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Martina Koegeler-Abdi
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Institut for Engelsk, Germansk og Romansk
Emil Holms Kanal 6, 2300 København S, KUA1, Bygning: 24.4.27
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Projekttitel: Adaptive Agency in Early Arab American Womanhood, 1893-1960
Projektstart: 1. september 2014
Vejleder: Martyn Bone
Bivejleder: Silvia Schultermandl (Graz)
My dissertation aims to provide a deeper understanding of Arab American women's public agency during the early to mid-20th century U.S. I work with both literary and archival sources in six contextualized case studies: I analyze how women adapted the hegemonic discourses of their time in their self-fashioning as belly dancers, on Broadway, in the Arab American Press, as activists, beauty queens and as writers. Arab migration at the turn of the 20th century coincided with a peak in white supremacism, the first mass-mediated U.S. Orientalisms and contested notions of nation, migration and womanhood. While current scholarship is largely engaged in exploring how and why imagined Arab womanhood functions so prominently in the U.S. orientalist economy of the post 9/11 moment, my work contributes to bringing the often overlooked historical dimension of Arab American women's agency in the U.S. to the debate. Performing and writing in English, women developed strategies of self-representation that adapt, but are not confined to, orientalist and nationalist conventions to reach American audiences. Such adaptations may draw on literary orientalist sources like the Arabian Nights or interpret scenarios gleaned from popular harem narratives in stage performances, while community activists adapt and negotiate normative versions of proper Womanhood to refute the sexualized Othering of Arab women in American imagination. My dissertation applies an intersectional lens to analyze the implications of these tensions for early Arab American community formation in particular, and the relationships between previously unexplored archival sources by Arab American women and literary texts of the time also offer new perspectives on the multi-directional legacies of Arab American womanhood in American histories and literatures at large.


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(Sings) 'Hellohh, I am your mind'
Katherine Khorey | Tuesday, March 31, 2009
In a far more idealistic time, I swore never to begin a column with the words, "As I sprawled out to write this column, I said to myself, 'Self? What blissfully optimistic aspect of humanity are we going to go frolicking in this week?'
"And Self said, 'Katherine, you need to get out more.'
"But then I didn't. So here's the semi-weekly frolic." Etc.
Several months later, having produced approximately one column that didn't involve frolicking, the resolve to avoid this beginning is hanging by one very weak thread.
So as I sprawled out to write this column, I said to myself,
"You know what, Self? We've been travelling all over the place this past week. We're drained and exhausted. We have no sense of time or place right now. We're just relieved that we'll likely not be waiting in another airport check-in line at a ridiculously early hour until Holy Thursday. We sincerely hope we will not be eaten by Rome on Easter weekend.
"But you know what, Self? There's something we can be sort of proud of, and if we don't get smug about it, it might just spawn a column."
And Self said, "Seriously, Katherine. Stop dissociating."
But then I didn't. "Self, since very early in 2009, we have not set foot on a RyanAir flight. And we should, just for us, try to keep it that way. This column, Self, can explain what that all means."
Self rolled her eyes and went out for a Mudslide.
For those of you who aren't where I am, RyanAir is a budget airline, useful for inter-European travel, whose type of advertising and service suggests it considers its patrons no more than piggy banks desperate to be squeezed.
To claim a flight costs zero Euro and then slowly add up "extra" cost is a sin of many airlines, and a tactic that should fool no one with common sense. But RyanAir – which, by the way, will be shortly charging you to use the on-flight lavatories – pulls it off with an especially tacky flair.
The inside of a RyanAir plane is brightly plastered with advertising for itself. Now that you're here, asks the placard on the seat in front of you, don't you want to pay another "zero" Euro to come back and stare at this same placard next time?
While you're waiting to take off, you'll listen to a repeated commercial for something akin to Fruit2O (for sale on board). And doesn't that just sound refreshing after all the airport stress?
Actually, no. What would be refreshing would be to pay my 50-some Euro up front and thus honestly charged, then enjoy some post-airport relaxation amid cloud grey, navy blue and soothing classical music. And a reasonably priced Sprite – in this economy, "complimentary" may be too much to ask – wouldn't go down so badly either.
