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I can only assume he was overshadowed by his peers due to their personalities and styles of bowling
Oh for a strong arm and a walking stick
Do you guys try too hard to appear cool when you leave out widely accepted ATG players with gun stats in favor of lesser acclaimed cricketers with decidedly inferior stats, typically from many generations earlier? Srs question.
RIP Phil Hughes. Forever 63*
The truth is - these lists are arbitrary and cannot be set in concrete. One of the obvious reasons is that the actual and real difference in strength between the ATG bowlers is so small as to be almost meaningless.
And on that note, I've changed my mind - Snow into the top 15 and Larwood out.
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Simpson^ | Hayden | Bradman | Smith^ | Ponting | Border* | Gilchrist+ | Davidson3 | Warne4^ | Lillee1 | McGrath2
Greenidge | Hunte | Richards^ | Headley* | Lara^ | Sobers5^ | Walcott+ | Marshall1 | Ambrose2 | Holding3 | Garner4
Richards | Smith*^ | Kallis5^ | Pollock | deViliers^ | Nourse | Cameron+ | Procter3 | Steyn1 | Tayfield4 | Donald2
Hobbs | Hutton*^ | Hammond^ | Compton | Barrington | Botham5^ | Knott | Trueman1 | Laker4 | Larwood2 | Barnes3
some bowlers are really under rated for some reason. Alan Davidson for e.g. Tbf I never saw him bowl but he seems to come quite low down the pecking order than his stats would suggest. Richie Benaud and Bradman both rated Wasim Akram as better than him IIRC
And smalishah's avatar is the most classy one by far Jan certainly echoes the sentiments of CW
Yeah we don't crap in the first world; most of us would actually have no idea what that was emanating from Ajmal's backside. Why isn't it roses and rainbows like what happens here? PEWS's retort to Ganeshran on Daemon's picture depicting Ajmal's excreta
First question is are we picking the eleven greatest players or the greatest team - for me its the latter so
1.Jack Hobbs
Wonderful record and reputation, of course, and noted for his skill against good bowling or in unfavourable conditions.
2.Len Hutton
I'd rate him the best English batsman ever, for reasons I've articulated elsewhere, but can't find
3.Douglas Jardine
As an Englishman I pick the best captain and then ten to play with him - the fact that Jardine's batting is massively underrated is just a bonus - he'll marshall this bunch superbly. He'll bat at three if one of the openers goes early, but lower down if they see off the new ball OK
4.Wally Hammond
Another genuine ATG and a top slipper - can't be putting too many down at this standard - will also lead England's challenge to Warne and Miller in the Lothario stakes
5.Denis Compton
So many reasons he has to be picked - a bit like a likeable and stylish version of KP - he'll be able to score runs off the likes of O'Reilly and McGrath when the others are tied down, will bamboozle the occasional batsman with his chinaman, terrific right wing and will be Hammond's wingman in the shagathon
6.Ian Botham
Version 1977-1981 - peerless batsman, bowler and slipper - what's not to love
7. Alan Knott
Best wicketkeeper I've ever seen by a distance - wonderful unorthodox bat too, at his best in a crisis
8.Harold Larwood
Finest quick the game has seen, and Jardine wouldn't go on the field without him
9.Jim Laker
Give him a bit of help and he's irresistable - best off spinner ever - never needed a doosra - spun the ball prodigously and batsman could never relax
10. Hedley Verity
Same as Laker but the other way round and, perhaps, just a tad tighter.
11. Brian Statham
Like Glen McGrath only better, and he's a Lancastrian as well - possibly the most underrated bowler in the history of the game - will be a perfect foil for Larwood's expresses and Botham's variety
Spare man - Derek Randall - if you've got spinners as good as Laker and Verity you don't mind if its essentially a seamer's wicket so twelfthers has to be the best fielder I have ever seen
Last post or two I was talking about Crickets lack of individualism, but I wonder if Simpson helped make Lawry better? Did Hayden made Langer a better batsman? I think Taylor was a great foil for Slater too.
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Stereo 360 Image and Video Capture
We are proud to announce that in 2018.1 creators can now capture stereoscopic 360 images and video in Unity. Whether you're a VR developer who wants to make a 360 trailer to show off your experience or a director who wants to make an engaging cinematic short film, Unity's new capture technology empowers you to share your immersive experience with an audience of millions on platforms such as YouTube, Within, Jaunt, Facebook 360, or Steam 360 Video. Download the beta version of Unity 2018.1 today to start capturing.
How to use this Feature
Our device independent stereo 360 capture technique is based on Google's Omni-directional Stereo (ODS) technology using stereo cubemap rendering. We support rendering to stereo cubemaps natively in Unity's graphics pipeline on both Editor and on PC standalone player. After stereo cubemaps are generated, we can convert these cubemaps to stereo equirectangular maps which is a projection format used by 360 video players.
To capture a scene in Editor or standalone player is as simple as calling Camera.RenderToCubemap() once per eye:
camera.stereoSeparation = 0.064; // Eye separation (IPD) of 64mm.
camera.RenderToCubemap(cubemapLeftEye, 63, Camera.MonoOrStereoscopicEye.Left);
camera.RenderToCubemap(cubemapRightEye, 63, Camera.MonoOrStereoscopicEye.Right);
During capture of each eye, we enable a shader keyword which warps each vertex position in the scene according to a shader ODSOffset() function which does the per eye projection and offset.
Stereo 360 capture works in forward and deferred lighting pipelines, with screen space and cubemap shadows, skybox, MSAA, HDR and the new post processing stack. For more info, see our new stereo 360 capture API.
To convert cubemaps to stereo equirectangular maps, call RenderTexture.ConvertToEquirect() :
cubemapLeftEye.ConvertToEquirect(equirect, Camera.MonoOrStereoscopicEye.Left);
Using Unity frame recorder, a sequence of these equirect images can be captured out as frames of a stereo 360 video. This video can then be posted on video websites that support 360 playback, or can be used inside your app using Unity's 360 video playback introduced in 2017.3.
