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But despite the stalemate in Washington, there are some simple actions you can take right now to help keep your money on high ground—come hell or higher (pre-Bush-era) taxes.
- Accelerate income. "You can be virtually certain that tax rates will not be going down anytime soon and, for higher earners, they will almost certainly go up," notes Miami financial planner Cathy Pareto. Try to get any payouts due to you in January or Q1—like a bonus or consulting/self-employed income—paid to you now, so they fall under current tax rates.
- Harvest your profits. With the tax rate on capital gains poised to jump from 15% to 20% on January 1, talk to your portfolio manager about whether it makes sense to sell off any funds or stocks that have booked a substantial paper profit before year's end. "This way you can realize those gains now while tax rates are lower," says Pareto. This is particularly key if you're a higher earner (over $200,000 for individuals, $250,000 for couples), since you'll be hit with the 3.8% Obamacare surcharge on investment income starting January 1. No matter what happens in Congress—that's a given.
- Consider going Roth. Now's the time to convert a traditional IRAs, SEP IRAs or old 401(k) to a Roth, urges financial planner Galia Gichon, founder of Down-to-Earth Finance.Yes, it will trigger a bigger tax bill this April, she notes, "but it'll be at this year's tax rates and all the profits you earn from here on after will be tax-free." If you don't have the cash to cover the tax hit on a full switch-over right now, consider a partial conversion. (Nice for commitment phobes—you can reverse, or "re-characterize," the switch before tax time, should you reconsider.)
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Waiting for Godot – Andy revels in a bit of existential slapstickMarch 8, 2012
Years ago, in the late 90s, when the Melbourne International Arts Festival still programmed stuff people wanted to see, I went to a production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame, performed by Dublin's Gate Theatre. They did Waiting for Godot as well but either it sold out and I could only get a (pretty shit, if I remember) seat for Endgame, or I was perverse and decided to see the less famous play. Anyway, I saw Endgame, and I thought it was hilarious and deceptively profound and oddly moving, and I told a work colleague the following day that I'd seen it and thought it was funny and she was gobsmacked because apparently I was supposed to make no sense of it whatsoever and be awed by Beckett's awesome awesomeness. I wasn't supposed to be amused.
Which is odd, because Waiting for Godot and Endgame would have to be the funniest pieces of theatrical writing I've ever read.
I read Endgame after reading Waiting for Godot for the Challenge and it was as funny as I remember it being. I've also read Krapp's Last Tape, which is much shorter and less amusing and rather poignant. This post, though, is about Godot. So I suppose I'd better get a move on, hey.
Waiting for Godot is hilarious. It is also deceptively profound and oddly moving. It's kind of existential slapstick, I reckon. Although I wonder whether you could make a solid argument for all slapstick being existential. But then you could probably make a solid argument for everything being existential. Anyway. Back to Godot. There are dick jokes, there are fart jokes, there are people falling over and failing to get up, there are sight gags aplenty, there are trousers falling down and playing funny buggers with each other's hats. In all of this there is a fascinating meditation on life, and its apparent meaninglessness, its monotony, its repetition. "Next Day," says the note atop Act Two. "Same Time. Same Place." Did the writers of Groundhog Day have Waiting for Godot in mind, or was it at least an inspiration? Who would know. But Act Two of Godot plays out in roughly similar fashion to Act One. There are variations, but do the variations mean anything? Does anything mean anything? My birthday, incidentally, is Groundhog Day. Feb 2. Meaningless, of course. Just sayin'.
As Act Two opens the tree sitting centre stage, leafless in Act One, boasts a few leaves. This would suggest hope, rebirth, new beginnings. But really, does the play suggest any of that? In Act Two Pozzo is blind and the rope attached to Lucky is much shorter and he has no memory of meeting Estragon and Vladimir the day before. Why? Who knows? Did Beckett know? Maybe. The boy towards the end of each act who informs our protagonists that they wait in vain is the boy he says he isn't. Why?
Beckett occasionally breaks through the fourth wall, which is magic. There are some comments directed to "the auditorium", and in one of my favourite exchanges Vladimir dashes off stage looking for the dunnies – "End of the corridor, on the left," Estragon tells him. "Keep my seat," Vladimir says on the run. Clever-clever postmodernism shits me most of the times but how could you not read (or preferably see) this stuff and not be bowled over by how spectacularly funny, and spectacularly brilliant, it is?
Allegedly there are Freudian and Jungian elements to the play. Perhaps. I can't say I noticed and I can't say I care. Allegedly there are religious, specifically Christian, elements to the play. I'll accept that, although the idea that "Godot" is "God" is ludicrous. But certainly the tree, and references to Christ's crucifixion and the differing accounts of the thieves he was crucified with – these must be acknowledged. But I have to wonder if their inclusion is more about mockery than serious exploration. This may sound contradictory but it seems to me there is something deeply rational about absurdist writing. Or perhaps secular, which is less contradictor7. Either way, as far as I can see and perhaps that's not very far, there's not a lot of room for the spiritual in the writings of Beckett – or, for that matter, Pinter, whose plays differ from Beckett's, but certainly have plenty of absurdity about them. And in Waiting for Godot I suspect Beckett is taking the piss out of , not seriously exploring, ideas of spirituality and religion.
As I said, I have once seen Beckett performed but this is the first of his work I've read. I've tried his fiction once or twice but it's always seemed too weird and dense for me – although my literary fellow traveller Angela Meyer's take on Malone Dies makes me wonder if I need to rethink that.
Beckett wrote a lot of his material, including Godot, in French. He's clearly influenced by continental existentialism, which was much darker and more nihilistic than its English-language counterparts. But he was also Irish and the Irish are great storytellers and they love, by god do they love taking the piss. And his ability to meld these elements is one aspect of his genius. To be sure, to be sure.
Five years into Andy and Netty's Reading Challenge (I always wanted it to be Netty and Andy's Reading Challenge, which would be NARC, and ho ho ho how funny would that be; but it now occurs to me that the kids – you know, the kids – the kids might read ANRC as "anarchy". Get it? No? Okay look probably not) it surprises me a little that it's taken this long to read some Beckett.

