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What to watch in 2016
If one of your New Year's Resolutions is to see more theatre, then check out this article for a round-up of the best new plays being performed in Luxembourg, in English!
(JB) If one of your New Year's Resolutions is to see more theatre, then 2016 in Luxembourg is the year for you.
English-language theatre has been steadily growing in the Grand Duchy in recent years as major shows take in Luxembourg as part of their tours, some even holding their European Premieres here.
The year kicks off with a flurry of theatre in January, starting with Mister Paradise & other rare electrical things between people, by Tennessee Williams and performed at the TNL. Director Anne Simon explores five of the most recently published one-act dramas, each of which features isolated figures struggling against a cruel world and torn between fulfilling their dreams and conformism. There will be six performances between January 7 and 22.
The New World Theatre Club serves up a gripping drama by directing Finding Sophie, a play by Janice Dunn, which was partly inspired by the media scrum that the McCann family found themselves at the centre of after the disappearance of Madeleine. In a novel twist, all the roles are played by Danish performer Maria Lohmann. Catch Finding Sophie from January 21-23 at the Château de Bourglinster.
Tickets are selling out fast for the award-winning West-End production of JB Priestley's classic thriller An Inspector Calls from January 28-30. Directed by Stephen Daldry, the show has been hailed as the theatrical event of our generation – praise indeed! The story is set at the end of WWII and begins as Inspector Goole arrives unexpectedly at the prosperous Birling family home, their peaceful dinner party is shattered by his investigations into the death of a young woman. His startling revelations shake the very foundations of their lives and challenge us all to examine our consciences. There will also be an opportunity to meet the cast after the January 28 show for which tickets were still available at the time of publishing.
Shakespeare fans are in for a treat when, in March, two plays by the bard will be performed at the Grand Théâtre: The Winter's Tale from Cheek by Jowl from March 2-4, and Hamlet, on March 16. The latter forms part of the Globe to Globe project, in which the London Globe theatre has set out to tour every country in the world over two years to mark the playwright's 400th anniversary.
If you miss either of these, there will be a chance to see Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh in the Garrick Theatre London's staging of The Winter's Tale at Ciné Utopia on January 7.
If classical theatre is not your bag, audiences may prefer gripping drama Do You Want to Know a Secret?,an award-winning play by Daniel Pinkerton. This European premiere is performed by local professional group Actors Rep.Asearing family drama, the play is set in Berlin during the waning years of the Cold War. Catch it at the Mierscher Kulturhaus from March 9-13.
Also on a contemporary theatre footing is All New People, performed on April 14, 18 and 20 at the Théâtre des Capucins. Written by Scrubs actor Zach Braff, the play explores the generation of thirty-somethings, or generation Y, that do well with their lives but at the same time, don't. An upbeat comedy, this play is also a commentary on a growing malaise facing today's young people.
If you like your theatre with music then Pirates and the New World Theatre have just the thing with its production of Oliver! The musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel by the same name, Oliver is about an orphan born into a workhouse in 1830s England. Life gets interesting when Oliver runs away and takes shelter with Fagin, a career criminal and becomes an apprentice pick pocket. Catch Oliver! from April 14-17 at Mamer's Kinneksbond. The show features a cast of more than 40 children and 40 adults and is sure to get you singing along and tapping your toes to the familiar tunes.
If that were not enough, post-WWII Luxembourg-US parody Call Me Madam returns to Luxembourg for a second run, this time at Cube 521 on January 16 at 8pm and January 17 at 5pm. To book tickets, call 470895 or visit www.kulturhaus.lu
If that's not enough, there is always the annual Fundamental Monodrama festival in the summer, whose line-up is yet to be confirmed, not to mention
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The Federal Election Commission (FEC), an independent agency established by Congress in the wake of campaign finance abuses by the re-election campaign of President Richard Nixon, elected a new Chair to a one-year term on December 15, 2011. The FEC, which monitors campaign contributions, enforces regulations on campaign spending and funding, and distributes public funds for Presidential elections, chose Caroline C. Hunter, a well-connected Republican placed on the FEC by President George W. Bush in 2008.
Born circa 1976 to Richard and Christine Critchfield , Hunter grew up in Florida, earned her B.A. at The Pennsylvania State University in 1997, and her JD at the University of Memphis School of Law in 2000. Almost immediately, she went to work for the Republican Party, working first as associate counsel and then deputy counsel at the Republican National Committee (RNC) from 2001 to 2005, where her work focused on election law and the implementation of the Help America Vote Act.
From 2005 to 2006, she served as executive officer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman. From January to October 2006, she served as deputy director of the White House Office of Public Liaison, until President George W. Bush nominated her to serve as Vice-Chair of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. Despite criticism over her lack of experience and a questionable letter she wrote in 2003 when she was working for the RNC, asking television stations not to run an ad critical of President Bush, she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 15, 2007.
Just a little more than a year later, on May 6, 2008, President Bush nominated her to the Federal Election Commission, and the Senate confirmed her on June 24, 2008. Criticism of Hunter followed her to the FEC, as the left-leaning but nonpartisan group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has accused her and the other two Republican Commissioners of improperly coordinating their actions with officials of the Republican Party.
Hunter's husband, Justin R. Hunter, is a lobbyist for HealthSouth. The couple has two daughters, Helena and Vivian.
A longtime Republican, Hunter has made only one political contribution in her own name: in 2005, she gave $250 to Republican Wally Herger, a Republican Congressman from California. Her husband, however, has made contributions totaling $44,900 since 2002, all but $4,750 to Republican candidates and causes or to corporate PACs. Of the $4,750 for Democrats, $2,000 went to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada), $1,000 to Senator Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) and $750 to Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia).