There are budget airlines out there that still offer almost that experience (except for the upfront charges). They treat customers as people, and not chromatically stimulated ATMs. And these are the ones I will patronize.
Will one person's defecting from RyanAir affect the company at all? Probably not.
But by defecting, has said person reasserted some measure of personhood?
I speak only for Self and I. But I think so.
Of course, if you couldn't care less what the inside of your plane looks like, so long as you make it to Paris in one piece, more power to you.
Although there could be something else that makes you feel a bit dehumanized. Maybe it's something that no one else in your world seems to care about. But if your feelings are legit, and asserting them causes no damage, then why not act?
Just act effectively.
I'd accomplish nothing if I only wrote this column to complain about RyanAir, but hadn't stopped giving it money. Convincing others is one thing, but what's the point if you don't do it for yourself first?
A case in point: Maybe spending weekends as an anonymous saliva receptacle isn't as fulfilling as you'd like, and neither can you think of any face you'd be totally happy to see at the other end of the Basilica aisle in the near future. Maybe you'd still like a little romance, but you'd be best off, for now, on a middle ground.
Just make that middle ground. Repeat after me: "Taylor, I really enjoy being around you, and I'd like to be there more often. Want to hit up Barnes and Noble for Italian sodas on Saturday?"
And then, no matter what Taylor answers – even if you're clearly too short for her, or he's only interested in C-cups or above – you'll have made the leap. And you, your personhood, your self, will be stronger for it.
"See, Self?" I said, as she poured two coffees. "That's why we're flying Aer Lingus from now on. So that you won't disappear on me. So that even if someone, say, directly threatened to turn our college graduation into a circus, you'd be strong enough that it'd be impossible. I'm going to make you strong, Self. Isn't that why we're here?"
"It's not just about us, Katherine." Self cut her bran muffin into quarters.
"I know. But it'll help make it about everyone. Did you want some blueberry jam on yours?"
Katherine Khorey is a junior studying English and Russian at Trinity College, Dublin. She can be contacted at [email protected]
The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer

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x64 DCs are slowing getting rolled out to various companies. Most often I am hearing amazing things from an LDAP query standpoint which is great.
I am curious though how people are determining how many DCs they need? Are they just replacing their x86 DCs and leaving it at that or are they carefully watching performance and scaling DCs down as needed or just going forward with ball park guesses on what they will need for Exchange and Auth?
There is a nice whitepaper (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=52E7C3BD-570A-475C-96E0-316DC821E3E7&displaylang=en) on the perf benefits of x64 for Domain Controllers but it has an omission for interactive auth. It has auth in general, but not interactive auth with the processing of GPOs, scripts, etc. This is important because you are talking about file ops which don't appear to get that big speed boost you get with directory access.
Obviously this is all firmly entrenched in the world of "it depends" but sometimes you start with a greenfield deployment (say moving from some other OS to Windows) and can't benchmark everything in a lab so where do you start? The ADSIZER hasn't been updated since Windows 2000 because it has been killed, it was too easy to give false expectations. You could get burned by getting a result that was either under or overkill. Why? Because IT DEPENDS. You can understand why MSFT doesn't want to give out false expectations… Generally in a greenfield deployment there are so many unknowns you have no clue what you are going to do or end up with. But it would be nice to have rough guidelines for a place to start. Most companies will not buy X hardware and then add to it as needed to get to Y where everything runs well. They want to know up front what Y is so they can understand their costs. You can't argue with that other than by saying… it depends. With x86, it is a known beast, we have been dealing with it for some time and most consultants and support folks have seen it in real life under heavy load and have an idea of where you can ballpark. Not so with x64, we don't have that built up "gut" level knowledge yet.
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There has been an increased interest in both intercultural and international communication, as well as ethical aspects of such interactions. In spite of this, there are no books which address this specific subject matter beyond limited surveys of different types or forms of ethics, or attempted comparisons between various ethical or value systems. This book intends to engage readers rather than trying to teach them about ethics or how to be ethical. It is questionable that ethics can be taught as academic subject matter, or that such instructions will result in meaningful applications in the daily lives of students. By considering specific challenges affecting ethical behavior in various intercultural and international interactions, and by suggesting interactive, dialogic behavioral models as well as examples, the authors seek to create an atmosphere of involvement and discussion which will lead researchers to consider the ethics undergirding their own lives, as well as any resulting ethical or unethical practices.
