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The Babysitters' Club - Mark Two
'NO is a lovely little word Our Lord gave us to use when we don't want any cake' so said Mrs Doyle in an episode of Fr Ted.
Yet somehow I can't seem to take her advice which is why I always end up gorging on cake (hence the size of this ass) and why I agreed to spend the entire weekend babysitting my other niece.
I know, you'd think I would have learned after the last time, but when my brother asked me to do some rug-rat watching while he and sis-in-law went overseas, instead of saying "ha, not on your nelly" I found myself breezily saying "suuuuuuure, no problem, I'd be happy to".
Now, don't get me wrong, Niece Number Two is a little dote. Four-years-old, cute as a button and sharp as a tack (with a fabulous wardrobe from Baby Gap) and simply a joy to be around. But only for short periods of time.
Not anything to do with her you understand, it's me, I'm about as patient and tolerant as Michael McDowell faced with a roomful of asylum seekers. So three days catering to her every whim was sure to be a shock to my system. (Does anyone else have a problem with the endless 'you be the Daddy, I'll be the Mammy' games that youngsters play?)
I know it was wrong, I know I shouldn't have done it, but I want to publicly thank whoever it was who invented cable television and Smarties, cos they're the only things that kept me sane over the weekend.
Any impending trauma (a teeny cut on her finger, the injustice of not being allowed out to play when it was pissing down) could be solved by switching on the Cartoon Network and making with the sweeties.
Ah, I have to say though, minding her was a lot less worry than minding Niece Number One as this one didn't require endless feeding, changing and rocking and was happy enough to play in the front garden with her friends, help one of the neighbours dig up her flower bed and eat whatever dinner I put in front of her. (It also helped that I'd dragged a mate down to the wilds of County Wicklow to help me, so there was always someone on Operation Keep The Child Alive watch.)
The other mothers in the neighbourhood were great too, gladly accepting her into their houses to play with their offspring, thus giving me a bit of a break and not seeming to mind in the slightest when she stood outside their sitting room windows pressing her face up against the glass, like a homeless person desperate for a good meal.
There was only one moment over the whole weekend when I caved and she got the better of me, feeling ever so slightly afraid:
We were eating breakfast (porridge) both in our pjs with me wearing my brother's (her Daddy's) dressing gown when I dropped a gloop of oats on the sleeve of said robe, wiping it quickly away.
She immediately piped up in an innocent voice: Aunty Karen? Did my Daddy say you could wear his dressing gown?
Me: Yes pet, he said I could borrow it if I was cold.
Her (with furrowed brow and a self righteous tone of voice): And did he say you could get it DIRTY?!
Needless to say, her swift turnaround from innocent four-year-old to matronly harridan berating me for spilling my breakfast had me spluttering, unable to say anything except:


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Born 1971
1995 BFA, Atlanta College of Art
1992 Penland School
1987 North Carolina School of the Arts
2012 Mimic George Long, Marcia Wood Gallery Atlanta Ga.
2012 Copy Cat George Long, Space Eight, St Augustine Fla.
2010 George Long and Mario Schambon Tempus projects, Tampa Fla.
2010 That's Right Madison County Arts Council, Marshall N.C
2009 "Gift Basket" Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta Ga.
2009 "D. all of the of above" Screen Arts, St. Augustine, Fla.
2009 "Seraphin Toll" Roswell Art center, Roswell Ga.
2008 "George Long" Puritan Mill, Atlanta, GA
2007 "TindelMichi vs. The Brothers Tummy SLM Projects, Roswell Ga.
2007 "8x8" University of West Georgia, Carrolton Ga.
2007 "Language" Spruill Gallery, Atlanta Ga.
2007 "8x8 ì Joie Lassiter Gallery, Charlotte, N.C.
2006 "The Brothers Tummy Screen Arts Gallery, St. Augustine Fla.
2006 "George Long Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta Ga.
2006 "Fruits & Snoots Screen Arts Gallery, St. Augustine Fla.
2005 "Introductions" Columbus Museum, Columbus GA.
2004 "8x8" Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta Ga.
2001 "George Long and Scott Pethia" Food Gallery, Asheville NC
1996 "Southern Style" New Visions Gallery, Atlanta Ga.
1995 "Bakers Dozen: Matt Greene, George Long" Old Highland Bakery, Atlanta Ga.
2011 Elevatemural, Underground, Atlanta Ga
2011 Sunday Southern art RevivalKIbee Gallery, Atlanta Ga.
2011 Four Coats project Mural, Castleberry Atlanta Ga.
2010 Survey Sunday Southern Art Revival, Puritan Mill , Atlanta Ga
2009 "Engine Swapping" Sunday Southern Art Revival, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta Ga.
2008 "SSAR" Sunday Southern art Revival, Starr Studio, Atlanta ga
2007 "Verses" Sunday Southern Art Revival, Screen Arts Gallery , St Augustine Fla.
2007 "Sunday Southern Art Revival " Sunday Southern Art Revival , White Space Gallery, Atlanta GA.
2007 "Verses vs. Vs." Sunday Southern Art Revival, SLM Projects, Roswell Ga.
2012 DayJob Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta Ga
2012 Art IN Nature: Nature In Artì Chatahoochie Nature Center, Roswell Ga
2011 Bigger is Better? Annmarie sculture Center, Solomons Island M.D.
2011 National Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition North Charleston, S.C.
2011 Art IN Nature : Nature In Art Chatahoochie Nature Center, Roswell Ga
2011 Wood Terminus, Atlanta Ga
2010 National Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition North Charleston, S.C.
2010 The Art of Such n Such Eyedrum, Atlanta , Ga.
2010 Little Things Mean A lot Swan Coach House , Atlanta Ga.
2010 art papers auction Mason and Muerer, Atlanta Ga.
2009 Play Spruill Gallery, Duluth Ga.
2009 Such n Such Banaroo, Manchester Tn.
2009 April Fools Portal gallery, Atlanta Ga.
2009 Little Things Mean a Lot Swan Coach House, Atlanta Ga.
2009 Art Papers auction Mason and Muerer, Atlanta Ga.
2009 Instructors exhibition Johns Creek Art Center, John's Creek Ga.
2008 "This Just In", Marcia Wood Gallery, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2008 "Abstraction: a new Look" Space One Eleven, Birmingham, AL
2008 "Breast Defense" Burlesque Hall of Fame, Las Vegas, NV
2008 "Such n Such" Banaroo, Manchester, TN
2008 "Art Papers Auction" Mason Murer, Atlanta, GA
2008 For ñ Ever ñ Green Whitespace gallery, Atlanta Ga.
2008 "Draw Off" Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA
2007 "Language" Spruill Gallery, Duluth, GA
2007 "Breast Defense" Screen Arts, St. Augustine, FL
2007 "Pop Goes Charlotte" Joie Lassiter Gallery, Charlotee, NC
2007 "Looks Good on Paper" Spruill Gallery, Duluth, GA
2007 "Such n Such" Banaroo, Manchester, TN
2007 "Talent Show" biennial, The Contemporary, Atlanta Ga.
2007 "Art outside" Austin, Tex.
2007 "George Long" The Art of Furnitureî SLM Projects , Roswell Ga.
2007 Art Papers Auction, Mason & Murer Atlanta Ga.
2007 "Breadth" EyeDrum Atlanta Ga.
2007 "jerry Cullum's Pear Fantasty" SLM Projects, Roswell, GA
2006 "Black bird on my shoulder" Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur Ga.
2006 Ferrin Gallery, Lenox Mass.
2007 "looks good on paper" Spruill gallery, Atlanta Ga.
2007 "Doilies" SLM Projects Roswell Ga.
2007 "Such n Such" Banaroo, Manchester, Tenn.
2006 "Artist As Alchemist," Brenau University, Gainesville, GA
2006 Art Papers Auction, Mason & Murer, Atlanta Ga.
2005 International Kunstler Kolonie Exhibition, Almosof Castle, Nuremberg, Germany
2005 "Small Sketches," Swan Coach House, Atlanta, GA
2005 "Art in Freedom Park," Sculpture Garden, Atlanta, GA
2005 "Activating Space: Sculpture as Environment," Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, FL
2005 "In The Kitchen," Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 "3X," Blue Spiral, Asheville, NC
2004 "Art Papers Auction" City Hall East, Atlanta, Ga.
