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THE COMPLETE JANE AUSTEN
by Elena Greene Posted on May 29, 2007
Jane Austen Alert!
Masterpiece Theatre in the United States just announced that, beginning January 2008, they will present "The Complete Jane Austen."
This will include new adaptations of Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, and Sense and Sensibility, plus the popular Andrew Davies-scripted adaptations of Emma (the one starring Kate Beckinsale) and Pride and Prejudice (the Jennifer Ehle/Colin Firth version.)
Two of the new adaptations will also be written by Andrew Davies (the new ITV Northanger Abbey and the new BBC Sense and Sensibility.)
I admit I was sadly disappointed by the 1986 "Peter Firth As A Creepy Tilney" version of Northanger Abbey, so I'm really hoping Davies and director Jon Jones give us a great interpretation of one of my favorite Austen novels.
This one stars lovely young Felicity Jones as Catherine (pictured here, on the cover of the British DVD release!)
By the way, I love Austen movie synchronicity — that is, finding that actors in one Austen (or Regency-interest) movie appear in another — and so I will point out that this Mrs. Allen is played by Sylvestra Le Touzel, who played Fanny in the 1983 Mansfield Park, and also appeared in the recent Amazing Grace.
My biggest worry with Northanger Abbey is that it was filmed entirely in Ireland. We've rolled our eyes at that before at Risky Regencies, but I think it's worth doing again..
Northanger Abbey? Not at all filmed at Bath? The best Bath novel in the world, with the Pump Room and the Lower Rooms and the Upper Rooms and Milsom Street and Pulteney Street and everything else? The novel is practically a guide-book, or at least a high-brow advertisement, for Bath — so how can they make it without Bath?.
Okay, enough eye-rolling. Ironically enough, the only part of the earlier Northanger Abbey adaptation that I thoroughly liked was the gorgeous Bath backdrops.
Next up, perhaps the adaptation that has me worried most of all: Mansfield Park.
So: why does this have me worried, you ask? To begin with, look at the photo (courtesy of another UK DVD release.)
What is she wearing?
And why is her hair like that?
This actress, for those of you who haven't already shouted "I know WHO she is!" (sorry, bad joke) is Billie Piper, famous for being the female sidekick of Dr. Who in the last few seasons. And her hair in Dr. Who is surprisingly similar to her hair here…
My second worry: the entire Mansfield Park is all of two hours long, including commercials.
(Plus, I confess I peeked at bits that were uploaded to YouTube, and I'm not terribly impressed.)
But I should give it the benefit of the doubt…right?
Here are some more pics.
They worry me too.
Mostly, it's the hair.
And Fanny's constant sulky/sexy expression.
Interestingly enough, the script for this adaptation was written by Maggie Wadey, who wrote the 1986 Northanger Abbey (the one you may have already noticed I don't much care for. Then again, Peter Firth would not have been her fault.)
My piece of Austen/Regency (okay, not Regency, but Georgian, anyway) synchronicity here: Tom is played by James D'Arcy, who played Blifil in the lovely 1997 Tom Jones.
The third ITV Austen movie will be Persuasion.
Now you may be thinking just what I am: how could anyone improve on the sublime 1995 Roger Michell/Nick Dear version, which starred Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds?
It was short, but near perfection. And it had an amazing supporting cast: Simon Russell Beale, Fiona Shaw, Sophia Thompson, Sam West — and such camerawork, gorgeous Bath backdrops, a subtle script… And Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds were both divine.
(Can you tell I liked it?)
This new version is written by Simon Burke, who scripted some Cadfaels and also the 1997 Tom Jones. Our new Anne is Sally Hawkins, whose synchronicity credit came when she played Mary Shelley in the 2003 BBC Byron (starring Jonny Lee Miller).
More synchronicity (okay, this is post-Regency, but I don't care) comes with Rupert Penry-Jones, who plays Wentworth. In the Ciaran Hinds Jane Eyre, he played St John Rivers. Plus, Alice Krige (who was La Marquesa in Sharpe's Honour, Mary Godwin in Haunted Summer, and is best known as Star Trek's Borg Queen) plays Lady Russell.
The piece of casting, though, that many will find hardest to take, is Anthony Stewart Head as Sir Walter. Many who know him as Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer are crossing their fingers that they'll buy him in this very different role. (I hope so — how rotten for an actor to be forever typecast!)
Good news: the earlier rumor that this Persuasion was also to be filmed entirely in Ireland was quite untrue; scenes were filmed in the Bath Assembly Rooms, at #1 Royal Crescent, and at other locations in Bath.
The last of the new adaptations, the Andrew Davies-scripted Sense and Sensibility, has not yet debuted in the UK, so I know little about it.
What I do know: as opposed to the other three new Austen adaptations, all of which aired on ITV and had running times of two hours (including commercials), Sense and Sensibility is a BBC production, and will run three hours (which I think is a good idea!)
It stars Hattie Morahan (pictured above left) as Elinor, and Dominic Cooper (right) as Willoughby. (Those of you who saw History Boys will recognize Cooper as the rakish heart-breaker Dakin.)
So…what do you think? Which Jane Austen adaptation are you most looking forward to? Most worried about?
Do you think I'm being too negative about certain things? Should I have a more open mind? Or are you, too, leery about some of these choices?
What do you think of Austen adaptations in general?
All opinions welcome!
Cara King, author of MY LADY GAMESTER and obsessive Austen-adaptation fan
About Elena Greene
Elena Greene grew up reading anything she could lay her hands on, including her mother's Georgette Heyer novels. She also enjoyed writing but decided to pursue a more practical career in software engineering. Fate intervened when she was sent on a three year international assignment to England, where she was inspired to start writing romances set in the Regency. Her books have won the National Readers' Choice Award, the Desert Rose Golden Quill and the Colorado Romance Writers' Award of Excellence. Her Super Regency, LADY DEARING'S MASQUERADE, won RT Book Club's award for Best Regency Romance of 2005 and made the Kindle Top 100 list in 2011. When not writing, Elena enjoys swimming, cooking, meditation, playing the piano, volunteer work and craft projects. She lives in upstate New York with her two daughters and more yarn, wire and beads than she would like to admit.
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Q: MySQL select rows from parent table only if records in child table match records in another child table I have two sets of parent/child tables:

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*referrals / modalities_match_referrals

*locations / modalities_match_providers

There is another table modalities which is a list of all of the modalities that we typically deal with.
For any referral, I need to find a list of providers (locations table) which can perform each of the modalities required by the referral.  For example, if the referral requires an MRI and an arthrogram, the list of  should be limited to those who can perform both an MRI and an arthrogram, even if such a provider offers other modalities besides the ones needed for this referral.
My question: is there a single query (with subqueries) that will result in a list of only those locations/providers who can perform all of the modalities linked to a referral through the modalities_match_referrals table?
My problem is one of over-inclusion when a referral requires more than one modality.  My query is resulting in a list of providers than can perform at least one of the modalities and is including providers that are not able to perform all modalities.
Here are the child/matching tables:
CREATE TABLE modalities_match_referrals (
id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL
,referral_id INT NOT NULL
,modality_id INT NOT NULL
,on_off TINYINT DEFAULT 0
,INDEX(referral_id)
,INDEX(modality_id)
,FOREIGN KEY(referral_id) REFERENCES referrals(id)
,FOREIGN KEY(modality_id) REFERENCES modalities(id)
);

CREATE TABLE modalities_match_providers (
id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL
,location_id INT NOT NULL
,modality_id INT NOT NULL
,on_off TINYINT DEFAULT 0
,INDEX(location_id)
,INDEX(modality_id)
,FOREIGN KEY(location_id) REFERENCES locations(id)
,FOREIGN KEY(modality_id) REFERENCES modalities(id)
);

