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Robbing Peter to pay Paul. Or something
Labor will cut Australia's IT budget to pay for election pledges.
This is how it will work. The Gillard government expects to save more than $1bn over four years through better procurement practices introduced by the IT efficiency expert Peter Gershon in 2008.
The savings were to be "quarantined" to fund new IT projects. But Labor will, if returned to power, spend $448m on other stuff.
Oh well.
That still leave $557m of taxpayers' money that was unavailable before the Gershon reforms for IT projects. Government departments can apply for a slice of this to fund pet programs.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is headed to Washington next week for the annual meeting of the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. While in town, Netanyahu will meet on Monday with President Obama to demand that the President commits to military action aginst Iran.
Obama is reportedly frustrated by what he sees as political interference by Netanyahu to mobilize support for Israel's position in the US Congress. Netanyahu met a group of US senators last week and complained strongly about Obama administration officials publicly opposing an Israeli strike on Iran.
Mr. Obama speaks to the AIPAC delegates Sunday morning and Netanyahu addresses the group Monday night. On Tuesday, Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich will speak to AIPAC.
Israeli officials told the Associated Press this week that Israel will not notify the US before an attack on Iran.
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The Guardian/UK is reporting this afternoon:
[...] Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, is expected to raise the issue at a White House meeting on Monday after weeks of intense diplomacy in which Obama has dispatched senior officials – including his intelligence, national security and military chiefs – to Jerusalem to try and dampen down talk of an attack.
Diplomats say that Israel is angered by the Obama administration's public disparaging of early military action against Iran, saying that it weakens the prospect of Tehran taking the warnings from Israel seriously.
The two sides are attempting to agree a joint public statement to paper over the divide but talks will not be made easier by a deepening distrust in which the Israelis question Obama's commitment to confront Iran while the White House is frustrated by what it sees as political interference by Netanyahu to mobilize support for Israel's position in the US Congress.
"They are poles apart," said one diplomatic source. "The White House believes there is time for sanctions to work and that military threats don't help. The Israelis regard this as woolly thinking.
They see Iran as headed towards a bomb, even though they agree there is no evidence Tehran has made that decision yet, and they want the White House to up the ante. The White House has the Europeans behind its position but it's losing Congress." [...]
Israeli officials say that Netanyahu is not happy with Obama's "vague assertion" that all options are on the table in dealing with Iran. The Israeli prime minister wants Obama to state unequivocally that Washington is prepared to use force if Iran's nuclear program advances beyond specified red lines. [...]
Netanyahu is not happy with Obama's "vague assertion" that all options are on the table in dealing with Iran. The Israeli prime minister wants Obama to state unequivocally that Washington is prepared to use forceThe chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, General Martin Dempsey, told Congress this week that during a recent visit to Jerusalem the principal difference was over the question of how long to give sanctions and diplomacy an opportunity to work. "We've had a conversation with them about time, the issue of time," he said.
Dempsey was one of several senior US officials to travel to Israel in recent weeks, including Obama's national security adviser, Tom Donilon, and the director of national intelligence, James Clapper.
Dempsey infuriated Netanyahu with comments that it is "premature" to launch an attack and that an Israeli assault on Iran would be imprudent and destabilizing, and not achieve Israel's objectives. He also said that Iran is a "rational" player and should be treated as such.
Netanyahu met a group of US senators last week, including John McCain, and complained strongly about Obama administration officials publicly opposing an Israeli strike on Iran.
After the meeting, McCain criticized the White House position. "There should be no daylight between America and Israel in our assessment of the [Iranian] threat. Unfortunately there clearly is some," he said.
McCain described relations between the US and Israel as in "very bad shape right now" saying that differences over Iran have caused "significant tension". He appeared to side with the Israeli position in noting that "there is very little doubt that Iran has so far been undeterred to get nuclear weapons".
Last week, 12 senators sent the president a letter warning that he should not allow Tehran to buy time by engaging in fruitless diplomatic negotiations, expected to begin in the coming weeks. They demanded that Obama insist Iran halt its uranium enrichment program before talks begin.
More than half the members of the Senate have backed a resolution that some see as pressing for an attack in declaring that the White House should not pursue a policy of "containment".
Senator Joe Lieberman, one of the sponsors of the resolution, said it is intended "to say clearly and resolutely to Iran: You have only two choices – peacefully negotiate to end your nuclear program or expect a military strike to end that program."
Critics of the resolution said that it smacks of a congressional authorization for an attack on Iran. That view was reinforced when the sponsors declined a request from some Democrats to amend it to clarify that the resolution did not imply consent for war.
Israeli officials told the Associated Press this week that Israel will not notify the US before an attack on Iran. US officials scoff at the idea that Washington would not know an assault is coming, and the Israeli position may be intended to allow the White House to deny any responsibility.
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There were a lot of names that made Hollywood Park the place it once was. From Bing Crosby, Cary Grant and Elizabeth Taylor to Bill Shoemaker, Charlie Whittingham and famed track announcer Harry Henson, it will always be remembered as the race track that brought out the stars — both from the world of entertainment and the sport itself.
But perhaps no one person is more synonymous with Hollywood Park than Marje Everett, who was as cantankerous, controversial and ruthless as any woman who's ever been involved in sports ownership. Think the late Marge Schott was tough? She was a puppy dog compared to Everett.
"I don't like to be called tough," Everett once told Sports Illustrated. "The word has a bad connotation. Women aren't supposed to be tough. At the same time, men are considered better disciplines, which makes it even more difficult to fill that function without being branded tough."
Betfair Hollywood Park, which it is called today, will offer live thoroughbred racing for the final time on Sunday after opening its gates in 1938 and serving as the most influential race track in the country at one time. But land developers have decided the acreage is more valuable in other ways, so daily doubles and exactas will give way to condos and movie theaters.