2003 "Salon" Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
2003 "Sketches 2" Swan coach house, Atlanta, Ga
2003 "ROAR Goes Postal" Roswell Alliance for the Arts, Roswell, GA
2003 "In Flight Entertainment " Spruill Art Center, Atlanta, GA
2003 "Castleberry Tour" represented by Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2003 "Tickled Pink" Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2003 "SGF Project" SGF Building, Atlanta, GA
2001 "Rape Crisis Benefit" Live Auction, Asheville, NC
1998 "Sketches", Eye Drum, Atlanta, GA
1998 "Annual Erotica Show" Atlanta, GA
1997 "Masters Program Exhibition" collaboration with artist Phil Ahnen, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
1995 Senior show, ACA Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1995 "Bakers Dozen" Old Highland Bakary, Atlanta, Ga
1995 "Juried Sculpture Exibition" University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1995 "Installations" Autry Mill Nature Preserve, Alpharetta, GA
1995 "Central Metals" City Hall, Atlanta, GA
1994 "Form Feed" Old HighLand Bakery, Atlanta, GA
1994 "Decatur Arts Festival" City Hall, Decatur, GA
1993 "19" Old Highland Bakery, Atlanta, GA
1993 "Central Metals" City Hall, Atlanta, GA
1992 "Juried Student Exhibition" Atlanta College of Art, GA
1992 Group Exhibition, Gallery 100, Atlanta, GA
1991 Group Exhibition, New Visions, Atlanta, GA
1990 "National Campaign for the Freedom of Expression" Clear Ring House Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
1990 Group Exhibition, Sawtooth Center for Contemporary art, Winston-Salem, NC
1990 Two Person Exhibition, Clear Ring House Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
"Abstract Art finds home at Space One Eleven"† James R. Nelson march 23, 2008
"Design Dynasty" Peach magazine , Johnathan Lerner , nov. 2008
"Art on and off the Wall" Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Adrianne M. Murcchison 10/12/07
"Language" show catalog, published by Spruill Center, 09/20/07
"September Exhibits" compass, Carol Elliot, 9/14/07
"First Friday Exhibits"† Compass, Carol Elliot, 9/7/07
"A Playful Synergy enlivens this Collaboration" Atlanta Journal-Constittution, Debra Wolf, 8/19/07
"Sunday Southern Art Revival" The Artful Life, ( radio Interview ) Melissa Gault 7/27/07
"Long Exhibit at Lassiter Gallery" The Charlotte Post, Sandy Seawright, apr.12,2007
"Morsbergers Musings" Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jerry Cullum, 1/17/07
"World of Good" Atlanta Journal-Constittution, Cathrine Fox 12/30/06
"Don't Miss Story Time" Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Catherine Fox 11/5/06
"Black Bird on My Shoulder" show Catalog, published by Agnes Scott College. 2006
"You call this Sculptcha" Compass,Carol Elliot, 10/06/06
"KInetic/Asthetic sculpture" Eu Jacksonville, Carol Elliot, 10/5/06
"Brothers Tummy" Folio weekly, Adam Diamond, 10/10/06
"Charming Combination of quality and quantity" Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jerry Cullum, april 2006
"Lines of Descent" Paper City Magazine, Johnathan Lerner, 11/30/06
"Long Overdue" Folio Weekly , Shelton Hull, 1/3/06
"Going with the Flow" Home Magazine, Jill Kirchner Simpson, 10 2005
"Cabin Fervor" Atlanta Homes And Lifestyles, Tara n. Wilfong, june 2005
"Art in Freedom Park", Editor Evan Levy, 2005
"Activating Space" catalog Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, 2005
"Cutting Edge Scuptural Installation" Arbus Magazine, May/june 2005
"Artist Creations Inspired by Grandmothers Quilts" Roswell Neighbor, Joan Durbin, 6/22/05
"Amerikanishes Gansemannlein" Nurnberg Plus, Julia Lehner, june,17,2005
"Neus Lebensgefuhl im Alten Schloss" Nurnberg Extra, Bridgett Ruf, june,24 2005
"Man Spurt Die Liebe Dahinter" Pegnitz Zeitung, Wilfred Appelt, June 24, 2005
"Activating Space"† Folio Weekly , Shelton Hull, april 2005
"Large Vision Small Works" Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jerry Cullum, 11/30/03
"Birds of many Feathers" Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Catherine Fox, 09/23/03
"Art Goes Postal" Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Catherine Fox, 10/23/03
"Talk of The Town" Creative Loafing, Andisheh Nourraee, 6/24/03
"Our Place" Interview HGTV nov.
"Starr Long" Por dentro 12/11/1999
2009 Engine Swapping Sunday Southern Art Revival, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2008 SSAR Sunday Southern Art Revival, Starr Studio, Atlanta, GA
2007 Verses Sunday Southern Art Revival, Screen Arts Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
2007 Sunday Southern Art Revival Sunday Southern Art Revival, White Space, Atlanta, GA
2007 Verses vs. Vs. Sunday Southern Art Revival, SLM Projects, Roswell, GA†
2011 - present Roswell Cultural Arts Board, Roswell, GA
2009 NEA grant
1991 presidential scholarship Atlanta College of Art
2009 visiting artist, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2008 visiting artist lecture and work shop Space One Eleven, Birmingham, AL
2008 visiting artist lecture Mountain Park Elementary, Roswell, GA
2005 Residency Kenstler Kolonie, Nurenberg Germany
2008 Space One Eleven, Birmingham, AL
2007 University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
2007 White Space Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2006 Roswell High Scholl, Roswell, GA
2005 Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
1994-96 artist assistant to Maria Artemis
City of Roswell GA.
City of Nurenberg Germany
Kunstler Kolonie Nurenberg Germany
KIng and Spalding Atlanta GA.
Emory University Decatur GA.
Mountain Park Elementary, Roswell GA
Woodcock Washburn Atlanta Ga
Pickins Cain, Chicago IL.
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Building Community Connections: Designing a Future That Works
Originally published: 1996
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This trainer's manual serves as a curriculum for a two-day workshop designed to teach individuals with disabilities to utilize their contacts in a job search. Topics covered include: tapping the hidden job market, using networks for career development and job searches, identifying and engaging individuals, keeping in touch with people without becoming a pest, creating a mutually beneficial relationship with potential employers, dealing with disclosure, and using service providers. Contact the Publications Office to order a copy.


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Ask an Electronics Question, Get an Answer ASAP!
Hi Jim,
I guess the first thing is, have I identified the correct remote?
I concluded you needed a Technics RAK SC508W from this manual, which shows it on pg 4:
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If that is the correct one, then the one on Ebay looks original and the same as in the manual. They claim its in perfect working order so it should be fine. Worst case you would need to return it for a refund, which I know can sometimes be a pain.
I hope that helps.
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Starter Lemony mushrooms with halloumi and beetroot relish
Main course Mackerel with orange and sage squash and potatoes
Pudding Toffee apples and Ice cream
Menu cost £34.43
For the mushrooms
250g (9oz) cooked beetroot (not in vinegar)
15g (½oz) dill
1 tbsp capers
2 tbsp double cream
a few sprigs of fresh thyme
15g (½oz) flat-leaf parsley
2 garlic cloves
1 lemon
pinch of dried oregano
100ml (3½fl oz) olive oil
225g (8oz) halloumi
6 field or portobello mushrooms
3 pitta breads
For the mackerel
4 garlic cloves
500g (1lb 2oz) new potatoes
1kg (2lb 4oz) butternut squash or pumpkin
6 tbsp olive oil
1 orange
50g (1¾oz) raisins
15g (½oz) fresh sage
50g (1¾oz) pine nuts
25g (1oz) caster sugar
100ml (3½fl oz) sherry vinegar or red-wine vinegar
6 large mackerel fillets
pinch of cinnamon
pinch of cumin
For the apples
3 eating apples
50g (1¾oz) butter
50g (1¾oz) soft dark-brown sugar
125ml (4fl oz) double cream
vanilla ice cream, to serve
0-10 mins
Coarsely grate the beetroot, chop the dill leaves (reserving the stalks) and mix together. Rinse the capers, chop roughly and stir into the beetroot with the cream. Season and set aside. Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6.
10-20 mins
Pull the leaves from the thyme and parsley and chop finely with the reserved dill stalks. Place in a bowl. Peel and crush the garlic and finely grate the zest and squeeze the juice from the lemon and add to the bowl with the oregano and olive oil. Season well. Cut the halloumi into 12 even slices.
20-30 mins
Brush the mushrooms all over with the flavoured oil, reserving a couple of tablespoons, and lay stalk-end-up in a baking-dish. Put two halloumi slices on top of each one and drizzle with a little of the reserved dressing. Halve each pitta bread horizontally and lay in a single layer on a baking-sheet.
30-40 mins
Peel and halve the garlic cloves. Cut the potatoes into quarters. Peel, deseed and cut the squash into 4cm (1½in) cubes. Heat half the olive oil in a large heavy-based pan or casserole and fry the garlic until golden, then remove with a slotted spoon and discard. Add the potatoes to the pan and stir-fry for five minutes.
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Add the squash and stir-fry for a couple more minutes. Finely grate the zest and squeeze the juice from the orange and stir into the potatoes and squash with 100ml (3½fl oz) water and the raisins. Season and bring to the boil. Cover, reduce the heat and cook, stirring regularly, for 15 to 20 minutes or until the veg is tender. Scoop out the potatoes and squash into a bowl. Set aside the pan. Remove the sage leaves from their stalks.
Place the mushrooms in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until they are tender and the halloumi is speckled with golden flecks.
50-60 mins
Cut the apples into quarters, remove the core and slice thinly. Melt the butter in a frying-pan over a medium heat, scatter in the sugar and stir until dissolved. Add the apple slices and cook, turning gently, for five to 10 minutes, or until soft and just turning golden. Stir in the cream and bubble to thicken slightly. Keep warm.