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Meet Mackenzie: the force behind the gala!
On April 12, 2018 / News
When you hear the word arts, what's the next word that pops to mind?
The younger me may have said, "Crafts"; but the older me says, "Funding!" For any arts organization to stay afloat, it needs adequate funding through multiple revenue sources, from ticket sales to donations. Key to Park Square Theatre's fundraising efforts is Annual Fund Manager Mackenzie Pitterle, a self-professed lifelong "theatre nerd" who came aboard last December and is spearheading the upcoming Shakespeare Soiree: the Streets of Verona, named for the education production of Romeo and Juliet, currently on stage. But as with all who have ever landed at Park Square Theatre, Mackenzie's journey here had actually started long ago.
Mackenzie Pitterle at her desk
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Mackenzie grew up in Verona (no connection to the Montagues and Capulets), a suburb of Madison, Wisconsin, in a family and school community that valued the arts. She herself plays the horn and performed in school bands and pit orchestras for musicals, but she eventually to realize that her passion for the arts lay in supporting rather than producing art. This led her to pursue a degree in Arts Management at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where she paid her way through college with no loans and finished in three years with honors.
With a specific interest in learning how to manage nonprofit arts organizations, Mackenzie acquired internships with an orchestra, a theatre and the Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA), which lead to a position as the Development and Marketing Associate for the Wisconsin Foundation for School Music.
"My job included getting up at 4 am to set up the route for a fun run and anything else to keep music in our schools," Mackenzie said. "I loved helping to raise money to pay for that."
Eventually Mackenzie was ready for change and a new challenge, setting her sights for a move to Minnesota after having lived in Wisconsin all her life (yes, she's a diehard Packers fan) which brought her to Park Square!
"Over a year into my position, I can't imagine a better fit for me. Being onsite at Park Square, I get to be immersed in theatre. I witness school group visits; I get to see each play. I got so excited about Hamlet after sitting in on the first rehearsal. That immersion keeps me grounded in what we're doing.
I also truly enjoy getting to know donors, patrons, staff and volunteers and learning about what they love about Park Square Theatre. My job isn't just all paperwork; I get to meet with people and hear stories about what's important to them and how we impact them on such a deep level."
Mackenzie revels in how she is, in her words, "impactfully utilized" and must keep "wearing different hats" to adjust to the different needs of each day. She loves that she gets to be in the room to discuss campaigns and big changes as well as learn how decisions affect every department. Currently, Mackenzie is hard at work organizing Park Square's annual benefit gala, Shakespeare Soirée: The Streets of Verona, coming up on April 30. "We have incredible team of volunteers, committee members, interns and artists all working together to make this best party Park Square has ever thrown. It's a night you won't want to miss."
At Park Square Theatre, words such as commitment, enthusiasm and possibility bring to mind several people. One of them is definitely our very own Annual Fund Manager, Mackenzie Pitterle.
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Sacrifices, support drove CFC 100 West to Bisons
Port Coquitlam defensive end joins CWUAA team's 2015 class.
CFC 100 Mike West and his family are have been rewarded for the years of sacrifices and hard work.
On Friday, the Manitoba Bisons announced that the 6'4, 225 pound defensive end from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia has joined their football program. He will join the team for the 2015 CWUAA season.
West recently capped off a successful career with Terry Fox Ravens of the British Columbia High School Football Association (BCHSFA). This past season, he registered 27 tackles, amassed 549 yards on 18 receptions (average of 30.5 yards per reception) and tallied five receiving majors. Additionally, the CFC 100 rushed for 350 yards on 47 carries (average of 7.4 yards per carry) and scored seven rushing touchdowns.
During his time with the Ravens, the team won the Provincial 'AAA' Championship in 2013. Moreover, West has received several honours during his career including BCHSFA 'AAA' Player of the Year (2014), Provincial 'AAA' Championship MVP (2014), two consecutive Ravens MVP Awards (2014, 2015) as well as BCHSFA 'AAA' All-Star.
The Bisons are thrilled to have landed a recruit who has achieved tremendous success as well as possesses experience and versatility.
"We are elated to welcome Michael West, BC High School Player of the Year, to the University of Manitoba Bisons," commented Bisons Head Coach Brian Dobie. "Mike is undoubtedly one of the top players in the class of 2015."
"A dominant force at Terry Fox, playing six different positions on both offense and defence (QB, RB, WR, DE, LB, DB), he projects as an elite defensive lineman in the CIS."
Moreover, Dobie said the CFC 100 has intangibles which will be an asset to the Bisons football program.
"We would also like to emphasize the strength of Mike's character and the incredible support from his mother, Jennifer," added the Bisons Head Coach. "They truly exemplify the meaning of the word, family."
"We are honoured that Mike has chosen The University of Manitoba to pursue his educational and athletic goals."
For his part, the British Columbia defensive end decided on the Winnipeg, Manitoba campus after his official visit.
"I committed to Manitoba because after my visit and talking with team/coaches, I felt this is the school for me they have one of the best football programs in Canada and also there facilities are amazing," recalled West. "I am super excited."
"This is the university that I always wanted to go to and can't wait to get to Manitoba and start my football and academic career."
With his commitment to the Bisons, it is the culmination of hard work but also sacrifices West and his family have made for him to achieve his gridiron dream. The CFC 100 defensive end was raised by a single parent – his mother Jennifer.
"I am extremely proud of my son and yes I am a single mom but I never look at life that way," explained Jennifer. "When you have a child and he has found what makes him get up every day and pushes him to achieve his goals, you just stand behind them."
Now that he has realized his dream, Jennifer has come to the realization that he is leaving the nest and things won't be quite the same this upcoming fall for her and the rest of the West family.
"Seeing him head off to university leaves a lump in my throat and his little sister Eseosa is going to miss him," expressed Jennifer. "The only part that will be hard is not being able to see him play every week and him hearing me on the side line."
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Lebanese Leadership Approval Ratings Remain Low Amid Impasse
by Jihad Fakhreddine
Twenty-five percent approve of the country's leadership
Fourteen percent are confident in the national government
Twenty-two percent are confident in the honesty of elections
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Lebanon failed its 44th attempt on Wednesday to name a new head of state for the country, which has been without a president for more than two years. Amid the political paralysis, it is not surprising that just one in four Lebanese (25%) say they approve of the job performance of their country's leadership in 2016.
However, Lebanese approval of the leadership of their country has been low every time Gallup has asked Lebanese to rate their leadership in the past decade -- illustrating the deep roots of Lebanon's political impasse. The sectarian tensions, profound disagreements and political party boycotts that have prevented Lebanon's parliament from reaching the required quorum to elect a president are also to blame for the government's inability to pass a budget since 2005.
Lebanese Lack Confidence in Elections
The political stalemate is doing little to shore up Lebanese confidence in the honesty of their elections, which has ebbed and flowed over the past decade but has never been particularly strong. Slightly more than one in five Lebanese (22%) in 2016 are confident in the honesty of their elections, which is similar to levels in most years and seems to suggest that the current situation is what Lebanese have come to expect from their electoral process.
Majorities Perceive Widespread Government Corruption
Clues to the extent of Lebanese distrust of their leadership are evident not only in their low confidence in national institutions such as their national government (14%) and judicial system (27%), but also in the persistent, overwhelming majority of Lebanese (90%) who believe corruption is widespread throughout the country's government. This percentage has reached below 90% only a few times in the past decade and has ranked among the highest in the world in the past several years.