Everett, a member of Hollywood Park's board of directors from 1972-91 who also served as chairwoman, CEO and president of the track from 1985-91, was a major force in the industry both locally and nationally. During her time Hollywood Park hosted two Breeders' Cups, including the inaugural running in 1984, and orchestrated what is now the pick six in 1983.
She even chipped in $200,000 of her own money to help land the first Breeders' Cup, which infuriated Santa Anita and the Oak Tree Racing Association because they also wanted to host the event. Everett dismissed criticism by Oak Tree officials, telling a local newspaper reporter, "I have little regard for most of the people at Santa Anita."
Everett once ordered an employee to fire a simulcast analyst because he was not wearing a tie. One problem — the analyst didn't work for Hollywood Park. He was a handicapper for a Southland newspaper who'd been asked to fill in on the show after a regular participant called in sick.
She was known to give employees a pink slip without their knowledge. How did they find out? When they showed up for work that day their desks were in the hallway.
Yes, Everett was tough as nails, but she was also a shrewd businesswoman who knew her stuff. Admirers to this day cite her love of the sport, how much she cared for both the horsemen and the patrons. Even more than 40 years ago, long before off-track wagering became the norm, she realized on-track attendance was vital to the sport's prosperity.
"I insist that the mutuels (betting handles) are of secondary importance to the attendance at the track," Everett told Sports Illustrated in the late 1960s. "Build your attendance and everything else, including the mutuel handle, will fall into place."
Everett resigned after losing a proxy fight to R.D. Hubbard in 1991, but not before she'd left a legacy that will be difficult for any racing czar to duplicate. During her tenure, Hollywood Park was host to 80,348 on May 4, 1980, thanks in part to a tote bag giveaway. It's still the largest crowd in track history.
More than 68,000 saw J.O. Tobin upset undefeated Triple Crown champion Seattle Slew in the Swaps Stakes on July 3, 1977.
Those were the days when horse racing was the talk of the town. Nowadays, most young people couldn't tell you who won this year's Kentucky Derby.
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas was part of the Everett era, when the Forum was home to the Showtime Lakers and Hollywood Park was the place to be on a warm summer afternoon. He fondly remembers the Southland's best years in horse racing.
"The era that I went through was the golden era of racing out there," Lukas said. "Del Mar, Santa Anita and Hollywood Park under Marge Everett. I remember being caught in traffic on Century Boulevard trying to get to Hollywood Park and saddle my horse because there were so many people pouring in there. It was a golden era with the stars of Hollywood and the people were really into racing."
But with the sport's decline locally, Lukas decided to move his barn to Kentucky.
"It had gotten so commercial and kind of callous in recent years, but I was part of that whole run and I loved every minute of it," he said. "It was just a wonderful era."
Everett was among the first to visit Shoemaker at the hospital after he was left paralyzed in a car crash in 1991. Laffit Pincay Jr. was among her closest friends before she died in March 2012. Pincay often talked about her dedication to the game.
Gail McNeal, who operated the Hollywood Park press-box elevator from 1980 until her retirement in 2010, fondly remembered Everett as someone you didn't want to rile.
"Everybody was terrified of Mrs. Everett," McNeal said. "She liked me, and if she liked you then you were OK."
Everything was OK with the horse racing industry when Marge was calling the shots at Hollywood Park.
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The term: "Fiscal cliff" sounds dire, but it describes a combination of old tax breaks expiring, new tax increases and federal cutbacks that all take effect by January, 2013.
President Obama or Governor Romney can't steer us away from the cliff—only Congress can do that, by reaching a new budget deal, ASAP. But the fiscal cliff is an election issue, since whoever gets elected will influence the negotiations.
The breakdown:
Taxes: Bush era tax cuts will expire in December; all income levels will ring in the New Year with higher taxes unless Democrats and Republicans cut a deal. A 3.5 percent increase in capital gains taxes will help cover Obamacare costs.
Middle and low income families would be affected mostly by increases in payroll taxes and cuts to earned income and child credits. If the U.S. jumps off the fiscal cliff, it's estimated that 88% of households will pay more in 2013. The independent Tax Policy Center projects an average middle-class tax increase of about $2,000.
Spending cuts: Remember the debt ceiling fight in 2011? After that debacle, Congress agreed to more than $1 trillion in cuts to federal programs (for now, Social Security and Medicare are not affected). About $109 billion in cuts could take effect in 2013.
New cuts plus taxes could slash the annual federal deficit by $500 billion—finally putting the brakes on our debt.
The sticking points: Democrats want Bush tax breaks to expire only for the wealthy; Republicans want to keep them for everyone. Republicans oppose Obamacare funding and cuts to defense spending; Democrats oppose cutting domestic programs.
If the spending cuts and tax hikes proceed, many worry that such strong medicine could stall the economic recovery—and that unemployment could tick back over 9%. Or the economy could stabilize—and grow.
The future: No one expects a new budget deal before the election, and gridlock could continue no matter who is elected. Will we jump off the cliff in January? Buckle your seatbelt just in case.


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Among the many topics discussed at the European Robotics Forum 2012, was the application of robotics technology to agriculture. In a press release posted on the European Robotics Technology Platform website, Prof. Simon Blackmore, head of Engineering at Harper Adams University College is quoted as saying
We've started with a clean sheet of paper. We're re-evaluating the whole approach to agriculture. At the moment, crops are drilled in straight rows to suit machines, but what if they were drilled to follow the contours of the land, or to take account of the micro level environmental conditions within a portion of a field? The potential boost to production we could generate if harvests were staggered to suit the crop rather than mechanisation is immense. We're talking about micro tillage, mechanical weeding and planting using small, smart, autonomous, modular machines.Demonstrations of working machines were provided by the University of Copenhagen, the University of Southern Denmark, Wageningen University, and the University of Kaiserslautern. There's much more in the press release.


