I began thinking carefully about Apple in 2005 when the stock was priced at around $55/share. I remember that the events which made me consider Apple in a different light were the launch of the iPod shuffle and the launch of the Mac mini. Both moves signaled to me that the company was serious about competing with non-consumption. At that point I thought that the company was a potential opportunity as an investment.
But I also remember that many people at the time thought that the stock price was too expensive. At $50, the company was much more expensive than the year before. The stock started 2004 at about $11/share. The reason it had climbed so much was that the iPod began to be a real world-wide growth phenomenon. Buying Apple was buying into the iPod and many said the price was unsustainable given such a strong dependency on fickle consumer tastes. It was a much riskier proposition than that of competitors like Dell and HP which made product for reliable buyers like enterprises.
Indeed, by 2006, the shine was off. In the first half of 2006 the stock collapsed from $85 a share to $50, a fall of 40%. It was becoming clear that with mobile phones taking on more music playing features, the iPod was not going to be a big story for long. What's more, Apple had just announced that they were switching to Intel for the Mac product line. Investors saw just how vulnerable the company still was and considered that the Mac brand was in jeopardy as it transitioned to becoming a Windows-friendly machine.
However, in 2007 the company's value recovered with the introduction of the iPhone. Suddenly there was a new product to drive sales. Nobody knew by how much or how but there was a sense that the iPhone was enough to keep Apple from oblivion.
Yet, again, in early 2008 the company lost 40% of its valuation. In a rather inexplicable period following the launch of the MacBook Air, the company's shares went into free fall. Inexplicable because the company continued to deliver solid growth with 2008 calendar quarters showing between 32% and 155% EPS growth.
Then the recession came. It caused another 40% share price collapse. Growth slowed to a range of 11% to 61% during 2009. As the marco "headwinds" blew over, by the end of 2009, with the help of a lukewarm response to the iPad, the company's value recovered to its 2007 level. In the mean-time its earnings more than doubled.


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Vorjahressieger war Mohamed Abouelghar, der im Achtelfinale gegen Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi ausschied. Im Endspiel bezwang der topgesetzte Diego Elías den ungesetzten Mohamed Elsherbini mit 11:4, 11:5 und 11:4.

Das Teilnehmerfeld der Herrenkonkurrenz bestand aus 24 Spielern. Die acht besten Spieler wurden gesetzt und erhielten ein Freilos in der ersten Runde. Eine Wildcard wurde nicht vergeben.

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Franz Hofmann, who has been member of the Executive Board of ANDRITZ AG since 1999 and responsible for the METALS and the ENVIRONMENT & PROCESS business areas as well as for Automation on a Group-wide level, will retire on March 31, 2011. Effective from April 1, 2011Wolfgang Semper will become new member of the Executive Board and will be responsible for the HYDRO business area (together with Friedrich Papst) and for Automation on a Group-wide level. Wolfgang Semper has successfully headed the "Large Hydro" division of the HYDRO business area ofANDRITZ. Friedrich Papst, who is responsible for the HYDRO and the FEED & BIOFUEL business areas, will additionally assume responsibility for the METALS business area. Humbert Köfler, who is responsible for the Service & Units segment of the PULP & PAPER business area, will additionally assume responsibility for the ENVIRONMENT & PROCESS business area. The responsibility areas of Wolfgang Leitner, President and Chief Executive Officer, and of Karl Hornhofer, member of the Executive Board, will remain unchanged.
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Houston the Rocket Has Landed
There has never been a team in history that had a seven-time Cy Young award-winner drop by in June to rescue its season. So only your friendly neighborhood psychics know what kind of impact Roger Clemens is going to have on the 2006 Astros. The Stro's currently a .500 team in much need of help, but can they buy their way to the playoffs?
Only time will tell, and we should all remember one thing:
No history can possibly apply to this guy.
He's The Rocket.
The Astros are not paying this man nearly 3.7 million bucks a month to come back, sign some autographs and drive that train around their left-field railroad tracks.
And Roger Clemens knows it, too.
"I'm not here to ride around on the back of a convertible, selling tickets," Clemens said Wednesday. "They expect me to do it on the field."
So can he? Will he? Should he? And if he does that inimitable Roger Clemens thing of his, how will that change life in Houston, in the NL Central, in the National League wild-card free-for-all and on the rest of Planet Earth? Let's take a look:
The Age Factor
He's 43 years old. He's nine weeks from his 44th birthday. There are actual players running around the major leagues who didn't arrive in this world until after Clemens had arrived in the big leagues.
So ordinarily, you wouldn't find a team counting on a man this age to lead them anywhere -- except maybe to a Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
But have I mentioned Roger Clemens is no ordinary human?
Which allows us to look at this two ways.
If we were just going to look at ordinary humans, then history wouldn't be real encouraging.
Over the last 75 years, no non-knuckleballer Clemens' age (or older) has won 15 games in a season. And only two non-knuckleballers his age have had an ERA under 3.50 in a season of more than 100 innings pitched -- Nolan Ryan and Satchel Paige.
But those two guys were pretty much your classics freaks of nature. And if anyone qualifies as freak No. 3, it's Roger Clemens.
Over the last two seasons, pitching mostly at ages 41 and 42, no starting pitcher in the entire sport had a lower ERA than he did (2.43). Nobody.
Last year, pitching two-thirds of the season at age 42 and the final third at age 43, Clemens led the major leagues in ERA (1.87). It was the lowest ERA by any pitcher in his 40s since 1908 (when somebody named Cy Young hung up a 1.26).
All I know is the MLB season just got a little more exciting and MLB fans (especially Stro's fans) will be glued to the lazy boy to watch this one play out. Can the Rocket be a save all? Will the Stro's bats come to life at the right time? I'm betting you see an impact from the Rocket that reaches beyond the mound. You want to bet against this guy helping Houston to the playoffs? Go ahead but I wouldn't.
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Jaime Eduardo Gajardo Falcón (Santiago, 27 de febrero de 1981) es un abogado y político chileno, miembro del Partido Comunista de Chile (PCCh). Desde el 11 de marzo de 2022, se desempeña como subsecretario de Justicia bajo el gobierno de Gabriel Boric, paralelamente, entre el 7 y 11 de enero de 2023, se desempeñó como ministro de Justicia y Derechos Humanos de su país, en calidad subrogante.

Estudios
Realizó sus estudios primarios y secundarios en el Instituto Nacional José Miguel Carrera, egresando en 1998. Continuó los superiores en la carrera de derecho en la Universidad de Chile, egresando como abogado. Seguidamente, cursó una licenciatura en ciencias jurídicas y sociales de la misma casa de estudios, de la cual egresó en 2005 con la tesis titulada: Los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales y los tratados de libre comercio ratificados por Chile. Posteriormente, realizó un diplomado en derecho laboral, de la Universidad Internacional SEK, en 2006; un diplomado en dirección de servicios y empresas públicas, de la Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, España, en 2012; un magíster en derecho mención derecho público, en la Universidad de Chile, egresando con distinción máxima con la tesis: El Multiculturalismo, su recepción normativa y perspectivas en Chile y Bolivia. Un estudio comparado, en el mismo año; un máster en derecho constitucional, en el Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales de España, con la tesis titulada: Estudio comparado de la jurisprudencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos y el Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos, sobre representación política en contextos multiculturales, en 2013; un máster en gobernanza y derechos humanos, egresando con distinción máxima con la tesis: Derechos de los grupos en el Sistema Interamericano de Protección de los Derechos Humanos, también en 2013; y por último, un doctorado en derecho y ciencia política, con la tesis de nombre: El multiculturalismo y su perspectiva en la jurisprudencia del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos y la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. Un estudio comparado, ambos de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España (2018).