Lebanon is an important commercial and political hub in the Middle East. Its geographic location bordering Syria and Israel and its population mix of Shia and Sunni Muslims, Christians and Druze, however, has placed the nation squarely in the midst of regional conflicts. The country's civil war from 1975 to 1990 and a war with Israel in 2006 left Lebanon politically unstable, and it is now struggling to cope with the large influx of Syrian refugees.
Overwhelmed with its own internal political inefficiencies and entangled in regional and international conflicts, the Lebanese government's inability to elect a president suggests it has reached a point where it can no longer regenerate itself. Even if parliament ever succeeds in naming a new president, persistent low levels of trust in the country's leadership and institutions may have already bred indifference about who is at its helm.
Linda Lyons contributed to this article.
Results are based on face-to-face interviews with 1,000 adults, aged 15 and older, conducted in March 30-April 27, 2016, in Lebanon. For results based on the total sample of national adults, the margin of sampling error is ±3.5 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
For more complete methodology and specific survey dates, please review Gallup's Country Data Set details. Learn more about how the Gallup World Poll works.
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Worldwide, Satisfaction With Affordable Housing Slumps
In 2013, satisfaction worldwide with the availability of good, affordable housing continued to slide, with 51% of adults reporting they are satisfied, down from 56% in 2008.
Economic Confidence Index Declines in the Middle East
Gallup's global Economic Confidence Index stood at +11 in 2013, essentially unchanged from 2012. However, the flat global figure masks dramatic declines in the Middle East and North Africa region, where the index dropped to -33.
MENA Residents Put Onus on Government to Help the Poor
Most adults in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Tunisia believe their governments should bear chief responsibility for protecting the poor, a new World Bank/Gallup survey finds, but they are mixed on their governments' efforts to do so.
Behind Lebanon's WhatsApp Revolt
When your country leads the world in government corruption and it's always a bad time to find a job, even the slightest push can send it into turmoil.
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NRI taxpayer:NRI taxpayer, who does not have a place of business in India, wishes to start business, then he has to apply for GST Registration in India before beginning operations in India. The validity of new GST registration is 90 days.
Agents of a supplier & Input service distributor:All Input service distributor who want carry forward benefit of input tax credit requires gst registration.
E-Commerce portal:Every e-commerce portal (such as amazon or flipkart) under which multiple vendor's selling their product requires gst registration.
Why I need GST Registration?
Become more competitive : You will be more competitive in comparison to your unregistered competitors since you will carry valid tax registration.
Expand your business Online : You cannot sell products or services on e-commerce platform without GST registration. If you're planning to give a blow on e-commerce platform like Flipkart, Amazon, Paytm, Shopify or through your own website, you must need a GSTIN.
Can take input tax credit : Only Registered GST holders can avail input of GST tax paid on their purchases and save the cost.
Can sell all over India without any restrictions : Without having GSTIN you cannot trade inter-state. This is possible only if you registered your business under GST.
Apply Government Tenders : Various government tenders requires GSTIN to apply tender. If you don't have you may miss the business opportunity.
Open Current Bank Account : Especially, in case of sole proprietor business Banks & Financial Institution does not open a current bank account in the name of business trade name unless you carry any government proof in the name of your business. GST registration certificate can help you to open a current bank account.
Dealing with MNCs : Generally, MNC's does not comfortable to deal with small business entities until they carry valid tax registration proof.
GSTIN is an abbreviation for Goods and Service Tax Identification Number. It consists of 15 alphanumeric digits. This is generated by the government after you have successfully completed GST registration.
Next 1 shows serial number of gst registration in a state.
What is GST composition scheme?
Compliance Relaxed Compliance in order to safeguard small businessmen. Normal compliance required.
Tax Rate Composition taxpayers need to pay nominal GST at a fixed rate of turnover, which is normally 1-5%. Tax rate for regular taxpayers goods and services, which is from 8-18%.
Input Tax Credit Composition taxpayers cannot avail Input tax credit benefit. Normal taxpayers can avail Input tax credit benefit.
GST Return Filing Composition taxpayers required to file quarterly return. Normal taxpayers required to file monthly return.
Tax Invoice Composition taxpayers can not issue tax invoice to their customers. Normal taxpayers can issue tax invoice to their customers.
Upload the required business details and information to our web portal.
Choose a package and pay online with different payment modes available.
On placing an order, your application will be assigned to one of our dedicated professionals.
On successful submission of all your details, our professional shall apply for GST registration online.
Our professional shall make follow up with the Govt. department for processing GST application.
On successful verification, GST certificate and essential GST kit shall be provided to you.
PAN Card of the Business or Applicant GSTIN is linked to the PAN of the business. Hence, PAN is required to obtain GST certificate.
Identity and Address Proof of Promoters documents like PAN, passport, driving license, aadhaar card or voters identity card must be submitted for all the promoters.
Address Proof for Place of Business Documents like rental agreement or sale deed along with copies of electricity bill or latest property tax receipt or municipal khata copy must be submitted for the address mentioned in the GST application.
Bank Account Proof Scanned copy of the first page of bank passbook showing a few transaction and address of the business must be submitted for the bank account mentioned in the registration application.
Q. What is GST ?
Q. When is registration under GST mandatory?
Q. Can I be voluntarily registered under GST?
Yes, you can voluntarily get Registered under GST even if your annual turnover does not exceed the threshold limit (20/10 Lacs).
Registering under GST not only helps you in getting your business recognized as a legal registrant but also help you avail various benefits like avail to raise GST Invoice, avail input tax credit, and much more.
To know more about various benefits of GST Registration download our GST guide from above.
Q. When a business needs multiple GSTINs?
A business entity is supplying goods & services from multiple States, then he/she mandatorily required to register under GST in different States.
Further, any business entity can get multiple GSTIN even if they are operating from a single State under multiple verticals to avoid accounting complexity between multiple businesses.
XYZ Private Limited doing the business of selling merchandise and also doing the business of selling software from Bangalore only. Still, a company can apply for multiple GST numbers for their different business domain.
If you are supplying goods and services from one state to all over India. You do not need multiple GST Certificates.
Q. Is there any penalty for not registering under GST?
Q. What are the details and documents required for GST registration?
GSTIN stands for Goods and Service Tax Identification Number consists of 15 digits. This will be get generated from government end when you have successfully applied for GST registration.
Last two digits are randomly generated.
Q. How much GST rate will apply to my business?
Q. Can I sell both Goods and Services with one GSTIN?
Yes, you can sell both Goods and Services with one GST number, Provided you have listed such Goods/Services while registering under GST.
Q. Can i apply GST on our firm name?
Yes, in case of individual/sole proprietorship you are free to apply for GST registration on your firm name. Further, you can apply on your personal name as well.
Q. Is the current account mandatory for the firm to be registered for GST?
No, both savings and current accounts can be provided for getting registered under GST.
Q. Can I get a GST certificate on my home address?
Sure why not, you can start a business from your home. You just need to provide proof of your residential address for getting registered for GST.
Q. What to do after getting GST number?
Q. Do i have to charge any tax from the customers, if my turnover is not exceeding 20 lakh?
Yes, from the very moment you get GST registration certificate, you need to charge GST from your customers.
Q. If I am selling my goods all over India, do i need to apply GST Registration for all states?
No, you need single GST registration if you are supplying goods from single state to all over India. If you are supplying goods from 2 or more states then you require registering under GST of all such states.
Q. What is the procedure to migrate from the service tax account to GST registration?
#2.Receive the Provisional id and password.
#3. Create the new user id and password on the GST portal.
