%; permanent pasture 4.7% forest: 19.4%
other: 48% (2011 est.)
|Irrigated land:
|50 sq km (2012)
|Natural hazards:
|infrequent hurricanes; periodic landslides
|Current Environment Issues:
|pollution of coastal waters from waste disposal by ships; soil erosion; illegal solid waste disposal threatens contamination of aquifers
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial)
adjective: Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial)
|Ethnic groups:
|black 92.4%, white 2.7%, mixed 3.1%, East Indian 1.3%, other 0.2%, unspecified 0.2% (2010 est.)
|English (official), Bajan (English-based creole language, widely spoken in informal settings)
|Protestant 66.4% (includes Anglican 23.9%, other Pentecostal 19.5%, Adventist 5.9%, Methodist 4.2%, Wesleyan 3.4%, Nazarene 3.2%, Church of God 2.4%, Baptist 1.8%, Moravian 1.2%, other Protestant 0.9%), Roman Catholic 3.8%, other Christian 5.4% (includes Jehovah's Witness 2.0%, other 3.4%), Rastafarian 1%, other 1.5%, none 20.6%, unspecified 1.2% (2010 est.)
|291,495 (July 2016 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 18.13% (male 26,421/female 26,434)
15-24 years: 13.03% (male 18,888/female 19,083)
25-54 years: 44.35% (male 64,430/female 64,842)
55-64 years: 13.18% (male 18,036/female 20,396)
65 years and over: 11.31% (male 13,216/female 19,749) (2016 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 50.4%
youth dependency ratio: 29.1%
elderly dependency ratio: 21.3%
potential support ratio: 4.7% (2015 est.)
|Median age:
| total: 38.3 years
male: 37.2 years
female: 39.4 years (2016 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|0.3% (2016 est.)
|Birth rate:
|11.8 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Death rate:
|8.5 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
| urban population: 31.5% of total population (2015)
rate of urbanization: 0.13% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|BRIDGETOWN (capital) 90,000 (2014)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.01 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.88 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|27 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 10.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 75.3 years male: 73 years
female: 77.7 years (2016 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|1.68 children born/woman (2016 est.)
|Health expenditures:
|7.5% of GDP (2014)
|Physicians density:
|1.81 physicians/1,000 population (2005)
|Hospital bed density:
|6.2 beds/1,000 population (2012)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 99.7% of population
rural: 99.7% of population
total: 99.7% of population
urban: 0.3% of population
rural: 0.3% of population
total: 0.3% of population (2015 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 96.2% of population
rural: 96.2% of population
total: 96.2% of population
urban: 3.8% of population
rural: 3.8% of population
total: 3.8% of population (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|1.57% (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|2,600 (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|100 (2015 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|33.2% (2014)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|3.5% (2012)
|Education expenditures:
|6.7% of GDP (2014)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 15 years male: 14 years
female: 17 years (2011)
|Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
| total: 29.6% male: 27.7%
female: 31.9% (2013 est.)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Barbados
etymology: the name derives from the Portuguese "as barbadas," which means "the bearded ones" and can refer either to the long, hanging roots of the island's bearded-fig trees or to the alleged beards of the native Carib inhabitants
|Government type:
|parliamentary democracy (Parliament) under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
| name: Bridgetown
geographic coordinates: 13 06 N, 59 37 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|11 parishes and 1 city*; Bridgetown*, Christ Church, Saint Andrew, Saint George, Saint James, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Lucy, Saint Michael, Saint Peter, Saint Philip, Saint Thomas
|30 November 1966 (from the UK)
|National holiday:
|Emancipation Day, 1 August (1834); Independence Day, 30 November (1966)
|adopted 22 November 1966, effective 30 November 1966; amended several times, last in 2007 (2016)
|Legal system:
|English common law; no judicial review of legislative acts
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Elliot BELGRAVE (since 1 June 2012)
head of government: Prime Minister Freundel STUART (since 23 October 2010)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister elections/appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or leader of the majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the governor general; the prime minister recommends the deputy prime minister
|Legislative branch:
| description: bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (21 seats; members appointed by the governor general - 12 on the advice of the Prime Minister, 2 on the advice of the opposition leader, and 7 at the discretion of the governor general) and the House of Assembly (30 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)
elections: House of Assembly - last held on 21 February 2013 (next to be called in 2018)
election results: House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - DLP 51.3%, BLP 48.3%, other 0.4%; seats by party - DLP 16, BLP 14
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Supreme Court (consists of the High Court with 8 justices) and the Court of Appeal (consists of the chief justice and president of the court and 4 justices; note - Barbados, a member of the Caribbean Court of Justice, replaced the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London) as the final court of appeal judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court chief justice appointed by the governor-general on the recommendation of the prime minister and opposition leader of Parliament; other justices appointed by the governor-general on the recommendation of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission, a 5-member independent body consisting of the Supreme Court chief justice, the commission head, and governor-general appointees recommended by the prime minister; justices serve until mandatory retirement at age 65
subordinate courts: Magistrates' Courts
|Political parties and leaders:
|Barbados Labor Party or BLP [Mia MOTTLEY] Democratic Labor Party or DLP [Freundel STUART] People's Empowerment Party or PEP [David COMISSIONG]
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|Barbados Secondary Teachers' Union or BSTU [Mary REDMAN] Barbados Union of Teachers or BUT [Karen BEST] Barbados Workers Union or BWU [Linda BROOKS] Clement Payne Labor Union [David COMISSIONG] Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados or CTUSAB, (includes the BWU, NUPW, BUT, and BSTU) [Leroy TROTMAN] National Union of Public Workers or NUPW [Walter MALONEY]
|International organization participation:
|ACP, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National symbol(s):
|Neptune's trident, pelican, Red Bird of Paradise flower (also known as Pride of Barbados); national colors: blue, yellow, black
|National anthem:
| name: "The National Anthem of Barbados"
lyrics/music: Irving BURGIE/C. Van Roland EDWARDS
note: adopted 1966; the anthem is also known as "In Plenty and In Time of Need"
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Ad interim Jane E. BRATHWAITE
chancery: 2144 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 939-9200
consulate(s) general: Miami, New York consulate(s): Los Angeles
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Linda S. TAGLIALATELA (since 1 February 2016) note - also accredited to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
embassy: U.S. Embassy Road, Bridgetown 14006, Barbados
mailing address: P. O. Box 302, Bridgetown BB 11000; (Department Name) Unit 3120, DPO AA 34055
telephone: [1] (246) 227-4000
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Barbados is the wealthiest and most developed country in the Eastern Caribbean and enjoys one of the highest per capita incomes in the region. Historically, the Barbadian economy was dependent on sugarcane cultivation and related activities. However, in recent years the economy has diversified into light industry and tourism with about four-fifths of GDP and of exports being attributed to services. Offshore finance and information services are important foreign exchange earners and thrive from having the same time zone as eastern US financial centers and a relatively highly educated workforce. Barbados' tourism, financial services, and construction industries have been hard hit since the onset of the global economic crisis in 2008. Barbados' public debt-to-GDP ratio rose from 56% in 2008 to 101% in 2015. Growth prospects are limited because of a weak tourism outlook and planned austerity measures.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $4.804 billion (2016 est.) $4.724 billion (2015 est.) $4.682 billion (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $4.473 billion (2015 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|1.7% (2016 est.) 0.9% (2015 est.) 0.2% (2014 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $17,200 (2016 est.) $16,900 (2015 est.) $16,800 (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|Gross national saving:
|9.1% of GDP (2016 est.) 6.8% of GDP (2015 est.) 3.1% of GDP (2014 est.)