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If you're dead, you can't vote. On the other hand, if your democracy is dead, you can't vote either. There's got to be some middle ground.
Seriously, the message on our newest tshirt shouldn't be necessary. In a nation that came into existence and developed to full power under the initiation and spread of voting rights, it ought to be easy to get citizens to turn out and vote. The reality is that few Americans bother with voting.
The most common justification for not voting is a simple shrug. The second most common justification is to say that the candidates aren't worth voting for.
Often, in many places, it is true that there is no reasonable choice among the candidates for a particular political office. However, it's rare that just one political office is on the ballot. In a leap year like this one, Election Day in November will bring almost everyone a great list of candidates at the city level, county level, state level and national level.
Surely, some candidate in one of these elections will be worthy of your vote.
When you don't vote, all you're doing is giving the people who do vote more power. So, if you don't agree with the way that most people are voting, not voting isn't an effective protest.
The truth is that I know of at least one good presidential candidate who's likely to be on the ballot in all 50 states this November. Her name is Dr. Jill Stein. Check her out – a vote for Stein will not be a vote wasted on more of the same.
We've created this t-shirt because, although there are serious problems with the American political system, we still believe in the democratic values that are at the core of the American identity. The real American dream isn't to get rich. The American dream is to vote, and have it make a difference. For that to happen, the first thing you've got to do is show up.
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Lets focus on Sunderland now...
After the FA cup draw earlier this week a lot of focus has shifted towards that meeting with United at Old Trafford, but we cannot forget we have two crucial league games ahead of before that, starting against Sunderland at Fratton this weekend...
Harry Redknapp has spoken about this game on the Pompey site and much as he says this will not be an easy game by any stretch of the imagination but with respect it is one we should be looking to win: 'I like Roy and I think he's done a really good job there. He talks a lot of sense and I think he's got a big future ahead of him.
'I think they'll stay up this season. Their home record has been fantastic and they've played okay away from home.
'I think they've been unlucky on a few occasions. I watched them play at West Ham when they were fantastic and unlucky to lose.
'It will be a tough match for us but we're confident of picking up the three points'.
Remember Sunderland are looking to do the double over us, something that not even the 'big 4' can boast - it is essential that we do not let this happen, we cannot afford a slip up here as if we are realistically aiming for a European place via the league 3 points is a must, anything less at this stage of the season just will not be good enough.
After Sunderland we go to Goodison Park to face Everton, so a point from that would then be the minimum aim, so 4 points minimum from the next couple of games ahead of the cup game with United will set us up very nicely for that tie.
If you have not already made your predictions in the Pompey predictions league on this game with Sunderland do it here.


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The state Department of Transportation announced today tolling on the Route 520 bridge will start Dec. 29. It follows on the heels of a new pay-by-mail system for the Tacoma Narrows bridge, another part of the state's new generation of tolling.
If officials meet their new target after a host of missed deadlines stretching back to last spring, drivers crossing Lake Washington on 520 will pay by mail or through a pre-paid Good to Go account. They'll help pay to build a new floating bridge.
Current Good to Go customers who need help with their account should count on delays as the system expands. Tolling director Craig Stone warned in a news release:
"We know from our Tacoma Narrows Bridge experience that we can expect long lines and wait times as customers rush to set up their Good To Go! accounts," said Stone. "We're taking steps to prepare for this surge to get as many people on board as soon as possible. Even so, we're asking people to be patient."
To prepare for the anticipated high volumes of customers registering and activating accounts this month, WSDOT has extended call center hours and hired extra customer service staff. Customers can purchase the popular sticker passes at Costco, Safeway, Fred Meyer and QFC and activate them online.
Passes will not work unless they are registered on an active account. Drivers should also check their accounts for up-to-date credit card and license plate information.


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TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--King's Hawaiian has launched Project Mahalo, a new charitable campaign that says "thank you" to four nationally recognized charitable organizations that represent the Hawaiian Way of sharing, generosity and giving back. Project Mahalo invites friends of KING'S HAWAIIAN brand to show their support for the important work of these selected charities by going to www.ProjectMahalo.com to vote for the organization they believe best embodies The Hawaiian Way. The largest vote tally will determine which organization will receive a donation of $25,000. All of the organizations selected to participate in Project Mahalo will receive a minimum donation of $10,000.
