WHAT is happening in Great Britain is not far short of revolution. It is a painful, bewildering, disturbing, and yet hopeful process. Harold Wilson is changing the Labor Party from a socialist to a radical party, from a worker’s to a technocrat’s party. Edward Heath is seeking a new “Tory radicalism.”And all this is happening at a time of high prosperity and yet grave economic peril, when the strength of most of the old British social and political values seems to have abruptly petered out.
Wilson is the toughest parliamentary operator since Churchill. With a majority wavering between four and one, he has forced through sixtyfive major bills in a single session. He has also performed major surgery on Britain’s tax system.
Heath leads a Tory triumvirate of thoroughly professional politicians—himself, Reginald Maudling, and Iain Macleod. These three joined Parliament together in 1951. All were members of the One Nation Group, a radicalTory ginger group of the time. None is a member of “the Eton and Oxford brigade,” although all three are first-class scholars. They are distinctly middle-class, and the country has the impression that Heath, who calls himself a working-class product, was chosen as titular leader largely because he is more distinctly middle-class than the other two.
A time for professionals
Like Wilson, Heath too is a professional politician. Unlike Wilson, he is not an economist. Nor is he a wit. But he has a transistorized mind; he can select pertinent detail from a mass of information with remarkable speed and produce decisions from it with machinelike consistency.
As events have proved, for all these men — indeed, for all politicians now — the major problem can be simply stated: how to put Britain on a paying basis. And how to make it pay in a world of instant know-how, of computerized efficiency, of global industry, of social and class uniformity, without an empire (without even, in an economic sense, a commonwealth), and outside Europe. This question overrides all others and tends to make a nonsense out of party dogmas.
So rapidly has the context changed that it already seems almost incredible that it was not until this year that the Tories actually elected their political leader, that right up to 1965 they always had him selected for them by a secret and indefinable process and usually from a narrow coterie of great families, great landowners, and people of great wealth orbiting the throne.
But then, until only two or three years ago even the captains of the big-league cricket teams in England had to be members of the Establishment, and unpaid. What has finally ended this year is the Age of the Amateur — which, it should be acknowledged, gave Britain many great and gifted men and a valuable heritage of culture.
However, nobody has any doubts anymore: this is undeniably a time for professionals. The parliamentary system itself is under attack as amateur and irrelevant. The old party dogmas are suspect. Britain’s problem today is seen as largely one of management. The British are taking the politics out of politics. The major questions are these: how to increase the nation’s efficiency, how to stabilize costs, how to increase profits, how to boost productivity, how to improve quality. Thus the two party leaders operate as efficiency experts rather than as political philosophers.
Heath’s strategy is obvious. It is to persuade the electorate that the new Tories are the less political of the two major parties and the more managerial. Wilson’s major mistake — or possibly it has been simply his misfortune —has been that in making his own transition from socialist to managerial leader he has had to give too many hostages to the left. These have exacerbated the crisis.
Against capital gains
Chancellor of the Exchequer James Callaghan’s reform of the tax system, for instance, has not simplified it, but has made it vastly more complex. What could be worse, his tax reform appears to be based upon the old-fashioned socialist principle that the shareholder is functionless. It is seen therefore as an attack on investment.
A capital gains tax at 30 percent does not sound too harsh perhaps, particularly if the wealthy have been making hay in seemingly endless golden summers with no gains tax at all to cloud their days. But gains made within twelve months are first taxed at 41.25 percent or higher, depending on income. And the longer-term 30 percent tax is a flatrate tax on all gains by all people with no allowances whatsoever. The new corporation tax is specifically intended to cause firms to cut dividends and to plow back more capital instead. It discriminates quite harshly against overseas investment.
Lord Robbins (Lionel Robbins), Britain’s most respected senior economist and a colleague of Keynes’s at Bretton Woods, has spoken eloquently against the new capital gains tax on both individuals and corporations. The investor, in a period of rising prices, is subjected to an additional capital levy because of the high incidence of the gains tax, he says. “I must say I think this is flagrantly unjust. . . . When one of the main desiderata is an increase in savings, it is also inexpedient.” Of the corporation tax, acknowledged by many as a good idea in itself, he adds, “It will be a bad thing for this country if ever it comes to be assumed that the payment of dividends is simply a ritual to keep the stock markets sweet.”
Stock market business in London has dropped considerably. The average income of brokers is thought to have fallen by about 60 percent. This does not worry nonbrokers. But overseas investment, often more profitable than investment at home, has also been heavily hit. Savings in general have fallen by more than 50 percent. The rise of industrial investment has stopped. To “save the pound” in these circumstances obviously requires a miracle.
Throughout the eleven months of Labor power there has indeed been a race between this miracle and catastrophe. British prices have increased in three months by 7 percent. It is impossible to run an inflation at such a pace, and at the same time, a world currency based on fixed exchange rates. By August every penny in Britain’s gold and convertible currency reserve of $2.75 billion was pledged in debt due for repayment within five years.
Labor has maintained all along, however, that it can work the miracle. It alone, it has been sure, can gain the confidence of the trade unions. It alone can achieve a smooth changeover to stability and prosperity by national, regional, and local planning. Through its new National Board for Prices and Incomes, it has already been able to ensure that no decisions to increase prices or wages can easily be taken in the future with no regard at all for increased output or efficiency.
The tide seems to have turned for the shipbuilding industry. Unemployment in Scotland has been halved. Industrial production in Northern Ireland is rising at 10 percent a year. The average of pay increases everywhere has been gradually falling. It is not yet down to the 3.5 percent guideline set by Economic Affairs Minister George R. Brown, but it has come down from 7 percent to 6.3 percent in May, to 6.1 percent in June, and to 5.5 percent in July.
Roads but no highways
It may be that behind the crisis, the movement that is essential to the breakthrough has already started. The British have certainly begun to question why it is that in a time when technology makes all men equal it still takes 170 men in Imperial Chemical Industries to turn out the same chemicals that 100 men produce at Du Pont; and 100 men in Coventry to produce as many cars as 80 in West Germany or maybe 65 in Detroit do.
Why, they ask, is it that only the British cannot afford new roads? Britain now has more cars per miles of road than any other country on earth. In England the figure is put at 49.5 vehicles per mile. This is more striking still when one knows that the British have more miles of road per square mile of area than anyone else, if you use the term “road” loosely. It is a statistical fact that there are in England three miles of road in every single square mile of the country.
The trouble is that most of the roads are lanes. Nowhere in the civilized world now — using that term, too, in a freewheeling way — are there fewer auto highways. The total of what the British call motorways is just 194 miles.
A body called the Roads Campaign Council lobbies for more highways, without success. The Labor road program has just been cut in half, at least for the duration of the crisis. The Roads Council bombards newspapers with facts, figures, and speeches. It organizes deputations of members of Parliament to the European Continent to study continental highways. Traffic congestion costs £530 million a year ($1.5 billion), it claims, deducting 2 percent from the potential gross national product.
British drivers certainly put up with conditions that few others would tolerate for long. Jams that are quite literally twenty-five miles long are regular occurrences on summer weekends. They can always be avoided, of course, by taking to the lanes. If you are, or have with you, a good map-reader, motoring in England can still be beautiful and uncrowded. But half the charm of lanes is that they don’t run straight.
It is an odd thing that the British produce such quantities of great racing drivers. In Jim Clark, Britain again has the world’s best, even possibly the greatest ever. But in their newspaper columns when they turn commentators, as they usually do, the great racing drivers find themselves more often than not explaining how to cope with roundabouts (traffic circles). Overpasses and underpasses are still rare.
The authorities have been experimenting with a “give way to traffic from the right” campaign at roundabouts. It has not been a total success. Theoretically, this would allow roundabouts to be emptying all the time. In practice, however, when traffic is heavy, either everybody gives way to everybody, in the polite British way, or nobody gives way to anybody (although still politely). The roundabouts seize up solid. The racing drivers advise their readers to get in the right lane and then get there firstest with the mostest.