What I have tried so far
I have a long production query which is too long to include here, but I am getting the same list of providers from this shorter query and subqueries:
SELECT locations.id AS 'Location ID'
,locations.name AS 'Provider'
FROM locations
JOIN (
    SELECT p.location_id
    FROM modalities_match_providers AS p
    RIGHT JOIN (
    SELECT modality_id
        FROM modalities_match_referrals
        WHERE on_off=1
        AND referral_id=9660
    ) AS r ON r.modality_id = p.modality_id
    WHERE on_off=1
) AS l ON l.location_id=locations.id

WHERE locations.recycle=0
AND locations.locationstateid=1
GROUP BY locations.id
ORDER BY locations.name
LIMIT 10;

The results include providers that can perform MRIs and/or arthrograms, and what I am looking for are only those providers who can perform both.
In the past, the modalities where handled as columns in both the referrals and locations tables.  The sql was a lot simpler but the issue with that system was having columns to those tables when a new modality was introduced (this happens more than you might think - open MRI vs stand up MRI, etc.)
I'm also thinking of creating a PHP class to be called during the while loop that renders the list onto the webpage.  The class would do the comparing between modalities_match_referrals and modalities_match_providers and return true or false.  Based on the return value, the provider would be displayed or not displayed.  The downside there is complexity and I would be concerned about the performance of the page.
Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.

A: Cross join the referral modalities with the locations so as to get the optimal result. Then outer join the providers' modalities to see how much is actually covered. Use GROUP BY and HAVINGthe get the  referral / location pairs that lack no modality.
select
  r.referral_id,
  l.id as location_id
from modalities_match_referrals r
cross join locations l
left outer join modalities_match_providers p
  on  p.referral_id = r.referral_id
  and p.modality_id = r.modality_id
  and p.location_id = l.id
group by r.referral_id, l.id
having count(*) = count(p.id)
order by r.referral_id, l.id;

This should give you all referrals with all providers that can perform all their modalities.

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LDAP, this may not be the only problem we may encounter..
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> >> >> >>> > results..
> >> >> >>> > Any thoughts ?
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> >> >> >>> >> > indexed="true"
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> >> >> >>> >> >     <field name="allow_token_share" type="string"
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> >> >> >>> >> > allow_token_document fields..
> >> >> >>> >> > to use attr_ fields ?
> >> >> >>> >> > re-start Tomcat to see the newly added indexes..
> >> >> >>> >> > Any thoughts ?
> >> >> >>> >> >> implementation based on this ticket.
> >> >> >>> >> >> > ?


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The 22963 / 22964 Bandra Terminus - Bhavnagar Terminus Weekly Superfast Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways Western Zone that runs between  and  in India.From 18 December, 2022, it runs with highly refurbished LHB coaches.

It operates as train number 22963 from  to  and as train number 22964 in the reverse direction serving the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Coaches
The 22963 / 64 Bandra Terminus - Bhavnagar Terminus Weekly Superfast Express has 2 AC 2-tier, 6 AC 3-tier, 8 Sleeper Class, 4 General Unreserved, 1 EOG & 1 SLR (Seating with Luggage Rake) coaches. It does not carry a pantry car coach.

As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service
The 22963 Bandra Terminus - Bhavnagar Terminus Weekly Superfast Express covers the distance of  in 13 hours 55 mins (56 km/hr) & in 14 hours 5 mins as the 22964 Bhavnagar Terminus - Bandra Terminus Weekly Superfast Express (55 km/hr).

As the average speed of the train is above , as per railway rules, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge.

Route and halts
The 22963 / 64 Bandra Terminus - Bhavnagar Terminus Weekly Superfast Express runs via , , , , ,  to .

The important halts of the train are:

Schedule

Rake sharing
The train shares its rake with 12941/12942 Bhavnagar Terminus - Asansol Parasnath Superfast Express.

Traction
It is hauled by a Electric Loco Shed, Vadodara based WAP-7 for its entire journey.

References

Express trains in India
Transport in Bhavnagar
Rail transport in Gujarat
Rail transport in Maharashtra
Railway services introduced in 2014

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InfoWorld's Bossie awards are supposed to judge the best open-source software, but publication ends up muddying the water with business models.
Each year InfoWorld sets out to rate the "best open source products" with its Bossie awards. Too bad it has decided to cloud the voting with open-source politics, as well.
Although Zenoss clearly has the more developed feature set, our Bossie goes to OpenNMS. The reason boils down to business models. OpenNMS is a purely open source software project, meaning that customers get the complete set of features available for free as open source. There is no "enterprise" version. OpenNMS makes its money strictly by selling support and training services.
Zenoss uses a common business model in the open source world: it provides an open source version of its software with a limited feature set for free, and it sells a more extensive "enterprise" version of the software with support through an annual subscription. So while Zenoss may be a good value compared to HP or IBM or CA, it's not a good value compared to OpenNMS.
If only enterprise IT could cavalierly discard superfluous things like "features" in favor of licensing ideology. But it can't, which is why Agilent, Telstra, Accenture, MySpace, and other companies that need enterprise-grade network management systems have been opting for Zenoss. They seem to need those pesky "features" that InfoWorld glosses over. They're buying a product, not a political platform.
However, new beta features reflect enterprise needs, including a business rules engine, Ajax-driven forms for easier editing, and a more streamlined deployment interface. The full enterprise edition also includes BAM (business activity monitoring), a portal interface, ECM (enterprise content management) based on Alfresco, fail-over clustering, and support for application servers beyond Apache Geronimo.
I think Intalio is great, but I can't understand why Zenoss' business model is considered a demerit but for Intalio, which has the same model, it's a non-factor. Zenoss also provides source code to its enterprise customers, so why is Intalio right because it provides an enterprise-class experience with an Open Core model but Zenoss is wrong for doing the exact same thing?
Personally, I think awards should be given based on the merits that will most appeal to IT buyers, and such will have little to nothing to do with business model nuances and everything to do with solving business problems at a compelling price. If Zenoss is the better enterprise IT bet, shouldn't it get the Bossie, regardless of OpenNMS' licensing model?
InfoWorld set out to name the "top open source products." By deciding, instead, to name the top open-source products and business models, it has failed to serve its audience as well as it has in the past. The Bossies are still a good resource, but it's best to read the reasons behind some votes carefully, as they may have nothing to do with the products at all.