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 82.5%
government consumption: 14.3%
investment in fixed capital: 14.4%
investment in inventories: 3.2%
exports of goods and services: 35.1%
imports of goods and services: -49.5% (2016 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 82.5%
government consumption: 14.3%
investment in fixed capital: 14.4%
investment in inventories: 3.2%
exports of goods and services: 35.1%
imports of goods and services: -49.5% (2016 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|sugarcane, vegetables, cotton
|tourism, sugar, light manufacturing, component assembly for export
|Industrial production growth rate:
|-1% (2016 est.)
|Labor force:
|142,500 (2016 est.)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 10%
industry: 15%
services: 75% (1996 est.)
|Unemployment rate:
|11% (2016 est.) 11.3% (2015 est.)
|Population below poverty line:
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
| revenues: $1.2 billion (2013 est.)
expenditures: $1.5 billion (2016 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|26.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
|Public debt:
|108.9% of GDP (2016 est.) 106.9% of GDP (2015 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|1 April - 31 March
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.3% (2016 est.) -1.1% (2015 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$238 million (2016 est.) -$315 million (2015 est.)
|$466.7 million (2016 est.) $482.9 million (2015 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|manufactures, sugar, molasses, rum, other foodstuffs and beverages, chemicals, electrical components
|Exports - partners:
|Trinidad and Tobago 22.5%, US 11.8%, St. Lucia 9.2%, St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5.7%, Antigua and Barbuda 4.7%, St. Kitts and Nevis 4.4%, Guyana 4.2% (2015)
|$1.575 billion (2016 est.) $1.618 billion (2015 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|consumer goods, machinery, foodstuffs, construction materials, chemicals, fuel, electrical components
|Imports - partners:
|Trinidad and Tobago 39%, US 31.1% (2015)
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$608.1 million (31 December 2016 est.) $657.5 million (31 December 2015 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$4.49 billion (2010 est.) $668 million (2003 est.)
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|$4.495 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $4.571 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $4.366 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
|Exchange rates:
|Barbadian dollars (BBD) per US dollar - 2 (2016 est.) 2 (2015 est.) 2 (2014 est.) 2 (2013 est.) 2 (2012 est.) note: the Barbadian dollar is pegged to the US dollar
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|Electricity - production:
|900 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - consumption:
|900 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|200,000 kW (2014 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|100% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|1,000 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|764.5 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|2.53 million bbl (1 January 2016 es)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|12,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|11,490 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|20 million cu m (2014 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|20 million cu m (2014 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|113.3 million cu m (1 January 2016 es)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|1.3 million Mt (2013 est.)
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|Cellular Phones in use:
|total: 335,000 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 115 (July 2015 est.)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: island-wide automatic telephone system
domestic: fixed-line teledensity of roughly 55 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone density about 115 per 100 persons
international: country code - 1-246; landing point for the East Caribbean Fiber System (ECFS) submarine cable with links to 13 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad; satellite earth stations - 1 (Intelsat - Atlantic (2015)
|Broadcast media:
|government-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) operates the lone terrestrial TV station; CBC also operates a multi-channel cable TV subscription service; roughly a dozen radio stations, consisting of a CBC-operated network operating alongside p (2007)
|Internet country code:
|Internet users:
|total: 221,000 percent of population: 76.1% (July 2015 est.)
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|1 (2013)
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2013)
|gas 33 km; oil 64 km; refined products 6 km (2013)
| total 1,600 km
paved: 1,600 km (2011)
|Merchant marine:
| total 109
by type: bulk carrier 23, cargo 52, chemical tanker 13, container 6, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 8, refrigerated cargo 4, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 83 (Canada 11, Greece 14, Iran 5, Lebanon 2, Norway 38, Sweden 4, Syria 1, Turkey 1, UAE 1, UK 6) (2010)
|Ports and terminals:
|major seaport(s): Bridgetown
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|The Royal Barbados Defense Force includes a land-based Troop Command and a small Coast Guard; the primary role of the land element is island defense against external aggression; the Command consists of a single, part-time battalion with a small regular cadre deployed throughout the island; the cadre increasingly supports the police in patrolling the coastline for smuggling and other illicit activities
|Military branches:
|Royal Barbados Defense Force: Troops Command, Barbados Coast Guard (2011)
|Military service age and obligation:
|18 years of age for voluntary military service, or earlier with parental consent; no conscription (2013)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago abide by the April 2006 Permanent Court of Arbitration decision delimiting a maritime boundary and limiting catches of flying fish in Trinidad and Tobago's exclusive economic zone; joins other Caribbean states to counter Venezuela's claim that Aves Island sustains human habitation, a criterion under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which permits Venezuela to extend its Economic Exclusion Zone/continental shelf over a large portion of the eastern Caribbean Sea
|Illicit drugs:
|one of many Caribbean transshipment points for narcotics bound for Europe and the US; offshore financial center
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RAVENSWOOD - At City Council's last meeting, the question of giving general funds to the Octoberfest Committee resulted in the item being tabled until further review.
In the Council's Public Forum, Mike Kelly, a member of Octoberfest, asked that council consider giving funds to help with the annual festival. Kelly stated the businesses are no longer able to donate as much, if at all.
Said Kelly, "We're struggling just like everyone else is. Corporate is not donating or they are donating much less than they used to. When we say Ravenswood Octoberfest we are basically not just Octoberfest. We sponsor the parade; the pageants (pre-teen and teen) and the children's pageant. I myself put in hours with the Christmas lights. It was not so much Mayor's Movie in the Park as it was part of Octoberfest. The past Memorial Day celebration took a big hunk out of our funds. Everything we do takes a little more out of our budget."
Kelly further remarked that looking in the papers, one will see Fourth of July festivities, craft shows and apple butter festivals. Kelly added that those types of activities bring people into the town where they will eat and shop, which in turns helps local businesses.
Said the businessman, "We have the most beautiful riverside park. We have friendly people and I want people to see that. Octoberfest is getting smaller. Help us out because it's for Ravenswood, not for us (meaning Octoberfest Committee)."
Councilman Jared Bloxton brought forth an agenda item on the part of the Recreation Commission to approve giving the Octoberfest Committee $10, 000 to offset costs of the event.
Bloxton stated that he believed that Mike Kelly has said everything that needed to be said about the subject.
Council members asked questions about finances. It was reported that the Elimination Dinner made $6,000 in funding for the festival. In addition, the entertainment cost was close to $20,000 just to book the bands and the fireworks were also several thousand dollars.
Mayor Michael Ihle responded, saying, "I don't know that it is a top priority since we have other things that need fixed. Long term, we could use that money for things that need repaired or restored. The grills need replaced. Debbie (Hunt) has handed me an invoice for fixing park swings, and the cargo net that had not been replaced for years."