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A YouTube video of a young mom nodding off on a Philadelphia bus while her daughter tries to wake her up is spreading rapidly across the web.
The video, posted on March 7, was taken on a SEPTA public bus running through Philadelphia's "Badlands," according to the YouTube description. The section of North Philadelphia comprises several neighborhoods and is known for being a hub of drugs and crime.
In the 4:28 video, a mom is seen nodding off on the bus, clearly out of it, for several minutes. All the while, her child, a little girl, is holding her head and trying to wake her up.
No one in the video appears to help or call the police. In fact, SEPTA Police Chief Tom Nestel told Philly.com his department received no 911 calls during the incident, only after.
"When you have a person doing the 'heroin nod' and a little girl is trying to hold her head up, that's horrifying," Nestel said. "There's very little reason why 15 calls to 911 weren't received. I don't think there's anyone who can watch that and say, 'Ah, that's a shame,' and just walk away."
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- Ann said...
I suspect this photo was taken in 1964 or possibly 1965. Yes, the dress Mother is wearing is one she bought for my wedding. She originally cut her hair short in about 1955-56. I remember when she came home after having had the deed done. I have always suspected Dad was a little sad to see her long hair go, but teaching school necessitated something easier to care for, so she came home with a perm in her short hair. It looked very nice on her. This photo represents one of her growing out phases. I think she always struggled with how to fix her short hair. For several years after she got her hair cut, I would roll her hair on curlers as part of our "Saturday evening getting ready for Sunday" routine.
- November 7, 2013 at 12:27 PM
- Elizabeth said...
Photo was taken in the summer of 1965. Sara was almost 2, and the other pictures taken at the same time show that. I went with Mother to Fern's Beauty Shop in Powell to get her hair cut in 1955 before I went to Riverton to teach (I think that's right.) It was quite an honor to cut Mother's hair. She often was sorry that it was gone, because winding it into a knob at the back of her head was so much easier than all of the curling, etc. (I remember how Louise, Dwight, and I used to tease her and call it a door knob.)
- November 7, 2013 at 1:41 PM
- Judy said...
I still want to know, was Dwight really taller than Dad?
Thanks for contributions about Mother's hair. Cutting it short was a very big deal.
- November 7, 2013 at 4:03 PM
- Elizabeth said...
Yes. I don't know Dwight's height, but Dad was 6'.
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Rich ho, rich ho, I'm a rich ho (swag!)[x4]
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Boy Scout Troop 232 is pleased to announce the recent Eagle Court of Honor for Casey White and Kyler Moore to officially award the rank of Eagle Scout by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Casey earned his Eagle rank December 10, 2012 and Kyler earned his Eagle rank January 18, 2013. To recognize this outstanding accomplishment, an Eagle Scout Court of Honor was convened on July 21, 2013 at Harper Chapel United Methodist Church. Boy Scout Troop 232 is chartered by Harper Chapel United Methodist Church Men's Club, Osage Beach.
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Harper Chapel UMC established a Community Garden in 2011 with several plots dedicated to local food pantries so that others in the community can enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables. For their Eagle Scout projects, Casey built a garden storage shed for Harper Chapel Community Garden. Kyler later added an access ramp and decking to the building.
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Sunday, May 17, 2009
A date with lace
In class, working the bobbins...
Teegs and I in class
And then we even had homework to do...
Working on my ground stitches homework...
I know, that's a hellava lot of pins....
Et voila!
Okay so you're probably looking at this and thinking that lace making has the potential to drive you certifiably mad. But... surprisingly enough, it's actually quite enjoyable. It's quite a good distraction from all the racing thoughts in my head, it forces me to focus on something else.
So there. A post about something other than fabric! xx
29 comments:
- Jodie said...
I'm guessing it will be a while before we are buying your hand-made lace by the metre......it must take forever!
- 3:46 pm
- sarasophia said...
What a lovely craft!
- 3:56 pm
- Sandra @ Pepperberry and Co. said...
Oh. My. God. That looks so painful it makes my head hurt. I'm so, so sorry to all of the slave children doing this around the world. Ouch. :-) You are brave ladies!
- 4:01 pm
- Kirsty said...
I'm finding teeny tiny most satisfying at the moment.
- 4:47 pm
- JacRan said...
That is definitely cool as! Is there a special thread or something you use? I can see them turned into those lovely delicate lace gloves, oh so Victorian! xo
- 6:19 pm
- Karin said...
Ha! Nice one. I like!
- 6:31 pm
- Penny said...
So lovely! But it looks like it would make me cry. I agree, you're brave ladies!
- 9:21 pm
- Cicada Studio said...
What a cool class- reminds me I should branch out and learn something out of my comfort zone- yes, I imagine it would be relaxing, too.
- 9:45 pm
- Flax and spindle said...
that is so cool!!!
- 10:32 pm
- Michelle said...
Beautiful! And you get to play with those little woody spindly things (which I always think look so pretty in themselves)!
- 10:37 pm
wow that is pretty darn cool!
- 2:27 am
- Guzzisue said...
looking good, keep up the good work :-)
- 3:06 am
- angela said...
I'm impressed!
It's looks very complicated and requiring a lot of patience. It's looking really good!
- 9:01 am
- Teegs said...
Woo! Lace making! We're so totally rock'n'roll...
- 11:06 am
- Teegs said...
P.S. Still unconvinced re stupid tunnel.
Also, for those of you who have been following the I&S blog, please note in the first pic Lara's little tub of lip balm...
- 11:09 am
- nikkishell said...
Check out the sheer look of pleasure on Teegs' face!!
Lovely lace girls :)
- 4:48 pm
- ibb said...
My mum has the bobbins at home, but it is ages she doesn´t use them.
I always had thought that it was very difficult...
Maybe could tell her to give me some monday evening classes?
Great job.
- 4:56 pm
- jodi said...
beautiful! just noticed that you have designed some letterpress cards with satsuma press. stunning! when will they be available?
- 5:05 pm
- kirsten said...
that is some mighty fine detail work, there!
[and nothing like a bit of cross-discipline design work!]
- 7:03 pm
- suzie wuzie said...
very intricate. wouldn't mind trying lacemaking just so i can wind down.