Place the pitta bread in the oven with the mushrooms for about five minutes or until lightly golden and crisp.
To serve
Place each mushroom on top of a slice of toasted pitta, drizzle over the juices from the pan and top with a spoonful of beetroot.
Place the pan back on the heat, add 2 tbsp oil and stir in the pine nuts, sugar and sage. Stir-fry for a minute or two until the pine nuts are starting to brown, then raise the heat and add the vinegar. Let it bubble up and reduce slightly then add the squash and potatoes, season and stir well. Season the mackerel fillets with small pinches of cinnamon, cumin, salt and pepper. Heat the remaining oil in a large frying-pan, and fry skin-side down for one minute, then turn and cook for a further minute. Place a spoonful of the squash and potato on to each plate and top with a mackerel fillet.
If the apples have set at all, heat gently for about a minute, just to warm them through.Put a scoop of ice cream into each dessert bowl or glass and spoon over the toffee apples.


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Ex-DC school chief talks about achievement gap
Joel Dreyfuss | 8/30/2011, 11:35 p.m.
EDGARTON, Mass. — When Michelle Rhee joined a panel of experts on Martha's Vineyard to discuss the achievement gap in public education, there was no doubt that she would be a lightning rod in the discussion.
She shared the stage with education historian Diane Ravitch, Harvard sociologist Lawrence Bobo, Yale psychiatrist James Comer and Princeton sociologist Angel Harris, and soon enough she was taking fire from all sides.The panel was sponsored by Harvard University's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, which is headed by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
For the past 15 years, these summer seminars have been an annual ritual at President Barack Obama's favorite vacation island, and they draw a cross section of vacationing intellectuals — black, brown and white. The president was a few miles away but, of course, did not attend.
Rhee's 3½-year reign as chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools ended in controversy. She resigned soon after her boss, Mayor Adrian Fenty, was upset in the 2010 election by City Council Chairman Vincent Gray.
The conventional wisdom was that Rhee's tough approach to the D.C. schools' problems — including firing teachers and principals and closing schools — had alienated the city's black middle class. Her claims of dramatically improved test scores during her tenure have since been disputed.
Soon after the elections, Rhee gave up Washington, D.C., for Sacramento, Calif., where her fiance, former NBA All-Star Kevin Johnson, is mayor. She also created a new organization, StudentsFirst.org, to advocate on behalf of kids in the school-reform debate.
She sat down for an interview in the basement of the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown, Mass., right after last week's panel discussion.
The name of your organization implies that children are not first in the minds of educators.
You have teachers' unions. You have testing companies. You have textbook manufacturers. You have lots of people who are benefiting every day from maintaining the status quo.
If you go to any school board meeting anywhere across the country, the number of times that people mention children, or students, or student achievement is very, very few.
Most of the issues that are debated, that are at the forefront, are adult issues. If we took the stance of saying, "What is in the best interest of kids? What decisions would we make if we were just thinking about children and their families?" we would have a much, much different public policy.
The discussion got quite heated when you talked about removing poor teachers from the classroom.
People on the panel suggested that if someone is rated as ineffective, let's try to invest in that person. That's nice if you're looking at it from a systemic perspective. But I wanted to ask every one of those panelists: "Would you allow your child to be in that person's classroom while we try to professionally develop them?"
There's not a person on that panel or anywhere in the audience that would allow that to happen. So whose children are we expecting to be in the classroom year in and year out?


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If there would be a book written in Spanish which should be declared a monument this would be the one. Not just because the writting is wonderful. It's use of Spanish is in the most perfect way. Also because with these two characters Cervantes explains and depicts something very hard to do. The Spanish mind.
(P)2001 Disonex S.A.
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This is without any question a very entertaining and easy leasening of perhaps the best novel ever written
"Impossible to listen"
I bought a book and got a comedy with loud music and over-acting. Please put on a good version for sale
Un trabajo muy bien realizado, felicitaciones. Siempre me imaginé una voz de Sancho Panza más suelta y no tan culta, pero me agradó y me quedo con esta.
"La mejor obra que he conocido"
Debo decir que espere mucho para conocer esta historia aclamada por el mundo, me ha movido sentimientos, risas y tristezas, la genialidad de la misma es indiscutible.
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Have Tax Questions? Ask a Tax Expert for Answers ASAP
Hi.The fact that you haven't exchanged the US$ proceeds into UK£ is not relevant. The tax point is the date you sold the US shares. You can use either the exchange rate on the day you sold the shares or the average rate for the year to 31 March 2014, whichever is most beneficial to you. You'll find the average rate for the year to 31 March 2014 here.If the UK company was one you worked for and you held at least 5% of the voting shares, you may have qualified for entrepreneurs' relief on the cash component of the original disposal of the UK shares which would have limited your CGT to an effective rate of around 10%. That relief won't apply to the shares you received as part of the original disposal.I'm a little confused by your statement of "the gain is all gain". I assume that you mean the proceeds of the US share disposal is all gain. When you exchange shares for cash and shares in a different company, the cost of the original shares is split between the cash and the new shares in direct proportion to the value each component (the cash and shares) represents as part of the deal.The first £10,900 of gains you made in the 2013/14 tax year will be tax free due to the annual CGT exemption. There are two main rates of Capital Gains Tax, 18% and 28%. The rate or combination of rates that you will pay will be dependent on the sum of your income and the taxable gain for 2013/14 so one of the following scenarios will apply:1 If the sum of your income and the taxable gain in 2013/14 was £41,450 or less, then all the taxable gain will be charged to CGT at 18%.2 If your income alone in 2013/14 /14 was more than £41,450, then all the taxable gain will be charged to CGT at 28%.3 If your income alone in 2013/14 was £41,450 or less but the addition of the taxable gain takes the total over £41,450, then part of the taxable gain will be charged to CGT at 18% and part to 28%.
There is some useful information on CGT and shares here.I hope this helps but let me know if you have any further questions.
Thank you for that - appreciated.
To clarify. If paid nothing for the shares in the UK company therefore I believe everything is a gain as there is not cost (I also owned less than 4% therefore no entrepreneurs relief.
If I gave you the figures involved wold you be prepared to do the maths (for the purpose of my self-assessment) within the price I have paid?
I'd be happy to do the calculations.Can you tell me how you acquired the original shares in the UK company and what you ended up with in terms of cash and shares in the US company when it bought your shares in the UK company.


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Published 4:14 pm, Thursday, August 22, 2013
The 2014 BMW i3 is a landmark in BMW's mission to provide a completely sustainable, electric vehicle that still stays true to the Ultimate Driving Machine moniker. The i3 is the first product of the BMW's new "i" sub-brand, and is a new era for electro mobility at BMW.
The BMW i3 will be able to travel 80 to 100 miles on a single charge. It is able to recharge in only three hours with the use of a 220V Level 2 charger. In order to reduce range anxiety, a rear-mounted 650cc, 34-hp, two-cylinder, gasoline-powered Range Extender generator is available, which roughly doubles the i3's range.
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Flat Panthers Pummeled by Shenandoah, 41-20
October 1, 2008 - One week earlier, Knightstown came busting out of the gates to take a 33-0 first half lead against Eastern Hancock. Friday night, the roles were reversed and it was the Panthers who came out flat, allowing Shenandoah to build an early 27-0 lead en route to a 41-20 victory over the Panthers.
The win all but wrapped up the White River Athletic Conference crown for the Raiders, and sent Knightstown players and coaches scrambling for answers.
Shenandoah's Luke Hamm ran for 202 yards and three touchdowns. The Panthers rarely had an answer for Hamm, who had the benefit of running behind all-state offensive linemen Sam Poole (6-5, 305-lbs.) and Jacob Davis (6-0, 340-lbs.). Those mammoth linemen both had a more than 100-pound advantage on Knightstown's biggest defenders.
The win upped the Raiders to 5-1 overall and 2-0 in WRAC play. It also marked the seventh consecutive victory on Knightstown's field for Shenandoah.
Despite losing the game by three touchdowns and falling behind by 27 points, the Panthers made a good run and actually got back into the contest. Knightstown scored its first points of the game after quarterback Brice Biehl hooked up with Danny Ortman on a 37-yard passing play on a crucial 3rd-and-14 play. After Ortman ran the ball for 10 more yards, Biehl hit Travis Titus with a deep pass in the corner of the end zone with 56 seconds left in the first half. Jordan Hauk's PAT kick made it 27-7, but gave both teams something to think about during halftime.
The Panthers then took the second half kickoff and put a scare into the Raider sideline. Ethan Pearson returned a deep kickoff 20 yards, and Titus picked up 15 yards on a sweep. Moments later Lane Fields rocketed 53 yards for a touchdown and all at once the Panthers had cut the lead to 27-14 just over a minute into the third quarter.
