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Two proposed amendments to the federal Rules of Civil Procedure, if passed by Congress, will have a major impact on corporations and their IT departments. One expert I spoke with called the situation a legal Chernobyl.
The two proposals are specifically targeted at electronic discovery. First, the proposed amendments to Rule 26 will require attorneys for both parties to a litigation in Federal court to sit down prior to the proceedings to discuss their clients' document management systems. That's right; you read that correctly.
The rule also requires each company to designate a spokesperson for its IT group. This is the first time the courts are bringing IT directly into litigation, according to Trent Dickey, attorney with Sills, Cummis, Epstein & Gross.
Next up, Rule 37(f), also called a safe harbor rule, says that corporations that have lost information but have otherwise acted in good faith cannot be sanctioned. Congress is expected to take action on this rule, one way or the other, by December 2006.
It is probably easiest to comprehend the importance of the changes to Rules 26 and 37(f) by looking at what happens when you don't manage documents properly. In Zubulake v. UBS Warburg, the judge instructed the jury that it was legitimate to presume that the information Warburg could not provide due to lost backup tapes and e-mails was probably damaging to the company's case. Zubulake was awarded $20 million.
According to Dickey, both this case and the more widely known Morgan Stanley case, which resulted in fines of $1.45 billion under similar circumstances, were decided 100 percent due to technology -- or rather, due to lack of good technology. If the changes to Rule 26 pass Congress and Rule 37(f) is shot down, next year there could be an awful lot of companies in the same boat as UBS Warburg and Morgan Stanley.
But it's not as simple as just saving your e-mails, instant messages, and documents, says Bill Lyons, CEO of records-compliance management company AXS-One. It's not even as simple as having them easily retrieved. "What you want [in an e-mail] is an immutable copy," he advises.
Everyone knows that the contents of an e-mail can be altered before it's stored. Companies need to stop that e-mail in the network, make a copy, and then send it on. In other words, there has to be a "chain of custody" for each and every communication. Typical backup and restore procedures were not designed for this.
"CIOs need a policy-based retention system that is workflow based on event or time," Lyons says. If you can't segregate e-mails by policy -- say you saved five years of e-mails instead of only three -- you have increased your liability, because whatever you've saved is fair game for discovery.
Dickey suggests that companies look at the Sedona Principles, a set of best practices for e-discovery developed by the Sedona Conference, comprising leading lawyers and jurists. He says 80 percent of the cost of litigation is due to discovery. (Well, he's a lawyer, but it's got to be at least equal to the legal fees.) If you don't have a modern electronic system, it could cost you millions to dig through old tapes -- or worse, paper -- to find what you need.
If you think calling the changes to Rules 26 and 37(f) "Chernobyl" is a bit of hyperbole, well then, you can always sit back, do nothing, and wait for the fallout.


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2011 Guilford College Football News
Three More Slated to Join the Quakers' Football TeamJune 25, 2012James Blalock, Cedrick Ilo and Zack Parris raise the incoming class to 48 students.
Chris Barnette '07 Tabbed for NFL-NCAA Coaching AcademyMay 22, 2012The Quakers' offensive coordinator is one of 60 participants in the select mentoring program.
Quakers Add Another Six to Football Class of 2016May 09, 2012Second-year head coach Chris Rusiewicz now has 42 first-year students who have paid their deposits for the upcoming fall semester.
Guilford Football Seniors GraduateMay 05, 2012
Guilford Football Team Completes Over 900 Hours of Volunteer ServiceMay 04, 2012The Quakers exceeded head coach Chris Rusiewicz's initial goal of 600 hours for the 2011-12 academic year.
Rusiewicz Welcomes Six More Newcomers to Football TeamApril 19, 2012Thursday's announcement boost the number of Guilford rookies to 36.
Seven More to Join Guilford College Football TeamApril 12, 2012A pair of Fuquay-Varina High School teammates highlight the next round of Quaker football commitments.
Rusiewicz Welcomes Five More To Football Class of 2016April 05, 2012The announcement ups the number of announced commitments to 23.
Nine More Commit to Attend and Play Football at GuilfordMarch 30, 2012The announcement raises the Quakers' recruiting class to 18.
Guilford Announces First Group of Football RecruitsMarch 22, 2012Nine students have paid their deposit to Guilford and expressed their intention to play football at the school.
Ben King Named Third Team All-South RegionDecember 05, 2011The redshirt-junior ranked among national and ODAC leaders with 71 catches for 1,020 yards and nine touchdowns.
Guilford Places Six on All-ODAC TeamsNovember 16, 2011Receiver Ben King (pictured) named to First Team All-ODAC squad after making 71 catches for 1,020 yards and nine touchdowns.
Guilford Falls to Emory & Henry in Season FinaleNovember 12, 2011The visiting Wasps broke open a close game with a 17-point fourth quarter.
Satiir Stevenson Named ODAC Defender of the WeekNovember 06, 2011The freshman's 55-yard interception return for a touchdown helped the Quakers win at Catholic, 34-27.
Guilford Wins at Catholic, 34-27November 05, 2011Zac Halbert's six-yard touchdown pass to Rob Fields broke a 27-27 tie and lifted Guilford to victory.
Hampden-Sydney Rallies Past Guilford, 63-49October 29, 2011Quakers' quarterback Zac Halbert threw for a career-high seven touchdowns in the game, three to Ben King.
Guilford Falls to Randolph-Macon, 45-7October 22, 2011Senior lineman Brad Gayhardt registered six tackles, including two and a half for loss and a sack.
Bridgewater Overcomes Guilford, 59-13October 15, 2011Some big plays gave the Quakers an early 13-7 lead, but the Eagles took advantage of turnovers to pull out the ODAC win.
Guilford Falls to Southern Virginia, 55-24October 08, 2011Rookie Steven Gregory passed for two touchdowns in his college debut.
Washington and Lee Downs Guilford, 63-0October 01, 2011The host Generals took advantage of six turnovers in the ODAC opener for both teams.
Averett Turns Back Guilford, 35-21September 17, 2011The Quakers rally from an early 21-0 deficit fell just short as the Cougars' defense stood tall down the stretch.
Quakers Drop Road Game at Methodist, 40-22September 10, 2011The Monarchs scored 20 points off five turnovers for their third straight win over Guilford. Zac Halbert (pictured) threw for 264 yards and a touchdown.
Ben King Wins First Guilford Student-Athlete of the Week AwardSeptember 05, 2011The junior receiver made 10 catches for 187 yards in the Quakers' Soup Bowl win over Greensboro.
Quakers Return the Soup Bowl to GuilfordSeptember 03, 2011Guilford dominated both sides of the ball to give Chris Rusiewicz a convincing victory and a trophy in his head-coaching debut.
Guilford Rounds Out 2011 Football Coaching StaffAugust 25, 2011Chris Barnette '07 is promoted to offensive coordinator under new head coach Chris Rusiewicz.
2011 Guilford College Football Season OutlookJuly 29, 2011New head coach Chris Rusiewicz says the Quakers have the talent to compete in 2011. With some retooling, new schemes and new energy Guilford looks forward to surprising some people this fall.
Guilford Picked Seventh in ODAC Coaches' PollJuly 29, 2011Hear new head coach Chris Ruseiwicz and senior Kenneth Hyman III preview the 2011 gridiron season on the ODAC's Media Day Conference Call.
Five More Commit to Play Football at GuilfordJuly 11, 2011Five more students have paid their deposit to attend Guilford and expressed their desire to play football for the Quakers.
Five More Recruits Headed To GuilfordJuly 05, 2011The list of incoming students who've paid their deposits to Guilford and expressed interest in playing football grows to 20.
Guilford's Dempsey Named to Guilford County Sports Hall of FameJune 23, 2011The multi-sport star is the hall's ninth member with Guilford ties.

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Heated debate in the UN Security Council on June 26 previewed the coming showdown over the US-British "smart sanctions" initiative, designed to "re-energise" the international consensus on sanctions against Iraq.
Faced with declining international support for and compliance with the current sanctions, the United States and the United Kingdom are pushing a major package of sanctions "reforms". The US-UK proposal would allow some civilian goods into Iraq, while tightening embargoes on others and retaining the UN's financial control over the Iraqi economy.
It is important to be clear about what is, and what is not at stake. The Security Council debate foreshadows the end of the current sanctions regime. Should it succeed, "smart sanctions" would revitalise the sanctions on Iraq — against prevailing international opinion.