#4. Enter all your business details along with the promoter details and the business address, Bank details and upload the required documents on the GST portal.
#5. Finally, verify with the DSC or Aadhar generated EVC.
Q. What is GST Composition Scheme?
GST Composition Scheme is an easy scheme made for the small taxpayers to reduce the compliance burden. Small taxpayers can get rid of tedious GST formalities and pay GST at a fixed rate of turnover.Any business having an annual turnover less than ₹2 Crore* can opt for composition scheme under GST registration application.
*For Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh the above threshold limit is ₹1 Crore.
Q. What are Benefit of GST Composition Scheme?
Can provide auxiliary services up to ₹ 5 lakhs annually under the composition scheme.
Q. Who can NOT opt for composition scheme?
Relaxation announced on GST Composition Scheme on 23rd GST Council Meeting held.
Q. What is ARN in GST Registration ?
Q. What is Principal Place of Business?
Principal Place of Business is the primary location within the State where a taxpayer's business is performed. The principal place of business is generally where the business's books of accounts and records are kept and is often where the head of the firm or at least top management is located..
Q. What are HSN and SAC code in GST Registration?
Q. Can I make changes in my firm's or company's Name, State Name and PAN in the enrollment application?
Q. Is Digital Signature Required for GST registration?
Q. Do you provide this service in my town?
Q. Do I need to physically present for the process?
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Canadian hotel values set for another large jump: Colliers
While 2018 Canadian hotel transaction volume likely won't match last year's $3.5 billion, Colliers International (CIGI-T) expects it to be in line with the 2011 to 2017 average of $2.3 billion.
Vancouver's Rosewood Hotel Georgia sold for $145 million last year. (Image courtesy Colliers International)
The average total price per room rose to a record $161,400 and hotel values increased by 13.2 per cent last year. Values are forecast to rise by 12.8 per cent in 2018, according to Colliers' "2018 Canadian Hotel Investment Report."
"These healthy increases are due to a combination of relatively low supply of new hotel rooms and robust demand, as well as solid operational growth and resilient investor confidence in the sector," said Robin McLuskie, Colliers managing director of hotels in Canada.
$350 million in Q1 sales
There were 37 reported hotel transactions across Canada with a total sales volume of approximately $350 million in the first quarter of 2018. InnVest Hotels completed the sale of a 12-property portfolio to a joint venture between Manji Holdings Ltd. and Palm Holdings. The sale of the 218-key Extended Stay Ottawa Downtown to Paramount Properties for $48 million was the largest single asset trade of the quarter.
Colliers breaks down transaction results into two categories. The first is traditional volume. The second are strategic acquisitions, which are unique trades generally involving a pricing premium combined with a location in a high barriers-to-entry market and an extension of the buyer's brand or portfolio.
Strategic transactions represented $1.5 billion, or 43 per cent of the 2017 total, which was largely dominated by the $1.1-billion sale of the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation/SilverBirch Hotels & Resorts portfolio to Hong Kong-based Leadon Investment.
The traditional market still dominated trading activity with 131 transactions, or 82 per cent of the total number of deals.
Foreign investment in Canadian hotels
Canada remains a stable location for global capital amid political and economic uncertainties in peer nations. Foreign investment in Canadian hotels totalled more than $1.3 billion, accounting for 43 per cent of total volume in 2017.
"Canada has benefited from a wave of cross-border capital looking for stable yields outside of their home borders, with 41 per cent of transaction volume between 2013 and 2017 attributed to cross-border sources of capital," said McLuskie. "We expect purchases by foreign investors to moderate in 2018, principally due to the overall lack of large individual and portfolio transactions available for sale.
"In cases where there are long-term land plays as part of a sale, foreign investors will continue to be aggressive bidders."
While pension funds, private equity and hedge fund groups have been net sellers over the course of the current cycle, it's anticipated they'll re-emerge as buyers on strategic offerings in the pursuit of yield and diversification.
"Hotels generally provide superior risk-adjusted returns, averaging 210 basis points higher than other commercial real estate classes in the current cycle," says McLuskie.
New hotel construction is accelerating in many major urban and suburban markets nationally, and growth is expected to average about 1.5 to two per cent per year over the next three years. Such activity hasn't been seen since 2005 to 2008.
Supply growth is anticipated to be led by Montreal, Halifax, Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton this year, according to Colliers.
While 74 per cent of national sales activity took place east of Manitoba last year, and that part of the country is expected to dominate again this year, Alberta and Western Canada energy markets are showing signs of increased activity.
There were $123 million worth of deals in the first quarter of 2018 in Western Canada, accounting for 35 per cent of volume. The number was $60.4 million for the same period in 2017, excluding mergers and acquisitions transactions.
Hotel conversions
Demographic preferences and cost competitiveness are supporting growth in boutique and lifestyle hotels, particularly in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. This trend is expected to continue in conversions and renovations as well as new construction going forward.
"These operations either are new construction developments or in most cases repositioned older hotel properties that were in need of renovation capital, and owners are adapting the room product and amenity offering to cater to an increasingly new customer that is searching for more lifestyle and boutique offerings," said McLuskie.
"Since they are typically smaller hotels, they are easily absorbed in the market and provide a unique and new alternative for the corporate or leisure traveler."
Examples of hotel conversions include the recently opened The Anndore House in Toronto near Yonge and Bloor Streets and the EXchange Hotel Vancouver, which will open this year.
Conversely, 13 hotels were sold for $143 million for redevelopment or conversion to an alternate use in 2017. Paramount will convert the Extended Stay Ottawa Downtown it acquired earlier this year to rental apartments.
"The redevelopment component of the market has been limited, but opportunities can be found for older hotel product that is ripe to come out of inventory and convert to other uses such as residential condominiums and student or rental housing, particularly in the major markets of Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal," said McLuskie.
A competitive Canadian dollar, friendly environment and growing global tourist market are luring visitation from increasingly international markets.
Travel by non-residents into Canada achieved a new record in 2017 with 20.9 million cross-border inbound travelers, breaking a record set in 2002, according to Statistics Canada. A new record is expected to be set this year, which bodes well for the continued prosperity of Canadian hotels.
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Library of Congress Acquires ASCAP Collection
The Music Division in the Library of Congress recently announced that it has acquired archival materials from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publisher (ASCAP) Foundation, the not-for-profit arm of the world's largest performing-rights organization, representing more than 275,000 creators.
The ASCAP Collection has been established to preserve the history and to create a repository for video and audio materials, photos, scores, documents and artifacts relevant to the rich history of the institution of ASCAP and ASCAP members as contributors to American culture. The gift of these materials reunites much of it with many of the special collections given to the Music Division over the years by individual ASCAP members, including Victor Herbert, Leonard Bernstein, Irving Caesar, George and Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke and Aaron Copland.
Materials already received include music manuscripts, printed music, lyrics (both published and unpublished), scrapbooks, correspondence and other personal, business, legal and financial documents, scrapbooks, and film, video and sound recordings. Materials will continue to arrive indefinitely, and those already received are currently being prepared for researchers.
Established in 1914, ASCAP is the first United States Performing Rights Organization (PRO), representing the world's largest repertory of more than 8.5 million copyrighted musical works of every style and genre from more than 350,000 songwriter, composer and music-publisher members. ASCAP has representation arrangements with similar foreign organizations so that the ASCAP repertory is represented in nearly every country around the world where copyright law exists.