Knightstown then held Shenandoah to a 4th-and-3 at the Raider 41-yard line, putting the team into a punting situation. The momentum had clearly shifted to the Panthers' favor at that stage, with the team having scored 14 unanswered points and getting the ball back for the offense. But it wasn't in the cards.
Knightstown jumped offsides, the five yards were marked off, and the Raiders were given the reprieve with a first down. On the very next play a stunned Panther defense reacted slowly while senior Tyler Pugsley bulldogged his way 48 yards to the Knightstown 11. Two plays later Hamm was in the end zone and the lead was back up to three touchdowns.
The Raiders scored on four of their first five possessions to bolt out to that 27-0 lead. The game's opening drive took just three plays, covered 76 yards and ended with a two-yard run for paydirt by Hamm. He also had a 53-yard run on the drive.
Ethan Pearson dropped a near-perfect, 47-yard punt at the Raider 11-yard line, but that poor field position didn't stop the visitors. They put together a methodical 14-play, 89-yard drive that included converting on third down four times. Quarterback Zach York hit Pugsley with a three-yard touchdown pass to make it 14-0.
In the first quarter, Shenandoah had run 17 plays, gained 165 yards and had six first downs. On the flip side, the first four Panther possessions were uneventful on this Homecoming night.
In the first quarter, Knightstown ran eight plays and gained five yards. The Panther defense was on the field for most of the quarter. The first four Panther possessions in the game included 15 plays, three punts, an interception, 17 yards of total offense and a negative seven yards on the ground.
By then, Shenandoah had possessed the ball five times, scored on four of those, and it was already 27-0. The Raiders drove the ball deep into Panther territory one more time at the close of the first half after a 38-yard run by Pugsley. A field goal try as time expired was no good.
The Raiders increased their lead to 41-14 in the fourth quarter before Knightstown put together a nice scoring drive. The 11-play, 65-yard scoring drive was highlighted by a 14-yard run by Pearson and multiple short runs that consumed more than four minutes of clock.
Backup quarterback Nolan Hall converted a 4th-and-9 when he hit Kelton Lane in the end zone on a 26-yard strike with 3:57 to play.
Aaron Forshey stripped the ball from the Raider ball carrier on the next possession, but time ran out on the Panthers at the Shenandoah 45-yard line.
Hamm rushed for 202 yards and also caught a pass for 12 more, giving him 216 total yards, with TD runs of two, 12 and three yards. York completed 7-14 passes for 64 yards and also ran for 26 yards, including a four-yard touchdown run.
Knightstown's running game was kept in check by the Raider defensive front, which weighed in at more than 1,000 combined pounds and had a 60-plus pound advantage. Because of a couple of sacks, Biehl was held to a minus-23 yards on the ground, while the Raiders keyed on Fields and held him to 66 yards on 10 carries. Fields had 53 of those yards on his touchdown run.
Knightstown 0 7 7 6 - 20
Shenandoah 14 13 8 6 - 41
SH – Luke Hamm 2-yard touchdown run (11:19), Trevor Geiger kick, 7-0.
SH – Tyler Pugsley 2-yard touchdown pass from Zach York (1:22), Geiger kick, 14-0.
SH – Hamm 12-yard touchdown run (10:33), kick failed, 20-0.
SH – York 4-yard touchdown run (3:15), Geiger kick, 27-0.
KT – Travis Titus 18-yard touchdown pass from Brice Biehl (0:56), Jordan Hauk kick, 27-7.
KT – Lane Fields 53-yard touchdown run (10:52), Hauk kick, 27-14.
SH – Hamm 3-yard touchdown run (8:34), York pass to Cody Young for 2-point conversion, 35-14.
SH – Zach Cole 5-yard touchdown pass from York (8:13), kick failed, 41-14.
KT – Kelton Lane 26-yard touchdown pass from Nolan Hall (3:57), kick failed, 41-20.
Passing: Brice Biehl 4-9-1, 70 yards, 1 TD; Nolan Hall 1-2, 26 yards, 1 TD.
Rushing: Biehl 11-(-23); Fields 10-66, 1 TD; Hall 4-15; Danny Ortman 5-20; Travis Titus 4-18; Will Milton 3-4; Ethan Pearson 2-16.
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Big: You know, Manhattan has a lot of beautiful women.
Carrie: What an amazing observation!
Big: But the thing is, after awhile, you just wanna be with the one who makes you laugh.
~ Sex and the City
Consider Brad's well-structured life. Immaculately clean loft apt, two hours set aside every day to work out, meal plan regimented to compliment his training schedule, creates his own work schedule because he's the owner -- nobody to tell him what or when. He knows what his day will be like from one day to the next. Heck, from one week to the next. He's in control of his time and his life.
Enter 5 year old. Suddenly, his time is no longer his own. He's 'on call' 24/7. Illnesses, carpools, sleepovers, weird stuff in his fridge, daily messes, broken stuff in his home, homework, recitals, games, doctor appts, girly pink stuff everywhere, the list is endless. And that's assuming he's only being backup and Emily is the primary caregiver. It's still a world of chaos to a 38 year old bachelor.
He'll make the valiant effort, maybe more than you might even expect because he's really invested in the relationship, really wants it to work. But eventually, one dark day when nothing goes right, which Brad will show up in Ricki's life? The one he's pretending to be on the show? Or the one Laurel describes, and Ashley confronted at F3?
Brad hasn't had nearly enough therapy.
This isnt the Sound of freaking Music were watching.......sdl
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There are five previous bumper winners in this with Gordon Elliott's recent course and distance scorer The Unsub possibly the pick ahead of Kempton winner Miles To Memphis. Azure Glamour kept on well for second at Wetherby on his debut but Special Wells wasn't far behind and will also have improved for the experience. SAINT CHARLES made a lasting impression when sauntering clear in a Blankney point-to-point in February and J P McManus saw enough to get out the cheque book and send him to Nicky Henderson. He could be anything and, as he can use his four-year-old's allowance, this looks a good starting point under Rules.
Chieftain's Choice (IRE) 4-1 (11-4) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, went 2nd 3f out, led over 1f out, driven out, won at Stratford 2m mdn NH flat (5) gs in Mar beating Colin's Brother (10-10) by 2 3/4l, 14 ran.
Donna's Diamond (IRE) 16-1 (10-10) Made all, driven over 2f out, ridden and hard pressed inside final furlong, stayed on gamely towards finish, won at Musselburgh 2m NH flat (6) sft in Feb beating Hurricane Hollow (11-0) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
Miles To Memphis (IRE) 6-1 (11-4) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, soon chasing leaders, led over 1f out, weakened final furlong, won at Kempton 2m mdn NH flat (5) gs in Mar beating Run On Sterling (11-4) by 8l, 12 ran.
Seldom Inn 4-1 (11-9) Tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 7, 10l behind The Unsub (11-2) at Ayr 2m NH flat (6) hvy in Mar.
The Unsub (IRE) Evensfav (11-2) Held up mid-division, tracked leaders over 9f out, went 2nd over 3f out, led over 2f out, clear over 1f out, ran on well, won at Ayr 2m NH flat (6) hvy in Mar beating Waddingstown (10-11) by 7l, 7 ran.
Apachee Prince (IRE) 20-1 (10-13) Chased leaders, went 2nd 6f out until 4f out, chased leaders, weakened over 3f out, 13th of 18, well behind Gaitway (10-9) at Newbury 2m NH flat (2) gs in Mar.
Azure Glamour (IRE) 8-1 (11-2) Held up towards rear, headway over 5f out, ridden over 3f out, kept on inside final furlong, 2nd of 13, 2 1/2l behind Supasundae (10-9) at Wetherby 2m NH flat (6) gd in Mar.
Bengairn 16-1 (11-2) In rear, outpaced over 6f out, weakened 3f out, 6th of 7, 38l behind The Unsub (11-2) at Ayr 2m NH flat (6) hvy in Mar.
Buzzard Flight 14-1 (11-4) Prominent, led over 5f out, headed over 4f out, ridden and every chance over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 9, 32l behind Degooch (11-4) at Sedgefield 2m 1f NH flat (6) sft in Mar.
Shanroe Santos (IRE) 20-1 (12-0) Held up towards rear, ridden into 6th 2f out, soon no impression and kept on same pace, 6th of 11, 11l behind Riviera Sun (11-9) at Down Royal 2m N H flat in Mar.
Special Wells 9-1 (11-2) Tracked leaders, every chance over 2f out, one pace inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Supasundae (10-9) at Wetherby 2m NH flat (6) gd in Mar.
Superior Command (IRE) 4-5 (11-7) Ap; led 3 out; sn clr; unchall, won at Berwickshire 3m ptp gs in Mar beating Darsi Dancer (12-0) by 12l, 11 ran.
Wish In A Well (IRE) 12-1 (12-2) Ww in mid div, gd prog to ldrs 4out, on terms aftr 3out, sn rdn & not qckn, ko, 7th of 17, 46l behind White Arm (12-2) at Maralin 3m ire ptp hvy in Mar.
Saint Charles (FR) 6-4 (10-7) Ap; led on bit 2 out; v easy, won at Blankney 2m 4f ptp gf in Feb beating Storm Lantern (11-7) by 8l, 8 ran.