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The Rise of the Single Female Homeowner
Many women aren't waiting for a man or a marriage before they buy a home nowadays.
By Maryalene LaPonsie, Contributor |July 6, 2018, at 1:02 p.m.
Eighteen percent of homebuyers in 2017 were single women, according to the National Association of Realtors. (Getty Images)
Single women may not have as much buying power as single men, but they aren't letting that stop them from achieving homeownership. While a 2018 Zillow study indicates single women can only afford to purchase 39 percent of U.S. homes on the market, they are buying them at a rate that far exceeds that of single men, who are able to purchase more than half of the homes currently for sale.
Eighteen percent of homebuyers in 2017 were single women, according to the National Association of Realtors. Meanwhile, only 7 percent of single men bought a home last year. The association notes the percentage of homebuyers who are single women has risen for the last three years and is up from 11 percent in 1981.
As for why women are buying homes in greater numbers, professionals in the real estate and finance industries point to delayed marriages, higher incomes and personal satisfaction as main catalysts.
[Read: The Guide to Buying a Home.]
Reasons single women buy homes. Shant Banosian, a branch manager with Guaranteed Rate in Waltham, Massachusetts, and one of the company's top loan officers, says his experience mimics that of the NAR findings. "My second-biggest class of homebuyers is single women," he says, adding that they account for about 20 percent of his buyers. Banosian says he has a significant share of women buyers who earn six-digit incomes and find it makes more sense financially to buy a home that will gain value rather than rent.
However, it isn't only working women who want to buy a house. "At least once each month, one of our 60-something, single female clients schedules a meeting with us to discuss the best way for them to buy a home," says Drew Kellerman, founder of Phase 2 Wealth Advisors in Gig Harbor, Washington. "In most cases, these successful ladies are retired," he explains. Many times, the single women are looking to downsize after retirement, the death of a spouse or a divorce.
Maria Daou, an agent with Warburg Realty in New York City, notes parenthood is what spurs some women to buy a home on their own. "More women are choosing to remain single and have a child or children on their own and want to own a home to raise their kids in," she says. The Pew Research Center found 53 percent of unmarried parents in 2017 were solo moms.
[Read: The Guide for First-Time Homebuyers.]
Obstacles to overcome. Despite making up a sizable portion of the buying market, single women don't necessarily have a simple path to homeownership. "I think there is still a stigma attached to being a single woman and buying a home, especially when it comes to a New York City co-op board," Daou says. These boards have the power to approve or deny sales at co-op properties in the city. "They might think that a woman or a single mom will have trouble covering the maintenance and mortgage while raising a child alone and keeping a career going."
Saving up for a down payment can also be challenging for a single woman. Zillow estimates it will take a single person 11 years to save up for a 20 percent down payment on a typical U.S. home. In an expensive housing market like San Francisco, it could be decades before a single woman has saved enough to make a purchase.
Still, those in the industry have an optimistic outlook. "Your average single woman is making more money than they did in the past," Banosian says. As incomes increase, it could be only natural for unattached females to gravitate toward property purchases. "It's empowering to be a homeowner," he notes.
Community is important. While both men and women may be looking for similar things in terms of space, value and location, single females may place a greater emphasis on safety and the surrounding community. For instance, Banosian remembers one single female client who didn't want to be on the ground floor of a building because of safety concerns.
"They also want a solid promise of security in their new spaces," says Carly Frieling, a financial advisor with Northwestern Mutual. She notes women often show a preference for condominiums rather than single-family homes. Condos are not only lower maintenance, but they are found in community settings, which single homeowners might find appealing for safety reasons.
Daou, a single mother herself, says women might seek out places where groceries, schools and parks are all in close proximity. "By being in an area where everything is close by and there is a tight community, single moms can rely on neighbors as well," she says.
[See: 11 Great Investing Tips for Women.]
Financial considerations for single women. Without a partner's income to supplement their own, single women need to ensure they don't overextend themselves financially. "Budgeting for a house is a lot different than budgeting for rent," Frieling says "With owning a house comes the property taxes, maintenance [and] potential renovating expenses, as well as the insurance."
Women must also consider the right way to finance a purchase. In particular, retired women may have multiple sources of money, such as brokerage accounts, retirement funds and pensions, from which to pay for a home. While they may have enough in investments to pay cash, Kellerman cautions against liquidating too many assets to buy a home. Meanwhile, a large mortgage payment could cause cash flow issues that impede someone's quality of life. "Often, we'll arrive at a balanced recommendation that doesn't tie up too much of their wealth in their home while keeping their mortgage payment small and manageable," Kellerman says.
Despite the challenges, many single women are finding ways to make homeownership a reality. If current trends continue, it won't be all that unusual to find a new neighbor is a woman who has made the purchase alone.
The 25 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2019
The Best Places to Live in 2019
What are the best qualities of your hometown? It may be that it's easy to get around, there are plenty of job opportunities or it attracts new residents every year. To determine the Best Places to Live rankings, U.S. News looks at data on the country's 125 most populous metro areas, including the cost of living, job market, crime rates, quality of education and more. The data is weighted based on the responses from a survey of more than 2,000 people throughout the U.S. to determine what matters most to them when picking their next place to live. Read on for the 25 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2019.
Updated on May 17, 2019: This slideshow was originally published on April 9, 2019, and has been updated to reflect a change to the methodology in the desirability category, which did not affect the overall Best Places to Live rankings.
25. Melbourne, Florida
Metro Population: 568,183
Median Home Price: $198,425
Median Annual Salary: $48,240
After ranking No. 29 in 2018, Melbourne moves up four spots this year, in part due to its rapid growth in population and high-quality high school education. The Quality of Life score for Best Places to Live factors in college preparedness among high school students, access to quality health care, property crime and murder rates, morning commute and overall well-being.
24. Salt Lake City
Metro Population: 2,399,521
Salt Lake City is recognized for its strong job market, ability to attract new residents and overall quality of life. The biggest contributor to the Utah capital's ranking at No. 24 is its affordability. Salt Lake City residents spend just 22.14% of the median household income on housing costs, which includes mortgage payments, rent, property taxes and utilities.
23. Portland, Maine
The most populous metro area in Maine may be one of the smaller places in the top 25, but Portland residents are quite happy. Of the 125 most populous metro areas in the U.S., Portland ranks sixth on the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index, which asks residents how they feel about their hometown.
22. Greenville, South Carolina
Situated in the mountains of South Carolina, Greenville takes the No. 22 spot on the list. Greenville gets its best score for affordability. Residents of the metro area benefit from having to spend just 21.44% of the median household income on housing expenses.
21. Dallas-Fort Worth
The most populous metro area in the top 25, Dallas-Fort Worth's highest score is for population growth due to net migration. The Dallas-Fort Worth area grew by 5.7% between 2013 and 2017 due to net migration alone, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Moving up two spots from 2018, Charlotte gets its highest score from fast and sustained population growth. The Charlotte metro area grew by 7.06% between 2013 and 2017 due to net migration alone.
19. Washington, D.C.
After ranking No. 8 on the 2018 Best Places to Live list, the District of Columbia fell back this year to No. 19. While the nation's capital continues to have a strong job market and high median annual salary, the area's cost of living has increased and net migration slowed between 2013 and 2017. The metro area grew by just 1.88% due to net migration during that time period.
18. Sarasota, Florida
After ranking No. 34 in 2018, this metro area on the Gulf Coast of Florida jumps 16 spots to No. 18. Sarasota is the third-fastest growing metro area out of the 125 places on the list. Between 2013 and 2017, Sarasota saw a population increase of 13.1% due to net migration.
17. Boise, Idaho
Idaho's capital makes the list with high scores for population growth due to net migration and housing affordability compared with its median annual household income. Boise's lowest score, however, is in desirability among U.S. residents when considering where they would want to live.
16. Asheville, North Carolina
Set in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, Asheville receives its highest score for desirability, where it ranks 16th out of the 125 most populous metro areas in the U.S. Additionally, the Asheville area grew by 6.16% between 2013 and 2017 due to net migration.
15. Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville takes the No. 15 spot overall, with many U.S. residents viewing the Tennessee metro area as a desirable place to live. People are also acting on that feeling, as Nashville has grown by 6.88% between 2013 and 2017 due to net migration alone.
14. San Jose, California
Median Home Price: $1,080,017
The capital of Silicon Valley climbs three spots from No. 17 in 2018. With a median annual salary of $77,180 and an unemployment rate of just 2.6%, San Jose continues its reign as the metro area with the strongest job market out of the 125 most populous metro areas in the U.S.
13. Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids ranks sixth out of the 125 most populous metro areas in the U.S. for affordability. The western Michigan metro area also scores highly for quality of life, which takes into account the quality of public high school education, commute time, property crime and murder rates and general happiness among residents, per the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index.
12. Madison, Wisconsin
Madison takes the No. 12 spot in the Best Places to Live ranking, in large part due to the metro area's job market. Madison residents benefit from a median annual salary of $52,190, which is above the national average of $50,620. The unemployment rate, at 2.2%, is 1.7% better than the national average of 3.9%.
11. Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville is the smallest metro area in the top 25 Best Places to Live. This northern Alabama metro area is the most affordable place to live out of the 125 most populous metro areas in the U.S. and offers a flourishing job market, with many local companies focused on science, technology, engineering and math.
10. Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina
The Raleigh and Durham metro area continues to be an attractive place for people to relocate, thanks to its affordability and job market. Research, technology, education and health care are consistently growing industries in the area.
9. Seattle
Moving up one spot from 2018, Seattle ranks No. 9 this year thanks to its consistently strong job market and high desirability among U.S. residents as a place to live. The job market contributes to its reputation as a great place to live, with Seattle ranking seventh out of the 125 metro areas on the list for desirability.
8. Portland, Oregon
U.S. residents view Portland as a highly desirable place to live, with the city taking the No. 1 spot in that category in a four-way tie with Colorado Springs, Colorado, Honolulu and San Francisco. Additionally, a strong job market and consistent growth in population due to net migration over a five-year period leads to the Rose City's rise in the rankings.
7. San Francisco
Ranking No. 20 in 2018, San Francisco jumped to No. 7 this year. San Francisco continues to have a strong job market, and even more U.S. residents are saying they would like to live in the City by the Bay. San Francisco received a perfect score for desirability.
6. Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minnesota's Twin Cities metro area takes the No. 6 spot, continuing its climb up the rankings after scoring No. 9 in 2018 and No. 17 in 2017. A major reason for Minneapolis-St. Paul's jump is the metro area's low cost of living. Area residents spend just 21.5% of the median household income on housing expenses.
5. Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines takes the No. 5 spot this year, with continued growth in its job market, sustained net migration to the metro area and solid quality of life scores. Des Moines also maintains a low cost of living compared to the median household income.
4. Fayetteville, Arkansas
This fast-growing metro area in Arkansas has long been a strong contender in the Best Places to Live ranking – and this year is no different. A low cost of living compared with household income, strong population growth due to net migration and high quality of life scores all contribute to Fayetteville's No. 4 ranking in 2019.
3. Colorado Springs, Colorado
At No. 3 in the overall Best Places to Live list, Colorado Springs also shares the top spot for desirability as a place to live among U.S. residents with San Francisco, Honolulu and Portland, Oregon. High marks for college preparedness among high school students and a consistently strong job market help Colorado Springs rank near the top of the list this year.
After taking the No. 3 spot in 2018 behind Colorado Springs, Denver is back in second place in 2019. Denver remains desirable to U.S. residents and has a flourishing job market, but migration to the area has slowed over the last couple years.
1. Austin, Texas
For the third year in a row, Austin is the No. 1 Best Place to Live in the U.S. The capital of Texas continues to receive interest from the tech industry, contributing to a strong job market and high desirability among Americans as a place to live. Aside from the job opportunities, new residents are attracted to Austin for its eclectic arts and music scene, which are highlighted in the annual South by Southwest festival, which features music, film and television attractions.
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It was signing day for two standout Buccaneer soccer players this week as Claudia Chetney and Lexi Sterio both signed their letters of intent to continue their careers into college.
Chetney will attend LeMoyne College in Syracuse, with Sterio heading to Wells College on the shores of Cayuga Lake.
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"Why isn't she going to court with these charges?"
Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's brother Shamas Siddiqui has spoken out about the allegations made against him and his family by the actor's estranged wife Aaliya.
Nawazuddin and Aaliya are currently amidst an ugly divorce battle with the latter accusing her in-laws of mental torture, domestic violence and more.
According to an interaction with BollywoodLife, Shamas revealed that he introduced Nawazuddin and Aaliya. He said:
"I used to always try sort out the differences between her and my brother.
"In fact, I was the one who had introduced them, she had worked with me first in a film where she had acted and I was an assistant director."
Speaking about why his name has been involved in the situation, he explained:
"I'm being dragged in the middle of a husband and wife's issues. Aaliya is joining one unrelated incident with the other.
"Aaliya is levying a molestation charge on me, but this is very easy for a lady to claim nowadays.
"It's a very serious accusation, but it has to be proven first. Why isn't she going to court with these charges?
"Not even an FIR has been lodged. I think she has filed a complaint. But there's a big difference between a complaint and a court case.
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"I've not even met Aaliya since many months, and a Section 354 complaint [molestation charge] is valid only for six months.
"Even the police needs proof, these are legal matters. She needs to prove them first."
Shamas went on to speak about the allegations of mental and physical torture. He revealed:
"Aaliya has raised allegations of domestic violence against my family, not me. The major accusation is against Ayaazuddin Siddiqui, another brother.
"But she herself has said that Nawaz and she were living separately most of the time over the past five years, so how could my family have stayed with her."
Shamas also opposed Aaliya's accusations against his family that they would stay with her. He said:
"That's a complete lie. Our mother and sister, who had died of cancer, used to come sometimes to Mumbai and stay with me. I have a pretty big home here.
"Except for family functions, she used to not stay with us in the village. And why hasn't she gone to the family court with these issues?
"Why she's only telling the media? This had become a matter of media trial vs court?"
Aaliya also claimed that there was a pattern of divorces in Nawazuddin's family. Speaking about the same, Shamas said:
"Tell her to prove it that four divorces have happened. How many cases have been filed tell her to prove it?"
"She has to prove all this. There's a heaven and hell difference between placing allegations on Twitter and proving them in court."
Shamas further added that the supposed divorces have not taken place.
"No, they haven't taken place. She's only laying blames without proof. The women whom she's talking about are preparing defamation cases against her.
"They're happily married to my brothers with their children."
Shamas was also asked to explain Aaliya's motive. He disclosed:
"It's because of the Rs 2.16 crore (£229,390.04) that she owes me. She never returned a penny to me. She didn't respond positively to my emails, after which I was forced to file a case.
"As per the contract, I had lent her the money in April 2019 for the film, without asking for interest or profit.
"I just wanted her to return to my principle amount. But I had to keep lending her money as I was stuck.
"If her film, Holy Cow, did not complete then I wouldn't get my money back. So, I kept lending more money so that it'd be made and I'd get my money back.
"It got completed in January 2020, and she even found buyers for it. She still didn't return my money after that."
Elaborating how Aaliya's claims are a ploy to divert the truth, Shamas said:
"This is all a money matter. I was forced to hire a lawyer after no positive response to my last email on 14 January [2020] and we then started communicating through notices.
"As soon as their divorce controversy began, she deliberately started involving me and saying I was an issue.
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mike walsh on new films by hong kong's johnnie to
The Mad Detective
THE HONG KONG FILM INDUSTRY, LIKE THE CITY ITSELF, CHANGES CONVULSIVELY. GONE ARE THE DAYS OF A VIBRANT COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY BASED ON EXUBERANT GENRE FILMS. IF THE LOCAL PANORAMA SECTION AT THE RECENT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IS ANYTHING TO GO BY, THE POSSIBILITIES HAVE POLARISED INTO BIG BUDGET HACK-AND-SLASH HISTORICAL EPICS CO-PRODUCED ON THE MAINLAND OR SMALL CITY-SPECIFIC YOUTH FILMS MADE CHEAPLY BY FILM SCHOOL GRADUATES.
It seems that the last man standing in the commercial cinema is Johnnie To Kei-fung. He had three films screening in and around this year's festival and, at the time of writing, several attempts are underway to bring these films (and the man himself) to Australian cinemas. To is a prolific figure, having directed over 50 films in the past 25 years and producing many others through his company Milky Way Image. He has won numerous awards with films such as The Mission, Running Out of Time, the two recent Election films and Exiled.
After years of moving between styles in order to gain international recognition as an auteur, To seems to have found a mature vision with his recent films, The Mad Detective and Sparrow. He is an unashamedly commercial director working in crime stories and occasionally comedies, but one who wants to push genre filmmaking to the limits of abstraction. It is no accident that his films have become staples at the Cannes, Berlin and Venice film festivals over the past couple of years.
The Mad Detective marks To's reconciliation with scenarist Wai Ka-fai with whom he collaborated on the equally bizarre Running on Karma in 2003. Wai has an established thematic interest in visionary protagonists who are powerless to change their destiny. Long-time To star Lau Ching-wan plays Bun, a cop whose curse is his ability to see people who aren't there.
The self is an essentially porous construction in this film. By placing himself in the physical position of others, Bun can identify himself completely with them and thereby recreate crimes. Hence, his unorthodox methods of detection include being zipped into a large carry bag and thrown downstairs. He also looks within people and sees the deeply divided components of their psyches, including a killer with seven different personalities. As one who is ever more conscious of the fat, middle-aged accountant and the Japanese schoolgirl simultaneously struggling for ascendancy inside him, it's difficult not to take the detective's madness seriously.
The film involves the continual adjustment and refinement of its abstract premises for the audience. There is no early overarching explanation of the detective's powers or his hallucinatory plight. Each scene plays out like the solution to a piece of puzzle which, in turn, sets up a further puzzle. Our understanding of the narrative situation unfolds incrementally. In one scene, Bun intervenes to stop a young girl shoplifting and then argues with his wife who protests his interference. It turns out that his wife is upset because the girl wasn't really there. It's only some time later, however, that we realise that the wife wasn't there either.
While this sounds rather cryptic, the film was a commercial success in Hong Kong because it rewards the audience for figuring out the puzzle as the film progresses. It's a film which makes you feel smarter at the end than when you went into the cinema.
Sparrow, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, is a long-term To project, shot over three years between other projects. It is much lighter in tone than most of To's recent crime films, dealing with a group of small-time pickpockets who are recruited by a mysterious temptress to win her freedom from a threatening sugar daddy.
The story proceeds through a series of set pieces in which the object is to imply everything while telling the audience as little as possible. The film shimmers along with a minimum of dialogue. The female protagonist's sexual allure is established in the way she takes a cigarette from the mouth of one of the heroes, takes a drag leaving lipstick on it, and then wordlessly returns it to his lips.
Glorious spatial play abounds unencumbered by dialogue. The gang pursues the woman into a tiny elevator, only to find they are jammed into the space with two workmen carrying a huge fish tank. All the threat and the tension in the scene has to be spoken with looks, just as the space has to be broken up and reassembled through montage.
This push towards a purely formal organisation of narrative finds its crescendo in the final encounter featuring black umbrellas, driving rain and the swirling abstraction of figures pirouetting in the dark. It is one of the most deliciously choreographed and cut sequences in contemporary cinema.
The lightness of tone comes from the way To foregrounds the aspect of play in genre narrative, and so it comes as no surprise that he organised Triangle, the third of his films shown at the Hong Kong festival. The challenge here was that Tsui Hark should script and direct the first third of a film, deliver it to Ringo Lam who would make the middle, and then pass it on To who would provide the end. In the spirit of Lars von Trier's The Five Obstructions, Triangle explores the idea that art-making is a playful process in which you constantly set yourself challenges which you then try to overcome.
The story echoes or allegorises the challenge of this collaboration as three buddies try to pull off a heist, while trying not to betray each other in the process. The result is surprisingly coherent despite Tsui's characteristic disregard for narrative clarity, and the marriage of To's more elegant and elegiac sensibility with the smash and grab cynicism of his colleagues. Where Lam has the treacherous female character apparently fatally wounded, To miraculously (and gracefully) resurrects her and reconciles her with her husband. The discontinuity works as a kind of wink to the audience, highlighting and celebrating the arbitrary nature of the game of artistic form.
Johnnie To Kei-fung, The Mad Detective, Sparrow, Triangle [with directors Tsui Hark and Ringo Lam], 32nd Hong Kong International Film Festival, March 17-April 6,
www.hkiff.org.hk/eng/
RealTime issue #85 June-July 2008 pg. 19
© Mike Walsh; for permission to reproduce apply to realtime@realtimearts.net