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Stay in this enchanting corner of paradise and you can enjoy all these wonders at the Hotel Onda Verde!
This unforgettable package includes: continental buffet-style breakfast, daily sumptuous authentic italian dinner or lunch, roundtrip taxi transfers from Naples train station/airport to Hotel Onda Verde, one tour for Capri.
This unforgettable package includes: continental buffet-style breakfast, a sumptuous authentic italian dinner, roundtrip taxi transfers from Naples train station/airport to Hotel Onda Verde, one tour for Capri.


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2018 Volunteer Awards
Congratulations to the winners of the 2017-2018 volunteer awards. They are all very much deserved.
Haskell Fitz-Simons Distinguished Performer Award:
Tina Morris-Anderson
Charles V. York, Jr. Theatre Service Award:
Heather Strickland
Glenn Amos Miller Technical Service Award:
Joseph Heil
Ed Bodell Rookie of the Year Award:
Linda Wellnitz
Al D. Wolfheimer Volunteer Awards:
Asabea Amaniampong
David, Devon, Mason and Logan Bennett
Ruth Berry
Janice Freeman
Alex Gromo
Morgan Harris
Jackie Kelly
Joel Schaer
Brian Westbrook
Tina Morris-Anderson – Haskell Fitz-Simons Distinguished Performer Award
Presented by Patrick Torres
The Haskell Fitz-Simmons Theatre Service Award honors a volunteer who not only delivers outstanding on stage performances, but also works behind the scenes to make Raleigh Little Theatre great. This year's recipient, Tina Morris Anderson, exemplifies the spirit of this award and the wonderful human being it is named after. Tina has graced us all with breathtaking performances over the years – she is the very definition of a show stopper. There is nothing she can't do on stage. But, Tina also works hard behind the scenes to make us who we are.
She has served as the Assistant Stage Manager for Divas for several years, tonight is her third time serving as emcee for the Cantey Awards, and she has volunteered as an usher and a House Manager. Raleigh Little Theatre is also regularly asked for special performances in the community like the First Lady's luncheon during the inauguration or the Chambers Conference on Diversity and Inclusion, and Tina always says yes when we ask her to sing at these events. The impact she has made on this community on the organization's behalf is immeasurable.
And now for a personal story. On my very first day at RLT, nearly four years ago, I attended rehearsal for Hairspray. As the brand new Artistic Director taking over for a beloved artist who had been at the helm for nearly 30 years, I was nervous. But that night in rehearsal, Tina sang "I Know Where I've Been," and in that moment, as the hair stood up on the back of my neck at hearing her sing, somehow I knew things were going to be ok. Here we are 4 years later, and I am still nervous, but I have the memory of that first day to help me when I need it. Friends, let's give a big round of applause to Tina Morris-Anderson.
Heather Strickland – Charles V. York, Jr. Theatre Service Award
Presented by Charles Phaneuf
Our next award recipient was recognized last year as well, but we couldn't help ourselves from highlighting her achievements again. She just wrapped up her second year as Volunteer Rep to the board and in that role, she's helped us significantly grow Backstage Nights, been a constant ambassador and recruiter on social media and in-person, organized volunteer thank you events, recruited people to feed casts and audiences, and besides all that she creates a beautiful word cloud. She was instrumental in building powerful audience engagement events around What We're Up Against this year, going above and beyond the typical duties of the director of a production, and last year she helped plan our first ever congressional reception around A Piece of My Heart. She is often the first person to volunteer for a new opportunity and never shies away from a challenge, addressing any and all new objectives with creativity, collaboration and kindness. It's a pleasure to present the York Award to Heather Strickland.
Joseph Heil – Glenn Amos Miller Technical Service Award
Presented by Alec Haklar
The Miller Technical Service Award honors a volunteer who has made a significant contribution to the technical areas of production. Tonight, it is my pleasure to present this award to Joseph Heil. From loading the set of Cinderella back into the warehouse to carrying a 200 pound desk down a fire escape to helping me navigate to Durham to pick up furniture for a show, Joseph has made himself available to help in any capacity he can. Whether it is lights, sound or set, Joseph has approached each task with a sense of pride and ownership. I have witnessed him mentor fellow volunteers with the deepest respect. He has embraced every challenge presented to him and has never walked away from a project out of frustration, even though I may have given up on it 3 hours earlier. His ingenuity has come in handy on more than one occasion. I'm glad to have gotten to know and work with Joseph over this past season since our first work call together in November-when it was just me and him and we had no choice but to converse-and it is my pleasure to present him with this award.
Linda Wellnitz – Ed Bodell Rookie of the Year
Tonight I'm proud to be able to present the Ed Bodell Rookie of the Year award to one of our newest volunteers. It didn't take a second for her to enthusiastically jump into the thick of the activity in the costume shop. No matter what the task or the need she is quick to get it done. And almost as soon as she got involved, she brought in her family. Her husband came in and built some supports for the serger table and painted the new door for the air conditioner access. She also talked her daughter into coming in to help. They even went over to the steaming hot warehouse to help organize in preparation for the costume sale. What drive and enthusiasm! We're so thrilled that she has become one of our regular volunteers and we look forward to having her with us in future productions. I'm happy to present this award to Linda Wellnitz.
Asabea Amaniampong – Wolfheimer Award
Presented by Jenny Mitchell
Word of mouth brought us the next award winning volunteer. She was introduced to me as a shy person – which she actually isn't once you get to know her. She is a citizen of the world, having been born in England, lived in Canada and now in the States – fortunately for us. She has been a mainstay of the evening volunteer pool. In fact, she is one of our regulars. She will soon be leaving us to go to grad school in Denver but we want her to know how much we valued her help and friendship. This award will go to Asabea Amaniampong.
David, Devon, Mason and Logan Bennett – Wolfheimer Award