Trayectoria profesional
Ha ejercido su profesión durante dieciséis años en el sector público y privado. Referente a aquello, ha defendido sindicatos y causas de derechos humanos.

También, fue profesor de derecho constitucional de la Universidad de Arte y Ciencias Sociales, entre 2008 y 2011, de Taller de la Universidad de Chile, entre 2015 y 2016; de derecho indígena de la Universidad Alberto Hurtado, entre 2017 y 2022 y, nuevamente de derecho constitucional, en la Universidad Diego Portales, desde 2018.

Trayectoria política
Militante del Partido Comunista de Chile (PCCh), en febrero de 2022 fue designado por el entonces presidente electo Gabriel Boric, como titular de la Subsecretaría de Justicia, dependiente del Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos. Asumiendo esa función el 11 de marzo de dicho año, con el inicio formal de la administración.

El 7 de enero de 2023, tras la renuncia de Marcela Ríos al cargo de ministra de Justicia y Derechos Humanos, Gajardo asumió de manera interina el cargo de ministro.

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Elecciones parlamentarias de 2005

 Elecciones parlamentarias de 2005, para diputado por el distrito N.º 21 (Ñuñoa y Providencia)

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 Jaime Gajardo Falcón - Perfil en el sitio de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Diego Portales

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Alumnado de la Universidad de Chile
Alumnado de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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In the movie The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Susan is the oldest of the four children.
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What is the name of the potion that grants good luck, mentioned in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?