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Fab.com: New Design Flash Sale Site Launches Today
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- Website: fab.com
Store History
- Founded: 2011
- Founded by: Jason Goldberg and Bradford Shellhammer
- Headquarters: New York, New York
Fab.com is the newest in a string of recent flash sale sites focused on home decor. Founded by former Blu Dot and DWR employee Bradford Shellhammer and self-described "serial entrepreneur" (ex-fabulis, socialmedian, Jobster) Jason Goldberg, it's the most modern and design-conscious of the non-fashion sale sites we've seen.
Earlier this week, we stopped by the Fab.com offices in Midtown for a sneak peek of the stuff they'll be selling. The first week's sales include signed and numbered versions of Milton Glaser's iconic "I Heart NY" posters, Bikes from PUBLIC (coincidentally, the newest company of former DWR CEO Rob Forbes), and Emeco's 111 Chairs made from recycled Coke bottles.
Other items pictured above — including psychedelic posters by Joe and Gerry Simboli, objects by Eva Zeisel, Eames chairs, Ladies & Gentlemen piggy banks, and mod home office products by Slice — will appear in future sales.
Like other flash sale startups, Fab.com is a members-only site hosting 72-hour sales. Four to eight sales will go up each day, seven days a week, with discounts between 30 and 70 percent.
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So far, so good for BruinsBy MIKE SHALIN
The Sports Xchange
January 21. 2013 9:52PM
BOSTON - Starting a normal hockey season with two straight wins really isn't that big of a deal.
But starting a lockout-shortened 48-game season with a pair of victories is an entirely different animal.
"It's important. We talked about that," Patrice Bergeron said after his shootout goal helped the Bruins edge the Winnipeg Jets, 2-1, on Monday to move to 2-0. "Consistency is going to be important, so now we have to, I guess, move forward and make sure we keep the same pace."
Tuukka Rask, taking over the No. 1 goaltending spot with Tim Thomas deciding not to play out the final year of his contract, has yielded two goals in the two wins. He stopped 26 of 27 shots in the game and then yielded only one goal on three shots in the shootout. Bryan Little's attempt to continue the game hit the post to Rask's left.
Boston's Tyler Seguin and Bergeron beat Ondrej Pavelec, who played a strong game, in the shootout while former Bruin Blake Wheeler opened the competition with a goal for Winnipeg.
Winnipeg's Chris Thorburn and Boston's Brad Marchand traded first-period goals, as the Jets picked up their first point of the season while falling to 0-1-1.
"I mentioned that to the players just before the third period (with the game tied 1-1) that these next 20 minutes are probably just as important as the last 20 we'll play in this regular season schedule, so we had to do whatever we could to come out with two points," said Bruins coach Claude Julien. "I think we realize how important a good start and a quick start is for every hockey club and we need to continue to think that way."
Rask, who had a rather easy night in the 3-1 opening win over the New York Rangers, didn't have to work too much harder in this one. He did stop a first-period Kyle Wellwood breakaway, after the Jets had taken an early 1-0 lead on a goal by Thorburn.
The Bruins played a strong defensive game against the Rangers and turned in another solid effort Monday, this time with the always-dependable Dennis Seidenberg out (and day-to-day) with a lower body injury. Nineteen-year-old Dougie Hamilton, who played with Seidenberg in the opener, was with Zdeno Chara in Game 2 and didn't look out of place. Monday, the Bruins also introduced veteran journeyman Aaron Johnson into the mix and he, too, was fine.
Up front, there have only been four goals in two games, but there were plenty of chances Monday, with Boston hitting some posts. Right wing Nathan Horton, who played his first game in a year Saturday night after going down with a second concussion last season, didn't have a true shot on goal but had chances and continues to show his rust is disappearing.
The Bruins had a chance to take the lead on the power play in the third period when Evander Kane went off for goaltender interference at 12:31. Early in the power play, Rich Peverley blasted a shot that beat Pavelec and hit the post.
Winnipeg then had two power plays, one near the end of regulation and into the OT and then again for the final 1:28 of play, after a holding call on Chara. The defense kept the puck away from Rask then, too.
The Jets took a 1-0 lead just 1:58 into the game when rookie defenseman Paul Postma shot from the right point and Thornburn put home the rebound. It was Postma's first NHL point in his sixth game in the league.
After Rask robbed Wellwood, Winnipeg captain Andrew Ladd lost the puck at the blue line to Seguin, who carried down the right side before sliding the puck out to Marchand for a re-direction and a tie game at 14:12 of the period.
After the Jets wasted a pair of power-play chances, the Bruins had all kinds of chances in the second period, with their top two lines dealing out most of the chances. But Pavelec, with a little help from his goal post, kept the puck out and left the teams tied, 1-1, after two.
NOTES: A moment of silence was observed before the game to honor Martin Luther King Jr. ... Julien needs one win to tie Don Cherry for third place on the Bruins' all-time coaching wins list.
After the game, he said he spent Sunday watching the NFL games and, reminded there were "Let's Go Bruins" chants as the Patriots went down in Foxborough, Mass., noted he's happy that his team has returned to the main landscape of Boston sports. ... Johnson returned from a conditioning assignment and debuted, while David Warsofsky was sent to Providence. ... Bruins defenseman Johnny Boychuk played in his 200th NHL game. ... The Winnipeg Free Press reported the Jets, who should be in the Western Conference but are stuck in the East for the second straight season, will far out-fly any conference foes this season. Converting kilometers to miles, the Jets will fly 27,383 miles in the shortened season. Florida is second at 25,183, while Tampa Bay is third at 20,546. ... Did this area miss the Bruins? Saturday night's opener set a regular-season ratings record for the Bruins on their local NESN channel. ... Olympic Gold Medal gymnast Aly Raisman, who hails from nearby Needham, Mass., dropped the ceremonial first puck and visited outside the locker room after the game. ... The Bruins are at the Rangers for a return match Wednesday night.