The plan would rebuild a narrow Security Council consensus, and blunt the force of rising opposition to the sanctions. But the reform would emphatically not end the sanctions on Iraq, and probably would not significantly improve the lives of Iraqi civilians. Continued "dual-use" restrictions and the escrow account would keep the Iraqi economy highly centralized and cash-poor. What is more, the current emphasis on making the sanctions more efficient comes at the expense of moves toward lifting the sanctions outright.
Should "smart sanctions" fail, the status quo — a deeply unpopular formal sanctions regime which is increasingly ignored — will remain in place. But given US dissatisfaction with the status quo, the failure of sanctions reform might well lead the US to adopt a more aggressive and unilateral approach to the persistent problem of Iraq.
Why 'smart sanctions'?
"Smart sanctions" are not motivated by humanitarian concern. The US and UK advanced the "smart sanctions" proposal because the existing sanctions are unpopular and full of holes.
After the Desert Fox bombings of December 1998, the US and UK stood almost alone in support of sanctions. Media reports and public debate increasingly focused on Iraq's humanitarian disaster rather than on Iraqi non-compliance with weapons inspections.
US and British arguments placing blame for the humanitarian crisis solely on the Iraqi regime's shoulders were clear losers in the international public sphere.
On the ground, the volume of oil smuggling has grown exponentially, as the price of oil increased, sympathy for the Iraqi people mounted and the moral stigma of violating UN sanctions eroded.
Painstaking negotiations over Resolution 1284 in December 1999 failed to achieve either Security Council consensus (Russia, China and France abstained) or Iraqi compliance with the new inspections agency UNMOVIC. The US and UK needed to shift the terms of the debate if they hoped to keep the sanctions in place.
United against the status quo, the Bush administration divided internally over what to do. Conservatives — led by defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld — called for increased military pressure and support for the Iraqi opposition.
Even this proposal only temporarily appeased Republican hawks in Congress. But two years of unpublicised, stepped-up bombing of Iraq around the no-fly zones — with little tangible gain and the spectre of US losses — has worn down the morale of US forces. The Iraqi opposition in exile remains in disarray.
Iraq's neighbours, focused on the escalating Israeli-Palestinian conflict, were unwilling to endorse such an aggressive policy. Russian, Chinese and French opposition made it clear that there would be no Security Council authorisation forthcoming.
"Smart sanctions" emerged as a strategy to save the sanctions by addressing the major points of international critics, while also fending off pressure from domestic hawks. As US Secretary of State Colin Powell remarked on March 8, "smart sanctions are meant to rescue the sanctions, not to abandon them".
Should Powell's initiative fail, the hawks will be well-positioned to push their alternatives.
Toward permanent sanctions?
The "smart sanctions" proposal would open up trade in civilian goods, allowing such contracts to be approved directly by the UN secretariat instead of being reviewed by the controversial UN sanctions committee.
Not only anti-sanctions campaigners, but also UN secretary-general Kofi Annan and other UN officials, have sharply criticised the US and British "holds" on contracts submitted to the committee. As of May 31, US$3.7 billion in contracts were in limbo due to US or UK objections. But "smart sanctions" retains a list of "dual-use" items — items that could have military applications — that would still be reviewed by the sanctions committee, allowing further US and UK "holds" or vetoes.
The contents of this list have been the object of intense and so far fruitless negotiations, with the US defending an expansive definition of "dual-use." If the US definition is adopted in a final resolution, then little will change besides the transparency of the contract review process.
Re-establishing UN control over Iraqi finances by channelling all oil revenue through the UN escrow account lies at the core of "smart sanctions". The US and UK have been deeply troubled by the dramatic increase in the flow of revenues into Iraqi government coffers from smuggling and a surtax on oil. Because they fear that Iraq will use unmonitored revenues to rearm itself, the US and UK insist on maintaining control over all Iraqi financial transactions.
"Smart sanctions" attempts to cut off these independent revenue sources. The UK draft of June 20 offers "states sharing land borders" the right to purchase 150,000 barrels of oil per day in exchange for eliminating smuggling.
Powell's "smart sanctions" plan allows limited foreign investment in services but not, as the French in particular want, in the oil sector. As for the controversial compensation fund that skims 25% off the top of Iraq's oil sales to pay reparations to Kuwait and others, the UK draft of June 8 suggested pushing the percentage up to 30.
The US-UK proposal makes almost no reference to inspections, which had been a primary bone of contention in the arduous 1284 negotiations. Where those talks revolved around the "trigger" for the lifting of sanctions, the US and UK now seem inclined to present "smart sanctions" as a more or less permanent system, quietly removing the option of lifting (rather than suspending) the sanctions from the table.
Unlikely consensus
Iraq immediately rejected "smart sanctions", and halted oil sales on June 4 to protest Resolution 1352. The regime has every reason to expect the continued de facto erosion of existing sanctions without its concessions on weapons inspections. With smuggling revenue exploding, and borders increasingly porous, the Iraqi regime — if not the Iraqi people — is doing better economically.
Despite US insistence on a policy which does not depend upon Iraqi cooperation, the reality is that the UN's Office of the Iraq Program, with its elaborate system of contracts and administration of the Iraqi economy, cannot operate without Iraqi oil sales.
Iraqi Vice-President Taha Yasin Ramadan has warned that the adoption of "smart sanctions" would be the end of the Oil for Food program. Iraq has denounced France in scathing language for trying to achieve Security Council consensus, and repeatedly threatened to punish any neighbouring state which cooperates with a new sanctions plan. The regime's furious response reflects its recognition that — however unlikely it is — the rebuilding of Security Council consensus could derail its strategy for escaping sanctions.
Within the Security Council, strong support for alleviating the humanitarian crisis in Iraq mingles with hesitations about the "smart sanctions" reforms. Russia has taken the lead in opposing the proposal. After forcing the postponement of the decision until July 3, on June 25 Russia leaked a letter stating that it would not support the proposed resolution.
In an open Security Council debate that it called for June 26, Russia complained that "smart sanctions" would perpetuate the sanctions rather than move towards lifting them through the disarmament process.
France has attempted to minimise the extent of international control over the Iraqi economy, pushing for a restrictive definition of "dual-use" items, a minimal UN bureaucratic presence in the administration of the Iraqi economy and permission for investment in the Iraqi oil sector.
The French want to further loosen trade restrictions for Iraq's neighbours, and further cut the percentage of revenue channelled to the compensation fund. Their approach, which holds out the potential for creating a new consensus among the Western powers, has come under the most ferocious attack from the Iraqi regime. China has been more vocal than during previous deliberations over Iraq, probably reflecting the deteriorating US-Chinese relationship.
Most of the frontline states which would carry the burden of enforcing the new sanctions regime have outspokenly opposed it. Only Turkey has offered conditional support. Jordan has taken an unusually direct position of opposition to "smart sanctions." While Iraqi threats of retaliation played some role, the Jordanian position more reflects the overwhelming Arab public consensus against the sanctions and the enormous economic stakes.
Arab League secretary-general Amr Moussa reflected widespread Arab opinion by attacking the proposal as simply repackaging the sanctions rather than addressing the real problems.
With considerable justification, the anti-sanctions movement has criticized "smart sanctions" as an attempt to salvage a morally bankrupt policy. The Bush administration's alternative plans may be worse. The US will block Russia's counter-proposal to simply lift sanctions. Failure in the Security Council may well push the US to a more unilateral approach, including the revival of escalated military options, while keeping the existing sanctions in place.
[Abridged from MERIP Press Information Note 62.]


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Regional voices: The north-south divide
- Article written by: Jonnie Robinson
- Themes: Your Voices: contemporary accents of the UK, Regional voices: English across the UK
- Published: 24 Apr 2019
Lexical sets
The phonetician, John Wells, introduced in his book, Accents of English (1982), the concept of using a single word to refer to the pronunciation of a particular group of English words. He calls these word-groups lexical sets and uses a key word, such as bath to identify them. The BATH vowel refers to the pronunciation of the vowel in the word bath and other words that share that same vowel, such as laugh, ask and dance. Other important lexical sets include the STRUT vowel which occurs in words such as cup, mother, blood and young; the GOAT vowel in words such as soap, grow, rose and old and the NURSE vowel in words such as bird, work, herd, church and earn.