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Post-hardcore heavyweights Silverstein have released a new acoustic EP. The album is comprised of stripped down versions of two tracks from their recent full length Dead Reflection, which was released earlier this year via New Damage Records and Rise Records. The Afterglow / Aquamarine EP is now available everywhere to stream and purchase.
Dead Reflection is the culmination of Silverstein's sonic growth and the personal journeys entangled in the band's 18 year career, so the shift to a reflective sound on the new EP felt appropriate. Vocalist Shane Told says, "it's not easy to take a screaming-heavy hardcore part and turn it into an emotional part that your Mom would be into, but we love that challenge. It's cool to see a song that's only ever been thought of one way in a completely different light." In order to honour the original songs that represent a tumultuous year for the band, they got producer Derek Hoffman back at the helm and spent time to make truly special versions of them.
Silverstein will also embark on a North American tour this fall, but this is no ordinary trek. The band will be celebrating the 15th anniversary of its landmark debut album When Broken Is Easily Fixed. They will perform two sets each night on this run. One set will feature the band performing When Broken Is Easily Fixed in full, followed by a second set of "greatest hits." Special guests are Hawthorne Heights, As Cities Burn, and Capstan. The tour kicks off on November 9 in Detroit and runs through December 15 in Toronto in the band's native Ontario.
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Which people left a musical band/group before the band got famous?
Al I. Husain writes …..
This is an interesting question as my interpretation of the answer is people who intentionally left and/or voluntarily left rather being dismissed or succumbing to illness or death, which is also leaving I suppose, but not necessarily by someone's own volition. I'm also trying to apply some measures around the word "famous" as that can be defined in multiple ways. But I assume music which has been accepted by the mainstream and translates into lots of $$ and recognition is the easiest control to set.
There are a few people that come to mind when I think of those who left prior to the stardom of the band. Here are some:
1: Vince Clarke (Presently in Erasure; formerly in Depeche Mode)— while Clarke did help write 1981's classic Just Can't Get Enough (as well as a handful of others), he left the band after their debut Speak & Spell. The rumors floating around at the time was that Depeche Mode had headed in a darker direction that Clarke did not fancy and thought best to leave, which was a perfectly fine move as he went on to have great success with his own band, Erasure. Depeche Mode of course, a few years later became a global household name.
2: Peter Gabriel—(Solo Artist, formerly in Genesis) it can be argued that Genesis was gaining star traction prior to Gabriel leaving the band. By 1975, with the release of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Genesis was at the very least, a progressive rock band with a dedicated cult fan base. However, it is nowhere compared to where Genesis was 5 years later with the transition of Phil Collins on vocals as well as a heavy bent on pop compositions. It's also worth mentioning that while Gabriel missed the opportunity to have garnered international fame once Genesis turned more mainstream, the band may have not been able to achieve such a status with him in it. Its only upon his departure did they slowly make the move with Collins leading the course. While Gabriel did move towards a more accessible sound even with his 1977 debut album Peter Gabriel, he did so on his terms and pace. Eventually, both Genesis and Gabriel found massive success.
3: Bob Welch (Formerly in Fleetwood Mac). Bob Welch had been one of the primary songwriters, if not the primary songwriter for the Mac in the early 70s. He had played on multiple albums as the lead guitarist contributing to nearly 50–60% of the material. His last Fleetwood Mac involvement would be on 1974's Heroes are Hard to Find where he wrote 7 out of the 11 songs. However the results of his output were mixed in terms of acclaim and appeal. Most of the albums that he played on did not sell well nor were the reviews rather friendly. Welch resigned at the end of 1974 which opened the door to Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. The rest as we know is history.
4: Hiro Yamamoto (Presently in Stereo Donkey, formerly in Soundgarden)— Hiro was a founding member of Soundgarden and the original bassist of the band. Although his time was short, his contributions in developing the Soundgarden "sound" was instrumental in what yet was to come. While he did play on the first two albums, the last of these two being the fantastic Louder Than Love, Yamamoto left in 1989. He was replaced by Ben Sheppard and two years later, the entire country would know of the band with their double platinum selling Bad Motorfinger. Soundgarden would go on to dominate the rest of the early 90s with several more albums, influencing legions of new rock bands with grunge and also being nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
5: Dave Krusen (Formerly in Pearl Jam)— Krusen was the 1st full-time drummer of Pearl Jam and played on the entire 1991 album, Ten. However, he left shortly afterwards for personal issues. While Ten did launch the band into the stratosphere, Krusen was unfortunately not with the band as they proceeded to tour the country in support of their album, being replaced with Dave Abruzzese.
6: Aynlsey Dunbar Drummer (Formerly in Journey)—its not that Dunbar made a bad decision by leaving Journey just as they hit big with their 1978 album Infinity (which coincidentally was the first album Steve Perry joined the band). Dunbar was a very well seasoned, experienced and accomplished drummer who had previously worked with Frank Zappa, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, King Crimson, Jefferson Starship and a handful of others. But he did leave a band on the verge of exploding on to the mainstream with a singer whose voice was golden. Whether that was a smart decision or not is debatable. He was honored by the band as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an inductee. But drummer extraordinaire Steve Smith gathered a lot of accolades once he took over the kit. Its safe to say that Dunbar wasn't very missed.
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In Tyrefield synthetic turf sports surfaces, granules from ELTs are used as infill material among the grass blades and to make the layer underneath the playing surface. In this second case, in the shape of a special ribbed mat, it favours the levelling of the foundations. Moreover, it gives elasticity to the surface, thus simplifying the return of energy to the athlete. At the same time, it drains rainwater.
The infill with ELT rubber granules, instead, has a performance function necessary for shock absorption and for preventing the vertical deformation of the surface. It also keeps high quality standards for the rolling and bouncing of the ball. At the same time, the infill has the function of keeping the grass blade straight and to help it to go back to its original position once trod on.
The advantages in the use of Tyrefield are more and more appreciated also by sports clubs at the highest national levels. Already in 2014 Atalanta BC, in partnership with Ecopneus, created a state-of-the-art synthetic turf Tyrefield football pitch for its sports centre of Zingonia-Cesarano (Bergamo). This pitch is made with recycled rubber and it is used for the training and matches of their youth sector. In June 2017, instead, Bologna FC1909 chose a Tyrefield football pitch with recycled rubber infill and organic materials for its sports centre of Casteldebole, in Bologna. This pitch is used also for athletes' rehabilitation thanks to the special characteristics of the surface.
Precisely from the point of view of the impact on athletes' health, Francesco Vaccariello, the athletic director of Atalanta BC's main team, states that: "the data emerged from the research carried out at the Atalanta Training Centre, confirm that there are no differences between artificial and natural turf pitches for what concerns accidents and the typologies of the same". These results have been confirmed also by the research carried out by Prof. Mauro Testa's team in collaboration with the company Captiks. Professor Testa is a leading expert in biomechanics at international level. The research was carried out to analyse footballers' sports activities on two different sports surfaces: the new Bologna FC1909 Tyrefield pitch with recycled rubber and a natural turf pitch. The many data collected thanks to a highly technological methodology have allowed to demonstrate that synthetic turf sports surfaces with rubber infill have the same performances of a professional natural turf pitch. This further improves performances and economic advantages. Indeed, synthetic turf surfaces undergo fairly modest ordinary and extraordinary maintenance. This was also stated by Roberto Spagnolo, Atalanta BC's Operative Director: "today we can state with certainty that, as an average, the cost reduction obtained with a Tyrefield synthetic turf pitch is over 50% compared with a natural turf pitch".
Watch the engaging video on the new Tyrefield pitch of Bologna Fc1909 with its players and members of staff:
The study of Professor Testa's team on the football pitch of Bologna Fc1909
One of the main topics of discussion within the Italian and International Football Game Movement is the one related to the use of the new synthetic and hybrid playing surfaces, compared to the traditional natural turf surfaces. The new playing surfaces tend to be more and more used because, differently from natural turf surfaces, they do not suffer from the normal sports activities (holes and turfs) and they do not get damaged by bad weather conditions (rain, frost, drought). Moreover, they guarantee lower maintenance costs.
Professor Testa is a leading expert in biomechanics at international level. The objective of the study carried out by his team on Bologna FC1909's football pitch in collaboration with the company Captiks was to analyse the youth team's sports activities on two different sports surfaces: a natural turf pitch and a synthetic turf surface.
The footballers were tested by the means of inertial sensors and EMG during certain exercises and positional play agreed with Bologna FC's technical staff.
The evolution of the performing infill in recycled rubber for Tyrefield pitches
The infill in recyled rubber for Tyrefield pitches
The use of recycled rubber as infill material for artificial turf football pitches has spread internationally starting from the end of the 1990s. Since its beginning, such technology has demonstrated it can guarantee excellent athletic performances and an intensive use of sports centres (both in cold and hot climates). Moreover, its overall management costs are lower than the one for natural turf. Already in 2001 FIFA expressed itself in favour of the use of this typology of pitches with the publication of the "FIFA Quality Concept". Few years later, this example was followed by UEFA, with the approval –in 2005 – of the use of such pitches for the matches of its championship. The result is that about 500,000 tonnes of granules are used in Europe, North America, and the Gulf every year. It represents the main application of recycled granules.
The higher performances of rubber from ELTs have been acknowledged also by the market. After experimenting alternative solutions, it has gone back to using rubber infill. This request has prompted the Italian recyclers of ELTs to improve the quality of the produced materials and offer "enhanced" granules. Indeed, the rubber granules obtained from the shredding process are coated with a special pigmented additive, which allows to create a very resistant film on their surface. However, it is not only an aesthetic factor: the brighter colours of the infill reflect sun rays and contribute to reduce the heating of the pitch during the hottest hours of the day, thus improving the athletes' comfort.
The video with the young promises of Atalanta BC on the Tyrefield football pitch
Collaboration between Ecopneus and the Army: modified asphalt at Cecchignola
Champions, events and innovative technologies: The Sports Festival on recycled rubber surfaces
"The green economy in non-financial reporting", convention organised by the Foundation for Sustainable Development
Didacta: school meets companies in the light of innovation in Florence
An Assogomma convention about the sustainability of the rubber sector in San Siro
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The Ruby Brooch Chapter Forty-Three
MacKlenna Farm, July 2012
KIT OPENED THE letter from the Bank of San Francisco and began to read:
Dear Ms. MacKlenna,
The Bank of San Francisco has been holding the attached letter for Kitherina MacKlenna Montgomery since September 1852. There were no instructions other than to deliver the letter to this address this year.
Although we have no information about its origination, we will be glad to discuss its discovery with you at your convenience.
President, Bank of San Francisco
She jumped to her feet and paced. A letter had survived all these years in a bank vault. Sarah would call its survival a miracle. Kit patted her baby bump. Miracles do happen.
Using a letter opener she picked up off the coffee table, she eased the blade through the sealed envelope's seam, then carefully removed two sheets of folded paper. She prayed the missive wouldn't be as transforming as her father's letter had been month's earlier.
My Dearest Kitherina,
Five days ago, a special courier delivered your traveling trunk containing a most unusual collection. Rest well knowing I will protect your supplies until we next meet, for I am certain we will.
The courier also delivered the news of your departure and Cullen's disappearance. I, of course, feel personally responsible for both. I deeply regret abandoning the wagon train and allowing you and Cullen to come to such great harm. The discovery that Cullen survived his near-death experience does partially assuage my guilt.
Tears rushed to her eyes. My God. He's alive. She wrapped her arms around her belly and wept. "Your father's alive." Tears turned to sobs as the pain of losing her husband collided with the pain of not being there when he returned. The sobs turned to sniffles, bringing a hunger for the rest of Braham's news.
For you see, he was the courier who delivered your possessions into my safekeeping as you directed. I was delighted to see him, unaware that he carried such dreadful news.
You are probably wondering what transpired during his absence. He was unable to explain, as he has no memory of what occurred on the cliff or how he survived a fall from such a great height. He only remembers climbing out of the water and drifting between two worlds for three excruciating days, before later arriving at the wagon train after your departure.
He suffers from severe headaches, dizziness, and blurred vision, most likely from hitting his head when he fell.
She wanted to shoot Cullen for his stupidity, then hug him for his tenacity. Lord, her emotions were scattered shotgun pellets. With an exasperated sigh, she continued reading.
Fortunately, these ailments are not totally incapacitating, but he has ventured upon a quest detrimental to his full recovery. Reasoning with him, as you well know, is utterly impossible once he sets his mind on a particular course. I write that piece of tittle-tattle in confidence, my dear, as he would profess to reasonableness at all times.
It came to him in a moment of absolute despair that while in his ghostly form he assisted in the selection of Thomas MacKlenna's final resting place. Cullen has always taken his obligations quite seriously and has placed himself upon a monumental task, believing there is more to your vision than simply marking snow-covered ground with a shovel. It is his belief he will discover a way to communicate with you once he arrives at MacKlenna Farm.
Kit walked back to sofa and sat, rubbing her belly. "Cullen, don't. You're not well for God's sake." How in the world could he travel cross-country in his condition? Had he lost his ever-loving mind? Maybe Braham talked him out of traveling. Anxious for the rest of the story, she continued reading.
I, on the other hand, have chosen letter writing as my form of communication, as there have been no reported appearances of my doppelganger. The capricious hand of fate will ultimately decide which of us has set himself upon a fool's mission.
So, my dear Kitherina, it is our deepest desire to see you once again. Please, with haste, return to us.
Your loyal and devoted friend,
Michael Abraham McCabe
Return? Of course, she'd return. But to where? And what did this mean a century and a half later? What had happened to Cullen? Had he made it to the farm? Yes, he had made it, and that's why he'd been haunting her for all these years.
"Kit? Where are you?" Elliott called from the hallway.
"In here."
He stopped in the doorway, bracing his hands on either side of the frame. "I know it's cliché, but you look like you've seen a ghost."
"I have, and now I know why." She patted the sofa cushion beside her. "You'd better sit."
"Don't keep me in suspense. Spit it out."
She handed him the letter. "Cullen's alive."
He took the yellowed paper. "Unless he found a way to jump through that frigging time warp, I'd say that's highly unlikely."
"Why do you have to be so pragmatic?"
"My nature, I reckon." He read the letter and then walked to the wet bar. "It's five o'clock somewhere, right?" He poured a double.
"I shouldn't have come home."
"You did what you had to do." He knocked back his drink.
She said nothing, gazing at her feet propped up on the table. Her index finger gently tapped her chin.
"You're going back aren't you?"
"How could I not? Every breath I take has a catch in it as if Cullen has hold of my heart."
Elliott dropped the letter on the coffee table and crossed the room to the built-in bookcase. "Several years ago, Sean asked me to give you something." He pulled a handful of books from the second shelf and pressed a lever. A small door in the back wall slid open. He removed an envelope and handed it to her. "He wanted you to have this if you ever decided to leave the farm."
"I knew you were keeping something else from me."
"Did you have an itch about it?"
"Yes, and I've been scratching it so long I've drawn blood." She pointed toward the bookcase. "I never knew that compartment was there."
"Sean discovered it when the roof leaked and the workers emptied the bookcase to make repairs."
She ran the envelope back and forth between her fingers. "Do you know what this is about? I'm not sure I can handle any more surprises today."
"Sean didn't tell me."
Her eyebrow arched. "And you didn't ask?"
Elliott returned to the sofa. "Let's just say I intuited he didn't need me to know."
She ripped open the envelope and read aloud.
Dear Kitherina,
Elliott's instructions are to give you this letter if you ever decide to leave the farm permanently. There is only one reason for you to do that. You have decided to return to the past. Either you have found your birth family, or you have found someone to share your life and that person prefers not to live in your time.
I wholeheartedly support your decision, and I have laid the groundwork for you to "vanish" to the MacKlenna estate in the Highlands. The estate, as you know, is very remote and you can announce that you intend to live in seclusion. No one will ever know you're not in residence.
At your direction, our attorneys have instructions to create a revocable trust. In the event you decide to return at some point in the future, you can sign a revocation and the farm will once again revert to your control. If you never revoke the trust, then the trust becomes irrevocable twenty-one years after your "death or disappearance" and ownership of the farm passes to your heirs. In the event you have no heirs, ownership will pass to the University of Kentucky.
Your mother and I wish you a long and happy life wherever you choose to live. We love you, Dad
She crumpled into Elliott's warm embrace, sobbing. "He had my life all figured out and never once thought he needed to discuss arrangements with me." Her tears soaked his green polo shirt. "Why?"
Elliott pressed her head closer to his chest. "He didn't want to lose you forever and neither do I."
"My son deserves to have his father."
Elliott tensed against her. "How soon will you leave?"
"I'd leave today if I wasn't at the mercy of attorneys and CPAs." She wiped her eyes. "I have the baby to consider, too. It'll take a few weeks to get everything worked out."
He snatched a tissue and blew his nose. "I'll go with you."
She shook her head. "Does that sound practical?"
He walked to the bar and poured another drink. "Do you think you'll land in Independence again?"
She scrunched her face, thinking. "That seems to be the landing spot. I can take a steamboat from there to Kentucky."
"What you're planning is dangerous."
"Living is dangerous, Elliott, regardless of the century."