Other items mentioned were the bathrooms that needed new toilets, stalls and doors. Ihle explained that project alone would, "eat that money up."
Ihle announced his point of view was that he felt conflicted about giving $10,000 towards Octoberfest.
Said the mayor, "It's tough to spend thousands of dollars on something that will only last for one weekend."
Bloxton stated that he did not look at the event as one weekend, but as something that brings people to the town.
Said Bloxton, "We've been patient and we've been thrifty, and some of us have done things out of our own pockets. I have looked into other towns' recreations and I think they would be shocked to see that our council doesn't pay 50% of the cost. We have the dinner and we are fortunate to have some businesses that donate."
Recorder Kathy Garrett stated that she would like to look at the numbers before committing to an agreement on the amount requested by the Octoberfest Committee.
Councilman Ken Vintorini mentioned the festival sweetens the pot as it should not always be work and no play.
Ihle joked that he liked sweet things and visited Sweet Dreams a little more than he should. He quipped that instead of having one "candy bar" on one weekend, he would rather have candy here and there spread thoroughout the year. He stated that his candy comparison was his approach to the request.
"I would like to see people having things fixed year round," said the mayor, "And not use that money all at one time. I do see residual effects. I'm for voting no, but it seems that council would like to look into this a little further and it's fine with me."
No city funds for Ravenswood Octoberfest?
RAVENSWOOD - At City Council's last meeting, the question of giving general funds to the Octoberfest Committee resulted in the item being tabled until further review.

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You'd never guess there were 290 noisy, talented pupils in Roger Stephenson Architects' clever new building for Chetham's School of Music, writes Philip Griffin Photography by Daniel Hopkinson
Those of us living in not-London are acutely aware that Britain's cultural identity is carved ever deeper into the face of the capital – which is why Roger Stephenson Architects' new building for Chetham's School of Music is more than usually noteworthy. This, apart from being irresistibly punny, is good news for Manchester.
Chetham's has 290 students, aged from eight to 18. Specialist music teaching is combined with academic schooling. Looking like a brick grand piano with its lid up, the building slides on to a steeply raked landscape to take the stage among disparate players, the biggest of which is the Manchester Arena.
In the couple of years before the O2 came on the scene, Manchester's arena – then the MEN – held the record as the most successful leisure and concert venue in the world. The main impact of this 23,000 capacity box is from the air. Otherwise it is background noise. Other neighbours include Ian Simpson Architects' catchall glass wrapper, Urbis (currently containing the National Football Museum) to which the music school is remarkably alike.
Tired, sad, and long overdue refurbishment, Victoria railway station provides this ensemble with much of its audience. The entire site has a masterplan, which involves removing one of the school's dormitory blocks, revealing the medieval hall, cloister and Chetham's library to the city for the first time in more than a hundred years.
Roger Stephenson began his building by designing the bricks. The long, thin, Dutch-like buff bricks have very few relatives in Manchester. However, if it were thoroughly cleaned, much of the enclosing wall around the original 15th century Chetham's buildings would be approximately this colour. More than half the flush-pointed bricks are set in pre-cast panels, the joints of which are well disguised (though frankly, a twitch disappointing when you do spot them). The main impact of the building is this envelope. Combined with deep-set horizontal slit windows that chase each other along the straights, the linearity clings to the curves like Sebastian Vettel at the Nurburgring.
The best entrance is by the Cor-ten drawbridge that takes off from an existing gap between the school's gatehouse and courtyard, and spans the River Irk from the bluff that the original medieval buildings stand on. Except that the river was culverted to make way for the railway, and the bridge is fixed. Pause mid-crossing and imagine what this place has been. Beneath the massive culvert, known to the local tunnelling community as Optimus Prime, is an intact 17th century timber cattle bridge that used to connect Long Millgate with Walkers Croft.
The new bridge offers novel views of seldom seen roofscapes. The pity is that the street you are looking down on, Walkers Croft, is no longer a street at all, but part of the new school's curtilage. Steep steps that lead to Station Approach are now gated and locked off. Such privatisation of space is too much an urban commonplace these days, albeit Chetham's scholars are mainly boarders in need of the security.
From the bridge you enter by an automatic sliding steel door succeeded by heavy oak suspended gates into a triple-height space that might easily have been an open courtyard, but for the imposing ceiling inset with eight monopitch northlight skylights. Orientation: the bridge is south, across this wide atrium is north: everything to the west is the, as yet, unfunded and un-fitted concert hall and the academic school accommodation above and around it. Everything east is music school, practise rooms and recital hall. Across the open space to the north is what will be the main public entrance to the concert hall once commissioned. Eventually, the box office, cloakroom, bar and catering will open on to the space, now all shuttered off and awaiting funds of £6 to 7 million. This is an admirable exercise in future planning and goes some way to explain the unrealised feel of the space. The full-height glazed north facade may yet be replaced with a new and more distinctive setting for the concertgoers' main entrance.
Roger Stephenson's buildings tend not to seek easy solutions. They are not unadorned. The long south side of the atrium is lined with a timber bench flush to the glazing containing a corridor that leads to practise rooms. The glazing panels and the bench are chevroned. So, looking up, are the skylights. There are triangular striations in the timber door-surround and cladding that contain the recital hall on the north side of the atrium. The timber cladding is double height and ends at the narrow end of the space in a rather casual gap, neither door nor corridor. This architect is by no means clumsy, but the total feel of this space, the locus foci of the building, is edgy and nervous.
Just inside the north entrance, to the left of the door, is the 'feature stair', as the school calls it. This is a castle-like detail rising in a circular brick turret via half-moon landings. This will eventually be the public stair to the first and second levels of the 400-seat concert hall. The stairwell can be closed off at second floor, above which are classrooms. The feature stair is stripped of its features at the third floor landing, and appears to peter out as though the contractor had run out of bricks.
There are 112 practise and teaching rooms of various sizes in the music school, many of which are box-within-box construction, acoustically glazed and sealed. One music teacher tells me that he can hardly believe there are 290 students in the place, playing, moving around and doing the things that make this a successful school. Most days there are two free public lunchtime concerts. When I take my seat, there is only me and a shiny black Steinway in the recital room. At 1.34pm a dozen students come in. A minute later, after polite applause, a nine-year-old boy is playing Prokofiev. 40 minutes later, a 14-year-old girl concludes the recital with Dave Brubeck's King for a Day. Virtuoso playing merits its fine new setting.
Unlike many of the academies and BSF schools that precede it, Chetham's has great poise, style and distinction. And if it isn't note perfect, it only serves to make young musicians feel at home. The building committee, drawn from trustees, is chaired by Michael Oglesby, himself chair of Bruntwood, the North West's biggest property company. I suspect he wasn't an altogether compliant client. And I would guess that he is out raising money to complete the concert hall even now.
Chetham's, the Royal Northern College of Music, the Hallé, BBC Philharmonic and Manchester Camerata, all have new or extended homes in the 21st century. These buildings, all of them notable in their ways, are an important bulwark against the cultural hegemony of London. I'm not against the capital, but I cheer more loudly for the Chetham's kids on Young Musician of The Year. And, like in football, invariably, we win.