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Benelli's American Birdhunter
Have you guys watched this show? I think it is a great all around show, but what just rivets me to the television is the "benelli cam". It is some sort of miniature camera that they attach to the shotgun so YOU can see exactly what you should be seeing. Most of the time it is Tom Knapp at the controls of the shotgun. The footage is AMAZING!!!!! They even slow-motion a lot of the shots in an instant replay so you can see the shot string and the wad. Seeing the dynamics of the shot string in relation to the target is really cool. I could have saved literally thousands of dollars in shotgun shells had I seen these shows when I started, I came from a rifle and pistol background and getting away from shooting AT the target was a hard transition for me. Shooting where it is going to be when the shot gets there was a totally foreign feel, and frustrates a lot of new shotgunners in my opinion. The tapes of Tom Knapp or the tapes of the show would really help newbies to advance their shotgunning IMO. Seeing the lead is such a tough nut to crack in the beginning, and most all of us see it a little bit different, but I think it would be great.
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Haven't seen that show,H,but have seen the shotgun cam in operation. A good view, and as you say, possibly of immense worth to newbies and those trying to upgrade skills.
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The young soprano Veronika Dzhioeva is one of the most engaged singers worldwide. She performs regularly in Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain, Czech, Estonia, Lithuania, USA, China, South Korea, and Japan. Ms. Dzhioeva graduated from St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory, where she studied with Prof. T. Novichenko (the teacher of Marina Shaguch and Anna Netrebko).
Veronika started her career with the 3rd prize at the Maria Callas International Competition (Athens, 2005). Her operatic debut was in 2004 as Mimi in Puccini's "La Boheme" under the direction of A. Shakhmametyev. Russian music critics began to appreciate her after she has received the Grand Prix at the VII International Vocal Competition (Kaliningrad, 2006). The Russian magazine "Culture" awarded her with the title of "Debut of The Year" for her performing of the role of Fiordiligi in "Cosi fan tutte" (2006, under the direction of T. Currentzis). In the choral opera by R. Shchedrin "Boyarynia Morozova", Veronika sung Princess Urusova to great acclaim. Today Veronika Dzhioeva is a leading soloist in "Golden triangle" of Russian opera theaters: Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Bolshoi Theater in Moscow and Novosibirsk State Opera as well. To her credit Ms. Dzhioeva has performed such diverse roles as: La Contessa (Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro"), Tatiana (Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin"), Micaela ("Carmen" by Bizet), Violetta ("La Traviata" by Verdi), Fiordiligi (Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte"), Elisabetta ("Don Carlo" by Verdi), Mimi and Musetta (Puccini's "La Boheme"). This bouquet is furthermore decorated by Thais ("Thais" by Massenet), Zemfira (Rachmaninov's "Aleko"), Marfa ("Tsar's Bride" by Rimsky-Korsakov), Macbeth ("Macbeth" by Verdi), Maria Stuarda (Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda") and Butterfly (Puccini's "Madama Butterfly").
Her most recent highly successful premiere of Rachmaninov's "Aleko" (staged by M. Trelinskiy) took place in St. Petersburg and in Baden-Baden under the direction of maestro V. Gergiev. In October 2010 Veronika performed Donna Elvira (Mozart's "Don Giovanni" - premiere in Bolshoi Theater) staged by D. Chernyakov. In April 2011 Veronika performed Tatiana in "Eugene Onegin" with Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Mariss Janssons.
Ms. Dzhioeva performs regularly with world stars such as Valeri Gergiev, Mariss Janssons, Yuri Bashmet, Mikhail Pletnev, Sergei Leiferkus and Anna Netrebko. Veronika successfully cooperates with Italian theatres including Teatro Petruzzelli (Bari) and Teatro Comunale (Bologna). She performed a title role in staging of Donizetti's opera "Maria Stuarda" which passed with great success in Palermo (Teatro Massimo).
Her impressive concert life is also not to be overlooked. Following soprano parts were sung in recent seasons: Requiem by Verdi and Mozart, Mahler's 2nd Symphony, Beethoven's 9th Symphony, "Great Mass" by Mozart (conductor Yu. Bashmet), and Rachmaninov's poem "The Bells". The performance of R. Strauss's "Four last songs" (conductor A. Shakhmametyev) became an important stage in her creative biography. In Veronika's concert repertoire considerable stress has gone to works of contemporary composers. Russian audiences have been especially mesmorized by the vocal cycles "Run of the Time" by Tishchenko and "Weeping of Guitar" by Minkov. Fantasia "Severing Winter" by young St. Petersburg composer Tanonov, which was performed in Bologna under the direction of Maestro O. Gioia (Brazil).
A laureate of numerous competitions, she has won: the Maria Callas Grand Prix (Athens, 2005), the international competition "Amber Nightingale" (Kaliningrad, 2006 - 1st prize), the international Klaudia Taev competition (Parnu, 2007 - 2nd prize), the All-Russian Competition of Opera Singers (Saint-Petersburg, 2005), the international Glinka Competition (Astrakhan, 2003), the international competition "World Vision" and the All-Russian Competition in the name of P. Tchaikovsky. Her theater prizes include the "Gold Mask" and "Gold Floodlight". Veronika was honored with the prize "Paradise" for performance of Lady Macbeth's part in joint Russian-French staging of Verdi's opera "Macbeth". Veronika has been awarded with National Prize of Czech EURO Pragensis Arse in 2010.
