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The Geography of Language La Geografía del Idioma La Géographie de Langue La Geografia di Lingua Die Geographie der Sprache
Language Overview Geographer's Perspective on Language (Language as Foundation of Culture) Linguistic Diversity Roots of Language Key Terms Language Divisions Spatial Distribution of Key Languages
Language Defined Organized system of spoken words by which people communicate with one another with mutual comprehension (Getis, 1985). Languages subtly gradate one to another. Dialects and other regional differences may eventually lead to incomprehensibility - a new language. Migration and Isolation explain how a single language can later become two or more.
Geographer's Perspective on Language Language is an essential element of culture, possibly the most important medium by which culture is transmitted. Languages even structure the perceptions of their speakers. Attitudes, understandings, and responses are partly determined by the words available. Languages are a hallmark of cultural diversity with distinctive regional distributions.
Language and Perception - Eskimo Words for Snow Inuit - 10 Words or more 'ice' sikko 'bare ice' tingenek 'snow (in general)' aput 'snow (like salt)' pukak 'soft deep snow' mauja 'snowdrift' tipvigut 'soft snow' massak 'watery snow' mangokpok 'snow filled with water' massalerauvok 'soft snow' akkilokipok
West Greenlandic - 49 Words 'sea-ice' siku (in plural = drift ice) 'pack-ice/large expanses of ice in motion' sikursuit, pl. (compacted drift ice/ice field = sikut iqimaniri) 'new ice' sikuliaq/sikurlaaq (solid ice cover = nutaaq.) 'thin ice' sikuaq (in plural = thin ice floes) 'rotten (melting) ice floe' sikurluk 'iceberg' iluliaq (ilulisap itsirnga = part of iceberg below waterline) '(piece of) fresh-water ice' nilak 'lumps of ice stranded on the beach' issinnirit, pl. 'glacier' (also ice forming on objects) sirmiq (sirmirsuaq = Inland Ice) 'snow blown in (e.g. doorway)' sullarniq 'rime/hoar-frost' qaqurnak/kanirniq/kaniq 'frost (on inner surface of e.g. window)' iluq 'icy mist' pujurak/pujuq kanirnartuq 'hail' nataqqurnat 'snow (on ground)' aput (aput sisurtuq = avalanche) 'slush (on ground)' aput masannartuq 'snow in air/falling' qaniit (qanik = snowflake) 'air thick with snow' nittaalaq (nittaallat, pl. = snowflakes; nittaalaq nalliuttiqattaartuq = flurries) 'hard grains of snow' nittaalaaqqat, pl. 'feathery clumps of falling snow' qanipalaat 'new fallen snow' apirlaat 'snow crust' pukak 'snowy weather' qannirsuq/nittaatsuq 'snowstorm' pirsuq/pirsirsursuaq 'large ice floe' iluitsuq 'snowdrift' apusiniq 'ice floe' puttaaq 'hummocked ice/pressure ridges in pack ice' maniillat/ingunirit, pl. 'drifting lump of ice' kassuq (dirty lump of glacier-calved ice = anarluk) 'ice-foot (left adhering to shore)' qaannuq 'icicle' kusugaq 'opening in sea ice imarnirsaq/ammaniq (open water amidst ice = imaviaq) 'lead (navigable fissure) in sea ice' quppaq 'rotten snow/slush on sea' qinuq 'wet snow falling' imalik 'rotten ice with streams forming' aakkarniq 'snow patch (on mountain, etc.)' aputitaq 'wet snow on top of ice' putsinniq/puvvinniq 'smooth stretch of ice' manirak (stretch of snow-free ice = quasaliaq) 'lump of old ice frozen into new ice' tuaq 'new ice formed in crack in old ice' nutarniq 'bits of floating' naggutit, pl. 'hard snow' mangiggal/mangikaajaaq 'small ice floe (not large enough to stand on)' masaaraq 'ice swelling over partially frozen river, etc. from water seeping up to the surface' siirsinniq 'piled-up ice-floes frozen together' tiggunnirit 'mountain peak sticking up through inland ice' nunataq 'calved ice (from end of glacier)' uukkarnit 'edge of the (sea) ice' sinaaq Eskimo Words for Snow
Language as Element of Cultural Diversity 6000+ Languages spoken today, not including dialects 1500+ Spoken in Sub-Saharan Africa alone 400+ in New Guinea alone 100+ in Europe However, this diversity is diminishing: 2000+ Threatened or Endangered Languages
Ethnolinguistic Groups in the Caucasus Region
Roots of Language Spoken Languages - Origins? Evidence? - Competitive Value for Culture? Written Languages - Value for Culture? - Sumerian 3000 B.C., Mesopotamia (Iraq) - Soon also the Assyrians, Babylonians, Hittites. - Libraries established by 2500 B.C. (more than 200,000 of the tablets have been preserved. - Connection to Neolithic Revolution?
Roots of Language How to Write Down a Language?
Roots of Language Ideograms - Sumerian; Chinese; Egyptian; Japanese How to Write Down a Language?
Roots of Language How to Write Down a Language? Phonetic - Most languages, including Romance languages Symbols (letters) represent sounds, not ideas. A phonetic alphabet is the key innovation.
Endangered Languages As recently as 3,000 years ago, there were 10,000 to 15,000 languages in the world. Now: about 6000 left. Of those, 1/2 will be gone by the year 2100 and all but 500 of the rest will be endangered. More than 90 percent of the languages in existence today will be extinct or threatened in little more than a century if current trends continue.
Extinct or Endangered Languages - Cameroon (11) BIKYA BISHUO BUNG BUSUU DULI GEY LUO NAGUMI NDAI NGONG YENI ZUMAYA
Extinct Languages - USA (93) ABNAKI-PENOBSCOT ABNAKI-PENOBSCOT ACHUMAWI AHTENA APACHE, KIOWA APACHE, LIPAN ATAKAPA ATSUGEWI BILOXI CADDO CAHUILLA CATAWBA CHEHALIS, LOWER CHEROKEE CHETCO CHINOOK CHINOOK WAWA CHITIMACHA CHUMASH CLALLAM COEUR D'ALENE COOS COQUILLE COWLITZ CUPEÑO EYAK FLATHEAD-KALISPEL GALICE GROS VENTRE HAN HAWAI'I PIDGIN SIGN LANGUAGE HOLIKACHUK HUPA IOWA-OTO KALAPUYA KANSA KASHAYA KATO KAWAIISU KITSAI KOYUKON LUMBEE LUSHOOTSEED MAIDU, NORTHEAST MAIDU, NORTHWEST MAIDU, VALLEY MANDAN MARTHA'S VINEYARD SIGN MATTOLE MENOMINI MIAMI MIWOK MOBILIAN MOHEGAN MONO NANTICOKE NATCHEZ NISENAN NOOKSACK OFO OSAGE POMO POWHATAN QUAPAW QUILEUTE QUINAULT SALINAN SALISH SERRANO SHASTA SIUSLAW SNOHOMISH TANAINA TILLAMOOK TOLOWA TONKAWA TÜBATULABAL TUNICA TUSCARORA TUTELO TUTUTNI TWANA UNAMI WAILAKI WAMPANOAG WAPPO WASCO- WISHRAM WINTU WIYOT WYANDOT YANA YOKUTS YUKI YUROKACHUMAWI AHTENA APACHE, KIOWA APACHE, LIPAN ATAKAPA ATSUGEWI BILOXI CADDO CAHUILLA CATAWBA CHEHALIS, LOWER CHEROKEE CHETCO CHINOOK CHINOOK WAWA CHITIMACHA CHUMASH CLALLAM COEUR D'ALENE COOS COQUILLE COWLITZ CUPEÑO EYAK FLATHEAD-KALISPEL GALICE GROS VENTRE HAN HAWAI'I PIDGIN SIGN LANGUAGE HOLIKACHUK HUPA IOWA-OTO KALAPUYA KANSA KASHAYA KATO KAWAIISU KITSAI KOYUKON LUMBEE LUSHOOTSEED MAIDU, NORTHEAST MAIDU, NORTHWEST MAIDU, VALLEY MANDAN MARTHA'S VINEYARD SIGN MATTOLE MENOMINI MIAMI MIWOK MOBILIAN MOHEGAN MONO NANTICOKE NATCHEZ NISENAN NOOKSACK OFO OSAGE POMO POWHATAN QUAPAW QUILEUTE QUINAULT SALINAN SALISH SERRANO SHASTA SIUSLAW SNOHOMISH TANAINA TILLAMOOK TOLOWA TONKAWA TÜBATULABAL TUNICA TUSCARORA TUTELO TUTUTNI TWANA UNAMI WAILAKI WAMPANOAG WAPPO WASCO- WISHRAM WINTU WIYOT WYANDOT YANA YOKUTS YUKI YUROK
Endangered Languages Why are they disappearing? Globalization Migration (Urbanization) Economic Development - Lingua Francas Media Internet (Requires Arabic Character Set) Lingua Franca - a language used for trade by two people who speak different native tongues.