- 10:11 pm
- arounna said...
it looks wonderful - I've always been interested in learning. I don't think anyone teaches it here.
- 12:14 pm
- Parusha said...
I'm very impressed by your lace-making. That's a great idea! Going to a class. Need to look one up in London.
- 2:24 am
- Chrissange said...
Oh!!! I'd like to make this! It seems to be difficult, but I really want to try ...one day!
Thanks for sharing your experience.
- 6:21 am
- Rita Viana said...
i never did lace, but i took tapestry classes and its really fun!
- 10:40 am
- Jesse said...
Ooh, I'm envious! That looks wonderfully absorbing to do.
- 1:03 am
- little nemo said...
I was in barcelona the other week and all the regions lacemaking groups had a big meeting/possibly competition, The park in the centre of the Rambla del Raval was filled with long lines of trestle tables and hundreds of little old catalonian ladies making lace and checking out eachother's work.
- 12:11 am
- Diane Kappa said...
I just saw this posting from you and laughed. You may be interested in my post from yesterday. I recently saw a woman working on an amazing lace piece and took a short movie.
- 6:40 pm
- Larissa said...
my friend Robyn and I watched a lace maker working in Brugge, Belgium a while back. It boggled my mind, I tell you! I'm so impressed with you.
- 1:00 am
Hey seeing this post got me into making bobbin lace - I went out and brought books and a kit and everything.
Are you still going to classes? Have you made any more lace? Please update us!
- 10:54 pm


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For 47 years, the Oldham Chamber and Economic Development has recognized one person annually for going above and beyond their commitment to the county.
Those people are honored as Oldham Countian of the Year, and the list grew on Tuesday.
"This year, our honoree is someone that is not in the mainstream of politics, business or chamber work," said Deana Epperly Karem, executive director of the chamber, but who has a passion for the county that is "deeply ingrained in all that he does and stands for."
Lifetime resident Kevin Jeffries received the award in recognition of his dedication to Oldham's agricultural heritage and community service.
The recipient is kept secret until the event, where a video montage of comments is played for the winner. Those who wrote nominations, along with other family and friends, share their experiences with the recipient during the video.
"He knows what community leadership is all about," said Duane Murner in the video.
Kurt Mason, District Conservationist with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, agreed.
"Kevin was willing to give up his own personal time for the good of the community," he said. Jeffries and Mason are both on the board for the Oldham County Conservation District.
Mason also recognized Jeffries for his commitment to conservation.
"He practices what he believes in," he said. "He's made a difference in the way land use looks and policies are made and just a lot of difference in the way people farm."
Sister Cindy Barr said Jeffries "loves conservation."
"I think probably those moments in the combine when he's out there running and just has time to think and be to himself are some of his happiest moments," said Magistrate Kevin Eldridge.
"He's certainly a man of the soil, that's for sure," Murner said.
Jeffries has some modern farming skills, too. Steve Greenwell, magistrate and fellow farmer, talked about Jeffries love of any gadget that starts with an "I."
"Kevin will have his maps on his phone, have his production on his phone," Greenwell said. "So if he's standing out in the middle of the field and he's got a question, he just looks at his phone and there it is."
That, Greenwell said, is something most people probably don't know about him.
Deana Epperly Karem, executive director of the chamber, said Jeffries is a "man of character who says what he means and means what he says."
"Kevin stands out in our community because he's truly honest," said Eldridge. "I've never had him tell me anything that I didn't know I could take to the bank.
The video concluded with congratulations from interviewees.
"You are an extraordinary leader and an extraordinary asset to our county and a great friend to me," Murner said.
Greenwell added that he "jumped at the chance to write a letter of recommendation" for Jeffries' nomination.
Jeffries served as chairman of Oldham County Planning and Development and president of the state association of conservation districts. He is also known for his leadership of the Oldham County Farm Bureau and Kentucky Farm Bureau.
Jeffries and his family have been farming in Oldham County for over 60 years.
"Each year this event amazes me," Karem said. "We received more than 10 nominations for this honor for the third year in a row."
Past recipients include Clayton Stoess, Sr. (1971), Jim Hannah (1988), Bill Howard (1996), Fran Scott (2004), George Parrish (2006), Joe McWilliams (2007), Gary Haupt (2008), Dennis Johnson (2009) and Kurt Vezner (2010).
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Mimir wrote:Glidos wrote:Are you saying that the Freesat listings give more days than the Freeview ones? I had 21 days initially from the Freeview one.
No, I'm saying you appear to be looking for a Freesat lineup.111: ITV1 HD
LCN 111 is the Freesat channel for ITV1 HD. Not Freeview.
Are you saying you are retrieving Freeview listings and using them with a Freesat system? That's a little risky as some channels have different schedules for FV vs. Sky.
I have a combined Freeview and Freesat system. I did at one time feed their schedules independently with different line ups, but for sometime now I've been getting away with just using Freeview. A lot of missing channels obviously, but none I want. So far differences between the two schedules for the channels common to both haven't given me problems.
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DOVER (April 3, 2014) – Do you know a Delaware student who is working to make a difference for the environment? The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is encouraging teachers, classmates, parents, club or group leaders and others to nominate these students for the 2014 Young Environmentalist of the Year Awards. Nominations must be based on actions or projects which have taken place between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014.
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The Young Environmentalist program honors Delaware students whose actions have resulted in the protection, restoration or enhancement of Delaware's natural resources through one or more of the following means:
This is the 21st year for the award, which was established by colleagues and friends in honor of Dr. Edwin H. Clark II, who served as Secretary of DNREC from 1989 until 1993.
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Winners will be honored in a special ceremony on Governor's Day at the 2014 Delaware State Fair Thursday, July 24.
For more information, including nomination forms, please contact Joanna Wilson, DNREC Public Affairs, at 302-739-9902 or by email at email@example.com, or visit www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Admin/Pages/YoungEnv.aspx.
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Israeli Military Celebrates Pride Month by Sharing 'Heartwarming' Facebook Photo of Gay Soldiers Holding Hands (UPDATE)
Unlike many militaries around the world — including, until recently, the Armed Forces of the United States — the Israeli Defense Forces have long been proud of their gay and lesbian service members.