"In the Hawaiian language, mahalo means 'thank you,'" said Mark Taira, CEO of King's Hawaiian Bakery. "It's a word we use every day because it embodies the Hawaiian Way—a commitment to generosity, sharing, and caring about the people around you. Project Mahalo gives us an opportunity to thank organizations that exemplify the Hawaiian Way through the valuable work they do, and we hope it will inspire our ohana, which is the Hawaiian word for 'extended family' to get involved in their own communities. Giving back to the community is the heart and soul of Hawaiian culture and a core value of King's Hawaiian."
In keeping with the spirit of the Hawaiian Way, King's Hawaiian will donate a minimum of $10,000 to each of the following charitable organizations:
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of America provides careful mentor matching and long-term support to help kids facing adversity achieve success.
- Family Caregiver Alliance supports and strengthens the work of families nationwide caring for loved ones with chronic disabling health conditions.
- Meals On Wheels Association of America supports local Meals On Wheels programs that deliver nutritious meals to homebound seniors.
- One Warm Coat shares the warmth by working to provide a warm coat, free of charge, to anyone in need.
The deadline for voting on www.ProjectMahalo.com is midnight, Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, April 21, 2013. The donations will be announced and awarded on May 1 — Lei Day in Hawaii — at a special celebration at the King's Hawaiian corporate headquarters in Southern California. At the event, King's Hawaiian will honor all of the Project Mahalo partners and name the $25,000 donation recipient. All other participating organizations in Project Mahalo will receive a supply of KING'S HAWAIIAN products and a minimum donation of $10,000. For more information visit www.ProjectMahalo.com or the King's Hawaiian Facebook page.
About King's Hawaiian
Founded more than 60 years ago in Hilo, Hawaii, by Robert R. Taira, King's Hawaiian is a family-owned business that for three generations has been dedicated to making irresistible, original recipe Hawaiian foods made with Aloha Spirit. Kings Hawaiian makes the #1 branded dinner roll in the United States, and operates more than 270,000 square feet of baking facilities in Torrance, California and Oakwood, Georgia. For more information, visit the company's website at kingshawaiian.com, "Like" King's Hawaiian on Facebook and follow King's Hawaiian on Twitter.


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By Radio.com Staff
During his Tamp, Florida Keith Urban payed emotional tribute to the victims of the Orlando shootings with a cover of U2's "One."
The country star stripped down the popular song during his Tampa, Florida stop on Friday (June 17).
Related: Taylor Swift Honors Orlando Victims
"Although I didn't know anybody in that horrific incident, I did, because they're just guys and girls, brothers and sisters," Urban said by way of introduction. "They had dreams, hopes, plans, just like every one of us. So I know them like I know you guys."
Watch the video below.
They had dreams, hopes and plans, just like every one of us. So I know 'em, like I know you guys. - KU
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Topic: Rejoicing (11/22/04)
TITLE: Round & Round
By KAREN FASIG
Hey guys, don't go anywhere, this round metal rod charged with electricity had to be one of the best things to happen to you too. No more turning over in bed to have a roller poke you in the eye or stab you in the back as you laid on it. Bobby pins that not only jab you in the arm as you try to hug your wife, but penetrate the bottom of your foot as you walk across the kitchen floor are a thing of the past. How many blessing do you need before you start rejoicing from the rooftops?
The benefit to the human race that this modern day wonder has brought can't be calculated. Unfortunately, this extraordinary instrument can cause lamenting as well as rejoicing. A few years ago I received a harried phone call, "Karen, you need to get home immediately. Heather's house is on fire!"
Needless to say I left work and headed straight to my daughter's home. Fire trucks blocked the street and smoke billowed from the windows of her home. The family dog lay dead from smoke inhalation in the front yard and my Heather came sobbing into my arms. "Mom, I can't believe it. I couldn't have been gone more than 45 minutes. The kids had a doctor's appointment. The Fire Marshall says there isn't anything that can be saved. What are we going to do?"