For the PC standalone player, you need to enable the "360 Stereo Capture" option in your build (see below) so that Unity generates 360 capture enabled shader variants which are disabled by default in normal player builds.
In practice, most of 360 capture work can be done on the PC in Editor/Play mode.
For VR applications, we recommend disabling VR in Editor when capturing 360 stereo cubemaps (our stereo 360 capture method doesn't require VR hardware). This will speedup performance without affecting the captured results.
Technical Notes on Stereo 360 Capture
For those of you using your own shaders or implementing your own shadowing algorithms, here are some additional notes to help you integrate with Unity stereo 360 capture.
We added an optional shader keyword: STEREO_CUBEMAP_RENDER. When enabled, this keyword will modify UnityObjectToClipPos() to include the additional shader code to transform positions with ODSOffset() function (see UnityShaderUtilities file in 2018.1). The keyword will also let engine setup the proper stereo 360 capture rendering.
If you are implementing screen space shadows, there is the additional issue that the shadow computation of reconstructed world space from depth map (which has post ODS Offset applied) and view ray is not the original world space position. This will affect shadow lookup in light space which expects the true world position. The view ray is also based on the original camera and not in ODS space.
One way to solve this is to render the scene to create a one-to-one mapping of world positions with screen space shadow map and write out the world positions (unmodified by ODS offset) into a float texture. This map is used as true world positions to lookup shadow from light space. You can also use 16-bit float texture if you know the scene fits within 16-bit float precision based on scene center and world bounds.
We'd love to see what you're creating. Share links to your 360 videos on Unity Connect or tweet with #madewithunity. Also, remember this feature is experimental. Please give us your feedback and engage with us on our 2018.1 beta forum.
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William Page3월 14, 2018 4:17 오후
Anyone know if the issue with worldspace UI in Camera.RenderToCubemap was resolved?
I've been tinkering with the capture, and none of my UI seems to render. This is a show-stopper for 360 gameplay trailers.
Movie Vertigo2월 28, 2018 1:05 오후
Please, please, please can we have the cube-map capture take the camera rotation into account? I set up a nice smooth path for my camera to follow (always looking in the direction of travel) only to find that the resulting 360 capture was always looking in the same direction. And trying to rotate the cube map in post will muck up the stereo separation I believe.
Movie Vertigo2월 28, 2018 1:10 오후
Well, you could do yaw rotation in post without mucking up the separation, but roll would do strange things to your eyes!
Dustin Kerstein2월 26, 2018 7:55 오전
I seem to be getting very dark textures when outputting single frames or video using the GenericFrameRecorder – https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/GenericFrameRecorder/issues/65
– Anyone else seen this or have a possible workaround?
Dustin Kerstein2월 26, 2018 6:09 오후
The dark rendered output can be fixed by going to Edit > Project Settings > Player and make sure Color Space is set to Gamma.
Proffi2월 17, 2018 3:54 오후
Nice work.
Andreas2월 15, 2018 4:22 오후
Mind that the second part of the code (https://docs.unity3d.com/2018.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/Camera.RenderToCubemap.html) :
"// Attach this script to an object that uses a Reflective shader.
// Realtime reflective cubemaps!
@script ExecuteInEditMode
function OnDisable () {
DestroyImmediate (cam);
DestroyImmediate (rtex);
it's not translated to c#. The same code exists also for js. Technicality but anyway..
Alberto2월 8, 2018 12:55 오후
Is it possible to have an example project?
Carina2월 7, 2018 3:14 오후
Has anyone figured out how to save out the actual cubemap? When I try to save the raw cubemap to file, I only ever get a single cubemap side, but the equirect Version still turns out fine so the data should be hidden somehwere…?
And is there any way to make the recording take the camera rotation into account?
Rotating the entire scene around the camera would be a lot of effort and a drain on performance, and rotating the sphere that the video will play on would mean that I'd sometimes have the pole distortions right in the center of my view.
I quickly built a sample out of this blog entry. Please note that the render textures for each eye have to have the dimension Cube, the equirect is a simple 2D render texture. To view the result either click on a render texture and view it in editor, or save it somewhere. :)
using UnityEngine;
public class RenderCubeMap : MonoBehaviour
public RenderTexture cubemapLeftEye;
public RenderTexture cubemapRightEye;
public RenderTexture equirect;
public bool renderStereo = true;
public float stereoSeparation = 0.064f;
void LateUpdate()
Camera cam = GetComponent();
if (cam == null)
cam = GetComponentInParent();
if (cam == null)
Debug.Log("stereo 360 capture node has no camera or parent camera");
if (renderStereo)
cam.stereoSeparation = stereoSeparation;
cam.RenderToCubemap(cubemapLeftEye, 63, Camera.MonoOrStereoscopicEye.Left);
cam.RenderToCubemap(cubemapRightEye, 63, Camera.MonoOrStereoscopicEye.Right);
cam.RenderToCubemap(cubemapLeftEye, 63, Camera.MonoOrStereoscopicEye.Mono);
//optional: convert cubemaps to equirect
if (equirect == null)
cubemapLeftEye.ConvertToEquirect(equirect, Camera.MonoOrStereoscopicEye.Left);
cubemapRightEye.ConvertToEquirect(equirect, Camera.MonoOrStereoscopicEye.Right);
Roger2월 7, 2018 1:21 오전
Since it was not mentioned, I guess this cubemap rendering is the traditional way. Any chances of optionally RenderToCubemap() using Google's Equi-Angular Cubemap (EAC) for some extra quality boost? We lose pixels on cubemap, then again on equirectangular.
Damien Labonte2월 6, 2018 8:12 오후
I would like to capture a Geo scene, then reapply the capture as a 360 degree stereo skybox in VR (on Gear and Rift)
Can we get a follow up explaining this process?
Danny Bittman2월 6, 2018 6:20 오후
We need more of a break down. To none coders this doesn't make much sense… And where do these frames export to? Are we expected to know what kind of code to use to set up the file directory? Please make these breakdowns more friendly to the whole creative community, and not just developers.