No money in railroads
Another odd thing is the fact that Britain once upon a time had a foolproof system for enabling roadbuilding to keep pace with the increase in traffic. Taxes on cars and trucks were put into a special Road Fund. Alas, Churchill himself (Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1924 through 1929) raided the fund. He took the car taxes for the general revenue. They now about pay for the national health service, and the fund has been abolished.
One has to admit, of course, that Britain is a very small, narrow, crowded country. It does not have as much space for more roads as most others. This thought has led to the growth of a new group dedicated to the abolition of all railroads in Britain, the uprooting of the tracks, and the use of the roadbeds as automobile roads.
The group is called the Railway Conversion League. Masterminded by its founder, Brigadier T. J. Lloyd, an able army engineer now retired, the league can prove statistically that if the railroads were thus transformed into roads, they could make a profit. (As railways they currently lose $250 million a year.)
But Lord St. Davids, of the Inland Waterways Association, insists: “The only real answer to our transport problems is major inland waterways. As far as I can see in the future of Britain, waterways are the only sense that can be found.”
Fond as the British are of messing about in boats, even the longest traffic jam has vet to convince motorists that boats are really the answer. It more and more looks as if some modern version of the road fund that Churchill raided is required, so that extra traffic will provide extra money for roads and that the economic cost of road traffic can be fully met.
The task, in short, is to modernize and rationalize Britain. The chief goal of Britishers now is easier living; it is no longer a question of finding work or avoiding hunger.
Picture of America
For this reason —that the task is modernization — the work of the American Embassy in London probably needs modernizing too. The ambassador is ambassador to the Court of St. James’s, of course. But the court, in both the narrowest and widest senses, is losing its influence. Douglas-Home, one can assume, was the last nominee of the court to figure as Prime Minister of Great Britain. Every ambassador in London to some extent now feels that he is going with the wrong crowd, and is fettered by protocol.
David K. Bruce, one of the best U.S. diplomats, has had a great personal success, though he is little known to the public at large. The picture of America that the British have is projected to them mainly by the face and voice of President Lyndon B. Johnson himself.
There are ways of improving the U.S. impact. Why, one wonders, does the recurrent American exhibition in St. James’s have to be closed to the public and open only to those with cards of invitation? A permanent but changing American exhibition would be a considerable draw here. And one can make a strong case for arguing that Britain needs one.
The British are getting the feeling that the Americans arc losing interest in them. At the popular level, relations are not as close as they were only a little while ago.
Yet there is no denying that behind the scenes the American mission here has achieved considerable influence. Its members are gradually getting across a message that is apposite: that we are all liberals now, and that this takes most of the problems of the management of any advanced economy out of the realm of party political controversy. At the top levels the British and the Americans have established an unusually close and sympathetic understanding.


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Research is a must before you book a hotel room. This article has information that can help you in your search for a hotel. Apply what you have learned here and have a great time!

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Environmental degradation can only be remedied by restoring some of the working of the ecosystem, helping the partially restored system improve itself naturally, and improving the robustness of the ecosystem and its ability to absorb human stress. Ecohydrology provides technology for mitigating the impact on the coastal zone of human activities, using or enhancing the natural capacity of the water bodies to absorb or process nutrients and pollutants from human activities.
Fragments of Hope is a community-based organization in Placencia, Belize focusing primarily on the challenge of coral reef restoration and sustainable management of associated habitats including lagoon and mangrove ecosystems. Our members include local fishers and tour guides collectively working with the Belize Fisheries Department, local conservation organization, international researchers and the local community.
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Dive Travel / Trinidad and Tobago
Prepare yourself for a wild ride when you dive the reefs of Tobago. This small island sits like a boulder in the middle of the Guyana Current, which reaches Tobago (and its sister island Trinidad) from South America, where the current picks up an infusion of nutrients from Venezuela's mighty Orinoco River. As a result, divers find top-notch reefs and marine life, ranging from tiny tropical fish to massive manta rays, and drift diving with the Guyana is spectacular. On the northern end of the island you'll find swift currents, colorful sponges and abundant hard and soft coral growth. On the southern end, slower-paced shallow reefs and mini-walls are popular. Tobago also features large pelagics like sharks and dolphins thanks to its proximity to the open ocean.
Considered by many as the true Caribbean, Tobago offers its guests a unique travel experience. Come and explore our island’s rich history, culture, and biodiversity. Find the perfect accommodations for your stay, from luxurious villas, to quaint bed and breakfast establishments, to guesthouses and full-service hotels, many of them with views to die for. Learn about the many festivals, as well as cultural and sporting events that take place throughout the year. Let us help you find that perfect restaurant, idyllic beach or historical attraction. See why dive enthusiasts, romantics, adventure seekers, bird-watchers and beach lovers all have Tobago on their to-do lists!
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Trinidad's oilbird has the right idea - it only comes out at night, when the fun begins. Four major festivals take place on Trinidad: Carnival, a pre-Lenten fjte marked by calypso and masquerade parties; Duvali, when hundreds of oil lamps are lit in commemoration of the Hindu goddess of light; Phagwa, in celebration of the vernal equinox and new year; and Hosay, which memorializes the murders of Mohammed's grandsons Hussein and Hassan. The fact that these festivals are equally import to the locals is reflective of the country's multi-cultural composition and worldly view.
Port of Spain, Trinidad's capital, is a modern metropolis with skyscrapers, a bustling nightlife and international restaurants. The people of Trinidad are a mixture of British, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, French, Syrian and East Indian cultures.
It is thought that 10,000 years ago, Trinidad began drifting away from South America to its current position 10 miles north of Venezuela. For this reason, it has as a diverse ecosystem - many of the same plants and animals - as the continental mainland. The southernmost of the Caribbean islands, Trinidad is 1,864 square miles of mountains (the highest being El Cerro del Aripo at 3,085 feet), valleys and marshland. Waterfalls and rivers occur at regular intervals. A 100-acre lake of natural asphalt continuously churns near the town of La Brea in the southwest.
Tobago, low key and underdeveloped, is considerably more serene than Trinidad - it's where Trinidadians go on vacation to escape the cosmopolitan pace of their own island.
Tobago, which lies 22 miles northeast of Trinidad, probably separated from the mainland much earlier than Trinidad. It has sheer cliffs and volcanic mountains covered in rainforests. White-sand beaches scallop the west coast. Buccoo Reef, a marine park of shallow coral formations, and the Nylon Pool, with its soft sandy bottom and crystal water, lie off the southwest coast.
Climate: Tropical climate with average maximum temperatures of 89º F. Tobago's temperatures are cooler, owing to the more constant north east trade winds. There is a dry season from January to May and a wet season from June to December. Annual rainfall is about 40 inches over most of the country. Trinidad and Tobago is just south of the hurricane belt.
Columbus came across the island of Trinidad in 1498. In the early 1500s, Spain colonized the island to expedite the search for El Dorado on the mainland. Although the British captured Trinidad in 1797, Spain did not acknowledge the loss for five years. Following emancipation in the mid-1800s, indentured servants immigrated to the island from several nations.
Meanwhile, on Tobago, a British settlement was founded in 1814. The island, however, changed hands more times than any other island in the Caribbean. In the late 1800s, the governments of Trinidad and Tobago merged. In 1962, Trinidad and Tobago was granted independence. In 1976, it became a republic.
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The wreck of the Maverick, a 300+ foot passenger ferry sunk in April of 1997 is a must-dive in Tobago. You'll see Jewfish, Barracuda, amberjack, snapper and much more. Sisters 1 and Sisters 2 are islands offshore with sharp rock pinnacles that rise from the deep. It's the perfect place to see pelagics including sharks, barracuda and tarpon. Hammerheads are frequently seen. Shark Bank is a vast underwater area with mounds of coral and valleys. Sharks and Mantas are frequently seen here. Aquarium is a spectacular drift dive with an abundance of fish. The current runs full speed here almost every day and you'll see schools of Black Durgeon, Glassy Eye Snapper and Angelfish. London Bridge, near St Giles is a huge rock with a hole through it that is half above the water and half below it. When there are calm seas you can swim through this underwater bridge as you look for Tangs, ocean surgeonfish, French angelfish, trunkfish and trumpetfish. The vertical walls are encrusted with yellow and orange sponges.