RLT is home to many families who spend time here together, which is one thing that make this space special. Our next family can trace its roots back to this very room as mom and dad met here in those seats during auditions for Guys and Dolls and they've never really met. Dad has served on the board since 2014, chipping in draftsman and archival skills along the way, and earlier this season he did his very first scenic design in many years with Little Shop of Horrors, which turned out beautifully despite challenging circumstances. The past three years the whole family has worked together to produce Art in the Garden, an annual visual art show in the Raleigh Rose Garden, with mom taking an especially large leadership role. Whenever I would ask whether they'd need help, I would hear, we'll take care of it, or make the boys do it! They've contributed countless hours and all of them are true examples of selfless leadership. This Wolfie goes to the Bennett Family – David, Devon, Mason and Logan.
Ruth Berry – Wolfheimer Award
The next award winner has been involved at RLT since she was a teenager. She has acted, designed and made props, dressed and lately she's been sewing and doing make-up. She recently designed make-up for 2 shows all while having an insanely busy personal life and job changes. She has proven herself to be a very talented artist and we're so glad she has chosen to bestow her talent upon Raleigh Little Theatre. This Al Wolfheimer Service Award goes to Ruth Berry.
Janice Freeman – Wolfheimer Award
Presented by Vicki Olson
Before I begin I want to take this opportunity to say just how much Jenny and I appreciate all the volunteers in our department – those who make the costumes we design and those who dress the actors and who help with make-up and hair. Throughout my 23 years at this theatre they've always been there to make our dreams a reality.
Our next award goes to one of those volunteers who makes it happen. We have considered her to be one of our best regular volunteers over the last few years. She will come at least once or twice a week when needed. She even drove out to my home in Louisburg to work on Alice @ Wonderland when we couldn't work at the theatre. Every one of our volunteers quickly becomes a part of the costume shop family. She has shared her experience, her talents, her stories and even her garden plants with all in the shop. I'll always remember her when I look out into my back yard and see the daisies and black eyed susans she gave me.
I know she cannot be here tonight but I will see that Janice Freeman personally receives this Al Wolfheimer Volunteer Service Award.
Alex Gromo – Wolfheimer Award
Presented by Dennis Berfield
This next Wolfheimer award goes to a person that I've had the pleasure to work with on large and small shows alike. They have approached both distinct styles of theatre, musical and non-musical, with a collected and focus calm that is infectious. The discipline they put into each show not only speaks worlds of their joy of working in the performing arts at RLT, it often spills over into their own creative confectionery talents. This person is always accepting of the responsibility presented to them and never hesitates to take on more. It is my pleasure to present this award to Alex Gromo.
Morgan Harris – Wolfheimer Award
Presented by Larisa Putnam
My first Wolfie presentation goes to a young woman who has been a fixture at the theatre during the 17-18 season. I feel certain many of you have worked with her – both indoors and out! I worried for a number of months that she was volunteering for too many events…back-to-back nights & weekends, but she seems to thrive on ensuring that events run smoothly, and I hope that she continues to share that skill with the theatre. This volunteer remains calm in every situation, and I have relied on her to fill in for every imaginable last minute opportunity. Please welcome to the stage the most chill volunteer I have ever had the privilege of working with, Ms. Morgan Harris.
Jackie Kelly – Wolfheimer Award
Presented by Kathleen Rudolph
This Al Wolfheimer Award goes to someone that is very dear to me. We met about 4 years ago when I was directing a Christmas show in Apex. We needed an adult female and Alison Lawrence, who was the Musical Director said "I've got the perfect person." I had never worked with her before and she was a dream. At the end of that show she said to me, "If you ever need anything at all, I'll do it." Well, she really meant what she said.
Last season her daughter was cast in James and the Giant Peach, and this lovely woman dropped her off each night and went straight to the costume shop to "do whatever was needed." This season she herself was cast in Beanstalk the Musical, and when she wasn't on stage she was helping kids with their lines or providing cast and crew meals or sewing something that had ripped or doing laundry or ironing some actor's costume because they left it on the floor. Sorry Jenny.
I became very spoiled! She has a heart of gold and I can't imagine doing a show without her. This Wolfie goes to Jackie Kelly!
Joel Schaer – Wolfheimer Award
My second Wolfie recipient is as enthusiastic as Morgan Harris is chill. He contacted me late spring of last season for a tour of the theatre. He and his wife had recently moved to Raleigh, and inquired as to how they could get involved, as this Brooklynite's love affair with theatre spans decades. He exudes a barely contained enthusiasm that he shares each time he's in the building. During this past season, this volunteer has asked to usher at all special events, including this one, House Manage, coordinate and train House Managers, be trained in concessions, and has decided that he's officially ready to participate backstage. I have no doubt that he will take on these new tasks with the same zeal and effort he has given his Front of House responsibilities. Please help me welcome to the stage my second Wolfie recipient of the evening, Mr. Joel Schaer.
Brian Westbrook – Wolfheimer Award
It is my pleasure to present this next Wolfie to a person who truly represents the spirit of Raleigh Little Theatre. For me, that is someone who approaches their work here with a passion and generous spirit. It is a person who is willing to teach from their wisdom and experience, but is also willing to learn new skills from the experience of others. It is also someone who enthusiastically approaches the work we produce in a way that inspires others and who recognizes this is a place that belongs to all of us. From his place on stage, or in the wings on a crew, or in the pit as a musician, or at my right hand as an Assistant Director, or from his seat as a dedicated audience member and cheerleader, Brian Westbrook truly represents who we strive to be at RLT. It is my sincere pleasure to give him this award.