Philip Griffin is a writer and curator
Project data
Start on site June 2010
Contract duration 18 months
Gross internal floor area 10,600m2
Form of procurement Single stage Design and Build
Total cost £19.4 million
Cost per square metre £1,830
Client Chetham's School of Music
Architect Roger Stephenson Architects
Structural engineer Price and Myers
M&E consultant Norman, Disney and Young
Quantity surveyor Arcadis
Acoustic consultant Arup
Fire engineer Norman Disney & Young
Project manager Drivers Jonas Deloitte
Main contractor Sir Robert McAlpine
CDM coordinator BCA Project Services
Approved building inspector Butler and Young
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Living by the seaside really does boost your spirits, according to new research.
And scientists say more blocks of flats and affordable homes should be built there to increase the numbers who can benefit.
It could be because the blue space was all natural, while the green space included human made areas, such as sports fields and playgrounds, as well as natural areas such as native forestsProfessor
A study in New Zealand found residents whose properties had an ocean view were happier than their land-locked cousins.
It is the first to find a link between health and the visibility of water, which the scientists call 'blue space'.
However, research has shown the sound of waves alters wave patterns in the brain lulling you into a deeply relaxed state. Relaxing in this way can help rejuvenate the mind and body.
Also, floating in water means blood is diverted around from our lower limbs and pumped towards our abdominal region - the part of the body near the heart - because we are no longer standing upright.
Fresh blood being pumped around the body brings more oxygen to our brain which makes us more alert and active.
Professor Amber Pearson, of Michigan State University, said: "Increased views of blue space is significantly associated with lower levels of psychological distress. However, we did not find that with green space."
Previous research has suggested living near parks are good for health, but it appears nothing beats living 'by the seaside', as the song goes.
Using various topography data, Prof Pearson and colleagues studied the visibility of blue and green spaces from residential locations of Wellington.
The urban capital city is surrounded by the Tasman Sea on the north and the Pacific Ocean on the south. Green space includes forests and grassy parks.
To gauge psychological distress, the researchers analysed data from the New Zealand Health Survey which used a measurement called the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, or K10, which has proven to be an accurate predictor of anxiety and mood disorders.
Mental health disorders are the leading cause of disability worldwide, according to the World Health Organisation.
Even after taking into account residents' wealth, age, sex and other neighbourhood factors, the study found having a view of the ocean was associated with improved mental health.
Prof Pearson said visibility of green space did not show the same calming effect, although that could be because the study did not distinguish between types. She explained: "It could be because the blue space was all natural, while the green space included human made areas, such as sports fields and playgrounds, as well as natural areas such as native forests. Perhaps if we only looked at native forests we might find something different."
Like most wealthy countries, New Zealand is highly urbanised, meaning effective city planning is increasingly important.
Prof Pearson said designating a proportion of high rise buildings or affordable homes in locations with ocean views could potentially promote mental health.
She added future research could investigate whether the findings hold true for large fresh bodies of water such as the Great Lakes.
Studies have shown sea air is good for a sound sleep because it is charged with healthy negative ions that accelerate our ability to absorb oxygen.
The chemicals also balance levels of seratonin, a hormone linked with mood and stress. Which is why after a holiday you feel more alert, relaxed and energised.
The heat of the sun also affects our endocrine system - the part of our body which secretes endorphins - the natural chemicals in our body designed to make us feel relaxed and less stressed.


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Chromax Golf has introduced the Distance ball to its line of high-visibility, metallic finish golf balls. The Distance, a premium ball designed for players of all abilities, is Chromax's first 90-compression ball.
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Chun Qi Jiang found guilty of dismembering Guang Hua Liu
Jury finds Toronto-area man guilty of 2nd-degree murder
A man's attempt to blame his mother for the brutal killing and dismemberment of his ex-girlfriend failed to sway a Toronto-area jury, who found him guilty Thursday of second-degree murder.
The verdict suggests jurors believed that Chun Qi Jiang meant to kill 41-year-old Guang Hua Liu, but he didn't plan it, as the Crown alleged when prosecutors argued for a first-degree murder conviction.
Liu, a single mother of three who ran a massage parlour, had been locked in a love triangle that prosecutors alleged turned deadly after she rejected Jiang for his rival.
Jiang was arrested weeks after Liu's body parts began to surface in Toronto-area waterways and parks in August 2012, triggering a massive investigation.
His 66-year-old mother died soon after his arrest, and he testified at trial that she was the one who fatally stabbed and dismembered Liu in a fit of rage over allegedly stolen jewelry, while he simply helped cover up the gruesome crime.
Crown Attorney Brian McGuire said outside court that the elements required for a first-degree murder conviction can be hard to prove, but he is satisfied the jury rejected Jiang's attempt to pin the slaying on his mother.
"The difficulty sometimes with proving planning and deliberation is that you have to sort of reconstruct the past without your main witness, who's the deceased, and the defendant laid down a pretty good trail of lies and destruction of evidence, so in that light it is difficult to reconstruct that," McGuire said.
"(I) totally understand the jury's verdict in that regard and we're very satisfied that they saw through the rather superficial defence of Mr. Jiang in this case."
Jiang, who wore a plaid button-down shirt and tan slacks, remained stone-faced as the jury read out the verdict it reached after 13 hours of deliberations. The second-degree murder conviction carries an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 10 to 25 years.
More than half the jury recommended 25 years of parole ineligibility, though the final decision will come from Ontario Superior Court Justice Gisele Miller. The case will return for sentencing arguments on Aug. 29.
No word on intent to appeal
Defence lawyer Kathryn Wells did not indicate if Jiang plans to appeal. Outside court she said that she is disappointed with the verdict, but this was a challenging case.
"Certainly it's a tragic case," Wells said. "Whatever the outcome was today there would be no winners because Ms. Liu obviously is no longer with us and — as I said in my closing — it's a gruesome set of facts."
Court heard Liu's head and body showed more than 40 "chop-like" wounds caused by a sharp-edged object, possibly a hatchet or cleaver.
The trial has also heard Liu's blood was found in the accused's basement and in the trunk of his car, while a pair of rubber gloves found in a kitchen drawer tested positive for both Liu and Jiang's DNA.
McGuire had argued the brutality of the assault on Liu, coupled with the careful eradication of any evidence that might point to her death, prove she was never meant to survive.
Jiang was familiar with the areas where her remains were dumped and made sure to leave her head, the most identifiable part, as far away from his home as possible, while still giving himself time to clean up the scene of the crime, he said.
Prosecutors also suggested Jiang's ailing mother would not have been physically able to overpower a fit, 41-year-old woman and walk away "without so much as a scratch."
Jiang testified he did not call police or an ambulance after the grisly incident that took place in the basement of his home. He admitted to bringing up parts of Liu's body to be washed in the kitchen sink and packing them in plastic bags, but insisted it was his mother who cut up the body.
He also told the court he put Liu's torso into a suitcase, went through the contents of her purse and put her belongings in bags to be disposed of with her remains.


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The hot, dog days of summer are here. Humidity is crazy! Feels like you are swimming through the air as you walk. Great pool days, though. 🙂 The kids are loving the daily swimming lessons. I guess the one benefit to this heat is that there are no cold mornings for swimming. Which means no purple lips or chattering teeth!