Weather: Offshore trade winds keep the temperature in the mid-80s year-round.Average Water Temp: About 80 degrees in summer, dropping to between 68 and 71 degrees in winter.Average Visibility: About 80 feet, though it can be lower during the June-to-October rainy season.Travel Savvy: U.S. and Canadian citizens must bring a passport. Departure tax of TT$100 must be paid in local currency.Destination Links: Trinidad & Tobago Tourism, http://visittobago.gov.tt/.

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So you are a musician. That’s awesome. But competition is stiff and you need to make a living. Aside from live performance, music, and merch sales, there are many ways to make a living by composing or providing your tracks for film and video. And fortunately, these types of opportunities for getting paid as a musician and composer for film/video have increased astronomically over the past 10 years with the rise of, you guessed it, the internet and technology.
As a working composer and sound designer, I have managed to build a viable and growing career doing what I love, which is making music and playing with sounds. I have only been able to do so by expanding my search for composition opportunities into artistic realms never before thought of as viable to composition work. All sorts of people are now making video and require music for their videos, expanding the need for original music.
The advantage of the internet and the role it plays in increasing our exposure as artists is obvious and there is no need to belabor the point. Most of us communicate daily with folks all over the world whether it be for collaboration, paying gigs, or as friends and family. However, the advent of technology and its impact on opportunities for musicians begs a bit more analysis. Not only can musicians and composers create better and faster, but because of access to affordable technology, other types of media artists can more easily make video as well. This includes photographers, photobook creators and curators, and authors, who now actively create video to promote and showcase their work. Fortunately for us musicians, these videos need sound and music, and as a result, photographers, curators, and writers are now valid artists with which to seek opportunity.
One example of a photographer and videographer creatively using original music is Genevieve Russell of Story Portrait Media. As part of her work, Russell creates videos which incorporate dialog, photography, and music for photographers to showcase their work and present themselves. One such example is the showcase video for Norah Levine found here. Clearly, photographers, who never had need for music in the past, are now viable candidates to seek out and contact for music composition gigs.
A second example of the use of original music is a fantastically fresh new media called “flipthroughs,” being created by the Indie Photobook Library, founded by photography writer and photobook curator Larissa Leclair. This flipthrough video is a superb example of a new media mash which needs music. It features the photobook “Desert Days” by photographer Matt Austin and shows a close up of a person flipping through the photos in the book with an accompanying track by the artist A(a)rdvark/Jeff Austin. The killer track adds emotion and artistry to the act of viewing a photobook, which previously would have been a silent process. Who would have thought? A photobook curator makes a video of a photobook with original music to create a cutting-edge fresh mashup of media which best of all, requires music.
Another group who is now searching for music are book authors. The concept of a “book trailer” is a new phenomenon and many authors are either creating book trailers themselves, or are hiring professionals to do so. Regardless of how it gets done, though, these book trailers need music. There are tons of articles and blogs online that give advice on how to create a book trailer and all of them mention adding music, whether original or royalty free, as part of the process. Obviously, now, authors are a target for opportunity.
You might be wondering how you would go about finding artists who actively seek music for their work? While this could be an entirely other post, it is safe to say that “traditional” methods work. Join photography and book writer forums, post on blogs related to the subject, answers questions related to the subject on yahoo answers, search for videographers who make videos for photographers and email them directly. Yes it can be boring and take time and effort, but being active in your search to find opportunities for your music bears results. This world is ripe for music, a sonic apple waiting to be plucked.
Other types of artists/associations that now require music for projects:
- Audio Book publishers
- YouTube videographers
About the Author
This is a guest post by Adam A. Johnson, a music composer and sound designer who owns and operates Architect of Sound, a music company that provides custom music scoring and sound design for Film/TV/New Media projects both in the U.S. and abroad with clients in Canada, Ireland, Haiti, Egypt, and Dubai. Credits include LEGO, the United Nations, Aquafina-Pepsico, the National Endowment for the Arts, US Customs, Exxon, NYC Mayor Bloomberg and more. He also owns and operates the SFXsource.com Sound Effects and Royalty Free Music Library.


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Extell isn’t exactly known for skimping on the details when it comes to its pricey condo developments, so it’s no surprise that the firm’s enormous high-rise rental on Tenth Avenue has plenty of ultra-fancy perks.
Located at 606 West 57th Street (also going by the address of 610 West 57th Street), the project spans 1.2 million square feet with the residential part of the development covering just under one million square feet.
Prices continue to drop at One57, with yet another hyper-luxury condo selling at a steep discount. An LLC called "Escape From New York" tried flipping a condo for $39 million, but may have ended up selling it at a huge loss.
The lottery for 169 affordable rentals at Manhattan West will open on September 6 bringing with it studios priced from $913/month. Rentals up for grabs include 53 studios, 89 one-bedrooms, 25 two-bedrooms, and two three-bedrooms.
Last summer it was announced that a beloved Midtown West diner would shutter and make way for an apartment building, to be developed by the Moinian Group. That project is now moving forward with the over 50-year old diner having officially shuttered.
A lot has happened since we last checked in on Manhattan West, the mini-megaproject rising just a few blocks from Hudson Yards. Construction has progressed rather far since then, and two of the buildings are now encased in shiny glass sheathing.
Apartments at Sky, the largest rental building in New York City, have been available for a little more than a year now, but a new tier of high-end pads within the development is about to hit the market.
The work was inspired by the Hudson River, and artist Stephen Glassman decided to name it after a loose translation of the Native American name for the river, "Muh-he-kunne-tuk," which means the river that flows both ways.
It may be time to induct a new apartment into the Pricechopper Hall of Fame. Back in 2014, a four-bedroom duplex in the Time Warner Center hit the market with a $42.5 million asking price. Now, it's asking just $20 million.
Bjarke Ingels’s so-called "courtscraper" on Manhattan’s far west sideis getting a big addition: The Durst Organization announced that Landmark Theatres will bring an eight-screen theater to the development.
When one thinks of the tallest buildings in New York City, Bjarke Ingels’ tetrahedron, Via 57 West is certainly not the first thing that comes to mind. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has named it the best tall building in the Americas.
The church-replacing hotel set to rise 344 West 36th Street now has its first rendering, and as promised, the developer has maintained the façade of the historic church, and what's more he's also going to rebuild the church's parish house.
the agency submitted plans for the building last fall, which would see the creation of 24 apartments spread out 42,649 square feet of space, and a 5,400 square foot retail component on the ground floor.
Planning for the project got underway in 2006 after Brookfield acquired a large parcel of land at Ninth Avenue and 33rd Street in Midtown West. Construction didn't get underway until October 2012 however.
While details on Robert A.M. Stern's limestone tower are few and far between, the construction photos don't lie: the building is up to its 25th floor, and the Central Park-facing Villas are starting to come to fruition.
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There’s good news to report about that badly-needed new rail tunnel under the Hudson River: $70 million has been allotted for early engineering work on the Gateway Project. The tubes that are currently in place have been there since 1910.
Residents of the swanky west side tower say the developer has cut off their direct access to the building's pool and gym, meaning they have to exit the building to access the amenities shared with Moinian's neighboring development, Sky.
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|Written by||Margaret Edson|
Dr Bearing's Students
|Place premiered||South Coast Repertory|
Costa Mesa, California
Wit (also styled as W;t) is a one-act play written by American playwright Margaret Edson, which won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Edson used her work experience in a hospital as part of the inspiration for her play.
Wit received its world premiere at South Coast Repertory (SCR), Costa Mesa, California, in 1995. Edson had sent the play to many theatres, with SCR dramaturg Jerry Patch seeing its potential. He gave it to artistic director Martin Benson, who worked with Edson to ready the play for production. It was given a reading at NewSCRipts, and a full production was then scheduled for January 1995.
Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, Connecticut subsequently staged the play in November 1997, with Kathleen Chalfant in the lead role of Vivian Bearing. The play received its first New York City production Off-Broadway in September 1998, at the MCC Theater (MCC), with Chalfant reprising her role as Vivian Bearing and direction by Derek Anson Jones. The play closed on October 4, 1998. An excerpt from the play was published in the New York Times in September 1998. Chalfant received strong praise for her performance. She also incorporated her own life experience into her work on the play, including the final illness and death of her brother Alan Palmer from cancer.
The play moved to the Off-Broadway Union Square Theater in December 1998, after its successful initial run at the MCC. The lighting design for this production was by Michael Chybowski, the set design by Myung Hee Cho, the costume design by Ilona Somogyi, and the sound design and original music was by David Van Tieghem. The production closed on April 9, 2000 after 545 performances.,
The Manhattan Theatre Club presented the Broadway premiere at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in a three-month run, starting in January 2012 and closing on March 17, 2012. The production starred Cynthia Nixon and was directed by Lynne Meadow. The set design was by Santo Loquasto, costume design was by Jennifer von Mayrhauser, lighting design was by Peter Kaczorowski.
On the cover of the published book of the play, the use of a semicolon in place of the letter i gives W;t as one representation of the play's title. In the context of the play, the semicolon refers to the recurring theme of the use of a semicolon versus a comma in one of John Donne's Holy Sonnets. Both Wit and W;t have been used in various articles on the play for the title.
Elizabeth Klaver has discussed in detail the philosophical issues of "mind vs body" in the context of Wit.
In the fall of 2018, Southwest Baptist University sold pins featuring the quote "Keep pushing the fluids" alongside their production of W;t in order to raise money for ovarian cancer research.
The character E. M. Ashford is based on English literary critic Helen Gardner.
The action of the play takes place during the final hours of Dr. Vivian Bearing, a university professor of English, dying of ovarian cancer. She recalls the initial diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic ovarian cancer from her oncologist, Dr. Harvey Kelekian. Dr. Kelekian then proposes an experimental chemotherapeutic treatment regimen consisting of eight rounds at full dosage. Vivian agrees to the treatment.
Over the course of the play, Vivian reflects on her life through the intricacies of the English language, especially the use of wit in the metaphysical poetry of John Donne. Throughout the play, she recites Donne's Holy Sonnet X, "Death Be Not Proud," while reflecting upon her condition. (In the revised edition of John Donne's Holy Sonnets, "If Poysonous Mineralls" and "Death Be Not Proud" are sonnets IX and X, respectively.) As a professor, she has a reputation for rigorous teaching methods. She has lived her life alone, is unmarried and without children, her parents are deceased, and she has no emergency contact.
Vivian recalls undergoing tests by various medical technicians and being the subject of grand rounds. She remembers sharing a love of language and books with her father. She flashes back to her experiences as a student of Dr. E. M. Ashford, an expert on John Donne. Bearing later finds herself under the care of Dr. Jason Posner, an oncology research fellow who has taken her class on John Donne. At the hospital, she recognizes that doctors are interested in her for her research value and, like her, tend to ignore humanity in favor of knowledge. Gradually, she realizes that she would prefer kindness to intellectualism.
Vivian reaches the end stage in extreme pain as Susie Monahan, a nurse at the medical centre, offers Vivian compassion and discusses with her the option of exercising her final option, "do not resuscitate" (DNR), in case of a severe decline in her condition. Vivian decides to mark the DNR option. Dr. Ashford, in town for her great-grandson's birthday, visits the hospital after learning of Vivian's cancer. She comforts her and offers to read a Donne sonnet, but Vivian, scarcely conscious, declines. Instead, Ashford reads from Margaret Wise Brown's The Runaway Bunny, which she had bought for her great-grandson. Dr. Ashford kisses a sleeping Vivian, quotes Hamlet, and leaves.
While on a routine visit, Jason notices Vivian has stopped breathing and has no pulse. He immediately calls in a "code blue" and begins CPR, despite the DNR order. Susie enters on hearing the code blue announcement, attempts to stop Jason's efforts, and calls to cancel the code. The resuscitation team arrives with a crash cart and attempts to revive Vivian while Susie tries to intervene, repeating that Vivian is DNR. Jason eventually admits his mistake, and upon examining the chart, the team quickly stops. The play ends as Vivian, unclothed after her death, walks from her hospital bed "toward a little light".
|Role||Off-Broadway Premiere Cast, September 17, 1998|
New York City, MCC Theater, Chelsea
|Vivian Bearing, PhD||Kathleen Chalfant|
|Harvey Kelekian, MD||Walter Charles|
|Dr. Jason Posner||Alec Phoenix|
|Susie Monahan||Paula Pizzi|
|E. M. Ashford||Helen Stenborg|
|Laboratory technicians and students||Brian J. Carter, Daniel Sarnelli, Alli Steinberg, Lisa Tharps|
|Mr. Bearing||Walter Charles|
Wit won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play also received the "Best New Play" award for 1999 from the New York Drama Critics' Circle. Because the play did not receive a production at a Broadway theatre, Wit was not eligible for the Tony Awards at that time. Chalfant received an Obie award from the Village Voice for her performance.
The 2012 Broadway production was nominated for the Tony Award, Best Revival of a Play, and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Cynthia Nixon).
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In 2001, the play was adapted into an Emmy Award-winning cable television film, directed by Mike Nichols with Emma Thompson as Vivian Bearing.

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Happy Tuesday, were-tigers and warlocks! It may be a holiday week in the US but we’re carrying on as usual. Today I’ve got lots of news for you about lots of things, including Game of Thrones, some more exciting adaptations, and some very sad news regarding William Goldman, plus a review of Nine Lives by Ursula K. Le Guin.
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Book and adaptation news:
We have casting news (plot spoilers warning!) for the adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s novelette, Nine Lives (reviewed below), and I am delighted — Jonny Lee Miller and Common will be playing mining scouts Pugh and Martin, and they are perrrrfectttttt. (Except now I’m dying to know who is going to be playing the ten-clone John Chow. Fancasts accepted!)
Jewel Gomez’s The Gilda Stories are being adapted and I could not be more excited for this story about Gilda, an escaped black slave and bisexual vampire, to come to the screen courtesy of Cheryl Dunye, a black lesbian woman.
Rolling in the Deep, the mermaid thriller by Mira Grant (a.k.a. Seanan McGuire), is being adapted for the screen by director Mary Lambert (Pet Sematary), it’s like someone out there just wants me to be happy.
The final season of Game of Thrones is coming to your TV in April…
and George R.R. Martin’s NOT-Game-of-Thrones property, Wild Cards, is probably going to Hulu.
On to a new release you might need:
Fire and Blood: 300 Years Before a Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin — because something is better than nothing?
How about an ebook deal?
And now for today’s review, which is a classic poised to become new again.
Nine Lives by Ursula K. Le Guin
Trigger warning: incest
People often ask me about the best place to start with Le Guin’s work, and depending on what they prefer (sci-fi or fantasy), I’ll say Lathe of Heaven or Earthsea, respectively. But I’m beginning to wonder if her shorter fiction wouldn’t be better — collections like The Wind’s Twelve Quarters, for example, which has both her SF and F and includes classics like “Vaster Than Empires And More Slow” and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.” All of this is to say that when I saw the news about the casting for Nine Lives, her novelette, I dove into The Wind’s Twelve Quarters to find it — and it is indeed a gorgeous starting place if you’re new to Le Guin, and a great reminder of her genius for her fans.
Mining scouts Owen Pugh and Alvaro Guillen Martin are out in space working on an unstable uranium mine, and help has finally arrived in the form of ten clones, five male and five female, known collectively as John Chow. The clones are brilliant, young, beautiful, and efficient; so efficient, in fact, that Owen and Alvaro find themselves mostly unable to interact with them. They have each other and that’s all they need. While Owen and Alvaro struggle with their emotional reactions to the clones, the clones carry on with the work — until disaster strikes.