Vestige Montjeu gelding out of Llia.
California Desert (IRE) 6-4 (11-11) Alw pr, disp 3out, sn went on aftr 2out, row, won at Kirkistown 3m ire ptp in Mar beating Longhouse Presents (11-11) by 8l, 9 ran.


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Xiaomi misses sales targets by 10 million
But what is 10 million between friends?
The Western Press is having a field day after Xiaomi failed to meet its rather ambitious target of flogging 80 million handsets in 2015.
PCs can't get a break
Strong US dollar to blame, amongst other things
Worldwide PC shipments dropped 8.3 percent in the fourth quarter which was the worst sales have been since 2008, beancounters at Gartner Group said.
Huawei expects sales boost
Predicts 35 per cent boost
One of the world's largest telecom equipment makers Huawei claims it will to post a 35 percent jump in sales revenue for 2015, thanks to a strong performance across its business platforms.
Iphone sales drying up
Apple orders less from suppliers
While the Tame Apple Press is writing yearly reviews which claim that Jobs' Mob cleaned everyone's clock this year, it appears that sales of its only remaining "growing" product is slumping.
Blackberry plans second privy
Another Andorid phone coming out next year
Blackberry has releasing a second version of the Android-based Priv smartphone next year having decided that people are drawn to appliances that sound like they should be connected to toilets [worked for Nintendo.ed] .
Xiaomi might miss sales targets
Still did pretty well
Xiaomi chairman Lei Jun's prediction of his company selling 80 million to 100 million smartphones in 2015 might not be coming about after all.
Apple iPhone losing ground to Android
The dream is over
For a while now we have been warning that Apple is losing ground in pretty much all its business sectors but now it seems some figures are confirming it.
More doom for PC market
IDC predicts only minor recovery next year
Beancounters at IDC have poured cold water on hopes that the PC market will do better next year.
PlayStation 4 sales surpass 30.2 million
Worldwide numbers
Sony has confirmed that it has sold more than sold more than 30.2 million PlayStation 4 consoles
Bethesda's Fallout 4 sold 12 million
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Post-apocalyptic Fallout 4 game has sold 12 million copies in just 24 hours. The Call of Duty Black Ops 3 generated $550 million in 72 hours and fell to second place on the 2015 best seller list.


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After 14 major league seasons, 315 career home runs and a lifetime of experience in the National League Central Division, it'd be easy for 33-year-old third baseman Aramis Ramirez to assume his new team should adjust to him instead of the other way around. But after signing a three-year, 36 million free-agent contract in December, the Milwaukee Brewers' most important offseason addition is attacking his first spring with the new club with the attitude of a player trying to make the team instead of a player who could make the team's season. "Aramis is a very professional guy about what he's doing, how he's going about his job," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "He's a very easy guy to talk to. He gets it. And I think how he has left it with us, if there's anything that we see that we would like him to do, he's willing to do it. Which means a lot to me -- coming from a guy who's been a superstar. And when guys are open to suggestions and still trying to get better at what they do, especially at the level that he's been at for a long time, it means a lot to me." With the season only 12 days away, Ramirez is hitting .250 (13-for-32) with one home run and two RBI in Cactus League play -- not exactly the type of numbers the Brewers are expecting from a two-time All-Star who batted .306 with 26 home runs and 93 RBI last season. But Ramirez has made a career out of producing in the middle of the lineup, and even though no one in the Brewers clubhouse expects him to replace the last guy to man the cleanup spot for Milwaukee -- Prince Fielder signed a 214 million with the Detroit Tigers during the offseason -- Ramirez hopes to continue the steady production that has seen him hit at least 25 home runs in seven of the past eight seasons. "That's what I've done my whole career -- been a 3, 4, 5 hitter -- since I came up," Ramirez said. "And I don't see any difference coming over here and doing that. You can't replace Prince. It is what it is, and I'm just going to go out there and do my job." And, like Roenicke said, Ramirez will put in the work to make sure he does the job well. "I got a nice work ethic," said Ramirez, who came up with the Pirates in 1998 before being traded to the Cubs in 2003 and spending the rest of his career in Chicago. "I don't do a lot of stuff that I'm not supposed to do. On and off the field. I try to behave and just work hard. And you know, God-given ability, too. That helps, but I try to stay in shape and try to stay at the top of my game." Despite the angst among Brewers fans over losing Fielder, it's tough for even their manager to look at what Ramirez brings and not feel confident about a batting order that will start with 2011 All-Star second baseman Rickie Weeks, energizer center fielder Nyjer Morgan, reigning NL MVP Ryan Braun, Ramirez and two-time All-Star right fielder Corey Hart. "It's basically what we had last year, but I think we're more solid in the fifth spot -- if Corey (Hart, who is recovering from knee surgery) is going to be there," Roenicke said. "And you subtract Prince from it and add Aramis, which I like. I like what Aramis can do. We're not going replace Prince. But there's other things we can do to make up for the loss of maybe what we were going get from him. Aramis is a very good hitter. I really like him in the fourth spot. But it's not fair to say he's gotta hit forty-something homers. You know, he's not that guy. He's a very good hitter. And I really do like our three-four. And when Corey's back, the three-four-five -- that's really good." The Milwaukee Brewers provided interviews for this story.
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John Riley Sammons and America Huffman
Carole Treece Scaggs indicated that John Riley married an America Huffman.My great great grandfather Absalom Bowman had a daughter America who married a Mr. Huffman who died falling off one of the hotels in Eureka Springs AR. They lived near where the dam of Beaver Lake is now located.I've seen it reported elsewhere that America married a Mr. Sammons after her husband George Washington Huffman died. What puzzles me is that there is a brick stone in the Ruddick Cemetery in Garfield AR that bears the name America Huffman.That cemetary is not too far from the Roller Cemetery where John Riley Sammons is buried. The fact that the stone says Huffman makes me wonder if John Riley married a daughter of America Huffman or if it is a daughter of America rather than America d/o Absalom that is buried in the Ruddick Cemetery.


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FAIRBANKS - The number of state residents directing Alaska Permanent Fund dividend money toward college savings increased each year between 1998 and 2008. Then came 2009.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported that 8,289 people have opted to put dividend money into the University of Alaska College Savings Plan, a 5.4 percent decrease from last year.
Plan officials blame the economy, saying fewer people are willing to save for later when money is tight now.
"I think the economy is getting to folks," said Linda English, the director of the UA College Savings Plan.
Permanent Fund dividend applications include an option to put half of each dividend into a college savings account. The option had been steadily increasing in popularity, climbing from 3,468 contributions in 1998 to 8,766 applicants in 2008, according to the Alaska Department of Revenue.
The savings plan lets people put money into a tax-deferred investment account, with the ability to use the earnings to pay for higher education. If an investor uses the money to attend a University of Alaska school, there's a portfolio option that allows it to keep pace with tuition and inflation.
The stock market has rebounded in recent months, but investors have not forgotten the beating they took last year. Rodger Hopp, a Fairbanks-based financial planner for FSC Securities Corporation, said people have been hesitant to invest their money in a variety of areas, including retirement funds and other stock portfolios.
"That's pretty normal across the board," he said. "When people are uncertain about what to do or where to do it or how to do it, they typically do nothing."
The 5.4 percent decline comes despite a rise in the number of people expected to get the dividend. The state received a record 657,000 applications in 2009, an increase of 16,000 from the year before.
The Permanent Fund dividend payment schedule this year begins on Thursday for applicants who applied early and requested direct deposit for their $1,305 dividend. Checks will be mailed starting Oct. 22.
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Sweet Potato Soup
|3 Tbsp unsalted butter
|1 large onion, finely minced
|1 tsp sugar
|1 1/2 lbs sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
|6 cups good-quality chicken stock
|Salt and pepper to taste
|1/2 cup heavy cream
|1 jalapeño pepper, seeded, and finely diced
|1 cup sour cream
|1 tsp grated lime zest
|Juice of half a lime
Melt butter in a 4-quart stockpot. Add onion and sauté until soft and tender. Add sugar and cook 10 to 15 minutes or until onions are lightly browned. Add sweet potatoes, chicken stock, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 25 minutes. Strain the soup and purée the vegetables.
Whisk the purée back into the broth. Whisk in the cream and jalapeño. Return to the heat and heat through. Taste and correct the seasoning. The soup may be refrigerated for several days or frozen at this point.
To serve: Reheat the soup and serve with a dollop of garnish. (To make the garnish, combine all ingredients.)
Makes 12 servings
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The questions, discussion topics, and author biography that follow are designed to enhance your group's reading of three of William Faulkner's greatest novels: The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Absalom, Absalom! We hope that they will provide you with new ways of thinking and talking about three works that stand as major landmarks in the history of modern American literature, works that exemplify Faulkner's bold stylistic and formal innovations, his creation of unforgettably powerful voices and characters, and his brilliant insight into the psychological, economic, and social realities of life in the South in the transition from the Civil War to the modern era. In their intellectual and aesthetic richness, these novels raise nearly endless possibilities for discussion. The questions below will necessarily be limited and are meant to open several, but certainly not all, areas of inquiry for your reading group.