Key Terms PIDGIN - a form of speech that adopts simplified grammar and limited vocabulary from a lingua franca, used for communication between speakers of two different languages. Examples include Hawaiin Pidgin and the creoles of West Africa that resulted from the slave trade. No eat da candy, Bruddah, it's pilau. Da thing wen fall on da ground.
Key Terms CREOLE - a language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with an indigenous language. Often they are pidgins. a. mo pe aste sa banan b. de bin alde luk dat big tri c. a waka go a wosu d. olmaan i kas-im chek e. li pote sa bay mo f. ja fruher wir bleiben g. dis smol swain i bin go fo maket I am buying the banana they always looked for a big tree he walked home the old man is cashing a check he brought that for me Yes at first we remained this little pig went to market Can you guess which colonizing language is the base for each of the following creole examples? New Orleans' French Quarter
Key Terms CREOLE - a language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with an indigenous language. Often they are pidgins a. mo pe aste sa banan b. de bin alde luk dat big tri c. a waka go a wosu d. olmaan i kas-im chek e. li pote sa bay mo f. ja fruher wir bleiben g. dis smol swain i bin go fo maket French based Seychelles Creole English based Roper River Creole English based Saran English based Cape York Creole French based Guyanais German based Papua New Guinea Pidgin German English based Cameroon Pidgin Can you guess which colonizing language is the base for each of the following creole examples? New Orleans' French Quarter
Key Terms DIALECT - a regional variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, spelling, and vocabulary. Social Dialects - can denote social class and standing. Vernacular Dialects - the common, slang, speech of a region. Term Is he fair dinkum? Why I declare! Fishin' in the crick snap peas mosquito hawk darning needle Meaning Is he real or genuine? That's remarkable! Fishing in the creek beans eaten in the pod dragon fly dragon fly Location Australia Deep South (U.S.) Middle Atlantic States South (U.S.) South (U.S.) Northern (U.S.)
Key Terms ISOLATED LANGUAGE - a language that is not related to any other languages and thus not connected to any language families. Examples include Basque and Icelandic. Basque Spain
Language and the Environment (Linguistic Ecology) TOPONYM - a place name. These are language on the land, reflecting past inhabitants and their relation to the land. Devil's Tower, WYBadwater, Death Valley Mt Cook, New Zealand Cook Islands, Polynesia
Spanish Words for Mountains and Hills Candelas cerrillo cerro cordillera cumbre eminencia loma mesa Montana pelado pena sierra teta "candles" - collection of needlelike hills small cero, or hill a single eminence between hill and mountain a mass of mountains highest peak in a sierra or cordillera mountainous or hilly protuberance a hill in the midst of a plain literally "table"; a flat-topped feature equivalent to English "mountain" a barren, treeless mountain a needlelike eminence an elongated mass with a serrated crest a solitary, conical mount with shape of breast Pyrenees Mountains, Spain Andes Mountains, Peru
Language Divisions Language Families Language Branches Language Groups Languages Dialects Accents
Language Divisions Language Families Language Branches Language Groups Languages Dialects Accents -- Indo-European -- Germanic -- West Germanic -- English -- Northeastern -- Boston (Pak da ka o-fa dere, pleese!)
The Geography of Language La Geografía del Idioma La Géographie de Langue La Geografia di Lingua Die Geographie der Sprache Homework/Class Exercise: List all languages in the class. Have everyone use the text and web to determine the family, branch, language, and dialect they speak. Determine where they learned it. Determine how it got to be there or evolved in place. Write the answers. Share the answers. Note: Have some of the English speakers worry about unspoken languages: Tagalog Malay Indonesian Hindi Arabic Finnish Turkish
Which languages share a common ancestor? Many Indo-European languages have common words for snow, winter, spring; for dog, horse, cow, sheep bear but not camel, lion, elephant, or tiger; for beech, oak, pine, willow, but not palm or banyan tree. Some Indo-European Shared Words
Indo-European Language Family (50% of World) Main Branches: Germanic - Dutch, German Romance - Spanish, French Baltic-Slavic - Russian Indo-Iranian - Hindu, Bengali
Indo-European Language Family - Germanic Branch West Germanic English (514 million) German (128) Dutch (21) East Germanic Danish (5) Norwegian (5) Swedish (9)
Germanic Branch - Icelandic Iceland colonized by Norwegians in AD 874. Largely unchanged because of isolation. Highly developed literary tradition. Ancient sagas can be read by modern speakers of Icelandic.
Germanic Branch - English Diffused throughout the world by hundreds of years of British colonialism. Brought to New World by British colonies in 1600s. Has become an important global lingua franca.
Development of English Germanic Tribes (Germany/Denmanrk) Jutes Angles Saxons Vikings (Norway) 9th - 11th Centuries Normans (French) Battle of Hastings, 1066 French was official language for 150 years.
Development of English - Adopted Words Germanic Tribes (Germany/Denmark) kindergarten, angst, noodle, pretzel Vikings (Norway) take, they, reindeer, window Normans (French) renaissance, mansion, village, guardian
Indo-European Language Family - Romance Branch Like English these languages have been spread by Colonialism. Spanish (425 million) Portuguese (194) - most in Brazil French (129) Italian (62) Romanian (26)
Indo-European Family - Romance Branch The Roman Empire, at its height in 2nd century A.D., extinguished many local languages. After the fall of Rome in the 5th century, communication declined and languages evolved again. Literature was all written in Latin until the 13th and 14th centuries. Dante Alighieri's 1314 Inferno written in vulgar latin (Florentine).
Sino-Tibetan Language Family (20%) Branches: Sinitic - Mandarin (1075), Cantonese (71), Austro-Thai (77) - Thai, Hmong Tibeto-Burman - Burmese (32) Chinese languages based on 420 one syllable words with meaning infered from context and tone.
Afro-Asiatic Language Family Main Branch: Semitic Arabic(256) Language of the Koran; spread by Islamic Faith and Islamic (Ottoman) Empires Hebrew (5) Language of the old Testament (with Aramaic); completely revived from extinction in Israel, 1948.