Comfort and love are the only things I could offer her at this early stage of the devastation. I took her in my arms and we cried together. One of the firemen finally came over and said we could go into the house. What our eyes beheld can't be adequately described. Black as evil is the only thing that comes close to describing the scene that greeted us.
Charred wood, peeling paint, melted metal banks, broken windows; all assailed our senses. The bathroom seemed to have suffered the greatest damage and we soon learned why. In Heather's haste to get the kids to the doctor she'd forgotten to unplug the curling iron. It had slid against a plastic cup, melted it and then the cup had burst into flames igniting the bathroom curtains and then exploding a waiting can of hair spray.
The fire lapped its way through the doorway and into my grandson Eric's bedroom destroying everything in sight. Black soot replaced the wallpaper. You could follow the fire's path along the wall and down onto the dresser, then back onto the curtains. It continued to snake along the ceiling line and then travel down the next wall.
The ruin filled our minds and fresh tears ran down our soot-covered cheeks. Our eyes continued to scan the room. I glanced over at Heather and thought I saw a smile begin to tweak at the corner of her lips. She pointed toward the wall as she said, "Look. Will you just look at that."
When I focused on the area, rejoicing did fill my soul. There on the wall hung the prayer I'd written for my grandson Eric's dedication. It hung there in its charred frame, with black soot covering everything around it, but the glass over that prayer remained clear for all to read. A sign to us that God's protecting hand had been upon our family.
Our Father in heaven is there protecting us in every situation of life. He also brought about a happy ending as the things of this life were replaced and love from the community poured forth. God uses everything for good for those that love him.
He also gave me a special gift. You see, when I use my curling iron, I have rejoicing in my heart for the loving God who made sure my family wasn't in that house when the fire started.


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Melanin Production May Protect Against Chronic Diseases Associated with Obesity
Posted: November 10, 2008 at 1:00 am, Last Updated: November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am
A two-year study conducted by researchers at Mason, Inova Fairfax Hospital and the National Cancer Institute may open the door to new therapies for combating chronic diseases associated with obesity, a condition that affected more than 33 percent of American adults in 2005-06, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
While analyzing samples taken from morbidly obese patients undergoing weight loss surgery, the researchers discovered that substantial quantities of melanin — a pigment that gives the skin, hair and iris of the eye their natural color — were being produced in the study participants' fat tissue.
Ancha Baranova, assistant professor in Mason's Department of Molecular and Microbiology and the paper's lead author, explains that melanin production has never before been identified in fat tissue.
She believes that the antioxidant, which has been shown to have anti-inflammatory properties, could be the body's natural defense against obesity-related conditions such as type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, fatty liver disease, polycystic ovary syndrome and some cancers.
"Stockpiling extra calories is difficult even for specialized fat cells; having too much lipid molecules takes its toll on the fat cells, producing oxidative stress," says Baranova.
"It's not unthinkable that these cells would adapt and produce melanin as a form of self-protection. As a side benefit, melanin may suppress inflammatory properties of the extra pounds of the fat."
Baranova notes that a larger study is still needed to confirm the role that the body's production of this compound plays in fat tissue. Nevertheless, the discovery suggests that melanin-based therapies may one day be used to reduce the incidence of chronic diseases among the morbidly obese.
"This opens an entirely new avenue for medical interventions because the process of biosynthesis of melanin is relatively easy to meddle with," says Baranova.
"We hope that this study will spur the development of preventive medications aimed at curtailing devastating metabolic complications in obese and overweight populations."
The paper was co-written by Manpreet Randhawa, Tom Huff and Vikas Chandhoke of Mason; Julio C. Valencia and Vincent J. Hearing of the National Cancer Institute; and Zobair Younossi of Inova Fairfax Hospital.
The study was funded by the Thomas F. Jeffress and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust and by the Intramural Research Program of the National Cancer Institute at the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
The findings appear in the current web edition of the FASEB (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) Journal and will be published in the March 2009 print edition.