Among numerous records of singer special attention is paid to album "Opera arias". Dzhioeva's voice has also been used for telefilms "Monte-Cristo" and "Vasil'evskiy Island". Telefilm of director P. Golovkin "Winter solo of wave", wholly devoted to creative work of Veronika Dzhioeva, recently appeared.
"After having had her debut as Mimi in Puccini's La Boheme Veronika immediately attracted attention since we haven't heard such artistic singers full of deep feelings for a long time. Veronika is especially gifted in Italian opera - not only because of her voice and subtle feeling of style but also because of her almost ideal Italian pronunciation. Her image doesn't contain any drawbacks - if even there are some they are not noticeable. Veronika is also majestic in concert, where she can perform songs of different style one after another. No one can have any doubts that chamber vocal music is her sphere. When Veronika performed my vocal cycle "Run of the Time" (poems of A. Akhmatova), I was surprised by the temperature of her soul penetration into the core of music and by level of exactness in inflection in such difficult musical text. Veronika arouses a wish to work with her more and more. Today we have no doubt that Veronika Dzhioeva as a singer belongs to the whole world." (Boris Tishchenko, composer, People's artist of Russia)


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This is my skirt for the BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook. I love the way the dark chiffon polka dots show the light crepe de chine polka dots underneath. It looks great when I'm twisting and turning.
I made a size 44 so I could wear it when I got it back. I also modified the pattern a bit. I wanted my waistband to be a cummerbund style with pleating so it needed to be a straight waistband at the real waist, rather than a contoured waistband as the pattern. So, I brought the waist up to natural waist and created the new waistband piece. I also lengthened the over skirt and added a ruffle to the underskirt. I meant to lengthen the skirt overall (the pattern is rather short) but I don't think that I did enough. It is VERY short on me (I am VERY tall). Micro mini party skirt. The next time I use the pattern I will most like add a few inches.
Construction notes…. I used the selvage edge of the fabric to make the bottom ruffle. I just turned the selvage under and stitched it. I was working on a deadline so I thought that was very efficient. I overlocked all my seam edges. I fought with my sewing machine over the thread tension for a bit… I am not entirely satisfied with my thread tension, but I am satisfied with the overall results.
Also… I was delighted that 2 of my sketches made it onto the skirt inspiration page in the book.
The 3 pictures taken against the brick wall are from before I sent it in to BurdaStyle. The studio looking shots are from the book launch party.
Material Notes
Silk Chiffon, Silk crepe de Chine, YKK invisible zipper, hook & eye
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Aug 16, 2013, 02.23 PMby cupandpenny
Those fabrics are so pretty! You did a great job pairing them.
Dec 13, 2011, 11.26 AMby anajan
I love your variation! Polka dots and layers in contrasting colors are a great idea! Also, I agree with Carotte, short skirts look nice on you.
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Dec 13, 2011, 05.57 PMby wzrdreams
Thank you, thank you! :)
Dec 8, 2011, 05.47 PMby magdamagda
love your smile! the skirt is so much fun!
Dec 4, 2011, 01.28 PMby carottesauvage
Ssssasssy! Short skirts suit you!
Dec 4, 2011, 09.44 AMby Denim Skirts Etc
Cute. The contrast edging looks like lace!
Dec 4, 2011, 12.18 AMby caramia-made
Adorable and you look amazing!!!! ANTM material :)
Dec 3, 2011, 11.04 PMby Mari Np
I hadn't thought of coupling twice the same pattern but in different sizes, it's a good idea, it looks very nice here!
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - John Groce took the Ohio Bobcats farther in the NCAA tournament than they had been in nearly 50 years. He will get a chance to bring that level of success back to a Big Ten team.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) � John Groce took the Ohio Bobcats farther in the NCAA tournament than they had been in nearly 50 years.
He will get a chance to bring that level of success back to a Big Ten team.
Illinois introduced Groce as its new head coach today, bringing him in to replace the fired Bruce Weber.
�Obviously, our family is excited to be a part of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,� Groce said.
The 40-year-old Groce has been at Ohio, a Mid-American Conference school, since 2008. He led the Bobcats to the NCAA tournament twice, including a run to the Sweet 16 this year that ended with an overtime loss to North Carolina. The Bobcats hadn�t been that far in the tourney since 1964.
Groce was an assistant with Thad Matta at Butler, Xavier and Ohio State before taking over at Ohio.
�He�s had great mentors,� athletic director Mike Thomas said. �He�s worked side by side with some of the best coaches in the country. And I can tell you, he has a lot of energy.�
In four seasons at Ohio, Groce was 85-56 overall and 34-30 in MAC games. The competition will increase sharply in the Big Ten for Groce, who will take over an Illini team that finished the year 17-15 after a 2-12 collapse at the end of the season.
The free fall from the top of the Big Ten and a spot in the Top 25 to ninth place in the conference cost Weber his job after nine seasons in Champaign, and the Illini for the third time in five seasons were left out of the NCAA tournament; after a snub by the National Invitation Tournament, they missed the post season altogether.
Groce promised to try to end the slide.
�I thought to myself, `Illinois, why not? Why can�t we become the standard for excellence among those Big Ten teams competing for championships, earning the right to do that?� And by doing that you become a player on the national stage,� he said. �The answer was, we can.�
Groce was reportedly targeted after Virginia Commonwealth�s Shaka Smart and Butler�s Brad Stevens passed up chances to take over at Illinois.
He will be expected to restore some luster to the Illini, who have tailed off since losing the national title game in 2005 to North Carolina even as expectations remain high. Many will expect him to recruit in Chicago, the basketball hotbed that Weber never quite cracked. The city�s best players rarely chose Illinois � Derrick Rose chose Memphis, Ohio State landed Evan Turner and Anthony Grant went to Kentucky.