Islamic World circa A.D. 1500
Niger-Congo Difffusion proto-Bantu peoples originated in Cameroon- Nigeria They spread throughout southern Africa AD 1 - 1000 Bantu peoples were agriculturalists who used metal tools Khoisan peoples were hunter-gatherers and were no match for the Bantu. Pygmies adopted Bantu tongue and retreated to forest Hottentots and Bushmen retained the clicks of Khoisan languages
Language Complexity In Nigeria ethnic conflict between southern Ibos and western Yoruba led the government to move the capital to a more neutral central location (Abuja). Many other ethnic battles rage continuously. In Switzerland, four official languages, a history of peace and tolerance, and a political system that puts power in the hands of local leaders ensure peace. Nigeria has more than 200 individual languages!
Key Points Language is a fundamental element of cultural identity. Languages diverge via migration and isolation. Small languages are disappearing as a result of globalization. Languages that share a common ancestor belong to the same family. Language diversity is a source of political conflict in the world. McDonald's, Israel
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| Re: Age a factor going into 2009 SFREDSKIN: It's easy to deflect blame from someone such as Gibbs, but lets call a spade a spade. First, let's look at draft picks. From all accounts, Gibbs was the one running most of the front office decisions, especially when it came to free agents and trades. We gave up tons of draft picks during the Gibbs era, and this can go on his shoulders. Honestly, I'm fine giving up draft picks for proven players. That's just me. But some trades were just silly. Such as giving Denver Champ Bailey and a 2nd round pick. Etc. Vinny isn't completely free from blame -- he went after Jason Taylor this offseason and blew a few draft picks. I still think Jason Taylor will be much improved next year, but probably not worth the price. However, how can you blame Danny? He screwed up early in his career as owner, but he's not making moves anymore. The only real power he has now is as a tie breaker vote in the draft -- which means he picks between two players that Vinny/Zorn can't agree on. Also, I don't think for a second this years draft class couldn't be an excellent one. The fact that we got such a great young player in Horton already performing and some glimpses of promise from 2/3 receivers taken in the draft is a good sign. There are many more slow developing receivers in the NFL than there are rookie sensations. I realize you, and everyone else, on this board has a man-crush on Gibbs. But he's a huge part of why this team is so old.
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GibbsII might have had some warts, but he brought the team back to respectabilty. We were the laughing stock of the NFL before Gibbs came back. Eventhough Gibbs did not take us back to the Superbowl, but he turned the team around and left a playoff team for Ceratto and Zorn. Ceratto and Zorn have since taken us back out of the playoffs. | |
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| Re: Age a factor going into 2009 Hell yeah!!!! Still can't believe most folks want him back at a lower price. I mean he was hurt a lot of the time and only had one really stellar game at the end when the season was effectively over for us. I mean how many times do we do this shit, by acquiring old Pro Bowlers during the twilight of their careers and give up the future by giving away draft picks. Only big FAs in recent memory that panned out for us bigtime were Johnson and now Moss. Brunell was a waste even though he did get us to the playoffs once. I like JT, but he is a few years if not less from retiring. We needed those 2 picks to rebuild an aged team. |
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| Re: Age a factor going into 2009 When you draft well everything takes care of itself. As Matty said, you don't get younger for the sake of getting younger. You bring in young guys and give them a chance in camp and throughout the year to supplant your veterans. When you draft well - like the Ravens or Steelers or Patriots - this just happens naturally. |
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| Re: Age a factor going into 2009 Not to defend what the team has done with the rooks (not playing them) but teams like Denver (E. Royal) and Philly (D. Jackson) had to play their rooks b/c of injuries. I don't think that situation ever materialized in our team.
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| Re: Age a factor going into 2009 We actually have the opportunity to address out lines in free agency and get younger. No not Haynesworth but quality blue collar inexpensive lineman are out there. |
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| Re: Age a factor going into 2009 Ruhskins: You can delude yourself into believing that the only reason Eddie Royal and Desean Jackson - - and Jordy Nelson and Donnie Avery and Davone Bess - - made contributions to their teams at WR this year was due to injuries that forced them in the lineup. Actually, those guys played their way onto the field for their teams. It is too much trouble to go and look up all of their stats for the year but I seriously believe that all of them had more catches and yards than did Kelly and Thomas added together. Then again, that would not be difficult. Let me review the facts for you: Malcom Kelly: 5 games 3 catches 18 yards 0 TDs (Long gain = 7 yards) Devin Thomas:16 games 15 catches 120 yards 0 TDs Please note that Devin Thomas was active for every game and got on the field in every game. Now look at those stats again. Depressing... Now looking at those numbers - and working on the assumption that the coaches didn't keep these players off the field in order to try to lose games - tell me which of the following is most likely correct: 1. Neither of these guys is not as good as the five rookie WRs I listed above. If that is the case, why did we pick these two so high? Who thought they were better WRs? No one conspired to keep Kelly or Thomas on the sidelines this year. Zorn said they both showed up for camp "unprepared"; Kelly reinjured his knee and dropped passes that hit him in the hands during the season; Thomas scored a TD on a reverse one day. That is the succinct version of their rookie seasons... Here is another fact to consider. The FO obviously thought that improving the WR corps and the pass-catching cadre was an important thing to do between the 2007 and the 2008 season. That's why they spent the 3 top draft picks on pass-catchers. Nevertheless, neither Thomas nor Kelly could manage to replace the same 3 guys who were deemed to need upgrading at the end of 2007. It sure looked to me like Moss, Randle-El and Thrash got the snaps in 08 just like they did in 07. Might Kelly/Thomas develop? Sure they might. But don't delude yourself into believing that all they need is an injury to a starter to show the world what stud wide receivers they are. If they had shown anything near that ability in practice - - from July through December - - they would have been on the field a lot more.
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| Re: Age a factor going into 2009 People who keep clamoring for Jackson and Royal, ask yourselves this? Would you have been all gung-ho in April if we drafted a 5'10" receiver when we already have two?
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| Re: Age a factor going into 2009 I think in recent years Cooley, Rogers, Taylor, Landry all disproved that, didn't they? Maybe we're just not drafting players who are better than those they've been drafted to replace.
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We have two good examples here in our team of rookie players who were thrown into starting lineups b/c of injuries: Horton and Heyer. Horton showed flashes of being a good player during the preseason, but had Reed Doughty played a bit better and/or if he had not gotten injured, Horton would not have played much at all. The same with Horton, who was thrown into the lineup due to injuries to Jensen and Samuels My point is that our situation in Washington was different. If you think that we needed some good play out rookie receivers right away, then the team should have gone after an experienced receiver in free agency instead of drafting them. The rooks are a hit or miss, you are only going to get a few Desean Jacksons or Eddie Royals who contribute a lot during their rookie year. On the other hand you are going to get a whole bunch of rooks that do not contribute much and need to develop. Once again, I don't disagree with the rookies' lack of playing time, but I don't think they were in a situation as Royal or Jackson were to be forced to play more.
