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Drew Cooper, general manager of PacificSport Vancouver Island which runs the day-to-day operations at the Cowichan Sportsplex, said a field house was part of the original vision for the facility. (File photo)
New field house at Cowichan Sportsplex gets $1 million in government funding
Cowichan Sportsplex hopes construction can begin in new year
Robert Barron
The dream of a new field house at the Cowichan Sportsplex is a big step closer to reality with senior levels of government kicking in $1 million for the approximately $1.5-million facility.
The construction of a field house at the Cowichan Sportsplex was part of the original plans for the sports centre when it was first built about 15 years ago, but the plan is just now coming to fruition.
RELATED STORY: COWICHAN SPORTSPLEX LOOKS TO CONSTRUCT NEW $1.5 MILLION FIELD HOUSE
Drew Cooper is the general manager of the non-profit PacificSport Vancouver Island group that formed a partnership last year with the Chesterfield Sports Society, which handles the administration of the Sportsplex, to run the day-to-day operations at the facility.
He said the construction of the new field house will be a "real game changer" for the Sportsplex.
"With change rooms and other amenities for the first time, we will be able to attract tournaments and other events from outside the community," he said.
"There might also be interesting opportunities to form partnerships with Rowing Canada (which is establishing a permanent national training centre at Quamichan Lake) that might need field space for training."
RELATED STORY: COWICHAN ROWING CLUB THRILLED NATIONAL ROWING CENTRE MOVING TO QUAMICHAN LAKE
Six recreation centres across B.C., including the Cowichan Sportsplex, are set to receive more than $3 million in upgrades and new construction through the federal government's Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, as well as provincial and municipal funding, the province announced on Sept. 9.
The Cowichan Sportsplex is a regional outdoor sports, fitness and recreation park covering more than 26 acres in the Cowichan Valley, and currently sees more than 200,000 visits each year.
The new field house will replace aging office space, which is being provided by a temporary and cramped portable building, and washrooms, as well as providing new change rooms/showers and a multi-purpose meeting room for the first time.
It's anticipated that the field house will lead to the expansion of existing programs at the Sportsplex, and inaugurate new ones.
Cooper said approximately $400,000 of the remaining $500,000 for the project has already been raised since last year through fundraisers and funding from local governments like North Cowichan, with the balance expected to come from a capital contingency fund.
He said while there have yet to be shovels in the ground, work has already begun on the conceptual drawings and the schematics for the layout of the building.
RELATED STORY: NEW FIELD HOUSE AT COWICHAN SPORTSPLEX NECESSARY, SAYS MANAGER
"Construction could begin as early as the spring of 2020, and I guess it could take from about eight months to a year to complete once we start," Cooper said.
"According to the rules for the funding from the governments, the field house has to be in place within six years or we have to give the funding back. That's not going to happen."
The other five community centres that are set to receive upgrades include facilities in the West Shore, Tsawwassen First Nation, Sumas First Nation, T'exelcemc and Lake Country.
"Culture and recreation centres are the backbone of our communities and important focal points for activities that bring people together and help them thrive and grow," said Carla Qualtrough, the federal minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility.
robert.barron@cowichanvalleycitizen.com
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Алле́гра Верса́че Бек (; 30 июня 1986, Милан, Италия) — итальянская бизнесвумен. Главный акционер компании «Versace».

Личная жизнь

Семья
 Отец — Пол Бек, модель.
 Мать — Донателла Версаче, дизайнер.
 Брат — Дэниел Версаче Бек (род.1989).
 Дядя — Джанни Версаче (1946—1997), дизайнер.
 Дядя — Санто Версаче.

Болезнь
В марте 2007 года мать Аллегры, Донателла Версаче, призналась, что её дочь лечилась от нервной анорексии.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Официальный сайт дома моды Versace

Предприниматели Италии
Выпускники Брауновского университета
Семья Версаче

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UFC presser cancelled after backstage fracas involving Diaz, Chimaev and Kevin Holland
It's kicking off in Las Vegas ahead of UFC 279
By John Balfe - 9 Sep 2022
A backstage brawl involving Nate Diaz, Khamzat Chimaev, Kevin Holland and their assorted entourages led to the cancellation of Thursday night's UFC 279 press conference in Las Vegas.
Dana White confirmed to the media that the scheduled press event had been shelved following an altercation between Chimaev and Holland, which then led to an incident involving Chimaev and Diaz. According to reporting on the scene, the fracas began when Chimaev push kicked Holland to the chest supposedly due to comments made by Holland in the lead-up to the fight.
"Yeah," White said when asked if the Chimaev-Holland fracas kicked off the backstage melee. "There were multiple things going on at the same time. It wasn't just one thing that erupted and it happened. There were multiple things going on at the same time.
"So there was security over there, there was no security over there. There was no security over there cause everybody was dealing with the other thing and once it all started erupting, it was just a sh*t show."
White added that former UFC competitor turned manager Tiki Ghosn was crucial in helping calm the proceedings:"If it wasn't for Tiki, we would have been in trouble. Tiki took a couple for the team and he's not even on the team. Tiki took a couple of water bottles to the head, a couple slaps, kicks. Thanks Tiki."
Additional reports then indicated that when Holland and his opponent Daniel Rodriguez took to the press conference stage, a second incident broke out between the Diaz and Chimaev camps, prompting White to pull the plug on the event.
"When you know that you have guys that don't like each other, you make sure that they're isolated, you have plenty of security around," White said. "You know how Nate and Khamzat are, they could have some words and we have enough people here to deal with it.
"What we didn't have enough people for was everybody to start fighting. When everybody starts fighting and there was more than just fighting going on that security was dealing with. We weren't prepared. This is what we do," White said. "This is the business that we're in. This is the fight business. These things happen."
Afterwards, Darren Till, who is a close friend and training partner of Chimaev's, was seen discussing the issue with Holland in what appeared to be a tense confrontation.