To say more about the plot would be to give too much away (it is a novelette, after all), but what particularly struck me was the complicated, messy humanity of the piece. Here are two men who have become accustomed to dealing with each other’s quirks and flaws and have found an equilibrium, only to have that equilibrium upset by new person(s). And here are ten clones who have never known anything but equilibrium. How do you bridge a gap that seems unbridgeable? How do you learn to deal with external personalities when you’ve never had to? Through the lens of cloning and space exploration, Le Guin ponders the connectedness of people of all kinds, and what it means to relate — and truly connect — to one another.
It’s a heartbreaker of a story, and I remain a bit flabbergasted both that it originally ran in a 1968 edition of Playboy and that it holds up as well as it does. I have so many questions about how they’ll adapt it; there’s not a ton of plot, and I can see the Powers That Be adding more whizbangflash than it currently has. While I do love a good action movie, I live in hopes that the director cares about maintaining the story’s incredible emotional resonance as well.
And that’s a wrap! You can find all of the books recommended in this newsletter on a handy Goodreads shelf. If you’re interested in more science fiction and fantasy talk, you can catch me and my co-host Sharifah on the SFF Yeah! podcast. For many many more book recommendations you can find me on the Get Booked podcast with the inimitable Amanda, or on Twitter as jennIRL.
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Each person attending the party can do 2 designs first at $40 and second for $30. Payment and choices are due no later then 4/20. I will post that link soon!
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There are also No Refunds! If for some reason you are sick or unable to make it the night of the party, your sign will be left with the host of the party, and you will be responsible for painting and attaching the bow on your own. All of the items are customized and therefor we do not do refunds or returns.
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Corn: As of 7:30- OC 2 higher, NC 4 lower
Everything past the July contract settled lower yesterday as slow farmer movement was noted supporting the July. Talk still remains about how much pp corn acres there will be. Hearing private estimated anywhere from low 13’s to low14’s for total production. Either way exports will need to pick up to absorb the additional production. Technically 2 of 3 indicators have issued sell signals for Dec while July continues to hang in there.
Soybeans: As of 7:30- OC unchanged, NC 9 lower
Soybeans traded weaker all session as the Nov closed lower for first time in 9 trading days. Ideas of increased acres from slow corn planting and a stronger dollar fed the weakness. Perdue Agribusiness is saying they sold 29mb of US soybeans to a Chinese group. Technically Aug beans remain bullish while Nov stochastics have tipped over with my other 2 indicators yet to issue.
Wheat: As of 7:30- unchanged
Quiet day for the wheat trade as North Dakota remains wet and harvest begins in Ok and Texas with limited news. A Kansas farmer has filed a lawsuit against Monsanto claiming negligence for the escape of biotech wheat. Informa will release a HRW estimate midmorning.

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Researchers at the Rega Institute at KU Leuven in Belgium have used genetic data to map the spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa.
Global travel health news and disease outbreak coverage.
Holidaymakers are being warned to check travel advice on medicines to avoid being penalised.
Several of the Global Virus Network’s (GVN) centres of excellence are researching Nipah virus (NiV) and contributing expertise to the outbreak in the Indian state of Kerala.
As of 5 June 2018, a number of changes have been made to the country risk category for Zika virus transmission.
According to the CDC, 25 more people have become ill from E. coli infections linked to romaine lettuce since the previous update on 16 May.
Thirty people in Almaty, Kazakhstan have been diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis infections.
It is hoped that cooler weather from the southern winter will bring respite from yellow fever in Brazil as mosquito activity is expected to drop.
A new report from the CDC advises on how travellers can avoid disease contamination from holiday pools and hot tubs.
Officials have confirmed that there is a hepatitis A outbreak in Nashville in the US.
WHO has issued an update on the current status of the Ebola virus outbreak in the DRC.


Shoushan National Natural Park Environmental Education and Administrative Services Park, the original site was the "Shou Gang Military Camp "that had been idled. The design and construction retained is of the early military framework structure. The main building houses the administrative and visitor center.
The visitor center is located on the left-hand side facing the administrative park and the Old Fongshan City Wall is the design concept. The image at the entrance of the city wall was constructed from the original coral stones abandoned when detention ponds were excavated. A ring ladder connects each floor to create an image as the stepping road and the horse track on the old city wall. The designs introduce the historical and humanistic characteristics of the park to the visitor center and becomes an environmental educational place that integrated these local elements.
The visitor center is a four-storey building. It includes the Special Exhibition Room and the Information desk on the 2nd floor, the Multimedia Briefing Room on the 3rd floor and the Resources Exhibition Room on the 4th floor. It is furnished with toilets and water dispensers on each floor, with breastfeeding rooms on the 3rd and 4th floor. The center provides a barrier-free visiting environment via an elevator accessible to all floors directly and offers wheelchair services available at the Information desk.
The regular guided exhibition and the scheduled video screening services are available during the visitor center opening hours.
For groups that are larger than 15 persons, the center provides a group appointment guided commentary service. Please call our office : +886(0)7-522-1010.
The Center Opening Hours:Daily (except on Chinese New Year's Eve and non-national holiday Monday) from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Tel No:+886 07-531-3001
How to get here:1. By public transportation
A. Bus : Take the 56 route bus (no service provided on Mondays), get off at “Love Scenic Lookout Station” and walk 5 minutes to the center.
B. MRT : Get off at “Sizihwan Station”and leave from Exit 2 , walk through Gushan 1st Road and take Qianguang Road, walk along to the end of Qianguang Road and turn right to Wanshou Road, then arrive at the center.About 10 minutes in the whole journey.
C. LRT (Light Rail): Get off at “Hamasen Station”, walk through Gushan 1st Road and take Qianguang Road, walk along to the end of Qianguang Road and turn right to Wanshou Road, then arrive at the center.About 10 minutes in the whole journey.
2. By car
A. Take either the National Highway No.1st south direction or the National Highway No.10th west direction, pass the Dingjin System Interchange to the Zuoying exit of the National Highway No. 10th, take Cuihua Road to the south to Shengli Road then right onto Chengfeng Road, to the south along Gushan 3rd Road to Gushan 1st Road all the way, then onto Xinle Street then turn right onto Wanshou Road.
B. From the National Highway No.1st go in the north direction to the Zhongzheng Road exit of the Kaohsiung Interchange, take Zhongzheng 1st Road to the Zhongzheng 4 th Road and connect to Dagong Road, at the end of Dagong Road turn left onto
Gushan 1st Road then on Xinle Street turn right to Wanshou Road, take the way to Martyrs' Shrine, pass Martyrs' Shrine then arrive at the center. P.S.
1. There are 40 minibus parking spaces in the park.
2. Large cars are not permitted to park in the park.


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Nice wine / holiday home to start with!
The village of Vásárosbéc is situated in a beautiful natural environment and close to various fishing lakes. Here all necessary facilities are still available such as a local store, supermarket, post office and of course a cafe. Given the environment, it is a paradise for fishermen and hunters! Vásárosbéc is located in the south of the Baranya county.
This small wine / weekhouse is located in southwest Hungary, 15 minutes from the town of Szigetvár and thus 30 km from the border with Croatia. The location is quiet yet close to a reasonable city where everything is available. The town of Dióspusztá, municipality of Vásárosbéc, is located in the foothills of the hills of the Zselic nature park. Behind the house the forests begin and there is plenty of room for walking, mountain biking and horse riding. This part of Hungary has strong but short winters, so that a large part of the year can be lived outside. Pécs is the largest city at a distance of 40 km.
The wine house is in a poor condition and certainly needs the necessary work but the basis is still good. The distinctive feature of this winery is the fact that it is a winery that is built in width and the view over the associated plot of no less than 4359 m2 is beautiful and ideal for those seeking tranquility and nature lovers.
The living area is 38 m2 and there is a living room, kitchen and the press house and wine cellar.
Electricity is present and the drainage is free. Water can be drawn from the own water well to the winery so that one has its own water supply. For heating there is a wood stove. Internet and TV connection are possible.