Sound change
Changes in pronunciation – phonological change – come in a variety of forms. Some changes merely affect the way an individual word is pronounced. Older speakers across the UK tend to stress the first syllable in the word controversy, for instance, while younger speakers increasingly place the main stress on the second syllable, controversy. In other cases, the pronunciation of a particular vowel sound changes gradually across successive generations and thus has an impact on a large group of words. A change in pronunciation might initially take place only in one particular geographic location and remain local. Or it may over time spread nationally and thus affect all varieties of English.
Introducing the TRAP~BATH split
The vowel used by speakers for words in the TRAP set, such as back, dash, glad, hand, lamp and arrow and words in the BATH set, such as glass, dance and after is thought to have changed very little from the time of the Anglo-Saxon invasions until the 1600s. Up until that point all speakers in England would have used a short vowel – probably not identical to the one most of us use in the TRAP set nowadays, but pretty similar. Both groups of words would have belonged to a single set, so that speakers everywhere would have used an identical vowel in the words cat and cast. We can call this sound 'a'.
Fashionable pronunciation
From the 1600s onwards, however, it became fashionable in and around London to lengthen the vowel sound in a small number of words where the <a> precedes the consonant sounds <s>, <f> and <th>. Thus in seventeenth century London pat would have been pronounced with the short 'a' vowel, but path and other similar words would have contained a slightly lengthened version of the same vowel. We can describe this sound as 'aa'. At a later date, however, speakers in London and the Home Counties started to adopt a completely different long vowel making this new pronunciation distinction even clearer. They retained the original short vowel for words such as rat, but began to use a vowel rather like the sound we are asked to produce when a doctor examines our throat in words such as raft. This vowel sound we can characterise as 'ah'.
TRAP versus BATH
Linguists refer to these successive sound changes as the TRAP~BATH split. A significant number of words within the original TRAP set began to be pronounced sufficiently differently by enough people to justify treating the words separately. This set in motion a chain of events that we can observe in a number of ways. We can look at the impact on the language itself and we can trace the impact geographically and socially.
Impact of the TRAP~BATH split on the English Language
For speakers who adopted this new pronunciation and subsequent generations of speakers, the initial sound change gradually spread through the set of English words where <a> precedes the consonant sounds <s>, <f> and <th> - such as class, grasp, ask, mast, staff, craft and bath. At a later date this new pronunciation was extended to include other words where the <a> sound precedes <n> or <m> plus another consonant – such as grant, chance, sample and command. At no point (yet) has either of the two sound changes affected all possible words for all speakers in England, although for RP speakers and those in the south of England, 'ah' is now used for the vast majority of words in the BATH set. However, there are still a number of words where pronunciation varies from speaker to speaker, such as photograph, transport, plastic and circumstance.
The sections below show how far the new pronunciation has spread within all the words that might potentially belong in the BATH set. You can find lists of:
- Words still pronounced with 'a' by all speakers in England.
- Words pronounced with 'ah' in the south of England and by RP speakers, but with 'a' in the north.
- A number of grey areas, where words could potentially meet the criteria for BATH-broadening, but where in RP and southern English some speakers nonetheless still use an 'a' sound. In most cases younger speakers tend to favour the newer pronunciation, 'ah', for most of these words – perhaps in a few generations the change will have worked itself even further through the set.
<a> + <f>
'a' for all speakers
baffle, café, cafeteria, caffeine, daffodil, faff, gaff, gaffe, Jaffa, naff, raffia, raffle, scaffold, snaffle, taffeta
'ah' for RP and speakers in the south
chaff, giraffe, graph, laugh, staff
Words that vary from speaker to speaker
Gadaffi, mafia, photograph, riff-raff, telegraph[1]
<a> + <ft>
'a' for all speakers
BAFTA, faffed, gaffed
'ah' for RP and speakers in the south
aft, after, craft, daft, haft, draft, draught, graft, laughter, raft, rafter, shaft, staffed
<a> + <mpl>
'a' for all speakers
ample, trample
'ah' for RP and speakers in the south
example, sample
<a> + <nd>
'a' for all speakers
Amanda~Mandy, Andrew~Andy, and, band, brand, brandy, candle, candour, expand, gander, gerrymander, gland, grand, hand, handle, land, mandible, outstanding, panda, pander, prandial, sand, Sandy, scandal, shandy, stand, understand, vandal, withstand
'ah' for RP and speakers in the south
Alexander~Alexandra, chandler, command, Cassandra~Sandra, demand, Flanders, remand, reprimand, Rwanda, slander
<a> + <ns> (<trans-> also with <nz>)
'a' for all speakers
cancer, cancel, expanse, fancy, manse, romance
'ah' for RP and speakers in the south
advance, answer, askance, chance, chancellor, dance, enhance, trance, France, Frances~Frances, glance, lance, lancet, prance, stance, trance
Words that vary from speaker to speaker
circumstance, transfer, transform, transgress, transit, transplant, transport etc[1]
<a> + <nsh> (or <nch>)
'a' for all speakers
expansion, mansion, pancheon, scansion
'ah' for RP and speakers in the south
blanch, branch, ranch, stanchion, tranche
Words that vary from speaker to speaker
circumstantial, substantial[1]
<a> + <nt>
'a' for all speakers
ant, banter, cant, canter, decant, Fanta, gantry, mantel, mantra, pant, pantry, rant, romantic, Santa, scant
'ah' for RP and speakers in the south
advantage, chant, enchant, grant, Grant, plant, slant, supplant
<a> + <s>
'a' for all speakers
alas, amass, ass, bass[2], chassis, classic, classical, crass, gas, Hamas, glacé, lass, mass, massive, morass, molass, passage, passenger, passive, sassy
'ah' for RP and speakers in the south
brass, class, glass, fasten, grass, pass
<a> + <sk>
'a' for all speakers
Ascot, cardio-vascular, emasculate, gasket, mascot, masculine
'ah' for RP and speakers in the south
ask, bask, basket, Basque, cask, casket, flask, mask, rascal, task
<a> + <sl>
'a' for all speakers
hassle, tassel, vassal
'ah' for RP and speakers in the south
<a> + <sp>
'a' for all speakers
'ah' for RP and speakers in the south
clasp, exasperate, gasp, grasp, hasp, rasp
<a> + <st>
'a' for all speakers
aster, bombast, catastrophe, drastic, enthusiast, gymnast, fantastic, hast, masticate, masturbate, spastic
'ah' for RP and speakers in the south
aghast, alabaster, avast, bastard, blast, cast, castor, contrast, dastardly, disaster, fast, ghastly, last, mast, nasty, past, pastor, pastoral, pasture, pasteurise, vast
Words that vary from speaker to speaker
elastic, fastidious, pasty, pasta, plastic, rastafarian[3] (cf. northern master, plaster)[4]
<a> + <th>
'a' for all speakers
Cath~Kath, hath, osteopath~psychopath etc., maths
'ah' for RP and speakers in the south
aftermath, bath, lath, path
Words that vary from speaker to speaker
Afghanistan~Pakistan etc., alto, blasphemy, Cleopatra, contralto, Glasgow, imam, Iran, Iraq, Qur'an, latte, plaque, Saddam, Sudan[5]
[1] The pronunciation of a number of words ending in <-ance> or <-graph> or beginning with <trans-> varies in southern English and RP between speakers who favour 'a' and those who favour 'ah'.
[2] A fish of the perch family, as in sea-bass.
[3] There are a few polysyllabic words where <a> is followed by <st> where speakers of southern English seem undecided whether to use 'a' or 'ah' – perhaps the most common example is the word plastic.
[4] The speakers in the north – notably on Tyneside and in Yorkshire and Lancashire – although these speakers favour 'a' in all other instances. This gives rise to the intriguing combination of vowel sounds in words such as plastercast ('plahstercast') and elastoplast ('elastoplahst') and the Stevie Wonder song 'Master Blaster' becomes 'mahsterblaster'. 'Mahster' and 'plahster' do not seem to occur on Merseyside, in Manchester nor in the flat-BATH areas of the Midlands, where pronunciation of the TRAP~BATH sets is consistently 'a'.