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State-run telecom major BSNL on Saturday announced that it would launch 3G services across the country by the end of this year.
"We will be commencing the operations by the end of December starting from North and Eastern parts of the country and then South and West by March, 2009, so that within six months we will be able to roll out the 3G operations," BSNL Chairman and MD Kuldeep Goyal said here.
"Mostly we will try to cover the state capitals in the first phase and then taking it to major cities and other towns," Goyal said.
On the demand for the services, he said, "The demand will pick up once 3G handsets are affordable. Applications suiting the people especially rural areas should be available in local language. Initially, we don't expect the demand to be very high," he said.
"Initially, we are talking to content providers for developing suitable applications, like video conferencing, video telephony, video streaming. A trial was carried out in Pune recently," Goyal said.
Talking about the company's business, he said BSNL was hoping to increase the revenue by more than 10 per cent as compared to last year.
"We are aiming to record 10 per cent growth next year", he said adding that last year the company recorded a turnover of Rs 38,000 crore.
He also hoped that the revenue would reach USD 45 billion by 2010.
On the expansion plans, Goyal said BSNL was aiming at increasing the subscriber base from the present 73.2 million (which include wireline and wireless) across the country to 600 million by 2012.
"We are hoping to take the subscriber base of broadband users to 20 million by 2012 and 200 million wireline and wireless subscribers in rural areas."
Out of the 77.18 million internet customers in the country, BSNL had 4.57 million users, Goyal said.
On the poor patronage to landline connections, he said still the trend was there but that the company hoped to arrest the trend with the broadband spreading into different parts and new tariff plans set to be introduced from September 1.
"We have come out with plans where a subscriber just needs to pay Rs 250 for two years and thereafter he does not have to pay any rent for wireline or WLL phone. Another offers connection at Rs 20 per month with 20 free calls. With these plans we hope that the trend would be reversed".
As part of mobile expansion plans, Goyal said BSNL had planned to provide five million connections each in the North, East and South zones and nine million in West.
"This 24 million lines expansion is for our requirement for 2008-09. We have also come out with a tender for 93 million lines for next three to four years," he said.
Out of the 93 million connections, 25 million lines will be provided each in North, South and West and 18 million lines in the East Zone, he said.
Goyal said that the company had increased its market share of broadband services from 42 per cent at the beginning of last year to more than 50 per cent in the end of the year.
"We have planned to cover 30,000 plus villages. Out of this, broadband had been extended to 23,000 exchanges in the rural areas and the remaining would be covered next year, so that every rural telephone exchange would become broadband enabled," he said.
The company had a overall share of 22 per cent in the country he said, adding out of the 335 million phones in the country BSNL had 73 million connections, including mobile and fixed. Out of the 290 million plus mobile connections in the country, the company had 38 million, he said.
Referring to the company's entry into Internet Protocol Television services, Goyal said," we have already started services in Pune, Bangalore, Kolkata and Jaipur".
It was much better than the normal cable television as it provided normal cable channels along with various other facilities like storing the programme content for a minimum of three days and one can watch (it) anytime as per their choice.
"We have identified about 100 cities to roll out IPTV during the current financial year," he said but declined to comment on the investments.
On the tariffs for IPTV he said,"it would be quite affordable".


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Several middle school students pitched in to give the holiday season a warm welcome. As part of today's PBIS and ROAR celebration, some students chose to help make blankets. These blankets however are not for the students that made them, but instead will be donated to South Side Mission to spread warmth to people less fortunate.
These types of public service projects have become a regular fixture in behavior and academic celebrations over the past few years. Students who completed their assignments regularly over the last month were eligible to celebrate in many ways. Making blankets was one way to not only celebrate personal achievement, but also help others at the same time.
Congratulations to all students on their exceptional work and willingness to help others!


Anybody know if we'll ever see an "Ultimate" Big Chap?
I would imagine that will happen to tie in with the next anniversary for the first movie.
I'd like to finally see the Ultimate Warrior get released.
I thought the last 1/4 scale ALIEN Big Chap figure looked impressive enough. The new sculpt certainly improved upon the original 2008 release.
A much more detailed and screen-accurate paint application would greatly enhance the figure, if it was reissued for the 40th anniversary.
Don't know what else you could do to make it the "ultimate"? Perhaps new packaging to commemorate the 40th anniversary or even increase the scale of the (already large enough) figure?
Well, to go along with the Ultimate Jungle Hunter I can think of a few things they might do with Big Chap.
The cowl on the head could do with some improvement. The Gorilla Alien they issued actually came with two that you could swap out, and they actually fit right and stayed fairly well. Every Big Chap I've gotten has had a warped head dome that didn't sit right. So that's one.
So, give it the ultimate paint treatment, give it swappable head cowls. So you can either have a clear or a foggy one. Maybe a set of new hands that are in a closed position. Maybe include an egg and/or hugger/burster and a display stand.
That would make it "ultimate" in my view.
Well the 'Ultimate' tag, so far, has been mainly articulation improvements and extra accessories and some minor paint improvements.
Seconding this. I've had mine on preorder for what feels like a year now and I can't get a straight answer out of NECA for when it's actually getting released.
Those are awesome, what do you use for diorama/lighting setups?
Thanks. Dios are just ones I have laying around. Lighting is usually natural with some flashlights here or there. Effects are done in various apps.
Great work on those diorama pictures! New Sabres pics are always a win.
Oh yeah, these are stunning. Can't have too much Sabre's stuff.
Thanks guys. More coming soon.