In 1993, the same year the Clinton Administration issued the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" directive, Israel became one of the first nations to pass a law banning discrimination against gays in the military.
Though homophobia is still a significant problem for gay IDF soldiers, the military says it remains dedicated to treating all of its members equally.
To illustrate its support, the IDF posted a photo to its international Facebook page featuring two IDF soldiers — a real-life same-sex couple — holding hands.
The post coincides with Pride Month, and is accompanied by a caption that reads: "It's Pride Month. Did you know that the IDF treats all of its soldiers equally? Let's see how many shares you can get for this photo."
Facebook users quickly took up the challenge, sharing and liking the photo over ten thousand times.
"No other military in the world has taken such an initiative," an IDF spokesperson told YNet News. A Foreign Minister rep also expressed support for the initiative, calling the response "heartwarming."
UPDATE: Contrary to claims made by an IDF spokesperson, the Times of Israel is reporting that the soldiers who appear in the photograph above are employees of the IDF Spokesperson's Office, are not a couple, and, in fact, only one of them is actually gay.
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Sen. Dick Durbin: Medicare, Medicaid Fair Game in Talks to Avoid Fiscal Cliff
(NEW YORK) -- Sen. Dick Durbin said Sunday that his Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate should be willing to address entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid in deficit reduction negotiations.
"From my side of the table, bring entitlement reform into the conversation," Durbin said on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." "Social Security — set aside … doesn't add to the deficit. But when it comes to Medicare and Medicaid, protect the integrity of the program, but give it solvency for more and more years."
But Durbin ruled out raising the age of Medicare eligibility as a potential reform.
"We've got to make sure that there is seamless coverage of affordable health insurance for every American," Durbin said. "My concern about raising that Medicare retirement age is there will be gaps in coverage or coverage that's way too expensive for seniors to purchase."
Durbin added that Republicans should do more than open the door to eliminating deductions, which he said would not raise enough revenue to bring down the deficit.
"Let the [highest tax] rates go up to 39 [percent]. Let us also take a look at the deductions. Let's make sure that revenue is an integral part of deficit reduction," Durbin said.
Also speaking on "This Week," Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said that putting revenue on the table by reducing deductions for high income Americans is "fair" only if Democrats will also agree to address entitlement reform.
He added that in order to reach a deal on the so-called fiscal cliff he would defy a no-tax increase pledge that he and many Republicans made to lobbyist Grover Norquist and his group Americans for Tax Reform, a promise he first made several months ago.
"The only pledges we should be making to each other is to avoid becoming Greece," Graham said today. "Capping deductions will help generate revenue. Raising tax rates will hurt job creation so I agree with Grover we shouldn't raise rates, but I think Grover is wrong when it comes to we can't cut deductions and buy down debt."
"I will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country only if Democrats will do entitlement reform," he added.
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one of my class mates commented that the NAB loan was no longer available? does anyone know anything about this?
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Maybe so! If so it's a shame, it was a really good product and a great wayfor them to start a relationship with a market of future high earning customers. When I went through there was also a loan product offered by a group called Wright Evans but I think that may have been administered by the NAB. Good luck y'all
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If you guys get in to Med, do you plan to work at all during the degree? I imagine the degree to be a hell of a lot more demanding than normal undergrad degrees - obviously - and having a part-time job could be really hard to maintain. How do you plan to support yourself financially? (Apparently this is a question that sometimes gets asked in the interviews would you believe!)
For those still living at home (like myself) it is obviously potentially a lot easier, but even so, some cashola needs to be earnt/had/spent etc... How to manage it all when doing a degree that is probably more demanding than most full-time jobs, what with the contact, then the study and exams etc. etc.???
Any thoughts?
I think you can do it one of many ways: get a job that is quick and gets you good money in short time eg. tutoring someone science subjects. I remember I used to teach HSC kids physics and maths for about $30 per hour, that was geeeeeee, close to 20 years ago. Nowadays you might be able to charge $50/hr
Do it in group and charge each kid $40 per hour if you are business oriented. Some of my friends did that. I just couldn't be bothering talking to two people at once. Another friend would book out all his Saturday for tutoring. He would visit HSC students in their homes one after another. In a Saturday he could teach up to say 6 or 7 kids. He tells me sometimes he earns as much as $600 per weekend if he also taught on Sundays. He kept doing this throughout med school, and actually went to buy a house of his own in internship
That was one extreme. Ofcourse he probably still needed to borrow some from the bank to pay for the difference.
Alternatively do a job that is brainless eg. mop the floor. And just listen to your pod cast lectures or recite to yourself your anatomy stuff what not
That might work out too. I did try to apply to mop Westfield but they told me I am "over qualified". C'mon I was only 2nd year, what qualification?
Certainly by third year things started to get more serious I quitted all jobs. But there's more!
From time to time universities put out posters to ask for guinea pigs. "20 Volunteers needed with a history of asthma" for testing whatever. They reimburse you heavily but only episodically. Whilst these look attractive, I generally stay away from putting my health directly on the line. Afterall, without health, can't study.
There's also HECS loans and something called austudy in my times, probably called something else now. Basically slow ripping of you by government, which is worth considering if you have no money at present. You'll see the government is meaner and meaner towards students after each election. Real b@stards.
You can also look at cost reduction. Don't buy brand new books mate. Second hand book store will become your second best friend, after your lecturer. Or get discount books from Coop Bookshops or Medsocs. Some of friends just borrowed books from library. This is where things can get ugly though. You'll find people hiding books
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Just another idea I've run into of late. I've recently started doing a lot of medical writing. The well paying stuff is for private enterprise/pharma trials etc and requires you to have finished your degree, but there's also a LOT of less formal medical/accademic writing work available. Check out ELance/PopSci or one of the other freelance websites and you'll see that there's a stack of stuff available.
Most of it is posts for blogs on a particular health subject etc and might pay $10-20 per 300 word post, but certainly worth a look as a slow stream of income that's highly flexible with respect to study/exams/clinical rotations. You might also run into some better paying stuff from time to time.