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Q: Import Data from Excel 2003 file into ASP DataTable using Interop I'm trying to import tariff information from an Excel file into a DataTable to bind to a GridView.  I'm limited to 2003 right now, and for the foreseeable future.  From what I gather there are two methods.
One querying the excel sheet using ADO SELECT Code, Description FROM [Sheet1$]
With this connection string Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\file.xls;Extended Properties=\"Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;IMEX=1\
Problem with this: Jet for some reason truncates the cell length at 255 characters.  The tariff descriptions can be around 900 sometimes.  I've read into this, and can't seem to find a solution.  Some people say it's because the description is stored as Text and not Memo, but I can't seem to fix it.
OR
The other solution I've found is using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.  It works and grabs all of the Description field, but the code is very ugly.  It runs through each cell of each row of the worksheet and copies the text value into a DataRow, then appends it onto a DataTable.
 // Set Columns
 for (int i = 1; i <= columnCount; i++) {
     Range columnRange = (Range)oSheet.Cells[1, i];
     dt.Columns.Add(columnRange.Text.ToString());
 }

 // Add Rows
 for (int i = 2; i <= rowCount; i++) {
     dr = dt.NewRow();
     for (int j = 1; j <= columnCount; j++) {
         oRng = (Range)oSheet.Cells[i, j];
         dr[j - 1] = oRng.Text.ToString().Trim();
     }

Problem with this: very slow, cause of the nested loop.
Is there a faster way to get the data into a DataTable using Interop?  Or a way to prevent the truncation of 255 characters using the query?

A: This doesn't use the Excel interop, but you can give this a shot. It contains methods to convert and Excel document into a DataTable.
If possible, you should consider using the OpenXML SDK for this, but if you can't this is probably a good option for you.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.OleDb;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace Excel
{
    public class ExcelBase : Component, IDisposable
    {
        #region Constructors
        public ExcelBase()
        {
            UseFinalizer = false;
        }
        public ExcelBase(string WorkBook) : this()
        {
            this.WorkBook = WorkBook;
        }
        #endregion

        #region Workbook/range settings
        string workbook;
        /// <summary>
        /// The workbook (file) name to query
        /// </summary>
        [DefaultValue(null)]
        public string WorkBook
        {
            get { return workbook; }
            set
            {
                CloseConnection();
                workbook = value;
                determinedrange = null;
            }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// The Range which to query. This can be any Excel range (eg "A1:B5") or
        /// just a worksheet name.
        /// If this value is null, the first sheet of the <see cref="WorkBook"/> is used
        /// </summary>
        private string range;
        [DefaultValue(null)]
        public string Range
        {
            get { return range; }
            set
            {
                range = value;
                determinedrange = null;
            }
        }
        private int worksheetindex = 0;
        /// <summary>
        /// The 0 based INDEX of the worksheet to query.
        /// If you want to set the name of the worksheet, use <see cref="Range"/> instead.
        /// NB: if <see cref="Range"/> is set, this property is ignored
        /// </summary>
        [DefaultValue(0)]
        public int WorkSheetIndex
        {
            get { return worksheetindex; }
            set
            {
                worksheetindex = value;
                determinedrange = null;
            }
        }
        #region Range formatting
        /// <summary>
        /// If a range was determined in a previous step, keep it buffered here
        /// </summary>
        string determinedrange;
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the properly formatted sheet name
        /// if no worksheet was provided, read out sheet information and select everything
        /// from the first sheet
        /// </summary>
        public string GetRange()
        {
            if (determinedrange == null)
            {
                string range = Range;
                if (range == null)
                    range = DetermineRange();
                if (range.IndexOf(':') == -1 && !range.EndsWith("$"))
                    range += "$"; //sheetname has to be appended with a $
                determinedrange = "[" + range + "]";
            }
            return determinedrange;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// See <see cref="AutoDetermineRange"/> property for more info
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        string DetermineRange()
        {
            string sheet = GetSheetName(worksheetindex);
            if (!autodeterminerange) return sheet;
            return new RangeFinder(this, sheet).ToString();
        }
        #region RangeFinder
        class RangeFinder
        {
            OleDbDataAdapter da;
            DataTable dtSchema;
            ExcelDataRange rng = new ExcelDataRange();
            Import eb;
            int cols;
            /// <summary>
            /// minimum amount of columns that need to be filled
            /// <seealso cref="minfilled"/>
            /// </summary>
            int min;
            public RangeFinder(ExcelBase Owner, string sheet)
            {
                this.eb = new Import(Owner.WorkBook);
                eb.Range = sheet;
                eb.UseHeaders = false;
                eb.InterMixedAsText = true;
                //DataTable dt = eb.Query();
                try
                {
                    eb.OpenConnection();
                    //get the number of rows and columns
                    da = new OleDbDataAdapter(
                       "select * from [" + sheet + "]", eb.Connection);
                    dtSchema = new DataTable();
                    da.FillSchema(dtSchema, SchemaType.Source);
                    cols = dtSchema.Columns.Count;
                    int rows = (int)ExecuteScalar("select count(*) from [" + sheet + "]");
                    //fill the range object
                    rng.From.Row = rng.From.Column = 1;
                    rng.To.Row = rows;
                    rng.To.Column = cols;