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Chairman Carper, Ranking Member Coburn, distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to address the need for pay reform within the Border Patrol. We welcome the opportunity to work with you on finding solutions at an affordable cost.
Properly paying our personnel and appropriately managing our pay system are essential to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) mission. U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) application of overtime, specifically Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime (AUO), goes back many years, yet the CBP mission has substantially evolved since that time, and so too should our compensation authorities.
Mr. Chairman, the Department and its law enforcement components welcome your interest in addressing the challenges posed by AUO. As you know, the Department has sought legislative changes for several years that would enable it to reform and rationalize its compensation structure.
1 For this purpose, the rate of basic pay includes locality payments. See 5 U.S.C. 5304(c)(2), 5 C.F.R. 531.610(c), 5 C.F.R. 550.103, and 550.151.
AUO is ill suited to serve the overtime requirements of a modern day Border Patrol. S. 1691, the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act (BPAPRA), would replace AUO for the Border Patrol with a flexible system. The bill would compensate eligible employees for necessary overtime while maximizing agent availability for critical law enforcement and border security responsibilities.
Border Patrol frontline agents work in locations that are desolate, at times dangerous, and subject to extremes in temperature. In addition, today's Border Patrol relies increasingly on technology, intelligence, and analytic support to the frontline. While agents responsible for these elements have similar overtime demands as frontline agents, they may not be eligible for AUO.
If enacted, BPAPRA would provide the necessary tools to ensure that a Border Patrol agent is available to continue work and meet mission requirements beyond the eighth hour of his or her shift, while providing predictable rotations around the clock. Agents would be eligible to receive a regular overtime supplement for extended shifts of 9 or 10 hours and could receive additional overtime pay or compensatory time off when required to respond to emergencies or other mission requirements.
BPAPRA would eliminate Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) compensation and would likely reduce overall costs. It would increase the work hour capacity for the Border Patrol by over 2.5 million hours annually. It also has the support of the National Border Patrol Council, which represents 17,000 agents.
As you are aware, a number of Department employees have made disclosures to the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) concerning alleged abuses of the AUO system. CBP takes seriously its responsibility to ensure proper use of taxpayer funds. While many frontline officers and agents across the department require work hour flexibility, often through the use of AUO, misuse of these funds is not tolerated. Within DHS Components, allegations of misconduct that are raised by employees are typically provided to and handled by Component internal affairs offices and/or the DHS Office of the Inspector General in conjunction with the Component's human resources office. The Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO) is also provided a copy of the OSC referral letter, allowing OCHCO to identify significant issues and trends that require immediate attention even before investigations are complete. If merited, employees found to have engaged in misconduct are subject to disciplinary action.
CBP's Office of Internal Affairs (IA) conducted a series of investigative inquiries regarding the alleged improper use of AUO by specific entities within CBP. IA Field Offices in Washington, DC, Houston, TX, San Diego, CA, and Seattle, WA, conducted AUO-related investigations at specific Border Patrol Sector headquarters, stations, training entities, and the CBP Commissioner's Situation Room.
Although the OSC received complaints that overtime hours compensated under AUO were not being worked – allegations that, if proven, could constitute criminal or administrative violations – the investigations conducted by CBP Office of Internal Affairs did not substantiate any OSC allegations that employees had received AUO compensation for hours that were not worked. The investigations did, however, substantiate aspects of the allegations that questioned whether AUO was the appropriate mechanism for specific overtime compensation. The investigations did not involve the fiscal analysis necessary to determine short and long term budgetary impact of the improper use of AUO. Importantly, even where AUO was not the proper overtime mechanism, CBP had an obligation, and employees had an entitlement, to be appropriately compensated for overtime hours worked. The results of these investigative inquiries were supplied to the OSC.
CBP recognizes that it needs to continue to improve its management of AUO. DHS and CBP have taken actions to address the situation. On January 27, 2014, Secretary Johnson issued a memorandum directing the DHS component leadership to take immediate action to suspend AUO for certain categories of employees on an interim basis. As a result, approximately 900 (600 at CBP) component headquarters personnel, full-time trainers, and employees found to have misused AUO in completed investigations were suspended from receiving AUO. After additional review, on May 23, 2014, DHS Deputy Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas issued a memorandum to CBP's Commissioner and the heads of several other DHS components, outlining the areas in which the Department must improve its AUO administration. The Deputy Secretary mandated that all components develop a comprehensive plan within 30 days to address AUO compliance issues. The components will also work with the Management Directorate to develop a DHS wide Directive formalizing these efforts and new reforms. The directive will include requirements for independent audits of AUO records and mandate disciplinary measures for those who violate AUO policies in the future, including supervisors and managers who permit employees to misuse AUO.
The Department and CBP take the responsibility to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars very seriously. Until such time that CBP can address all of its AUO compliance issues, CBP leadership has directed interim measures, such as a comprehensive position review of AUO eligibility, to eliminate CBP's use of AUO where the available evidence suggests that its use is impermissible.
We thank the Committee for its commitment to improving the overtime pay system for Border Patrol agents and for developing legislation to address CBP's needs for a cost-efficient and equitable overtime compensation system that would meet the needs of a 21st century border security environment and workforce. The Department looks forward to continuing to work with Congress on this endeavor to ensure that the Border Patrol and other impacted DHS law enforcement components have an effective overtime pay system.
Chairman Carper, Ranking Member Coburn, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to testify today. I look forward to answering your questions.


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Commenting on the latest ONS labour market figures, Debapratim De, senior economist at Deloitte, said:
"The UK's headline unemployment figure remains broadly unchanged. However with the furlough scheme in effect, the real impact of COVID-19 is reflected in weekly hours worked, which has seen the biggest fall on record.
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Alec Baldwin and Jerry Seinfeld.
After the Academy Awards Sunday night, Jerry Seinfeld joined Alec Baldwin for the first episode of Baldwin's new talk show "Sundays with Alec Baldwin." It was inevitable that their conversation soon turned to #MeToo and the social justice crusade that has swept through Hollywood as of late.
The two men went on to lament those who have been exposed and accused since the October Weinstein expose was published, including Kevin Spacey and Louis CK. Baldwin suggested that men may be reticent to hire women, fearful of getting accused of sexual misconduct for making an inappropriate joke. Seinfeld shared his concern but noted that the movement has to happen.
"Doesn't this seem like a necessary bowel movement that the culture has to have?" asked Seinfeld.
"It's a pretty epic bowel movement," said Baldwin.
In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Baldwin defended himself for standing up for his own friends that have been accused, such as Woody Allen and director James Toback.
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The Rho 1012 offers customers the highest print quality available in the segment, featuring the new 12-picoliter Durst Quadro® Array technology that can print at speeds up to 5,000 s.f./hr. The small drop technology implemented represents unrivalled quality at these print speeds, giving the user the ability to meet the quality and volume requirements normally reserved for high-end lithographic applications.
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María Josefa Wonenburger Planells (Montrove, Oleiros, 19 de julio de 1927 - La Coruña, 14 de junio de 2014)  fue una matemática española que desarrolló sus trabajos de investigadora en Estados Unidos y en Canadá. Fue la primera mujer española en recibir una beca Fulbright. Fue especialista en la teoría de grupos y en grupos de semejanzas en el álgebra de Clifford, pero sobre todo fue conocida por sus desarrollos en álgebras de Lie. Además fue la inspiradora de la teoría de álgebras de Kac-Moody. Fue socia de honor de la Real Sociedad Matemática Española y da nombre al premio a investigadoras que concede anualmente la Junta de Galicia.

Trayectoria

Formación
Wonenburger nació en Oleiros, descendiente por parte de padre de un tatarabuelo alsaciano y de una valenciana por línea materna. Realizó los primeros estudios en la ciudad gallega de A Coruña, en el Instituto Eusebio da Guarda. Gustaba tanto del hockey sobre patines y el baloncesto, como de la música de Bach, además de estudiar inglés y alemán. A pesar de la voluntad de la familia para que estudiase ingeniería y mantener el negocio familiar de una fundición en A Coruña, obtuvo una licenciatura en matemáticas en la Universidad Central de Madrid, en 1950, donde tuvo como profesor al físico aragonés Julio Palacios. Allí también se doctoró con una tesis dirigida por Germán Ancochea y Tomás Rodríguez Bachiller.

Etapa en América
En 1953 recibió una de las primeras Becas Fulbright, lo que le permitió estudiar en la Universidad de Yale, en Estados Unidos. Su tesis doctoral sobre teoría de grupos fue dirigida por el destacado algebrista Nathan Jacobson. La terminó en 1957 y su título fue On the group of similitudes and its projective group (Sobre el grupo de semejanzas y su grupo proyectivo). De vuelta en España, trabajó como investigadora en el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) durante tres años sin conseguir que su doctorado fuese reconocido oficialmente En 1960 se marchó de nuevo al extranjero, tras recibir una beca postdoctoral de la Universidad de Toronto, en Ontario (Canadá). Fue la única profesora en un claustro masculino. Allí dirigió la tesis doctoral de Robert Moody, quien después trabajó en lo que pasó a conocerse como la teoría de álgebras de Kac-Moody, que tuvo a Wonenburger como inspiradora.