Dave2월 13, 2018 1:25 오전
Here here. I am a coder, and I appreciate it when fairly spoon-fed exactly what it takes to do what they are saying.
This code appears to create cube and equirect images per-frame. I would venture that ImageConversion.EncodeToPNG() would help, at least with stills. Save them numbered sequentially then assemble with FFMPEG? Is that the intent? Or expect updates from, say AVPro on the Asset store?
Dave2월 13, 2018 3:05 오전
Actually, I was able to save PNG with that and System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes, and to AVI with AVPro Movie Capture by adjusting the above script to :
using UnityEngine;
using System.IO;
public class RenderCubeMap : MonoBehaviour
public RenderTexture cubemapLeftEye;
public RenderTexture cubemapRightEye;
public RenderTexture equirect;
public bool renderStereo = true;
public float stereoSeparation = 0.064f;
public AVProMovieCaptureFromTexture _movieCapture;
public bool captureToPNG;
public Texture2D tempTex;
private void Start()
tempTex = new Texture2D(equirect.width, equirect.height);
if (_movieCapture)
void LateUpdate()
Camera cam = GetComponent();
if (cam == null)
cam = GetComponentInParent();
if (cam == null)
Debug.Log("stereo 360 capture node has no camera or parent camera");
if (renderStereo)
cam.stereoSeparation = stereoSeparation;
cam.RenderToCubemap(cubemapLeftEye, 63, Camera.MonoOrStereoscopicEye.Left);
cam.RenderToCubemap(cubemapRightEye, 63, Camera.MonoOrStereoscopicEye.Right);
cam.RenderToCubemap(cubemapLeftEye, 63, Camera.MonoOrStereoscopicEye.Mono);
//optional: convert cubemaps to equirect
if (equirect == null)
RenderTexture oldRT = RenderTexture.active;
cubemapLeftEye.ConvertToEquirect(equirect, Camera.MonoOrStereoscopicEye.Right); // THIS MUST BE A UNITY BUG
cubemapRightEye.ConvertToEquirect(equirect, Camera.MonoOrStereoscopicEye.Left);
RenderTexture.active = equirect;
tempTex.ReadPixels(new Rect(0, 0, equirect.width, equirect.height), 0, 0);
if (captureToPNG)
byte[] bytes = ImageConversion.EncodeToPNG(tempTex);
File.WriteAllBytes("/f" + Time.frameCount + ".png", bytes);
RenderTexture.active = oldRT;
Dave2월 13, 2018 3:27 오전
Note, in that above script: I set the execution order to be sooner than the movie recording script, so that the texture would be set and ready for inclusion in the video.
And note the line where I believe there is a BUG in Unity. I was expecting left=top but it was reversed. So I reversed it in script, and it turns out nice.
ellascott2월 6, 2018 10:44 오전
You can use Google Cardboard/Daydream and Youtube app to view it in stereo or on GearVR, use Samsung Internet app from Oculus store. gmail login
Morgan2월 1, 2018 2:42 오후
Do you have a full, working code example for this? The snippet included above is not much to go on.
Viktor Phoenix (Headspace Studio)1월 31, 2018 3:57 오후
Will it capture soundfield audio as well?
Mike Chow1월 30, 2018 7:56 오후
Here's an example stereo 360 capture video from our blog:
You can use Google Cardboard/Daydream and Youtube app to view it in stereo or on GearVR, use Samsung Internet app from Oculus store. Be sure to view with highest Quality setting.
Can you provide an example project?
zproxy1월 30, 2018 12:09 오전
any 360 stereo video renders available on youtube? check here for other 360 examples https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh5K2z51r9U
Chris1월 27, 2018 1:38 오전
Is there an example video anywhere I can watch? Pre-rendered stereo 360 video sounds incredible.
unitypluscryengine1월 26, 2018 11:05 오후
Please add time of day and weather system , road tool , river tool , etc to unity 2018 or 2019, we are need to this features at unity , thanks a lot for your hard work , you are the best
Dave2월 13, 2018 11:10 오후
You know you can find all that and more on the Asset Store
matt radford1월 26, 2018 7:29 오후
Wow this will be great for matte painting! Currently only the stuff I was raytracing implicitly could I make into these textures! this is going to be great for me!
David Rodriguez1월 26, 2018 6:21 오후
We publish content for planetariums. The way we've had to do it is a little hacky – by using 5 stitched fisheye cameras and outputting the video stream using Spout. This has a lot of limitations, like performance and needing a Spout-receiving application to pass the video to the display. Could this be used to enable one camera to output 180° live video directly to the display?


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I have offices and facilities in Slovak Republic. I use complaint to GDPR rules Google mail to get emails from Etsy that can include your personal details. I would transfer personal information out of the European Union for delivery purposes through trustworthy services such as Slovak state post or similar postal services. As stated at the top of this document, this Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that I do not own or control, including Etsy or any third party services you access through Etsy.
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• Access. You may have the right to access and receive a copy of the personal information I hold about you by contacting me using the contact information below.
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• Object. You can object to (i) my processing of some of your information based on my legitimate interests and (ii) receiving marketing messages from me after providing your express consent to receive them. In such cases, I will delete your personal information unless I have compelling and legitimate grounds to continue using that information or if it is needed for legal reasons.
• Complain. If you reside in the EU and wish to raise a concern about my use of your information (and without prejudice to any other rights you may have), you have the right to do so with your local data protection authority.
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Will Pot Laws in Colorado and Washington Make Them a New Amsterdam?
Could new pot laws in Colorado and Washington make them the new Amsterdam?
Lighting up a joint could become the newest tourist draw for Colorado and Washington which recently passed laws making pot smoking legal and where pot smokers have already been taking advantage of lax laws in some towns.
In Washington, Seattle residents voted in 2003 to make police enforcement of marijuana laws the lowest priority for the city's police department, which has helped the pro-pot festival Hempfest an annual celebration of marijuana, according to Yvonne Snyder, a longtime volunteer at Hempfest.
"We're anticipating there will be more people. Many people who smoke pot aren't public about it, so people may feel freer (coming here)," Snyder said.