Ideal for someone who loves peace, space and freedom and who wants to live close to nature or celebrate a holiday!
Vásárosbéc is a place (község) and municipality in the Hungarian county of Baranya. Vásárosbéc has 219 inhabitants (2001). (5183)


text: Blake Shelton was voted this year's "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine, and the Internet is outraged. Many blasted People and Blake, while uplifting alternatives—like Idris Elba and Jason Momoa. Both have been fawned over for years, but never anointed "Sexiest Man Alive." In fact, People has been called for the lack of diversity in choosing "Sexiest Man Alive" over the years. Elba and Momoa, especially, have been melting hearts for years. Who should have been "Sexiest Man Alive"?Elba is so smooth and debonair."Hubba hubba" is our only reaction to Momoa.Elba is so smooth and debonair."Hubba hubba" is our only reaction to Momoa.

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King James Version
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
Darby Bible Translation
And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
World English Bible
I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.
Young's Literal Translation
and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee.
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And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.Genesis 17:6 Parallel Commentaries
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'Enoch walked with God,'--GENESIS v. 22. 'Walk before Me.'--GENESIS xvii. 1. 'Ye shall walk after the Lord your God.'--DEUTERONOMY xiii. 4. You will have anticipated, I suppose, my purpose in doing what I very seldom do--cutting little snippets out of different verses and putting them together. You see that these three fragments, in their resemblances and in their differences, are equally significant and instructive. They concur in regarding life as a walk--a metaphor which expresses continuity, …
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And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
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Let’s not talk about “disability.”
Let’s talk about “equity.” “Leadership.” “Representation.” And so many other things that comprise the job of a United States Senator.
When I think of a senator, I think of my boyhood as the son of a national Capitol Hill correspondent. I was incredibly fortunate enough to have inside access: I attended a few congressional hearings, I sat in the press galleries above the Senate and House floors, I shook hands with Senators and Representatives. I watched, with the awe and reverence of a boy, government in action.
So, as an adult, perhaps I hold our leaders even more accountable for their actions. And their actions this week – regarding the Senate vote Tuesday on the “Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” – are petty, cold, and even irresponsible.
Honestly, I’m not going to say it better than the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. John Kerry: “This is one of the saddest days I’ve seen in almost 28 years in the Senate and it needs to be a wakeup call about a broken institution that’s letting down the American people, We need to fix this place because what happens and doesn’t happen here affects millions of lives. Today the dysfunction hurt veterans and the disabled and that’s unacceptable.”
But here’s what I am going to say (not more eloquently, but more strongly, than Sen. Kerry):
Prove it, Senator – show that it’s unacceptable. This is no time for lip service, because the momentum, the structure, the political tide indicates that a vote on this treaty will be re-introduced in the next legislative session. Don’t back off now. You, and other leaders, are in power – and you must speak truth to power: “… What happens and doesn’t happen here affects millions of lives.” This isn’t about pointing fingers or assigning blame. It is time to do what’s right, it is time to lead, it is time to represent the under-represented.
This is not a set back, America – this is an opportunity.
What can we – as constituents, as citizens – do to help?
– Call your senator and express your support for the treaty


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Herbert Smith has officially confirmed to staff that it is in merger talks with Australia’s Freehills, issuing a note to all staff earlier this morning (3 February). The note from senior partner Jonathan Scott informs staff that an interesting opportunity has arisen in Australia, with the firm holding “exploratory talks” with Freehills about a possible link-up.
Herbert Smith has officially confirmed to its employees that it is in merger talks with Australia's Freehills, issuing a note to all staff earlier this morning (3 February). The note from senior partner...
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Yesterday Neville Simms, Tarmac's chief executive, again brushed aside the gloom and doom emanating from rival contractors. In particular, he highlighted the cost benefits arising from integrating the Wimpey activities.
These are expected to yield more than pounds 35m - twice as much as previously expected - and will put Tarmac in a strong position when market conditions improve. However, evidence that such a recovery is in sight is as elusive as ever.
In the year to June, underlying pre-tax profits fell to pounds 6.7m from pounds 29.1m, at the bottom of market forecasts, due to tough markets and bad weather. With a pounds 65m exceptional charge for restructuring the Wimpey activities, including 1,400 redundancies of a 26,000 workforce, the half-time loss widened to pounds 58.3m from pounds 15.9m.
The biggest hit was taken in construction services. Profits here shrank from pounds 5.5m to pounds 700,000 as the design consultancy business slipped into a pounds 2.8m loss, versus a pounds 2.6m profit, after orders dried up. Mr Simms admitted that Tarmac, preoccupied with Wimpey, had taken its eye off the ball.
The heavy building materials division fared better, with profits rising a fraction to pounds 39.7m. But the picture here is far from rosy given the heavy exposure to the UK roads programme, which is being cut to ribbons. Volume declines of up to 24 per cent cast doubt on Tarmac's ability to push through single-digit price increases for much longer.
Similarly, doubts must be expressed about Mr Simm's enthusiasm for the Government's Private Finance Initiative, where Tarmac is in contract or preferred bidder for pounds 800m of work. Few other contractors, or financiers, share Tarmac's belief in PFI's prospects.
Of equal concern is gearing of 66 per cent, which must raise a question mark over the 5p dividend being maintained.
Societe Generale Strauss Turnbull has cut its forecast for pre-exceptional profits this year to pounds 68m from pounds 86m and has lowered its 1997 estimate to pounds 94m from pounds 114m. That implies a p/e of 19 falling to 14 with the shares up 3p to 96.5p. Given Tarmac's bias towards the dull UK construction market, that looks expensive.
Steep price for More O'Ferrall
More O'Ferrall, the billboards to illuminated bus shelters group, is the dream investment - it enjoys a dominant position in a fast growing sector and has plenty of scope to grow in immature overseas markets. It is well financed with enviable cash flow.
Interim figures yesterday came with some bad news - the O'Ferrall is to be dropped to better reflect the fact that Adshel, the fast growing bus shelter arm, is now as big in group terms as the core More O'Ferrall billboards operation. There was nothing else to complain about.
Pre-tax profits of pounds 6.2m were 33 per cent higher than last year's first- half pounds 4.7m, struck from a 21 per cent increase in turnover from pounds 39.3m to pounds 47.8m. Earnings per share grew in line with profits to 12.4p and the interim payout rose 6 per cent to 3.6p (3.4p). Strong cash flow helped debts fall 31 per cent to pounds 10.2m.
Driving those good figures was a marked shift in advertising fashion, away from television, which no longer delivers the mass audiences of old, towards outdoor media. Blue-chip advertisers such as BMW, Kellogg's, Pepsi and Procter & Gamble have started using outdoor advertising for the first time this year, but even so 200 of the top 300 brands have never used it. There is plenty of scope for growth through new clients.
Elsewhere, More's new five-year plan envisages growth coming from diversifying away from bus shelters to backgrounds such as recycling bins and public toilets; from increasing yield per site by using shorter campaigns and better illumination; and from expanding in new markets such as South-east Asia.
The problem with such attractive investments, of course, is that they come at a price. On the basis of forecast profits of about pounds 18m this year, the shares trade on a p/e of about 20 at 691.5p, down 2p. For a growth rate going forward in the mid- to high-teens that is pretty steep.
McKechnie is back on track
McKechnie, the plastic mouldings to fasteners group, has been a nice little earner over the years. Hit hard by recession, profits have recovered smoothly during most of the 1990s and, after a pause for breath last year, the group now looks on course to resume the growth track.
Yesterday's figures reflect de-stocking, especially by electronics and telecoms customers, plus the weak market for housing-related products like curtain rails, which hit McKechnie from the end of 1995. Pre-tax profits up 11 per cent to pounds 50.3m in the 12 months to July were only kept moving by the pounds 5.7m operating contribution from three acquisitions picked up during the year.
Even so, the strength of McKechnie's market positions meant it could squeeze another 1.5 points out of gross margins in the year.