En 1966 se trasladó a los Estados Unidos, a la  Universidad de Buffalo, y al año siguiente, en 1967, consiguió una plaza definitiva como profesora en la  Universidad de Indiana, donde permaneció hasta 1983.

Regreso a España
Por enfermedad de su madre regresó a La Coruña en 1983 y permaneció apartada del mundo académico, salvo alguna colaboración esporádica con instituciones como AGAPEMA.

Permaneció en el olvido hasta que un grupo de estudiantes de matemáticas la reconoció como la inspiradora de la Teoría Kac-Moody. Entonces comenzó a recibir los reconocimientos que le hubieran correspondido tres décadas antes. En 2007 fue nombrada socia de honor de la Real Sociedad Matemática Española y en 2010 Doctora honoris causa por la Universidad de La Coruña. La Junta de Galicia creó en su honor el Premio María Josefa Wonenburger Planells que se concede desde 2007.

Obra
La investigación de María Wonenburger se centró principalmente en la teoría de grupos y en la teoría de álgebras de Lie. Estudió el grupo ortogonal y su correspondiente grupo proyectivo. También los automorfismos de los grupos de semejanzas inspirándose en trabajos anteriores de Jean Dieudonné y aplicándolos a los espacios vectoriales de dimensión mayor o igual que seis.

También trabajó con grupos de semejanzas en el álgebra de Clifford, pero sobre todo fue conocida por sus desarrollos en álgebras de Lie. Posteriormente centró su investigación en la clasificación de los grupos finitos y las matrices de Cartan. Dirigió ocho tesis doctorales y entre sus discípulos figuran Robert Moody, Stephen Berman, Bette Warren, Edward George Gibson y Richard Lawrence Marcuson.

Algunas publicaciones
 . 1972. Cartan matrices with null roots and finite Cartan matrices. Indiana University Math. Journal 21 (12 ): 1091–1099

 . 1964. A decomposition of orthogonal transformations. Canadian Math Bull. 17 (3 ): 379-383

 -----------------------. 1964. The automorphisms of Un+ (k, f) and PUn+ (k, f). Rev. Mat. Hisp.–Am. (4) 24: 52–65

 -----------------------. 1963. The automorphisms of the group of rotations and its projective group corresponding to quadratic forms of any index. Canad. J. Math. 15: 302–303

 -----------------------. 1963. Matrix ℵ-rings. Proceedings of the American Math Society, 142: 211–215

 -----------------------. 1962. The Clifford algebra and the group of similitudes. Canad. J. Math. 14: 45–59

 -----------------------. 1962. Study of certain similitudes. Canad. J. Math. 14: 60–68

 -----------------------. 1962. The automorphisms of the group of similitudes and some related groups. Amer. J. Math., 84: 600–614

 -----------------------. 1962. The automorphisms of PO8+ (Q) and PS8+ (Q). Amer. J. Math. 84: 635–641

 -----------------------. 1962. The automorphisms of PS4+ (Q). Rev. Mat. Hisp.–Am. (4) 22: 185–195

 -----------------------. 1961. Anillos de división. Gaceta Mat. Madrid 13: 3–8

 -----------------------. 1961. The spin representation of the unitary group. Mem. Mat. Inst. "Jorge Juan" 24

 -----------------------. 1960. El grupo simpléctico. Gaceta Mat. Madrid 12: 85–88

 -----------------------. 1960. Study of a semi-involutive similitude. Rev. Mat. Hisp.–Am. 420: 34–45

 -----------------------. 1960. Irreducible representations of the projective group of unitarian similitudes. Rev. Mat. Hisp.–Am. (4) 20: 147–176

 -----------------------. 1960. The spin represenation of the unitary group. Rev. Mat. Hisp.–Am. (4) 20: 79–128, 238–250

Distinciones
 2007: Socia de honor de la Real Sociedad Matemática Española.
 2010: Doctora honoris causa por la Universidad de La Coruña.

Otros reconocimientos
 2007: La Unidad Mujer y Ciencia de la Junta de Galicia creó el Premio María Josefa Wonenburger Planells para reconocer aquellas mujeres gallegas con trayectorias notables en el ámbito de la ciencia y la tecnología.

 2011: Monolito en el Paseo de las Ciencias del parque de Santa Margarita, La Coruña.

 2011: El Consejo de Cultura Gallega organizó unas jornadas en su honor.

 2012: Su ayuntamiento natal (Oleiros) dio el nombre de María Wonenburger a un parque de 10 000 metros cuadrados.

Premio  María Josefa Wonenburger Planells
La Junta de Galicia creó el Premio María Josefa Wonenburger Planells que se concede anualmente desde 2007 a una gallega con méritos destacados en investigación, ciencia y tecnología. Lo han recibido, entre otras investigadoras relevantes, Inmaculada Paz Andrade en 2007, María Teresa Miras Portugal en 2008, María Soledad Soengas González en 2009, Carmen Navarro Fernández-Balbuena en 2010, Ofelia Rey Castelao en 2011, María Tarsy Carballas Fernández en 2012, María José Alonso Fernández en 2013, Carmen García Mateo en 2014, Isabel Aguirre de Úrcula en 2015, o Peregrina Quintela Estévez en 2016.

Semblanzas
María Wonenburger es una matemática y algebrista cuyos logros son reconocidos desde hace décadas por la comunidad científica internacional pero que no gozaba del mismo reconocimiento en su país (era habitual que los algebristas gallegos citasen su nombre sin saber su lugar de origen). En un Congreso Mundial de Matemática celebrado en Santiago, en la década de los 90, al que acudieron afamados algebristas de diferentes países ella no estuvo presente. Los asistentes, que no daban crédito a su ausencia, se preguntaban por qué una científica de su categoría y con la misma nacionalidad que los anfitriones no había acudido a aquel congreso. La respuesta era sencilla: nadie la había invitado... A partir de ese momento las miradas se volvieron hacia ella y empezaron, aunque tímidamente, los honores públicos.