One of Groce�s Ohio players, D.J. Cooper, is from Chicago, and the coach is credited with helping bring Greg Oden, Mike Conley Jr., and Daequan Cook to Ohio State.
�There�s a lot of people in that city who care about those kids that we�re going have to work at to connect with,� Groce said of Chicago. �We have better connection there maybe than people think.�
Groce played college basketball at tiny Taylor University, an NAIA Division II school in Upland, Ind., before making the rounds as an assistant coach and then landing the Ohio job. His last team was his best.
The Bobcats finished this season 29-8. As 13 seed, Ohio knocked off Michigan and South Florida before taking North Carolina to overtime, finally losing to the top-seeded Tar Heels 73-65.
Ohio fans this week started an online petition to try to keep Groce, and school administrators said they were trying to raise money to increase his pay and keep him at Ohio. Groce is being paid $355,000 this year, according to the school, including bonuses.
He comes to Illinois during a difficult period for the school.
Weber was only one of three high-profile coaches on campus fired over the past four months. Football coach Ron Zook lost his job late last year and women�s basketball coach Jolette Law was fired this spring.
When Thomas hired Tim Beckman to replace Zook, two university trustees declined to vote in favor of a contract for the new football coach because the school has never had a black head football or basketball coach. The trustees, Lawrence Oliver III and James Montgomery, are both black but have since said they could support a white head basketball coach as long as they believed the hitting process gave black coaches a fair chance.
Then, last week, university President Michael Hogan resigned under pressure after lengthy, well-publicized tensions with faculty over his management style and some policies he favored.


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The International Monetary Fund said it agreed to disburse 657.5 million euros to Portugal after reviewing implementation of conditions tied to the country's loan program.
Formal approval of the seventh review of Portugal's aid program is expected at a meeting of the 17 euro-area finance ministers on June 20, Portuguese Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar said on May 29. The IMF, in an e-mailed statement today, said it was enabling "immediate disbursement."
Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho is battling rising joblessness and a deepening recession as he cuts spending and raises taxes to meet the terms of the 78 billion-euro ($104 billion) aid plan from the European Union and the IMF. Coelho announced measures on May 3 intended to generate savings of about 4.8 billion euros through 2015 that include reducing the number of state workers.
Portugal had to propose alternative measures to meet budget deficit targets set in the aid program after the country's Constitutional Court on April 5 blocked a plan to suspend the equivalent of a monthly salary payment to state workers and pensioners this year. The measures blocked by the court represented 1.3 billion euros of savings in 2013, or about 0.8% of the country's gross domestic product of 164 billion euros.
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The government on March 15 announced less ambitious targets for narrowing its budget deficit as it forecast the economy will shrink twice as much as previously estimated this year. The government targets a deficit equivalent to 5.5% of GDP in 2013, 4% in 2014 and below the EU's 3% limit in 2015, when it aims for a 2.5% gap. It forecasts debt will peak at 123.7% of GDP in 2014.
Portugal in September had already been given more time to narrow its budget gap after tax revenue missed forecasts.
The EU may consider giving Portugal more time to meet its deficit targets if economic conditions worsen, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, head of the group of euro-area finance ministers, said on May 27. Dijsselbloem said the government hasn't yet requested another change of timetables and targets.
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February 18, 2013
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Salvadoran authorities say a U.S. citizen was shot to death on a coffee farm in the western part of the country.
Police Commissioner Douglas Omar Garcia Funes said Michael James Brown was shot at least five times in the head and shoulders on Saturday night in the town of Izalco, about 70 miles west of the capital, San Salvador.
Garcia Funes said the 55-year-old was driving a rental car along with a woman who was wounded and is now under police protection, Funes said.
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December 21. 2013 7:28PM
THE ALDERMANIC HALL was decked with holly, but there wasn't a whole lot of Christmas cheer on Tuesday night, when the Board of Mayor and Aldermen held its last meeting before the holiday break and the new year.
The meeting featured shouting, gavel pounding and, at its lowest point, seemed to be on the verge of violence. That moment came after city attorney Peter Chiesa delivered the results of his investigation into claims Ward 10 Alderman Phil Greazzo made against his colleague, Joe Kelly Levasseur.
Chiesa concluded that Greazzo's central allegation, that Levasseur violated the charter by improperly obtaining and disclosing confidential information about the Manchester dog park, was without merit. In no time, Greazzo dropped the "L word," accusing Levasseur of telling one lie after another.
Greazzo - the man who built the dog park with his own sweat and money and who is normally restrained and deliberative - did not come off well in this episode.
Greazzo had alleged Levasseur had used his status as an alderman to get an agent at Aspen Insurance, the MDPA's broker, to tell him that there was a lapse in its liability insurance. The MDPA was required to get coverage under the agreement it signed with the city to use public land for the dog park. In fact, Greazzo insisted, there was never a lapse and he submitted documents showing that the MDPA had coverage since 2010.
Levasseur told Chiesa, according to his report, that the agent, whom Levasseur knows because Aspen is also his broker, told him there was a lapse specifically between Sept. 20 and Oct. 25.
The agent is the only person who could've said definitively whether she felt pressured to share information with Levasseur because he's an alderman and whether she told him there was a lapse. But, according to Chiesa, the MDPA would not authorize the agent to release information about its account.
"Per Alderman Greazzo," Chiesa writes in his report, "the MDPA will not authorize the agency to make that information available."
Chiesa further notes that the status of the MDPA's insurance was not confidential or private, since MDPA was not a person, but a nonprofit in a binding agreement with the city.
"We are of the opinion that the general public has a legitimate interest to information regarding whether an agreement concerning the use of public property is being properly administered," Chiesa writes.
Levasseur did not take kindly to Greazzo questioning his credibility, and he's not one to take an insult lightly. "You should be completely ashamed," he said, staring down Greazzo. He accused Greazzo of giving him a funny look. "You think this is funny?" he said.