The de-stocking problem now seems to have eased, while the recovery in UK housing sales should spell good news - around 15 per cent of the business is dependent on the domestic DIY market. The 10 per cent of sales, mostly fasteners, which currently go into aircraft should also prosper during the current boom in orders. There should be some growth in the automotive side, around a quarter of the group, which will be boosted by a first- time contribution from last month's pounds 15.3m acquisition of Dzus, a maker of clips.
The only question mark is the fifth of sales made into the depressed Australasian new housing market, although McKechnie is confident that will pick up next year. Meanwhile, gearing of 22 per cent leaves the management well placed for further acquisitions.
Profits of pounds 62m this year would put the shares, up 22.5p at 551p, on a forward multiple of 13. Stay aboard.Reuse content


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Valery Shaykhlislamov was a Russian celebrity family. Valery Shaykhlislamov was the father of supermodel Irina Shaykhlislamova. Moreover, Irina became the first Russian model on the cover of the 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
Table of Biography
Early Life and Childhood
Valery Shaykhlislamov was born in Russian and was a Russian citizen. Likewise, talking about his ethnicity and religion, Shaykhlislamov belonged to Volga Tatar ethnic group and followed Islam. Regarding his family members, he was born to his mother Galina Shaykhlislamov. His mother was an intelligence agent during WWII who helped to defeat the Nazis. However, there is not much information about his father.
Valery died of complications of pneumonia, leaving his family in deprivation which forced her wife to work two jobs for the family.
Rise to Fame
Valery was best known as the father of supermodel Irina Shaykhlislamova (also Irina Sheik). Irina started her career in music as a child. Later, she joined a beauty school and participated in a beauty contest. Likewise, she won the title of Miss Chelyabinsk in 2004. Later in 2007, Irina replaced Ana Beatriz Barros as the face of Intimissimi.
She is the first Russian model on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Likewise, in 2010, she became the official ambassador of Intimissimi. Shaykhlislamova has worked for several brands like Victoria’s Secret, Lacoste, Cesare Paciotti, and Morellato. She has been featured on magazine covers including Annabelle, Bolero, Jalouse, Woman, Twelv, and Paris capital.
Furthermore, Irina switched to high fashion and landed for the cover of Elle Spain for the November 2010 issue. She also won the Best International Model of 2010. Irina was ranked 14th in the Sexiest Models list on Models.com. Moreover, she was voted the Sexiest Woman in the World in the magazine Periodika. Additionally, Irina made her acting debut in an American action-adventure fantasy film Hercules as Megara alongside Dwayne Johnson.
Talking about his profession, Valery was a coal miner.
Regarding his relationship status, Shaykhlislamova was straight and in a marital relationship with Olga Shaykhlislamova who was a high school music teacher. Likewise, Valery had two beautiful daughters; Tatiana (born on 10th November 1984) and Irina Valeryevna Shaykhlislamova (born on 6 January 1986). Moreover, he was a grandparent of three namely Elena, Max, and Lea De Seine.
Body Measurement and Social Media
There is no information about his body measurements like his vital stats (chest-waist-hips), height, weights, biceps size, and shoe size. Valery was dark-skinned with dark brown hair and a black pair of eyes.
Reflecting upon his social media presence, Valery was not active on any social media accounts like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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China's President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing May 6, 2013 (Jason Lee/Reuters)
Solving the Israel/Palestine crisis has long been the holy grail of American foreign policy -- an elusive goal that each successive president has strived to achieve. Like moths to a flame, American presidents cannot resist the temptation to solve a problem from which so many other issues -- terrorism and Iran, notably -- seem to come from.
Could China, then, be stealing America's thunder? President Xi Jinping made waves last week by inviting both Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to China, a diplomatic maneuver that elicited the attention (and approval) of the U.S. media. The ambitions for the visit weren't terribly ambitious; Netanyahu and Abbas never met, and Xi issued a bland "four-point plan" that reinforced existing norms for resolving the crisis. But the very fact that China thrust itself in the situation nonetheless was significant. Why, then, did China decide to do it?
There are two major forces at play. First, publicly claiming an interest in solving this crisis is consistent with China's new global approach to foreign policy. For years, China focused its attention primarily on its periphery, but as its economy grew Beijing needed to come up with a strategy to deal with the rest of the world, one that, at least, went beyond "just sell us natural resources and we'll let you do whatever you want to your people." Now, a strategy has emerged. On the United Nations Security Council China has formed a de facto alliance with Russia, using their respective vetoes to stymie American-led initiatives. Beijing has also flexed its diplomatic muscle through organizations like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (a grouping of Central Asian republics plus China) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (which, though not a member, China exerts significant influence in). China may claim to be just a middle-income developing country, but in diplomatic terms it has become much more than that.
However, Beijing's involvement in the Middle East has as much to do with the United States than it does with China. Prospects for U.S. brokerage of Israeli/Palestinian peace are bleaker than they've been in a long time. President Obama's relationship with Netanyahu, to put it mildly, is not warm, and the continued split between Fatah and Hamas complicates matters further. The administration has also publicly signaled a "pivot to Asia", a declaration that foreign policy priorities won't be dominated by the Middle East forever. And when recently asked about the Israeli/Palestinian crisis, Secretary of State John Kerry pessimistically gave the "two-state solution" a window of two more years. Clearly, Washington doesn't feel good about the situation.
So will China fill the breach? Beijing's involvement does offer a fresh dynamic to the region; whereas Washington is seen as a staunch Israel ally, China tilts much more toward the Palestinians. It wasn't a coincidence that it was Mahmoud Abbas, not Netanyahu, who was awarded full state visit honors in China. That said, China still lacks the clout to play more than a peripheral role in the Middle East peace process -- something Beijing surely knows. But by meeting with the two leaders, Xi Jinping served a timely reminder that his country, at the very least, wasn't going to sit this issue out anymore.
By announcing the first detection of gravitational waves, scientists have vindicated Einstein and given humans a new way to look at the universe.
More than a billion years ago, in a galaxy that sits more than a billion light-years away, two black holes spiraled together and collided. We can’t see this collision, but we know it happened because, as Albert Einstein predicted a century ago, gravitational waves rippled out from it and traveled across the universe to an ultra-sensitive detector here on Earth.
This discovery, announced today by researchers with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), marks another triumph for Einstein’s general theory of relativity. And more importantly, it marks the beginning of a new era in the study of the universe: the advent of gravitational-wave astronomy. The universe has just become a much more interesting place.
The city has filed a suit demanding $500 in payment for emergency treatment for the boy after a police officer fatally shot him.
What’s more outrageous than having a police officer shoot an unarmed 12-year-old, failing to provide medical care, keeping his family forcibly from the scene, and then declining to indict the officer for the death? In most cases, little. But the city of Cleveland has found a way: It is suing Tamir Rice’s family for not paying the ambulance bill after a Cleveland cop shot and killed the boy in November 2014.
As the Scene reports, Cleveland has filed a claim in probate court, seeking $500 from Rice’s estate to pay for emergency medical services rendered after Officer Timothy Loehmann fatally shot the boy. The charge is especially galling because Loehmann and another officer apparently had no training or equipment to provide aid to Rice after they shot him. They did nothing for four minutes until an FBI agent who happened to be nearby took over.
A new report from OkCupid finds that American daters are growing more traditional in some ways, and more open-minded in others.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was Carrie Underwood’s time. It was the age of wisdom, but also of low-rise jeans. It was only just over a decade ago, but oh, how things have changed since 2005.
The dating site OkCupid had launched the previous year, and it’s been asking its users questions about their relationship preferences ever since. This week, the company released a survey comparing the responses they received in 2005 to those collected in 2015. Though not as rigorous as a truly random survey, the data hint at changing views of sex, love, and gender norms among online daters in the U.S.
Surprisingly, OkCupid found that people have become more sexually conservative in certain ways. For example, fewer people now say they would have sex on the first date:
If Bernie Sanders is serious about a political transformation in America, he needs a better plan.
If there’s one thing that fires up Bernie Sanders supporters—and makes his detractors roll their eyes—it’s his call for a “political revolution.” To his base, it’s the very point of his anti-establishment, anti-elite candidacy. To his critics, it’s the very embodiment of his campaign’s naïve impracticality and vagueness.