Fuentes
 . 2006.  María Josefa Wonenburger Planells. Mujer y matemática. La Gaceta de la RSME 9: 339–364

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Científicos de Galicia
Matemáticos de España del siglo XX
Matemáticos de España del siglo XXI
Profesores de Galicia
Escritores en inglés del siglo XX
Escritores en español del siglo XX
Científicas de España del siglo XX
Mujeres matemáticas de España
Doctores honoris causa por la Universidad de La Coruña
Personas de La Coruña
Miembros de la Real Sociedad Matemática Española
Fallecidos en La Coruña
Nacidos en Oleiros (La Coruña)


Last November, LEARN and some local partners decided to organize an EdCamp for educators in Quebec – ReMixEd Camp MTL. The idea was simple: get a space, some food, some prizes, and amass a hundred or so educators together on a chilly fall Saturday to talk about all things education. A new way to approach professional development, a new way to connect with educators from different milieus, a new way to improve one's practice through conversation and collaboration, a new way to grow as a professional, a new way to develop your growth mindset. Welcome to the "unconference".
These unconferences have two rules that all attendees must follow; namely be selfish and don't break out that powerpoint! This is a day for professional learning and conversation. If a session is not giving you want you need, get up and find a session that does – this is called the Law of Two-Feet. Even better, post a session topic that you're interested in discussing on the communal agenda. Because the intent is to be unstructured (but not unfocused), letting ideas flow freely through engaging conversation, being shackled to your favourite powerpoint as you stand at the front of the room is not where we want to find you.
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We believe that a learning event of this kind needs to be open to all, so if you're an educator or a soon-to-be educator, join us. The more diversity in our participants, the richer the conversations. We have made sure to work into the day lots of times for networking with fellow educators. Oh yes, I forgot to mention, this event is completely free, yes free.
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Here's Why Britney Spears Feels "Abandoned" by Sister Jamie Lynn
Britney Spears is closer to winning her conservatorship battle but how's her relationship with her sister, Jamie Lynn Spears?
A source told E! News that the 39-year-old singer feels "totally abandoned" by her younger sister. This came after Jamie Lynn's announcement this week that she's finished writing her book, a memoir about her personal life.
The source shared, "Britney is very, very angry and hurt. She feels like Jamie Lynn totally abandoned her and let her down in the fight of her life. They were best friends and everything to each other for so long."
The source added, "She asked for support, and feels like Jamie Lynn turned her back on her and couldn't be bothered."
Jamie Lynn took to Instagram on October 11 to share that she was done writing her book, Things I Should Have Said, which will be published in January next year. The 30-year-old shared, "I felt a strong conviction to share my story, but there was a lot of personal work and healing that had to happen before I could share my truth the proper way."
Less than 24 hours later, Britney shaded her sister by joking on her Instagram, "I'm thinking of releasing a book next year. But I'm having issues coming up with a title so maybe my fans could help!!!!"
"Option#1 … 'S—t, I really don't know' Option #2 … 'I really care what people think'!!! What do you guys think????"
After which, Jamie Lynnreceived backlash from her sister's fans and so she decided to change the title of her book from "I Must Confess" — which is obviously a lyric taken from the singer's debut single, "…Baby One More Time" — to "Things I Should Have Said".
This isn't the first time that Britney used social media to express her feelings about being betrayed by those close to her. She also posted on Instagram in July, "There's nothing worse than when the people closest to you who never showed up for you post things in regard to your situation whatever it may be and speak righteously for support."
She also posted, "I don't like that my sister showed up at an awards show and performed MY SONGS to remixes!!!!!"
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Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown returned to the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on Tuesday for the start of minicamp after being a surprising no-show for the final eight voluntary organized team activities.
It was surprising because Brown has rarely missed any offseason workout during his eight previous seasons, has a reputation of never missing practice and it was coming off the heels of saying that you need to show up to get better when asked about Le'Veon Bell skipping OTAs.
It was reported that Brown skipped the final eight sessions because he didn't want to work out with a quarterback other than Ben Roethlisberger, who missed six straight OTAs because of a family vacation.


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Hike Towsley and Wiley canyons in the spacious new Santa Clarita Woodlands park, north of the San Fernando Valley.
By Jerry Schad, Sept. 27, 2001
Roam-O-Rama
The Santa Clarita Woodlands Park, north of the arid San Fernando Valley and just west of Santa Clarita's dry hills and valleys, encompasses a surprising assortment of strange geologic features and several surprisingly lush canyons. For 120 years, the Chevron (formerly Standard Oil) Company owned this land, using it for oil production and grazing. In 1995, over 3000 acres of this land was transferred into the public domain. With subsequent additions, the park now includes about 4000 acres.
The 4.8-mile loop through Towsley and Wiley Canyons described here highlights several of the natural features of the new park. You'll visit an ever-changing array of habitats: riparian woodland, oak and walnut woodlands, coastal sage scrub, chaparral, and grassland.
From Interstate 5 north of L.A., exit at Calgrove Boulevard, turn west to reach the Old Road, and drive 0.2 mile south to the entrance road for Towsley Canyon/Ed Davis Park. Drive 0.6 mile west on the graded entrance road to reach the picnic area and nature center that constitutes Ed Davis Park. Park your car here and return (on foot or mountain bike) to the graded road, which continues going up the wide floodplain of Towsley Canyon. Notice the foamy, beige water flowing in the canyon's creek, the faint sulfurous smell, and gobs of tar in places. Well before any oil was extracted for commercial purposes here, the Tataviam Indians of the area used naturally occurring asphalt for medicinal applications and to seal their basketry.
The scenery improves as you reach, at 0.9 mile, the portals of the Narrows, a slotlike cleft worn through layers of sandstone and conglomerate tilted nearly vertical. The Santa Susana Mountains were built through geologic uplift along thrust faults -- a process demonstrated during the 1994 Northridge quake -- an event that caused the Santa Susanas to rise a foot or more. With all the compression going on, both underground and at the surface, it is not surprising to see a variety of folds in the rocks exposed here.
After a brief passage through the Narrows, there's a split in the road. Stay left. After another 200 yards, stay left again, and begin climbing the canyon slope to the left on what is called the Towsley View Loop Trail. It quickly evolves into a narrow, or single-track, trail (easy to negotiate on foot, tougher on a mountain bike) that steadily ascends on switchbacks through sage scrub and later through some gorgeous, almost pure stands of California walnut. Higher still, the tree canopy thins, with scattered oaks and pungent bay laurel clinging to the hillsides. There you catch sight of the hills and valleys of Santa Clarita to the north and east, which are increasingly being overrun with cookie-cutter subdivisions.
After reaching a high point of 2450 feet, the trail begins to pitch downward, executing a circuitous and sometimes steep descent down drier slopes into the shady depths of Wiley Canyon. Joining a dirt road there (3.4 miles), you turn left and head north, making your easy way down-canyon. At 4.1 miles, look carefully for your next turn, on the Canyon View Loop Trail, which rises to the left. A final, crooked 0.7-mile traverse on this trail takes you over a summit and back down to Ed Davis Park, your starting point.
More stories by Jerry Schad
East Canyon Loop — Feb. 24, 2010
O'Melveny Park — Feb. 10, 2010
Mount Zion Loop — Dec. 30, 2009
Pico Canyon — July 23, 2008
Bigcone Douglas-fir trees rise like ragged sentinels in Rice Canyon and East Canyon, near the city of Santa Clarita. — Feb. 27, 2003