Celiac Family is hosting the Gluten-Free Menu Swap this week and chose the ingredient: balsamic vinegar. I love balsamic vinegar & use it for many different things in my house. I will sometimes use balsamic vinegar alone for my salads. I marinate my chicken breasts in a mix of balsamic, olive oil, basil, oregano, garlic, salt & pepper, then grill. I saute mushrooms in balsamic vinegar. I could go on & on. Oh, one of my favorites is Caprese Salad with a balsamic gastrique (just balsamic & a touch of brown sugar stirred up & drizzled over the salad). Thanks for hosting!
Onto the menu:
Sunday ~ Baked Parmesan Chicken Fingers, sweet potato hash browns, broccoli & salad
Monday ~ Salmon (Agave & Lime), brown rice, green beans & salad
Tuesday ~ Homemade Mac & cheese, baked beans, veggies & fruit (didn't get to this last week)
Wednesday ~ Shrimp Scampi, asparagus & Caprese Salad w/Balsamic Gastrique
Thursday~ Spinach & Feta Turkey Burgers, roasted butternut squash, sauteed okra medley & salad
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1 June 2012
Aston University has been ranked 47th in a new index of the world's leading universities under the age of 50.
The 2012 league table, compiled in partnership with the Guardian and international rankings agency QS, is designed to identify who might become 'the next Harvard' and provide the 'next generation of global thought leadership'.
Aston is also placed 3rd for 'employer reputation' in the 'QS top 50 universities under 50' table. It is a further success for the University, with graduate employers ranking Aston at 51st in the world overall in the full QS Guide, which lists the world's top 500 universities.
Nine UK institutions are ranked in the Guardian QS's 'top 50 under 50' including Warwick, York and Bath. In the UK alone, there are 98 post-1961 universities.
The table is topped by Aston University's international partner the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The table is based on five main criteria – academic reputation, employer reputation, citation by faculty, ratio of International students and ratio of International faculty.
Aston University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Julia King, said; "This new global index rating is a great endorsement for Aston University. It emphasises our outstanding business links, innovative research and strong international reputation as well as the positive career prospects that students can expect from Aston."
Aston began as the Birmingham Municipal Technical School in 1895, evolving into the UK's first elite College of Advanced Technology in 1956. Aston University's Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth II was formally sealed in April 1966.
For further media information please contact Alex Earnshaw, Aston University Communications on 0121 204 4549 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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It wasn't that long ago — about five years to be precise — that critics of then-Senator Barack Obama were complaining mightily about the presidential candidate's numerous "present" votes while serving in the Illinois General Assembly. It turns out that Illinois and some other states (but not North Carolina) allow legislators the "present" option when voting on proposed bills.
The gist of the criticism, of course, was that a "present" vote is the wimp's way out — a way to get credit for being there to collect your legislative paycheck without doing your duty and taking a position.
This week, it will be interesting to see if any of Obama's critics in North Carolina step up to direct the same criticism at Gov. Pat McCrory. As reported on Friday, the governor has decided to, in effect, vote "present" on one of the year's dumbest bills — the proposal to keep Islamic Sharia Law from being given any effect in North Carolina. According to a statement, the Governor thinks the proposal is "unnecessary" but will simply punt and not sign or veto the measure. Under state law, the bill now becomes law.
But, of course, the question that arises is: If you think it's unnecessary, why don't you do your duty and take a stand? At least Obama's "present" votes had the same practical effect as a "no" vote under Illinois law. McCrory's wimp out lets a potentially unconstitutional absurdity become state law in North Carolina because, in effect, the Guv didn't want to be bothered — a silly result that was also, unfotunately, allowed to happen on occasion by his predecessors. What a way to run a railroad!


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Divorce attorney, Gavin (Danny DeVito), in the darkly comic The War of the Roses (1989), screenplay by Michael Leeson from the 1981 novel by Warren Adler and directed by Danny DeVito, pleads with his client who is seeking a divorce. "I think you should hear the story though. It might matter to you. I won't start the clock yet." He pauses to reflect. "My fee is four hundred and fifty dollars an hour. When a man who makes four-hundred and fifty dollars an hour wants to tell you something for free, you should listen."
Ben (Ben Affleck), a book-jacket copywriter, in the wildly funny and honest meditation on marriage Forces of Nature (1999), written by Marc Lawrence, is one day away from marriage. He receives unexpected advice from his grandfather. "Don't tie yourself down. Even if you love a woman, it fades. Marriage," he offers with graying years of wisdom, "is a prison."
Not long afterwards, Ben's young best man, Alan, offers similar advice from a book of quotes that he is gifting to Ben. "To say that you can love one person all your life," he reads aloud, carefully, "is like saying that one candle will continue to burn as long as you live."
Later, in a rental car, Ben happily tells a co-rider that he's about to get married. "I was married once," the man confesses without remorse.
From the book of quotes that Alan had gifted to him, Ben reads advice from the revered poet, Oscar Wilde. "One should always be in love. This is the reason one should never marry." Ben pauses. "Well," he dismisses, "What do you know?"
"You know, I'm kinda startin' to get the feeling that there's maybe a hint that I'm not getting here," he ultimately admits to the footloose Sarah (Sandra Bullock), his natural-disaster-on-an-unplanned-road-trip companion. "Spell it out for me!" he shouts at the sky.
At one point, after Ben and Sarah awkwardly find themselves in a motel room together, he turns the radio on to Stephen Stills singing, "And if you can't be with the one you love, honey, love the one you're with." He turns the radio off. Later, when Ben is embarrassingly stripping in a gay bar to raise needed money for his and Sarah's crazed road trip to Savannah, the Luther Ingram hit (here performed by the group Faithless), "If loving you is wrong, I don't want to be right," blares in the background.
In this film, forces of nature in the form of Ben and Sarah uninhibitedly collide. As they head for Savannah, so does a hurricane, building strength off the east coast, and forces of nature again collide hilariously at Ben and Bridget's wedding reception. In a beautiful epiphany, Ben and Bridget resolve their relationship in real time while their wedding guests fly around behind them in slow motion.
Will Ben emerge married to Bridget? Will he hook up with Sarah, or will he choose to remain unmarried?
In The War of the Roses, attorney Oliver (Michael Douglas) and later housewife/caterer Barbara (Kathleen Turner) make love for the first time in an idyllic Nantucket motel room. Oliver then dreamily projects, "This is a story we're gonna tell our grandchildren." They marry and have two kids. After receiving a rare Morgan automobile as a Christmas gift from Barbara, she asks, "Well, are you happy?" Oliver embraces and kisses her, responding, "I'm more than happy. I'm way past happy. I'm married," he declares to the gods, ecstatically.
Cut back to Gavin and his divorce-seeking client. "Sounds like a fairy tale," doesn't it? Gavin says. "And it was," he continues.
Oliver tells a story at a lavish dinner party of how he and Barbara came to own such a fine set of Baccarat crystal on their fifth anniversary in France. "A wealthy French couple had ordered a special design for their anniversary," he begins. "By the time it was ready, they were getting a divorce. The woman had smashed her half," Oliver continues, "and I convinced the man to sell us his half for cheap, just to spite her." The dinner guests all have a nervous laugh. "And, that's our Baccarat story," Oliver says with a smile.