[5] There appear to be several words where RP speakers and southerners are divided between those who favour 'a' and those who prefer 'ah'. Many of these words are foreign in origin and there is, for instance, the set of country names ending in <-stan> where pronunciation varies considerably. Particularly intriguing is the frequent use in the south of England of a seemingly incongruous 'ah' in the loan-word latte. There is no precedent for this elsewhere in English – consider words such as chatter, chatty, latter, natter, natty and so on. The word latte is a very recent import, an extremely fashionable item and a high-frequency word, so its unusual pronunciation has spread very quickly. Interestingly, the equally recent and fashionable culinary import, satay, appears to be universally pronounced with 'a'. Satay then, rhymes with latte and indeed with pâté in the north and Midlands but seldom in the south of England.
Impact of the TRAP~BATH split over time and across space
The map below, produced by Clive Upton and John Widdowson is based on data collected in rural England in the 1950s.
If we consider change across time and space, we can see that the most recent form of pronunciation, 'ah', had by the 1950s taken firm hold in the South East of England. It had begun to spread in all directions from London and the Home Counties, although there are examples of 'aa' to the immediate north and west of London. Nowadays one is increasingly unlikely to hear examples of this 'intermediate' sound change, 'aa', in the South East of England, although there are some older speakers in rural areas who still use this pronunciation. Thus we can see that at any given time there will be transition areas, where within the same community older speakers favour the older pronunciation, while younger speakers have shifted to the newer form. Over time the older speakers will become increasingly outnumbered until eventually a community is populated only by the next generation of speakers who all share the new pronunciation (unless it too is subject to a new wave of change among its younger speakers).
The pronunciation, 'aa', is itself a relatively recent change in pronunciation from the older short vowel, 'a', which remains the most common alternative in the north of England and in the Midlands. An isogloss is a line on a map that divides areas where different linguistic forms exist. The BATH Map isogloss that splits England roughly into the 'flat-BATH' north and the 'broad-BATH' south does not appear to have shifted dramatically in the last 50 years.
Click on a location on the BATH change map to listen to speakers in different parts of the country pronouncing words in this set 60 years ago.
Next, compare this with speakers today on the BATH variation map.
You will notice that, in most cases, the area where speakers favoured 'a' fifty years ago is still intact. However, there does appear to have been a marked change in the areas to the south of that line – the 'aa' areas appear to be giving way to pronunciations with 'ah'. Linguistic boundaries are seldom absolutely clear-cut, so transitional areas exist. In some places some speakers always use 'a', while others prefer 'ah'. Others simply vary between the two – a clear sign that a sound change is in progress within the community. The actual difference between 'aa' and 'ah' is also not always clearly audible. Some speakers in places like Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and East Anglia, for instance, appear to occupy a phonetic 'half-way house' between the two extremes – something linguists refer to as fudged pronunciations.
Overseas English
If one looks overseas, most speakers in the USA retain a short vowel for words in both the BATH and TRAP sets. The actual nature of the US vowel is a cross between the <a> sound most speakers in England now use in the word man and the <e> vowel sound in men. We use the phonetic symbol /æ/ to refer to this type of pronunciation. It is possible that it is very close to the original combined TRAP~BATH vowel used before the 1600s in England. English speakers first settled in the USA before the TRAP~BATH split had occurred here, and so in the USA today the pronunciation of those early colonists seems to have been preserved. If we consider Australia and New Zealand, however, speakers from the UK began to settle there after the TRAP~BATH split had begun to take effect here. Not surprisingly, present-day Australians usually use 'aa' for words in the BATH set. However, the subsequent sound change to 'ah' that occurred in RP and in the south of England has not affected Australian English as it took place here after the original colonial settlements.
Social differentiation in sound change
A sound change like the one that has affected the pronunciation of words in the BATH set can be monitored as it moves through the language and across the country, but it is also possible to track its progress socially. Not everyone north of a certain line pronounces words in this set with 'a', as anyone living in the North will know. There are many speakers in the North and the Midlands whose speech is not modelled on local forms. Instead they speak with the regionally non-specific, middle-class accent known as RP. Some of these speakers, due to their socio-economic or educational background, pronounce words in the BATH set with 'ah'. What is particularly intriguing about the BATH vowel, however, is that very many middle class northerners share nearly all the features of RP speakers apart from the use of 'ah' for the BATH set. It is only a very small subset of upper middle class northerners who use 'ah', while large numbers of middle class northerners remain indistinguishable from RP speakers until they use a word like blast or glance with 'a'. Likewise, many northerners who live in the south of England and have modified their speech as a result, seem particularly resistant to any change in their pronunciation of the BATH vowel. So, this vowel is clearly an extremely strong psychological marker of regional identity for many northerners and Midlanders.
BATH literature
- Chambers, J.K. & Trudgill, Peter, Dialectology, 2nd edn., (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), pp. 104–18.
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By Michael Evans
A 31 year old man died Friday after having contracted H5N1 bird flu earlier this month, according to authorities in Guizhou. The website of the province's health department said the man, who developed symptoms of the virus February 3, died of multiple organ failure.
This is the second bird flu death in Guizhou in less than two weeks, coming after a 21 year old woman died February 13. Health officials have found no connection between the two cases, and the two are reported to have come into close contact with birds.
Experts have long feared that the H5N1 virus could mutate into a strain transmissible between humans, as opposed to the current form which can only be contracted directly from birds. However there seems to be little risk that the virus has spread beyond the two cases in Guizhou, as Xinhua reports that over a hundred people who had been in contact with the patients have been released from quarantine after showing no symptoms of bird flu.


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A large slice of Pie – I'm a third of the way through it already…
Good evening, fellow Bookworms!
Yep, that's me having a read earlier! I'm not in costume, but my niece went in to school dressed as Verruca Salt from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, so I shall be returning to World Book Day later. I'm loving The Pie At Night! Never really any fear that I wouldn't, though, bearing in mind I loved Pies and Prejudice when I read that one some years ago. I think my friend Sarah would like this one, especially as Stuart Maconie is from Wigan, and he mentions the legendary rugby league team quite a bit in chapter 2. Sarah is a massive Wigan fan and used to go to the rugby on a regular basis back in the day.
I was having lunch at the time I took the book selfie, although I also got a large chunk of it read while I was on trams! As I mentioned in my previous blog, I went to visit my dad while he is still in Wythenshawe Hospital. He goes home tomorrow, back to Macclesfield. I would probably have to get to town, then get a train out to Macc. Not been on a train in this country for absolutely donkey's years! Been on trains abroad more recently than that! The last time I actually went on a train here in the UK was my last-ever school trip, in June 1989, when we went down to London to see Les Miserables! 28 years ago this summer, as I was 16 back then!
Beside the book, the other thing in my hand in the photo is my EFL Cup Final ticket! I do have actual proper bookmarks, and I have made a fair few of my own, particularly cross-stitched ones, but anything goes as far as bookmarks are concerned – match tickets, concert tickets, expired bus and tram passes, postcards, swing tickets from items of clothing… Need to work on a design for a League Cup bookmark. Will have to do it a bit differently to my FA Cup one, as we've won that silverware 12 times, compared to 5 times for the League Cup under its various sponsorships.
This year marked 50 years since the League Cup started, way back in 1967, although that still makes it a very young tournament in footballing terms! United didn't even win it until the 25th anniversary in 1992 when Brian McClair's goal won us the then Rumbelows Cup at the old Wembley against Nottingham Forest. The final was in April back then, but in subsequent years, it has been creeping forward in the footballing calendar and tends to be in late February or early March. Then it was a big wait until 2006, by which time it was the Carling Cup, and the finals were still being held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff while Wembley was being rebuilt. We stuffed Wigan Athletic 4-0 in that one!
And then came a return to Wembley, as the new stadium was opened, which looks like a giant basket, as I may have mentioned previously, lol! United won back to back League Cups, still sponsored by Carling at the time, if I recall rightly, in 2009 against Tottenham Hotspur, and 2010 against Aston Villa. So, that's 1992, 2006, 2009 and 2010 accounted for, and, of course, there was our 5th League Cup victory on Sunday against Southampton, thanks to Zlatan Ibrahimovic getting our winner with 3 minutes to go and sparing us the extra time! Cheers, Ibra! We returned home from Wembley in record time, lol, and I got a significant amount of Premier League Years 1992/93 read on my Kindle on the coach journey back to Old Trafford!
Verruca Salt and a very hungry caterpillar…
As I promised above, let's get back to World Book Day, and my niece went in to her primary school as Verruca Salt, complete with her Golden Ticket for admission to Willy Wonka's chocolate factory! Not to be left out, even my baby nephew, Reuben, had a Very Hungry Caterpillar bib on, and it seems Charlotte was going to read the story to him after school, which I'm sure she will have done, as she loves reading to her baby brother!