It was then that Mayor Ted Gatsas banged his gavel and a called for a recess.
Let's hope that the two let sleeping dogs lie, although it seems unlikely that we've heard the last about this issue.
Later in the evening, as the snow piled up outside, Gatsas nearly brought down the gavel again - again in response to some heated words from Levasseur.
This time, there were several aldermen who expressed strong opinions about the issue at hand: the Fire Department's looming deficit and the larger concerns it raised about the state of the city's finances and the possibility of layoffs.
Gatsas had some hard questions for Fire Chief James Burkush, who is projecting a $200,000 deficit for the current fiscal year, due in large part to overtime costs.
Levasseur accused the mayor of singling out the chief. "To sit here and berate the chief," he said. "You should see the way you go after this guy all the time. It's getting sickening."
The mayor denied he was berating Burkush, and the chief certainly didn't say as much.
But Ward 2 Alderman Ron Ludwig said that the needs facing department heads could be seen plainly on the streets.
"Hairdressers being knocked off and robbed. . (And) with all due respect to highway workers, this was the worst plowing job I've ever seen. We lost 24 mailboxes. It's a good thing they weren't kids," Ludwig said. "We're doing a lot of things where we're just rolling the dice."
It may have been an early indication that some aldermen are contemplating the unthinkable: an override of the tax cap that went into effect a few years ago.
Fortunately, Tuesday's meeting ended on a brighter note. There was even something of a Christmas miracle, when Levasseur had kinds words for Deputy City Solicitor Tom Arnold, who more than once has been on the receiving end of the alderman's harangues. Levasseur praised him for winning an arbitrator's ruling that upheld the firing of Stephen Coco, the former police sergeant accused in a hit-and-run.
Gatsas is not one for flowery speeches, but he offered some apt closing comments after the tense session. He bid farewell to Greazzo and Patrick Arnold, the two aldermen who won't be returning in January.
Then Gatsas said: "I know we're facing challenges. It's good we're having these conversations early. . We should be as collegial as we can with each other and try to come to a common understanding."
Then he invited the aldermen to stand and wish the public a merry Christmas.
Hear, hear..
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Paper Co-Authored by UTD Professor Called High-Impact by Physics Institute
A paper co-authored in 2001 by Dr. Robert M. Wallace, professor of electrical engineering and physics at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), has been recognized by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) as being among the high impact papers published in the organization's Journal of Applied Physics – Applied Physics Reviews as part of AIP's 75th anniversary celebration.
The paper, titled "High-k gate dielectrics: Current status and material properties considerations," is one of 45 papers deemed to be high impact that appeared in AIP's nine journals. According to the Science Citation Index, the paper has received nearly 1,200 citations in the literature. Generally, the number of times a work is cited reflects its impact on a field.
The paper reviews the basic materials issues for the "heart" of the integrated circuit – the transistor. For years, electronic components have gotten faster and cheaper due to a calculated shrinking of the transistor every several years. However, researchers are reaching the limits of the ability to shrink the dimensions of the materials that the industry has used for more than 40 years. New materials must be introduced to enable the shrink process (called "scaling") to continue, and high dielectric constant ("high-k") insulators are but one example of the new materials being considered for this purpose.
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A highly placed official with responsibility for Afghanistan writes to comment on Paul Mirengoff's post on Obama and Afghanistan. He writes:
[Obama's] policy prescription there is equally as troubling as the one he proposes for Iraq (retreat!). If I may, I wanted to add one quibbling corollary to your post — Afghanistan occupies an enormous amount of my time…these days: I think Afghanistan IS as bad now as Iraq was pre-surge. None of this is classified, of course.
For the reasons you cite the answer is not more US troops. The circumstance are different and, to use Obama's word, nuance is important. (as an aside, isn't Obama's prescription for Afghanistan — a surge — at least an implicit admission that he believes the surge in Iraq is effective? If not, where did he get the idea?)
Unlike Iraq, control of the cities is not the problem in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is HUGE. Bigger than Iraq. We just don't have the troops to do in Afghanistan what we did in Iraq, even if we weren't in Iraq. Rather it's the lawlessness in the hinterlands that is the problem. Regular Army doesn't get you much there. We need to bolster Afghan security forces and dismantle enemy networks, not control territory (i.e., it's a special forces mission).
The root causes of the trouble in Afghanistan are twofold: (1) the slow (and frightening!) disintegration of Pakistan and (2) Iran's alliance with the Taliban. Pakistan can't control its border or northwest territories. This gives the Taliban and AQ a free area to operate and a porous border that they can cross to attack US troops. Just as troubling, Iran is training and equipping the Taliban with even more deadly tactics and weapons. Of note is that the Taliban has begun employing the same deadly EFPs that Sadr's goons use against US troops in Iraq.
These may be wonky points but it's safe to say that Obama's policies would be disastrous for both problems. I think it's under-appreciated just how fragile Pakistan is. Obama has said that he would invade Pakistan. That could be the tipping point that throws the country into chaos — a scary thought for a country with nukes and a habit of allying itself with terrorists.
And on Iran, even Obama's golden tongue couldn't convince the Iranian government to stop supporting the Taliban. Obama's promise to hold unconditional talks with Tehran would just make their murder of US troops in Afghanistan (and in Iraq) another leverage point in their negotiations. The Taliban are enemies of the US, which makes them Tehran's allies, despite their history and the sophomoric point that they are Sunni.
We could into infinite detail here on what we should do, but it's safe to say that Obama has no earthly idea what he is talking about. Even a cursory briefing on Afghanistan would help him. This man is truly dangerous.