In Colorado, the ski resort town of Breckenridge passed a law in 2009 allowing residents to possess and smoke marijuana.
The city of Amsterdam in Holland offers an example of how having pot treated largely as a legal substance is a draw for some travelers.
Now that both Washington and Colorado have passed statewide measures decriminalizing marijuana possession, it remains to be seen whether they will see a boost in pot-enhanced vacations.
But possessing and selling marijuana are still against the federal Uniform Controlled Substances Act, a fact which tourism industry insiders and law experts say should be watched closely before any travel plans are made.
"At this point, questions about regulation and enforcement of Amendment 64 still abound, and it will not be part of our immediate marketing strategy," said Richard Scharf, president and CEO of Visit Denver.
Until the U.S. Department of Justice announces how it will handle marijuana cases in the two states, travelers may not find what they're looking for.
"As far as ski resorts here in Colorado, people are just waiting to see how this is going to play out," said Jennifer Rudolph, spokeswoman for Colorado Ski Country USA, a trade association for ski resorts near Denver.
"There's just too many unknowns. We're waiting to see what the federal government is going to do, if the local governments have any say in how it is implemented, and any new laws that might come up in between," she said.
In response to the passing of the state laws, the federal government could sue Colorado and Washington, forcing the issue of whether states' laws can counter federal laws. They could also choose to press criminal charges against anyone who has marijuana or is growing, selling, or distributing the drug, according to Richard Collins, law professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
If the federal government decided to pursue criminal charges, any tourists visiting Colorado's ski slopes or Washington's HempFest, for instance, could be ticketed or charged. It could also ban the resorts and businesses from selling pot to visitors.
Collins said that potential growers or business owners in Colorado won't start making plans to manufacture or sell pot until they know whether the federal government will prosecute them for doing so.
"The feds undoubtedly have authority to shut down any institution, like a selling shop, and could take the position that this is not like medical marijuana, this goes too far. They could go after any place that goes for a license," Collins said.
New Pot Laws in Colorado and Washington
Collins predicts that the federal government will not pursue criminal charges against individuals smoking or possessing small amounts of pot because of the difficulty agents would face in prosecuting all of the offenders. In that case, tourists essentially would be able to carry and smoke marijuana, but would not be able to legally buy it.
"If they (ban retail sales), the existing black market would continue, and the state won't get tax money. If you ask voters why they voted for this, they say because it should be taxed like booze. That was a big part of the debate," Collins said.
Whether the federal government decides to pursue criminal charges against pot sellers or not, users who smoke or ingest the drug are still banned from skiing, snowboarding, or hurtling down a mountain while high.
The Colorado Ski Safety Act, a law passed by Colorado in 2006, bans anyone from participating in mountain sports while intoxicated.


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I am not sufficiently disciplined to not want to start something when I decide to stop doing other things. As not starting something when you stop doing something would just be silly, and much too disciplined for me. I have stopped selling on Etsy, reading any number of blogs, checking my email too many times a day, watching too much TV, and other things that escape me at the moment.
The corresponding thing I will start doing (again) is knitting others' patterns. I am somewhat happy with where my design is, but I feel that if I want to take it to the next level I will need to start knitting others' patterns. I have never found classes or discussion to be effective ways for me to learn knitting (I learned almost entirely from books): the only way I have ever really learned anything is from knitting it myself.
I was inspired by this article about Tiger Woods last week. I want to live in that pursuit of excellence, and have the courage to cut out anything that is not perfection.
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At Industrial Builders Inc., Paul Diederich plans to boost payrolls about 10 percent this year.
"The economy is on the rebound," said the president of the West Fargo, North Dakota-based heavy-construction company. "We have some projects in our backlog."
Diederich, who is hiring "in the hope that when the weather breaks, we'll have the need to put these people to work," has already filled two management positions. He intends to increase staff, including seasonal employees, to more than 300 as the July-August peak building period approaches.
Industrial Builders isn't alone. Companies from Ford Motor Co. to a California tortilla maker are stepping up hiring as the economy improves. The result, say Maury Harris of UBS Securities LLC and Allen Sinai of Decision Economics Inc.: Payroll growth is vaulting to a faster pace of about 200,000 a month, after averaging 167,000 in the second half of last year.
"The new normal is 200,000," said Sinai, chief executive officer of the New York-based investment-research company. Payrolls may rise 216,000 this month after climbing 236,000 in February, the most since November, he estimates.
Russell Price, a senior economist at Ameriprise Financial Inc. in Detroit, predicts employers will take on 2.5 million workers this year, after hiring 2.2 million last year.
"And that may be a little bit on the conservative side," added Price, the top-ranked payrolls forecaster for the two years ended in January, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Stronger Demand
Businesses are adding employees to meet stronger demand and supplement workforces that have become increasingly stretched during the four-year expansion. Smaller companies are finding it easier to borrow as banks loosen terms on loans.
Circle Foods LLC, a San Diego-based maker of TortillaLand uncooked fresh tortillas, has hired 165 people in the past six months and created the new position of human-resources training manager.
"The labor market has shown signs of improvement," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said in a March 20 press conference. He mentioned indicators such as gains in payrolls, more hours worked and a decline in claims for unemployment insurance. The jobless rate, which "remains elevated" at 7.7 percent, has nonetheless "continued to tick down."
The strengthening outlook for employment and growth is good news for the stock market. Sinai sees the Standard & Poor's 500 Index rising to 1,600 later this year from 1,556.89 on March 22.
Temporary Help
Dennis Lockhart, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, has identified three leading indicators of the labor market: changes in jobless claims, temporary help and the ability of small businesses to hire the employees they need. All three have improved, with applications for jobless benefits averaging 339,750 a week in the four weeks ended March 16, the lowest since February 2008.
A jump of 16,000 jobs in February brought temporary-help- services payrolls to 2.58 million, the highest since August 2007 and up from 1.75 million in June 2009, when the U.S. emerged from the 18-month recession.