But now that voters in Iowa and New Hampshire have spoken, it’s time to take the idea of political revolution more seriously—more seriously, indeed, than Sanders himself appears to have. It’s time to ask: What exactly would it take?
It starts with Congress. And here it’s instructive to compare Sanders and Donald Trump. Both rely on broad, satisfying refrains of “We’re gonna”: We’re gonna break up the big banks. We’re gonna make Mexico build the wall. We’re gonna end the rule of Wall Street billionaires. We’re gonna make China stop ripping us off.
The two insurgents want to take America in radically different directions—with Donald Trump looking to keep the world out and Bernie Sanders looking to bring it in.
Pundits keep reminding us that the two men who won New Hampshire, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, are both “outsiders.” But that doesn’t mean much. George Wallace and George McGovern were both outsiders, too. While the Trump and Sanders campaigns both represent insurgencies against party elites, they represent insurgencies aimed at taking America in radically different directions. One way of understanding those different directions is through American exceptionalism. Sanders voters want to make America more like the rest of the world. Trump voters want to keep America a nation apart.
American exceptionalism has meant different things at different historical periods. But today, it generally denotes Americans’ peculiar faith in God, flag, and free market—a religiosity, a nationalism, and a rejection of socialism and class-consciousness that distinguishes the United States from other advanced democracies. The Sanders campaign represents an assault on all three. From H.G. Wells to Karl Marx, foreign observers have long fingered America’s lack of socialism as a key characteristic distinguishing it from Europe. But Sanders is a democratic socialist; he doesn’t run from the term. And neither do his backers. In a January poll of likely caucusgoers in Iowa, The Washington Post reported that more Democrats called themselves “socialists” than “capitalists.” Sanders’s socialism is especially popular among the young. A 2011 Pew Research Survey found that while Americans 65 and older favored capitalism over socialism by 39 points, Americans under 30 favored socialism.
The number of American teens who excel at advanced math has surged. Why?
On a sultry evening last July, a tall, soft-spoken 17-year-old named David Stoner and nearly 600 other math whizzes from all over the world sat huddled in small groups around wicker bistro tables, talking in low voices and obsessively refreshing the browsers on their laptops. The air in the cavernous lobby of the Lotus Hotel Pang Suan Kaew in Chiang Mai, Thailand, was humid, recalls Stoner, whose light South Carolina accent warms his carefully chosen words. The tension in the room made it seem especially heavy, like the atmosphere at a high-stakes poker tournament.
Stoner and five teammates were representing the United States in the 56th International Mathematical Olympiad. They figured they’d done pretty well over the two days of competition. God knows, they’d trained hard. Stoner, like his teammates, had endured a grueling regime for more than a year—practicing tricky problems over breakfast before school and taking on more problems late into the evening after he completed the homework for his college-level math classes. Sometimes, he sketched out proofs on the large dry-erase board his dad had installed in his bedroom. Most nights, he put himself to sleep reading books like New Problems in Euclidean Geometry and An Introduction to Diophantine Equations.
When two black holes collide, the noises scientists hear are birdlike.
This morning, scientists from the Laser Interferometer Gravity Observatory announced that LIGO had detected gravitational waves from the collision of two black holes, an event so cataclysmic that it converted the mass of three solar systems into pure energy in about a tenth of a second.
Scientists have been trying to figure out how to “listen” to gravitational waves—and to prove their existence—ever since Einstein predicted them in 1915. But until September 14, 2015, when the colliding black-hole event was first detected, this was beyond our technical abilities. In the words of Scott Hughes, “Gravity is a weak force. Measuring these things is bloody hard.”
Hughes is a theoretical physicist at MIT who has been contemplating LIGO since its inception in 1992. He has struggled with a question at the heart of the observatory program: Once we do hear gravitational waves, how will we know where they come from? How can we use them to explore the mysteries of the cosmos? To this end, Hughes has modeled the “sounds” of a host of astrophysical events, including colliding black holes. (You can listen to his impressions of these sounds below.)
When four American women were murdered during El Salvador’s dirty war, a young U.S. official and his unlikely partner risked their lives to solve the case.
On December 1, 1980, two American Catholic churchwomen—an Ursuline nun and a lay missionary—sat down to dinner with Robert White, the U.S. ambassador to El Salvador. They worked in rural areas ministering to El Salvador’s desperately impoverished peasants, and White admired their commitment and courage. The talk turned to the government’s brutal tactics for fighting the country’s left-wing guerrillas, in a dirty war waged by death squads that dumped bodies in the streets and an army that massacred civilians. The women were alarmed by the incoming Reagan administration’s plans for a closer relationship with the military-led government. Because of a curfew, the women spent the night at the ambassador’s residence. The next day, after breakfast with the ambassador’s wife, they drove to San Salvador’s international airport to pick up two colleagues who were flying back from a conference in Nicaragua. Within hours, all four women would be dead.
For decades, some psychologists have claimed that bilinguals have better mental control. Their work is now being called into question.
In one of his sketches, comedian Eddie Izzard talks about how English speakers see bilingualism: “Two languages in one head? No one can live at that speed! Good lord, man. You’re asking the impossible,” he says. This satirical view used to be a serious one. People believed that if children grew up with two languages rattling around their heads, they would become so confused that their “intellectual and spiritual growth would not thereby be doubled, but halved,” wrote one professor in 1890. “The use of a foreign language in the home is one of the chief factors in producing mental retardation,” said another in 1926.
A century on, things are very different. Since the 1960s, several studies have shown that bilingualism leads to many advantages, beyond the obvious social benefits of being able to speak to more people. It also supposedly improves executive function—a catch-all term for advanced mental abilities that allow us to control our thoughts and behavior, such as focusing on a goal, ignoring distractions, switching attention, and planning for the future.
The ancient civilization may have tracked Jupiter using sophisticated methods, but their reasons for stargazing were very different than ours.
We’ve never escaped the influence of the Babylonians. That there are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and 360 degrees in a full circle, are all echoes of the Babylonian preference for counting in base 60. An affinity for base 12 (inches in a foot, pence in an old British shilling) is also an offshoot, 12 being a factor of 60.
All this suggests that the Babylonians had a mathematics worth copying, which was why the Greeks did copy it and thereby rooted these number systems in Western tradition. The latest indication of Babylonian mathematical sophistication is the discovery that their astronomers knew that, in effect, the distance traveled by a moving object is equal to the area under the graph of velocity plotted against time. Previously it had been thought that this relationship wasn’t recognized until the fourteenth century in Europe. But since historian Mathieu Ossendrijver of the Humboldt University in Berlin found the calculation described in a series of clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform writing in Babylonia during the fourth to the first centuries B.C.E., where it was used to figure out the distance traveled across the sky by the planet Jupiter.


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International Monetary Fund stories:
Jun 4th, 2011 – Bloomberg
belarus will receive a $3 billion, 10-year loan from the russian-led eurasian economic community’s anti-crisis fund, russian finance minister alexei kudrin said.
the first tranche of the credit will be for $800 million and will be disbursed in 10
Jun 4th, 2011 – New York Times
athens – greece moved closer on friday to receiving a second bailout after agreeing to new measures to bring down its debt.
a statement from the international monetary fund, the european commission and the european central bank said on friday
Jun 3rd, 2011 – Yahoo! News
union and the international monetary fund said greece should receive the next euro12 billion tranche of its existing euro110 billion bailout as long as additional austerity and privatization measures are deemed sufficient. greece also had to accept
Jun 3rd, 2011 – Bloomberg
european union and international monetary fund officials agreed to pay the next installment to greece under last year’s 110 billion-euro ($161 billion) bailout, paving the way for an upgraded aid package that includes a “voluntary” role
May 30th, 2011 – Reuters
six-month troughs in coming days as investors fret over whether greece will receive a vital new tranche of its bailout loan. european union and international monetary fund officials are expected to decide on greece’s faltering drive to bring