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At press time, Melinda Arnold, 34, was waiting to hear whether her mother would be accepted as an organ donor for her daughter — with the organ being the mom's womb. Melinda (a nurse from Melbourne, Australia) was born without one (though with healthy ovaries and eggs), and if the transplant by Swedish surgeon Mats Brannstrom of Gothenburg University is successful, and Melinda later conceives, her baby will be nurtured in the very same uterus in which Melinda, herself, was nurtured. (Womb transplants have been performed in rats and, with limited success, from a deceased human donor.)
Government in Action
• A British manufacturer, BCB International, is flourishing, buoyed by sales of its Kevlar underwear, at $65 a pair, to U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq. However, soldiers and Marines must buy them directly; the "Bomb Boxers" are not supplied by the Pentagon even though nearly 10 percent of battlefield explosive-device injuries result in sometimes-catastrophic genital and rectal damage. According to an October report in Talking Points Memo, the Pentagon's currently issued protection is inferior to BCB's but is less expensive. (Although the Pentagon fully funds post-injury prostheses and colostomies, it could purchase about 7,700 Bomb Boxers for the price of a single Tomahawk missile.)
• In what a cement company executive said is "one of those bureaucratic things that doesn't make any sense," the city of Detroit recently built wheelchair ramps at 13 intersections along Grandy Street, despite knowing that those ramps are either not connected to sidewalks or connected to seldom-used, badly crumbling sidewalks. The ramps were required by a 2006 lawsuit settlement in which Detroit pledged to build ramps on any street that gets re-paved, as Grandy was. (No one in city government thought, apparently, to attempt a trade of these 13 intersections for paving 13 more-widely used ones in the city.)
• A Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV investigation revealed in September and October the astonishing result that Illinois laws passed in 1997 and 2007 at the behest of organized labor have given at least three former union leaders lifetime government pensions as if they had been city or state employees, totaling an estimated drain on public budgets of about $7 million. Two teachers' union officials were allowed to teach exactly one day to qualify, and an engineers' union official was hired for exactly one day, with the remainder of the service of the three having been on the payroll of the respective unions. A September Tribune report estimated that perhaps 20 other union officials might have been eligible under similar provisions.
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• It was haute couture meeting haute cuisine at the Communication Museum in Berlin in November, as prominent German chef Roland Trettl introduced his fashions (displayed on live models) made from food, including a tunic of octopus, a miniskirt of seaweed, a trouser suit made with lean bacon, a scarf of squid ink pasta, and a hat woven from lettuce. The museum director (presumably without irony) said the items were "provocative" and "raise(d) questions."
• Veteran New York City performance artist Marni Kotak, 36, gave birth to her first child, Ajax, on Oct. 25 — and that was her "art," as the birth took place at the Microscope Gallery in Brooklyn, N.Y., after Kotak had moved into the space two weeks earlier to interact with visitors. Previously, Kotak had "re-enacted," as her "art," both her own birth and the loss of her virginity in the back seat of a car. (A New York Times report suggested that Kotak might not be the most extreme performer in her family. Her artist-husband, Jason Martin, makes videos in which he dresses as a wolf or dog and "conducts séance-like rituals intended to contact the half-animal, half-human creatures that visited him in dreams as a child.")
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• Cutting-Edge Policing: Officials in Prince George's County, Md., reported that crime had fallen as much as 23 percent during the first nine months of 2011 — the result, they said, of holding meetings with 67 of the most likely recidivist offenders in five neighborhoods and sweet-talking them. The 67 were offered help in applying for various government and volunteer programs, but were told they would be watched more closely by patrols.
• Milestone: Joseph Wilson, 50, was chased by police and arrested in Port St. Lucie, Fla., in October and charged with shoplifting from a Bealls department store. It was his 100th arrest — although prosecutors are batting only .353 against him (35-for-99). (Wilson's getaway was delayed when he jumped into the passenger seat of an idling SUV and ordered the driver to "Take off!" but the driver did not.)


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Singer LeAnn Rimes famously met her current husband, actor Eddie Cibrian, while they were both married to other people. It's been tabloid fodder for the past couple of years, mostly because people are waiting for the other shoe to drop—for Eddie to cheat on her with someone hotter, someone younger, whatever.
And yes, LeAnn realizes that's definitely a possibility.
"It's definitely creeped into my mind, as it would anyone's," she said recently.
Then again, maybe he's totally reformed and willing to put his cheating days behind him—a lot of guys do that, too.
Let's hope that's the case, but will the trust ever really be there?
Nope, at least in my case. I once dated a guy—briefly—who cheated on his last girlfriend before getting with me. He swore it was a one-time thing and he'd never do it again, but I couldn't believe it.
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Yes I know I've done coronation chicken before, but it was at the end of a long boring post about me having a mental breakdown and I didn't use a picture so I feel I didn't really do it justice.
So this time, things are going to be more upbeat, okay? Ready?
This is also a special devotional post for my sister, Harriet. You haven't seen much of Harriet here. She is my eldest sister: blonde, mysterious, powerful in ways no-one in my family really understands. She has a degree in physics. She has two children and Kitty is always so excited to see her that she SCREAMS at the top of her tiny little tinny baby voice. Harriet is a master of not only Play-Doh but Mega-Bloks.
Anyway so Harriet is knocking about in North London quite a lot these days as she is waiting for her youngest, Emily, to start nursery in September and has sort of had it with all that swings/Rhyme Time/zoo crapola. So she mostly comes round to my house and sits in my new giant scary, over-bright kitchen extension and we talk about soft furnishings while Emily teaches Kitty about "sharing".
As we sat there gently photosynthesising, she mentioned that she has a flipping great shitload of people turning up at her house this Jubilee weekend and was pondering what to cook.
"Is it on your blog?" she said, flicking through the Osborne & Little collection on my iPad.
"Yes but I must re-do it," I said.
And I thought maybe some of you also have a flipping great shitload of people turning up at your house like gannets, pointing at their mouths and expecting to be fed and you are quite at a loss of what to do.
So - do this.