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Eastern athletics helping a country in need
After a devastating earthquake hit Haiti in January and the world saw the enormous amount of need that exists in the country, people everywhere longed for ways to reach out and help.
Now, four months later, groups everywhere are coming up with creative ways to raise funds to support the country.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association founded the NCAA Haitian Humanitarian Relief, and each of its three divisions donated $100,000 to the aid organization. Following its establishment, the NCAA asked the schools within each division to work together to match the amount donated by their respective divisions through fundraisers.
Eastern's Student Athlete Advisory Council, a group made up of representatives from each athletic team, took on the NCAA's challenge and will be holding a 30-hour famine on April 24 to 25.
The event, "Going Hungry for Haiti," was designed to not only attract sponsors, but also help students get a small taste of what many Haitians experienced after the earthquake, when food and water were especially scarce.
"It's not so much the fact that we're doing it for money, but we're going to be in thought about it a lot," first-year Heather Kauffman, who is helping to organize the event, said. "It's a mind-opener and just a reminder of it too."
Junior Danielle Danser spearheaded the formation of the event and organized a full schedule of activities for all participants.
The fast is slated to begin at 10:30 a.m. on April 24 and end at 4:30 p.m. on April 25 with the Athletic Awards Banquet.
The event schedule includes a movie in the Main Gym at 5 p.m. on April 24 and a 2 p.m. kickball game and water-chugging contest on the turf the following day. The last hour of fasting will include a time for worship and devotions.
While the event is hosted by the athletics department, all students and faculty are invited to join in the fundraiser to help restore Haiti.
In addition to the 30-hour-long fast, SAAC will also be selling t-shirts to raise money at several home games.
To participate in "Going Hungry for Haiti" and start collecting sponsors, contact Danser, ddanser@eastern.edu or Kauffman, hkauffma@eastern.edu.
Spring's here: Bring on the baseball
If you want to watch some of the best baseball players in the world perform, there isn't a bigger stage than the Major League.
Every team wants to make it to the October playoffs but the journey there is always a long one.
A team must play more than 162 games before October, but it deal with the unavoidable wear and tear of the sport and focus on its main goal: Winning the World Series.
In the American League East, one of baseball's toughest divisions, the New York Yankees will once again be favorites to win the division.
The Yankees are still loaded offensively after winning last season's World Series and have one of the best pitchers in baseball, C. C. Sabaitha.
The Red Sox will give them a run for their money, as will the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Red Sox have a loaded pitching staff, but there are still questions regarding the health of the pitchers. Boston also produces one of the best offenses in baseball and don't count the Rays out—they can turn some heads with the young talent they possess.
But the Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers will most likely control the AL Central Division. The White Sox also pose a possible threat to sneak the division title from the Tigers and Twins.
The AL Central is the division to watch because it is home to the past four batting champions. The Minnesota Twins' Joe Mauer earned the title three times and the Detroit Tigers' Maglio Ordonez won it once.
Mauer is fresh off a huge contract extension and continues his consistency behind the plate.
Some tough teams are participating in the AL West. The Seattle Mariners have a good chance at taking this division and running away with it.
Outfielder Ichiro Suzuki powers the offense with very good numbers and has done so every season he has played in the league.
Suzuki now has second baseman Chone Figgins to compliment him in the lineup. Seattle also added former all-star pitcher Cliff Lee to the pitching rotation. If the Mariners can keep their top players healthy, they just might run away with the division.
The Philadelphia Phillies are favored in the National League East division. The Phillies picked up arguably one of the best pitchers in baseball, Roy Halladay this summer.
Halladay was a 17-game winner in one of the toughest divisions in baseball. He's never before pitched in a post-season game, but this will likely change soon.
The Braves may also surprise fans this season. They have some big names: Veteran Chipper Jones and rookie sensation Jason Heyward.
Don't be surprised if Atlanta gives the Phillies a run for their money.
The Cardinals are the favorite in the NL Central. They feature first baseman Albert Pujols, who has the potential to be a Triple Crown winner this season.
To win a Triple Crown, a player must be the league leader in RBI's, home runs and batting average. With Pujols leading the offense, the Cardinals will be the NL Central champs.
The Dodgers will likely contend for the division title in the NL West. They have excellent pitching, after leading the National League in ERA last season.
The team didn't make any moves in the off-season, which would have been unnecessary anyway. If they are doing well by the All-Star break, they will have a clean shot at the NL West.
The Exiles is not your average Ultimate Frisbee team.
In fact, Eastern's resident frisbee players will be taking their game to the next level on April 17 to raise money for Haiti in a tournament at LaSalle University.
All funds raised through the tournament, "Hucks for Haiti," will be donated to a Catholic Haiti fund. LaSalle came up with the idea for the tournament in February, and the Exiles have been involved ever since.
"I sent everyone an e-mail about it—said it was first-come, first-serve—and the response was pretty quick," said junior David Wadleigh, president of the Exiles. "Everyone's really excited about it."
Eight teams, with six players each, will compete in the tournament and all of the teams have to pay a $100 entry fee.
Play will be organized round-robin style, and the team that wins the most games will win a prize.
"The prize is usually a really big candy bar or something," Wadleigh said.
Eleven or twelve Eastern students are going to participate in the tournament, which is mixed to allow both girls and guys to compete together, something that Wadleigh was looking for.
"It's going to be fun and more laid-back than most tournaments," Wadleigh said. "It's at the end of the semester, and I think everyone is ready for a fun time."
Sophomore Diana Burke, who is also going on the trip, agreed.
"It's going to be with smaller teams and more intimate, which will be nice," she said.
The focus of the tournament is less on competition and more on helping those less fortunate.
"At least in some small way we're helping, and we're having fun at the same time," first-year Jeff Russell said.
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Spring Sports Preview
Head Coach: Matt Midkiff (2nd season)
Last Year's Record: 3-29 (0-16 MAC)
Key Wins: Neumann and Wesley College
Must-See Games: DeSales, Manhattanville and Immaculata University
Key Returnees: Sophomore Scott Renauro and senior Ramon Reyes
For Spring Break: Traveling to Myrtle Beach, S.C. to play in five to six varsity games and several JV games. They will also complete a service project and visit The Ripken Experience
Outlook: Midkiff is not one to give up easily, and neither is the baseball team. After adding 10 new players for a full roster of 25, the team is poised to rise above last year's challenges and do infinitely better.
Although their season last year wasn't so hot, baseball still went away with a few wins, including a tough come-from-behind win against Neumann. With strong, constant players like sophomore Scott Renauro and senior Ramon Reyes backing up the team, Midkiff sees that this year will be different.
"There's a change in attitude with the new guys," Midkiff said. "We've increased our talent immensely."
But as Midkiff always says, it is all about process, not results. "If we go through the right process," he said, "then we should get the results we want."
Head Coach: Mark Spangler (3rd season)
Last Year's Record: 6-7 (4-3 MAC), Lost in semifinal round to Wilkes
Key Wins: DeSales, Misericordia, FDU-Florham and Alvernia
Must-See Games: Cabrini, Messiah, Manhattanville, King's and Wilkes
Key Returnees: Seniors Jordan Gates, Josh Hall and Dan Wilson and sophomore Bryan Arnett
For Spring Break: Going to Hilton Head, S.C. to practice twice a day, play against Lebanon Valley and have fun.
Outlook: If the men's tennis team's current record is any indication, the team should succeed this season.
With three senior captains, two sophomores and two first-years, Spangler is confident that his team will do well.
"I expect them to be even better than last year," he said. "The guys are focused and I'm pretty optimistic."
Last season almost took a drastic turn when the team lost a devastating away match against King's. However, they managed to turn things around with four straight wins to qualify for the championships.
And they will get a shot for revenge with a home match against King's on Apr. 16.
Head Coach: Mark Birtwistle (4th season)
Last Year's Record: 4th of 9 in Freedom Conference Championships
Key Wins: Island Green at the University of the Sciences–broke a school record with a score of 313, with three golfers scoring in the 70s
Must-See Tournaments: Lebanon Valley, Widener and Franklin and Marshall
Key Returnees: Junior Josh Reid and sophomore Jarred Heuer
For Spring Break: Heading back down to Outer Banks, N.C.
Outlook: For a man with a seven-man golf team–five of them first-years–Birtwistle is pretty confident. But he has a right to be: his team, although going through a transition year, should be performing well this upcoming season.
Last year, golf saw soaring heights and crushing lows, going from top to bottom then back again. Their ultimate height was early in the season at their second tournament where they set a new school record with a team score of 313. Although they struggled halfway through the 2009 season, they rebounded just enough to snag fourth place in the MAC Championships.
Head Coach: Brandon Childs (2nd season)
Last Year's Record: 8-9
Key wins: Messiah and Manhattanville
Must see games: Widener, Messiah and Manhattanville
Key Returnees: Senior Michael Hofmeister, sophomore Matt Wagner, and junior Matt Mandia
For Spring Break: The team is traveling to Virginia. First they will be playing Randolph College, from Lynchburg, Va. Then a second game will be played against Gilford College, from Greensboro, N.C.
Outlook: Eastern men's lacrosse team has 11 returning players and 22 newcomers. "There is no doubt we are talented enough," Childs said. "It's about how we handle adjusting to the speed of college lacrosse."
As a team they have collectively set the goal of winning the MAC conference championship. They plan on reaching their goal by being, "better than the day before" Childs said, a mantra the team has adopted.
Head Coach: Camrin Azzarano (3rd season)
Last Years Record: 11-7
Key Wins: Montclair State University and Haverford College
Must-See Games: Messiah, The College of New Jersey and Rowan University.
Key Returnees: Juniors Grace Griffith and Samantha Fretz and seniors Sarah Hager and Krystal Cairns.
Outlook: The women's lacrosse team will have a tough non-league game to kick off their season when they face off with The College of New Jersey. Junior Grace Griffith will look to lead the offense after recording 56 goals and 12 assists last season.
Head Coach: Brittany Stroop(1st season)
Last Year's Record: 10-16
Key Wins: Manhattanville College, King's College, and DeSales University
Must-See Games: DeSales
Key Returnees:
Sophomores Maggie McGowan, Jaclyn Gangemi, Samantha Terenzoni, Juniors Kate Phelan and Amy Bellows
For Spring Break:
The team is going to Cocoa Beach, Florida to play in a week-long tournament.
Outlook: After a challenging 2009 season and the ongoing transition after former head coach Mark Ambler's death, the softball team hopes to make a statement early in the MAC. The team will get a jump start to the season with ten games in Florida during Spring Break.
Sophomore pitcher and shortstop Maggie McGowan, who lead the team in both wins and batting average last season, will be a key performer for the team offensively and defensively.
SIFE helps children shoot for success
There was one cheerleader at the final home basketball games that stood out above the rest of the squad. It didn't hurt that this individual was a foot taller than the rest and covered in spots.
As part of a fundraiser organized by Students in Free Enterprise, the Chick-fil-A mascot, a depressed cow who begs people to "Eat Mor Chikin" took over the Eastern Eagle's duties on Feb. 20, grabbing a set of pom poms and rooting for the maroon and white.
While the new face was refreshing to the crowd, the reason the cow showed up was what really mattered. SIFE, who has been working at Blankenburg Elementary School in West Philadelphia every week with a group of select fifth and sixth graders, coordinated a fundraiser to raise money for a scholarship fund designed for the students when they attend college.
The event, "Blankenburg shoots for success," featured a chance to sink a half court shot to win a flat screen TV and Chick-fil-A chicken sandwiches in the concession stand. When those who attempted to hit the half court shot all missed, the TV was raffled off and won by first-year David Smith.
Several Blankenburg students came to the game to work in the concession stand and help run the half court shot contest. The event served as a perfect real-life experience for the students to see the business concepts they have learned being carried out.
There's no place like home for the playoffs
The men's basketball team is in the MAC Freedom Conference playoffs for the second consecutive year.
With the regular season completed, the Eagles now have a daunting task ahead of them as they face Misericordia on Feb. 24 in semifinal action.
Misericordia defeated Eastern 61-44 two weeks ago, but this time the match is on the Eagles' home court.
The team has not lost a home conference game all season, completing its perfect conference home record with a win over Delaware Valley on Feb. 20, which also secured home court advantage for the semifinal game.
"Hosting a home game is exactly what we wanted," sophomore guard Martin Soaries said. "It is huge being in front of your home crowd. It is good to know all the work we put in paid off."
Lately, the team has been working hard, as Eastern has gone 6-4 in its last 10 games.
"We are locked in and focused on what we want," Soaries said. "Our leaders on our team have stepped up. We brought it together because we've been through so much together. We just want to go out and get wins."
First-year starters Kyle Malloy and Alex Nelson's athleticism have created match up problems for the Eagles' opponents.
On the wing, Soaries and junior Derek Wright are called on to provide veteran leadership.
The general of the offense, senior point guard Chris Myers, is the only four-year member on the team and is responsible for fueling the offense.
"It is hard for a team to match up with us all around," Soaries said. "I don't think any team has the depth that we do. I think, overall, we have the best team out of the four teams that are left."
The team's bench has been progressing, which makes the Eagles a tougher opponent. Misericordia will have to bring its best game to the gym.
"We are excited for this match-up," Myers said. "We look forward to taking care of business. You have to do your thing. You have some butterflies before the game, but once the ball is tipped off we will be ready."
The question for Eastern fans is: are you ready?
Player Profile: Chris Myers
Basketball squads shoot for success in second half of season
The women's basketball team is anything but weak-willed. Now more than halfway through the 2009-10 season, the positive spirit of Head Coach Katie Levis is still keeping expectations high for the team and for the school as a whole.
Having experienced both defeat and "good wins," Levis is more than excited to see her team perform better in the remaining three weeks of the season. She stressed the importance of staying a step ahead.
"Like we have worked hard and improved, the other teams have also improved," Levis said, demanding her girls to make a steady commitment to do well.
The team includes of only two upperclassmen, leaving the majority of the positions filled by young players who are inexperienced in college-level basketball. Nevertheless, Levis is optimistic that the girls will offer a lot to the team.
However, Levis said, the team's biggest weakness is not its inexperience, but its inconsistent performance as a whole.
"We do not perform well all the time, which is why we don't know how everything is going to come out," she said.
For Levis, the biggest challenge as a coach is, "trying to take all the pieces and creating a team unit to work together."
The team is working hard to tackle this obstacle of inconsistency. Their effort and focus on consistent play as a team has become their biggest strength, Levis said.
In addition to being energetic, the determined players have been putting in a lot of effort to do their best, despite the tough competitions.
"The goal is to go with the expectation that we can win and the understanding that we need to play well," Levis said.