The February survey of small-business optimism showed 21 percent of respondents had positions they weren't able to fill, the most since June 2008 and an increase from 18 percent in January, the National Federation of Independent Business reported.
Rising Indicators
The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index, which combines Lockhart's three indicators with five others, rose 1.1 percent in February from the previous month, the biggest advance in a year.
Gad Levanon, director of macroeconomic research at the New York-based board, cautioned against reading too much into one month's data, saying he expects payroll growth will slow to around 150,000 a month in the near term as government spending cuts kick in.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the expenditure reductions known as sequestration could subtract 0.6 percentage point from gross domestic product in 2013, costing the economy 750,000 jobs.
The Fed is worried that "restrictive fiscal policies may slow economic growth and job creation in the coming months," Bernanke said at the March 20 news conference. The central bank linked its benchmark borrowing cost to economic indicators in December for the first time, pledging to hold the target for the federal funds rate near zero as long as joblessness exceeds 6.5 percent and projected inflation isn't more than 2.5 percent.
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Harris, chief economist for UBS, doesn't share the concerns. Defense contractors already cut back in anticipation of reduced outlays by the Pentagon, limiting how much more they'll need to trim, he said. The large companies reduced headcount by 15 percent during the past few years, even though their revenue fell just 4 percent, according to UBS calculations.
The impact to payrolls also will be muted because the government intends to furlough workers for a day or two a month instead of laying them off, said Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial Services Group Inc. in Pittsburgh. He reckons the hit from sequestration will be about 400,000 jobs.
The blow from the spending cuts is "overcome-able," said Industrial Builders' Diederich, also president of the Associated General Contractors of America trade association. For his own company, which gets about 55 percent of its business from government agencies, there's some cushion because of "a fairly steady flow of work" from private-sector clients, he said.
Fewer Firings
Much of the progress in the labor market so far has come from a decline in firings, rather than accelerated hiring. The Labor Department reported that 1.51 million workers were let go in January, down from 1.57 million in December and the least in records going back 12 years.
This pattern is changing, especially as industries that cut jobs during the recession rebound. Construction payrolls have advanced for nine straight months, jumping by 48,000 in February, the most since March 2007. Manufacturing employment grew by 14,000 to reach the highest level since April 2009.
Pent-up demand for vehicles will help sustain the need for more workers, with sales of cars and trucks on pace for the best year since 2007.
Ford, the second-largest U.S. automaker, plans to add 450 hourly workers and invest $200 million to make four-cylinder engines at a factory in Brook Park, Ohio, starting in late 2014. The Dearborn, Michigan-based company also will hire 2,200 salaried employees in the U.S. this year, the most in more than a decade.
Seasonal Workers
Housing, too, is strengthening as rising sales spur home- building, and in turn, boost employment in the industry, as well as in related businesses. Lowe's Cos. said in January it will take on 45,000 seasonal workers, 13 percent more than last year, and add 9,000 permanent employees. The Mooresville, North Carolina-based home-improvement retailer also plans to open 10 stores and extend hours this year.
Companies are able to step up hiring because they're finding it easier to borrow. "More aggressive competition" among lenders prompted banks to ease credit standards or terms in the fourth quarter, the Fed said last month.
The increased access to bank loans is particularly crucial for small businesses — considered a driver of job creation — as many lack the ability to tap other sources of credit.
That's one reason why Harris sees payrolls continuing to expand, despite some employers' concerns they'll have to shell out more next year for health benefits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Boost Payrolls
Some companies are compelled to boost payrolls because they're unable to wring much more out of their existing workforce.
About 20 percent of the 670 businesses contacted by the Atlanta Fed in early January said their staffs were putting in more hours than normal. More than one in three reported employees exerting a greater than normal effort in doing their jobs.
"These results suggest that some firms are approaching the limit" of how far they can go "before they have to hire more workers," Atlanta Fed staffers John Robertson and Ellyn Terry wrote in a Feb. 5 posting on the bank's website.
Employers in industries such as autos, aviation, housing and transportation are becoming more open to taking on people with low-to-medium skills they can train on the job, said Fred Dedrick, executive director of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions.
Gearing Up
"We're seeing that need for workers," said Dedrick, whose Boston-based organization helps low-wage workers upgrade their skills and connect with employers. Businesses "are gearing back up again."
Insurer Geico, a unit of billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., began recruiting efforts on March 18 for a new sales and service center in Carmel, Indiana, where it will hire 400 workers in the next 12 months and 1,200 by 2016.
Janine Banuelos, 39, is among those benefiting from the stronger labor market. She said she couldn't find regular employment for five years until 2011, except stints in consulting "that kept me from stagnating" and a three-month contract with a bank that ended in September. She began work Feb. 11 as Circle Foods's new human-resources training manager.
"I honestly think the job market has become a lot better and there are more opportunities," said Banuelos, who had been worrying about health insurance and household expenses. With a salary of $65,000 to $70,000, there's room to "spoil the kids a little" and buy a new car, she said. "Financial stability is very nice."
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Those are the words you never want to hear from your child while you're on a business trip – they conjure up visions of vet visits, broken treasures, missed commitment for a school event, natural disasters, burglaries, and other calamities that are too horrible to put in writing.
I was one week into a two week business trip to Hong Kong several years ago when I heard that phrase.
Alexei was about 8 years old at the time, and I thought I had everything taken care of at home before I left. Meals were cooked and frozen for use while I was gone. Baseball carpool was arranged for practice and games. BFF and Mother-in-law were on standby in case Vlad couldn't pick up Alexei from school, or if he needed an evening sitter for a business event. Alexei's school was notified of emergency call change since I would be in Asia. Doctor and vet phone numbers posted on the refrigerator so my engineer husband could see them easily if needed.
What on earth could go wrong?
"Dad sent me to school in damp pants!"
I almost fell out of my desk chair. The visual that created had me laughing hysterically. My staff were looking into my office wondering what was going on. I had to find out the story. The details that followed were priceless.