As well as loving books, Charlotte is also very partial to chocolate – she's definitely taking after her auntie! 😀 I gave her the box set of Roald Dahl books for Christmas, as I may have mentioned – I'd been waiting to give it to her for years – I actually bought it in Chorlton some time around 2011 when she was just a baby, but I thought it would do for when she was older, and that is definitely the case! One of the ones she's mentioned is Esio Trot, which is one I've not yet read. It is tortoise backwards, and it is about tortoises, from what I know of the story.
Even the offspring of the famous get in on the act for World Book Day, these two Horrid Henrys being Kai and Klay Rooney, two of Wayne's sons!
As those who know me on Facebook will testify, I share a lot of book-related stuff on there! One of the things I shared earlier was a selection of heart-warming books mentioned in a post by Vaillant UK – they actually make and install boilers, lol, but they were getting in on the whole World Book Day thing. My sister commented that she had Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom, from that list, and I replied that I also have a copy of that book. Does absolutely everybody have a copy of Tuesdays With Morrie?! Must get around to reading it some time. Maybe even some time this year. I picked up another of his recently – The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, which appealed to me due to the musical theme.
Well, I shall get this published while it is still 2nd March, so the World Book Day thing is still relevant. Until my next blog, take care and Happy Reading!
Joanne x x x
Books mentioned in this blog entry…
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
- The Pie at Night – Stuart Maconie
- Pies and Prejudice – Stuart Maconie
- Premier League Years 1992/93 – Andrew Hyslop
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle
- Esio Trot – Roald Dahl
- Tuesdays With Morrie – Mitch Albom
- The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto – Mitch Albom


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(Reuters) - Bigger isn't necessarily better when it comes to airlines.
American (AAL.O) and United UAL.N, the two largest U.S. carriers, are also tops in customer complaints, a study released by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund on Thursday shows.
The consumer advocacy group found that the two carriers ranked in the top four for complaints for 2011 through 2013, based on Department of Transportation data.
The worst performer was Spirit Airlines SAVE.O, which had the most complaints among 13 U.S. carriers each year in the study which spanned 2009 through 2013.
Southwest Airlines (LUV.N), the fourth largest U.S. carrier by traffic, had the lowest customer complaint scores for each of those years.
United Continental Holdings ranked second in complaints in 2011 and 2012, and dropped to third in 2013, the study shows. American Airlines was fourth in 2011, third in 2012, and fourth in 2013.
At United, complaints spiked in 2012 to 4.28 per 100,000 passengers, its highest in the five years studied, after technology changes during the merger with Continental caused outages and led to poorer service. United's complaint rate improved to 2.14 in 2013.
United spokeswoman Megan McCarthy said customer satisfaction has improved as the airline focused on enhancing service.
American, which merged with US Airways in December to form the world's biggest airline, stood out in terms of complaints about flight delays and cancellations, the study shows.
Spokesman Matt Miller said American, under new management headed by former US Airways Chief Executive Doug Parker, has improved in on-time performance and mishandled bags.
Delta Air Lines (DAL.N), the third-largest carrier behind American and United, improved its score from 1.96 complaints per 100,000 passengers in 2009 to 0.59 complaints in 2013. Delta has renovated airport terminals and expanded entertainment and food choices on planes since acquiring Northwest Airlines in 2008.
Delta "improved management and operating systems to help stay on time," said Laura Murray, consumer associate with the U.S. PIRG Education Fund. "It would be smart for other airlines to take a look at what it did."
Complaints about Spirit, which offers low base fares but charges for many other services, rose steadily each year, from 6.75 per 100,000 passengers in 2009 to 9.44 in 2013, according to the study.
Many of the complaints reflect "customers not fully understanding that we offer unbundled fares that let them control how much they spend," Spirit spokeswoman Maggie Espin-Christina said in a statement.
Complaints to the U.S. Department of Transportation about Spirit totaled just over 1,020 last year, out of more than 12 million travelers, she noted.
Reporting by Karen Jacobs in Atlanta; Editing by Richard Chang


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Mike Tyson event in Limerick's Thomond Park is nearly sold out
JUST A handful of tickets remain on sale for the Thomond Park event with former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson.
Close to 700 people are expected to crowd into the Thomond Suite in the stadium to hear 'Iron Mike' reflect on his life and somewhat controversial career on October 10.
Standard tickets for the event are sold out, but a number of 'meet and greet' tickets, which will allow fans to meet and have their picture taken with the Brooklyn boxer, are still available at a cost of €75.
"The tickets are nearly gone, we are down to the last handful really, it will be a complete sell-out, it proves how popular he is," said the promoter of the event, Mike O'Regan.
"It should be a good night and we are looking forward to it," added Mr O'Regan, who is working with CWH Promotions in the UK to bring Tyson to Ireland.
Tyson himself took to Twitter recently to publicise the event, telling the world and his three million followers that: "I'm going to be joining Mike O'Regan and everyone in Limerick, Ireland on October 10 at Thomond Park. Looking forward to it guys".
The former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world will answer questions from fans at the special event, and will be interviewed for an hour by RTE presenter Dara Maloney.
Limerick boxer Willie 'Big Bang' Casey, Alan Donnellan and Gary 'Spike' O'Sullivan will also be interviewed by the RTE presenter, while a video of Tyson's fights will also be screened before the Hangover star makes his appearance.
Limited tickets remain on sale from Gleeson's Sports Scene.


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Published On: 17 Nov 2002
English: French Beans
tamil: Beans
malayalam: Beans
telugu: French Chikkudu
kannada: French Beans / Huruli Kayi
hindi: Bakla / Pharasbeen / Sem
Bengali: Beans
Gujarati: Fansi
Konkani: Beans / Anne Saango
Marathi: Farasbi
Oriya: French Beans
Punjabi: Fras Bean
Kashmiri: Fraa'Sh Bean
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English: Red Chillies
tamil: Vatral Milagai / Kaindha Milagai /Sigappu Milagai
malayalam: Vattal Mulaku / Chuvanna Mulaku / Kollamulaku
telugu: Erra Mirapa Kayalu / Yendu Mirapakayalu
kannada: Molaku / Kempu Menasinakai / Ona Menasinakai
hindi: Lal Mirch
Bengali: Paka Lanka / Lal Mirch / Lankamorich
Gujarati: Lal Marcha
Konkani: Sukki Saangi /Suke Miriyasang
Marathi: Lal Mirchi / Mirchya
Oriya: Lanka / Nali Lankamaricha
Punjabi: Lal Mirch
Kashmiri: Marach Wangun
Urudu: Lalmirch
English: Salt
tamil: Uppu
malayalam: Uppu
telugu: Uppu
kannada: Uppu
hindi: Namak
Bengali: Laban / Noone
Gujarati: Meethu
Konkani: Meet
Marathi: Mith
English: Mustard Seeds
tamil: Kadugu
malayalam: Kadugu
telugu: Avalu
kannada: Sasuve / Karisasive
hindi: Rai / Banarasi Rai / Sarson
Bengali: Sarsay / Shorshe / Rai
Gujarati: Rai
Konkani: Sasaun
Marathi: Mohori
Oriya: Sorisa / Sarosha
Punjabi: Rai / Banarasi Rai / Kalee Sarson
Tulu: Sasive
Kashmiri: Aasur / Sorisa
Urudu: Rai, Banarasi Rai, Kalee Sarson
English: Black Gram
tamil: Ulundhu
malayalam: Uzhunnu
telugu: Minu Mulu / Manipa / Uddulu
kannada: Uddu
hindi: Subat Urd / Urid
Bengali: Mashkolair Dal / Kaalo Dal / Mash / Kalai
Gujarati: Aalad / Udad
Konkani: Oodeedu / Urdachi / Udid
Marathi: Uddachi / Udid
Oriya: Biri (Gota) / Muga Dali
Punjabi: Mah-Di / Mash
Tulu: Urdu
English: Bengal Gram
tamil: Kothukadalai
malayalam: Kadala
telugu: Sanagalu / Sanaga
kannada: Kadale / Chana
hindi: Chana
Bengali: Chola
Gujarati: Chana
Konkani: Chanae
Marathi: Harbara
Oriya: Buta / Bata
Punjabi: Chole / Channa
Tulu: Kadle
Kashmiri: Chanu
English: Curry Leaves
tamil: Kariveppilai / Karivempu
malayalam: Kariveppila
telugu: Karivepaku / Karepaku
kannada: Karibevu / Baisoppu / Karibevina Soppu
hindi: Kadi Patta / Kathnim / Mitha Neem / Curry Patta / Gandhela / Bareanga
Bengali: Curry Patta / Barsanga / Kariphulli
Gujarati: Mitho Limdo / Meetho Limbado / Goranimb / Kadhilimbdo
Konkani: Karbapathi / Beva Palo
Marathi: Kadhi Patta / Karhinimb / Poospala / Gandla / Jhirang / Pandheri Kunthi
Oriya: Bhrusanga Patra / Barsan / Basango / Bhuraunga
Punjabi: Kadipatti / Curry Patta
Tulu: Bevudirae
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Clean & cut the beans into small pieces.