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I was raised on a small farm in western Pennsylvania and attribute my love and stories and writing to lying in grassy fields, staring at the clouds and daydreaming!
I still daydream, now. I think it's how I plan my future. Instead of getting out a piece of paper and scribbling goals, I imagine myself in different scenarios. Most of them involve a beach house!
I'm an avid but terrible golfer, and a woman who desperately wants to learn to cook without having to involve the fire department. My near future goals include having one of my Christmas books made into a movie. I don't see how I – mere mortal that I am – can make that happen, but I just think Kisses on her Christmas List, Her Baby's First Christmas, Single Dad's Christmas Miracle and The Magic of a Family Christmas would make wonderful movies.
I'd love to see world peace, but since that's also something of a stretch, I'd love to see people happier with themselves. We're all special, wonderful. Yet we always wish we were thinner or prettier or richer. And we miss the best of our lives wishing.
I still live in Pennsylvania, but have moved into the city with my husband, three children and two very personable cats.
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The Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program (METP) is a collaboration between The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and Mississippi State University (MSU) to attract the top performing students to teacher education programs with full scholarships and professional incentives.
Our goal is to attract top-performing high school seniors who want to become secondary English, mathematics and science – as well as elementary and special education – teachers in Mississippi. New teachers in these fields will help meet the demands of Common Core standards. All students who enter the program make a five-year commitment to teach in Mississippi after graduation.
Funded by the Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation in Jackson, the program is designed to create a unique "honors college style" learning experience for high achieving education students and promote collaboration between students and faculty at both universities.
Both Ole Miss and MSU will accept up to 30 students each year.


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`You are a djigit!'
By Elisavietta Ritchie
``YOU are a djigit !'' exclaimed the Circassian prince. ``What is a djigit?'' I assumed that the tall, stern man was scolding me for something, but I did not know what.
``In the Caucasus,'' began the exiled prince, ``a djigit is a trick rider. A brave and noble horseman, who rides the edge of the precipice and will race along and then lean from his saddle down to snatch a kinjal, a dagger, thrust in the ground. Or a gold coin. Not with his hands. With his teeth. At full speed. Then he rights himself in the saddle and whirlwinds away.''
It sounded wonderful, though I didn't see how the term applied to me. Nor did he explain.
``A djigit is a sort of cowboy,'' a Russian later defined it, seemingly with both admiration and disparagement. ``A daredevil. A fool.''
True, I did some rather foolhardy things, like climbing to the tipping top of the highest pine, and sailing under full spinnaker into a storm, and traveling alone through strange terrain.
But on horseback, I had not yet learned to jump. And, when I did, I learned the ignominy of falling off. Shall I confess it now: I love horses, but -- I am scared. Or at least: respectful.
I avoid capsizing sailboats, too, mostly. And have spent years trying to walk on eggs instead of on air.
About once a year over the years, the rare times I saw my Circassian prince, whose rugged face gradually resembled that of a silvering eagle soaring over the mountains, he would ask: ``Are you still a djigit ?'' And I would smile what I hoped was a suitably cryptic smile, and vaguely shake my head. And he would shake his head, as if to mourn my cowardice in many fields.
I realize now, that I've never seen him on horseback. Yet I have no doubt that he could sail over any jump, carrying a full glass of water on a silver tray, unspilled. Simultaneously strumming a one-stringed chunguri and even dancing a lezginka, too. All on the back of a wild black stallion balancing on a spider's strand stretched between the snowy peaks of the Caucasus, galloping between Mt. Elbrus and Mt. Ararat, leaning from his saddle to snatch silver kinjals from the clouds.
Rarely have I managed to ride since childhood. One gets busy, horses are expensive, riding is risky, risks are risky.
``. . . And she is not afraid to take risks,'' said the poet Henry Taylor some years later, concluding his introduction before I gave my first big poetry reading. I did not know what he meant but could only assume: She is not afraid to fall on her face, to make a fool of herself. Despairing, I stuttered into my poems.
Only later did I realize Henry had meant it as a compliment. But I fear I do not much live up to it. Nor to the term djigit.
But I have always been fascinated by the idea of wild horsemen racing across the plains or the steppes and performing incredible acrobatics in the saddle. As I stumble along on the old gray mare of caution.
Then last October in Tunisia, in the oasis town of Kairouan, we were invited to watch what our hosts called a ``Fantasis,'' a traditional display of horsemanship formerly reserved for the fanciest of wedding feasts and other celebrations.
We settled onto the rugs in the low tent, around long, low tables studded with platters heaped with couscous and baked lamb and squash, and bowls of grapes and pomegranates. But I had little time to eat. For the musician's tabla (drums) and long flutes or horns were already announcing the arrival of the horsemen through the date palms and oleanders.
A tall man splendid in crimson and gold rode out on a white stallion. He was the leader of the troupe, the grandfather of his clan, and performing with him were his sons, almost as splendid. But it was the grandfather whose dark sharp features seemed less those of a Tunisian Arab than of a Circassian, the eagle prince of my childhood.
I left the shelter of the tent, never mind the Saharan sun, and crouched as close as I could to watch without scaring the horses.
The horses circled faster in the desert dust before the tent, the musicians played faster and faster, the riders threw down a scarlet scarf and, as they whirled past, reached easily down to snatch it from the ground. Then coins in the dust, and a dagger, and they continued to gallop ever faster.
To give the horses a rest from their galloping, the leader stood on the high saddle of his white stallion, which was covered with a green, gold, and scarlet cloth. One son and then another climbed up to stand on the leader's shoulders. Then more gymnastics, acrobatics, as the horses reared on cue and lifted the configurations of riders on their backs as easily as if they were a flock of birds.
When the performance was over, I was told it was all right to approach the riders. Bearing a handful of rare grass for the horse, I came up to the leader and tried in tatters of several languages to congratulate him.
Next thing I knew I was up on the white stallion. And we were parading around, at an easy gait, no tricks, mind you, maybe prancing a bit. I was, of course, out of practice. Even if, on the previous day, I had ridden the white camel through the desert sands.
Then, on the leader's cue, the stallion reared and danced around on its hind legs. And we cantered off toward the desert -- and around -- and back.
Finally the Tunisian prince of horsemen took back the reins, and I slid off the white stallion, landing neatly on my feet.
``Djigit!'' the leader may have said. Or else, some word quite like it.
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HBO says that the Sumner Redstone saga was a key influence on its series Succession. That show involves money, a media mogul, a conniving lover and children trying to get control of the family fortune.
Take the time now to get a feel for what's covered by insurance, how much money—if any—your parents have saved and if they have long-term care insurance or veteran's benefits.
Do I Need Long-Term Care?
An effective way to safeguard your retirement savings from the high price of assisted living, in-home care or the cost of a stay in a nursing home is a long-term-care insurance policy. However, recent premium hikes have many baby boomers concerned that this type of coverage is no longer affordable.
The insurance companies have learned from their pricing mistakes and shouldn't have to increase premiums on new policies as much in the future. We hope.
Nonetheless, you should factor in potential increases, when calculating how much insurance you can buy. Plan for a 20% increase every 10 years.
It's not uncommon for families and friends to be separated by many miles and even many time zones. Even so, at some point in their lives, parents, grandparents or a loved one may require in-home care.
You should also use the services of a care manager and an experienced elder law attorney. Most importantly, stay in touch with your loved one and his or her support group.
On a scale of one to ten, how prepared are you for retirement? A five? An eight?
Do you know the amount of money you really need to retire?
Not Saving for Retirement. The single greatest financial regret of Americans surveyed by Bankrate was waiting too long to start saving for retirement. Those who responded who were age 50 and older expressed this regret at a much higher rate than younger respondents. Many people don't begin aggressively saving for retirement, until they reach their 40s or 50s. While these investors may still have enough time to change their savings behavior and achieve their goals, they'll need to take action quickly and be extremely disciplined about their savings. Morningstar calculated the amount required to save each month to reach a goal of $1 million saved by age 65. Assuming a 7% annual rate of return, you'd need to save $381 a month if you start at age 25; $820 monthly, starting at 35; $1,920, starting at 45; and $5,778, starting at 55.
Avoiding Estate Planning. It is not just for the super-rich. Estate planning is for you. This is true, even if you just own a car, home and bank account. Your estate plan will instruct who you want to want to get what and who will be in charge of dispersing your money and possessions (the executor). If you pass away without a will, your estate is subject to your state's probate laws. You should also have a durable power of attorney that names someone to manage your financial affairs, if you become incapacitated. There are also advance directives such as a living will, which spells out the treatments you do and don't want, if you become seriously ill, and a power of attorney for health care, which names someone to make medical decisions for you, if you can't make them yourself.
Give yourself plenty of time. It is never too early to start looking for a retirement community. Begin looking long before you need to move. That will give you ample time to research all of the many options for retirement living.
Evaluate the types of services offered. Some offer only independent living. Therefore, if someone needs additional care in the future, they'd have to relocate again. Other homes offer a full range of care from independent living to skilled nursing.
Look at the cost. Calculate all the fees, such as those associated with assistance with activities of daily living or nursing care, as well as any entrance fees. Ask to review a standard community contract.
Plan ahead. Take the time to do estate planning long before you plan to move. If you do some estate planning at least five years before you may need to enter a nursing home, you may be able to protect more of your assets from having to be spent on your care. Talk to an elder law attorney about specific strategies.
Look at the community's location. Figure out transportation issues and whether you want to live in an apartment or a separate home. Look at how far it is to stores, medical care and other off-site places.
Thoroughly evaluate the community. Before meeting with people from different communities, create a checklist to complete for each one. Get your answers in writing to aid with accountability.
Plan a surprise visit. Show up unannounced, when you want to visit a community. The staff will be on its best behavior, if they know when you're coming. See how well they can adapt to accommodate you, when you aren't expected.
Speak with other residents. When you take a tour, talk to the residents and ask their opinions of the place.
Inquire about current occupancy. If you know how full the home is, you may have negotiating room on the cost.
Check the reviews. Research any online reviews of the retirement community, along with inspection reports.
Trust your gut. And your nose. If things don't smell right, and it smells like urine, that's a bad sign.