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My newborn is almost 3 weeks old. From the beginning she has been very quick at latching on, which was a relief to me as my first daughter wasn't and I had to use a nipple shield for awhile and hated it. BUT when my baby was a few days old she bit my nipples and there is a gash on both of them (I wasn't careful about how she latched that time as we were out for get doctor's appointment, not relaxed at home). It has been a really rough couple of weeks with clenched teeth, tears, different remedies, etc. I am wondering from those with similar experiences how long does it take to heal?? At first i was using lanolin, but i find it actually makes it feel worse. They got infected, so I've been using am abx cream. I am also using coconut oil. Sometimes I use nothing. I don't know what is best. I think it's healing since it'snot quite as painful, and I've been working hard on baby's latch but she clamps down so fast that sometimes it is hard. *DH wants me to use nipple shields for a couple days, but I hate them so I've been reluctant. I don't want to go backwards on the latch progress we've made, and it'll still be painful with the shields anyway. But if it'll heal a lot faster I might be willing to give it a try. I wanted to call a lactation consultant to come over, but we can't afford it.
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Ever seen a falling Star??....it brings good luck!!!!
By uditpanda
January 1, 2009 8:34am CST
U may not believe me if i say so, but i have never seen a real falling star in my life. All that in my mind is pictures & videos of it. Actually I have never been that patient with the night sky...or may be unlucky a bit. We have a legend here that if u see a falling star it brings good luck to you & if u wish something at that time, it will come true. Have U ever seen a falling star in the sky?? & Do u believe in the good luck & wish theory associated with it??
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@shooie (4989)
• United States
1 Jan 09
I see them all the time. I guess I've been pretty lucky to see them. Here in the US they say wish on them and the wish will come true. I wish but it is all in fun. It is a lovely sight to see should make time on a spring night to try and watch the skies I think you would enjoy it. It's amazing to watch a meteor shower as well. I don't catch these often because sometimes they are so late at night and I would rather go to bed. Hope one day you get to see a falling star.
• India
1 Jan 09
Thank u...I have a lot of wish in store for the stars...hope i see them soon...
@internalsoul (159)
• India
1 Jan 09
yes i have seen falling star..but i dont know whether they bring good luck or not
• India
1 Jan 09
they are meteors i have heard...I also don't agree to the gud luck thing...
@achilles2010 (3060)
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24 Mar 10
I have seen stars falling many times. I do not know if it brings any good luck, but I do make a wish. I wish for something good to happen not just to myself but to others as well.
@seethenightmare (228)
• India
2 Jan 09
i don't know this is true or not ,but i want to try once in my life....i guess this works and a little funny and bring happiness in our life....
@sandymay16 (1619)
• Philippines
2 Jan 09
Yes, I have seen a falling star before many times when the skies are clear and the stars are out and shining bright. I live in a city where there is not much air pollution so the sky is almost always clear especially during summer time. Lately, I haven't seen a falling star because I haven't been out for star gazing because it always raining. During summer time in MArch to May, I and my couins do some camp outs and do some star gazing, we just pull out a mat and lie on it and do girl talk and wish on some falling stars. I don't know if it's true or not but the idea of star gazing on a lazy summer night is fun.


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MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise, led by F&P Healthcare
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June 5 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand stocks rose, led by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare as a weak currency improved the manufacturer's export earnings outlook. Property stocks paced the gain as investors mull the pace of interest rate hikes this year.
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise; F&P Healthcare gains on soft currency
By Suze Metherell
June 5 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand stocks rose, led by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare as a weak currency improved the manufacturer's export earnings outlook. Property stocks paced the gain as investors mull the pace of interest rate hikes this year.
The NZX 50 Index edged up 0.143 points, or 0.003 percent, to 5159.490. Within the index, 22 stocks rose, 21 fell and seven were unchanged. Turnover was $136 million.
F&P Healthcare led the benchmark index higher, climbing 2.2 percent to $4.60 and matching its high of last week. The breathing apparatus manufacturer, which exports 98 percent of its product, last month said profit rose 26 percent to $97.1 million in the year ended March 31 but expects 2015 earnings growth to stall as it struggles against a high kiwi dollar. The kiwi fell to a three-month low this week.
"The company came out with a very good result in the market and confirmed its robustness as a business,"said Shane Solly, portfolio manager at Harbour Asset Management. "The weaker currency and some of the pressure coming off there is helpful."
Property stocks, which typically offer investors a strong dividend yield, paced gains ahead of next week's Reserve Bank monetary policy meeting, where governor Graeme Wheeler may lower the forecast track for future interest rate hikes.