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| Re: Age a factor going into 2009 Smootsmack: I do not now - nor would I last Spring - have worried even a little bit about the height of any receiver that the Skins drafted. There are good big receivers and there are good small recievers. AND there are big receivers who aren't worth the space they take up. Darnarian McCants? Big guy. Used to be here. Glad he's gone Anthony Mix? Big guy. Used to be here. Which starting NFL line-up did he make? What was his real name now - I can't recall - but people used to call him 50/50 when he was here...? Rod Something or other. Where's he now? Productive wide receivers are guys who get open and who catch the ball when it is thrown to them such that they can get their hands on it without resorting to circus-like acrobatics. It really doesn't matter how big they are. But if BIG is essential, then why not Jordy Nelson as a big receiver? Maybe he's not AS big as Malcom Kelly, but he played and caught the ball this year (33 catches/366 yards/2 TDs). Malcom Kelly caught THREE passes all year. Big or small or medium sized makes no difference; a receiver who catches THREE passes for the season is not much of a return for a 1st day draft pick. Ruhskins: You seem to cling to the idea that the starting tandem of Moss, Randle-El and Thrash is something that strikes fear in the hearts of defensive coordinators around the NFL. Sadly, it does not. Sure, if one of the starters had gone on IR, the "kiddies" would have played more. But the fact that the "kiddies" could not/did not beat out anyone on a mediocre batch of WRs says that they didn't show very much in practice. And we do know - - the numbers don't lie in this circumstance - - that when they did get on the field it was about the same as having the offense play with 10 men. Imagine for a moment that the Redskins signed ONE WR as a free agent who had caught 18 passes last year for 138 yards and no TDs. Who would think that was a "prize catch"? Well ... that is what the Redskins got from BOTH of their first day draft picks at WR. Not one reciever - - BOTH of them added together. Rookie WRs are hit and miss - - as can be said of many other positions too. But I gave you examples of 5 rookie WRs in the NFL this year all of whom did better than Thomas and Kelly added together. Some started all year; some started part of the year; some were used in lots of special offensive packages. But all five contributred individually more to their teams than both of these guys contributed to the Redskins. So, who in the scouting department/draft organizing department/draft day war room passed on Desean Jackson, Donnie Avery, Eddie Royal, Jordy Nelson and Davone Best thinking that Thomas and Kelly were higher on the list? I don't have an office at Redskins Park so I don't know the answer to that, but whoever it was should not have gotten a Christmas bonus this year.
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| Re: Age a factor going into 2009 You can criticize the Fred Davis pick and even the Kelly pick (for attitude and health issues respectively, both of which ended up severely hurting their rookie seasons) but D. Thomas was by far the consensus number one receiver going into the draft. Indeed, most pundits thought it was wacky that St. Louis took Avery at 33 over Thomas. Kudos to them for making a great call, but you can't fault the skins for filling a need and taking the consensus number one player at his position who had slipped all the way to 34. Moreover, I don't have a great memory but I don't remember a lot of people last year lamenting us taking Thomas over Eddie Royal on draft day. |
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In February, BUILDER blew the cover off our first-ever national Internet-based survey on Generation X. This month, in part two of our three-part series, we zero in on the amazing 44 percent of respondents who are not married.
By Christina B. Farnsworth
Alone, paired, or alone again, a surprising number of Gen-Xers, aged 25 to 34, are not married. But that doesn't mean they are not home buyers.
Bite on this: Singles are more interested in buying new homes than their married brethren and may even have better credit ratings. The wants of the not-married differ from married Gen-Xers. What these willing singles lack is product oriented to their needs and major interest from builders.
The Cliff Notes answer to building for unmarried Gen-Xers goes like this: Build affordable. Build close in or within the city. Build near the places they go to have fun. Make the housing smart and green. Speak their language. Don't clobber them with a hard sell. And find a way to pump up the ability of these credit-worthy buyers to find that elusive down payment.
Read on to learn how this hidden market segment can be a major addition to your bottom line.
Prime opportunity
Ashley Christofferson-Cunningham has profited as a Gen-Xer building for Generation X. She is president of Brass Brick Homes, a 40-home-a-year Oklahoma City home building company (deliberately down from the 60 to 65 homes a year built in the past). She is also author of a forthcoming book on building for Gen-X. Forty-seven percent of her X-buyers are not married. And some of her Xers are already repeat customers. "I do the opposite of my competition," Christofferson-Cunningham says. "Our motto is 'demand different.'" And different for Christofferson-Cunningham is bold color and rich details. One model even sports leopard-patterned carpet.
Gen-Xers do demand different. They also have a "distrust of authority and a healthy skepticism regarding any sales claims," marketing consultant David Kipnis says. Builder's survey results tell Kipnis that Gen-Xers are "techno-savvy, fearless, impatient, and environmentally aware." Kipnis finds similarities between the findings of Builder's Gen-X survey and one he did for the sustainable community of Civano in Tucson, Ariz. Kipnis, principal of Phoenix-based Marketing Solutions, found that Civano attracted "Cultural Creatives," a breed of consumers that eschews labels and thinks themselves unique.
"Gen-Xers are significant for two reasons," Kipnis says. "Their numbers represent about 25 percent of all potential home-buying households--a significant market share. And, as with any reasonably discrete market segment, they must be communicated with in their own language."
Just as there is overlap between leading-edge baby boomers turning 55 and active adults aged 55 to 60; there is overlap between late boomers and Gen-Xers. "The second half of the boomers, born after 1954 now aged 35 to 46, represent 26 percent of the market," Kipnis says. "As children of the '60s, they line up more with Xers than older boomers in attitudes. These demographics combine for a huge market opportunity. The builder that can position product and messages to appeal to both will enjoy a major marketing advantage."
Unattached attached
Of our 505 unmarried respondents, 292 (57.8 percent) identified themselves as single; 145 (28.7 percent) said they were living with a partner; and 68 (13.5 percent) were separated, widowed, or divorced. This last group certainly argues against deliberately choosing to be alone again through divorce. The single-again were the most desirous, probably the most financially needy, and the least able to meet their homeownership needs, based on their answers to survey questions.
Unmarried Gen-X respondents were less likely to live in a single-family detached home compared to all survey respondents (37.2 percent vs. 47.8 percent). They were more likely to live in apartment buildings (29.3 percent vs. 20 percent).
Seize the movement
Unmarried Gen-Xers are a mobile lot: 82.2 percent expect to move within the next five years, almost 58 percent within the next two years. Of those expecting to move within five years, 53.5 percent anticipate moving into a single-family detached home, and 34.8 percent say they'll buy new--a much higher number than married respondents. Ignore this market at your peril.
The 34.8 percent of the unmarrieds planning to buy a home within the next five years who say they'll buy new is significant, since the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports that nationally only 22 percent of all home buyers choose new homes. Just over 25 percent of our unmarrieds currently own their own homes. Unmarried Gen-Xer buyers purchased new homes over existing at about the same rate as married respondents; roughly 19 percent. However, of those identifying themselves specifically as single, 22.6 percent bought new over existing homes.
Woo without ballyhoo
We've already said Gen-Xers are skeptical. How do you attract the first generation raised almost exclusively on a diet of hype? Christofferson-Cunningham says, "My buyers and I don't want to be sold [get a hard sell]; we'll walk away." Gen-Xers who grew up on "Coke as the real thing" are turned off by what they consider manipulative and overt sales techniques. "We know what we are looking for," she says. "We want to be different. My salespeople don't sell in the classic way; they listen."
Single Gen-X buyers usually bring a relative or a friend to bounce ideas off of. They customize floor plans and add unusual details, such as a rock fireplace mantle and a curving front porch. "But we are practical, too. Gen-Xers want cost-effective designs. A bathroom is for bathing--make it practical," she says. Practical is storage located between two pedestal sinks--looks cool but functions."