Faulkner drafted As I Lay Dying in six weeks while he was working the night shift at a power plant. He later said, "I set out deliberately to write a tour-de-force. Before I ever put pen to paper and set down the first word I knew what the last word would be and almost where the last period would fall. "He clearly succeeded in what he set out to do: As I Lay Dying is a work in which Faulkner's talent is fully within his control, and the result is one of the twentieth century's finest and most beloved novels. Unlike The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying has a clearly delineated plot line: it is the tale of a journey, and despite the many delays in that journey, nothing impedes the straightforward movement of the plot toward its destination--the arrival in Jefferson and the burial of Addie Bundren's body. However, the way the story is presented embodies an experiment in narrative technique that is brilliantly achieved. Removing himself completely as an author-narrator figure, Faulkner breaks his story into fifty-nine separate monologues, each spoken or thought by one of fifteen characters. There is no exposition, no description of character or action outside of the way the characters see themselves, one another, and the events in which they are involved. Like The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying centers upon a single family. It is the often comic, often grotesque story of their singleminded effort to carry out their father's promise to his dying wife: Addie Bundren wishes to be buried with her family in the town of Jefferson, forty miles away. This journey, delayed by flood and fire and attended by a growing flock of buzzards, takes nine days. Throughout their absurd and quixotic ordeal, the family members exhibit a deep respect for their mother's desire, but they also have desires of their own that might be fulfilled by this chance at visiting the town. The father, Anse, wants a new set of teeth; the only daughter, Dewey Dell, is pregnant and hopes to get a pill to bring on a miscarriage; Cash wants a gramophone; Vardaman, the youngest, wants a toy train. The two remaining brothers, Jewel and Darl, want nothing for themselves, but the journey brings to its crisis a rivalry that has deep roots in their relationship with their mother.At once ludicrous and profound, the novel shows us a group of people responding to grief and to the loss of the most important person in their lives. At the same time, it illuminates the nature of love within the family and the responsibility that family members have to one another and to themselves.
1. Which are the most intelligent and sympathetic voices in the novel? With whom do you most and least identify? Is Faulkner controlling your closeness to some characters and not others? How is this done, given the seemingly equal mode of presentation for all voices?
2. Even the reader of such an unusual book may be surprised to come upon Addie Bundren's narrative on page 169, if only because Addie has been dead since page 48. Why is Addie's narrative placed where it is, and what is the effect of hearing Addie's voice at this point in the book? Is this one of the ways in which Faulkner shows Addie's continued "life" in the minds and hearts of her family? How do the issues raised by Addie here relate to the book as a whole?
3. Faulkner allows certain characters--especially Darl and Vardaman--to express themselves in language and imagery that would be impossible, given their lack of education and experience in the world. Why does he break with the realistic representation of character in this way?
4. What makes Darl different from the other characters? Why is he able to describe Addie's death [p. 48] when he is not present? How is he able to intuit the fact of Dewey Dell's pregnancy? What does this uncanny visionary power mean, particularly in the context of what happens to Darl at the end of the novel? Darl has fought in World War I; why do you think Faulkner has chosen to include this information about him? What are the sources and meaning of his madness?
5. Anse Bundren is surely one of the most feckless characters in literature, yet he alone thrives in the midst of disaster. How does he manage to command the obedience and cooperation of his children? Why are other people so generous with him? He gets his new teeth at the end of the novel and he also gets a new wife. What is the secret of Anse's charm? How did he manage to make Addie marry him, when she is clearly more intelligent than he is?
6. Some critics have spoken of Cash as the novel's most gentle character, while others have felt that he is too rigid, too narrow-minded, to besympathetic. What does Cash's list of the thirteen reasons for beveling the edges of the coffin tell us about him? What does it tell us about his feeling for his mother? Does Cash's carefully reasoned response to Darl's imprisonment seem fair to you, or is it a betrayal of his brother?
7. Jewel is the result of Addie's affair with the evangelical preacher Whitfield (an aspect of the plot that bears comparison with Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter). When we read Whitfield's section, we realize that Addie has again allied herself with a man who is not her equal. How would you characterize the preacher? What is the meaning of this passionate alliance, now repudiated by Whitfield? Does Jewel know who his father is?
8. What is your response to the section spoken by Vardaman, which states simply, "My mother is a fish"? What sort of psychological state or process does this declaration indicate? What are some of the ways in which Vardaman insists on keeping his mother alive, even as he struggles to understand that she is dead? In what other ways does the novel show characters wrestling with ideas of identity and embodiment?
9. This is a novel full of acts of love, not the least of which is the prolonged search in the river for Cash's tools. Consider some of the otherways that love is expressed among the members of the family. What compels loyalty in this family? What are the ways in which that loyalty is betrayed? Which characters are most self-interested?
10. The saga of the Bundren family is participated in, and reflected upon, by many other characters. What does the involvement of Doctor Peabody, of Armstid, and of Cora and Vernon Tull say about the importance of community in country life? Are the characters in the town meant to provide a contrast with country people?
11. Does Faulkner deliberately make humor and the grotesque interdependent in this novel? What is the effect of such horrific details as Vardaman's accidental drilling of holes in his dead mother's face? Of Darl and Vardaman listening to the decaying body of Addie "speaking"? Of Vardaman's anxiety about the growing number of buzzards trying to get at the coffin? Of Cash's bloody broken leg, set in concrete and suppurating in the heat? Of Jewel's burnt flesh? Of the "cure" that Dewey Dell is tricked into?
12. In one of the novel's central passages, Addie meditates upon the distance between words and actions: "I would think how words go straight up in a thin line, quick and harmless, and how terribly doing goes along the earth, clinging to it, so that after a while the two lines are too far apart for the same person to straddle from one to the other; and that sin and love and fear are just sounds that people who never sinned nor loved nor feared have for what they never had and cannot have until they forget the words" [pp. 173-74]. What light does this passage shed upon the meaning of the novel? Aren't words necessary in order to give form to the story of the Bundrens? Or is Faulkner saying that words--his own chosen medium--are inadequate?
13. What does the novel reveal about the ways in which human beings deal with death, grieving, and letting go of our loved ones?Comparing The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, andAbsalom, Absalom!1. In all three of these novels the family is central to structure, plot, and meaning. It is the source of grief and identity as well as the locus of all individual psychic struggles. Do you see all of Faulkner's characters eternally trapped within their familial roles? How do the families differ in each of these novels, and how are they similar? How do the particularly important symbolic roles of the mother and the father differ from book to book?2. Faulkner tries to make himself disappear in these works. Instead of using the traditional third-person narrator that most readers associate with the author, he directs a chorus of voices that intertwine, complement, and contradict one another. As readers, we must rely on what we learn from the characters themselves as to time, place, plot, and matters of cause and effect. Why do you think Faulkner prefers to make his characters speak "directly" to his readers? How does this technique affect your ability to believe in the worlds that exist in these novels? How would more direct intervention by an authorial voice change your experience?3. In which of these works do you think Faulkner's style, his use of language, and his formal innovations are most finely tuned, most powerfully worked out? In which do you feel that his stylistic quirks are most annoying, most distracting? 4. All of these novels question our assumptions about time as regular, linear, sequential, predictable. What are some of the ways in which time is disrupted in these works? 5. The Compson family of The Sound and the Fury (1929) plays a central role in Absalom, Absalom! (1936) as well. Does Faulkner want readers of Absalom, Absalom! to assume that Quentin's involvement in the Sutpen story is one of the reasons for his suicide, which takes place three months later in The Sound and the Fury? Do you see a seamless characterization of Quentin and Mr. Compson in the two books?6. Faulkner is interested in the causes and effects of extreme psychological pressures, as we see in Quentin and Benjy Compson, Henry and Thomas Sutpen, Rosa Coldfield, Vardaman and Darl Bundren, and many other characters in these novels. What are some of the forms that psychopathology takes in Faulkner's world? 7. Faulkner has often been accused of an extremely misogynistic representation of women. Consider Caddy Compson, Dilsey, Dewey Dell and Addie Bundren, Judith Sutpen, Rosa Coldfield, the wife of Charles St. Valery Bon, and other female characters in these three novels. How would you describe Faulkner's notion of the feminine, as compared with the masculine? Do you agree with the critic Irving Howe that "Faulkner's inability to achieve moral depth in his portraiture of young women clearly indicates a major failing as a novelist"? 8. Is the work of Faulkner necessarily different in its impact depending upon whether one is from the North or the South, whether one is black or white?