Things deteriorate in a darkly comedic way that only DeVito could direct. Oliver suffers a hiatal hernia. Barbara purposely avoids going to see him at the hospital, thinking he was having a heart attack and hoping he would die. While being rolled through a hallway on the way to the emergency room, Oliver passes a man on a stretcher who had been stabbed in the stomach by his wife. Barbara announces that she wants a divorce. Oliver, with Gavin as his divorce attorney, fights it with vengeance, specifically over who gets the house. Gavin pleads with Oliver to give Barbara the house and be done with it.
Cut back to Gavin and his client. "What do you call five-hundred lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?" he asks the now confused man. "A good start," he concludes.
Later, Barbara visits Gavin and attempts a bribe. "Have you ever made angry love?"
"Is there any other way?" he responds, before seeing her out of his office.
Gavin ultimately finishes his story to his divorce-seeking client. "Some story, huh? What's the moral? Maybe it's not natural to stay married to one person for life. My parents did it. Sixty three years!" he reflects. "A few of them good."
Do Oliver and Barbara work it out? Do they divorce? Does Gavin's client divorce, or does he walk away deeply considering these lessons on the nature of "tying the knot."


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The Federal Reserve is widely expected to announce on Wednesday that it will continue buying Treasury securities to stimulate growth in the new year.
The Fed's public declaration in September that it would buy bonds until the outlook for the labor market "improved substantially" has cleared away much of the uncertainty and controversy that usually precedes such announcements.
The economic recovery remains lackluster and millions are looking for work. But while some analysts question the central bank's ability to improve the situation, few doubt that the Fed, under its chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, is determined to keep trying.
Indeed, while Fed officials continue to warn that a failure to avert scheduled tax increases and spending cuts next year would overwhelm their efforts and plunge the economy back into recession, they have also said that even if Congress and the White House negotiate a compromise, the Fed's efforts would continue.
"I am not prepared to say we are remotely close to substantial improvement on the employment front," Dennis P. Lockhart, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, said in a recent speech. "I expect that continued aggressive use of balance sheet monetary tools will be appropriate and justified by economic conditions for some time, even if fiscal cliff issues are properly addressed."
The remarks were particularly significant because Mr. Lockhart is among the moderate members of the Federal Open Market Committee whose support Mr. Bernanke invested months in winning before starting the new policy.
With the direction of policy clearly set, debate has turned to the details. The Fed, whose policy-making committee is meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, still must determine what to buy and how much to spend, and officials continue to debate the best way to describe when the agency is likely to stop buying.
In making those decisions, the Fed must balance its conviction that buying bonds reduces borrowing costs for businesses and consumers against concerns the purchases might disrupt financial markets or inhibit its control of inflation.
Analysts say the immediate answer is likely to be more of the same. The Fed currently buys $40 billion of mortgage-backed securities and $45 billion of Treasury securities a month. Officials highlighted that $85 billion figure in September, and have indicated since that it remained their rough target.
"It would be odd for them to disappoint the expectations that they have created themselves," Kris Dawsey of Goldman Sachs wrote in a note to clients predicting that the Fed would maintain both the dollar amount and the division. Other analysts have suggested the Fed might slightly decrease the total amount of purchases, to $80 billion, or increase the share of mortgage securities.
The Fed is unlikely to announce a new timetable this week, analysts said. The committee has said that it does not plan to raise interest rates before the middle of 2015, and that it will stop buying bonds before it starts raising rates.
Many officials on the 12-member committee — perhaps even the majority — would prefer to substitute economic objectives for guidance set by the calendar. The Fed's ability to reduce borrowing costs derives in part from persuading investors that interest rates will remain low.
Telling investors how the economic situation must change in order to warrant a change in policy could be more convincing, and therefore more potent, than simply publishing an estimated endpoint, these officials say.
But an account of the committee's previous meeting, in late October, showed that officials remained divided about which economic objectives to use.
The most vocal proponent of focusing on economic goals, Charles L. Evans, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, said last month that the Fed should declare its intent to keep short-term interest rates near zero until the unemployment rate fell below 6.5 percent, provided that the rate of inflation did not exceed 2.5 percent.
"I believe we have the ability to go even further in reassuring financial markets and the general public that policy will stay appropriately accommodative," Mr. Evans said in advocating the change during a speech in Toronto.
Other officials have misgivings about placing such emphasis on any single economic indicator, or on the unemployment rate in particular.
The discussions are moving slowly, in part because it is not clear the changes being contemplated would have significant benefits. The targets the Fed is considering closely resemble its own past practice, meaning the new thresholds would tend to reinforce rather than shift expectations.
Lou Crandall, chief economist at the research firm Wrightson ICAP, noted in a recent analysis that the unemployment rate exceeded 7 percent in the mid-1980s and again in the early 1990s, and in both cases the Fed waited until the rate fell well into the 6 percent range before it began to raise interest rates.
The relative complacency of Fed officials also reflects their judgment that the mortgage-bond purchases announced in September are working. Average interest rates on 30-year mortgages are at the lowest levels on record, averaging 3.35 percent in November, according to Freddie Mac's regular survey.
"This is solid evidence that our policy has been and continues to be effective — though it is certainly not all-powerful in current circumstances," William C. Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said last week.
To continue the companion purchases of Treasury securities, the Fed will need to change its approach. It is now buying long-term securities with proceeds from the sale of short-term securities, but it is running out of inventory to sell.
The most likely alternative is to create money by crediting the accounts of banks that sell bonds to the Fed, the same method now being used to buy mortgage bonds and also to finance earlier rounds of the Fed's so-calledquantitative easing.
The Fed has repeatedly overestimated the health of the economy and the impact of its efforts. This time, officials have promised to maintain their efforts even as the economy shows signs of improvement. But they are once again sounding notes of cautious optimism about the coming year — if Washington does not interfere.
A budget deal reducing deficits in the long term, Mr. Bernanke said in November, "could help make the new year a very good one for the American economy."


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Over the years I have worked in software development, one discussion I've often observed is the benefits of structuring software in projects, as most of the companies still do today. It seems that the de facto standard for software in an enterprise still is (rough sketch, this process varies a lot from company to company):
- Someone has an idea
- Idea is considered good enough to be invested in
- A team is assembled, and they discuss the vision and set up a plan
- Plan is executed with software being written
- Team hands over the project to a support team
- Software is being used (hopefully)
- Support team keeps software alive and kicking throughout the years
Admittedly, this is just a simplified version of what actually happens. Organisations differ in how they execute all of these phases and how long it takes to go from one to the other, but my main point is that there is usually a project team, that creates and puts a product live, and they will leave once everything is done. In some cases there will even be a country difference, where a local team will do the development, handing over to an offshore support team with the aim to keep the overall cost low.
As a consultant, I've seen the consequence of this behaviour too many times. Since no one is actively working on that product anymore, it keeps decaying, with some patches made once in a while to add new functionality. After a few years everyone realizes that it is cheaper to just throw the big ball of mud that they currently have away and rewrite the product from scratch… and the cycle starts again.