Alexei's school had a uniform requirement that I loved and he hated. It was strict and there were only certain things he could wear and not get sent to the Principal's office. Vlad had to do laundry the night before since Alexei had playground dirt on every piece of uniform clothing we had.
Since the only time Vlad even knows we have a washer and dryer is when one or the other is malfunctioning, he was a bit stymied by having to use two large pieces of Equipment Designed for Females (his term, not mine) before going to bed, but he gave it his best shot. I have to hand it to him – he got the washer going and put the clothes in the dryer before heading up to sleep.
The problem came the next morning when Alexei went down to the laundry room before breakfast to get his clothes. Vlad had set the dryer on "Air" rather than one of the heat-based drying settings. Every piece of clothing Alexei pulled out was wet. Since time was short, and Alexei had to get to school and Vlad had to get to work, Alexei got to wear wet uniform pants to school and sit in them all morning until they dried. Vlad said Alexei couldn't wait to get home that evening to call me and tell me the story.
"You have to teach me how to do laundry, Mom. Dad can't be trusted to do it right". 8 years old, but very wise.
Vlad hasn't done a load of laundry himself since that day in 1998, and I'm still wondering if he planned it that way.


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I entered this summer squash casserole recipe to the local newspaper column of the Nashua Telegraph in 1988. It was chosen as "recipe of the week" and printed on June 1, 1988. At the end of the year all the weekly recipe winners were invited to a Cook-Off at the Fairgrounds Junior High School in Nashua. We all had to cook our recipe and we were judged by a panel of local restaurant chefs. I remember that I did not win, and the judges suggested I steam my squash in the future (I tried that later at home, and my squash was too mushy). I also remember that my daughter was a toddler running around the home economics classroom kitchen with my husband in hot pursuit during the entire ordeal. Although I didn't win the top prize, I did win first place in my category of casseroles and received the Shaker cookbook as a prize. Imagine my surprise when I opened up the cookbook the next day to peruse the pages, and I found my Squash Casserole recipe in the book! It was almost exactly word for word the very same recipe. No steaming either.
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Another thing I remember is that for several years after this event, the phone would ring and complete strangers would ask me what brand of packaged croutons I used. It was always the same question every time. "What brand do you use?" I was always too embarrassed to say I always used the cheapest brand on sale, so I used to tell them I used Pepperidge Farm brand to sound like I was an expert. This is life in a small town, when complete strangers call to ask questions about recipes in the local paper for three or four years after it is printed!
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Jayce Henderson / ABCNEWS: The Note's Must-Reads for Thursday, February 23, 2012
Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
Santorum stumbles in Arizona debate — None of the candidates really shined in tonight's Republican debate, but Rick Santorum, in his first debate as a co-frontrunner, badly stumbled. So by default, that helps Mitt Romney. — From the get go and throughout the debate …
Discussion: Human Events, Townhall.com, National Review, Riehl World View, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Pundit & Pundette and Betsy's Page
John Hayward / Human Events: The Arizona GOP Debate
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: The sweater vest is dry clean only, last night it was put in the wash
Betsy Newmark / Betsy's Page: Thoughts on the Arizona debate
New York Times:
Romney, Seeking Traction, Duels With Santorum — MESA, Ariz. — Mitt Romney challenged Rick Santorum's credentials as a fiscal conservative in a fiercely combative debate on Wednesday, trying to redefine Mr. Santorum as part of the problem in Washington and regain his footing in the fight for the Republican presidential nomination.
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Republicans Clash In Mostly Lackluster Debate
Riverdaughter / The Confluence: Thursday: Fantasies of a Lab Rat
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain: Have the Deciders Decided? Examining the Post-Debate Examinations
Alexander Burns / Politico: Republican debate: Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum get personal in Arizona
Chris Geidner / Poliglot: Romney's Veiled Reference to Gay Adoption Was GOP Debate's Only LGBT Mention
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online: What Republican Elites Can Learn from the Arizona Debate
Robert Stacy McCain / American Spectator: Arizona Anti-Climax — The debate was into the second hour …
Eyder Peralta / NPR: Santorum Spends Debate Fighting Off Attacks From Romney, Paul
Paul Steinhauser / CNN: Lots at stake in first GOP debate in nearly a month
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice: Live Blogging of CNN's Republican Presidential Debate in Arizona (UPDATED)
Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus: Santorum Sees 'Evil Forces' Confronting America
Mark Halperin / The Page: Takes from the Mesa Debate
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Five things we learned from Wednesday's debate
Five things we learned from Wednesday's debate
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Taegan Goddard's …
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS: Rick Santorum's Missed Opportunity (The Note)
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Live-Blogging The Mesa Debate
Live-Blogging The Mesa Debate
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Taegan Goddard's …, Political Mojo and Balloon Juice
Paul Begala / The Daily Beast: Paul Begala on Romney's Desperate Dive to the Right in the Arizona Debate
DougJarvus Green-Ellis / Balloon Juice: There's got to be a morning after
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Romney and Paul successfully call Santorum's conservatism into question
Romney and Paul successfully call Santorum's conservatism into question
Discussion: Mail Online, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Campaign Stops, Weasel Zippers, Daily Kos and Israel Matzav
Toby Harnden / Mail Online: Tough at the top: Santorum struggles to defend Washington record as he becomes main target in Arizona debate
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: Arizona Debate — Endgame analysis: No question Newt won …
Charles M. Blow / Campaign Stops: 'Politics is a Team Sport'
DemFromCT / Daily Kos: Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: GOP loses debate
TPM2012 — Five Ways Rick Santorum Blew It in Arizona
TPM2012 — Five Ways Rick Santorum Blew It in Arizona
Discussion: The Raw Story, Balloon Juice and Hot Air
David Edwards / The Raw Story: GOP debate audience boos contraception
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Video: Tough night for Santorum
Chuck Stokes / WXYZ-TV:
EXCLUSIVE POLL: Santorum leads Romney in close Michigan Republican Presidential Primary race
EXCLUSIVE POLL: Santorum leads Romney in close Michigan Republican Presidential Primary race
Discussion: Washington Post
Aaron Blake / Washington Post: Arizona Republican debate: Winners and losers
T.W. Farnam / Washington Post:
The Influence Industry: Romney's record with small donors shows enthusiasm gap
The Influence Industry: Romney's record with small donors shows enthusiasm gap
Discussion: Online NewsHour, Age of Engagement and The Atlantic Wire
CBS News:
Santorum "homophobic," former senator says
Santorum "homophobic," former senator says
Discussion: Firedoglake, On Top Magazine Headlines, The Page and The Huffington Post
Mark Halperin / The Page: Simpson: Santo "Rigid and Homophobic"
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama ties Romney with Arizona
Obama ties Romney with Arizona
Discussion: Mail Online, Balloon Juice, CNN, Guardian, HotAirPundit, Taegan Goddard's …, Ballot Box, Washington Wire and detroitnews.com
Toby Harnden / Mail Online: Mudfight in Mesa: 10 things to watch for in Arizona's Republican debate Number 20
Richard Adams / Guardian: CNN Arizona Republican debate - as it happened
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box: Poll: Obama catches GOP field in Arizona
Peter Nicholas / Washington Wire: Poll: Is Romney's Electability Argument Fading?