William Cuthbert Faulkner was born in 1897 in New Albany, Mississippi, the first of four sons of Murry and Maud Butler Falkner (he later added the "u" to the family name himself). In 1904 the family moved to the university town of Oxford, Mississippi, where Faulkner was to spend most of his life. He was named for his great-grandfather "The Old Colonel," the family patriarch who fought in the Civil War, built a railroad, wrote a best-selling romantic novel called The White Rose of Memphis, and was eventually killed in a duel with a disgruntled business partner. Faulkner identified with this robust and energetic ancestor and often said that he inherited the "ink stain" from him. Never a brilliant student, Faulkner left high school after the tenth grade. He tried to enlist in the U.S. Air Corps in 1918 but was rejected because of his small height and weight. He went to Canada, where he pretended to be an Englishman and joined the Canadian RAF training program, which he did not complete until after the Armistice. He returned to his hometown in uniform, however, boasting of war wounds, and briefly attended the University of Mississippi, where he began to publish his poetry. Faulkner spent brief periods of time in the literary capitals of the 1920s, Paris and New York; in New Orleans in 1925 he met Sherwood Anderson, who encouraged him to try writing fiction. His first novel, Soldiers' Pay, was published in 1926; it was followed by Mosquitoes and Sartoris. His first undisputed masterpiece, The Sound and the Fury, came out in 1929 and was followed by another masterpiece, As I Lay Dying, in 1930. In 1929 Faulkner married his childhood sweetheart, Estelle Oldham, after she was divorced from her first husband. They had a premature daughter, Alabama, who died ten days after birth in 1931; a second daughter, Jill, was born in 1933. With the publication of his most violent and sensational novel, Sanctuary (1931), Faulkner was invited to write scripts for MGM and Warner Brothers, which he continued to do for twenty years. Much of the dialogue in the film versions of Hemingway's To Have and Have Not and Chandler's The Big Sleep was written by Faulkner. Light in August (1932) was his first attempt to engage the rending racial issues of the South, an effort continued most successfully in Absalom, Absalom! (1936), and Go Down, Moses (1942). Until the appearance of Malcolm Cowley's The Portable Faulkner in 1946, Faulkner had been seen as a regional writer; afterward critical assessments began to register the major stature of his work. In addition to several collections of short fiction, his other novels include Pylon (1935), The Unvanquished (1938), The Wild Palms (1939), The Hamlet (1940), Intruder in the Dust (1948), A Fable (1954), The Town (1957), The Mansion (1959), and The Reivers (1962). Faulkner won the Nobel Prize in 1950 and was awarded France's Legion of Honor in 1951. In the 1950s he became a spokesman for the growing movement against racism in the South. He died of a heart attack on July 6, 1962, while hospitalized for a horseback-riding accident.
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4-3 on the Grammy trip and creeping ever so slowly back into the playoff picture. Phoenix; a disappointing collapse to start the road trip after an impressive 3-0 home stand. But Kobe's not worried so why should we? Minnesota; back on the winning track but questions begin to arise about this team's collective frame of mind. Detroit; scene of the Malice at the Palace and MWP channels his inner Ron Artest. The Lakers win but not because they earned it. They survive with shoddy defense and poor execution. Brooklyn; Kobe displays at 34 what most couldn't do when they were 22. The biggest road win of the season at a price… Pau Gasol goes down and is out 6-8 weeks with a torn plantar fascia.
Boston; Did Kobe really call out Dwight? Did Steve Nash really tell Howard to suck it up? More drama off the court results in a lopsided Leprechaun landslide. KG and Pierce make mincemeat out of an overmatched, and perhaps over-rated Lakers squad. Charlotte; more lackluster play results in a 20-point hole midway through the third. Kobe with 0-points at halftime. Ramon Sessions playing like the PG the Lakers were searching for. A miraculous recovery led by Kobe, although the Black Mamba is none too happy with his teammates performance. Miami; the final stop of the road trip facing the defending champs before heading back home.
Earl Clark is our difference maker. Early success this time around instead of the Miami dunkfest at Staples. Kobe doin' Kobe things. Lebron taking flight like Jordan but finishing with power like the Mailman. MWP looks small compared to King James. Steve Nash is now Kobe's favorite target on the pick-n-roll. Miami shows very little weakness in any area, except in the middle. D12 exploits the middle like biting into a Tootsie-Pop. A see-saw battle throughout the first half. DWade can't guard Kobe. Lebron can't guard Kobe. No one can guard Kobe. While everyone else utilizes picks and screens to elude their defender, Kobe does it by himself.
A quick burst at the end of the 3rd gives Miami the advantage heading to the 4th. Wade appears to hit Kobe on the arm several times, but Kobe can't buy a call. Turnovers begin to take a toll. Lebron, a runaway freight train slams the door shut. DWade adds the nails to the coffin with the and-1. At this point, Miami is better than the Lakers but they showed glimpses of what can be if they continue to play together as a team. Optimistic or reality settling in? Will Dwight stay or will he continue to be a roller coaster ride? Can Kobe carry this team on his weary shoulders until Pau returns? Will D'Antoni ever coach this team the way Laker fans feel he needs to? 3.5 games out of the 8-spot with 30 to go.


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Kona is one very lucky dog.
The 10-year-old yellow Labrador retriever somehow jumped onto a piece of rebar the other day, impaling herself.
But firefighters and a veterinarian were able to rescue Kona, who is expected to make a full recovery.
The incident happened Wednesday on the 4000 block of Los Arabis Drive in Layafette. There, Kona apparently jumped and ended up impaling her right hind leg on a piece of rebar that was part of a retaining wall under construction, said Fire Marshal Lewis Broschard of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
Firefighters from the neighboring Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection District brought hydraulic tools, and veterinarian Dana Conly was summoned. After Conley heavily sedated Kona, firefighters cut the rebar and rescued her. She was taken to Lafayette Animal Hospital, where her wound was closed before she was released to her owner that same day.
"It's definitely a happy ending," Conly said Friday. "She's doing really well. She's a very lucky dog. She didn't have any significant organ damage."
Broschard said, "I think the dog had actually jumped from a location into the area that had the exposed rebar, so I can't imagine that type of pain for a human to endure, let alone a dog. And obviously a dog doesn't understand things like that as well as we do, but thankfully we were able to be there."


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AFC Ajax coach Ronald Koeman has a goalkeeping dilemma as the Dutch champions prepare to begin their UEFA Cup campaign against AJ Auxerre.
Vonk out
Ajax moved into this competition after claiming third place in UEFA Champions League Group C, but they will be without Hans Vonk in goal after he suffered a thigh injury in the 2-1 Eredivisie win at NAC Breda on Sunday. For a replacement, Koeman will look to either Bogdan Lobont, just back from a broken finger, or Maarten Stekelenburg, who took Vonk's place at the weekend.
Injury problems
Koeman is also without playmaker Tomás Galásek, who has a groin injury, as well as defender Zdenek Grygera and winger Wesley Sneijder due to hamstring complaints. January signing Angelos Charisteas is ineligible and his place could go to 18-year-old striker Ryan Babel. However, Johnny Heitinga should return after a bout of flu and Steven Pienaar after a back injury. "I expect both to play against Auxerre," Koeman said. "As for the rest I do not have much choice."
Auxerre concerns
For Auxerre, playmaker Yann Lachuer has a knee injury while full-back Younès Kaboul is targeting the second leg as he recovers from an ankle strain. Wing-back Johan Radet is a long-term absentee but striker Bonaventure Kalou and midfield anchorman Philippe Violeau should be available after missing Saturday's 2-0 French Cup win against Vannes OC.
Roux warning
Coach Guy Roux has taken 19-year-old striker Kévin Lejeune to Amsterdam "in order that he gets the European experience", but it will be the in-form trio of Kalou, Kanga Akalé and Benjani Mwaruwari who should start in attack. Roux warned it would not be easy: "
Ajax have played only four games since the winter break, we have played ten. They will have trained hard and they will be fitter than us."
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- Decades later, former students apologize for failing to stop teacher's murder
- Red Guards beat Bian Zhongyun to death in 1966 for "opposing Chairman Mao"
- Husband Wang Jingyao wants justice for his wife, whom he described as "gentle"
- Couple used to dream of helping Communist Party build a new China
Wang Jingyao creaks open a metal door to let us into his cramped apartment.
In a modest living room, he shows us a meticulously kept shrine to his wife.
"My wife had always been a kind person since she was young. She was kind-hearted and gentle," he says.
The photos come from a different era in China. One shows Wang and his wife, Bian Zhongyun, shoulder to shoulder and smiling at the camera. They made a handsome couple.
Both joined the Communist Party in the heady post-revolution years of the early 1950s. Wang was a historian at the Chinese Academy of Science. Bian became a respected educator at an elite Beijing middle school. They dreamed of helping the Party build a new China.
But just a few years later, Party loyalty proved no protection for Bian. As the madness of the Cultural Revolution engulfed Beijing, she became the first victim.
"We trusted the Party, but no one ever thought it would become a party that murders people," says Wang.
Red Guards, Mao's enforcers
In one sense, the events that led up to Bian's death began with the bruised ego of Mao Zedong.
In the early 1960s, China's great revolutionary hero was still smarting from the catastrophic failure of the Great Leap Forward, a policy of collective farming and industry that directly and indirectly caused the deaths of millions of Chinese.