"Gen-Xers want privacy, but they don't want a half acre of lawn to mow or a $150 water bill," architect Rick New says. Flexibility and practicality are key. Designing in what New calls 3-D over 2-D is important. Often it is not the square footage or the floor plan layout that is so different; it is window placement, nuance, and detail that attract Gen-Xers. They don't want windows for windows' sake, says New, a principal of Boulder, Colo., firm Downing Thorpe & James. Put windows where they matter rather than where the only view is the next-door neighbor's house.
New designs floor plans for Gen-Xers in which non-bearing walls can be easily changed to deliver no-additional-cost, customized space. "Take the single mom," New says. "You may have a plan with space that can either be a cozy den off a living room or a hide-a-way off the owners' suite. The single mom may choose the wall configuration that gives her privacy in the suite; another Gen-X buyer may choose the configuration that puts the square footage in the public rooms."
City living
And build that house near where they play. It comes as no surprise, given a propensity to live where their social life is, that unmarried survey respondents are more likely to live in the city rather than in far-flung rural areas. Just over one-third (34.2 percent) of all respondents lived in the city, but 42.1 percent of all the unmarried respondents and within that 44.1 percent of single respondents were city dwellers. Roughly 18 percent of total respondents lived in rural areas versus 11.7 percent of the unmarried. Almost 41 percent of all urban dwelling respondents made less than $35,000 annually. Thus, unlocking in-town housing affordability can open the door to a big market.
Gen-Xers are comfortable in unconventional arrangements. Single may not mean living alone--less than half (46.9 percent) of the unmarrieds are the lone household adult. One-third of the single, divorced, or widowed Gen-Xers living with another adult reported they were living with parents.
Children do figure strongly into the equation. Nearly 60 percent of divorced or widowed Gen-Xers, as well as 42.8 percent of those living with a partner, and 17.6 percent of those who said they were single, had children living at home. More than half of the singles said the children were their own. However, single respondents as a whole are less likely than others to want to live near any children (16.1 percent of single respondents vs. 34.3 percent of whole survey) or their own parents (29.8 percent vs. 36.8 percent).
Green and happy
Married or not, Gen-Xers care deeply about the environment and the health of their houses--and are willing to fork over cash to prove it.
Not surprisingly, the unmarrieds are much less focused on family and more focused on personal fulfillment and careers than married respondents. Unmarried respondents placed much less emphasis on family than the Gen-X group as a whole (49.1 percent vs. 67.7 percent). The unmarrieds placed higher value on happiness and personal fulfillment than the group (49.1 percent vs. 39.5 percent). For the singles subgroup, happiness and personal fulfillment topped the list at 49.3 percent over family at 41.8 percent. Career/job also rated high at 41 percent for unmarrieds and singles compared to 31 percent for all respondents and only 23 percent for married respondents.
Lifestyle lures
Instead of caring about the raw house size and number of bedrooms, unmarried Gen-Xers want lifestyle amenities, such as the right to have pets, a garden, and proximity to social and entertainment activities.
In terms of their amenities wish lists, proximity to restaurants (63.4 percent) and entertainment (42.9 percent) are the most important. This is a curious irony, as eating out less (69 percent) and brown bagging lunch (53.9 percent) are among the first economies respondents say they would make in order to buy a home.
Recreational areas such as parks and rivers (41.9 percent), beautiful views (36.9 percent), and proximity to employment centers (35.2 percent) are also important. But to afford a home, unmarried respondents would be willing to live farther away from shopping and entertainment (46.4 percent), attend fewer concerts and sporting and theatrical events (42.9 percent), or endure a longer commute to work (41.1 percent).
Room for work and play
On average, unmarried respondents expect to pay $155,000 for their next home, and most expect to buy an existing home (59.6 percent), particularly a recently updated or remodeled unit (34.2 percent). That home will have 2.95 bedrooms, with 1.95 of them to be used for sleeping. Although 89.9 percent of unmarried respondents want some sort of home office space in their next home, more of them would prefer a desk and computer in a multipurpose room (51.3 percent) to a dedicated home office (42.9 percent).
If given an extra 100 square feet in their next home, unmarried respondents would most want it to take the form of a computer area (17.1 percent) or an exercise room (13.3 percent).
Finding fault
Most respondents, including the unmarrieds, find fault with their current dwelling. Inadequate storage (39 percent) tops the list of unmarrieds' current homes' faults. The unmarrieds dislike their kitchens and bathrooms (33.6 percent), but complain less than their married counterparts about small room and house size and not having enough bedrooms. Strangely, they do cite lack of a yard more frequently than married respondents (28.6 percent vs. 15.9 percent). (See "What's Wrong With Their Current Dwelling" sidebar.)
Unmarried Gen-Xers compromise on dwelling choice primarily for financial reasons (79.5 percent), citing lack of a down payment (54.2 percent) or inability to afford what they want (55.4 percent). Almost
40 percent say they are simply not ready to buy compared to only 19.3 percent of married Gen-Xers.
Unmarried Xers were also more likely to have had down payment help for their current home than marrieds (22 percent vs. 15.6 percent). The unmarrieds who received help were given just slightly less assistance than their married counterparts ($5,431 vs. $5,810).
Fix and finish
In order to buy a more affordable home, unmarried respondents are willing to purchase unfinished space that could be finished later (45.1 percent), a fixer-upper (29.8 percent), fewer features (32 percent), or an expandable home--one with a floor plan that allows space to be added later--(31.7 percent). Nearly 30 percent of the unmarrieds and more than 32 percent of the singles would choose a smaller lot. Both Christofferson-Cunningham and New see these trade-offs in their own clientele.
Informality is high on the Gen-X house wish list. Though just over half of the unmarried respondents rated separate living and dining rooms as a four or a five on their amenity list, 83.1 percent would choose a big kitchen with large informal dining area over a small kitchen with separate formal dining area (16.9 percent). They would do the same choosing the large family or great room over a formal living room.
Unmarried Gen-Xers want practical things: extra counter space in kitchens (78.3 percent), abundant storage space (76.9 percent) and closets (77.8 percent), extra energy efficiency (68 percent), high-speed Internet access (72 percent), and a healthy house (66.7 percent).
Give them what they want
Builders' clearest competition for unmarried Gen-Xers is existing homes. The biggest hurdles are financial, lacking a down payment, and the fact that roughly 39 percent of the unmarried market simply isn't ready to own.
So, how do you get that unmarried Gen-Xer to buy--and buy from you? Unmarried Gen-Xers want to live in a location that suits their lifestyle; housing is a means to that end. Build housing with flexible plans and customizable details. Don't assume the young person strolling through your model is too young or not credit worthy and don't "sell" them. Builder's unmarried respondents claimed to have better credit than their married counterparts.
Provide lots of storage space. Make the home smart; make it environmentally healthy. Wire the home for instant access to media and technology.
Get into green easy by tying yourself into one of the national programs for healthy, efficient, or green-built homes. Third-party programs also help overcome buyer skepticism. Some communities, states, associations, and utilities have programs that have built reputable brands such as the nationally recognized Energy Star program or Tucson Electric Power's (TEP) Heating, Cooling Comfort Guarantee program. TEP's program estimates and guarantees the actual utility cost, so many home buyers are guaranteed a yearly annual heating and cooling cost of $1 a day; others certify indoor air quality or offer checklists for a healthier home.
Market your homes in places or media outlets targeted to where single Gen-Xers gather to have fun.
Since affordability is a real hook for unmarried Gen-Xers, an affordable, lifestyle-oriented community near these Xers' favorite haunts may even have them standing in line to buy.