Grind the previously soaked dal with red chillies, asafoetida powder, salt and a little water into a coarse paste in a mixer grinder.
Heat oil in a pan.
Add mustard, black gram, bengal gram dal, 1 red chilly & curry leaves.
After 2 minutes, add the cut beans with little water and salt.
Cover the lid & leave it for few minutes until it is cooked.
When the beans are well cooked & have become soft, add the previous dal paste with oil and stir for a few minutes, until the paste gets fully blended with the beans.
Add salt, if reqd.
Season with curry leaves & 1 tsp of coconut oil.
:- Serve hot.
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Thanks. I love Parupu usili and its healthy and easy to make, don`t remember the recipie. Very helpful and simple steps! Thanks!
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Local government lobbying expenses under scrutinyJanuary 10th, 2017 by Mike Vasilinda
Four dozen local governments are disclosing tens of thousands of dollars in lobbying contracts under a new house rule that requires the disclosure. House Speaker Richard Corcoran had tried to ban local governments from paying outside lobbyists, but was unsuccessful for now, so he settled on public disclosure of the contracts. Corcoran still believes the practice is a waste of taxpayer money.
"It's ridiculous we shouldn't have to pay you know after we've elected a group, we've elected a mayor, we've elected a county commission, we should have to pay now for them to hire a lobbyist to take more money out of our pockets" says Corcoran, who in addition says it's the left pocket robbing the right.
"I think its fundamentally wrong that you have one government entity that reaches into our pockets, takes our money to pay a high paid lobbyist hundreds of thousands of dollars then to go to another governmental entity to have them take more money out of your pockets of your hard earned tax dollars. It doesn't make sense."
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- March 10, 2009 to October 21, 2009.
This collection of websites documents the Indonesian general elections held in 2009. The collection covers three separate rounds of elections during that year - the parliamentary election held in April, the first round of the presidential election held in April followed by the second/final round of the presidential election in September. As the third most populous democratic country in the world, with population dispersed among many islands and with many different political parties, the collection presents a broad sample of the different points of view presented during the election process. Sites harvested include campaign and party websites and blogs as well as sites with information about bio-marine environment issues, an important Indonesian campaign issue in 2009.
Staff from the Library of Congress Jakarta Office and the Asian Division in Washington, D.C. selected the web sites and reviewed the archived results.


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This is why thoughtful and careful consideration should be taken when graphic design is utilized in business. It is important that the emotional impression that viewers get when they see your graphics is a positive one.
During the planning phase of a graphic design project, there are many things that must be taken into consideration which may not necessarily seem business related. Again, the purpose of a graphic design in business is primarily emotional, so much consideration must be made for the feelings and emotions that intend to invoke in their prospects and customers.
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Ariyasu Momoka: Team "More support" at Shizuoka ♪
Posted on 2014-02-04 22:33:11
Today's so cold, it really makes one forget how warm it had been the past few days-
When I see snow
GReeeeN's Yuki no oto starts playing in my head-
Everyone's had their ehomaki and done their bean throwing, right-?
Yesterday, Reni and I
did a live performance at "Tobikkiri! Shizuoka" at Shizuoka Asahi TV-
During the live in the studio,
we did bean throwing with me as the demon
But to make clean-up easier, we used peanuts instead of beans-
In the past, when we did bean throwing at home,
we threw the bags without taking out the beans
so that clean-up will be easier since we didn't have to crawl after beans which had rolled under the sofa and stuff-
Is that normal, though-?
Ariyasu Momoka: Goodbye, Isaac ♪
Posted on 2014-02-08 23:34:04
Hata-san's song ♪
I listened to this song in the morning
and have been going at full power de-ariyasu (*`・Θ・´*)
Everyone, give it a listen too- ♪
By the way, "Isaac"
I didn't know what it meant, so I Googled it (*・Θ・*)
I see...
Isaac Newton...
Gravity... Right?!
After understanding the title, listening to the song
just feels like I've somehow achieved a higher level (*'-'*)
So!! Everyone, listen to it
And let's step out together-! ☆
Chance will come again and again (*`・Θ・´*)
Ariyasu Momoka: SURF&SNOW
Posted on 2014-02-09 21:20:10
Alright, this report's a little late…
But before that
…Whoa, that was shocking (* *)
Yesterday, when I went outside,
the usual scenery I always see
had been turned into a world of silver… .:*:゜☆
Wow, it's been a long time
since I last saw such an amazing snowscape in Tokyo (* *)
I'm sure that snow really does have magical power
And seeing it just makes our hearts race- .:*:゜☆
…And when I thought about it,
That's right, I'd seen snow like that before ^^;
At Naeba☆☆☆
It's a totally different snowscape there
as compared to what we're having in Tokyo now
But both Naeba and Tokyo are beautiful .:*:゜☆
Actually, I went to watch
Yuming's live concert de-ariyasu (*^Θ^*)
Yuming's voice was really amazing (* *)
I think it's really amazing how she can continue to sing those wonderful songs year after year
And it still manages to reach us (* *)
And then- The band
was led by Director Takebe,
who was always a constant support for us ♪
The entire venue was wrapped up in Yuming's world during the concert
and it felt like I was being swallowed up by a dream world ♪
My Mama has been obsessed with Yuming since her youth
Even now, she still owns lots of Yuming's record discs
And she often laments that we don't own a record player so she can't listen to them! ^^;
Especially the album with "Futou wo wataru kaze", and "Toki no nai hotel"
She listened to them so much that the records were all worn out!!
And she always gets really tenacious when talking about Yuming,
so much so that she just can't stop herself (laugh)
And then and then, well,
does everyone remember the huge disgrace(?!) at that ski resort 2 years ago?!!!
it's nothing amazing…
But somehow, I managed to ski successfully this time round (`・Θ・´)
You may not believe it…
But it's true..!!
I did stumble sometimes, but it was easier to smile and look good now de-ariyasu (lol)
Maybe Aarin, who couldn't ski this time,
would be inspired by me? ^^;
(Aarin ♪ Let's all ski together next time (*・Θ-*))
because I hadn't skiied for such a long time
I woke up the next morning with severe muscle aches…
Probably because I strained some muscles which I don't normally use (cries)
Ah! I've talked about lots of things
and this entry has become so long again (-Θ-;)
Anyway, the "Ichidaiji" of yesterday
was definitely the great snowfall! (* *)
So great that it's so difficult to walk!!!
I'll be staying home for now
and it seems like the snow won't be stopping soon
Everyone! Be really careful when you're outdoors (`・Θ・´)
Especially for today!!
Be careful at night too!!
Don't get hurt— (`・Θ・´)
Ariyasu Momoka: Kinou no No, ashita no Yes♪
Posted on 2014-02-11 01:51:55
This song cheers me up too- (≧▽≦)
And then, FM802's campaign song
featuring lots of musicians
including Sakurai-san and GAKU-MC-san ♪
"Haru no uta"
This one's good too- (≧▽≦)
I love watching the making-of videos
showing how everyone comes together to make music! ♪
Well! For us, as I speak,
in the blink of an eye,
the Valentine event at Nippon Broadcasting is tomorrow (* *)
Everyone who's coming, please look forward to it (*・Θ-*)
Ah! Please be careful on your way over (*^^*)
The last photo shows the snowman I made yesterday-
Ariyasu Momoka: 5th Anniversary as an idol \(^o^)/
Posted on 2014-02-14 22:19:48
ε=ε=ε=ε=ε=(o・・)o Vroom
Sorry sorry!!