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According to the Washington Post, there is rising fear that our economy is headed for a "double-dip" recession due to a slowdown in China, concern over the strength of the European banking system, and diminishing consumer confidence here in the U.S. The drop in consumer confidence is quite remarkable. The Conference Board's index showed a decline from 62.7 percent in May to 52.9 percent in June. Experts had expected no change.
Confidence could fall even more when the June jobs report is issued on Friday. Forecasters expect the jobless rate to remain at 9.7 percent.
To understand how devastating a double dip recession would be, we need only consider the consequences of the original dip, which destroyed 20 percent of Americans' wealth. A Pew Research Center survey shows that four in ten Americans have had to tap savings and retirement accounts to make ends meet. Almost a quarter of Americans had to borrow money from soneone. One in ten, including 24 percent of those between the ages of 18 to 29 years old, moved back in with their parents.
As for parents, 35 percent of those 62 and older who are still working say they have postponed retirement. Six in 10 working adults between ages 50 and 61 say they may be forced to do the same.
But at least in the event of a second dip, we won't have to listen to Europeans and their admirers among the American left tell us how reckless the U.S. is compared to its betters abroad. And perhaps Thomas Friedman will keep his admiration for the Red Chinese to himself for a while.
As for the domestic poltical consequences of a double-dip recession, they hardly require elaboration. I haven't wanted to look ahead to the 2012 election; the one this fall consumes all the energy I'm able to devote to horse race politics. But another economic hit might well leave the Obama presidency on life support.
This would be true of any modern presidency, I think. But it seems to me that Obama has left himself particularly vulnerable. The Pew study mentioned above shows that more than half of American adults responded to the recession by whittling down their mortgages, credit card balances, car loans and other borrowing. Nearly half say they plan to save more and third say they plan to spend less.
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Obama, in sum, is completely out-of-step with America on the matter most important to Americans. Many will likely forgive and forget if the economic outlook brightens substantially. But right now that looks like a big" if."
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House approves $124M capital budget, includes women's prisonBy GARRY RAYNO
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April 03. 2013 7:14PM
CONCORD - A new women's prison is the linchpin of the House's proposed $124 million capital budget that was approved Wednesday on a 285-68 vote.
The women's prison is slated to be built next to the men's prison in Concord and has been the Department of Corrections' top priority for many years, but lawmakers did not agree until this year.
Women prisoners and their families recently filed suit saying the women inmates cannot participate in the same programs and initiatives as male inmates because of space limitations at the Goffstown facility.
The new women's prison will cost $38 million, roughly a third of the entire capital budget for the upcoming biennium.
Three representatives tried to have the $38 million removed from the capital budget and instead have lawmakers study alternatives to a new facility such as housing women prisoners in county jails.
Rep. John Burt, R-Goffstown, suggested the Goffstown facility could be expanded instead of building a new prison.
"That would keep the jobs locally in the Manchester-Goffstown area and that would be a win for everybody," he said.
But House Public Works and Highways Committee Chair Rep. David Campbell, D-Nashua, said additional study is not needed as five studies have been done in the last 10 years on a new women's prison.
He said his committee weighed all the options including using the excess space in county jails.
The current facility is totally inadequate, Campbell said, and the longer the state waits the more the lawsuit hangs over the state's head.
He alluded to a court decree from the federal court on the men's prison from the 1970s that still haunts the state today.
"The courts have gotten involved in the minutia of running a prison," Campbell said, "and we don't want that."
The proposed amendment was killed on a 253-98 vote.
The capital budget also includes $24 million for renovating and updating the regional technical centers in Whitefield and Salem.
Three new liquor stores are slated for Salem, Epping and Warner at a cost of nearly $20 million, although the bonds for those projects would be paid with liquor revenues, not general funds.
The capital budget also includes $7.5 million for the University System of New Hampshire, substantially less than the $35 million the system has received in past capital budgets.
The New Hampshire Community College System would receive $13 million in the House capital budget.
Also included is $472,445 to repair the State House's gold dome. The gold leaf is flaking.
A new voting machine and software for the House is also included, costing $540,000.
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The Projected Economic Impact of Proposal 3 and Michigan's Renewable Energy Standard
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy recently published with the Beacon Hill Institute "The Projected Economic Impact of Proposal 3 and Michigan's Renewable Energy Standard," which addresses Proposal 3, the so-called "25 x 25" initiative, on the Nov. 6, 2012 ballot. The policy brief is authored by David G. Tuerck, Paul Bachman and Michael Head of the Beacon Hill Institute.
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(by Sofia Persson)
LIMA - Pachacútec, an isolated area to the north of Lima, isn't featured on any tourist map. The people living there are among the poorest in the capital. Many arrived from other, even poorer parts of the country.
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One of the participants was Liz, 27. Her two daughters, Jaritza, 11 and Salay, 6, were both beneficiaries during the project. "I can see a big difference between my daughters. Salay, who started with the WFP porridge at an earlier stage, is very lively and helps me with the daily chores."
Having learned the value of good nutrition, Liz now spends up to seven hours daily in a community kitchen, preparing food for mothers who are unable to cook in their own homes. Mothers pay a small fee for nutritious meals that they can give to their families. At least, she says, they will have one cooked meal for the day.
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The K-1 Express Gondola will be closed on Thursday, July 26 due to construction activity at the Peak Lodge. The K-1 Express Gondola will reopen at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 27.
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Categories 1,2 & 3 $ 65.00
Includes Lift Tickets for Both Saturday and Sunday.
Camping – Overnight parking / camping will be allowed in the designated area in the K-1 parking lot Bay 1 (near the race finish area). The site gravel and will have a few portable restrooms. There is no charge.
Hotel Deals – contact Killington Central Reservations: 800-621-MTNS (6867) or email firstname.lastname@example.com
For course map and more information, please visit http://www.killington.com/ or www./easternstatescup.com/
Source: Eastern States Cup


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