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Wolvey, judged Warwickshire's Best Village2011, rewarded with Rugby in Bloom GOLD awards in for the Environment in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 is a vibrant community. It has a Doctors, a General Store with a Post Office, a Bus Service, three Pubs and a School. It also boasts an award winning Wetland Nature Reserve, a Bowling Club, Cricket Club, Golf Course and Driving Range, Working farms, Fisheries galore, a Local History Group and a Village Website. Open country is just a short walk away from the Award winning Village Square, previously the Village Green. Its a good place to live and a good place to visit.
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Absolute poverty has been seen as a matter of acute deprivation, hunger, premature death and suffering. This captures an important understanding of poverty and its relevance remains widespread in parts of the world today. It focuses attention on the urgent need for action.
However, while there are some circumstances, such as starvation or unsafe water, which do lead to immediate death, most of these criteria require judgements and comparisons. What is classed as acute deprivation will vary from society to society and through time, and what is counted as premature death will depend on average life expectancies. So while there is a core to ideas of absolute poverty relating to the severity of deprivation and the need for immediate action, in practice, it is part of a continuum of a measurement of poverty, indicating it is deeper and worse.
As such, in 1995 the United Nations adopted two definitions of poverty.
Absolute poverty was defined as:
The University of Oxford's Centre for the Analysis of South African Social Policy has undertaken research into people's views about what is necessary for an acceptable standard of living in present day South Africa and the extent to which those items are possessed. This was the first time the consensual approach based on socially perceived necessities had been carried out in a society that has such high levels of inequality as South Africa. The CASASP study, conducted in 2006, found that, in spite of the many differences that exist between different social, racial and economic groups in South Africa, a surprisingly common view exists about what is required in order to have an acceptable standard of living:
The European Union carries out, on a regular basis, detailed surveys in all member states of poverty and social exclusion, the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) surveys. These include a module on material deprivation drawing on the concept of publicly perceived necessities.
Kristian Niemietz, 2011, London, Institute of Economic Affairs
Reviewed by Stewart Lansley and Joanna Mack
Underlying A New Understanding of Poverty is an explicit aim to decouple measures of poverty from concepts of inequality so that the poor would no longer be seen to be, in principle, entitled to share proportionately in economic growth. Under Niemietz's proposal for a new measure, the poverty line would thereby fall slowly behind the rise in wider levels of prosperity, with profound implications for the measurement of the extent and character of poverty in the UK.
by Stewart Lansley
The government has been aiming to shift the debate on poverty from relative poverty to life chances. So is it aiming to downgrade the goal of abolishing financial poverty?
In March 1999, Tony Blair surprised an audience of academics and policy advisers with an unexpected commitment – to halve child poverty within a decade and 'eradicate' it within 20 years. It was as unexpected as it was bold and raised a few eyebrows among those present. Few experts believed, given the scale of the task, that it would be possible to meet the targets in the timetable laid out. Between 1979 and 1997, the level of child poverty (measured in relative terms) had doubled. When Labour won a landslide victory in 1997, just over a quarter of children – 3.4 million – were estimated to be living in poverty.
Measures of poverty should be decoupled from average earnings, argues Kristian Niemietz in a new monograph, A New Understanding of Poverty, published by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). Niemietz argues that one perverse result of such relative poverty measures among many is that poverty often declines in a serious recession when the better paid lose their jobs. The author proposes an entirely new way of measuring poverty and argues that if this measure were applied, public policy would orientate itself towards creating the conditions that allowed the poor to become better off. The book can be purchased from the IEA.
See also:
The review of A New Understanding of Poverty by Stewart Lansley and Joanna Mack.
The Foundation Years: Preventing Poor Children Becoming Poor Adults, the final report of the UK Government Independent Review on Poverty and Life Chances headed by Labour MP Frank Field, argues for an expansion of provision for children in their early years and a downgrading of efforts to reduce income poverty.
BackgroundIn June 2010, the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, commissioned Frank Field MP to conduct an Independent Review on Poverty and Life Chances.
The aim of the Review was to:
Child and working-age poverty in the UK is set to rise in the next three years, according to projections from the independent Institute for Fiscal Studies in Child and Working-Age Poverty from 2010 to 2013.


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Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Winter Cocktails, Latkes, Caviar, Tasting Menus, Recovery
The Smokehouse from last year's winter cocktail menu at Drago Centro.
Winter Cocktail Launch
Bartender Jaymee Mandeville's unveils her seasonal cocktail lineup featuring warming libations like Breaking Castagne (cognac, mezcal, housemade chestnut syrup, mole bitters and nutmeg), Grimhilda (apple brandy, chipotle honey, pama and lemon) and Remedy X (rosemary-infused whiskey, ginger agave and lemon). Normally $12, all drinks on the special menu will cost $8 tonight.
WHEN: Dec. 28
WHERE: Drago Centro
COST: $8/cocktail
Latke Madness
Hanukkah is over but you can still celebrate by digging into chef Eric Greenspan's holiday menu of traditional and nouveau latkes: potato with pear and black pepper marmalade, beet and carrot with caraway creme fraiche, celery root and red onion with horseradish creme fraiche. (The Foundry's regular menu still in effect.)
WHEN: 6 p.m. - close, Dec. 28
WHERE: The Foundry
COST: $8 for two latkes or $10 for the three-latke sample
Caviar 201
You've passed Caviar 101. (Phew, that was rough.) You're ready for the next step: an intermediate-level tasting and class featuring some of Petrossian's finest fish eggs.
WHEN: 7:30 p.m., Dec. 29
WHERE: Petrossian
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Chef Casey Lane takes the name of his restaurant to literal extremes with three tasting menus: vegetarian, pescatarian or omnivore. Look for French, Italian, Moroccan, and Spanish influences running through dishes like roasted scallops with Moorish spiced capunata and duck confit with kumquat preserves and puntarella.
WHEN: 6 p.m. - close, Dec. 31
WHERE: Tasting Kitchen
COST: $90, meal; $45, optional wine pairing
Recovery Brunch
Have a hair of the dog with $6 soju margaritas and a menu of Mexican classics including chilaquiles, huevos rancheros and capriotada a bread pudding made with cocoa, raisins, nuts and dulce de leche. For those who don't have a pounding headache, DJ Kitkaboom will be spinning from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
WHEN: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Jan. 1
WHERE: Royal/T
COST: dishes start at $10
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I really hate the Trivago guy.
Can't explain why. Just have a visceral desire to beat the crap out of him.
I can't be the only one.
I don't like the new Mr. Peanut.
Part of it is my preference for old-school animation over the computer-generated kind.
Mostly, though, I don't like Mr. Peanut as a motivational speaker. There's something phony and Kevin Trudeau-ish about him. He looks like a jerk.
Classic Mr. Peanut is a sophisticated advertising icon. Look at those spats. And his hat fits properly. He's obviously more comfortable with his body than the poser above.
I'd have drinks with Classic Mr. Peanut. New Mr. Peanut just makes me want to check if my wallet's still in my purse.
Seriously, which of these characters would you rather have at your party?
The latest in my series called "Hating People in TV Commercials is Fun."
Right around the :18 mark this FiOS mom goes from being controlling to kind of creepy.
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I hate CVS's annoying Segway senior, too.
I hate CVS' chipper senior, Bonnie. She's annoying as hell.
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because nothing puts an extra spring in your step like the right shoes. (these should do nicely.)
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- satin with mesh trim and satin covered heel
- 2.75" heel
- slip on
- pointed toe
- bow embellishment at toe
- style # s741843s
- made in italy
- item comes pre-boxed
Rated 4.6 out of 5 by 14
Rated 5 out of 5 by Lalala90 Gorgeous shoes!