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use Mockery as m;
use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Type\Collection;
use phpDocumentor\Descriptor\ProjectDescriptorBuilder;
use phpDocumentor\Reflection\Php\Argument;

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 * Test class for phpDocumentor\Descriptor\Builder\Reflector\ArgumentAssembler
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class ArgumentAssemblerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    /** @var ArgumentAssembler $fixture */
    protected $fixture;

    /** @var ProjectDescriptorBuilder|m\MockInterface */
    protected $builderMock;

    /**
     * Creates a new fixture to test with.
     */
    protected function setUp()
    {
        $this->builderMock = m::mock('phpDocumentor\Descriptor\ProjectDescriptorBuilder');
        $this->fixture = new ArgumentAssembler();
        $this->fixture->setBuilder($this->builderMock);
    }

    /**
     * @covers \phpDocumentor\Descriptor\Builder\Reflector\ArgumentAssembler::create
     */
    public function testCreateArgumentDescriptorFromReflector()
    {
        // Arrange
        $name = 'goodArgument';
        $type = 'boolean';

        $argumentReflectorMock = $this->givenAnArgumentReflectorWithNameAndType($name, $type);

        // Act
        $descriptor = $this->fixture->create($argumentReflectorMock);

        // Assert
        $this->assertSame($name, $descriptor->getName());
        $this->assertSame([$type], $descriptor->getTypes());
        $this->assertSame(null, $descriptor->getDefault());
        $this->assertSame(false, $descriptor->isByReference());
    }

    /**
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     * @covers \phpDocumentor\Descriptor\Builder\Reflector\ArgumentAssembler::overwriteTypeAndDescriptionFromParamTag
     */
    public function testIfTypeAndDescriptionAreSetFromParamDescriptor()
    {
        // Arrange
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        $paramDescriptorTagMock->shouldReceive('getDescription')->once()->andReturn('Is this a good argument, or nah?');
        $paramDescriptorTagMock->shouldReceive('getTypes')->once()->andReturn([$type]);

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        $this->assertSame($name, $descriptor->getName());
        $this->assertSame([$type], $descriptor->getTypes());
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Today's featured wall art project is from The SC Design Studio. Love their tutorial on making beautiful wall art out of an everyday item… aluminum foil! i think the pattern is awesome as well. I could imagine this pattern on an even bigger scale looking great as well.


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Europe's melting glaciers are yielding up their secrets too quickly
At around 8,000 feet above sea level, Switzerland's Forcle Glacier has for thousands of years been deeply ensconced in a frigid mountain valley overlooked by some of Europe's highest peaks.
To early human hunters who climbed these heights, it must have seemed as if its snow-covered body of ice would forever keep the valley locked in its frozen grip. Whatever was lost on these rocks — iron spears, leather shoes or rudimentary straps — was swallowed by the ice, never to reappear.
But when the Swiss archaeologist Romain Andenmatten arrived here on a recent September day, the ground was so muddy and moist that his shoes sank deep into it. On the ground in front of him lay a leather strap, rimmed with gleaming ice crystals, its holes filled with fine gravel.
The last time a human held it may have been over 1,000 years ago.
As climate change melts glaciers at unprecedented speeds, such ancient artifacts are emerging from the shrinking layers of ice around the world. For archaeologists, this is both a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and a daunting task as the planet's rapid warming is exposing objects faster than they can be saved.
When the artifacts emerge from the ice after decades or centuries, many are so well preserved that they seem to have been frozen just hours earlier. European researchers recently grew plants from 100-year-old seeds that had been discovered "frozen in time" in a World War I-era bunker on the Swiss-Italian border. Some of the most scientifically valuable finds are organic, such as wood and leather, which would normally decompose without the ice.
But because of the speed at which the earth's glaciers are melting — temperatures are rising two times faster in the Alps than elsewhere — researchers worry that they do not have enough time. Large portions of the collective history of about a third of the world's population in mountain areas are "melting away," said archaeologist Marcel Cornelissen.
The emergence of an object from the ice triggers a race to preserve it before it decomposes. "The mountains are starting to move," said Regula Gubler, a Swiss archaeologist.
A 'hurricane' of melting
The sound of a rockfall echoed through the valley of the Forcle Glacier as Andenmatten and a colleague, archaeology student Tristan Allegro, 25, slowly trekked across ice covered by a thin layer of dark dust, rocks and soil.
The only other sound in these heights was the hum of commercial jets that left their white contrails in the cloudless skies.
"This glacier once cut through the entire valley," said Andenmatten, pointing at a barren and ice-free basin in front of him. But within the next 10 or 20 years, the whole Forcle Glacier could be gone.
Swiss glaciers are melting rapidly
Located at around 2,500 meters above the sea level, the Forcle Glacier will disappear sooner than some of its higher-altitude equivalents.
This year alone, Swiss glaciers lost 6 percent of their ice, said glaciologist Matthias Huss, who likens the destructive force of this summer's heat waves to an Alpine "hurricane."
"We've seen an increase in frequency of years with very strong melting over the last decades," he said. "But what we've seen this summer is really completely different from all these previous extreme years."
This year's ice loss is so far above historical averages that, in theory, it should have been "virtually impossible."
The additional melting may have prevented some of Europe's mighty rivers from drying out during the cascade of heat waves this year. But once a critical threshold of melting has been crossed in the future, the lack of glacier water will be felt across the continent.
The ice is "a dead man walking," said Lars Holger Pilo, an archaeologist in Norway.
Treasures of the ice
A retreat of glaciers isn't necessarily unnatural. They have always grown during extremely cold periods and shrunk when those cold stretches ended. Some natural melting was expected in Europe after the last "Little Ice Age" ended in the 19th century.
But as carbon dioxide emissions surged over the past century, human factors began to quicken what had been expected to be a gradual natural retreat — and turned ice patches and glaciers into sites of archaeological and sometimes criminal investigations.
As the melting was speeding up in the early 1990s, early spectacular discoveries awakened the interest of researchers.
Late in summer 1991, two German hikers on the Italian-Austrian border found the frozen body of a man who was initially assumed to be the victim of a recent accident. He later became known as Ötzi, or "Iceman" — a 5,000-year-old murder victim who had been killed with an arrow and had been preserved in the ice.
Over the following decades, Ötzi became perhaps the most carefully investigated body in history, allowing researchers to draw conclusions about historical climates, early human habits and genetics.
The more the ice melts, the deeper archaeologists advance into some of its oldest layers — and into the past.
"The finds have definitely gotten older," said Pilo, the researcher in Norway, who has been coming across artifacts that radiocarbon dating shows are thousands of years old.
Among the finds have been an over 3,500-year-old Swiss leather shoe and a 10,000-year-old Alpine glacier mine where hunters once extracted rock crystals to make arrowheads and other kinds of blades. In Norway, a 1,300-year-old ski that predates the Vikings was so well preserved that scientists were able to reproduce a functioning copy and race down the slopes with it.
Around half of all global ice discoveries that are medieval or older have been made in Norway, which has a particularly high accumulation of ice that does not move. Archaeologists prefer searching for artifacts in such deposits because — unlike in glaciers — the lack of movement prevents the items from being ground up and "spat out," said Gubler, the Swiss scientist. In the Swiss Alps, the most promising areas of discovery are the ice patches and snowfields around the glaciers, and not the glaciers themselves.
The discoveries so far may be only a glimpse into what could be found. Pilo and his colleagues in Norway's Innlandet county have a list of around 150 potential sites that they have not yet been able to examine.
For Pilo and many of his colleagues, the challenge is no longer identifying sites where discoveries are likely but prioritizing those that are most important for salvaging.
"For every patch we find, there are probably dozens that go unnoticed and quietly melt away — and the cultural heritage embedded in them is out there under the August sun, rotting," said Nicholas Jarman, an archaeologist for the U.S. National Park Service in New Mexico who uses much of his annual leave to hunt for artifacts in glaciers.
"It's a small reflection of the broader societal challenge that we're faced with," he said. "Will I be looking back in 20 years, wishing that I'd done more?"
'I wonder if we're too late'
In Switzerland, Andenmatten and his colleague hope that crowdsourcing can help them rise to the challenge.
They released a smartphone app last year that lets anyone share photos and the GPS coordinates of potential finds. It allows the scientists to make a first assessment of the significance of a discovery before they embark on a sometimes days-long hike.
Allegro, the archaeology student, had used the app to alert the regional archaeology authority when he made the first discoveries on the Forcle glacier this year. The office asked him to join the search team.
As the sun rose behind the mountains, he and Andenmatten put on UV face masks and hats to shield themselves from the burning rays of the sun. By the time they had shrugged off their coats, the glacier streamlet that was still covered by a thin layer of ice in the morning had turned into a bubbling stream of melting water.
Equipped with a GPS receiver and a hammer, the two researchers scanned their surroundings, looking for anything that appeared out of place.
They didn't have to search for long. Within a few hours, their black plastic bags were filled with dozens of items of crafted wood and the leather strap.
Every time they decided it was time to begin their descent, the scientists stumbled upon a new artifact.
The finds in this part of Switzerland over the years have included carved wooden statues that probably date back over 2,500 years to the Iron Age, a pistol and clothes that may have belonged to a 16-century mercenary, and a 3,500-year-old pair of leather shoes.
But the influx of artifacts could come to an abrupt end one day.
Swiss researcher Gubler has hiked up to the Schnidejoch, a mountain pass about 9,000 feet above the sea level, almost every year for the past decade and says it used to be an archaeological treasure chest.
But when Gubler returned this summer, she found that all the ice had disappeared.
"It all happened very fast," she said.
Some researchers are noticing a marked decline in the number of discoveries, at least in some areas, as ice fields start to disappear.
"I wonder if we're too late," archaeologist Cornelissen said.
Working in such proximity to some of the most visible effects of climate change can be disheartening, researchers say.
Jarman, the New Mexico-based researcher, says that when he is in the field, focusing on the task at hand is easy. Because only a few weeks or even days every year offer weather suitable for exploration, being in the field leaves little time for reflection.
The more difficult moments tend to be the ones at home, when the archaeological "exhilaration and excitement is tempered with this sober awareness," Jarman said. "Like you're witnessing the end of something."