Take a large serving dish and arrange a lot of salad leaves around the edges, dollop a lot of coronation chicken in the middle (recipe below), and serve with mini baked potatoes. It is important that the baked potatoes are MINI, not big ones so that people don't think they are being given a JACKET BLOODY POTATO for their lunch and just think "my word, these potatoes are quite delicious".
This is not my recipe, this is courtesy of Julia Churchill and I am grateful to her for allowing me to reprint it here not once but twice
Julia Churchill's Coronation chicken
This makes enough for 4 people and the leftovers are really wonderful
I know I always say this, but please try not to be put off by the long list of ingredients, they are all readily available.
1 small chicken
4 large tablespoon dollops of mayonnaise
3 heaped teaspoon dollops of mango chutney
1 fresh red chilli (seeds discarded in only a slapdash way) or a pinch of chilli flakes
1 handful of chopped coriander
1 medium onion
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp black onion seeds
1 tsp tumeric
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp coriander seeds
1 tsp curry powder
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 cardomom pod
1 clove
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1 lemon for juicing to taste
salt and pepper
1 Roast your chicken as you normally would - I'd say at about 180C for about 1hr15-30 depending on the size of your chicken. Leave to cool and then strip until you have a bowl of chic
2 Chop and fry the onion very slowly until quite dark - this will take at least 20 minutes.
3 Mix together your spices, including the chilli then scatter over the onion and cook on a medium heat until your kitchen is smelling like the Taj Star. Let it cool.
4 Mix together the mayonnaise and the chutney and then add your spice mix. Give it a good stir. Stand back and admire it a bit. Throw in the coriander and then add the lemon juice, salt and pepper until it tastes nice. Combine with the chicken.
I used biggish Jersey Royals for my baked potatoes. Prick them all over and put them in a 180 oven for 45 minutes. It is VITAL that you prick them all over because otherwise they will explode in the oven, as one of mine did the other night. I'm sure you all know this already but I didn't and it was quite a shock when the potato blew up.
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Top model Kylie Bisutti quit as a Victoria's Secret Angel last year when she realized she was paid to "titillate" men.
The 23-year-old born-again Christian has opened up about her decision to walk away from the lingerie firm in her new memoirs, "I'm No Angel: From Victoria's Secret Model to Role Model," revealing she felt uncomfortable stripping off for sexy photo shoots.
She tells the New York Post, "I was being paid to strip down and pose provocatively to titillate men. It wasn't about modeling clothes anymore; I felt like a piece of meat. … I realized I didn't want to model anything that sold sex."
And Bisutti, who now lives in Montana with her husband, insists she doesn't regret her decision to walk away: "I've never been more content."
The stunner also doesn't miss starving herself to land modeling jobs.
She says, "I pretty much restricted my diet to oatmeal, fruits and vegetables to meet runway expectations. I'm five-foot-10, and I got down to 115 pounds with measurements of 34-24-34. In February 2007, New York Fashion Week was approaching, and while everyone I knew was being sent out to auditions, I wasn't.
"(My agent said), 'It's because you look like a fat cow right now, Kylie. You need to lose two inches off of your hips.'
"I no longer restrict what I eat. I weigh 124 pounds right now, but my ideal weight is 125. I want young girls to see me at a healthy size."
Model Kylie Bisutti attends the New York premiere of 'All Good Things' at SVA Theater on December 1, 2010 in New York City.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) Mike Caffey scored 15 points, leading four Long Beach State players in double figures, and the 49ers beat Loyola Marymount 73-70 Thursday night.
James Ennis had 14 points, Deng Deng scored 13 and Kris Gulley had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Long Beach State (3-3). Ennis contributed four points in an 8-0 run that put the 49ers ahead 67-62, and they maintained the lead the rest of the way.
Ashley Hamilton scored 17 points to lead the Lions (3-4), who played their first home game since Nov. 9. Loyola Marymount went 2-3 on the road, including a 1-2 record last weekend in the Alaska Shootout.
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Weekly gold market review. 01.04.15
On 26, March gold prices were supported at nearly $ 1,215 per ounce by the assumption that the Fed will increase interest rates, being the highest level in about a month. On 27, gold prices hovered around $ 1,204 per ounce, coming down while the dollar strengthened due to the optimistic employment report in the U.S.
The main piece of the puzzle on 26, 27 and 28 – and days to come - has been without a doubt the armed conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Right after Saudi Arabia started the operation 'Decisive Storm' to stop Houthi militias from taking control of Yemen. As a consequence, oil prices were sent through the roof, and a higher demand for gold and other safe-haven assets was observed.
On 28, the decline became noticeable but it started a steady range for the prices of gold. That Saturday, prices stabilized at nearly $ 1,200 per ounce, continuing on Sunday 29 with prices at $ 1,197.30 per ounce. Dollar was the focus of attention during the weekend due to its recent rally.
The first day of the week was effective for investors who rushed to buy this precious metal. Commonly, gold traders – aware that oil and gold prices move in opposite directions - follow closely the movements of dollar to make the best investments in gold, before dollar falls again in the exchange market, as most of them predict.
Gold prices on Monday were coming down stabilizing at about $ 1,188.15 per ounce, and increasing in Asia where – according to a recent report by Barclays – it is predicted that demand for gold will keep growing until 2020, increasing the importance of China in the gold market.
On 31, gold prices ranged from 1,179.25 and 1,188.84, still feeling the pressure of the dollar. On the 1st of April, the picture looks more optimistic for those who aim to invest in gold in the long term, and who wants to buy it in order to preserve their capital.
Experts, based on researches about gold behavioral patterns, prognosticate a future depreciation of the dollar that will lead to an increase in gold prices, in other words, a huge profit for every person who decides to include gold in their investment portfolio as well as buy physical gold.
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I'm all for incorporating a good cause into my beauty routine, which I was able to do this week with The Body Shop's new campaign to stop the sex trafficking of children and young people. The campaign web page feature some shocking trafficking statistics, as are detailed on the above advertisement. There are more slaves today than ever before in human history, and tragically, the majority of human trafficking is for sexual purposes.