Mao called on a new revolution to stamp out what he called bourgeois and counter-revolutionary influences. Conveniently, for Mao, the ensuing chaos helped shore up his personality cult and get rid of his political opponents.
The early enforcers were the Red Guards, a proxy army of children and young adults that violently struck out at anyone not toeing the Maoist line. Intellectuals, educators as well as artifacts were all targeted. A favorite method was to whip their elders with the heavy metal buckles on their leather belts.
But this was no random chaos.
"There was absolutely a top down approach to the violence and there is plenty of evidence that everything was very carefully planned," says historian Frank Dikötter. "There were constant messages going from the Party to the students. There was nothing spontaneous about it."
Beatings, then an awful climax
The trouble started in the early summer at Bian's school in Beijing.
Led by their leader Song Binbin, the students labeled Bian as a counter-revolutionary and "opposing Chairman Mao," according to historian Wang Youqin, who attended the school at the time.
Soon the attacks got physical with Bian and other teachers put through so-called "struggle-sessions."
"Students ran onto the stage to strike Bian with iron-clad wooden training rifles. Each time Bian fell to the floor, someone would douse her with cold water and drag her upright again by the hair to endure further criticism," says Wang.
Bian reached out to the Party to stop the beatings but she got no reply. Despite the obvious risks, Bian kept returning to the school. Perhaps she felt there was nowhere to hide.
On the afternoon of August 5, 1966, the beatings reached their awful climax.
'We couldn't stop the beatings'
The students of '66 are now in their 60s. I meet a group of them in a teahouse in Beijing. They have had careers and full lives but all seem haunted by the bloody events of that August.
Liu Jin was a student leader at the school when the Red Guards targeted Bian.
"I didn't know what to do," she says, "I blame myself for not stopping it."
"We couldn't stop the beating, because it would have been doing something against the trend. I respected Ms. Bian, but I was too afraid to say anything," says Feng Jinglan, another former student.
The mob beat Bian for three hours. They used the legs of their school desks spiked with nails.
"She looked miserable. I could never forget this. She lay on the ground, her eyes were blurry, she was foaming at the mouth," recalls Liu. She says they carried Bian in a wheelbarrow to a hospital across the street from the school.
Wang Jingyao got the news about his wife in a phone call from the school.
"They told me that she was injured and I should go. So I went with my four children," says Wang, "I remember that hospital very clearly."
Sensing the worst, Wang took a camera. He took pictures of his mortally wounded wife as evidence. The images are haunting and graphic. In one, his four children stand over their mother who lies on a gurney still clutching her handbag.
"I laid a cloth over her face so my youngest wouldn't see. She had already passed," says Wang.
No charges, no justice
The authorities quickly cremated the body and no one has ever been charged despite, presumably, hundreds of witnesses.
Instead of condemning the murder, Mao seemed to embrace it. Just days later, he held a mass rally for the Red Guards in Tiananmen Square where Song Binbin presented a Red Guard armband to the Chairman.
The official sanction of the violence was complete.
"After Song Binbin presented the armband to Mao, the number of murders increased massively," says Wang Youqin, who has obsessively tracked the killings by interviewing hundreds of family members. "The Red Guards killed almost 2,000 people in the first two weeks alone."
She says they only stopped when the Beijing municipal government eventually called them to halt in September. The Cultural Revolution would drag on for a decade.
In a society where educators and elders are traditionally revered, the brutal violence against teachers shocked many, but over the decades, the Communist Party has helped erase discussion of the stain on their history, and the violence is rarely discussed in public.
But that may be changing.
Breaking the taboo
Over the past year, those closest to the events are tentatively trying to break the taboo. Song Binbin, Liu Jin and a handful of former classmates publicly apologized for the killing of Bian.
"I participated in the revolution voluntarily, no one forced me," says Liu, "but after Bian's death my faith was turned. I had to question my beliefs." All of the former students we interviewed said they were powerless to stop the killing.
Song declined to be interviewed.
But their apologies haven't led to a widespread reckoning with the past. And few, if any, believe the Communist Party will tackle the issue.
"There is hardly a person within the Cultural Revolution whose hands are not dirty in some way. It is socially and politically explosive and that is why the apologies are not likely to go much further than they have already," says Dikköter.
For Wang Jingyao, they are too little, too late. He says he still wants justice for his wife's murder.
"I can't accept them, the so-called apologies are hypocritical and not sincere. They just want to cover up their involvement," he said, "they just want to slip away unpunished and turn this page over."


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historic Mill Hill section of Trenton.
"New Jersey is proud of the steadfast commitment to public
service by DEP employees and all state workers," said Acting
Governor Richard J. Codey. "We celebrate the dedication
of our state DEP workers with this ceremony and appreciate their
efforts to protect New Jersey's environment."
The innovative program offers employees an option to collectively
plant trees in lieu of receiving a traditional award for their
service. Employees with a minimum of ten years can participate
in the Tree Initiative Service Award. Over 200 employee chose
to support tree plantings to honor their years of service.
"I am proud to be part of the department's first
tree planting ceremony honoring the commitment of DEP employees
to the environment and our capitol city," said Commissioner
Campbell. "The 27 trees planted in Mill Hill will provide
shade and beauty for the city of Trenton and will stand as a testament
to the spirit and dedication demonstrated by DEP employees each
and every day."
The 27 trees planted in Mill Hill Park include magnolias, white
and pink-flowering yellowwoods, lindens, hawthornes and river
The Mill Hill Park section of Trenton is a historic location
encompassing the city's first settlement site founded in 1679.
The history of Mill Hill also includes the Second battle of Trenton,
in which General George Washington led the Continental Army against
General Cornwalls and the British and Hessian forces.
The gift of planting trees in downtown Trenton supports the Department's
Cool Cities Initiative, to improve the quality of life in New
Jersey's cities and older suburbs by planting shade trees
to promote better health with lower temperatures, while combating
global warming.
"The environmental benefits of lowering energy costs, improving
air quality, and beautifying the city should make tree planting
a major emphasis for all cities," said Mayor Palmer. "Thanks
to our collaboration with DEP, we already have planted close to
1,000 trees in Trenton just this past year. One of the most impressive
things about today's effort is the commitment to Trenton
that has been expressed by DEP employees. We are deeply appreciative
- they have made a tremendous statement about what is valuable."
Temperatures in urban settings are often five degrees higher
than surrounding suburbs and rural areas, which is referred to
as the "urban heat island" effect. As temperatures increase
city residents often experience an increase in incidences of heat
exhaustion and asthma attacks. Also, higher temperatures result
in more expensive utility bills due to residents' longer
use of air conditioning. Trees can help to lower these urban temperatures
by as much as six to 19 degrees.
In addition to providing shade from the sun, trees provide oxygen
and cool the air by emitting droplets of water that draw heat
as they evaporate, a process called "evapotranspiration."
The benefits of trees include their ability to absorb sound and
provide habitats for birds and animals. Their leaves help improve
air quality by absorbing noxious gases and trapping particulate
matter. Furthermore, trees prevent erosion by helping to filter
and clean water supplies, and reduce runoff and flooding.
Planting trees can transform an urban neighborhood's appearance
and even increase market value, as nature becomes part of the
communities where New Jersey residents live and work.
For additional information on DEP tree planting initiatives visit
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Hi, >From my understanding, increasing "io.sort.mb" decreases the number of disk flushes as more data is spilled at once and this boosts the performance. This obviously decreases the number of spills. One possibility in this case is that, the number of spills have become less than "io.sort.factor" and all the spills are getting merged in a single go (per partition). So even if you increase the "io.sort.factor" value now, it shouldn't make any difference. So check the logs and see the no. of spills created and if its less than "io.sort.factor". This is a wild guess, please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Ajay Srivastava < firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > Hi, > > io.sort.factor -- The number of streams to merge at once while sorting > files. This determines the number of open file handles. > > > How can I use this parameter to improve performance of mapreduce job? > My understanding from above description was If there are many spill > records then increasing io.sort.mb as well as io.sort.factor will help in > better performance. Increasing io.sort.mb helped but changing > io.sort.factor (> 10) does not seem to improve/degrade performance of > mapred job. > > > > Regards, > Ajay Srivastava
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A STUDENT from Parkwood sixth form created the winning design for this year's Jack-in-the-Green Design Competition.
Barnaby Catterall, who is studying AS-level Graphic Design, entered the public competition as part of his coursework. The design was used on promotional material including posters, the website, badges and t-shirts in the run-up to the Jack-in-the-Green festivities.
Barnaby said: "For my design I wanted to make it different and unique; for it to have a different take on Jack-in-the-Green.
"I noticed that previous designs weren't as appealing to younger people as they could be, and being a young person myself, I wanted to make a change to that. I aimed to include characters that participate in Jack-in-the-Green, like the Bogies and the Morris dancers, and I made them fall victim to Jack's over-excitement."
Susan Warren, A-level Graphic Design teacher, said: "Barnaby is a gifted young designer with a most promising future ahead of him.
"We are grateful for the opportunity to showcase the talents of our students."