                    min = (int)(cols * minfilled);
                    //now rng contains the complete square range of data containing cells
                    //try to narrow it by getting as much hits as possible
                    DecreaseRange();
                }
                finally
                {
                    indexReader.Close();
                    eb.CloseConnection();
                }
            }
            object ExecuteScalar(string sql)
            {
                return new OleDbCommand(sql, da.SelectCommand.Connection).ExecuteScalar();
            }

            string indexquery;
            string GetIndexQuery()
            {
                if (indexquery == null)
                {
                    StringBuilder sql = new StringBuilder("select 0");
                    int i = 0;
                    foreach (DataRow dr in dtSchema.Rows)
                    {
                        string colname = "[" + dr["column_name"].ToString() + "]";
                        sql.Append("+iif(").Append(colname).Append(" is null,0,1)");
                    }
                    sql.Append(" as ind from ");
                    indexquery = sql.ToString();
                }
                return indexquery;
            }
            //ExcelDataRange indexRange;
            DataTable indexTable = new DataTable();
            OleDbDataReader indexReader;
            int GetIndex()
            {
                if (!Forward)
                {
                    indexReader.Close();
                    indexReader = null;
                    da.SelectCommand.CommandText = string.Format(" select * from {0}:{0}"
                    , rng.To.Row);
                }
                if (indexReader == null)
                    indexReader = da.SelectCommand.ExecuteReader();
                int cnt = 0;
                if (!indexReader.Read()) return -1;
                for (int i = 0; i < indexReader.FieldCount; i++)
                {
                    if (!indexReader.IsDBNull(i)) cnt++;
                }
                return cnt;
                da.TableMappings.Clear();

                da = new OleDbDataAdapter(da.SelectCommand.CommandText, eb.conn);
                indexTable = new DataTable();
                //da.FillSchema(indexTable, SchemaType.Source);
                da.Fill(indexTable);
                return indexTable.Columns.Count;
            }
            /// <summary>
            /// minimum percentage that needs to be filled to count as a datarow
            /// </summary>
            const double minfilled = .75;
            /// <summary>
            /// The amount of subsequent (or preceding) rows that need to be filled a <see cref="minfilled"/> percentage
            /// for it to count as a datarow
            /// </summary>
            const int CheckRows = 3;
            /// <summary>
            /// Decrease the range step by step
            /// The problem is that when obtaining all, a lot more nulls are returned
            /// than you would visibly see. That makes most algorithms to get the
            /// block useless.
            /// this is also why just obtaining the datatable complete and removing the
            /// rows will not suffice: the proper field data types will not have been set
            /// Best way I could figure without using interop was to increase the start
            /// range to see if the avarage filled values increase.
            /// </summary>
            void DecreaseRange()
            {
                for (; ; )
                {
                    if (GetIndex() >= min)
                    {
                        int i = 0;
                        for (; i < CheckRows; i++)
                        {
                            AlterRange(1);
                            if (GetIndex() < min)
                            {
                                break;
                            }
                        }
                        if (i == CheckRows)
                        {
                            AlterRange(-i);
                            if (Forward)
                                Forward = false;
                            else
                                break;
                        }
                    }
                    if (rng.From.Row > rng.To.Row)
                        throw new Exception("Could not determine data range");
                    AlterRange(1);
                }
            }
            bool Forward = true;
            void AlterRange(int i)
            {
                if (Forward)
                    rng.From.Row += i;
                else
                    rng.To.Row -= i;
            }

            public override string ToString()
            {
                return rng.ToString();
            }
            struct ExcelRange
            {
                public int Row, Column;
                public ExcelRange(int Col, int Row)
                {
                    this.Column = Col;
                    this.Row = Row;
                }
                public override string ToString()
                {
                    //return string.Format("R{0}C{1}", Row, Column);
                    string res = Row.ToString();
                    int col = Column;
                    while (col > 0)
                    {
                        int cc = col % 26;
                        char c = (char)('A' + cc - 1);
                        res = c.ToString() + res;
                        col /= 26;
                    }
                    return res;
                }
            }
            struct ExcelDataRange
            {
                public ExcelRange
                From, To;
                public override string ToString()
                {
                    return GetRange(From, To);
                }
                static string GetRange(ExcelRange from, ExcelRange to)
                {
                    return from.ToString() + ":" + to.ToString();
                }
                public string TopRow()
                {
                    return GetRange(From, new ExcelRange(To.Column, From.Row));
                }
                public string BottomRow()
                {
                    return GetRange(new ExcelRange(From.Column, To.Row), To);
                }
            }
        }
        #endregion
        #endregion

        /// <summary>
        /// Checks if the <see cref="WorkBook"/> exists
        /// </summary>
        public bool WorkBookExists
        {
            get { return System.IO.File.Exists(WorkBook); }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Checks if the workbook exists and throws an exception if it doesn't
        /// <seealso cref="WorkBookExists"/>
        /// </summary>
        protected void CheckWorkbook()
        {
            if (!WorkBookExists) throw new System.IO.FileNotFoundException("Workbook not found", WorkBook);
        }
        #endregion

        #region Connection
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates  a NEW connection. If this method is called directly, this
        /// class will not check if it is closed.
        /// To get a handled connection, use the <see cref="Connection"/> property.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public OleDbConnection CreateConnection()
        {
            CheckWorkbook();
            return new OleDbConnection(
            string.Format("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" +
            "Data Source={0};Extended Properties='Excel 8.0;HDR={1};Imex=1'",
            WorkBook, useheaders ? "Yes" : "No"));
        }
        private bool useheaders = true;
        /// <summary>
        /// Determines if the first row in the specified <see cref="Range"/> contains the headers
        /// </summary>
        [DefaultValue(true)]
        public bool UseHeaders
        {
            get { return useheaders; }
            set
            {
                if (useheaders != value)
                {
                    CloseConnection();
                    useheaders = value;
                }
            }
        }
        private bool imex;
        /// <summary>
        /// if this value is <c>true</c>, 'intermixed' data columns are handled as text (otherwise Excel tries to make a calcuated guess on what the datatype should be)
        /// </summary>
        [DefaultValue(false)]
        public bool InterMixedAsText
        {
            get { return imex; }
            set
            {
                if (imex != value)
                {
                    CloseConnection();
                    imex = value;
                }
            }
        }
        private bool autodeterminerange;
        /// <summary>
        /// Tries to obtain the range automatically by looking for a large chunk of data. Use this value if there's a lot of
        /// static around the actual data.
        /// Beware though: this takes some additional steps and can cause performance loss
        /// when querying larger files.
        /// automatically determening the range is not fullproof. Be sure to check the results
        /// on first time use.
        /// NB: if the <see cref="Range"/> is set, this property is ignored.
        /// </summary>
        [DefaultValue(false)]
        public bool AutoDetermineRange
        {
            get { return autodeterminerange; }
            set
            {
                if (autodeterminerange != value)
                {
                    autodeterminerange = value;
                    determinedrange = null;
                }
            }
        }
        OleDbConnection conn;
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a connection to the current <see cref="WorkBook"/>
        /// When called for the first time (or after changing the workbook)
        /// a new connection is created.
        /// To close the connection, preferred is the use of <see cref="CloseConnection"/>
        /// </summary>
        public OleDbConnection Connection
        {
            get
            {
                if (conn == null)
                {
                    conn = CreateConnection();
                    UseFinalizer = true;
                }
                return conn;
            }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Closes the connection (if open)
        /// </summary>
        public void CloseConnection()
        {
            if (conn != null && ConnectionIsOpen)
                conn.Dispose();
            conn = null;
            UseFinalizer = false;
        }
        protected void CloseConnection(bool OnlyIfNoneOpen)
        {
            if (OnlyIfNoneOpen)
            {
                if (--opencount > 0 || wasopenbeforerememberstate) return;
            }
            CloseConnection();
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Opens the <see cref="Connection"/>
        /// </summary>
        public void OpenConnection()
        {
            OpenConnection(false);
        }
        int opencount;
        bool wasopenbeforerememberstate;
        protected void OpenConnection(bool RememberState)
        {
            if (RememberState && opencount++ == 0) wasopenbeforerememberstate = ConnectionIsOpen;
            if (!ConnectionIsOpen)
                Connection.Open();
        }
        public bool ConnectionIsOpen
        {
            get { return conn != null && conn.State != ConnectionState.Closed; }
        }