Sara Murray / Washington Wire:
Recap: The Arizona Republican Debate
Recap: The Arizona Republican Debate
Discussion: Reuters, The Daily Beast, No More Mister Nice Blog, PJ Media and The Other McCain
Stephen Green / PJ Media: Drunkblogging the Last (?) GOP Debate of 2012
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain: CNN ARIZONA DEBATE
Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Team Santorum: U.S. is with Rick on devil belief
Team Santorum: U.S. is with Rick on devil belief
Maggie Haberman / Politico: Santorum steps into new debate role
Dan McLaughlin / RedState: David Waldman of Daily Kos: Know-Nothing Bigot
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: Santorum Aide To Reporters: 'Why Is Mormonism Off Limits?'
Katrina Trinko / National Review: Santorum Adviser: 'Why is Mormonism Off Limits?'
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller: Santorum aide: 'Why is Mormonism off limits?'
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online: Does Santorum Really Want to Make a Stand on Mormonism?
Ross Douthat / Campaign Stops: Can Santorum Win in November?
GOP fears rise over 2012 tone, message — MESA, Ariz. — In 2008, after Republicans were routed in the presidential and congressional elections, there was widespread consensus within elite GOP circles about the party's structural problems: The Republican voter base was too old, too white …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Haley Barbour Tells ABC News, 'Somebody Else Might Get In"
Haley Barbour Tells ABC News, 'Somebody Else Might Get In"
Discussion: Hot Air, Weekly Standard and HotAirPundit
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Optimism on the economy doesn't lift views of politics
Poll: Optimism on the economy doesn't lift views of politics
Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Taegan Goddard's … and Weasel Zippers
Scared Monkeys: USA Today/Gallup Poll: A Majority of Americans Say Obama's Presidency Has Been a Failure and Far Too Liberal
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Newt: Media never asked Obama about 'infanticide' - except it did (UPDATE: Or did it?) — Surprise! Newt Gingrich is attacking the press. — Coming out of the debate's first break, CNN moderator John King read off a question: What are the candidates' views on contraception?
Discussion: JustOneMinute, NewsBusters.org and his vorpal sword
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute: Politico Sends In The Clowns
Tim Graham / NewsBusters.org: Politico's Alexander Burns Trips and Falls in 'Correction' of Gingrich About Abortion Bias
Hart Williams / his vorpal sword: Religious Freedom and God's Own Perfidy
Donovan Slack / Politico:
No shovel for Obama — It was a rather odd sight: as an array of museum officials, including former first lady Laura Bush, took up shovels at the groundbreaking for the first national museum dedicated exclusively to African-American history and culture, the nation's first black president sat watching, no shovel in hand.
Discussion: UrbanGrounds, Scared Monkeys, Weasel Zippers, The Huffington Post and The Hill
Robbie Cooper / UrbanGrounds: Obama: Not Shovel Ready (or capable, or worthy, or...)
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Obama Attends Groundbreaking For Smithsonian African American Museum . . . Only One Not Given A Shovel...
Los Angeles Times:
'Super PAC' leaders profit from lack of oversight — Leaders of some of the new groups are taking advantage of the mammoth donations and the lack of oversight to write themselves big paychecks or hire their own companies. — Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his family have given millions …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Politico
Mj Lee / Politico: Colbert, Pelosi cut super PAC 'deal'
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Chris Christie: Obama Is Showing 'Cowardice' For Trying To Have It 'Both Ways' On Marriage Equality — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) accused President Obama of "cowardice" and trying to have it "both ways" on marriage equality during a contentious appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Thursday.
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay and Joe. My. God.
Ari Shavit / Haaretz:
If Israel strikes Iran, it'll be because Obama didn't stop it — While our prime minister won't say so out loud, he is deeply scornful of his predecessors for spending so much time on the Palestinian issue while neglecting the Iranian issue. — Get Haaretz on iPhone — Get Haaretz on Android
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Outside the Beltway
Dave Schuler / Outside the Beltway: Another Drumbeat Heard From
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
President Obama as an alien — They say that President Obama is a Muslim, but if he isn't, he's a secularist who is waging war on religion. On some days he's a Nazi, but on most others he's merely a socialist. His especially creative opponents see him as having a "Kenyan anti-colonial worldview …
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com/hollywood:
SACHA BARON COHEN BANNED FROM OSCARS: EXCLUSIVE — BREAKING... EXCLUSIVE: The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has pulled actor Sacha Baron Cohen's tickets from the 84th Academy Awards. This means he is banned from attending the Oscars even though he is an Academy member …
Discussion: Sky Dancing, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, ThinkProgress and Atlas Shrugs
Minkoff Minx / Sky Dancing: Late night news reads: Open thread...