DNZ Property Fund climbed 1.9 percent to $1.63. Kiwi Income Property Trust advanced 0.9 percent to $1.18, while Property For Industry gained 0.8 percent to $1.335. Goodman Property Trust rose 0.5 percent to $1.065 and Precinct Properties New Zealand lifted 0.5 percent to $1.08.
High growth and tech stocks fell. A2 Milk Company, the milk marketer which has gained 63 percent over the past two years, fell 2.6 percent to 75 cents. Xero, the cloud-based accounting software, fell 0.9 percent to $29.80. Diligent Board Member Services, which makes a governance app, slipped 1 percent to $4.11. Pacific Edge, the Dunedin-based biotech company whose shares soared 150 percent in 2013, was unchanged at 81 cents.
"We have seen just a little bit of enthusiasm fall out of the market," Solly said. "We're still seeing some of the heat come out of those higher priced high growth stocks. That's not unique to New Zealand, its continued to happen in other markets as well."
Investors are mulling the upcoming listings of utility and airport software company Gentrack and online business travel booking company Serko, which are both set to debut later this month.
"The current tranche of new IPO offerings is taking people's attention, and in some cases people may be making space for those assets to come in," Solly said.
NZX rose 0.8 percent to $1.31 after the stock market operator said the volume of share trading snapped 20 months of growth in May, falling from the same month a year earlier when the government listed the first of its partially privatised power companies.
MightyRiverPower fell 0.2 percent to $2.25. The state-controlled energy company's metering business Metrix will be Trustpower's preferred provider to supply its 225,000 customers with smart meters. Trustpower fell 0.1 percent to $7.04.
Telecom rose 0.2 percent to $2.74. Ryman Healthcare climbed 1.3 percent to $8.35 and Infratil advanced 1.7 percent to $2.43.
Nuplex Industries was the worst performer on the day, dropping 4.6 percent to $3.34. Sky Network Television declined 2.1 percent to $6.54. Fletcher Building fell 0.1 percent to $8.92.
Outside the benchmark index, Hellaby Holdings rose 1.8 percent to $2.84 after the diversified investor's board appointed independent director Steve Smith to take over the chair when John Maasland retires at this year's annual meeting in October.
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Absolutely nothing
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Was there an editor on this book??
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The Islanders and their former captain, Kenny Jonsson, agreed on a contract yesterday that will pay the Swedish defenseman a minimum of $4.5 million over the next two seasons.
Jonsson, who will turn 27 on Oct. 6, has been a mainstay with the Islanders since they acquired him from Toronto in a trade late in the 1995-96 season. He had been seeking a three-year contract, but said yesterday that he was more than happy with the two-year deal. One of the reasons might be General Manager Mike Milbury's off-season acquisitions of the top-line centers Aleksei Yashin and Michael Peca for a team that has not qualified for the playoffs in the last seven seasons.
''I'm very happy with what the team did over the off-season,'' Jonsson said by telephone from Sweden. ''I'm looking forward to this season. Now, I think there's a lot of hope. And even if we don't make the playoffs this year, we'll definitely be in the hunt, and that will be exciting for our fans.''
After a year and a half as the Islanders' captain, Jonsson stepped down last Nov. 19, in Anaheim, Calif., in the midst of a West Coast swing. ''That's definitely all behind me now,'' Jonsson said. ''It was a good experience, though not as good as I wanted it to be. I've figured out now what type of guy I am. I lead more by example on the ice.''
With Jonsson's signing, the only Islanders not signed are Yashin, Peca and forward Aleksandr Kharitonov, who was acquired, along with defenseman Adrian Aucoin, from Tampa Bay in another off-season deal. Milbury said he expected to have all players signed before training camp opens on Sept. 12. Jason DiamosContinue reading the main story
GORING TO COACH IN ALASKA: Butch Goring, the former coach of the Islanders, was hired yesterday as the coach and the assistant general manager of the Anchorage Aces of the West Coast Hockey League.