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TARKINGTON, Booth (1869-1946)
Booth Tarkington collection
Date Published: 1909 to 1941
Booth Tarkington was an American novelist, dramatist, and Pulitzer Prize winner. During the 1910s and 1920s, he was considered America's greatest living author. He is one of only three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner and John Updike.
The collection consists of 24 items dating from 1909 to 1941, specifically 3 letters, 1 signed page, 5 photos, 2 books, and 13 ephemera (2 pieces of sheet music, 7 programs and playbills, 2 lobby cards, and 2 post cards). One of the playbills prints letters of appreciation from Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt to Alexandra Carlisle, an English actress and suffragist who settled in the United States.
3 Letters (1 Autographed Letter Signed (ALS) and 2 Typed Letters Signed (TLS):
• ALS to [Mark Sullivan], n.d., pp. 9-10 only, political tone ("I don't `take any stock' in our present Governor Hanly…. No real Roman was quite button-nosed."
• TLS to Edward H. Bierstadt, 19 April 1919, giving authorization to use Mr. Walker's dramatization of "Seventeen".
• TLS to Harold A. Fendler, 22 June 1932, re "Mr. Nigh's quit-claim… relations between Barrymore and Mr. Nigh will probably always remain a mystery to me…."
1 Signed page. Unnumbered signed limitation statement (247 copies) taken from a book. 5 B&w photos:
• Photo still from film Gentle Julia, Fox Film Corp., 1936;
• "Booth Tarkington on his 70th Birthday", with Captain Blyn Montgomery, 31 July 1939,
• Acme; Tarkington with Karen Van Ryn of the Garrick Players, 25 July and 6 August 1940, on the occasion of his 71st birthday;
• "Writing Autobiography", seated at a writing desk, 16-17 February 1941;
• Tarkington with a cigarette, Underwood & Underwood, circa 1941, reference on verso to the publication of The Heritage of Hatcher Ide;
2 Books:
• The Flirt (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913), first English edition, red cloth in slightly chipped jacket; the front endpapers have the former owner's name written in pencil, a slip from John Bull (English journal), and Tarkington's signature on a piece of paper.
• Gentle Julia. (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922). Brown cloth in chipped jacket, boards rubbed and discolored. Card, signed "Your truly | Booth Tarkington", pasted on the front free endpaper.
13 ephemera:
• 2 pieces of sheet music: Peter Worthington and Max Kortlander, The Flirt ("Whose Heart Are You Breaking To-Night?") (New York: Joe Mittenthal, 1922), novelty foxtrot theme inspired by Tarkington's The Flirt, color cover detached; Edgar Wilson and Walter Donaldson, Cameo Kirby ("Romance" (New York: Donaldson-Douglas & Gumble, 1929).
• 7 Programs and playbills: Astor Theatre, New York, "The Man from Home", co-authored with Harry Leon Wilson, 15 March 1909; Belasco Theatre, Washington, D.C., "The Man from Home", co-authored with Harry Leon Wilson, 15 May 1911; Texas Grand Theatre, "Country Cousin", co-authored with Julian Street, 16-19 January [1918?], prints letters of appreciation from Woodrow Wilson (29 August 1917) and Theodore Roosevelt to Alexandra Carlisle who performed in the play; The Strong Theatre, Burlington, Vermont, "Seventeen", 22 February 1917; Frazee Theatre, West of Broadway, "Tweedles", co-authored with Harry Leon Wilson, week beginning 22 October 1923; The Vanderbilt Theatre, East of Broadway, New York, Arthur Goodrich, "The Plutocrat", based on Tarkington's novel, 17 March 1930; Springfield High School, "Clarence", 20 May 1938 (4 pieces of ephemera); Shubert Theatre, Boston, "Seventeen", [194?].
• 2 large lobby cards of Cameo Kirby, a 1923 American silent drama film directed by John Ford which starred John Gilbert and Gertrude Olmstead and featured Jean Arthur in her onscreen debut. It was Ford's first film. Minor chips at the corners.
• Photo postcard of Dustin Farnum in Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson's play, "Cameo Kirby", post-marked September 1909.
• Post card advertising the publication of Seventeen on 10 March [1916].
Collection on consignment with LDRB.
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В 1854 году город полностью сгорел.

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