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They started giving us the goal performance and some type of employee survey.
The first performance goal progress entries coming up here this month, wouldn't surprise me if they use that as the basis for layoffs. "Underperformers" will get the axe.
Heard June is moved to July..
When in June? Nothing has happened yet.
Any news about W200? We were set to move to W14 (building sold) back in January, then we were told we were staying put.


I'm developing an application and i need to display a html page inside a view.
I'm developing in SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio, Version: 7.1.0 and UI element like iFrame, or IView does not exists.
Do you have a suggestion, idea or advice?
Use LinkTOURL element and set the reference property to the html link you want to open.
Do u want to bring an already existing HTML page in a view?
For example i have a window composed by 3 view and in one view i want to display a html page like www.sap.com.
For writing Html in iFrame u can use com.lowagie.text package and u can use these inbuild classes.
than for writing in iframe create a method like this.
//now here u can use the classes like Cell ,table,Document for writing the html code in the iFRAME .for more information on this u can refer this site all the api documentation is given here.
after writing the html code using com.lowagie.text package.
at the end call the method which u declared earlier to this method.and create a context element URL map it to the source of Iframe in properties view.
Please Reward points for an helpfull answer.
Just in source specify the html page name.
...but i don't want to display the page in a window (new or existing).
I want to have the page displayed in one view inside a window.
I want to obtain the old "IFrame effect".
You can make use of the suspend resume plugs.This enables you to call an external application within the same page.