The capital's skyline is undergoing a transformation as, for the first time, highrise buildings are starting to soar high above the city streets.
Until now, Abu Dhabi had been maintaining a low profile compared with other modern cities, but all that is changing as dozens of under-construction towers – some as high as 85 storeys – take shape.
The massive Al Reem Island project alone will have 19 highrise residential buildings, and many more are to be built along the Corniche all the way from Port Zayed to the Emirates Palace hotel.
Other major projects in the city include Dana Abu Dhabi and Al Rawoda, while high-rises are set to be built in many other areas, including Al Khaladiya, Al Bateen, Al Nahyan Camp, Al Najda and Airport Road.
These projects have turned Abu Dhabi into a giant workshop, especially as the projects have coincided with huge infrastructure works such as the tunnel project, the Salam project, the widening of major roads and improvements to the sewerage system.
All these massive developments have created bottlenecks in many streets, though the congestion is expected to ease by the end of this year as some projects are completed.
The situation is similar in suburbs such as Al Raha Beach, Al Reef, Khalifa City, Mohammed bin Zayed City, Shahama and Yas Island, where tens of thousands of labourers are working on residential projects for Al Dar, Sorouh, Al Qudra, Manazil, Hydra, Bani Yas and other UAE developers.
Many of the projects include commercial elements and, in addition to the residential towers, thousands of villas are under construction.
Real estate experts told Emirates Business that up to 35,000 residential units are about to start appearing on the market, and this could cause the current high rents to decline by 20 per cent or more by the end of the year.
However, other sources said hopes of very low rents are unrealistic as some construction delays are likely, which would limit the supply of new units, and certain levels of rental returns are required to cover the building costs. And they said the prospect of a steep decline in rents is being talked up by some real estate agents in a bid to lure back thousands of former residents who moved to Dubai when rents in the capital became unaffordable. Rents started to rise in May 2005 and have since soared by as much as 350 per cent to the previously unimaginable levels, according to studies.
Many families have had to rent older, low-quality units for inflated prices. For example, the price of an older two-bedroom apartment soared from Dh32,000 to more than Dh160,000. Three-bedroom units went up from Dh75,000 per year to Dh280,000.
Others moved to suburbs such as Mussaffah, Rahba and Shahama where rents exceeded Dh120,000 for a two-bed unit.
Many residents took advantage of rent cuts in Dubai and moved to areas such as Discovery Gardens, which offered a relatively short commute to Abu Dhabi.
Some sources said such ex-residents would welcome a chance to move back to the capital if rents fell so they could avoid traffic jams on the Dubai-Abu Dhabi highway.
Real estate agents say prices have already begun to fall and they have units in the capital available for two to five per cent less than the rates that were being charged at the end of last year. Residential rents outside Abu Dhabi have fallen by as much as 10 per cent, while office rents inside the city have declined by 30 per cent.
Rents for newly completed villas at Al Bateen and Muroor and Khalifa City have fallen by five per cent, and this has led to an influx of expatriates into these areas.
Property agents believe the decline in prices will continue at the same level – or even increase – between now and summer. However, they do not expect a repeat of the pattern seen last year when predictions in February that rents would fall in the spring proved ill-founded as increases were reported in April.
Mas'ood Al Awar, CEO of Tasweeq Real Estate Development and Marketing, said the overheated rental market had started to calm down and the intermittent increases seen last year would not be repeated.
"Without any doubt, there will be a shake-up in the market and everyone will feel it," he added. "Rents in Abu Dhabi will enter a stable phase, with prices still on fire but with fewer flames."
He said those who were predicting declines as high as 50 per cent were mistaken as such falls were impossible. "Even if there is a decline, it won't be a real decline as such. Units that used to be rented out for Dh50,000 are now fetching four times as much and even if the cost went back to Dh100,000, the rent would still have doubled from the original price."
He said the majority of studies of the Abu Dhabi market predict that 22,000 to 32,000 units would be delivered between now and the end of 2011. However, even this number is relatively small in the face of the massive demand that is increasing every day and could absorb twice as many homes as are likely to be offered.
"If we assume that all the residential units that are due to be handed out are all rented out, then rents will decline only slightly by 15 to 20 per cent by the end of next year. And some projects might be delayed for reasons outside the control of the real estate and development companies."
Al Awar does not believe that a large number of people who work in Abu Dhabi and live in Dubai will return to the capital as, he says, there will not be a sharp decline in rents. "Residents wishing to return will not find residential units in Abu Dhabi available for the same rents being charged in Dubai's Discovery Gardens or Media City, where prices have declined by 40 per cent. There will be residential units with more affordable rents in areas such as Mussaffah and Mohammed bin Zayed City, but most people will not find living conditions in these areas acceptable.
"Families are sharing villas that have been sectioned off into smaller residential units. As for living in the new towers going up in Abu Dhabi, these projects won't be viable if rents are low in the coming years and many owners will resist rent cuts."
Al Awar said the market was about to enter a correction stage rather see a collapse in rents. "The Abu Dhabi economy is moving along quite strongly with tens of thousands of new jobs being created by its projects in the petrochemical, nuclear power, sustainable energy and infrastructure sectors. There are also new tunnel, train, airport development and tourism projects including hotels and museums. The capital will see an influx of talented professionals and semi-skilled staff, and such huge projects need residential buildings for their employees located close to their place of work to guarantee that they remain in the emirate. Abu Dhabi is increasing its economic activity day by day."
He said the Abu Dhabi economy had proved immune to the effects of the global financial crisis because of its financial strength, and the emirate was able to offer salaries that were among the highest in the world.
"It has became an attractive base for international skilled and semi-skilled employees, despite the high living costs that have made it one of the most expensive cities in the world. But what is strange is that despite the complaints about the expense of living in Abu Dhabi, we do not see an exodus from the city – in fact, the opposite is true. Newcomers are arriving in the city and its suburbs steadily."
Wahid Attalah, CEO of Spectrum Consultants, agreed that there will not be a dramatic decline in rents this year and said that instead the capital could see a modest decline.
He said: "The real decline will be in 2011 when the number of new units handed over will reach 30,000, though even that figure will not meet the demand, which currently ranges between 80,000 and 100,000. But it is possible that rents will decline by 20 to 30 per cent in certain areas – but not in all areas.
"New demand will absorb what is offered. Abu Dhabi is building many grand projects and has surprised the world with schemes such as the nuclear power project and large-scale infrastructure project which will change the map in the coming years. And no one knows when Abu Dhabi will announce more such projects.
"There is a consensus that Abu Dhabi will come up with new projects but we do not know what the nature of these projects will be. But such projects will definitely need new skilled and semi-skilled workers, which will increase the demand for residential units. Abu Dhabi has strong infrastructure that is unprecedented in the Gulf and this has made it attractive to the thousands of expats who live there. And its attractiveness will increase over time."
Adel Zarouni, Managing Director of Burooj Properties, questioned the claims that 30,000 residential units would appear on the Abu Dhabi market soon, saying: "Where will they come from – will they fall on Abu Dhabi by parachute?
"We have contradictory statistics – some say the additional supply this year will be 35,000 units and others say 50,000. But if the experts counted the new units they would find the figure is much less. Most likely, the total number of units in all the new projects inside and outside the city that will be handed over this year and the next will not exceed 18,000. There are many delayed projects that may not be handed over until after 2011. And some projects that will be handed over this year were due to be finished last year and are still not finished. Therefore, delays are to be expected."
Zarouni believes rents in the capital will decline by at least 10 per cent this year and in 2011 – but not just as a result of an increasing supply of units. He identifies three factors that will push prices down, of which the new supply of units in projects such as Al Reem Island is only one.
"The second is the relocation of thousands of former Abu Dhabi residents to Dubai, and the pace of this could increase throughout the current year. This will cause a slight decline in rents in the suburbs that are closest to Dubai, such as Shahama and Rahba.
"The third factor is the signs of a recovery by the global and local economies, which will cause the wheel to gradually spin again."