1.8 million children embroiled in this inhumane industry are too many to be ignored. And so, a long standing pioneer in the fight against many social injustices, The Body Shop have launched their new campaign (in collaboration with ECPAT UK) in order to bring government attention to the need for a guardianship system for trafficking victims. As is detailed on their website, this would mean that all child victims of trafficking would:
- have someone with parental responsibility to care for and support them
- be prevented from facing further exploitation and harm from their traffickers
- receive the educational, medical, practical and legal support they need to help rebuild their lives
By signing The Body Shop petition, you can help make a difference. This can be done online or in-store, as can treating yourself to the fabulous new 'Soft Hands, Kind Heart' hand cream for just £3.50, £2.06 of which goes straight to ECPAT UK. Other ways you can help include cross-posting this article (or the Body Shop link), tweeting for the cause, or linking on Facebook, all of which can be done via the What can I do? link on The Body Shop website. You can also write to your MP calling on them to sign EDM 513, a proposal asking the government to introduce a system of guardianship for child victims of trafficking, here. At the time of my writing this article, the petition has 237, 591 signatures, please add yours today.
For more information on the Trafficking Industry, please refer to the following charity links.Yasmin Eshref, 27.07.2010 | Comments (1)
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Singer/songwriter Sarah Blasko's emotive, highly individual music has gained her a huge following in Australia and the US. Her second album What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have has just gone platinum and won the 2007ARIA Award for Best Pop Release.
She and Alexander McKenzie have known each other since childhood. Their parents were friends so their families spent a lot of time together.
"Basically I wanted to paint her because I love her music, and the shared memories of being eight-year olds together at BBQs, picnics and Christmas," says McKenzie. "Plus now she's a beautiful woman.
"Our families were quite close when we were kids, then you hit a certain age and wander off and do your own thing and I didn't see her for 10 years. Then she started winning ARIAs and having sell-out concerts. I got in touch and she invited us to a gig at the Enmore Theatre and I was blown away. She's a terrific songwriter doing something truly unique."
McKenzie painted Blasko at the ocean pool at South Cronulla beach: a place of significance for both of them since they spent much of their childhood there. The location is also a nod towards the title of her ARIA Award-winning album, while the composition of the painting references Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna of the Rocks.
"It's a classically-based idea and I have used a lot of symbolism in the painting as I do with my landscape work," says McKenzie.
Born in Sydney in 1971, McKenzie studied in Sydney before moving to the UK and Ireland. Known for his evocative landscapes and luminous painting technique, he exhibits regularly in Australia and overseas. He was an Archibald finalist last year and is a finalist in this year's Wynne Prize for the fourth year running. His work is held in many collections including the Royal Bank of Scotland and Macquarie Bank in Australia.


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It's been four and a half years since Transcanada filed for a permit to build the Keystone XL Pipeline. It seemed a decision was finally going to be made when the State Department found that the Keystone Pipeline would not be harmful to the environment earlier this month, but the president has yet to give it the green light.
Texas representatives are attempting to speed up the process.
Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Gene Green, D-Houston, sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry urging him to approve Keystone XL Pipeline.
In his letter, Green highlighted the pipeline as a vital source of energy that will reduce American dependence on the Middle East and Venezuela. Green said it will enhance the safety of current oil transports in North Dakota.
"This pipeline is an important piece of our quest for energy security and after the latest environmental impact study showing there is still not a significant environmental impact, there is no reason to delay this decision once the final EIS is ready. I hope Secretary Kerry will recognize the importance of the pipeline and do what is right for our economy and energy security," Green said.
Attached was a reminder of the popularity of the legislation – copy of a letter sent to President Obama in January in support of the pipeline that was signed by 145 members, including many Texans.
Green's push for action is working in conjunction with Congress' Hooven-Baucus legislation, which would invoke power given to them by the Commerce Clause of Construction to leapfrog the president's decision. The bill is backed by both sides of the aisle, including Texas Senator John Cornyn. The vote on the bill is expected to happen in May.


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Last week, I referenced employee privacy rights, in particular, whether someone at an office party can encapsulate embarrassing moments for eternity. But privacy issues are attached to a host of circumstances. Can employers videotape employees' activities in a parking lot behind the plant? Can an employee snoop in another's personal e-mail or view what has been stored on their hard drive? Or can the employer?
British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Yukon, and Quebec all have legislation that allows for a lawsuit for invasion of privacy. In the others, there is no statutory protection for privacy so that laws made by judges in non-union workplaces and by arbitrators in unionized ones will apply.
In a case last month, the Supreme Court of Canada defined what the right of privacy entails: Every Canadian has a right to protect their biographical core of personal information. That includes information revealing intimate details of their lifestyle and personal choices. One can readily contemplate the sort of highly personal and private information this might yet be found to entail.
Should employers be concerned? Companies routinely provide equipment (computers, laptops, BlackBerrys, tablets) as well as an e-mail address and access to the internet to allow their employees to carry on its business. They also generally permit some personal use. Employees could potentially send and receive e-mails or store and download Internet material that is very personal or highly inappropriate, from details surrounding a divorce through inappropriate jokes to criminal possession of child pornography.
There are also employees who snoop on colleagues.
Sandra Jones, a Bank of Montreal employee who held her accounts with the bank, discovered that Winnie Tsige, who was in a common-law relationship with Jones's former husband, did just that. Tsige worked at a different branch of the bank but her position afforded her full access to Jones's banking records. Jones discovered that, contrary to bank policy, Tsige accessed her records 174 times in four years. Jones complained to the bank, and Tsige was suspended and deprived her of her bonus. Not satisfied, Jones sued Tsige for invasion of privacy.
Notwithstanding the lack of privacy legislation in Ontario, its Court of Appeal recognized, for the first time, the lawsuit of ''intrusion upon seclusion'' and awarded Jones $10,000. In his judgment, Justice Sharpe said: "A claim for intrusion upon seclusion will arise only for deliberate and significant invasions of privacy.
"Claims from individuals who are sensitive or unusually concerned about their privacy are excluded," he added.
Does this decision carry with it warnings for employers who monitor employees' online activities? If employers don't monitor their equipment's usage for abuses, to what extent might they be vicariously liable? Can employers review employees' emails to see if they are complying with company policy? Can they search the hard drive on employer supplied computers for any inappropriate material stored there?