        #endregion

        #region IDisposable Members
        public void Dispose()
        {
            CloseConnection();
        }
        ~ExcelBase()
        {
            Dispose();
        }
        private bool usefinalizer;
        bool UseFinalizer
        {
            get { return usefinalizer; }
            set
            {
                if (usefinalizer == value) return;
                usefinalizer = value;
                if (value)
                    GC.ReRegisterForFinalize(this);
                else
                    GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
            }
        }
        #endregion

        #region Helper functions
        /// <summary>
        /// queries the connection for the sheetnames and returns them
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public string[] GetSheetNames()
        {
            OpenConnection(true);
            try
            {
                // Read out sheet information
                DataTable dt = Connection.GetOleDbSchemaTable(OleDbSchemaGuid.Tables, null);
                if (dt == null || dt.Rows.Count == 0)
                {
                    throw new Exception("Could not get sheet names");
                }

                string[] res = new string[dt.Rows.Count];
                for (int i = 0; i < res.Length; i++)
                {
                    string name = dt.Rows[i]["TABLE_NAME"].ToString();

                    if (name[0] == '\'')
                    {
                        //numeric sheetnames get single quotes around them in the schema.
                        //remove them here
                        if (System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.IsMatch(
                        name, @"^'\d\w+\$'$"))
                            name = name.Substring(1, name.Length - 2);
                    }
                    res[i] = name;
                }
                return res;
            }
            finally
            {
                CloseConnection(true);
            }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the name of the first sheet
        /// (this is also the default range used, when no <see cref="Range"/> is specified)
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public string GetFirstSheet()
        {
            return GetSheetName(0);
        }
        public string GetSheetName(int index)
        {
            string[] sheets = GetSheetNames();
            if (index < 0 || index >= sheets.Length)
                throw new IndexOutOfRangeException("No worksheet exists at the specified index");
            return sheets[index];
        }
        #endregion
    }

    public class Import : ExcelBase
    {
        #region Static query procedures
        /// <summary>
        /// Imports the first worksheet of the specified file
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="File"></param>
        public static DataTable Query(string File)
        {
            return Query(File, null);
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Imports the specified sheet in the specified file
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="File"></param>
        /// <param name="Range">The worksheet or excel range to query</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static DataTable Query(string File, string Range)
        {
            return new Import(File, Range).Query();
        }
        public static DataTable Select(string File, string Sql)
        {
            Import i = new Import(File);
            i.SQL = Sql;
            return i.Query();
        }
        #endregion

        #region Constructors
        public Import() { }
        public Import(string WorkBook) : base(WorkBook) { }
        public Import(string WorkBook, string Range)
            : this(WorkBook)
        {
            this.Range = Range;
        }
        #endregion

        #region SQL Query
        private string fields = "*";
        /// <summary>
        /// The fields which should be returned (default all fields with data: "*")
        /// </summary>
        [DefaultValue("*")]
        public string Fields
        {
            get { return fields; }
            set { fields = value; }
        }
        void ResetFields()
        {
            fields = "*";
        }
        private string where;
        /// <summary>
        /// An optional where clause. Works pretty much the same as 'normal' SQL. (Default=null)
        /// </summary>
        [DefaultValue(null)]
        public string Where
        {
            get { return where; }
            set { where = value; }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// The sql to perform. If this value is filled, <see cref="WorkSheet"/> and <see cref="Where"/> are ignored
        /// </summary>
        public string SQL;
        protected string GetSelectSQL()
        {
            if (SQL != null) return SQL;
            // if no sql was provided, construct from worksheet and where
            string sql = string.Format("select {0} from {1}", fields, GetRange());
            if (where != null)
                sql += " WHERE " + where;
            return sql;
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Performs the query with the specifed settings
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public DataTable Query()
        {
            return Query((DataTable)null);
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Same as <see cref="Query()"/>, but an existing datatable is used and filled
        /// (it will be your own responsibility to format the datatable correctly)
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="dt"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public DataTable Query(DataTable dt)
        {
            CheckWorkbook();
            try
            {
                OpenConnection(true);
                if (dt == null) dt = new DataTable();
                new OleDbDataAdapter(GetSelectSQL(), Connection).Fill(dt);
                foreach (DataColumn col in dt.Columns)
                    col.ColumnName = col.ColumnName.Trim();
                return dt;
            }
            finally
            {
                CloseConnection(true);
            }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Fills the datatable with the results of the query
        /// (wrapper around <see cref="Query(DataTable)"/>)
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="dt"></param>
        public void Fill(DataTable dt)
        {
            Query(dt);
        }
        #endregion
    }
}

A: You could have a look at the Excel Data Reader library.  I've had pretty good luck with it and I think it will do what you're looking for pretty easily.

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Pride and Prejudice (Sort Of), Tron, Glasgow, review: a tongue-in-cheek pop pastiche
By Mark Brown 30 June 2018 • 4:43pm
Meghan Tyler and Hannah Jarrett-Scott in Pride and Prejudice (Sort Of) at the Tron, Glasgow Credit: John Johnston
"There is nothing new under the sun", the Good Book tells us, and it is certainly true of this tongue-in-cheek, all-female take on Jane Austen's most celebrated novel Pride and Prejudice. Isobel McArthur's liberal adaptation is so knowingly ironic that it seems, for the most part, as if it should be performed in huge inverted commas.
Director Paul Brotherston's young cast (which includes McArthur herself as various characters, including Darcy and Mrs Bennett) deconstruct Austen's early-19th century England, purposefully reconstructing it for our own times. The outrageous sexual politics and snobbery observed by Austen (and, by implication, the continuing social inequalities and hypocrisies of today) take a very deliberate pasting.
Period costumes collide with modern props, Regency English mores clash starkly with a very contemporary, expletive-laden language. At one point, the excellent Meghan Tyler's Elizabeth Bennett comes on stage in a 19th-century frock eating from a box of Kellogg's Frosties.
The piece, in which a karaoke machine and a plastic beer crate are key props, is peppered copiously with modern pop music (both recorded and performed live). Candi Staton's disco classic Young Hearts Run Free gets an outing, as does Something Changed by Pulp.
A scene in which Elizabeth is admonished by the cartoonishly monstrous Lady Catherine de Bourgh (Christina Gordon) includes the aristocrat introducing the latest composition by a member of her family, The Lady in Red by Chris de Burgh.
London theatre: the best plays and shows on now
There is no question that British culture's attachment to the lavish costume drama (not least on television) is ripe for satire. It is also long overdue, given the theatre's history of men playing women on stage due to misogynistic prohibitions, that male characters should be performed by women in an entirely female cast.
Not only that, but the actors are impressive to a woman, not least in the play's moments of neat comedy (such as McArthur freezing in a suddenly appearing picture frame to represent a portrait of Darcy). However, the show's inclination to almost farcical levity problematises the scenes in which it attempts to generate a real sense of pathos.
Ultimately, one can't help but feel that one has been here many times before, and that the play is simply repeating a very narrow repertoire of postmodern devices. The production has the feel of a short fringe show, and is certainly too long at two hours and 45 minutes.
Until July 14; tron.co.uk
Jane Austen,