Now this helps to keep developers employed, so I should be happy about it, but from a company's perspective, there are a few problems with this model:
It assumes that a software project is something static, that you can write, finish and then just use it for ever. Since it isn't, the result is that bugs are being fixed by people that didn't write the code and don't have the same understanding of it, which results in poor support and probably more bugs.
It assumes that not only software is static, but also that the business is. So instead of thinking about software as something that is there to help an ever evolving business, it delivers a package that the business or their customers have to adapt to, probably resulting in worse business performance.
With the devops movement gaining momentum around the world, this scenario is currently changing in the development phase of a project, as Jen described here. We are starting to see more and more cases where development team support the application while they are building it, which is definitely a step forward, but it is not all that needs to happen. Supporting a product during its initial development phase is one thing, evolving and supporting it throughout its existence is another.
If a product is live and being used, than it should be evolving as the needs within that user group (and even new user groups) evolve. And if that's the case, it should be treated as a first class citizen, where maintenance and evolution of the code walk together, guaranteeing that code doesn't turn into legacy. It doesn't mean it needs a team the same size as the one used to build it in the first place, but it needs a team that is in contact with the customer and aiming at evolving the product, not just patching it and keeping it running.
We should stop using support as a bad word. Actually, we should stop using the word support completely. We should start talking about software evolution.


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I am somewhat new to revit and have asked a few friends about this. Nobody seems to understand why it is happening. I have all my levels set up. The floors are placed according to levels and walls are on top of the floors. I am using imported dwgs with arcs and lines to build the floors and walls using the pick tool.
Apologies for the private message, but I am somewhat desperate.
Whenever I try to edit the floor boundary in any way, the error "The constraints of the sketch defining the highlighted element cannot be satisfied."(see attached screenshot). The only way I have been able to edit the floor is by either cutting the walls, editing, and pasting them back. Or by moving the floor (any minimal amount), editing it and moving it back into place. This is inefficient for a highrise, and I loose any attached, joined or room tags.
I narrowed it down to deleting a single wall on the level and it allowed me to edit the boundary. On a different level I did the same but by narrowing it down to a different random wall. Is it possible that revit cannot handle arcs very well?
I modeled the floors independently, not using a mass, and have no other design options. I tried copying the information to a different file and to no avail. I also had an issue with 2 random walls, attempting to delete them would give me the same error message, forcing me to ether delete the floor or cancel and leave everything as it was.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions!!


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MOTHER's Bi-Monthly Almanac has a star chart, tips on extending the tomato harvest and tells you how to make a camera obscura.
Preserving the Apple Harvest
Applesauce and Apple Butter Recipes
This may be the first generation to set foot on the moon and shoot rocket probes into the reaches of outer space. But, man for man and woman for woman, great-grandad and great-grandmother — or, for that matter, almost any primitive tribe of almost any past age — knew a lot more about identifying the stars and planets in the night sky than most of us currently do.
And so, with the help of Guy Ottewell (author of Astronomical Calendar 1977, available for $4.95 from the Department of Physics, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613), MOTHER is going to try to change all that. The foldouts in Issue Nos. 43 through 48 are being printed in the form of an old-time almanac and star chart. Save the series. Practice with it (directions for using the maps appear in MOTHER NO. 43). And, if you're a typical child of our modern TV-dominated society, you should know one heck of a lot more about the heavens by the end of 1977 than you did at the beginning.
Star Chart September 1977
4 Mars passes north of Jupiter in the early morning sky.
7 The moon crosses south of Jupiter and Mars before sunrise . . . four days later, it passes below Venus and Saturn.
15 The sun enters Virgo.
21 Mercury is at its best for viewing in the morning because it stands steeply above the sun as the two rise.
22 The fall or autumnal equinox occurs when earth's north and south poles are equidistant from the sun. In our Northern Hemisphere, nights now start to become longer than days and autumn officially begins . . . south of the equator the opposite occurs as spring commences.
23 The sun enters the astrological sign Libra.
27 If conditions are good, you might be able to see a penumbral eclipse of the moon as it passes through the upper edge of the earth's shadow around 4:30 a.m. EDT.
Star Chart October 1977
9 The Draconid meteors have, at times, been spectacular. If visible this year, they'll come from the head of Draco throughout the night.
12 A partial eclipse of the sun can be seen in North America (4 p.m. EDT). The further north you live, however, the smaller the "bite" from the sun will be.
20 The Orionid meteors are a very good shower "left over" from Halley's Comet. Numbers in crease beginning at 9 p.m. and peak around 4 a.m. Rate: perhaps 40 per hour.
23 The sun enters the astrological sign Scorpio.
30 The sun enters Libra. In the U.S., change clocks back one hour from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time in appropriate areas of the country.
31 Halloween is the last of the four Cross-Quarter 5 Days, which some people consider the actual , boundaries of the seasons.
The other dates are: Groundhog Day (February 2), May Day (May 1), and Lammas (August 1).
Some Interesting Solar and Lunar Events
It's little wonder that early man looked at the two largest and brightest objects in our sky — the moon and the sun — with awe. The events associated with these bodies are really quite impressive . . . even for those of us who now have a more scientific understanding of them.
The phases of the moon, for instance, are actually determined by that satellite's very orderly circling of the earth . . . a cycle which requires about 29-1/2 of our days. The moon "shines" by reflecting sunlight, so only the hemisphere of the moon that is turned toward the sun is illuminated. We can't see the new moon, then, because it lies in the same direction from the earth as the sun, and its "back", or dark half, faces us. As it orbits the earth (that is, moves eastward about 12 degrees per day), more and more of the illuminated side of the moon is exposed to our view until halfway through its revolution around our planet-we can see the full face of this, the earth's only large satellite.
Because the moon's plane of orbit is tilted about 5 degrees from the ecliptic (the apparent path of the sun across the sky), eclipses can occur only when these two paths intersect and the sun and the moon come into exact alignment with the earth (as they do during this time of the year).
During a solar eclipse, the moon passes directly between the earth and the sun, casting its shadow towards us. If the moon is close enough to the earth, a total eclipse of the sun can be viewed where the moon's cone-shaped shadow touches the planet (a moving spot never more than 200 miles across) and a partial eclipse can be observed at other points (see October 12). When the tip of the moon's shadow does not quite reach the earth, however, an annular eclipse takes place . . . that is, at its peak, observers directly in the path of the shadow will see a ring of sunlight surrounding the darkened moon. (One important note: When looking directly at the sun, even during an eclipse, always protect your eyes with filters that have been approved for this purpose!)
In a lunar eclipse, the relationship of the bodies is reversed: The moon passes through the earth's shadow while on the "outside" (away from the sun) portion of its orbit. Our planet's satellite, however, is not always completely hidden during a lunar eclipse . . . it often turns a coppery color when shaded from the direct rays of the sun but is still illuminated by refracted sunlight passing through the earth's atmosphere.
Another interesting event that puzzles man even to this day is the appearance of sunspots. These dark areas on the sun's face can number from just a few a year to around 150 per day, and seem to follow an 11-year cycle. Surprisingly, these "dark" spots are exceedingly bright and appear dark only in contrast with the remaining and still-lighter face of the sun. They move across the sun's surface because of its rotation. and have shown us that the sun is not a rigid bode. Areas near Ole Sol's equator rotate faster (24-1/2 earth days per revolution) than regions closer to the poles (a 31-earth-day period at 60 degrees latitude).