These issues should be addressed in a workplace policy that all employees acknowledge receiving, and under which they agree:
- The employer owns the equipment and workplace systems;
- The employee has no expectation of privacy when using employer-supplied equipment;
- Although personal use is permitted, the employee will not store personal information on employer-supplied equipment;
- The employer may monitor use of the equipment;
- Only passwords supplied by the employer are permitted;
- Improper use will lead to discipline, including dismissal;
The employer must implement and enforce the policy. As with any corporate policy, failure to do so may allow employees to argue that the employer has condoned (i.e. forgiven) their improper usage and then be unable to rely upon it. If the employer adopts this policy and practice, it will be immunized from any ramifications from this lawsuit.
Howard Levitt is senior partner of Levitt LLP, (levittllp.ca) employment and labour lawyers. He practises employment law in eight provinces and is author of The Law of Hiring in Canada.


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BOULDER — Eric Weissmann, a Republican candidate for Colorado's 2nd Congressional District seat, was notified Tuesday that he did not submit enough valid petition signatures to qualify for the June 26 GOP primary election ballot.
Weissmann, however, intends to appeal the Secretary of State's Office's determination that his petitions were insufficient, said Mario Nicolais, an attorney for the candidate.
Nicolais, who'll be filing that appeal in Denver District Court, said Wednesday that "Colorado case law gives us considerable comfort that the campaign's petition submissions will be ruled substantially compliant with Colorado law."
Boulder business investor Weissmann is vying with state Sen. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, and Adams County Republican Tom Janich for the chance to be the GOP standard-bearer in November's 2nd Congressional District general election contest with incumbent U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder.
GOP delegates voting at a 2nd District Republican Assembly in Denver on Friday are expected to determine whether Lundberg or Janich, or both, will advance to the primary election ballot from that assembly.
Weissmann had intended to bypass the assembly and gain a primary election ballot spot through the petition process. He needed 1,000 valid signatures from registered Republican voters living in the congressional district.
On April 2, he turned in petitions with 1,456 signatures, according to a count by Secretary of State Scott Gessler's Elections Division staff. But the Secretary of State's staff accepted only 842 of those signatures, 158 fewer than Weissmann needed to qualify for the primary.
Nicolais said the rejected signatures included many that stemmed from what he called "clerical errors" in the notarization of some of the petitions before they were submitted to the Secretary of State's Office — something he said were "small but systematic errors." That included some petitions that the notary failed to stamp and others in which the notary wrote in the wrong name for the person who actually collected the petition signatures.
Nicolais said if the district court agrees there was "substantial compliance" with the petition law's requirements, those signatures would be enough to put Weissmann over the 1,000-signer threshold.
Weissmann, Lundberg and Janich were all scheduled to appear at a Longmont 9.12 Tea Party candidates' forum at the American Legion Hall, 315 S. Bowen St., Longmont, during a meeting set to start at 7 p.m. Wednesday.


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The Hope College Great Performance Series will feature the legendary Grammy-winning ensemble, Kronos Quartet, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6, in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
For more than 30 years, the Kronos Quartet - David Harrington, John Sherba (violins), Hank Dutt (viola) and Jeffrey Zeigler (cello) - has pursued a singular artistic vision, combining a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to expanding the range and context of the string quartet. In the process, Kronos has performed thousands of concerts worldwide, releasing more than 45 recordings of extraordinary breadth and creativity, collaborating with many of the world's most eclectic composers and performers, and commissioning more than 650 works and arrangements for string quartet. Kronos' work has also garnered numerous awards, including a Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance (2004) and "Musicians of the Year" (2003) from Musical America.
"String quartets were a dying breed. Along came Kronos... the world's most successful chamber group. Kronos' perfectionism, determination and high profile have revived a dying genre," said "Newsweek" magazine.
"The San Francisco Examiner" has said, "The Kronos has renewed and redefined the string quartet form and the chamber music experience."
Kronos' adventurous approach dates back to the ensemble's origins. Kronos began building a diverse repertoire for string quartet, performing and recording works by 20th-century masters, contemporary composers, jazz legends and artists from even farther afield, such as rock guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, Azeri vocalist Alim Qasimov and avant-garde saxophonist John Zorn.
Integral to Kronos' work is a series of long-running, in-depth collaborations with many of the world's foremost composers. One of the quartet's most frequent composer-collaborators is "Father of Minimalism" Terry Riley, whose work with Kronos includes the early "Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector"; "Cadenza on the Night Plain" and "Salome Dances for Peace"; 2002's "Sun Rings," a multimedia, NASA-commissioned ode to the earth and its people, featuring celestial sounds and images from space; and "The Cusp of Magic," commissioned in honor of Riley's 70th birthday celebrations in 2005 and recorded and released in 2008.
In addition to composers, Kronos counts numerous artists from around the world among its collaborators, including the Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man; legendary Bollywood "playback singer" Asha Bhosle, featured on Kronos' Grammy-nominated CD, "You've Stolen My Heart: Songs from R.D. Burman's Bollywood"; Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq; Mexican rockers Café Tacuba; genre-defying sound artist and instrument builder Walter Kitundu; the Romanian gypsy band Taraf de Haïdouks; renowned American soprano Dawn Upshaw; and the unbridled British cabaret trio, the Tiger Lillies. Kronos has performed live with the likes of Allen Ginsberg, Zakir Hussain, Modern Jazz Quartet, Tom Waits, David Barsamian, Howard Zinn, Betty Carter and David Bowie, and has appeared on recordings by diverse talents such as Nine Inch Nails, Amon Tobin, Dan Zanes, DJ Spooky, Dave Matthews, Nelly Furtado, Rokia Traoré, Joan Armatrading and Don Walser.
Kronos' music has also featured prominently in other media, including film ("Requiem for a Dream," "The Fountain," "21 Grams," "Heat," "True Stories") and dance, set on pieces by noted choreographers such as Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, and Eiko & Koma.
Tickets for the performance are on sale at the ticket office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse, and cost $17 for regular admission, $12 for senior citizens, and $6 for children 18 and under. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets. Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street.
Additional information on the ensemble may be obtained online by visiting www.kronosquartet.org or www.hope.edu/gps.