These shoes are just gorgeous!! They fit beautifully and are comfortable to walk in. I bought them to wear with my wedding dress and can't wait to show them off! These shoes fit true to size.
October 25, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by cailey46 Adorable and comfy
I bought these for my wedding and love them. They are surprisingly comfortable for heels and look so cute on.
August 18, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Vonie The Jackie is a beauty.
I wore these shoes for my wedding and I couldn't believe, I kept them on the entire time . Everyone ask where did I get my shoes. Kate Spade of course. They were a hit . Love them .
July 14, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Flo610 Simply perfect!
They shall be my perfect wedding day shoes! They look stunning! I like how the bows are assymmetric and stand out. And I appreciate how they are closed-toe, so they look more elegant and formal. It is very comfortable wearing them. The heels are not too high, so I won't have to worry about walking around a lot on my wedding day at all. They are very well made (in Italy) and will definitely last. I got the silver pair so they will also match my other evening gowns throughout the night. They can probably still be a piece in my dressier wardrobe even after the wedding. I can't wait to wear them!
April 28, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Mefogerty Wedding Day Shoes!
I wore these beauties on my wedding day and they were a big hit! They fit true to size and are pretty comfortable!
December 16, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by Lori154 Beautiful shoes
Very chic and glam, can't wait to walk into a room wearing these shoes.
December 14, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by LoveJackie Perfect shoe!
I tried several different designer shoes with sparkle and bling while trying to find the perfect shoe to wear for my wedding. The Jackie is by far, the most comfortable and easy to walk in shoe I found. The quality and comfort of the show make it well worth the price and they are absolutely gorgeous! I can not wait to wear them on my wedding day and I am sure I will wear these many times in the future!
November 6, 2015
Rated 4 out of 5 by cparm Breathtaking.
I got a huge smile on my face when I opened the box and saw these shoes for the first time. They're truly beautiful- classy, feminine, and incredible craftsmanship. I bought them for my wedding but I may wear them to a shower or rehearsal dinner as well- they're too perfect to hide under a long dress all night. The only reason I rated 4 instead of 5 is I have no idea how comfortable they're going to be walking around but the short heel looks promising.
October 30, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by Ellen20 Stunning shoe!
Chic, fun, and flirty evening pump for all ages. Love the lower heel making dancing the night away much more fun. I have a narrow foot so a full insole is required. Please make your shoes in a narrow width.
October 20, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by HappyX this is so perfect
Fit well and looks so beautiful! My girlfriend is 100% satisfied. Recommand for girls!
August 22, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by MaxJuly4th The heelss are very classy!
Just got my jackie heels! I wore them to work today and got many compliments throughout the day. Also, I found them to be very comfortable. A very "high fashion" look, even when wearing denim!
June 12, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by mtnate Nice product!
This is a very attractive shoe -- perfect for a wedding! It fits nicely and the cut is comfortable.
June 4, 2015
Rated 1 out of 5 by suely Very poorly made!
I have bought Kate Spade pumps in the past..in fact I still have them and love them. Beautifully made and has worn perfectly. The Jackie Heels were so cute, but were terribly constructed. There were stiff nylon threads protruding from the satin liner next to the mesh. It tore my hose in several places on each foot. The shoes were terribly uncomfortable and the toe box just fit horribly.
I thought this would be the perfect shoe for my dress, but it certainly was not up to the standard that I thought that Kate Spade represented!
June 3, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by Danielle56 Cute & Comfy
What a gorgeous shoe & comfy too. Love that the heel is a bit lower and the mesh with bow detail is stunning. They look amazing on and will transform any outfit into something very special. Got them in the black in my usual size 8 and the fit is perfect. I LOVE this shoe!!!!
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"We can live without religion and meditation; but we cannot survive without human affection" Dalai Lama
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PA Apartments
40 Wolseley St, Woolloongabba, Woolloongabba, 4102 Brisbane, Australia – This neighborhood is a great choice for travelers interested in family-friendly trips, convenient public transportation, and warm weather – Check location Great location - show map
Close to hospital, walking was not a problem, have parking was a bonus. Choice of food venues walking distance from pa appartments.
Large comfy bed, lovely bright and clean rooms. Great sound proofing and loved the little elevator- just made life so much easier being semi-handicapped.
Excellent location, beds comfy , cool and comfortable with air conditioning, great to have free internet
Gail was very helpful in book us in an extra night as we arrived early.
Easy to access, friendly staff, quiet and peaceful.
The whole package was first rate, home away from home, have stayed 3 times so far, will certainly be a return customer
Very comfortable beds and clean room. Very close to shops.
Mum was in hospital and we were able to easily walk to the hospital to visit her without the worry of finding a park and then walk home at night and sleep without lots of travel. The staff were also really friendly and wonderful.
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Beautiful apartments and really friendly staff. The beds were incredibly comfortable too. Would definitely use PA Apartments again.
Great location!
The PA Apartments are across from Buranda Shopping Center, a 5-minute drive from central Brisbane. The property features an outdoor pool, barbecue facilities and free on-site parking.
The air-conditioned apartments have cooking facilities and a lounge area with a flat-screen TV. Each has a private bathroom with free toiletries and a hairdryer. Some accommodations have a balcony.
PA is a 7-minute drive from Royal Brisbane Hospital and 600 feet from Princess Alexandra Hospital. Brisbane Airport is 12 miles away.
Woolloongabba is a great choice for travelers interested in family-friendly trips, convenient public transportation and warm weather.
This property is also rated for the best value in Brisbane! Guests are getting more for their money when compared to other properties in this city.
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Top Location: Highly rated by recent guests (8.9)
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Closest Landmarks
- Buranda Station 0.3 miles
- Translational Research Institute Australia 0.3 miles
- Dutton Park Station 0.5 miles
- Park Road Station 0.6 miles
- Fairfield Station 0.9 miles
- Gabba Brisbane Cricket Ground 1 miles
- State Library Of Queensland 1 miles
- Kangaroo Point Cliffs 1.4 miles
- University of Queensland - St. Lucia 1.5 miles
- Riverstage 1.5 miles
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- Southbank Station 1.5 miles
- City Botanical Gardens 1.7 miles
- South Bank Parklands 1.7 miles
- Treasury Building - Casino 2 miles
- South Brisbane Station 2.1 miles
- Sky Needle 2.1 miles
- Queen Street Mall 2.3 miles
- Brisbane Central Station 2.4 miles
- Story Bridge 2.5 miles
- Brisbane Entertainment Centre 11.1 miles
Closest Airports
- Brisbane Airport 9.4 miles
- Gold Coast Airport 54.6 miles
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RetryFacilities of PA Apartments Great facilities! Review score, 8.5
- All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)
- Elevator
- Family Rooms
- Facilities for Disabled Guests
- Sun Deck
- BBQ Facilities
Pool and Spa
- Outdoor Pool
Pets are not allowed.
Free! WiFi is available in all areas and is free of charge.
Free! Free private parking is available on site (reservation is not needed).
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Cribs are not available.
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Northern Ballet to stage American classic The Great Gatsby
Northern Ballet's new full length production, The Great Gatsby, is the must see ballet for 2013.
With choreography, direction and costumes by Artistic Director David Nixon OBE, co-direction by Patricia Doyle and sets by Jerôme Kaplan, The Great Gatsby promises to be a stunning retelling of one of the most compelling stories of the twentieth century.