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Jamie Oakley – Like Mother, Like Son
Jamie Oakley is on a serious role at the moment. The son of squash great Dame Susan Devoy is the number one ranked U19 squash player in New Zealand. He has just returned from Tahiti where he won the Tahiti Open U19 title.
"It was tough event. It was played over 10 days and involved 64 players. I beat a guy from El Salvador in the final," Oakley says.
In April the 18-year-old gave himself the perfect birthday present as he beat Scott Galloway from Wellington 9/11, 14/12, 11/9 and 11/9 to claim the New Zealand Junior Boys' Open title.
Galloway has been a long-time and respected opponent.
"Scott has been one of the leading juniors for a long time. It's always a tough match when I play him," Oakley admits.
Jamie started playing when he was six or seven. He insists he had "no pressure from my parents to play," but in a family of high achievers it was inventible some competitive sport would be tackled.
Older brothers Julian and Josh are on scholarships at leading American universities. Julian is running for Providence in Texas. He is a former National Secondary Schools 800/1500m title holder while Josh is playing squash for Hobart University in New York. His father John is an A grade squash player.
Jamie had a decorated career at Tauranga Boys' College. He was a member of three teams that won the National Secondary Schools title from 2012 to 2014. Oakley recalls his high school years fondly.
"The Nationals are a team event and I was lucky to play with some great blokes. I think my favourite title was the one we won in Year 13. We weren't the top seeds, but managed to take it out. I also played a bit of cricket and basketball at school."
Oakley is currently ranked 451st in the world. The quickest way to rise in the world rankings is to collect points in PSA events. To be eligible for points you must have played eight events. There are only six PSA events which means a lot of fundraising and travel. Oakley was runner up at the Canada Open and says he receives "incredible support."
In August Oakley will be supporting the New Zealand team at the Junior World Championships in Poland. The event is held every two years and Egypt have won the last three championships which were hosted by Christchurch in 1994 and Palmerston North in 2006. The World Junior Championships have long been a stepping stone to adult success since the first championship took place in 1980: The current Egyptian world number ones are both double World Junior Individual title winners – Mohamed Elshorbagy in 2008 and 2009, and Raneem El Welily the women's champion in 2005 and 2007.
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