I'm late because of the snow ><

Ye-s everyone~
Chocolate for you- ♪(*・Θ・*)
I didn't get to handmake them this year (>Θ<)
So,
everyone who came to the Valentine event a while back
received this scarlet Ghana~~~ ❤ ❤
Filled with passionate love (*・Θ-*)
And a bonus ♪
This were madeleines given out to all the staff annually
But as I said, they aren't handmade this year ^^;;
And so
if it didn't turn out to be the Valentine's everyone was looking forward to
I'm sorry... (TΘT)
But my feelings will surely reach out to everyone!!
A LOVE beam from Momokaーーーーーーーーー(*`・Θ・´*)
Did you get it~~~?!!
And so, it's been a few days,
and I've yet to report on the Valentine event, right? ^^;
Firstly- to all who came (from afar?!)
And all who sent their support through LV
Thank you- (*^^*)
Did we manage to reach out to you?!
Matsumoto Akiko-san was a guest
and we put up a small drama too
(To think that my word jumbling actually became a Kichijouji succession (+ +;))
Shimizu Michiko-san taught us about imitations
(I'm Momoemon ♪(=^Θ^=) )
There was a huge board game in the middle of Yokohama Arena too
Ah! I even did the ebizori in the confusion of the moment (laugh)
And then, yes yes-, the happiest thing
was that we could travel all over the venue ♪
I saw everyone's faces up close
Your smiles and power and voices reached me (*^Θ^*)
Lots of other things happened as announcer Yoshida guided us around and the event was finally concluded successfully (lol)
Great job to everyone who took part in the event (*^^*)
And to everyone who watched the LV or couldn't make it due to work,
we managed to receive your love too- (*^^*)
I'm really so happy and thankful that we get to interact with everyone like this
once a year every year during Valentine's ♪
Nippon Broadcasting-san,
please support us next year too (^m^)
So, there's only a short while left
before the White Valentine's ends ♪
I wish happiness to all lovers~ (* ̄▽ ̄*)
For all singles,
let's have a happy Valentine's ♪
together with me de-ariyasu (*・Θ-*) ← Please don't reject me-!!
It's snowing really heavily, so be careful!!
Shovelling snow will be tough, so don't get injured!!
Ariyasu Momoka: A late update (*Θ*)
Posted on 2014-02-24 00:56:18
During Nantekotta Pannacotta,
I dressed in pink and performed Aarin wa hankouki
It was so embarrassing
that I dug a hole and hid inside until now (-Θ-)
Oops (^Θ^;)
And so,
it's a little outdated now,
but here's my short report on the 2 days of EX Theatre (*・Θ-*)
For Day 1
All the songs were done with a live band, and it just made me so happy
It was such a joyous time-
And I actually performed Eien no Trinity on my own
I want to do it again, and I just want to continue singing-
Ah! But I want us 3 to do it together
If we ever got such a chance again
I hope that we can let everyone hear lots of songs
That's how I feel de-ariyasu
For Day 2,
we all took on a colour that's not our own
I was Aarin-
It was a painful realization, that Aarin is truly the only one who can bring out that flavour in her parts
To everyone who came to the 2 days, even though they were weeknights
and everyone around the country who sent us power through LV
Thank you so much-
And thank you to everyone who watched the unexpected UStream episode yesterday
Ariyasu Momoka: So ho~t (≧▽≦)
Posted on 2014-02-28 15:48:31
Rehearsals at Kokuritsu have begun, and things are moving forward-
In the midst of it all,
we attended a Sailor Moon event at Zepp TOKYO, where we haven't been to for a long long time-!
It's also been a long time since we last sang Moonlight Densetsu,
and we also performed Tuxedo Mirage, which will be in the Sailor Moon album, for the first time
It was a crazy day de-ariyasu
When the rap part in Believe didn't go well
the Momonofu's passion filled me up and lifted me up again~
That heat can only be from the Live House
Can't get enough of it---!! ❤
Caption: With King Records' Sakumi
Ariyasu Momoka: Mini day (^Θ^)
Posted on 2014-03-02 21:46:26
Thank you to everyone who watched this morning's "Mondai no nai ongakukai"
It was a live broadcast from Kooriyama in Fukushima,
where we sang together with the audience, practiced tongue twisters,
did orchestra versions of songs, including the sound effects.
It was so much fun, it didn't really feel like a TV programme recording at all-
And as everyone already knows,
we received the Ustream Grand Award this year again-
I haven't done any Momokatari lately, I wanna do it-
So! It's 2 March tonight, or Mini day,
which is perfect for someone my size
I'll be hugging Hana-chan to sleep de-ariyasu ❤ ❤
Ariyasu Momoka: Momo's season (・Θ・)
Posted on 2014-03-04 01:38:58
It's the peach season
which means it's time for Ariyasu's girl power (*・Θ-*)
I tried making French toast!
I've always liked
to bake my toast till it's all browned and crunchy
then spread butter on them before eating
But I suddenly
felt like making French toast instead!!
With that mood, I did a Google search
And wow!!
Apparently I just needed butter, milk, eggs and sugar to make them ♪
So I decided to try it out immediately de-ariyasu
Baking things like this
just makes me feel like a true girl! Ufufu!
*clap clap clap*
Today, well~
just happens to be the active period for both
Momoiro Clover and
Momoiro Clover Z--!!
It's somehow a little touching
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Europe moves ahead without UK
Europe divided at a summit on Friday, in an historic rift over building a closer fiscal union to preserve the euro, with all 27 EU members apart from Britain agreeing to put together a separate treaty. Video courtesy of Reuters.
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by James Zug
Building your own squash club is a common dream amongst passionate players. Three new facilities that opened earlier this year each offer different models of turning those visions into bricks-and-mortar reality.
Squash On Fire
Antony Lanier is the founder and president of EastBanc, a real estate development firm. He is an avid squash player and parent (his daughter Camille played at Penn) and had long looked to build a squash facility in Washington, D.C.
Since 2007 EastBanc has been leading a $200 million project in Washington's West End (roughly between Georgetown and Dupont Circle). There are two adjacent sites: they've built a library, retail shops and 164 condos and rentals at one site; at the other, 2225 M Street at what was Engine Co. 1 Firestation, EastBanc built a new fire station, fifty-five affordable housing units and Squash on Fire.
Squash on Fire is a $12 million, 20,000 square-foot facility with eight singles courts (two are all-glass) and a restaurant/bar. It sits above the new fire station—hence the name. After looking at squash clubs around the world, including Frans Otten in Amsterdam, Lanier and his wife Isabel designed the facility along with Enrique Norten of Ten-Arquitectos,
Squash on Fire is a pay-to-play club. Cost is $12 a court per player per hour. There are no memberships and is completely public. It is thriving in part because of its coaching staff, which is headed by Amir Wagih. An Egyptian who is a former world No. 16 and coach extraordinaire, Wagih came to Washington in 2012 and has been coaching across the street from Squash on Fire at Equinox, as well as helming the team at Georgetown. "We want to set D.C. on fire and become the capitol of squash in America," Wagih said.
"Squash on Fire has been nearly ten years in the making," Lanier said. "Bringing a facility of this size to an urban center has been a long and challenging process. It brings the sport to the D.C. community in an unprecedented way by making squash accessible to everyone in a centrally-located, world-class facility, with access to the finest training available. Squash on Fire is not simply a set of eight state-of-the-art courts. It's design-driven architecture combining function, performance and technology. It helps position squash as one of the most exciting and dynamic sports of our time."
Portland Community Squash
A decade ago, local players, led by Greg Born, started playing on the Portland, Maine YMCA's two old hardball courts. They ran a free, well-organized drop-in clinic and an inexpensive after-school junior program; because of Born's digital expertise, the programs had a good website and used US Squash's league software. Demand went up. The Portland Y soon converted two racquetball courts into twenty-foot squash courts. Eventually, Portland Community Squash added Club Locker, which made participation spike even more.
"That was one key," said Barrett Takesian, the president of PCS. "We went from very little infrastructure and zero demand in the city to getting hundreds of people involved. That created demand for a new facility."
For a couple of years PCS, partnering with real estate developers, looked at a half dozen possible facility sites around Portland. But the trade-off for a lower cost with a developer was a lack of control: a developer might eventually feel there was a higher economic use for the space. Instead, PCS took control of their own destiny. This doubled their upfront costs but enabled them to own the facility outright.