Goring was fired March 4 by the Islanders, who finished last season with the N.H.L.'s worst record. He coached the team to a 55-100-17 mark after taking the job in 1999. He also served as the coach of the Boston Bruins in the 1985-86 season and part of the next season, compiling a 42-38-13 mark. (AP)
PHOENIX CENTER GETS $4.2 MILLION CONTRACT: An arbitrator has awarded Phoenix Coyotes center Daymond Langkow a two-year, $4.2 million contract.
The 25-year-old Langkow will earn $1.95 million for the 2001-02 season and $2.25 million for 2002-03.
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Editorial: Don't force casinos on us
Published 5:28 pm, Thursday, March 6, 2014
Saratoga Springs leaders pan a state law on siting casinos.
The state should make it clear that communities still control their destiny.
In true gambling style, the Saratoga Springs City Council didn't quite reveal its hand this week when it unanimously declared that it didn't support the state's new gambling law for a raft of reasons. Still, it would take a pretty blatant bait-and-switch for any council member to say they're for a casino after this.
Saratoga Springs' citizens now deserve certainty that the state will heed the clear sentiment in Tuesday's resolution — that New York must respect community preference when it comes to hosting a casino.
Right now, Saratoga Springs' preference is no. The city council couldn't quite bring itself to say that magic word in Tuesday's resolution, but a majority of citizens said it in November when they voted by a wide margin against the constitutional amendment allowing casino gambling.
What the council did say was still pretty strong: that it has virtually no confidence in the Upstate New York Gaming Economic Development Act of 2013, which sets out the casino siting process. The council resolution tore the act apart, pointing out that it allows the state to ignore a community's desires, plans and zoning laws in siting a casino. The unambiguous bipartisan message from the council: That's unacceptable.
The state says community preference will figure in the siting decision, but to what degree is unclear. The Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo need to do better than leave Saratoga Springs — and any other community that doesn't want a casino — dangling on this question for months. They should put in place a law that fully respects local sentiment in the process of siting casinos.
That wouldn't open the process to politics, as the governor has suggested. It would simply affirm that the state is not going to force gambling on any community that doesn't want it. If anything is blocking that fair and sensible idea, it's Mr. Cuomo's own political pride in refusing to acknowledge that he and lawmakers didn't get this law right the first time.
Nor does it help that the city's voice in the state Senate, Kathy Marchione, continues to sit on the fence. As both the area's senator and as a member of the Senate Racing and Wagering Committee, she should be insisting that the state not be able to run roughshod over her constituents or anyone else's, not hedging her bets.
At least the new Gaming Commission chairman, Mark Gearan, the president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, says he will respect the casino law's goal to help distressed upstate communities. It would take quite a bit of economic wizardry to fit Saratoga Springs into that definition, especially next to other communities.
That's exactly what citizens and city leaders are trying to protect. They don't want a casino resort siphoning business and vitality away from the thriving restaurants, stores and hotels in and around downtown Saratoga Springs.
This needs to be all about the city's destiny, not some destination resort.


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The ancestry Johann Henrich JUENGST (John Henry YINGST) has been traced back to Henne der JUNGESTE, b. 24 December 1440, Niedernetphen, Westfalen, Preussen, Germany. John Henry came to Pennsylvania in 1766 and settled near Annville in Lancaster Co. (now Lebanon). Henne was the son of one BERCHMAN. Family data and relationships for JUENGST descendants from Henne and BERCHMAN are set out in "Geschichte der Familie JÜNGST (History of the Family JÜNGST)", 1993, by Frau v. CHAMISSO.
Frau v. CHAMISSO'S uncle, Herman JUENGST (1880-1958) began researching the family early in his life. She obtained her uncle's handwritten material and transcribed it to typescript. She built on that research using church records, public records and published literature to produce the book. A Family Chart (Familienmitglied) is presented for each father by generation, beginning with Henne (Generation 1). The charts list wives and both male and female children and contain location (abbreviated place names) for male progenitors and birth, marriage, and death data for each person, where available.
I have scanned Family Charts for each Principal Family Member in my direct line from Henne der JUNGESTE down thru Johann Henrich JUENGST (Generation 10), with permission from Frau v. CHAMISSO. In addition, I have presented "NOTES from TEXT" for each of the charts containing information generally not shown in the charts that I have gleaned from the German text.
The charts may be viewed at "Family Name Charts from GESCHICHTE der FAMILIE JÜNGST"
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