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Income tax cuts and family payments are at the centre of this years' Federal Budget announced last night by Treasurer, Peter Costello. But as usual not everyone is pleased and there are claims the Federal Government is only doing what it thinks is necessary to win the upcoming Election. Well the Treasurer joins us from Parliament House this morning. Good morning Treasurer.
Go forth and multiply. Is that the message of this Budget?
Well, we have got an ageing population and it certainly wouldn't hurt if the number of young children in Australia increased. That would deal with the ageing of the population over a long period of time. But we have put together a package which is particularly designed to help mothers that a trying to juggle child rearing and work. And so we have a benefit that helps mothers as they come out of the workforce to have a child and we have changed the benefits so that they can have a much easier entry back into part-time work and keep a lot of family assistance. And most families these days, they tend to have Dad working, maybe Mum working part-time and it is that typical Australian family that we are trying to help in this Budget.
Would low income earners without children be justified in feeling completely abandoned by the Government in this Budget?
Not in the slightest. Many of those people will be single people who haven't yet had children and when they do they will benefit from it. Many people who are self-funded retirees got big tax assistance in the Budget a couple of years ago. So what we have done now is we have returned to the unfinished business – and the unfinished business is the family with children, and particularly those middle income earners who are on marginal tax rates which are too high. They shouldn't be facing up to top tax rates, we have got a plan that you won't go on a top tax rate until you earn $80,000. I think that is fair for Australia.
But lower income earners are battlers, they're always battlers, they're always struggling to make ends meet. Why were they left out of tax cuts? They make up the bulk of taxpayers in the country don't they?
Well no, lower income earners who principally have children and are struggling not only for themselves but for their children are the huge winners. It is $50 a week for some of those people. These are very large benefits. But we don't just do it for the sake of it, we try and do it in a way which will help the economy. You can't have any benefits if you haven't got a strong economy Tracey. The truth of the matter is, if you can't run an economy, you can't do anything. And it is because over the last years economic management has been safe and secure and tried and tested that we have managed to get unemployment down, more people into work, and we have now got a package which will help mothers particularly and families getting into work.
Certified Practising Accountants say that in year one of your tax cuts you are really only giving back what has been lost in bracket creep over the past 12 months?
Oh well they would be wrong about that because if we had have just indexed tax rates, people would be paying higher taxes today than they are.
Have you done enough for childcare? You have announced a big package certainly, and that's been welcomed by those interest groups, but Mums say for example that there's a two year waiting list for childcare for children under two years old. That's not going to help them get back to work if they can't get childcare is it?
Well that is why we have increased the number of family day care places by 4,000 and increased the number of outside school hours places by 40,000. And over the course of the Government the number of places has increased by 250,000. So, the very large increase in childcare places and of course part of the reason for increasing family benefits is to help parents with childcare fees. People say, oh well you are giving money to families but families need this kind of money. They are paying for the schooling and they are paying for the uniforms, feeding their families and paying for childcare. And that is one of the reasons why I believe you have to have a tax and payment policy that helps families because there you have got parents not just supporting themselves but they're supporting the costs of rearing children as well. And as you pointed out, one of those costs is childcare.
I have lost count of the number of times you have said families so far. The families, the middle income earners, I guess who benefit most from this Budget are the ones whose votes you most need to be re-elected. Is it just a co-incidence that they are the focus of this Budget in an election year?
Well, we need everybody's vote to be re-elected. We need the old, we need people in business, we need people on the land. And what we say to them is that economic management is the key responsibility of a Government and this Government has got a track record which I think is there for all to see. But we think you can actually build a stronger society with stronger families. If you have got strong families, raising kids in an atmosphere of security where they can plan I think that is going to make a stronger Australia which is what we are all about here.
Now that the Budget is done do you turn your attention to leadership and your own future?
No, because the Budget is not done. The Budget was announced, we now have to legislate it and I call on the Senate to enact this package. It has to be enacted in the next four weeks because if it is not families will not get their payment before 30 June and the tax rates won't fall on 1 July. So unfortunately this is not the end, this is just the first day, the beginning.
All right, some are suggesting that the Government will call an election in August. Is that completely out of the realms of possibility?
I wouldn't have a clue. I don't call the elections, Mr Howard will decide when the election is to be called. But what we have got to do between now and June is we have got to enact this Budget.
All right, thank you for your time this morning.


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Ball Corporation reports strong Q3 2020 results
Ball Corporation has reported strong third-quarter results.
The firm reported, on a U.S. GAAP basis, its Q3 2020 net earnings stood at $241 million (€203 million), or $0.72 (€0.60) per diluted share, on sales of $3.1 billion (€2.61 billion), compared to $92 million (€77.7 million) net earnings or $0.27 (€0.22) per diluted share on sales of $3 billion (€2.53 billion) in 2019.
Ball Corp's Q3 year-to-date results reflect the 2019 sale of the firm's Argentine steel aerosol business and Chinese beverage can assets, and new segment reporting for the company's beverage packaging, EMEA business, and other 'non-reportable' results.
The Q3 results in 'non-reportable' reflect higher year-over-year undistributed corporate expenses, the impact of the 2019 sale of the Chinese beverage can assets and Argentine steel aerosol business, lower operating results in the remaining non-reportable beverage and aluminium aerosol businesses, and start-up costs in the recently-launched aluminium cup business.
The results for Ball Corp's global aluminium aerosol business and beverage can manufacturing facilities in India, Saudi Arabia, and Myanmar and investments in the company's new aluminium cup business continue to be reported as 'non-reportable' segments.
During Q3, the firm's global aluminium aerosol volumes declined in the 'low-teens', with growth in India for sanitising sprays offset by double-digit volume declines for personal care products in North America and Europe. The company also completed the acquisition of an aluminium aerosol manufacturing facility in Brazil.
"Our team continues to operate safely while responding to significant growth across our businesses," said John A. Hayes, chairman, president and CEO of Ball Corp. "Capital investments are being executed to support sustained growth for our global aluminium packaging portfolio and aerospace technologies.
"Our company is well-positioned in the current environment, and our focus remains on our employees' safety and our customers' success, as well as the efficient and effective start-up of our various capital projects to deliver significant value to our shareholders.
"During the quarter, our company posted 27% comparable earnings per diluted share growth on 9% global beverage volume growth and 14% aerospace contracted backlog growth.
"In addition, we recently completed our aluminium aerosol acquisition in Brazil, announced new beverage can manufacturing in Pittston, Pennsylvania, as well as Frutal, Brazil, and commenced production at our new aluminium cup manufacturing facility in Rome, Georgia.
"With demand continuing to increase for our sustainable aluminium packaging solutions and critical aerospace technologies, Ball remains well-positioned to invest in EVA-enhancing capital projects, grow diluted earnings per share, increase cash from operations, and deliver shareholder returns now and into the future."
Discussing Ball Corp's 'Outlook', Scott C. Morrison, senior vice-president and chief financial officer, said: "Our company generates significant cash from operations, and we have the flexibility and opportunity to allocate significant capital to organic growth investments while continuing to return value to shareholders.
"We continue to foresee 2020 capital expenditures exceeding $900 million (€760 million), and given additional EVA-enhancing opportunities supported by contracted volumes and backlog, growth investments are expected to be in excess of $1 billion (€844 million) in 2021 and beyond."