For $1.5 million they bought and renovated a former synagogue on Noyes Street in Portland's Woodford's Corner neighborhood: 13,000 square feet, four singles courts, fitness center and classroom space.
Portland Community Squash is a non-profit. They raised $1.2 million in donations; 40% came from out of the state. They took out $300,000 in debt. "It wasn't crafty marketing," Takesian said. "We were passionate. We were focused. So were our donors."
PCS is a blended community—adults, a seasonal junior league and a year-round urban squash program. It works in part because of unique Portland aspects: there is no other sizable squash club in town and Portland public schools are diverse, mixed income communities. The adults create revenue that PCS uses to sustain the urban program. Already, the club is reaching maximum capacity and there is talk of expansion.
Palm Beach Squash Club
Damian Walker, a two-time U.S. national singles champion and former coach at Navy and the Field Club in Greenwich, is an active coach. He is also a squash facility entrepreneur. In 2003 he financed, built and coached at Squash Alley, a three-court, 4,000-foot facility in the back of a warehouse in Stamford, CT; three years later he opened Squash Loft, a one-court facility down the road. In 2015 he sold both.
Walker had been thinking about a squash facility in southeastern Florida since he bought a vacation house in Del Ray Beach ten years ago. After he left Squash Alley and Squash Loft, he moved down to Florida and actively looked for a space to build another club.
Palm Beach Squash Club has one singles court and one doubles court in a 3,200 square foot space in the Warehouse District. A redeveloping area in West Palm Beach, the district is a complex of vintage buildings from the mid-twentieth century that contain a new urban village of art galleries, food halls, coffee roaster, florist, butcher, indoor cycling studio and two microbreweries.
Walker has sixteen founding members who contributed $6,800 each. Monthly membership is at $165. Walker is renting the space; he paid for the build-out.
"Squash is really a job for life," said Walker. "If you are smart, you can figure out a way to stay in it forever. With Palm Beach Squash, I wanted to keep it small. I wanted a boutique club, with a vibrant community. I didn't want to overbuild and wait for the market to catch up. The goal is to be cash-flow positive quickly and then think, like I did in Connecticut, about building a second facility."


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The first meeting of the Joint Committee on the Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, recently appointed to examine and reform the trade show business in Chicago, was held last Thursday. Several industry representatives were present, including Deborah Sexton, president and CEO of PCMA; David Brull, vice president of marketing and membership for the Trade Show Exhibitors Association; and Tim Roby, president and CEO of the Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau. Five key Chicago customers also were present, including the International Housewares Association and the National Restaurant Association. According to the Chicago Tribune, at the hearing John Cullerton, president of the Illinois state senate, suggested that the state subsidize operations at McCormick Place, after the customers in attendance threatened to take their business elsewhere unless exhibitor costs were reduced. Cullerton said that diverting hotel tax revenues to pay for operations, as other bureaus do, was one possibility, and that the state also needs to streamline MPEA operations and examine labor rules. In a statement, CTB president Roby said, "As good as we are -- even with all the tools we have and the best product in the country -- I can't sell Chicago unless we address costs. Here's the bottom line: Our competitors are using our costs as their lead marketing tactic. I can tell you -- without a doubt -- that every single one of our current and potential customers is evaluating whether their next convention will be in Chicago or elsewhere. If we don't fix this before the legislative session adjourns...come July 1 you can be sure that at least five and as many as 20 more shows will leave Chicago." Later today, a second meeting will be held with union representatives, show contractors and exposition authority officials, who will have the opportunity to address the panel of industry representatives and show managers.
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The Wrights of Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York, Connecticut:Information about William Carey Wright
William Carey Wright (b. 02 Jan 1825, d. 06 Jun 1904)
Notes for William Carey Wright:
For more on William Carey Wright, see "Frank Lloyd Frank, A Biography," Meryle Secrest, p. 49. (Eulogy of Lincoln, election as school superintendent.) Entered the practice of law in Hartford until his move to Wisconsin about 1858.
According to "Many Masks, A Life of Frank Lloyd Wright, p. 23:
" ... the son (Frank Lloyd Wright) gets his father's name wrong, calling him William Russell Carey Wright; there was no "Russell" in his name. (The mistake may have arisen as an echo of a family tradition to the effect that the Wrights were related to James Russell Lowell, which it appears they were not. The mistake could also have arisen from the fact that William had a brother named Russell.) The autobiography states that the father came from Hartford, Connecticut, implying that he was born there; in fact, he was born in Westfield, Massachusetts, in 1825, at a time when his father , the Reverend David Wright, was serving as a Baptist minister in that community, and he was named after the celebrated missionary to Indian, William Carey ... David Wright was later called to preach in Hartford, where he spent the rest of his life and where William spent a portion of his youth and early manhood. David Wright lived to the sufficiently remarkable age of ninety-three ..."
More About William Carey Wright and Permelia Holcomb:
Marriage: 04 Aug 1851, Litchfield, Herkimer, NY, USA.
More About William Carey Wright and Anna Lloyd Jones:
Marriage: 17 Aug 1866, Wyoming, Iowa County, WI, USA.
Children of William Carey Wright and Permelia Holcomb are:
- Charles William Wright, b. 17 May 1856, Hartford, CT, USA, d. 30 Apr 1930.
- George Irving Wright, b. 19 Aug 1858, East Hartford, CT, USA, d. 11 Apr 1934, Lincoln, NE, USA.
- Elizabeth Amelia Wright, b. 10 Jul 1860, Lone Rock, WI, USA, d. 03 Mar 1950, Belle Plain, IA, USA.
Children of William Carey Wright and Anna Lloyd Jones are:
- +Frank Lloyd Wright, b. 08 Jun 1867, Richland Center, Richland, Wisconsin, USA4230, d. 09 Apr 1959, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA4230.
- Mary Jane Wright, b. 26 Apr 1869, McGregor, IA, USA, d. 1953.
- Margaret Ellen Wright, b. 19 Jun 1877, Weymouth, MA, USA, d. 18 Apr 1966, NY, NY, USA.


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above the belt line under the tank top). This was a just before Halloween in October.
On second thought, if you get this horrible reference, you should have points revoked, but I digress.
I'm not complaining, mind you. I'm still beyond thrilled that I have a little miracle growing within me. I am keenly aware that not everyone is as lucky as I am in this regard, and my heart aches for them. However, I would be lying if I wasn't a twinge worried about giving birth to an even larger baby than Vince (who at 9 lbs was pretty dang big!). Regardless, I thought it was amazing how quickly my body jumped on board this time around. I know with subsequent pregnancies you show sooner, but I wasn't expecting this. LoL!


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Enjoying Shingeki no Kyojin doesn't mean you have to adore its various spin-offs. I watched the live-action movies recently, and can't say I enjoyed them very much despite impressive visuals. The manga version of this gag spin-off also hasn't been received too well, though I haven't actually read it myself. But fully accepting it's just a silly bit of comedy fanservice, I thoroughly enjoyed Chiugakkou.
I tuned in for the first episode and the new premise amused me quite a bit – exaggerated, silly versions of our main characters are attending a school split between humans and titans. Eren's grudge comes not from personal loss but because his lunch was stolen and eaten. In fact, that's what the nefarious titans do here – invade the school grounds of the poor defenceless humans and steal their bento. It's silly and fun and I really like the characters rendered in such cutesy styles, especially Eren and Armin.
Character traits are amplified in the ways fandoms enjoy. Levi is an authoritarian upperclassman obsessed with cleaning and rules. Mikasa's skills are superhuman and her devotion to an oblivious Eren boundless. Armin for some reason is extremely susceptible to the cold and needs to go everywhere wrapped in his futon.
The 12-episode season treads the usual ground for school comedies. The kids take part in sports days and go to a matsuri, where romance is in the air. There are mix-ups with love letters and fierce competition to be student president. It's silly, innocuous stuff and much of the humour comes from seeing these characters who are usually in such a serious and grim setting transposed to one that's so light and fluffy. I'd say it works better than it ever did for Full Metal Panic!
I'm not saying this is a superb anime or one to recommend highly. It's cheaply-done, unoriginal and the laughs aren't on a par with the likes of Azumanga Daioh or Nichijou. It's very much a by-the-numbers comedy spin-off that plays it safe and follows a formula. But that's all I wanted from it, and it certainly succeeded.