About two months ago, two of my colleagues showed up to work wearing identical new glasses. When I made a joke about everyone going to see the same optometrist, I was informed that the specs were "computer glasses" – over-the-counter lenses that purportedly filter out a majority of the blue wavelength of visible light.
My co-workers started in on the supposed dangers of blue light emitted from digital screens, a list of ailments ranging from dry, itchy eyes and headaches to insomnia, retinal damage and increased nearsightedness.
I went immediately to my computer and spent the next hour descending into a rabbit hole of information so varied and conflicting that I ended up reaching out to several professionals in medical and scientific fields in an attempt to gain clarity.
Let's start with blue light, the innocuous-sounding phrase that over the past few years has sent daily computer-users into a panic about their optic health.
Simply put, blue light is a colour that humans see in the visible light spectrum. It is transmitted as a short wavelength, meaning it produces higher amounts of energy. But that shouldn't necessarily be cause for alarm.
"A lot of the studies we're hearing about claiming that blue light from screens is harmful to the eyes are based on tests done in extreme conditions," said Will Pentecost, an optometric physician and owner of Seattle's EYE EYE clinic.
According to Pentecost, patients who come in complaining of headaches, blurred vision and itchy or dry eyes are often suffering from eyestrain, which, although it can be a result of working at the computer, is generally not the result of blue light.
One way to help alleviate digital eyestrain is the 20-20-20 rule, as noted by the American Optometric Association. Take a 20-second break to view something 20 feet away every 20 minutes.
As for computer glasses, Pentecost doesn't recommend them unless a person has recently had a concussion or experiences chronic migraines, both of which can cause sensitivity to light.
Professor and researcher Dr Jay Neitz agreed. A faculty member at the University of Washington's department of ophthalmology, Neitz studies the biological basis of vision and vision disorders like macular degeneration, nearsightedness and colour blindness.
Another consequence of looking at your phone right before you go to sleep is that it can stimulate your brain. "Screen time is not conducive to sleep onset, not only due to light exposure, but because of the potentially activating nature of what you're looking at," says Dr Nathaniel Watson, director of the UW Medicine Sleep Clinic and president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
To get recommended eight hours of sleep, he advises creating a calming bedroom environment (no TVs or computers), not drinking caffeine after 2pm, and if you wake up in the middle of the night, "do not reach over and look at your phone!" Like Neitz and Pentecost, Watson said that most smartphones have settings that filter the amount of blue light they emit, but he doesn't necessarily recommend the glasses.
While my co-workers swear by their purchases (both say that the lenses have helped alleviate headaches), after wearing mine for a few weeks, I didn't notice much of a physiological difference. Granted, I wasn't suffering headaches or eye irritation in the first place, and I admit that I am guilty of browsing social media for at least 15 minutes before bed most nights.