The Great Gatsby will be adapted from the novel by F Scott Fitzgerald. On New York's Long Island, in the heady, indulgent days of the 1920s, Nick Caraway comes to know his infamous neighbour Jay Gatsby – a mysterious millionaire with a secret past and a penchant for lavish parties. As the sparkling façade of Gatsby's world begins to slip Caraway comes to see the loneliness, obsession and tragedy that lie beneath.
Creating new full length ballets is a mission of Northern Ballet's and furthers the Company's efforts to bring new audiences to dance. David Nixon is prolific in creating new work and The Great Gatsby is his fourteenth new ballet for Northern Ballet, where he has been Artistic Director since 2001. It follows on from his most recent successes, Beauty & the Beast and Cleopatra, both of which premièred in 2011.
The current 'Gatsby craze' has seen a surge of popularity in the classic American novel with Gatsby inspired fashion on the catwalks, stage productions in London and the much anticipated Hollywood movie due to be released next year.
David said, 'The Great Gatsby is a real American classic from an iconic era. The roaring twenties were a time of exuberance, indulgence, resilience, fashion, dancing and jazz. The story has everything for the makings of a great ballet: a love triangle, decadence, desperation and heartbreak.
I am proud of the fact that as a Company we produce and tour more new full-length work than any other ballet company in the UK. Producing The Great Gatsby shows we tap into current trends, creating work audiences have an interest in at present.'
The Great Gatsby will have its World Première on Saturday 2 March 2013 at Leeds Grand Theatre.
About Northern Ballet
Northern Ballet is renowned for its full-length narrative productions which embrace popular culture and take inspiration from literature, opera, or give a unique interpretation of classical ballets. The Leeds-based company is committed to touring throughout the UK and overseas, developing new audiences for dance. It has carved a unique place in the UK's cultural landscape and was voted Britain's favourite ballet company for three consecutive years at the National Dance Awards.
Northern Ballet is a powerhouse for inventive dance. Based in a centre of excellence for dance in Leeds for dance artists, enthusiasts and audiences across the north of England, their award-winning headquarters on Quarry Hill is the largest purpose-built space for dance outside London.
Production Credits
The Great Gatsby
Choreography, Direction, Scenario, Costume Design: David Nixon
Co Direction, Scenario: Patricia Doyle
Set Design: Jerôme Kaplan
Lighting Design: Tim Mitchell
Tour Listings
Leeds Grand Theatre
Sat 2 – Sat 9 March 2013
Box Office: 0844 848 2700
Sheffield Lyceum Theatre
Tue 12 – Sat 16 March 2013
Box Office: 0114 249 6000
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Thu 21 – Sat 23 March 2013
Box office: 0131 529 6000
Hull New Theatre
Tue 2 – Sat 6 April
Box Office: 01482 300 300
Belfast Grand Opera House
Wed 10 – Sat 13 April
Box Office: 028 9024 1919
Milton Keynes Theatre
Tue 16 – Sat 20 April
Box Office: 0844 871 7652
Cardiff New Theatre
Tue 23 April – Sat 27 April
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Norwich Theatre Royal
Tue 30 April – Sat 4 May 2013
Box Office: 01603 630 000
London Sadler's Wells
Tue 14 – Sat 18 May 2013
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The radioactive implant that was placed in your body is a tiny metal seed containing radioactive material. It is about the size of a thin sesame seed. The seed is sealed, meaning that the radioactive material will stay in the seed. None of the items you touch, the people you come into contact with, or the clothes you wear will become radioactive.
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Sleeps | 8 |
Bedrooms | 2 |
Bathrooms | 2 |
Space | 1,200 sq. ft. |
Property type | cabin |
Minimum Stay | 1 - 2 nights |
~Including SHARC passes FREE.
~Regular pricing per person to this brand new aquatic park is $25, per day, per person!!
~It is located a half mile from the house. Please click on or cut and paste for details on ~the facility.
Enjoy a cozy fire in the river rock fireplace of this charming 2-story home with a chalet feel.
With king and queen bedrooms and two bathrooms, this is a perfect spot for a couple's weekend or a quick family get-away.
Sleeps up to 6, with extra sleeping spaces under the stairs and in two window seat/beds, (2 twin-sized and one double).
Kitchen with all the amenities, dishwasher, 2 TVs, DVD/VCR, cable, dozens of movies, books and games. Free Wi-Fi.
Private deck area with sunken hot tub and lots of common area behind house. Perfect for enjoying the sunshine or gathering around the BBQ.
Single carport.
~Including SHARC passes FREE.
~Regular pricing per person to this brand new aquatic park is $25, per day, per person!!
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We bought this property after my husbands grandfather passed away as a memory to him and a place for family.
Heather Holt purchased this cabin in 2005
This cabin is charming, cute and cozy. It is not your average 'Sunriver House'. Our house is comfortable and relaxed. You get a sense of home when you enter. We are a very laid back family and try not to take things too seriously. Have fun, be yourself and relax.
We had a wonderful Christmas at this cozy comfortable cabin. We had four adults and our dog and there was plenty of space. Heather was great to work with - everything was easy and went smoothly. We would love to come back! Julie & Tim
The house is larger than it looks from the outside. It was perfect for our family of 4. We had everything we needed for our vacation and we were very comfortable.
We enjoyed our stay at 12 Tamarack. The house was comfortable and the kitchen well appointed.
My wife, dog, and I stayed here for a weekend and loved it. Since it was winter, we didn't hike the trails or head over to the SHARC, but we did enjoy our time in the house and hot tub. We would definitely come back to this house on our next trip to Sunriver.
Its a great little cabins, well worth the price. I will definitely rent again.
We really enjoyed our trip to Sunriver with our new baby (five months)...the cabin was really comfortable and the space/size was perfect for the three of us. We grilled nearly every evening and took advantage of the fireplace and jacuzzi. The location was great for all of the outdoor activities we had planned in and around Sunriver. Another plus was the short walk to the market and post office.
I would've given this place a five star review if not for a few things: we were surprised to not find any wood upon our arrival (the fireplace wasn't really cleaned out and the wood storage bin on the deck was empty- but we found wood with prompt help from owners!); the jacuzzi didn't run properly (jets didn't fully work, water wasn't 100% filtered so it was cloudy, and the water level was pretty low), there were a handful of things in need of repair around the house (general maintenance that seemed a little neglected), the lattice privacy screen off the deck was broken off and all over the ground outside so we didn't have a lot of privacy, and the house could've been a little cleaner in general. I'm still giving it four stars though because we really liked it! And we'd recommend this place as well as stay again in this cabin! Thank you!
This house was perfect for our family of 4, plus dog. It was convenient to everything. We have small kids so we didn't walk/ride to the SHARC or village, by car is was about 3 minutes. There is a bike path right behind the house that dead ends, it was perfect for said small kids to ride their bikes without getting in anyone's way. The layout of the house was just about perfect. The house was very well equipped. They had a griddle, a waffle maker, a blender, in addition to all of the things you'd expect to find. They have plenty of hot tub towels. There were so many DVDs and VHS tapes, you could never get bored. We didn't realize there was an entire extra cabinet full next to the kitchen table until the last day. There were also a lot of games. If we were filling a vacation house for our personal use, I'm not sure what I would add that this house didn't have. We have been staying in Sunriver at least once/year for about 12 years now, and have never stayed in a house so well appointed. We would absolutely stay again.
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Refundable damage deposit | $100 |
Pet Fee | $20 + Tax |
Cleaning Fee | $115 + Tax |
Tax Rate | 13.5% |
Rates are subject to change until reservation is confirmed and deposit has been paid. Pets are welcome there is a $20 pet fee
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