Taylor Bigler / The Daily Caller: Sacha Baron Cohen banned from Oscars
Frances Martel / Mediaite: Oscar Organizers Deny They Banned Sacha Baron Cohen From Doing Anything 'Entertaining'
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress: Sacha Baron Cohen Has Been Banned from the Oscars
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs: It's Oscar Time in Naziwood
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Bush Appointee Finds DOMA Unconstitutional — Moments ago, Judge Jeffery White of the District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violates the Constitution's equal protection clause in a case brought by Karen Golinski.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Advocate, San Diego Gay and Lesbian and Human Rights Campaign
Joyce Arnold / Taylor Marsh: Queer Talk: Bush Appointee Finds DOMA Unconstitutional
Diane Anderson-Minshall / Advocate: Judge Finds DOMA Unconstitutional
Ken Williams / San Diego Gay and Lesbian: BREAKING NEWS: DOMA ruled unconstitutional in California case
Brian Moulton / Human Rights Campaign: Another Federal Court Finds DOMA Unconstitutional
Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
BREAKING: DOMA's Federal Definition of Marriage Unconstitutional, Judge Rules in Golinski Case
BREAKING: DOMA's Federal Definition of Marriage Unconstitutional, Judge Rules in Golinski Case
Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story: Judge rules Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional
Carlos Santoscoy / On Top Magazine Headlines: Court Declares Gay Marriage Ban DOMA Unconstitutional In Karen Golinski Case
Josh Gerstein / Politico: Another court finds Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional
David Badash / The New Civil Rights Movement: Federal Court Finds DOMA Unconstitutional Again, Boehner Spent Your Tax Dollars To Defend It
Suzan / Women Born Transsexual: DOMA's Federal Definition of Marriage Unconstitutional, Judge Rules in Golinski Case
Ari Ezra Waldman / Towleroad News #gay: Federal Court Says DOMA Unconstitutional: Analysis of the Ruling
Ted Johnson / Wilshire & Washington: Another Front in the Battle Over Same Sex Marriage: Court Strikes Down Part of DOMA
James Barron / New York Times:
Recalling Her Determined Daughter, a Journalist Killed in Syria — Marie Colvin got into Yale University the way she would later get into foreign countries, with grit and determination. — After spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program, from January of her junior year …
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM, Politico, Sky Dancing, News Desk and CNN, more at Mediagazer »
Allison Silver / Politico: Marie Colvin — the natural
David Remnick / News Desk: Postscript: Marie Colvin, 1956-2012
Frida Ghitis / CNN: What the world owes the slain journalists
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Unplanned Parenthood — Illegitimacy and the liberal elite. — (Best of the tube tonight: We'll appear on Fox Business's "Lou Dobbs Tonight." The program starts at 7 p.m. ET, with our panel around 7:40.) — Social issues are so fascinating for the same reason debates over them are so often dull …
Discussion: Don Surber, Prairie Weather and New York Times
Tim Mak / Politico:
Warren Buffett: I'm 'delighted' about Buffett rule — Billionnaire investor Warren Buffet said in a letter Wednesday that he was "delighted" to support legislation to implement the "Buffett Rule," which would ensure that those making over $1 million annually pay at least a 30 percent effective tax rate.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Wake up America and Wonkette
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Buffet Thanks Democrat For Introducing "Buffet Rule" Bill, Says He's "Delighted" To Support It...
Susan Duclos / Wake up America: Video- Chris Christie Tells Piers Morgan That Warren Buffett 'Should Write A Check And Shut Up'
NOH8 Campaign:
CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT: #NOH8OnTheHill — Last week, we announced NOH8 Co-Founders Adam Bouska and Jeff Parshley would be hosting a special photo shoot in Washington, D.C. for any and all Members of Congress in the US Senate and House of Representatives who were willing to show their support …
Discussion: On Top Magazine Headlines, ABCNEWS and Advocate
Sarah Amos / ABCNEWS:
Price Shock: Watch Cost of Gas Jump 10 Cents During ABC's 'World News' Broadcast — The headlines of major newspapers and TV networks this week have been dominated by rising gas prices. — Drivers across the country have shared their stories on the cost - with many already paying more than $4 a gallon at the pump.
Discussion: Campaign 2012 and Mediaite
Conn Carroll / Campaign 2012: VIDEO: Gas prices rise 10 cents in two minutes
GM's Profits Don't Mean Taxpayers Will Be Off the Hook — The company's cash cushion might go to unions, not investors. — Three years after being rescued by a taxpayer bailout, General Motors recently announced some rather ambitious profit targets for 2012.
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
White House, Consumers in Mind, Offers Online Privacy Guidelines — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Wednesday outlined a set of online privacy principles that officials said would help consumers control the use of their personal data gleaned from Internet searches.
Discussion: The TechBlock, Bits and The Page, more at Techmeme »
The New Republic:
A Time to Act — The United States needs to help the Syrian people. — Thousands of people have already died in Syria, and it appears likely that thousands more will die in the weeks and months to come. Bashar Al Assad's forces show no sign of relenting, and the international community shows …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money


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Jessie Fisher, a senior music major at Bemidji State University, will perform a vocal recital at the university's Thompson Recital Hall located in the Bangsberg Fine Arts Complex.
Fisher, from Bemidji, Minn., will perform Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. as part of her bachelor's degree in music, with an emphasis in vocal performance. She is a soprano, and her performance will include nine pieces in French, German, Italian and English. These pieces are from a variety of composers, including Handel, Ravel, Puccini, Bellini, Brahms, Rorem and Leo Delibes.
Her performance will also include two duets with BSU student Amanda Boring and Bemidji resident and BSU alum Tony Tammaro.
The chosen music pieces are art songs, opera arias and duets and are favorites of Fisher, who has always dreamed of performing them onstage.
"I have always had a love for Puccini's music, so I wanted to include an aria and duet from a favorite opera," says Fisher.
Jessie Fisher is a member of the Swing Club at Bemidji State University, as well as Young Life College.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information on this performance, please contact Bemidji State University's Department of Music at (218) 755-2915.
Minnesota|Bemidji|56601|Jessie Fisher, senior, music; soprano
Kansas|Lenexa|66216|Amanda Boring, senior, music, mathematics education