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Violence against GPs prompts BMA call for attack alarms
By Georgie Hobbs
One in three GPs has been a victim of physical or verbal attack in the past year, but most do not report it, according to a new BMA survey.
It is now upping its demands for the Government to provide personal alarms to the thousands of GPs on home visits.
One in 10 BMA members reported that they had been physically attacked last year. Of these, one in three suffered minor injuries, and one in 20 was seriously injured, while others reported being spat at.
A third said they had suffered either physical or verbal abuse and threats all within the past year.
The BMA found that the most common reason for violence was dissatisfaction with the service, including frustration with waiting times and refusal to prescribe medication.
The survey questioned around 600 GPs and its findings back those of a larger Pulse survey of nearly 900 GPs carried out in September.
Pulse's poll found that 2.7% had been physically assaulted over the past year, almost 12% had been threatened with violence and just under half had suffered verbal abuse.
Both polls revealed that doctors often do not report the attacks, underlining fears that GPs seem willing to accept violence as an occupational hazard.
Dr Hamish Meldrum, BMA chair, said the numbers of GPs who keep silent after an attack was 'worrying', adding: 'We hope that this is not because they feel the problem is not being taken seriously.'
'Ministers have repeatedly stated that there should be zero tolerance to violence of any sort in the NHS. We heartily agree. The mechanisms must be there to minimise the likelihood of attacks, to support staff who experience them, and to ensure that anyone who commits an act of violence is dealt with appropriately,' he said.
In September, the Government promised to spend £29 million on 30,000 safety alarm devices for lone workers but will still give no guarantee as to whether GPs will be given them. This was part of a larger £97 million pledge to crack down on violence against NHS staff in the community.
But Dr Beth McCarron, a GP in Honiton in Devon and member of the Devon LMC who raised the issue of personal alarms, which was passed at last year's ARM, said she had 'heard nothing' from the Government.
She said: 'If all other workers in the NHS were going to get alarms and GPs are to be singled out because they are independent contractors, I'd be very disappointed. I don't want to see the headline: "Violent attack against GP" before we are issued with personal alarms.
'I would hope that the Government would be more pro-active to defend our hard-working workforce before then.'
A spokesperson from the NHS Security Management Service said: 'The funding announced by Health Secretary Alan Johnson at the Labour Party conference will be made available to all those who can demonstrate a need, wherever they work in the NHS.'
Dr Hamish Meldrum: campaigning for GPs to have attack alarms Dr Hamish Meldrum: campaigning for GPs to have attack alarms Violence
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What Multicultural Millennials Can Teach You About Brand Identity
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by Jesús Acosta, Art Director
There's a saying in Spanish – de la moda, lo que te acomoda – (from what's fashionable or trendy, use only what really fits you). Brands, just like people, try to keep up with trends to stay relevant. Sometimes it seems that jumping onto a trend because others are doing is a cool thing to do, but then we realize that we may have sacrificed some of our self-identity. It happened to some brands not too long ago when they went too far into changing their logotypes to a straight and clean sans-serif font to follow a trend. As they jumped into the fad, they sacrificed a lot of brand personality for a trendy but bland look. The most notorious cases were Tropicana and Gap, but Arby's, Long John Silver's and Pizza Hut also did it and then quickly changed back their logotypes to letterforms that restored their brand identity.
Stay True To Your Roots To Define What Makes Your Brand Unique
It's interesting to see how multicultural millennials are looking back to their roots and embracing them to define how they show their individuality – and not only in the clothes they wear, but also in their tastes for music, food, etc. We are starting to observe a similar trend in brands – as they're looking back to what makes them who they are – their heritage. In the end, our roots are what make us who we are and define our personality. This keeps the brand current, while keeping its unique personality.
Bacardi looked back at its bat symbols from the early 1900s and its new logotype has bold clean letterforms influenced by the Cuban Art Deco style from the 1920s. Bud Light and Budweiser recently got an update, taking elements from their early days and catching up with a successful change done by Miller Lite a couple years ago.
More recently, DC Comics unveiled a new brand identity that nods to their logos from the 1970s. It replaces a logo that showed a clever visual pun to a super hero double identity but with letterforms so generic, the logo could be for a label company as well. The new logo brings back the letterforms with straight sharp lines and forms that feel more in the superhero world. This brand redesign is not only cosmetic, but it will also be reflected in the new upcoming comics and movies. DC's CEO, Geoff Johns referred to the new brand and comics as being "built on what's come before while looking to what will come tomorrow."
Authenticity Will Help You Stand Out
Once we stay strong to our roots to define how we look, a unique brand identity will stand out on its own. From the grey generic sea of brands, some stick out as true for who they are. Arby's is the fast food sandwich restaurant with BBQ roots. Bacardi is the Caribbean rum that has been around since before Prohibition. And Miller Lite is the original light beer. Whether people like this or not, their goal is to return to their heritage and stay authentic – ultimately to themselves.
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U.S. Army War College >> Strategic Studies Institute >> Publications >> India's Changing Afghanistan Policy: Regional and Global Implications
India's Changing Afghanistan Policy: Regional and Global Implications
Authored by Dr. Harsh V. Pant.
Since 2001, the situation in Afghanistan has afforded New Delhi an opportunity to underscore its role as a regional power. India has a growing stake in the development of peace and stability in Afghanistan; and the 2011 India-Afghan strategic partnership agreement underlines India's commitment to ensure that a positive momentum in Delhi-Kabul ties is maintained. This monograph examines the changing trajectory of Indian policy toward Afghanistan since 2001, and it is argued that New Delhi has been responding to a strategic environment shaped by other actors in the region. U.S.-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces are preparing to leave Afghanistan in 2014, and India stands at a crossroads as it remains keen to preserve its interests in Afghanistan. The ever-evolving Indian policy in Afghanistan is examined in three phases before implications of this change for the region and the United States are drawn. There has been a broader maturing of the U.S.-India defense ties, and Afghanistan is likely to be a beneficiary of this trend. Managing Pakistan and unravelling Islamabad's encirclement complex should be the biggest priority for both Washington and New Delhi in the coming years if there is to be any hope of keeping Afghanistan a stable entity post-2014.
What Next for Russia's Front-Line States?
Assessing the Collective Security Treaty Organization: Capabilities and Vulnerabilities
Avoiding the Trap: U.S. Strategy and Policy for Competing in the Asia-Pacific Beyond the Rebalance
U.S. Landpower in the South China Sea
Promoting U.S.-Indian Defense Cooperation: Opportunities and Obstacles
Indian and Chinese Engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Comparative Assessment
China's Interests and Goals in the Arctic: Implications for the United States
Survey: India's Changing Afghanistan Policy: Regional and Global Implications
India's Evolving Nuclear Force and Implications for U.S. Strategy in the Asia-Pacific
The Growing Complexity of Sino-Indian Ties