Making a Camera Obscura
Fall is definitely the most colorful season of the year, which makes it an ideal time to put together a simple camera obscura (a camera for drawing) to aid your children in preserving a bit of nature's beauty.
Round up an old box — or gather together enough lumber to build one — about 18 inches long, 9 inches deep, and 12 inches wide. Fashion a hinged "lid" at one end of the container's top, and paint the box's interior black.
Now cut a hole in the end opposite the lid and fasten a double convex lens (a magnifying glass) into the opening. Then secure a mirror at a 45 degree angle under the lid. To complete the project, take a small pane of window glass, rub it on one side against a sheet of sandpaper, and fasten the ground glass under the lid in the top.
Adjust the "camera" by simply experimenting with different positions of the looking glass. When you hit upon the correct angle, you'll be able to point the contraption in any direction and see objects reflected in their natural colors onto the ground glass . . . strongly enough to be accurately traced on drafting paper.
Substitute Shoe "Polish"
The crops are in, the larder's full, and you want to dress up a little for that long-awaited trip to town . . . but you find that the shoe polish is down to a few dried up bits rattling around in the bottom of the tin. Fake it.
Take a piece of cut lemon and rub the leather all over. Finish off with a soft cloth, just as if you'd used polish.
They'll never know the difference on Main Street.
Popping Corn
On a cold autumn evening, it somehow just seems natural to sit down in front of the fire with a huge bowl of popcorn. But occasionally — no matter what tricks you try — the fluffy snack you anticipated turns out to be a hard-kerneled disaster. What to do?
Few people realize that popcorn pops because each kernel contains a minute amount of water. When the grains are heated, this moisture turns to steam and the resulting mini-explosions split the kernels open.
It follows, then, that popcorn — if not stored in a sealed container — can become too dry to do its thing. The next time you find yourself up against this situation, soak the grain in cold water for fifteen minutes, drain it, and then try to pop the corn again. You should be pleased with the results.
Extending the Tomato Harvest
Tomatoes — whether whole, juiced, or made into a paste or ketchup — are one of the indispensable staples for many cooks, so any scheme for lengthening the fruit's harvest is worth looking into.
Dick Raymond (author of Down-to-Earth Vegetable Gardening Know-How, $5.95 from Garden Way Publishing, Charlotte, Vt. 05445, or MOTHER's Bookshelf) suggests that instead of removing all of the suckers from your tomato plants this year, you could allow a few to grow to the size of your little finger and produce a bud. Then cut off the sucker, trim away all the leaves up to the bud, set the stem in water for four hours, and "plant" the cutting. Be sure to water it well for two to three days . . . and within a few weeks you'll be harvesting wonderful fruit.
By frost, these late-started plants will produce large, top-quality green tomatoes (better than fruits from vines that have been bearing all summer) that you can pick and put in your cellar to ripen. Just store 'em in a dark place so they'll mature evenly.
Or if you have room indoors, try rooting the cuttings in four-quart pots. When kept in a sunny spot, these plants can provide you with fresh tomatoes well into the winter!
A Dandy Fire Extinguisher
We all know that we should have a fire extinguisher or two in the kitchen, another in the car, and yet others within handy reach in the shop, barn, etc. Few of us do because . . . well, the dang things are too big and bulky . . . and they have to be recharged . . . and they cost too much.
OK. Right now, today, you're going to go out and buy a whole half dozen compact, low-cost, everready fire extinguishers. They'll weigh one pound each (so they're not too large), they'll never have to be recharged (so there's no objection there), and they'll cost a grand total of less than $3.00 (you can panhandle that much in an hour, for crying out loud).
Talking 'bout — are you ready? — baking soda. Good . . . old . . . baking soda . . . in one-pound cardboard boxes. It'll set you back no more than fifty cents a container and each carton contains enough powder to douse almost any young fire you're ever likely to encounter in the kitchen, basement, home shop, or automobile. How? By generating flame-snuffing carbon dioxide when sprinkled on a blaze.
To prevent moisture from caking the soda over the years (and to keep the weak-willed at your house from using the contents of the fire extinguishers for other purposes), protect each box of the powder in a tightly sealed, double wrap of aluminum foil. Then glue a band of red paper around every package or clearly label the foil on the individual boxes (with something like a magic marker) "FOR FIRE ONLY".
Put one of the soda containers in the kitchen, another in the bedroom, a third in the basement, a fourth in your home workshop, a fifth in the car glove compartment, and carry the sixth on your tractor (or put it in the baby's room, near the heat lamps in the barn during spring farrowing, in the chicken house next to the brooder stove, etc.).
At the first sign of fire, grab the nearest box of soda, tear off the protective foil, and sprinkle the powder over the blaze. It won't take much, so spread the soda thin. As the powder hits the flames, it'll produce a dense cloud of carbon dioxide that will quickly extinguish grease, electrical, and most other kinds of fire . . . all for fifty-five cents (counting foil) or less a shot.
Splinter Removal
No matter how careful you are around the homestead, there seem to be about a thousand ways to pick up splinters . . . so it's good to know that there's more than one way to get them out. Here's a less painful alternative to digging at your skin with a needle or knife point (which is never much fun, even if there's a friend around to admire your Great Surgeon act).
For clean, easy extraction of slivers — according to at least one old-time source — fill a heavy-duty bottle almost to the top with boiling water, place the injured spot over the mouth of the container, and press down tightly. The pushing should force the flesh back from that troublesome bit of wood, and — with luck — the heat will draw it out.
Saving Energy in the Home
Last year, many folks spent an uncomfortable — and extremely expensive — winter because they were caught off guard by the severe temperatures. Before this cold season sets in, why not prepare to cut the heat loss in your own home by up to 15 or 20 percent — as well as increase the comfort of your house at the same indoor temperature — by taking a few simple and relatively inexpensive measures to reduce drafts?
• Either affix purchased weatherstripping — or make your own draft excluders by tacking up strips of felt — over all the cracks between doors and windows and the frames which surround them. At the least, close some folded newspaper or cloth into the top and bottom cracks of each window.
• Fill all holes around window frames, door frames, and chimneys with caulking. Nail thin laths of wood to door frames to cover larger gaps.
• Install storm windows. Even plastic — though it wears out quickly — provides good insulation. (For an airtight seal, roll the edges under several times and tack through the roll.)
• Place masking tape around windows that are going to be closed all winter.
• Hang heavy curtains over windows and all glass doors.
• Keep a "floor dog" (the stuffed sleeve of an old coat is effective) pushed tightly against the base of all outside doors.
• Block off all unused fireplaces, and position a temporary cover in front of the others when they're not in use.
• Seal all holes in walls, especially those around pipes, attic doors, etc. Gaps around baseboards can be filled with papier-mache and stained or painted to match the wood.
• Cover gaping floorboards with carpeting or linoleum to seal off drafts. Several thicknesses of newspaper laid under the covering increase effectiveness.
• If your home has an open foundation, enclose it. Old sacks filled with dirt and leaves are good to stack in front of small openings to block the wind.


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