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Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act upheld
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court upheld the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4 decision April 18. The ruling was lauded by abortion opponents, including President George W. Bush, who called partial-birth abortion an "abhorrent procedure" in an April 18 statement from the White House.
"Today's decision affirms that the Constitution does not stand in the way of the people's representatives enacting laws reflecting the compassion and humanity of America. The partial-birth abortion ban, which an overwhelming bipartisan majority in Congress passed and I signed into law, represents a commitment to building a culture of life in America," said Bush.
He signed it into law in 2003, but because of court challenges it never went into effect.
"The Supreme Court's decision is an affirmation of the progress we have made over the past six years in protecting human dignity and upholding the sanctity of life. We will continue to work for the day when every child is welcomed in life and protected in law."
While praising the decision, Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, head of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, said: "The court's decision does not affect the legal status of the great majority of abortions, and does not reverse past decisions claiming to find a right to abortion in the Constitution.
"However, it provides reasons for renewed hope and renewed effort on the part of pro-life Americans," he said. "The court is taking a clearer and more unobstructed look at the tragic reality of abortion, and speaking about that reality more candidly, than it has in many years."
Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing the majority opinion in the Gonzalez v. Carhart and Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood cases, said the law's opponents "have not demonstrated that the act would be unconstitutional in a large fraction of relevant cases."
Also voting in the majority were Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas.
Voting in the minority were Justices Paul Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Souter and John Paul Stevens.
In her dissenting opinion, Ginsburg said the decision "tolerates, indeed applauds, federal intervention to ban nationwide a procedure found necessary and proper in certain cases by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists." She added the decision "refuses to take … seriously" previous Supreme Court decisions on abortion.
Six federal courts had ruled the act had unconstitutionally restricted a woman's legal right to an abortion. In October the Supreme Court accepted cases from California – the Planned Parenthood case – and Nebraska – the Dr. Leroy Carhart case. The high court conducted oral arguments in November.
In what the law calls partial-birth abortion, also referred to as an "intact dilation and extraction," a live fetus is partially delivered and an incision is made at the base of the skull, through which the brain is removed, and then the dead body is delivered the rest of the way.
In the 1990s, Congress had twice passed a ban on partial-birth abortions. Both times the bills were vetoed by President Bill Clinton.
In 2000, the Supreme Court struck down a Nebraska ban on partial-birth abortions. Writing for a 5-4 majority at that time, Breyer said the law imposed an undue burden on a woman's right to make an abortion decision.
Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who died in September 2005, and now-retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor were both on the high court at the time this ruling was issued. O'Connor sided with the majority, and Rehnquist with the minority.
In 2003, Congress again passed a ban on partial-birth abortions, and the bill was signed into law by Bush.
Kennedy's majority opinion said there was "medical disagreement whether the act's prohibition would ever impose significant health risks on women" – a prohibition based in significant part on the finding that the procedure was never medically necessary – and that other procedures exist to abort late-term pregnancies.
During the November oral arguments, Solicitor General Paul Clement, who argued for the federal government, said Congress had sufficient evidence that "partial-birth abortions were never medically necessary, and that safe alternatives were always available such that no woman would be prevented from terminating her pregnancy. As a result, Congress was entitled to make a judgment in furthering its legitimate interests that they were going to ban a particularly gruesome procedure that blurred the line between abortion and infanticide."
A brief separate opinion written by Thomas and joined by Scalia said they wanted to reiterate their view that "the court's abortion jurisprudence … has no basis in the Constitution."
In statements issued April 18, abortion opponents rejoiced in the decision.
"Granted this is a very small step, but it is the first step away from a society that looks at the life of an unwanted, unborn child as nothing more than a problem that needs to be disposed of, and the first step toward a society that respects and values all human life," said a statement by former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, author of the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.
"When drafting this legislation, we were confident that it would withstand constitutional scrutiny and today's ruling confirms that belief," said a statement by Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, who sponsored the bill in the House. "Our legislation was supported by an overwhelming bipartisan majority in Congress, signed into law by the president and has now been upheld by our highest court."
In praising the decision, Father Frank Pavone, president of Priests for Life, said: "Congress and the vast majority of state legislators and American citizens have made it clear over the last decade that this procedure – by which a child is killed in the very process of delivery – has no place in a civilized society."
"Finally," said National Right to Life Committee legislative director Douglas Johnson, "it is illegal in America to mostly deliver a premature infant before puncturing her skull and removing her brain, which is what a partial-birth abortion is."
"I am encouraged by the important strides made by the court today," said Mailee Smith, staff counsel of Americans United for Life. "The court sent the message that it will not strike down abortion regulations simply because they are abortion regulations."
"We are waiting for the anti-Catholic bigots to go bonkers over the fact that all five of the justices who voted against infanticide are Roman Catholic," said a statement by William Donohue, head of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.


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The weekend congress of the People's Party of Armenia (HZhK) sent no clear message to HZhK supporters and the public in general, "Haykakan Zhamanak" and most of the other paper conclude. "It's still unclear whether the HZhK is an opposition or pro-government party. There is now a situation where the party's rank and file is in opposition, while the elite has lots of opportunities to take part in political intrigues."
Ever since the death of Karen Demirchian in the 1999 parliament shootings, the HZhK has been mainly busy "playing intrigues." And there is a growing estrangement between its leadership and ordinary members. The HZhK leadership is not averse to seeking favors from the authorities to the dismay of thousands of activists. Hence its attempts to defuse the latter's anger with anti-presidential and anti-government statements.
"Zhamanak" similarly does not understand what the party of Stepan Demirchian is up to. While publicly "playing opposition," the HZhK refrains from severing links with the government.
The HZhK wants greater representation in the government and at the same time stubbornly refuses to share responsibility for its policies, says "Hayots Ashkhar." The paper concludes the commentary with a stern rebuke: "The HZhK was not founded to serve Armenia. On the contrary, Armenia was founded to serve the HZhK."
"Iravunk" says the HZhK congress left the Miasnutyun bloc still hanging in the balance. "Comprising the alliance are parties that have diametrically opposite views on the pivotal issue of state governance." They don't yet seem to know what to do with what has become an "unbearable political marriage."
For "Aravot," the most likely reason for the impasse in Karabakh peace talks is the continuing differences between the big powers sponsoring the process. Once Russia and the United States agree on a particular peace formula for Karabakh there will be no way the Armenians and Azerbaijanis can block its implementation. The paper dismisses talk of the Armenian and Azerbaijani publics being unprepared for a peace deal, arguing that their leaders rarely take public opinion into consideration when making important decisions. It may also be that neither Heydar Aliev nor Robert Kocharian are interested in bringing an end to the Karabakh conflict for fear of losing influence or even power.
"Azg" also makes the point that it is Russia and the US that hold the key to Karabakh peace. Both nations "must at last ascertain what each of them wants." At least for Moscow, the conflict's settlement is not a chief priority at the moment, the paper says. The Russians are far more concerned with further improving their relations with Azerbaijan by "exploiting the Karabakh issue."
(Vache Sarkisian)


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